"If not, let me make a few of them!"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, everyone quickly understood what the emperor meant, after all, everything pays attention to a teacher who is famous.

If the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Annam under the banner of restoring the Chen clan before the restoration and seeking justice for the people of Annam, then the resistance encountered by the Ming army would be much smaller.

In the second year of Jianwen, Hu Jiyu (mao), a powerful minister of the Chen Dynasty, usurped the throne, established the Hu Dynasty, changed the name of the country to Dayu, and soon proclaimed himself Emperor Taishang, and his son Hu Hancang succeeded to the throne.

Because of the Chen family of the previous dynasty, they have always been subordinate to the Ming Dynasty, and have been canonized by the Ming Dynasty for generations.

Therefore, after Hu Jiyu usurped the throne, in order to avoid suspicion in the Ming Dynasty, he sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty in the first year of Yongle, claiming that the heirs of the Chen family in the previous dynasty would be extinct, and the side branches would be wiped out, and there was nothing to do.

Hu Hancang, as the nephew of the Chen family, ascended to the throne with the support of everyone, in order to ask for the canonization of the Ming Dynasty.

After meeting the envoy with Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, he sent Yang Bo to Annan to inspect, and later, under the careful planning of the Hu family, he concealed Yang Bo, and the Ming court thus canonized Hu Hancang as the king of Annan.

But in the second year of Yongle, Pei Boqi (qi), a relict of the Chen Dynasty, came to Daming and accused Hu Jiyu and his son in person, killing the lord and usurping the throne, slaughtering loyal ministers, and asking Daming to send troops to fight against the Hu family, and a descendant of the Chen family who claimed to be Chen Tianping appeared.

In the end, Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, sent the chief military officer Zhu Neng, the left deputy general Mu Sheng, and the right deputy general Zhang Fu to send troops to Annan, and it took only one year to completely wipe out the Hu family, and then included Annan into the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

In the eyes of everyone, the emperor's meaning at the moment could not be more obvious, that is, to change another "Chen Tianping", so that the Ming Dynasty could logically provoke a war.

Only this time, the Ming Dynasty will not personally send officials to manage Jiaozhi as before, but will be behind the scenes, through the way of supporting the puppet regime, a steady stream of food from Jiaozhi to fill the gap in the country.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Then, I saw Yan Song be the first to react, trembling and bowing to the ground, and said in a deep voice.

After Yan Song, everyone also came back to their senses one after another, kneeling on the ground in unison, their faces were full of expressions of joy and sincerity, and they said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

When Jiajing heard this, he swept his gaze from everyone present one by one, waved his hand, and commanded: "Well, get up!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After receiving Jiajing's answer, everyone got up from the ground one after another.

After this, I saw Jiajing raise his eyebrows, and continued: "But before that, I can try to import grain from Siam, Cochin, and even Japan!" ”

Jiajing paused for a moment when he said this, then faced everyone again, and then said: "These are just temporary expenses, and it won't be long before my Ming will earn it back tenfold and hundredfold!" ”

When Jiajing's words fell, everyone's faces were full of excitement.

After all, the emperor once said that there is a silver mine in Japan, called Iwami Silver Mine, as long as the Iwami Silver Mine is taken, the Ming Dynasty will no longer have to worry about silver within a hundred years.

Not only that, but there are also many silver mines in the Kyushu region of Japan, which the imperial court is currently attacking.

Nowadays, the puppet Tsunoda Makoto supported by the Ming Dynasty, whose power has spread all over the Miyazaki region of Kyushu, has caused the fear of the surrounding daimyo because of its rapid rise, and has been besieged.

However, with the continuous support of the Ming Dynasty, Makoto Tsunoda has defeated those daimyos, and in the Miyazaki region of Kyushu, he has completely gained a foothold and become the most powerful daimyo in the local area.

Next, just wait for the construction of the two naval divisions of the imperial court to be completed, and the Ming Dynasty can officially send troops to attack the Kyushu region of Japan, in order to avenge the revenge of the Japanese sent by Otomo Zonglin to attack the Ming coast.

After that, I saw Jiajing looking in the direction where Gao Gong was, and after a moment of silence, he commanded: "As for the matter of importing grain from overseas, I will leave this matter to your Maritime Trade Department for the time being, I hope you will not let me down!" ”

Gao Gong on the side saw that the emperor had entrusted such an important matter to himself, his face was full of flattered expressions, and he immediately leaned down and responded in a deep voice: "Obey, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust!" ”

Gao Gong is the Minister of Maritime Trade appointed by Jiajing, and his power is naturally not to be underestimated, after all, at present, all matters related to maritime trade need the nod of Gao Gong's Maritime Trade Division.

Since the imperial court lifted the sea ban, maritime trade has become increasingly prosperous, and even the status of the maritime trade department has also risen all the way.

