There was silence in the room, whether it was Cao Tiancheng or the other ministers, their faces showed unwilling looks.

In order to prepare for this war with the Ming Kingdom, Daqi has been preparing for a long time, the transfer of materials, the deployment of the army, I don't know how much effort was spent, but now, because of the Bozhou incident, do you have to stop? Once the cart of war is started and wants to stop, the losses will not be small.

"The Ming Dynasty has just ended the campaign against Qin, the soldiers are tired, the fighting spirit is low, the country's financial resources and manpower are in a relatively empty stage, if you don't do it at this time, it will be difficult to have such a good opportunity." Cao Tiancheng groaned. "Besides, even though Bozhou is in rebellion, but after all, its strength is limited, what we are worried about is only the criticism of the government and the opposition, and the rebellion of the family, not how strong Bozhou's military strength is."

Cao Yun shook his head: "Your Majesty, either the war with the Ming Kingdom will not officially start, and once it officially starts, it will definitely not be something that can be ended in a short time." What is the military strength of Bozhou, there is no conclusion now, the intelligence of the ghost is quite incomplete, if Bozhou is really incapable, then Cao Gang's huge sailor, will not be destroyed overnight, never use speculation to think about the opponent, before the battle, we might as well think of the enemy as stronger, more difficult, and make all preparations to act, otherwise the war will be difficult to stop at the beginning. Once our war in Bozhou does not go well, we will immediately fall into the dilemma of fighting on several fronts. Your Majesty, now is the time when the Ming Kingdom is weak, but why not when we are weak, Your Majesty's reform plan has only left the last few obstacles. ”

"How many families dare to make trouble at this time? Aren't you afraid that I will raise the butcher's knife as a matter of course? Aren't you afraid that the saliva of the government and the opposition will drown them? Cao Tiancheng said angrily.

"Your Majesty, the Great Zhou Dynasty is dead, these families are still there, the Tang Dynasty is dead, these families are still there, the city is changing the Great King Banner, and the dynasties on this continent are constantly changing, but they have always existed, in the minds of these people, the family is the first, and the country is the second. In Daqi, they are them, and if they are replaced by Daming, aren't they them? Cao Yun exhorted the emperor like a tongue twister.

"If the war doesn't go well, it can't rule out the possibility that these people will take advantage of the fire." Tian Fen struggled for a long time, and finally stood up and supported Cao Yun's opinion: "Your Majesty, what the prince said is reasonable, now the situation on the mainland has been clearly distinguished, and it is said that the three kingdoms are in power, but the state of Chu is at best just a pawn that we can use to compete with the Ming Dynasty, and in the end, it will inevitably be the Great Qi and the Ming Kingdom competing for hegemony in the world." In such a long-term contest, we really don't have to care about temporary gains and losses, and it is not a pity that one city or one place will be fortunate, and the most important thing is that our major policies must be clear, and we must set out firmly toward this goal. ”

Seeing that the giants in both civil and military directions said this, Cao Tiancheng was silent for a long time, and sighed: "The chess is almost the same, and the hands and feet are tied, so be it, in this case, who will be sent to the Ming Kingdom to negotiate with Qin Feng?" Not only does it have to be decent, but also to complete this task perfectly, this person needs to be brave and resourceful, and his position must be high enough to attract the attention of the other party. ”

Everyone in the room was silent, and after a while, Cao Yun suddenly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's brother is now an idler, but he just happened to go this way, the Ming Kingdom is under the governance of Qin Feng, changing with each passing day, and the country's strength is advancing by leaps and bounds, to be honest, the minister is also very curious, how did he do it." ”

Cao Tiancheng smiled, in fact, that's exactly what he thought.

"You're willing to work hard, that's the best." Cao Tiancheng said: "This time to go to the Ming Kingdom, you can just take a look at their army, with your magic eye, as long as you pass the eye, you can see the flaws." ”

"I wish they would show me!" Cao Yun said with a smile. "I hope Qin Feng won't be so stingy."

"The strength of the Ming army is first in ordnance, and the benefit of ordnance is first in iron smelting and steelmaking, but it is a pity that for so many years, we have not been able to get information in these aspects, and the craftsmen in Daqi have tried their best, but they can't make our steel quality reach their level." Cao Tiancheng's face was a little solemn, "Some of the weapons of the Ming Kingdom we got are enough for us to be vigilant, like armor, the same protective ability, the Ming people are half as light as ours, what does this mean, everyone knows very well, the combat ability of the warriors has been greatly improved." War horses can also run farther because of the reduced weight. The sharpness of the standard ring-headed knife of the Ming soldiers is enough to be called a treasure blade, and our weapons are often cut in two by it, and other weapons such as crossbows and thunderbolts cannot even be imitated. Just like a crossbow machine, I have also seen the structure inside, and the complexity of it is breathtaking. ”

"Your Majesty, since we have figured out his inner structure, why can't we copy it? The power of the Ming army's crossbow on the battlefield is indeed terrifying. ”

