Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1293

The main reason is that Wei Wu's current performance and Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation are completely different from the Wei Wu he previously knew.

Wei Wu, oblivious to the exchange of glances between Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da, continued to express his thoughts.

“By taking back all that land, not only will every person have land to cultivate, but we will also gain control of many precious mineral resources.”

"Especially the Rakshasa Kingdom north of the northern grasslands, there are countless resources that we will need in the future, it would be best to take them all."

Seeing that Wei Wu's words were becoming increasingly outrageous, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer bear to listen and quickly interrupted him.

"Alright, you brat, you're exaggerating more and more. We haven't even dealt with the Northern Yuan Allied Forces yet! How can you be attacking their homeland?"

"Even if we get rid of them all, it will still take a lot of time to take over those lands, and we'll have to find a way to send people to govern them."

"These are not problems that can be solved in a short time. But you, with just a few words, have already sent me to the Rakshasa Kingdom. It's not that simple."

"Even if we want to take over the Rakshasa Kingdom, we have to deal with this invasion by the Northern Yuan allied forces first."

Upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Wei Wu chuckled and then spoke directly:

"Uncle Zhu, you should have confidence in the new firearms from the Academy of Science and Technology. The Northern Yuan Allied Forces are not a threat to the Ming Dynasty at all."

"Since we're going to win anyway, we might as well figure out our foreign policy strategy after we win and set a five-year plan."

"Then we will implement the five-year plan step by step, and then set a ten-year plan, striving to bring all the good things under the control of the Ming Dynasty."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang gave Wei Wu a disapproving look, and then said something with a slightly sarcastic tone.

"Easier said than done. You really think war is that simple? This time, we're being besieged by several countries."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Wei Wu curled his lip and said:

"Is it that difficult? The Siamese army of 50,000, with thousands of cavalry and 500 war elephants, I can take care of them all by myself."

"Oh no, there are two people, and Shen Lin is with them. But when I say 'solve,' I don't mean 'defeate,' I mean 'annihilate them all!'"

Upon hearing Wei Wu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, and Xu Da were all stunned, staring blankly at Wei Wu.

The already quiet rear hall of Fengxian Hall is now so quiet you could hear a pin drop; it's eerily quiet.

However, the three men's expressions were somewhat different. Xu Da's expression was a mixture of doubt and shock, but doubt outweighed the shock.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were simply shocked, because they knew Wei Wu better and knew that Wei Wu had many tricks up his sleeve.

What they didn't expect was that Wei Wu's trip to Yunnan to plant rubber trees resulted in the annihilation of an enemy army.

Even if it's just something done incidentally, this is way too incidental!

After a brief silence, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke first.

"Xiao Wu, you said you've already dealt with the Siamese forces? Why did you choose to take action?"

Upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, before Wei Wu could respond, Xu Da turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang first.

He understood the meaning behind Zhu Yuanzhang's words: he wasn't questioning the truthfulness of Wei Wu's words, but rather asking why Wei Wu did what he did.

In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that what Wei Wu said was true, and he naturally believed Wei Wu.

To be honest, Xu Da was a little flustered at this moment, but as a seasoned veteran, he knew that he shouldn't speak.

If we keep listening, we should be able to hear the truth. As it turns out, Xu Da's decision was correct.

After Zhu Yuanzhang inquired, Wei Wu immediately gave an answer.

“Uncle Zhu, I didn’t want to either, but if I don’t take action, Mengmian will definitely become the enemy’s breakthrough point.”

"At that time, the Siamese army will advance unimpeded, and Brother Mu will be attacked from both sides. In the end, the entire Yunnan will fall into the hands of the enemy."

After listening to Wei Wu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly, gleaning key information from them.

So after Wei Wu finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked:

"We've deployed 20,000 troops to Mengmian, and you're the one who's handling this. Has something happened to those 20,000 troops?"

"Ok!"

Wei Wu nodded in response to Zhu Yuanzhang's question, and then immediately spoke:

"A plague suddenly broke out in the military camp, and more than half of the 20,000 garrison troops were infected and no longer capable of fighting."

At this point, Wei Wu went on to explain Gao Tianwang's situation and the whole story.

After hearing Wei Wu's description, Zhu Yuanzhang slammed his hand on the table with a loud bang.

"How could Gao Tianwang manage the military camp? He allowed the plague to spread within the army. This is dereliction of duty!!"

It's not surprising that Zhu Yuanzhang reprimanded Gao Tianwang; when a plague broke out in the military camp, the generals could not escape responsibility no matter what.

However, in Wei Wu's view, Gao Tianwang was responsible for this matter, but only for the responsibility of one division.

He had personally visited the military camp and knew what Gao Tianwang was worried about, so he decided to plead for Gao Tianwang.

"Uncle Zhu, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on General Gao. To put it bluntly, this plague was a trick created by the enemy."

"Otherwise, so much excrement wouldn't have appeared on the road where the soldiers went to training, leading to an outbreak of plague."

"General Gao did not want the plague to spread and endanger the people, so he ordered the military camps to be sealed off, which is why so many people have become infected."

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression softened slightly when he heard that Gao Tianwang did it to avoid implicating the common people.

Wei Wu then spoke again, continuing:

"In addition, this outbreak was entirely due to the soldiers' personal hygiene habits; they did not shower or wash after returning from training."

"When you take off your clothes and shoes, your hands get contaminated with germs carried by feces. If you drink water and eat without washing them, you will get infected with the plague."

"This is just cholera, which is easy to deal with. If it were another plague, I'm afraid few of the 20,000 soldiers in the camp would survive."

"Therefore, the imperial court should issue an order to promote this issue, so that all the people in the country understand that they should wash their hands before meals and after using the toilet."

Zhu Yuanzhang always valued Wei Wu's suggestions, and this time was no exception. He immediately turned to look at Zhu Biao.

"Biao'er, you take charge of this matter. Get the Imperial Medical Academy to cooperate and draft a set of regulations to be promoted to the people nationwide!"

"Don't worry, Dad, I'll handle it."

Zhu Biao responded with a serious expression.