With the Ming Morning Post reporting about Annan's invasion of Longzhou, Guangxi, the entire capital began to pay attention to the small country of Annan.

At the same time, above the court, the morning of a new day began again.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat~"

As soon as Xiao Jing's voice was finished, several officials stood up one after another, looked at each other, and soon the lower level of interest retreated first.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!"

The speaker is Jiang Mian, an official from Guangxi, who is currently a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and is a very high-ranking official in the Hanlin Academy, and also the highest-ranking official in the court among the officials from Guangxi, who later entered the cabinet in the Zhengde Dynasty in history.

"Let's talk about it~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, the Annan soldiers invaded my Daming Longzhou, burned, killed, plundered, and did all kinds of evil, resulting in heavy casualties and rivers of blood for the people of Longzhou, Guangxi, please avenge the people of Guangxi!"

When he said this, Jiang Mian gritted his teeth, his hometown and fellow villagers were slaughtered by foreigners, and he, a native of Guangxi, had to stand up no matter what.

If even he doesn't speak to the people in his hometown, who else will explain to his hometown?

"Your Majesty, the ministers ask Your Majesty to avenge the people of Guangxi!"

Officials from Guangxi have come forward one after another.

Liu Jin looked at these officials from Guangxi and nodded slightly, bloody, and then think about future generations, Guangxi soldiers are all wolf soldiers, full of blood.

Moreover, Guangxi has been invaded many times by the French who have occupied Annam behind Annan, but they have never taken any advantage here in Guangxi, and the people of Guangxi would rather die standing than surrender to foreigners, and they are full of backbone.

"I already know about this matter, what do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, then looked at everyone and asked.

Although Emperor Hongzhi himself has already made up his mind to send troops to Annam, this kind of thing naturally has to be brought up by the courtiers below, and then let everyone discuss and discuss it together, so that these civil officials will not say that they are arbitrary, rigid and self-serving.

When the ministers heard this, they immediately pondered.

Many smart ministers knew that this matter was not so simple, and it was far from being that it was so simple because the Annan soldiers invaded Guangxi, burned, killed, and plundered, so the imperial court had to express that it was so simple.

In the past, Annan was often dishonest, jumping around like a monkey, and he had to cause trouble from time to time, otherwise Emperor Yongle would not have sent an army of 800,000 troops to destroy Annan and set up a political envoy in Jiaozhi.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not too excessive, it will let the Guangxi side organize troops to fight back, give them a lesson, and let them know that it is not easy to provoke, and it is rare to say that it will be discussed so seriously in the court.

Moreover, the Daming Morning Post also reported this incident very cooperatively, depicting the tragedy that occurred in Longzhou, Guangxi, which aroused the strong indignation of the people of Daming.

Although Annan did go too far this time and killed a lot on the side of Longzhou, things were not as simple as imagined.

Li Dongyang thought about it slightly, and immediately thought clearly about the deep meaning of this, in the final analysis, it was actually Emperor Hongzhi who wanted to fight, and the reason was so simple.

Nanyang has become indispensable for the current Ming Dynasty, and the trade with Nanyang countries, the plantations of Nanyang, through Nanyang to Burma, Tianzhu, the Middle East, Persia.

It is conceivable that the importance of this place in Nanyang is not only indispensable for Daming, but also must be firmly in his own hands.

Last year, the northern part of Luzon was laid, and this year it is natural to find a place to fight, if Annam is laid again, then the east and west sides of the South China Sea can be encircled, and at the same time the land to the Indochina Peninsula has been obtained, and there is a deeper strategic consideration, that is, to realize the military presence of the Ming Dynasty in the Indochina Peninsula, echoing the Nanyang Province of Luzon, and consolidating the position of the Ming Dynasty in the South China Sea by land and sea.

Annam is located at the junction of the Ming Dynasty and the Indochina Peninsula, and can be used as a springboard for the Ming Dynasty to pass through the West and the South Sea, and its geographical location is extremely important. By taking Annam and Champa, the Ming Dynasty could more easily control the Indochina Peninsula, and could control the states of Champang, Siam, and Chenla as far as away, and control the Sumatra Thorns, Old Harbors, Guava, and Muddy countries near the peninsula.

This is very important for the Nanyang ocean-going trade and the Nanyang plantation economy, which are now booming.

Thinking of this, Li Dongyang stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Zhugong, the small country of Annan, Yelang is arrogant and does not measure his strength, killing my people of the Ming Dynasty and invading my Ming land, this is self-defeating." ”

"This Annan has been the land of my Ming Dynasty since ancient times, but I was unable to operate it before, so that the puppet Li Dynasty was occupied, and now my Ming national strength is thriving, and the army is strong, so I should take back Annan and re-set up the Jiaozhi Political Envoy Division."

"Not only to expand the territory, but also to protect my Ming people, and to shock the countries of the South Seas."