"It's still at the level of steel smelting!" Cao Tiancheng sighed: "Our master craftsman said that those small gears and mechanisms, because the quality of the steel does not meet the requirements, even if they are barely polished, they will be damaged as soon as they are used. ”

"Do everything you can to get Mingguo's technology in this area." Tian Fen thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, in the past, the iron-smelting and steel-making of the Ming Kingdom were in Daye City, Taiping County, deep in the mountains, heavily blocked, and the personnel structure was relatively single, and it was not easy to penetrate, but now they have built an iron-smelting and steel-making base in Xintong of the Qin State, here, relatively speaking, it should be much easier, Wang Jia, the ghost shadow must do whatever it takes in this regard, as long as you can get the process of the Ming people, you want people to give people, and you want money to give money." ”

At this moment, Tian Fen forgot that he was about to go to live in the prison.

"Yes, Shousuke, I'll arrange it as soon as I go back, at all costs." Wang Jia nodded.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing that must be put on the agenda immediately." Cao Yun said: "That is the construction of the water division. ”

The Sailor has now become the Achilles of the Great Qi, and the powerful Great Qi has become a leaky sieve with holes everywhere because of the lag of the Sailor.

No one cared about this when everyone didn't, but when a powerful sailor suddenly appeared on the sea, Daqi immediately felt a huge threat. Thousands of miles of sea territory, everywhere can become the location of enemy attacks, and it is chilling to think about it.

"It was already started!" Cao Tiancheng said angrily: "Shoufu has already allocated one million taels of silver to Cao Gang just a few years ago, let him recruit and train sailors first, and after Zhou Shuguang is destroyed, he can snatch all the shipyards and those shipbuilders of the Zhou family, these are ready-made, and they can be put into production immediately, but who would have expected that it would be the current ending." ”

"Now there is no need to worry about Zhou's shipyard and craftsmen, I'm afraid that he would rather burn down the shipyard and kill those craftsmen, and it won't cheap us, and these are all on Peach Blossom Island, we are also looking at the sea and sighing." Cao Yun said: "But with the ability of Daqi, as long as you are determined to do this, how can you not find relevant talents?" Find a suitable place to build a shipyard, repair the shipyard, publish a document to the world, and recruit shipbuilders. Your Majesty, it's not too late to make amends. Otherwise, the longer the time drags on, the strength of our and the Ming Kingdom on the water will become bigger and bigger, and this will be a fatal weakness in the future. We can't be heavily defended everywhere on the thousands of miles of sea frontier, and we can't find so many soldiers! ”

"The Ming State has a maritime administration, and we have also set up a relevant sailor yamen to coordinate this matter." Tian Fen nodded and said: "In the future, the battle between Daqi and the Ming Kingdom for domination will not only be on land, but also on water. Although we are now lagging behind the Ming Kingdom, with the strength of Daqi, it is not difficult to catch up, as long as we Daqi have made up our minds to do something, then we will definitely do a good job. ”

Seeing that the ministers were full of confidence, Cao Tiancheng was relieved.

"Okay, Cao Yun went to the Ming Kingdom in person to negotiate with the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom about the border conflict between the two sides, and the first assistant set up the Sailor Yamen as soon as possible, within three years, I hope to have a fleet to compete with the Ming people at sea, Guo Xiancheng, what are you going to do to exterminate Bozhou?"

Guo Xiancheng is now the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and he naturally wants to take the lead in suppressing the rebellion.

"Your Majesty, we don't know the specific situation of Bozhou now, how many ships Zhou Shuguang has, and how much combat effectiveness still needs further intelligence, so the minister believes that at present, we can send the garrison of Bingzhou and Yizhou to attack Bozhou, first show the world that the imperial court will not tolerate this, and wait until we find out the specific situation of Bozhou, and then attack with a large army and defeat it in one fell swoop." Guo Xiancheng said, "What the minister is worried about is that after the defeat of the Zhou clan, he will inevitably flee to the sea, but we can't do anything, and then he will become a real pirate and wantonly invade our coastal states and counties." ”

Cao Tiancheng nodded, what Guo Xiancheng said was naturally Lao Cheng's serious words.

"That's the only way to do it first, as for the things you said, you can only have to strictly control and prevent them in coastal states and counties at that time." Now Cao Tiancheng finally realized the pain of not having a sailor, people can't beat you on land, you can run, and then find your loophole and come up and stab it, so what about the reason for a thousand days to prevent thieves?

"Your Majesty, can you try to recruit An Zhou?" Cao Yun asked in a low voice: "If you can recruit An Zhou's family, then Yu Daqi will have great benefits!" ”

Cao Tiancheng shook his head: "Zhou Shuguang sent that open letter to the world, which is equivalent to tearing up the possibility of the imperial court recruiting him with his own hands, he is showing me an attitude of cutting things off!" How can I give in to him, and if he wants to fight, then beat him to the ground. ”