Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Ye Xianggao's proposal to Zhang Juzheng had been in his mind for a long time, and he was waiting for a suitable time to bring it up.

Zhou Jiamo mentioned asking him to learn from Zhang Juzheng, isn't it a godsend opportunity? !

When Zhang Juzheng was in power when he was a teenager, he watched Daming become prosperous and powerful, and Zhang Taiyue was Ye Xianggao's idol.It's a pity that he has not yet been awarded a Jinshi, but Zhang Juzheng drove west of Hexi. Before long, Zhang's family was besieged in the Liao Palace, starved to death, committed suicide, and exiled...

Because some people slandered in the ears of the emperor and the empress dowager, saying that Zhang Taiyue had more than one million furniture in his ten years in power, which was enough for King Lu to use as his vassal.

Having no chance to follow the Chief Assistant whom he admired, to prosper the Ming Dynasty, realize his dream, and benefit the people, Ye Xianggao decided early on to do something about Zhang Taiyue's death.

He is always looking for opportunities.But after he became a cabinet minister, he understood that he could only do anything for Zhang Taiyue after Emperor Wanli had passed through the ages.

Therefore, with hatred for Prince Lu's Mansion, he watched Empress Dowager Li doting on King Lu, and Emperor Wanli doting on King Fu... 40 years later, when Prince Lu's son was deprived of all the land and mansion, Ye Xiang Gao dragged Fang Congzhe and other cabinet ministers not to speak for Lu Wang's mansion; when the emperor expelled the emperor Wanli's beloved son Fu Wang, he tried his best to connect with the censor and kept silent about the Tian family's private affairs.

When Ye Xianggao was transparent from a young age in the cabinet, and gradually became invisible through his ability, he won the respect of Liu Yixiu, the second assistant, the approval of Han Yu, and the trust of the emperor, and he began to actively look for It is an opportunity to justify the name of the most admired chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty and the century-old hero who created the Wanli Zhongxing.

He is convinced that he has not misunderstood the emperor.According to the emperor's ascension to the throne for two years, the administration of officials has been rectified, the overlapping system of the six departments has been completely eliminated, and the censor has to do practical things; Ten thousand eunuchs became the clean army and withdrew the six ministries in Liudu; trusted courtiers with expertise such as Xiong Tingbi and Xu Guangqi, and even the noble children began to use them; method, will definitely look positively at Zhang Taiyue's ten years in power.

Ye Xianggao firmly believes that as long as someone proposes to rectify Zhang Taiyue's name, the emperor will agree to it.The only difficulty is whether the emperor will take into account the posthumous name of Emperor Wanli, and whether he will drag someone out to recite it for Emperor Wanli.And who should I push out to bear the crime for Emperor Wanli at that time.

Zhu Youxiao was surprised that Ye Xianggao proposed to rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng at this time.He subconsciously opened his eyes slightly, staring at Ye Xianggao without speaking.It never occurred to Ye Xianggao that he would have the courage to ask for Zhang Juzheng's vindication without any foreshadowing.

Should it?It should be.

The period when Zhang Juzheng was the chief assistant was the last glory of Ming Dynasty. Without Zhang Juzheng's ten years of hard work, Wanli, not to mention the three major campaigns, would be enough to quell the Mongol rebellion in Ningxia, let alone the Miao people's rebellion in Bozhou. There is also assistance to North Korea to drive away the aggression of the Japanese shogunate.

But as long as he thought about sending troops to North Korea, Zhu Youxiao felt uncomfortable.As the suzerain state, Ming Dynasty sent troops and money to help North Korea fight the Japanese shogunate who invaded North Korea.Millions and nearly tens of millions of taels were invested in the war, many soldiers were killed and wounded, and the national power declined, but in the end they did not get any corresponding rewards. This was simply not worthwhile.

The most irritating thing is that after the Battle of Sarhu, North Korea turned to Jiannu.Taining Hou came back from Liaodong to ask for instructions on how to deal with North Korea, and Zhu Youxiao stayed with Taining Hou's note.He is still waiting for the right opportunity to deal with North Korea.

