It is not advisable to rush the Northern Expedition, listening to Chen Yue's analysis, Qian Fenglin and Shan Minglei were silent.

"Could it be that Master Hou plans to keep filial piety for three years and do nothing and sit back and watch the situation develop?" Shan Minglei asked with disappointment.

Since following Chen Yue, with one victory after another, with the continuous growth of the Pingnan army, Shan Minglei has become more and more knowledgeable, and with it comes vigorous ambition.

He always wanted to instigate Chen Yue to do something great in this troubled era, and do a good job of being able to stand on his own to replace the Ming Dynasty, so that he can also be a founding hero, and Xuan Ma worships the prime minister.

Unlike Wang Yin, who has the identity of a person, Shan Minglei only shows off his talent and fame, and according to the Ming system, he is not qualified to be an official at all, and he will achieve nothing without the Pingnan Army.

But now Chen Yue has handed over the military power and has the idea of keeping filial piety for three years, which makes Shan Minglei very disappointed.

Hearing Shan Minglei's question, Qian Fenglin also looked at Chen Yue eagerly, trying to figure out Chen Yue's final plan. The Pingnan Army was an establishment independent of the imperial court, and everyone in the shogunate had long been prosperous with Chen Yue, saying that the heads of each department were actually not in the imperial court at all, that is, Chen Yue's staff.

If Chen Yue really kept filial piety for three years and handed over the military power, the people of the shogunate would have nothing to do. Of course, there is no problem with Qian Fenglin's fellow jinshi as a county magistrate and his qualifications to become an official, but after experiencing a big battle, Qian Fenglin is no longer interested in being a county magistrate.

"Master Hou, what you just said is of course very right, if the current situation develops steadily, it will only take a few years for the Ming Dynasty to gather enough strength to raise troops for the Northern Expedition. But you are wrong about one thing, if it can really go so smoothly, when the Ming Dynasty owned all the land in the past, it would not have been full of tartars, beaten by thieves all over the ground to find teeth, and it would not have fallen into the current situation.

Most of the land in the world is in the hands of the gentry who do not have to pay taxes, and commercial taxes cannot be counted on. Although there is a salt behavior of the Four Seas Commercial Bank laid down by the Hou Ye to make money for the imperial court, but the subordinates dare to assert that with the greed of the imperial court officials, it will not take much time for the Four Seas Commercial Bank and the Salt Company to be abolished, and there will not be much silver for the imperial court.

At that time, how can there be enough soldiers and full pay, and what will the imperial court take to the Northern Expedition?

Master Hou, don't you care about all this? ”

Qian Fenglin asked after Shan Minglei's words.

"I know what Brother Qian and Brother Shi Jian mean, but I can't do anything to replace Daming by raising troops to stand on their own.

Before my father died, I was entrusted to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor and the court gave my father the beauty of "loyalty and martial arts", in the eyes of the world, my Chen family is loyal and good for generations, how do you let me do the things of rebellious ministers and thieves? Then what face will I have to go to my father under the Nine Springs!

Not to mention the princess's deep friendship with me, and her father turned against her and took away her family, what kind of face do I have to face her?

And coming all the way south from Beijing, getting along with His Majesty day and night, if you say that there is no friendship, it is self-deception. Although Your Majesty is indecisive and suspicious, he is really not bad for my father and son, and he values our Pingnan Army even more, and regards me as the minister of the pillar country of Zhongxing Daming. How can I fail him as a disloyal and unfilial rebel? “

Listening to Chen Yue's words, Qian Fenglin and Shan Minglei looked at each other, and sighed deeply in their hearts, sure enough, affection can restrain people's hands and feet the most.

"Just now, in terms of affection, now I will talk about the possibility of self-reliance.

Although our Pingnan Army is currently outstanding, it is the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty, although it has just subdued and surrendered nearly 200,000 green battalions, although there are nearly 100,000 remnants of Hao Shaoqi's Shun army as foreign aid.

But if I blatantly act upright, how many of the generals in the green camp will be able to listen, who knows that Hao Shaoqi will not take advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty to repeat Dashun? I don't have much affection in the first place, how can these people be willing to surrender to me. Even if we are in the Pingnan Army, will Yu Feng, Jin Shenghuan and others follow me to betray the imperial court?

In addition, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty regarded me as an enemy, and I may be able to capture Nanjing, but I do not have the ability to make the governor of the world appease mediocrity, and I am afraid that the world will be in chaos at that time, and the thieves will be full of thieves in vain. ”

Listening to Chen Yue's words, Shan Minglei couldn't help but turn pale, and the ambition in his heart made him keep encouraging Chen Yue to be self-reliant, but many times he didn't think too much, but according to the strength of the Pingnan Army, he thought that there was a great possibility of success.

"Master Hou, Da Ming is terminally ill, but you are just a noble general, according to the system, you can't meddle in the government at all, do you want to see Da Ming want to be as corrupt as before, and then fight desperately to put out the fire?"

Qian Fenglin already knew Chen Yue's intentions, and he would definitely not rebel and stand on his own. But he still couldn't help but ask again, because Qian Fenglin also had his own ideals, and he thought that one day the world would be peaceful, and the people would be able to live and work in peace and contentment, and they would no longer be bullied by the Tartars.

Qian Fenglin is a real scholar, his ideal is to rule the country and level the world with the Qi family, and he did not hesitate to surrender Dashun for the sake of his ideal. saw in Chen Yue the hope of leveling the world, so he has been following the Pingnan army.

Qian Fenglin's knowledge is much higher than that of Shan Minglei, and he has already seen that Da Ming is terminally ill, even if he defeats Man Tartar this time, if he doesn't change, he won't last for many years.

If Chen Yue was only willing to be a firefighter, Qian Fenglin would definitely not follow him again.

Chen Yue looked at Qian Fenglin and Shan Minglei with an expectant face, and knew that if he didn't answer well, he was afraid that the hearts of his subordinates would fall apart. These are their own team, and they are their own hope to save the Ming Dynasty and save the world, if the people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to clean up.

"Two, the imperial court wanted to choose a place with beautiful mountains and rivers outside Nanjing to bury my father, but I refused. That's what I said, my father wanted to be buried in a place facing the sea in the spring. ”

"What does Master Hou mean?" Qian Fenglin wondered.

"Zhejiang, I want to go to Zhejiang, where to go to keep filial piety for my father. Jiangsu, Zhejiang and maritime trade are developed, and you can go directly to the Ryukyu and Japanese countries to the north, and you can go to the Nanyang countries of Dayuan Luzon to the south.

I want to build a fleet, make a lot of money by sea trade, and send troops to Luzon. There are countless lands overseas, and the breadth of its land is no less than that of the Ming Dynasty, and there are countless people's wealth, so why should we only focus on the Ming Dynasty.

Da Ming is terminally ill, and non-human beings can flip it, and I can't change it. But overseas is an unexplored hot land, where we can gallop freely, without any constraints or constraints.

Conquer the borderlands across the vast oceans and build your ideal kingdom. If he has something to do in the Ming Dynasty, he can raise 100,000 male soldiers to chase the dead and chase the north, and help the Han family. Wouldn't it be better to be confined to the Ming Dynasty and be completely unable to perform? ”