Everyone present heard the meaning of the emperor's words, but no one dared to raise objections.

Since the moment a child of the clan signed up for the imperial examination, the nature has changed.

Regardless of whether these people have real talent or not, the court must accept them and let them enter the official career.

Because, this is a model that must be established, in addition, they are not fighting alone, behind them, there are millions of clans of the Ming Dynasty!

In order to offset the adverse effects of the previous reduction of clan expenses and the fact that the title is no longer hereditary, this part of the cost must be borne by the imperial court.

"In order to take care of the overall situation of the imperial court, let's take a hard time for the candidates, and the infamy Yan Shifan will bear it!"

And this is what everyone on the other side of Qingliu is thinking in their minds at this moment.

Yan Shifan naturally noticed the compassionate gaze that Qingliu people threw at him, but he didn't care about it.

"Hmph, superficial, if this matter is done well, not only will you be able to gain the favor of Your Majesty, but you will also be able to have a good relationship with those clan disciples by the way!"

"However, you have to guard against Qingliu's gang secretly stumbling behind their backs."

Yan Shifan squinted slightly, and his heart had already begun to calculate.

Afterwards, I saw Jiajing cough lightly twice, attracting everyone's attention to himself.

"Ahem, since the specific matters of this imperial examination have been discussed."

"Then next, we should discuss how to bring the silver mines in the Kyushu region of Japan under the control of my Ming Dynasty!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you have any ideas, just put them forward."

Hearing the emperor's words, everyone present looked stunned, and their breathing inevitably became short.

After all, it's about everyone's interests!

Subsequently, I saw Zhang Juzheng take the lead in standing up and proposing to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has some ideas."

When Jiajing heard this, he waved his hand quite casually and spoke.

"Well, Aiqing has any ideas, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Zhang Juzheng looked around before he said what he thought.

"Weichen thinks that if I want to occupy all the silver mines in Japan, I need to take three steps."

"The first step, my Ming must send the corresponding merchant ships to the Kyushu region of Japan for trade, and by the way, to understand the local customs, as well as the hydrology and landforms, etc., to clear the obstacles for my Ming sailors in advance."

"The second step, Your Majesty mentioned earlier, Japan is still in the Warring States Period, the whole country is divided, and there is hostility between regions, and my Ming Dynasty can take advantage of this to vigorously cultivate rebel forces in the Kyushu region!"

"I, the Ming Dynasty, can not only cultivate rebel forces in the Kyushu region, but if necessary, I can also form an alliance with the forces that oppose Otomo Sorin."

"In this way, with mental calculations and unintentional, internal and external troubles, this Dayou Zonglin must not be my opponent!"

"The third and most important step, if you want to destroy its country, you must first go to its history!"

When Zhang Juzheng said this, he paused, and then continued to add.

"After the local area is under the actual control of my Daming, all the local history will be burned, and then special personnel will be sent to educate the local people, so that they will willingly obey my Daming and be my Daming's dog!"

"Finally, when the situation is stabilized, we will use the Kyushu region as a springboard to gradually plot against the whole of Japan!"

After Zhang Juzheng put forward his strategy in its entirety, the entire cabinet was silent, and everyone was thinking about the feasibility of this plan.

After a while, I saw Yan Shifan stand up and raise an objection.

"Your Majesty, Weichen feels that there are still some flaws in the whole plan."

"Oh, Yan Shifan, what do you think, just put it forward!"

Jiajing withdrew his gaze and commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Yan Shifan added only after saluting respectfully to Jiajing.

"Although this plan seems seamless and interlocking, as long as any of them fails, it will lead to the loss of previous efforts!"

"If nothing else, let's take the cultivation of local resistance."

"At the moment, although Japan is still in the Warring States period, the whole country is in a state of fragmentation."

"However, it takes money to cultivate rebel forces in the local area!"

"At present, the life of my ordinary people in Daming is not good, how can I use the money to fund the local rebel forces?"

"Besides, if the rebel forces cultivated by my Ming Dynasty are embarrassed to be of great use, what will happen at that time?"

Yan Shifan's words made everyone present fall into deep thought.

Xu Jie, who was on the side, frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Yes, the life of my Ming people is still not good at the moment, so how can I fund the local rebel forces?"

It was very rare that Gao Gong did not raise objections to Yan Shifan's proposal, but followed closely with Ying Hedao.

"Oh, Yan Shifan, since you recognize this problem, have you thought of any solution?"

Jiajing took in the expressions on everyone's faces, turned his gaze to Yan Shifan, and then asked.

When Yan Shifan heard this, his face was embarrassed, so he had to say cowardly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has not thought of a solution for the time being."

And just when the discussion was about to reach an impasse, Xu Jie stood up and said respectfully to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has thought of a solution."

"Oh, Elder Xu Ge has a solution to this problem, let's hear it."

Seeing that Xu Jie had a solution, Jiajing raised his eyebrows and asked with interest.

"There's no need for my Ming Dynasty to spend too much energy to cultivate rebel forces in the local area, isn't there something ready in the southeast coastal area of my Ming Dynasty?"

Xu Jie looked around and said slowly.

"What does Elder Xu Ge mean is that I, Daming, can also use the group of pirates on the southeast coast in turn?"

At the same time that Xu Jie made this suggestion to the emperor, Yan Song had already understood what he meant, and then asked.

"Well, what Yan Ge Lao said is good, I can really use this group of widows!"

I saw Xu Jie nodding slightly in the direction where Yan Song was, which was regarded as approving Yan Song.

"Yes...... However, at present, the Japanese bandits entrenched in the southeast coastal area have been almost wiped out by Hu Zongxian! ”

And the high arch on the side plucked up his courage after thinking for a long time.

"It's okay, destroy a batch, and there will be another batch."

"Those people, if they can't survive in Japan, will inevitably embark on the path of looting."

"When the time comes, I only need a little favor to firmly control this group of widows in my own hands!"

"No matter how bad it is, give them a promise, just say that as long as they can complete the tasks assigned by the imperial court excellently, the imperial court will let them and their families live a good life!"

"As for whether or not to cash out, and when to cash out, that's another matter."

Yan Song glanced at Gao Gong, and then added.

After everyone put forward their own suggestions, Jiajing began to weigh the pros and cons, and also fell into deep thought.

I saw Jiajing's fingers tapping on the dragon chair very rhythmically, making a 'da-da' sound.

After a long time, I saw Jiajing come back to his senses and laugh loudly.

"Well, yes, I'm right!"

(End of chapter)