At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 242 The prototype of foreign policy
Cheng De went straight to Kunning Palace and learned about Ma Xiuying's physical condition in detail from the doctor. He felt relieved and returned to the upper study to handle government affairs.

Being immersed in government affairs, time flies by very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it became dark and night fell.

After simply eating something, Cheng De was ready to continue handling government affairs.

Sudden.

Cheng Decai thought of Fang Ming.

So, Cheng De looked outside the house and said, "Is Fang Ming here?"

"Your Majesty, Fang Shangshu has been waiting in the library hall nearby, waiting for your Majesty's summons!"

Hearing Cheng Ru's voice outside, Cheng De said: "Go and summon Fang Ming!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cheng Ru left in a hurry, but Cheng De was a little confused.

Although he insisted on going his own way and insisted on conquering Huangzhou personally, there was a lot of preparation work for his own expedition.

Among them, the most important thing is food and grass.

It is nothing more than this principle that the soldiers and horses should move forward before food and grass are moved.

At present, there should be a lot of food and grass in the entire Ming Dynasty.

However, if he devoted himself to the battle of Huangzhou this time, how much would be left? He wanted to know the specific situation in this regard from Fang Ming. This was the main purpose of Cheng De's wanting to keep Fang Ming to talk.

At the same time, the battle of Huangzhou is inevitable, so if this battle starts, a lot of silver will probably be spent.

By then, I'm afraid everyone in the Ming Dynasty will have to tighten their belts.

But Cheng De was very optimistic about this aspect. He thought that if he defeated Chen Youliang, he would be able to get the other party's spoils from Chen Youliang.

Chen Youliang currently owns no less territory than the Ming Dynasty, and the other party may have accumulated a lot of wealth as well.

If that wealth is obtained, the Ming Dynasty can continue to develop without having to worry about being hampered by insufficient silver.

Thinking of this, Cheng De felt a lot better, but suddenly, he didn't have [-]% confidence in defeating Chen Youliang in a battle.

At this moment, Fang Mingren came in.

"I am here to see you, Your Majesty!" Fang Ming bowed and saluted as soon as he entered the study room.

Cheng De looked at Fang Ming and went straight to the point: "Fang Ming, I will personally conquer Huangzhou in three days. You must prepare the necessary food and grass within three days."

Hearing this, Fang Ming was silent for a while, with a look of worry on his face: "I wonder how many ministers your Majesty needs to prepare,"

Cheng De glanced at Fang Ming and said calmly: "Let's prepare a month's supply of 30 people first! As for the subsequent food, we will talk about it later."

When Fang Ming heard this, he immediately knew what was going on, and he breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, so Fang Ming said: "Wei Chen will be ready within three days."

After Fang Ming finished speaking, there was a trace of hesitation on his face. Seeing this, Cheng De felt puzzled and asked, "Fang Ming, do you have anything to say to me?"

"Your Majesty, I dare to ask Your Majesty, how long will it take for Your Majesty's personal expedition this time?" Fang Ming lowered his head and looked at the ground.

Cheng De did not hesitate at all: "It can take as short as three months or as long as one year. This is possible. After all, this time our enemy of the Ming Dynasty is Chen Youliang. If Chen Youliang is not defeated, I will always be uneasy. Chen Youliang If we just sit back and watch this person grow bigger, when our Ming Dynasty wants to deal with him in the future, it will be too late."

"I also know that you and the ministers in the DPRK are worried that the preparations for this battle are not sufficient. But what I want to tell you is that our Ming Dynasty is not fully prepared. Is it possible that Chen Youliang is fully prepared? This time , our Ming Kingdom and Chen Youliang's Han Kingdom were not fully prepared, but I caught him by surprise, no matter how smart Chen Youliang was, he would never have thought that this time, I was rushing to destroy his Han Kingdom."

"I'm afraid that no one in the world would think so. Do you understand what I mean?" Fang Ming did not answer immediately, but fell silent.

