According to Longqing's questioning, Zhang Fan began to describe what he saw and heard in this war, in fact, Zhang Fan did not see or hear much about this war, thinking that he was temporarily appointed by Longqing as the "general of expulsion" to lead the war when he just started the war.

As for the situation in Jiangnan at that time, not to mention the grim situation, the most important thing is that the Japanese invaded the three big cities in Jiangnan quickly, and the impact was that Jiangnan immediately entered a state of emergency, and this situation also put the troops in Jiangnan who were responsible for defense into an emergency, which caused an extreme shortage of manpower in Jiangnan during that time.

It was precisely because the Japanese came too suddenly that Zhang Fan had to take care of other places to prevent any more Japanese from coming, so that the already understaffed situation became more serious, and Zhang Fan could not go to the front line at that time, so he could only be stationed in place.

However, Longqing's first anger today also happened at this time, that is, when Zhang Fan said that the reason why the Japanese invaded was all because of Liu Shan's reasons, to be honest, this was really infuriating, after all, Liu Shan's behavior was simply a big rebellion, at least in order to take advantage of his own momentary speed, he wanted to pull a few into the water and disregarded the life and death of the people, and attracted the armies of other countries without authorization; To put it more seriously, Liu Shan's behavior is simply no different from treason, fornicating with other countries' armies and letting them attack their own country, this is not what treason is, not to mention that he privately minted a fake gold medal representing the authority of the royal family, this kind of bullying the king, all this Liu Shan did, all of them are mortal crimes.

Not to mention the owner of this huge Ming Empire, the emperor of Longqing, is the minister below, and even if he goes to the street and grabs a common man, he is definitely very angry.

After the following courtiers understood the various reasons before and after the matter, it was the same, after all, for these ministers, corruption and perversion of the law is just an ordinary thing, and who has not done it here, even Zhang Juzheng, is also to get through Feng Bao's relationship, and like him bribes, in the eyes of these ministers, corruption is such a thing, whether the scale is large or small, or whether the amount of money embezzled is more or less, in the final analysis, its essence is corruption, nothing different, just those who are less greedy, After the small scale is found, the punishment is relatively light, or there will be no punishment at all, and those who are more greedy and larger people may face the heavy punishment of dismissal and death penalty after being found out, but in the end, in their opinion, the essence of these things is not different.

If one day, the Ming Dynasty is about to twilight, and the iron horses of other tribes are all over the mountains and rivers, and it is already a time when there is no skill to return to the sky, maybe this kind of collaborator and traitor will definitely not be less, think about it before, think about the Great Song Dynasty, how many traitors and lackeys have been produced in the northern and southern dynasties for hundreds of years, this kind of thing is natural.

But this situation is just a kind of self-preservation, after all, the collapse of an empire will inevitably have its reasons, and if it really comes to that time, just relying on the loyalty of one or two people, I am afraid it will not be able to save anything, but there will always be people at that time to have a reverse thinking, feeling that even if one or two people like themselves defect to foreigners, it is not a big deal, the country is already like that, there is no need to accompany it to death.

But this kind of thinking will never appear at this time, although the Ming Dynasty is not very strong, but it is also a thriving scene, the harassment of the northern Tartars has finally come to an end, although the time of the tribute market is not long, but the effect is absolutely obvious, plus the Longqing switch, allowing private ships to sail and do business, this is also to make the lives of the people have improved a lot, the most important point is that in recent years, there has not been a relatively large rebellion and rebellion in the interior of the Ming DynastyEven if there were, such as those in the southwest and Fujian in the past few years, they were quickly suppressed by the imperial court, and no substantial harm was caused at all.

At this time, it was when the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the lower-level officials tried to collect wealth and accumulate wealth, and the higher-level officials tried to form gangs and factions and go to the next level.

Zhang Fan continued to narrate, when he said that the Fusang army landed on the shore, relied on the people who were ambushed in Suzhou City to capture Suzhou, and then went all the way directly to Yangzhou City, which was garrisoned by only a few hundred people, Longqing's whole spirit was tense, especially in the back, Zhang Fan said that Yangzhou City was almost broken several times, and even Zhang Fan himself was in danger from time to time, Longqing's nervousness was simply to the point of no return.

