The weather is getting colder.

White snow also covers the city of Beijing.

As soon as Yang Reform came out of mén, he exhaled hot air.

Yang Reform is to go to the platform, although the war has no need to pay attention to it for a long time every day, but the necessary attention is still needed, and it is still necessary to understand the necessary movements, fortunately, the platform is very close to the Qianqing Palace, but there is no need for Yang Reform to go far like going to the Wenhua Palace.

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Platform.

Yuan Chonghuan is busy.

A simple greeting.

"It's so cold today!" Yang Reform sent a sentence of prison sāo, although it is a prison sāo, but in fact, Yang Reform has no bad feelings towards cold weather. Yang Reform is a person who is afraid of heat and cold.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is a rare heavy snowfall, and it is said that Ruixue is a good year, and there will be a good harvest next year...... Yuan Chonghuan immediately complimented.

"Huh, huh? It's not so unreliable to rely on the sky to eat, and people always have to figure out their own way! Yang Reform said casually.

"......" Yuan Chonghuan was speechless and embarrassed for a while, the sky is unreliable, what are you, emperor? These words were originally very harsh, but Yuan Chonghuan is now gradually getting used to it. Of course, those who should be ashamed have to be ashamed

“…… On such a cold day, how are the front-line soldiers keeping warm? Yang asked reform.

"Back to Your Majesty, all the preparations are in place, the front-line soldiers have been issued cotton clothes, quilts, gloves, hats, shoes, ordinary soldiers have been issued sheep máo shirts, official Zuo is cashmere sweaters, no matter how big or small the new army is, they are all cashmere sweaters, but there are some differences...... Yuan Chonghuan replied immediately.

For the warmth measures, Yang Reform is indeed sparing no effort, the warmth effect of ordinary cotton clothes and cotton kù is indeed not as good as the sheep máo shirt, let alone the cashmere sweater, in the past two years, Tian Hongyu got the cashmere sweater from the ancient side of Méng, basically how much cashmere is immediately made into how many cashmere sweaters, not to mention the sheep máo, it is regarded as using silver to smash the current warm effect, of course, the effect is leveraged.

Of course, there must be a difference between the things that are sent, ordinary non-commissioned officers are the kind of cotton coats, sheep máo shirts, officers are better, cashmere sweaters, the new army is different, ordinary soldiers are cashmere mixed with sheep máo, officers regardless of size, all cashmere. Warmly dressed, well-fed, well-armed, well-trained, and brave in battle can be regarded as the basic appearance of officers and men outside the Guanwai. There are holy kings, there are civil and military men who are good at planning and commanding, and there are soldiers who dare to fight to the death, so it can be said that there is nothing worth noting outside the pass.

"That's fine,...... If you don't have warm clothes, you can't eat enough, and you don't expect to be able to fight, these are all basic requirements! Yang Gengai sighed.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is exactly, now that the morale of the officers and soldiers outside the Guanwai is high and the combat power is strong, it is almost ......inevitable to destroy the Eastern Prisoners," Yuan Chonghuan followed.

"Well, I hope so......" Yang said. The problem of food and clothing, is the problem that Yang reform has always paid attention to, early to find a way, now can have such an effect, Yang reform is only a little satisfied, Yang reform as a later generation of people, naturally can not imagine and "agree" with the concept of the Ming Dynasty people, in the concept of Yang reform, to ensure a soldier's minimum food and clothing, at least survival, in order to talk about other such as loyalty and patriotism, food and clothing can not be guaranteed, the rest are in the air, Yang reform is not like many people in the Ming Dynasty, Counting on people who can't eat and don't wear warm clothes to defend themselves and defend the country, this kind of logic, Yang Reform is really not logical.

