Originally, Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa were still very happy to see that the emperor supported their strategy and stopped the large-scale war, but they didn't expect that the emperor would forget that he would go on an expedition to Dongying!

Joke, is that a joke? Dongying is far away from the Ming Dynasty, the nearest Songjiang Mansion, more than four thousand miles away from Dongying, and there are not even a few islands on the sea, as for the population, this is different from the South Seas, the expedition to Dongying, which means that the army will be able to float on the sea for nearly a month, during which it will not be able to get any food security, tens of thousands of troops, or even 100,000 troops to eat, drink and Lazar, but what to do?

Moreover, even if we are going to go on an expedition to the East, is our Imperial Sailor strong enough? Can you beat the foreigners of Dongying? The sailor is different from the infantry, it is a bottomless pit, the cost is too great, and it is not at all what the current imperial court finances can afford, this expedition, even if it is smooth and smooth, without five million taels of silver, it will definitely not be able to support it.

After all, Manchuria and Mongolia have not been completely stabilized, and the remnants of Zhang Xianzhong in the southwest border also need to be exterminated, and Shaanxi and Gansu have returned to Xinjiang for a generation, and there has been no news for a long time, and they also need to be re-governed, as for the provinces of the Central Plains, they have suffered huge wars and natural disasters, and they also need to build water conservancy on a large scale if they want to recover, and some provinces need to be exempted from taxes. How is it possible not to be driven crazy? What's more, in the past two years, in order to be able to defeat Manchuria, the imperial court's loan to Yongxing Bank has even been close to 10 million taels, and the annual principal and interest that needs to be repaid have reached 2 million taels!

Zhu Jie smiled faintly and said: "Xianzhi, it is precisely because we lack silver that we have to fight, even if it is an expedition to the East, I will also order someone to expedition to the South Seas, although it is unlikely in the short term, but there will not be too much time left for you, at most half a year, once Manchuria and Mongolia are all stabilized, I will definitely expedition to the East!" ”

Shi Kefa's eyes were red, and he roared: "Your Majesty, what is your reasoning? What is the rationale for this? If you have money, you don't have to fight, but if you don't have money, you have to fight? You, you...... Desperate soldiers, that is the way to destroy the country, please ask the emperor to take back his life! ”

Shi Kefa spoke, kneeling on the ground, if you clean up Manchuria or Mongolia, or send troops to clean up the remnants of Zhang Xianzhong, then I, Shi Kefa, will definitely have nothing to say and support you, but now you are going to go on an expedition to Dongying, I will drop a day, what is this not a reckless army?

"Master Shi, how do you speak! Licentious! ”

What Qin Mufeng hates the most is that someone calls Zhu Jie a board, the king of heaven and Lao Tzu can't do it, this Shi Kefa dares to say that the emperor is reckless, and also said that this is the way to destroy the country, doesn't that mean that the Ming Dynasty is going to die? Qin Mufeng grabbed Shi Kefa's collar and picked it up.

"Mu Feng, you stop me! Stop it! ”

Zhu Jie hurriedly shouted.

When Qin Mufeng heard this, he put down Shi Kefa angrily and waited for Shi Kefa coldly.

Shi Kefa said sharply: "Your Majesty, even if Qin Mufeng kills the minister today, the minister will say that reckless military force is the way to destroy the country, and now the world is decided, and a hundred ruins are waiting to be revived, do you want to go on an expedition to the east?" Even if it is above the court, the hundred officials will not agree. Brother Shiratani, you—you have something to say! ”

Sun Chuanting, who was on the side, bowed helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, the expedition to Dongying is indeed a little too anxious, and when the imperial court repairs for a year or two, it is not too late to conquer them, and now the expedition to Dongying is too stressful." ”

Zhu Jie smiled and replied: "Xianzhi, Bai Gu, think about it, in the past two years of war, how much money does our imperial court owe to Yongxing Bank alone?" Eight or nine million taels, in addition to this, there is also a large deficit in the national treasury, which is not something that can be relieved in a while, and if we want to be able to ease up, we can find another way......"

Sun Chuanting smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, finding another way does not mean that you want to go on an expedition to Dongying, the expedition to Dongying is too risky, and it will cost a lot of money and grain, can our court take it out?" That's a bottomless pit......"

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied, "Bottomless pit? Not necessarily! Who said that fighting a war is a losing business, and we can turn him into silver! ”

Shi Kefa was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhu Jie smiled and said, "What do you mean?" Don't you know that Dongying produces silver? Don't you know that Dongying is rich in timber? On the islands of Dongying, the population is even more than the entire population of Zhili, aren't these all silver? Could it be that our expedition to Toei is just to capture Tagawa Nanazaemon? Will Zheng Cai be arrested? ”

"Your Majesty, isn't it?"

Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa were both in a daze, didn't the expedition to Dongying just to take revenge? Is there any other purpose?

Zhu Jie smiled: "Of course! Once we have taken the whole of Dongying, why don't we want to rob Dongying of its wealth like a wolf? Silver, timber, population, everything, all of them, can be grabbed! Back then, the Japanese robbed us of so much wealth, and if we didn't take it back, would we be worthy of the common people along the coast? Especially those shipwrights and sailors along the coast of Dongying, it is all a fortune, rest assured, two, how much silver taels the imperial court spends, I guarantee that it can be doubled, no, three times or even five times to be snatched back! ”

When Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa heard this, their faces turned green, is this still the emperor they know? Isn't this a robber? Loot the population, silver taels, and all the wealth of Dongying! Isn't this afraid of God's damnation?

"Your Majesty! Are you crazy? In China, it has always been a state of etiquette, and the line of loyalty and righteousness has spread far and wide to all nations, and looting is the so-called robbers, which are extremely vicious, and what you have done, without any mercy, how can you be worthy of the immortal hero? Without benevolence, righteousness and morality, wouldn't it be a beast! ”

Shi Kefa is an out-and-out beginner disciple, he has always followed the rules, everything is based on the rules of Confucius and Mencius, such a deviant thing, in Shi Kefa's view, where is it enough for the standard of a Ming Jun, I am afraid that even ordinary people can't compare, and even can't compare to the emperor......

Zhu Jie's face sank, and he shouted: "Xianzhi, my benevolence, righteousness and morality are reserved for my people, and their foreign people are not worthy!" Do you think that anyone can get the real rain and open door? Those Japanese barbarians only deserve to accept my wrath! ”

(End of chapter)