"Your Majesty, in order for the sailor to be caught off guard next year, the minister implores the emperor to wait for the sailor to go on the expedition next year before issuing this decree." Without waiting for Jin Ying to open his mouth to receive the edict, Li Yuntian bowed to Emperor Xuande and said.

"Just according to Qing's words." Emperor Xuande bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and agreed to Li Yuntian's proposal.

"Your Majesty, in the minister's view, appeasing the coastal people can only reduce the number of coastal people joining the Japanese invaders, and some people will still collude with the Japanese in their hearts." Li Yuntian then bowed to Emperor Xuande again and said in an orderly manner, "Therefore, the minister feels that he should sweep away the strongholds of the Japanese in the coastal waters of the Ming Dynasty, immigrate to Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou, and enrich the garrison of Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou." ”

"Immigration?" Emperor Xuande was a little surprised, and then nodded thoughtfully, if the Ming Dynasty could not control Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou, then it would be equivalent to placing two Japanese strongholds at the door of the Ming Dynasty's coastal home.

Among Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou, Xiaoliuqiu was the largest stronghold of the Japanese pirates, known as the paradise of the pirates, smugglers and fugitives, and the pirates used it as a base for plundering maritime merchants and harassing the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason for this situation is that in the 20th year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu implemented a policy of fortifying and clearing the wilderness against the Japanese who attacked the southeast coast, issued an order to abolish the Penghu Inspection Department in charge of Xiaoliuqiu affairs, and moved the residents of Xiaoliuqiu to the neighboring Zhangzhou and Quanzhou.

It was not until the 42nd year of Jiajing that the Ming court restored the Penghu Inspection Department and once again took charge of the military and political affairs of Xiaoliuqiu.

According to historical records, the Haikou took advantage of the sea breeze to wantonly plunder the rich southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, coming like wolves and going like birds, so that the Ming army stationed in the Ming Dynasty was overwhelmed.

Due to its special geographical location, Xiaoliuqiu naturally became a necessary place for the Japanese to go to the southeast coast to plunder, and the Japanese not only plundered on the southeast coast, but also plundered Xiaoliuqiu, which was isolated overseas, making Xiaoliuqiu a hard-hit area for the Japanese to plunder.

Some people who chose to take refuge in Xiaoliuqiu in order to escape the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty never imagined that they would encounter a woe, which can be described as extremely unlucky, and they wanted to cry without tears.

In order to solve the problem of the Japanese invaders, Emperor Hongwu first tried to use diplomatic means and sent envoys to Japan several times, but Japan was in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties at that time, and the noticers of the two factions passed the buck to each other, so that Emperor Hongwu's efforts were defeated, so he switched to using force to exterminate the Japanese invaders.

In that year, Tang He, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty, once reported to Emperor Hongwu that every time the Japanese invaded Fujian, Guangdong and other places, they would go to Xiaoliuqiu to replenish fresh water and food.

This made Emperor Hongwu believe that Xiaoliuqiu was the main culprit for the repeated prohibition of the Japanese in the southeast coast, so after issuing a ban on the sea, the residents of the islands of Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou were relocated inward, in order to cut off the connection between the Japanese and the southeast coast.

Unfortunately, this measure of Emperor Hongwu not only did not eradicate the plague, but instead made those people who moved inward become pirates and smugglers for their livelihood, and then joined the ranks of the Japanese pirates.

Moreover, because Xiaoliuqiu became the supply base of the Japanese Invaders, which made the Japanese Invaders very mobile, they often sent people to the coastal cities to spy on the virtual reality, once they found the opportunity to swarm in, with lightning speed to loot, and when the local garrison came to reinforce the Japanese Kou had already snatched up and left by boat, so that those garrisons could only sigh with admiration.

Zhang Fu, Yang Shiqi and the others couldn't help but glance at each other, it seems that Li Yuntian came prepared this time, and has already thought of a way to deal with the Japanese invaders, if the islands such as Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou are reclaimed under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, then they will become the two strategic points to resist the Japanese invaders.

However, because Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou are isolated overseas, it is very difficult to control them, especially Xiaoliuqiu, otherwise Emperor Hongwu would not have moved the residents of the island inward.

