The ministers could not forget that the first court meeting at the beginning of the emperor's ascension to the throne stirred the minds of the lords and generals.

The participants are more aware that the first so-called "unswerving national policy" at the national policy meeting is the Great Wall of the South Sea.

The emperor's desire to expand the territory is understood by everyone. However, from the sixteenth year of Zhengde to the fourth year of Jiajing, the emperor first supported the interests of Yang Ting, the Qing Revolution Emperor Zhuanghuangdian, and the relatives of the Emperor; set up the Emperor Ming Ji again, and let them take out their assets to "buy shares"; In the end, because of the new law, Zhang Wei was beheaded, and Huguang Sanwei rebelled.

Before the establishment of this military council, His Majesty only emphasized one Beijing camp in terms of military power, and the rest was just a beating.

Now, the opportunity for the military generals to make immortal achievements has come: rebellions are indefinite every year, but the expansion of the territory only depends on how big the heart is!

Of course, it also depends on whether they have the courage and ability to help the emperor expand the territory.

As soon as the topic was raised, all that was received was misgiving.

Speak of doubts, read as opposition.

"Your Majesty, during the Xuande period, he abandoned Jiaozhi, and his people did not accept the king for a long time, resulting in the tendency of Jiaozhi to be sick in one place. If there is civil strife in Jiaozhi, it is not difficult for Wang Shiping to be peaceful, but why did it become one of the foundations of the Northern Imperial Tatar and Warat? ”

It was Peng Ze who spoke up.

He is very famous and has very old qualifications.

Back then, he was the one who fought with Wang Qiong for the secretary of the military department. He had a very good relationship with Yang Tinghe, and Yang Tinghe, who resigned as prime minister and minister of state, still left a person to be reckoned with in the capital after all.

Peng Ze is not a good other official, and he only uses his life experience to be a staff officer in the military affairs conference.

Now as soon as he opened his mouth, everyone thought of Yang Tinghe.

The emperor wanted to move his mind, didn't Yang Tinghe think of it a long time ago?

If the new law collapses as a result of easy speech, the leader of the new law will eventually die without a place to be buried. Could it be that Peng Ze is the person who stayed behind to persuade the emperor not to think about the new strategy?

Zhu Houxi had long expected such a reaction, and his face did not change: "Therefore, it was just a secret plan first, which is called a plan." What I can give you is the news that the Erlang of the Outer Inspection Factory risked their lives to return to Beijing, and there is a steady stream of news. According to these news, according to the actual national strength and combat power of the Ming Dynasty, what you have to do is to deduce. It includes not only the deduction of the direction of the war, but also the deduction of how to govern and what results will lead to after the recovery of Jiaozhi. ”

After looking at Peng Ze, Zhu Houxi looked at Wang Shouren again: "The war cannot be started lightly, and I will not be lightly started." Now that this military council has been established, you are called staff officers, and you should have a big topic to think about. This is the topic. I will wait and see how the military affairs meeting will plan many plans for the Ming military state! ”

Yes, only plotting, only the brain cells of the "staff officers" were injured. Maybe some people will have more gray hair for this, but think about the strategy in advance, whether to use it or not, whether to beat it or not, another matter.

But is this really just a topic?

Impossible.

Wang Shouren looked at Zhu Houxi and thought silently in his heart.

Yongle levied Jiaozhi, and Xuande abandoned it, which has its own reasons. Wang Shouren was not sure if the emperor had fully understood the complications.

A very important point is: why did His Majesty say that after recovering Cochin, it could be used as one of the foundations for the northern attack on Tatar and Warat?

Everyone's eyes converged on Yang Yiqing, he is the chief staff officer of the Military Affairs Conference, what is his judgment?

Yang Yiqing opened his mouth: "In the sixth year of Yongle, Emperor Taizong was recorded in history to get Annan, pacified the people with 3.12 million wonders, and obtained 2.0875 thousand barbarians. ”

He opened his mouth to be a number, and in the face of today's new topic, Yang Yiqing first showed the same genius-level memory.

