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"This country is like a hungry wolf, he desires the land more than any other country, and will be the greatest enemy of the empire in the future, I must not leave him to future generations to deal with, I will completely defeat it in my lifetime, at least let him not dare to look east again for two or three hundred years." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Since this country is so far away from the Empire, Your Majesty can send troops to occupy this buffer in advance, and by the time the country expands further east, we will already have a firm foothold." Wang Liqian said.

"It's easy to say, the further north you go, the colder the weather becomes, the whole empire thinks that these places are wild lands, I build fortresses in these wild places, it's not easy to immigrate, the whole empire must fully support it, but in fact, there are a lot of treasures under the land, but we can't mine and use them now, but after a few hundred years, these treasures can be used, and I need an excuse to build fortresses and cities in this vast land, defending Houjin is the best excuse, I will drive Houjin all the way north, as long as there is an excuse, I can use the excuse to expand all the way north, and I must build the cities of the empire on the shores of the North Sea in my lifetime, so that we can control the north. Zhu Youxiao explained.

"The minister understands, Houjin can't die, he can only be disabled." Wang Liqian said.

"But the empire's hatred for Houjin must not be weakened, only in this way can the entire empire support me." Zhu Youxiao said.

"I understand." Wang Liqian said.

"My decision is almost no one in the entire empire can understand, the empire needs public opinion to guide the people of the empire to support my decision, I know what the empire needs, now while the whole world is in chaos, I want to use the least cost to seek the greatest benefit for the empire, these things cannot be left to future generations, regardless of whether future generations can do it well in the future? But the price paid is definitely several times greater than it is now. Zhu Youxiao said.

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In the empire, many people can't understand why Zhu Youxiao released Huang Taiji, which is also the real reason why Zhu Youxiao wants to release Huang Taiji, Zhu Youxiao needs an excuse to use troops in the northern wilderness, and even more needs an excuse to permanently occupy the northern wilderness.

The environment of Lengzhou is much better than that of Sipol (the Mongol name for Siberia), but until now no one is willing to immigrate to Lengzhou, even if Zhu Youxiao has implemented a series of preferential policies such as land division and tax exemption, but so far no one is willing to immigrate to Lengzhou, and now in Lengzhou except for court officials, soldiers and their families, the rest are prisoners exiled by the empire. As soon as Zhu Youxiao thought of the immigration problem in Leng Zhou, he had a headache.

Fortunately, no one in Lengzhou robbed Zhu Youxiao, and now the whole world treats Lengzhou as a wild place, and Zhu Youxiao can operate it slowly, but West Pol is different, the Russians are eyeing West Pol, and Russia only took a few decades to occupy West Pol.

But Leng Zhou's immigration issue also made Zhu Youxiao realize that he left Houjin a very correct decision. If Zhu Youxiao tells the people of the empire now, "There is a huge wealth buried under the West Pole, let's immigrate to the West Pol!" "Zhu Youxiao believes that he will be drowned by the saliva of the people of the empire, and nine out of ten people will think that Zhu Youxiao is stupid to be the emperor.

The whole empire is deeply influenced by Confucian culture, there are very few people like Zhu Youxiao who are extremely eager for land, the Ming Dynasty used to be able to say that it has most of the Nanyang, the Ming Dynasty said that it does not want it, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were several countries in the Nanyang that asked to join China, but China was disdainful, Burma once returned to China during the Qing Dynasty, and the ruler of the Qing Dynasty waved his hand, "I gave it to you." ”

It wasn't until later generations, when China fought for every inch of land, that the people had the idea of territorial expansion, but at this time, the whole world was stereotyped, and you had no place to expand. Zhu Youxiao's desire to change the thinking of the entire empire is by no means an overnight thing. The Russians' desire for territory seems to have been ingrained in their blood, unbroken for four hundred years, and has allowed their territory to expand four hundredfold in four hundred years.

To change the thinking of the empire, it is necessary not only to change the cultural and ideological aspects, but also to allow the entire empire to benefit from territorial expansion. Zhu Youxiao's strategy in Inner Mongolia was successful, and the development of the wool textile industry brought huge profits to the whole empire, and the merchants and capital of the empire began to pour into Inner Mongolia. Some merchants even began to establish commercial ties with Russians as far away as Western Siberia.

Now some businessmen in the empire can already understand Zhu Youxiao's territorial expansion strategy, but the influence of this group of people is too small, and they can't make their own voices in the empire at all.

"Get pen and ink ready, I have something to write down." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Your Majesty, it's not too early, rest early, and write again tomorrow." Fan Huifei said softly.

"I'll be fine right away, and I may not remember if I write it tomorrow." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, the concubine will polish your ink." Fan Huifei said.

Zhu Youxiao wrote: "The first five-year plan ......"

Zhu Youxiao's first five-year plan was written only when he was a child, but it can still only be said that it was written very roughly, after all, he wrote it alone, he only mentioned the goals, and did not mention the specific implementation steps, and he decided to hand them over to the corresponding departments to detail these goals.

"This copy will be handed over to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and only the generals at or above the Admiral and above can check it, and those who leak it will be guilty of complicity in rebellion." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No." Wang Liqian hurriedly put it away.

"I'll leave this to the Cabinet for deliberation." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

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On the second day, the two edicts were sent to the Cabinet and the Governor's Palace, respectively. The cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Office, which had received the secret decree, were shocked by the contents of the secret decree at this moment.

"If you want to wage three wars from three directions in five years, the number of troops is not a problem, but whether the treasury can support it? Admiral Chen, what do you think about this? Xiong Tingbi said.

"A big war is fought, at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and at most millions of taels of silver, this is indeed the time to test the empire." Chen Si said.

"I heard that the cabinet also received the same secret order, and the content must be different from ours, but I don't know what to say." Xiong Tingbi said.

"The rules for the secret decree of the cabinet should be the same as ours, and there should be restrictions on who can read it." Chen Si said.

"Immediately send His Majesty's secret decree to the three governors of Chengdu, Xi'an, and Shenyang, and the other three governors will draw up detailed strategic steps and their needs." Xiong Tingbi said.

(End of chapter)