"yes!"
Zhu Xieyuan was quite shocked by this and thought to himself: "This is really new. It is something that has never happened in the past dynasties. One day, the people of the world will decide whether the imperial court wants to send troops abroad."
Even Liu Hongxun, a minister who disapproved of external expansion and advocated mainly domestic reform, found this interesting:
"Let the people of the world decide whether the imperial court will continue to send troops abroad. In addition to conquering the Western Regions, it will send troops to the Indian Peninsula! This is something I never thought would happen!"
Bi Ziyan was very confident about this and said: "In my opinion, as long as the people have farsightedness and foresight, they will definitely actively buy bonds against India's slightest attempt to raise troops, because the value of the plains of the Indian peninsula is obvious to all, and the people of this country will There is no one who doesn’t like land, especially fertile fields. In addition, the time is also very ripe now. The Bangladesh area has been occupied by our Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty World Development Company has established many manor industries here that are both farmers and soldiers. In addition, our Ming Dynasty The military base in Goa has also expanded a lot. It can be said that as long as the people are willing to pay, it will be no problem to capture even a little bit of the plains in India."
Zhu Youxiao therefore nodded and said: "In that case, all the ministers will take care of this matter immediately."
"According to the order!"
Bi Ziyan replied.
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"Issuance of bonds to crusade against the Mughal Empire? The Mughal Empire stole the land of the Ming Dynasty - the Indian Peninsula? There are so many plains and fertile fields in the Indian Peninsula? Anyone who buys bonds can earn the capital paid after the court recovers these fertile lands and sells them. Gold and interest? This is interesting, it has never been heard of before!"
The scholar Zhang Dai couldn't help but smile after seeing the content of "Huang Ming Bao" and told several of his friends.
"It's true that I have never heard of it, but I didn't expect that there would be so many fertile fields in this Indian peninsula, and that these fertile fields can really produce three crops a year?"
His friend Zhao Jiechen started talking about it.
Another scholar, Yan Xubo, said: "It's true. The Indian peninsula is marked in the new version of "Kunyu Wanguoquantu" released now. I also heard merchants who went overseas to Dhaka say that that area There are indeed many plains and fertile fields, and because the weather is much hotter, three crops a year is indeed no problem. I would like to buy this bond. After all, it is not convenient to go there to buy a thousand acres of fertile land directly. But buy the bond and wait for the court It would be okay to earn some interest money after conquering the Indian Peninsula."
"The question is, can it be defeated?"
Zhao Jiechen continued to ask.
"How can it be impossible to defeat them? Not to mention that the next troops sent to India are the Emperor's Imperial Army. Now, I heard that the army composed of Shaanxi refugees hired by the Ming World Development Company has beaten the natives there to shit. Many countries have been destroyed. There is a man named Zhang Xianzhong. With the four powerful adopted sons under his command, he has expanded his land and became the largest manor owner of the company. If it were not because he needed the company to provide ordnance, in addition I still want to return to my roots in the future, I’m afraid I can directly establish a country and become the emperor.”
Zhang Dai started talking at this time and added: "It's just that in order to prevent the company from cannibalizing, the Mughal Empire has mobilized many troops to fight against it. Although Zhang Xianzhong and his employees are powerful, they are not well-trained people after all." , and they are fighting on their own, it is difficult to make progress now, and they can only maintain a stalemate with the Mughal Empire. If our Ming Emperor's army goes, it is more than enough to directly destroy the country."
Therefore, Zhang Dai said: "Anyway, I want to buy this bond, and I want to buy more! I will spend all my family wealth to buy it!"
"I don't buy it! The imperial court is just using profits to coerce the people into supporting foreign expansion. It's obvious that the current emperor is very happy with his success, and Bi Ziyan and others are trying to curry favor with the emperor, so they came up with such a vicious plan!"
"Bi Ziyan knows how to engage in money-based politics, and what he is doing now is a clear proof. He is equivalent to treating the fertile fields in India as an expensive object that can be sold, and then saying that he will borrow money from the people of the world to send troops. He robs this object, sells it, and repays the money as principal and interest to the people who lent him the money, but it is still an act of robbery in essence! It is not in line with the law!"
Scholar Xiao Yuwei opposed buying the bond.
"Why should you care about these things? The bustle in the world is all about profit, and the hustle and bustle in the world is all about profit. If you don't buy it, don't be jealous when others make money."
Zhang Dai said.
"I, Xiao Yuwei, will not violate the justice in my heart even if I die of poverty and starvation! Go and earn this unjust money!"
Xiao Yuwei replied.
Zhang Dai could only shake his head at this.
But as Zhang Dai said, many people are clearly aware of the benefits.
After all, the Indian peninsula is not just land, there must be other wealth, and it is impossible that the court cannot repay the interest on the bonds.
Therefore, there are many people coming to buy bonds.
Zhu Yousong even rushed back from Nagasaki and spent millions of silver coins to buy it.
It didn’t take long for the bonds issued by the imperial court to be sold out.
As a result, the military expenses for sending troops to the Indian Peninsula were quickly raised.
However, the current resistance to the imperial court's expansion of troops in the Indian Peninsula is not a lack of force, insufficient military expenditures, or insufficient private motivation. Rather, it is the fact that many imperial officials in the imperial court, who are generally defenders of morality and are considered Confucian believers, oppose the imperial court's external expansion for profit. .
"Yuan Fu! Why don't you stop His Majesty from doing this unfair thing? How can a politician do anything for his own benefit and ignore the royal principles! Opening up the ownerless land in the northwest can be said to avoid the trouble of the Tartars in the west. It can be said that the conquest was to regain the Ming Dynasty's former territory and restore the ancestral foundation. However, the conquest of the Indian Peninsula was just because it had plains and vast fertile fields, and blatantly denied the existence of its country! And wanted to destroy its country. Is this still the dynasty of saints? !”
Cabinet minister Li Changgeng and others questioned Bi Ziyan about this.
Bi Ziyan only said: "A servant's life is not a servant's king, but only to bring glory to China, so that the place where the sun and moon shine is all Han land, and the voices spoken by people anywhere on the earth are all Han people." Yin, as for whether it is the right path or not, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
"I only heard that the emperor wanted to rule the world, but I didn't hear that the ministers also had this ambition!"
Li Changgeng sneered and replied.
Bi Ziyan replied: "In the Ming Dynasty, it is not just the emperor and his ministers who have this ambition. The whole country, except for a few people who are not enterprising, all the officials and the people have this ambition! The people's support for the Western Expedition is now less important than the conquest of India." The support of the peninsula is proof. Whether the court sends troops to the Indian peninsula this time essentially depends on public opinion. The court will send troops only if the people are willing to pay. If you really want to dissuade this matter, please go and dissuade all the people."
"you!"
Li Changgeng was quite angry and said: "I have only heard of people who use the power of the emperor to suppress ministers, but I have never heard of people who use public opinion to suppress ministers. Yuanfu, your words now are really unexpected!"
"Li Ge, a man who lives a long life, will see more unexpected things in the future. Do you believe that there will be people outside the country who beg me, the Ming Dynasty, to conquer his king?"
Bi Ziyan replied.
"This has already happened. Many scholars in Korea and Japan asked the Ming Dynasty to rule them!"
At this time, Wen Tiren came out and said, "Your Majesty asked Lifan Temple to pay for the scholars of these foreign countries, and it has already produced results."
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