"My dear friends," Liu Jun sat there for a day's meeting, and he was a little drowsy. He got up early and went to bed late for several days. The new districts of the 39 provinces of the Five Beijings and Twelve Military Regions brought about a complete personnel change, which was changed to various inventory at the end of the year, auditing and officials' assessment.

He just wanted to end the meeting early, and even wanted to escape from the palace and go to the outside world to expose the fresh air.

"Let's come here for today's meeting." Liu Jun interrupted the prime ministers who were still excited about politics and the ministers attending the meeting. "It's getting late, so we will end today's meeting early. Everyone will go back early and think about the current situation at home. They will come up with a few useful suggestions and come back and report them. Remember to make a statement. If there are no good suggestions, don't put a note to make up the numbers. Okay, everyone is tired during this period, so go back early."

Liu Jun stood up impatiently. Before leaving, he summoned the chief supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and asked him to give each of the ministers a few jars of imperial wine. Then he left everyone behind and left first.

At today's meeting, only a few major decisions were made next year. However, in terms of personnel, Liu Jun only announced the appointments of some of the chief officials in the border areas.

Liu Jun didn't want to hide it. It really involved a comprehensive local adjustment, so he had to be very careful. Every appointment must be thoughtful, and he could not even discuss this kind of thinking with the ministers.

The different positions they are in have made them consider the problem differently. On such extremely important matters, the ministers' words will not be of much help, and sometimes they will disrupt his thinking.

"Your Majesty, are we a little too hasty?" Wang Kun, who was following Liu Jun, whispered. As the governor and eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, and the head of the three eunuchs in the palace, he existed as the emperor's confidential secretary. This made him no longer an ordinary eunuch, but also justified himself into the central core of the Han Dynasty.

Especially the Prime Minister's title of participation in politics made him one of the top important officials of the Han Dynasty.

When he reached his current status, he naturally could no longer rely on simple food, drink, and fun to win favor. He knew very well the character of the young emperor. If he did that, he would immediately lose his current status and would be placed in retirement if he said he would not turn around. His current status. What the emperor needed was that he was an important minister of the court, not a slander of the eunuch.

Liu Jun smiled and did not stop.

After leaving the Zongli Yamen, he quickly walked towards the Qianqing Palace. Wang Kun was not the first to mention the emperor's rush to say that he was too anxious. In fact, such remarks have appeared repeatedly in the memorials of many ministers recently.

There are even some young censors who directly criticized the emperor's current rule in the style of Qin and Han Wu. Some even said that Liu Jun was following the path of the Second Emperor of Sui Dynasty. Some people directly said that Liu Jun was a powerful military officer, while others said that he was very happy to be accustomed to merit.

After reading these memorials, Liu Jun specially asked the eunuchs to put them on a bookshelf to save. It was not a blacklist, but he thought these people were quite honest and dared to speak out, but Liu Jun did not agree with what they said.

It seems that he is very happy to be a good achiever, and it is better to say that he is powerful and powerful. Even if he is too hasty, he has a basis for saying that he is too hasty.

However, Liu Jun believes that he is neither Qin Shihuang nor Emperor Wu of Han, nor Emperor Yang of Sui.

Whether it is Qin Emperor and Han Wu or Sui Yang Emperor, they are all emperors with great vision.

Qin Shihuang unified the world, and the carriages and scripts unified the weights and measures, and built the Great Wall. Emperor Wu of Han fought against the Huns in the north, Emperor Yang of Sui built the canal in the east, and attacked Tuyuhun in the north to expedition Goguryeo in the east.

All they did was for the unification of China.

However, their reforms were indeed weak. The Qin and Sui Dynasty were destroyed in the second generation. When Emperor Wu of Han inherited the throne, it was after the reign of Wenjing in Han. Emperor Wu of Han was reigned for decades. However, he almost destroyed the country and reduced the population of the world by half. Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne was also after the Kaihuang period and the Sui Dynasty reunified the world. However, he had great martial arts and prosperity, and then he was prosperous and declined, and he was quickly defeated.

Chinese officials in the court who regarded Confucianism as orthodox. Especially those censors hated war, reform, and even did not like expansion. They were afraid of war, change, and expansion.

Confucianism, which has been preached for thousands of years, has gradually become somewhat self-confidence.

