Shuangyu Island, a small island in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, was originally not very well-known, however, at this time, it has become a distribution center and trade center for smuggling trade.

Many smugglers gather here, and there are even residents who specialize in various occupations living here, as well as Franc Ji from the West and Japanese people from the East.

In addition, there are countless merchants who live and smuggle on Shuangyu Island, many of whom are members of large families or secretly allied with the southern coastal scholars.

Min Day was the representative of the Min family, a large family on the coast of eastern Zhejiang, stationed on Shuangyu Island, and at this time he had just brought a batch of raw silk to Shuangyu Island and sold it to the Francophone to escape the tariff.

The Franco-Robot people are also very willing to buy cheaper raw silk on Shuangyu Island, so they are also very active in smuggling raw silk with these large coastal households on Shuangyu Island.

For this reason, these Franc Machines have settled on the island for a long time, and have built churches on it, spread Western culture, and even established a town hall to turn this place into the territory of Franc Machines in a non-war way.

Of course, these Franc machine people don't know at this moment that their Franc Machine Kingdom has been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty.

After Admiral Zhu was in charge of the military affairs of Fujian and Zhejiang to crack down on smuggling, he was shocked to find that it was not civilians who were rampant in smuggling in the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty had already opened the sea, and civilians did not have enough connections and energy to dare to participate in smuggling or have the opportunity to smuggle, and there was no need to smuggle when there was no pressure to survive.

Zhu Kun found that these rampant smugglers all had the background of local big powers, so he did not hesitate to send his eyes to investigate for a long time, knowing that Shuangyu Island was the concentration of these smugglers.

Therefore, Zhu Kun put on a book and decided to clean up the smuggling pirates on Shuangyu Island.

On the surface, Shuangyu Island was just a gathering place for pirates to smuggle and trade, but in fact, the interests of the southern coastal gentry were involved.

Therefore, Zhu Kun's decision is destined to cause great shock between the government and the opposition.

However, Zhu Houzhao did not know at this time that Zhu Kun would decide to clean up Shuangyu Island, but he knew that Zhu Kun's crackdown on smuggling in the south would definitely offend many large families of scholars in the south.

But this is also something that can't be helped, the Ming Empire is not an empire with only half of the southern country, so naturally it can't only take care of the interests of the southern scholars.

In order to maintain the stability of the country, it is the most important thing for the imperial court to crack down on the southern nobles and prevent them from over-possessing social wealth.

According to the system of superintendents, this kind of matter involving military operations naturally has to be reported to the emperor for approval, although Zhu Kun can prepare in advance, but the process that should be taken is still to be followed.

Today's Ming Emperor has become Zhu Zailei, and this matter is naturally handled by Zhu Zailei, and Zhu Zailei actually does not regard the matter of clearing the pirates on Shuangyu Island too important.

After all, with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention one pirate on Shuangyu Island, even the pirates of ten Shuangyu Islands can be eliminated.

However, after all, Zhu Zailei ascended the throne for the first time, and this matter involved military operations, so Zhu Zailei still decided to convene the ministers of parliament to discuss.

Zhu Zailei did not directly let the internal resolution of the Guards like Zhu Houzhao, but put it in the political office, naturally wanting to consider whether this Shuangyu Island should be militarily cleared from the entire national level, not just the military level.

After all, the people on Shuangyu Island can be said to be both pirates and pirates and a group of people who do business on the island, not the kind of pure military force that really deters the Empire.

Of course, Zhu Zailei's doing so can be regarded as the first time that the Minister of Parliament has begun to decide on military operations in addition to the appointment of important officials, which can be regarded as expanding the decision-making authority of the Legislative Affairs Office.

In any case, these have nothing to do with Zhu Houzhao, who is now visiting famous mountains to find ancient temples.

For Zhu Houzhao, he is happy and idle now, and he seems to be not high above the clouds at the moment, so he can't see some of the hidden worries of the empire for a while, and what he only sees now is the prosperity of the empire after many years of development in Chengping.

However, for the emperor Zhu Zailei and the ministers who are still governing the Ming Dynasty, how to better handle military and political affairs and be responsible for the Ming Dynasty is their unshirkable duty at this time.

Xia Yan, the head of the cabinet, looked at Zhu Zailei sitting on the throne, and compared him with Zhu Houzhao more or less in his heart, but no matter what, as a courtier, no matter who the emperor replaced, he also had to express his views dutifully.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this Shuangyu Island should be cleared, whether the people on these islands are the people of the Ming Dynasty or the Yi people, they are all pirates and pirates, and they are smuggling pirates, in order to maintain law and order, in order to protect the imperial tariffs, it is reasonable to clear the pirates on Shuangyu Island and confiscate their smuggling proceeds to deter other smugglers!"

