Although Liu Mingju was a pragmatist who devoted himself to serving the country and the people, and was not the kind of clear-headed man who only talked loudly and cherished his feathers, his thoughts were inevitably restricted by the current situation. In some things, he was not as good as Lin Xu.
Outsiders see it more clearly!
He used to only think about how to exterminate the Japanese pirates, but he never thought about recruiting the Japanese pirates!
However, he had tried his best to suppress the Japanese pirates for nearly 20 years, but he was still unable to completely eradicate the Japanese pirates. Now being able to maintain a stalemate with the Japanese pirates is the best situation in the past century!
Although I don’t want to admit it, since the Japanese pirates cannot be eradicated, it seems that it is worth considering to recruit them!
If you really want to take this road, Dong Kaishan is definitely the person you can't get around!
Since Dong Kaishan has such great influence at sea and can even control Japanese pirates, and since he only seeks wealth and will not threaten the safety of the Daning Dynasty, letting him help control Japanese pirates is obviously a very effective way!
Lin Xu immediately grasped this key!
Liu Mingju, who has been dealing with Dong Kaishan for nearly twenty years, has actually thought about this, but he has never thought about it deeply.
The reason is also very simple. Dong Kaishan is ranked first on the blacklist for suppressing Japanese pirates. If he is asked to help control Japanese pirates, wouldn't he be colluding with Japanese pirates?
According to Daning law, treason with the Japanese is one of the most serious crimes, comparable to treason. Once the evidence is proven, the nine tribes will be killed!
Because of this, he did not dare to think deeply about this matter.
As for the others, no one dared to mention this. Could it be that they have lived too long?
Now, Lin Xu broke through this layer of paper with one word, and Liu Mingju finally seriously considered this issue!
The servant felt that their tea had gone cold, so he came over with a teapot and wanted to add some hot water to them.
As a result, just as he was about to pour water, he heard Lin Xu say the words "use Japanese to control Japanese". He was so frightened that his hands shook and the teapot fell to the ground, causing the tea to splash everywhere!
Fortunately, the teapot was made of copper and was not broken.
"Snapped!"
This muffled sound interrupted Liu Mingju's thoughts, and he finally came to his senses.
Lin Xu stood up, picked up the teapot, handed it to the servant, and reminded him with a smile: "Be careful next time."
The servant looked at Lin Xu steadily, with a look of shock in his eyes. He didn't know how to take the kettle, and he was speechless. He was dumbfounded!
"Why don't you take the teapot quickly? Close the door after you go out. No one is allowed in without my order!"
Liu Mingju ordered.
The servant quickly took the teapot, bowed apologetically to Lin Xu, walked out quickly, and carefully closed the door.
Liu Mingju looked at Lin Xu with complicated eyes and spoke slowly: "Sir, when you just said that we should use Japanese to control Japanese, do you mean to negotiate peace with Japanese pirates?"
Lin Xu shook his head: "It's not about peace."
"Not making peace?"
Liu Mingju asked deliberately.
"We, the mighty Daning Dynasty, have power from all sides, how can we negotiate peace with the Japanese pirates? If the Japanese pirates dare to invade our Daning territory, they will never come back!"
Speaking of this, Lin Xu also slapped the table to express his determination!
"Since we are not talking about peace, then you just mentioned the strategy of using Japanese to control Japanese..."