At this time, Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou belonged to the uncivilized barbarian land, although the population was sparse and the social development was backward, but the area was very large, so it was not easy to defend them.

"Zhen Guogong, how to immigrate?" Emperor Xuande naturally knew that it was not easy to hold Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou, so he frowned and asked, looking a little worried, if it wasn't for the last resort, how could Emperor Hongwu move the residents of the overseas islands internally?

"Your Majesty, the minister is going to establish a sub-station of the Sea Eagle Fleet in Xiaoliuqiu, a sub-station of the Sea Wolf Fleet in Qiongzhou, and move 10,000 soldiers and civilians to each of the two places."

Li Yuntian had already dealt with it, and calmly said to Emperor Xuande, "Your Majesty, the climate of Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou is mild and humid, which is suitable for the growth of crops, and the minister implores the emperor to exempt the two places from taxes and issue a wasteland reclamation order, which will definitely attract a large number of inland people to move to the two islands, and then stabilize the situation between our two places." ”

"I'm right." Emperor Xuande saw Li Yuntian's confident posture, knowing that Li Yuntian had already thought of a countermeasure, so his slightly frowning brows slowly relaxed, anyway, the imperial court had confiscated the taxes of barbarian places like Xiaoliuqiu and Qiongzhou, and it would also be relieved from time to time, if Li Yuntian could make the people of the two places self-sufficient, then it would also be a blessing for the Ming Dynasty, so he smiled and said to Li Yuntian, "Zhenguo Gong, I will leave this matter to you." ”

"The minister obeys the order, and he must go all out to live up to the emperor's trust!" Li Yuntian solemnly bowed his hand to Emperor Xuande and bowed down.

"Let's disperse." Emperor Xuande smiled slightly when he heard this, then covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed violently, coughing while returning his hand to Li Yuntian and the others.

"The ministers are leaving." Seeing this, all the ministers at the scene got up one after another, bowed to Emperor Xuande, and left the Dongnuan Pavilion backwards.

When he walked out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, Li Yuntian couldn't help but forget about the coughing Emperor Xuande, if Emperor Xuande had any accidents, then the situation of the Ming Dynasty, which had finally stabilized, would undergo unpredictable changes.

"Chuan Fangliang!" After Li Yuntian and his party left, Emperor Xuande's coughing gradually stopped, he glanced at the puddle of blood debt coughed up on the handkerchief, frowned, grabbed the handkerchief, and said in a deep voice to Jin Ying on the side.

Hearing this, Jin Ying bowed to Emperor Xuande, walked quickly to the door, and whispered a few words to a waiter standing outside the door, and the waiter left quickly.

Fang Liang is a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, the same age as Li Yuntian, he is the second list of the Xuande Eight Years of Xuande, and the leader of the thirty Shuji scholars of the Xuande Branch.

"The minister knocks to see the emperor!" Not long after, when Emperor Xuande was coughing softly, a dignified-looking man with a two-handful of beard on his mouth walked into the Dongnuan Pavilion and knelt down in front of Emperor Xuande.

"Get up." Emperor Xuande raised his hand to Fang Liang's void, and then said to Jin Ying, who was waiting on the side, "Let everyone else retreat." ”

Jin Ying bowed slightly when she heard this, and waved her hand at the palace maids and chamberlains who were standing in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and those people bowed down and retreated, closing the door of the Dongnuan Pavilion gently.

"Intended!" After the palace maid and the chamberlain left, Emperor Xuande calmed down and said in a deep voice to Fang Liang.

Fang Liang hurriedly sat on the table beside him, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone had already been placed on the table, and Jin Ying stepped forward to give him the inkstone carefully.

"Zhen Guogong for the Ming Dynasty to conquer the north and south, can be called the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, if he is the day if the Zhen Guogong clears the plague and expands the territory, to the Ming Dynasty and the mountains and societies have made great achievements, can be crowned as the king to show royal grace." Emperor Xuande pondered for a moment, and said with a stern expression, "In the future, except for the great crime of rebellion, all of them and their heirs will be pardoned, and only Yu Lu will be punished!" ”

Hearing this, Fang Liang was taken aback, although Emperor Xuande didn't say who this holy decree was for, but when he said these words at this time, it was undoubtedly an edict to the crown prince, which shows Emperor Xuande's favor to Li Yuntian, and it also means that Emperor Xuande's body has reached a bad enough point that he doesn't have the confidence to see Li Yuntian clear the trouble.