Yang Reform himself looked at the sand table on the edge of the sand table, and now this sand table has marked the forces in Wusizang, the Western Regions, Mobei and other places, which can be regarded as a relatively accurate combat sand table. The labeling of various forces on it is of great help to the command and staff personnel in judging the military situation, and behind the production of this sand table, a lot of manpower and material resources were consumed, and money was piled up. …,

"Your Majesty, rest assured, it must not be a problem to exterminate the Eastern Prisoners, according to the appearance of the repeated battles of the Eastern Prisoners, there is no collapse, it is already considered that the Capture Chief is very powerful, if there is no Capture Chief, the collapse of the Eastern Capture will be ...... in an instant" Yuan Chonghuan continued to introduce.

"Hmm......" Yang Reform replied, his eyes were still on the sand table, on the sand table, the forces of the Ming Dynasty outside the Guanxi had advanced a large piece, especially in the northeast, the Liaohe Plain, which was basically included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Songxia River and Heilongjiang River basins were not yet under the control of the Ming Dynasty. From Heilongjiang and Songxia River, down the river, there is no pressure, the Northeast is already in the mouth, and there is no possibility of putting it back into the pot.

But it is the outer méng, and now, there are still two major forces, Donglu and Lin Dan Khan, these two can be said to be narrow rivals, at first they were mortal enemies who fought to the death, and then they wanted to warm back to back, and now, they have been killed like a river of blood, which can be regarded as a pair of enemies who will never die.

Yang Reform is obviously supporting Lin Dan Khan, in fact, the three families all know that the Ming Dynasty is going to clean up everyone on the grassland, but the situation is forced, and the other two families also have to kill each other, the grassland is only so big, it can only raise so many people, and only so many people can survive, either you die or I die.

Wu Sizang's piece, Yang Reform's current strength, can not be constructed that piece, can only be said to pay attention to that piece, but it is not without a little preparation, Lu Xiangsheng's strong army, when necessary, can be used to block the connection between the Western Regions and the grassland.

Yang Reform is looking at it.

"Your Majesty, the minister has an idea, I don't know whether to tell Your Majesty or not. ......" Yang Reform was looking at the sand table and could see it, but he heard Yuan Chonghuan say this.

"Oh, what thoughts? The Qing family might as well speak it out and listen to it......" Yang asked the reform. Yang Reform looked at Yuan Chonghuan's spirit, it didn't seem quite right, Yuan Chonghuan has always been full of confidence, and he is a person who walks with his head held high, how can he speak so "lowly"? Yang Reform had a sudden attack in his heart, Yuan Chonghuan wouldn't use any big tricks to fool himself.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's all ...... ideas that some ministers are not familiar with, and I ask Your Majesty for ......advice," Yuan Chonghuan continued to say softly.

"Oh, hehehe, then you might as well talk about it...... if it's useful, I should adopt it......," Yang Gai said.

“…… Your Majesty......" Yuan Chonghuan said, presenting what he had already prepared.

Wang Chengen took it and forwarded it to the emperor.

Yang Reform opened it and looked at it, but he was quite surprised! It turned out that what Yuan Chonghuan said was a somewhat immature idea, and he actually said a plan related to going to sea to fight Japan, going south to fight Jiāo, and Nanyang......

Yang Gengai looked at the plan slightly, and then looked at Yuan Chonghuan in surprise. I already understand the reason for the release of this "plan".

This is probably influenced by Bi Ziyan's salary increase plan a few days ago, and he delegated the right to raise his salary to the household department, this move has caused a lot of impact on the government and the opposition, many people, especially people at the level of the ministry, have been affected even more, they are all ministries and cabinets, but others have the right to raise salaries on their own, but they have the right that ordinary people do not have, but they can get greater power from the emperor, which has no impact, it is impossible.

