Zhu Yijun's friendship with Gao Pragmatic is indeed not something that ordinary monarchs and ministers can have, so he speaks very directly, especially when talking about these simple government issues, he has no concealment.

After saying these words, Zhu Yijun's attitude is already very clear: I not only want to fight, but also want to teach Burma a hard lesson before I am happy, but now I have to meet my elbow and exchange the golden hairpin for wine, and I really can't come up with the money to fight this battle for a while, so you see, I am also very painful.

Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, there are some things that the minister has to ask in advance. ”

"What?" Zhu Yijun looked at him and said, "If you have any questions, just ask." ”

Gao pragmatic said: "Has the emperor ever thought that my Ming Dynasty would directly occupy Burma?" ”

"Occupy Burma? Do you mean something like the one you did in Annam during the Yongle years? Zhu Yijun shook his head: "I don't have this idea." ”

Gao pragmatic asked: "Dare to ask why?" ”

Zhu Yijun was surprised: "This truth is obvious, during the Yongle period, my Ming country was extremely prosperous, and the occupation of a small area of Annan has been troubled for so many years, and I have not been able to calm down the place after fighting back and forth several times." When it dragged on until Xuanmiao, I finally felt that this loss-making business could not be continued, so I simply withdrew my troops and came back, and the results of so many years of war had to be abandoned......

Pragmatic, here is just you and me, there are no outsiders present, and I don't hide anything, I think the situation at that time was simply stealing chickens and rice. And now our focus is also very clear, that is, the Mongolian left wing, the Chahar department, everything else must be compromised to this goal, I ...... I must do this great thing that my ancestors have not been able to do! Be pragmatic, you have to help me. ”

Gao pragmatic looked at Zhu Yijun's extremely expectant gaze, nodded vigorously, and said: "The emperor can rest assured, this is not the ambition of the emperor alone, but also the ambition of the minister, and the minister will do his best to help the emperor achieve this great cause." ”

Speaking of which, it is the first time that Gao Pragmatic has so clearly understood the ideals of Zhu Yijun, the emperor.

But all human beings always have ideals.

The ideal of ordinary people is nothing more than worry-free food and clothing, and a full house of children and grandchildren; The ideal of a scholar is either to glorify the ancestors or to dominate the world; Even relatives and nobles have ideals, such as not falling into the family's reputation and being rich and prosperous.

The ideal of the king of a single country is the most difficult to judge. Some emperors' ideals were to be safe and secure, some emperors' ideals were immortality, some emperors' ideals were to conquer everything, and of course some emperors' ideals were just to enjoy a lifetime.

Zhu Yijun's ideal in the crown prince's period, Gao Pragmatic knew that it was a very broad concept, that is, "to be a good emperor in the future" - this ideal was instilled in him by the first emperor Longqing and others;

After he ascended the throne and before he became pro-government, he also knew that it was "the peace of the country and the people, and the emperor's picture will be forever" - this ideal was instilled in him by the civil ministers, including Gao Gong and Guo Pu, two old ministers.

But as Zhu Yijun grew older, especially during the period before and after the official pro-government, he was obviously confused, so much so that in the Gengchen Palace Examination, he personally came up with a policy question that was hundreds of words long.

"I have been in the world for more than eight years, and I will always be right. However, the discipline gang is playing, the fields are reclaimed and the people are poor, the school is silent and the soldiers are stealing, the border is peaceful and the soldiers are in an uproar, the supervision is strict and the thieves are breeding, and the blame is safe? How can I not be benevolent, clear or disadvantageous, and less broken when the opportunity arises? ”

Everyone has a period of confusion in their lives, and most of them will have a "doubtful everything" during that time. Although Zhu Yijun is an emperor, he is also a human being, and he will also suddenly feel during that time: Why is this world not what I imagined? Why do I do so much and it doesn't work? What am I going to do?

What is particularly troubling is that his education and display of the situation are in conflict.

The lecturers told him that if the style of officials is not right, they should be strictly disciplined, but the fact is that no matter how much he stresses it, there is no obvious improvement in the style of officials, and it is still "officials who play with (stubbornness)", and every year officials who are dismissed from their posts and questioned for crimes such as corruption and carelessness still go forward and follow one another.

The lecturers told him that if the people were poor, they should be advised to teach agriculture and cultivate intensively, but the fact is that there are very few abandoned fields in the world, and the vast majority of them have been properly cared for, but the common people are still so poor that they are surrounded by walls, and they worry about what they will eat tomorrow every day.

