"Liu Jin, go on."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said.

"Yes~"

Liu Jin nodded hurriedly and continued to speak.

"Since the core of our foreign strategy is to take the interests of our Ming Dynasty as the core and foundation, then we must first abandon the previous diplomatic strategy of rejoicing in great achievements and slapping a swollen face and becoming fat."

"The core is to take the interests of our Ming Dynasty as the core and fundamental, and the second is to promote and disseminate the values of our Chinese civilization, and all diplomatic strategies should be implemented around these two points."

"Specifically, it's a jujube in one hand and a stick in the other."

"Dates in one hand, sticks in the other?"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but smile slightly.

Liu Jin often has no way to quote scriptures and classics like other ministers, say some words that make people feel brilliant, and from time to time he comes with some fresh words and sentences, but he is often able to say some profound truths very simply.

"Yes, dates in one hand, sticks in the other."

"The so-called jujube is for those countries that surrender to my Ming Dynasty and are willing to truly become vassals of the Ming Dynasty, such as North Korea, this is our loyal little brother of the Ming Dynasty, so there should be a reward."

"If North Korea is bullied, I should send troops to stand up for it and protect the interests of my younger brother."

"Similarly, in terms of overseas, we can also take North Korea to expand overseas, so that they can also taste some sweetness, which is jujube."

"The so-called big stick, that is, our Ming Dynasty must maintain a strong national strength and military strength at all times, and can maintain sufficient deterrent power against these vassal states at all times."

"If these vassal states, such as Annam, Wa, and Luzon, dare to harm the interests of our Ming Dynasty, we will punish them with lightning speed."

"Cutting the land, the compensation is the lightest, let them know how powerful my Ming is, and I don't dare to have any thoughts about my Ming in my heart, clearly, clearly, honestly, and honestly be my Ming vassal state."

"That's the stick."

"Jujube in one hand and stick in the other, only by combining the two can we truly erect a vassal state with my Ming Dynasty as the center, advocating and learning the values of my Chinese civilization."

Liu Jin nodded solemnly and took out the set of Uncle Sam in the future.

To put it simply, it means that those who follow me live and those who oppose me die, and those who do it are still the royal way.

"Dates in one hand, sticks in the other~"

"Promote the core concept of Chinese civilization values~"

"Well, that's good~"

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nod his head.

This is also the same as the so-called imperial technique.

His Majesty the Emperor also wants dates in one hand and a stick in the other.

For officials who listen to themselves and do things seriously, they should be rewarded, and for courtiers who are disobedient, vain and wronged, and even ambitious, they should be treated with a big stick.

Without dates, the ministers under him will not see the benefits, and they will not have the enthusiasm to help you do things, and without a stick, these ministers under your hands will not be afraid of you, and if they don't listen to you in everything, they will still be with you everywhere.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi held dates in both hands, and the benefits were enough, so he also obtained the card of the good man.

But the good man is the good man, but Emperor Hongzhi's words did not work, the ministers were not afraid of him, and they even thought of restricting the imperial power.

Emperor Hongzhi wants to do something is difficult to do, most of the time is a Buddhist emperor, listen to the ministers in government affairs, they have the final say, those who are thrifty and thrifty in life to the extreme, the palace is reluctant to repair, and there is only one wife, when the emperor does this, it is estimated that he is the only one.

It's different now, Emperor Hongzhi activated the factory guard, and it was impossible for the people under his command to hide it from Emperor Hongzhi, so he passed several major cases one after another, killed a group of ministers, and then took the military power into his own hands.

This big stick was beaten hard, and the ministers below were obviously more obedient, and they were also able to do things neatly, and they didn't dare to disobey themselves.

Not only that, the life of Emperor Hongzhi is much better, and the life of the Ming Dynasty is also better, not only stepping on the northern grassland people, punching the Japanese robbers, but also being able to run rampant in the South Seas.

The gap is obvious, the contrast is in place, and Emperor Hongzhi feels a lot.

"Well said, dates in one hand and sticks in the other."

"Hmph, those barbarians and foreigners, they will only surrender to fists and force, just like the steppe people, if they are afraid of them, they will honestly herd sheep and horses for us, and dare not show us their scimitars."

British Gong Zhang Mao also nodded.

This can be had, he is the representative of the military generals and noble group.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi emphasized literature over military force, blindly favored civil servants, and allowed the civilian clique to suppress the military generals and noble clique, and he, the British duke, had no right to speak in the government and the opposition.

