"What do I think? Of course I look at it with a smile."

"Master Wang, what do you mean by this? Is there anything wrong with what I said? Please speak out."

Liu Bowen looked at Wang Ming with firm eyes. His original intention was for the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. Liu, according to your inference, it is indeed possible that this will happen in the future, but it is only possible. It has not happened yet."

"These founding fathers fought through mountains and rivers of blood to establish the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty has been established, what's wrong with supporting them?"

"As for whether they may make mistakes in the future and harm the people, they will be punished by the court's laws at that time."

"According to your intention, you want to kill the donkey. This is too ruthless and shameless."

Liu Bowen took a deep breath and answered:

"Master Wang, as I said before, the Ming Dynasty has just been founded, and all industries are waiting for prosperity, and there is no spare time to support..."

"Then make it clear to the soldiers that the Ming Dynasty is too weak to support them. Let them suffer for a while and then make up for it when the Ming Dynasty is strong enough..."

"You didn't ask anything, you just asked His Majesty to have a drink of wine to release his military power, but you refused to support them properly, and you acted like a bitch and built a memorial arch. Are you being a hooligan?"

"At least, you should ask them if they are willing to suffer."

"Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is just short of money and food, not weak in military strength. If the soldiers don't want to suffer themselves, let's make other countries suffer..."

"Other countries? You mean?" Liu Bowen's eyes widened.

"Yes, go to other countries to rob...ahem, just to support us..."

"The Ming Dynasty wants to be promoted to the Qi Lun Dynasty. Now it is too slow and time-consuming to rely on the development of the Central Plains. Your Majesty cannot afford to wait. It must be the Ming Dynasty that only supports me with the resources of all nations."

"This, this... Mr. Wang, don't you know that no matter how big a country is, if it is warlike, it will perish?"

"Oh, Mr. Liu, I thought you would talk nonsense about Confucianism, gentlemanly virtue, etc., but I didn't expect you to be so practical. Yes, you are much better than Li Shanchang in this regard. If it were him, he would have to talk a lot of nonsense before he could agree to it coyly.

…”

"But you are wrong. The prerequisite for war is that the two countries are at war with each other and their national strength is not much different. After losing the war, they did not get enough benefits, so it is easy for the country to perish."

"What if my Ming Dynasty is victorious in every battle?"

Wang Ming's eyes were deep and he thought of the free America in reality. This is a typical example of a bellicose and powerful country. It was founded only a few hundred years ago and has fought more than 200 wars. It is either at war or on the way to war, but it becomes stronger and stronger as it fights.

In the modern era, after two world wars, it directly became the world's most powerful country!

In addition to the opportunities of the two world wars, the more important thing is that the United States only fights with favorable conditions, only attacks small countries to plunder resources and improve their economic capabilities. They also sell arms part-time. After the most terrifying weapon of mankind was invented, the atomic bomb, they used the power of small Japan to

The lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the two cities served as a warning to the whole world, and this finally established their status as world hegemons.

"This..." Liu Bowen looked at Zhu Yuanzhang speechlessly.

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into silence.

Serve the Ming Dynasty alone with the resources of all nations! Be victorious in every battle?

It sounds very tempting indeed. If we can really upgrade the Ming Dynasty to the Qi Luck Dynasty based on this, we can live forever...think about what a wonderful thing that would be.

I have to admit that Zhu Yuanzhang was tempted by Wang Ming's fictional chicken soup.

"Wang Ming, we don't quite believe what you said..."

Wang Ming chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, when you were still herding cows on the hilltop of your hometown, you played the emperor game with Xu Datang and them. At that time, did you believe that you would become the emperor in the future?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked stunned and sighed: "No, we were just fantasizing back then, but we never believed that we would become the emperor. However, since we met you back then, we..."

"We understand...but, if our Ming Dynasty is really promoted to the Luck Dynasty, can we really live forever?"

Wang Ming shook his head: "It's hard to say, I just said it's possible."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly darkened.

"It's just that, Your Majesty, you must give it a try, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Yes, with a true god like you here, how could we not give it a try..."

Even Liu Bowen couldn't help but wonder, if His Majesty can really live forever through the luck of the dynasty, then can Liu Bowen also...

