The Emperor Zhu continued to instruct Ke Zhiming, "Later, have people compile statistics on the arms trade on the broken little ball, and see how much the Five Benevolent Masters of the Broken Little Pot each hold. We will then directly publish this in the newspapers."
Ke Zhiming immediately bowed and agreed, but the hearts of Zeng Cheng, Liu Huaiwen, and the other big shots were as chaotic as if trampled by ten thousand alpacas.
What do you want to do, Your Majesty?
Don't you have any idea about the current arms trade on the broken little ball?
Do you know that our Great Ming not only occupies the entire market but at least more than half of the arms trade market on the broken little ball… Your Majesty!
If this were to be directly exposed, how would other countries on the broken little ball view our Great Ming?
After a period of internal anguish and deliberation, Zeng Cheng still bowed and advised, "Your Majesty, perhaps you should reconsider? If this matter is directly revealed…"
However, Zhu Jinsong chuckled and said, "Reveal what? Reveal all the good deeds our Great Ming has done? Actually, the reason I want to compile these statistics is mainly aimed at England."
Emperor Zhu had completely let himself go today.
Since he was already copying homework, and he was copying from the foolish eagle, Emperor Zhu felt it would be inappropriate not to copy from a certain rabbit. And what that certain rabbit was best at playing…
For example, the market share of the five major itinerant arms dealers. The shares of the other four great benefactors were openly displayed, while a certain itinerant arms dealer that accounted for twenty-six percent was labeled as "other."
For example, a carrier with a full displacement of sixty-seven thousand five hundred tons, three hundred meters long, and a flight deck seven meters wide was photographed to look as if one could step onto it from a height comparable to a person.
For example, even with identical photos, the French flag could capture the effect of an imperial dawn, exuding an oppressive aura just from the pictures, while a certain agency could capture the effect of a Grand Opening of a Sha County chain hotel.
So, it was quite vexing—although it was copying homework, some homework could be copied, while others could not be copied entirely because their standing in the world was different. One emphasized keeping a low profile, but the Great Ming could not use the same methods.
After all, as the leader, excessive humility could easily give the mahjong players at the table the misconception of "I can do it too" like someone named Ka.
Therefore, the Great Ming needed to be more ostentatious.
After careful consideration, Zhu Jinsong simply instructed Zeng Cheng, Liu Huaiwen, and the other big shots again, "Later, call Louis XVI and Paul I and those few great benefactors, and have another meeting for the Broken Little Pot."
Zeng Cheng was stunned and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?"
Zhu Jinsong tapped the table with his fingers and slowly asked, "Who among you remembers why I established the Broken Little Pot in the first place?"
Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming, along with the other big shots, stared blankly at Zhu Jinsong, thinking, Didn't you establish the Broken Little Pot to bleed other countries on the broken little ball? Wasn't it to harm other countries and then package our Great Ming as great benefactors? Otherwise, could it possibly be for love and peace?
Seeing the somewhat strange looks from Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming, Zhu Jinsong couldn't help but coldly snort, "I did it for peace and justice! But look at the current broken little ball, it's constantly fighting, and countless people die every day due to various wars. My heart is breaking!"
Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming were completely dumbfounded. Even Zhang De, the grand eunuch who had been standing behind Zhu Jinsong, couldn't help but look suspicious—What happened to His Majesty? More than half of those wars were instigated by you yourself!
Emperor Zhu continued, "Why is the broken little ball constantly fighting? Isn't it because some countries are selling arms?"
Zeng Cheng couldn't help but glance at Liu Huaiwen and Liu Heming, his somewhat dazed gaze full of bewilderment—Who is His Majesty talking about?
As Zeng Cheng, Liu Heming, and the other big shots were bewildered, Emperor Zhu continued with feigned heartache, "Therefore, I want to convene a meeting to discuss how to ban weapons of mass destruction such as landmines and hand grenades."
After Zhu Jinsong finished speaking, all the big shots present fell into a state of confusion.
If one were to speak of it, landmines had actually appeared long ago, dating back to the Yongle period. Although they were interrupted for more than 150 years during the Great Qing, Emperor Zhu revitalized them after occupying Menglianggu.
