In the mansion of Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet of the current dynasty in Beijing, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Liu Daxia, and Tong Zhong all came to Liu Jian's mansion to discuss the current major affairs.

Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the military department, and Zhou Jing, the secretary of the household department, are still in prison, but the position of this secretary needs to be replaced.

After the recommendation of the cabinet, coupled with the hand-picking of Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Daxia also succeeded Ma Wensheng as the secretary of the military department.

But now, everyone knows that the Ministry of War is no longer the former Ministry of War, and the current Ministry of War does not have any military power in its hands, and the military power is reassigned to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and is under the direct leadership of the emperor.

Despite this, the household department is still one of the six departments after all, and this household department is still an important minister in the court and the pillar of the country.

On the side of the household department, there is also a bell to replace Zhou Jing as the secretary of the household department, and the power of the household department has not changed at all.

"The news has come back, and we have won again~"

I don't know if I was happy or sad, Xie Qian's words didn't show a trace of joy, his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and he seemed to be preoccupied.

"It's a good thing to win the war, at least in the future, the southeast coastal areas will no longer have to worry about the affairs of the Japanese invaders."

Li Dongyang smiled and said.

"There is no need to worry about the affairs of the Japanese invaders, but they have won the war again, and this time they have asked for an indemnity of fifteen million taels of silver from the side of the Japanese state, Your Majesty will definitely be happy, and in the future, you will rely more on those military generals and nobles, and in the future, we civil servants will have no status in the court."

Xie Qian said very worriedly, watching the rise of the military generals and noble groups, watching Emperor Hongzhi slowly leaning towards the military generals and noble groups, and they were getting farther and farther away from these loyal and upright people.

"I can't say anything~"

Liu Jian shook his head slightly.

"If the Japanese invaders commit crimes, kill my Ming people, and keep even if the Japanese invade my southeast, they should indeed be taught a hard lesson."

"In the past, we didn't have this power, even if we had the heart to clean up those widows, we were also powerless."

"Now we can teach them a hard lesson and solve the problem of the southeast widows, and this battle has not been fought in vain."

Liu Jian's statement is still relatively fair, and the starting point is also for the interests of the Ming Dynasty, as for the civil and military disputes, it is also placed after national events.

"What's more, if we teach the Japanese a hard lesson, it will be safer for our Ming merchant ships to travel between the Japanese country, North Korea, Nanyang and other regions in the future."

"Now that it has begun to enter the summer, there are hundreds of big ships in Tianjin that are preparing to go to the Golden Continent, and I used to worry about the Japanese side, but now I can be greatly relieved."

Hearing Liu Jian's words, Xie Qian was silent for a moment, he didn't know the significance of winning this battle for Daming, for Daming, the meaning of this battle was to solve the troubles in the east, at least in the next few decades, the east of Daming could sit back and relax.

However, he Xie Qian is a native of Zhejiang, a typical Jiangnan person, and what he represents is the interests of big businessmen, big landlords, and gentry in the Jiangnan area.

One of the most important reasons for the rampant prevalence of the Japanese pirates was that some people colluded with the pirates and used them to blockade the southeastern coastal areas, so that they could monopolize the sea trade with astonishing profits.

Without the support of the Japanese state, it is like water without a source and a tree without roots, even if the imperial army does not clean it up, these Japanese will naturally die out cleanly.

This not only dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders, but also dealt a blow to the interests of these big families, big merchants, and gentry in the southeast coastal areas, and it was simply impossible to monopolize maritime trade in the future.

In addition, the rise of maritime trade and shipbuilding industry in Tianjin in the north quickly robbed the market and financial routes of these people in the Jiangnan area, so the opinions of these big merchants, big families, and gentry in the Jiangnan area are very large.

As the saying goes, cutting off people's financial means is like killing parents.

These big businessmen, big families, and gentry in the Jiangnan area are naturally unwilling, and have always tried to influence the government of the Ming Dynasty through these officials from the Jiangnan region.

In the past, many people could be found casually to speak for their interests, but after several major cases, Jiangnan Shilin was hit hard.

Now in the entire court, although there are still many officials from the Jiangnan region, there are only a few people left at the highest level, and Xie Qian is the representative of them, he is the elder of the cabinet and an important minister in the court.

