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Chapter 1424 Too bad
Vision means something that has no practical effect, but at least it can draw a big pie.

How do you say that?
Empty talk harms the country, but hard work rejuvenates the country.

But Chen Mu couldn't help it. He just did too much hard work, which caused the court to take the successive victories for granted, and instead became less vigilant towards the world.

In all the great battles against the northern captives, which time did not spend money until the treasury ran out of money, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed or injured to win a decisive victory?
The imperial court waited for decades for a decisive victory, but all of a sudden gathered countless big victories and small victories in all directions, and there were endless official ships and merchant ships transported by the imperial court to Beijing, enough to last for several years The food, grass and silver pay are inexhaustible, and the treasures from all over the world are inexhaustible.

What do you want?

Chen Mu could clearly feel that with the success of the development of the Siyang Military Mansion, the emperor's prestige in the court was also increasing, and he began to become satisfied like a courtier who was content with the status quo.

From a degree of coloring in the world, to another degree of not being interested in coloring in the world.

It's not that Chen Mu thinks such a Wanli is bad, on the contrary, now that people have all the financial resources, it's a good thing to cultivate domestic technology and culture deeply.

If the time to teach him to open his eyes is not Qingyuanwei in the 45th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, but the city of Nanjing in the 12th year of Wanli today.

He would also be more willing to live in such an era, to be accompanied by beautiful maidservants in Jingshe, fresh clothes and delicacies, horses and lanterns, fireworks and pear gardens, playing and advocating antiques, and staying with flowers and birds.

But Chen Mu can't let people forget to be vigilant, domination is always only for a moment, not forever.

The world is always in a spiral, and no one can stay on top forever.

No matter what Chen Mu does now, there is no guarantee that Daming will still be as proud as it is today in 300 years. What's more, he is more inclined to think that a hundred years later, the title of Daming may be destroyed in civil strife.

Even if he worked hand in hand with the current generation of courtiers to solve some lingering problems, it also brought many hidden dangers, not to mention that under the current monarchy succession system, no one can guarantee that future generations of monarchs will always be wise.

In fact, in Chen Mu's view, this is not all a bad thing, at least the current Ming Empire is hard to be destroyed by foreign aggression, and it is even very likely that when internal troubles break out, a camel will be bigger than a horse when compared to other countries that are still skinny.

That's enough for him.

Now, his request for holding the National Conference of the World is an insurance for the world.

"Minister Dongyang has the same idea as me about the successor. The term of office of each minister of the East will be extended to six years, and the new minister will take office in the last year, and the handover will be completed in half a year."

In the Palace of Qianqing in the Forbidden City, Wanli summoned Zhang Juzheng, who was half-retired at home, Zhang Han, a cabinet minister, Ye Mengxiong, an important Beiyang minister, Zhang Xueyan, Minister of the Ministry of War, and others to ask about politics, and took out Chen Mu's letter.

"It also means that in the last half of the year, two ministers will be in charge of the Dongyang Military Mansion. At the same time, it is planned to hold a meeting of all nations in Chaotian Palace during this period."

Wanli took a deep breath when he said this, looked at the ministers in the hall, and said: "Determine the order of the world."

order in the world.

It sounds ambitious, but in the eyes of the courtiers, it is obviously confusing.

The order of the world has long been established by the cabinet and the six ministries inside and outside the gate of the Forbidden City. As for the contempt of those overseas—is that considered the world?

At least in the view of Zhang Xueyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, instead of letting the court worry about things thousands of miles away at sea, it is better to persuade the emperor to solve the matter of the internal sergeants wearing armor and riding horses with swords on the streets of Beijing.

According to the ancestral system, only internal officials took armored soldiers from the inner treasury during the suburban sacrifice, and they had to return them after the sacrifice. They were not soldiers of the old guards. Those who entered the gate of the palace with an inch blade were strangled; those who entered the gate of the imperial city were guarded by the border guards.

But now the emperor is practicing the imperial forest army, the divisions cannot be patrolled, and the military department cannot inspect them. No one can manage them except the emperor.

