For Zhang Fan's words, the ministers standing below will naturally be shocked, but in addition to shock, they don't have any other thoughts, for them, the affairs of other countries have nothing to do with them, not to mention this kind of way that looks barbaric is definitely not what they want.

But Long Qing sat on the throne and pondered, and after a long time, Long Qing said: "Zhang Aiqing, what are you saying that these two Francois came to my Ming Dynasty for?"

Hearing Long Qing's question, the ministers below also looked at Zhang Fan, although the things Zhang Fan just said did let them hear some new things, but fresh is fresh, and that's the end of it, what they are concerned about is that such a war that obviously can't be related to the Ming Dynasty, why did the two envoys of the Francos come to the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away.

"Your Majesty, that's the case," Zhang Fan said, "After all, they want to send troops to Tianzhu now, and Tianzhu is not next to the Wu Sizang to command the envoys, they are afraid that sending troops over with such a small greeting will cause dissatisfaction with our Ming Dynasty, so I am here to say that it is to meet Your Majesty, but in fact, I just want to ask Your Majesty for an explanation,"

"That's right," Long Qing nodded after hearing this.

After listening to Zhang Fan's words, the ministers below also understood, and they were afraid that the Ming Dynasty, a force that they could not compete with at all, would participate in the battle, so they would definitely be defeated, after all, with the status of the Ming Empire in the world at this time, just using the tactics of the sea of people could drown them.

Thinking about this, Long Qing and the ministers below also laughed, Daming, no, not only Daming, and then count several dynasties that have ruled the Central Plains, no matter which one it is, how could they ever worry about this kind of thing, as the Central Plains Dynasty, it is rare to send troops to attack other countries, but even if there is, no one will discuss anything with the neighbors of the country that will be attacked before sending troops.

Now the laughter of Longqing and these ministers contains two meanings: ridicule and pride, ridicule is naturally to laugh at the lack of strength of those Francois people, even if they send troops overseas to attack other countries, they still have to look at the faces of their neighbors, and pride is precisely because this neighbor they are afraid of is their own country.

"Well, this matter can be promised to them," Long Qing said with a smile, "Anyway, that place in Tianzhu has nothing to do with us, and they are still the same as those Tartars, there are countless tribes, all of them are fighting, since those Francos want to fight, they will fight them,"

"However, Your Majesty, are we ......" Zhang Fan saw that Longqing agreed, and suddenly said, "...... Don't you pretend to be very embarrassed?"

"What do you mean......" Hearing Zhang Fan say this, Long Qing also thought about it.

And the ministers below had different expressions, some still had puzzled expressions, and they didn't know what Zhang Fan was talking about, and some of them also reacted after Longqing's words, and they were putting on a thoughtful expression, and those who reacted very quickly were already smiling, and they were obviously starting to make up their minds in their hearts.

"Well, we can pretend that that part of Tianzhu has been friends with us for generations, and the allies are attacked by other countries, so it shouldn't be good to turn a blind eye," Zhang Fan said, "Reluctantly agree with them, so I can scrape some oil from them,"

"Zhang Aiqing, I can't see it," Long Qing suddenly showed a smile on his face, and said happily, "I can't see that Zhang Aiqing is young, and it hasn't been much time since you entered the official career, but you also have such a thought, well, okay, if it doesn't matter, you have to pretend to have a relationship, and you have to scrape his skin, Zhang Aiqing, you are really your teacher's disciple, and you have the demeanor of an official of the Ministry of Etiquette,"

As soon as Long Qing's words came out, the hall suddenly burst into laughter, but Zhang Fan and the officials of the Ministry of Rites were all a little red-faced, with their heads slightly lowered, only Zhang Juzheng was still standing there as before, so solemn, and his expression had not even changed.

It's really interesting to think about Longqing's words, in fact, just say that Zhang Fan became so scheming and remedied it not long after he first entered the career, this is not a bad thing, after all, Zhang Fan came up with this idea, and it is the whole country that benefits, not him alone.

And Longqing just had to bring Zhang Juzheng, if you want to say that's it, after all, although Zhang Juzheng has not yet reached the peak of the courtier, but it is not far from that position, in addition to a high arch in front of him, there is only one Li Chunfang left, so no one will dare to laugh at anything.

But Long Qing just wanted to bring in the entire Ministry of Rites, and his words, how could it sound like the people in the Ministry of Rites were all treacherous and cunning people, all of them were playing with their minds and listening to a group of people who were alarmist and deceitful, so it was no wonder that the ministers present ridiculed them.

