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To say that Li Dingguo's return to Daming was purely for the loyalty in his heart, and had nothing to do with Zhu Youjian's domineering.Since he didn't agree with the individual from the bottom of his heart, he naturally acted cautiously.

He was grateful for Zhu Youjian's reuse of him, but he couldn't make his relationship with Zhu Youjian as harmonious as Li Yan's. After all, it was the generation gap formed by the gap in age and status.

"Don't say these words, I don't like to hear them. The world is so big, and the great war is still to come. Don't think about going to Kuma and release Nanshan now. Don't talk about the distance, just talk about the near, Zhungeer's Ba Turhun Taiji holds 20 cavalry in the northwest, eyeing Hetao and Shaanxi and Gansu. Who can lead the army in this battle?"

Li Dingguo was taken aback by what Zhu Youjian said.He only thought about how to deal with Wu Sangui's [-] cavalry, and he was lucky enough to win by using the right time, place and people.

If Wu Sangui's [-] soldiers were deployed on the plains, Li Dingguo would be worried to death for days and nights.

Play Mengqi 20?Li Dingguo's heart skipped a beat. He found that he still had many shortcomings and needed to learn.

"Why, now I know what I'm going to do?" Zhu Youjian smiled and continued: "The horses captured in this battle exceeded [-], and the Queshan Horse Farm is nearby, so there is no problem in forming three cavalry corps. You two actually Not happy, if it was me, I would be too busy to eat and sleep."

"Father, stop talking, my son is willing to stay in Xinyang." Zhu Cihong quickly knelt down.

"You should do it in the yamen of the magistrate of Xinyang first, and pay more attention to the racecourse. As for Dingguo, I'd better go back to Nanjing Military Academy to study the theory of military command, and continue to endure for a few years." People set the tone.

To put it bluntly, I am still warning them: You are still young, and you will have plenty of opportunities in the future, so don't be too outstanding.

Why did Zhu Youjian do this, because after the unification, the court faced a huge problem: enfeoffment.

The Ming Dynasty was a feudal system, a system that combined centralization with the tradition of enfeoffment.The war is over, and all the royal family and military officials are waiting eagerly to see how Zhu Youjian will reward them.

Civil officials are different from military generals. The world is settled, and civil officials must have enough job assignments. Being an official is the ideal of a civil official.

But the generals have no battles to fight, and they need rewards.What is the purpose of everyone holding their heads and following the leader to do business? Of course Zhu Youjian knows that it is definitely not a belief.

Of course it was a fortune.

Moreover, the current Daming still has so many burdens from the royal family.The world belongs to the old Zhu family again, should it be distributed to the surname Zhu as before?

This is the real big problem after the reunification, and it is something to be solved within the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of royal nobles, who is more expensive than Zhu Cihong?Although Zhu Cihong made mistakes, he has reformed himself and made meritorious deeds.According to common sense, even if Zhu Youjian is unwilling to restore Zhu Cihong's status as prince, he should be crowned king.Those people surnamed Zhu should have watched how Zhu Youjian sealed Zhu Cilang's presence.

Among the generals, Li Dingguo has the greatest military exploits, and even Li Nian was blessed in this matter.Should it be made a king or something?Zhu Youjian can also imagine that the whole country is pricking up their ears to hear how Zhu Youjian sealed Li Dingguo.

Even if Zhu Youjian learns from Zhu Chongba, it will not stop everyone's expectation of enfeoffment.

Now that Zhu Youjian appeases Li Dingguo and Zhu Cilang, he intends not to seal them off and give them greater credit. At the same time, he also expresses a meaning: Daming needs them, and Zhu Youjian will need them in the future.

This can be regarded as indirectly reassuring the two that the emperor will not deal with them.

Li Dingguo and Zhu Cihong glanced at each other, then knelt on the ground together and kowtowed to Zhu Youjian.

"Get up! I will only ask for population and not consume population. Otherwise, I will not let you come up with a battle plan with the least casualties. Daming, we will need a lot of people in the future. The sky is big and the earth is big, and Daming is the biggest."

Li Dingguo took a reassurance in his heart, and then kowtowed reverently.

As the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Cihong directly took over the administration of the government. This is real power, and the starting point is definitely not low.

After doing this, Zhu Youjian fell into a state of meditation.He needs someone to talk to now about his plans for the future.However, even Li Yan couldn't participate in this matter.Li Yan's vision and thinking cannot understand Zhu Youjian's thoughts, and the only person who can talk to Zhu Youjian about system issues is that person from a distant land.

Huang Zongxi's fleet had just passed Malacca, and the news of the war between the British and the Dutch had not yet spread, but the Dutch's influence in South Asia was obviously a little unfriendly.