In the end, the emperor didn't listen to the persuasion, and in the end, he just punished the offending sergeant, and let it go.

Now Zhang Xueyan can't raise the slightest bit of energy for this so-called "Congress of Nations in the World".

Zhang Han didn't pay much attention to this matter, but he still took the lead and asked, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"I think it is feasible. It is good for the country and the court to gather hundreds of leaders from dozens of countries."

"The first is to talk about the affairs of the world in pieces. I will be a middleman for the chaotic world. I canonize the kings and set aside the ground. Everyone should draw a pledge. With today's talents, we can establish order and canonize the world. It is a country, and it is not a country if it is not canonized."

"Secondly, I send envoys to the various countries to stay permanently in the country, so that everyone can know what is going on; but according to Chen Shuai's intention, the envoys of the kings are not to be sent to the celestial court, at most they can be stationed in Havana, not called It can see clearly the truth and falsehood of the celestial dynasty."

Speaking of this, Wanli frowned. The feeling of traveling in brocade clothes at night was not pleasant, but he still helped the ministers to analyze: "I guess, Chen Shuai wants to hide the lighter and the telegram..."

The emperor tilted his head, winked his eyes and said, "Be careful."

In fact, the matter of sending envoys was the most awkward thing for the emperor. He felt that Chen Mu had the wrong idea and should bring envoys from all countries to Beijing. If something happened, he could be caught and scolded in the Forbidden City.

What is it to send one's envoys to other people's homes and be summoned by other kings?

"If he really thinks this is appropriate, the envoys I send to other people's homes in the future must be at least like Chen Jiujing, who can take out soldiers and do great things for me, so as not to be bullied!"

Zhang Xueyan almost rolled his eyes when he said this, the kind of Chen Jiujing?

The old man couldn't bear it any longer: "Your Majesty said that in the records of the Ministry of War, he took the position of Baishan general, led the Minister of the East, and took the order of Hong Kong to lead the Baishan battalion to serve Lanxi. Three months later, Bordeaux was separated and renamed Baishan. city……"

"One year later, the army marched to the north, and the soldiers pointed directly at the capital of Lanxi, forcing him to pay 200 million yuan in silver, and conferring his king He Ruisan with an angel, acknowledging that he was the leader of Baishan in the separatist regime..."

"During the conferring ceremony, do you still wish that King Fu Lanxi would give him a Chen Jiujing?"

Zhang Xueyan's series of descriptions without panting surprised Emperor Wanli. He leaned his neck forward slightly on the dragon chair, turned his head to one side and looked forward, and his eyes focused on the nanmu carved dragon pillars in the hall. Staring straight at the pair of longan eyes, it took a long time before he came back to his senses.

"According to Butang's description, Chen Jiujing, who should be mentioned to me, is the same person—but why do you speak so badly of my beloved general?"

Even Zhang Juzheng couldn't help being amused. He couldn't sit comfortably, and he only sat on the chair with half of his buttocks. In order to hide his smile, he couldn't help but turned sideways and brushed his beard and laughed twice. Then he said to Zhang Xueyan "Don't be surprised by Zhang Gong. I have heard that Nanyang Minister Chen Chaojue has a tiger cub. Isn't this just a tiger?"

"In the past, Dongyang Chen Shuai said that wicked people need to be tortured by wicked people. I also think that such people should be used in remote and humble countries thousands of miles away from the imperial court. You don't need to teach them to like animals and the like, fear power and not White."

"What do they like to do? Didn't they all come across the sea because they liked the scenery of my Ming Dynasty before? It's the same with Bian, I don't understand him, he doesn't understand me, and only the swordsmen can win or lose."

"At the end of the day, since military conflicts are unavoidable, why not fight on other people's land?"

"The Siyang military government is now attacking the prestige of the Tu Guochao, I am afraid that it will not be able to digest and manage it in a hundred years."

Zhang Juzheng looked away, raised his finger and said, "It's enough to scare them before, it's better to stay far away, so that they won't be able to think about it for the rest of their lives."

(End of this chapter)