When Yang Gengai saw that the ministers looked like dead people, he knew that these ministers had suffered a dumb loss.

"Ryukyu envoy, it's okay for me to send troops to Ryukyu, but this must be assisted by the Ryukyus, is there a problem?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is no problem at all, when the time comes, the people of the Ryukyus will be overjoyed when they learn that His Majesty's heavenly soldiers are coming, and they will come to greet the king." The envoy of the Ryukyus was pleasantly surprised, he didn't expect that he had stayed in this capital for seven or eight years without moving, and he had solved the problem of sending a canonized envoy at once, and by the way, he had also solved such a difficult problem as sending troops to clear out the Japanese people, how could he not be happy?

"Well, that's good." For those hundreds of people, Yang Reform really didn't pay attention to it, to say that it is still a little difficult to go on an expedition now, but to deal with the "small-scale" armed forces of hundreds of people, that is not a problem at all, I think this is a few years ago in Korea suffered China's defeat, at this time, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty court is still very high, I am afraid that at this time, those who sent troops to North Korea are all greatly injured, and they are afraid to death.

"Master Sun, I am going to send troops to Ryukyu, where should I send my troops from? I also asked Master Sun for advice. "Military issues, you have to ask Sun Chengzong, this is Yang reform's consciousness, this Sun Chengzong in the last dynasty, generally belonged to this "soy sauce faction", generally did not participate in the discussion of these things, and did not express his opinions.

Today, the emperor asked directly in the main hall, Sun Chengzong spoke at this time, and said: "Your Majesty, it is just more than a dozen warships, with one or two thousand soldiers, this, you only need to mobilize a few elites from the coastal seven guards and twelve institutes, but you don't have to go through a lot of trouble, thinking that I fought in Korea thirty years ago, the waterways were advanced, and the Japanese country was defeated, thinking that the monarchs and ministers of the Japanese country are afraid that I am going forward to find trouble, Your Majesty only needs to send warships to Ryukyu, think about it, everything is not difficult." "Sun Chengzong is also out of the face of the imperial court, and he said this expulsion of himself quite simply.

Yang Gengai saw that Sun Chengzong's words were very powerful, and asked again: "Master Sun, this fleet must have a fleet commander to clear out the Japanese people, can Master Sun have a candidate who is familiar with naval warfare?" Yang Gai asked the question of who was in charge.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is not in a hurry, I think of these seven guards and twelve institutes, far away in Liangguang, even if you send people to dispatch, it will not take a year and a half to assemble, I am afraid it is impossible, Your Majesty might as well gather these warships in Tianjin, compete fairly, and whoever is powerful will be sent as the commander of the boat division." Sun Chengzong naturally knows a lot of secrets of Yang reform, and knows that the emperor is preparing to train troops and navy, this is a good opportunity, understand the emperor's meaning, and understand that the scale and strength of the Ming Dynasty's sea guard and naval division are far from being compared with the time when they aided the DPRK, let alone the time when they opened the country, and said that they were dispatched and assembled to compete and then decide who would be the commander, which was all "modest" statement, because the entire Ming Dynasty's sailors did not have a few warships that could be handled, and there were guards that could drive military ships, and I didn't know how many were left, so, This has to mobilize the "elite" from the "whole country", with Sun Chengzong's idea, no matter how poor these Haiwei are, there are still a few warships that can be used, which is why Sun Chengzong said so, what after the competition, and then decide who to let be the commander of the sailors, it is all said to the Ryukyu envoys. It's just a matter of stalling for time, stalling for time to train the new army.

Yang Gai breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly sighed that this Sun Chengzong still understands his own thoughts, he has already gathered one or two thousand future "navy", since he has this opportunity to send troops, he must go out for a walk, although he is in a hurry, but this is an opportunity! As for saying that the elimination rate is too high, too cruel and so on, I believe that the most important thing in the end of the Ming Dynasty is people.

"Then let's do it, the Ministry of War, let the seven guards and twelve send a few elite warships to assemble in Tianjinwei, compete in the general election, choose the commander of the fleet, prepare for the expedition to the Ryukyus, clear out the Japanese people, this artillery, weapons, pulling, raising, chewing, burying, pension, reward, etc., I am in charge." Yang Reform decided this matter in one breath, and only then did he feel relieved that this navy could finally start.