The lecturers told him that if the morale deteriorates, it should start from a young age in the school (social studies, county schools, etc.), but the school purge has also been carried out, but the morale is still deteriorating. Many students are not keen on reading, and they get carried away every time they take the exam and lift people, thinking that they have become upper-class people, going in and out of the land of fireworks, and making friends with rich people.

The lecturers told him that the frequent mutiny of the border army was the main reason for the unrest in the frontier, but he found that even if the border army did not mutiny, once the foreign enemy attacked, the performance would still be bad. Either let the enemy take the initiative to retreat after plundering, but instead say that after a hard battle, they repelled the attackers; Either you lose the battle and collapse at the first touch. If it weren't for the fact that the performance of Jiliao Xuanda and other towns near Gyeonggi was quite acceptable, Zhu Yijun would have scolded him in private for "rice bucket" and "incompetence" every time he received side feelings.

The lecturers told him that when the group of thieves broke out, they should urge the local government to increase the pursuit and arrest and strictly enforce the law and discipline, but now Zhu Yijun himself knows that there is a problem with this article, because he has learned that the Jinghua Trading Company under Gao Shishi was originally a group of recruited horses, and now it is actually a border trade giant and a large taxpayer. It can be seen that the root cause of the "mass thieves" is by no means ineffective search and arrest.

All in all, Zhu Yijun felt that nothing was wrong during that time, and although the words said by the lecturers did seem to be very reasonable, they did not match the reality at all.

However, there was one man who changed everything.

This person is Gao Pragmatism.

Gao pragmatic first attributed all the problems raised by Zhu Yijun to one factor: poverty.

It is precisely because of poverty that the above problems are particularly glaring, and they can never be truly solved.

At the same time, Gao pragmatic also pointed out that in solving the problem of "poverty", the successive dynasties have always overemphasized throttling and neglected open source.

The point of view he put forward was controversial at the time, but fortunately, his background limited this controversy to a certain level - he is a family of the Shixue sect, although this attitude seems a little radical, but it is not very out of place for some people in the Xinxue School, because the Xinxue also has radicals, proposing what ***, and even having no king and no father. Those people are alive and well, and obviously Gao Pragmatic will not deserve to die. sweet potato

But at this time, the impact of high pragmatism is still only at the "theoretical level", and there is not much practical display. It wasn't until after the two wars of Annan and Dingbei that his influence increased sharply, and even became the decisive factor in Zhu Yijun's change of mentality.

Why? Because of the victory of the two wars of Annan and Dingbei, it directly helped Zhu Yijun greatly improve his political prestige and successfully grasp the real power of the imperial court.

Zhu Yijun in the original history relied on the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao to grasp the real power, especially the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng, which is the most important thing.

And now Zhu Yijun has no reason to liquidate anyone, if it weren't for Gao Shipra, as a well-known "fellow disciple of the emperor", who gave him two major victories in Annan and Dingbei, how could Zhu Yijun establish his prestige so easily?

Therefore, these two big victories have a very big impact on Zhu Yijun, especially two of the most critical.

One is that after Zhu Yijun received great benefits from these two wars, he was deeply touched by the benefits of "victory in foreign wars", which made his desire for victory in foreign wars stronger, and then stimulated the mood that he just proposed that "I must do this great thing that my ancestors have not been able to do".

When I was a child, I was ignorant about "being a good emperor", but now I have a direct goal: to surpass my ancestors!

The second is that his "expectations" for Gao Pragmatic have become higher, and he is more eager, so he will continue to find ways to improve Gao Pragmatic's position, and even today, he simply directly helps Gao Pragmatic build a team - this is of course to strengthen Gao Pragmatic, but in the final analysis, it is serving him Zhu Yijun's own ideals.

In Zhu Yijun's eyes, Gao Pragmatism was originally the future humerus left to him by his father, and he grew up with him since he was a child, and he is really a confidant among his henchmen and cronies among his cronies, and no one can match him in terms of loyalty.

And Gao Pragmatism also used the six champions, Annan Dingbei and other outstanding performances, perfectly achieved Zhu Yijun's various expectations, at this time, Zhu Yijun wants to achieve the great cause of the emperor in his mind, who does not need Gao Pragmatism?

At least in Zhu Yijun's heart at this time, Gao Pragmatic is not only a courtier, but even a partner, and his most important partner on the road to "greatness".

