Chapter 152 Food Protection and Concept
"You, Yan Shifan, you..."
Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji trembled all over after being scolded by Yan Shifan in front of the emperor, almost describing them as sinners of the Ming Dynasty and the descendants of the Chinese nation.
The three men pointed at Yan Shifan, their lips trembling, as if they had suffered unprecedented humiliation.
"Hmph!" With the experience of "failure in laning" in the previous few times, Yan Shifan can be said to have summed up a lot of experience and lessons during this period of time, learning from his strengths and overcoming his weaknesses.
He also realized that he would never gain any advantage if he went head-to-head with Zhang Juzheng and others on the policy of governing the country.
After all, talking about national policies in the court is not his strong point. His advantage lies in accusations, mud-slinging and sophistry!
If I start cursing right away in the future, no, it should be said that I take an extreme approach, then the situation will be very different.
Just like now, the three of them were scolded by him and they couldn't even fart.
It can be seen that I had taken the wrong path in the past. Even later, when debating with Zhang Juzheng's people, in order to facilitate the attack, I could let them take the first move and then break through one by one.
Looking at the three people's blushing faces, the young cabinet minister Yan Shifan felt extremely proud at this moment.
"Your Majesty!" At this time, Yan Shifan turned around, raised his hands and clasped his fists towards Jiajing, and then said loudly with a righteous face:
"I think that what Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji said is a foolish scheme to mislead the Chinese people."
"All Japanese must not be allowed to stay, let alone be brought into the Ming Dynasty and assimilated. You must know this..." Yan Shifan said in a deep voice with a sincere look on his face:
"Hatred can be passed on through blood! If you give your enemy some magic in the future, it will be a disaster!"
"Yan Shifan, what you said, are you trying to arouse the hostility of other countries towards our Ming Dynasty?"
Being scolded by Yan Shifan almost all the time, and being a disaster that would harm future generations, even Zhang Juzheng, who had always been well-mannered, could no longer hold back and was the first to speak out.
"If we lose our country and our race at any time, where will the dignity of our Ming Dynasty be?" Gao Gong said angrily, "Have you ever considered these things?"
"Yes," Zhao Zhenji said again, "The current Ming Dynasty is indeed very strong, but if other countries attack at the same time because of Japan's demise, how can the Ming Dynasty be safe?"
"Besides, in the future, I will build a unique immortal dynasty and rule over all races in the heavens. How can I not have the tolerance of an immortal dynasty?"
"Stop rambling!"
Seeing the three people surrounding and attacking him again, Yan Shifan shouted immediately, and then looked at the three people with a sneer.
"Dignity, dignity, in your eyes, there is only your own dignity!" Yan Shifan pointed at the three people and said excitedly: "To put it bluntly, there is an imaginary emperor living in your hearts!"
"One, the Ming Dynasty in your mind."
"You just want the emperor to become what you want him to be. If he doesn't do what you want, then he's disrespectful."
"It's just the destruction of a tiny island," Yan Shifan said, raising his little finger and said disdainfully, "Can this be elevated to the dignity of our Great Ming Dynasty?"
"The kingly way is the way of tyranny and benevolence, but..." Yan Shifan glared at the three people and said, "It is definitely not stupid to be kind to others while ignoring the fact that our own people are still hungry!"
"You are an official of the Ming Dynasty, not an official of the whole world. You are doing such a good job, what kind of benevolence, morality, and style of the Celestial Empire are you claiming?"
"The people of the Ming Dynasty have only had enough to eat for a few days? And you're already thinking about helping the world? Do you want you to be a whore and build a memorial archway for yourself?"
"You are so short-sighted that you are not worthy of being my advisor!" Zhang Juzheng threw his sleeves in anger.
This madman only knows how to covet the little things in front of him, and has no vision or courage. The Immortal Dynasty should be high and mighty, blessing all living beings.
Yan Shifan only focused on the three acres of land in front of him. No matter how well he managed it, it was still petty-minded!
