Many local guards dare not say that all of them have been abolished, at least ninety percent of the guards should have been soldiers who defended the country and the country, but at this time they have all become slaves of thousands of officials and hundreds of officials, and even some of the guards are much worse than those ordinary people.

The reform of the guard, it is conceivable that it must touch the interests of a huge collective, and it is also the middle and low-level military general group, if there is no elite soldiers and horses in the hands of the Beijing Division, to be honest, no one really dares to move the guardhouse system.

can stand on the court and govern the people, no one is a fool, can it be said that those important ministers in the court can't see the harm of the guard system to the Ming Dynasty?

It's not that they can't see it, but they can't think of a solution, and if they don't have full certainty, no one will dare to touch this huge interest group.

However, under the personal auspices of Wang Yangming, the reform of the Ming military system was in full swing, and even those middle and low-level generals could only suppress it if they had more unwillingness and dissatisfaction in their hearts.

In Wang Yangming's pacification of the rebellion of King Ning and the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River, not long ago he completely pacified the rebellion outside the Guan, and Wang Yangming's reputation in the army has been rumored to be the military god of the Ming generation.

Under such circumstances, even a fool would not go against the general trend to challenge the bottom line of the imperial court.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Yangming and said: "An Guogong, I want you to prepare a second fleet as you said, I said, at the end of the world, I have to find a big companion no matter what, if one is not enough, then two, two is not enough, then three, five." ”

The firmness in Zhu Houzhao's words made Yang Yiqing and others suppress the idea of persuasion, what is Zhu Houzhao's temperament, as a minister trusted by Zhu Houzhao, they naturally know.

It can be said that finding Chu Yi has almost become an obsession in Zhu Houzhao's heart, if Chu Yi is not found, Zhu Houzhao's obsession in his heart will not dissipate, in this case, any move against Zhu Houzhao to find Chu Yi will stimulate the Son of Heaven.

In less than a month, the second fleet was successfully formed under the dispatch of Wang Yangming, and this time Zhu Houzhao sent a powerful general to lead more than 100 ships to the sea to find Chu Yi.

In the thirteenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhengde was already thirty years old this year, and this age can be said to be in the prime of life, especially Zhu Houzhao followed Shao Yuanjie and Zhang Yanqi to practice Taoist health preservation methods.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao remembered Chu Yi's advice, he was very self-disciplined about women, and he was not obsessed with women, although the harem was as beautiful as a cloud, but Zhu Houzhao only had a few concubines.

In the past few years, the royal family has finally branched out, and several other concubines have also given birth to dragon sons and dragon girls for the Son of Heaven, and even Queen Xia has given birth to a princess for Zhu Houzhao.

Originally, there was only one person in the line of filial piety, Zhu Houzhao, and when it was passed to Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao had no heirs under his knees for several years, so that there were rumors about Zhu Houzhao's disadvantage.

Now there are many royal heirs, but it also reassures the hearts of many ministers, and some clans have no thoughts.

In the imperial study, Zhu Houzhao reviewed the chapter, and after a while, Wang Zheng, who was serving on the side, presented a piece of the chapter to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, the news from the West. ”

After a slight pause, Zhu Houzhao put down the pen, took the chapter, slowly unfolded it, and swept the chapter calmly, and after a while, he heard Zhu Houzhao sigh lightly and put the chapter down: "It's been almost three years, Yu Dayou and Yue Buqun have traveled all the way west, destroyed dozens of countries, and opened up thousands of miles of territory, but there is still no trace of the companion, Wang Zheng, do you say that the companion is going to hide from me for the rest of his life?" ”

Wang Zheng, who was standing aside, showed a little wry smile on his face, looking at Zhu Houzhao's lost appearance, he couldn't help but comfort: "Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that the chief manager may be busy with retreat and practice, and may not know that His Majesty is sending someone to look for him, otherwise, the chief manager will definitely not ignore Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes narrowed and said, "According to what you say, isn't the movement I made big enough?" That's why he didn't know I was looking for him! ”

Wang Zheng's words were just to comfort Zhu Houzhao, but he never thought that Zhu Houzhao would ask him like this, Wang Zheng had no choice but to nod and say: "Maybe it's really the chief manager who doesn't know!" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded slowly and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, since this is the case, then I will stir up the storm, I want everyone in the world to know that I am looking for him!" ”

On the second day, Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren and other cabinet elders in the cabinet looked at the will issued by the Son of Heaven not long ago.

