"Your Majesty, the Red Navy called and said that the Egyptian warships blocked our Red Navy from patrolling the Red Sea. They said that the north of the Red Sea belongs to their Egyptian waters and our Ming fleet is not allowed to patrol."
Zhu Fu, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Commandery, reported the latest news from the Red Navy.
"Hmph~"
"This is unreasonable. This Egypt has really become arrogant now. All their so-called warships were purchased from our Ming Dynasty. Our Ming Dynasty Red Navy has been patrolling the Red Sea since its establishment, but now our Ming Dynasty fleet is not allowed to patrol. "
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became angry.
If the Egyptians were really powerful, they wouldn't have been beaten out of the Red Sea by the Portuguese. Now they bought a few warships from our Ming Dynasty, won a few battles in succession, and then started to drift. They didn't even allow the Ming Dynasty's fleet to sail. The Red Sea is patrolled.
"Your Majesty, I think Egypt is testing our Ming Dynasty. If our Ming Dynasty does not give them a tough look, they may ask for the Egyptian Canal in the next step."
Liu Jin stood up and said.
"What Liu Gong said is reasonable. It is said that Kansu II of Egypt now claims to be the Great Emperor of Arabia and wants to re-establish the Arab Empire. He has an army of 300,000 people under his command. The soldiers and horses are strong. He has won several fierce battles with the Persians in the Middle East. Sub-Ottoman Empire.”
"Coupled with the fact that Spain is gradually unable to compete with them for Alexandria and some areas in North Africa, they feel that they are stronger and can be on an equal footing with our Ming Empire, and their ambitions have become bigger."
Ji Zhong also stood up and expressed his stance.
To say that the most arrogant people are now, it must be the Egyptians. From being bullied by the Ottoman Empire, they were locked up by the Portuguese and could not even get out of the Red Sea. Then they were in a situation where internal land annexation was serious and peasant uprisings were frequent.
Now he is gradually getting stronger, his troops and horses are strong, and Kansu II has gradually mastered all the power, and he is starting to drift away.
"Your Majesty, I think we need to give Egypt a hard blow to let them know how powerful our Ming Empire is."
Han Wen stood up and said.
The Egyptian Canal is of great importance. Ming Dynasty owns half of it. Every year, the Egyptian Canal can distribute nearly ten million taels of silver to the shareholders of the Egyptian Canal. This is real money and silver income.
In the government and the public, from the emperor to ordinary ministers, who doesn't have any shares in the Egyptian Canal?
If this allowed the Egyptians to take back half of the ownership of the Egyptian canal, I don’t know how many people would suffer heavy losses.
"Well, I'm going to give Egypt a hard beating."
"How do you think we should attack Egypt?"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded. The millions of Egyptian Canal shares he held were worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver. Emperor Hongzhi would never allow Egypt to take back half of its ownership of the Egyptian Canal.
"Your Majesty, the reason why Egypt is so ambitious is simply because it has some soldiers, horses, and warships in its hands. As long as these soldiers, horses, and warships are destroyed, they will understand that they have How many kilograms and taels is it?”
"I think we can support the Ottoman Empire. They have been asking us to buy arms and weapons. In addition, we can sell some warships to the Spanish and let the Spanish and the Ottoman Empire deal with the Egyptians."
"Of course, if the Egyptians anger us again, they can order the Red Sea Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet to give them some color. In addition, Chu State borders Egypt, and the two sides have been competing for some land in the middle reaches of the Nile River. We can also
Appropriately support Chu State against Egypt."
Liu Jin thought for a while and said.
Daming's own use of force was naturally the most effective and fastest, but this was not within the scope of beating, but to press Egypt to the ground and rub it.
"Your Majesty, judging from the experience of this veteran, we might as well send out a large army to destroy it, turn the whole of Egypt into a colony of our Ming Dynasty, and give all ownership of the Egyptian canals to our Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Fu, however, stood up and expressed his stance.
The Ming army has not fought for several years. They are all eager to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty, and they are also eager to gain merits and rewards through expansion.
"Except for the Egyptian Canal, there are really few other valuable places in Egypt. There are only some oases and fertile land along the Nile River, and most of the areas are desert areas."
"Now Egypt has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. If Ming Dynasty directly uses force, I am afraid that it will need to mobilize at least the same number of troops."
"I think it is better to follow Liu Gong's method and beat Egypt. The Ming Dynasty also needs Egypt to form a tripartite force in the Middle East, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire to check and restrict each other."
Wang Shouren thought carefully and expressed his opinion.
"Well, then just do what Liu Jin said, beat Egypt hard, let them know how much they have."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, and then issued the order.
"Yes~"
All the ministers quickly replied in unison
Egypt, in the palace of Cansu II, Cansu II sits on a high throne.
This throne is set up according to the position of the emperor in the imperial palace of the Ming Empire. It is on top, which means high above.