It may be related to the war outside the Guan, the war outside the Guan, which was actually presided over by Sun Chengzong, although Yuan Chonghuan is the secretary of the military department, but he actually can't do much about this war, at most he will preside over the work of the military department and the staff department for the emperor, which is almost the same as "idle endowment". Yuan Chonghuan was originally a person who was unwilling to be lonely, and he was originally a lenzi with all kinds of crazy ideas, and it was almost impossible for him to "idle" and not move. He naturally has to find a way to toss, but in his position and situation, there are not many things that can make him toss, and he can't get started in the big war outside the gate, and he has Sun Chengzong, a superintendent who is older than him, to control it all, so the rest is really not worth tossing. …,

Yuan Chonghuan, who is not willing to be lonely, will naturally turn his eyes to other places, and it is not unusual to see the sea, and now there is still a war on the sea, he can still get started, and he can bypass Sun Chengzong.

Yang reformed only a little thought, and then he understood the reason for the release of this "plan". Sun Chengzong can be said to be a wall in front of him, he wants to bypass Sun Chengzong's "toss", on land, I am afraid that there is no hope, and it is understandable to set his sights on the sea.

"Fighting the Japanese country? Plans to hit jiāo toes to go to the South Seas? …… The courage and courage of the Qing family are not small! Yang Reform said with a smile, I have to say, Yuan Chonghuan is definitely a "Leng" person who dares to think and dare to do, this quality, although it is not very good, but in the Ming Dynasty, it is definitely a unique one, Yang Reform transferred Yuan Chonghuan to Beijing as the secretary of the military department, in addition to "idle" him, not to let him have too much intervention in the war outside the Guan, there is also to use his "Leng" strength. Yuan Chonghuan was promoted too quickly, lacking the necessary experience, and the level was probably between the general of a city and the governor of a place, Yang Reform put him outside the customs, it was really not at ease, maybe that day out of a "Leng" energy, he did something earth-shattering, Yang Reform did not want to play a roller coaster, transferred him to Beijing, not only to promote his officer, but also to isolate his intervention in the actual military command, but also to hone him. Regarding the "plan" that Yuan Chonghuan has come up with now, Yang Gai feels that this is both unexpected and expected.

“…… Returning to Your Majesty, this is just some superficial thoughts of the minister, and please give your Majesty advice...... "Yuan Chonghuan spoke with his head down.

"Hehehe, no matter what, the Qing family is willing to think about problems, this is what I admire the Qing family the most......" Yang Reform said, after speaking, Yang Reform began to think about the things mentioned in Yuan Chonghuan's plan.

Yuan Chonghuan looked at the emperor nervously.

Yang Gengai walked straight to the front of another sand table, which was the terrain of the East China Sea.

“…… Let's talk about it, how to deal with the Japanese state? Yang asked reform.

"Returning to Your Majesty, to deal with the Japanese State, judging from the current situation, we mainly have to rely on the fleet......" Yuan Chonghuan began to explain his understanding of the Japanese State.

"Yes, go on......" Yang said.

“…… If you want to deal with the Japanese state, you have to know the details ......of the Japanese state," Yuan Chonghuan continued.

"Yes, know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles......" Yang said.

“…… Yes, Your Majesty, according to the news that came back, the strength of the Wa Kingdom seems to have declined greatly since the war with our DPRK in Korea, and it is no longer capable of crossing the sea to fight our DPRK like last time......" Yuan Chonghuan said.

“…… Not bad......" Yang Reform said, looking at Yuan Chonghuan as he spoke.

“…… It seems that the Wa Kingdom has fallen into some kind of situation where there are many feudal domains, and above the feudal domains, there is also the shogunate, and above the shogunate, there is the nominal Wa state lord......" Yuan Chonghuan introduced.

"Yes, go on......" Yang said.

“…… Although the lord of the Wa Kingdom is nominally the lord of the Wa Kingdom, in fact, the real power is ...... in the shogunate" Yuan Chonghuan came here, but he paused, and the next words may be a little disrespectful.

"Then ......," Yang said.

“…… Your Majesty, what the minister said next may be a little disrespectful...... "Yuan Chonghuan still gave the emperor a precaution in advance, so as not to be unlucky, although the emperor himself knew about these news.

"It's okay, just say ......" Yang Reform said, Yang Reform had also reminded Yuan Chonghuan before, asking him to pay attention to the sea, and now Yuan Chonghuan can really take action and pay attention to the sea, Yang Reform is naturally more pleased.

