The Fengtian Palace was silent for a moment, and then the ministers began the statement.

At that time, several ministers jumped out to oppose it, and a considerable number of ministers supported the external expedition.

Less than half of the more than 40 important officials and noble officials in the court made positive speeches, mainly focusing on several heavyweight yamen, with half of the proportion of favors and oppositions.

As for several military ministers such as Cao Bianjiao, they habitually did not interrupt and sat there waiting and watched the whole time.

Because the tradition of the Minister of Military Affairs is not to participate in politics, this is a good tradition developed by the Tianwu Dynasty.

Zhu Cixuan asked them to come, but he did not let them debate enthusiastically like those civil servants, but to ask them to express professional opinions when civil servants analyze from a military perspective.

After all, the matter of foreign conquests and destruction of countries and land plundering is mainly due to national strength and logistics, and it mainly relies on the coordination and operation of various departments under the cabinet.

The generals don’t need to discuss it at all. They all agree that the Ming army swept the world, and it would be better to be more brilliant than Genghis Khan’s Western Expedition back then!

The Mongol Empire fought to Europa in the west, and it was very beautiful and called the "Yellow Peril" by the West, but they did not conquer the South Ocean south or Japan eastward.

The Ming Dynasty did it, but now the Ming Dynasty is only slightly worse than going westward. If it can bring about a larger "red disaster", it will be unprecedented!

This era will be remembered by the world! It will become the goal of future generations and descendants!

Like several military ministers, Zhu Cilang sat on the imperial throne, lowered his head and savored the tea, and did not speak, quietly listening to the debates of the ministers.

The court meeting was to let the ministers debate fully, not to go through the motions. Such a big issue of national policy affects the future life and death of the Ming Empire. We must be very cautious and consider the issues from a political perspective from a global perspective.

No matter how powerful Zhu Cilang is, he is just a person, and his vision and mind are limited, and there will always be things that are not considered carefully or calculated.

He knew very well that the matter that determines the fate of the Ming Empire must be fully discussed by the ministers, otherwise it would be too hasty!

As the emperor, Zhu Cilang must also stand in a neutral position, guiding both sides to speak freely and discover the difficulties that the court will face from the debate.

Once he jumps out and clearly supports one party, the meeting will not be discussed, no difficulties will be seen, and there will be no war chess deductions.

Zhu Cilang listened, looked at everyone's faces and silently counted.

The generals of the Wuxun should all agree with the comprehensive external conquest, so the rest are the cabinet ministers.

Although the chief assistant Yang Shicong is gentle on the surface, he is like a military general and is also a hawk, so he should also agree with a full-scale war.

The other ministers now seem to agree and half oppose. The representative figures who agree with the conquest are Fang Yizhi, Minister of the Honglu Temple and Li Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Fang Yizhi is familiar with the world and knows the benefits of expansion.

As the Minister of Revenue, Li Yan is responsible for the national household registration and knows that the dense population of Jiuzhou in the Han area will cause major hidden dangers in the future. He should find something for these people to do.

There are many good places that are livable all over the world. As long as the army takes over these places and the court implements a generous immigration policy, there will always be people rushing to go there.

If he doesn't leave, Li Yan will consider doing the real estate proposed by the emperor before.

Representative figures who oppose the Ming Dynasty's external conquests include Minister of Finance Huang Zongxi and Minister of Maritime Affairs Chen Tingyang.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty fought overseas wars and harvested vast land. However, every time the war was fought, the court had to carry out post-war reconstruction work in order to appease the local people and prevent them from rebelling in poverty.

In this way, the imperial court would have to pay a lot of real money every year. After a long period of time, the imperial financial losses were very serious.

The Ming Dynasty finance, which was originally rich every year, is now deficit this year.

As the Minister of Finance, Huang Zongxi had to object.

Maritime Minister Chen Tingyang probably saw this, and he was responsible for supervising the Ming sea area, but the Ming sea area was too big and the Maritime Department was too busy at all!

There is also a group of people, between approval and opposition, that is, neutrality. They neither oppose nor support them, and the reasons they give are also convincing.

They feel that the conditions are not yet ripe, and the Ming Dynasty is not sure to fight the whole world alone. Once it fails, what will happen to our Ming Empire in the future?

When we don’t have to win, we should slow down first. Wouldn’t it be safer to launch a large-scale foreign war when the historical opportunity is ripe?

Regarding this remark, Zhu Cilang thought he was just farting!

What does it mean to be inconsistency? What does it mean to be ripe for the time? What is the standard?

Finally, Chen Zhenhui, the Minister of Rites, stood up and made a direct statement: "Your Majesty, I am against the global development of the border. The territory of our Emperor Ming is already large enough. We should not risk provoking a global war and drag the entire Ming Dynasty into a large-scale, long-term, unpredictable war!"

"This is not in the interests of the people of the Ming Dynasty. The people do not want war, especially those who live in a prosperous environment, and they do not want war!"

After Chen Zhenhui, Minister of Rites, made this point, the Fengtian Palace was silent and no one spoke for a long time.

Obviously, Chen Zhenhui stood on the moral high ground and just sang the saying "Promote the people's suffering, destroy the people's suffering" on the spot, which makes it difficult to refute.

Zhu Cilang couldn't sit still anymore, so he moved and looked around.

Many ministers below were also secretly looking at him, as if to say again: Your Majesty, what should you do? Do you want to start a war arbitrarily regardless of public opinion?

Zhu Cixuan glanced at the old monk Yang Shicong who had entered into meditation and asked lightly: "Yang Qing, you are in charge of the Ministry of Education and Culture. Tell me, are the people of my Ming Dynasty warriors or enjoy happiness?"

Suddenly, when he heard the emperor's question, Yang Shicong was extremely big, his eyes flashed, and he was dodging. After a long time, he replied: "Report to Your Majesty, the people of the Ming Dynasty received compulsory education since childhood. They learned diligence, courage and patriotism in the school. As long as Your Majesty issues an edict to call on the whole nation to open up the border, the subjects of the world will naturally respond."

Zhu Cilang frowned slightly, and was very dissatisfied with Yang Shicong's answer.

He took a deep breath, coughed and said with a smile: "I know that you are all thinking about the country and country of the Ming Dynasty, but at this time of chaos, I, the Ming Dynasty, must not miss the opportunity!"

"So I decided to order the Crown Prince Zhu Hebi to station in Myanmar, to govern the Southern Army Governor's Office, to control all the troops in Yunnan, Guizhou, Annan, Siam, Myanmar, and Zhenla provinces to preside over the attack on the Mughals."

Before the ministers could react, Zhu Cilang stood up and said, "Let's see what happened in the Mughal war, and then plan for the next plan. OK, let's talk about it for today's court meeting."
Chapter completed!