Zhou Jiamo saw that the emperor's eyes were wandering, and he knew that the emperor was distracted, so he coughed lightly to remind the emperor.Gong Nai remembered the North Korea that the emperor had mentioned a few days ago.Could it be that the Son of Heaven wants to do these two irrelevant things together?

Gong Nai tentatively said: "Your Majesty, I think it's up to Zhang Taiyue to deal with it anyway. There should be an opinion on the North Korea issue. Liaodong is waiting for His Majesty's opinion to act."

Han Yu was a radical militant, and immediately said: "Da Ming has sheltered North Korea for hundreds of years, but North Korea turned to Jianshou during the most difficult time of Ming Dynasty. Such a vassal state, don't mind it."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Han Yu with a slight smile on his face.Ye Xianggao was having a hard time thinking, why did Gongnai put Zhang Taiyue together with North Korea?

The trace of the emperor's smile made him suddenly enlightened.

"Your Majesty, without the ten-year reform of Zhang Taiyue's administration, there would not be enough silver and grain to support the three major campaigns in Wanli. At that time, the grain in Taicang could be used for ten years, and the silver in Taipu Temple was as much as 400 million taels. The total amount of silver deposits is about seventy-eight million taels. It has been achieved that the fields will not be barren, people will not flee, and money and food will not be in arrears. However, the dispatch of troops to North Korea made Daming waste his savings without benefiting, and was dragged down by such a vassal state to gain national power Not to mention the decline, the most intolerable thing is that he surrendered and became a slave. Therefore, the minister thought that not only should he be delisted from his vassal state treatment, cancel his tribute qualifications, but also recover from him the loss of the three reinforcements to North Korea."

Ye Xianggao said while looking at the face of the emperor, and finally said cruelly: "After North Korea is removed from the vassal state, Japan, the chief culprit, cannot be easily let go. Otherwise, how to learn from the past and learn from the past, so as to imitate others. The matter of Jiaozhi and Myanmar is precedent.

Therefore, I thought that the Western Netherlands invaded our Daming's Haojing, Xiamen, and occupied the Penghu Islands. They should kill all the invaders, go to the old nest of the Western Netherlands, and claim back the 300 million silver that they borrowed.Then use this compensation to teach Jiaozhi, so that it can return to Daming; also to teach Myanmar, so that the land on the edge of the West Antarctic can be restored to the setting of the Three Propaganda and Six Comforters during the Tai/Zu period. "

Zhou Jiamo's heart beat wildly when he heard these remarks, my God, is Ye Xianggao crazy?Unexpectedly, Zhu Youxiao burst out laughing.

"Good! Good! Good! Jinqing really deserves to be my chief assistant. According to what Jinqing said, the cabinet report came up.

The first is to Zhang Taiyue anyway.This is because the ancestors handled things unfairly, resented Zhang Taiyue for being too tight on him, and was provoked by villains.

The second is to remove the vassal state of North Korea, cancel the qualification of tribute, and order Taininghou, the sons of the British Duke and the Duke of Dingguo to march into North Korea, and capture all the remnants of the slaves who fled to North Korea.

The Third Ministry of Industry continues to build new clippers, not only to ask the Westerners to recover the blood debt owed by the Frangji people in Luzon in the 31st year of Wanli, but also to recover the unprovoked Japanese attack on North Korea, which caused the death of Ming soldiers. Wan Yinzi's 20-year old account has not been turned back.

As for the Dutch in the Penghu Islands, they will be killed without mercy.

Regarding the matters of Cochin and Burma, Ye Qing looked at a proper time to do them. "

Cui Jingrong was about to bow down to Ye Xianggao. No wonder that in the same year of more than 300 years, Ye Xianggao was promoted to editor from Shu Jishi. Being able to be alone for seven years, returning to the hometown to be idle for seven years, and returning to be a cabinet minister, once again becoming the chief assistant that the emperor relies on.

It turns out that Ye Xianggao is farther than what he sees.A few words changed from Ye Qing to Jin Qing. You must know that the emperor seldom directly addresses his officials.

