Chongzhen Undergraduates

Zuo Maodi was very unaccustomed to sailing on sea boats, and he vomited until the sky was dark and the sky was dark.It was obviously a new boat that had just been launched, but he made a cabin full of stench.

"Zuo Aiqing, why don't you come out and take a look? The weather is really nice today." Zhu Youjian made a hammock and was lying on the deck of the boat basking in the sun. The sun in September is no longer strong. This is the last The south wind blows north.

"Your Majesty, are the battles ahead already over? Wow~" Zuo Maodi managed to get out, and just when he stood firm, a wave came over, and the boat immediately rocked again, Zuo Maodi retched his stomach water.

"Hurry up and help Mr. Zuo." Zhu Youjian felt sorry for Zuo Maodi. This guy once supervised the Yangtze River Navy, but when he was at sea, he still became noodles.

"Your Majesty, you should tie me to the mast. My legs are weak." Zuo Maodi couldn't stand up at all. Compared with the waves here, the waves on the Yangtze River are just a small splash.

"Report! The Zheng family's navy has begun lowering the sails, all ships are gathering soldiers, and the muzzles have retreated." The messenger quickly came to report the news.

Zhu Youjian's heart was finally settled, and he waved his hand in satisfaction.But even so, a battleship next to it was still waiting seriously, and the gunners didn't even extinguish the torches that lit the fire.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help being careless. Although he could bet that Zheng Chenggong would be loyal, what if he lost the bet?What's more, he is a paper tiger, only one ship has artillery, and the ship he is on is exactly the same, and he is ready to escape.

When Zheng Chenggong led people to row to Zhu Youjian's side of the ship in a small boat, Zhu Youjian observed for a long time and confirmed that it was Zheng Chenggong before getting up to change clothes.He had always come here in casual clothes.

"Zheng Qing, I'm late." As soon as Zhu Youjian saw Zheng Chenggong, he immediately wept and shamelessly pretended to be sad. Who let other's relatives be robbed by "bandits".

"Your Majesty! I am ashamed to treat Daming." Zheng Chenggong is also cunning, the Zheng family has surrendered, what if Zhu Youjian pursues him?

"Get up! I don't blame Ai Qing, I only blame Hou Jin for being too cunning, untrustworthy, and untrustworthy." Zhu Youjian's words are equivalent to not pursuing the matter, anyway, everyone knows what's going on, so don't be fooled in the future , or follow me.

Chapter 288:Praise the Star

Zhu Youjian knew about Zheng Zhilong's northward journey relatively late.At that time, he could not directly confirm that Zheng Zhilong would be detained by Dorgon as in history.After all, now that Houjin has not forced Fujian, the changes have been great.

And when Zheng Du led Houjin's navy southward, Zhu Youjian got the news immediately.At this time, the artillery on the first ship had just been assembled, and they were all imitation Napoleon twelve-pound cannons, which were much more powerful than the six-pound cannons.

With only one ship, how can Zhu Youjian compete with Hou Jin's navy?He only dared to place the battleship in the mouth of Wusong, and play by ear.After Hou Jin robbed Zheng's house, he returned home with the loot, and after Zhu Youjian got the first-hand information, he drove both ships to the open sea, and boldly went south directly.

This is a very risky move, not to mention if it is encountered by the Houjin Fleet, even if it encounters the Dutch, it will be worse.

His trip to the south is first of all thanks to the insufficient magnification of telescopes in this era. If Jin Leng didn't find it, he might be really far away.

He made this move very timely and happened to help Zheng Chenggong.If he arrives a few days later, it is estimated that Zheng Chenggong has been working in vain, and may even suffer a certain blow from the Dutch.

"Ai Qing, all the captured cannons are yours. But the warships, I want them. You know, Nanjing Shipyard has no sample ships." Now Zhu Youjian doesn't like the Dutch cannons at all. In terms of technical level, His Napoleonic cannons are 150 years ahead.However, this thing cannot be directly given to Zheng Chenggong. If this kid makes hundreds of doors in one go, the speed of his shipbuilding cannot be compared to the speed of casting cannons.

The lack of iron mold casting technology is only money, and it just so happens that Zheng Chenggong is not short of money.Zhu Youjian even knew how much money Houjin had robbed the Zheng family, and he didn't believe that the Zheng family only had 800 million taels of silver.

"I thank the emperor for his great kindness." Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed. What he lacked now was not a ship, but a cannon.There are dozens of cannons on the two Dutch warships, which add up to one-third of the cannons of his Zheng family.

"I appointed you as the supervisor of the Fujian Navy to rebuild the Fujian Navy; I appointed Zheng Hongkui to be the general soldier of Fujian to command the Fujian garrison." Zhu Youjian now directly ignores Zheng Cai. Originally, that guy would be cleaned up by Zheng Chenggong in the end. It turned out that there was a place in history where King Lu supervised the country, but it turned out to be a mess, and it was of no great use.

For the Zheng family, Zhu Youjian used as little as possible, and used as little as possible, and it was best to divide them as soon as possible.There are too many military powers in the entire Zheng family, so it would be better for them to divide internally.

As for the Zheng family's money, Zhu Youjian couldn't help stretching out his hands when he thought of the Zheng family's money. He wanted to ask Zheng Chenggong several times, but reason defeated greed, and he still didn't dare to ask Zheng Chenggong for money.

"I just want to avenge my father now." Zheng Chenggong's move is to wash away Zheng Zhilong's reputation as a traitor and show that the Zheng family are good people.

"I allow you to expand the navy and launch the Northern Expedition at any time." Zhu Youjian must train the navy if he wants to fight for ocean hegemony.Does the water trainer rely on Nanjing?I am afraid that Nanjing's own troops are limited.

