The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 253 "Touring the World"

In mid-February of the 44th year of Xianning, news of the Paris riots reached the Ming mainland and was delivered directly to Zhu Jianxuan as an emergency.

Zhu Jianxuan took a quick look at it and felt shocked, melancholy, and worried.

"Louis XVI... is he just out of his mind? He's gone just like Melozong? What are the French going to do next?"

Zhu Jianxuan had long known that France had already completed the brewing of revolution, and a change that would change the political order of France and even Europe would sooner or later break out.

Unless he becomes the King of France and personally leads France to carry out the Industrial Revolution, there will be no chance to eliminate the revolution.

But he was not the crown prince of France, and he had no way to interfere in French politics, so he could not escape the French Revolution...

I didn't expect it to break out in this form.

What will the future of France look like? Will there be constitutionalists, Jacobins, Girondins, Napoleons, and other factions?
Since Louis XVI was killed directly, should we still consider the issue of the king? Will the contradictions in France be directly intensified?
Will the conflicts between France, where the revolution broke out, and other traditional European countries also intensify ahead of time?
Will the anti-French alliance emerge earlier than in history?
The current French Revolution should be very hostile to the Ming Dynasty. Will it directly attack the Netherlands region that belongs to the Ming Dynasty?
The French Revolution will affect the situation in France and Europe, and even further affect the world situation.

If possible, he should take the initiative to intervene in this revolution and guide it in a direction that is more beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

History has become chaotic now, and there is no way to make predictions based on time nodes.

Shenzhou is too far away from France. Even with steam ships and the Suez Canal, it would take three months to travel between Shuntian Prefecture and France.

The French Revolution was a time of constant change, and different things might happen every day that would determine the direction of history.

I am sitting in Shenzhou, far away from Europe, and have no way to participate directly.

The key point is that the Ming Dynasty can no longer mobilize armed forces and ammunition to directly interfere with the French Revolution by force.

In any case, we have to wait for two more years, at least until the end of the Japanese campaign.

When Zhu Jianxuan's thoughts came to this point, a new idea suddenly came to his mind:
"Yes... After the Japanese campaign, the samurai divisions gathered in Japan will be sent to the European continent to join the anti-French alliance--"

The intensity of the French Revolutionary War was much higher than that of Japan's feudal war.

The army of revolutionary France was a capitalist army blessed by nationalism, and its fighting will was far superior to that of other feudal armies.

The Japanese samurai divisions that were invincible in Japan would only be able to serve as ordinary troops when they arrived in continental Europe, and their losses in the war against the revolutionary French army would certainly be very high.

Zhu Jianxuan made an overall assessment for a while and first issued a few orders.

The navy was asked to immediately send the French Crown Prince, nine-year-old Louis Joseph, and his younger brother, five-year-old Louis Charles, directly to the Ming mainland.

The war and chaos in Europe will not end any time soon.

The status of these two brothers in France is too special. Whether the French are prepared to re-establish a king in the future, they will definitely want to control these two brothers.

Zhu Jianxuan had made a special plan a few years ago to find a way to keep them living in Ming's trading ports in Europe.

The purpose was to seize these two heirs to the French throne when there was chaos in France, and use them as a medium for Ming Dynasty to control France in the future.

When the situation in France is stable, it is not convenient to forcibly bring them to Ming Dynasty.

But it must be done now.

He then ordered the garrisons in North Africa and Egypt to step up their alert to prevent Revolutionary France from suddenly attacking Ming's North African provinces because of its hatred for Ming.

Finally, an order was given to Liu Biao to arrange for some Japanese samurai divisions to be stationed in North Africa after the end of the Japanese campaign to strengthen the local defense capabilities against Europe.

After Zhu Jianxuan issued these orders, he sat in his chair and thought carefully for a while, then stood up and went to the West Garden to meet his father.

The old emperor leaned on the couch, looked at his son who came over excitedly, and asked casually:

"You suddenly have time to come and see me?"

Zhu Jianxuan bowed and reported:
"Father, I want to go on a trip to Africa, Europe and America. I should say I want to tour the world.

"I am also the king of the United States and the Netherlands, but I haven't been to the United States for six years.

"It's time to take a look before local officials lose control."

The old emperor was obviously a little surprised:
"Ah? You want to go out on an inspection tour now? Who will take care of the affairs of the imperial court in the capital?"

Zhu Jianxuan bowed again and said:

"I can only ask Father to worry about it..."

The old emperor was stunned for a moment, then laughed:

"You said that as if you want me to supervise your country."

Although the old emperor complained so openly, he actually did not feel any resentment.

After complaining, he agreed directly:
"I probably don't have many years left to live. You won't have the opportunity to inspect the local areas at any time in the future, and it will be especially inconvenient to inspect overseas.

"While I'm still alive, it would be a good idea for you to go out again as the crown prince..."

Under normal circumstances, although the crown prince's tour of the country is a big deal, it is not something unacceptable. It is much easier than the emperor's personal tour.

