Phnom Penh still has a lot of troops, and the Phnom Penh general Sota Poni is not a mediocre person, and the military generals of the Indochina Peninsula, in the eyes of the Ming generals, are all strange ways, and it is easy to suffer losses if you are not careful.

Moreover, the Southern Expeditionary Army only had one battalion of tanks, and it was in Ayutthaya.

It's also a good thing that Phnom Penh wants to surrender.

It can reduce the battle damage of your sons.

But one thing to say, regardless of whether Phnom Penh wants to surrender or not, it is necessary to appropriately reduce the number of troops surrendered in Phnom Penh, that is, even if you want to accept surrender, you have to fight a few more battles first.

He said to the ministers, "Regarding the possible arrival of Ava Ze in Gyeonggi, you will not leave the gate of the Mukden Hall and the official office of the Ministry of Rites!"

This is to be kept confidential in advance.

Lest the news of Phnom Penh's surrender while coming to Daming and fighting with the Ming Xiongshi will spread to the Phnom Penh army and cause a mutiny, then the surrender of the Phnom Penh royal family will be meaningless.

The Ministers' Decree.

Lang Zhong, who was staying in Gyeonggi from the military department, suddenly got up and said, "Your Majesty, Phnom Penh is in sight, and the big city will not escape, and at that time, seven or eight out of ten of the Indochina Peninsula will be my Ming territory, can we take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely defeat that area of the Bay of Bengal?"

Zhu Jianji smiled and looked at He Jian, "What does He Shangshu think?"

He Jian fell silent.

The rest of the courtiers exchanged heads and talked about each other.

To tell the truth, the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, even these courtiers now, are not war-loving people, but the expansion of the Ming Dynasty is too smooth, and it is easy to arouse people's ambitions.

I thought that the territory of the Ming Dynasty would increase by about half, and with the addition of Mobei, it would directly multiply.

How could it not be exciting.

Therefore, when I heard that Lang Zhongyi said that he would continue to fight the Bay of Bengal area, most of the courtiers still agreed, and only the Hubu side looked more solemn.

The household department, which controls the state treasury, is the one who knows the state of the country best.

Daming can hit the Bay of Bengal area.

But such a long distance.

Without the help of cement official roads and steam trucks, the logistics grain and grass needed by the expeditionary army will increase exponentially, and it is really not cost-effective to fight now, the key is that it is also a poor and remote area, and it is not of much significance to fight down, it is better to manage the areas of Cochin, Champong, Vientiane, Phnom Penh and Dacheng, and make them the back garden of the Ming Dynasty, and plunder its manpower and mineral resources to the fullest.

That's the best way to go.

Zhu Jianji also has his thoughts in his heart, but the major affairs of the court still have to be discussed with the ministers, so as not to be said that he is dictatorial - well, in fact, Zhu Jianji is actually doing dictatorial things.

Because many things in Daming at the moment were forcibly promoted by him.

It's just because the ending is good.

So there is no backlash.

If the Ming Dynasty has been defeated in the matter of the Southern Expedition, you see how many people will jump out of the court to contradict him, and it is not possible to directly push the emperor out and re-ascend the throne.

[In view of the general environment,

If the situation continues to be worse, plus the opening of the sea and the land issue will also touch the interests of the superstructure, as long as Zhu Jianji's operation makes the country decline, the kind that will never recover, the superstructure of the whole country will unite and let the blessed king Zhu Jianjin ascend the throne!

Of course, there is no such possibility now.

Because the Jingo Army has formed a combat force!

That's the Son of Heaven's pro-army!

Moreover, under the operation of Zhu Jianji, Daming is thriving, and the damage to the interests caused by the opening of the sea is slowly making up for it through other means.

But Zhu Jianji knew that there was still a tough battle to be fought.

Land reform!

This involves the fundamental interests of the superstructure, and is the labor pain of successive dynasties, and it is basically wishful thinking to reform the land without bloodshed.

