open sea

Chapter 599 Jurisprudence
"Seal the country to the barbarians overseas?"

The prospect of the Beiyang Military Mansion is undoubtedly good, and it has become a recognized good place in the eyes of courtiers who do practical things.

Just like the nine sides and the southeast when the southern Japanese and northern captives were in trouble in the past, as long as they have talents and ambitions, the Japanese pirates can make the little-known commander of Dengzhou become the prime minister of Jizhen, and the small prefect of Taizhou become the minister of the Ministry of war, and even more so. Not to mention those civil servants who have been famous in the Nine Borders for a while-it is a place that ambitious people yearn for.

It's the same in Siyang. Overseas means that everyone knows about wealth. Even if they see Chen Mu now, they can use their brains to know how he got the name of the money-spreading boy. No one thinks that Chen Mu is naturally generous.

When it comes to money, the dullest smart people will have the ability to see the essence through the phenomenon, and the essence of generosity is wealth.

But when it comes to specific work, Ye Mengxiong is caught blind. There is a foreigner living thousands of miles away in the Beiyang Military Mansion, and the Marshal Dongyang is going to ask the emperor to make him king?
Ye Mengxiong blinked, and said to Chen Mu earnestly: "Chen Shuai, even if the manuscript is played, the court ministers agree, and the emperor is happy, where can the imperial edict be controlled? I have seen the map of the world, and that is not the land of my suzerain."

"I can't control it." Chen Mu put down the letter from the military mansion, and said with a smile: "But it has to be controlled. Does Ye Gong know why the Nanyang countries are convinced of our emperor, and even if the kings change, they have to send envoys to invite the emperor to canonize them? "

The yamen of the Beiyang Army Mansion is not quiet, although it is not noisy, but when the infantry school field flag army fires guns, they can always hear a little sound. People once reminded Chen Mu because the gunnery school field was too close, but he reminded the officers not to forget He refused because of the war, so that now when working in the military government office, he often feels that the battlefield is nearby.

There was another burst of gunfire, and Ye Mengxiong frowned. He really hadn't thought about why all the countries would respect the Son of Heaven. After thinking about it for a long time, he said the intriguing four words, "The virtues of the ancestors."

People want to be more moral, but the nature of the world is cruel most of the time. The Yuan Dynasty sent troops to attack most countries, and the huge fleet of Lord Sanbao declared China’s revolution to half the world and established a new Huayi order. .

"The lower officials are not saying that they should not be canonized. Chen Shuai should know about me. My colleagues talk a lot about men's temperament and belligerence." Ye Mengxiong laughed at himself, talking about his experience of being demoted for preventing peace negotiations, and said: "Treat people who are not ministers. , should send troops to crusade, but the imperial court's confidant should be in the north!"

"Even if you are demoted once more, ten times! I think so too. The original intention of the peace talks and establishment of the Kou City was to discuss peace and recuperate before waiting for the war. Now the courtiers all think that the troubles of the northern captives have been eliminated, and the border affairs have been abolished."

"Nowadays people only set their sights overseas. Everyone chases wealth and honor but forgets the northern border. The feudal kingdom in the East will inevitably lead to war, and the country's power will be diverted to overseas. The recruitment policy of spending a lot of money to comfort captives is not a long-term solution. Is it like Chen Shuai? Don't sane people think so?"

Chen Mu didn't speak, he just thought of Hai Rui, and remembered that Hai Rui said that his father died of the Japanese plague, and that the southern Japanese and the northern captives were nothing more than four words, but weighed more than a thousand catties.

They are a generation who suffered from the southern Japanese and the northern captives. For the country, it is like a wound that has been cut. The wound will heal, but the scar is still there. Only when this generation is buried in the soil will it slowly fade away.

And only they can carry this kind of power that never forgets and broods in their hearts.

"We have been fighting with the north for a long time. The Nine Frontier Army will spend 800 million shi per year. Of course, I hope to eliminate future troubles and solve the northern troubles militarily. In the past, there was a precedent in the Central Plains. The Han Dynasty sent the Huns Driven to the west, the frontier army of the Tang Dynasty often went out, but we did not have such ability—it was not because our generals were not strong enough to dare to fight with them. , can’t be solved by a single expedition.”

"The imperial court receives a yearly income, and most of the military expenses of the nine borders and the patriarchal Lumi are spent. I plan to sail thousands of miles to the Atlantic Ocean, and prepare soldiers for two years with only 30 shi. The frontier soldiers are all out, and the mobilization from all over the country requires millions of civilians, and the road consumption of marching boards requires millions of shi, rice and grain."

"It's not difficult to ask the court to provide food, but it will take three years to empty the national power, and it seems that we may not be able to win now." Chen Mu slightly pursed his lips, raised his hand and tapped on the table and said: "It's better to solve the problem first , Nanyang has achieved results, and the cabinet sent a letter earlier, intending to transfer the title of vassal king to Xinming and other places overseas after the general reform in the world, so that the heavy illness will be cleared, and the strength of our country will be strong, and no one will dare to make trouble. "

"Actually, I have other ideas about northern Xinjiang. We don't have to be enemies. There is a story in Japan. Three families have similar territories. They want to expand outwards, but they are also worried about being attacked by enemies, so they allied with each other; in our country earlier At that time, there was even a saying of respecting the king and fighting the barbarians, respecting the Zhou royal family, and the princes would not annex and invade the barbarians."

Chen Mu stretched out his hand, and said: "The ancients said that there is nothing outside the king. We have always had a deep relationship with the strong neighbors in the north. If he can't make it through, I will beat him, and if I can't make it through, I will beat him, but we have always lived Well done, so wars seldom end, but what if we have a common enemy?"

"I have recruited their people to fight for me, and I Dao and the chiefs are also happy to do the same. He is now our Shunyi king, and the leaders of all the ministries are all governors and acquaintances, but we do not have the ability to govern them. Why don't we think of a way to really govern them? , Really let them become our commanders and acquaintances? I also respect the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, even if someone does not respect it, General Zhenshuo of the Beiyang Army can teach him etiquette."

"I hope that it will become normal for Mongolian cavalrymen and Jurchen warriors to go to America by boat in Tianjin, and I hope that they will get the emperor's fief over there, and those who don't want to get the fief can also bring wealth back to the Mobei capital of Ming Dynasty Command the envoys, let the legend of the warriors of the Ming Dynasty spread all over the world."

"Born at this time, we have all been stimulated by the times. Perhaps the humiliation of Lord Ye and Haigong from Nanyang will affect his life. The same is true for me, but it is not from the South and the North."

Chen Mu's eyes became fierce for a moment, but then they were as gentle as before.

He smiled lightly, and said in a flat tone, "In the Forbidden City, the first emperor was reluctant to eat pie."

"Maybe he wasn't reluctant, but just complained that the things in the palace were too expensive like ordinary people, but when I saw it, I knew what I should do."

"I don't know what the world the first emperor wanted to look like. I only know that no matter what it will look like in the future, future generations will say that it was all established when the first emperor ruled the country. Ye Gong said that the emperor's edict is useless in the ocean? Right? , is of no use now, for we have no jurisprudence in that uncharted land."

Chen Mu stopped talking, and clenched his fists on the table slightly.

There is no reason in the world until there is the first person with a big fist.

"That's because Mr. Chen hasn't gone yet."

(End of this chapter)