Nowadays, in addition to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households, the high-arched Maritime Trade Department is the most popular in the Ming Dynasty, and countless officials want to be transferred to the Maritime Trade Division even if they have sharpened their heads.

After all, the Department of Maritime Trade is in charge of maritime trade, and the oil and water in it are unimaginable!

Whoever is qualified to get a certificate to go to sea from the imperial court and participate in the sea trade, which one is not a wealthy person?

Even if you can only follow behind the adults and eat some leftovers, you can make a lot of money.

After that, I saw Jiajing withdraw his gaze from Gao Gong's body, and then looked in the direction where Yan Song and Xu Jie were located, and commanded.

"After coming down later, your cabinet will sort out the detailed rules for the imperial court's dispatch of troops to Annam, and then send it to me through the celebrant supervisor!"

Hearing this, Yan Song and Xu Jie, after glancing at each other, got up from their seats, and arched their hands to Jiajing before they responded: "Obey, Your Majesty!" ”

When Jiajing heard this, he withdrew his gaze, waved his hand, and commanded: "Well, since this is the case, then this matter will be like this first!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When Jiajing's words fell, everyone responded in unison.

After all, before this, most of the people present did not expect that the matter would actually be involved from Zhao Zhenji's letter to the imperial court's dispatch of troops to Annan.

Then, I saw Yan Shifan stand up, look in the direction where Jiajing was, and said cautiously: "Weichen dared to ask Your Majesty, how should the imperial court deal with the phenomenon mentioned by Zhao Zhenji in the song?" ”

When Jiajing heard this, he just glanced at Yan Shifan rather indifferently, and responded: "Right now, it is precisely because silk is in short supply that there is such a high price, but the price of silk cannot always be so high!" ”

"This year, the people who planted mulberry seedlings tasted the sweetness from it, so they will inevitably choose to plant more mulberry seedlings in the coming year to produce more raw silk."

"At that time, due to the excessive output of raw silk and the oversupply, the price of silk will definitely fall!"

"Once the price of silk falls, the price of raw silk will also fall, and when the price of raw silk falls back to the normal range of previous years, the imperial court will take action to buy the excess raw silk in the hands of the people."

"In this way, the trend of people running to plant mulberry seedlings can be effectively suppressed."

"After that, the imperial court can give some subsidies to those who plant seedlings at its discretion, so that the number of people who plant seedlings can increase and reduce some food shortages!"

After listening to Jiajing's words, Yan Shifan's face was full of happy and sincere expressions, and he immediately leaned down and responded respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for solving Weichen's doubts, Weichen understands!" ”

After this, I saw Jiajing turn around and glance at Lu Fang, and the latter quickly understood, and immediately stepped forward, faced everyone, and said loudly.

"The first thing discussed by the cabinet has been discussed, and we will continue to discuss it after a short break."

After Lu Fang finished speaking, he returned to Jiajing's side, like a sculpture, motionless.

But at this moment, everyone did not relax in the slightest, because the next thing to be discussed was the matter of war with Altan Khan in the spring of the following year.

After all, the Wuxu change that happened in the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing was slapped hard in the face of Daming and His Majesty.

……

At this moment, Xu Jie's face was full of worry that could not be concealed, because now, as soon as the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was restored, the emperor was impatient to raise troops to fight in order to avenge the revenge of the year.

Although Xu Jie was worried about the imminent official war between the imperial court and Altan Khan, he knew very well in his heart that this battle between the Ming Dynasty and Altan Khan was inevitable, and it was only a matter of time.

Let's not talk about the grudge between the two sides for the time being, there is a way to be on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?

Altan Khan's Tumut Department went south from time to time to plunder, which has seriously threatened the survival of the Ming Dynasty.

Whenever the environment was harsh, the pasture was scarce, and the grasslands could not carry so many people, nomads like Altan Khan would lead their troops south and plunder.

On the one hand, they wanted to plunder enough people, food, gold and silver and other materials to keep the tribe alive, and on the other hand, they wanted to rely on war to consume the surplus population.

Whenever the dynasty prospered, the Central Plains Dynasty would send heavy troops to vigorously crack down on the nomads and strive for peace for the people under its rule.

However, when the power of the Central Plains Dynasty declined and it was unable to organize a large-scale attack, the offensive and defensive forces of both sides would be reversed.

During this period, the nomads were dominant, often harassing the border areas and plundering, and the Central Plains Dynasty could only adopt a passive defensive strategy.

In the final analysis, this is the inherent contradiction between the nomads and the Central Plains Dynasty.

Time passed slowly, I don't know how long it took, I saw Jiajing raise his head and glance at Lu Fang beside him, who quickly understood, and immediately stepped forward, facing everyone, and said in a deep voice.