And when he heard Hai Rui come to the aid with the remaining 1,000 soldiers and horses after the battle with the Japanese Kou, Long Qing shouted "so dangerous", and his face showed a look full of hope, when Zhang Fan said that Qi Jiguang's army finally arrived, and those Fusang people who were besieging the city were also beaten and retreated, Long Qing almost stood up from his seat, and his mouth was also loud "applaud".

In the end, when Zhang Fan talked about how Qi Jiguang annihilated those Fusang people, Longqing was almost enjoying the most pleasing passage of a scene.

Zhang Fan finally finished the whole process of his trip to Jiangnan, and Longqing was also able to get what he wanted, but Zhang Fan never said why the Fusang people who locked themselves tightly in Suzhou City suddenly opened the city gate and ran out to die, which is also the reason why many ministers in the DPRK and China are puzzled, especially Gao Gong, it was this incident that made him lose a good opportunity to impeach Zhang Fan, and also made him be ridiculed by the cold eyes of everyone in the court, but now since Zhang Fan didn't say it, Longqing didn't ask about it, The ministers below are not good at asking anything, they all think that there must be something hidden in this, since Longqing does not ask, then it means that this matter is not easy to come out public, so even if some people are itchy in their hearts, they will never ask.

"Well, this Jiangnan battle is really touching, what does Aiqing have in her heart about this war," Long Qing asked Zhang Fan.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen does have some thoughts in his heart," Zhang Fan said, "I think that my Daming is the most vast country, the most populous, and the richest country in the world today, but people like Tartar and Fusang, whose own people are fighting endlessly, actually dare to offend my great tomorrow, this thing sounds really weird."

"Wechen thought a lot about this matter, and then finally found a problem, although my dynasty is strong, the army is not weak, but when I face outward, I will always behave too gentlely, Wechen is a scholar, psychological white, this is not that we are cowardly, but we are too particular about etiquette, this is not wrong, people live a lifetime, always have morality, always have to have courtesy, otherwise they will be called barbarians by others, but people in other countries are not as good as our general thoughts, in their eyes, Only war and force are the essence of everything, and in their eyes, this kind and polite way of treating everyone is regarded by them as our court is timid and does not want to fight, and only relies on the vast territory and the large population, as well as the abundance of money, so they dare to do so, and they will fight as if they say they want to fight, and completely treat us as ornaments.

"The reason why Wechen said this is not to make His Majesty think that those polite etiquette should be abandoned, on the contrary, Wechen feels that these are a symbol of our dynasty, but Wechen feels that we should not only treat outsiders in this way, but more should show that our dynasty is a state of etiquette, and at the same time, let them understand that my court is inviolable,"

Zhang Fan's words came out, and the court suddenly fell silent, Zhang Fan's words can be described as shocking, and it can even be said that he is simply insulting the teachings of the sages, but at this time, whether it is Gao Gong's opposition to Zhang Fan, or other people, they have not said anything, Zhang Fan's words can actually be said to be to the point.

Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the two emperors, led the army to Mobei many times to crusade against the remnants of the Yuan and Mongolian tribes, although each time they killed countless enemies, they did not completely eliminate this scourge, but they also made those Tartars dare not invade the Ming Dynasty for many years, which is completely a fact to prove what Zhang Fan said, but after the Ming Dynasty, it was gradually decadent, although there were also brilliant moments, but it was always impossible to make people feel the sublime sense of heavenly power.

"Hmm...... Zhang Aiqing, you came back all the way and said so much, you must be tired," Long Qing didn't say anything about Zhang Fan's words, but asked him to stand aside and rest, and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, but there is something else to say,"

Feng Bao, who was on the side, heard Long Qing's words, and he hurriedly moved, because he was only a eunuch after all, and he didn't have any say here, so he signaled that he had a book to play.

Zhang Fan saw that the little eunuch beside Longqing passed the excerpt handed over by Feng Bao to Longqing, and Zhang Fan knew that the real show was about to be staged.