Fortunately, today is not a debate of Taoism, nor is it a dispute of qi, and there is not too much noise in the Tianyou Palace.

Li Gan showed Qi Guogong's recital to everyone. After entering the Tianyou Palace, he is not a pedantic person, Zuo Pingzhang praised the military affairs: "This Liu Shouchang is a person who is good at adapting to ideas. Rakshasa civil strife is about to start, so that we don't have to waste money and food, and we can expand thousands of miles to the north. ”

Li Gan also smiled: "Yes." If he hadn't known about Western affairs, it wouldn't have been so easy. In Zhuqing's opinion, should these 300,000 taels be spent? If you go inside, don't publicize it. 30,000 taels a year, although it is a lot, if it can be exchanged for a million miles of land, it is worth it. ”

There was no opinion on that. Real value.

Zuo Pingzhang said again: "The minister thinks that what the Duke of Qi said is very right. Taking this incident as an example, we will expand the Siyi Pavilion, recruit translators, and send them to various countries. ”

"If something happens to Siyi, the dynasty can know. For example, during the Wanli period of the previous dynasty, the Japanese state customs invaded the dynasty, and if there was an envoy in Japan, it could also be known in advance. In the case of re-entering the Ryukyus, Japan invaded and oppressed the Ryukyus, and if there was an envoy, they could also know about it and warn them. ”

"Second, Liu Shouchang is really fortunate in this matter, but he can't rely on luck in the future. The countries stationed in the countries can be known as far as the dynamics of each country are known. ”

The heretical Catholic on the side also said, "The minister seconded the proposal." This is very true. Xu Guangqi said: If you want to win, you must first know how to pass. If you want to understand, you must first translate. For example, it is as big as it is today, 9981 states, and Chixian is only 91. Countries come and go, and they don't know what is true and what they do, and it's really difficult to deal with it. ”

"Although the ministers believe in God, they do not obey the orders of the Holy See. If they are still not allowed to worship their ancestors and worship heaven, then there are Orthodox, God, and Protestant religions in the West, so why can't there be dynasties? Have the Lord in your heart, and be justified by faith. Once the religion is banned, it will cut off exchanges with the West, which may be detrimental to the country. ”

Li Gan also has this intention.

If Qi Guogong and Liu Yu's judgment is correct, then this matter is indeed an opportunity.

If someone else were to negotiate, hundreds of thousands of miles of land might be handed over. The huge contrast brought about by this incident will be moved by anyone, it is a million miles of land. According to the map presented by the Westerners, how many million miles are there in total?

This opportunity can be said to be a blessing, or it can be said that the opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared.

For example, the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty, Li Guang got lost, or said that the number of fates was strange. However, why didn't Huo get lost all the way? Isn't it because he has already recruited some Huns and knows something about the Huns?

Thanks to Liu Yu's knowledge of the situation in Western countries, he can always grasp the key points when asking questions about prisoners.

In the future, it is impossible to count on one person for everything, and it is indeed advantageous to expand the Siyi Pavilion, increase the number of translators, and even send some envoys abroad.

Li Gan thought to himself, this Liu Yu's heart of change will not change.

I don't know if it's a blessing or what, I can always seize such an opportunity in an unexpected place to make some changes to the imperial court.

If it can really be done, the bottom line of the court and what he got with one mouth is too different, and his jaw dropped.

Millions of miles of land are in front of him, but he hopes that the country and the DPRK will recruit translators and send them to foreign countries.

This was said to be opposed before, but now it is very different.

Or is he afraid that there is no history to rely on as an excuse, but now he is too lazy to find chapters and sentences according to history and directly create history?

Li Gan's drunkard's intention was not only to drink, but also to talk about North Korea. Regarding Liu Yu's idea of poking a big hole in the roof, he had already communicated with these people in advance, but there were those who supported and those who opposed it.

I wanted to mention this matter, but before Li Gan took the initiative to mention it, someone talked about it first.