They just said that war will lead to death, but they did not know that forgetting war will lead to danger. In the past two hundred years, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, they were repeatedly invaded by foreign enemies. Even a small Japan dared to swallow the Ming Dynasty. The small country in the southwest, Dongzhao, dared to repeatedly invade the territory and seize the border, not to mention the Mongols on the northern grasslands and the Jurchens who later emerged in Kanto.

The capital of Beijing was also under the city by Hu soldiers several times.

Even if they are not married, cede land and pay compensation, they cannot change the fact that the Ming Dynasty was beaten by various foreign tribes in turn, and even the chieftain tribes rebelled one after another. The territory of the Ming Dynasty became smaller and smaller, and the chieftains were more and more rebellious and independent. This is all fact.

In Liu Jun's view, the dilemma of the Ming Dynasty was completely a flaw in the establishment of the system of the founding emperor. Zhu Hongwu's so-called "I raised a million troops without spending a piece of food from the people" seemed nice. In fact, the court used large areas of land as military garrisons and classified countless people as military households to exempt taxes. However, it was useless to consume the population tax of these lands, but instead did not raise available soldiers.

The Ming Dynasty treated the royal family and the officials and gentry preferential treatment, but eventually raised the largest parasite group in the Ming Dynasty.

The military household system of the garrison, the military garrison system and the hereditary military officers, and the system of civil unification of military officials, were even more abandoned. The empire that was favored had no army that could fight, let alone the so-called country that was not conquered, which made the Central Plains lose the opportunity to explore when they were at its strongest moment.

The systems of the Han Empire were all derived from the Ming Dynasty's systems but were completely different. Many officials were unable to accept, could not adapt, and were even worried.

"Many Han people have lost their blood and are not aware of making progress." Liu Jun sighed, "If God does not take it, they will suffer the consequences." The current great man turned a corner and walked on another fork because of his appearance. This is a great road, and China does not have to take detours anymore.

Now is the best era. Without the devastating alternation of Ming and Qing dynasties, the Han people retained their vitality and became stronger in the New Dynasty. At this time, the Han people have extremely advantages over the surrounding areas. If they do not take the opportunity to make progress during this period and wait for others to react, it will be difficult at that time.

Moreover, when every dynasty can truly maintain strong enterprising power, it will take only a few decades. If you miss this stage, your enterprising ability will be greatly inferior.

"The rewards are in the present and the benefits are for the future. If history books want to add a warlike reputation to me in the future, I am not afraid. Everything I do is profitable for the future."

If you know it is right, then do it and don't be afraid of others' words.

Although three wars may be fought at the same time next year, or even four wars, Liu Jun was not blindly arrogant. The court's war against the Jurchens and the Mongols of Moxi will mainly use barbarians to control barbarians and drive away tigers and wolfs. Therefore, these two wars will not weaken the strength of the Han Dynasty. On the contrary, it will only weaken the strength of the Manchu and Mongolian tribes, allowing the Han Dynasty to better control outside the Great Wall.

The Battle of Japan would be a plundering battle. The Han Dynasty had a cross-age advantage over the Japanese. The Dutch, Spanish, British and other European countries. It was through these advanced countries, crossing the seas and oceans, plundering colonies from those backward places, and using the blood and tears of those colonial nations, and using their wealth and population to lay the foundation for their rise.

This is extremely cruel without any warmth. In such a nation where the strong prey on the weak, the great man should not be too kind to establish himself.

The Han Dynasty would never have any country that could not be conquered. What's more, if Japan repeatedly invaded China's evil neighbors and had the opportunity to annex and destroy it, Liu Jun would never be ruthless.

"The imperial court's plans for road construction, immigration, land reclamation, education, etc. are indeed a bit anxious. But ten years have been too long, and we have to seize the day. We want to fight Japan, and we want to seize labor from Japan to mine and build roads. We are eager to promote education in order to integrate all tribes and ethnic groups in the world into a Chinese nation and become an integrated China."

Wang Kun understood some of the words, but he couldn't. Liu Jun didn't try to make him understand, but there were too many people who questioned him recently. He didn't care on the surface, but in fact he felt angry. Today, he borrowed his question and said it together.

