Zhu Youxiao listened to his tone, and it seemed that he didn't think that he had done anything wrong at all, but felt that he had achieved his goal with a strategy, and he was very proud.

He asked uncertainly, "Do you think you have done anything wrong?" ”

Cui Chengxiu said: "The minister is wrong, in fact, the minister can exchange more benefits with the emperor of the Li Dynasty, but he is only satisfied with rice and the wharf, and the wharf has to be built by ourselves." The minister's courage is still not big enough, his heart is still not ruthless enough, what a good opportunity, just like this, he wasted it. ”

Zhu Youxiao then asked, "Don't you think it's a bit bad to deceive the subject country?" ”

Cui Chengxiu said with a surprised face: "Your Majesty, Annan, oh, the South Vietnamese are just some barbarians, and I don't think there is any problem in deceiving their ministers." ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at the cabinet ministers next to him, but saw that everyone seemed to think that Cui Chengxiu's words were very reasonable. Only Xu Guangqi frowned, but did not speak. Sun Chuanting's lips moved twice, but he still gave up.

Zhu Youxiao was a little unsure, so he asked, "Master Ye, is there no problem in deceiving the barbarians?" ”

Ye Xianggao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, etiquette is only useful for a country of etiquette like my China, and the people of South Vietnam themselves don't understand etiquette, so I don't think there's any problem in deceiving them." ”

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that there was such a statement, it turned out that Confucianism also pays attention to watching people cook. For savages, it is possible to deceive. However, Zhu Youxiao thought about it carefully, and there was some truth. It is a corrupt practice to talk about faith and righteousness with those who do not speak of faithfulness.

Fang Congzhe said: "The previous Mo Dynasty, if he couldn't beat the Zheng family, he began to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty, and as soon as the Zheng family's pressure was small, he began to fight our idea, and the last time He Zhongwei's incident was proof." Such a capricious person is a deception to him, and he should be deserved. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Why do I always feel that something is not right? South Vietnam has now completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and deceiving them always makes me feel a little bad, and we can't use it to deal with him because they didn't talk about it. Will this chill the hearts of the subjects? ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, in the minister's opinion, this time King Mo really wants to belong to the Ming Dynasty, although Cui Yushi deceived them is just an unimportant matter, but the minister always feels that this method is not very open, and in the future, we must pay attention to not treating them as barbarians, but as a state of etiquette that is educated by the king." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Your Majesty, South Vietnam ceded a part of the land to us this time, and divided the land in the country for me to emigrate, and let the army be stationed to monitor, such good conditions are really rare in a century, I am afraid that this matter will affect the diplomatic relations with South Vietnam, can you please Cui Yushi to explain to Prince Mo." ”

Zhu Youxiao felt that this suggestion was good and was preparing to agree. I heard Wei Zhongxian next to him muttering in a low voice: "You still want us to explain to them, if you cheat, you will be deceived, it is just a small country, and if you are disobedient, you will be beaten." ”

Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "Do you know that fighting and fighting can solve the problem?" Do you think Mo Jingkuan really wants to fight us, and we can fight with a few thousand soldiers? The terrain and climate there are simply not suitable for us to fight for a long time. If we can get what we want without fighting, then what's the reason to use my Chinese son's life to fill it? Remember, war is a continuation of politics and cannot be resolved by other means, so we should think about war, not war in the first place. ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Holy Lord, slaves and maids should not discuss the government in vain, please ask the Holy Lord to surrender their crimes." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a straight face: "You are a eunuch with a pen, no one said that you are talking about the government in vain." It's just that your idea of wanting to solve everything and thinking about fighting first is dangerous. I've heard a saying that people who are used to hammers look like nails, and that's not good. ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "The slave is not sensible, so she talks nonsense." Ignoring the meaning of the saint, the slave and maid will think about it first in the future. ”

As soon as the two of them sang the double reed, the ministers also knew what the emperor meant. So everyone's opinions were quickly unified, and asked Cui Chengxiu to explain the situation to Mo Jingwan and make an explanation, which should calm the anger of the South Vietnamese people.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think that in the future, everyone should not make the mistakes of the factory ministers, if you don't use what you can get by means of war, then try not to use war." In the past, people used to say to me that the war was ominous, but now we have some advantages in Japan, in Liaodong, and in the South China Sea, and everyone seems to think that war is a good thing, because there are many benefits to be gained. But now I want to tell you that war is only a means, not war for war's sake. In particular, Qin Tianjian told me that the weather will only get colder and colder, and the crops will be affected more and more, and the only way we can do it is to go south, south, so that we can get the food we need. The situation in the south is complicated, and if we only rely on war, we will go to war with many countries. Even if we can win in the end, the price will be very high, so I think that we should only consider using war when other means do not work. ”

All the ministers bowed together and said, "The ministers obey the holy commandment. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in addition to developing to the south, it is also necessary to promote new cold-tolerant and drought-tolerant crops throughout the country, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Sun Gebu is very well promoted in Shaanxi, and immigrants from southern Liaoning are also breeding in large numbers, while the promotion of Northern Zhili and Shanxi is not very good. The last time it was reported that less than one percent of the places in Beizhili had planted new crops, this is not good, as soon as the weather is cold, the wheat harvest will be difficult to say. ”

Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, if you don't give an order in Beizhili and Shanxi and other places, you must plant two to three percent of new crops, and those who fail to meet the requirements will be punished, and those who meet the requirements will be rewarded, will this be promoted soon?" ”

Sun Chuanting hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Shoufu's words are very reasonable. Judging from Chen's experience in Shaanxi, as long as the farmer has a special person to buy after the output, it is best to purchase it at a fixed price, then everyone will automatically ask to plant when they see that kind of output. So it's important to do a good job of buying this year, so that farmers can see for themselves that the return on planting a new crop is higher than planting wheat, so that the new crop can really be promoted. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Leave this matter to the agricultural cooperative." You should write down a statement on the methods you will take in Shaanxi, and let the agricultural cooperatives handle them according to the rules and regulations, so as to strive to increase the planting area of new crops by more than 20 percent next year. In addition, the Council decreed that newly cultivated wasteland would be exempt from tax for ten years if new crops were planted continuously. Wasteland is only tax-exempt for three years, and now if there is a good thing of tax-free for ten years, I believe that the newly opened wasteland will be planted with new crops. ”