Li Beiji, the deputy minister of the empire, expressed his views to all participants, including the emperor, at the State Council. No one would doubt his opinion. Everyone knew that he had been in Penang for more than ten years and understood everything along the Indian Ocean coast. He was professional in this regard.

"What is the domestic reaction to this?" Li Junhua sat quietly on the imperial seat, but did not ask the cabinet, but turned around and asked Wang Lin Junhong, who was in charge of the intelligence affairs and security bureau.

Lin Junhong always had a charming smile on his face, but all the officials present knew that he was not easy to provoke. In fact, whenever something big happened, even if the emperor did not take the initiative to ask the Security Bureau, the chief officials in charge of intelligence and information summary of the cabinet and other institutions would ask the Security Bureau to report various information as much as possible. Only after the Security Bureau poured beans on the bamboo tube, they would dare to contribute.

"Domestic public opinion is gradually heating up, and some student groups are talking about this, but most of them are passionate young people. But it should be pointed out that some businessmen groups are promoting the development of public opinion, generally foreign trade merchants and spice merchants. These people are not worth worrying about, but it is hard to say if the textile industry joins." Lin Junhong briefly talked about the current situation.

Li Junhua looked around for a week: "The textile industry will not join."

This sentence is equivalent to a warning to the Senate and the representatives of the House of Representatives who attended the meeting. They have more or less backgrounds in the textile industry behind them, after all, this is the largest industry in the empire.

It is not difficult to guess that domestic merchants are promoting war. In the past few decades, Indian cotton has been competing with Imperial Textiles in Africa and the South China Sea. Although with the rapid development of Imperial Textiles, Imperial Textiles have gradually gained the upper hand, but distance has led to Indian textiles having a price advantage in certain periods, such as in Penang.

Only in the second half of each year, with the arrival of textiles from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong, will the price of imperial cotton have a competitive advantage. In the first half of the year, due to the wind direction, trade ships are not easy to reach. On the contrary, the South China Sea is a place under the wind for India, and can be reached at will in Penang, Huacheng and other important cities throughout the year.

The competition for spices such as pepper is even more serious. With the stagnation of the empire's military expansion in South China, merchants no longer have enough plantation slaves, and the cheap spices such as Indian pepper will enter port cities. In fact, it is not only the Diu Incident and the chaos in South Asia. Even in normal times, merchants will push the empire to curb the dumping of Indian goods by increasing tariffs, but in recent years they have only guaranteed that they will not enter the mainland market. The appeasement zones of various provinces in South China will confront it to avoid tariffs causing rising prices of daily necessities such as cloth.

The empire's consistent trade policy of not allowing exploitation but caring for overseas provinces has always maintained a balance in it. This balance is too fragile to withstand the test of a major change.

"What is the problem now?" Prime Minister Ho Wenrui said with a smile.

Chief Elder Li Hai smiled: "It seems to be a matter of resolute work or a matter of time. If it is a matter of resolute work, it is simple. The Navy will choose a fleet and dispatch it to Penang, and cruise the Indian coast several times in time. If you have the opportunity to fire, the matter will be suppressed as soon as the newspaper reports."

"If that's the case, why should I summon so many people?" Li Junhua said calmly.

Li Hai smiled: "Since the emperor intends to intervene, we will bring all the countries in Thailand. Haven't they been operating in Shenjing for the past two years? At least my ears are calloused, forming a joint fleet to put pressure on the Indian emperor together."

"He is an arrogant person, and pressure is useless. Only failure can make such a person sober, and it is a great defeat." Li Beiji said.

"In this way, does the cabinet mean or is it a fight?" the emperor asked.

"As long as the emperor ordered everything." He Wenrui responded quickly.

Li Junhua asked: "Secretary, in the current situation, can several sultanate countries on Bangladesh and the east and west coasts still be preserved?"

"It is almost impossible. There were two factors that they had before, one was the domestic dispute between the Mughals, and the other was that their surrender and humility were recognized by Aurangzebu. Now these two factors no longer exist. Aurangzebu's ambition was ignited, and conquest became what he valued." Li Beiji did not hesitate at all.

