"Since everyone thinks it would be more appropriate for Liu Daxia to go to Europe to mediate, then it would behoove Liu Aiqing to go to Europe to mediate in person."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Daxia and also ordered.

"I accept the decree!"

Liu Daxia looked at Emperor Hongzhi, then at the crowd, and thought in his heart that he was still going to Europe at his age, so he would not die on the way.

"I just advocated lower reconciliation, but in the end, I got into such trouble and had to go to Europe."

But now, it seems like it’s impossible not to go.

"Your Majesty, Egypt and the Persian Empire have won several victories over the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East. Now they are actually threatening to take back the Egyptian Canal. They believe that the Egyptian Canal was built on their Egyptian land, and when it was first built, it was mainly for the purpose of taking back the Egyptian Canal.

It was also built by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians.”

"It is extremely inappropriate to say that we, the Ming Dynasty people, only have to invest some funds to occupy half of the ownership of the Egyptian canal. We also say that over the years, we have already recovered our investment, and they, Egypt, should take ownership of all the Egyptian canals.

Take it back."

After talking about the Spanish-French war, Liu Jin talked about things in Egypt.

The Egyptians are a little drifting now. They teamed up with the Persian Empire to defeat the Ottoman Empire several times, and they also won successive victories in the war with the Spanish. They actually started to drift.

He even threatened to take back the half of the Egyptian canal that belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

"Hmph~"

"It's unreasonable. We, the Ming Dynasty, hired the Egyptians to build the canal with money and technology. Now we are jealous of the canal's profits and want to take it back. We are too quick to demolish the bridges across the river."

When Zhu Fu heard this, he was immediately furious. He had a lot of shares in the Egyptian Canal.

"Your Majesty, I think we should give the Egyptians a proper beating to let them know the interests of our Ming Empire. Having a good relationship with them does not mean that they can push their limits."

"If they dare to demolish the bridge against our Ming Dynasty, they must pay a certain price. If we are offended, they will directly snatch the other half of the canal."

"Your Majesty, I also think that the Egyptians should be beaten appropriately to keep them awake at all times."

Zhong Zhong also followed suit and said, he also owns a lot of stocks in the Egyptian Canal, which is a huge fortune.

"If the Egyptians want to take back the canal, our Ming Dynasty can directly send troops to knock down the entire Egypt and make the entire canal belong to our Ming Dynasty."

Han Wen also expressed his position. Well, there are also many Egyptian Canal stocks.

Moreover, Han Wen, a civil servant, is now more warlike than military generals. The Ming Dynasty has not fought a war for several years and is worried about having no place to train its troops and no new colonies.

If the Egyptian is ignorant, he will simply take the canal into his own hands. The stock price of the Egyptian canal will definitely rise sharply.

"Liu Jian, what do you think of this matter?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, then looked at Liu Jian, wanting to ask his opinion.

However, Liu Jian didn't seem to hear it at all. He actually closed his eyes and looked as if he was asleep.

"Liu Jian~Liu Jian~"

Emperor Hongzhi shouted twice, but he did not recover.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing beside him. Xiao Jing was also older. He didn't react for a moment and didn't know what happened.

"Mr. Liu~"

Liu Jin reacted the fastest and quickly gave Liu Jian a gentle push.

But who knew that Liu Jian fell directly to the ground, which frightened Liu Jin and quickly grabbed him.

"what happened?"

After being pulled by Liu Jin like this, he woke up and didn't even know what had just happened.

"Is this Alzheimer's disease?"

"It's still an intermittent coma that belongs to the elderly. When we were talking about the Spanish-French War, he didn't seem to be unconscious. Just a few minutes later, he fell asleep."

Liu Jin looked at Liu Jian and was speechless.

This old man in his 80s is really too old. Look at everyone here, they are all in their 60s or 70s.

"Your Majesty~"

"I'm sorry!"

"I must have been suffering from my old problem just now. It has become worse and worse recently. I always feel sleepy, drowsy, and unconscious for no reason. Please forgive me."

After waiting for several minutes, Liu Jian came over slowly, then stood up and said to Emperor Hongzhi.

"It's okay, it's okay. You should pay more attention to your rest."

"I'll ask the doctors and professors from Imperial Hospital and Daming Medical College to take a look at it later."

When Emperor Hongzhi saw that Liu Jian was fine, he took a breath.

This is not the first time that something like this has happened. Since this year, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang's health has been getting worse and worse. Liu Jian's eyesight has become blurry, he has fallen into a coma, and sometimes he is confused. He does everything.

Not sure.

Li Dongyang was in poor health. He was often ill and could not come to court. He could only recuperate at home. Liu Jin was mostly responsible for handling the affairs of the cabinet.

Although he came today, it seems that his mental state is very poor, listless, and sick. He might as well just recuperate at home like Zhang Mao.

"Your Majesty, I am too old. I have no energy at all. My eyesight is also dim and confused. I can no longer assist you in handling national affairs."

"Your Majesty, I am asking you to resign again today. I hope that your Majesty will allow me to return to my hometown for retirement for the sake of the Ming Dynasty!"

Liu Jian smiled, and then very solemnly submitted his application for retirement to Emperor Hongzhi again.

"Teacher~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian, then at Li Dongyang, and thought of Zhang Mao, Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng, Zhou Jing and others. He wanted to retain Liu Jian again, but thinking about his situation, he didn't know how to do it.

Retained.

"Your Majesty, you are kind and merciful. You have taken great care of me and tried every means to persuade me to stay. I am grateful to you."

"I also hope that I can always share your worries for Your Majesty, but I am really too old and my health is really failing. However, our Ming Dynasty is prosperous, and Your Majesty is a powerful and powerful man. He is an eternal sage. What he wants to do is to create a new beginning for the ages.

An unprecedented prosperous age."

"You must not delay the important affairs of the country or delay your majesty's grand cause for the sake of one person."

"I also ask for your majesty's permission to allow my ministers to return to their hometown to take care of themselves, and to select young and promising pillars of the country to assist your majesty in creating the eternal prosperous age of our Ming Dynasty!"

Liu Jian kept persuading him while he was still awake.

"Okay~"

"I'm sure!"

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a long time, looked at Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, then looked at Liu Jin, thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Now it seems that it is a foregone conclusion that Liu Jian and Li Dongyang will return to their hometown to take care of themselves. Even if they can be saved for a while, it may be really harmful to the Ming Dynasty.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately knelt down and thanked him.

A few days later, Emperor Hongzhi rewarded Liu Jian greatly and formally accepted Liu Jian's resignation in the morning. At the same time, he appointed Liu Jin as the new chief assistant of the cabinet, and added Ji Zhong as the new cabinet minister.
Chapter completed!