After Zhang Juzheng asked this, Yang Zhao was speechless for a while, not knowing how to refute it.

Even the other ministers present were not able to say anything.

How to deal with Qi Jiguang is indeed a difficult problem for Zhu Yijun and his important ministers.

The reason is that although Qi Jiguang was born as a hereditary officer of the guard, he himself relied on the recruitment system to become the commander of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang's old department is basically his own people trained by him, and unlike Li Chengliang, the generals of the Wei system, most of the officials and generals under Li Chengliang are all filled by the children of other generals in the Nine Sides, and only his own family has his own Li family's children to lead.

And in this way, it is inevitable that the imperial court will not be allowed to defend the embankment, and the old department of the embankment Qi Jiguang only knows to listen to Qi Jiguang, but does not know to listen to the imperial court.

However, the problem is not that serious.

After all, there are not many southern soldiers now, and most of Qi Jiguang's old troops have not yet reached the point of commanding the troops.

But the problem is that if the imperial court wants to continue to use Qi Jiguang's old department, it must take precautions, otherwise, it can only let these Qi family troops be disbanded in situ and be used again in wartime.

Zhang Juzheng put forward this suggestion at this time, in addition to strengthening the imperial power on the one hand, after all, since the opening of the global era of exploration, the local gentry who have risen by sea trade have begun to challenge the imperial power, and on the other hand, it is because they do not want the imperial court to abandon the Qi family army in the future.

At this time, Fang Feng got up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Yuanfu's proposal!" The horses and guests selected by this dynasty have been more idle since they only took the people, and after the sudden nobility, it is easy to break the discipline of the court, lose the face of the heavenly family, and also make the princess wronged; ”

"Therefore, this system of selecting horses and honorifies should restore the old system of Taizu at the beginning of the country, and use the emperor's family with martial arts, such as the case of Princess Ningguo marrying Mei Gong, the nephew of Marquis Mei Sizu of Runan;"

"In addition, even if the Marquis of Qi has a high merit in the future, it will be regarded as an honorable retirement if he retreats as a national relative, so as not to chill the heroes, and he can also use the example that the Emperor can serve as the governor of the five armies, and senate the military aircraft in the Privy Council, but he doesn't have to bring troops anymore, so his old department can also be used."

Zhu Yijun said: "Since this is the case, it is so decided, and the decree is issued, and the children of the Qi family will be selected in Beijing!" In addition, the Privy Council asked Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, etc., how to prepare for the conscription, and when to send troops? ”

"Your Majesty!"

At this time, Pan Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said: "The three families of Shimazu, Otomo, and Ryuzoji Temple, the chieftains of the Japanese Kingdom, have all sent tribute envoys, and sent a note to persuade our dynasty to give up the intention of conquering the Japanese, saying that they have the protection of the gods, and also said that if we insist on marching into the army, they will unite the three families, destroy the royal division I have entered at all costs, and ask the guilty of this dynasty, and will make the southeastern provinces uneasy!" ”

The so-called kamikaze of the Japanese people is the typhoon encountered by the Yuan Dynasty when it conquered the Japanese in the past, because this typhoon forced the Yuan Dynasty to give up the destruction of the sun, so the Japanese people called this typhoon the kamikaze.

Nowadays, the area of Kyushu adjacent to the Ming Dynasty is mainly the strongest among the three daimyos, namely Shimazu, Otomo and Ryuzoji.

These three daimyo were originally fighting each other for hegemony in Kyushu, but in the ninth year of Wanli, the three parties entered a short truce period that appeared in history, and at this time, the Ming Dynasty also began to prepare for the conquest, and the three of them simply had to make temporary peace, ready to unanimously send a note to the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Shen Shixing heard that the Japanese people threatened to plunder the southeast as revenge, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and he had to say bluntly: "Your Majesty, there are many giant households in the southeast that trade with the Japanese state, and I am afraid that the Japanese state will only know about the conquest of the Japanese by this dynasty, and I am afraid that there will really be a situation where the giant households will collude with the Japanese to harass the southeast again." Now that the three chieftains of the Japanese kingdom are threatening, I am afraid that it is not a joke, and the dynasty should also be prepared for this! ”

Zhu Yijun sneered after hearing this: "Puer is a small country, and you dare to threaten this dynasty?" It's as if when this dynasty didn't conquer them, they didn't come to disturb the peace of our southeast! ”

"In my opinion, this peace cannot be obtained by relying on the charity of others, but only by fighting it out yourself can we have peace."

"The troubles of the world temple have been eliminated now, all because the soldiers of the country used their lives, the righteous people dared to die, and the bureaucrats dared to act, not that the Japanese slaves suddenly had a conscience and knew that the robbery was indecent."

Saying that, Zhu Yijun said with a solemn expression: "Besides, if he is coming, I really can't go?" As long as we are afraid of him coming, they are really not afraid that we will go? ”

"I believe that I and the people of the southeast, no one wants to live a trembling life, and I am afraid that he will come to plunder every day, so it is better to hurt him once, so that he will become trembling, afraid that we will ask for the guilt!"

"What's more, these Japanese slave chieftains will only attack excessively one by one, and they don't know how to do benevolence, which makes a large number of Japanese people bankrupt, and then flows to my Ming Dynasty as thieves, which can be described as harming the world! If I don't ask about the sin again, ask him about the crime of attacking excessively and not practicing benevolence, I am afraid that the world will be more and more chaotic by these chieftains! ”

"Your Majesty said yes."

Shen Shixing replied.

Zhu Yijun continued: "However, what Shen Qing said is right, make preparations as soon as possible, let the southeast and southeast governors be cautious, and send more sailors to patrol and monitor the ships that come to my Ming Dynasty." ”

Then, Zhu Yijun got up and stretched his sleeves: "In addition, tell the envoy that if they commit the crime of Kou I in the southeast again, I will not only ask for the crime, but directly slaughter his country!" ”

Pan Sheng said yes after hearing this.

