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After listening to Li Hongyu's heartfelt words, Emperor Wanli's brows furrowed slightly, staring at him and asking in a deep voice, to be honest, he didn't think that a small barbarian tribe was very important.

"Your Majesty, among the Jurchens in Liaodong, the only one who can compete with the Jianzhou Jurchen is the Haixi Jurchen, and the head of the Haixi Jurchen is Ye Hebu."

Li Hongyu raised his head when he heard this, and said in a deep voice, "Most of the Eight Banners under the rebellious chieftain of Jianzhou Nurhachi are from the Jurchen tribes conquered by him, and they are not monolithic. ”

"I will issue an order on this matter and hand it over to other officials in Liaodong to do." Emperor Wanli pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

Although he felt that Li Hongyu had some truth in what he said, this matter should not be done by Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu was the assistant he selected for Zhu Youxiao, how could he be in danger?

In the eyes of Emperor Wanli, Li Hongyu is the champion of Daming, how can he be compared to a barbarian tribe like Yehebu? Therefore, Li Hongyu naturally could not be allowed to go to Liaodong to take risks.

Besides, there are still so many civil and military officials in Liaodong, are they all eating dry food, and they need to work hard for the champions of the Ming Dynasty to press the formation?

"Your Majesty, now that the morale of the newly defeated officers and troops has been frustrated, the minister's going to Liaodong will definitely boost morale, which will be of great benefit to the reorganization of the army."

Li Hongyu hesitated for a moment when he heard this, looked at Emperor Wanli and said with a serious expression, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if the minister goes to save Ye Hebu, he will definitely be able to make Ye Hebu feel the grace of heaven, be loyal to the imperial court wholeheartedly, and do his best to deal with the rebellion of Jianzhou." ”

In fact, there is another meaning in Li Hongyu's words, the generals of Liaodong usually despise the Jurchens, thinking that they are border barbarians, even if they are left in ordinary times, they will definitely not try their best to save them.

Moreover, now that the Ming army has been defeated in Liaodong, who will have the heart to cross the defense line of the Houjin army to save Ye Hebu at this time, it will definitely be perfunctory, and Ye Hebu will definitely die.

"What will you do when you arrive in Liaodong?" Emperor Wanli naturally understood the meaning of Li Hongyu's words, and saw Li Hongyu's resolute attitude, so he asked after a deep sigh.

Although Emperor Wanli did not want Li Hongyu to go to Liaodong, but Jun Wu joked, Li Hongyu had asked him for advice on the matter of Liaodong a few years ago, and he had promised Li Hongyu that if the Ming army in Liaodong was defeated, he would let Li Hongyu go to save Yehebu in Liaodong, so he didn't want to stay if Li Hongyu insisted, so he wanted to hear Li Hongyu's plan to see if it was feasible.

"Your Majesty, after the minister arrives in Liaodong, he plans to reorganize his troops in Liaoyang City, and select an elite division of more than 10,000 people to bypass the rebellious defense line of Jianzhou to pick up the officials and troops in Kaiyuan and other places."

Emperor Wanli's question naturally couldn't help Li Hongyu, since he dared to go to Liaodong, he naturally made a plan, and after hearing this, he pondered for a while, and then said in an orderly manner, "Your Majesty, Nurhachi, the rebellious chieftain of Jianzhou, would never have thought that the official army would go to the rescue of Yehebu, so that the ministers could catch them off guard." ”

"Your Majesty, although the rebellion in Jianzhou is fierce, after all, the number is limited, as long as the ministers can win a battle by surprise, then the rebellion in Jianzhou will be fearful, and they will not dare to fight hard with the official army."

Saying that, Li Hongyu bowed his hand to Emperor Wanli and said, "Your Majesty, the minister still has a reluctant request, the rebellion of Jianzhou will definitely take the opportunity to expand its power this time, and the Liaodong region is Mongols in addition to the official army, so the minister feels that he should unite the Mongols to control the rebellion of Jianzhou." ”

"You're saying that the rebellion in Jianzhou will swallow the surrounding Mongol tribes?"

Emperor Wanli's brows suddenly frowned slightly, you must know that the three major Mongolian tribes located around Liaodong are the Korqin Division, the Chahar Department and the Khalkha Division, each of which has a lot of strength, he does not think that Nurhachi can defeat them, no matter how to say that the Mongolian iron cavalry has also galloped the world.

"Your Majesty, the Korqin Ministry has always been friendly with the Jianzhou rebellion, and the relationship between the Khalkha Ministry and the Jianzhou rebellion is good and bad, and the two sides are just using each other, and the Chahar Department has always been jealous of the Jianzhou rebellion."

Li Hongyu nodded solemnly when he heard this, and said to Emperor Wanli seriously, "The minister thinks that he can co-govern the state and rebel with the Chahar Department and the Khalkha Department, at least he can't let Nurhachi easily absorb them."

”

"How do you connect the Chahar and Khalkha departments?" Emperor Wanli couldn't help but be interested when he heard this, but he didn't expect Li Hongyu to even think about the affairs of the Mongols, so he asked with great interest, wanting to hear what their opinions were.

"Mutual Market!" After Li Hongyu groaned for a while, he slowly spit out two words in his mouth.

"Mutual market?" Emperor Wanli's face suddenly showed a look of surprise, he thought that Li Hongyu would think of Zhao'an reward or something, but he didn't expect it to be such a method, it was better to send some money to the past.

"Your Majesty, what the minister said is that the mutual market is a real business transaction." Li Hongyu pondered for a moment, looked at Emperor Wanli solemnly and said, "Your Majesty, the Mongols are no longer what they used to be, especially the tribes like the Chahar tribe that have been assimilated by my Ming Dynasty, and the minister thinks that he should take the opportunity to collect some of these tribes for his own use." ”

"Your Majesty, with the rise of firearms, the power of the Mongolian iron cavalry will only become weaker and weaker, and the minister feels that we should vigorously develop firearms instead of restricting the Mongols."