But Zhu Jianxuan's situation is different. Zhu Jianxuan now has the actual ruling power of the Ming Dynasty, and the old emperor has actually retired.

Zhu Jianxuan is now out on an inspection tour, and leaving the family affairs to the old emperor is somewhat sensitive. However, the court is now full of old officials of the Wu Kingdom, and they are all Zhu Jianxuan's people.

The old emperor was already very old, and Zhu Jianxuan was still the old emperor's preferred heir, so the two of them could trust each other.

It's a good opportunity to see if there is anyone stupid enough to cause trouble while I'm out.

Zhu Jianxuan reported his intention to go on tour to the old emperor, but did not set off immediately.

Things need to be arranged and explained, accompanying personnel need to be selected, escort fleets and the army need to be dispatched, and further news needs to be waited for.

The French Revolution had just begun, future changes were not yet clear, and other European countries had not responded.

He didn't need to intervene right away, and he didn't have enough resources to do so before the war in Japan was over.

Zhu Jianxuan continued to wait and prepare patiently for several months.

In August of the 44th year of Xianning, Zhu Jianxuan's first child was born, a boy.

The old emperor and the empress were very happy and directly named Zhu Jianxuan's eldest son Zhu Jingkun.

From August to the end of the year, six children were born in the Forbidden City.

Including the eldest, Zhu Jingkun, there are four boys in total.

Zhu Jianxuan suddenly had four sons, and the old emperor and empress were completely relieved.

The ministers and new nobles below were also completely relieved.

In traditional monarchies, especially in the royal family of the Shenzhou Empire, the emperor's heir is very important.

Only when the emperor has his own children as heirs can the royal family and the court be truly stable.

If the emperor has no children of his own, he can adopt one from the royal family while he is alive or choose one from the royal family after his death.

There is a high possibility of political turmoil or even a de facto coup d'état.

Once the emperor has sons, especially several sons at once, he basically doesn't have to worry about such things.

Near the end of the year, the Japanese operations leaders led by Liu Biao and Shen Chu returned to Shuntian Prefecture.

He brought back the Japanese tyrant Kanehito, the Japanese King Tokugawa Ienari, and all the living Japanese daimyo.

This included daimyo who chose to follow the Japanese king, as well as the opposition who opposed the king and were captured in the war.

Before Zhu Jianxuan and the old emperor met with Japanese daimyo such as Tokugawa Ienari, Shen Chu and Liu Biao went to Wenhua Hall alone to pay a visit to Zhu Jianxuan.

The two men handed over a report on Japan's actions and the "Great Japanese History", the most representative of all the evidence of treason found in Japan.

Zhu Jianxuan didn't know much about Japanese history in his previous life, and had never even heard of the Great Japanese History.

Now, listening to the key points introduced by Shen Chu and flipping through the table of contents and key contents in the book, I was also amazed by the writing of Tokugawa Mitsukuni.

Zhu Jianxuan had always believed that Japan considered itself to be a younger brother of the Divine Continent and that it was enough to be one level higher than North Korea.

I never expected that there was a saying that they were the Celestial Empire, and that the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties were vassal states of Japan.

"Is this Tokugawa Mitsukuni dreaming?"

"If you don't want to be a vassal of the Celestial Empire, then don't ask for the title of Han, Tang, Song, or Ming!"

"You accepted the title and accepted your position as a subject, but you still secretly rebel against Tian Gang. Are you sick?"

Shen Chu next to him immediately echoed:
"The Japanese are indeed extremely treacherous, just like the Vietnamese in the past, they secretly adopted the strategy of being an emperor within and a king without.

"So, how should we deal with the current King of Japan and the surviving daimyo? Your Highness, please give us your instructions."

Zhu Jianxuan thought about it for a while.

These things the Japanese do are actually nothing in modern times. At most, they cause netizens on both sides to attack each other online.

However, in this era of feudal empire, when the throne of the Ming emperor is becoming more and more stable, the book "History of Japan" is truly outrageous.

The King of Japan is committing deception and the Emperor of Japan is committing treason.

Zhu Jianxuan flipped through the list handed over by Shen Chu and Liu Biao, and after thinking for a while, he made an overall arrangement:
"Tokugawa Shigetsu was sentenced to death by hanging, his domain was completely revoked, his family was demoted to commoners, and they were sent to Africa to open up wasteland and do hard labor.

"Other rebels who surrendered after the war were demoted to commoners along with their families and sent to Africa to open up wasteland and undergo reeducation through labor.

"The feudal lords who supported the Japanese king were granted a basic Japanese noble status and were allowed to lead their existing retainers and samurai to open up wasteland in Africa.

“But they are not allowed to open up wasteland and build cities independently. They must all be dispersed and assigned to serve as subordinates in the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

"The Japanese King, Tokugawa Ienari, can retain his title as the King of Japan and lead all the remaining hatamoto samurai to move to Africa.

"One hundred thousand Japanese samurai divisions were selected to serve as vassal soldiers and sent to Egypt, Tunisia, Algiers and other places, waiting to participate in the war in Europe."

(End of this chapter)