There is no doubt that he has naturally become the representative of Jiangnan Shilin, and has also become the spokesperson for the interests of these big families, gentry, and businessmen in the Jiangnan area.

Xie Qian looked around, Liu Jian and Tong Zhong were from the north, Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia were from Hunan, and they couldn't wear a pair of pants with them from Jiangnan.

Especially Liu Jian and Tong Zhong, now with the rise of the Beijing-Tianjin region in the north, these officials from the north naturally have benefited a lot.

These officials from the north, the families behind their respective families have more or less enjoyed the benefits of the rise of capitalism and maritime trade.

From Liu Jian's words, we can know that these officials in the north are all in favor of using force against the Japanese state, and there is no way, and these officials in the north of Tianjin, large and small, have more or less shares.

These hundreds of big ships that are about to go to the Golden Continent also have their shares in them, and if the Japanese side is not stable, their investment may be wasted.

After a hard lesson to the Japanese state, their investment will be stable, and it will definitely be supported.

"But, Duke Liu, after all, this Wa Kingdom is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, and we are so excited to force the Wa State to sign the alliance under the city, will they be convinced of us?"

"What's more, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin have gone too far, this compensation of fifteen million taels of silver, the amount is really too big, and they want to cede Iwami Country, lease Hyogo no Jin, and garrison troops in the Wa Kingdom in the future, where is this in line with our Ming Dynasty's identity as a kingdom?"

Xie Qian thought for a while and said.

"Convincing?"

"How can I convince the Japanese people?"

Liu Jian looked at Xie Qian, smiled and asked.

"It's... Of course, it is with benevolence and integrity..."

Xie Qian couldn't go on when he said this.

"Benevolence?"

"Integrity?"

"Our Ming Dynasty has always been benevolent and righteous to the Japanese country, and it has always been honest, but they do not take our Ming Dynasty in their eyes and do not restrain their own warriors, so that the southeast of our Ming Dynasty is getting worse and worse, and they even kill my Ming merchants."

"I think what Liu Jin said is right, it is useless to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality against the Japanese state, only by teaching them a hard lesson with their fists, they will know that they are afraid, and they will naturally obey our words."

"As for the so-called convincing, there is no need at all."

Liu Jian smiled and said.

I also sighed in my heart, the rift between the three giants of the cabinet was already obvious, and I was still able to talk to Xie Qian before, but now, there is a feeling that I don't speculate for more than half a sentence.

The differences between the two on the political opinions of the court are also getting bigger and bigger, just like this time to send troops to the Japanese state, in fact, Xie Qian is resolutely opposed, and Liu Jian is in favor of sending troops to the Japanese state.

"Gong Liu, Gong Xie, what's the point of arguing about this now?"

Li Dongyang stood up to be a peacemaker, and he had already seen that the contradictions and differences between Liu Jian and Xie Qian were getting bigger and bigger, and it was very difficult for him to be caught in the middle.

Of course, Li Dongyang is also inclined to support Liu Jian, because he also has shares in some commercial banks, and he feels that in recent years, Daming Zhongxing is changing with each passing day, with a new look and thriving.

All of this is inseparable from Tianjin, the opening of the sea ban, and the sea trade, so whether it is the butt deciding the head, or for the sake of Daming, he is more inclined to support Liu Jian.

"Yes, what's the point of discussing these, the wood is already in the boat, and it's hard to collect it when it's covered with water~"

Xie Qian nodded, said a little helplessly, and then thought about it and said goodbye directly, and there was no point in continuing to talk about it.

Watching Xie Qian leave, everyone was silent for a while, and everyone knew in their hearts that the civilian clique had now been split and was no longer an iron plate.

……

The Imperial Palace is in the Qianqing Palace.

"Haha, well done~"

Emperor Hongzhi saw the latest news from the Wa Kingdom, it was really Longyan Dayue, and he couldn't close his mouth happily.

"Zhang Mao and Liu Jin are doing a good job~"

Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood, and he was constantly thinking about it in his heart.

"Fifteen million taels of silver war indemnity, after the military power was recovered, it also cost millions of taels of silver to go out, but I didn't expect that just a Japanese country was beaten, and even the principal and interest were all recovered."

