Chapter 749

I don't know if Qin Mu heard Old Li's thoughts.

He spoke.

"Don't look at Ryukyu as a small country with few people; its location is very important. You can order Zheng Chenggong to establish a base there first. Sell some inferior weapons to Japan." Qin Mu's words left the ministers in the hall somewhat confused.

Li Er and Fang Fang Xuanling also did not understand.

The relationship between Japan and Great Qin was very poor; although the war had not yet started, they were considered to be in a state of hostility.

At this time, exporting inferior weapons to Japan—wasn't that aiding the enemy?

Fang Fang Xuanling knew that Qin Mu would not make such a decision without reason.

Qin Mu had always been wise and martial, almost never making any mistakes.

Every move he made seemed ordinary, but hidden behind it was deep meaning.

Exporting weapons to Japan seemed like a bad move, but Qin Mu must have a strategic purpose behind it to do so.

Fang Fang Xuanling was very curious.

Especially watching Qin Mu set a grand strategy was an art that was intoxicating.

"Your Majesty, the Japanese are cruel; I do not know why you would still export weapons to them? If they use these weapons to invade Great Qin, what should we do?"

Fang Fang Xuanling's question was exactly what all the civil and military officials wanted to ask.

Li Er, although still somewhat unconvinced by Qin Mu, also pricked up his ears.

Qin Mu actually did not have such deep calculations.

He just knew a little more than others.

"Japan is not a large place, but it has a large population. The simplest and most effortless way to deal with the Japanese is to incite internal war!"

"Great Qin can blockade them from the outside with warships so that the Japanese cannot leave the island. Then, sell them inferior weapons, extract their wealth, and incite internal war."

"Finally, wait until their people have died in battle and the country is impoverished, then dispatch troops to pacify them in one stroke!"

In Qin Mu's words, it was just a few plain sentences.

Yet, in front of the officials, he had painted a hellish scene.

Selling weapons, extracting wealth, inciting internal war!

With just a few simple words, he had determined Japan's future.

Great Qin could exhaust Japan's national strength without losing a single soldier.

Li Er was still somewhat puzzled.

"Great Qin Emperor, why must the base for selling weapons to Japan be in Ryukyu? Crossing the sea directly from Sanhan seems even closer."

When Li Er followed Qin Mu to Sanhan, he had also seen the sea chart.

He still remembered the locations of Japan, Sanhan, and Ryukyu vividly.

Unfortunately, that sea chart was partial, so he could only see that piece of land.

Qin Mu smiled.

Last night, he had been somewhat impolite to Old Li, provoking him.

Today, he still did not give him a good look!

"Old Li, why are you so stupid? If the Japanese knew that those weapons were sold to them by Great Qin and that Great Qin was inciting their internal war behind the scenes, would their internal war still be able to continue?" Indeed, even if internal conflicts were deep, when encountering an external force, most people would choose to resist the external insult together.

Old Li had not thought of this layer.

He had been humiliated by Qin Mu in the court again!

Fang Fang Xuanling gently nudged Old Li, telling him to restrain himself.

From his perspective as a bystander, he saw clearly that Qin Mu was just dissatisfied with Old Li leaving the banquet early yesterday.

He was deliberately humiliating him in the court.

If Old Li did not restrain himself, he was afraid he would not be able to return to Great Tang.

That was just the report on Zheng Chenggong's situation.

Yue Fei continued his report.

"Your Majesty, Wang Wang Yangming used the Well-Field Management Method you formulated to firmly restrict millions of Goguryeo and Sanhan people within small grids. The initial effect has been very good, and they have already started farming and raising horses on a large scale."

"It is expected to become a grain and horse base for the Great Qin army."

This made Li Er not understand again.

The Well-Field Method was not Qin Mu's original invention.

This method had been prevalent as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty. However, it had been obsolete for a thousand years.

Using this ancient method was not too strange.

The problem was, at the night banquet in Great Ming Palace last night, Lu Yu and those noble young ladies had educated him, saying that Great Qin's governance method was to make the people happy.

How could the situation change after just one night?

The biggest characteristic of the Well-Field Method was trapping the people within their villages. Most of the people had never walked out in their entire lives.

They had completely become tools who only knew how to farm.

It was quite easy to manage, but the people were not willing. Who hoped to be a tool for their entire life, and have their only achievement be handing over all the grain they grew to someone else?

This ancient method was too cruel!

But this time, Li Er did not dare to ask.

He would rather not know than be humiliated by Qin Mu again!

Li Er did not ask, but someone else raised a question.

Shen Wansan stepped out.

"Your Majesty, you once taught me that without industry, there is no wealth, and without commerce, there is no life. By restricting the vitality of the Goguryeo people like this, won't we lose the source of tax revenue?"

He hoped that the world would be wealthy, so that the Great Qin treasury would have more wealth to distribute.

The wish was very beautiful.

Qin Mu nodded, feeling very gratified that Shen Wansan asked this.

He was a person who worked hard for Great Qin.

If he were irresponsible, he would definitely not have raised such a question.

"It would also make it impossible for their commerce to develop. Wouldn't the court lose a large source of tax revenue?"

Qin Mu said.

"The Goguryeo and Sanhan people are different from the Great Qin people. In their bones, they possess both servility and rebelliousness."

"Tell me, should we utilize their servility or their rebelliousness?"

Shen Wansan immediately bowed and saluted.

"This subject understands. If we give them some freedom, they will cause trouble. It is better to only utilize their servility and let them honestly grow grain." Qin Mu held up two fingers.

"This is only the first part; it is not yet time to utilize their rebelliousness. I am waiting for their first riot."

"Once the Goguryeo people riot, we will capture the entire families of the rioters and sell them to the Japanese islands to be used by the Japanese."

"At that time, it will be the moment to utilize their rebelliousness to throw Japan into chaos."

Shen Wansan was somewhat pleasantly surprised.

He bowed in submission on the spot.

Li Er heaved a deep sigh.

Qin Mu had already played his strategy to such a profound level.

How could he possibly surpass Qin Mu?

At least in Li Er's heart, he could not think of any way.

The enemy was too powerful; he was truly no match!

Fang Fang Xuanling was different from Li Er; he seemed to have grasped some profound insight from Qin Mu's guidance.

He was actually smiling and nodding frequently, unconsciously.

This appearance made Li Er somewhat unhappy.

He secretly reached out and pinched him, then glared at him fiercely.

Reminding him to be mindful of whose minister he was.

Yue Fei had finished reporting the general situation. ===== CHAPTER 751 =====