Chapter 302 The military was in an uproar, Yuan Chonghuan: Qi Jiguang is very capable, I may not be inferior to him!
On the plateau.
As the introduction to the Protoss in the Photo Stone ended, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
At this moment, except for Jiajing, everyone's eyes looking at Ning Wang Zhu Zaihong couldn't help but change at this moment.
No one expected that King Ning would do such a big thing in secret without making any noise!
The provincial governors were stunned at first, and then subconsciously looked at the several overseas provincial governors around them.
The Guangdong Governor, who had previously spoken harshly to Richard Sutherland, also looked over subconsciously.
"Hmph!" However, what greeted him was an arrogant snort from Richard.
Guangdong Provincial Governor: “…”
Of course, all the overseas governors, including Richard, were quite confused at this moment.
They also didn't know that King Ning had done such a big thing quietly, and that the reason those spirit stone cultivators were relocated to the outer stars was for such a purpose.
To be precise, Prince Ning had made up his mind from the beginning.
For a moment, everyone's eyes towards Prince Ning changed again and again.
This time, even the cabinet and the six ministers could no longer underestimate this new rising star.
In terms of mental sophistication, it is obvious that he has reached a considerable level.
Putting aside his ability to govern the country, King Ning's handling of the whole matter can be said to be flawless.
Prince Gong, Prince An and others now understood that from the very beginning, what they wanted was what Prince Ning wanted to give.
King Ning never cared about the territories of the extraterritorial stars or the interests of the future world of the ancient star Mars.
Prince Ning's real purpose is to cover up his own opportunity to seize the initiative to open up the path to the Star Spirit Realm!
He became the pioneer and greatest contributor before the Ming Dynasty entered the era of interstellar war!
As for the future division of interests in the Star Spirit Realm, King Ning didn't care at all. He only took what he could get.
Even after this, he will be on par with his third brother Zhu Zaigui and fourth brother Zhu Zaizhen.
They could already imagine that after this matter spread, everyone in the military would be grateful to King Ning.
In the minds of these soldiers, it is not an exaggeration to say that the next era of interstellar war was opened by King Ning.
And what about the two of them?
Compared to Prince Ning, he is still one step behind.
But there was nothing they could do about it. Who had bad luck? Who had made King Ning's men capture a spaceship from an alien civilization? They just lost out on luck.
"Not bad." Jiajing nodded and gave Prince Ning an approving look.
Although he already knew about the affairs of the Star Spirit Realm, he was still satisfied with King Ning's handling of the matter.
This is also the reason why he not only did not punish Prince Ning, the mastermind behind the Nine Dragons' Battle for the Crown Prince, the Hidden Dragons' Struggle, and the Overseas Provincial Administration's Chaos, but also singled him out and listed him alongside Prince Gong and Prince An, making him the big winner.
As a result of the fight among the kings, Prince Ning not only filled the hole, but also found an extra foreign civilization for the court. Although it was not obtained through struggle, this was the result.
He had said before that no matter how the court struggled inside and outside, as long as the final result was a profit for the court, the process was not important.
"Since the foreign civilization has been opened, there is no need for us in the Ming Dynasty to search for it. We can just decide the direction today."
As he spoke, Jiajing looked at the people in the cabinet and said, "Regarding this Star Spiritual Domain outside the domain, what suggestions does the cabinet have?"
However, upon hearing this, everyone in the cabinet fell silent.
Logically speaking, in their view, it would be natural to replicate the previous methods used on overseas provincial governments, follow the same method, continue to use the spirit stone trade method, and open up the market of foreign civilizations.
Afterwards, when the creatures from the foreign civilizations can no longer live without the spirit stones, they can be slowly subdued.
This is also the significance of the existence of spiritual stones as strategic resources.
Well, logically speaking, this is the best strategy, and it does not require the use of force. You can conquer a civilization without fighting.
But they are unwilling to say it.
Why? The reason is simple. First of all, they have to consider the interests of the military!
Didn’t you see the burning gazes of the five army commanders, as well as Hu Zongxian, Wang Chonggu, and Yu Dayou, leaders of the New Party, Tang Shunzhi, the Governor of Zhejiang, Ma Fang, and Qi Jiguang, who had considerable influence in the local army?
These people are all purely military interest groups!
When the imperial court was about to start the third and fourth stages of land reform, Yan Song intervened and proposed the Lingshi Trade Law on the grounds that it was necessary for the development of the spiritual energy industrial era.