“…… Thank you, Your Majesty,...... Speaking of the shogunate of the Wa Kingdom, in fact, it is similar to the Cao of the Han Dynasty, which can be regarded as 'coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes', and the shogun is the actual minister of the Wa State......" Yuan Chonghuan said with some nervousness. …,

"Well, I know this, and then ......" Yang Reform encouraged, Yang Reform didn't care much about this somewhat offensive remark, after all, Yang Reform is a person in the 21st century, I don't know how many times he played games about Japan in his early years, and he has a deep impression of what shogunate, shogun, daimyo, etc., and he has some understanding, but he doesn't have much disgust.

“…… Thank you, Your Majesty! ......" Yuan Chonghuan said with a sigh of emotion, the emperor didn't mind his Cao cào talking about things, and he was good at explaining the relationship between the Japanese and the state, he felt that it was difficult for him to understand such a straightforward introduction, let alone the emperor. In fact, he didn't know that the emperor's understanding of the Wa Kingdom was definitely no longer under him, and just by virtue of the knowledge he gained by playing the game back then, he could completely explode his understanding of the Wa Kingdom.

“…… The shogunate 'coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes', set up 'Laozhong', decided on strategy, governed government affairs, and was responsible for controlling the imperial court of the Japanese state, similar to the ministry of our dynasty, and then there was a 'year mail'...... "Yuan Chonghuan began to introduce the information of his Japanese state, these materials were collected in the past two years, and Yuan Chonghuan himself only knew after strengthening his study in this area.

“…… And the vassal lords in various places set up the 'family elders' ......"

Yuan Chonghuan began to explain the general situation of the Wa Kingdom as he understood it.

"Who is the current shogun?" Yang Reform didn't interrupt, in fact, Yang Reform already knew about this, and he didn't interrupt, just to give Yuan Chonghuan face, and after listening to it, Yang Reform felt that it was almost there, so he asked.

"Your Majesty, according to the name of my dynasty, it should be called Tokugawa Iemitsu, but it is a ...... born in the 32nd year of Wanli in my dynasty," Yuan Chonghuan introduced.

"Oh, okay, got it, keep ......," Yang said.

“…… Yes, Your Majesty,...... It was the Satsuma Domain that was invaded by the Shogun, and now, our dynasty has driven out the Satsuma Domain and driven the forces of the Wa Kingdom back to the Wa Kingdom......" Yuan Chonghuan introduced, and then pointed out on the sand table, introducing the geographical location of the Satsuma Domain, and pointing out the geographical location of the Ryukyus.

“…… Hmm......" Yang Gengai nodded.

“…… Your Majesty, now the Wa Kingdom has been greatly damaged by the defeat of the Korean Dynasty in Korea with our dynasty a few years ago, and now, there is not much ability to attack our dynasty anymore, and the movements of the Wa Shogunate seem to be somewhat similar to the closed and forbidden sea of our dynasty......" Yuan Chonghuan said here, paused slightly, and looked down slightly.

"Well, it's really good, the Wa State seems to be closing the country, and then ......" Yang Gai said disapprerovantly, these words are actually a bit ironic, the Ming Dynasty was also closed off for a long time, what does the seclusion and seclusion represent, and now from the perspective of the Wa State after the defeat, it feels very different.

“…… Yes, Your Majesty,...... I am afraid that the friction between the Satsuma clan has attracted the attention of the Wakuni shogunate,...... And the maritime trade of the Wa Kingdom is dominated by Zheng Zhilong......" Yuan Chonghuan said again, and when he said this, he paused again, and looked at the emperor's kùtǐ with his head down.

"What the Qing family means is that the Wa Kingdom is closed off from the country, and I monopolize the trade of the Wa Kingdom, and our dynasty has a conflict with the Wa Shogunate, I am afraid that the trade will be affected in the future, right?" Yang Gengai saw that Yuan Chonghuan was stumbling, so he simply said it himself.

