After Zhu Yijun replied like this, Zhang Wei immediately said yes.

Then, Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Xijue again: "Wang Ge Lao." ”

"The minister is here!"

Wang Xijue stepped forward with an excited face.

Zhu Yijun said to Wang Xijue: "Let me ask you, does the country still have a policy that needs to be reformed urgently?" ”

Wang Xijue said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks there is more." ”

"Come on."

Zhu Yijun replied.

Wang Xijue said yes, and raised his eyebrows and replied: "The wisdom of the people has not yet been exhausted, and they are still respected and re-educated!" ”

"First, we must build more schools and accumulate more scholars, so that everyone in the world can be taught;"

"The second is to value business and benefit the people, reduce business taxes, stop weaving, stop supply, and make it easier for the people to know etiquette."

"Bachelor Guo once told me that the difference between the noble and the low cannot be without, and I also hope that I can make the noble more expensive than the people."

Zhu Yijun laughed and replied, then sat on the chair and looked at Wang Xijue:

"However, as the saying goes, scarcity is precious, once a school is built and more scholars are accumulated, and everyone in the world is a scholar, how should it reflect what is valuable and what is cheap?"

"This question should have been for Guo Qing to answer me, but now it is up to you, Wang Ge Lao, to answer me."

Zhu Yijun said.

Wang Xijue said yes, and then said: "Everyone in the world knows the etiquette, that is, Datong, naturally there is no need to distinguish between the high and the low, Your Majesty will be able to rule the world by then." ”

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, I won't be able to rule the world."

"Because as Qing said, if the scholars should be generous, then if the people in the country are all scholars, that is, everyone should be generous to the favors, and then I am afraid that the financial resources will be unsustainable, and these scholars are only afraid that they will fight fiercely with each other, and they must also distinguish between the inferior enemy and me."

Zhu Yijun smiled and replied.

"Your Majesty need not worry, for at that time the wisdom of the people of our country will not be comparable to that of today, and the increase in the wealth and taxes of our country will not be comparable to that of today."

Wang Xijue replied.

Zhu Yijun smiled slightly, noncommittal.

Zhu Yijun then left Wenyuan Pavilion.

Wang Xijue sent Zhu Yijun away, and then took a long breath, and looked at Zhang Wei: "When did the prince reveal the secret and say that he wanted to inspect North Korea and Dongying?" ”

"Naturally, it was yesterday."

Zhang Weiyan replied with a smile.

Wang Xijue said with a smile: "When the time comes, the prince may be able to take a look at the situation of commerce and trade, and he can find that he can trade and make the world happy." ”

Zhang Wei replied: "The contemptible person remembers the words of the elder Ge. ”

Three days later, Shen Shixing officially left Beijing, and Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, Wang Xijue, Zheng Luo, Shen Li, Yu Shenxing, Zhang Wei, Luo Wanhua, and Shen Cheng all came to see him off.

Shen Shixing saw Qi Jiguang first, and asked Qi Jiguang: "At the fair, the cardinal minister and the princes of the Privy Council didn't go?" ”

"That's what I meant!"

"Because it is not advisable for those who are in charge of the army to pay attention to the affairs of commerce."

"Not only did the princes of the Privy Council not go, but I also did not let them go, but I asked them to strengthen their vigilance."

Qi Jiguang replied at this time.

After hearing this, Shen Shixing nodded and smiled: "The cardinal minister is really far away. ”

"Yuan Fu has won the award, but with the contemptible opinion, people in the army are not allowed to do business, nor can they ask about business and trade, and if they want to see any novelty objects, they don't have to go to the expo, they can watch and buy at the shops when they are resting after the expo."

Qi Jiguang replied a few words at this time, and added: "After all, the fall of scholars and doctors is actually a rapid decline after the boom of commerce, and if the person who holds the knife also merges with business, the consequences will be even more unimaginable." ”

Shen Shixing nodded.

And Qi Jiguang's words were known to Zhu Yijun soon after.

Zhu Yijun summoned Qi Jiguang for this reason: "Ji Guogong made a high opinion to Master Shen today? ”

Qi Jiguang arched his hand and replied: "The minister is ashamed, I can't say that it is a lofty theory, but I can't bear to see that the soldiers of the dynasty are only fighting for profit." ”

"The soldiers of the world do not fight for profit, but why do they fight?"

