"Yes, Your Majesty, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, once there is an opportunity, no one can guarantee it......"

"Therefore, it is necessary to establish a mechanism to prevent the generals from having the opportunity to support their own troops."

"Your Majesty, this is the most difficult thing to do, for example, this South China Sea Fleet, if it is to support its own troops in the future, the minister is just an analogy......" Li Chunye was worried that Zhu Youzhen would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained.

"Waiting, between you and me, the monarch and the minister, it doesn't matter, we are just discussing the mechanism of guarding against the generals from supporting their own troops," Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, he didn't need Li Chunye to explain, "This South China Sea Fleet, I won't let it stand alone, in case something goes wrong, don't I still have the North Sea Fleet?" ”

"Your Majesty is using the method of checks and balances?"

"That's pretty much it," Zhu Youzhen nodded, "Once the South China Sea Fleet controls the South China Seas, then I will divide the South China Sea Fleet into two, no matter who is the commander of the fleet, he does not have the absolute superiority to challenge the entire navy of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the entire Ming Dynasty, at that time, who else dares to support the army and respect himself?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister understands." Li Chunye clasped his hands into fists and saluted Zhu Youzhen, this is his admiration from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Youzhen ruled the army, I didn't have to say at that time, he was definitely a genius, if his ability to govern could be improved, he might become the emperor of the ages.

"Actually, the principle of governing the army and governing the government is the same, but the specific methods are different," Zhu Youzhen was excited for a while, and he couldn't help but show off, "Instead of being suspicious and suspicious, it is better to block the source and cut off the extravagant hopes of the ministers." ”

"Your Majesty......" Li Chunye immediately thought of the military reform, Shi Fenglai took the lead, and opposed the reform plan in the imperial court, but Zhu Youzhen passed the investigation of the corruption of ink, drew his salary from the bottom of the kettle, and beheaded Shi Fenglai, and the military reform plan was successfully approved in the court.

"For example, the ministers are greedy for ink, this is a tradition of the Han people, which has lasted for thousands of years, and has been repeatedly banned.

"Your Majesty, at present, there is no greed for ink in the court." Speaking of greedy ink, this is the only place where Li Chunye admires Zhu Youzhen in terms of court politics.

"It's impossible to be greedy without ink, but it's definitely much better than previous years, and much better than other dynasties," Zhu Youzhen was full of confidence, "Tell me, how did I cure corruption?" ”

"Your Majesty asked the ministers to sign and swear an oath on the "Integrity Document."

"This is just from the moral level, in the whole Shilin to establish a 'honest and proud, greedy ink is ashamed' social demeanor, in front of the white flowers, who still remembers once signed and swore an oath on the "clean government document"?" Zhu Youzhen shook his head, "What really makes officials stop corruption is the 'joint and several responsibility system'." ”

"Just let their superiors supervise him?" Li Chunye seemed to understand what Zhu Youzhen meant.

"Yes, I only have one pair of eyes and two ears, and the officials are greedy for ink, I may not be able to see and hear them, but their superiors should be able to see or hear, so I let their superiors supervise them."

"Your Majesty, now there is really no longer the phenomenon of greedy ink during the Wanli and Apocalypse years."

"There is no one method that will always work, and there will be other methods in the future," Zhu Youzhen said, now that he knows the importance of reform, only reform can Ming have the hope of a new life, "Of course, only this method is not enough, so there is a "rebound law", which always hangs over the heads of officials, in addition, the income of Ming officials is too low, and it should be increased appropriately." ”

"Does Your Majesty want to increase the salaries of officials?"

"Not yet, don't publicize it to the public for the time being, the financial revenue of the imperial court is not enough to greatly increase the income of officials," Zhu Youzhen thought for a while, "This is also an important reason why I want to develop industry and commerce and increase industrial and commercial taxes. ”

"The officials' salaries have been improved, and the occurrence of ink greed can be reduced, Your Majesty, the ministers understand." It turned out that Zhu Youzhen seemed to be ignorant of politics, in fact, he had been in the next game of Daqi, solving the problem that Daming could hardly solve, Li Chunye bowed down in front of Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty has been working hard for Daming, but the ridiculous ministers, including the old ministers, have always thought that His Majesty does not like cumbersome government affairs, and the old ministers know that they are wrong." ”

"There is no need to wait for the quality to be like this, get up, let's talk about the Taiwan issue." Zhu Youzhen was also full of emotion, he was really sorry for the sake of Daming, he really worked hard, he had no friends, he was lonely and hardworking, and he didn't even have time to be a palace maid. ”

"Your Majesty, most of the Han and indigenous people in Taiwan speak Hokkien, and Fujian has already reorganized the 24th, 25th, and 26th armies, and the army is relatively redundant." Li Chunye sat down again, and his gaze at Zhu Youzhen became thicker.

"Then send troops from Fujian," Zhu Youzhen paused for a while, "It doesn't take too much, Taiwan still has a base for the South China Sea Fleet, and one division is enough." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, after the minister returns, he will immediately dispatch the Fujian army into Taiwan," Li Chunye surrendered his order, "There is one more thing, Zheng Zhilong said that the South China Sea Fleet destroyed Taiwan's indigenous Potbelly Kingdom. ”

"What do you think about this?"

"Your Majesty, according to the ministers, if it is destroyed, it will be destroyed, Taiwan belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and there must be no independent kingdom."

