Only by becoming a minister of the Ministry of War can one be more aware of Daming's current strength.

Although it was rumored that Zhu Youchen had 30 soldiers, that was based on the number of previous warships.

Zhu Youchen's army did not land on land for a day, and no one is sure that Zhu Youchen really has an army of 30.

Shen Yongmao's words immediately expressed the doubts in the hearts of everyone, including Chongzhen.

In an instant, everyone including Chongzhen immediately looked at Qian Yiqian.

None of the people here have ever seen the soldiers under Zhu Youchen's command with their own eyes, and they all know it from the memorial below.

However, I know from the memorial and see it face to face, the gap between the sky and the ground is simply the same.

No one knows the true combat power of Zhu Youchen's army.

However, this matter must be clarified.

The 30 rabble and the 30 elite are totally different things.

The former needs to be taken seriously by Da Ming, but if it is the latter, he will not be stingy with a disaster...

All the people looked at each other, and looked at Qian Yiqian with more serious eyes.

Chongzhen felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles, and immediately sat up straight, fixed his eyes on Qian Yiqian and asked again:

"You have been in close contact with the rebels. In your opinion, how is their combat effectiveness compared to the Nine Frontiers?"

Army of the Nine Frontiers.

In an instant, everyone held their breath and enlarged their ears.

Hearing this, Qian Yiqian's eyes flashed. Although he had ghosts in his heart, he still replied very seriously at this moment:

"The soldiers of the rebel army are all elites. The real elites. They are even better than the Nine Frontiers Army."

hiss!

hiss!

Hearing this, all the people shrank their eyes immediately, and Qiqi gasped, with shocked expressions on their faces.

Shen Yongmao roared in disbelief, "How is this possible?"

Not at all.

His sharp words brought everyone in shock back to their senses in an instant, but they frowned and remained silent.

They believed that Qian Yiqian would not talk nonsense.

Although Qian Yiqian is a minister of the Ministry of Rites, his eyesight is absolutely unmistakable. If he said so, it means that the soldiers under Zhu Youchen's command are definitely no worse than the Nine Borders Army.

However, at this moment, everyone still feels incredible.

Shen Yongmao looked at Qian Yiqian with wide eyes and said:

"Impossible! The court spends 200 million taels of silver every year to train the elite of the Nine Frontiers..."

"If Zhu Youchen's soldiers are more elite than the Nine Borders Army, how much money will it cost? It is difficult for the imperial court to gather the power of the Ming Dynasty to support the Nine Borders Army, let alone Zhu Youchen?"

"Don't say that Zhu Youchen, even the entire King Gui family can't afford that much money."

Shen Yongmao looked at Qian Yiqian's eloquent refutation, and was short of writing "I don't believe it" on his forehead.

The rest of the people also showed a look of approval on their faces at this moment.

Elites are never killed, they are accumulated by spending money over time.

However, since the beginning of the incident, Zhu Youchen has been full of calculations for only a few months.

It is absolutely impossible to accumulate 30 elites!

However, Qian Yiqian didn't show any expression on his face, but he sneered endlessly in his heart, he had already seen clearly about Shen Yongmao's thoughts.

"Believe it or not is none of my business! I have already said what I said, so what does it matter to me?"

"It's hard to persuade a dead ghost with good words!"

"It depends on how many days you can play the piano."

Qian Yiqian thought so in his heart, but looked at Chongzhen seriously and said:

"Your Majesty, everything the old minister said is true."

"The veteran has observed King Gui's rebel army, and many soldiers can move freely in iron armor. Such a large army cannot be restrained without cavalry!"

The weight of iron armor is unclear, and soldiers who can wear iron armor and move freely are definitely the elite among the elite.

In an instant, everyone felt a layer of pressure like a mountain, and everyone felt a heavy heart.

Chongzhen squeezed his hands even more.

But at the next moment, Qian Yiqian continued as if his words were not shocking and endlessly dying: "Moreover, the old minister suspects that King Gui's army is not limited to sailors at all!"

As soon as these words came out, the entire imperial study room fell into dead silence, and everyone looked at Qian Yiqian in horror.

And the army? .

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"what?"

"And the army?"

"This is impossible!"

The shocking and direct words of the six ministers spread to the outside of the imperial study in an instant, causing the guards outside the hall to be surprised and curious.

What was it that caused the six ministers to yell so out of composure.

At this moment, all the people in the imperial study room stared at Qian Yiqian dumbfounded after hearing the words, and Emperor Chongzhen stood up in shock.

The 30 sailors already made him terrified, and he couldn't sleep or eat.

If there are still soldiers and horses, and the world is still sitting on the fart, this Daming simply wants to let it go...

Of course, Chongzhen was only thinking about angry words, and he would never hand it over in this world no matter what.

