"Master Guo, Gu Guangxi just said it casually. Moreover, it is his duty to impeach after hearing the news. If you have it, please correct it, and if not, encourage it."
Han Yike protected his apprentice and of course did not forget to reprimand him a few times.
"Guang Xi, please stop saying a few words. Don't use the same venom you used to criticize corrupt officials to scold Guo Shangshu. Guo Shangshu is not a corrupt official."
They all suspected that Guo Huan was unclean, and they were just criticizing Sang and Huai. As expected, Guo Huan's face turned even darker.
Gu Chen immediately said: "What Master Han said is that the lower official has received a lesson."
At this time, in front of the emperor, he did not call Han Yike his teacher.
"okay."
Lao Zhu then patted the table to shut up Guo Huan who wanted to say something else. After he did not dare to speak, he looked at Zhu Biao and asked.
"Prince, what do you think?"
After all, in the future, the boss will be the boss in the world, and his opinion is naturally the most important. I also want to hear what he thinks.
"Father, what I mean is..." Zhu Biao glanced at Gu Chen, then cupped his hands and said, "My son and Gu Guangxi have the same opinion."
"Build a ship and fight!"
If we don't fight, Ming Dynasty will become a grandson in the eyes of Japan.
"You all go down."
Lao Zhu was silent for a while, and finally said again when everyone was about to get up and leave.
"Gu Guangxi, you stay."
Even though he was called to discuss matters with the ministers, he was actually left alone by His Majesty.
Except for Han Yike, everyone else's eyes looked a little weird.
But the emperor asked them to retreat, so they had no choice but to retreat one after another.
Coming out of Fengtian Hall, Guo Huan was the first to throw down his sleeves and leave angrily.
The strands of hair on his cheeks stood up in anger, and you could feel his anger just looking at his back.
Tang Duo cupped his hands and smiled: "Master Han, you have accepted a good student. Look, his temper is exactly the same as yours."
After saying that, he handed over and left without waiting for Han Yike's reply.
"I'm busy with official duties today, so I'll take my leave now."
I don’t know how many people I will offend in the future, but as long as I don’t offend him, that’s fine.
Looking at Tang Duo's back, Zhan Hui sighed: "It is easy to break when it is too strong. Guang Xi's move may have completely angered Guo Huan."
No one knows whether Guo Huan is clean or not.
Is Guang Xi a little too anxious?
"You mean well, I know." Han Yike said, "But everyone's temperament is innate. Even a teacher may not be able to change anything."
He couldn't understand this apprentice either.
You want to say that he is too tough, but he still shows some respect to some powerful people.
But you can say that he is afraid of power, but when it comes to some high-ranking officials, he suddenly becomes very stubborn.
How do you say this?
He didn't know what to say either.
Gu Chen: "..."
Nonsense, then Guo Huan is like a grasshopper after the autumn, he can't jump around for a few days.
If this guy doesn't dare to scold him, wouldn't there be no fun in life at all?
What's more, you deducted five guan from yourself. Do you know how much mutton you can buy with five guan?
In other words, that is enough to pay the supervisory censor for almost two months.
Who is not angry?
Inside Fengtian Hall.
Lao Zhu looked at Gu Chen who was full of anger and couldn't help but joked.
"Look at you like this, where do you get such a temper?"
"Isn't it because the Ministry of Revenue deducted five guan of money from you in the past two months?"
This is really the case!
But how could Gu Chen admit it?
He only said that he felt that Guo Huan had a villain's heart, but he was also full of compassion, which was very hypocritical, and he couldn't stand it for a while.
Zhu Biao smiled, looked at Yun Qi beside his father and gave instructions.
"Yunqi, go and give Mr. Gu a cup of chrysanthemum tea, so as to clear his fire."
He already liked Gu Chen, not to mention he was his mother's benefactor.
So Zhu Biao now regards him as one of his own.
Lao Zhu was not in a hurry to talk, so he took Gu Chen and talked about home affairs for a while, and then waited for him to drink a few sips of chrysanthemum tea before starting to talk about the business.
"After all, if the Ming Dynasty attacks Japan, what benefits do we have, other than to promote the country's prestige and vent bad breath?"
Although he also knew that Guo Huan had a villain's heart, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, every decision he made needed to be thought twice.
What's more, outward expansion is a major matter related to the country's people's livelihood.
Guo Huan was right. The national treasury was not rich. With Gu Chen's briquettes and glass, many high-ranking officials and big landowners in Fujian were confiscated.
The deficits in this household department have just been closed, but the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has not been good in the past two years, and I am afraid there will be another deficit in the near future.
Most of his private treasury was used for military expenditures in Southwest China and Peiping.
If it was just to show off his power, to be honest, he still didn't want to fight this battle.
For the sake of face, let the people of your country fall into misery.
No matter how you calculate this, it is not worth it.
Gu Chen knew that if he didn't make it clear, he might lose the opportunity to live a small life again, just like history.
The Ming Dynasty's cruel and good generals couldn't survive, and it would be even harder to live a small life.
So, Gu Chen stood up, handed over to Lao Zhu and the prince seriously, and then talked about the Japanese state-owned gold and silver mountains.
"Your Majesty, when I was in Fujian, I once met a Ming Dynasty citizen who had escaped from the Japanese pirates. He was dying and told me that Japan owns gold and silver."
"I also took out this picture and said that Japan itself didn't know about it. I think your Majesty can send someone to check it secretly before talking about it."
With that said, Gu Chen took out the blueprint from his pocket and handed it to Yun Qi.
Yun Qi handed it to Zhu Biao, and Zhu Biao handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting down.
"As long as we label Japan, why should we worry about empty national treasury?"
The map was drawn by him using the Japanese pirates captured by Liao Yongzhong.
Then based on historical knowledge, the current location of Iwami Ginzan was circled.
Of course, he's not stupid.
He searched continuously and found about a dozen Japanese pirates whose hometown was Shimane Prefecture.
Then they were separated and forced to chart most of the route from landing to home.
As long as they draw the map, the routes are all the same.
That will confirm the authenticity of the map and prove that it can be put into use.
As for the further authenticity, it is up to the emperor to check it himself.
When they were so arrogant in their childhood, they just felt that they were protected by some ghost or god.
Will the army of the Ming Dynasty be the same as that of the Yuan Dynasty, unable to reach Japan at all, unable to land, and return without success?
Then let them all understand that the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty is not comparable to that of the Qianyuan Dynasty, and their Japanese country does not have any divine blessing.
It's just that Kublai Khan and the others were unlucky.
Gold and silver?
These four words touched Lao Zhu's nerves. He immediately opened his eyes and sat up. He took the drawing and read it carefully.
"Are you sure that your position in Japan has gold and silver?"
"are you sure?"
If it does happen, don’t just bite the bullet and let him eat only one meal a day.
No, I just don’t eat and rely on drinking water to satisfy my hunger.
He also wants to defeat Japan and bring back the gold and silver mountains.
The ministers all complained that the salary was too low. Didn't he want to be a generous emperor?
If he were as rich as Tang and Song, would he still be so picky?
If you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are, who doesn’t want to feel like spending money like water?