In their opinion, all these things they have done are good things for the benefit of the country, why don't they sound like good people do it now, besides, if you usually want to go to other countries, not all of them are officials of the Ministry of Rites, and there are many ministers, even military generals, which of them are not like this, why do they all push this kind of thing to the head of the Ministry of Rites.

Moreover, while these officials of the Ministry of Rites were aggrieved, they couldn't find a person to vent to, blame Longqing for saying the wrong thing, fart, the whole world is his, it's not that he can say whatever he wants, blame Zhang Fan for saying the wrong thing, the question is that what Zhang Fan said is not wrong at all, and this is how things should be done.

"Okay, okay, it's just a joke, everyone Aiqing just laughs, after all, with such a person, our Daming will not suffer," Long Qing took the lead in stopping and said, but when he said this, he still had a smile on his face.

Since the emperor stopped laughing, the ministers below had no choice but to hurry up.

"Zhang Aiqing, although your idea is good, but ......" Immediately, Long Qing said to Zhang Fan again, "But what are the benefits of the Franco machine that are worth doing this?"

"Your Majesty, about this, Weichen has also thought about it," Zhang Fan saw Longqing ask, and hurriedly said, "There is one thing right now,"

"Oh, what is it," asked Longqing.

"Back to Your Majesty, didn't my dynasty already have dealings with those Franc machine people decades ago, and I also bought a lot of Franc machine guns from them," Zhang Fan said.

"Well, that's true," Long Qing said with a nod.

"Weichen is thinking, we just bought dozens of cannons from them back then, although at the beginning, our craftsmen were already able to imitate those cannons, and now, whether it is the Shenji Battalion or General Qi's people, the Franco cannons used are all cast by our own Ming," Zhang Fan said, "However, these runs we built ourselves will always have some problems more or less, although after these decades, our craftsmen have also undergone many improvements, and now the probability of problems with this cannon has been greatly reduced." , but there are still, Your Majesty, after all, this thing is for the army, and it is used to participate in the war, and now it seems that the number of problems is less, but no one dares to guarantee that there will be any problems with this thing on the battlefield in the future, and I am most afraid that he will have some problems at the most critical time, which will affect the entire battle situation, which will be troublesome,"

Zhang Fan's words, not only Longqing, but even the ministers standing below were silent, there is no need to think about it carefully, everyone in the list can know that what Zhang Fan said is not wrong, the matter of ordnance has always been the top priority, although the Ming Dynasty is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, but the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Di, who laid the pinnacle of the Ming Dynasty, are all based on martial arts, especially Zhu Di, stationed in this Yanjing City for decades, and fought against the Yuanmeng remnants of Mobei for decades, He was very concerned about the war.

Therefore, Zhu Di has always been very concerned about the things on the ordnance, and even in the Ming Dynasty, there are clear regulations that for those who dare to do anything in the ordnance for personal gain, after finding out, they will directly punish the nine clans, and this has also become an iron rule that every emperor and official in the Ming Dynasty must abide by, of course, there are always exceptions to things, for the Ming Dynasty, the only exception to this kind of thing is that the army in the land south of the Yangtze River and the land of the north of Xinjiang, the arrows used are really far apart, I have to mention it here.

"This is also a bit troublesome," Long Qing listened to Zhang Fan's words, frowned slightly, and said, "Since Zhang Aiqing has already mentioned this matter, it must be ......."

"That's right, Weichen is planning to ask the Franco machine man for the casting method of the Franco cannon," Zhang Fan said.

"Well, that's a good proposition," said Long Qing happily after hearing it, "but for such a reason, it's ...... Isn't that a little too much?"

"Wechen also thought about this," Zhang Fan said, "Therefore, when Wechen was in Jiangnan, he also asked them what new inventions they had, although they were very cautious in this regard, and did not give Wechen a definite answer, but Wechen felt that they should also have,"

"Well, that's good," Long Qing nodded and said, "When we let them come to the palace, we will promise them first, but after that, we will let ......" Speaking of this, Long Qing looked at Zhang Juzheng and said: "Zhang Aiqing, then you will talk to them, it is best to get some good things back,"

When these words came out, the ministers below laughed again, as if Zhang Juzheng had become a bargaining leader with a three-inch tongue.

"Weichen obeys," Zhang Juzheng said without paying attention to the laughter of others,