Li Junhua nodded: "The Security Bureau and the Navy Department came up with a plan. If the country cannot be protected, they must be protected. The royal members of these small countries, especially the blood relatives of their direct descendants, must be protected so that they can be adopted in the future. Today, we will be here first and we will disperse. By the way, I have another saying, South Asia involves the dignity of the empire and must be dealt with, but once we go to South Asia for tens of thousands of miles, it will take half a year to arrive. All responses must be carefully and comprehensive. It cannot be solved by the stimulation of public opinion. Okay, disperse."

All the ministers sued. Shortly after leaving the house, He Wenrui, Li Hai and Li Beiji were called back, and Lin Junhong did not leave. The three of them entered the imperial study and saw Lin Junhong talking to the emperor. Their words were chilling.

"The background of manipulating public opinion is very deep. The two senior congressmen who attended the meeting today are involved, and one of them is the entourage. Although the emperor warned them just now, it may not work. It is better to seize the opportunity and capture and kill a few, thinking it is shocking. The last time Zhu Ming's orphan case was cleaned up more than a dozen, so that they could be stable for a while, but after a long time, they became restless again......... Hey, all three are here, please sit down." Lin Junhong said most of the time, and when he saw Li Hai and the other three come in, he immediately changed his smile, first moved a stool for Li Hai, and then asked the attendant to come in quickly.

Li Junhua said: "You should slow down the discussions you said. You have come here to sit down. People are talking a lot just now, and I can't say a lot. Let's talk about it today. I have asked my father about what happened in South Asia."

This was beyond everyone's expectations. Several people looked at each other and relaxed each other. He Wenrui couldn't help but ask, "What did the Supreme Emperor say?"

"The father said that South Asia must be close to Nanyang, with a large population and abundant resources. It is a key area for the empire to develop. It must not be ignored. It is just that it is inappropriate to cross the sea for thousands of miles, but it cannot be allowed to dominate the Mughal Empire. In general, it is still necessary to intervene and have limited intervention." Li Junhua said the truth.

After Li Junhua finished speaking, no one dared to speak. Li Junhua asked, "Secretary, what's the way to break the current situation?"

"Two ways, one is that Aurangzebu is dead. As long as he dies, the Mughal Empire will inevitably have civil unrest. The second is to create a new opponent for Aurangzebu."

"A new opponent?"

Li Beiji looked at the two people around him, and saw that they were unwilling to mention them, so he gritted his teeth and said, "The one who can break the deadlock now is the Great Prince. He has tens of thousands of elite cavalry under his command. Once he breaks into the Khyber Pass, he will stab Aurangzebu's chest with a sharp knife. This arrogant guy will definitely give up his plan of full expansion and instead deal with threats from the north. You must know that throughout India's history, maritime threats have always been scratching the surface, and the northern nomadic groups are the real major concerns."

As soon as this said, everyone nodded. Li Beiji said instead: "But if you do this, there will be many consequences. You still have to decide."

"What if I can't take it?" Li Junhua asked.

Li Hai patted Li Beiji and told him not to be nervous. He took the initiative to say, "Then I can only ask the Emperor."

What Li Beiji said about is actually very simple, that is, if things happen, Li Jundu's power will be a dragon entering the sea and a tiger entering the mountains and forests, and it will no longer be restricted.

Li Junhua said: "I thought about it for a few days and decided to have limited intervention. If I take any weapons, I can only let the emperor take action. The empire and allies of Taixi cooperate, advance together from north to south, and attack from sea to land."

Seeing that the emperor had an idea and everyone was at a loss, Li Junhua said again: "If you do this, there must be a person in charge of the Nanyang and the Western Regions. I am the King of Cheng on the Nanyang side. After all, it is mainly for communication and diplomacy. If there is no land war, the Nanyang Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet can also be handled, but who will go there in the Western Regions?"

Li Beiji said: "Aren't the corpus always in Yili? General Chen Ping is very serious and can stand alone."

Li Junhua shook his head slightly, Li Beiji thought about it carefully, and understood that the person from the Western Regions wanted to push the eldest prince Li Jundu to attack south, while the eldest prince was arrogant and had no say in his words, as Pei Yuanqi and Chen Ping, he had the final say in everything, so it would be too passive.

But who can suppress Li Junduo's current status and status? Even if Li Junhua comes forward personally, it will be counterproductive. As for asking the Supreme Emperor, it is nonsense. After thinking for a while, everyone couldn't help but turn their attention to Li Hai.

