The second session of the parliament was officially convened, and the content of the meeting was very clear, discussing the issue of dealing with Japan.

As in the previous session, the members of the House of Representatives entered the parliament hall one after another to take their seats, and Yue Su was the last to enter the room, walked to the podium, and spoke first.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the second time that the Ming Dynasty Parliament has been convened since its establishment. Originally, the parliament was only discussing the issue of the promotion of officials above the third grade, but this time, the official asked for an order to bring the matter of the attack on Rizhao Port to the parliament for study. Why is this so, it's all because one person counts the shortness and the other counts the long, and there are so many people in our council, and all of them are the leaders elected from all walks of life, and the ideas they come up with will naturally be the best. At present, everyone has heard that Rizhao Port was attacked by the Japanese people, and the Japanese Chiba Daimyo Date Masamune sent troops to burn and loot in our Rizhao Port, resulting in nearly 10,000 dead and wounded of our Ming soldiers and civilians, and countless losses of property. I, the Ming Dynasty, claimed compensation from Japan, demanded compensation for the losses of the Ming Dynasty and the people, and handed over the culprit Date Masamune and the perpetrators, but the Japanese side, the deception was too great, and refused to hand over Date Masamune and the perpetrators, in terms of compensation, I was only willing to compensate 500,000 silver dollars, which was only a drop in the bucket compared with my Ming Dynasty. Although my Ming Dynasty is a big country in the Celestial Empire and a state of etiquette, I am not inferior to those gold and silver, and I have always been generous to small countries. But the Japanese people deceived the door and didn't take my Ming in their eyes, even if the saint was reincarnated, it was unbearable. Therefore, for the provocation of the Japanese people, I must not give in half a step, otherwise, the Japanese people will be the second Jurchen. In response to the rudeness of the Japanese country, what should I do at this moment, everyone may wish to express their opinions. But. Regardless of wartime and other schemes. We must all speak the truth, not to deceive ourselves and others, and not to damage the interests of our Ming Dynasty. Okay, now everyone can express their opinions, who wants to speak first? ”

After Yue Su finished speaking, he did not get off the stage and go back to his place to sit down, but looked around. Look at the people in the hall.

This question is indeed quite painful, as Lord Yue said, there are two choices: war and peace. If it is a battle, the labor division will attack far away, and after the battle. Win or lose. It seems that for the Ming Dynasty, there is not much benefit, at most it is a breath of relief, and the Japanese are not soft persimmons, and it is really difficult to say whether they will win or lose in a battle across the sea. Considering that there is still the Great Wall, there are Jurchen peeps outside. It's really not a good idea to go to war.

But without fighting, how can you save face from the Ming Dynasty? Condemnation and the like, it must be useless, people are killing people and setting fire to your house, robbing all your property, you scold two sentences, people don't hurt or itch, isn't this self-deception, covering your ears and stealing the bell. It will inevitably become a laughing stock in the future. The Ming Dynasty has always been tough on the outside world. It can be seen from the treatment of the Jurchens. Therefore, this kind of self-deception and compromise will never be done.

Practical. It is that the Wa State loses money and compensates for the losses of the Ming Dynasty, so that the face of the Ming Dynasty is back, and it can not be fought. But if you ask for money, Japan will give you three melons and two dates, which is no different from sending someone to ask for food, and you won't be given one more, who dares to say that you will negotiate again, it is estimated that Lord Yue will say, I can't talk about this sentence, you have the ability, you go.

And, it seems that it is unlikely, there is only one way to fight.

However, there is always that kind of guy whose head is full of, and he will stand up at this moment, this person's name is Cheng Yunxiang, who is not big, that is, a seven-grade imperial history, and can become a member of the parliament because he is a member of the Yiluo Party.

Cheng Yunxiang got up and said: "Lord Yue, as the old saying goes: peace is precious, and it is the best policy to surrender the army without a fight, and now my Ming Dynasty is the time to recuperate, and the war against the Jurchens has already involved most of the national strength, how can I still go to war with the Wa State." Therefore, the lower officials thought that they should come up with a way to make the Japanese bow down without sending troops to fight. ”

"You are Cheng Yunxiang." Yue Su said lightly.

