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European countries have become the most advanced countries in the world. In terms of culture and technology, it is not much different from Daqin, and its weapons are also very advanced.

As the strength of the Great Qin Navy continued to increase, it might be possible to defeat them for a while with all his might, but it was unlikely that he would dominate Europe for a long time.

Moreover, a full-scale military conflict with the West was not conducive to the economic development of Daqin and the advancement of the industrial revolution. As the Emperor of Great Qin, Qin Mu must consider what is most beneficial to Great Qin.

The main force of the ocean-going fleet is about to advance into India, and at present Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Britain all have their own interests in India, but it is the Dutch who dominate it, and it is the Dutch who occupy the Cape of Good Hope.

Qin Mu thought about it for a while and decided to adopt a strategy of dividing and dividing, specifically, targeting the Dutch, and trying to avoid further conflicts with the British, Spaniards, and Portuguese.

It may be much better to occupy the territory of the Dutch and further expand the scope of Great Qin's interests, and at the same time let the British and Portuguese get a small piece of the pie, so as to prevent all Western countries from twisting into a mess and confronting Great Qin, which is much better than being an enemy of the whole world.

Regarding the conflict of civilizations, Qin Mu once again summoned the cabinet ministers and the military officials of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Governor's Office of the Six Armies to the Pujia Hall to discuss.

The Governor of the Navy, Di Zhongxing, was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this time the ocean-going fleet is advancing into India, mainly against the Dutch, as long as other countries do not take the initiative to attack, the ocean-going fleet will not take the initiative to attack them." ”

Qin Mu shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, after all, we have been at war with it before, and after the ocean-going fleet enters the Indian Ocean, it will inevitably cause misunderstandings among countries." ”

"Your Majesty, in this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is opening up the channels of the merchants and trying to get in touch with the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal first, and reach an understanding. In addition to Spain, the minister believed that Britain and Portugal were willing to shake hands with Great Qin. ”

Qin Mu was silent, when he decided to let the army replace the navy in the Nanyang Islands, and then let the navy withdraw and advance into the Indian Ocean, these strategies had already been planned, Qin Mu knew this point, he recruited ministers to discuss matters today, there was another reason.

Shoufu Sima An asked, "What His Majesty is worried about, but the Ottoman Empire?" ”

Qin Mu said: "Don't worry about it. However, due to the fact that Great Qin and the Ottomans did not intersect before, our huge empire did not know so much about European countries and did not understand its enemies, which is an extremely dangerous thing. ”

Today, Qin Mu summoned all the ministers to take a look at the relationship between Great Qin and the Ottomans and the European countries, he asked the little eunuch to carry up a globe, and then said: "From the globe, it can be clearly seen that the world is currently divided into three major civilization plates. Christian civilization represented by Western Europe, Islamic civilization represented by the Ottoman Empire. the Chinese civilization represented by the Great Qin;

Among these three civilizations, the countries of Western Europe regard the sea as their lifeline, so they also represent the maritime civilization. Although the Ottoman Empire had a vast coastline such as the Sea in the Sea, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf, its center of gravity was inland. It is a typical land civilization.

In the past, the land civilization surpassed the sea civilization, but with the development of shipbuilding and navigation technology, the sea civilization will inevitably surpass the land civilization because of the guò boat. People could go farther, see more, and develop greater trade. Get more networking opportunities.

And have you noticed that, like my Daqin, the entire economic center of gravity is on the southeast coast, like the northwest provinces, although the territory is wide, but the output is far less than that of the southeast coast, and this trend is irreversible and will become more and more obvious.

If you look at Seoul in North Korea and Edo in Japan, the same is true. The ocean connects all the richest and most developed places in the world, so the superiority of marine civilization is constantly expanding, and marine civilization will definitely be ahead of land civilization in the next few hundred years, or even thousands of years.