Li Hai is the king of the clan and has also led the army. In the battle of establishing a country, Li Hai made outstanding achievements. He has been in charge of the cabinet and the Senate in recent years. He is more and more powerful. He has a good personal relationship with the prince and is the most suitable candidate.

Li Hai did not avoid the eyes of everyone and said lightly: "It is not difficult to let Weichen go to the northwest. I believe Jundu will give me some face, but the emperor, in this way, it will be a bad rule."

The rules were naturally set by the Supreme Emperor Li Mingxun, that is, officials do not take charge of the troops. This is a common rule since the empire's reform. The wars are made of vassal kings and the wars are made of meritorious ministers. But Li Hai is an exception. He was the deputy prime minister in charge of fighting against Japan, but that was also before the imperial calendar.

Although Li Hai is the king of the sect, he is now in charge of the Senate and cannot control the troops. Whether to break this rule depends on Li Junhua's meaning.

"I have thought about it. If King Cheng is willing, he can retire from the Senate first. After the matter in South Asia, he will be in charge of the Senate. How about it?" Li Junhua was not willing to force it and asked intently that the chief senate position was of high power. Although he went to the northwest to take charge of many things, he was still a messenger.

Li Hai didn't care. He had never been greedy for power. After hearing Li Junhua's words, he just smiled: "The emperor has his own destiny, and the uncle should obey him."

"It's not an imperial edict, I want to ask Brother Cheng Wang's meaning." Li Junhua didn't want to force him to go.

Li Hai said: "This is not a solution, but not the best solution."

"Then Brother Cheng Wang has a good way to choose a good candidate?" Li Junhua's eyes lit up.

Li Hai nodded and said directly: "In fact, the Wei minister is not the best candidate. With the character of the great prince, if the Wei minister goes, he can control the current situation and not let the great prince be willful. If he says he wants the great prince to take the initiative to cooperate with the imperial actions, the Wei minister still can't do it. Haha, don't be disappointed, how dare I help the emperor with the great commander."

Seeing that Li Junhua looked ugly, Li Hai knew that he had thought of the Supreme Emperor's head, and immediately explained, and simply stopped him and said, "In fact, the most suitable candidate is Prince Yu."

"Prince Yu?" He Wenrui said in a lost voice, completely unable to believe that Li Hai would recommend Prince Yu to do this.

Prince Yu Li Junwei is the youngest son of the Supreme Emperor. He has been favored by all parties since childhood. He is the most unrestrained and invisible. He is called Xiaoyao by the people, but that is also the most elegant among all kinds of names. More of them are called Cricket Prince, Cock Fighting Prince, etc. They either linger in the market or travel around, causing trouble, and have no ability to do big things.

"It's not suitable for the Regal. If he goes to the northwest, he must make a mess." Li Junhua shook his head.

Li Hai said: "That may not be. King Yu is talented, straightforward and cute. He has been loved by everyone since he was a child. If you say that the one who favors King Yu the most is the Supreme Emperor and the empresses in the palace, but apart from these elders, who likes King Yu the most? Well, I just want to say it, is the eldest prince favoring King Yu or the emperor preferring King Yu more?"

Li Junhua hesitated and shook his head slightly, sighed and said, "It's better for the emperor's brother to treat the ruling power. I have been harsh since I was a child. The ruling power is straightforward. I always let him down. It's the emperor's brother who has always tolerated him and let him go."

"That's it. As long as King Yu goes to the northwest, the eldest prince will not tease and bully him. Even if it is to let Prince Yu come back and get some work, he has to show some truth. If the minister goes, exhausts his wisdom and face, he will probably get that little truth. Although King Yu is unreasonable in his work, he always cares about the empire. If he is a little more steady, he can get the matter." Li Hai said with a smile.

"Although he said that, the third brother... Prince Yu is too unrestrained. Let's not talk about it for now. Who can tell him to go? He went to the northwest thousands of miles northwest, and there was a wild and wild sand along the way. If he didn't go, he would go to the Supreme Emperor or the Supreme Empress to cry. The Supreme Emperor has always loved his young son, and he came down with an imperial edict. This......" Lin Junhong knew Li Junwei's personality even more and shook his head repeatedly.

Li Hai spread his hands: "This is what the emperor wants to do. How dare we talk about the emperor's family affairs? And didn't the Wei minister say that it is not the best way to let the Wei minister go, but if King Yu doesn't go, then I can only leave."
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