"It's Xiaguan." Cheng Yunxiang nodded and said.

"You said that you don't need to send troops, just let the Japanese surrender, in fact, what is the difference between this and not saying, Japan has already declared itself a vassal to me, and it is already a surrender. Now it can be said that he is a courtier, and the following crimes have caused a huge loss to my Ming Dynasty. You don't want to confuse the public. Yue Su said.

"What the adults preached is that the lower officials are confused, and the meaning of the lower officials is that we should come up with a way to recover our losses without sending troops to fight." Cheng Yunxiang said.

"This officer also hopes that without sending troops, he can recover his losses. Let's talk about it, how can you recover the losses of my Ming Dynasty without sending troops? Yue Su asked.

"This ...... Xia Guan means that he actually hopes that everyone will brainstorm and think together. Cheng Yunxiang said.

"Now what my Ming Dynasty advocates is to tell the truth and do practical things, don't you know? If you come up with a policy by yourself, you have to come up with a way to implement it! When it comes to big policies, anyone can do it, and what this official wants is how to do it! If you say that you have a way, without a single soldier, you can recover the losses of our Ming Dynasty and let Japan compensate for the losses of our Ming Dynasty, then you can say the method, and if it is feasible, the cabinet can vote immediately, and once it is passed, it can be implemented. If it really works, this official will vigorously protect you from the emperor. Yue Su said loudly.

"I ......" Cheng Yunxiang was speechless by Yue Su's words, and he was disgraced. If he wants to know how to implement it, it is estimated that he will already submit his capital to the emperor, and he doesn't have to wait for today. But the literati were a little tempered, his old face flushed, and he said, "But I don't know what feasible way Lord Yue has?" ”

"If the official has a really feasible method, will he still need to convene a council and study it with everyone? It's useless to ask something one day. Yue Su said coldly.

Cheng Yunxiang was flashed again, and he couldn't say half a sentence, so he could only sit down stupidly.

At this time, Yue Su said again: "Although the purpose of this council is to brainstorm, there is also a premise, not all big talk, and there is no strategy for implementation. ”

The House of Representatives couldn't think of any feasible way, at best, they were talking about some big truths, but now Cheng Yunxiang has touched his nose, who dares to stand up and talk nonsense. So, in the hall, it became silent.

"Since everyone can't say anything else, it's better to let the official throw bricks and lead the way and say a way. Let's talk about it. ”

After waiting for a long time, Yue Su saw that everyone did not speak. He spoke to himself.

"I wonder what method Lord Yue came up with?" Many people asked.

"I want to save the face of my Ming Dynasty, but also want to recover the losses, now that I look at it, it seems that there is only one way to go to war with Japan. For now, let's discuss whether the road to war is feasible. Yue Su said indifferently.

"Lord Yue, starting a war can save my face. But that's also about winning. However, even if I win, what good will it do to my Ming? Japan is just a small country, and the whole country does not have much property, and I will send troops to the sun. How much food to put in. How many troops are invested, I am afraid that when the time comes, I will save face, and the gains will outweigh the losses. If I was in the past, it would be necessary to start a war against Japan, but the Liaodong Jurchens are eyeing it. I should have recovered Liaodong first, and then studied the matter of starting a war against Japan. Lu Weiqi of the Yiluo Party was the first to stand up against it.

"What Lord Lu said is extremely true." Cheng Yunxiang, who had just touched a gray nose, followed and stood up.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty have always been very backbone, even if it is what the emperor said. They all dared to speak out against it, let alone others. MP for the Ilo Party. He was the first to stand up against it, and he has always been a non-partisan official and a representative of Shilin. also spoke out one after another, standing up to Lu Weiqi again.

However, none of the members of the Junzuo Party spoke out, and other members of the parliament, such as internal officials, military generals, and honors, did not speak out, but just watched from the sidelines.