"The first thing has been discussed, and now the second thing is discussed, that is, in the spring of the next year, a war with Altan Khan of the Tumut tribe!"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, after bowing to Jiajing, he returned to his previous position and stood still.

When the words fell, I saw Xu Jie stand up, look in the direction where Jiajing was, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this battle should be cautious!" ”

"Although the battle between my Daming and Altan Khan will be fought sooner or later, the further it drags on, the more beneficial it will be to my Daming!"

When Xu Jie said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Now, my Ming Dynasty's national strength is slowly recovering, don't worry about this time, just wait patiently for three or five years, and wait for the new weapons on the side of the Weapons Division to be installed in the army, and then finish the battle!" ”

"In this way, we can avenge the original arrow and completely annihilate Altan Khan!"

As soon as Xu Jie's words fell, he saw Zhang Juzheng stand up and put forward a different opinion: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the sooner the war starts, the better!" ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes fell on him, Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment before he began to explain his opinion.

"Your Majesty, now, the grassland where Altan Khan is located was originally a place where the Chahar tribe flourished, but after the rise of the Tumut tribe where Altan Khan is located, the Chahar tribe was driven to Liaodong."

"Right now, although the Chahar Department has surrendered to my Daming and is under the control of my Daming, this is only temporary, and when the Chahar Department is full-fledged, it will naturally want to get rid of my Daming's control!"

"In addition, not only do I have an irresolvable hatred between the Ming and Altan Khan, but also the Chahar Department and the Tumut Department where the Altan Khan is located, so why don't I use it to unite with the Chahar Department and attack Altan Khan together?"

"In this way, it can not only consume the strength of the Chahar Department, so that they can't get rid of the control of my Daming, but also be able to give one more help, why not?"

At this moment, I saw Yan Song, who was silent on the side, tremblingly got up from the seat, took out a piece of music from his sleeve, and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, here is a record of Altan Khan's invasion of my Ming frontier with his army in recent years, from which we can see that Altan Khan's incursions are becoming more and more frequent!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he immediately leaned down and raised the music in his hand high above his head.

Seeing this situation, Lu Fang, who was waiting beside Jiajing, immediately stepped forward, took the music from Yan Song's hand, and respectfully handed it to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty!"

"Hmm."

When Jiajing heard this, he replied imperceptibly, and then took it from Lu Fang's hand.

The above records are mainly from Hamiwei, Shazhouwei, and Suzhouwei, and the content is as Yan Song said, Altan Khan invaded the Ming frontier more and more frequently.

In previous years, it was three or four times a year, but now it has reached seven or eight times!

And only two or three thousand troops were sent to harass each time, and if they could fight, they would fight, and if they couldn't, they would run.

"When my Ming Dynasty and Tumaihan started a war before, Altan Khan took the opportunity to send people south to plunder, but due to the timely discovery of the local guards, relying on the city wall to resist to the death, after two days of fierce fighting, this army knew that it was invincible and left directly."

After Jiajing read the record on the song, he couldn't help frowning, and after a long time, he saw him put the music in his hand aside, faced everyone, and said in a deep voice.

"For a long time, in order to prevent the Tatar invasion in the north, my Ming Dynasty has spent a lot of money, and every year the treasury has a large amount of silver, which is spent on this!"

"This is tantamount to bleeding the Ming Dynasty, in the long run, the treasury will definitely become more and more empty, and my Ming Dynasty's national strength will also decline more and more!"

"When the treasury is out of money, then it will be the day when Altan Khan goes south, and when the treasury is out of silver, where will the military pay come from?"

When Jiajing said this, he paused for a moment, and after looking around, he continued: "If a soldier has no salary, he will naturally be demoralized, and his morale will be low, how can he win the battle?" ”

"In the end, it's not more taxes, as soon as the taxes are high, the people can't survive, they will rise up and do things, at that time, under the internal and external troubles, how can I keep the Ming Dynasty?"

Everyone obviously didn't expect that the emperor would say this unabashedly, so they didn't know what to do for a while.

Immediately, I saw Jiajing retract his gaze, gently rubbed the dragon head carved on the dragon chair with his hand, faced everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Therefore, in my opinion, instead of continuing like this, it is better to finish the battle and solve this problem once and for all!" ”

"I want to use the living example of Altan Khan to make them never dare to set foot on the frontier of my Ming Dynasty easily!"

Seeing that the emperor had already said this, everyone had no choice but to nod yes.

Although on the surface, Da Ming's preparations were relatively hasty, and in the spring of the next year, a war would start.

But at present, the Ming treasury is abundant, and the repeated use of troops is even more victorious, which is the time when morale is high.