Without Jiangshan, he would rather die!

At this time, Shen Yongmao retorted without hesitation: "Qian Yiqian, don't scare me!"

This time, he didn't even call out Shang Shu, but called out his name directly, and his eyes bulged out with anger.

"30 elites, we 26 will believe it. But now you say that the rebels are more than 30? Do you know how much money this will cost?"

"Do you think Zhu Youchen has mountains of gold and silver?"

If you count the miscellaneous expenses such as recruitment, training, armor, and even daily consumption of luggage, even a golden mountain cannot fill such a huge hole at this moment.

Gold mining also takes time.

However, the arrogant soldiers who rebelled and risked their lives will not come with you in vain, it must be for real benefits.

Daming can't afford to spend at this moment, and Zhu Youzhao, a vassal king, can't afford it even more.

Shen Yongmao didn't talk about it, but when he talked about Qian Yiqian, he suddenly remembered the scene of the fields and rice fields outside the city of Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Thinking about it now, Qian Yiqian felt weird, his pupils shrank, and his back felt a chill.

"Hiss! King Gui hides so deeply!"

King Gui has no mountains of gold and silver, but King Gui has a mountain of grain.

Moreover, now that Qian Yiqian thought about it carefully, the grain in the field was growing better.

Qian Yiqian's expression changed instantly, and the rest of the people in the imperial study noticed him in an instant.

Chongzhen even asked in a deep voice, "What did you think of?"

There was an involuntary trill in his tone, he was afraid that another 30 army would pop out of Qian Yiqian's mouth.

The people around also instantly looked at Qian Yiqian.

At this moment, Qian Yiqian looked over, and immediately bit the bullet and told what he saw and heard back then.

Although he was escorted back to the capital by Jin Yiwei back then, no one asked about these details at all. This is the first time everyone has heard of it.

As a result, everyone's face showed shock.

It doesn't matter if you don't have money, as long as you have food.

"He even reclaimed the farmland?"

Chongzhen's pupils shrank, his heart was already icy cold.

People who have always rebelled only know how to destroy but not how to produce. They only start to produce when the universe is settled.

But from the current point of view, Zhu Youchen turned out to have started production before the rebellion.

There are also those young and strong who are working.

hiss! !

In an instant, Chongzhen felt his hands and feet were cold, how could Zhu Youchen have accumulated such depth in secret?

A Qiongzhou was not in Chongzhen's eyes at all.

However, the small sees the big.

Does Zhu Youchen have any hidden strengths in the rest of the world?

It was fine to think about these problems in the past, but now I can't stop thinking about them at all, and the thoughts in my mind can't stop churning.

It even brought out many thoughts that had been suppressed in the bottom of my heart during the day.

The more I think about it, the colder I feel.

Chongzhen even had an illusion in his heart, had all the South already secretly surrendered to Zhu Youchen?

Otherwise, where did Zhu Youchen get such a background.

The background is not clear, Chongzhen knows that his sleep and food troubles are trivial matters, and if he really enters a stalemate with Zhu Youchen, he will lose.

There was a flash of fear in Chongzhen's eyes, and then he immediately ordered to Wang Chengen next to him:

"Investigate! Send people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang to thoroughly investigate Qiongzhou Island immediately. Find a way to find out everything about Zhu Youchen."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Back then, King Ning's rebellion was equally powerful, but in the end, Wang Yangming directly copied his hometown and wiped it out.

At this moment, Chongzhen also wanted to directly cut off Zhu Youchen's background and support, and wipe him out once and for all.

Zhu Youchen's strength is great at the moment, but the same consumption is also great. As long as you find the key point, you can definitely kill him with one blow.

However, they never imagined that everything about Zhu Youzhen was beyond their imagination.

After such a while, Chongzhen was also a little tired, and didn't want to continue entangled in Zhu Youchen's issue, so he immediately looked at everyone and said:

"No matter how difficult it is, the recruitment of soldiers must never stop for a moment, and the sooner the better."

"I am going to use the recruited warriors to reorganize the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Battalion."

Chongzhen felt the threat at this moment, and instinctively began to grasp the army in his own hands.

The six ministers did not suspect him, saying that Chongzhen had already made a decision, so they didn't make it right.

However, it takes time to recruit soldiers.

Chongzhen also understands, but at this moment Chongzhen is a little impatient: "But the three armies are easy to get, but one general is hard to find! Do you have a suitable candidate?"

As soon as the words fell, Bi Ziyan and Shen Yongmao said in unison:

"I recommend Liaodong...".

Chapter 304

When Daming was fighting hard, Zhu Youchen was increasing his strength by leaps and bounds.

[Ding, your army has completely occupied Okinawa! 】

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