As he spoke, Li Hongyu turned his words around, and said, "In the minister's opinion, firearms will be the king of the battlefield in the future, and now the firearms of the Xiyi people have surpassed the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty should make up for it and catch up." ”

"You also know the firearms of the Xiyi people?"

Emperor Wanli didn't expect Li Hongyu to pull on the firearm, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, to be honest, few of the civil and military officials in the court now know that Western firearms are powerful, and they have always been complacent and think that the firearms of the Ming Dynasty are unique in the world.

"Your Majesty, I can't hide it, my father used to do business in Jiangnan, and I heard from the merchants who came to Daming from Xiyi to talk about Xiyi's firearms and navigation."

Li Hongyun nodded when he heard this, and said worriedly, "Your Majesty, the minister said something disrespectful, the navigation and firearms that the Ming Dynasty was originally proud of have been surpassed by the Xiyi people. ”

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the soldiers of the Xiyi people have now reached Luzon, and Nanyang will sooner or later become the world of the Xiyi people, and then the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can no longer hold the **** shelf, and we must learn from and learn from the advantages of the Xiyi people in firearms and navigation.

”

As he spoke, Li Hongyu touched his head to the ground again and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, the battle of Tuen Mun in the year of Zhengde is enough to show that the Xiyi people are greedy and barbaric, aggressive, and the artillery at that time has been superior to the Ming Dynasty, and now it has been dyed in the West, if the Ming Dynasty does not catch up, the situation will eventually be dangerous. The minister said in vain, hoping that the emperor would punish the crime. ”

Emperor Wanli's face changed after hearing this, to be honest, no one had ever talked about the threat of the Xiyi people in front of him, and his tone seemed so heavy, it was simply a long morale to destroy his own prestige, in the eyes of the civil and military ministers in the court, the Ming Dynasty was **** Shangguo, so how could he care about those Xiyi barbarians who had not yet been civilized?

However, Emperor Wanli had to admit that what Li Hongyu said was not alarmist, and compared with those civil and military officials who were sticking to the rules and arrogant in the court, his vision was undoubtedly broader, and his vision was more long-term.

"You are dedicated to the country, what is the crime?"

Therefore, after a deep groan, Emperor Wanli stretched out his hand to Li Hongyu's void and motioned for him to get up, and then stared at Li Hongyu quietly and asked, "Li Xiu, you tell me, how can my Ming Dynasty catch up with Xiyi in firearms and navigation?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Xiyi people advocate plunder and aggression because of the barrenness of the country, and now many overseas countries, including Nanyang, have been invaded by them."

Li Hongyu got up and groaned for a while, then bowed back and said, "Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty is prosperous and rich, and it is the rich land coveted by the Xiyi people. ”

"The so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, the emperor, the sages once said, 'the sea is inclusive, there is tolerance is great', the minister believes that the Ming should absorb the excellent knowledge of the Xiyi people in firearms, navigation and other aspects for my use, so as to control the raze."

Saying that, Li Hongyu arched his hand again, and said with a serious expression, "Your Majesty, although my Ming sage's words are famous all over the world, self-cultivation and morality, and overseas Yiyi are beyond the reach of the dust, but the Xiyi people are good at natural theories and like to develop tools, so they are indeed better than my Daming." ”

"The sea is inclusive, and tolerance is great!" Emperor Wanli couldn't help but bow his head slightly when he heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu's eyes full of appreciation, thinking that Li Hongyu was worthy of being the champion of the dynasty, and he could say such philosophical words.

"The sea is inclusive of all rivers" comes from Yuan Hong's "Preface to the Famous Ministers of the Three Kingdoms" in the Jin Dynasty: "The shape of the vessel does not exist, and the square inch is inclusive." Li Zhouhan noted: "The heart of the square inch is like the sea of all rivers, and its words contain a wide range of words." ”

"Tolerance is great" is from "Shangshu? Jun Chen": "You are not angry and stubborn. There is no need to be prepared for a husband. There will be patience, and it will be helped. There is tolerance, and virtue is great. ”

The first person in history to put together "the sea is tolerant of all rivers, and there is tolerance is great" was Lin Zexu in the late Qing Dynasty, and Li Hongyu became the first person in history to say it this time.

"Compiled by Li, tell me how to use razing to defeat raze?" Subsequently, Emperor Wanli looked at Li Hongyu with great interest, thinking that this sentence "to raze and raze" was really incisive and won his holy will.

In fact, Emperor Wanli paid more attention to what Li Hongyu said about blocking Xiyi in Nanyang, after all, no emperor wanted the enemy to be close to his home.

"Your Majesty, the Xiyi people are not monolithic, and conflicts often break out between the Xiyi countries because of the uneven interests of overseas plunder."

Seeing that Emperor Wanli was interested, Li Hongyu said in an orderly manner, "The minister thinks that he can conduct trade with the Xiyi countries in Nanyang, so that there is no need for them to come to my Daming again, and secretly use commerce and trade to divide the Xiyi countries, provoke wars between them, and secretly make profits." ”

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has a large land and a large population, which is an advantage that the Xiyi countries do not have, as long as the Ming Dynasty controls the artillery and navigation technology, then you can go on an expedition to the West to make the Xiyi countries surrender, and declare the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!"

As he spoke, Li Hongyu looked at Emperor Wanli impassionedly, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority is to form a naval division to protect the maritime rights and interests of our Ming Dynasty, and to attack and retreat and defend, so that the Xiyi countries do not dare to act rashly!" ”

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