After Zhu Lin received the order, she only felt that it was tricky, she had already felt it herself, Jia Ke had never believed her.

And even the ministers he recommended, Jia Ke didn't fully believe it.

Zhu Lin thought about it in his room all night, and in the end he could only think of Qin Keqing.

Although Jia Ke already knew Qin Keqing's identity, his favor for her did not decrease, which shows the weight of Qin Keqing in Jia Ke's heart.

And now that Qin Keqing has given birth to a child, this child is the eldest son, and there is a chance that he will inherit Jia Ke's family business in the future.

Now Jia Ke is too strong to start, if you can concentrate all your energy on this child, wait until Jia Ke is gone, rule the world through this child, and then repeat Jia Ke's path of bringing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, it may also work.

So Zhu Lin re-sent his thoughts to the little boy through letters.

The little boy received the letter and read it carefully several times, and then thought about it in the garden alone for an afternoon, and finally had to admit that Zhu Lin's method was the best way for him to sit back on the country.

So the little boy immediately replied to Zhu Lin's letter, asking him to focus on Jia Ke's son, and at the same time asking Zhu Lin's family to find a way to make himself Jia Ke's son's teacher after he became a jinshi, so that he could always get closer.

But Zhu Lin didn't expect that his actions had already been carefully watched by the secret guards on the side.

After Jia Ke got the news of the secret guard, he was furious.

If these people were targeting him, Jia Ke was able to endure it although he was angry, but he didn't expect them to hit his son with their ideas.

Jia Ke glanced in the direction of the harem with a gloomy face, and immediately wanted to order someone to arrest the Zhu Lin clan immediately, and the body was broken into thousands of pieces.

But after all, he has been in power for so many years, and he will come to his senses immediately, if he arrests the little son of the Zhu Lin clan now, I am afraid that he will be out of his sight again.

And although he got Sun Yan's report, this little boy will participate in the imperial examination in a few years, but if he is allowed to go on like this in the past few years, I don't know how many things will be stirred up.

Jia Ke finally endured it, and then Jia Ke ordered Li Deshan to strengthen the supervision and examination of the Zhu Lin clan and send people at the same time, it is best to participate in the imperial examination in this little prince, and he will be wiped out before.

Li Deshan got Jia Ke's order and immediately went to arrange it, and added a few more people to Qin Keqing's side in the harem.

And Zhu Lin's family deserved to have been engaged in espionage for so many years, and she immediately felt that there were more strangers beside her, so she immediately lurked, did not make any moves, just showed her face in front of Qin Keqing every day, and then took care of Jia Ke's son Jia Zhi wholeheartedly.

And Qin Keqing is not a fool who has been in charge of the Wuyang Marquis Mansion and the Yanguo Mansion for so many years. She could already sense that something was wrong beside her.

Qin Keqing couldn't ask Jia Ke about it, so he could only hide it secretly in his heart and observe it carefully in the future.

Not to mention the correspondence between Zhu Lin's family and the little prince, and Jia Ke got nearly 9 million taels of silver, plus the tens of millions of taels hidden in his mansion, he felt that it was time to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

Since Jia Ke decided to act, he did not hesitate, and immediately summoned Zhang Chaoxin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Fan Kang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Peng Bi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to the Palace of Heart Cultivation.

After the three of them came to the Heart Cultivation Palace, they each gave Jia Ke a salute, and then Jia Ke asked the little eunuchs to prepare chairs for them to sit down.

After Jia Ke saw that they were done, he said directly: "I have invited you here today because there is a major matter to discuss. ”

The three people below all looked up at Jia Ke together after listening to Jia Ke's words, waiting for his next words.

"The Tatars in the north are a big trouble for our dynasty, and they were repelled by me last year, but Arslen Khan did not die of thieves, and did not settle down like this, but sent people to constantly harass our border passes, I see that they are accumulating power in the north, and once they recover Biding, they will go south."

When Jia Ke said this, he looked at the people below, which meant that they would also have their opinions.

Peng Bi, as the secretary of the military department, was most concerned about these things, so he spoke first: "The words of the lord are very true, the Tatars are white-eyed wolves that cannot be raised, and they are steppe Tatars, every time they take advantage of the decline of our Central Plains Dynasty to go south, which has caused great harm to us. I think we should focus on getting rid of them completely. ”

Fan Kang also nodded after hearing this, "In the past few years, our Central Plains Dynasty has been under the governance of the lord, and the wind and rain have been smooth, and this year's tax revenue is already the highest in the history. And there was no unrest in various places, and it was the time to use troops. ”

Zhang Chaoxin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, didn't know much about this, but he also said positively, "Please rest assured, as long as the lord orders it, I will fully cooperate with all the weapons and armor." ”

Jia Ke nodded when he heard the statements of these three people, knowing that this time his direction was right.

"In this case, the matter of the Northern Expedition is mainly in several aspects, the first is grain and grass, now we have been in good weather in the past few years, but the food is still a little tight, what can you do to give me the food of 1 million troops for two years."