Now it's different, Emperor Hongzhi attaches equal importance to civil and military, and the military generals and noble groups have also been reused, this status has been greatly improved, and he Zhang Mao is also able to come to participate in this kind of small meeting and has the right to speak.

Now Liu Jin proposes a jujube in one hand and a stick in the other, which is also in line with the interests of the military generals and noble groups.

The big stick does not rely on the army of the Ming Dynasty, but on the noble group of their generals.

As long as such a strategy is formulated, there will be no need to worry about the status of the military generals and nobles in the future, and there is no need to worry about being completely suppressed by the civilian clique.

As for the civil officials headed by Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others, they were all silent.

Liu Jin's words are definitely not wrong, they are all ministers of the imperial court, and there are many people under them, of course they understand the way of the emperor.

It is also clear that what Liu Jin said is good, Daming should implement such a policy externally, taking the interests of Daming as the foundation and core, with dates in one hand and a stick in the other.

But they are civil officials, and they are deeply influenced by Confucianism, and they have always believed in courtesy, righteousness, honesty, morality, etc., and they feel that they should be allowed to come to govern the country.

The generals can only fight and kill, where do they know how to govern the country, not to mention that they have always felt that they will die if they are belligerent, and they are reckless and reckless.

Under such a strategy, the position of the civilian clique will definitely be shaken, and after all, the status and power of the military generals and nobles will be further consolidated and deepened, and it will be difficult to ride on the heads of the military generals and nobles in the future.

Silence is silence, but no one stands up against it.

Because everyone is clear-sighted, they all know that Emperor Hongzhi agrees with Liu Jin's strategy, and Liu Jinshen's imperial heart is deeply valued by Emperor Hongzhi.

This strategy is essentially for the benefit of Daming, and it is not for Liu Jin's own interests.

He Liu Jin is a civil official, he is not a military general, otherwise you can still use this to criticize him.

In addition, from the perspective of the personal interests of these civil officials, this is also a good thing and should be so.

Everyone has a lot of shares in the major commercial banks in Tianjin, and some of them are even established by themselves.

The interests of the South Seas are also their interests.

The routes of the South Seas can continue to spend money for them.

Isn't the sugarcane and rice grown in the plantations of the South Seas fragrant?

These things, if there is no strong force to ensure them, these countries in the South Seas may be able to loot your Ming merchant ships, occupy your plantations, and kill your Ming people.

When the time comes, will it really be possible to rely on the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in your hand to write a splendid article to make them listen to you?

In the final analysis, the strategy proposed by Liu Jin is truly in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

There is no reason to oppose not only the interests of the military generals and nobles, but also the interests of these civilian officials.

It's useless to oppose it, it will only alienate Emperor Hongzhi from himself, and at the same time, it will offend more people, and you won't even have your share in going to Nanyang to make a fortune at that time.

"What about more distant, stranger countries and regions?"

At this time, Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, thought for a while and asked.

He remembered Liu Jin's words, and he knew what he should do next, and how to deal with these envoys who came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

"For more distant countries and regions, the countries in these regions have never interacted with our Ming Dynasty, and there is no contact with each other's cultures."

"So we should thoroughly focus on my interests."

"If we have gold and silver, we will rob them of gold and silver, and if we can't get them, we will do business and earn their gold and silver."

"The land is fertile, the national strength is weak, and the strength is low, so we will sweep away these local people, seize their land, and use it to relocate our Chinese people."

"Like the Golden Continent, the entire Golden Continent is very huge, almost the size of several of my Daming."

"It's full of gold and silver, it's very fertile, it's plains, and it's the best pastures in the world."

"And the natives here, their population is very sparse, the people in the entire Golden Continent are not as many as mine, and they are very backward, they are still tribes, and they rarely have their own countries."

"For such a place, it is a treasure land given by God to our Chinese descendants, if we don't occupy it, it won't take many years, and it will also be occupied by others."

"There is also a situation like Australia, which is similar to the situation of the Golden Continent, rich in resources, fertile land, vast and sparsely populated, our Ming Dynasty does not even need many people, and an army of tens of thousands is enough to easily sweep these places and obtain vast and endless land for the descendants of China."

"As for Europe and the Middle East, their civilization will not be worse than ours, they have their own civilization, and with the expansion of our Ming Dynasty, there will inevitably be a clash of civilizations between us and the countries in these places in the future."

"In this regard, on the one hand, we must promote the Chinese civilization, and on the other hand, we must also be vigilant against the invasion of foreign civilizations on us."

"I deduce that in the future, our strong opponents will be in Europe and the Middle East."