He didn't quickly ask the emperor for a specific reason, but turned his head to look at the clerk in the corner who had been silently taking notes. "Have you recorded what the emperor said to us just now?"

"Write it down, Prime Minister." The young clerk replied immediately.

"Okay, you must also record our conversation with Your Majesty in the future, and there must be no omission!" Wang Zhaojing solemnly told the clerk, "Remember, after we finish talking, you will record three copies, and Cai Guoping and I will keep one copy!" ”

What the emperor is going to tell them next will inevitably be something very important, and they may not be able to fully comprehend it in a meeting, in this case, it will be very helpful for them to read the minutes of the meeting a few more times after they go back, and it will also make them more able to carry out the emperor's will well.

"Yes." The clerk immediately nodded in response.

"Your Majesty, although you only told us today, you must have been brewing this idea in your heart for a long time, right?" After giving instructions to the clerk, the prime minister looked at the emperor again, "And the emperor will give instructions directly, I must listen to it in my heart." ”

"I can't talk about instructions, but there are some things I want to ask you for, and by the way, I want to ask your opinions." The emperor smiled at the prime minister and nodded, "Don't listen to me specifically, just say if you have any opinions." What I mean is actually very simple, now our country needs a lot of gold and silver in order to mint coins, and a lot of copper is needed everywhere, and the Japanese have a lot of gold and silver in their hands and copper mines, so naturally we have to find a way to communicate with each other......

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty Sheng Cong, the ministers can't wait, the discussion of the bank and the coinage is indeed beneficial in the present generation, but ......" Wang Zhaojing's expression was very serious, looking thoughtful, "Japan is isolated overseas, and it is not very convenient to communicate with the mainland, and it was listed as a country not to be conquered by the former Ming Taizu before, if you need to conquer it, I am afraid you need to plan carefully......"

In fact, he did not care about the moral burden of attacking the "country not to be conquered," but was only worried that if the war in Japan was protracted and costly, the national finances, which were already unable to make ends meet, would be burdened by another big burden, and as a result, not only did not achieve the original goal, but the gains outweighed the losses. Therefore, he would like to take today's opportunity to euphemistically put forward some reminders, so that the emperor should pay more attention to the unfavorable conditions when considering attacking Japan, and not act too blindly.

"The country that is not conquered is a matter of the previous dynasty, what does it have to do with the present dynasty? Time has changed, so we should naturally judge the situation and move, do we still have to abide by the rules set by Taizu in the previous dynasty? The emperor did not expect the prime minister, and quickly vetoed his statement, but his attitude was not angry, "Prime minister, I understand what you mean, don't worry, this battle, we will make complete preparations, and it will definitely be a protracted war of attrition, and I still have this soberness." ”

"The emperor sees thousands of miles, and the ministers can't wait!" The prime minister secretly settled down in his heart, and hurriedly praised him.

"Okay, don't just put a top hat on me, I called you over today just to talk about this matter, don't think that you can pass the test by casually agreeing with me!" The emperor laughed and said in a joking tone, "Chen Hong, this matter is most related to you, please tell me your opinion first." ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister also heard that Japan has been rich in gold and silver since ancient times, and its copper reserves are also extremely rich. Our dynasty has been trading with them for many years, so I have obtained a lot of gold and silver. Because he knew that the emperor might have made a decision, Chen Hong's words were also very tactful, and he generally agreed with the emperor's idea, but just added a little of his own concerns, "If you can send troops to deter his country and make him sacrifice some gold and silver, I think that the needs of my country can be met a lot, and the emperor's plan should be able to be completed according to the original plan." But...... Again, the minister thought that it was better to fight quickly, otherwise, if the two countries went to war, I am afraid that trade would be temporarily interrupted, and the import of Japanese gold and silver to our country would be cut off for a while, and if it was protracted, it would be quite unfavorable to His Majesty's plans. ”

"Okay, I see." The emperor nodded noncommittally, and then turned his head to look at Cai Guogong Shi Manqiang, "Manqiang, tell me what you think." ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister is a martial artist, and he has always only known how to obey orders, and he does not know about finance and state affairs." Shi Manqiang's reply was generous and powerful, "But the minister knows that the decision made by the emperor will never be wrong, the minister only needs to muster up the strength to complete it, and wherever the emperor points out, the minister will fight!" ”

