No wonder the little emperor is confused, the entire imperial court has no big plans for the east and the west, and Chen Mu has gradually figured out the basic rules for the operation of this set of laws in the world of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty spared no effort on stability, which is very good, because the country is so big, and as the most populous empire in the world, stability is the premise of everything.

People know all too well that without stability, everything is false.

This also determines that the entire decision-making level is not extroverted, and it is already very hard to be pushed by the Nanyang Military Government to drive ducks to the shelves, and those officials in the empire of the most powerful competition mechanism in the world now have to spare their strength to learn foreign affairs, otherwise they will be surpassed by their colleagues - at least the officials of the six ministries must have their own understanding of foreign countries.

While everyone was still trying to figure out what was going on in Nanyang, the cabinet members had already added the Beiyang, Dongyang, and Western military offices because Nanyang had grabbed huge benefits for the empire and did not cause more trouble.

At this time, who can figure out what exactly Toyo is going to do?

All the people in the world, even Zhang Juzheng, have information that they have only two routes to the east, passing through Mexico, and arriving at Portugal and Spain, which are small in the vast blurred blank space on the map.

Cangming Zong, which means the largest ocean, is the Ming people's original name for the Pacific Ocean, but why it is called this name and how to determine that it is the largest ocean, the Ming people have no way of knowing.

People don't even know what Chen Mu wants to do on the endless ocean of Cangming Sect.

Under the tall red wall, Chen Mu used a moment to organize the language and replied to Wanli: "The establishment of the Four Military Mansions is to enrich the country, strengthen the army, and enjoy the people, which requires a huge amount of copper, silver, gold, and a huge amount of various resources, even if the main purpose of the Four Military Mansions is to transport a lot of wealth and resources to the imperial court, train soldiers and horses to protect trade, and let these soldiers and horses be used by the imperial court in a more dangerous world environment." ”

"A more dangerous environment in the world." The little emperor pursed his lips, raised his hand and scratched his sideburns and asked, "Jing Haibo thinks that the Yi people on the other side of the Great Eastern Ocean are more dangerous than the northern captives?" ”

"Each has its own risks, the northern captives are fierce and occupy a favorable location, if they win, they will be scattered if they are defeated, and it is difficult to pursue them if they are broken into pieces, and it is difficult to pursue them, and the horses of the imperial court are not good enough and not enough, only he fights me, and I do not fight him, and the long defense line in northern Xinjiang consumes a lot of energy and financial resources of the imperial court; On the other side of the sea, their advantage is completely different from mine, like China, they are constantly improving, which is the most dangerous place for them. ”

"The enemy in the north and my Chinese ancestors have fought for thousands of years, this is geographically determined, we have been making progress in the war, they have not changed much, during the Qin Dynasty, the enemy in the north was riding horses and firing arrows, and now they are still riding horses and firing arrows, we have used chariots, cavalry, infantry, spears, bows and crossbows, and firearms, and now we use artillery."

"In the long war, the situation like today has been formed, the surrounding areas are forever backward, learn from the Central Plains, and the Central Principles indulge in enjoyment after looking at the invincibility of all sides, until the surrounding countries learn something, accumulate strength, and attack us, in order to enter the Central Plains."

"In the battle with them, the most difficult thing is to maintain our strength, and now use better weapons, but I believe that Your Majesty can also see that Northern Xinjiang relies on a group of outstanding generals who have been trained in the south and the north to support its strength, not that the soldiers and generals of the imperial court can be stronger than in the early Ming Dynasty, as long as they can maintain the strength of the Central Plains Dynasty, they can suppress the Quartet, because of the cultural commonality, they can't jump out of this circle."

When Chen Mu and Wanli have a dialogue, he always unconsciously substitutes into the context of a teacher, and Wanli seems to accept such a dialogue method because of the education of the Tao Te Ching, of course, he has not forgotten that he is an emperor, and the small hand hidden in his big sleeve is on his stomach, regardless of whether he understands it or not, he responds with a reserved bow.

The emperor's little master still thinks that he can understand most of them, even if some of them don't understand, it doesn't matter - as a middle-aged disciple of God, he often has to face this dilemma of not understanding what the other party is saying, at this time, just nod his head, and ask a question about what he can understand, and he can make the effect of 'Your Majesty is as smart as a god, and you can draw inferences'.

Usually the teacher thinks that something is important, he will take the trouble to say it over and over again, at least Zhang Ju is exactly like this.

So Wanli developed this habit, and he asked, "Is Jing Haibo saying that the Europa Zhuyi is different from the surrounding countries?" ”

"It is that different regions have developed independently for thousands of years, forming different cultures, even if some technologies have been passed on for thousands of miles, but they are generally completely different, in today's world, who learns more, who has more advantages, this truth is very simple; And in terms of humility and studiousness, it is clear that we have an advantage. ”

When Chen Mu said this, he finally ended Teacher Chen's teaching and said, "The minister invited Tianjin to build the Beiyang Yamen for the purpose of training cavalry and supervising logistics; As the Minister of the East, he had to cross the sea to Molica, South Asia, to receive the leased land of the imperial court in Spain in the treaty, and to identify for the imperial court what was beneficial to the imperial court in the culture and technology of the European countries, and bring it back. ”

Xiao Wanli was still bowing his head, seeing that he had approached the Qianqing Palace, he looked at Chen Mu's face very seriously, his expression was not like a teenager, and he asked with a little discretion: "Jing Haibo, I am often taught by teachers, and I also hear a lot of advice from courtiers, just like in Qintianjian, when I mentioned that you plan to let people measure the world, the first thing the supervisor said is nothing else, it is the law of the ancestors, except for Qintianjian, ordinary people are not allowed to measure the time of the sky." ”

"Why have I never heard the Ancestral Law in your mouth?"

There is no one else around, Chen Mu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "But Your Majesty must have heard the word core interests in the mouth of the minister, in the eyes of the minister, this word is no different from the 'law of the ancestors' in the mouth of others, the courtiers have those who serve the country, those who do themselves, and those who serve the country as well as themselves, according to their different purposes, Your Majesty can screen their different core interests." ”

"When the core interests are touched by others, there will be attacks, and in the Ming Dynasty, the best way to attack a person is to take the four words of the ancestors' law down! That was the law of expelling Emperor Taizu of the previous dynasty, and no one could disobey it. ”

"You're teaching the Emperor's mind." Wanli probably just learned the word imperial mind from Zhang Juzheng, and he is not very proficient in using it, he said with some understanding: "So the teacher has to pass the test, and there will always be courtiers who have changed the law of the ancestors to suppress it, and the teacher will find a counterattack from the decree at the beginning of the founding of the country?" ”

Hearing Wanli say this, Chen Mu really felt that Zhang Ge Lao had worked hard, but he even knew the follow-up - if he could use the method of his ancestors to smash it back, Zhang Juzheng would smash it back, and if he couldn't smash it back, he would also smash it back with power and wisdom.

But he was reluctant to talk about his evaluation of Zhang Juzheng's reform in this seemingly airtight Forbidden City, which was actually ventilated everywhere, and would offend people if it was good or bad.

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