The new weapons produced by the Ordnance Division have also been tested in two wars, whether it is grenades, paper bullets, or flintlock pistols, they are all things that can change the course of war.

When the imperial court had previously sent troops to suppress the Banzhou Yang clan, it had tested the above-mentioned weapons, and the effect of the test was excellent, and it only took more than a month to defeat the Banzhou soldiers under Yang Lie's command in one fell swoop.

After this, I saw Hu Zongxian stand up and take the lead in expressing his attitude: "Your Majesty, Weichen supports the imperial court and officially starts war against Altan Khan in the spring of the next year!" ”

"In addition, Weichen also wants to recommend Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou to His Majesty, these two are brave and good at fighting, have made many military exploits, and are very good at using soldiers!"

Hearing this, Jiajing nodded after a moment of silence and said slowly: "Well, I'm right!" ”

The people present knew very well that before this, Hu Zongxian, who was the secretary of the ministry, had already recommended Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou to the emperor.

Publicly mentioning this matter in the cabinet meeting now is nothing more than a formality.

After Hu Zongxian expressed his support, Zhang Juzheng also stood up, only to see him get up from his seat, arch his hand to Jiajing, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Altan Khan has been harassing my Ming frontier for a long time, and the people are miserable. ”

"Please send troops to destroy this thief and eliminate the traitor!"

When Zhang Juzheng's words fell, the remaining people in the cabinet also got up from their seats and said in unison.

Then, after looking around, Jiajing retracted his gaze, nodded, and then said: "Well, okay, next spring, the imperial court will officially send troops to start a war with Altan Khan!" ”

After this, I saw Jiajing sweep his gaze from Xu Jie's and Gao Gong's bodies respectively, and commanded: "When the time comes, your household department will be responsible for the overall planning of food, salary and ordnance!" ”

After Xu Jie and Gao Gong noticed Jiajing's gaze falling on them, they immediately looked awe-inspired, and responded in a deep voice: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

After that, Jiajing seemed to suddenly remember something, looked in the direction where Zhang Juzheng was, and asked: "By the way, Zhang Juzheng, how is the construction of the two naval divisions of the imperial court going on in the current military department?" ”

Zhang Juzheng saw that the emperor asked him about the progress of the construction of the sailors, and he didn't dare to hide it in the slightest, and after recalling for a while, he responded respectfully: "Your Majesty, the construction of the two sailors of the imperial court is going well, and last month, seven new warships were built in the shipyard!" ”

"But Wei Chen's previous estimate is too optimistic, according to the current rate, I am afraid that it will be necessary to wait until the beginning of next year, when the two water divisions of the imperial court can be completed, and I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness!"

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he waited anxiously for Jiajing's response.

Jiajing took in the expression on Zhang Juzheng's face, waved his hand indifferently, and commanded: "It's okay, anyway, it's not in a hurry for a while, when the construction of the two sailors of the imperial court is completed, it will be temporarily assigned to the name of the Maritime Trade Division, responsible for escorting my Ming merchant ships!" ”

"In this way, while bringing income, it can also allow them to accumulate more experience in ocean-going operations!"

When Jiajing's words fell, everyone looked in the direction where Gao Gong was located with envy.

As early as when the Maritime Trade Division was first established, the emperor gave the Maritime Trade Division the power to mobilize sailors at will, and now the Ming Navy's Naval Division has more than 80 warships that can fight in the ocean, and the remaining ships of all kinds add up to more than 100 ships.

In addition, the emperor also allocated 8 million taels of silver in the name of suppressing the Japanese to build the second sailor of the imperial court.

At present, the construction of this second water division has been completed.

Later, with the increasing prosperity of maritime trade, the emperor allocated funds to build two new sailors on the grounds of escorting the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, everyone thought about it, and suddenly found that before they knew it, the sailor of the Ming Dynasty had become so powerful.

When the imperial court completes the construction of the remaining water divisions, at that time, the Ming Dynasty will have four water divisions.

And because the Maritime Trade Division can mobilize the sailors at will, that is to say, such a powerful force is firmly controlled by the Maritime Trade Division under Gao Gong.

"Could it be that Your Majesty didn't take these issues into account when he set up the Maritime Trade Department in the first place, or did Your Majesty do it on purpose?"

Yan Song thought so, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.

Seeing that the matter had settled, I saw Jiajing slowly get up from the dragon chair, face everyone, and said unhurriedly: "Okay, I'm also a little tired, let's get here first today!" ”

After Jiajing finished speaking, he got up from his seat and walked straight to the outside of the cabinet.

And Lu Fang, who was waiting beside Jiajing, saw this situation and hurriedly followed Jiajing's pace.

Immediately afterwards, under the leadership of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, everyone knelt on the ground in unison, saluted respectfully towards Jiajing's departing back.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" (End of chapter)