Everyone pondered the reason why Yang Yiqing listed these figures, and only heard him ask the emperor very calmly: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, if Ke is reinstated, kill, or caressing?" ”

There was silence in the Wuying Palace.

Wang Shouren's heart was also like pressing a boulder, and he looked at the emperor solemnly.

Yang Yiqing spoke very simply, and one sentence went straight to the essence.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were millions of people. Although there is a large area of suitable grain in Jiaozhi, how much surplus grain can be transported to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty to feed so many people? Cochin is one of the foundations of the northern attack on Tatar and Warat?

It's too hard.

And why did you give up Jiaozhi during the Xuande period? The rebellion continues, and it is too expensive to continue to govern. Rebellion requires conditions, and the support of so many people, and the practice that has been on its own for hundreds of years since the Song Dynasty, is not so easy to break.

Killing, that means killing millions of Jiaozhi people, and then moving the people of the Ming Dynasty. There are many such examples in the annals of history.

It is not necessarily easy to move people. As strong as the Tang Dynasty, how many people moved over after conquering Goguryeo? Eight years later, it was back again.

Unless the military is extremely powerful, it has been killed so that it is no longer able to resist, and the fertile land is ownerless.

Otherwise, we can only learn from the experience of Yunnan and spend hundreds of years slowly digesting it.

Yunnan's experience is not necessarily easy to use in Jiaozhi, how many people in Yunnan were originally there? Is it the millions of people in Cochin?

The question raised by Yang Yiqing is a great moral torture: Fu is not enough to give back in the short term; Kill, does Zhu Houxi have to carry this kind of moral baggage?

Zhu Houxi shook his head: "Don't kill, don't touch." ”

Yang Yiqing looked at him in amazement: Open up the territory, you don't kill or touch, what do you want?

"I'm in business." Zhu Houxi gave their unexpected answer, "Between countries, only about interests." I sent troops to help the Li clan, if he regained the throne, what would he exchange for me? I don't want to be a minister. ”

Wang Shouren's heart moved: "Langshan, Langjiang, and Xin'an are all dangerous places south of Zhennanguan. If it's just three mansions, you can attack and retreat! In addition to some other dangerous places, there is a line capital. ”

Da Ming mastered those dangerous places that went straight to Cochin by land, and he could go further at any time in the future. Without these barriers, the Cochin Paste is just a bag.

This is also a frontier expansion, and it does not cost much in the future. There are not many people there, and as a border town, it is good to suppress it by force.

Zhu Houxi nodded: "Not enough." This return is not enough to be one of the foundations of my future northward look. ”

After a pause, he said: "Here, I will first talk about the achievements of Huang Mingji in Jiaozhi in the past few years. ”

Huang Mingji was ordered to buy grain from Jiaozhi and hire people to serve in Guangdong, and in the past few years, the money has been spent, in addition to a large number of physical materials, there is also a large number of people inside Jiaozhi.

After talking about the business conditions of some emperors who were not obliged to tell them, Zhu Houxi looked at them: "I want to recover Jiaozhi, not for the sake of fame in history, but for practical gain." first sit and watch the Mo clan usurp power, and then help the Li clan restore the country, and the teacher is famous. After the success, outside the land of the three mansions, I want to be gracious, and allow him to trade with the Ming Dynasty every year. However, in order to ensure the smooth trade, I want the ports of Yuntun, especially Cat Ba Island! ”

The lower reaches of the Red River are densely populated and divided into several rivers that flow into the sea. During the Tang Dynasty, the center of gravity of their foreign trade was further south. But as the population rises, the flood plains of the lower Red River must become more agricultural. Today, Cochin's most active foreign trade is in the area called the mouth of the Shirazao River.

Yuntun Port, which is now Halong Bay.

But Zhu Houxi is talking about Yuntun Zhugang.

This means that if Xin'an Province, which is close to the sea, is also in hand, the two throats that penetrate the plains by land and water will be pinched in the hands.