Xia Yan is a staunch law enforcement faction, and even in his heart, in his real opinion, there is no need to hold a meeting of the political department for this kind of matter, after all, this is a military matter, and the general staff of the Guards should provide decision-making suggestions to the emperor, and he, the head of the cabinet and other officials in the non-military system, does not need to participate in this issue at all.

Xia Yan even thought that if Emperor Zhengde did not abdicate, with Emperor Zhengde's decisiveness, he was afraid that he had already approved Zhu Kun to clear Shuangyu Island, and even provided a series of instructions after the elimination of Shuangyu Island.

"The minister thinks that Shuangyu Island is not the mainland of the mainland, and it is a little inappropriate to move the army without permission, and the coastal smuggling is rampant, and it has a lot to do with the large families of the coastal scholars, they have deep roots in the local area, and there are many family children in the court who hold important positions, once they directly clear Shuangyu Island with pirates, I am afraid that it will cause these southern scholars to take the opportunity to make trouble, and now that His Majesty has just ascended the throne, it is not appropriate to cause chaos, but I can order Zhu Kun to advise the big families of the scholars to stop smuggling in the mainland, if they don't listen, it is not too late to use swords and soldiers!"

Wen Yuan, the secretary of the ministry, first considered the interests of Emperor Zhu Zailei, after all, he had always supported Zhu Zailei as the crown prince.

Therefore, now, compared with the loss of interests caused to the Ming Dynasty by the southern scholars because of collusion with pirates and smuggling, Wen Yuan believes that it is not as important as maintaining the stability of the new emperor Zhu Zailei to the stable rule of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the current emperor Zhu Zailei has just ascended the throne, and the world is still doubting Zhu Zailei's ability, and Zhu Zailei himself has no prestige in the world.

Therefore, Wen Yuan believed that if the new emperor directly used a hardline policy as soon as he ascended the throne, it would be easy to cause chaos, let the southern scholar clan take risks, and it would also allow the Taishang Emperor Zhu Houzhao, who had just abdicated, to regain the throne.

What's more, in Wen Yuan's view, with the current financial resources of the Ming Dynasty and the gradually expanding scale of the commodity economy, tariffs are at least increasing even if the increase decreases.

In other words, the empire will not have a financial crisis in the short term, so there is no need to increase the instability of the new emperor ruling the Ming dynasty for the sake of a possible crisis in the future.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the dynasty should not take into account the local forces and dare not do the sword and soldier things, in order to innovate and eliminate the evils, it has touched the interests of the southern scholars not once, and even led to the rebellion of the vassal king, but in the end it is not harmful to the country, and this reform means that some of the benefits will be dissatisfied, and now the imperial court has not been in battle for a long time in the south, even if the suppression of Shuangyu Island leads to chaos in the south, it is just right to train the southern army! Moreover, His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and this is the best time for Liwei. ”

As a military minister, Yu Dayou naturally preferred to directly use force to clear Shuangyu Island, and in his opinion, he did not think that the consequences of clearing Shuangyu Island were so serious.

At this time, Xu Jie stood up, as a representative of the Jiangnan Shi clan and a confidant of Emperor Zhu Zailei, he was naturally unwilling to let the imperial court directly use the army to clear Shuangyu Island at this time, so as to provoke chaos, after all, the new emperor had just ascended the throne and his foundation was not stable.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is impossible, after all, Shuangyu Island is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and Jiangnan is still an important place for finance and taxation in the Ming Dynasty, so the minister thinks that Jiangnan should be stable and not chaotic, and the people on the island, although smuggling is illegal, but it is not a pirate of robbery, so an official should be ordered to go to Shuangyu Island to tell the people on the island to return to the government, and pay the customs duties owed, if they do not listen, it is not too late to clear it!"

What Xu Jie said is also pertinent, and it is not for his own Jiangnan clan, after all, he still advocates paying back tariffs.

Of course, it is unknown whether this is considered Xu Jie's wishful thinking as an official who is far away in the temple.

Zhu Zailei saw that Wen Yuan and Xu Jie opposed letting Zhu Kun clear Shuangyu Island, and Xia Yan and Yu Dayou supported the clearing of Shuangyu Island, which means that the opponents and supporters each had two votes, and he couldn't make a resolution for a while, so he couldn't help but ask Zhang Rong:

"Tell me your opinion, British duke, you are in charge of the Guard, and you should have your own opinion on this kind of military affairs."

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister is stupid, I don't know how to decide, but as long as the court decides to fight, and send the minister, the minister is willing to go to the soup for the Ming Dynasty, so the minister abstains", Zhang Rong expressed his loyalty, and announced his abstention, although he did this a bit of a waste as a military minister finally had the opportunity to participate in the power of the court decision-making, but it was also a kind of wise self-protection.

