As soon as they heard this, and saw that the emperor ate the same as them, the initial opinion in the hearts of these generals suddenly disappeared. Thinking about the current situation, even in the palace, many people can't help but feel a little emotional.

However, Hu Guang didn't wait for them to respond, and picked up the wine jug again: "Defending the family and defending the country is based on the Qing and others, and it is my Ming soldier!" At the moment, the conditions are not allowed, only a pot of wine, first meaning, come, dry! ”

Hearing that the emperor seemed to have something to say, some careful generals couldn't help but sigh. But the emperor toasted in the favorite way of the martial artists, and they didn't have time to think about it, so they reached out and picked up the wine jug in response.

Hu Guang raised his head first and blew directly, his bold action surprised these generals, but it won their favor. Even Zu Dashou, who was just hiding his mood to deal with it, couldn't help but show sincerity on his face.

"Ding, achievement value +4, from the Left Army Governor's Mansion Governor Tongzhizu Dashou!"

"Ding, achievement value +3, from Deputy General Cao Wenzhao!"

“……”

At this banquet, Lu Xiangsheng was not there, because he was not a military general. is also because there are some things that are inconvenient for him to be present, otherwise he is at least a civil official, and he will not have anything to say.

After drinking, Hu Guang asked the rest of the generals to continue to eat steamed buns, and only said to Zu Dashou: "Zu Qing, come with me!" ”

With that, he stood up and turned to the apse. Zu Dashou was a little surprised, this is going to be a secret talk, what should it be? Do you want to resign and go into hiding?

He waited for the emperor to enter the apse before he got up to follow, and he couldn't help but think crankily in his heart.

In the apse, Hu Guang sat down, and also gave a seat to Zu Dashou, looking at him with a somewhat blank expression, he knew what he was guessing in his heart.

Hu Guangxian didn't care about him, and only said to the palace maid who was waiting in the palace: "You guys go down first!" ”

Seeing that the emperor sent these palace maids, Zu Dashou was a little surprised, could it be that the emperor would not be able to break his promise and not pursue himself, so he let others avoid it and ask him to resign and return to his hometown, right?

When there were only the two of them left in the hall, Hu Guang looked at Zu Dashou and smiled slightly: "Do you think that Zu Qing thinks that I have promoted you to the position of the governor of the Left Army, and it is a clear promotion and a secret surrender, and it is dissatisfied with Qing and suppressing Yu Qing?" ”

"......" Zu Dashou didn't expect the emperor to say it so bluntly, which made him stunned and speechless for a while. But when he came back to his senses, he immediately knelt down and replied: "The last general doesn't dare, the last general has really done something wrong, and His Majesty doesn't care about the previous suspicions......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Hu Guang, only to see Hu Guang stretch out his hand and signal: "Zu Qing doesn't need to be polite, there are no outsiders here, I just chatter with you, just sit and talk!" ”

Zu Dashou couldn't touch the emperor's mind for a while, and he didn't know what to say next, so he had to sit down first, and then be silent.

Hu Guang didn't care either, and continued: "If you look at the current situation, if you want to think about rising and descending, it's actually right, after all, you don't hold real power, you just have an idle job!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Zu Dashou subconsciously wanted to kneel down and plead guilty, but before he could move, he found that the emperor had something to say, revealing different information, and he was immediately stunned.

"But what about later? Let's tell you the truth, I don't want the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to become an ornament, can I understand? ”

Hu Guang's words suddenly shocked Zu Dashou's eyes wide, and he looked up at him, the expression on his face was full of surprise.

Don't want the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to become an ornament? Don't...... Could it be that the emperor still wants the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to be the same as it was at the beginning of the founding of the country? This...... It's impossible!

Hu Guang looked at his surprised expression and knew that he must be difficult to accept. After all, the Ming Dynasty has been founded for more than 200 years, and after the beginning of the founding of the country, the status of military generals became lower and lower, and finally the power changed, making the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies a decoration and an idle position. It's unbelievable that this situation should suddenly change! Because, this resistance is too great, is it possible?

Of course, Hu Guang knew that the resistance was very large, and because of this, he didn't even reveal his tone on the side of the first assistant Wen Tiren, who he had promoted and had always trusted.

But as long as it is a person in later generations, they all know that the two ways of civil and military, just like the two legs of a person, it is not possible to have one without one, even if it is of different lengths, that is, different degrees of power, it will make people walk uncomfortably.

Especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if you still emphasize literature and suppress military force, if you want to revitalize the Ming Dynasty and let the Ming Dynasty stand on the top of the world again, you must pay equal attention to civil and military affairs, otherwise everything is empty talk.

At this time, in the Ming Dynasty, the status of martial artists was very low, and the status of civil officials was very high. But the civilian clique is already rotten. Relying on civil officials to govern civil officials cannot be very effective!

Therefore, after thinking hard, Hu Guang thought of improving the status of the martial arts, using the martial arts to contend with the civil officials, and then using the literati to restrain the martial arts, so that the civil and military forces could be equally emphasized, so that the Ming could walk like a normal person.

But this is easier said than done! Therefore, Hu Guang just hid this idea in his heart, and no one said it, and this was the first time he opened his mouth to let others know.

Seeing Zu Dashou's eyes full of surprise when he looked at him, Hu Guang smiled and said again: "Qing don't be surprised, my ambition is to make Daming an empire where the sun never sets, not to be satisfied with destroying Jianyu." The so-called empire on which the sun never sets, Qing will not understand, but just remember that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is going to expand, far greater than it is now! ”

If you want to popularize the empire on which the sun never sets, you must first let Zu Dashou understand that the earth is round, the earth rotates, and revolves around the sun. This explanation will deviate from the topic, and Hu Guang does not want to do this.

When he saw Zu Dashou open his mouth slightly, he smiled slightly and said, "Don't think I'm crazy!" I tell you that this era is the best era of expansion, and if this time passes, if the Ming Dynasty wants to become the hegemon again among the world powers, it will have to pay a greater price if it wants to defeat Xiyi and so on. ”

The Age of Discovery is an era of expansion and an era of carving up the world. With the strength of the Ming Dynasty, as long as you are on the right track, it is not a difficult problem to surpass those small countries in the West!

After saying a bunch of things beyond Zu Dashou's understanding, Hu Guang had to pull the topic back and said: "The reason why I said this to Qing is just to tell Qing that I don't want the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies that is just a decoration at the moment, understand?" ”

After hearing so much, Zu Dashou was stunned, whether he understood it or not, he felt the emperor's sincerity, and couldn't help but nod in response.

Hu Guangcai didn't believe that he really understood the grand plan in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface, but just smiled slightly: "Does Zu Qing remember that he has another official title?" ”