"Greetings, Emperor. Long live our Emperor.”
"Rise."
"If there's anything, report it as soon as possible. If there's nothing, withdraw from the court."
Li Si strode out from the officials and cupped his hands.""I have something to report."
"Yes."
"Your Majesty, this old minister has received news that Qi Jiguang's Weiyuan Fleet has defeated the main force of the Wei Nation and has already taken down the Wei Nation. King Meiji, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi have been captured alive.”
"What is Qi Jiguang doing?"
"Reporting to the emperor, General Qi is currently clearing out the remaining Wei Nation soldiers.”
"Pass down my decree, change the Wei Nation to the East Ocean Nation, make Nobunaga the King of the East Ocean Nation, and purge the Tokugawa and Toyotomi families from top to bottom. No one from the Mingzhi Clan was allowed to live. He then sent 200,000 soldiers to the East Ocean. After the situation stabilized, they would move the people of Great Zhou to Dongying.”
"Yes!"
"Everyone, since the East Ocean Continent has already returned to the Great Zhou Empire, do you have any suitable candidates for the East Ocean Continent's garrison general and the East Ocean Continent's finance minister?”
Minister of War Baiqi said respectfully,"I think that the position of East Ocean's garrison general can be taken up by Yingzhou Navy Admiral Shi Lang. He is familiar with naval and land warfare." He's a suitable candidate."
The Minister of Works, Wang Anshi, walked out from the crowd of officials and cupped his hands."Reporting to the emperor, I think that since the Japanese were conquered by Qi Jiguang, it would be more appropriate for him to be the Japanese garrison general.”
"Uncle Da, do you have any suitable candidates for the Japanese garrison general?”
Zhang Juzheng stepped forward with a respectful expression and said,"Your Majesty, I recommend Shunzhou Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang to take up this position.”
"Mm, Shi Lang should stay on Sanctuary Island. Qi Jiguang is the sharpest blade of the Great Zhou Navy, and I still have other uses for him.”
"Yes!"
"I think Pang Tong can be the Minister of Finance of Japan," Li Si said respectfully.”
"Yes."
Pang Tong walked out from the crowd of officials and knelt in the main hall. He said respectfully,"This official thanks the emperor!"
Ji Hao once heard that a phoenix cub could be a dragon, and a single person could bring peace to the world.
This Crouching Dragon was Zhuge Liang.
The phoenix chick referred to Pang Tong.
Pang Tong was more than enough to be the Minister of Finance.
"I have something to report," said Zhang Juzheng, cupping his hands.”
"Yes."
"This Weiyuan Battleship is equipped with new equipment. Under Qi Jiguang's command, he only used 50,000 sailors to defeat 200,000 Japanese sailors and 400,000 soldiers.”
"Uncle, do you have a plan in mind?"
"I believe that we can use the national treasury to expand the scale of the Firearm Division, Iron Cannon Division, Fire Control Division, and shipyard. We can expand production and recruit more sailors. In three years, we can build the world's strongest navy and swallow the world!”
Wang Shouren respectfully said," Your Majesty, Uncle's suggestion makes sense. However, raising an army requires money. Now that agriculture and commerce are flourishing, the national treasury's income has increased several times. However, to raise a million sailors, money will definitely flow like water.”
Baiqi walked out from the crowd of officials and cupped his hands,"Your Majesty, this subject believes that there is no need for the treasury to distribute silver to raise troops. The Great Zhou currently has 2.3 million troops and 350,000 sailors. The 19 prefectures 'commanders all reclaimed wasteland to be self-sufficient.”
Wang Shouren opened his arms and questioned,"General Bai, could it be that you want the Great Zhou Navy to imitate the garrisons in various places and be self-sufficient and eat fish?”
"Lord Wang must be joking. This subject believes that we can adopt a strategy of nurturing war with war. There is no need for the Imperial Court to sow silver to nurture soldiers.”
Wang Shouren frowned and said,"The Great Zhou is a benevolent army. How can you imitate the Turks and the Japanese and commit robbery?"”
"When will Zheng He return to the court?" asked Ji Hao.”
" Zheng He has been on his voyage for eight months," Li Si said." According to my calculations, he will return to court in about two months.”
"Zheng He's voyage to the West, how much silver does it cost?”
Zhang Juzheng said respectfully," Your Majesty, Zheng He has gone to the West with more than 200 ships and 27,000 officials and soldiers. A round trip would cost about three to four million taels of silver. This is Zheng He's fifth trip to the West.”
"Then why did Zheng He go to the West? What did the Great Zhou get?"
Li Si cupped his hands." Zheng He went to the West and spent a huge sum of money to publicize the strength of the Great Zhou. He brought back some rare toys and Western beauties from the West.”
"Wan Bang came to congratulate? I thought that these were all fake. The so-called congratulation from all the countries was to spend a huge sum of money to fund other countries and calm down the war in other countries. I can't do such a flashy thing, and I don't want to do it.”
Hearing this, all the officials fell silent.
This trip to the West was a precedent set by Ji Di.
It wasn't something that the officials in the court could discuss.
"I think that the strategy of nurturing war with war is the best choice. Do you have any objections?”
"We have no objections!"
"Boan, do you have any objections?"
"I dare not have any objections," Wang Shouren said respectfully.”
"You don't dare to have any objections?”
"I dare not."
"This world is cruel. I observe the law of survival of all beasts. The strong preys on the weak, and only the fittest survive. If you are too benevolent, you will be digging your own grave. Bo An, you were the commander of Shengzhou Prefecture and helped the former emperor pacify Prince Ning's rebellion. However, the former emperor did not make Bo An the Minister of War, but the Minister of Rites. It is not without reason.”
Wang Shouren broke out in cold sweat and said in fear,""This subject is stupid!"
"If we don't use the strategy of plundering to support the war and raise a million sailors, the national treasury won't have enough money no matter how much money we have.”
……
This morning court was the last court meeting of the first year of Yongxing.
Nobunaga was crowned King of Japan.
Shunzhou Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang was transferred to the East Ocean Continent and became the East Ocean Continent's garrison general.
Pang Tong became the Minister of Finance.
The national treasury distributed silver and ordered the construction of the gunpowder department, fire department, iron cannon department, and shipyard.
Increase the production scale of gunpowder, fire system, iron cannons, and large ships.
The 350,000 sailors of the Great Zhou were trained and recruited new sailors.
Qi Jiguang left Japan and returned to Jiang Prefecture.
Reunion with Madam.
At this time, the harem had already been distributed with charcoal to keep warm.
Zhao Min's stomach also bulged slightly and gradually became bigger.
Fortunately, she was kept by the Empress Dowager's side.
The Empress Dowager had sent a capable palace maid to wait on him.
The pale blood color that had just come out of the Cold Palace gradually became rosy.
However, Ji Hao was busy with government affairs.
He went to Jingde Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.
He had never seen Zhao Min.
Zhao Min knew that if she wasn't pregnant with Long Si, she would probably never be able to leave the Cold Palace.
She was the Saintess of the White Lotus Society.
The Emperor was already extremely kind to spare her life.
She didn't ask for anything else but to successfully give birth to the dragon heir.
As for whether it was a boy or a girl, it was not that important.
She knew that there were countless pairs of eyes in the harem who were eyeing the fetus in her belly.
Right now, the most important thing was to preserve his life and successfully give birth to the dragon heir.
Thus, after Zhao Min came out of the Cold Palace and was brought to Jingde Palace by the Empress Dowager, she did not take a single step out of Jingde Palace.
As for Li Qingzhao, he would go to the plum garden at night.
She wanted to wait for the person she was waiting for.
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