At a time when Zhu Yijun and his ruling ministers were carrying out a new policy of integrating the officials and gentry to pay food and serve errands, in the military aspect, preparations for the conquest of the Japanese state have also been in full swing.

To this end, the Zhijiang Shipyard was also reopened as a new base for building warships and training sailors.

At the same time, politically, Zhu Yijun also specially sent Nanhe Bo Fangye to Nanjing Xiaoling on his behalf, and recited and burned the book written by the champion Sun Jigao in the name of Emperor Zhu Yijun to tell Taizu to know about the Japanese army, and wrote in the book why he wanted to conquer the Japanese country, and listed dozens of major crimes caused by the Japanese plague to the dynasty.

"The so-called New Deal is just a favor to the gentry, especially if I take away the benefits of my Nanzhi!"

"That's it, the gentleman should not focus on profit and ignore righteousness, the court wants to eliminate the gentry preferential exemption will deplete the tax source, and the benefits of the gentry are acceptable."

"But as a result, the wealth accumulated, not to mention the thrift to extend the country, but used to use the army to fight against foreign countries!"

"Others are okay, Ge Lao is a Wu person, why is he still indisputable?!"

Although the matter of the conquest of the Japanese was initiated by the privy envoy Fang at the right time on the grounds that it was difficult for the Japanese to conquer the world, Zhang Juzheng did not stop it, so that the big war has been seriously prepared, but there are still many opponents, even the majority, and it is only because there are many people in favor of the high-level of imperial power that it seems that not many people oppose it.

Hu Ke gave Ye Shixin in the middle of the matter, so he specially asked to see Shen Shixing, questioned Shen Shixing, and said after questioning:

"It stands to reason that now is the time to reduce the number of soldiers to save the people's wealth!"

"After all, the wealth of the wealthy is not blown by the wind, but also taken from the people!"

As a result, not only does not save people's wealth, but also greatly increases the army, you can imagine that in the future, after these arrogant soldiers and fierce generals are more and more, once the court has no money to support, what kind of chaos will be born! With these soldiers now, I can't afford it anymore, Ge Lao! ”

"I don't understand, why don't you cut down the soldiers and control the martial arts!"

After Ye Shixin said this, he clenched his fists.

Governor Shen Shi exhaled: "Do you think I don't know that military spending is a heavy burden on Nanzhi? But if he doesn't hurt his Japanese slaves once, who knows if his Japanese slaves will reproduce the large-scale robbery of the World Temple? ”

After asking, Shen Shixing sighed and said: "You young generation officials, you only see the imperial court in order to raise elite soldiers and seize the advantage of the south of the Yangtze River more heavily, but you don't see the brutal picture of a large number of Japanese robbers going deep into the hinterland of the southeast to slaughter and rape and kidnap people. ”

"People made this decision because they had seen with their own eyes the scenes of a large number of ronins plundering the southeast due to the continuous war in the Japanese country! Instead of welcoming the young and too sharp Son of Heaven. ”

"The Privy Council's question book is very comprehensive, if the Ming Dynasty does not fight the Japanese country once now, it will win a war in the future."

"Because according to the information brought back by Jinyiwei, there is an overlord named Yushiba Hideyoshi (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) in the Japanese State, and he has a plan of 'Tang Jin', which is a plan to destroy my Ming Dynasty, and has unified their China, and wants to use Kyushu as a base to destroy my Ming Dynasty."

"It can be seen that even if we don't have to fight in the Japanese country, this person will invade my Ming Dynasty again in the future!"

"The key is that I want to eliminate this catastrophe, and there is no doubt that the more you go to the back, the greater the cost! After all, he hasn't ruled the land yet. ”

"Otherwise, Motosuke, who was already intent on laying off troops, would have stopped it a long time ago!"

"It's all because I know that the Japanese kingdom has not yet been reunified, and there are constant wars, so it is the most suitable time to divide and rule for peace."

After Shen Shixing said, Ye Shixin was quite shocked when he heard it, and asked, "I don't know!" ”

Shen Shixing said: "After the reform and establishment of the political affairs hall, and the officials do not have to participate in the decision-making, they will naturally not know this, I am afraid that there are too many people on the council, and many strategies will be easily leaked." ”

Ye Shixin nodded after hearing this, and arched his hand: "Thank you Pavilion Elder for mentioning it, otherwise, the lower officials will only complain about the center's poor military force." ”

Shen Shixing just smiled faintly, and said: "If you are really worried about the Japanese kingdom and the southeastern Kou I will be on a larger scale, it is better to ask Your Majesty to issue an edict, and wherever the Japanese rebellion occurs in the future, you will be exempted from paying taxes and silver for a year, so as not to go to the Japanese and thieves again!" ”

"It's not at this time, going against the Son of Heaven who is in full swing and forcing him to rebel."

"As a giving, you must be able to pick up the gaps, and don't try to stop the things that the Son of Heaven and the ruling ministers have decided on one by one, because you can't reverse it!"

"And if you want to forcibly stop it, it will exacerbate the contradiction between the monarch and the minister, you and I are courtiers to be able to admonish the Son of Heaven, but don't go against the Son of Heaven."

Shen Shixing shook his head and sighed as he spoke, "How to be a good person, do you want me to teach you?" How to manage the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and reconcile and weigh each other's positions, you should seriously understand it yourself, otherwise you will not go far! ”

Ye Shixin suddenly bowed his hand with admiration, and said: "In this way, Xie Ge Lao advised, and the lower officials know what to do!" ”

(End of chapter)