didn't stay in the Huangfu for too long, Zhu Jie gave gold, silver and silk as a reward, and left the Huangfu before noon.

After sending the emperor away, Huang Yingtai smiled bitterly and said: "Ancestor, how did you get this matter, where is your father, and how can your grandson explain it?" ”

The old lady said lightly: "What to explain, everything is pushed on me, I want to promise this family business, can you be disobedient?" ”

Huang Yingtai sighed uncontrollably, his face was full of sadness, this is not as big as other people's marriages, it is a big deal to regret the marriage, this time it is the matchmaker between the emperor and Sun Inspector Shibao, regret it? Not to mention whether the emperor agrees or not, the Huang family can't afford to lose that person......

"Yingtai, our Huang family seems to be very beautiful, within one door, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren are either Jinshi or people, your father is a university scholar, Zuodu Yushi, but there is no hundred days of red, your father is nearly seventy years old, and he is about to send a letter, a few days ago he also said in his letter that he wanted to ask the emperor to resign again, you don't want to think about it, in your father's life, just Gengjie, how many people have been offended? Once he leaves his high position, or is no longer alive, when the time comes, the guns and arrows will come, can you people hold up this huge family? ”

The old lady sighed and said, "I have also heard of this Qin Mufeng, he is a bit domineering, but he is really reasonable, he is quite decent, and he is deeply relied on by the emperor, and he is married, even if your father is not there in the future, the Huang family is enough to live in peace, no one dares to underestimate the Huang family, not to mention, I still don't understand Lan'er's thoughts?" She was looking around when she just took over, didn't she want to see his savior? ”

Huang Yingtai suddenly realized that Jiang was still old and spicy, and he didn't expect to calculate so far-reachingly.

Indeed, neither Zhu Jie nor Sun Chuanting saw this layer, and they were happy, but they didn't expect the old lady to show her expression, and she had already given her family a strong reinforcement.

Returning to the governor's yamen, Zhu Jie looked at Qin Mufeng and scolded with a smile: "You bastard thing, for you, I even let out my old face!" ”

Qin Mufeng smiled and said, "That's it, Your Majesty, besides the ministers, who else would you give such a big face?" ”

Sun Chuanting gave a thumbs up and praised: "Mu Feng, it's not simple, it's not simple, what I said just now, I said it well, I didn't expect that you could still chew the words and drag the words, the old man was impressed, haha......"

"Alright......"

Qin Mufeng smiled bitterly: "Just now, my legs trembled......

"Alright, there's no problem with this!"

Zhu Jie said: "Youxuan's personality, I know very well, the mother is filial, since the old lady agreed, Youxuan will definitely not disobey, Baigu is not very convenient to enter Beijing, this matter has to be bothered Xianzhi to run with Mr. Jishan......"

Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "No matter if the minister runs once, or Xianzhi and them run, anyway, this matchmaker, the minister is decided, Mu Feng owes the old man a great favor!" ”

"Alright, you all go down, I have a few words with Bai Gu!"

Qin Mufeng, Cha Xuan and the others bowed down.

Zhu Jie looked at Sun Chuanting and asked, "Baigu, how are things going in Yizhou?" ”

Sun Chuanting hurriedly replied: "The emperor can rest assured, now the situation in Yizhou has improved a lot, the Dutch have reined in a lot after the last lesson, more than a year has passed, and there is no other rumor ......

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "In the future, Yizhou is the first line of defense in the Ming Maritime Frontier, we face the entire sea, this is our hinterland, the strategic position is more important than Nanjing and Songjiang, if necessary, in the future, I plan to independently prepare for the establishment of the political envoy and a town of soldiers in Yizhou, Baigu, from now on, you have to start preparing for the governance of Yizhou after the recovery of Yizhou in the future......"

Sun Chuanting replied: "This minister knows that the Ming Dynasty is a family, and this Yizhou is our gate, how can we do it if we don't take precautions?" Let the Westerners' troops be stationed here every day, and the ministers are also restless! ”

"That's right!"

Zhu Jie replied: "The First Fleet and the Second Fleet, I have already inspected them, the development of the two fleets is very smooth, now our strength has surpassed the fleet of the East India Company, and the military strength of the other three in the Far East is far from our opponents, it will not be long before we can go straight to the Western countries, take back Yizhou, and drive all the Westerners out of the South Sea!" ”

Sun Chuanting's heart trembled slightly, hearing this, the emperor was still thinking about it again......

"Your Majesty, do you really want to take Nanyang?"

Zhu Jie stood up and replied: "Yes, Bai Gu, you have to be clear, the Ming Dynasty is rich in resources, but not everything is complete, at least the silver output of the Ming Dynasty is not high, the output of copper is even lower, we lack enough gold, silver and copper mines, precisely, Nanyang produces silver and copper ore, especially copper mines, Nanyang is very rich in mineral deposits, and we are also short of enough wood to build warships, in a short period of time, if we want to build ironclad ships, our steel production will definitely not be able to keep up, then there is only one way, take Nanyang, We control the timber of the South Seas, and we control the Strait of Malacca, which is equivalent to controlling the hub of trade between the East and the West. ”

Sun Chuanting's face was a little solemn, nodded and replied: "Your Majesty, it is naturally good to take Nanyang, but after years of war, the pressure on the treasury is too great, especially if you want to start a war with the four Western countries, next, it is even possible to attract the local forces of the Western Ocean, a big war, I am afraid that it will not end in a year or two or even longer......"

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Baigu, this is the strategic pattern, we can sacrifice the price of an empty treasury for a year or two, and even the cost of borrowing to get by, but in exchange for the next hundred years or even two or three hundred years, we will get back a steady stream of benefits!" Don't you know which is more important? I still have time, at least I can do it for another thirty years, and I can withstand failures and setbacks, it's a big deal to start over, at least, it's better to start over than to leave it to future generations to start over! Thirty years, how can I miss the thirty years of world domination? ”

(End of chapter)