"I may be short-sighted, but I know that by doing this, my people will not starve. The people of the Immortal Dynasty will remember me in history for thousands of years!"
Yan Shifan just looked down upon the stench of these clean streams.
Without immediate benefits and tangible advantages, what is the point of seeking fame?
"I'm telling you! I, Yan Shifan, never seek to be remembered in history. I only care about whether it will benefit the present!"
"At worst, I, Yan Shifan, will bear the infamy of this ruined country and genocide alone," Yan Shifan raised his arms with a domineering look, "I don't need the people's understanding!" When he was excited, he threw his hands and said, "I don't care!"
Well, after these words were spoken, Gao Gong and the other two were so angry that they were shaking.
He is simply a scoundrel, a rogue, a scoundrel, and he is unreasonable!
The traitor Yan Dang is indeed greedy for anything he sees. Even if he does it in the name of serving the country, he still cannot change his petty nature, narrow mind and lack of magnanimity!
At this moment, the four of them seemed to be irreconcilable and incompatible.
Having said that, we can actually see that this is a dispute between the two factions’ ideologies!
Jiajing watched the quarrel between the four people with a calm expression from beginning to end. Only when he heard this did he realize that this involved the governing philosophy of the two factions.
He glanced casually at Yan Song, who was standing beside him and looked calm, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, his eyelids drooping, his brows lowered, and a dazed and old look with no expression on his face.
Afterwards, he looked at Xu Jie, who also had his head lowered.
Yan Song, unlike Xu Jie and other members of the Qingliu faction, always had straightforward and clear ideas about governing the country.
He has always been an image of a treacherous minister in the minds of officials and common people, and all his power comes from the emperor.
But the reality is that he also has his own philosophy of governing the country, but this philosophy has never been revealed.
At this time, this hidden concept of governing the country was fully reflected in Yan Shifan. It was Yan Shifan's words that he didn't care about the history of the ages, but only whether it was beneficial to the present. The father and son of the Yan family were greedy and overbearing. As long as it was the fat meat in front of them, they would eat it when they saw it.
It is the same. They do not consider that the sins committed in the present will benefit future generations, or that making the people suffer will benefit them in the long run.
Generally speaking, if such a minister is allowed to serve the country and the people, he can be most appropriately described by an animal, which is the vicious dog guarding the sheepfold!
Well, if they are trained and educated well, they will regard the sheepfold as their own property and maintain it carefully.
In order to ensure that the sheep in the sheepfold are of pure blood and not mixed with any impurities, they will reject and expel all dangerous factors on their own.
Just like now, Yan Shifan believed that the Japanese bloodline was extremely dirty, and if they entered the Ming Dynasty, it would be a pollution to the future people of the Immortal Dynasty, so they must be exterminated from the beginning.
As for the bad reputation? Does the Yan family care about this? As for whether the people will misunderstand if the news gets out, he doesn't care.
Jiajing had always allowed the two factions to fight each other and set a rule: they could fight but the final result must be for the benefit of the Ming Dynasty. This was to cultivate the "food protection" consciousness of the Yan Party.
This "food protection" consciousness is their philosophy of governing the country. Yan Song may have already noticed this, but the fact that Yan Shifan can say this today does not mean that he has found his own philosophy.
As for Xu Jie and others' ideas on governing the country, each one was different. Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong had similar ideas, but there were also differences.
Xu Jie, on the other hand, was more conservative, steady and balanced.
Jiajing didn't want to think about these things, because there was no need to worry about the ideas of the Qingliu people. In the future, the Immortal Dynasty would be vast and the heavens would be mighty, and there would be plenty of places for them to display their ambitions and ideas for governing the country.
Therefore, he has always been very confident about Qingliu.
Qingliu made adjustments at the macro level, while Yan's father and son consolidated at the micro level.
This was how Jiajing planned to arrange and train the two factions.