Liu Jun sighed, "In fact, whether it is to fight Japan or Dongshu, it will not have much impact on the court. On the contrary, war will stimulate the economy, which belongs to the war economy. War requires warships, artillery, muskets, swords, clothing, vehicles, etc. Shipbuilding, firearm factories, clothing factories, etc., and these military industries will drive upstream minerals, smelting, textiles and other upstream raw material industries. This is a virtuous cycle that can drive the development of countless industries. In this process, countless job opportunities will be generated. The court also receives a lot of taxes, and the country can also obtain a lot of technology accumulation, etc.."

This war economic model must be based on a strong army, the Han Dynasty had a huge standing army and advanced technology, and had such conditions.

"Fight to fight." Wang Kun thought for a while and said a word, he felt it was a bit similar. Didn't the rise of the Jurchens in the Ming Dynasty rely on this kind of war expansion model? However, the Jurchens and others seemed to rely on robbery. They strengthened themselves through the robbery after the victory of wars.

The war economy mentioned by the emperor is more advanced. It also requires victory. Only by defeating can there be spoils and the cost of war can the military industry obtain the military equipment payment, and only by having the money to pay the upstream raw material costs and pay the wages of their own workers.

This is a strict industrial chain. If there is a chain interruption, it will be a disaster. At that time, it will turn from war economy and war wealth into war disaster.

The most important chain is to win the battle, and secondly, to get enough spoils from the war.

Can't the great man win?

Can't the Han Dynasty recover costs from the war?

Wang Kun thought about the battles of the army led by the emperor. Whether in the Ming Dynasty or the Han Dynasty, they seemed to have never lost money.

"It seems you understand. Yes, can't we beat Japan or not? No, I don't think so. We have a large number of standing troops, advanced firearms, the most adequate training, and a complete logistics supply system. This is not the garrison army of the Ming Dynasty, nor the government soldiers of the Sui and Tang Dynasties."

"Speaking of this, our Han army is similar to the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty. They are both regular troops, but we are much stronger than them, aren't we? We have powerful fleets and fierce artillery, and even fierce cavalry. Why can't such an army win?"

"This is actually like doing business. What we hold is excellent business opportunities and stable and reliable profits. Why don't we dare to go to it?"

Wang Kun laughed, "The Han army established by Your Majesty is invincible and has not yet been defeated. The Qing Dynasty and Mongolian capitals have successively defeated the Han army, and only Japan and Dongshu are naturally not enemies."

Liu Jun laughed, "This is a deal that can be made without losing money, and we have no reason to miss it."

"Japan has a population of more than 20 million, and it is the best distance between us. Many naval generals have suggested that the court compete with European colonists for the South China Sea islands. But in front of Japan, why should we hurry to go far?"

"If these more than 20 million people become laborers in Japan, the road network of the court will be connected to every province. Even after we destroy Dongxu in the future, we can directly connect from the capital road to Yunnan, Dali, Awa, and Yangon Haikou."

"As long as we can swallow Japan and Touo, the Han Dynasty can take off quickly. Within twenty years, the southwestern border of the empire will be pushed to the south of the sea, and even within fifty years, the entire Nanyang Islands can be conquered."

Wang Kun felt a little excited when he heard this. Although he was just a eunuch who castrated the situation, he admitted that he was indeed excited at this moment.

The emperor's ambition was deeply impressed by him. This was a real hero.

When Liu Jun turned around, he smiled when he saw Wang Kun's excited look flushed on his face.

It is easy to say, but it is certainly not easy to realize it. Not to mention fifty years, if the national policy remains unchanged and after several generations of unremitting efforts, perhaps a hundred years will be possible for China to annex the Indochina Peninsula and Japan and North Korea. As for the Nanyang Islands, it is a vast ocean with countless archipelagos. The conquest of the islands requires not only force, but also time.

After a hundred years, there has been too much change. No one can guarantee that the Han Dynasty will remain unchanged within a hundred years and there will be no internal changes. But he hopes that he can convey this spirit of pioneering and enterprising. As long as the Chinese people have such pioneering spirit, it is the most important.

"Okay, I'm going to leave the palace. You can inform the guards on duty and the factory guards."

"Do you want to leave the capital? Will you notify the Imperial Guards, the Five City Military Office, the Police Department, and Shuntian Mansion?"
Chapter completed!