Ye Chunqiu looked at Zhu Houzhao's sad look that was almost the same as Maggie before, and his expression seemed a little stiff, and said, "Your Majesty is so serious."

"How can you say that it is a serious word?" Zhu Houzhao was a little dissatisfied with Ye Chunqiu's calmness and said, "Look, Xu Shengjun is going to Ningxia, and he feels like he will die for a lifetime. When he was writing a book to his wife, he actually wanted to quit the marriage. And... He was reluctant to leave his wife in his heart. A big man hid in the quilt and cried, but he still insisted on quitting his marriage. Oh... This... This is really... the so-called loyalty and righteousness cannot be achieved at the same time. Chunqiu, can't you understand? If you know that you will die, you thought..."

He angrily made a lot of discussion and said, "There is also Ye Shikuan, oh... it is also very touching. His family is so poor and his father is lame. He cannot be filial at home. As the saying goes, his parents are there, and if you don't travel far, you will have a good time. When I saw him writing to his parents in the new army of Zhenguo, I almost cried."

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao wiped his nose with his long sleeves. The little eunuch beside him wanted to hand over the handkerchief. He waved his hand and said with a deep pain: "I have always thought that Wang Shouren, and I never thought that this Wang surnamed Wang actually had such a tactful side. Alas... I really envy you. You can be with such people every day. Spring and Autumn, you must treat them well."

Ye Chunqiu felt cold in his heart. His original intention was to expand the influence of the Zhenguo New Army. The Ming Dynasty always emphasized culture and neglected military personnel. His contempt for military personnel was at the core. Although the status of the Zhenguo New Army had greatly improved, it was not enough. It would be better to publicize public opinion, so it could attract more elites to join the army in the future, which would also be of great benefit to the Zhenguo New Army.

Who would have expected that this small propaganda article would make a fuss in the palace and everyone knew that Ye Chunqiu didn’t know what to say. Looking at Zhu Houzhao who was deeply poisoned, he had to say: “Your Majesty is the luckiest person. With so many kind-hearted and ambitious people who are loyal to Your Majesty, why worry about the king’s career not prospering.”

"Yes." This sentence probably came to Zhu Houzhao's heart. Zhu Houzhao sighed quietly. It was rare to be serious today: "After reading it, I thought a lot. This article... was written by Zhang Jin? It was very well written, and the new army in the country is also very good..."

The sentimental Zhu Houzhao was quite terrifying. Ye Chunqiu was a little sad when he was so sad that he felt sad.

After finally calming down Zhu Houzhao's mood, Zhu Houzhao gradually calmed down and said, "Actually, I asked you to come here to tell you something irritating. Didn't I want to expel the envoy of Folangji? These bastards even left letters and threatened me when they left. Come and take a look."

Ye Chunqiu took the letter suspiciously, but the words of the Portuguese were still the same. However, some translators have roughly translated the contents in it, but the contents in it are obviously not very friendly. It is basically that you have lost the friendship of the Kingdom of Portugal, and there is even a secret threat.

"These jumping clowns are so ignorant. They are so arrogant in a mere small country." Zhu Houzhao cursed angrily.

Ye Chunqiu said rationally: "Your Majesty should not underestimate these Portuguese people. Since more than a thousand years, the Folangji has been a nation of many countries. All countries have attacked each other. Their countries are full of long-term warfare soldiers. Moreover, they are good at using firearms and are good at building ships and sailing. They are completely different from ordinary Japanese pirates. Your Majesty should be careful. I heard that just last year, the Portuguese attacked the Manlacca with a fleet of 1,200 people. There were 30,000 soldiers from the Manlacca, but they were easily wiped out by these Portuguese. In this battle, the Manlacca was wiped out, and the Portuguese were only one hundred injuries."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this. After all, the Portuguese were the attacking side, and the Malaccas were guarding the city. However, such casualties were unexpected. Although Zhu Houzhao didn't know how powerful the Malaccas were, he also put away his contempt.

Zhu Houzhao pursed her lips, and the expression on her face became serious, and said, "No wonder they dared to speak wildly. Could it be that they thought that our Ming Dynasty was just a few dozen times more powerful than the Manraka?"

It seems that someone is being looked down upon, and Zhu Houzhao seems to be indignant.

Moreover, being threatened by a small country is indeed a matter of hurting people's self-esteem.

Ye Chunqiu seemed calm because he knew that Portugal was definitely not a small country. Although the gap between these colonists and colonized countries in this era had not yet been widened, in Franji, which had been fighting for thousands of years, because of years of war, it was equivalent to experiencing the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period last year. Those who did not want to make progress had no place to die. Only countries that constantly innovated the army and tactics could survive to this day.

Franchise and other countries used all their best to enhance their war capabilities. From shipbuilding, to cannon casting, to muskets, to professional army training and even the tactics of the army, it was a thousand miles a day. One country had reformed, and other countries followed up and continued to strengthen. Portugal was at its peak at this time, and it was almost equal to Spain in this era.

Just a few years ago, the Portuguese even provoked wars against Venice and the Ottoman Empire, defeating the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic in one fell swoop, and thus laid the foundation for hegemony.

However, because of the long-term peace and the garrison system of Emperor Taizu, many professional soldiers in the early Ming Dynasty finally turned into a group of militias.

Ye Chunqiu has personally seen many garrisons. To some extent, the system of this garrison is plagued by all kinds of diseases. Hereditary military officers know almost nothing about military affairs. Most of the hereditary military households have become tools for military officers to reclaim military fields. They have not been trained all year round, and the weapons made by the bureau are even more useless. Many swords and swords can be rolled up with just a slight slash.

Ye Chunqiu was helpless about Zhu Houzhao's righteous indignation. After 120 years of Ming Dynasty, it has become rotten from the sharpness of the first to beat the Mongolian Yuan and sweep Annan. It is not an exaggeration to say that there is only one empty arsenal. Otherwise, how could a group of Japanese pirates continue to harass for decades and not eradicate it?

The princes in the court were even more vigilant about any warrior. To put it bluntly, if a general really made any great contribution, he might not be rewards, or even guilt. The reason why Ye Chunqiu could avoid it was simply because he was also a scholar and a doctor.
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