As for hand grenades, Emperor Zhu had begun mass-producing simple, hand-made hand grenades as early as the Jade Emperor Mountain period. After several improvements, they not only became essential ordnance for the Great Ming army but were also exported to various overseas countries.
To put it this way: The reason why various countries on the broken little ball are now keen on using landmines and hand grenades is that the landmines and hand grenades exported by the Great Ming are cheap and highly lethal, making them the best choice for those poor small countries.
The largest sellers of landmines and hand grenades in the market now are the Ministry of Revenue and a certain institution under the Ministry of the Imperial Household of the Great Ming.
If Emperor Zhu were to completely ban the use of weapons like landmines, the impact on other countries might not be significant, but the Great Ming army would certainly not accept it and would likely clamor for more artillery.
Liu Heming immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please reconsider, landmines and hand grenades cannot be banned?"
However, Zhu Jinsong still smiled and said, "What is there to ban or not ban? To completely ban hand grenades and landmines, it at least requires signing an agreement in the Broken Little Pot—so, let other countries sign it."
"For example, England's signing of this agreement is conditional on France signing it first, and France's signing of this agreement is conditional on Russia signing it first."
"In this way, other countries will sign what they should sign, and it doesn't matter whether the remaining five great benefactors sign or not."
Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately, His Majesty had completely let himself go today, and was completely addicted to tricking people, not suddenly having a fit.
However, Zhu Jinsong was not very satisfied.
The schemes proposed earlier were basically played by the foolish eagle. Although the latter two schemes could be considered copying the rabbit's homework, they were too little.
After thinking about it, Zhu Jinsong suddenly thought of tricking his Polish cousin, "I think it's wrong for that Austrian little Hitler artist and Alexander to want to partition my Polish cousin."
Zeng Cheng, Liu Heming, and the other big shots remained expressionless and silent, planning to see what more cunning schemes Emperor Zhu could come up with.
Zhu Jinsong said, "So, why don't we have Louis XVI send someone to talk to my Polish cousins, persuade my Polish cousins to disarm, destroy their weapons, and become a completely neutral country from now on."
Zeng Cheng was very skeptical about the possibility of this scheme succeeding: "Your Majesty, my Polish cousins may not necessarily agree. If the matter of Austria and Russia jointly partitioning my Polish cousins did not exist, it would be fine, but now…"
Zhu Jinsong smiled and waved his hand, saying, "If my Polish cousins do not agree to disarm and destroy their weapons, can they resist the attacks of Austria and Russia?"
Zeng Cheng thought that not disarming might not mean they couldn't resist, but if they disarmed, they would be completely unable to resist!
Zhu Jinsong continued, "If my Polish cousins agree to disarm and destroy their weapons, France can become the protectorate of my Polish cousins—as long as my Polish cousins announce that anyone who attacks my Polish cousins is attacking France, wouldn't this matter be resolved?"
This could be considered a passable homework assignment to copy.
Back then, when Xiong Da and Xiong Er and the others were splitting up, the foolish eagle, John Bull, and Gaulji, as well as Xiong Da and Rabbit, were all very happy. But after Xiong Da and Xiong Er finished splitting up, the Five Great Benefactors were surprised to discover that Xiong Er's household had hundreds of mushroom bombs, plus a lot of strategic killing weapons like the White Swans.
If one looked solely at the paper data, Xiong Er, who was defined as a granary during the Russian period, actually had the qualifications of the sixth great benefactor?
This result scared Xiong Da, the foolish eagle, and Rabbit, the great benefactors.
To ensure that there would be no sixth permanent member, the five great benefactors, who had just jointly supported Man Mouren and thus abolished South Africa, immediately launched a new round of close cooperation.
The foolish eagle began to draw a beautiful picture of a European Union, and the rabbit patted its chest and made a "within the framework of the Broken Little Pot" mushroom protection promise to Xiong Er. It also spent twenty million US dollars to buy a number sixteen fishing boat, fully loaded with sixty-seven thousand five hundred tons, from Xiong Er's household.
At that time, the Five Great Benefactors were truly giving money where they had money and effort where they had effort. Amidst the praise of the broken little ball and Xiong Er's gratitude, they collectively destroyed Xiong Er's mushroom and destroyed the White Swans with bulldozers, and then each received a large number of struggling Xiong Er researchers.
