The war against Japan was a military issue. Military matters were discussed with the General Staff Department, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Finance.
The diplomatic isolation of Siam was a diplomatic and espionage issue. It was discussed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Blackwater, and the Ministry of Finance.
He called them to the Palace of Heavenly Purity and discussed these matters with them. Then, he would take care of lunch and dinner. If the discussion was too late, he would take care of a midnight snack. This was also something that could be done. It was not uncommon for Xiao Ruxun to burn giant candles and work through the night to deal with government affairs.
Xiao Ruxun had to pay attention to both the war against Japan and the Siamese operation. Xiao Ruxun had organized two leadership teams, each with their own duties. He only needed to control the direction of the major issues, so he didn't really spend much time on these two things.
Because he had countless henchmen who would rack their brains for his power, and they would not rest until they were dead.
Most of his energy was still consumed by some domestic matters, such as the land reform and handling of the chieftain in the southwest, as well as Xu Guangqi's locust control process, and the process of education reform. These were the things that really consumed his energy.
The leadership team had no experience in these matters. They all followed Xiao Ruxun's train of thought. Perhaps they would be more familiar with it the second or third time. But right now, everything depended on Xiao Ruxun's grasp and planning.
He gave an order, and someone would carry it out. If this order was wrong, it would cause a great impact.
Xiao Ruxun had no choice but to tread on thin ice as she advanced.
Compared to these major matters, dealing with Narex Pavilion and dealing with Japan was not a problem.
Ma Wei wasn't one to sit around and do nothing. After receiving Xiao Ruxun's orders, he immediately set off for Tianjin Wei Port and organized an oath-taking ceremony. Xiao Ruxun personally arrived to participate in the oath-taking ceremony, then watched as the army set sail towards Japan to begin their operation.
At this moment, even if Japan's intelligence spies learned of this news, it would be too late.
If they returned to the country and told Tokugawa and Toyotomi, who were fighting fiercely, whether they would believe it or not was another question. How could they join forces to fight against Japan? Xiao Ruxun had three routes of attack. Two of them were aimed at the heads of Tokugawa and Toyotomi.
The army had set sail and was bound to launch their attack within twenty days. Twenty days. After deducting the time needed to travel and verify intelligence, how much time did Tokugawa and Toyotomi have left to react?
Unless the spies of Nippon had infiltrated the Daqin government and learned of Xiao Ruxun's plan, they wouldn't know what the Daqin was going to do or where they were going even if they saw the Daqin gathering troops when the Daqin set sail.
Anyone who approached the army gathering point during the war would be closely monitored by the Black Water. If there was any suspicion, they would be arrested immediately. No one would be held responsible. The Emperor would be the scapegoat.
As for the matter of the spy infiltrating the government …
The black water and the black poison didn't even exist anymore. Zhang Wu and Zhou Yao could just die. Really, they were so useless. What was the point of keeping them?
It couldn't be used to do things, and it would be a waste of funds.
Government funding was very precious.
Zhang Wu and Zhou Yao were Xiao Ruxun's claws and teeth. They were the sharpest, fiercest, and most merciless claws and teeth.
They were lonely officials who had no one to rely on except Xiao Ruxun. They had to do whatever Xiao Ruxun wanted them to do. If they couldn't do it, they deserved to die.
Therefore, from the day the army set sail, the outcome of this war was already determined. Since Xiao Ruxun decided to take the vassal states of Nanyang to deal with the Siam Kingdom, the life of the King of Siam, Naresuan, had entered a countdown.
There was no doubt that Xiao Ruxun wanted to see a Siam Kingdom with endless war and smoke everywhere.
In addition, Xiao Ruxun was also very willing to sell some of the inferior weapons produced by the former Ming Dynasty.
To be honest, looking at those old weapons, Xiao Ruxun was really helpless.
They weren't easy to use, and they were very different from the current standard weapons of Daqin, so the army refused to use them.
Then, Xiao Ruxun decided to give them to the farmers' association for free, so that the farmers' armed forces organized by the farmers' association and the recruits who were training could use them. However, there were too many of them, and the old equipment from the arsenals collected from all over the country couldn't be used up in a short time.
At first, Xiao Ruxun, who didn't expect to sell arms, was worried. As a result, the North Koreans came up and said that the domestic production of weapons had come to a standstill, and it was difficult to recover for the time being. The army needed weapons, and they hoped that the Daqin could provide some support.
This suddenly opened up Xiao Ruxun's mind, and he immediately thought of selling arms as an excellent way to earn extra money. Therefore, he gave a batch of old weapons to North Korea for them to try for free. They thought it was quite good, so they asked if the Daqin could support them a little more.
Xiao Ruxun suggested using money to buy it or using items to exchange for it.
Li Zhi had no money, but North Korea had resources.
Therefore, North Korea decided to use resources to exchange for weapons with the Daqin. At the same time, they also asked the Daqin to buy cannons, muskets, and other firearms.
Xiao Ruxun was happy. He immediately decided to sell some muskets, cannons, and other weapons produced by the former Ming Dynasty to the North Koreans, and let them exchange for them with resources.
This was, in a sense, recycling, and it was a good use. They exchanged the waste for some iron ore and other metal ores, which could be used to make more and better weapons and equipment. It was indeed a profit.
Later, the Mo family, who occupied Gopyeong, heard about the arms trade between the Daqin and North Korea. They felt that they also needed some of the Daqin's firearms to strengthen their military force and stabilize their existence, so they made a request to the Daqin to trade arms.
Similarly, they didn't have money, but they could use resources to exchange. They decided to use timber and coal resources to exchange with the Daqin for arms and weapons.
Xiao Ruxun also agreed.
This time, the Nguyen family couldn't sit still, but they didn't dare to protest to the Daqin, because they had already recognized the Mo family's position. If they went back on their words, they would only incur the wrath of the Daqin, so they also made a request to buy arms.
You don't have money, we do, and we bought more. What can you do?
After Xiao Ruxun defeated the Spaniards and captured Luzon, she incorporated the Portuguese artillery factory in Macau and almost all the Portuguese people into Myanmar. After that, she basically cut off the road of independent development of firearms in Southeast Asia.
Although a few countries, such as Siam, could produce their own, the quantity was small, the quality was not high, and the price was expensive, so it was not popular.
Some people sought to buy firearms, but Xiao Ruxun thought that the fine firearms he made should not be sold abroad, so as not to cause a threat, so he refused. Now that he had so many old firearms that he couldn't dispose of, if he didn't sell them, would he wait for them to rust and become useless?
After North Korea and the Daqin started trading, Xiao Ruxun took advantage of the situation and agreed to the Mo family's and the Zheng family's request. He began to clean up the inventory of old pre-Ming weapons in the country, in exchange for resources and direct funds.
The Zheng family was richer than the Mo family, so they ordered a lot of firearms from the Daqin. Some of them were bought directly with cash, and the rest were exchanged with spices, wood, and other items.
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