"Yes, Your Majesty, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to have a good conversation with Your Majesty." Xu Youzhen said quickly, then changed the subject and continued: "Your Majesty, there is something that I don't know whether to talk about or not..." ŴŴŴ.BiQuGe.Biz
"You actually said that. You must have felt in your heart that this matter should be discussed... Just say it, I'm listening." Zhu Jianshen replied with a smile.
When chatting with Xu Youzhen, Zhu Jianshen rarely talked.
"Your Majesty, during this southern tour, I only did three things. The first one was to pay homage to Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. The second thing was to write the new tax law into the legal code. The third thing was to change the southeastern sea area. As for me, what I want to talk to your Majesty is the third matter."
Zhu Jianshen nodded when he heard the words and waited quietly for Xu Youzhen's next words.
"Your Majesty, the Japanese country is isolated overseas, but it has always been a thorn in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty's southern tour this time coincides with the Japanese pirates causing trouble and harassing our Ryukyu Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, Nanyuanfu in Korea and other places. Your Majesty sent the Ningbo Navy to relieve the siege of the Ryukyu Kingdom. , Shandong's offshore navy occupied the islands and cleared out the Japanese pirates' lairs. The Ming Dynasty's maritime navy has become famous far and wide, and the Japanese pirates are all frightened when they hear about it..."
"I feel that even if the current situation remains, our southeastern waters of the Ming Dynasty and the Korean waters will have peace for a while. I think this move will become one of your majesty's great achievements, but I feel that your majesty's ambition is not here. , Your Majesty wants to destroy the Japanese country and make it the land of our Ming Dynasty like Korea and Annan."
Zhu Jianshen said: "I didn't have this idea at first, but the Japanese pirates have been causing chaos for hundreds of years. At this time, the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, while the Japanese country is declining after a hundred years of chaos. In my opinion, this is a good opportunity, and it will disappear in a blink of an eye. Therefore, there have been some deployments in Nanjing during this period."
Zhu Jianshen did not deny what he said.
After Xu Youzhen listened, he paused for a moment, and then immediately said: "Your Majesty, I dare to say a few words..."
"Ai Qing is the chief remonstrator, so it is appropriate to say a few words..." Zhu Jianshen said softly.
Xu Youzhen has been serving as the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a long time. He has been in this position for ten years. During his tenure, the role of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in admonishing the emperor has dropped to a historical low.
"Your Majesty, although Japan is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty, it has been in name only for so many years. It is different from North Korea and Annan. Annan and North Korea have been the central court since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Even though they broke away several times in thousands of years, they Everything is traceable in history. They are not only common people, but also nobles. They still have a sense of awe and belonging to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty won the two countries. Their emotions and laws were in line with common sense and in compliance with the laws of heaven. It’s also in line with the people’s sentiments.”
"Since the time of Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, there has only been contact between Han Buddhism and the Japanese state. However, for thousands of years, the two countries have not had much in-depth exchanges. The Japanese state is isolated overseas. If the army forcibly crosses the sea, the outcome will be real. It’s hard to know, but there are also precedents of the Mongol and Yuan Dynasty’s conquests of the Japanese countries. We, the Ming Dynasty, should be careful about it, be careful..."
"What's more, our enemy has always been Mongolia. If the money from the war against Japan is spent on Mongolia to conquer the entire Mongolia, then His Majesty's great achievements will surpass those of emperors throughout the ages, and can also be compared with the Qin Emperor and Han Dynasty. "
Xu Youzhen is very smart.
Nothing he said said anything about the failure of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he gave the young emperor a kind of psychological guidance and told his own opinions without making people disgusted.
To put it bluntly, I just want His Majesty the Emperor to change his course. There is really no point in attacking Japan. Only by targeting Mongolia can we achieve the supreme imperial cause.
In Xu Youzhen's view, if a young emperor has no ambition, he is no different from a salted fish.
But ambition used in the wrong place can be a disaster.
The Japanese state would lose money if they occupied it, and it was not on the same scale as Mongolia.
His Majesty, the young emperor, should learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because everything is traceable. Once your national strength is sufficient, it is absolutely right to directly attack Mongolia.
But if you want to find your own path, attack on the sea, and occupy the small countries outside, whether this path is right or wrong has to be defined by history. In other words, at this time, His Majesty the Emperor is walking It was a path that did not know right or wrong, so Xu Youzhen, who had always obeyed the emperor, offered advice at this time.
After so many years, Xu Youzhen can be said to know Zhu Jianshen very well.
In Xu Youzhen's eyes, His Majesty the Emperor is a young and mature emperor who is well versed in the art of maneuvering, wise and courageous, but also a little obsessed with success. This is not much different from his father Zhu Qizhen.
However, this is also human nature.
Whether it was Zhu Qizhen, the 19-year-old emperor who sat on the dragon throne and shouted to the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty: I want the Mongolian thieves and bandits to see what it means to be a master of kings, or the wrathful nineteen-year-old emperor Zhu Qizhen, who was just in his twenties at this time. Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with them wanting to establish meritorious deeds.
It's just that Zhu Jianshen is more sophisticated than his old father.
As emperors, they pursue almost nothing in the world. All they pursue is fame for all eternity.
The young emperor controls such a huge empire. What he needs to do is to accumulate his achievements in exchange for his position in history.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been a total of seven emperors, including the unrecognized Emperor Jianwen at this time. His Majesty's actions at this time can also be regarded as Ming Jun. In other words, five of the seven monarchs since the founding of the Ming Dynasty have been Ming Jun. .
Although all the civil and military ministers in the dynasty shouted that the Ming Dynasty will last forever, everyone knows that there is no long-lived person, and there is no empire that lasts forever. After a long time, the Ming Dynasty will disappear, but after disappearing, it will disappear. There is the possibility of comparison, with previous dynasties and with later generations, and the emperor as the ruler plays a very important role in the comparison.
The emperor who ascended the throne at the age of two has successfully mastered the imperial power and controlled the entire empire. He is already full of topic. If he makes some achievements, it will be able to give credit to the first-tier emperors, Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Emperor Tang Zong and Song Zu, including the Tai Ming Dynasty. Ancestor Taizong put them together.
This temptation has always been in the young heart of the emperor and has never disappeared for a moment.
"I know what Xu Aiqing is worried about..."
"But if I tell you that Mongolia will not be a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty within a hundred years, would you believe it?"
"If I told you that the Ming Dynasty and even the fate of the entire nation would be determined by the sea, would you believe it?"
"If I told you that sooner or later the Japanese country would replace Mongolia and become the most serious concern of the Ming Dynasty, would you believe it?"
Soul Sanlian asked, leaving Xu Youzhen stunned.
How can the little Japanese pirates replace Mongolia and become a serious problem...
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