After all, on the one hand, His Majesty the Emperor's cronies opposed the liquidation of Shuangyu Island, and on the other hand, the first assistant and military ministers of his own camp demanded the liquidation of Shuangyu Island, so it was better to abstain and kick the ball to others.

Zhu Zailei first ascended the throne, he was thin-skinned, and he couldn't blame an old minister like Zhang Rong, so he could only press his unhappiness and continue to ask Yan Song, Yan Song was as cunning as Zhang Rong, and he also abstained.

For Yan Song, now that he is already the second assistant, he naturally doesn't have to follow Xia Yan's ass anymore, he is now just waiting for Xia Yan to step down and see if there is a chance to become the first assistant of Daming in the last years.

Zhu Zailei was depressed for a while, he didn't expect that a matter of clearing Shuangyu Island would not come out of the meeting.

Seeing this, Xia Yan couldn't help but suggest: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since this is the case, you might as well ask the Emperor Taishang for advice, and when it comes to military affairs, you can't just ask the Emperor Taishang about military matters." ”

Xia Yan's words didn't mean anything else in essence, but he didn't seem to dare to make too many decisions when he saw the new emperor ascend the throne, and he couldn't help but think of the former emperor Zhu Houzhao for a while, so he suggested it, and in Xia Yan's opinion, although Zhengde abdicated, as the emperor's father, he couldn't be too idle, and he should continue to cultivate the new emperor by the people of the whole world, after all, this is also responsible for the people of the world, otherwise, why should the people of the world let your son be the emperor.

Moreover, the military power is still in the hands of your emperor, and if you don't hand over the tiger talisman, doesn't it mean that you will have to ask for instructions when you encounter military matters.

But Zhu Zailei was a little displeased with it, after all, this seemed to mean that Xia Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, still valued his father more, and he didn't seem to have enough prestige.

But now the real power of the army is indeed still in Zhu Houzhao's hands, so Zhu Zailei can't directly accuse Xia Yan of what he said is wrong, and now he doesn't dare to make a decision directly in person, for fear that the emperor Zhu Houzhao will say that his decision is not good and abolish himself.

Therefore, Zhu Zailei also nodded: "According to what Yuanfu said, since the secretaries cannot agree on their opinions, they will send the urgent documents directly to the Emperor Taishang's case, and ask the Emperor Taishang to take the idea and withdraw from the court." ”

Yan Song saw all this in his eyes, he seemed to see the opportunity to replace Xia Yan, but he just thought about it, and he also knew that sometimes the opportunity needed to wait.

Zhu Houzhao was sitting in the house of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty at this time, and he didn't know that there would be disagreements in the court about even the affairs of Shuangyu Island.

Although the local government had already come to this house in advance to greet and deal with it, Zhu Houzhao could also see from the looks of these people that they still had respect for him, their smiles were also very bright, and their bodies were obviously relatively tall, not skinny.

Zhu Houzhao can guess that ordinary people like Daming are at least well fed and clothed, and their quality of life is good.

Zhu Houzhao now seems to be summing up his achievements in the past few decades, from the mental outlook of the people, from the steam train laid to the skyline in the rape fields, from the steel bridge that lies across the great river, and from the ironclad ship with the roaring whistle.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao can still see the small bridge and flowing water, the garden with white walls and Taihu Lake stones, and the clothes of Luo Xianghan.

Zhu Houzhao himself did not expect that one day he would not only make the Ming Dynasty look like civilization and progress, but also have the imprint of Chinese civilization.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao also saw a cruel scene.

For example, at this time, when he was going to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to Chongqing Mansion, because he was going against the current, he needed a fiberman, and the emperor Zhu Houzhao, who was addicted to pleasure, asked the Huguang local government to use 100,000 white slaves to serve as a fibersmith for him, so that the emperor Zhu Houzhao traveled to the Three Gorges, and hundreds of white slaves were exhausted to death.

In some factories he also saw poor and sick slaves, but now he can only turn a blind eye.

Because as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, although he knew that he brought all this, he knew that if he didn't do this, in the future, these people would become Han people, and they would be called "piglets".

Zhu Houzhao thought that he would be so idle to use the labor of Yi slaves to complete a national tour and then spread kindness to the people of the empire, but he didn't expect that the empire could not do without him in military and political affairs, and he still had to make a decision on whether to fight Shuangyu Island.

"Shuangyu Island already has the city hall of the Franc Machine and the army of some Japanese pirates, which has shown that Shuangyu Island is not a non-military smuggling base, this is already the invasion of the empire by the Japanese and the Franc Machine, therefore, it must be cleared!

Directly send someone to tell Zhu Kun first, and then write to the Guards to immediately clear Shuangyu Island! ”

Zhu Houzhao commanded.

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