"What Hou Q said is, what belongs to me must be protected first," Zhu Youzhen very much agreed with Li Chunye's concept, but he saw farther than Li Chunye, "If the Big Belly Kingdom is allowed to exist, sooner or later it will fall into the hands of Xiyi, and then the Ming Dynasty will have to take it from Xiyi's hands." ”

"Your Majesty......" What is the reason for this? Li Chunye was puzzled, anyway, Xiyi's navy was not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty.

"In the battle in Taiwan, the Ming Dynasty occupies a geographical advantage, the supply line is very short, there should be no problem in winning, the problem is after the war," Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Chunye, "Waiting for the hostage, the Ming Dynasty is not able to destroy Xiyi at all now, let alone defeat them at Xiyi's doorstep." ”

"Your Majesty is saying that Xiyi has lost its stronghold in Taiwan, and will also send the navy to fight a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty?"

"That's how it should be."

"Your Majesty, even if Xiyi's navy comes to Taiwan again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat the Ming navy, right?"

"In Taiwan, it should be difficult for Xiyi to defeat the Ming Dynasty, even if they unite, but the South China Sea Fleet will not hover in Taiwan forever, the South China Sea Fleet will enter the South China Sea sooner or later, and it will enter the Indian Ocean, or even go to Xiyi, at Xiyi's doorstep, can the South China Sea Fleet still win against Xiyi's coalition forces?"

"Your Majesty means ......" Li Chunye had also thought about this question, but he didn't think about it so long-term, and he didn't know the long-term goal of the South China Sea Fleet.

"Actually, the Ming Dynasty does not need to defeat the coalition army of Xiyi, since there are many countries in Xiyi, there must be contradictions between them, and there will be wars."

"Your Majesty is saying that you want to divide them?"

"That's right, it's to divide them and pull one to fight another, so that the Ming Dynasty doesn't have to face the coalition forces of Xiyi, and our friends will also provide us with the situation and weaknesses of other Xiyi countries."

"Your Majesty has some understanding."

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, this Li Chunye is quite modest, "Therefore, we have to do our own thing, such as Taiwan, since it is ours, there is no need to be ambiguous, let Xiyi realize this earlier, and save them from forming hatred on these issues and destroying the cooperative relationship between the two sides." ”

"Your Majesty is going to cooperate with Xiyi?"

"Since the Ming Dynasty cannot conquer all the Xiyi for the time being, cooperation is inevitable, even if it is not for trade, it must be cooperated, and the Ming Dynasty cannot become enemies with all the Xiyi."

"Which Xiyi are Your Majesty going to cooperate with?"

"Hou Zhen received Zheng Zhilong's military report, he must have read it carefully, is there any problem with this military report?"

"Questions?" Li Chunye was shocked, and he quickly went through the contents of the general report in his mind, "Your Majesty, what's the problem?" Why didn't the old minister see it? ”

"Wait, how many Dutchmen has Zheng Zhilong captured?"

"The military newspaper said that there were five hundred and ninety-six people, including Dutch merchants."

"Yes, Xiyi is different from Daming, once they can't fight, they will surrender to their opponents, and the commander will not be punished, at most he will be deprived of command."

"Oh? It turns out that Xiyi is like this? ”

"But did the hostage find out, why there were no Spanish prisoners?"

"It's true that there are no Spanish prisoners," Li Chunye remembered, "Could it be that the Spaniards will not surrender until they die?" ”

"Impossible," Zhu Youzhen categorically vetoed, "Once the Spaniards are defeated, they will definitely surrender, this is the common characteristic of the Xiyi, and they are here to protect their soldiers from casualties." ”

Li Chunye somewhat understood, "Your Majesty, could it be that Zheng Zhilong killed the Spanish troops?" ”

"It should be so, otherwise, there will never be no Spanish surrender."

"Your Majesty......" Li Chunye became nervous for Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong killed the surrendered soldiers, and dared to conceal it and deceive Zhu Youzhen.

"I have never advocated killing surrendering soldiers, if you let others know that you kill surrendering soldiers, not only their country will fight with the Ming Dynasty, but even other armies, when they confront the Ming Dynasty in the future, they will never surrender, knowing that you will kill the surrendered soldiers, who will surrender and die?"

"Your Majesty, that Zheng Zhilong ......"

"Even if it's done this time, it can be regarded as a reason, the National Defense Yuan sent someone to Zheng Zhilong to send me an edict, don't kill and surrender troops at will in the future, Spain only has a few million people, it's really not enough to kill."

"What happened?" Li Chunye was puzzled, Zhu Youzhen was staying in Beijing, and he didn't even leave the palace, how did he know that there was a reason for the incident? He, the dean of defense, did not know.

"Wait for the quality to forget the last time I met Zheng Zhilong?"

"Your Majesty is saying that because the Spaniards have killed tens of thousands of Han Chinese?" Li Chunye remembered that when Zheng Zhilong talked about it, he didn't pay much attention to it, after all, decades had passed.

"It should be for this." Zhu Youzhen nodded slowly.

Li Chunye also nodded, "Your Majesty, the minister understands, the minister must send someone to reprimand Zheng Zhilong in person." ”

"Don't go too far, after all, Zheng Zhilong is for revenge for the Han people, the way is wrong, and his mind is still good," Zhu Youzhen changed the topic: "Since Zheng Zhilong killed the Spanish surrendered troops, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will not be able to cooperate with Spain for the time being, so let's go to the Netherlands." Zhu Youzhen said that Spain has declined, and the Netherlands is a rising country, especially its shipbuilding industry, which is quite developed, and maybe the Ming Dynasty can learn its ship-building technology and speed up the development of the navy.