In this regard, Xie Jin felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, the new Hubu Shangshu was his person, and Xia Yuanji was certainly consistent with his own philosophy, but he was not his own person after all.

Just like this Xia Yuanji certainly supports the prince, but in personal relations, he keeps a distance from the prince, such a person is of course good for the prince and reconciliation, but it is always not easy to use, sometimes people pay too much attention to morality, and being a gentleman is a trouble for others.

Now His Majesty has the mind to miss Xia Yuanji, who can guarantee when this Xia Yuanji will be called back, with Xia Yuanji's qualifications, at least it is also a ministry, which will give Xie Jin an extra trouble.

Fortunately, His Majesty did not continue to talk about this topic, but changed the conversation and said: "It's the matter of Siam, and the ministers are also against it, why is this, I see, Hao Fenglou's idea is also good, he rejected the court's intention to crown him as the king of Siam, it is indeed for the sake of Sheji, that remark, I look at it is also a word to seek the country, it is beneficial to His Majesty and harmless, the Son of Heaven has always been Shengming, it is indispensable to expand the territory, you see the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, which is not so?" ”

In fact, there are many criticisms of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, but they are still famous, no matter what later generations say, Zhu Di admires these two people very much.

Of course, this is related to Zhu Di's willingness, he won the world by riding on his horse, if he is governed, how can he compare with other sons of heaven, his strength is martial arts, so Zhu Di wants to become the holy master, so he naturally makes up his mind on this.

However, Xie Jin and others were indifferent to the affairs of Emperor Qin and Han Wu. The Ming Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles and is rich all over the world, what do you want to do in those barren lands?

This, of course, has to do with their attributes. What they represent is a group of people represented by the landlords and gentry, and for these people, managing their own one-third of an acre of land is the first priority. If we want to expand the territory every once in a while, this money and grain are indispensable, and where will the money and grain come from? It's not just an increase in grain tax, it's just an increase in grain tax, the court still needs to requisition people, and many people have to requisition it. Who will farm the land for themselves?

If the war is smooth. If the territory is really opened, there is no benefit to them, but if the war is lost, the imperial court will inevitably continue to regain face, which will be detrimental to them.

Therefore, for the landlords and gentry, any war is not good for them, and what they want is peace and tranquility for their wives. As for this war, it is natural that it can be avoided. In the Southern Song Dynasty at that time, there were main battle factions who strongly demanded the Northern Expedition, but the result was the opposition of a large number of courtiers, the essence here is not that these courtiers have no blood, but in fact, behind them, the will of the landlords and gentry who own land, the Northern Expedition will damage their interests, no matter how many high-sounding reasons, they would rather settle down in the south of the Yangtze River.

On the other hand, those chaebol groups in Langshan, but different, the chaebol wants loss, the greater the loss, the more demand for production, and once the territory is opened, it is equivalent to opening up a new market, for the chaebol, they are never worried about waste and loss, only the lack of demand, a cannon sounds, gold ten thousand taels, the greater the demand, everyone can get a piece of the pie, so in Langshan, almost all the chaebol control of the remarks, often the neighboring country is unfriendly to themselves, I just wish that the court would start the war every day.

Therefore, at the time of the conquest of Siam, although the two interest groups had their own words, in fact, they had already been secretly engaged in a confrontation, one side was one-sided opposition, the other side was one-sided support, and the two sides could be said to be on the same footing.

Naturally, what Xie Jin and these people want now is Hao Fenglou to be crowned the king of Siam, once this person becomes a vassal, it is equivalent to one less opponent.

Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are like this, and they want to have their own reasons. ”

Zhu Di sneered: "Oh? Reason, what reason, what reason, might as well explain it clearly. ”

That Huang Huai couldn't help it, and said: "Your Majesty, Siam is a barren land, what's the use of it?" ”

If it was before, Zhu Di might still agree with this point of view, but Hao Fenglou had already blown the wind on him, so he naturally couldn't agree, so he smiled and said: "You don't know this, Siam and Zhenla, the land is fertile, it's just that the local people are few and don't know how to farm, if I order immigrants to reclaim, within ten years, it can be called the land of fish and rice." ”

Huang Huai said: "Can it become the land of fish and rice, but it is a matter of two words, Siam and my Ming folk customs are different, the ministers are worried that the people of Siam are unruly, I am the Ming Dynasty is blessed all over the world, the King of Siam has the heart of not subordinate, the Ming Dynasty will give some lessons, how can there be a destruction of the temple, invasion of the land, if this is spread, not only the countries are afraid, everyone is afraid of my Ming like a tiger, and the Siamese natives must rise up, there is a distance from the hinterland of my Ming Dynasty, and the mountains and rivers are far away, the court has to allocate military horses every year, Do you want to press it? Your Majesty is rich all over the world, and why should you need this corner of the place, but it has ruined the name of your virtue, rather than this, it is better to put the king of Siam, so that he can lead the country, they have bathed in the kindness of my Ming, and they will pay tribute every year, and never rebel. ”

Zhu Di was a little moved, and his words were a little appetizing to him.