In Fang Ming's view, it is not safe for the Ming Dynasty to launch a war of annihilation against Chen Youliang.However, His Majesty is right. Both sides are not well prepared, so the competition will be based on the national strength, popular support, and wealth of both sides.
Thinking from these perspectives, Fang Ming suddenly felt a strong confidence in the Ming Dynasty's victory over the Han Dynasty.

After thinking about this, Fang Ming said solemnly: "Your Majesty is so far-sighted that I am convinced."

At this point, Fang Ming paused and continued: "As for Li Shangshu and the others, don't worry, Your Majesty, I will let Wei Chen go and explain the situation to them. Wei Chen believes in Your Majesty, and when the time comes, the king and the ministers will work together to The Ming Dynasty will definitely destroy the Han Dynasty."

When Cheng De heard Fang Ming's words, he looked at Fang Ming and softened a lot: "Well, it's rare to have someone who understands me. You are very good. In the next few days, you will work hard. In addition, you will teach me It is decreed that in the past three days, everyone in the Ministry of Industry will build siege equipment. This time, I will not only bring all the weapons and equipment in the arsenal, but also prepare more, so as not to face shortages when the time comes. .”

"I obey the order!" Fang Ming bowed and replied.

"Well, you can go down now!" Cheng De waved his hand towards Fang Ming.

Fang Ming bowed and retreated to the door, then immediately turned around and left the study room.

next moment.

Cheng Ru brought some food over and said, "Your Majesty has been handling government affairs for a long time. I asked your royal chef to make some of your Majesty's favorite foods. Would you like to eat some now?"

When Cheng De heard Cheng Ru's words, he unconsciously looked at the food on the wooden tray held by Cheng Ru.

"Now that it's here, let's put it on this case! Before I know it, I'm hungry." Cheng De said with a smile, holding a memorial in his hand.

Cheng Ru then said: "Your Majesty has a very hard time handling state affairs. It has been a long time and you didn't notice it. We can see it, but we feel sorry for your Majesty."

Cheng De felt something strange in his heart when he heard Cheng Ru's words.

For some reason, he always felt that Cheng Ru's voice was getting shriller and shriller, more and more in line with his identity as a eunuch.

Cheng De also felt helpless about this.

After all, even if Hua Tuo is alive, there is probably nothing he can do about it!
However, regarding whether to recruit more eunuchs in the palace, Cheng De had been hesitant and did not give approval.

This kind of proposal was raised not only by people outside the palace, but also by people inside the palace, but it was suppressed by Cheng De and no one dared to object.

However, this kind of thing has always put Cheng De in a battle between heaven and man.

On the one hand, he felt that a deformed group like eunuchs could help him control the world and be of great benefit to him.

But on the other hand, he also felt that if the group of eunuchs grew bigger, there would inevitably be bloody palace battles among future generations, which Cheng De did not want to see.

Cheng De decided to postpone his consideration on whether to allow eunuchs to appear on the political stage of the Ming Dynasty.

If it serves politics and is conducive to consolidating the Ming Dynasty's regime, then we can consider allowing the eunuch group to appear in history.

As for considering letting the Ming Dynasty adopt the political systems of later generations in the future, Cheng De had no plans in this regard. In his opinion, the country was conquered by himself, so why should he give away the power in his hands?Moreover, this is ancient times. If you rush to adopt advanced systems without emancipating your mind, you may end up dead.

The only thing he could do was to design a perfect political system as much as possible to ensure the continuation of his bloodline. In order to avoid disasters in future generations, he even thought about attacking Japan after the Ming Dynasty unified the world. policy of genocide and colonization of other outside lands.

In other words, internally we should still follow the existing set of feudalism, but externally we can still take the path of colonialism, but this path of colonialism does not include Japan, which must be eradicated.

At the same time, under the current system, he must also sow the seeds of emancipating the minds of the people all over the world.

Thinking of this, Cheng De was very motivated, and he felt that he might be able to find a perfect solution in the future.

Immediately, his thoughts returned to reality, and Cheng De continued to be immersed in government affairs and couldn't extricate himself.

The night was getting deeper, and the candle in the study room was burning until dawn.

(End of this chapter)