In fact, Sun Chengzong didn't want to fight in his heart, after all, it was said in "Sima Fa": Although the country is big, it will die if it is warlike.

What's more, in today's Ming Dynasty, there is really no way to toss it anymore.

Since the late Wanli period, droughts, floods, low temperatures, and the famine directly related to them have been endless.

Among all the provinces affected, the frequency of disasters in Shaanxi was about two droughts in three years, and because of the frequent outbreaks of locusts and plagues, many people who could not survive finally joined the ranks of the displaced people.

On the one hand, the civil uprising in Shaanxi has not been resolved for a long time, and looking at the current situation, it would be very good if it could be pacified in three years.

Another is that the Jiannu outside the gate will wait until the New Year, or at the slowest is two or three months, and they will definitely have to go south again, and then it will be a bitter battle.

In this way, if the Ming Dynasty, which was already fighting on two fronts, opened up a new battlefield and attacked on three fronts at the same time, the slightest mistake would immediately fall into a situation from which there would be no return.

Not to mention anything else, although this battle outside the gate was to defeat Jiannu, but it used the most elite military forces of the Ming Dynasty, including artillery and other "big killing weapons", and only drove it to the outside of the pass.

If you wait for Jiannu to go south again, the war in Shaanxi will be tight, and I am afraid that you will "suffer from the enemy on your back".

"Sun Aiqing, I didn't say that I would go to war again!"

Mingsheng said directly.

"Your Majesty, although the old minister is a little old, he is still not confused, if I wait for Luzon, Three Buddhas and other places, such as the Three Treasures Eunuch to go to the West to communicate with the natives for friendly exchanges; But shouldn't the immigrants meet the local natives? ”

Seeing that Mingsheng didn't react, he obviously didn't take his words to heart.

Sun Chengzong couldn't care about it anymore, and said directly in a deep voice: "If this is the case, not only will our supply line not be enough, but also that Emperor Taizu once ordered that there should be a country that will not be conquered, and we must not disobey the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun"!" ”

Sure enough, it was Sun Chengzong, who actually moved out Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, at this time, if Ming Sheng didn't give him a reasonable excuse, the cabinet would not be happy!

Looking at Sun Chengzong's firm expression, Ming Sheng instantly understood that Sun Chengzong didn't want to drag Daming into the quagmire of war and couldn't extricate himself, so he bluntly admonished.

There is such a thing in Mingsheng's memory, and the countries that were not conquered were: Korea (present-day Korea), Japan (today's Ben), and Ryukyu (today's Okinawa);

Lesser Ryukyu, Annam (present-day northern Vietnam), Chenla (present-day Cambodia), Siam (present-day Thailand);

Champa (present-day southern Vietnam, later destroyed by Annam), Sumatra (present-day Baxi, Sumatra);

the Western Kingdom (present-day Coromandel Coast), Java (present-day Java Island), and the Hangheng Kingdom (present-day Malay Peninsula);

the country of Baihua (northwestern part of present-day Sumatra), the kingdom of Sanfuqi (present-day Palembang, Sumatra), and the country of Boni (Brunei);

Zhu Yuanzhang is certainly eloquent and strategic, but there is a reason why he ordered future generations not to conquer these countries at that time: it is useless to occupy these poor places.

In addition, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, these small countries were very conscious of paying tribute year after year, so they turned a blind eye to these small countries, but now it is different from the past!

"Sun Aiqing, don't worry, listen to me tell you slowly, I don't want to open up a new battlefield, but to transfer the battlefield: I am preparing to emigrate the displaced people from Shaanxi and other regions, and I will also garrison troops there."

This is why Sun Chengzong was able to make Mingsheng patiently explain, if it was another person, even if Yuan Chonghuan dared to question his decision-making, Mingsheng would also beat him well.

The Holy Monarch is unpredictable.

"Your Majesty, when I talked about immigration just now, the old minister felt that it was not appropriate, after all, the side of the couch could not allow others to sleep soundly, not to mention Luzon and other countries now, even if the North Korean side is afraid that it will not give us immigrants."

In this era, although Sun Chengzong did not understand what a "colony" was, he could more or less understand the meaning, and clearly knew that what His Majesty the Emperor wanted to do now was to "occupy by force." ”

"If they don't agree, it's easy!"

"What does Your Majesty want?"

"Then fight until they submit."

Ming Sheng said directly, although he said this sentence with a smile, but the murderous aura in it had instantly filled the entire carriage.

As a good young man in later generations, Mingsheng still follows humanitarianism, so from the time he came to Daming to the present, except for Qian Qianyi, who resold grain, he has hardly killed anyone.

However, after all, that is internal, externally, his current thinking is radical, just like the angry youth of later generations, it is not okay to be an emperor, but he must do it for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, friends of the dead Dao are not dead and poor!

As time passed, Sun Chengzong had gradually become unable to understand the emperor, and he could not even guess his thoughts.

In the past, I always felt that this emperor had a childish temper: gradually I found that the emperor was more and more showing the courage of the lord of Zhongxing: but now, I feel that the emperor has become advocating force since winning the "Battle of Knocking".

didn't have time to consider Sun Chengzong's inner thoughts, Ming Sheng opened his mouth and said: "Sun Aiqing, it's not that I'm ruthless, I tell you without exaggeration, if I don't follow this method, my Ming may only have less than twenty years of national glory." ”

Ming Sheng's words are no less than a bombshell in Sun Chengzong's ears now, although he himself also feels that Da Ming is in danger, but he has never thought about it.

If this was said by someone else, Sun Chengzong would definitely give him two big slaps in the face, and even directly ordered someone to be sent to the prison of the Criminal Department to punish him for the crime of "bewitching the public".

But it is the emperor who speaks, the de facto ruler of this empire, after all, who wants to be the king of a dead country?

Could it be that His Majesty has his own unique views on the development of the past?

Sun Chengzong thought of these in his heart, and said, "Why did Your Majesty say this? ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ming Sheng anxiously.

Okay, that's it, if you don't move Sun Chengzong, this matter is really not easy to do.

"Sun Aiqing, now that there are many refugees in various places, if they are left alone, they will inevitably join the rogue team, when the time comes, how many troops do you think will be needed to conquer them? And how much food is needed to cope. ”

Sun Chengzong's eyebrows furrowed, and he had to explain that Sheng was telling the truth.

Now his student Sun Chuanting arrived in Shaanxi, but also occasionally through letters to himself, according to Sun Chuanting's description, if three years can be quelled, it will be considered Ming luck!

Of course, this is a situation in which the number of existing rogues does not increase.