"Your Majesty, the grass people have three strategies to help the emperor accumulate the strength to fight to the death with Jiannu, please ask the emperor to judge." Zhou Mubai regained his arrogant nature, he put his hands behind his back, his eyes wandered, looking around, as if he was thinking about his thoughts, the corners of his lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to speak again, but he didn't say a word, glanced at Zhu Jun who was sitting on the upper seat, and waited for Zhu Jun to make a statement.

Zhu Jun sat down like an old monk, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw neither surprise nor anger. He has confirmed that Zhou Mubai is sincere to vote, otherwise how can he analyze the affairs of the Burmese palace one by one with his own detailed and clear analysis, but his attitude is too wild, Zhu Jun now only wants loyal subjects, people who can obey and implement their policies to the end, by no means the kind of talent who is arrogant and unruly, not to mention how much ability this Zhou Mubai can have, Zhu Jun does not know, the only thing that can be confirmed is that this guy knows the Han and Burmese Chinese, In the future, it is good to use it as a interpreter or to teach a language in a mountain camp.

It's just that...... Zhu Jun played with the tea cup on the palm of his hand, glanced at Zhou Mubai with a little meaning, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: I'm afraid the purpose of this person is not just to be a translator, but it's a pity!

Zhou Mubai couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when he saw that Zhu Jun didn't speak, and said, "Doesn't the emperor want to listen to Zhou's three strategies?" ”

Zhu Jun smiled loudly, stared at Zhou Mubai with straight eyes, decided to dispel his arrogance, and said proudly: "I not only have three strategies, but what can I do if I have thirty strategies?" I want people who do things, not people who talk about it, and you want to be appreciated by me, but you also speak wildly, and this alone is a mistake, let alone two or three strategies? ”

Zhou Mubai's face froze, he originally wanted to capture the old man, so that Zhu Jun was a little curious about his three strategies, so he made this wild talk, who would have thought that Zhu Jun was not only indifferent, but also counted down by him.

"Your Majesty, it's the grass people who are wrong." Zhou Mubai is a person who can bend and stretch, and when he saw that Zhu Jun didn't like his arrogant appearance, his attitude softened: "The grass people are also Ming courtiers, I just hope to be able to serve the emperor's great cause, and pray for the emperor's fulfillment." ”

Zhu Jun nodded and said, "In that case, I really want to hear your three strategies, you said come and listen to me." ”

Zhou Mubai completely lost his temper, this time he came here completely desperately, if he offended Zhu Jun's scales, it would be worth the loss: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you want to accumulate strength, you can only take three steps, and this first step is to plunder." ”

"Plunder?" Zhu Jun couldn't help but want to laugh, in the future generations, everyone on the earth knows that robbing a bank is the fastest money, but there are not many people who really dare to rob a bank, and now Zhou Mubai asked him to rob and rob a bank is basically no different? Your small business is small, even if you want to rob it, you have to find a target, even if you succeed in grabbing, you will inevitably be retaliated against, the more you rob, the faster you die, what kind of strategy is this.

Zhu Jun felt that Zhou Mubai's words were very absurd, but after thinking about it, everyone knew that the hundred countries of Nanyang stood side by side, and no one was easy to provoke. ”

"In the blue waves of this sea, there are countless merchant ships swimming in the vertical and horizontal areas, and there are countless ports on both sides of the strait, full of goods for sale and real money, and we will start here." Zhou Mubai replied, he saw Zhu Jun's face full of doubts, and continued to explain: "This kind of thing naturally can't be done blatantly, Zhou heard that the emperor has captured six or seven big ships of pirates and adopted pirates, why not let them continue to be pirates?" The plundered gold and silver belong to the emperor, and the infamy is still those pirates, even if some people suspect that the emperor has an affair with pirates, but no one can collect strong evidence, and what can the countries of the South Seas do with the emperor? Besides, the world is a place where strength speaks, and Nanyang is even more so, if the emperor expands his strength sharply with the plundered wealth, even if the emperor is really a pirate, who dares to come out and blame? ”

Zhu Jun couldn't help but nodded, in fact, he had already had such a plan, after all, it was really costly to raise a sailor, and there was really no other way to let the sailor out, but he had another layer of worries, so he said solemnly: "Zhou Mubai, you are very sharp-toothed, although this looting is a way to quickly accumulate strength, but have you thought about it, such a robbery will only put the sea merchants in danger, and who will dare to go to sea at that time?" I'm afraid that in less than half a year, let alone robbing it, my sailors can only face the encirclement and suppression of sailors from all over the world. ”

Zhou Mubai shook his head: "The emperor is far-sighted, this looting is not a long-term solution. The purpose of the looting was to pave the way for another plan. ”

