Jin Xuezeng's words were like a thunderclap, which directly surprised the ministers present at the military meeting.

Even Yu Dayou looked at Jin Xuezeng with a shocked expression, and asked: "The public knows how many ships are needed for a cross-sea expedition, how much civilian power is needed, and how many unpredictable risks there are, not to mention that the Japanese country is mountainous and has few flat land, it is difficult to choose the landing point, and there are too many islands, it is difficult to completely pacify the Japanese country as soon as it lands." ”

"The meaning of the contemptible people is not to completely level the Japanese state, but to divide and rule the Japanese country in the name of the peaceful Japanese and obtain its financial benefits."

Jin Xuezeng said at this time.

After hearing this, Fang Fengshi asked Jin Xuezeng: "How do you say this?" ”

"The public doesn't know, the Wa Kingdom is now in the period of chaos among the feudal domains, and it is the time to punish them, and the temple is the time when I owe a lot of blood debts owed by the Ming Dynasty."

"In addition, now the Wa State is quite rich, because of the collusion between its vassals and the smuggling Han gentry, the sea profit is very heavy, and the Wa State has a lot of silver, and the Ming Dynasty has a lot of goods, whether it is the southern gentry or the merchants, they can earn a lot of profits from the Wa State every year."

"Back then, Wang Zhi and others caused disaster to the southeast, and the Pingdo and Satsuma domains also plundered a lot of my Ming wealth, and now they are all rich."

"And before Xia Guan was still in the office, he had been to Dinghai, where he was a tribute to the Japanese State before, so there are many people who are familiar with the domestic affairs of the Japanese."

"According to the information of the lower officials' visits, nowadays, there are many smugglers funded by the gentry in our Ming Dynasty, and they collude with local powerful feudal clans in the Japanese country, and set up various workshops and shops in the local area."

"Some even directly bought or tricked Han people into working in the past, and colluded with local powerful feudal clans to exploit Han people who worked in the past, so that once they passed, it was difficult to return to their hometowns alive."

"In addition, there are more powerful smugglers who directly collude with the local powerful feudal clans to obtain the right to trade, and they can take the smugglers to the cities where the local powerful feudal lords are stationed to trade, but these merchants need to pay heavy taxes, and this heavy tax is divided between the local powerful feudal and the smugglers who cooperate with them."

And these smugglers also colluded with pirates to rob those who tried to smuggle alone! Or directly ask the local powerful water army to come forward to suppress it. ”

"And the imperial court can send a crack sailor to destroy the smugglers and merchants who suppressed the workshops and shops of our Ming and Han people in the local area, and even order the local strong vassals to pay compensation to weaken their power, so as not to make the southeast coast of the Kouben Dynasty in the future."

"In fact, the rebellion in the temple was because these powerful clans grew stronger with the help of smugglers, and they coveted my Ming Dynasty."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone straight to Nanjing back then."

"According to the people who lived in the Wa Kingdom all the year round, the Xia Guan later asked the people who lived in the Wa Kingdom all the year round, and learned that the Wa State was a strong feudal clan like the Satsuma Domain, and there was a desire to test the reality of the dynasty."

Jin Xue once said that the other party said at the right time: "Therefore, whether it is to teach the Japanese state a lesson, or to prevent the Japanese state from becoming bigger again with the help of smugglers and committing crimes against this dynasty, or to reduce taxes to benefit the goods of this dynasty, and to make compensation for the plundering of our southeast in the past, and to release the captured craftsmen and people, it is necessary to levy the Japanese people!" It can also increase national funds and prepare for the future use of troops in the southwest, northwest, and northeast. ”

"Of course, the Wa country is mountainous and less flat, not suitable for a large army to land, and the islands are vertical and horizontal, which is not conducive to the united front, so if the imperial court destroys its country, it is very difficult to encroach on it, first weaken its momentum, earn its financial resources, and crusade to ask its crimes, so there is no need to send many soldiers and horses, in general, only 20,000 or 30,000 southern soldiers, 10,000 or 20,000 sailors are enough, and there is no need to invest too many troops at the beginning, thousands of elites can be, and it is not easy for the vassals of the Wa Kingdom to be vigilant, and then use the technique of combining vertical and horizontal to slowly increase the number of troops."

"You don't have to use troops now, you just have to prepare first, and in a few years, if you want to raise troops, the first thing should be this!"

"What's more, the southern soldiers have only been fighting against the Japanese in the southeast for many years, and many officers and generals are familiar with fighting against the Japanese, so it is not difficult to select a few thousand elite soldiers who have fought a hundred battles with the Japanese."

"Even if it is a boat master, he has fought against the Japanese several times back then, and he is also familiar with the Japanese navy."

"In addition, the locations of the Wa Kingdom Hirado and Satsuma Domains were already mostly Fujian, Guanghe, and Zhejiang, and most of them were hired workers who were oppressed by the local powerful feudal clans and smugglers.

