The problem of Annan is not only a problem of stability in the southwest, but also an obstacle that needs to be cleared by the entry of Daming cotton cloth into the Indochina Peninsula, so it is time to start conquest of Annan.

Although Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and others were indignant at what Annan had done over the years, they couldn't help but chuckle in their hearts when they heard that Zhu Youzhu was going to use troops against Annan.

If you win the battle, you will have a wild land to manage, and if you lose the battle, you are likely to invite endless trouble, and either result will be a thankless trouble.

It is precisely like this, although they have long been loyal to the emperor who is high in front of them, but they still don't want to cause trouble by conquering Annan.

"Your Majesty, today the Ming Dynasty should focus on stability, and it is not appropriate to work hard and hurt the people to raise wars, and please take back your life!" Liu Jian's brows couldn't help frowning, and he immediately stood up to dissuade him.

Wu Yu, the right attendant of the household department, looked at Liu Jian and wanted to stop it, and frowned.

Even though Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and other officials knew that the emperor in front of them was unlikely to be dissuaded, they still couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope when they saw Liu Jian stand up.

Zhu Youzhu knew that there were some things that could be discussed slowly by them, but some things needed to be decided by themselves, so he immediately made a statement and said: "I am not discussing with you!" Not to mention the belligerence of Annam, which caused the lives of vassal states such as Champong in the Indochina Peninsula to be miserable. Today, the people in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty were slaughtered, the pearl diving boat was sacked by the officers and soldiers of the Li Dynasty, and the treasure of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Nanzhu, fell into the hands of the royal family of Annam. The Ming Dynasty can be gracious to the four seas, but dare to offend my strong man...... Even if it is far away, it will be punished! ”

In the end, these four words bite hard.

The tea girl's delicate body shook slightly, and her beautiful eyes turned her head to look at Zhu Youzhu with a little infatuation.

"Whoever offends me will be punished even if he is far away?"

When Li Yu and the others heard Zhu Youji's tough statement, the worry about the unknown just now suddenly disappeared, but a sense of pride arose.

Perhaps, this is the most suitable emperor.

When there are differences in national affairs, Zhu Youzhu can stand up and lead everyone with a tough attitude, and then move forward in a certain direction together.

After all, an emperor needs a leader after all, and Zhu Youzhu is simply a natural leader.

"Annan should be punished if he commits a crime!"

"How can I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, die innocently in vain, and I will definitely pay for Annan's blood debts!"

"The mighty China is shaking all over the world, and the thieves have no reason to take away the heavy treasures of our dynasty!"

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After dispelling the worry in their hearts, Du Ming and other officials of the Criminal Department immediately planned to follow in Zhu Youji's footsteps, so they expressed their attitudes one after another.

"The Meichen Dynasty is full of people, a sign of the death of the country!"

Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, saw that Du Ming and other officials expressed their support, but the peace he advocated was isolated and helpless, and he couldn't help but scold secretly in his heart.

It's just that in the face of this emperor who made a tough statement, even if he can be regarded as an emperor, he has long been unable to compete with Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhu saw that almost all the officials present echoed his decision to go to war, so he said with a decisive word: "The Ming Dynasty's conquest of Annan has been decided, and there is no need to discuss this matter again. ”

Although the emperor himself can finalize the war against Annam, how to implement it actually needs to come up with a set of effective plans.

In particular, Annam is not a small country, and the Li Dynasty has always had a regular army of 100,000. Now that the Ming Dynasty wants to conquer Annan, it is natural to be cautious, and it is even more necessary to formulate a military strategy in advance.

"Your Majesty, the commander of the army is the first to go on the expedition! The minister thought that this time he could follow Taizong's example and send the British Duke to lead the army! Today, the British Gong Zhang Mao reviewed the cavalry shooting in the West Garden in the early years, and the three shots were hit, which shows that his riding and archery skills have been left behind by the King of Dingxing, so the minister thought that the British Gong Zhang Mao could go out on the expedition this time! "According to the previous practice, Lu Wen, the left attendant of the military department, should even recommend the only remaining British Gong Zhang Maodao in the capital.

is different from the crazy Dingguo Gong and the abolished Chengguo Gong, and now the British Duke Zhang Mao is idle at home, but he is the best of the three major princes in the capital.

The Ming Dynasty has always had a tradition of emphasizing martial arts, especially in major military campaigns, where the imperial court usually appoints a prince to serve as commander-in-chief.

