Daming Military Empire

Chapter 163 Naval Problems
The new year is approaching, and Zhu Cijiong is in a good mood recently. This year can be said to be the happiest year he has ever been through. Liaodong has been recovered, Western learning has begun to be promoted, steam-powered trains have also been successfully developed, and the warship factory has also been established. The construction is almost done, and it can be put into production after the next year.

In short, after five years of hard work, Daming has gradually risen, so he is naturally in a good mood.

Unexpectedly, this is not over yet, and the Chinese New Year is about to come. Luo Siwei and Shiweila sent him good news successively. The army of the Kingdom of Mysore was defeated by them, and Karnataka was defeated!

The defeat of Karnataka means that there is no need to worry about the iron ore issue, and Zhu Cijiong is naturally in a better mood.However, extreme joy begets sorrow. Two days before the New Year, Luo Siwei sent him a very bad news. The third prince of the Mughal Empire, Aurangzeb, came to attack the city of Mysore, although his first attack was disintegrated However, he is not a master who is willing to suffer. He has already gone back to gather the army. Karnataka may not be able to hold it!
Seeing that the iron ore he got was about to fly away again, Zhu Cijiong instantly felt that he was not well. However, fortunately, the day before the Chinese New Year, Zhennan Wang Zheng Zhilong and his whole family brought him Shi Weila's dictation of Luo Siwei. The help letter written by ghost and Kong Dede's deposit of 15 taels of gold made his mood turn from cloudy to sunny in an instant.

Shivira actually asked him to send troops to support. This is possible. Although his warship has not yet been built and he is unable to colonize overseas alone, but if the allies invite him, he can still consider it. He can take the ride of the allies to adapt in advance The colonial environment is also pretty good.

As for Kong Dede’s deposit of 15 taels of gold, he bought flintlock guns and cannons from him. These upstarts are really stupid and have a lot of money. When they see the advanced weapons made by Ming Dynasty, they are like an otaku who has been single for 30 to [-] years and meets a beautiful woman. Same, salivating, no matter how expensive the price is.

The reason why Kong Dede put down the deposit first was because he was afraid that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire would not make it for him immediately. If it was delayed for a few months, then he might be doomed.In fact, his worry is completely unnecessary. The roads in Liaodong have been blocked by heavy snow for several months, so all the guns produced by Wang Gong Factory are stored in the warehouse. It may not be enough to arm 10 people. Just [-] flintlock guns and Zhu Cijiong doesn't even need to ask about the May [-] howitzer, there is definitely one.

Of course, the Chinese New Year is about to come. Although the soldiers are sticking to their posts and have not returned home, Zhu Cijiong will not send them out in a hurry. The year is definitely for people to pass, and if the year is not passed by, it would be a bit crazy.Besides, going overseas is not a quick trip, there are many things to prepare, and, most importantly, you must have a boat. The sea is not land, and you can't just walk across it with a pair of feet.

Zhu Cijiong doesn’t have any boats now, but Zheng Chenggong’s cheap father, Zheng Zhilong, has one, and he happened to be in the capital. It stands to reason that the vassal king is strictly forbidden to enter the capital without the emperor’s summons, but Zheng Zhilong’s family is special. Zhu Cijiong robbed his sons Naturally, he had to make up for it, and specially allowed Zheng Zhilong to come to the capital to see Zheng Chenggong once a year.

This time Zheng Zhilong delivered the letter and the gold was actually only incidental, and he mainly brought his family to see Zheng Chenggong. Therefore, the next day, Zhu Cijiong simply summoned Zheng Zhilong's family into the palace to spend a lively New Year with him and the Qin family. By the way, let's discuss the issue of forming a navy and sending troops to support Shivela.

Now the imperial palace is very lively. It can be said that the entire Forbidden City has not been so lively in more than 100 years, because since Emperor Xianzong Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty, the orthodox Ming royal family seemed to have suffered a curse. The population was so thin that the emperor could hardly find anyone , can only be brothers and sisters, and even find his own nephew to succeed him.

For example, Emperor Xiaozong's son Ming Wuzong Zhengde had no heirs.Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty still had a prince, namely Emperor Muzong Longqing of the Ming Dynasty, but Emperor Longqing suffered a stroke and died suddenly after only six years in power. The nine-year-old crown prince Zhu Yijun succeeded to the throne as Emperor Wanli of Ming Shenzong.Emperor Wanli was also able to give birth. He gave birth to eight children in total, but three died prematurely. The crown prince Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo was even more unlucky. He took a red pill and died immediately after he took the throne for less than a month!
Next is Emperor Ming Xi Zong Tianqi, who is Zhu Cijiong's cheap father, a famous carpenter emperor in history. In his generation, only he and the fifth brother of the emperor Zhu Youjian are left in the orthodox royal family. Brothers, all of them died young, none of them lived beyond the age of ten!It was even worse for him himself, he gave birth to three princes, but none of them lived past the age of five!In the end, there is only one letter king Zhu Youjian left in the orthodox Ming Dynasty!
Of course, our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong came across and changed this weird situation, so now the royal orthodoxy has doubled, and there are two people, one is the current Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong, and the other is the assistant regent Zhu Youjian .

Zhu Cijiong doubled the orthodox number of the royal family to only two people. It can be seen that the population is so thin that it is on the verge of extinction. Therefore, the palace has not been lively for more than 100 years. Zhu Cijiong's loneliness can also be imagined. As far as the three of them, mother and son, can talk, but what common language does he, a young lady who is only ten years old on the surface, and two young women of the empress dowager level have in common? Lesson only.