Although he was shocked, Fang Liang didn't dare to react in the slightest, and hurriedly wrote down the holy decree according to Emperor Xuande's intentions, of course, he wanted to polish what Emperor Xuande said to make it more literary.

After Fang Liang finished writing the holy decree, Emperor Xuande read it while coughing, nodded with satisfaction, and then motioned to Jin Ying to use the jade seal on the holy decree.

"Wait for the crown prince to hand it over to him when he ascends the throne." After covering the jade seal, Emperor Xuande handed over the two holy decrees with the same content to Jin Ying, and instructed while coughing, "This matter is very important, and it must not be leaked out in advance, so as not to cause unease in the court." ”

The reason why there are two holy decrees with the same content is because according to the rules, the holy decree issued by the emperor is in duplicate, one is given to the person who receives the holy decree, and the other copy must be archived in the palace for future reference.

"The old slave obeys." Jin Ying's eyes flashed with a gloomy look, and he knelt on the ground and took the two holy decrees, as the personal eunuch next to Emperor Xuande, he naturally knew that Emperor Xuande's physical condition was very bad.

"Your Majesty, the minister knows that Zhenguo Gong has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, but the minister feels that Zhenguo Gong is not a person worthy of trust." At this moment, Fang Liang hesitated for a moment and knelt on the ground, and said to Emperor Xuande worriedly, "Emperor, the Duke of Zhenguo is cautious and careful, has a close relationship with the Chinese Wu Heavy Minister, and is the prince's teacher, the courtier is worried that he will become a person!" ”

"Who?" Emperor Xuande didn't expect Fang Liang to attack Li Yuntian without warning, and asked after frowning.

"Zhuge Kongming of Xishu!" Fang Liang raised his head when he heard this, and replied word by word.

"Zhuge Kongming?" Emperor Xuande was slightly stunned at first, and then his face sank, and his eyebrows furrowed tightly.

Although Zhuge Liang did his best for Xishu, for the emperor, no one wanted Zhuge Liang to appear in the court, so what is the use of the emperor?

The crown prince is only seven years old, Li Yuntian is not only an important minister of the court but also the prince's teacher, the prince will definitely get close to Li Yuntian in the future and reuse Li Yuntian to handle the country's government affairs.

Whether it is the civil official group of the Ming Dynasty or the Xungui group, they are inextricably linked with Li Yuntian, if Li Yuntian is loyal to the royal family, then he is a rare virtuous minister of the Ming Dynasty, but if Li Yuntian is the sole ruler of the government, then he can become a powerful minister of the Ming Dynasty that has not been encountered in a hundred years, and it is even more difficult to deal with than Hu Weiyong, the minister of power during the Hongwu Dynasty, and it is really like Zhuge Liang of Xishu.

Liu Chan, the queen of Shu, was able to make Sima Zhao give up his murderous intentions in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms with "happy and unhappy Shu", and spend the rest of his life in Luoyang as "An Le Gong", how could it really be as unbearable as rumored? If this were the case, Liu Chan would probably have died long ago, and there would be no place to bury him.

In Emperor Xuande's view, the prince's current situation is similar to that of Liu Chan, the queen of Shu, it can be said that they are all young people who ascended the throne, and there is a courtier around him who turns his hand over for the clouds and his hands for the rain, and the courtier is also the teacher of the two, once Li Yuntian takes charge of the power of the Ming Dynasty like Zhuge Liang, then the consequences are unpredictable.

"This is the end of the matter, and it must not be mentioned to the outside world." Soon, Emperor Xuande's coughing broke the calm of the scene, and Emperor Xuande coughed while waving towards Fang Liang, signaling him to retreat, he had to think about the future now.

"The minister retired." The corners of Fang Liang's mouth suddenly flashed with an imperceptible smile, and then he bowed down and left the Dongnuan Pavilion.