Although most of the councillors were opposed, there were also those who did not speak at the time, and only one person stood up until calm was restored in the hall. This person is Zhuge Xiang, a member of the Shilin Council, after he got up, he turned around and arched his hand, and said: "Everyone, please don't be in a hurry to oppose it first, the Japanese people bully me too much, their conditions, I Ming can't accept it at all, and my Ming never compromises with the outside world, as far as the current situation is concerned, there is only one way to go to war against the Japanese country." There are pros and cons to everything, but the students think that since Master Yue can come up with the idea of starting a war against Japan, he must have thought it through. Master Shicaiyue also said that you can't just talk big and empty words, only talk about big policies, and don't talk about specific implementation strategies. Now that Lord Yue has proposed the policy of war against Japan, the students at this moment, I would like to hear Lord Yue's implementation strategy, and if it is indeed feasible, I, Zhuge Xiang, am willing to stand on Lord Yue's side. ”

"That's right, it's not impossible to start a war with Japan, but we just want to see if Lord Yue's implementation plan is feasible. If it is indeed feasible, I, Zhang Xianzhong, am also willing to stand on the side of Lord Yue. Zhang Xianzhong then stood up and said.

"Zhuge Xiang is worthy of being an example in Shilin, what he said is reasonable and well-founded, the old man also thinks like this, everyone might as well listen to Lord Yue's implementation plan first, and then make a decision." Li Wenzhang also stood up and said.

For a while, the hall was boiling again, this time it was all in favor of Zhuge Xiang's voices, and the Junzuo Party led by Qi Shijiao expressed their positions one after another, and the internal officials, Xungui and other parliamentarians also nodded one after another.

When the hall quieted down, Yue Su smiled slightly and said: "Zhuge Xiang is very right, my official of the Ming Dynasty is to tell the truth, tell the truth, don't say it, even the official is the same." This official has just considered it, and thinks that it is not impossible to start a war against Japan, and I have a Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses, and I have purged the Liukou, all of whom have survived a hundred battles and have been on the battlefield for a long time, and now, they are still waiting for the day and are diligent in drilling. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, all elite, if they set foot in Japan, they will surely win a great victory. Although there are Tartars in Liaodong, it is difficult for Tartars to cross the Great Wall by half a step, and now the land in Liaodong is not harvested, and it is a time of great difficulty, although it is difficult to calm down at present, but in time, there will be civil strife, and when the time is ripe, my army will go and will collect all the achievements. Therefore, Liaodong is not to worry, and it is enough for the towns on the nine sides to guard the passes. Speaking of this, Yue Su paused, and continued: "Speaking of sending troops to Japan, my Ming Navy Division is extremely powerful at the moment, with more than 1,000 large and small warships, and Fujian Shipyard is still rushing to work. Japan is a small country, how many soldiers and horses can there be, and hundreds of thousands of our soldiers will set foot on it, and how the Japanese people can resist it, they will inevitably surrender at that time. Defeating Japan, Japan is bound to surrender sincerely, and the face of our Ming Dynasty will naturally be returned. As for compensation, although Japan is small, it is only an island country, but it is rich in natural resources, and it cannot be repaid in a short time, so it can be repaid slowly. Also, after the conquest of Japan, I can station troops in Japan openly to prevent them from rebelling in the future. I was a merchant of the Ming Dynasty. Now we are trying our best to trade by sea, and this time we are conquering Japan. We can lease their Chiba and use it as a treaty port for the mutual market. In addition, the sea area between Japan and the Ming Dynasty was also completely ruled by our Ming Dynasty, and it was safer for merchants to go to sea. With Japan's complete surrender, our Ming Dynasty has another maritime barrier. It is also beneficial and harmless to future development. ”

When Yue Su finished speaking, Jiang Yueguang, a member of the Donglin Party, stood up, only to hear him say loudly: "Your statement is a bit reasonable, and it can indeed give me Daming's face back." You can also get back the loss of Rizhao Port. But. What do you mean, what's the difference between grabbing and grabbing? How can I commit such a bandit act? ”

Yue Su's path has a bit of colonial meaning, and it is indeed relying on the strength of the country to carry out open robbery. This, for some scholars. is disdainful, they all think, how can our big country of China be like Fanbang, robbing outsiders?