When the ministers saw that the emperor paid for the troops himself, he didn't say more, and secretly thought in his heart: Fortunately, the little "family foundation" of this court has not been hollowed out by this damn Ryukyu State...... Fortunately, the scale of this dispatch is not large, only one or two thousand people, and the cost of sending troops, at present, is only 100,000 taels...... Fortunately, the emperor paid out of his own pocket, fortunately ......, I heard that the emperor did not receive less money from the Wei case this time, and he was rich and rich, no wonder he was so "generous"...... The ministers didn't have any "opinions", and even if this matter was passed, the Ryukyu envoys were overjoyed and kept kowtowing and thanking them, this Ming Dynasty was really good to us, a vassal country.

"Your Majesty, what about this boat division's patrol?" This envoy is concerned about the patrol of the Ming Dynasty again.

"This boat division's patrol? This, I think, it's still a little early to talk, first, this boat division has not yet assembled, and second, even if it patrols, this Ryukyu country is far away in the depths of the ocean, how can it patrol without a foothold? These are all questions to be taken into account, Ryukyu envoy, why don't you wait for me to clear out the Japanese people who occupy the Ryukyus, and then talk about this matter? "Yang Reform wants to capture the old people, this is obviously to garrison the army, and now it's too early to say anything. In order to make the Ryukyu Kingdom itself propose to build a naval foothold, no one can say that the Ming Dynasty seized the place of the Ryukyu Kingdom as a naval base.

"Wechen understands, Wechen obeys." This envoy felt that the emperor had a point, and it was better to clean up the Japanese people entrenched in the Ryukyu Kingdom first, and then talk about it, as for the issue of patrolling in the future, the king and the Ming Dynasty could discuss it, and it was already very remarkable that he could make such a result in the Ming Dynasty, so don't do it any more.

…… The government is over.

There is a question in Yang Reform's heart, which has not been resolved, that is, why, today's morning dynasty feels different from before, like today, all of them are "helping" themselves to speak, as if they are their own intimate people, and even this kind of thing of sending troops to the Ryukyus has been passed in this way, which is not at all like what is said in the history books, endless arguments, endless opposition for the sake of opposition, stumbling on each other, falling each other, and being proud of scolding and attacking the emperor.

"Companion, go and invite Master Sun over, I have something to do."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen is also accustomed to the way of inviting Sun Chengzong after this early dynasty. Soon, this Sun Chengzong was invited.

The salute is over.

Yang Gengai asked directly: "Master Sun, how do I feel, today's early dynasty is not the same as the previous dynasty!" This feeling, the ministers seem to be ...... to me It seems, "Yang Reform can't find that word to describe it, it's too good."

Sun Chengzong didn't wait for the emperor to finish speaking, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, but do you think this group of ministers is more obedient to Your Majesty?" ”

"Hey...... Exactly, I feel that this is exactly what I feel, I feel that this group of ministers is much easier to talk than before, I feel, many people are talking to me, Master Sun, you say, what is the reason for this? "Yang Reform is really puzzled.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the human head on the head of Fengyang Mansion?"

“…… The human head on the head of Fengyang Mansion City? …… That...... Wei ......" Yang Gai suddenly remembered that this Wang Chengen had told him that he had given the order to kill Wei Zhongxian, and there was also the matter of hanging his head on the head of Fengyang Mansion. This, Yang Gengai has no impression of how this order was given at that time, and he heard Wang Chengen say it once, and he has no feeling about this. But I didn't expect that Wei Zhongxian's head was so "valuable" and so "easy to use".

"Although this holy decree has been issued, it seems that this fast horse has not yet arrived in Fengyang City, this group of ministers ......" Yang Reform muttered to himself again, this person has not been killed yet, the ministers are happy to be like this, so good to themselves, then do you put this Wei Zhongxian in the "cover", cover for a while, wouldn't this be more valuable, but think about it, since the holy decree of the fast horse has been out for several days, even if he sends the fast horse to chase, it is impossible to catch up! No wonder these ministers are so happy, so "good" to themselves. It turned out that all the reasons were on Wei Zhongxian's head, or out of fear, or out of admiration, or out of gratitude, or out of the need for refuge, or for various other reasons, in short, the current emperor is different from before.