The British Gong Zhang Fu went to Annam four times and achieved successful results, but it added a mysterious color to the British Gong lineage, and even revealed a bit of metaphysical flavor.

Looking at the current martial arts members of the Ming Dynasty, it is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate for the martial arts of the British Gong Zhang Mao to lead the army to conquer Annam.

"The minister is against!" Wu Yu, the right attendant of the household department, showed the enthusiasm of the young official, and objected clearly: "Although the British Duke Zhang Mao has a noble status and is also the queen of Dingxing, he has never gone out of Beijing to lead the army to fight, how can he lead hundreds of thousands of troops?" How can you be qualified for such an important position? ”

Hey?

Li Yu and other officials turned their heads to look at Wu Yu one after another, and found that it was really a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and dared to say such offending words.

"The British public style is strict, he has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and he is good at riding and shooting, and he has been in the Chinese military governor's palace for many years, how can he not follow the courage of King Xing?" Lu Wen, the left attendant of the military department, was secretly angry in his heart, and retorted loudly.

Wu Yu, the right attendant of the household department, knew that Wu Xun was already useless, and still firmly objected: "Liu Shilang, whether the British Duke Zhang Mao has the courage of the king of Dingxing, this is just your personal groundless speculation!" Now the Ming Dynasty wants to use troops against Annan, if someone who has never led an army to fight will go to war, the minister will be the first to object, and I believe His Majesty will not agree! ”

It's just that when his last sentence came out, everyone invariably turned their heads to look at Zhu Youji, and at the same time realized that Wu Yu was probably right.

After Zhu Youzhu ascended the throne, the new monarch changed the practice of Emperor Hua controlling the twelve Beijing camps through Wuxun, and instead chose to kick the entire Wuxun group out of the Beijing camp.

Now Wuxun, including the British Duke Zhang Mao, has no military power, and the status of Wuxun can be said to have fallen to the freezing point, and all this was done by Zhu Youji.

Although Zhu Youzhu unconventionally reused Xu Shiying, the prince of Dingguo, as the governor of the East China Sea, the main reason why Xu Shiying was favored was that Xu Shiying had bound trade in planting cotton and building weaving factories.

It is precisely because of this that now the army is to be handed over to a British duke Zhang Mao who has never led a army, and Zhang Mao is still a martial artist who wears a guilty body, presumably the person in front of him is unlikely to agree.

The corners of Zhu Youji's mouth twitched with a hint of disdain, and he asked lightly: "Except for the British Duke, is there no other candidate?" ”

Because he was condescending, he was able to see everyone's expressions in his eyes, and his own eyes glanced lightly at his own official book.

"Your Majesty, Wang Yue, the governor of Liangguang, can take on this important responsibility! Wang Yue, whether it is his prestige in the army or his leading ability, is the best candidate at present! Li Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, knew that Zhu Youzhi relied on the Ministry of Officials in terms of personnel, and immediately lived up to his trust and stood up and recommended him.

After hearing this candidate, Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and other officials knew that there was no suspense.

If Wang Yue's prejudice of befriending eunuchs is not mentioned, Wang Yue's military talent has already been proven, and he is indeed the best candidate for the boss this time.

"Wang Yue wrote poems back then to complain about the court's grace, and now if the court allows his military power, he is afraid of Lu Bu's worries, and please think twice!" Zhang Hai, the right attendant of the military department, gritted his teeth, and immediately stood up against it clearly.

Zhang Hai was born in the Dezhou Shi clan, in the second year of Chenghua to get the Jinshi, the first grant of the household to the ministry, the official to the Taifu Siqing, because of the impeachment of Wang Yue, Wang Zhi and Wan Guifei was demoted to the prefect of Yunnan Heqing.

After the death of Emperor Chenghua, Xu Pu promoted Zhang Hai directly from Yunnan back to Beijing, and recently successfully operated to the position of the right attendant of the military department. It's just that once Wang Yue is so reused, it will undoubtedly be unfavorable to his situation.

It is precisely because of this that he and Wang Yue are destined to be in the opposite camp, so they want to prevent Wang Yue from serving as the commander of the Southern Army.

"Zhang Shilang, poetry is a game, and the resentment of poetry is just someone who spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain! Now that the king has the talent to lead the army, and the people are in the land of the two wides, how can they still be willing to seek the near and far, and they still have to carry out all kinds of suspicions? Wu Yu, the right attendant of the household department, regarded Wang Yue as an idol, and even stood up to refute the authenticity.

