All of a sudden, both sides were shocked.

Yang Mu sighed in his heart, there was such a person of insight in the court of Cangguo, who inadvertently explained the famous strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack in history.

At present, Cangguo is indeed in such a state of stagnation.

The external and internal situation is also as Zeng 13 said.

And Zeng Shisan's countermeasures are also eye-catching.

The main idea is nothing more than one point, that is, the situation of Cangguo's reform of the law is still promising, and there is still a huge space for the top.

The biggest thing is to stimulate consumer demand and currency circulation, so that people can devote themselves to buying and selling.

This point talks about the pain points in the current Cangguo economy.

"What do you mean by long-range and close-range attack?" Yang Mu asked.

Zeng Thirteen bowed respectfully, and said word by word: "The so-called long-distance friendship and close attack is the long-term strategy and great strategy of the foreign political and military contention, and this policy must be based on diplomatic relations first, and the military and political affairs should be integrated into one, and jointly cooperate with this general strategy." Neighboring countries are near, and countries separated by each other are far away. It is better not to attack if you can't conquer it. ”

"Attacking neighbors and fighting for land, get an inch for my big cang, get a ruler for my big cang, dissolve into the locality, rule as one, extend step by step, I shrink from one to the other, and in the long run, the world will turn into my big cang! This is the real advantage of the close attack. ”

"With the general trend of the rise of the great cang, the distant will be far away, and I will not dare to turn my back on the great cangs and help other countries. At present, although there are few soldiers in my big cang, they are all elite soldiers and strong generals, and the weapons are invincible, and the neighboring countries will not be able to rely on distant aid to protect them. ”

"Distant and close attacks complement each other, neighbors cannot support alone, and distant countries dare not rescue. In this way, all the countries in the world will enter the territory map of the great sky within a few decades! ”

"This is the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack offered by Wei Chen, and I also ask Your Majesty and the ministers to correct it."

After speaking, Zeng Thirteen bowed his hand and retreated into the court.

The ministers in the palace were still in deep thought.

Distant and close attacks sound like a very simple truth, but it is also a reason for Cangguo to destroy the countries step by step and expand the territory.

And after realizing this, the ministers woke up one after another.

Where is this strategy for governing the country, and the desire for hegemony in it is clearly revealed, and it is clearly a policy of hegemony.

But if you think about it carefully, with the current situation of Cangguo, isn't the strategy of developing a strong country a strategy for hegemony?

When you think about it this way, it seems that the two are compatible.

Over the years, Yang Mu has taken the initiative to develop national strength, and every time there is an opportunity to annex and expand the land, he never lets it go, which has also caused the entire Cangguo to form a natural expansion mentality, and there are few voices in the court.

"Outbred and close attack! You can say that again! ”

"Whip in, high theory!"

"The old man admires it, Fang Cai is really underestimated."

The ministers were all excited, and they cheered in unison.

In the past, although everyone had this awareness, it was rare for them to elaborate in such detail and directly point out that they would combine diplomatic relations with military relations and use diplomatic relations to guide the direction of military strategy.

This is a groundbreaking discourse.

Yang Mu said with a smile: "This is very wonderful, long-distance friendship and close attack are really the long-term strategy of swallowing rivers and mountains, I am lucky!" In this meeting, all ministries must adhere to this general strategy and strive for the greatest interests of our country! ”

"Yes, your ministers obey—"

The ministers bowed and accepted their orders.

"Zeng Thirteen, just now you mentioned the matter of silver circulation, what are the countermeasures?" Yang Mu asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that only when all the goods are offset at the time of the transaction, and all these goods are deposited in the treasury and not entered the circulation market of the people, can this influence be appropriately reduced."

Yang Mu snorted and didn't say anything.

Due to the limitations of the times, it is already commendable that Zeng Thirteen can say this.

However, this is a palliative rather than a cure, and the outflow of silver for a long time must have a great impact on the domestic market, even if Cangguo uses silver to mint a currency, it is easy to be counterfeited, and it will not help in the end.

"Let's discuss this later, which part do you belong to?" Yang Mu asked.

Zeng 13 hurriedly bowed deeply: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is Guanglu Langzhong of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I have the honor to have a big court meeting this time." ”

"Oh, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ......" Yang Mu nodded, and said: "Then I will issue the first edict after returning to the court, and promote Zeng Thirteen to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For the rest of the proposed changes in the law, the two prime ministers are concerned about it, and a feasible strategy will be introduced as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, I obey."

The two ministers were ordered, and then they discussed how to arrange the Cangcheng Alliance.

The arrangement of the alliance is divided into two parts.

The first is the settlement of the emperors after the arrival of the emperors and the negotiation of foreign affairs of the various ministries.

The second is the appeal of Cangguo in this alliance.

The first part does not need Yang Mu to worry about, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take the lead, and they will make good arrangements little by little, but the second part is very important, and ordinary courtiers cannot call the shots.

In Yang Mu's heart, if you want to follow the general strategy of distant friendship and close attack, then it must be mainly the land of the Jin Kingdom in the north of the Cangguo, because it is mainly a plain area, so it is very easy to rule, densely populated and rich in products, and it is one of the more prosperous places in the Jin Kingdom.

But at the same time, he couldn't let go of the land of Wangji.

After all, although Wang Ji is not as rich as Jindi, but the strategic location is very important, holding the center of the world, advancing and retreating can be defended, it is simply a natural pass, if this kind of place is given to the rest of the countries in vain, I am afraid that in the future development, Cangguo will be greatly disadvantaged.

It is certainly not possible to use troops to occupy by force.

Only when the alliance is in place, try to fight for as many places as possible.

In the end, it was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the alliance Cangguo could cooperate with the Yun State this time, for example, if the Yun State was unable to control the territory, it could be handed over to the Cangguo in exchange for some armaments and special goods.

……

In the eighth year of Taiding, the ninth day of February.

On this day, Cangcheng ushered in the first emperor who came to meet the alliance.

Surprisingly, it was not a neighboring country that arrived first, but the Nguyen country, which was separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.

When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this matter, Yang Mu was also very surprised, in his impression, Ruan Guo was the kind of big country that was the finale, whether it was from the road or from the posture of a big country, it was impossible to be the first to arrive in Cangguo, but he didn't expect that all people, including him, were wrong.

The Empress of Ruan State, arrived in Cangcheng with a very high-profile attitude, from ten miles away, she heard the noise of gongs and drums, a huge team of people, escorted by a team of iron horses, which can be called majestic, although it is not as pompous as Yang Mu's patrol, but there is a solemn atmosphere, which makes people dare not approach.

Of course, the impact of this kind of murderous atmosphere on the people of Cangcheng has been minimized.