It can be said that the path to promotion that the entire military was looking forward to was completely blocked, which was equivalent to cutting off the soldiers' desire for progress.
You know, the soldiers are also looking forward to cultivating immortals!
But the strength of the army has always been intentionally regulated. The soldiers don’t care about the so-called power tower system of the court, nor do they care about those complicated things. They look at the problem very straightforwardly!
What they saw was that someone was blocking their way. Well, to put it more seriously, someone was trying to suppress their spiritual resources and cut off their path to becoming immortal.
If you cut off someone's path to immortality, that would be a mortal enemy!
Therefore, no matter what, when dealing with military soldiers, you have to do a good job on the surface and make sure there are no leaks, otherwise those soldiers will not tolerate it.
When Yan Song first proposed the "Spirit Stone Trade Law", it could be said that he had offended the soldiers. Only the children of the Yan family did not participate in the military forces, otherwise they would definitely be taught a lesson.
Even Hu Zongxian, who now controls the New Party cabinet of the Three Thousand Battalions, has been secretly criticized by the officers and soldiers.
Just because Hu Zongxian was Yan Song’s student!
Fortunately, Hu Zongxian had strong personal abilities and good character, and was very kind to the soldiers, so he was able to appease them.
As for Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou, who were in charge of the Fifth Army Camp and the Shenji Camp, they had no good feelings towards the Yan Party.
Not only that, the commander-in-chief of the five armies also disliked the father and son of the Yan family!
If it weren't for the powerful cultivation of Yan Song and his son, as well as the emperor, given the degree of favor enjoyed by the commander-in-chief of the five armies, it is estimated that Yan's father and son would have suffered countless attacks in secret.
Even a powerful family like the Yan family has to be cautious and avoid the military, let alone people like them.
If any of them takes the lead this time and proposes a spirit stone trade law to deal with foreign civilizations, and once again seizes the opportunity that the military has worked so hard to obtain, the consequences can be imagined.
Just as everyone was worried about, the Five Military Commanders had already threatened the elders in the cabinet with an unreserved look. As for the Six Ministers? He simply ignored them!
The meaning is very clear. Whoever dares to speak too much will be left waiting.
Although the emperor had previously set several goals that clearly stated that he wanted to enter the era of interstellar warfare, wars can take many forms, and strategic resources like spirit stones are the first to be acquired through war.
But this kind of war is not what the military wants.
Of course, in addition to this reason, there is another reason, that is, everyone in the cabinet saw that the emperor wanted to quickly develop the Ming Dynasty and make the Ming Dynasty surpass the immortal world in terms of combat power.
The civilization outside the territory is a technological civilization, and the Big Star City can be completely regarded as an immortal cultivation civilization.
For the immortal cultivation civilization, although scientific and technological civilization has its merits, in terms of means, the improvement of life levels, and the increase of lifespan, it is completely inferior to the immortal cultivation civilization.
Perhaps some powerful technological civilizations can improve the level of life, but at least the Protoss are not such a civilization.
Moreover, in their view, technological civilization is about using external forces to improve the level of life, while immortal cultivation civilization is about cultivating oneself. External forces are external forces after all, so how can one be as assured as those cultivated by oneself?
Who is strong and who is weak has already been decided in terms of stance. Immortal cultivation is definitely stronger than technology, there is no doubt about it!
The only thing they value about technological civilization is the powerful weapons. If combined with cultivation, it may quickly open up a new road for the Ming Dynasty. And this road is also the confidence of the Ming Dynasty in the future to face the world of cultivation.
So, how can the Ming Dynasty quickly achieve success on this road? Without a doubt, the only way is to crush it through war!
If we use the spirit stone trading method, it will be too slow.
The Spirit Stone Trade Law was proposed to deal with overseas countries before, because Ming Dynasty needed spiritual energy factories to provide a large number of spiritual energy industrial products for Ming Dynasty to develop the spiritual energy industrial era.
Its ultimate goal is to lay a solid foundation for Ming Dynasty to set foot on the outer planets. Now Ming Dynasty already has a huge fleet of shuttles for conquering outer space, as well as powerful war weapons.
Not only that, the Ming Dynasty's huge and powerful military force, as well as its top cultivators, are enough to start an interstellar war.
If we continue to hesitate to use the spirit stone trade method at this time, what will the people think when they find out?