"Lord Jiang, this is wrong, the old man thinks that Lord Yue's proposal is feasible." It was Li Wenzhang who stood up to refute Jiang Yueguang, this guy is a businessman. But when it comes to making money, he never lags behind. What's even more powerful is that as long as you don't say a way. He's a little bit of a point. The method proposed by Yue Su is indeed a clear robbery, but he can feel that it contains unlimited business opportunities. He had done business with the Japanese people, and he knew that although Japan was small, it had a lot of products and many gold mines. However, at present, Japan is implementing a policy of closing itself to the outside world, and it is not possible to trade with Japan on a large scale, and it is also a little more difficult to earn Japan's gold. However, if the Ming Dynasty relied on force to open the door and force Japan to trade, there would naturally be unlimited business opportunities. Renting some more land can obviously make Japan a commercial distribution center for the Ming Dynasty, or a transit point to bring Chinese goods to Japan, and Western goods to Japan, so that they can get great benefits from it.

"Japan, Jurchen, Mongolia, which of these is not robbers, often come to the territory of our Ming Dynasty, burning, killing and looting. I have always boasted that the country of etiquette and the country of gentlemen often tolerate them, even if they can be destroyed, they have to be forgiving and forgiving, which makes them think that I am a bully, and after recuperation, they will come to loot. At that time, Japan's Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked Korea, and after I defeated them, I did not kill them all, but after they left Korea, they stopped the army. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is a false snake, is called a feudal clan on the surface, but in fact, he hides a ghost, and only because I am strong and strong, I dare not make trouble. Unexpectedly, this time, Date Masamune attacked my Rizhao, killed people and goods, looted countless people, Tokugawa Iemitsu deceived me and did not dare to send troops, at the negotiation table, aggressive, if I don't give them a little color to see, they still think that I am a strong outsider, a paper tiger, and it will inevitably become worse in the future. There is also the Jurchen Huang Taiji, his father Nurhachi was rewarded by my Ming Dynasty back then, didn't he also treacherously take away my Liaodong territory, and now the tail is difficult to get rid of, it can be seen that the villains of Fanbang, each of them is a ghost, if they are not killed when they are weak, they will become a big disaster in the future. Lord Jiang said that Lord Yue's claim is a bandit act, and the old man wants to ask Lord Jiang, what kind of behavior is the behavior of the Japanese and the Tartars, and can I only tolerate their behavior? ”

"Uncle Li, the behavior of the Japanese and the Tartars is indeed a banditry act, but the sage Yun: repaying grievances with virtue is what a gentleman does. How can I be a gentleman in my country, how can I see the villain everywhere, if I will repay it, what is the difference between it and the Japanese and the Tartars. Jiang Yueguang said with a chuckle.

"Master Jiang, according to what you say, when a gentleman faces the robber's butcher's knife, he can only kill by the neck, and he can't fight back?" The British Gongzhang Zhiji and the Li family are business partners, and the two have cooperated and earned a lot of money, and they are already close and offensive and defensive allies. At this time, he naturally had to stand up.

"No, a gentleman naturally can't sit still, he should be subdued, and then he should be reformed in the way of a gentleman." Jiang Yueguang said unashamedly.

"Well, since Lord Jiang has such a mind, Ben Jue admires it very much. After the end of the council, Benjue played the emperor and asked Lord Jiang to send an envoy to the Jurchen and Wa kingdoms to influence Huang Taiji and Tokugawa Iemitsu, let Huang Taiji return my Ming Liaodong, and let Tokugawa Iemitsu compensate for my Ming losses. Speaking of this, Zhang Zhiji chuckled lightly and said: "Lord Yue, as the first assistant, how can you bury a talent like Lord Jiang, when you negotiated with Sasaki, you should have let Lord Jiang go, and you Xiao should have been righteous and moved with affection, maybe the Japanese people have been reformed and are willing to compensate." ”