"I'm afraid that Jiaozhi will not answer." Wang Shouren said, and then seemed to add to others, "Yuntun Port is extremely dangerous, and if the ships of the Nanyang Dynasty want to go north to my Daming Zhugang, they must pass through Yuntun Port!" From Yuntun Port, as long as Anxing City is broken, you can go straight to Shenglong City along the Baizao River. ”

This Anxing City was later known as Haiphong in Vietnam, and it was also a major town in Haiphong at this time.

Zhu Houxi said: "I am different from Taizong, the Li clan invaded our land in the past, and Taizong sent Zhang Fu to fight and destroy it. Today's Li Shi also pretended to surrender in the past. Now if the descendants of the Li family are invited to my head again, how can they learn from the past? I want to Langshan, Langjiang, and Xin'an, just to prevent Jiaozhi from invading my frontier again in the future. I want the Yuntun ports, just to buy more good things from Jiaozhi, transportation and trade. ”

Then he said lightly: "The king is here, with the power of victory, if the Li family refuses, he has his own willing people." After that, I kept the covenant and retreated, and after that, the ports of Yuntun were only stationed in three or five escort warships, and Anxing City exchanged money in several times. ”

Wang Shouren couldn't help asking, "What's next?" ”

He always remembered that what the emperor wanted was the Great Wall of the South Sea, could it be in Jiaozhi, a Yuntun Port fortress? For the hinterland of Cochin cream, the emperor really has no idea?

Zhu Houxi laughed: "Doing business, pay attention to integrity. I did not send officials to collect grain, but I bought it with silver, even if I bought more and more, I could afford it. In addition, there are also good things to be made by selling the good things of the Ming Dynasty to Jiaozhi. But if someone breaks the contract in the future and takes the deposit and does not deliver the goods, it is difficult to say. ”

“…… Deposit? ”

Zhu Houxi nodded: "Now, Wei Bin's side is buying grain, sugar, iron sand, etc. in Jiaozhi, and they are all booked by year. The grain has not yet been planted, and the deposit will be paid in advance for as much as it will take this year. ”

Everyone gasped.

He doesn't kill people, but he buys grain in such a large quantity and transports it back, doesn't Jiaozhi care about this matter in the past few years?

It turns out that driven by heavy profits, there are always people who take risks. It's just that Wei Bin made a start at the beginning, and now a few big families in Jiaozhi buy grain on their own and smuggle it to Guangzhou to get the final payment.

In the future, if Daming gets the Yuntun Port, then the grain and various goods will be sold directly to the Yuntun Port, with lower costs and more profits.

Da Ming really only needs to guard a Yuntun Port, and he can sit on the benefits of Jiaozhi. The cost of buying grain at a premium is much lower than the cost of governing the entire territory of Jiaozhi.

However, in the long run, domestic grain merchants in Jiaozhi will inevitably hoard grain. If domestic food prices are high, they can be sold domestically; If it is a bumper harvest, there is also the emperor who buys it from the bottom.

Food is always the lifeblood. How can a man of insight sit and watch all the time? If the people of Cochin cannot afford to eat, will there be civil strife?

At that time, if the trouble or even the war is brought to the head of Daming, it will be to break the promise and tear up the agreement again, and Daming will become famous again.

I can't get around the question: in the future, kill or fuge?

"Daming doesn't care about anything else, as long as he can not invade my territory, who can send the goods that Daming wants from Anxing City, Daming doesn't care." Zhu Houxi has no feelings, "As for their own internals, whether they quarrel or fight, Daming doesn't care." If Li Shi asks for troops again, and then exchange the conditions, the blood of the Ming generals cannot be shed in vain. ”

Everyone understands, Your Majesty doesn't do it himself, let their own people kill a few rounds first.