After that, the three of them were silent and speechless.

…

The first battle on the Northern Patrol Road, Yangzhou.

At this time, Yangzhou did not have a prosperous age of singing and dancing, but only ruins and ruins, no roosters crowing for hundreds of miles, and only a few people. There were even tragedies of people exchanging children for food.

All this silenced Zhu Yuanzhang and the accompanying princes and officials.

Zhu Yuanzhang burst into tears.

I can more directly understand what it means to make one general achieve the goal of destroying thousands of people.

I don’t know how many thousands of people have starved to death here in Yangzhou alone.

Our Ming Dynasty is built on ruins!

If we can't feed the people as soon as possible, then we will be in vain as a king.

Liu Bowen is right, Ming Dynasty did not have the extra national power to support its founding fathers.

However, the founding fathers came here with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. It would be inappropriate for us to treat them badly...

Therefore, Wang Ming is right when he says that if soldiers cannot be unwilling to suffer, then they have no choice but to let others suffer!

That night, Zhu Yuanzhang thought deeply for a long time. He tossed and turned until the early morning, unable to sleep all night. It was nearly dawn when he finally felt a little sleepy.

Suddenly, a rooster crowed and woke up Zhu Yuanzhang. He was overjoyed and got off the dragon chariot.

"The cock crows in Yangzhou, good, good, good!..."

A rooster crows in Yangzhou, which is really a good sign.

Liu Bowen reported with a smile:

"Your Majesty, this is just a chicken that Yang Xian bought specially by galloping 180 miles overnight."

"Just for the sound of roosters crowing before dawn."

Zhu Yuanzhang said happily when he heard this: "Okay, great, this is a good sign, we are happy to hear it."

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to do."

"What's up?"

"The emperor asked me to consider the affairs of the Yangzhou magistrate. I have thought about it and am about to ask for the emperor's order."

"Who is it?"

Liu Bowen pointed to his student Yang Xian with a smile.

"Student of Hanlin Academy, Yang Xian."

"Oh? Yang Xian, are you willing?"

"Your Majesty, this rooster's crow is the voice of my heart."

"Okay, that's well said. Hey, Yang Xian ruled Yangzhou. This also has good intentions. This will definitely be the beauty of our Ming Dynasty... Hahahahaha...!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so happy that he personally wrote and left a calligraphy treasure for Yang Xian.

【Your salary is your salary, the people are fat and the people are anointed, the people are easy to abuse, but the heaven is hard to bully】

Yang Xian happily accepted it.

"The way to be an official is to love the people first. We hope that you will govern a new Yangzhou within three to five years."

"I obey the decree!"

"Lü Chang, please send a message to the Ministry of Household Affairs that all cattle, grain seeds, etc. needed by Yang Xian will be supplied first. If there is a problem that cannot be solved by the Ministry of Household Affairs, let us know! We will find a solution."

"I accept the decree."

Liu Bowen looked on with a smile, everything was as he expected.

Sure enough, the emperor will give preferential treatment to Yangzhou. If Yang Xian can serve as an official here, he will definitely be able to make achievements within three to five years, and his future official career will undoubtedly be prosperous.

It wasn't until Zhu Yuanzhang was about to leave and return to the dragon chariot that he realized that there was one person missing around him.

"Hey? Where is Wang Ming? Where are Liu Bowen and Wang Ming?"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Wang left last night. He said he would be back soon. He also said he would send a big gift to the Emperor, saying it could help Yangzhou and even help Ming Dynasty solve the food problem... But, but

..." At this point, Liu Bowen looked hesitant because what he said next was a bit taboo.

"Oh? Can Wang Ming help the Ming Dynasty in Yangzhou solve the food problem? We don't believe it anymore. Could he be able to help the Ming Dynasty produce ten thousand stones of food... But maybe he is a god..."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked unhappy and a little dissatisfied.

"But what? Just say it!"

"Master Wang said that the emperor needs to wait for him here..."

After saying this, Liu Bowen also had sweat on his forehead. The minister asked the emperor to wait for him. To put it more seriously, it could be regarded as a crime of deceiving the emperor.

"Hmm? Let us wait for him? Right here?"
To be continued...