"Xia Guan also asked the smugglers who had gone to the Wa Kingdom, and according to them, if the sea from Dinghai to Satsuma Prefecture was good, it would be possible in seven days."

"It can be seen that if you really want to send troops to fight in the Japanese country, you don't have to worry about taking too much time. And now there are a lot of smuggling ships in Fujian and Zhejiang to the Japanese country, and it is not difficult to send Jinyi Wei to infiltrate and investigate first, find out the sea situation, and prepare for the future cross-sea war against the Japanese. ”

After Jin Xuezeng finished speaking, Fang nodded at the right time, looked at Yu Dayou and said, "In this way, now is really a good opportunity to conquer the Japanese." ”

"But Taizu once had ancestral teachings, saying that the country of the Japanese is a country that is not to be conquered."

At this time, Jiang Yilin said.

"It's okay, now that there are many strong feudal civil wars in the Japanese Kingdom, you can send someone to contact one side first, so that one side of the soon-to-be-destroyed feudal clan will ask my royal master to rebel on the grounds that he is willing to recognize my Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, so it is not a conquest of the Japanese."

Jin Xuezeng replied at this time.

Ye Mengxiong nodded and said, "You can also use the army against the Wa Kingdom on the grounds of suppressing thieves." No one knows whether the remnants of Wang Zhizhi are making waves in the Wa Kingdom, and want to try to go to the southeast of China and even the entire society? As long as it is not a war against the Japanese, it cannot be said to be a conquest of the Japanese. ”

"In Zilu's opinion, how much money is expected to be added to the imperial court by sending troops to the Wa Kingdom?"

Fang Fengshi asked again at this time.

Jin Xuezeng replied: "The lower officials don't know how much this is, but as far as the lower officials know, just the Wa Guoshi sees the silver mountain and produces one million taels of silver every year." Not to mention, there were many grains in the various feudal clans with an annual income of more than 100,000 koku. ”

Fang Fengshi gasped after hearing this, and muttered four words: "Ishimi Silver Mountain." ”

Then, Fang Fengshi said: "In this way, as long as the troops sent are not more than 100,000, there will be 20,000 or 30,000 land and water troops, and even only thousands of elite soldiers will be sent at the beginning, once it is successful, the benefits will obviously be very considerable!" ”

"And if it really succeeds, it may be able to at least guarantee an increase in official profits of more than one million taels to the imperial court in the future!"

"In combat, we must pay attention to the time, place, and people, and not just weigh the pros and cons."

"Although my Ming Dynasty can now fight a lot of elites of the Japanese invaders, but the southwest, northwest, and even the northeast must have strong troops stationed, once you really want to send thousands of elites to cross the sea, and if the whole army is wiped out because of the time without a fight, the loss is not only thousands of elites, it is likely to affect the entire national fortune."

Yu Dayou said at this time.

As a veteran of a hundred battles who has personally experienced the battle, he is obviously more cautious than civil officials like Jin Xuezeng in dealing with the start of the war.

Fang Fengshi, as an old minister who has served as a border minister for many years, also understands Yu Dayou's worries.

Because people are not silver after all, especially the elite of the Ming Empire, it is not really like the pension regulations of the King James Dynasty, it is only worth thirty taels of silver.

After all, that could be the seed of becoming a general in the future army.

Therefore, Fang Fengshi only said: "We are only providing Your Majesty with the Privy Council's strategy for the next few years, and whether we want to do this or not, we have to ask the Holy Judge." ”

"But at present, it seems that the southwest, northwest, and northeast are all just a waste of national funds, and we still need to wait for the opportunity, but the Japanese are the easiest military affairs to carry out at the moment, if Your Majesty really wants to raise troops."

After Fang Fengshi said, he said: "Therefore, I think that the Privy Council should take the raising of troops to fight for the Japanese as the most important military matter at present, and it is known to His Majesty, I don't know what the public thinks?" ”

Jin Xuezeng gave his hand: "The lower officials have no objections." ”

Ye Mengxiong also bowed his hand: "The lower officials have no objections. ”

Jiang Yilin also arched his hand and said: "It can only be like this." The public is right, the Privy Council only provides His Majesty with a strategy, and as for the decision-making, it can only depend on the will of God. ”

Fang Fengshi looked at Yu Dayou, whose eyebrows were white: "If you really want to use troops in the Japanese country in the future, land battles will naturally be inseparable from Qi Hou, and water battles will not be separated from Gong; When Kou came to commit the crime, Qi Yu Shuangbi needed to retreat, and now Kou went and asked Kou about his crime, and the second prince should also ask him; If the wolf is sealed, and the stone is seen in the silver mountain, it is all his work, but he is quite old, can he still eat? ”

After hearing this, Yu Dayou said: "I quit drinking!" ”