I was a concubine in Legend of Zhen Huan

It is no wonder that the ministers strongly opposed it. During the reign of Emperor Yongzheng, the Qing Dynasty only won a few victories.

Although we have some money now, we can't squander it like this. Besides, the Qing Dynasty has always adopted a gentle strategy of marrying a princess to the Mongolian tribes, which doesn't cost anything. Why should we fight them for no reason? Isn't this a waste of money and manpower?

One of the ministers said so. Hong Xian was so angry at his self-righteous attitude that he fell backwards. "At the beginning, the Qing Dynasty was just established. At that time, the national strength could not support it, so this bad policy was adopted. Now my Qing Dynasty is rich and strong, and the national strength is growing day by day. We have the strength and confidence to fight. Why should we act so weakly? What's more, since the founding of the country, princesses have been married off to make peace with the emperor. Is this necessarily right? I want to achieve different results!"

He also described how difficult the princesses' lives were after they got married. Hongxian smiled sinisterly at the minister who had just said he was against going to war: "Since you are so loyal to the country, why don't I make your daughters princesses and your sons princes beile. When they come of age, how about marrying them off to Mongolian tribes? By the way, I remember that your eldest son seems to have come of age. Why don't I make him a doroberel right away and marry him off to Junggar?"

How does this work?

The official immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this cannot be done. My eldest son is already married, how can he marry again? Moreover, how can a man marry a foreign prince? This has never been heard of since ancient times!"

Hong Xian waved his hand nonchalantly: "What's the big deal if he's already married? Just let him divorce his current wife. He went to Junggar to marry for the Qing Dynasty, I'm sure your family can understand. Why can't men marry? There was no such thing in ancient times, so I'll be the first to start men marrying, maybe it can give some inspiration to future generations."

The minister saw that Hongxian seemed determined to take his eldest son to marry Junggar if he was not allowed to fight. He quickly slid down to his knees and said, "I think Junggar is ambitious and marrying a son to them is just a temporary solution. It is better to go to war with them and completely subdue them! Your Majesty is wise! I think it is feasible to send troops to subdue the Mongolian tribes!"

There were laughters all around, and the minister's face turned the color of liver as he knelt down at the speed of light. What's so funny? He didn't believe that others would not kneel down if they were in his position!

Some people laughed at the minister for being spineless. The emperor was threatened by just saying these two sentences, but Hongxian was obviously very satisfied with the minister's ability to understand the current situation.

He then asked the ministers standing below if there was anyone who objected. Hongxian originally thought that no one would dare to object this time, after all, anyone who is cut by a knife will feel the pain.

Unexpectedly, a fearless censor appeared. This censor still looked righteous and accused Hongxian of launching a war that was a waste of money and manpower.

Hong Xian took a look and was surprised to find that this person's surname was Zhen. He was a relative of Zhen Huan, whom his mother hated in both lives!

In this life, because Pangju himself felt that being cuckolded was shameful, he only secretly executed Zhen Huan's own family without implicating anyone else. Didn't this allow the other members of the Zhen family to survive?

If it was another important or capable official, Hong Xian might have given some face and tried to persuade him, but when he saw that it was a member of the Zhen family, he immediately ordered the guards to pack up all the members of the Zhen family within the six clans, including the one who gave the advice, regardless of gender, age or status, and send them to various Mongolian tribes to marry! There was no need to wait until the end of the court, just do it now!

The effect of Hong Xian's killing a chicken to scare the monkey was obvious. No one expected that he would really do it, and he would do it so vigorously! The minister who just slid to his knees was now extremely fortunate that he slid to his knees quickly, otherwise he would be the one sent to marry among the six tribes!

Of course, Hongxian also knew that relying solely on intimidation and deterrence would not work, and he had to give them some sweet treats.

Hongxian kept the royal family and Manchu nobles, and he painted a rosy picture for them at a small court meeting.

"I want to send troops, in fact, it is for your sake. We are a nation of horsemen, and many of you have earned your titles and merits through military exploits. If you stay in the capital, you will only eat up all your wealth. It's okay for those who already have the title of prince, but for those with lower titles, even like you, my third, fourth, fifth, and fifth brothers, do you want to just be a Beile forever and never go any further?"

Hongxian used his own brother as an example. Yes, except for when he first came to power, he needed to show favor and had to confer the title of Beile on these three. Now three years have passed, and these three are still just small Beile.

Hongshi was a man who was content with his lot and was happy with his life. He thought it was good enough to be a prince. But Hongli was not like that. When he heard Hongxian use him as an example, he really wanted to scold Hongxian: "Why are we only a little better than a bald prince? Isn't it all because of you?"

But he listened to what Hongxian meant. Could he go out and gain military merit this time?

Hongli looked at Hongxian with bright eyes, and Hongxian nodded as he wished.

"More than that, these are all our own people. I will speak the truth to you straight out of the gate. My ambitions extend far beyond a few Mongol tribes."

After Hongxian finished speaking, he asked his personal eunuch to open the world map. He pointed at the world map and painted a pie for the clan members and nobles present, saying that he wanted to conquer at least half of the world. Since the area was too large, the emperor alone would definitely not be able to manage it, so he would divide the conquered areas among everyone according to their military merits and let them manage them.

All the royal nobles took a deep breath. They never thought that Hongxian was so ambitious and trusted them so much. Letting them manage a region outside, wouldn't that make them vassal kings?

The royal family members repeatedly asked the emperor whether what he said was true. Hongxian nodded in response good-temperedly, saying that it was just a patch. There would definitely be corresponding restrictions at that time, such as sending the sons of each family to the capital as hostages.

When they heard that there were restrictions, the royal family and nobles felt relieved. If the emperor told them that there were no restrictions and still gave them such good treatment, it would seem unreal to them.

The existence of restrictions shows that the emperor was not trying to help them. Emperor Yongzhao had actually considered whether this was feasible.

The nobles returned with great excitement and prepared for battle. Hongxian's personal eunuch asked, "Does the emperor really want these nobles to go out and govern?" Is it a lie?

"Of course. If I want to help them, there is no need to call all the royal family members to tell them the news. If I just want them to work for me for nothing, wouldn't it be better to just find those princes and nobles with some family background?"

Of course, what Hongxian said was true. In his previous life, his brother Hongchang had conquered too much territory. However, with the technology and national strength at that time, it was obviously unrealistic for the emperor to manage half of the earth's land alone. The two brothers discussed it and finally used this trick.

The royal family and the nobles were all descendants of the Eight Banners. No matter what, they were from the same clan and were all flower growers. It was better for the meat to rot in the pot than to suffer a hundred years of humiliation after the fall of the Qing Dynasty in their dreams.