"What a brave general!" The emperor couldn't help laughing, "However, this time you don't need to fight it, this time in order to reduce the loss of our country, I only plan to send a brigade over, quickly fight and beat the people in charge of Japan, let them feel painful and then agree to our conditions, you are a marshal, can I still let you be a brigade with these soldiers?" ”

"Don't you need me to fight? This ......" Shi Manqiang was stunned and couldn't hide his disappointment, "Then the emperor, who is Lu Zheng?" ”

"I decided Zhao Song." The emperor's tone was very flat, "What do you think of this candidate?" ”

The three important ministers glanced at each other very quickly, although they were civil and military, but they had been in the court for a long time, of course they knew what Zhao Song's identity was, and they also knew the emperor's importance to this cousin. Since the emperor has chosen his cousin to lead the troops, what else is there to say?

"Chen Jiu heard that Zhao Song was brave and strategic, and he was a rare general, and this candidate was very good." After only a moment of silence, Shi Manqiang immediately said. "He is a brigade right, and there will be no loss in this expedition."

"Good." The emperor nodded again, as if he had seen through what he was thinking. "You're open-minded and can focus on the big picture. However, it must be a pity in my heart, right? ”

"The minister feels a little pity, but the minister knows that since the emperor and the general have specially called over, it is natural that he will not just tell the minister about this arrangement......" Shi Manqiang's swarthy face showed a smile.

"I've grown in! It's going to be flamboyant! The emperor smiled again, "But you're right, I do have some arrangements for you this time." Zhao Song is now a brigade leader, but the brigade sent over this time will not all use his current brigade, I am going to ask him to draw one regiment from the previous unit as a direct subordinate, and the other two regiments will be found from other places. I have also set the other two regiments, one is Ma Tongji, the other is Li Huanghe, Li Huanghe is now under Dong Bingfeng, Ma Tongji is now under your hands, you won't be able to give no one, right? ”

After hearing the emperor's words, Shi Manqiang was suddenly overjoyed. The emperor means that he is transferring people from him, not just one person. Ma Tongji is now serving as a regimental leader under him, and he is also a regimental leader when he is transferred to the past, but after the fight, there will definitely be a lot of rewards and promotions, and he can transfer a lot of capable young officers under him to this regiment, so that they can share the profits from it and take the broad road of promotion.

This is already the emperor's obvious care for him.

"The emperor gave Ma Tongji such an opportunity, how could the minister stop it?" Shi Manqiang smiled with a spring breeze on his face, "Your Majesty, rest assured, after the minister returns, he will immediately select elite soldiers and strong generals from below, and he must let the best officers and soldiers follow him, and never let the emperor down!" ”

"What you have to do is not just to transfer a little people," the emperor shook his head, "Although only one brigade is sent over this time, but after all, it is a large army of thousands of miles to go on an expedition, and the materials that need to be consumed are huge, and a large number of materials need to be transported from the country. ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!" Under the emperor's gaze, the marshal was also excited, "When it is time to go on the expedition, the minister will definitely personally sit in the town to supervise the supervision, and will never let the supply of materials go wrong, otherwise the minister will personally come to the emperor to ask for guilt!" ”

"Don't ask me for guilt, then you can go and ask the prince for guilt." The emperor replied with a sneer, "On this expedition, the prince who is in charge of scheduling in the rear, I only occasionally listen to his reports, you don't need to tell me more." ”

"The prince ......" the three important ministers gasped at the same time, "This time it turned out to be the prince in charge?" ”

They all knew in their hearts that if the prince personally sat in the rear, the significance of this matter would be completely extraordinary, the prince was the prince of the country, although he was young, but it was time for him to experience, and the emperor sent him out to be in charge of the rear, so he must have this thought. Although the emperor said that he was in charge, I would not come to hinder him, but how could the prince let it go? It is conceivable that if anyone in this expedition behaves badly, then as soon as the prince reports it, the emperor will definitely not be able to spare him.

"Minister...... I see. Shi Manqiang pondered for a moment, then nodded with a slight difficulty, "The minister must do his best and never let the emperor and the crown prince down!" ”

"Don't be so nervous, I believe you did a good job, otherwise I wouldn't have found you." The emperor smiled and urged him, then turned his head to look at the two important ministers, "Chen Hong, I told you everything that should be said, you go back and prepare, see how much money can be raised recently, let's prepare the cost of this expedition first-but remember to keep it secret, don't let outsiders hear about our plan, so as not to cause other trouble." ”

"I understand." Chen Hong immediately responded, "After the minister returns, he will start relevant preparations, and strive not to delay this expedition!" ”

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