Time flies very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the twenty-three years of Chongzhen are about to pass again.

During this year, the Ming Dynasty cut off the clutches of Tsarist Russia extending to the Far East, occupied Yakutsk, and made the territory controlled by the Ming Dynasty reach the Arctic.

In addition, with the help of the Portuguese, the Ming Dynasty seized the opportunity of the fighter and sent troops to Annan while the Zheng family in the north and the Ruan family in the south were fighting, and successfully quelled the Annan Rebellion. Because Annan was too small, the imperial court finally established Annan Prefecture, which was under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province.

The Annan rebels Zheng Zha and Nguyen Phuc were on the verge of entering the Nanzhang country, causing turmoil in the Nanzhang country. However, its king Solin Nawangsa was still capable and suffered huge losses, but in the end they wiped out the Annan rebels. The leaders Zheng Zha and Nguyen Phuc were captured and then cut into pieces.

It was still within this year that the remnants of the Togo South Dongyu Dynasty were still thinking of hiring the Dutch to retake the Ava area. Unexpectedly, the Dutch were afraid of the strength of the Ming army, so they did not dare to fight but were unwilling to return empty-handed. They turned against Togo and captured the southern capital of the Togo Dynasty, killed the past Pingdali, and then robbed them and continued to travel westward.

The entire Donggo was re-introduced into the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and the 18th province of the Ming Dynasty was established as Donggo Province. At this point, the Ming Dynasty had an entrance to the Indian Ocean.

The court adjusted the jurisdiction of the navy, and the jurisdiction of the former central navy of the Ming Dynasty extended to the south, including the original southern navy of the Ming Dynasty; while the southern navy of the Ming Dynasty was renamed the Daming Dongwuyang Navy, and its base was Shalian.

Due to the focus of future national policies, relevant naval resources will give priority to the care of the Damingdong Wuyang Navy.

Overseas, there are also things that the Ming Dynasty did not affect, and are still developing according to the original history. For example, it was from this year that Anguilla was conquered and colonized by British colonists from St. Kitts Island.

Also, the French arrived at St. George and began to colonize here, but if they continued to develop according to history, they would be stolen by the British and eventually become one of the Commonwealth.

In addition, some historical events occurred this year, but were eventually affected by the butterfly effect of the Ming Dynasty's changes.

Far from Europe, the ruler of Cardinal Prime Minister Masalin arrested Conte and his main followers, Prince Conte (the younger brother of Conte) and Duke Longeville. But Conte's other supporters, including Tirena, successfully escaped.

These fleeing noble leaders actively planned to rescue the prince and others. They had actually rebelled, thus opening the prelude to the nobles' Stone-Top Party - the second Stone-Top Party rebellion.

Mrs. Longeville (the sister of Conde) negotiated with France's enemy Spain and received assistance; around the young princess of Conde, she gathered an army to occupy Bordeaux; Tirena fled to the Netherlands, cooperated with France's enemy Spain, and led a Spanish army to attack France.

These things happened in the 23rd year of Chongzhen and were not affected by the butterfly effect of the Ming Dynasty. However, the subsequent things were affected and changed the course of history.

The British royalists who were originally in Lisbon were expelled by Joao IV, but in the United Kingdom, Cromwell was at its peak and showed no sign of being defeated by them. In the end, they went into exile to France.

Just as the New Year was celebrated in the Ming Dynasty, the British royalist leader Pompe stood in the Paris palace and was received by Empress Dowager Anna of Austria and Prime Minister Cardinal Massalin.

The French Queen Mother, who was sitting in the main seat, did not speak, but the Prime Minister Masalin, who stood on the side, showed a very concerned expression. When Lord Pompe had just finished his salute, he was very concerned and even asked impatiently: "You said that there is a huge amount of wealth to be dedicated to France. Is this true?"

The current civil strife in France, that is, the Stone-Transfer movement, is ultimately because France went bankrupt in the thirty years of religious war. Only then did the Empress Dowager and him attack the aristocratic forces in the court, wanting to gain support from wealth. As a result, the money of the aristocratic forces was not so easy to plunder, which triggered civil strife.

This civil strife was very worried for Anna and Masalin in Austria.

Because the leader of the rebels, Dakonde was a very famous general in France, and the rebels colluded with Spain, which made both of them even more worried.

If Masalin develops according to the original historical development, he will soon be unable to withstand the pressure, and the arrested Dakong Congress will be released, and he will be resigned in January of the following year.

At this time, when he was afraid that Pompe would hear the question, he nodded and replied: "Dear Prime Minister, you really have a very huge wealth. The oriental goods of the Six Seas ships are all the most exquisite porcelain, silk and other things."

