open sea

Chapter 557
No wonder the little emperor was confused, the entire imperial court had no big plans for the east and west, and Chen Mu had gradually figured out the basic rules for how this set of laws operated in the world of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty spared no effort for stability, which is very good, because this country is too big, and as the most populous empire in the world, stability is the prerequisite for everything.

People know all too well that there is no stability and all is false.

This also determines that the entire decision-making layer is not extroverted. It is actually very hard to be pushed by the Nanyang military government to drive ducks to the shelves. Those officials who are in the world's most powerful competitive empire have to spare their strength now. Learn foreign affairs, otherwise you will be surpassed by your colleagues - at least the staff of the six ministries must have their own understanding of foreign affairs.

When everyone was still working on figuring out what was going on in Nanyang, the cabinet members had added Beiyang, Dongyang, and Xiyang military offices because Nanyang had won huge benefits for the empire without causing more trouble.

At this time, who can figure out what Dongyang is going to do?
All the people in the world, even Zhang Juzheng, have only two routes to the east across Cangmingzong, passing through Mexico, and arriving at Portugal and Spain, which are small and narrow in the large blurred blank space on the map. People don't know anything about Dadongyang.

Cangmingzong, which means the largest ocean, is the name that Ming people used to call the Pacific Ocean, but why it is called this name and how to determine that it is the largest ocean, Ming people have no way of knowing today.

People don't even know what Chen Mu is going to do in the endless ocean of Cangmingzong.

Under the tall red wall, Chen Mu took a moment to organize his words, and replied to Wanli: "The establishment of the Four Army Mansions is all about making the country rich, the army strong, and the people happy. This requires a huge amount of copper, silver, gold, and a huge amount of various resources. , the main purpose of the Fourth Army Mansion is to bring a lot of wealth and resources to the imperial court, to train soldiers and horses to protect trade, and to let these soldiers and horses be used by the court in a more dangerous world environment."

"A more dangerous world environment." The little emperor pursed his lips, raised his hand and scratched his temples and asked, "Jing Haibo thinks that the barbarians on the other side of the Great Eastern Ocean are more dangerous than the northern captives?"

"Each has its own risks. The northern captives are ferocious and occupy a favorable location. If they win, they will plunder. If they lose, they will scatter. It is difficult to pursue them when they are broken up. The long line of defense in Xinjiang has consumed a lot of energy and financial resources of the imperial court; the foreign countries on the other side of the sea, their advantages are completely different from mine, like China, they are constantly improving, this is what I think they are the most dangerous place."

"The enemy in the north has been fighting with our Chinese ancestors for thousands of years. This is determined by geography. We have been making progress in the war. They have not changed much. During the Qin Dynasty, the enemy in the north used to shoot arrows on horseback. They still shoot arrows on horseback. We have used war. Chariots, cavalry, infantry, spears, crossbows, muskets, and now artillery."

"In the long war, the situation like today has been formed. The surroundings will always fall behind, and learn from the Central Plains. The Central Plains indulges in enjoyment after looking around invincible, until the neighboring countries learn something, accumulate strength, and attack us in order to gain control of the Central Plains."

"In the battle against them, the most difficult thing is to maintain our strength and use better weapons now, but I believe His Majesty can also see that the northern border is supported by a group of excellent generals trained in the southern Japanese and northern captives. Strength does not mean that the soldiers and generals of the imperial court are better than those in the early Ming Dynasty, as long as the Central Plains dynasty can be maintained strong, they can suppress the Quartet, and because of the same culture, they cannot jump out of this circle."

When Chen Mu talks to Wanli, he always substituting into the context of a teacher unconsciously, and Wanli seems to have accepted this way of dialogue because of the education of Tao Te Ching. Of course, he has not forgotten that he is an emperor. The little hands in the big sleeves were on their stomachs, regardless of whether they understood or not, they all nodded in response reservedly.

The young master of the emperor still thinks that he can understand most of them, even if he can't understand some, that's okay--as a disciple of the middle-aged god, he often faces the dilemma of not understanding what the other party is saying At this time, just nod your head, and ask a question that you can understand, and you can create the effect of "Your Majesty is as intelligent as a god, and you can draw inferences from one instance to other cases".

Usually what the teacher thinks is important, he will take the trouble to say it over and over again, at least Zhang Ju is like this.

So Wanli developed this habit. He asked, "Jing Haibo is saying that the barbarians in Europe are different from the surrounding countries?"

"Exactly, different regions have developed independently for thousands of years, forming different cultures. Even though some technologies have been passed down thousands of miles, they are generally completely different. In today's world, whoever learns more will have an advantage. This is the truth It’s very simple; and in terms of being humble and studious, we obviously have an advantage.”

When Chen Mu said this, he finally ended Mr. Chen's lecture, arched his hands and said: "I invite Tianjin to build the Beiyang Yamen for the purpose of training cavalry and supervising logistics; as the Minister of the East, I will cross the sea to Merica in South Asia to receive the treaty." The leased land of the Chinese imperial court in Spain, and for the imperial court to identify what is beneficial to the imperial court in the culture and technology of the European countries, and bring it back."

Little Wanli still nodded, seeing that he was approaching Qianqing Palace, he looked at Chen Mu's face very seriously, his expression was not like a boy, and he asked with some consideration: "Jing Haibo, I am often taught by my teacher, and I have heard a lot about it." The courtiers' persuasion is like the Qin Tianjian, when I mentioned that you plan to let people measure the world, the first thing the supervisor said was nothing else, it was the law of the ancestors, and ordinary people except the Qin Tianjian cannot measure the time of the sky."

"Why have I never heard of the law of the ancestors from your mouth?"

There was no one else around, Chen Mu narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "But your Majesty must have heard the word core interests in the mouth of the minister. In the eyes of the minister, this word is no different from the 'law of the ancestors' spoken by others. According to their different purposes, His Majesty can identify their different core interests."

"When the core interests are touched by others, there will be criticism, and in Daming, the best way to criticize a person is to suppress the four words of the ancestor's law! It is the law of expelling the former emperor Taizu, no one can defy."

"You are teaching the emperor's mind." Wanli probably just learned the word emperor's mind from Zhang Juzheng, and he is not very proficient in using it. Changed the law of the ancestors to suppress it, and the teacher found a counterattack from the laws and regulations at the beginning of the founding of the country?"

Listening to what Wanli said, Chen Mu really felt that Mr. Zhang Ge had worked hard, but he even knew the follow-up - Zhang Juzheng would smash back those who could be smashed back with the ancestral method, and those who couldn't, would use his power and wisdom to smash them back. gone back.

But he didn't want to talk about Zhang Juzheng's reforms in this Forbidden City, which seemed airtight but was actually ventilated everywhere. He would offend people if he said it was good or bad.

(End of this chapter)