"Your Majesty, although this matter is gratifying, the minister is still thinking about the day. For the sake of the stability of Dzungaria and northern Xinjiang, communicate with the Rakshasas, and still do not call each other emperors. As for the Korean affairs, it is also closely related to what the minister said. ”

"If you inherit the throne of the Rakshasa Emperor, then such as France, England, the Netherlands and other countries, how to call it? If the Rakshasa does not come, then France, England and other countries will strive to be the same as the Rakshasas. ”

If this is the case, how will Korea, Ryukyu, Annam, and other foreign service states view this matter? The French, the kingdom also; North Korea, also the kingdom. If France is on the same example as Rakshasa, then why should Korea submit? Over time, I am afraid of rebellion. ”

"Furthermore, what if he becomes rebellious in the future, conspires with Western countries, and seeks to stand on his own feet?"

"If you recognize the throne of the Rakshasa Emperor, if you have equal relations with Western countries, it is equivalent to Zhou Tianzi sealing the three Jin as marquis and destroying his own etiquette. Since the Celestial Empire and the Western countries had equal relations with them, Korea and Annam would also seek to have equal relations with the Celestial Empire. What will happen when the Celestial Empire arrives? ”

"If there is no vassal, how can it be called the Celestial Empire? But China. ”

Li Gan frowned, this matter is indeed a trouble.

Zuo Pingzhang's military affairs were in favor of increasing control over Korea and opening up sea trade, and when he heard this, he said disdainfully: "If you don't move to Korea, the Sixth Division will move it." North Korea and Annam, are not thousands of miles overseas, how dare they disagree? ”

Those who opposed shook their heads and said, "This pure domineering will not last long." Don't you hear Mencius say: Those who use strength to fake benevolence are hegemonic, and there must be a big country; The king who is benevolent with virtue does not wait for the great. The soup is seventy miles, and the king of Wen is a hundred miles. Those who convince others with their strength are not convinced, and they are not supported by their strength; Those who convince people with virtue will be happy and sincere in the center, such as Confucius in the service of the seventy sons. ”

"Although domineering is fierce, it cannot last long. If you don't cultivate benevolence, this is a long-term plan. ”

"For example, North Korea, even after the persecution of Jin, although he was convinced but not convinced, he still respected the name; Such as the Ryukyus, Chongzhen collapsed, although thousands of miles away, still sent envoys to mourn. This is the benevolence of the previous dynasty. Otherwise, if it is purely hegemonic, once the Central Plains changes, I am afraid that North Korea and Annam will not only not save it, but will take the opportunity to cut the soil. ”

Zuo Pingzhang snorted coldly and asked: "If the Celestial Empire is in trouble, what is the use of Korea and Ryukyu?" When Ming was defeated, he never saw North Korea raise troops to save Ming. As for the Ryukyus, I heard that they paid tribute to both the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese vassals. Could it be that the Japanese feudal domains were more benevolent than the Celestial Empire? ”

The man shook his head and said, "This is exactly what Mencius said: if you are not convinced, you will not be able to support yourself." Japan bullied with domineering, and the Ryukyus will not accept it, and if it becomes rich and strong in the future, it will seek to stand on its own. ”

King Xuan of Qi asked Mencius, is there a way to have fellowship with neighbors? Mencius said: Only the benevolent person can do big things and small things, so Tang Shi Ge, Wen Wang Shi Kunyi. However, the wise man can use small things to make big things, so the king is very careful about everything, and he is doing things. With big things and small things, those who are optimistic are also; Those who are big in small things are also afraid of the sky. Those who are optimistic protect the world, and those who fear the sky protect their country. ”

"If the destiny of heaven is there, it is also possible to serve small countries with large countries. That's the way to go. ”

"Nowadays, the Western countries are purely domineering. Now that the Western countries are strong, those small countries naturally dare not resist. But once they are not strong, those small countries will inevitably resist. ”