Seeing this, Hu Yan also echoed: "Weichen also seconded the words of Master Huang, Siam is a burden to the Ming Dynasty, rather than this, it is better to follow the Qin and Jin dynasties, so that they can restore the country and become the good of the Qin and Jin dynasties." ”

Xie Jin struck while the iron was hot: "What Huang Gong said is very good, Your Majesty, in fact, most of the officials mean this." ”

Everyone said the same thing, and Xie Jin mentioned the hundred officials again.

Originally, if it was just Huang Huai who said that Zhu Di's mind was shaken, he really didn't want to make all the states suspicious because of a small Siam, so that all the feudal domains thought that the Ming Dynasty coveted the land of the West, but now everyone is so unanimous, then Hao Fenglou's words seemed to sound in his ears again: "Your Majesty, a hundred civil and military officials, probably because you don't want to let Your Majesty taste the sweetness." ”

Thinking of this, Zhu Di's brows couldn't help frowning.

Because this sentence has two meanings, one is that they seem to be being tricked, and the other is that these people are together, for their own selfish interests, and want to influence their own decisions.

Zhu Di couldn't help sneering.

His eyes were deep, and he said slowly: "Oh, it seems that my ministers seem to be against Hao Fenglou's meaning, right?" ”

This sentence is a little inexplicable, so that the bachelors present don't know how to answer.

Zhu Di said with a smile: "But I think that Hao Fenglou's suggestion, the old man seeks the country, the soldiers fight the territory, and open up the territory for our Ming Dynasty, do you want to give it to others?" You take it, it is inevitably too generous, although my Ming Dynasty is heavy on grace but not on power, but the king of Siam is immoral, and I hang the people for sin, what is there to teach people to gossip? You usually say that all the countries in the world admire my Ming Dynasty, in this case, it is expected that those Siamese people are also willing to become the people of my Ming Dynasty, I should fulfill their wishes, according to my opinion, this matter, just do what Hao Fenglou said, Xie Jin, you come to draw up the will, first, change Siam to Dingnan Province, second, set up a capital administration in Dingnan Province, so that the Siamese natives can nominate ministers to uphold the military and political affairs, and third, set up thirteen prefectures in Siam, and set up thirteen guards at the same ......time."

Xie Jin couldn't help but be stunned, but although His Majesty looked relaxed, there was a majesty that could not be refused, and several other people were trying to persuade again, but Xie Jin felt that the situation was a little wrong, and hurriedly gave Huang Huai and Hu Yan a look.

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Come out of the warm pavilion.

Xie Jin just walked a few steps, and was caught up by Huang Huai, Huang Huai looked angry, and couldn't help but say: "Xie Gong, Your Majesty is so arbitrary, why doesn't Xie Gong speak up, could it be that this matter is like child's play?" ”

What Huang Huai said is a child's play, not just because Hao Fenglou cannot be imprisoned in Siam, but the matter of the Siamese Imperial Court, which neither sends court officials nor a king to the past, but relies on the Siamese to nominate ministers to preside over government affairs.

Xie Jin smiled and said: "Since Huang Gong knows that this is child's play, then you might as well let it be child's play, it is child's play, and sooner or later there will be trouble in the future. Besides, today His Majesty suddenly changed his tone, and the old man felt that it must be Hao Fenglou who had entered the slander in advance, why should we touch this wall at this time, hey...... It's a pity, the Hao Fenglou was originally imprisoned in the West, and the trouble in the Beijing division was reduced by half, it seems that we still have to deal with that Hao Fenglou, but, in fact, it doesn't matter, you see, the general trend of the world, the mighty, Hao Fenglou is powerful, but he wants to change the color of the country, but he can't help it, mayflies shake the tree, the praying mantis blocks the car, how unintentional, Huang Gong, you don't have to worry too much, in the past few years, the old man has actually figured it out, we can't be a stone, being a stone is the mainstay, it looks hard, In fact, sooner or later, it will be washed away by the current. We have to make water, water is impermanent, there is no elongated shape, it moves with the time, it is shaped by the place, there is time, there is no need to rush for a while. ”

He said something inexplicable, laughed, and left. (To be continued......)