It’s no wonder that the little emperor is confused. The entire court has no major plans for the East and West Asian countries. Chen Mu has gradually figured out the basic rules for the operation of this set of laws in the world of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty did not leave any effort to stability, which was very good because this country was too large. As the most populous empire in the world, stability was the prerequisite for everything.

People are too clear that there is no stability and everything is false.

This also determines that the entire decision-making level is not outgoing, and being forced to be pushed by the Nanyang Military Office to put it on the shelves is actually very hard. Those officials in the most powerful competitive empire in the world still have to free up their energy to learn foreign affairs, otherwise they will be surpassed by their colleagues in the past at least six ministries and officials must have their own understanding of foreign affairs.

When everyone was also committed to clarifying what happened to the South China Sea, the cabinet members had already added Beiyang, Dongyang and Western military offices because Nanyang gained huge benefits for the empire without causing any more trouble.

At this time, who can figure out what Dongyang is going to do?

Everyone in the world, even Zhang Juzheng, had only two information that had two routes eastward crossing the Cangming Sect, passing through Mexico, and arrived at the large blurry and narrow Portugal and Spain on the other side of the map. Apart from this, people knew nothing about the East.

Cangming Sect, which means the largest ocean, is the title that the Ming people have for the Pacific Ocean, but how can we determine that it is the largest ocean at this time, the Ming people have no idea.

People don’t know what Chen Mu is going to do in the endless ocean of Cangming Sect.

Under the tall red wall, Chen Mu organized his language for a moment and replied to Wanli: "The establishment of the Four Military Palaces is to enrich the country, strengthen the army, and enjoy the people. This requires huge amounts of copper, silver, gold, and huge amounts of various resources. Even if the main purpose of the Four Military Palaces is to transport a large amount of wealth and resources to the court and train troops to protect trade, they will also allow these troops to be used by the court in a more dangerous world environment."

"A more dangerous world environment." The little emperor pursed his lips, raised his hand and scratched his hair and asked, "Jing Haibo thought that the barbarians across the East Ocean were more dangerous than the Northern Territory?"

"Each of them has its own risks. The Northern Territory is fierce and has a good geographical advantage. If you win, you will lose. If you lose, you will scatter. It is difficult to pursue it. The imperial court's horses are not good enough. It is not enough. Only he beat me, and without me, the long defense line in the northern border consumes a lot of energy and financial resources. The foreign countries on the other side of the sea have their advantages that are completely different from me. Like China, they are constantly improving. This is what I think is the most dangerous place for them."

"The enemy in the north and my Chinese ancestors fought for thousands of years. This is determined by geopoliticality. We have been progressing in the war. They have not changed much. During the Qin Dynasty, the enemy in the north rode a horse and fired arrows. Now we still use chariots, cavalry, infantry, spear, crossbow, musket, and cannons."

"In the long war, the situation today was formed, and the surroundings were always backward and learned from the Central Plains. The Central Plains was addicted to enjoyment after looking around, until the surrounding countries learned something, accumulated strength, and attacked us in order to enter the Central Plains."

"In the battle with them, the most difficult thing is to maintain our strength and use better military weapons now, but I believe that your Majesty also sees that the northern border relies on a group of outstanding generals trained among the southern Japanese and northern barbarians to support their strength. It is not the imperial soldiers. The generals can only be stronger than in the early Ming Dynasty. As long as the Central Plains dynasty can maintain the strength of the Central Plains dynasty, they can suppress all directions. Because of the cultural connectivity, they cannot jump out of this circle."

When Chen Mu talked with Wanli, he always unconsciously entered the context of a teacher. Wanli seemed to have accepted such a dialogue method because of the education of the Tao Te Ching. Of course, he did not forget that he was an emperor, and his little hand was held in his big sleeve on his belly. No matter whether he understood or not, he nodded and responded with a reserved look.

The emperor still thinks that most of them can understand. Even if there are some of them that cannot understand, it doesn’t matter. As a middle-aged disciple of God, he often faces the dilemma of not understanding what the other party is saying. At this time, just nod it. If you ask something you can understand, you can achieve the effect of "Your Majesty is as smart as a god, and you can learn from it."

Usually, when a teacher thinks something important, he will say it over and over again, at least that's how Zhang Juzheng is.

So Wanli developed this habit and asked, "Jing Haibo means that the Europa and the barbarians are different from the surrounding countries?"

"It is precisely that different regions have developed independently for thousands of years and formed different cultures. Even if some technologies have been passed on thousands of miles back, they are generally completely different. In today's world, whoever learns more will have more advantages. This principle is very simple; and in terms of modesty and eagerness to learn, we obviously have more advantages."

Chen Mu finally finished Teacher Chen's teaching tutorial and bowed: "I asked Tianjin to build a Beiyang Yamen to train cavalry and supervise logistics; if he was appointed as the Minister of the East, he would cross the sea to Melica, South Asia, accept the leased land of the court in Spain in the treaty, and identify the culture and technology of the European countries, what is beneficial to the court, and bring it back."

Xiao Wanli nodded, and when he saw that he had approached the Qianqing Palace, he looked at Chen Mu's face very seriously, with a look that looked like a young man, and asked with some consideration: "Brother Jinghai, I often receive guidance from teachers and have heard from court officials to advise him. Just like in the Imperial Heaven Supervision, when I mentioned that you plan to let someone measure the world, the surveillance chief said first was nothing else, but the law of the ancestors. Except for the Imperial Heaven Supervision, ordinary people are not allowed to measure the heavenly time."

"Why have I never heard of the ancestor's method in your mouth?"

There was no one around. Chen Mu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "But Your Majesty must have heard the word core interest in me. In my eyes, this word is not different from the 'laws of ancestors' in other people's words. The court officials have the country, some are for themselves, and some are for both the country and themselves. According to their different purposes, Your Majesty can distinguish their different core interests."

"When the core interests are touched by others, attacks will arise. In the Ming Dynasty, the best way to attack a person is to use the four words of the ancestor's law to suppress it! That is the method of expelling the Taizu emperor of the previous dynasty, and no one can disobey."

"You are teaching me the emperor's mind." Wanli probably just learned the word emperor's mind from Zhang Juzheng, and was not very skillful in using it. He said with some insight: "So, the teacher decided to complete the exam, and there were always court officials who had changed the law of ancestors. The teacher found a reliance on the counterattack in the laws of the founding of the country?"

After hearing what Wanli said, Chen Mu really felt that Mr. Zhang had worked hard, but he even knew that he could use the ancestors' methods to smash it back. Zhang Juzheng smashed it back. If he really couldn't smash it back, he also used power and wisdom to smash it back.

But he did not want to talk about his evaluation of Zhang Juzheng's reform in this Forbidden City, which seemed to be airtight and actually ventilated everywhere. He would offend people if he said good or bad.
Chapter completed!