“…… Returning to Your Majesty, the minister roughly means this...... this matter, we still need to do something in advance, once the Shogunate of the Wa Kingdom is disrespectful to our dynasty, our dynasty should respond in time, so as not to fall into the heavens......" Yuan Chonghuan replied in a low voice. This is indeed a fact, Zheng Zhilong monopolized the trade of the Japanese State, and now, it has become the emperor's sole hegemony, and the use of force against the Satsuma Domain will inevitably affect the decision-making of the Shogunate, once the Shogunate decides to completely close the country, the emperor who loses the trade of the Japanese State will definitely fight with the Japanese State, this does not even need to be speculated, from the emperor's remarks and preparations, the Japanese State must be fought, it is a matter of time, Yuan Chonghuan naturally knows this, and now he sees the opportunity to mention this matter to the emperor. …,

"That's a good point...... Yang said. Yang Reform's attitude towards the Japanese State is no secret in the DPRK and China, whether it is coveting the gold and silver mountains of the Japanese State, or maritime trade, or the hatred of the Japanese State before crossing over, anyway, Yang Reform has never denied or avoided the matter of fighting the Japanese State.

“…… However, everything pays attention to a well-known teacher, justifiable, and wants to fight the Japanese country, what kind of excuse does the Qing family think? Yang Reform asked, Yang Reform did not shy away from his attitude towards the Japanese State, and before he could say a few words, he was about to start fighting.

Yuan Chonghuan wiped his sweat in his heart, how many words did he say? The emperor is more active than him, doesn't this need to be discussed by the court, and there is no need for the ministers to discuss? Directly going to send troops to fight? Indeed, the emperor's attitude towards the Wa Kingdom was so resolute.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the persecution and encroachment on the Ryukyu Kingdom of our dynasty is a major crime, and Your Majesty has rightly called it for it as a suzerain...... Yuan Chonghuan said.

"Well, that makes sense,...... Any other arguments? Yang Gai said.

“…… Back to Your Majesty, a few years ago, our dynasty and the Japanese kingdom fought in Korea, and suffered countless losses, resulting in a sharp decrease in our dynasty, and a great loss of strength, and the details were known to the Dongyu, which indirectly led to the rise of the Dongyu, indirectly led to the damage of millions of people in our dynasty, and now it is spending tens of millions of dollars to quell the rebellion, all of which can be said to be caused by the invasion of the Japanese state, and the minister thinks that this should be punished, and the Japanese state should be severely punished......" Yuan Chonghuan said sharply with some anger.

"Well, that's good...... Yang Reform continued to nod, feeling that this Yuan Chonghuan could still be adjusted, and this set of rhetoric was completely copied from his own words.

"Then how do you think the Qing family should punish the Wa Kingdom?" Yang Reform asked again, for the bold Yuan Chonghuan, Yang Reform felt that he was very smart, with this person existing, he didn't have to pry anyone at all, this guy would definitely jump out and complete what he wanted to do.

"Returning to Your Majesty, you should reprimand the lord of the Wa Kingdom and the shogun of the Wa State, and make them apologize, apologize, and compensate for ,......the losses," Yuan Chonghuan said without thinking.

"Well, that makes sense...... but what is there to say about the Wa Kingdom? Can you afford to pay for the loss of our dynasty? Yang Gai laughed secretly, the so-called apology and apology is inevitable, naturally needless to say, as for the ...... compensation, presumably Yuan Chonghuan also knows that he has taken a fancy to Japan's Yinshan, which is in the DPRK and China, but it is public.

“…… Returning to Your Majesty, it is said that the Wa Kingdom is rich in gold and silver ......, if it is ......" Yuan Chonghuan said with some embarrassment, to be honest, he was still not used to being so **lǒ. However, he is a restless person, thinking that he has "nothing to do" all day long, it is more uncomfortable than killing him, provoking the emperor to fight, finding a place to show his talents, let himself make trouble, you must first be full of the emperor's frame, if you can't satisfy the emperor, the emperor will definitely not fight for his restless mind, say that the emperor is moved, everything is easy to do, so you still have to try to move the emperor......