Zhu Houxi pointed out the key point: "This is the covenant between the Ming Dynasty and Jiaozhi, not the covenant between me and the Li family." I am the lord of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the lord of Jiaozhi also recognizes this covenant, does not violate my realm, and allows trade, I still have to worry about the people of the Ming Dynasty, how can I manage the internal affairs of other countries? ”

“…… If this is the case, in the end, there will be those who will first sweep away the heroes according to the benefits of Anxing City. Jun will not be able to stop this prosperity, and sooner or later he will want to find a good opportunity to recover Sanfu and Yuntun Port. ”

Zhu Houxi also agreed with this, and then said: "This is just my general idea, how to plan, I am waiting for Qing and others to deduce in detail." In short, the purpose of this time is to make the Li family famous, and Jiaozhi has become a separatist trend. Many years later, if Jiaozhi offends my Ming Dynasty again, he will send troops to punish him. After several years, even more than ten years, and decades, Jiaozhi must have a strong force that relies on the Ming Dynasty. This generation is different from the local officials who were placed in Jiaozhi in the past, and they only know how to bully and oppress the people of Jiaozhi. ”

"These people are businessmen who know how to fish without exhaustion. They are the key to helping Daming govern Jiaozhi well. And then, they just need a steady orthodoxy. I only need a Jiaozhi that can bring benefits to the Ming Dynasty without too much effort. Therefore, in the future, you can be crowned the king of Jiaozhi, whether he is a clansman, a military general, or a commander of Confucian generals! ”

He threw out an unbelievable bait, and finally said: "I am willing to do it, and I am not afraid that I will become an enemy again in the future after the third generation." In the past, Taizong only paid tribute to Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places, and raised people to Jiaozhi as officials, and his generation only wanted to make a fortune; The ministers of the prison army also searched exhaustively. I am different, I only do a good job of country-to-country business, clearly marked the price, and the child is not bullied. In the future, the person who will be sent to Yuntun City to manage the department must also be a handsome person who is selected and hand-picked by me! ”

Separation, in this era, is still the supreme temptation - a place that can truly be ruled by oneself.

As long as he abides by the agreement between the two countries and does not pursue complete and full power, the Ming Dynasty is afraid that he can still send troops to protect his legal system.

Now, the emperor has made this promise.

Wang Shouren finally understood that the Great Wall of the South Seas would actually be a feudal country that relied on the benefits of the Ming Dynasty and was protected by the Ming Dynasty in the future. The Ming Dynasty is only used in every country, there is a fortress port.

This model is very different from the three divisions set up in Jiaozhi in those years, and the officials were selected and directly governed by the Ming Dynasty.

If this method works, it is indeed only necessary to pay a small cost, and the energy source will continue to transport many good things from Nanyang back to Daming.

The expenses of officials and the army are always the highest, and the imperial court has to worry about the internal affairs of one after another every day.

In the future, these questions will be handed over to the king of Jiaozhi? As for the relationship between Jiaozhi and Da Ming, Da Ming Zi and Jiaozhi King only talk about interests.

After the First Military Affairs Conference decided on the candidates for the internal provincial capital departments and the public security departments, and discussed the strategy for the reorganization of the guard posts and the recruitment of soldiers, it began to systematically plan the external strategy.

And His Majesty the Emperor passed on a completely new idea to them.

Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houxi, did not want to be famous, and if he didn't listen to a word of being a minister, he would happily reward him several times.

He conveyed a new principle: between countries, interests come first.

As long as the interests of the Ming Dynasty are recognized and the interests of the Ming Dynasty are satisfied, whoever is the king of other countries will not care if the Son of the Great Ming Dynasty is satisfied!

Yang Yiqing felt very strange in his heart.

His Majesty doesn't seem to care about the imperial throne at all......

Thinking of the many things that had happened in the name of the rule of law over the years, he couldn't help but look at the emperor who was listening to the discussion among his courtiers.

The origin of the emperor's legal system is just a tool, right?

It's just that it's easy to use, and it's easier to "convince people" than to argue about whether the new law that hasn't yet seen effect will work.

In the Ming Dynasty, you can disagree with the new law, but since Your Majesty has said that this is regarded as complicity, then you can't rebel.

It's vaguely familiar, it seems to be the routine of Yang Tinghe who was once deducted by the emperor......

(End of chapter)