"With these fifteen million taels of silver, the reform of the military system can be accelerated."

"Judging from the battle reports that came back, the new army is strong, the artillery and muskets are powerful, and they can easily defeat the Japanese people just by artillery, and maybe a few more new armies can be expanded."

Emperor Hongzhi silently calculated in his heart, he didn't expect that just by winning the Wa Kingdom, he would be able to get fifteen million taels of silver in compensation.

This can be done.

There were only tens of thousands of troops dispatched before and after, and they fought a few battles on the side of the Japanese state, basically relying on powerful artillery to bombard the enemy, and there were not many real frontal battles.

Therefore, the casualties were very slight, the number of soldiers killed and sacrificed was less than three digits, and the number of wounded was less than 500.

"It must have been made by Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Liu Jin, and Yang Yun will definitely not know the difficulties of being in charge, only Liu Jin knows the importance of silver."

"It's time to reward him, I've done a lot of things for me before and after, the knighthood must be sealed, the marquis shouldn't be too much, but he's still too young, he will be assisted in the future, and he will be crowned a marquis at once, and it will not be good to reward him again in the future, let's make an earl first."

The first thing that came to Emperor Hongzhi's mind was Liu Jin.

At a glance, you can see that this treaty is definitely from Liu Jin's handwriting, and it is land cession, compensation, and terms such as this lease, Zhang Mao and they can't think of these things.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi was also thinking about how to reward Liu Jin well, and Liu Jin had done a lot of things for their old Zhu family.

Not to mention anything else, just for the old Zhu family, how much wealth their old Zhu family has now, it is estimated that even Emperor Hongzhi himself can't figure it out, anyway, he doesn't have to worry about silver now, and he doesn't have to pick and search like before.

"By the way, there is also this Iwami country, Iwami silver mine has hundreds of millions of taels of silver, which belongs to our Daming, and it can be mined slowly in the future."

Soon, Emperor Hongji's eyes were locked on Iwami again, and when he remembered the Iwami Silver Mine, Emperor Hongzhi was even happier.

The Iwami silver mine, which contains hundreds of millions of taels of silver, is enough to mine for a long time, and for a long time in the future, the silver mined from this Iwami silver mine alone will be enough for him to maintain the expenses of the Ming army.

"I got the silver, solved the trouble, and stabilized the route to the Golden Continent, this station is worth it, Liu Jin is not a child of a master, and he can see far."

"With Iwami, and leased Hyogo Nozu, garrison troops here, in the future, the Wa Kingdom will be honest, and there will be no more disasters in the east of my Ming Dynasty from now on."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the map and looked to the east of the Ming Dynasty, and the whole person also smiled.

Putting aside the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality, the exchanges between countries should be based on interests, and more things should be done that are in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and things that harm the interests of the Ming Dynasty should not be done.

If we consider the affairs of the suzerainty and vassal states, and do not use force against the Japanese state, where does this money come from, and how can we eliminate this trouble?

"It's still Liu Jin who is right, there are only eternal interests between countries, and everything else is fake."

Emperor Hongzhi remembered Liu Jin's words and immediately smiled.

"Next is the steppe of the north, although the little prince of Tatar is dead, Tatar has been hit hard, and now it is not enough to take the opportunity to dominate the steppe."

Soon, Emperor Hongzhi's eyes turned to the vast grasslands of the north.

According to the latest news, the Warat army marched eastward and swept across the entire grassland, from the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains to the Daxing'an Mountains and the northeast region in the east.

The regions and tribes that used to belong to the rule of the little Tatar prince were now basically subdued by the Warat army, and the Tatars perished, but the Hongzhi Emperor was not happy.

Because the northern steppe was unified, once the steppe people were unified, it might be the birth of another Mongol Empire, and there was no doubt that the Warat army that unified the northern steppe would soon move south again, intending to settle in the Central Plains.

This is the biggest headache for Emperor Hongzhi now.

When he killed the little prince, the Tatar tribes suffered a heavy blow, but in the end, he cheapened Warat and allowed Warat to unify the steppes in the north.

Although the northern border is still quiet, Emperor Hongzhi can already feel that the eyes of the northern steppe wolves have looked south.

However, Emperor Hongzhi is not afraid now, because he is also full of confidence.