"Because the nations of the West have no royal way. If the royal road is used, even if those small countries become strong in the future, they will definitely not resist, this is the difference between the royal road and the hegemony. ”

"Therefore, for Korea, Annam, and Ryukyu, we must use the royal way, not the domineering. With the royal way, even if his country is rich and strong in the future, he will also submit to the Celestial Empire; And if hegemony is used, once the country is rich and strong, it will rebel. ”

"In the eyes of the ministers, the Western countries act purely with hegemony, and even if they are strong for a while, they will be chaotic after a long time. If Luzon, Batavia, Manraka and other places, the ministers think that they will not last long. ”

"The Son of Heaven must follow the royal road, and the princes will be domineering. If today's dynasty has been decided, if you are domineering, you will surrender your identity. Even if I am domineering, my vassals can also enrich the country and strengthen the army, and I do not respect the mandate of heaven. If it is strong, take it; If it is weak, it is rebellious. ”

Li Gan laughed when he heard this: "What Qing said is extremely true. Ran Taizong said: 10,000 years is too long, seize the day. According to Qing's view, those who are subdued by Western countries will rebel after a long time. The truth is like this, but how long will it take to do so? ”

"Moreover, the Tang people said: Since ancient times, the Ming King has transformed China into faith, and controlled Yi Di with power; Ming people said: The king controls Yidi, and autonomy is the best policy. So, is it the power that is harnessed? Or should the autonomy of Yidi not be taken by power? ”

But the man dared to admonish, and said bluntly: "Tang is controlled by power, so the Son of Heaven moved nine times, and the national capital fell six times." This is pure domineering subjugation, once it declines, the four Yi will divide its flesh. The lessons of the past dynasties must not be ignored. ”

"There are people in the wild who say: Guoheng mourns with weakness, and Han dies with strength. The Han Dynasty emphasized military merits, so that the scholars wanted to do something, but they supported the soldiers to fight on the border, and under the long-term war, the soldiers were reckless, and even the disaster of Wuhu for a hundred years; Tang Zhuang had the Northwest Court of An, and after Anshi, it led to the rebellion of the Ten Kingdoms. ”

"Nowadays, the public opinion in the market is more ambitious than the Han and Tang dynasties, and they are often 'drunk and looking at the sword', 'expanding the land and singing the wind', and 'Anxi Xiting into my dream'. If he is domineering again, he is afraid that he will have the old disaster of the Han and Tang Dynasties. ”

Speaking of which, it can be regarded as a poor dagger.

Over the years, Dashun has been trying to suppress Wenchen with honors, and has repeatedly revealed rumors that he wants to be exempted from preferential exemption in Jiangnan.

The imperial court has an old fifth battalion of soldiers who have almost no intersection with Jiangnan Shi Dafu, and the blood tax soldiers and founding nobles at the border gates.

Even if he is an official, the path he takes is also the way of Wude Palace, and he has no contact and relationship network with Confucianism at all.

Now that the court has just finished fighting with the Rakshasas, it has the meaning of moving the knife against Dzungar.

But money is needed to fight a war, and many people have already noticed that the atmosphere is not quite right.

If you want to use money, where will it come from?

If it is a precedent for interfering in the surrounding vassals, according to the rumors leaked by the emperor before, it is necessary to take advantage of the internal strife in Korea to interfere in the internal affairs of Korea, and even send commissioners.

North Korea can do this, and in the future, it will pacify Dzungaria, but what about Annam? What about Myanmar? What about Siam?

If you continue like this, even if you are not worried about raising taxes, you must worry about the disaster of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Where is the boundary of the Celestial Empire?

This matter is uncertain, and everyone wants to provoke and make war exploits, once the atmosphere is formed, when will it be a head?

Moreover, in the eyes of some scholars, the public opinion atmosphere is no longer quite right.

In their opinion, what kind of ghost are the poems of Chen Liang, Ye Shi, and Xin Qiji, who are close to him, using Yongjia Yongkang's learning?