"Grandpa taught me a lesson." Yue Su arched his hand at Zhang Zhiji and said with a smile: "Su did bury talents at the beginning, but it is not too late to make amends. I think this council can already be over, and when the official and the grandfather jointly sign a joint name, they will jointly promote Lord Jiang to Japan, reform the Japanese people, and ask for compensation, that is. When Lord Jiang returns, ask Lord Jiang to go to Liaodong again, ask Huang Taiji to return to Liaodong, and establish immortal miracles. At that time, the official was willing to say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown, abdicate to make way for Xian, and give up the position of first assistant to Lord Jiang. ”

"Grandpa, Lord Yue, ...... you You ......" Jiang said that he almost vomited blood, he knew that with the ability of Zhang Zhiji and Yue Su, he could definitely drive himself to the Japanese country to negotiate, how could he succeed at that time, and lose his life, he may not know. "Didn't the lower official just say that a gentleman must first subdue the robbers before he can be reformed?"

"Oh...... It turns out that a gentleman can't just rely on his mouth. The official wants to ask Master Jiang, how are we going to subdue the Japanese and the Jurchens? Yue Su said with a smile.

"Naturally, troops were dispatched." Jiang Yueguang replied without hesitation.

"It turns out that Lord Jiang also thinks that he needs to send troops to subdue them before he can persuade and educate them and convince people with virtue?" Yue Su asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Jiang Yueguang was speechless, so he could only nod, "Yes......"

After speaking, he could only sit down slowly, and did not dare to say anything more.

After a short debate, all the members of the parliament could see that the merchant councillors and the honorable councillors had already stood on Yue Su's side. After all, businessmen take Li Wenzhang as the leader, and British Gongzhang is the representative of the nobles, and their words can completely influence others.

Liu Mingguo, Cao Huachun, and Zhao Zhi looked at each other, they could feel that a war against Japan was very likely, looking at the current situation, Yue Su's party, plus the nobles and businessmen, must all support the war, although it is difficult to say that other people will stand on Yue Su's side, there are also many people.

So, Zhao Zhi stood up, arched his hand at Yue Su, and said: "Lord Yue, the Japanese people deceived me Daming, and it is not impossible for my Daming to use troops to teach him a lesson." It's just that Jiubian has consumed most of my Ming Dynasty's food and salary, once it sends troops to Japan, how to supply food and salary? The imperial court exempted Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Henan from grain and rice, and the officials raised their salaries again, and now the year is not very good, and the people can only survive and have absolutely no surplus grain and rice. Although the country is small, it is impossible to be restrained, but I am afraid that the display will last for a long time and cause more trouble. ”

"Gonggong Zhao, don't worry about this matter, since the imperial court has allowed us businessmen to set up a chamber of commerce, when the imperial court needs it, our chamber of commerce will naturally come forward." Without waiting for Yue Su to answer, Li Wenzhang stood up again and said: "Anmin Rice Shop has been marketed in many provinces across the country, and there are many rice merchants who have joined the Chamber of Commerce. It is indeed difficult to transport grain from the south to the north, but it doesn't matter, our grain ships can be transported directly to the front line without being transported to the south, and the imperial court will send someone to supervise it, that is. It's just that at that time, it will be enough for the imperial court to provide ships to transport grain. ”

"Since Uncle Li speaks like this, then our family will be relieved." Zhao Zhi smiled slightly and sat back.

At this time, the members of the council suddenly discovered one thing, that is, if the court received the help of merchants, there would be no difficulties in many things, even if it was a little difficult, as long as everyone worked together, it would be solved.

If it is said that during the great drought in Shaanxi that year, there was this chamber of commerce willing to come out to help, sell grain to the imperial court at a low price, and give relief to the victims, it is estimated that there would not be so many people who rebelled.

However, even if everyone is aware of this, they don't want to mention it more, Shinong industry and commerce, businessmen have the lowest status, and they can't think of this and improve the status of businessmen. Moreover, the merchants were all mercenary, and they could not afford to make a profit early, and after attacking Japan and winning, they were willing to help the merchants with all their might, and if they did not have this benefit, they would not easily agree. (To be continued......)