"I understand, thank you Master Sun for your doubts." Yang Gengai understood why there were many people "standing in line" in the early court today and leaning on his side, and the ministers did not oppose him very much. It turned out to be this reason.

"This is the duty of the minister, and Your Majesty does not need to thank you."

"By the way, Master Sun, what do you think about sending troops to help the Ryukyus this time?" Now that there is no one, Yang Reform is ready to ask Sun Chengzong what he means. In the early court, it was inconvenient to ask, so Yang Reform did it according to his own wishes.

"Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty has made a decision on this matter, and the minister will no longer say anything, presumably Your Majesty has his own considerations, but the minister wants to tell His Majesty, the reason why the minister said that he would mobilize the elite of the seven guards and twelve sailors into Beijing, in fact, it was because my air defense against the sea was weak, and the guards were corrupted, and there were no superfluous warships to adjust, and there was no naval division to fight at all, so His Majesty asked His Majesty to convene the 'elite' of the entire Ming Dynasty to come to Beijing to compete, hey...... The minister thinks that even if the sailors of the Ming Dynasty are broken again, there will still be a ...... of a few warships that can handle the house, hey...... Your Majesty, if you want to go on an expedition to the Ryukyus, I'm afraid you will have to rebuild your warship! The minister knows that His Majesty has always had great ambitions, and he wants to revitalize my Daming coastal defense, and the seven guards and twelve institutes of this coastal defense have to work hard to rectify it! Sun Chengzong worriedly told the emperor what he was thinking. also told the emperor about the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty guard.

Although Yang was prepared for the ruins of the last days of the Ming Dynasty, he was still taken aback by Sun Chengzong's statement. According to this statement, the Ming Dynasty was an undefended country!

"Master Sun, this is inevitably too serious, so in this case, I am facing the coastal defense, isn't it not defense?"

"Serious? Your Majesty, in my dynasty Shizong Jiajing Dynasty, dozens of Japanese soldiers can run rampant throughout Jiangsu and Zhejiang, attacking cities and plundering land, killing and injuring countless soldiers and civilians, Your Majesty thinks, does this coastal defense still exist? If they can patrol the sea, how can they get to land? ”

"This is true, but Master Sun didn't say that thirty years ago, in the battle to aid Korea, there was also a great defeat of the Japanese invaders, and in my impression, there was also a naval battle, and the naval battle was also won."

"Your Majesty, the naval battle thirty years ago was mainly a victory on the frontal battlefield on land, and the battlefield at sea was just a continuation of the victory on the land battlefield, and it did not represent how powerful the naval division itself was, on the contrary, it showed that our naval division was downtrooped and decayed, thinking that our naval division of the two countries in Korea had a commander and general who died in battle, which can be seen tragic and helpless, if there was a boat division of the scale of Zheng He and Sanbao eunuchs, how could the commander be the first to take the lead and cause the commander to die in battle?" Sun Chengzong's words are analyzed to the top.

Yang Reform is also speechless, did the War to Resist Japanese Aggression and Aid Korea die Chinese generals? The commander of North Korea who died, in this way, I am afraid that as Sun Chengzong said, this is probably also a witness to the decline of the Ming Dynasty navy, if it is not for the navy not to give strength, how can the commander be needed to charge himself to the death? Didn't see Zheng He do this back then?

"What Master Sun said is reasonable, I am ready to revitalize the coastal defense of my Ming Dynasty, and want to rebuild the sailors, this expedition to the Ryukyu Kingdom is a beginning, think that the land of my Ming Dynasty must be limited, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the population was only tens of millions, and now, the population has increased several times, and it has far exceeded the population of 10,000,000. This is the source of the last days! Therefore, I prepared to send a fleet to follow the voyage of Zheng He, the eunuch of Sanbao, to find a place where the people of Li in the Ming Dynasty could gain a foothold......" Yang Gai told the secret in his heart, and also said the reason why he insisted on sending troops to Ryukyu.

