Yang Hongzhang also felt it and became more and more excited, the two of them did gradually fall silent, obviously they knew some of Yang Hongzhang's deeds, or they all knew about it, and they probably didn't recognize the charges listed by those court officials, so they would deign to come here.

However, the experience of listening to the parties' arguments face-to-face is different. Seeing that the two of them were silent, Yang Hongzhang sneered: "The Jiannu soldiers are coming to the city, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are helpless, and Yang can force back tens of thousands of Jiannu troops with a yellow-haired boy to force back tens of thousands of Jiannu troops, which does make some people feel uncomfortable, but please don't forget that if it weren't for the disloyal, unfilial, unkind, unrighteous and untrustworthy Yang Mou, maybe they have become Jiannu's prisoners at this moment." Of course, maybe after they paid a million taels of silver, Dorgon would leave, or maybe they would become important ministers and good generals of the Great Invitation Country, so they didn't have to worry about building slaves! ”

Hearing this, the young man's color suddenly changed, Yang Hongzhang didn't know that his words had poked the other party, but he didn't care about Sven when he was in prison, and continued to sneer: "The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all literati who are familiar with Confucius and Mencius, but they are doing some things that are not as good as butchers, in order to squeeze out Sun Ge Lao, even such a small official as Gaoyang Zhixian has to be wooed, but the goods actually dare to return to the capital, if he dares to go back to Gaoyang, I believe that even if there are 10,000 elite armor soldiers to protect him, he will be eaten by Gaoyang's father!" And the countless unjust souls outside Hejian City will definitely come to the door to ask for their lives! ”

After saying this, Yang Hongzhang seemed to be in a much better mood, and once again regained his calm and indifferent eyes, looking at these two guests who suddenly visited, he didn't know if what he said could be passed on, whether the emperor who was high above could hear it, whether this young adult had the energy to speak for himself, but as long as he said it, his heart was comfortable, and he couldn't tell his brother these complaints.

The young man seemed to be silent for a long time, then stood up and looked at Yang Hongzhang and asked, "If Huang finds a way to get the general out, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

"Lead hundreds of sailors to trade overseas, and have a chance to kill Zheng Zhilong, and get rid of this big pirate for the imperial court and the people of Jiangnan."

The young man was a little disappointed, but he still smiled reluctantly: "I heard that the general used to be a showman, why is he keen on doing business there?" You must know the ...... of Shinong Industry and Commerce Moreover, the imperial court has not been banned from the sea, and going to sea without permission is not encouraged. ”

"My lord's words are wrong, why Jiannu can repeatedly commit crimes and our Ming army is powerless, it is not because of the isolation of the country, the low combat effectiveness, and the emptiness of the treasury. I have a lot of resources, and the people are industrious and simple, especially the silk, tea, and porcelain in the south of the Yangtze River were originally scarce items overseas. The sea is my territory and my border wall against the enemy, but we voluntarily gave it up. As everyone knows, the red-haired people steal a place in Taiwan. Every year, more than two million taels of silver are earned from the trade of goods in Southeast Asia, and Zheng Zhilong uses the sea area to control the protection fee collected by asking the red hair for one million taels a year, and his family can make a profit of four or five million taels every year by relying on the identity of a half-official and half-thief to carry out overseas trade. And my Ming court stupidly gave up the sea, if there can be a strong sailor, just establish a customs office every year to collect taxes, I am afraid that it can be at least a few million taels of taxes, right? ”

The young man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he dimmed again: "General, you said lightly, I am not without a water master, the Yangtze River is not a perennial nest in the interior, and it has not opened the sea to encounter Japanese invaders every year, and this year there are five or six thousand people ashore at the same time, making Nanzhili and the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang unhappy, if the whole territory is opened, then it will not be a disaster for the country and the people?" ”

"Lord Huang, when it comes to the water master, I have to say that the court is empty, how can the water master only be used to deal with water thieves and robbers. I don't know if the adults still remember Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Dao? ”

"That Mao Wenlong who was killed by Yuan Chonghuan? What does he have to do with what you and I say? ”

"The relationship is big, although Yuan Chonghuan is domineering, he will not rebel, I think that he was undressed for a few days and nights and blocked Jiannu outside Beijing, how could such a person rebel, but he also has the sin of death!"

