When Master Qin heard me say this, he knew that nothing would be useful. As long as he said, "Since the emperor has made up his mind, the old minister can only support him. However, this matter involves a huge amount, and one person may become a sinner for eternity. The old minister thinks that it is best not to sell poppy near the country to avoid flowing into Dawu in the border areas. In addition, the people of Dawu who take poppy must be punished for the crime of consecutive seats. Furthermore, border checkpoints should be established at each border, and inspection efforts should be strengthened to crack down on the smuggling and smuggling of prohibited items. As for the scapegoat, you should not choose several countries that are good for Dawu, otherwise those who are interested will suspect Dawu at a glance."

Taifu Qin is indeed an outstanding internal affairs expert and immediately came up with a series of countermeasures. As he said, this series of countermeasures are necessary. If it were not for this, the rash operation of opium sales would probably cause Da Wu to suffer.

I immediately turned my face to gentleness and said in a low voice: "What the Taifu said is very true. Please arrange the specific matters one by one. However, it must be kept secret for the time being. After the opium has been extracted and sold for a short period of time, a ban will be issued to clear the suspicion of Dawu."

"The old minister follows the order, but does the emperor have any questions about the candidates for planting and selling opium?" asked Qin Taifu seriously. This matter was too much involved, and even Qin Taifu must be treated with caution.

As soon as he said this, I immediately thought of someone in my head. That was Liu Zhenming's nephew, my former imperial guard Liu Buyong. According to my original plan, I wanted to conquer Japan and sell his slaves to Liu Buyong. Later, the Japanese did not get the result, but Liu Buyong took on this job, just from the surface to the underground. Over the past few years, he has been wandering in Japan and the Eastern Turks, taking advantage of the frequent wars. He specially bought male and female prisoners at low prices, and then sold these slaves to relatively wealthy countries such as Dawu, Dashi, Tianzhu, and Rakshasa.

When Liu Buyong asked this, I just agreed to him on a whim. Unexpectedly, over the past few years, his slave career has become bigger and bigger, and he even sent his subordinates to pretend to be robbers from all over the world to directly capture prisoners in the Eastern Turks and Japan. Of course, all this was being operated underground. Liu Buyong's reputation was on the surface a serious international businessman. No one expected that he would secretly operate a huge underground slave trading system.

Even in Dawu, many wealthy families would have one or two slaves in each family. Although the imperial court pretended to investigate, it was impossible to find anything, so it had to do nothing.

I know these things clearly. At the end of each year, Liu Buyong would secretly report to me how many slaves had been sold this year and how much money had he made? Fifty percent of the money he earned was included in the Great Wu Treasury, which contributed to the national infrastructure. The other part fell into my private pocket, and half of it was enjoyed by his uncle Liu Zhenming. The remaining 35% were used as expansion funds, adding subordinates and cultivating power. However, Liu Buyong probably didn't know that at least one-third of his capable subordinates were spies inserted into the Jinyiwei. As the saying goes, the courage to defend others was necessary. After the coup several years ago, I was always careful. Not to mention Liu Buyong's big deal, even if he was as small as a county yamen, I would have ordered the Jinyiwei to insert spies.

Even Taifu Qin only knew about Liu Buyong's affairs, but Taifu Qin also vaguely knew that the real culprit behind the scenes of the slave trading that has been circulated in recent years is probably me.

I squinted my eyes and said lightly: "In terms of candidates, I have already made arrangements. The tutor only needs to add all loopholes to solve the worries of future troubles."

"The old minister follows the order." Taifu Qin replied respectfully: "The old minister will do his best."

Xiao Duozi came in through the side door and knelt in front of me and said, "Emperor, Minister of War, Prince Shaobao, Lord Duan Hongduan, is here."

"Oh, come in quickly." I smiled softly.

"Xuan, Minister of War, Prince Duan Hongduan, Prince Jin, met with him." Xiaoduozi shouted loudly.

"My minister Duan Hong, please see the emperor." Duan Honghu walked to me and bowed.

"Duan Aiqing, please get up quickly." I smiled and said, "Duan Aiqing is here just in time. I am discussing with the two of you."

Duan Hong stood up and bowed respectfully to Taifu Qin and said, "Duan Hong has met Taifu."

"Mr. Duan is too polite." Although Master Qin is of high quality, he also politely said: "Mr. Duan is loyal to the country and is really a model for me."

"Where is it? The Taifu Qin has been working hard for the country over the years, and his hair and beard are all white. It should be the target of our younger generations who follow us late." Duan Hong said politely.

