Zhang Juzheng was noncommittal about the naming of the three warships that circled the world.

Whether the circumnavigation fleet can sail is itself debatable, and the naming of battleships is not to be thought of will be highly controversial.

At first, this was a matter of both advantages and disadvantages for the Ming Dynasty, but when the name of the civil and military warship was thrown out by Chen Mu, it directly became a matter of advantages and disadvantages for Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang.

He couldn't say yes so quickly.

However, for the first time, Zhang Juzheng actually asked Chen Mu about the specifications and armament configuration of these three warships, which made Chen Mu's heart bloom.

Zhang Juzheng's meaning was to let Chen Mu stay silent for the time being, and prepare four ships, wait for these four warships to be built, let people drive to Tianjin Port first, and then discuss this matter after he has seen it.

If it doesn't work, it can be transferred directly to the navy.

Obviously, no matter how much Zhang Juzheng thinks about it, he must have been tempted.

Not only Chen Mu was happy, but Zhang Juzheng was also happy, he once again discovered Chen Mu's characteristics - this person is very good at turning what he wants to do into someone else's business to make people die.

This trait will be of great help to tonight's feast.

There were not many attendees at the banquet, but it was very scene, and the six Shangshu were all here, and there were a few old acquaintances.

In addition to Shangshu, Qi Jiguang, the prime minister of Jizhen, if he strictly ranked the seats, he was afraid that he would have to go to the last seat, but obviously Qi Shuai was the protagonist today, ranking second on the right, and the main seat was reserved for Chen Mu, but Chen Mu felt that it might be left for him to be humble, and he used words to bring Qi Jiguang back to the seat.

If he was in Nanyang, he would sit on the seat, this is Shuntian, Qi Shuai's territory!

Chen Mu, the secretary of the ministry, is the most familiar, and he is not wronged to kowtow to the New Year when he comes back for the New Year, because it is the old governor Zhang Han, who has looked at him with a smile since Chen Mu entered the door, and the more he looks, the more happy he is, and he has the appearance of looking forward to Jackie Chan.

Wang Guoguang of the household department, although Chen Mu has only seen it a few times, but the Nanyang Military Government and the household department are equivalent to 'cooperative units', and every year Beijing transports silver to the household department, and there are many favors.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Ma Ziqiang, is now the government and the opposition is not biased to Zhang Juzheng's upright members, today in the palace also heard the emperor mention him, in the past Wanli was the crown prince when he was the crown prince, the emperor really missed him, and also wanted him to be a scholar and a lecturer, but this is unacceptable to Zhang Juzheng, so he pushed it on the grounds that Shangshu affairs were busy, and now he only does Shangshu, and has no power to speak every day, just as a banquet speaker.

Just kidding, teaching the emperor's duties day and night can be faked by others, and even the textbooks written by Chen Mu himself have to be translated by Zhang Juzheng himself.

Chen Mu saw himself in Ma Ziqiang, just for this point, Zhang Juzheng would not allow him to stay in Beijing for a long time, or it would not be long before a new responsibility would be issued for him to go elsewhere to shine, and he was also complacent about this - it is much more comfortable for a person like him to hold power overseas than to be tied up in the country.

Ma Ziqiang also gave Chen Mu arch his hand, and thanked him with a smile: "Since the founding of the country, the imperial court tribute is a confused account that has been fooled by the princes of various countries, and even the situation outside the country and Japan is not clear, thanks to the general's attention to intelligence, in recent years, the situation in overseas countries is clear, and the name of the country has been determined, Qi Shuai also sent people to explore Mobei, and he has a lot of knowledge of the situation of his neighbors, and it is of great use to the Ministry of Rites!" ”

This thing is both funny and lamentable, some things in this world are very strange to say, the development of history is not absolute, too many things do not mean that they cannot be done, but they simply do not know that things can be done.

It's like the Americans in America riding horses, but if they see horses, they will kill them and eat meat, because they don't know that animals can be ridden.

Needless to say, Tan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Wang Chonggu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said that the secretary of the Ministry of Industry had changed a new person named Guo Chaobin, and he was also not afraid of Zhang Juzheng, and the minister who was upright opposed Zhang Juzheng several times and again to the matter of Zhang Juzheng Xinchen digging the Jiaolai Second River, because after his field investigation, it was proved that it was not yet time to dig the canal.