There's nothing to say, I have to support it.

Not only because this is the will of Emperor Hongzhi, but also because the trading house invested by Li Dongyang's Li family also has its own plantations and merchant ships in Nanyang.

The pirates, thieves and bandits of the South Seas, as well as the countries of the South Seas, imposed heavy taxes on the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, which has seriously violated the interests of the major trading houses and plantations of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also equivalent to offending the interests of these ministers above the court.

Who hasn't invested in a firm now?

Who would have no stake in the plantations in Nanyang?

Are you really already this Jiang Mian completely speaking for the people of Guangxi? He also had his own trading house, his own merchant ship, and his own plantation in the South Seas.

Even Jiangnan Shilin, which was the most opposed to the opening of the sea and the use of troops abroad, accompanied by the opening of Nanjing and Songhu, a large number of commercial banks have sprung up here in Nanjing and Songhu.

They also have their own huge interests in Nanyang.

So as soon as Li Dongyang's side finished speaking, Xie Qian also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks what Li Gong said is very true. ”

"The countries of Nanyang are afraid of prestige but not virtue, and this is even more so in Annam, just because last year my Ming Dynasty did not accept its tribute, and I invaded Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty."

"It shows that it was false for me to call the Ming Dynasty a tribute, and it was true to get my Ming Dynasty's reward."

"It also shows that Your Majesty's policy of formulating the treaty of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty is really far-sighted, and it is the essence of the tributary of the foreign countries."

"During this period of time, not only the soldiers of Annam invaded our Ming Guangxi, but also the countries of the South Seas such as Champang, Siam, Boni, Java, and Malacca have also imposed heavy taxes on our Ming merchant ships, and pirates and thieves in the South Seas have also begun to frequently plunder our Ming merchant ships."

"In the long run, where is my Ming national prestige?"

"The minister thinks that my Ming Dynasty not only wants to send troops to attack Annan, but also should take this opportunity to teach the Nanyang countries a hard lesson, raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty, expand the territory, and protect my Ming people."

Needless to say, Xie Qian was a proper representative of the big merchants, big landlords, gentry, and big families in the south of the Yangtze River.

Now the Nanyang countries levy commercial taxes on the Ming merchant ships, and there are pirates and thieves who plunder the Ming merchant ships, which seriously violates the interests of the Ming merchants, and they even dared to engage in the Ming Emperor before, let alone these small Nanyang countries.

Therefore, it is also the most supportive of war against the countries of the South Seas.

It's a good war!

If you conquer Annam, occupy the city of Champ, and occupy more islands and land in the South Seas, you can open more plantations, do business with more peace of mind, and go to Tianzhu, Ceylon, Persia, and the Middle East.

Fighting pirates and thieves can protect the safety of everyone's merchant ships and plantations, which is a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone, and teach the Nanyang countries a hard lesson, and see who dares to be disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty in the future.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that what Gong Li and Gong Xie said is very true~"

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian expressed their positions one after another, and the other ministers also stood up one after another, and they all said in unison.

"Even the civil servants have changed~"

Seeing this scene, Liu Jin was also slightly stunned.

Originally, Liu Jin and Emperor Hongzhi thought that this matter might be more difficult to pass above the court, and the civil officials were the most opposed to the use of force against foreign countries in the past.

You must know that when the little Tatar prince invaded Shanxi and Shaanxi, Emperor Hongzhi wanted to fight with him, but he was strongly opposed by his ministers.

At that time, there were many imperial histories and Hanlin who even wanted to die, and they wanted to die to oppose the war between Emperor Hongzhi and the little prince of Tatar.

But now, not only did no one stand up to oppose it, but even everyone advocated that not only Annan, but also the countries of the South Seas should be beaten together, and they should be beaten until they were scared and hurt.

Such a huge change also made Liu Jin ponder.

Sure enough, as the old saying goes, the ass decides the head.

In the past, the reason why these civil officials opposed it was because it did not benefit them at all, and it was very likely to lead to turmoil in the Ming Dynasty and lead to the re-emergence of the Ming military generals and noble groups.

The reason why we support the war now is also because everyone has huge interests on the South Seas side.

At the end of the first few months, when the major commercial banks and major plantations in the Ming Dynasty paid dividends at the end of the year, these bigwigs in the government and the opposition all shared huge profits.

Now that the Nanyang countries are harming the interests of the Ming Dynasty and everyone, it is natural that everyone will definitely not allow it.

There must be a war, and there are many benefits after the war, the land can be used to open up plantations, the population can be used to grow sugar cane and rice, and the pirates and thieves can be swept away, so that the countries of the South Seas will no longer dare to impose heavy taxes on the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, etc.

In short, it must be fought, beaten hard.

As for the question of whether we can win the war, do we still need to doubt this?