When he heard this, Massaring was very happy. This is a commodity from the Far East and a synonym for gold. It is a hot commodity in all European countries. If he can get this wealth, it will greatly alleviate domestic financial pressure and effectively respond to civil strife. Whether it is to recruit troops to suppress the rebellion, or agree to the rebels' request and make concessions, he will be confident.

He thought this in his heart, then turned his head to look at the Queen Mother, and found that her eyes were full of greed expressions. He immediately understood that women like the Queen Mother had no immunity to the exquisite products from the Far East Empire.

Therefore, Masalin immediately turned around and said to Pompei: "If this is true, then we France can support you in restoring your country!"

After being the prime minister for so many years, he certainly knew what these British men wanted the most. If it were the past, although France did not want to see Britain rebellious and seize power, even the king was killed by them, France had a lot of things to do, so it would be possible to care about the British affairs.

However, with this huge fortune, it is worth giving these British people a verbal promise.

When Lord Pompe heard Masalin's words, he was immediately overjoyed and thanked him quickly. With the support of France, it would be much easier to defeat Cromwell and restore the king's rule.

Masalin couldn't wait, and even didn't care about his reserve, and quickly asked Pompe, "Where are those oriental goods? Have you ever brought them? Outside the palace or at any port?"

"..." Lord Pompe was speechless when he heard this. He did not expect that the dignified French Prime Minister, a gentleman above ten thousand people, would be so impatient.

After coming back to his senses, he quickly replied: "Dear Prime Minister, all the exquisite goods from the Far East are in Lisbon!"

"..." At this moment, it was Masalin's turn to be speechless. Unexpectedly, those goods were actually in Lisbon, which means that those things did not belong to these British people.

Thinking of this, his face was not good-looking.

When Lord Pompe saw his face, he quickly explained: "Dear Prime Minister, it is not a matter of one word for France to want the wealth of Lisbon. I am afraid that they will not admit that they have these property. But Prime Minister Don't worry, that I have seen it with my own eyes. If Joao IV wants to deny it, I am willing to confront it in person!"

Hearing this, Masalin's face turned gloomy and looked much better.

At least in his opinion, the British man was right. Before, the Portuguese begged him to come and served him very comfortably, but he still looked down on Portugal and ignored it.

Now that it is profitable, I'll send someone to talk about it. Anyway, I can make a verbal promise to exchange for those exquisite oriental goods, just like dealing with this British man.

He was thinking, and suddenly heard Pompei say to him with emotion: "The Portuguese don't know what channels they have obtained. This time they can actually get the Oriental goods from the Six-Sea Boat. I might be more waiting for the next year. Speaking of which, Joao IV is going to make a fortune!"

When Masalin heard this, his eyes immediately showed a greedy look. If he really wanted to be as this British man said, then Joao would really make a fortune in his fourth lifetime! If this channel to obtain Eastern wealth could be controlled by himself...

Lord Pompe stared at Masalin and smiled proudly when he found his face full of greed.

Haha, that damn Joao IV, actually dared to humiliate himself. What should he do now? Do you dare to offend the French Prime Minister who holds real power? Do you dare to offend the powerful France?

If you dare not offend, you will spit out your wealth obediently! This is the price of humiliation!

Pompei was actually very clear in his heart that at least he could not get substantial support in France for the time being. But it doesn't matter, disgusting Joao IV is his main purpose. In addition, he believes that with this news, there will definitely be no problem in docking at the French port.

Sure enough, Masalin soon sent his confidant subordinates to Lisbon to ask for money. At the same time, in order to alleviate the crisis in France, he decided to negotiate with the nobles after discussing with the Queen Mother.

With so many Eastern commodities as his confidence, he promised not to increase taxes on the nobles and had something to say to divide and disintegrate the rebels.

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In Lisbon, Joao IV was proud of his youth. With Ming Dynasty commodities as capital, he immediately launched a comprehensive project of imitating the important weapons of the Ming Dynasty's military and nationality, otherwise he would not have the financial resources to do so.

Although rifled guns and cannons are difficult to deal with, they are just flower worlds and can be created after all. The imitation of steam paddle wheel warships is not as good as the original version of the Ming army. The main reason is that the steam engine is not good, but it can still be used.

Seeing that there were more and more imitations of the Ming Dynasty's military and national heavy weapons, Joao IV's confidence became more and more strong. On this day, when he was inspecting the ordnance factory, he suddenly heard a report that a French envoy was visiting, and the envoy was also the confidant of the Prime Minister Masalin.

If it were the past, Joao would have been ecstatic. But now, he is not particularly concerned about whether France has the support.
Chapter completed!