"Wu Shilang, the Ming Dynasty is full of talents, so why do you have to be Wang Yue?" Zhang Hai deliberately belittled Wang Yue, and immediately asked with great disdain.

Wu Yu found out that this was simply deliberately finding fault here, but before he could argue, Du Ming, the secretary of the criminal department next to him, had already expressed his position: "Zhang Shilang, the court has rehabilitated Wang Yue, are you questioning the trial of the imperial court?" Now that Wang Yue has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, you still want Your Majesty to be so suspicious of Wang Yue, why do you have any intentions? ”

"Xiaguan...... Know the mistake! Zhang Hai realized that he had made a logical mistake, but splashing dirty water like this would offend the criminal department, so he chose to admit his mistake.

Li Yu and the others had already seen through the thoughts of this right attendant of the military department, but they couldn't help but shake their heads gently.

This person still adheres to the previous set, but he thinks that as long as he splashes dirty water crazily, then the emperor will not dare to use it. It's just that this person seems to have forgotten who regained Wang Yue against public opinion, and who gave Wang Yue the greatest support.

Wang Yue was able to cut from the west to the east, and from the north to the south, in fact, it was inseparable from Zhu Youji's trust in him.

Zhu Youzhu didn't like Zhang Hai, who was ranked on the right side of the military department without any military merits, but this court couldn't be too harmonious after all, so he responded lightly to Li Yudao, the secretary of the ministry: "The person recommended by the ministry is very agreeable, so let Wang Yue take command and go on the expedition!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, led his two deputies and immediately said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the old minister wants to recommend one more!" Wan An usually chooses to be silent, but now he suddenly spoke.

Zhu Youzhu had already sat back in front of the tea table, so he picked up the hot tea that had just been brewed and said lightly: "Old Wange, I don't know who you want to recommend?" ”

"If the imperial court lets Wang Yue take command, the old minister thinks that he can follow the example of Xuanfu and Datong back then, and Wang Zhi, the eunuch of Nanjing, will serve as the supervisor, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" Wan An knows the importance of a partner, and even recommends Wang Zhidao.

This......

Zhang Hai couldn't help swallowing and foaming, feeling even more scared of Wang Zhi.

After all, Wang Zhi was once the factory governor in charge of the West Factory, if Wang Zhi made a comeback and reused, how could he have his own good fruit to eat? It's just that in the face of the candidate recommended by the head of the court, he didn't have the courage to oppose it at all.

Although the status of the cabinet is declining now, Wan An is the current head of the cabinet after all, not only protégés and former officials are all over the court, but also won the favor of the emperor.

That's right, this is a big guy he can't provoke, and he doesn't dare to jump out to stop it.

Zhu Youzhu blew the hot tea, and then took a small sip, but threw the question to the important ministers present and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Wang directly supervises the army, and Wang Yue is also the chief military officer, is there any objection to this arrangement?" ”

If Wang Yue's arrangement is a candidate that he has already decided, and now with Wang Zhi as the supervisor, this arrangement is undoubtedly in line with his wishes.

Although later generations deliberately belittled Wang Zhi's character and talent, Wang Zhi was not weak in military affairs, and could even be said to be Wang Yue's strongest assistant.

"The ministers have no objections, Your Majesty Shengming!" Officials such as Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, knew that this was the strongest military combination, and even expressed their support.

Zhu Youzhu took a sip of tea, and then said conclusively: "Since everyone agrees, then let's arrange it this way, and the cabinet will appoint the two of them!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!" Wan An and Liu Ji have been in charge of drafting the holy decree, and they should be authentic.

Zhu Youzhu gently lowered the teacup and made a pause gesture to the beautiful tea girl.

The tea girl knew that her work today might end here, just to be able to serve this man all the time, and seemed to bow down and bow in a proper manner, only to serve the emperor one day to be able to honor herself.

Zhu Youzhu came to the guardrail of the attic again, and his eyes fell directly on Li Si, the head of the household department, and said: "A few days ago, Wang Yue played one after another, and the four prefectures in western Guangdong often closed the difference, mainly due to the lawlessness of the previous prefects!" Now it is requested to increase the issuance of Guangdong salt, and the Guangdong salt area will go north to Changsha Zhufu, so that the Guangdong salt merchant will set up a new southwest warehouse! Household department, can this law solve the dilemma of military rations? ”

"Your Majesty, the household department has been assembled, Wang Yue's method is very exquisite, and it will definitely be able to consolidate the southwest warehouse to support the needs of the army!" Li Si, the secretary of the household department, came out and expressed his position on behalf of the entire household department.