After all, due to the short-sightedness of officials, social conflicts and pressures are increasing within the Ming Dynasty, and uneven resource distribution has already occurred. If the people knew about this, would it intensify the conflicts?
After considering various comprehensive reasons, the cabinet and the six ministers all came to a conclusion, that is, the only option is war!
That’s right, only war can divert the social contradictions caused by the imbalance in the distribution of social resources within the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty," Yan Shifan was the first to speak after a brief silence, "I think that the Ming Dynasty is now developing rapidly, and its focus has always been on the world of cultivating immortals!"
As Yan Shifan spoke, all the high-ranking military officers looked over, their eyes full of threats locked on Yan Shifan. The five military commanders had no expression on their faces, they had already made up their minds, no matter what evil Yan Shifan had in mind.
If he dares to destroy the interests of the military, then even if these two dogs are now at a high level, they must be taught a lesson.
"Whether it's the spiritual energy industrial era or the opening of the interstellar era, it's all for the purpose of enhancing the Ming Dynasty's combat power. To make up for the insufficient combat power gap between us and the immortal cultivation world!"
Yan Shifan ignored the warning and threatening looks from the military. He paused for a moment and said, "Therefore, we must understand what the Ming Dynasty needs most right now."
“Everything technological, without a doubt!”
"In that case, let's make a quick decision and get everything we need in the most direct and effective way!"
"That is, war!" When Yan Shifan said the word "war", all the military personnel couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
They didn't know why they were relieved.
Maybe they also know that the Yan family holds an extraordinary position in the emperor's heart, and anything the Yan family father and son want to do can be accomplished.
Because everyone knows that the Yan family always puts the emperor first and themselves second in everything they do.
Therefore, the voice of the Yan family in the court, to some extent, represents the emperor's intention. After all, who can compare with the father and son of the Yan family in terms of guessing and catering to the emperor's intention?
After hearing what Yan Shifan said, the dangerous look in the eyes of the commanders-in-chief of the five armies disappeared.
Even Yan Shifan, the usually arrogant and domineering cabinet minister, agreed to use war to conquer foreign countries this time. What objections could others have?
"What the young minister said is correct. I agree with him." Hu Zongxian glanced at his teacher Yan Song, who was lowering his head and seemed to be dozing off. After knowing his attitude, he was the first to jump out and express his opinion.
There was no way. Although he listened to his teacher Yan Song on many things, he was, after all, the New Party representative at the highest level of the military.
He himself even personally controls three thousand battalions!
From now on, the future of his Hu family's immortal clan also lies in the army. His own Hu family can't rely on the Yan family forever, right?
"I second the proposal!"
At this time, Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou looked at Prince Yu and Prince Jing who were tacitly approving and expressed their opinions one after another.
You must know that, except for the Five Military Governors' Office, which is not under the jurisdiction of anyone except the emperor, nearly two-thirds of the remaining military forces are in the hands of the two royal palaces.
In addition, Prince Yu's Mansion and Prince Jing's Mansion also established one "Ming Military Mansion" after another within the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
(Note: See Chapter 227 for details.)
In name, the "Military Mansion" is the same as the high-level Immortal Mansion, which only trains outstanding monks in military affairs, and mostly recruits students. The purpose is to train officers to serve as reserve talents.
But everyone knows that the "Military Mansion" was a trick played by the Second Prince who focused on military power at that time because the Emperor did not allow the three major camps to expand their forces in order to maintain the power tower system.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the "Military Mansion" is the private army of the Second Prince. As for how many there are now, no one knows except the Emperor. After all, no one is going to touch the Second Prince's private property!
The military is about to rise up now, and Prince Yu and Prince Jing will have to be crazy to stop it.
Afterwards, following the statements of the cabinet, Yan Shifan and three members of the New Party, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji also expressed their agreement.
"I also second my opinion."
Finally, Yan Song spoke slowly. After him, Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, also expressed his opinion.
"I second the motion!" Then, the six ministers, provincial governors and other high-ranking officials expressed their opinions one after another and voted unanimously to start the invasion of the extraterrestrial civilization, the Protoss, in the form of war!
"In this case, I will give you one year to prepare. One year later, the army will set out and enter the Xingling Territory." Jiajing said, slowly stood up, and said: "This meeting on the plateau ends here."