The will of the Son of Heaven to the cabinet shocked Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren and others, if it has always been easy for Yu Dayou and others to destroy the country in the process of going to the West to find Chu Yi, then Zhu Houzhao's will is to order Yu Dayou and others to take the initiative to conquer other countries.

In the past few years, the ships built by Chu Yi and later Zhu Houzhao with huge funds have now been built, and it can be said that there are more than 2,000 new warships in the Ming Dynasty alone.

Even the formed fleet of sailors has already formed a full ten sailors, except for one in Dongying and one in Daming, the rest of the fleets were all sent by the Son of Heaven to find Chu Yi overseas.

More than a thousand warships, plus auxiliary ships of all sizes, that is thousands of Ming ships.

It is conceivable that so many ships sail on the sea, and the sea is both big and small, and the originally huge sea will gradually fall into the hands of Spain, Portugal, and England, and the resource-rich land will become a colony of these countries.

But now, with the Ming Dynasty on a fork in the road, his eyes have shifted to the sea, relying on the astonishing manpower and material resources of the Ming Dynasty and the efficient monarchy system, in less than ten years, it has become a maritime hegemon.

The Nanyang, which was gradually controlled by Portugal and Spain, has long been occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and as for the soldiers and horses of Portugal and Spain in the Nanyang, they have fled thousands of miles away when they see the opportunity, and they do not dare to fight with the Ming Naval Division.

After all, it is already good that Portugal and Spain can put together dozens of warships in the South Seas, but Daming has hundreds of warships and hundreds of auxiliary ships in a random naval division, even if he has the courage, who would dare to provoke such a huge fleet.

In a few years, as several fleets were sent overseas by the Son of Heaven, many small states were destroyed, and the Ming Dynasty unknowingly occupied a huge territory overseas.

This is still when the Son of Heaven did not issue an order to conquer those foreign countries, and those destroyed kingdoms will only be destroyed because they provoke the power of the Great Tomorrow.

But this time, Zhu Houzhao actually ordered Yu Dayou and other overseas fleets to take the initiative to destroy those large and small countries, and it is conceivable that if this holy decree continues, it will definitely set off a bloody storm in the South and Western Oceans.

After several years as the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Yiqing appeared more and more calm and sophisticated, but he also lost a little bit of the momentum of innovation.

Seeing the holy decree of the Son of Heaven, Yang Yiqing's first thought was what kind of impact this holy decree would have on the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty will not embark on the road of reckless military force, the so-called lessons from the past and the future of the division, the Ming Dynasty is now thriving, it can be said that it has created a prosperous era of virtue, the world is peaceful, the wind and rain are smooth, and all the people praise the Son of Heaven as the Son of Heaven.

Although I dare not say that there are no ancients before and no one after him, it is certain that as long as Zhu Houzhao does not suddenly become a mediocre person, otherwise, just by virtue of the current prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, these virtuous ministers will definitely be listed in history and praised by the world.

Seeing the hesitation on Yang Yiqing's face, Chen Ding, who had always opposed Zhu Houzhao's military strength, couldn't help but say to Yang Yiqing: "Lord Yang, this matter is very important, Your Majesty's move is very likely to make my Ming Dynasty embark on the road of reckless military force. ”

The white-haired Wang Hua handed over the beggar bones to the Son of Heaven not long ago, and he was already preparing to return to his hometown, but at this juncture, he also opened his mouth and said to Yang Yiqing: "Lord Yang, as a courtier, the so-called food of the king's Lu is the king's worries, Your Majesty's move is very inappropriate, and your Majesty should be advised to think twice." ”

Yang Yiqing nodded at Chen Ding and Wang Hua, and finally looked at Wang Yangming.

Wang Yangming is much younger than Yang Yiqing, if after Yang Yiqing, who is most suitable to succeed Yang Yiqing as the new cabinet leader, then it must be Wang Yangming.

Wang Yangming is in charge of the Ministry of War, it can be said that he is a high authority in the cabinet, and even the right to speak is not much worse than Yang Yiqing, the first assistant, at least Zhu Houzhao has great trust in Wang Yangming, and is faintly regarded by hundreds of officials as an existence alongside Yang Yiqing.

