In Taiyuan City, in the temporary palace, Gao Huan recruited Li Yan and others, originally planning to discuss the restoration of people's livelihood in Hedong.

Now, the sudden attack on Japanese pirates on the Heiyi Island forced Gao Huan to discuss the rescue of the Beihai Governor's District first.

At this time, in the lobby, Li Yan, Zhou Yanru and others who were rushing to the hall were sitting on both sides, discussing the matter in Hedong in groups of three or three.

"Your Majesty is here!" suddenly the guard at the door shouted.

Everyone quickly got up and saw Gao Huan, who was wearing regular clothes, coming over.

"I welcome your Majesty!" The lobby suddenly became quiet, and everyone stood up and bowed to greet him.

Gao Huan waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down with a smile, "A few gentlemen were summoned by me as soon as they arrived. Thank you so much for your hard work."

Gao Huan sat down with everyone. After the maid gave her a refreshment, Li Yan asked, "Your Majesty is so urgent to summon him, it's not for Hedong's business."

Gao Huan nodded slightly, "Restoring people's livelihood in Hedong is one of the issues today, but it must be put behind for the time being. I want to discuss an urgent matter with you first."

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, most of them didn't know that the strongholds of the Emirati were surrounded by Japanese pirates.

Generally speaking, memorials from all over the country are sent to the capital first and processed by the cabinet. If they cannot be processed, they will be transferred to Gao Huan, so the cabinet will get the news first.

Chen Tingyang's memorial was not sent to the capital, but directly to Taiyuan.

It has been three months since the news of Japanese pirates attacking the Ganjun strongholds reached Shandong. If the memorial was passed around the capital and then passed to Gao Huan, the strongholds might have been lost.

Li Yan asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what urgent matter is?"

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "I have received a beating from Chen Tingyang. The Beihai Governor's District was attacked by Japanese pirates, and Guwei City was surrounded by Japanese pirates. The situation is now critical, and I want to ask several gentlemen for their opinions."

At that moment, Li Yan and others asked about the details. When they learned that the Japanese pirates had besieged Guwei City in July, they sighed.

"It's a pity that it's been three months." Zhou Yanrudao: "Your Majesty, why did you get the news so long?"

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "This is because the distance is far away. Even if you sail normally from Denglai to Guwei City, it will take one month. Second, the ship that came back to report the news was intercepted by the Japanese pirate fleet. The ship was seriously damaged and floated on the sea for two more months before it was discovered by the inspection department's ship near Shandong."

Zhou Yanru and Taoism: "Your Majesty, I am forgiven for your words. I have just defeated Li Jiyu in Hedong and severely damaged the elite of the Tang Dynasty. Now we should take advantage of the situation to unify the world, so it is better not to create troubles."

Gao Huan frowned slightly, and found that Zhou Yanru's recent style has changed a little. He no longer pondered his thoughts like before, and followed his own ideas to do things.

Could it be that he doesn’t want to be a slander or transform into a straightforward minister?

Gao Huan couldn't help asking, "What do you say about you?"

Zhou Yanru and Taoism: "Your Majesty! The Battle of Hedong can be said to have completely decided on the general trend of doing things and unifying the world. It took Your Majesty twelve years for this day. I think it is quite difficult. The North Sea Governor's District is far from the core of our cavalry and was attacked by Japanese pirates. It has become a small matter for me to do it, and it is not worth provoking Japanese pirates. Because according to my understanding, the Japanese pirates are strong. When they plunder the southeast coast, the Ming Dynasty spent a great price to quell the Japanese tide. During the Wanli period, the Japanese pirates invaded Korea again. The Ming Dynasty fought for several years before forcing them to withdraw to Japan. Now if we get into such a powerful opponent because of such a small matter, it is not a wise choice to attract such a powerful opponent, especially if it may affect the trade between the two countries."

Gao Huan stroked his beard, but Zhou Yanru's words were not unreasonable. Gao Huan raised an army in the 13th year of Chongzhen, and now he has twelve years passed, and he will soon unify the world, because hundreds of soldiers on the Emirate Island have become enemies with Japan, which is indeed not cost-effective to attract an enemy who can mobilize an army of 400,000 or 500,000 troops.