"Your Majesty is respectfully seen off." The ministers knelt to see off Jiajing, who was accompanied by Princess Hejing, Princess Ningshu and Lu Fang.
This time, after visiting their respective families’ natal fields, the ministers did not linger on the plateau to chat with acquaintances, but hurried back home.
The provincial governors naturally went back to prepare to collect compensation for the losses of their "fifty-year year-end bonuses" from the major immortal clans, companies, chambers of commerce, and sects, while the military officials went to the military camps as soon as possible.
"Mr. Prime Minister..." Hu Zongxian was stunned when he saw his teacher Yan Song, who was supported by Yan Shifan and showed no sign of waiting for him. In the end, he did not catch up with him.
He knew that when the war started, the Ming army would appear and the Yan family would not interfere.
The Yan family can participate in everything, but they cannot get involved in military power, not even the thought of it.
In the era of interstellar war, the Yan family might get to enjoy the benefits, but they will definitely not take the opportunity to develop their military power.
At this time, he represented the New Party in the cabinet. Lord Yan was avoiding suspicion and at the same time doing it for the emperor to see, letting the emperor know at all times that the Yan family was very sensible.
On this day, when the news reached the military camp, all the soldiers in the Ming army were excited.
Finally, the day they had been waiting for came!
They thought that the Ming Dynasty had unified the world and there would be no more wars that needed them.
Their future, at best, is to be suppressed to the limit of martial arts. It is extremely difficult for them to embark on the path of cultivating immortals.
But good news came one after another. First, the imperial court planned to expand the army again and to transfer 10,000 people to the capital every year. Although no one knew what they were for, it must be a good thing.
After that, the Ming Dynasty will actually usher in an era of interstellar war. Most importantly, this day is not far away, it will be just one year later!
By making great achievements and establishing a career, their military merits will be exchanged for immortal magic and immortal salaries. Not only that, their families and future generations will also live a higher quality of life, and they will also establish an immortal clan.
For a moment, the soldiers in every military camp were working hard and began to practice madly, preparing and looking forward to it.
Of course, Prince Ning also gained the favor of the soldiers!
Thanks to the propaganda of some people, the soldiers also knew that the reason why the interstellar war could be started so quickly was all because Prince Ning opened up a road to extraterritorial civilization.
Otherwise, it would take an unknown amount of time just to wait for the Ming Dynasty to capture the foreign civilization, build a teleportation array, and find out its details and strength.
The mastermind behind all this was naturally Zhao Zhenji, after all, he supported Ning Wang Zhu Zaihong.
……
Prince Yu's Mansion.
Prince Yu summoned his descendants.
Such as his son Zhu Yijun, grandson Zhu Changluo, great-grandsons Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian.
Although Prince Yu's Mansion was united in facing the outside world in the overall situation, such as competing with Prince Jing's Mansion and cooperating with Prince An.
But with so many children and grandchildren, internal competition is inevitable.
Prince Yu's idea was simple. He waved his hand and let his children and grandchildren lead the foundation they had developed over the years to participate in the interstellar war. How much they could get depended on their luck.
In response to this, Zhu Changluo and others, as well as their children and grandchildren, were all full of fighting spirit.
Well, over the years, Prince Yu naturally had other children besides Zhu Yijun.
However, the power of the palace had long been under the control of Zhu Yijun. Although the other two women had developed their own power and industries over the years, they were ultimately just vassals of Zhu Yijun's lineage.
……
In a small courtyard.
Zhu Youjian looked at several of his trusted generals and said seriously, "This time, in addition to the forces from the cabinet, there are also forces from other military forces, such as the Tang family, the Ma family, and the Qi family."
"Especially Qi Jiguang. In his early years, he and Yu Ge Lao were known as 'Yu Dragon and Qi Tiger', which shows that he is very powerful. When competing with these people, you must be cautious and not be careless!"
Upon hearing this, the generals under Zhu Youjian all looked serious.
"Don't worry, young master. Qi Jiguang is very capable, and I am not necessarily inferior to him!" The person who spoke was a middle-aged man in his forties.
A dark and resolute face was full of confidence.
This man's surname is Yuan, and his name is Chonghuan! Born in the military mansion under Prince Yu's mansion, he is also a military genius.
"Famous generals are famous because they benefited from the times. If they were in the same era," Yuan Chonghuan said with a confident smile, "it's not certain who is stronger and who is weaker!"
"..."
(End of this chapter)