This is also the reason why I chose Nanjing, the capital. I have worked hard to push Great Qin towards the ocean, but for now, Great Qin is still a civilized country that is half ocean, half land. ”

The ministers in the Pujia Palace listened with bated breath, in the entire Great Qin, perhaps only the emperor himself had this kind of global vision, and only he could analyze the advantages and disadvantages of various civilizations.

This kind of insight and pattern impressed all the ministers.

Everyone did not speak, quietly waiting for the emperor's next words.

Qin Mu took the tea and moistened his mouth, before he continued: "The land civilization represented by Islam will definitely decline slowly, this is the trend of the times, and no one can reverse it;

Land civilizations usually have a characteristic, that is, they are relatively closed, which is why land civilizations are gradually falling behind. I have said so much, I just want to tell you the fact that whoever gives up the ocean will give up the future. ”

Jin Lei, the living room, moved his pen like a fly, recording Qin Mu's words word by word.

"Today, I have made a division of the three major civilizations in the world, first of all, I want you to have an overall understanding, and now I will analyze the three major civilizations in detail;

Islamic civilization is still basically in the stage of separation of church and state, and there is no sign of separation of church and state;

Christian civilization is getting rid of the separation of church and state, like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, which have basically completed the separation of church and state. This is one of the reasons for the rapid rise of these two countries.

The Islamic civilization does not distinguish between church and state, which is the most taboo point of my life, and now with our advance into West Asia, India, and the Persian Gulf, there is no conflict with the Ottoman Empire.

From a civilizational point of view, it is easier for Daqin to reach a consensus with the countries of Western Europe that have achieved the separation of church and state, and it will also be closer in terms of trade, and it will become closer and closer. ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help nodding frequently, and Ma Yongzhen, the governor of the left army, said: "Your Majesty means that you want to unite with Western countries first and flank the Ottomans?" ”

Gannan said: "As far as the minister knows, the conflict between Christian civilization and Islamic civilization has been going on for more than a thousand years, and there have been Christian Crusades before;

And once the Islamic civilization became strong, it never gave up the invasion and killing of the Christian civilization. The current Ottoman Empire has fierce conflicts with European countries in Eastern Europe, and if Daqin wants to unite European countries to deal with the Ottoman Empire, it is still possible to reach an agreement. ”

"You're thinking too much, I don't mean to unite with Christianity to suppress Islam, and it's not realistic, but the conflict between Christianity and Islam can be used to make the Ottomans and Europe fight a little more lively."

"I don't know what Your Majesty's plans are?"

Qin Mu said lightly: "My plan has been made very clear, try to make the conflict between the Ottomans and European countries more intense, how to do this is exactly why I have summoned all the ministers to come. I have come up with an idea, and how to realize it is a matter for the ministers. ”

Sima An and the others couldn't help but look at each other, okay, the matter of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, this is right. But such a strategic concept is too grand, and everyone does not know much about the Ottoman Empire, how can such a concept be implemented?

Gannan said tentatively: "Your Majesty, the minister sent an envoy to Europe, first to the Vatican to meet with the Pope, and the minister believes that the Pope will be happy to hear His Majesty's mentions." It may not be impossible for the Pope to integrate the forces of European countries and then flank the Ottomans with Great Qin. ”

Qin Mu felt that this was a very good suggestion, although Great Qin did not necessarily need to unite with Europe to fight the Ottomans, but it was definitely a good thing to let the two sides fight more intensely.

Moreover, when Great Qin advanced into India, the main enemy was the Dutch, and the Dutch were precisely the "apostates" in the eyes of the Pope.

Qin Mu immediately nodded and said: "Gan Shilang's proposal is feasible, but if you want to send an envoy to Europe to meet the Pope, I'm afraid you have to get some help, so let's release some Portuguese captives to show goodwill, first, to promote the trade between Great Qin and Europe more smoothly, and second, to let them provide some help, so that the envoys of our dynasty can reach Europe along the way."

How to mediate with European countries in this envoy this time requires careful planning, and there is also an important task, that is, to find talented people from European countries, collect their advanced technology, and try their best to bring them back as long as they are useful talents. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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