"Hurry up and write to me, grind and chirp, I'll beat you to death!"

Beiping, Forbidden City, East Palace.

A roar that broke through the sky, and the frightened palace maids and eunuchs trembled.

Under the grape trellis in the courtyard, poor Zhu Qizhen Zhu Qiyu looked at the homework book in front of him with a bitter face, completely looking like he was on the execution ground.

On the other side, Zhu Qirui, who was almost 10 years old, glanced at his two younger brothers sympathetically, and then quickly lowered his head and wrote his homework before his father looked at him.

"Look at the two of you bears, you can't fight for Lao Tzu, it's interesting to count second to last every day."

"You have calculated that it has only been a few days, less than half a month, and I have been called by your husband 4 times."

"I don't know where your face is, I can't afford to lose anyone, the exam is so bad, if I were to be replaced, I wouldn't have the face to go to school."

Daddy's roar pierced through the golden cracked stone, but unfortunately Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu, the two little guys, had long been as thick as a city wall, and in the face of the saliva sprayed on his face, he just took the time to wipe his face, and then buried his head and gritted his teeth, working hard with his homework.

"I'm telling you, next time I'm going to get that bird, and you two won't recognize me as a father."

Zhu Qizhen pursed his lips, "Okay, big brother!" ”

Zhu Zhangui has many ears, his eyes are glaring, and he is about to call out when he raises his hand.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the West is in an emergency!"

Seeing that a big coerced bag was about to be put on his face, an anxious cry at the gate of the palace saved Zhu Qizhen, who was white-faced.

Glaring at the stinky boy viciously, Zhu Zhangui quickly walked to the palace gate and met the appeal of running sweaty.

"Is something happening in the West?"

Seeing that there was no telegram in the other party's hand, Zhu Zhangui knew that it was sent to the old man and asked Hu Yu to come and call his own.

"The day before yesterday, there was a big war between the Rocco Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire, and the Rocco Kingdom was raided, except for our people who ran out with King Roco, the others were almost wiped out."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhangui's brows furrowed tightly, and the pace of rushing to the Kyushu conference room sped up a few points.

"But the other side is not much better, it is commanded by our people, but it is fiercely stroked by the army of the Rocco Kingdom, and the Ottoman army has almost half of the casualties, so it can be said that it has broken its muscles and bones."

"Qi Yuan commanded the envoy to call the imperial court, urging the supporting troops to hurry over, and he planned to beat the water dogs and beat them hard while the Ottomans were tired."

"At the same time, he also suggested that the imperial court should directly launch a full-scale attack while the main Western empire was suffering heavy casualties."

"The Emperor Taishang attached great importance to this, and convened a meeting of key personnel to discuss whether to launch the Western Expedition War in advance."

After listening to Hu Yu's report, Zhu Zhangui's steps stopped slightly.

He can see that the old man's so-called discussion is actually completely telling everyone that he wants to start a war against the West before he dies.

"Your Highness, do you have any orders?"

Zhu Zhangui stopped suddenly, and Hu Yu, who was following behind, almost bumped into him.

Zhu Zhangui looked back at Hu Yu, "Did the old man summon the officials of the Sixth Department?" ”

Hu Yu thought about it and nodded.

"The slave and maid seem to want to fight this battle when they see the meaning of the emperor, and there are so many people who have been summoned that almost all departments of the court have sent people to inform them."

Zhu Zhangui nodded, and had a general idea in his heart.

Walking briskly all the way, I soon came to the Kyushu conference room.

Before Zhu Zhangui went in, he heard a noise inside.

"Dad can't fight, the country has just recovered a little bit in the past two years, and the people are still licking their wounds, launching a war of such a scale at this time, our cultivation in the past few years will be all in vain."

"Boss, you don't understand, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if we win this opportunity, our land area can at least expand to the Ottoman border, and even more land is possible."

"Dad, it's not that my son doesn't understand this truth, but the problem is that we have so many people in the Ming Dynasty, even if we win so much land, we can't keep it."

"It's okay to have an army to watch for a year or two, but we can't be stationed there all the year round, so the imperial court can't afford it at all."

"When the time comes, once it can't afford it, the imperial court must withdraw a part of the army, once there are fewer soldiers and can't deter those alien races, then this area is absolutely chaotic, and if the imperial court wants to control and suppress it, it needs to spend more money and send more troops."

"If it really becomes like that, Dad, I tell you, we might as well not fight this land."

Listening to the quarrel between his grandfather and father, Zhu Zhangui quietly entered the conference room, planning to wait for the father and son to come out with the results before getting involved.

But if he wants to hide, the old man won't let him go.

The old man, who was blocked by his son's words and had nothing to say, saw Zhu Zhangui walking to the side with a ghostly head, and suddenly glared and roared: "Little cub, come here, do you say that we will fight this battle or not?" ”

Zhu Zhangui, who was hiding behind the third uncle, stood up awkwardly.

"Grandpa,......"

As soon as Zhu Zhangui spoke, he was stopped by Zhu Fatpang opposite the old man.

"Son, you have to think clearly, our Daming has just recovered a little bit in the past two years, but we can't withstand the toss of this kind of war."