The three people below heard that Jia Ke wanted 1 million people and two years of food, and they all looked at each other a little.

They thought that Jia Ke would go north for four or five hundred thousand people at most, and it would take a few months to fight, but they didn't expect it to be so much.

After listening to their words, Fan Kang pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "Although the lord has been in good weather under your governance over the years, and the people have been at peace, but after all, the floods and droughts in the past few years have hurt some vitality, and now they have not fully recovered, but now we have to raise a million army of food for two years, I am afraid that the people will suffer again." ”

After Jia Ke listened, he also nodded and agreed with Fan Kang's words, he was exactly what he was worried about, now the imperial court is not short of silver, what is lacking is food.

Jia Ke then asked Fan Kang: "If it's just a year or two of hard work for the people, don't you think there will be turmoil in the world?" ”

Fan Kang heard Jia Ke's inquiry, and said: "My lord, now the grain of my dynasty has just been able to ensure the peace of the world, if the lord buys a large amount of grain from the people, once there is a drought or flood, I am afraid there will be a big problem, and once the lord buys a large amount of grain, the price of grain will definitely rise, and the people will suffer in the end." ”

"So what if you think so?"

"In the opinion of Wei Chen, we might as well take the silver and go to the subject countries in the south to buy it, these places are three crops a year, and a lot of their grain is wasted, if the lord takes the money to buy it, they must be willing."

Jia Ke's eyes lit up after hearing this, how could he forget about it? The people of those countries in the south are all lazy men, so they can also be fed and clothed, which shows the wealth of those southerners.

Jia Ke's eyes lit up when he thought of this, the people of these southern countries are all soft eggs, if he takes all these lands for himself and lets them cultivate them for himself, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?

"The people of those vassal countries in the south are lazy and fatal, and they can adjust the wind and rain smoothly, eat and drink without worry, what do you say will happen if we take his place."

As soon as Fan Kang and the others heard Jia Ke's words, their hearts were full of excitement, which had never been seen in the Central Plains Dynasty.

In the past, the rulers of the feudal dynasty paid attention to the inner king and the outer saint, and they were very tolerant of the subject countries, that is, they violated the interests of the Central Plains several times, and if they apologized afterwards, they would not do anything to them.

This is the difference between Jia Ke and the ancient scholars, although Jia Ke has been almost assimilated by these feudal rituals in ancient times, but the ideological spirit cultivated by modern times is still stubbornly not erased in Jia Ke's mind.

Fan Kang thought for a while, and then said to Jia Ke: "Lord, if you want to talk about these small countries, it is very easy to pacify them, but I am afraid that I will not be able to get stability all the time, and it will cost the people and money for a long time. ”

Jia Ke laughed after hearing this, this is all Confucian thought, occupying people's land and doing benevolence and righteousness to the other party, isn't this looking for trouble?

If they occupy their land, if they resist, they will be executed immediately, and a high-pressure policy will be implemented, and after a period of time, these people will be honest, and if they are not honest, then it is even better, they will kill them all, vacate the land, and immigrate these poor peasants who have no land to sweep the land in the Central Plains.

"I don't think it's a big deal, these people are all enemies, you don't have to talk to them about benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, you have to treat them like slaves, our common people in the Central Plains let them all be slave owners, I don't believe they won't be honest."

Zhang Chaoxin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, nodded when he heard this, "The lord is right, these barbarians are destined to be slaves to our Central Plains people." ”

And Peng Bi, the secretary of the military department on the side, was even more overjoyed, "Lord, if you want to go south, all the military dispatch lords don't have to worry about it, and our military department will handle it." ”

Fan Kang heard that these people all agreed to go south, but he shook his head and said: "In this war, the money will go to the sea, and in a few years, there will be a northern expedition, and the imperial court will not have so much money." ”

"You don't have to worry about money, I have exceeded tens of millions of taels of silver from the emperor's inner treasury, and the three major merchant gangs have sent me millions in the past few days, these days I originally wanted to wait for the Northern Expedition to buy grain, but now it seems that we can't buy food even if we have money, so it's better to use this money to the south." Besides, those countries in the south have a lot of goods, and if we fight this battle, we can still make a lot of money. ”

Fan Kang is only satisfied now, "It's really thoughtful to the lord, let's use this money to level a few small countries, and when the land is available and the food is available, the money can be earned back." ”

"Okay, since everyone has agreed, then Peng Bi, as the secretary of the military department, you will be responsible for the pre-arrangement."

After hearing this, Peng Bi hurriedly asked: "The lord doesn't know how many men and horses are needed to go south, and how the troops will cooperate, so please let the lord announce it, and I can prepare." ”

Jia Ke thought for a moment, and then said: "This time I went south, I thought about transferring 80,000 cavalry from the Eight Banners to support, and then transferring one battalion from the three major battalions in our capital to go south with me, and then ordering the wolf soldiers of Yunnan and Guangxi to gather 80,000 for me, and then the total soldiers of Guangxi and Yunnan each sent 20,000 troops and horses." What do you think? ”

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