"Don't flatter each other, my dearest friends." I smiled and waved my hand, "Let's talk about the Eastern Turks first. Duan Hong, you are the Minister of War, you can talk about it first." The three of us have discussed the Eastern Turks several times. The reason why we only discussed it in small circles is that I don't want to alarm the snake, especially I don't want Rakshasa and Mongolia to get the news in advance.

"Return to the emperor, it is already a consensus among the three of us that we have taken down the Eastern Turks as soon as possible." Duan Hong said seriously: "There are two things we are worried about now. One is to be famous. Although the Eastern Turks framed Dawu several years ago, people have forgotten that Dawu will not be able to gain too much recognition when he goes to fight against the Eastern Turks on this reason. The second thing is, after Dawu quickly takes down the Eastern Turks, how should he deal with a more complicated situation."

"Continue." I waved.

"I have a plan to solve these two major problems in one fell swoop." Duan Hong said quietly: "That is, Goryeo and the Eastern Turks join forces to jointly plan the territory of Great Wu. Great Wu fought hard and was forced to go out to defend himself and take down the two countries. As long as Goryeo and annexed the Eastern Turks, there will be no worries and can concentrate on dealing with the sudden pressure from Rakshasa and Mongolia."

"Goryeo." My brows were tightly locked. In fact, over the past few years, Goryeo has been cautious in handling diplomatic relations with Dawu, for fear of something wrong. Obviously, Goryeo itself also saw how embarrassing the position of its country was. If Dawu did not take down Goryeo, he would probably not be able to calmly explore the northern expedition and expand his territory. However, Dawu has been in the north for many years, and it is clearly a stance to take over the Eastern Turks.

"A man is innocent, but he is guilty of being a wall." Taifu Qin also had a good vision and could see the reason at a glance: "However, is it a bit unfaithful to treat the Goryeo Kingdom, whom we have always been friends with? In addition, there are also loopholes in Lord Duan's strategic vision. Goryeo has always been trembling with Da Wu, saying that he would join forces with the Eastern Turks to plot against Da Wu, and I'm afraid that few people would believe it."

"The Taifu is such a bad word." Duan Hong said seriously: "Don't talk about the strategic location and land area of ​​the Eastern Turks. In other words, the ore contained in the mines is enough to form national benefits. The Taifu has been in charge of the government for several years. When we know that the rapid development of our country's smelting industry is developing, how much mineral resources are consumed by the country? Although Dawu is still very good now, at this development speed, it is probably not too late to make plans at that time? Therefore, before the national benefits, all benevolence, righteousness and morality are false statements. If the Goryeo Kingdom does not take it, after taking the Eastern Turks, it would be like a sharp blade hanging on the heart of Dawu. This sharp blade may fall down anytime and anywhere, giving Dawu a heart. Therefore, if Goryeo and Eastern Turks both take it at the same time, it should be included in our basic consensus."

"The two beloved ministers make sense." I said frankly: "Actually, I also imagined it this way. Not only me, but I am afraid that Princess Xiuli, including the King of Goryeo, also the geographical location of Goryeo is too sensitive. In this way, in terms of strategic concepts, Goryeo must be considered, otherwise I will not be at peace when I sleep at night. Goryeo must be taken, but what we need to consider is how to take it, and we cannot be polite. Otherwise, those small countries that depend on Dawu will definitely have a rebellious heart."

Seeing that things had come to this point, the tutor Qin could not recover. He had to frown and said, "The old minister has an idea, whether to merge with the same clan and literature as Dawu and the Goryeo Kingdom, and then migrate the population of Dawu to the Goryeo Kingdom on a large scale, and the original Goryeo people migrate to the wealthy places of Dawu in various places."

"It seems that the director of the internal affairs of Taifu Qin is not familiar with foreign affairs." Duan Hongyi said politely: "No country, even a small country, would not be willing to incorporate into a powerful country. In this way, what is the difference between destruction of a country?"

"Mr. Duan, Qin thinks this matter is very feasible." Qin Taifu said lightly: "Goryoi has always been a vassal state of the Great Wu Kingdom. In addition, the Great Wu has become more and more prosperous in recent years, and it is the object of envy of the neighboring countries. On the contrary, the people of the Goryoi have become increasingly poor and their support for the king has become increasingly reduced. If Great Wu knows it with reason, moves it with emotion, and powers it with force. It is not impossible for Goryo to directly incorporate the Great Wu Kingdom into the attitude of a vassal state."

"What my two beloved ministers say is very reasonable." I said calmly: "It is my wish to be able to peacefully annex Goryeo. But if it fails, it is also essential to respond by force. What I mean is to make two strategic deployments and act according to the opportunity. The ultimate strategic purpose is to successfully win the Goryeo Kingdom and the Eastern Turks."
Chapter completed!