Drunk to pick up the lamp to look at the sword, dreaming back to blow the horn company camp. Eight hundred miles of fire, fifty strings turned over the outside sound, and the battlefield was an autumn soldier.

The horse-made Lu was fast, and the bow was like a thunderbolt. But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. Poor white happens!

In his opinion, such an atmosphere is good to use when the country was in turmoil.

Now he still doesn't cultivate Wende, so he still thinks about expanding the border and starting a war, and the folk atmosphere will only become more and more domineering.

There are already many people who do not follow the right path of the imperial examination, but go to learn archery and horses, shotguns, geometry, and measurement. I thought that since others can be crowned marquis because of merit, why can't I? Born in Wude Palace, he has been mixing sand in the officialdom, and his level has been getting higher and higher over the years, and he is not an old man who didn't understand civil affairs back then.

In the long run...... The gentry were afraid that there would be no more concessions.

Money is needed to fight a war, and money comes from the southeast, which is a truth that even fools understand.

If the public opinion atmosphere is so belligerent, if the national court continues to engage in public opinion like this with the argument that "there are police at the border gates, the finance and taxes are insufficient, and the preferential exemptions are abolished", I am afraid that even if we resist at that time, we will be sprayed as "thieves who have misled the country."

When the time comes, once the righteousness of the land overrides the righteousness of the scribes, it will be over.

can't stop the army's sword, if you can't even stand up for righteousness, why fight?

Many people have already begun to take action, and it is necessary to reverse the current belligerent wind in Dashun, and even more so, to reverse the brave spirit formed from the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

If you wait until the butcher's knife is raised to resist, it will be too late. The nerves of the gentry were not so sluggish, just because there were too many surrenders in the late Ming Dynasty, and after all, under the scars of the previous ones, they did not dare to raise objections to the atmosphere of expanding the territory.

Now that the scars have basically calmed down, it's time to change the atmosphere and regain the right to speak.

Li Gan didn't know anything about this matter, he already understood when he heard this, but he didn't refute it directly, but said with a smile: "Today is talking about the Rakshasa matter, why did you mention the Han and Tang disasters?" I'm just asking you about the rakshasas. This expansion of the Siyi Pavilion in order to translate the matter, there will be no difference between the royal road and the domineering, right? ”

The emperor kept the issue to a minimum, and even if he objected, he had no choice but to agree.

"Then there is no need to mention the matter of the Rakshasa sending people into Beijing. The so-called king does not govern Yidi, those who come to Lu Rong do not refuse, and those who go do not chase them. Yidi comes, he can't refuse, this is also the royal way, right? If the Rakshasa sends an envoy, I will return the salute, and there is no problem with that. ”

"As for sending foreign countries, it seems that it is also a good thing for me to communicate the news. Liu Shouchang exchanged a mouth for a million miles of land, and the cost of cultivating a translator, plus the cost of stationing abroad, is only a few hundred taels a year. If the household government does not come out, I can still afford to pay for it. ”

It's already said that it's all about the internal money, and there is no point in fighting for it any longer. No matter how big the power and responsibility of Pingzhang military and state affairs are, he can't control the emperor's private affairs, and this is not a state affair such as establishing a prince, the emperor is willing to spend money to raise a few translators, what else can he say?

Li Gan smiled: "Okay, in this case, this matter is settled." ”

Zuo Pingzhang said again: "The minister thinks that not only that, but also the Khalkha Ministry should be sent to order it to send hundreds of soldiers and horses, so that the Rakshasa people think that the country is increasing troops and do not hesitate to fight." It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Liu Shouchang is good at deceit, so the country and the dynasty must help him succeed. ”

"Good!"

He nodded at the people of the Tianyou Hall who were listening to the experience, and motioned to draw up a document and send it to several nobles close to the border in the Khalkha Department in the name of the Tianyou Palace. For the time being, before there was no official office dedicated to dealing with Khalkha Mongolia, only the Heavenly Blessing Hall or the Emperor's Decree was qualified to issue such an order.