"Can you please let him finish first!"

Seeing that the little cub he was counting on was stopped by his father's words, the old man slapped the table angrily and glared at Zhu Fatpang.

"Dad, I'm telling the truth!"

"If this war uses tens of thousands of people, 100,000 people, I won't say anything, although our Ming Dynasty is a little poor, the war with this number of people can still be supported."

"But the problem is that the troops used in the Western Expedition are all in the millions, and it's uncertain whether even millions are enough."

"Millions of people, people eat horses and chew every day, the money consumed is astronomical, this is still not counting the consumption of bullets and weapons, if you add these, when this war is over, our civil and military will go out to ask for food."

"Enough!"

The old man finally couldn't help it this time, and kicked the chair next to him to the ground.

Everyone present except Zhu Chupang fell to his knees.

"The Emperor is angry!"

"Rest your anger!"

The old man looked at Zhu Fatpang, who didn't intend to give in, and was so angry that he picked up the teacup next to him and slammed it on the ground, then turned around and pointed at Zhu Fatpang and scolded: "Okay, good!" ”

"Now that he is an emperor, he dares to teach Lao Tzu a lesson."

"Ha, you have only been the emperor for a few years, how much do you know about national affairs, and how much do you know about the forms of various countries."

"Do you know that once you give up this opportunity, you will have to sacrifice several times or even dozens of times the life of your son in the future to complete all this."

"The cost you are worried about will also be multiplied several times or even dozens of times."

"Do you think I don't know the situation in Daming now, it is precisely because I know that I want to take this opportunity to take the West and strive to spend less money."

Looking at the angry lion's father, Zhu Chupang sighed, understanding that this was the old man's worry that his time was running out, and he wanted to make greater achievements before he died.

Knowing the old man's thoughts, Zhu Chupang's tone lowered a little and persuaded him: "It's not that my father doesn't understand this, but our current strength of the Ming Dynasty really can't afford the consumption of millions of troops." ”

"If you don't believe it, go to the Shang Shufang to take a look, half of the piles of concerts like Xiaoshan are asking the court for money and resources."

"If at this time, our Ming Dynasty is launching a million-scale war with the outside world, my son can tell you responsibly, even if the bank's money is counted, we won't be able to survive even a year."

"My son also knows that with the strong strength of Daming, it is no problem to take these areas. But later, sending troops to pacify the local people requires a lot of money and food. ”

"No matter whether this war is won or lost, our Ming finances will face the possibility of collapse."

"At that time, once the finances collapse, not only will there be chaos in the outside area, but our Ming territory will also fall into crisis."

Zhu Chupang's sincere persuasion made the old man slowly close his eyes.

He looked up at the roof and said unwillingly, "Are we going to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" ”

Looking at the father and son who fell silent, Zhu Zhangui groaned slightly and said slowly: "Actually, it's no problem for us to fight this war!" ”

"Jungyu!"

Seeing that the old man's eyes lit up again, Zhu Chupang roared angrily.

He's really tired.

I just persuaded the old man to go back, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the son over there lit the fire again.

He was really angry, and he couldn't wait to rush forward and give this little cub two big pockets.

"Dad, don't be in a hurry to listen, I'll finish speaking."

Seeing that his father was about to rush up and fan himself angrily, Zhu Zhangui hurriedly stretched out his hand to ask his father to calm down first.

Then he looked at the large group of people who were already waiting at the door, beckoned, and let everyone in and walked towards the map sand table of the west.

Fifty or sixty people were densely packed around the huge sand table and looked at Zhu Zhangui, who was holding a long command baton.

The reason for the quarrel between the emperor and the emperor just now, they have also heard it clearly.

Many ministers felt that Zhu Fatpang was right, and the Ming Dynasty could not afford a battle with a million troops now.

Although the occupied colonies have brought countless wealth to the Ming Dynasty, the problem is that this thing also takes time, not that you can gain by occupying that side here.

It's like the Three Provinces of Asanxing, which is only harvested in the second year, almost the third year.

And in the past two or three years, how much Daming has paid is only clear in the hearts of those present.

Therefore, many important ministers who knew the situation of the imperial court actually refused to launch the Western Expedition War at this time.

It's just that seeing the eyes of the old man and the gang of veterans who are about to eat people, these guys closed their mouths very sensibly.

The sky fell, and there was a tall man on top of it.

The emperor doesn't want to fight this battle, no matter what the emperor and those veterans say, they will definitely speak out against it.

Although the emperor is domineering, but now that the emperor is in charge, the old man can only lose his temper, and nothing else can be done.

After everyone gathered around the sand, Zhu Zhangui pointed out the area of the battle.

"I believe everyone knows that the day before yesterday, the Ottomans fought a big war with our ally, the Rocco Kingdom."

"The result was not satisfactory, and our allies were almost completely wiped out. However, the Ottomans on the opposite side were not much better, almost half of the hundreds of thousands of troops were lost, and with the strength of the Ottoman Empire, such a large casualty could already be regarded as a broken bone. ”

"Coupled with the fact that the Ottoman Empire is now being spread by the Black Death, the domestic economy and productivity have fallen to the lowest point."