So in the final analysis, it still depends on the Zheng family. Only the Zheng family has the strength and resources to build a navy.This is exactly what Zheng Chenggong did in history.

"Thank you, Majesty Long En!" Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed again. The number of the emperor's naval training was not limited, and he could expand his army almost without limit.

As for the money for military training, Zheng Chenggong does not lack it now, and in the future as long as Haimao is in his hands, he will not lack it.If the army is not expanded, if Houjin and the Dutch are defeated, how will the Houjin and the Dutch dominate the ocean?

"Does Aiqing like the warship in front?" Seeing that Zheng Chenggong was always staring at the restored British warship involuntarily, Zhu Youjian felt evil in his heart.

"I like it. This kind of warship has a lot of guns." Zheng Chenggong opened his mouth and revealed his heart.

"I like that you can order from the shipyard in Baguazhou. If you want as much as you want, you can place an order early. They should be able to give you a cheap price." Zhu Youjian was so thick-skinned that Zuo Maodi couldn't listen to him when he spoke.

How can the emperor ask the general to buy equipment to defend the country? It is true that many things in ancient wars were bought with their own money, but this warship is too expensive.

No, Zheng Chenggong doesn't think so.The Zheng family is rich, so it is no problem to buy a few ships.As long as the Zheng family has a navy, he will still be the overlord of the sea.

Zhu Youjian thought it out and understood that if he was expected to spend money to raise the navy now, I'm afraid Daming would not be able to count on guarding the Huaihe River.Maybe it's someone else's.It's like a poor boy chasing school flowers in college, spending all his money and finally finding out that he gave someone else a wife.

"However, your Fujian navy has to take on the important task of preventing Jinshui from going south, is Zheng Aiqing willing?" Zhu Youjian stared at Zheng Chenggong and asked.

"I will definitely seek revenge from them." Zheng Chenggong gritted his teeth when Houjin was mentioned.If the father-son relationship between him and Zheng Zhilong is not that deep, Zheng Chenggong is extremely filial to his mother.

Originally in history, Zheng Chenggong would not surrender even if he died. The history books said that he was loyal.

"Zuo Aiqing, let's proclaim the decree!" Zhu Youjian immediately changed his expression when mentioning Tianchuan pine nuts, and he solemnly adjusted his clothes and shouted.

"By heaven's blessing, the emperor said: Although Tian Chuan is a foreigner, she is loyal and strong, she would rather die than surrender, and she is a model for our Ming women. Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty conferred Zheng Chenggong's mother, Tian Chuan, as a first-class imperial lady. This!"

After Zuo Maodi finished reading, Zheng Chenggong was already in tears.This edict did not mention Zheng Zhilong at all, which shows that the emperor really valued him very much.In the name of Zheng Chenggong's mother, conferring the Tianchuan family is also strengthening Zheng Chenggong's status.

Zhu Youjian has done a lot for Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong still has a lot of things to do in Fujian. The Dutch suffered a disadvantage this time, and they probably won't come to harass him for a year or so.Hou Jin had just absorbed the Zheng family's navy, and would not risk going to Fujian to die before the rectification was over. They would probably only make trouble in Haizhou, and that would be after the rectification was over.

Zheng Chenggong, who was wounded all over his body, set up the Navy's resident on Kinmen Island, began to recharge his energy, and hid here to lick his wounds.Probably history didn't intend to favor him too much, and still let him hurt the root of his body, God is not pitiful!

As for Zhu Youjian, he has to rush back to Nanjing to deal with other things.After a busy month, Zheng Chenggong was put on the table. Zhu Youjian hoped that this historical celebrity could create more brilliant achievements.

"Your Majesty, will the Jin Dynasty attack Haizhou immediately when it has a navy?" Zuo Maodi still remembers that he and Zhu Youjian discussed the issue of fighting on the east and west fronts.

Now that the situation has reversed, and Houjin's military has begun to take full advantage again, will Dorgon attack the east or the west first?

"We have been planning for a long time on the east and west lines. The east line is the card on the bright side, and the west line is the hole card. Which card does Ai Qing think Dorgon will turn over?"

"If the minister decides, the minister will fight the Eastern Front. After all, Shandong is a serious problem!"

How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch!

Shandong has become a thorn in Dorgon's heart, he must want to pull it out sooner, anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

"No. I thought that since this thorn has been stuck in my heart for so long, I might as well bear it. Houjin's strength has grown, but his vitality has not recovered, especially the grassland's support for the Central Plains, which hurt the grassland. fundamental.

I heard that there is already a rebellion on the grassland, and Hou Jin will not fight with us on the Eastern Front at this time.Dorgon would hit east and west, and then west and east again. "

Adult cattle on the grassland cannot plow the fields. Hong Chengchou's strategy is to let the grassland support the Central Plains, but only calves are sent over.

This method did great harm to the grasslands, and it did not bring benefits to the people in the Central Plains. The cattle had to be at least two years old before they could go to work in the fields, or the recovery of production in the Central Plains would take two years.

"I don't understand." Zuo Maodi was confused.

"Now Dorgon only has the capital to attack Shandong, but he is not ready yet. Especially the Navy, it will take at least three months to rectify.

On the western front, he is ready, and he can fight big or small.Our support for the Western Front is the most difficult, so he will use the Eastern Front to cover up the combat intentions of the Western Front.

On the other hand, if Hou Jin is unfavorable in fighting on the western front, he can also ignore it, and instead mainly attack the eastern front.These two directions can cover each other, and there is no need for a combat center of gravity. "