Cui Jingrong thought to himself, as Minister of the Ministry of War, he only thought about stabilizing the interior of the Ming Dynasty and stabilizing the four regions, while Ye Xianggao was already thinking about recovering the loss of aiding Korea from Japan in the East, and recovering from the Frangji people in the West. Wanli's 31-year blood debt has to go to the home of the Western Dutch to recover the 300 million debt, let alone the matter of Cochin and Myanmar.

Let’s not talk about whether we can do it or not. I can’t compare with myself alone because of my heart and vision.

Zhang Wenda's position determines that no matter what he thinks in his heart, he can't immediately express his agreement with Ye Xianggao. Instead, he has to pour cold water on the excited emperor and Ye Xianggao.

"His Majesty."

Zhang Wenda stood in front of the three members of the cabinet who had bowed to the emperor's will but hadn't straightened up yet, and it seemed that he was unusually noticed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"For the Westerners who invaded Haojing and Xiamen, if the imperial court wanted to fight them back, they had to raise funds and borrow money from Jiangnan. It is better to wait for the military affairs in other places to repay the 300 million before thinking about it."

The word Zhang Wenda wanted to say, "military militarism", twitched several times in his mouth, but he still didn't say it in the end.He didn't dare to say it too seriously, so as to anger the little emperor, but it would be a bad thing.Such an age is the time when self-esteem is the strongest, and one can turn his face to extremes if he can't say a word.

Emperor Wanli is an example set out in front of him.

Zhou Jiamo also stood up to persuade: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks what Zhang Deyun said is reasonable. First wipe out the Dutch in the Penghu Islands, and then discuss other matters."

Huang Kezuan supported Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thought that he could order the Duke of England and Duke Dingguo to do it first. Xiong Feibai was in Liaodong preparing to restore the slave/Ergan Dusi. When he repaired the Marshal's Mansion of Zhengdong, he would go across the sea. Japan is convenient."

Zhu Youxiao then asked Huang Kezuan, "Why did I go to Japan across the sea from Zhengdong Grand Marshal's Mansion? I want to go to Japan from the southern tip of Korea, or go to Japan from Ryukyu. Ryukyu is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty. Ming's navy can From here in Fujian to Dayuan Island (Taiwan), and then from Dayuan to Ryukyu.”

Zhu Youxiao showed Huang Kezuan the regional relations between Fujian, Dayuan, Ryukyu, and Japan.

Huang Kezuan immediately said: "Your Majesty, Dayuan is a strategically important place, and Nan Juyi should occupy it quickly."

As early as when the Son of Heaven drew a map of Fujian, all the ministers stood up and surrounded it. Seeing that the Son of Heaven sketched out the relationship between these places with a few random strokes, and the relationship between Luzon, Jiaozhi and Daming further south, people People have this kind of thought in their hearts: I am afraid that there will be endless wars in the next few decades.

Before the Longevity Festival, good news came back from Fujian. More than 600 Dutchmen who were besieged in the Penghu Islands surrendered under the attack of the new Ming artillery.Of the twelve large Galen ships they were on, two were sunk while escaping, one escaped, and nine became Daming's spoils of war.After interrogating several Luzon Han Chinese who were interpreting for the Dutch, it was learned that the most likely destination of the escaped Dutch ship was India.There is an East India Company of the Dutch, which is under the jurisdiction of the governor sent by the Netherlands to India. All ships and soldiers sent to Ming Dynasty belong to this company.

Nan Juyi didn't understand what level the East India Company was. He just regretted that the Ministry of Industry only sent four new warships one after another.If there are two more ships, he can guarantee that no Dutchman will be able to escape.He wrote such regrets into the battle report, and at the same time suggested that the court build more new gunboats to eliminate pirates in the sea near Fujian.

Nan Juyi picked out everything that several interpreters knew in great detail.While Kuai Ma sent the battle report back to the capital, he also sent these interpreters, together with a few other soldiers who could answer more questions, to the capital in a prison car.