"It is precisely for this reason that Commander Qi Yuan, who is on the front line and knows the situation very well, put forward the idea of starting a big war in advance."

After telling everyone about the cause of the incident, Zhu Zhangui retracted his command pole and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Ottoman Empire can be said to be a leading country in the West, and it can be ranked side by side with his strength, that is, one of the few in the Timurid Golden Horde. ”

"Now that Osman is broken and broken, it is a good opportunity to kill him with a rod."

"As long as we kill the Ottomans, our plan to conquer the world's Kyushu will be more than half completed."

"At that time, if we are really unable to continue the attack, as long as we hold the current land and recuperate for more than 10 years, the world will surrender to the feet of our Ming Dynasty."

"Of course, I know what everyone thinks."

"After all, now that the West has formed an alliance, it is impossible for other countries to do it, and we will eliminate the Ottomans."

"I believe that you and my father are worried that if we launch an attack on the Ottomans here, other countries over there will join in and expand this war indefinitely until we can no longer stop it."

Zhu Fatpang and some of the important ministers present nodded slightly, they were worried about this.

If the Ottomans were to be fought alone, an army of about 100,000 would be enough.

But the problem is that the other side is not a single country, but an alliance of countless countries, and this Ottoman Empire is still the leader of the alliance.

If the Ming Dynasty attacked the Ottomans, everyone could guess without thinking about it, and other countries would definitely not do anything to see the Ottomans being wiped out.

Then their worries will be unavoidable.

Once a full-scale war starts, with the current state of the Ming Dynasty, it will not be able to support this large-scale war that may last for a long time.

Seeing that everyone nodded slightly, some veterans also frowned and pondered.

Zhu Zhangui knocked on the sand table and attracted everyone's attention.

"I have a question for everyone why we have to fight the Ottomans."

"It is undeniable that he is currently the strongest country in the West, but this war with the Rocco Kingdom has also made it physically and mentally exhausted."

"Hitting him at this time is indeed a very good opportunity."

"But this will bring us countless troubles, and even directly involve us in a long-term war."

"So my thoughts were..."

Zhu Zhangui smiled slightly, raised the command pole in his hand, and pointed to the eastern position of the Ottoman Empire.

"Timurid Empire!"

The old man's eyes narrowed.

Zhu Fatpang also fell into deep thought.

Zhu Zhangui pointed out the location of the Timurid Empire.

"The current Ottomans are a giant snake nest, and once we poke into it, we will be entangled endlessly."

"Since we don't want to get caught up in this entanglement, let's change our goal and deal with this lone poisonous snake alone in the east first."

"In this way, the Ottomans will be in a dilemma."

"To rescue Timur, he must first cross the defense line formed by Qi Yuan."

"But will he go?"

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Zhu Zhangui said directly: "He won't, because he has a deep fear of our Daming, and he won't do anything to us until he has a thorough understanding of our Daming." ”

"And the rest of the West, even if they want to support the Timurid Empire, is powerless."

"There is our naval blockade at sea, they can't get through, and the Ottoman side can't get through on land, let alone them."

"The Kingdom of the Golden Horde in the north, as far as I know, has not yet joined the Alliance of Allah."

"In this way, we will attack the Timurid Empire without any pressure at all."

"And more importantly, we don't need to use the local army, just Zhang Fu and Jianghuai in the plateau, and Deng Heng in the Western Regions, we can eat it to death."

Retracting his baton, Zhu Zhangui said to the people who were in thought: "Once we take the Timurid Empire, the middle of the north and the entire territory of the south will be connected. ”

"And the location of the border between Ottoman and Timur is just a prominent corner area, as long as we block this place, we will have a long time to recuperate."

"Once we have completed the cultivation of the Ming Dynasty, there will be no country in this world that can stop the unification of my Ming Dynasty."

"At that time, all of you present here will go down in history and be sung by future generations forever!"

Zhu Zhangui's words made everyone's hearts hot.

Especially those generals, they looked at Zhu Fatpang with blazing eyes one by one, hoping that this benevolent emperor could satisfy their little extravagance.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Zhu Fatpang took a deep breath and looked at Zhu Zhangui.

"How sure are you that you'll win?"

Zhu Zhangui looked at his father, and bowed under the old man's urging eyes.

"The sons of this war are fully sure, and I also ask my father to support the sons and daughters for my great cause."

Zhu Fatpang fell silent, he looked around at everyone present, and didn't see a single look that wanted to refuse.

He knew that at this time, this battle had reached the point where it was impossible to fight.

Everyone wanted to use this war to immortalize their fame.

If he refuses, maybe no one will say anything, but it will bring disappointment to countless people, and it will make them feel that he, the emperor, is a little too careful.

Thinking of this, Zhu Fatpang took the command pole in Zhu Zhangui's hand, flicked it vigorously towards the banner of the Timurid Empire, and put aside the flag that was inserted on the sand table to represent the Timurid Empire, and shouted in a deep voice: "For the descendants of future generations, for the ten thousand years of the Ming Dynasty, I declare that I will start war against the Timurid Empire!" ”

(End of chapter)