"During the Wanli period, the Japanese invaded Korea, and the Japanese invaded the south coast of the Yangtze River before, and the small state of Puer dared to repeatedly offend my Ming Dynasty, which is an unforgivable crime, and I decided to order General Chen to lead the naval division to expedition to the Japanese country, what do you think Aiqing?" Li You came up with his own plan at the court meeting. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Yu Zhigao still has the name of Admiral of the Navy, he is no longer responsible for the daily operation of the Sailor Fleet, but puts his experience into the teaching of the Sailor Academy, and now the Sailor is under the command of Chen Guangfu; Of course, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to only form a naval division, Li You is now persuading Zheng Zhilong to give up his military power and come to Beijing to enjoy happiness, he has even prepared a title and mansion for Zheng Zhilong, as long as Zheng Zhilong agrees, he can get a reward immediately, and then the reason can be free to adapt the Fujian naval division composed of those pirates, and then make up a southern naval division based on these people, and echo Chen Guangfu's northern naval division from the north and south, which is enough to protect the maritime frontier of the Ming Dynasty from harassment, By the way, you can try to enter the South Seas and play against the Spaniards.

"Your Majesty, although the country is warlike and will die, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, there have been continuous wars for many years, the treasury is overwhelmed, and it has just conquered the Western Regions and other places, and it still needs time to digest slowly, so it is better to wait a few more years, right?" As soon as he heard that there was another war, and it was a Japanese country on the sea, Sun Chengzong suddenly became anxious and hurriedly came out to admonish.

"Although I have been fighting, I have lost that battle? Didn't I win a big victory and expand countless territories this time? Li You asked rhetorically, "As for the overburdened treasury, where do you start?" I have been exempted from Liao's salary, and relying solely on the confiscation of the property of the eight Jin merchants and the savings of Jiannu and Lin Dan Khan for many years is enough to support the expenses of these several expeditions, and since Jiangnan returned to normal taxes, the treasury has become increasingly full, and the treasury has far surpassed that of the previous dynasty, so how to start with this overburdened treasury? These civil officials of the Ming Dynasty often like to say some exaggerated things to strengthen their persuasiveness, but they don't want to be caught by Li You and block Sun Chengzong with nothing to say, so they have to retreat.

"But now Your Majesty has expanded the land for thousands of miles, and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, the Wusi Tibetan Metropolitan Division, and the Modong Metropolitan Protectorate, the Moxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Mobei Metropolitan Protectorate all need to build fortresses and develop tuntian, which all require a lot of money and grain, coupled with the original nine-sided town, there are more and more places where the Ming Dynasty wants to use money, and although the treasury currently has a lot of silver, there is also a danger of not being able to make ends meet." Hubu Shangshu stood up and said, what he said was much more reliable than Sun Chengzong's.

"Now that Jiannu and Mongolia have been pacified, the frontiers of the Ming Dynasty will expand to the north, west, and east, and the important towns of the nine sides are already in the inland of the Ming Dynasty, and the names of the nine sides are also a little unworthy of the name, so the nine sides of the important towns do not need to arrange so many troops, so the soldiers and horses of the nine sides can be moved to these capital protectorates, so that the expenses for supporting the nine sides can be greatly saved, and they are used on these capital protectorates, so that the imperial court does not need to increase much expenditure; And now that my daimyo is in the middle of his income, the proportion of sea trade taxes is getting higher and higher, if there is no reliable water division, how can these taxes be kept? Li You explained the questions he raised one by one, "Therefore, this expedition of the sailors is not only to punish the Japanese state, but also for the purpose of training troops, so as not to cause chaos on the sea in the future, but I have no soldiers available." ”

After that, Li You asked Lu Xiangsheng to show the palace ministers in detail the construction plan of each capital protectorate and the restructuring strategy of the nine sides, and listed the required money, food, and the number of soldiers in detail, and finally calculated, if the original expenses of the nine sides can be greatly reduced, the construction of these capital protectorates does not require too much silver, at least a lot less than they expected, relying on the current economic conditions of the Ming Dynasty, it can be fully handled.

"In addition, these capital protectors are not only inaccessible, although there is no grain on the prairie, but there are many cattle and sheep, these capital protectors have warehouses for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty to buy wool, cowhides and other things, and transport them to the Central Plains for profit, these merchants naturally have to pay taxes; The countries of the Western Regions are also eager for the silk, cloth, porcelain and other things of the Ming Dynasty, which can also attract countless merchants and travelers...... "Li You calculated the economic benefits that these protectorates can bring to them, at the beginning, these protectorates may still need the imperial court support funds, but after a few years, just relying on the taxes collected from these places will be enough to support these armies; Of course, the collection of taxes will still be handled by the officials of the imperial court, and the financial power will never be handed over to these protectors; Otherwise, the disaster of the feudal towns during the Tang Dynasty would not be far off.

Said it one by one, and the ministers then understood, don't look at the big scene of the Ming Dynasty at the moment, but in fact, it can't draw much money, and the current treasury is no longer as shabby as it was at the beginning, and now the officials of the Ming Dynasty do not dare to ask for non-toxicity like those officials who colluded with the Guan Ning Army before, which saves a lot of expenses, so relying on the current strength of the Ming Dynasty can fully support the current situation, and it is even more than enough.

In this case, the courtiers led by Sun Chengzong no longer had an excuse to refute, so they had to convince themselves to agree, and at this time Li You's reason was not finished, he had blackmailed the Wa State in the last mission world, and the Wa State had those good things that could not be hidden from him, so as long as this expedition could be won, there was no need to worry about losing money, and the gold and silver of the Wa State could definitely satisfy these officials.

Later, Li You summoned Chen Guangfu to Beijing, gave him a face-to-face lecture, and then asked him to lead a fleet from Jeju Island to Edo, the political center of the Japanese state.

Now in charge of the power of the Wa Kingdom is Tokugawa Ieyasu's grandson, the second generation of the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada's eldest son Tokugawa Iemitsu, now it has been more than 20 years since the Osaka Summer Formation, the Tokugawa Shogunate has also continued for more than 30 years, and even the shogunate has changed three, the Wakoku has been peaceful for a long time, and those veterans who have experienced the Battle of Sekigahara and the Osaka Summer Battle have long since withered away, so suddenly heard the attack of the Ming Navy Army, from Tokugawa Iemitsu to his courtiers were panicked, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

While sending envoys to the capital in a hurry to plead for mercy, they gathered all the existing ships of the Wa State and tried to stop Chen Guangfu's Daming sailors at sea.

But it took Li You so much effort to convince the ministers, how could he give up the plan because of a few envoys? He didn't even see these envoys, and asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites to spend time with them, while he waited for news from Chen Guangfu.