The gathering of these people had a great impact on Chen Mu, especially making him curious about what could make Zhang Juzheng gather them together, sitting here without sleeping at night, neither listening to opera nor singing, all words were relaxed and serious, obviously to discuss a big matter.

After chatting for a long time, I heard Zhang Juzheng clear his throat and say to everyone: "Over the past few years, the imperial court has finally repaired and strengthened the defense line of the Great Wall. ”

"Please come here today, the first important thing is to discuss, is there a way to let the imperial court set up another northern parallel capital."

There are people who agree, such as the old man Zhang Han, who is the head of the old horse, but does not put forward any substantive answers; There are also those who oppose it, such as Wang Chonggu, who is an expert in dealing with the northern captives outside the Saiwai, who is very optimistic about this, thinking that the status quo is really not easy, and the north has already bowed down to the vassals, and it is suspicious to attack again.

Qi Jiguang explained: "The defense line of the Great Wall is a priority, and it is not a radical desire to attack Mongolia, the enemy is riding on our car, and it is already heavy on defense and light on attack, and it is not mobile enough; What's more, it is difficult to find the main force when going out of the fortress, and if the grain road is cut off at the slightest accident, the soldiers will die and have no life, but you are all important ministers of the court, and the deliberations are nothing more than precautions. ”

All dynasties have been repairing the Great Wall, this is no way, of course, there is also a dynasty that does not repair, that is the Tang Dynasty, because the Tang army, which is more fierce than the nomads, thinks that they don't need the Great Wall, what do you want the Great Wall to do?

At that time, the Great Wall was used to slow down the Tang army's attack and protect the enemy outside the fortress.

Chen Mu is a head and two big, discussing this kind of thing, what is Zhang Juzheng looking for himself to do?

His Nanyang Legion is very powerful, but it is very dependent on the transportation of baggage after controlling the sea power, and there is no logistical baggage on land, and his banner army will go north for two hundred miles at most, even if the gods descend to the earth, and they will be blind before they have passed the bansheng.

What's more, the returns are too low, and it is better to expand to the sea with the same effort, and when the development of productive forces changes qualitatively, Saiwai will no longer be a powerful opponent.

"What does Chen Shuai say, you have destroyed the country and served the country overseas for more than ten years, and the means are endless, in addition to the supply of silver and grain, what are the ways to help the imperial court gain an advantage in war?"

Hearing Zhang Juzheng ask, Chen Mu's brows relaxed, listening to this meaning, it is not Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng who are dizzy and want to use military to solve the problem, so it seems that they have reached a consensus.

In fact, this is also the inevitable result of the development of productive forces and the abundance of silver and grain, and the external problems have been hanging in the minds of the Ming monarchs and ministers, and the internal problems have not subsided in the past, and there is no spare energy to think more, so naturally no one will think about these things; Now that the silver grain is abundant, there are only three Xuanxuan and six comforts for the whole two years, and there is no rebellion in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, which is already a very remarkable situation.

The courtiers were also free to think about more things.

Chen Mu nodded and said: "I also think that the time has not yet come to send troops to the north and solve the problem of the northern captives once and for all with strong soldiers, but if the imperial court wants to make some preparations for the younger generations, I think it is okay to give it a try." ”

"Deepen commercial ties, and sign treaties with the heads of various ministries, allowing the Ming people to pass through all parts of the country, so as to sell goods into various places outside the Seychelles, go deep into their borders, and install spies to survey and map the detailed maps of various places, to the north, to the west, to the east, the farther the better, the Ming to understand the surrounding situation, to collect intelligence for a long time, and to set up a commissioner bureau in the country, with the officials who are proficient in strategy and understand the outside of the Seychelles to deduce the change of their leaders and future wars."

"Militarily outside the fortress such as Bansheng and other Great Wall along the establishment of city defense, I went to see me answer, remember that he said at that time that the formation of Bansheng, is because the Ming people do not dare to go out of the fortress, captives do not dare to approach the fortress, now all places have surrendered, I Ming people should dare to go out of the fortress, which will bring contradictions, but even if the scale of the battle is very small, the border generals can control, further encroachment to gain an advantage."

"One more point." Chen Mu smiled, what he said represented his opinion, there is no major threat to the current Saibei in recent years, and said: "In the Xuanda area, build more woolen mills, Shaanxi, Shanxi, build more cotton thread factories, we can't control anything else, but a small policy adjustment can affect the movement of private businessmen." ”

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