"Oh, I know this, but it's not easy to get the Japanese kingdom to submit! I'm afraid that all those gold and silver mines will be moved, and they may not be able to afford the losses of our dynasty! Yang Gai said. This is the truth, for the Yang reform that has now successfully promoted paper money, money is not the most important, the successful issuance of paper money, it also means that the credit system of Yang reform has been established, the attraction of gold and silver to Yang reform, has been lowered a grade, not like the previous Yang reform for thousands of taels of silver worry about the time, at that time, the attraction of silver to Yang reform, that is called a big, now, Yang reform really may not be able to afford the annual output of the silver, of course, take it back to do reserve silver better. …,

“…… This, Your Majesty ...... "Yuan Chonghuan is embarrassed, isn't the emperor very interested in those gold and silver mines in the Wa Kingdom?" Why don't you seem so interested now? Could it be that this is no longer attractive to the emperor?

“…… Your Majesty, maybe you can force the Wa Shogunate to deduct the compensation of our dynasty from the tax, and pay some every year, even if it is a little, after a hundred and ten years, it can always be paid off......" Yuan Chonghuan thought of an idea, although this one was not too good.

Yang Gengai glanced at Yuan Chonghuan with a strange gaze, and there was indeed something strange. This Yuan Chonghuan is really a person who can toss, and he is really a flute, this is probably a bit like wanting to fight and going crazy, in order to fight, he does not hesitate to pry himself like this.

"Do you think this is a good solution? If this is the case, it is necessary to defeat the shogunate of the Wa Kingdom, and maybe there will be a cross-sea army, which may be a protracted war, and the money spent may not be much less than the war outside the Kansai ......, even if the taxes of the entire Wa Kingdom are received from my dynasty, how much can the Qing family receive? Can it make up for my expenses? "Yang Reform is very sober and didn't let Yuan Da flicker and be dizzy.

“…… Returning to Your Majesty, the minister feels that there may be something wrong...... Yuan Chonghuan immediately said, he also knows that this is not appropriate, cross-sea warfare, although now he has some experience, but it is all in the near sea army, and there is still a big difference between it and the ocean, and the high cost of the emperor's new army fleet, Yuan Chonghuan also knows, as for how much tax can be received from the Japanese state, Yuan Chonghuan himself has no bottom in his heart.

"Yes, it doesn't matter whether there are taxes in the Wa State and how much, in short, deducting compensation from the Wa State's taxes is to transfer the hatred of the common people of the Wa State to the Wa Shogunate to our dynasty, and my dynasty is not making wedding dresses for others?" Yang Gai said.

"Your Majesty's words are reasonable, Your Majesty's words are reasonable...... Yuan Chonghuan's big flicker, and the essence of Lengzi inadvertently came out, was pierced by the emperor, and immediately admitted it shamefully.

"However, although it cannot be taken from taxes, it can be ...... in other ways," Yang said.

"Please also ask Your Majesty for advice......" Yuan Chonghuan said immediately.

“…… In fact, I only need to dominate the maritime trade of the Wa Kingdom, and with the difficulty of crossing the sea now, to completely occupy and control the Wa Kingdom, the cost of jīng power is too high, and the gains outweigh the losses, if I only control the maritime trade of the Wa Kingdom with a small fleet and earn a lot of silver money every year, this trade will be profitable...... Yang Gai said.

“…… Your Majesty is reasonable, Your Majesty is reasonable......" Yuan Chonghuan continued to say shamefully, sure enough, the emperor did not leave his business in three sentences, and everything had to be discussed whether to make money or not.

"Therefore, in fact, even if you really use force against the Japanese state, there will never be a large army to press the border, how to conquer the Japanese country with as few people as possible, how to support the necessary military strength with the minimum consumption, this is the ......right way," Yang said.

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