[Has this episode been written before?] The impression was a little vague, and I flipped through the front ones, but I didn't seem to find them. 】

Sun Chengzong looked at the emperor in surprise, this emperor's thinking and insight far exceeded his master, this, the emperor saw too far, and his ideas were too amazing, the same people who raised several times, once there was a natural disaster [***], it must be the end of the world. This, in one word, broke the rise and fall of this dynasty! Sun Chengzong's heart was extremely shocked! What kind of person does it take to come up with this theory and say this kind of theory? This emperor is so smart, does he still have that emperor? Otherwise, how could this kind of "visionary", an eighteen-year-old hairy young man, think of it?

Seeing Sun Chengzong stunned, Yang Gai looked at himself with a surprised expression and said, "What's wrong with Master Sun?" Do you have flowers on my face? ”

“…… The minister is rude, His Majesty's words, it is really insightful, His Majesty's words, woke up the dream of Chengzong, throughout the ages, the rise and fall of this dynasty, and in a sentence of His Majesty, the ancients said, 'Threesome, there must be my teacher', the ancients did not deceive me, Chengzong has nothing to teach His Majesty, should worship His Majesty as a teacher......"

Yang Reform hurriedly excused himself, funny, he just took advantage of a little "historical prophet", this Ming Dynasty matter, he is a little white, if you worship me as a teacher, it is really a joke.

"Master Sun, don't be like this, I still rely on Master Sun as my right-hand man, how can Master Sun say such things? In this way, I don't have the face to be the king, and I should worship Master Sun as my master. ”

The two of them were humble.

Back to business.

"Your Majesty said, send a fleet, follow the path of the eunuch Zheng He of the three guarantees, for the people of the Ming Dynasty, to find a foothold, this, the minister is completely in favor, expedition to the Ryukyus, the minister is also absolutely supportive of Your Majesty, Your Majesty said extremely incisive, extraordinary knowledge, this is the same, how to afford several times the number of people? The change of dynasties in this history has already illustrated this fact, but it is ridiculous that I and other Confucian scholars keep saying that it is the king, and the minister's moral character is wrong, which leads to the punishment of heaven, this, think about it, it is really stupid! Your Majesty's words made the ministers pause! If you want the future of this Ming Dynasty, it must be at sea! Your Majesty's words can make me the Ming Dynasty get out of the cycle of history! Your Majesty, a word can prosper the country, that is. The more Sun Chengzong talked, the more excited he became, and the more he talked, the happier he became. I almost danced.

Yang Reform was very embarrassed, he didn't just copy the historical views of the future, but he didn't expect that he would be able to suppress this famous person in history, and he blushed.

"Hehe, I understand alone, it's useless, I still need Master Sun to help me, and I also need a large number of people who can carry out my will, so that I, Daming, can get out of the strange circle of the rise and fall of the past dynasties, and can also find a way out for my Daming!"

"The minister will swear to serve His Majesty, and the minister will work hard to open an unprecedented road for the people of the Ming Dynasty." Sun Chengzong was extremely excited. How many years of worrying about the country and the people, there has been no practical "medicine", I can't see the future, I can't see the future, and I don't know how to move in that direction, just like being in a dark room, I have always had a headache and a pain in my feet, I want to prescribe the right medicine, but I can't do it, now, the emperor's words are like a bright light, guiding the way forward, Sun Chengzong can see it, and he also understands it. For so many years, the goal and direction that I have been striving for are here.

"In this way, you and I will work together to create a new situation that has never been seen before and no one will come after, and we will definitely find a way ......to live for our thousands of people." Yang Reform also took the opportunity to give Sun Chengzong a "stimulant".

…… The two talked for a long time, this is the end, Sun Chengzong left with full will, Wang Chengen saw the emperor and Sun Chengzong chatting speculatively on the side, and the topic was even more amazing, and he was also moved by this kind of words full of pride and ambition, and saw that Sun Chengzong was gone, so he said: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid should not talk much, but the slave and maid listened to the words of Your Majesty and Master Sun, and also felt that the heart was very excited, and she couldn't help herself, and she also felt that the slave and maid should be like Zheng He, the eunuch of the three guarantees, and set up a boat to go to the Western Ocean, sharing worries for Your Majesty, for Your Majesty, Find a place for your majesty's thousands of people. ”

Wang Chengen also wants to be Zheng He? Yang Reform was not lightly "thundered".

(To be continued)