Wang Yangming noticed Yang Yiqing's gaze, and said with a somewhat solemn expression: "Wang thinks that His Majesty's move, we should support it." ”

When Chen Ding heard this, he was immediately furious and said: "Wang Yangming, you are trying to harm Your Majesty, in vain, you are also a great sage of Confucianism, the ancestor of the first line, and you don't know that conniving at Your Majesty's reckless military force will only harm Your Majesty in the end?" ”

Wang Yangming was not scolded by Chen Ding, but he didn't care at all, but looked at Chen Ding solemnly and said: "Lord Chen, tell me, how did Your Majesty use military force, and did it affect the people's livelihood and economy in China?" ”

As a household secretary, Chen Ding knows better than anyone the economic situation of the Ming Dynasty, and with the vigorous development of maritime trade in recent years, the Ming economy is extremely prosperous.

If there was no reform in the Ming Dynasty, the taxes and fees collected by the imperial court were only a few million taels, but now the commercial tax alone has reached tens of millions of taels, not to mention various taxes such as mining tax, salt tax, and tea tax

Until this year, the taxes and fees collected by the imperial court were as huge as 30 million taels, the treasury was full, and the grain depot was full of grain, and it was not an exaggeration to call it a prosperous era through the ages.

Therefore, at this time, Wang Yangming's rhetorical question made Chen Ding couldn't help but be stunned, if it is said that the exhaustion of national strength and the difficulties of people's livelihood are caused by the recklessness of military force, then it is really Zhu Houzhao's reckless military force.

The key is that now the taxes and fees collected by the imperial court every year are increasing, and the grain in the granary is piling up more and more, Chen Ding really doesn't know what to say.

Looking at Chen Ding's tangled look, Wang Yangming couldn't help but smile and said: "My Daming is different from the past, even if it is a foreign army, it is not a reckless army, not to mention that now Daming is becoming more and more prosperous, just in the past few years, the spoils that those fleets have transferred back from overseas every year are worth tens of millions of taels of silver." ”

Chen Ding opened his mouth, and in the face of Wang Yangming, Chen Ding found that he didn't even have a reason to refute.

With a wave of his sleeves, Chen Ding looked at Wang Yangming, and then at Yang Yiqing, and couldn't help but say, "You guys...... You should leave it to your Majesty, sooner or later you will harm Your Majesty. ”

Yang Yiqing stroked his beard, glanced at the rest of the pavilion elders and said, "Everyone, since this is the case, let's vote first." ”

Soon the results came out, several cabinet elders supported the will of the Son of Heaven, and only Chen Ding objected, and the rest of the people actually agreed with the will of the Son of Heaven.

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has opened up the sea, although it is said that a group of old magnates have been offended, but also a group of new magnates have also been created.

Centered on these cabinet elders and senior officials of the DPRK and China, a number of vested interest groups have emerged that have gained huge benefits in the opening of the sea.

If today's decree is made to destroy overseas countries, the benefits will naturally outweigh the disadvantages for those businessmen, so the cabinet elders will not object. Many people are even thinking about spreading the news, and then whether the family behind them can take the opportunity to make a lot of money.

The Son of Heaven's decree was quickly deliberated by the cabinet, and then stamped with the seal and sent to several fleets.

Several overseas fleets should be respected by the two fleets led by Yu Dayou and Lin Pingzhi, and now the fleet led by Yu Dayou has spared the Cape of Good Hope and truly entered the western realm.

It took half a year for the imperial court's will to reach the hands of Yu Dayou, Lin Pingzhi and others, and at this time, the fleet had already entered the Atlantic Ocean and marched all the way along the coastline of the African continent.

The entry of the Ming fleet into the Atlantic Ocean was like a ferocious beast breaking into a flock of sheep, and it immediately alarmed the naval powers of Portugal and Spain throughout Europe.

The ports along the Atlantic coast can be said to be all occupied by Portugal and Spain, these naval powers, since the first war of that year, Portugal and Spain can be said to be losing troops in the East, and the name of the Ming Dynasty is introduced to the West.

As an important port occupied by Portugal, the port of Bue has withdrawn from the fleets of Portugal, Spain and other countries stationed in various ports as the Ming fleet entered the west step by step, and now they are all gathered in the port of Bue.