Lu Xiangsheng's face changed color: "Wu Ling (Cao Wenzhao's words) be cautious!" ”

Cao Wenzhao realized that there was something wrong with his statement, and immediately knelt down and said: "The minister doesn't know anything, so he talks nonsense, please forgive your majesty." ”

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly helped him up and said, "Cao Qing, please get up, what you said is actually right." To make the generals of a hundred battles like ordinary people, it is really better to live than to die. You can rest assured, I still have a big country to capture, and you will not be able to settle down until you are old enough to lift a knife, and I will teach a new group of young people to fight for China and the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Cao Wenzhao said excitedly: "Dare not die for Your Majesty!" ”

At this time, the inquiries of the civil officials were almost over, and Zhu Youxiao nodded to Sun Chuanting. Sun Chuanting comprehended, clapped his hands and said, "Colleagues, since the inquiry has been completed, then we will vote now." Hands raised in favor of the recovery of the territories of the East. ”

All of them raised their hands skillfully or awkwardly. Sun Chuanting glanced at it and said, "Then the result is unanimously passed, please ask Your Majesty to make a judgment." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Today's hearing, I am very relieved. The generals have the heart to open up the territory, and their hearts are clear. And I, the Ming Wenchen, can also look far away, thinking of the Ming Dynasty a hundred years later or even thousands of generations later, this is what I am most happy in my heart. ”

"Population growth is a faster and faster process. I have now more than 10,000 people, and will soon exceed 20,000 people, or even 40,000 people. The current territory of the Ming Dynasty can indeed support the needs of the people in the country, but I feel that those who do not seek the world are not enough to seek a time, and those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. If I want to develop in the long run, then I must seek the world and the overall situation. And the Nurkan people, just now, actually have no obvious benefit to my Daming. However, if another country occupies this place, it can go directly to Liaodong, and then it is only afraid that it will be more harmful than Jiannu. ”

"I declare that the land in the Heilongjiang River basin has been the natural territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times. If we fail to catch it, we can occupy the land and set up administrative organs and military installations. Once we have the manpower, we can develop this place and make it an inherent place of the Ming Dynasty. The matter of immigration can be postponed, but the matter of occupation must not be left behind. ”

"The ministers obeyed the order: Cao Wenzhao, the lieutenant general of the Guards, was appointed as the general of Heilongjiang and had jurisdiction over all military operations in the Heilongjiang Valley. As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, everything can be cut first, and they will not be held accountable afterwards. In addition, Yan Siqi, the governor of the East China Sea, concurrently served as the governor of Beihai, and his subordinates were selected to form the Beihai Fleet, which cruised in the Heilongjiang River valley and supported the troops of the Heilongjiang general at any time. ”

Cao Wenzhao and Yan Siqi knelt down together and said, "The minister's decree." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, I feel that all means can be used." However, the local people of all ethnic groups, if they can be enlarged, will try their best to envelop them, so that they can become naturalized as the people of the Ming Dynasty. If anyone dares to deliberately confront the Great Tomorrow soldiers, they will be dealt with by the Qing and others. ”

Ye Xianggao said: "Your Majesty's deep kindness to the people of the foreign race, the local barbarians will be inspired, and there will be no unspeakable things." ”

Cao Wenzhao and Yan Siqi glanced at each other and looked at Lu Xiangsheng together. Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a long time and said: "Your Majesty, if you set a framework for the army first, I am afraid that when the situation changes, the generals will be constrained." ”

Ye Xianggao was furious and glared at Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng's face was slightly red, and he lowered his head and did not look at him. Ye Xianggao bowed his hand to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, I am a civilized teacher, and I must not do anything to slaughter the clan and exterminate the species." ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe and other civil officials, and then looked at the generals next to him. Everyone looked forward to it, but the content of the expectation was completely opposite, which made him a little embarrassed.

When Sun Chuanting saw this scene, he wanted to be a peacemaker: "Your Majesty, my Ming Guards are strictly disciplined, so there will be no atrocities as Ye Shi said." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Indeed, my Ming soldiers have all been taught by saints, so they should not do beast things." However, we must have a definition of the so-called beast thing, such as treating foreigners as mustard, killing if they want to, and raping if they want to, this is the act of beasts. If the foreigners do not obey the king, raise troops to resist, and our army kills its soldiers and traps them in the battle array, it is normal behavior and should not be condemned. It is normal to kill the enemy because of necessity after capturing the enemy. Foreign women, admire my Ming man, you should also encourage what you are willing to do. ”

Ye Xianggao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, killing prisoners is ominous, and having sex with a foreign woman will cause my Chinese blood to flow out, and this matter seems to be debatable." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Killing prisoners is ominous, of course I know this sentence." Of course, it is true to kill prisoners just for the sake of killing them, but if it is for the purpose of stabilizing the situation, or to deter the enemy, in short, for the sake of strategic needs, it is not impossible to kill prisoners occasionally. ”

All the generals said together: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "You have to listen clearly, there is a strategic need to do it occasionally, don't be addicted to killing, when you kill too much, it will be difficult to manage the ambition of the soldiers, and I don't want my people to become beasts." As for the outflow of blood, if we look at it from another angle, isn't it equivalent to turning Waiyi into my Chinese Miao descendant? This is a great thing, if it is two or three generations, then Nuergan will become a great Ming. Of course, the basic principle is that you and I are willing, and this one should be remembered. ”

Ye Xianggao was helpless, so he had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Your Majesty, General Cao's Guards and Yan Dudu's Navy are only in a relationship of assistance rather than command, will they make things ineffective in an emergency?" ”

Yan Siqi immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to obey General Cao's command." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "You are all lieutenant generals, who commands whom." This is very simple, I will reorganize the General Staff Headquarters, which is the command body of the national army, responsible for the organization and leadership of various campaigns. When there is an area where war operations are to be carried out, the General Staff Headquarters will designate the supreme commander of the first theater, regardless of military rank. ”

"The supreme commander of the General Staff Headquarters is the Chief of Staff, who is held by General Lu Xiangsheng. The General Staff Headquarters is the most important organ of the Ministry of War, under the dual leadership of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War, and is responsible for formulating strategic plans and unifying the strategic actions of the Ming army. As for the commander of the Heilongjiang Valley, General Lu designated whoever he was. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks so, as the governor of Beihai in the East China Sea, it is impossible for Governor Yan to be stationed in Nuergan City for a long time. He could appoint a naval general to be stationed in the valley near the city of Nuergan and be led by General Heilongjiang, wouldn't that solve the problem perfectly? ”