These words are quite long, but in Gao Shishi's mind, they are like a bright light, and he suddenly understands it, and he has an insight into Zhu Yijun's mood at this moment in an instant.

Now the biggest trouble in front of Zhu Yijun is that he hopes that all "foreign wars" can be won, and it is even better to win a big victory, but at the same time, the truth of the court is in front of him, and if he can't get the money, he can't get the money, and it's useless to force all the household to death.

And there is no money...... You can't fight, after all, there is an old saying: the emperor is not a hungry soldier.

Zhu Yijun looked at Gao Pragmatic's still calm face, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed in his heart, and said: "Pragmatic, I feel relaxed only when you are by my side." You are far away in Liaodong, and you may not know the current situation - the whole court is arguing about this matter, some say that they want to fight, some say they can't fight, some say they should fight, some say they only need to repel it, and some people are even saying that the reason why Burma invaded was because ......the imperial court was too strict with the southwestern consolation (the so-called three proclamations and six consolations)"

When he said this, he let out a long breath of turbidity and sighed: "You haven't experienced this kind of suffering, just like a person who is already sleepy and just wants to sleep well, but there are a large number of people around him who have to pull you to talk nonsense and ask questions, and you can't speak harshly to these people, because when it comes to it, they are all 'for your good'." ”

Gao Shicheng laughed, shook his head and said: "The world says that immortals are good, and immortals have a lot of troubles. Your Majesty, this kind of trouble, even if you are a minister, I am afraid that it will not be able to help you. ”

"No, you can still help." Zhu Yijun hurriedly said: "You continue what you just said...... Well, you asked me if I wanted to occupy Burma, and I already replied, I don't want Burma. What do you think, my Ming Dynasty has taken Yunnan for nearly two hundred years, and there are still a lot of toasts in Yunnan, and even with it, I have to use Mu's Yongzhen Yunnan, if I take Myanmar again, who should I send to Yongzhen Myanmar? I'm afraid that there will be another Annan at that time, and I won't see any benefits, and all that is left is the annoying words of 'spending millions of dollars and losing troops'. ”

Gao pragmatic nodded slightly, and asked again: "In other words, the emperor just wants to teach Burma a lesson and stabilize the southwest frontier, as for other things, it is not so important?" ”

Zhu Yijun thought for a while: "Hmm...... Myanmar is different from Mongolia, Mongolia is too close to Beijing, and the threat is too great, so it must be thoroughly mastered, even if we have to take it step by step at the moment, but the goal is certain. And Myanmar is too far away, and the threat is not very big, as long as they are subdued, it is enough to be honest. ”

Gao Pragmatic did not follow his words, but continued to ask: "But the treasury is empty at the moment, so the emperor hopes to obtain this victory at the lowest cost?" ”

Although Zhu Yijun felt that this sentence sounded a little awkward, as if he had made a very unreasonable request, but now that this is the case, he had no choice but to cough lightly and replied: "This, naturally, the less it costs, the better." ”

Who knew that Gao Pragmatic didn't seem to feel unreasonable, but nodded and said, "The minister has three strategies, or he can share one or two worries for the emperor." ”

Zhu Yijun's eyes widened when he heard this, and he asked in a daze: "Three...... Three strategies? I mean, you can come up with three ways to do that? ”

Gao Pragmatic looked self-deprecating, and said: "Even the emperor is so surprised, it seems that after Gengchen Nianchen's policy was announced, some people outside said that the minister was 'so amazing', but it is not nonsense." ”

Zhu Yijun hurriedly said: "Eh, do you care about those people's mouths? Those people have no ability themselves, so they feel that others will definitely not have the ability, so Hugh has to pay attention to him. ”

Gao pragmatic smiled: "What the emperor said is extremely true, but the ministers really ignore them...... Well, I can't take care of it, so I have to pretend that I didn't hear it. ”

"That's right! Summer insects can't talk about ice, and the bird's ambition is clear? Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "You can come to these three strategies quickly, I have been so worried that my hair is going to turn gray during this time." ”

Gao pragmatic glanced at him, and said in his heart: If you want to say worry, I don't believe you, after all, you are the emperor who has a lot of troubles, but judging from your increasingly rich body, what kind of clothes are getting wider, and your head is white overnight...... Or is it free?

But thinking about it, Gao Pragmatic still told his three strategies.

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