"The great emperor~"
"You are the co-lord of the three continents, an almighty and omniscient saint!"
"You are the incarnation of a great prophet. You lead us to glory and build a great empire!"
Under the steps, ministers were constantly flattering each other, and Kansu II enjoyed it all so much that he even proclaimed himself the greatest emperor in history, the greatest prophet, the spokesperson of the Lord in the world, and the Son of God.
, Holy Lord and a series of titles.
I wish I could put all the honors and hats on my head.
He was really floating.
Carefully recalling what he had done over the years, Kansu II felt even more elated.
He personally brought Egypt back from a situation of internal and external troubles, facing collapse and destruction, and now has everything it has now.
Not only does it have a powerful army, there are more than 300,000 troops, including tens of thousands of troops with brand-new weapons, tens of thousands of elite Arab cavalry, and more than 200,000 powerful Mamluk infantry.
In the Middle East and the Persian Empire, it severely defeated the Ottoman Empire, invaded the two river basins that were previously unimaginable, and conquered many tribes on the Arabian Peninsula.
Here in North Africa, they fought with Spain around Alexandria, defeated Spain several times, expanded a large amount of land to the west, and occupied some important areas in North Africa.
Moving southward and upstream of the Nile River, the hinterland of Africa expanded, acquiring large tracts of land to alleviate the increasingly acute internal land conflicts.
In terms of finance, it used to be very poor. Now, relying on the income from the Egyptian canal and the convenience of being located at the core hub of three continents to develop trade, it has quickly become rich, and the palaces are decorated with incomparable luxury.
, just short of using gold to build palaces and halls.
In terms of political situation, when he first came to the throne, he had very little power. Most of the power was in the hands of feudal military nobles and lords. The big feudal lords did not take him seriously at all.
Now, almost all the disobedient feudal military nobles and lords have been wiped out by him. His power is unprecedentedly powerful, and no one dares to oppose him or obey his orders.
It can be said that from all aspects, Kansu II also felt that he was a great emperor, someone who could be compared with those famous emperors in history.
"Only the Ming Empire can be compared with the Egyptian Emperor!"
The ministers under his command tried their best to flatter and compared Egypt with the Ming Empire. Some flatterers even believed that the Ming Empire was far inferior to the current Egypt.
I feel that Egypt has surpassed the existence of the Ming Empire. Kansu II and the Ming Emperor each ruled half of the earth.
"Your Majesty, the Egyptian Canal is a canal dug out of our Egyptian land. Its ownership should belong to us in Egypt and to your great Majesty."
"The Ming Empire only spent some money to dig the canal, but the people employed were still us Egyptians, and our Egypt is already as powerful an empire as the Ming Empire."
"How can we allow the Ming Dynasty to continue to occupy half of the ownership of Egypt's canals? This is the biggest shame to Egypt."
"My great Majesty, I also think that we should take back the ownership of the other half of the Egyptian canal. In this way, we, Egypt, can receive a huge income of nearly ten million taels of silver a year."
Kansu II was in a state of high spirits, and the ministers in the audience were clamoring to take back the other half of Egypt's ownership.
"My great Majesty, you must not do this."
"We had an agreement with the Ming Empire to construct the Egyptian canal, and it was a matter of mutual consent. The Ming people invested and provided technology, we provided the land, and the proceeds were equally shared."
"If we break the contract now, wouldn't it be a breach of trust in the world?"
"What's more, the Ming Empire is not the Ottoman Empire, nor is it Spain. The Ming Empire is so powerful that we cannot easily offend it. Once we offend the Ming Empire, our situation will be worrying."
"Besides, the Ming Empire will never give up half of its ownership of the Egyptian canal. This will inevitably lead to the Ming Empire's army pressing down on the country, and all life will be in ruins."
Of course, there are still ministers who are very clear-headed. The power of the Ming Empire is definitely not a joke. If you really dare to take it back, the army of the Ming Empire will come to your house the next day.
"Although we have an appointment, the Ming Dynasty people have already recovered all their investments in these years. How can we continue to let the Ming Dynasty people take advantage of us? Today is different from the past. Our Egypt is no longer the Egypt it used to be."
"What's your intention? If the Ming Empire attacks us, what will you do to get there?"
"I have hundreds of thousands of elite troops in Egypt. How can I be afraid of the Ming Dynasty?"
"If they dare to come, we will make the Ming Dynasty look good. Just because they defeated the Ottoman Empire, we also defeated the Ottoman Empire."
"What do you call winning? Or are you with the Persians? Do you really think you are as powerful as the Ming Empire?"
Under the stage, the ministers were divided into two rows and argued endlessly.
"Okay, let's not mention this matter for now. It's better for the people of Ming Dynasty not to provoke me."
Kansu II looked at both sides, thought for a while and said.
Although he was floating, he was still afraid of Daming and had no confidence.