However, state affairs are not business, and we cannot all depend on whether it is cost-effective at the moment, and other aspects need to be considered.

Gao Huan pondered: "Is this the whole reason?"

Zhou Yanru was slightly stunned. In his opinion, such a reason was enough.

"Your Majesty! Besides, my hard work is too far from the Beihai Governor's District, and transportation and communication are extremely inconvenient. Now we have received the news that it has been three months since we sent troops to reinforce Guwei City, the castle may have fallen long ago. Even if it has not fallen, we cannot fight against the Japanese pirates near the Japanese." Zhou Yanru bowed his fists and felt that his transformation was relatively successful. He showed the facts and said that there was nothing wrong with it.

Gao Huan looked at everyone, "All my dear friends agree with Mr. Zhou's words?"

Most of the officials in the lobby nodded slightly, expressing their support for Zhou Yanru's words.

Because from the perspective of real interests, there is really no need to provoke Japan now, and they also feel that it is not necessary to make a small enclave.

Gao Huan looked at Li Yan, "Li Aiqing, you are the prime minister, what about your opinion?"

After hearing Gao Huan's words, Li Yan knew that Gao Huan wanted him to object, and he did feel that it was inappropriate to give up the Beihai Governor's District.

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Report to Your Majesty, I think we should send troops to rescue you."

Gao Huan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Tell me your reasons."

Li Yan said: "Your Majesty attaches importance to sea trade. The business and taxes I work hard on are also very dependent on sea trade. I believe you still remember the days when the Zheng family stationed troops in Chongming Island and monopolized sea trade. At that time, the goods we work hard, they would collect as much as they would, and they would not sell them at low prices. As long as they stopped the acquisition, our workshop would go bankrupt, and millions of people in Jiangnan had no food to eat. Later, our navy became stronger, and the fleet could go to sea on its own to break the monopoly and keep most of the profits in the sea."

Li Yan paused and continued to organize the language and said, "The Beihai Governor's District is an important source of raw materials for my hard work. If I lose Guweicheng, the entire shipbuilding industry will be affected and will affect the development of the navy. Now Your Majesty attaches importance to sea trade, and maritime trade requires going to sea. If we do not save Guweicheng, let the soldiers die tragically, and abandon them in danger. One is to be disheartening, making the people and soldiers unwilling to go to sea to do things for the court in the future. At the same time, it is also to indulge the cruelty and ambition of the Japanese pirates. When they see that we have no reaction, they will definitely gain a stake and make things difficult for our merchants in Japan."

Gao Huan nodded slightly, took over the conversation and said, "I think Li Aiqing's words are reasonable."

Li Jiyu continued: "Just just now, I am talking about the influence and disadvantages of indulging Japanese pirates to attack Guwei City. Let me talk about the reason for sending troops. First, in August, the Luzon State captured Manila City, and the main warships of the three major navy troops had already returned north. We have enough warships to rescue. Second, according to my understanding, the Japanese pirates have been peaceful for decades, and their military strength is no longer as far as we were back then. The navy is far from us. Our fleet has a great chance of winning. Third, I responded to the remarks on politics next week. I thought we did not need to completely defeat Japan. As long as we destroyed their navy, we could protect the Beihai Governor's District. Finally, as long as we destroyed their navy, they could force them to further open up the market. They were not even able to send troops abroad. How could it affect my efforts and unify the world?"

"Okay!" Gao Huan exclaimed, "Your words are exactly what I think. I decided that no matter what the situation in Guwei City is, I will send a navy to rescue Guwei City and teach the Japanese pirates a lesson."

When everyone saw that the Prime Minister and the Emperor had the same opinion, they naturally changed their attitude and supported the sending of troops to rescue them.

As long as the Japanese fleet is destroyed, the Japanese cannot go out to sea, then no matter how Japanese pirates interfere with the unification of North Korea, it is impossible.

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