Now the status of the six ministries of the new dynasty has been significantly improved, but the powers and responsibilities of the six yamen are more distinct, so the requirements for their professionalism are obviously higher.

"The household department will come up with a set of implementation plans as soon as possible, build a southwest warehouse in Leizhou to open the Chinese and French grain, and consolidate the southwest warehouse to prepare for military supplies!" After Zhu Youzhu knew that Wang Yue's plan was feasible, he made a final decision.

Originally, the division of the sales area of Huai salt was not scientific, especially the Huguang Zhufu adjacent to Guangdong, it was more convenient to eat Guangdong salt, but now since it can solve the problem of military food in the southwest, it is natural to implement the best plan.

As for whether Wang Yue has some selfishness in this rezoning of the salt area, this is actually a thing that does not need to be cared too much about, as long as everything moves in the direction of development.

"Commandment!" Li Si, the head of the household, led the two waiters to say respectfully.

Zhu Youzhu put one hand on the guardrail, and his eyes fell to Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites on the right, and said, "Xu Qing! ”

"The minister is here!" Xu Ming, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, immediately knelt down and responded.

Zhu Youji's eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent, and he said lightly: "The Ministry of Rites drafted a document, in addition to listing crimes against the Li Dynasty, ordering the Li Dynasty to return all the land it occupied to the foreign vassal states!" ”

After all, this is an era of etiquette, and if you want to conquer Annan now, you need to make the reasons for the conquest clear, and even explain their strategic goals.

The military goal this time is not to expand the territory, but only to inflict heavy damage on Annam, and at the same time reshape the new situation of the Indochina Peninsula and create a vassal system belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, in order to achieve this political goal, it is necessary to inflict a heavy military blow on Annam's 100,000-strong army.

"Commandment!" Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, knew that it was time for their Ministry of Rites to show their writing skills, and immediately led the two waiters to respectfully and respectfully.

Zhu Youzhu took a deep breath, looked condescendingly at the important ministers present and said, "I know that some of you are not willing to go to war, but this war is not my belligerence, but since the Ming Dynasty is the superior country of the Celestial Empire, it must have the responsibility of a great power!" Whoever deceives my people, ask for it; Whoever takes my lord will be cut down; The Li Dynasty has committed all the crimes, how can there be any reason not to fight? The Li Dynasty is not a flood beast, it is actually a land on the southwest side! Taizong can conquer it, I believe that our monarchs and ministers will work together to eliminate this great harm for the people of the world, and the holy light of the lord of the Ming Dynasty should shine on the entire Indochina Peninsula! ”

This crusade against the Li Dynasty was not the goal, the whole attempt was to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty through strong military means, and then re-establish vassal relations with the forces on the Indochina Peninsula.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" In the face of Zhu Youji's re-explanation of the reason for the war, Li Yu and other officials also responded with interest.

Seeing that the matter had been arranged, Zhu Youzhu walked towards the stairs located on the north side and said, "The six servants should retreat!" ”

Although the six servants were able to participate in the supreme meeting, but when it came to the top secrets of the state, then Zhu Youzhi would usually send the six servants away, and only Shangshu and the ministers could continue to discuss here.

In the current Ming Dynasty, the gold content of the six squires has actually declined, especially if the squire wants to be promoted to Shangshu, he needs to go to the local governor to transition.

However, they were not unwilling, after all, some of the six squires were over-migrated, and it was already a great gift for them to be able to participate in the Supreme Council.

"The ministers are retiring, long live our emperor, long live, long live!" Wu Yu and the others, the right attendant of the household department, knew that they could no longer participate in the discussion, so they respectfully withdrew.

When Zhu Youzhu walked down the stairs, he lightly ordered: "Hang up the map!" ”

"Yes!" Han Niu, who had been waiting at the top of the stairs, hurriedly took out the map he had drawn earlier, and then hung the map on the central wall.

Due to the lack of Shangshu in the Ministry of War, there are now two elders and five Shangshu present, which can be regarded as the core of the Ming Dynasty's seven-person group.

"Your Majesty, is this a map of Annan? That's too finely drawn, isn't it? Li Si, the head of the household, came to the wall and looked at the map that had just been hung up, and said with a shocked face full of disbelief.

(End of chapter)