The young man was a little unhappy and said solemnly: "Please also ask the general to be cautious." ”

"Hehe, don't worry, listen to me. Do you remember that Jiannu had entered the customs and plundered before this? No, why? Because although the scale of the sailor division under Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Dao, was not large, it was stuck in the throat of Jiannu, entered the interior from the Liao River, and arrived in Shengjing in a few days. Yuan Chonghuan solved this knife stuck in the throat for them! So Yuan Chonghuan is stupid, so stupid that he should be killed! ”

The young man's face changed several times when he heard this, and he stared at Yang Hongzhang deadly, it was obvious that if Yang Hongzhang hadn't achieved a series of victories against the Qing army, he would definitely think that this guy was talking about it, and after pondering for a while, he asked: "Then according to the general's wishes, the Phi Dao Naval Division should be rebuilt?" ”

Yang Hongzhang pouted and smiled: "The adults are inevitably angry, to rebuild the sailors, when the Yangtze River water is rebuilt, the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang can be protected inward, and the pirates in the East China Sea and Southeast Asia can be eliminated externally, and the smooth trade can be ensured, and the focus is to control Japan and North Korea." He Jiannu will go south again, and my sailors will be able to go north from the sea, and they will arrive at Shengjing in ten days, and 20,000 people will be able to take Shengjing. ”

The young man's mood changed several times again, and finally he sighed: "As the general said, the imperial court can't even get together the military salary in Liaodong now, how can it have the money to develop the sailor?" Besides, it's okay for the sailors to fight at sea, but once they are on land, they are no match for the cavalry. ”

"Isn't Yang able to achieve victory by relying on hundreds of sailors? Adults think that the cavalry is invincible, in fact, it is very wrong, a battle outside Beijing has not been seen by adults, should have heard of it, if Yang's musket and artillery are several times more will definitely be able to leave Dorgon's head, so the focus of the development of the sailor is naturally firearms. As for the cost of rebuilding the Marine, have you ever heard of the war to feed the war? That's really Zheng Zhilong's case. If the imperial court asks me to supervise the Yangtze River sailors, in addition to the need to buy sea ships in the first year, I can also pay a certain amount of taxes to the imperial court every year in the future. There is no other reason, pirates can plunder our people, sailors can exterminate them and snatch things back, and they can also escort merchants to earn daily expenses. In this way, the maritime trade developed, and it could also increase the tax revenue of the imperial court. ”

"Well, what are you talking about controlling Japan and North Korea?" Young people seem to be more interested.

"Japan is an island country, Korea is surrounded by the sea on three sides, why are there so many Japanese bandits, in fact, these people are people who were defeated by other daimyo in the Warring States period and have nowhere to go, so they gather together to plunder at sea. As long as my court has a well-established sailor, it is very simple to exterminate these Japanese robbers. Once the East China Sea is calm, our court can intervene in Japan and Korea. At present, although Korea is subjugated and built slaves, most of the members of the imperial family still have their hearts set on our Daming, and as long as the sea contact continues, they will definitely be able to win it over. ”

The young man nodded, seemingly agreeing with Yang Hongzhang's statement, and then asked, "Then how to deal with the aggressive Jiannu?" ”

This time Yang Hongzhang did not answer immediately, this is a very complicated and difficult to answer question, don't think that you can see clearly from the harmonious future, in fact, it is inevitable that the big please occupy the great rivers and mountains, and now how to deal with the big please is a bystander Qing Authorities are confused, looking at the young man's expectant eyes, Yang Hongzhang sorted out his thoughts a little and said: "Five measures, to grasp at the same time, but there are also priorities, in addition to the construction of the water division just said from the sea containment, and Japan, Korean friendship is also a strategy to contain Jiannu, and one of the other three is to consume almost half of the tax revenue of our Ming court, where the general consumption of the treasury is, that is, the Liaodong defense line. But that's not the point, it's the Shanxi businessmen! ”

"Shanxi merchants?"

"That's right, don't think that these merchants are harmless, in fact, they spare no effort every year to transport pig iron, beef tendon, and grain from the mainland to the northeast continuously, to put it nicely, it is trade, in fact, it is traitors, because Jiannu is not good at production, it is by relying on these materials supplied by Shanxi merchants to feed more and more people, use them to build bows, crossbows, knives, and then in turn rob the people of our Ming Dynasty to obtain more money and buy more materials. What's even more odious is that they betrayed these to Jiannu because they were familiar with the Ming army's defense on the side wall. This time, Jiannu was able to successfully find the gap in the wall, and the Shanxi merchants contributed a lot. The imperial court immediately blocked the borders and strictly forbade some prohibited items to be transported out of the border walls, so that within three or five years, the population of Jiannu was sharply reduced, the weapons were rusty, and the combat effectiveness declined. ”

"This ...... Can this really work? The young man looked at the middle-aged people around him, and then looked at Yang Hongzhang, and seemed to be very tempted.

"Of course, why did Jiannu come to take the plundering house through the south? And not for strategic materiel, primarily food and population. Plundering people is also for the production of food. The border gates that my daimyo should be blockaded are not well blocked, but it is really putting the cart before the horse to prohibit the people from going to sea. ”

"And what about the other one?"

"This is also related to the disposal of Shanxi merchants, that is, friendly Mongolia. Now Mongolia is subdued by Jiannu, but the Mongolian tribes are numerous, loose nature, they also lack strategic materials, if the Shanxi merchants are contained, they want to plunder they need to face Datong, Xuanhua's elite soldiers and high walls, if it is possible to send envoys to use the temptation of trade to make it at least in the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu when the battle between the two is possible. ”