Don't look at the tea talk of the monarch and the ministers now, once the land reform begins, it will be an invisible battle between the monarchs and the ministers.

A whole bunch of people will even die.

After waiting for a while, He Jian said slowly: "Whether it is from the grain and grass of the household department, the current situation of the southern expeditionary army, or the maritime trade situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is not the best policy to fight the big city and continue to fight the Bay of Bengal region."

Zhu Jianji nodded, "Then the Qing family will discuss it in detail, and see what are the pros and cons of entering the Bay of Bengal region after the southern expedition to the big city."

And then he stopped talking.

Sit back and wait for the ministers to discuss.

The civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty are not vegetarians, Your Majesty spoke, then express their opinions, soon, the people of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies got up and said that they should continue to fight, after all, the army is now in full swing, do not fight now, after collecting the troops and returning to China, and then go to fight later, the transfer of military horses is also to consume grain and grass, but it is a waste of time, and the Ming Dynasty is now powerful, the momentum is like a rainbow, and it should be a blow.

The governors of the five armies are all military generals.

Of course, they hope that the Ming Dynasty has been fighting, so that the status of military generals can be maintained.

In troubled times, the military generals of the prosperous world are civilians.

Therefore, on the side of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, almost more than half of the people supported the continuation of the use of troops in the Bay of Bengal region after the defeat of Ayutthaya.

People from the Ministry of Agriculture also came out and said that there are also a lot of specialties in the Bay of Bengal region.

The implication is to snatch it back.

If it can be localized, it will be vigorously planted in the Bay of Bengal and then shipped back to China to ensure the food needed for the population boom.

The idea of the Ministry of Agriculture is also very simple.

Now the population in China is growing too fast, and this year's population increase is estimated to reach more than 10 million.

The grain cultivation currently promoted in Daming is sufficient.

But if the population continues to grow so dramatically, sooner or later there will be a food crisis, and then the Ministry of Agriculture will be the most responsible, so the idea of the Ministry of Agriculture is to rob foreign countries as much as possible.

It can't be helped.

Uplink and down.

Since His Majesty Emperor Guang'an has the mentality of robbing foreign resources to enrich the country, it is normal for the Ministry of Agriculture to have such an idea, especially on the side of the Ministry of Industry, which has been drooling over the mines in the Indochina Peninsula.

The Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites didn't squeak, and it had nothing to do with them.

Tobe was also silent.

They are directly opposed to continuing to attack the Bay of Bengal region, but now that His Majesty has not expressed his position, it is certainly impossible for the household department to jump out and provoke His Majesty's unhappiness.

There is no room for provocation.

The rest of the monasteries, prisons, and divisions of the people got up one after another to express their opinions, and those who supported and opposed them were similar, some people thought that they could not chew too much to chew, and some people thought that it was better to choose the most worry-free way anyway, so as not to continue the southern expedition to the Bay of Bengal region in the future.

The discussion was intense.

But the atmosphere was harmonious.

The number of people who spoke gradually decreased, Zhu Jianji saw that He Jian was still silent, and He Jian didn't speak, and the people from the military department did not come out to discuss the matter, so he smiled and said, "He Shangshu, He Dashangshu, doesn't the military department have any ideas?"

He Jian said slowly: "Weichen thinks that after beating Phnom Penh and Ayutthaya, the most important thing is not the Bay of Bengal area, but Manraka in the south of Phnom Penh, which is the throat of my Ming Dynasty in the Indochina Peninsula, and the Bay of Bengal region is insignificant at all!"

Zhu Jianji nodded slightly, "Is it the Strait of Malacca?"

The ministers were stunned.

What is the Strait of Malacca?

There is indeed a city of Manraka over there, but what the hell is the Strait of Malacca, is it the sea outside the city of Manraka, the key is that everyone doesn't know it.

The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are looking at the maps of Phnom Penh, Champong, Dacheng and other places these days.

Who will pay attention to Manraka.

It's too far after all.

It is the end of the tail of the Indochina Peninsula.