Zhu Yijun asked at this time.

"But fight for the long-term stability of the country!"

Qi Jiguang replied.

Zhu Yijun commanded at this time: "Keep talking!" How do you fight for long-term peace? ”

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, since the imperial court decided to conquer Luzon, the minister has carefully studied the Buddha Lang Jiwen, and recently read all their books and texts copied from Luzon, and the minister found that they are very ambitious!"

"Moreover, these Xiyi have been expanding rapidly all over the world, and the root of all this is that they think they have discovered the New World and want to seize all the wealth of the New World as soon as possible!"

"Therefore, the minister also believes that the dynasty should also seize all the wealth of the New World as soon as possible, and cannot fall behind these people."

"Otherwise, once all the gold, silver, copper, iron, and even Yi slaves in the world are in the hands of their Xiyi, then they will be more abundant and will have knowledge, and even be more advanced in knowledge than us! Then we are backward for its bullying also! ”

"In addition, the minister found that whether it was these Western Yi, or the Eastern Yi, or the Tatar, Warat, Jurchen and other Yi, they were stealing the wisdom of their own people, and they were only learning the skills of cultivation and weaving, forging and smelting, and at the worst they were learning the way of training our troops and governing the country; If this dynasty does not destroy its nobles, open up its territory, and assimilate its people, I am afraid that it will repeat the scourge of barbarism and annihilation of China in the future. ”

Qi Jiguang gushed at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "I asked the second assistant Wang Xijue today, what he means is to emphasize business and promote religion and accumulate scholars. ”

"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, time is not waiting for me, in fact, it is not too late to re-engage in business and religion after driving out the Tartars and turning the world into the king's land, which is like a newly discovered deer, which should be eaten first, and then digested."

Qi Jiguang replied.

"It's not easy to chase a deer, how can Qing make a soldier willing to conquer the territory thousands of miles away?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Qi Jiguang replied: "Naturally, all the differences between the noble and the low are based on military merit as the first trade-off, so that the world is valued by the army, so that the soldiers are willing to fight for the glory of the ancestors and the sealing of their wives and sons!" ”

Zhu Yijun stood up at this time, held his belt with both hands, and looked at Qi Jiguang: "I understand what you mean, the world we know now is no longer the world known to people before, there are still many newly discovered rich places in the world, waiting for us to reclaim, if we don't go, they will become fertile soil to nourish the enemy!" It's just that this person will support if he eats too much, and won't the country support it if he eats too much for a while? ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, the reckless use of military force will cause the national funds to be depleted too quickly, and you won't have time to accumulate it, and even provoke internal troubles."

"But Your Majesty's military power is flourishing at the moment, and the strong generals of this dynasty have not yet fallen into the way of arrogance and luxury, if you don't take this opportunity to eliminate Zhuyi, I am afraid that in the future, the strong soldiers and strong generals will only drink the blood of the soldiers and eat empty salaries, and even delay in comfort, so even if you have the heart of expansion, you will not have the power to expand."

"What's more, the Franc machine and others have just been defeated by my Ming Dynasty, and the Tatars have also suffered a great injury, and the dynasty has still gained a firm foothold on Wajima, if you don't further raise troops to destroy the barbarians at this time, it will undoubtedly be a waste of all your previous achievements!"

"Moreover, I am afraid that when it slows down, it will be more difficult to eliminate, and it will even make it redouble its learning of the civilization and skills of my Han family, and become an even more difficult enemy to resist!"

Qi Jiguang continued to elaborate his views and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister believes that the imperial court should at least first build cities in Korea, Dongying, Ryukyu, Dongfan, Annam, Manraka, and Siam Tuntian, and immigrate to the king, so that they can be connected into a chain, and like the Great Wall on the Ming Sea!"

Zhu Yijun groaned after hearing this, and then personally opened the curtain on the side of the wall where the "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" was hung in his hall, and looked at the southeast side of the Ming Dynasty, and asked: "Qing wants the Ming Dynasty to use this island chain as a place that can be defended and attacked in the future?" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Zhu Yijun looked at the map at this time and said: "Spread the decree, tomorrow in the Qinzheng Palace, the head will be set!" ”

(End of chapter)