Emperor Wanli encountered a problem, and in a letter to Chen Mu, the courtiers attributed the cause of this problem to Chen Mu, so they agreed that the problem needed to be solved by him.

This problem is that a few years after the Ming army occupied the South Seas, and even the Wanli ships had sailed to the Great Eastern Ocean, the Manchu Dynasty finally realized that the Ming Dynasty could successfully expand.

The war that happened on the sea is not a miracle, and the recovery of Wulianghai is not an opportunity, the deep reason is that the generation who was born at the end of the Southern and Northern Empires and grew up to experience the Ming Dynasty's reopening of the sea ban and the bloody war in Manila, the youngest has passed the palace examination to obtain the Jinshi, entered the Hanlin Academy as an editor, went to the local magistrate to be a county, and entered the branch as a spokesman.

The Ming in their eyes is completely different from the Ming in the eyes of their ancestors.

The old generation said not to start the war lightly, the flag army was tired and not good at field battles, but they said that the Ming Banner Army was invincible, and cited the previous achievements of the sealed martial arts; The older generation said that they should not fight on many fronts, and that the imperial treasury was empty and could not afford to consume, but they said that the imperial court transported 8 million taels of silver in the year, 8 million taels of grain in Beijing, and Qinglong on the Tianjin-Tong Railway traveled 320 miles a day, and as long as it continued to be repaired, the grain and grass could be transported from the Beiyang port to Xiningwei, Gansu Province in half a month.

Diametrically opposed ideas collide with each other in the court and have been going on for a long time.

From the initial irrationality of both sides, to the later analysis of both sides extremely rationally, and finally even took out the strategic purpose and battle plan handed over to the Beijing division by the generals who invited the war to start the analysis, and the group of people at the top of the Ming food chain - the cabinet, the six ministries, and the Hanlin Academy, prioritized the strategic goals.

For example, Zhang Chen, the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningxia, who was reactivated by the emperor because he submitted a war petition, had a very close strategic goal, which was to first recover the Hamiwei and then take out the Turpan governor of the Yarkand Khanate, Ma Heima.

Although the Yarkand Khanate seems to be the first tragedy in the steppe in the long history, the third Great Khan Abdul Harin destroyed the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and the Yarkand Khanate was at its peak in a short period of time.

The reason why they were targeted by Zhang Chen was that they had a lot of operations and a mine at home.

Nitrate.

In fact, the Yarkand Khanate is very terrifying, they have nitrate and sulfur, huge production, the city-state nobles will also make muskets, and use infantry guns and shields to resist the offensive of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and the Mughal in the west, and the Ming Dynasty in the east, with great potential.

As descendants of the Chagatai Khanate and the Turpan Khanate, they perfectly inherited the legacy of the Mongol Empire.

Crude Mongolian-style political system, there is.

Rough Mongolian-style fiscal system, there is.

Crude Mongolian-style military system, there is.

Naturally, there is also a law for the election of the heirs of the Khan, the Kuritai Assembly.

The political system determined that the khanate was a loose alliance of tribal chieftains, the financial system determined that both the Great Khans were poor, and the military system decided that the warriors could not live a good life without fighting or robbing them, and the Kuritai Assembly ...... It was determined that every election of an heir would plunge the Khanate into a war of secession.

This is a big problem in the steppe where there is no city, but now the land occupied by the Yarkand Khanate has had cities and city-states since the Han Dynasty, and nomadic tribes coexist with city-states.

And it's so close to the traditional Central Asian region, so what would the wise Great Khan choose? Of course, it's to learn from the good neighbors in the west, and that's right...... When they ran out of money, they robbed their city-states.

In Zhang Chen's view, the city lords of the Yarkand Khanate, known as 'Burke', were all natural allies of the Ming Dynasty.

His strategic step was to recover the Hamiwei, fight a big battle with the Yarkand Khanate on the battlefield and achieve victory, so that the city lords of the Yarkand Khanate in the vast world who had suffered for a long time could see the power of the Great Ming, and they all had to happily thank the Great Tomorrow for the appointment of the Tusi.

In a war like this, for the common people, there is a ruling foundation, the terrain is familiar, the roads are good, there are cities to retreat, and it is easy to obtain internal responses, and the expected benefits are also considerable...... The best choice.

For example, the strategy of Wei Shi, the chief military officer of Shaanxi, was not very interesting to the courtiers, and he wanted to fight Warat for the reason of boosting his spirit.

Who cares if you mention it or not, how many years ago did the civil fort, not to mention that Bu Yanbo, who was newly succeeded after the barbarians, ran to Wara, and the things behind him just waited for them to mess up by themselves, there was neither a road city nor a matter of strategic benefits, don't look at Wei Shi's plan is very serious, basically no one approves of this plan.

However, although many plans were prioritized, the imperial court was not in a hurry to see the war.

Because not only the military ministers, but also the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all mobilized, and there were even serious governors who wanted to be transferred to Saiwai as governors.

Everyone can want to make meritorious contributions to the territory, so the question arises - what is the merit to be awarded?

The lowly soldiers and county officials are easy to say, but these people are all at the level of governors, and those who are martial are at the level of general soldiers, and the meritorious official positions have been extreme.

Now that the barrier of restraint has disappeared, Jing Haibo and Krupp have been sealed, and now this situation makes the cabinet and the emperor a little afraid.

Successfully subdued Hamiwei, is Zhang Chen knighted or not? If Zhang Chen was knighted for recovering Hamiwei, then Qi Jiguang should be knighted for recovering Wuliang Hasanwei? Then Li Chengliang chiseled through the hometown of Nurgan Dusi all the way and reset seven or eight guards, what should be sealed?

If you continue to expand in the future, how will those generals be knighted?

What's more, there are two big brothers in the world.

Yin Zhengmao of the West, how many guards are set up in the West, he has the final say.

Chen Mu of the East, holding Shang Fangjian and Wanli Gold Medal, let alone the guard, how many kings he creates, he has the final say.

The emperor can only discuss this matter with Chen Mu, as long as he has a unified voice with Chen Mu, he can be used as an example by others in the future, no matter how great his merits are, there is no greater merit than him.

The emperor didn't know how to seal him these years, only the marquis remained, as for the king, Wanli felt that Chen Mu, who was in charge of one hundred and eighty kings, looked down on the prince.

Chen Mu felt that it was quite tricky to think about it, but he did not approve of expanding the knighthood...... In these years, the Ming Dynasty has produced many powerful generals, as long as the mouth is opened, the Ming Dynasty will be all over the place in less than three years.

It is a good thing to have a knighthood, which can stimulate people's meritorious service, but the hereditary title will inevitably reduce the title, and if the meritorious hero is not good, he will be slaughtered.

The best thing to do is to make the title not hereditary, but not to leave future generations without preferential treatment, otherwise the title will not be a title.

"Well, let's get some medals."

It is economical and affordable, and it can also enhance the sense of honor of meritorious soldiers.