He paused and said, "While the emperor is plundering, he can set up another escort fleet, and then only let the plundered ships not plunder the merchant ships protected by the escort fleet, and at that time, what will happen to those desperate maritime merchants?" ”

Zhu Jun's eyes lit up, and he slapped the table excitedly and said: "I understand, in order to prevent people and goods from being empty, these maritime merchants are naturally vying to join the escort fleet, I go to grab on the one hand, and let people protect them on the other hand, making money at both ends, and obediently giving money is naturally to protect their safety, but those who are disobedient and intent to risk not only want his goods, but also the lives of the people on these ships are all gone, and I am not afraid that they will not join the escort fleet at that time." It's just that the amount of the insurance for this escort fleet is worth considering, Mr. Zhou, you go on. ”

Zhu Jun has changed his words to call Zhou Mubai Mr., has thrown himself into his scheming, such an insidious plan is by no means those ministers in the court full of benevolence, righteousness and morality can think of, he originally thought that he was a traverser, but also did not believe in the so-called strategist how capable he was, then he knew how important a strategist is to himself, only Zhou Mubai's strategy can increase the speed of his original capital accumulation by more than several times.

"Your Majesty, we don't want to guarantee money." Zhou Mubai smiled mysteriously, and whetted Zhu Jun's appetite before continuing: "Every merchant ship that joins the escort must hand over one-third of their goods, if all the merchant ships can do this, the emperor can account for about two to three percent of all the goods in the South Seas, and at that time, the pricing power of all maritime commodities will be in the hands of the emperor, a silk silk, others sell one or two silver, the emperor can sell two taels, the emperor is a big trader, and other merchants will naturally follow suit when they see that the emperor has set the price, and at that time, The gold and silver earned can be multiplied. ”

Zhu Jun nodded as if he didn't understand, although he didn't have much research on the economics of later generations, but he also knew how big the monopoly profits were, what surprised him was that Zhou Mubai knew so much, he couldn't help but admire, although the Ming people respected Confucianism, but the so-called side-door and left-handed learning ban was not strict, and all kinds of strange speech inventions also emerged in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jun couldn't imagine that this Zhou Mubai was also involved in the economy.

(Here to focus on, have you found that in the Ming Dynasty, the science and technology of the Chinese were still in the leading position in the world, which was mainly due to the fact that there were not many ideological confinements at that time, especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, various doctrines were flooded, among which Wang Shouren's psychology was even more popular, at that time there were people who proposed that the monarch was the pest of the country, and the monarch and subjects were completely equal, but the social division of labor was different, and the propaganda and electoral system were all there, and such people were not persecuted, which shows that the slave thinking of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is more harmful.) ）

"After accumulating gold and silver, the emperor can wantonly win over the Han people in Nanyang, and invite heroes from all over the world to gather here to watch the changes." Zhou Mubai saw that Zhu Jun was moved and summarized the first step.

"So, what's the second step?"

"The first step is to gather wealth, win the hearts of the people, and vigorously expand the training of military horses, that is, the second step is to seek a base, the soil is the foundation of the country, even if the emperor has tens of millions of gold and silver, what is the use if he can't shepherd one side?"

"What Mr. Zhou said is very true, he just easily offends the land of other countries, and he is not only famous, but also afraid that his strength will not be good, and he will not be able to hurt the tiger, but will be eaten by the tiger."

"Isn't this Burmese a gift to the emperor for nothing? The grass people thought day and night, estimating that the prince of Burma Wang Mangbai would do something within a year, no matter who wins or loses, the emperor can reprimand them for killing each other, losing all their humanity, the Ming Dynasty originally had a precedent of sending heavenly soldiers to maintain the stability of the country, and this was the case in Annan during the Yongle period. ”

(In the early years of Hongwu, the imperial court issued an edict, and Chen Riqui, the king of Annam, sent tribute, and Zhu Yuanzhang officially crowned him as the king of Annam, and listed it as a 'country without levy'.) More than ten years later, there was civil strife in Annam, and the Chen family was replaced by the Li family, and the founding name of the country was Dayu. The Li clan continued to pay tribute to the Ming and falsely claimed that he was a descendant of the Chen family, and in the first year of Yongle, Zhu Di, the ancestor of Chengzu, crowned Li Cang as the king of Annam. After the matter was revealed, Yongle sent troops to recruit and destroy Annan! The Ming Dynasty had the right to interfere in the usurpation of the throne by its subjects, but it also depended on the situation. ）

"In this way, it can not only highlight the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, deter the South Seas, but also annex Burma, the division is famous, only ask the emperor to recruit heroic men in this year, repair armor, grain and grass, and then take advantage of the time when the two tigers are fighting, one blow will be killed, and Burma is the emperor's bag."

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After this chapter, there is one more chapter to enter the bloody second volume, and the last few chapters are very important, which is basically the outline of the future of the book, and it will be divided into these three steps in the future.