After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 71 Sharp Mouth and Claws

"Leaving the infamy of the ages, we are not afraid. As long as the people of the world can eat and wear warm clothes, we feel it is worth it." Zhu Yuanzhang said,
"But here I want to ask you scholars, you can't let the people eat their stomachs, and you only know how to teach them to be kind and obedient all day long. The people in the world are your slaves?"

"Full of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, but unable to bring the benefit of a grain of rice to the common people, it violates the hadith of the sages to bring peace to the world. These people pretend to be great Confucians, and they don't even understand the "Great Learning"."

The ministers were speechless when they heard the words.

"Although His Majesty's remarks are reasonable, Wang Lei should never have killed them, let alone punished the Nine Clan." Dou Yang, the supervisor of the censor, said, "He is honest and dare to speak, and he just said that out of a moment of righteous indignation."

"Your Majesty, no!" Seeing this, the rest of the scholars knelt down to plead for Wang Lei.

"Tell you, Wang Lei will be killed, and his nine clans will also be killed." Zhu Yuanzhang was as cold as ice, "I won't listen to your usual advice, but you can be like him and die."

"Your Majesty..." Dou Yang seemed to want to say something else to plead for Wang Lei, "Pull it down and punish the nine clans!" However, he only said two words, and the voice of Zhu Yuanzhang's trial could be heard in his ears.

Dou Yang's feet went soft and collapsed to the ground.

"Is there anyone else interceding for them? Just speak up!" Zhu Yuanzhang swept his gaze to the group of civil servants, and all the civil servants trembled.

Suddenly, the entire court was silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang crawled out of the dead. When he was fighting, he was used to seeing human life like ants.He can kill tens of thousands of people on the battlefield, and kill one or two people of the nine clans, and he will lose in the blink of an eye.

If all the scholars present collectively stand up against it, he is not afraid to kill them all.He was not afraid of the blood flowing into the rivers of blood on the Fengtian Temple, and the corpses piled up like mountains. It was not that he had never seen it before.

"Two tigers, do it!"

Erhu took several imperial guards and dragged Wang Lei and Dou Yang out.

It didn't take long for the screams to enter the Fengtian Temple.

When the ministers heard this, they were all trembling, facing Zhu Yuanzhang like a tiger.

"Is there any scholar who wants to oppose sending troops and want to keep a name in history?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, "There is a ready opportunity in front of you, don't miss it."

"The opportunity is in front of you. I hope you can cherish it. If you miss this time, I don't know when you will wait for the next time."

Finally, among the scholars, no one dared to stand up against it.

"Since no one objects anymore, let me tell you the second reason why we are determined to conquer Goryeo." After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and pointed to the world map, "I wonder if you have noticed, I am Daming. The country is like a rooster."

The ministers took a closer look, and they looked a bit like them.

"The part of the rooster that lives on is its mouth. A rooster without a mouth can't make the sound of dawn, and even catching insects and eating rice is a problem. And the territory of Goryeo is the tip of my rooster. mouth."

"The rooster can hold its head high, but it can't without two feet. Qiongzhou and Beigang two islands are the two sharp claws of the rooster."

"If you want the rooster to stand tall and stand between the sky and the earth, two feet and a sharp mouth are indispensable. When we ask Hua Yunlong to capture Goryeo, we will first take the rooster's mouth, and then take the two feet."

"This move is related to the future of the Ming Dynasty."

This set of theories was also told to him by Qin Yu when he was drawing a map for him, and it is now being sold by him.

"Wait just now, how can you know the deep meaning of our troops?"

When the ministers heard the words and looked carefully, they were surprised to find that the Goryeo Peninsula really looked like the beak of a rooster.The mouth is extremely sharp, even like an eagle's beak, and there is a long centipede in front of the sharp beak.

The two large islands below the Ming Dynasty are also very similar to the two feet of a rooster.

After seeing it clearly, the minister of civil and military affairs was panting heavily in the courtroom.

You can't believe this kind of national luck!
If the rooster has no sharp beak and feet, it is a fat roasted chicken that will be eaten by others at any time.

"Your Majesty is far-sighted and very far-sighted. Those shrewd rats are short-sighted, and they actually stood up to oppose it just now. It's really hateful!" Zheng Guogong Chang Mao first stood up and said, "Your Majesty, since the rooster needs two feet to hold its head high, Only one can't walk steadily. Let us lead the army to take Beigang and put the rooster's feet on it."

"This matter can't be rushed." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "If you want to take Beigang, you need to cross the strait. You have no experience in naval battles. Let's talk about it when Tang He comes back."

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang talking about the national fortune, the civil servants had no reason to object.

Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang looked at each other, and they thought of another thing:
If Emperor Zhu wanted to conquer Goryeo, he actually didn't need to take it to the court to discuss it publicly. He only needed to give Hua Yunlong a secret decree.Let Hua Yunlong create a fait accompli, and the ministers will have no chance to object at that time.

However, he deliberately told all the ministers of civil and military affairs about this in the court, obviously to suppress those scholars who liked to oppose the war.Kill one or two of the nine clans who killed them, and deter all scholars.

Also, if he had said the rooster's mouth at the beginning, saying that this battle was related to the future of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Lei and others would not have come forward to give advice.Because scholars all over the world believe in the fortune of the country.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately let them die first.

Obviously it is to kill the chicken and warn the monkey.

Take two scholars and their nine clans and shock all opponents.

"Emperor Zhu's imperial technique is truly terrifying!"

"Banjun is like a tiger. No one knows when they will be treated as chickens and killed to monkeys. It seems that in the future, in the court, they can only be wise and protect themselves, and don't be a standout."

"Your Majesty, where did you get this map of Daming's territory?" Liu Bowen stood up and asked, "This map of Daming's territory records the regions, mountains, rivers and rivers of each province of Daming in such detail that it can be called It is a national treasure."

"Bowen, your vision is too short-sighted." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Didn't you see, this map includes Goryeo, Mongolia, Persian cuisine and America in addition to the Ming Dynasty... Therefore, this is a world map ."

"My Daming territory only occupies a small part of the world."

"What? I am so dignified that I only occupy such a small piece of territory in the world? Unforgivable!" Chang Mao said.As military generals, they really want to lead troops to fight and make achievements.

Just now, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Hua Yunlong to go on an expedition to Goryeo, and he named him Duke Goryeo, which made the generals envious.Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang said that the place of Daming is small, he immediately followed.

I want to use this as a reason to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty and gain the opportunity to fight.

(End of this chapter)