After Yang Feng and Zhu Youxiao came to the imperial study room of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao took the lead in sitting down, and then pointed to the stool next to the dragon case and said, "Yang Aiqing...... You can sit down too. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Feng was not polite either, and sat down.

Looking at Yang Feng, who was almost reluctant on his face, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing: "Yang Aiqing, I know that you miss your pregnant concubine very much, and I didn't want to be this wicked person, but I thought that since you haven't seen each other for several months, I don't care about waiting for these two more hours, so I will wronged Aiqing for a while." ”

Seeing that Emperor Lao Tzu explained to himself for this trivial matter, if he changed to another official, he would definitely be moved, but our Yang Daguan didn't seem to buy it, and muttered: "You are Your Majesty, whatever you say is right." ”

"Hey...... You guy...... Hahaha......"

Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows at first, and then laughed out loud by Yang Feng's words, in fact, the relationship between him and Yang Feng has developed to this day, and the two have become a relationship of half monarch and half friend.

It is said that the emperor has no friends, the emperor's profession is majestic, but it is also lonely, it is rare to meet Yang Feng who respects him and will not be submissive because of his identity, and can talk and laugh with him on weekdays, Zhu Youxiao naturally cherishes it.

After the two talked and laughed for a while, Zhu Youxiao sighed with emotion: "Yang Aiqing, speaking of which, I really owe Aiqing too much. Since I met you, Aiqing went to Liaodong several times to pacify the Manchu Tartars, and brought potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn for the Ming Dynasty, these high-yield seeds, and finally made him an earl, and went to Fujian to crusade against Zheng Zhilong, and even my life was saved by Aiqing, I really don't know how to be grateful. ”

"Don't ...... Don't ......" Yang Feng hurriedly waved his hand: "Your Majesty, you are serious, Weichen was originally just a businessman who returned from overseas, but His Majesty did not abandon him, and he was actually named a marquis, this is already a great grace, how dare you ask for credit." Besides, it's not right to be a courtier's ass to the emperor, so why should you take it to heart. ”

After Yang Feng finished speaking, he and Zhu Youxiao glanced at each other, and the two of them laughed at the same time.

After the joke, the two began to get into the formal conversation.

Zhu Youxiao took the lead in asking: "Yang Aiqing, is that Taiwan really as good as you said in the court?" ”

"Indeed!" Yang Feng's expression also became serious: "Taiwan's area is the size of Qiongzhou, although it has a lot of mountains, and only 20% of the land that can be cultivated, but its location is very important, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first barrier to the south of my Ming Dynasty."

After we occupy Taiwan, we can use it as a base to develop in the south, whether it is to the northeast to Fusang or to the south to capture Luzon is extremely convenient, it can be said that we can attack and retreat, at this time, if we abandon Taiwan, we will be sinners for future generations! ”

"Sinners?" Zhu Youxiao repeated in a low voice, pondered for a long time before continuing to ask: "It is said that where are the Dutch entrenched on Taiwan Island now, and what kind of hot city has been built?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's the city of Geranza!" Yang Feng smiled contemptuously: "It's not that the minister underestimates them, the Dutch are only a few thousand people in the city of Geranza, if it weren't for the recovery of Bon Port, the minister would have led people to pacify these red-haired devils, which allows them to show off their power on the territory of our Ming Dynasty." ”

"Haha...... This is a relief to hear. Zhu Youxiao was also happy, "If others say this, I may not believe it, but I believe what Yang Aiqing said, and thousands of red-haired devils are also called a matter?" But there is one other thing that I am most concerned about right now. ”

Yang Feng smiled: "Your Majesty cares about Luzon and other Nanyang islands, right?" ”

"Indeed!" Zhu Youxiao nodded: "In the past two years, thanks to the blessing of potatoes and other high-yield seeds brought by Aiqing, the life of our people in the Ming Dynasty has finally been much better, but even so, the people in the north have a very hard life, otherwise the incident in Shaanxi would not have happened a few days ago."

I've been thinking hard these days, what's wrong with our Ming Dynasty? Over the years, the weather has become colder and colder year by year, and the grain production has been decreasing, if it weren't for the potatoes from Aiqing, we would have starved all over the place by early tomorrow. ”

"After all, there is still too little land!" Yang Feng stared at Zhu You's correction and said: "Weichen told His Majesty a few years ago that land annexation is the biggest cancer in our Ming Dynasty, although those scholars who control the court always shout what to do for heaven and earth, for the people, for the saints, for the eternal peace, the slogan is to shout loudly, but it is these people who do the most harm to the people. ”

When he said this, the disdain on Yang Feng's face was overflowing.

Zhu Youxiao sighed lightly: "I don't know what Aiqing said, but this kind of chronic disease has existed in Daming for more than two hundred years, even if I am the king of a country, I can only do nothing." ”

Yang Feng stopped talking, land annexation is the biggest stubborn disease in all dynasties, and it has been the case for thousands of years, which is why since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the national fortunes of later dynasties have rarely exceeded three hundred years.

He who had already studied this issue immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you want to solve the problem of land annexation, it will not be possible to do it overnight, it will take us long-term unremitting efforts or even several generations to complete, but at the moment we do not have so much time to solve it slowly. So at present, we have only one way to quickly alleviate the problem of land shortage. ”

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Aiqing speak quickly...... What's the solution? ”

Yang Feng walked to the globe placed on the dragon case, pointed to the place in the South Seas, and said word by word: "Expand outward, and use our strong ships and cannons to lay a large piece of land enough for the people of the Ming Dynasty to thrive!" ”

"Expand your territory?" Zhu Youxiao's eyes showed a look of longing, this is the most longed-for thing of the emperors of the past dynasties, if he can really lay down a large piece of land, then in the future, even if he is under the Nine Springs, he can proudly face his ancestors.

"Where to expand?"

"Naturally, it's south!"

"Can we really take those places in the South Seas?"

"Why not? The people there are stupid and lazy, the land there is flat and fertile, why can't we take it? ”

"But the ministers of the court?"

"Those people don't care about them, when we occupy it, they will be the first to run there!"

"In that case, I'll leave this matter to Aiqing."

"This is within the scope of the ministers!"

Such a big matter was decided in a few simple conversations, that is, these few seemingly idle words, but in later generations it became a topic of endless debate among countless historians.