Fortunately, Qin Liangyu brought him a peerless fairy Qin Mingyue, and he himself recruited a peerless hero Zheng Chenggong as his younger brother, so the palace was not so deserted, but he still didn't think it was lively enough, especially during the Chinese New Year. Two or three kittens are a kind of torture for Zhu Cijiong, who is used to the lively years. In the past few years, his prestige was not enough, and he dared not do anything wrong.

Therefore, he summoned all Zheng Chenggong's family and Qin Liangyu's family into the palace to celebrate the New Year with him, making the Forbidden City, which had been deserted for more than 100 years, finally lively again.

He is the emperor, so it is impossible to sit at a round table with everyone and talk about family affairs, so he thought of a new way to set up eleven small tables in the main hall of Kunning Palace, forming three large tables.He and the empress dowagers of the two palaces sit at the top with three tables; Zheng Chenggong's family sits at the bottom left with four tables; Qin Liangyu's family sits at the bottom right with four tables.Fresh fruits, exquisite pastries, delicacies from mountains and seas, and all kinds of tribute wine are served in rotation. The theme of this day is eating. Everyone gathers to eat hard, play when they are full, and continue to eat when they are finished!
People don't dare to get close to their mother and son, but the three of them can take the initiative to get close to others. At first, the two families were a little cautious, but the empress dowagers of the two palaces made the decision. After a marriage was settled, everyone It's more popular, after all, the three families are barely relatives!

What kind of marriage is this?Of course, it is the lifelong event of our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong. A fairy like Qin Mingyue has nothing to say about her appearance, figure, or background. As for age, is that an issue?The third year of the female junior, holding gold bricks, Zhu Cijiong didn't know how many gold bricks he held, so let him have fun secretly.

His niece was going to be queen, Qin Liangyu naturally agreed with both hands; Zhu Cijiong had no objection anymore, he had already had a deep-seated love for Qin Mingyue, if this body was not a child, he would have already been that-that-that; as for Qin Mingyue, She was already used to having the Little Emperor in her life, and she really didn't know how to live without him.Therefore, this marriage was settled in this way, and Zhu Cijiong can get married only when Zhu Cijiong becomes an adult. Everyone is happy and the atmosphere is getting hotter.

To say that the protagonist of this Chinese New Year is not Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong, nor the little fairy Qin Mingyue, they are just an episode, the real protagonist is actually Zheng Chenggong's younger brother, who looks so cute, everyone loves it, Flowers are blooming, but the name is a bit of a thing, because his name is Tagawa Qizaemon!

Zheng Chenggong's surname is Zheng, why is his brother's surname Tian Chuan?It seems that Zheng Zhilong does not have a Japanese name!

In fact, this Tian Chuan is Zheng Chenggong's mother's surname, to be precise, his grandfather's surname. As for why his surname is Tian Chuan, this is actually a rather helpless matter.Because when Zheng Zhilong returned to Daming, the Tianchuan clan was blocked by the Tokugawa shogunate in Dongying on the grounds that "Japanese women will not enter the Central Plains". The Tokugawa shogunate wanted to take him as a hostage. There was no other way. This son probably would never return to Daming. In the end, the Tianchuan family had to report to Ming Zheng Zhilong to adopt him to the Tianchuan clan, and gave him a Japanese name of Tagawa Seven Zaemon.

Of course, that was all about the Chongzhen Dynasty, and there were too many human tragedies in the Chongzhen Dynasty, including Zheng Chenggong's mother Tian Chuan, forget it, heartbroken, let's not talk about the Chongzhen Dynasty.In short, it is now the Chongzheng Dynasty, and after Zheng Zhilong became Zhennan King, the Tokugawa shogunate naturally did not dare to stop them, so their mother and son were able to return to Daming.

Zheng Chenggong was already a cuter young boy who couldn't be cuter. His younger brother was even cuter than him. Since most of the audience were women, Tagawa Nanazawaemon naturally became the focus of everyone.

Zhu Cijiong was not jealous, but he was a little worried about the name. In the end, he thought about it, and he decided to support him to form a Tagawa shogunate to rule Japan, which seemed pretty good.

Of course, this is something for the future, not what he wants to do today. His main thing today is to discuss with Zheng Zhilong about forming a navy and sending troops overseas. Calling Zheng Zhilong to his side, he asked solemnly, "Fei Huang, what is your current strength at sea?"

Zheng Zhilong might have drunk too much, and immediately said proudly after hearing the words: "My Majesty, I now have more than a thousand ships of all sizes and 12 sea soldiers. The Dutch people on the southeast coast are afraid of my ministers." !"

Zhu Cijiong was not upset when he heard the words, but continued to ask: "Then what weapons do you have, it is impossible to fight with a sword at sea, right?"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong blushed with embarrassment, and stammered: "Uh, this, this, what the ministers use are blunderbusses and earthen cannons, which are far worse than the muskets and cannons of the imperial guards. .”

Zhu Cijiong didn't bother to go around with him, and said directly: "I want to form a navy. The warship factory has almost been built, and it can be put into production in the next year. Fifty sailing warships equipped with more than a hundred new artillery pieces can be produced in one year. There is no shortage, but I lack sea pawns, and your pawns are useless with outdated weapons. Why don’t you assign them all to my navy, and the navy will be handed over to the successful commander in the future. You can send a few cronies to assist you first. he."

Zheng Zhilong was taken aback when he heard the words, this is to ask him to hand over his military power, but he has already prepared for this, exchanging military power for a prince with real power, this is a tacit agreement reached between him and the emperor, and the emperor also said, yes He gave it to his son Zheng Chenggong. Anyway, since his son has such a good relationship with the emperor, he is not afraid of suffering a loss, so he simply said: "Everything is up to the emperor. After I return, I will let all the navy All the generals came to the capital to assist in success."

(End of this chapter)