"Okay," after watching the fierce verbal battle, Jiajing waved his hand and looked at Yan Song, "Lord Yan, what do you think?"
When asked by Jiajing, Yan Song raised his eyelids, then slowly raised his arms, bowed to Jiajing, and said: "I think both sides have their reasons, but they have overlooked one point."
After being interrupted by Jiajing, both Yan Shifan and Zhang Juzheng, who was trembling with anger, calmed down temporarily.
They knew that the next arrangement for Japan would be subject to the final imperial decision. However, when they heard that the emperor only asked for Yan Song's opinion, Zhang Juzheng and the other two felt helpless again.
But soon, I felt relieved.
The emperor has always valued Yan Song, and he is the chief minister of the cabinet, so it is only right and reasonable for him to ask him first.
However, after hearing what Yan Song said, they both overlooked one point, and they frowned and looked at Yan Song.
"It's a good idea to consider the surrounding countries," Yan Song said, leaning slightly, glancing at Yan Shifan and the other three, and said in a submissive tone, "If the surrounding countries panic and attack at the same time, it will be bad for the Ming Dynasty."
"But, this is the first time that our Ming Dynasty has launched a war to annihilate a nation. If we cannot intimidate the nations with iron-blooded means, I'm afraid it won't work."
"The benefit of doing so is, first of all, to tell the neighboring countries and the overseas Western countries not to easily provoke the Ming Dynasty."
"This will play an important role in future trade between Ming and overseas Western countries."
"As our national strength increases and we complete the second and third stages, our business will surely flourish in a short period of time. Therefore, we cannot miss out on such a huge overseas market."
"It's like the art of firearms. To be frank, if the Ming Dynasty doesn't use magic, what are the chances of winning a war with those Western countries that have powerful firearms?"
"As the saying goes, there are always people who are better than you. We must be humble and learn from others' strengths to make up for our weaknesses. Only in this way can we become stronger. Trading with overseas countries can allow the Ming Dynasty to obtain many new technologies."
Yan Song said, then slowed down and continued: "Secondly, the destruction of the country and the extinction of the race is a kind of deterrence, the wrath of thunder."
"From then on, a very high standard was set for all nations. If they angered the Ming Dynasty, the most serious consequence would be the destruction of the nation and the extinction of the entire race."
"Haha," Yan Song said with a kind smile, "This upper limit is a bit high. If there is any punishment in the future, as long as it does not exceed this standard, it will not be a big deal."
"Isn't this also a kind of appeasement to the countries?"
Hearing this, how could Zhang Juzheng and others not hear the hidden meaning of Yan Song's words? This is to support Yan Shifan's war concept of destroying the country and the race. Compared with Yan Shifan, Yan Song is more cruel and arrogant.
He actually used the destruction of a nation and extinction of a race as a standard. Once this standard was set, all other countries would tremble in fear.
Well, they did not object to Yan Song's theory. To be honest, it made sense, but it was too cruel. Is it really good to bully other countries? It would be better to show kindness to the world and educate people with the kingly way.
"As for the panic of the other countries, haha..." Yan Song raised his head with a relaxed look, and said in a kind and generous tone: "After this battle, we just need to appease them a little and allow them to pay tribute."
"Like North Korea, hasn't it always regarded the Ming Dynasty as its suzerain? Then we can set an example and give it some favors to appease other countries. After eating, we are afraid of choking after a meal..."
"This time, after defeating Japan, the Ming Dynasty also needs to digest it well. A large amount of gold and silver will flow in next, and there will be troubles in naming new places and arranging officials..."
"The most important thing is that we still have land reform to carry out within the Ming Dynasty. With this huge resource, the reform will go more smoothly."
"In this way, the people will be more supportive of the court!"
"In our Ming Dynasty, officials and civilians live in harmony and peace, and everyone lives in peace and contentment. Haha..." As he spoke, Yan Song's laughter was filled with wishes for a better future.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