Since then, Xiong Er was completely finished. The beautiful picture drawn by the foolish eagle had always beckoned to Xiong Er, but it had never truly accepted Xiong Er. The mushroom protection promised by the rabbit, although effective, had the prerequisite of "within the framework of the Broken Little Pot."
What does "within the framework of the Broken Little Pot" mean? Any proposal in the Broken Little Pot that Xiong Da vetoes is invalid, so… Moreover, if Xiong Da was truly determined to give Xiong Er mushrooms…
The current proposal by Zhu Jinsong to have his Polish cousins disband all their armies and destroy all their weapons is basically following this same scheme—can France provide protection for his Polish cousins? Of course, it can, provided that the target is not Russia, England, or the foolish eagle.
It's the same scheme, those who understand, understand.
After listening to Zhu Jinsong's plan, Zeng Cheng couldn't help but stroke his beard and say, "This is not impossible. After all, Alexander's and little Hitler artist's plans are not secret at all, and my Polish cousins should be troubled by this matter now. If Louis XVI were to step forward, it would be a solution."
However, as he spoke, Zeng Cheng shook his head slightly and said, "But in this way, the little Hitler artist and Alexander will become a problem. Since they cannot target my Polish cousins, they must have someone to target, right?"
Zhu Jinsong smiled and said, "My target is not necessarily my Polish cousins. It doesn't matter if they are replaced by any other country."
Speaking of this, Zhu Jinsong couldn't help but cough, "I mainly just want to see how these schemes work in Europe."
Zeng Cheng immediately understood, and then felt a moment of sorrow—you are just bored in the Forbidden City and want to find something to entertain yourself?
But if you are really bored, can't you go to the harem and mess with beauties! Can't you produce more princes and princesses for the Great Ming Empire!
Why must you go all out to torment Europe?
Sensing Zeng Cheng's strange gaze, Emperor Zhu Jinsong showed no embarrassment. Instead, he said with a flushed face and steady breath, "After talking about Europe, let's talk about the foolish eagle next."
Seeing Emperor Zhu flying further and further on his path of letting himself go, Zeng Cheng, the Prime Minister of the Great Ming, simply decided to go all out—since it was already like this, tormenting Europe was tormenting, and adding the foolish eagle was also tormenting!
After thinking about it, Zeng Cheng immediately bowed and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think the King of Qin and the King of Jin can support more small states in Yin Di'an."
Liu Heming also bowed and said, "I second that. I think we can sell more arms and the like in Yin Di'an."
However, before Zhu Jinsong could speak, Meng Fanzhi, the head of the Ministry of Rites, disdainfully glanced at Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming and sneered, "Old Master Zeng and Grand Commandant Liu only think about tormenting the foolish eagle? Little do they know that the three characters 'Yin Di'an' already explain everything!"
Liu Heming was stunned and asked, "What's wrong with the three characters 'Yin Di'an'?"
Zeng Cheng frowned and said, "Minister Meng oversimplifies things—if this were the right time to mention Yin Di'an, Your Majesty would have already brought it up. Why would he target the barbarians of Europe first?"
Upon hearing Zeng Cheng's words, Liu Heming became even more bewildered: "No, Master Zeng, can you explain it more clearly? With all this ambiguity, who can understand!"
Zeng Cheng glanced at Liu Heming, stroked his beard, and said, "When King Wu conquered Zhou, many people of Yin refused to submit to Zhou. Some were so loyal that they refused to eat Zhou's grains, and others went overseas—Yin Di'an, the land of the Yin people."
"Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, our Central Plains have been inherited for thousands of years. Although we have gone through Qin, Han, Tang, and Song, our lineage has been passed down to the present day—now that Your Majesty has received the mandate of heaven, it is only right to reclaim the former lands of the Yin Shang."
Liu Heming felt that Zeng Cheng's remarks were somehow incorrect, but he couldn't find any flaw.
While Liu Heming was lost in thought, Zhu Jinsong tapped the table with his fingers and said, "The matter of Yin Di'an will be discussed later."