It was about to return to the motherland, but Huang Zongxi became more and more uneasy.

"My lord, there is a group of pirates ahead, shall we fight?" A young captain reported the military situation in a sophisticated manner.

"It's the same as before, three warning shots. Anyone who dares to get close will be sunk." Huang Zongxi has a stern expression. He has encountered this kind of thing many times. Even a group of Kunlun slaves with canoes dared to attack their big ship. .

Kill pirates these days.

Chapter 569: Return to the country with sail and flag

Shi Lang has been wandering in the waters off Temasek with three traditional Dafu boats for several days. This is the farthest sea area that the South China Sea Navy has sailed so far.

Because Siam once paid tribute to Ming Dynasty and claimed to belong to the vassal state of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian appointed Shi Lang to lead the warships to go south as far as possible. On the surface, it was claimed that it was to fight pirates, and its intention was nothing more than to investigate the situation in the South China Sea.

Today is different from the past. Since Zheng He's voyages to the West more than 200 years ago, the situation here has already changed.For example, the countries of Java, Luni, and Luzon have already been occupied by Westerners. If it were not for the joint relationship with the Central Plains, Champa, Chenla, and Siam might have been occupied by Westerners one by one.

Shi Lang knew that the Emperor had Western warships, but they were not equipped for the South China Sea Navy.Moreover, when he set off from Guangzhou this time, he also knew that the main force of Ming Dynasty had already gone north, and almost the entire Zheng family navy had gone to the north to gain credit, but he, Shi Lang, was still fishing in the South China Sea.

Five years had passed, and Shi Lang hadn't had any achievements other than clearing up the pirates and bandits in the South China Sea.

The people are still pirates recruiting security, the boats are still these dilapidated old-style blessing boats, and even the weapons in their hands are captured local cannons.If it weren't for Shi Lang's strong ability, he might not even dare to provoke a large group of pirates.When they met the Dutchman, they were beaten up several times. Fortunately, there was nothing valuable on board the navy, and the Dutchman didn't dare to formally start a war with Daming.

Every time he was beaten by the Dutchman, Shi Lang felt aggrieved in his heart.Several times Shi Lang planned to defect to the Dutch, but he endured it.Nothing else, just because he knows that the Chinese ancestors have a strategy called: hide your strength and bide your time.

"The emperor must be keeping a low profile!" This was a belief that Shi Lang imposed on himself, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why he would not use a good ship.

Half a month ago, military news came from Guangzhou, saying that the emperor has recovered the capital, which is good news.At the same time, along with the good news, Zhu Youjian ordered Shi Lang to go south to Temasek to meet Huang Zongxi.

Only then did Shi Lang lead the boat all the way from Zhancheng to the sea off Temasek, otherwise he would be extremely unwilling to come.

"Lord Chief Soldier, brothers have been eating fish for half a month, can you find a place to get some wild vegetables to improve it?" A follower with his trousers rolled up, his upper body bare, and a menacing appearance was complaining to Shi Lang. .

"How many times have I said this? I am now the commander of the South China Sea Navy. Why can't you remember?" Shi Lang was also very speechless. The so-called South China Sea Navy under him was completely illiterate. People still get the name of the official position wrong.Perhaps in the eyes of these people on Qiongzhou Island, the chief soldier is the best general.The name of the navy is just a foil to play with the army.

"There's a boat ahead, with a big flag hanging on it." Shi Lang was blowing the sea breeze comfortably, when he suddenly heard the sentinel on the lookout post of the ship in front shouting.

"Quick, tell the boat in front to hoist the sails and prepare to escape." This was Shi Lang's first reaction, a little embarrassed and heartwarming.

If there is a big flag, it means it is a Westerner's ship, and the big flag is the national flag, regardless of whether it is Spanish or Dutch, Shi Lang can't beat it.Ming's ships do not have the habit of flying the national flag yet.Even when fighting on land, most of the time the flag is carried by the surname flag of a certain battalion general.What hangs on his Shi Lang boat is a triangular "Shi" character.

"It seems like two groups of people are fighting." The Chinese Fuchuan hoisted slowly, and Shi Lang was not a timid person. Of course he had to take out the binoculars to observe the enemy's situation.

"It's a fleet of Westerners fighting pirates." The front ship could see it more clearly, so the semaphore had already been passed on.

"Who are the pirates, can you see clearly?" Shi Lang asked quickly.In fact, he didn't want these pirates to be Ming people. After all, we all belonged to the same ancestor. Who would like to see these people being beaten by foreigners.

"It's not like our Ming people, there is a Dutch warship among the pirates, that kind of armed merchant ship." After a while, more specific news came.

"Is it because the Spaniards and the Dutch are fighting? Let them see clearly." Shi Lang became interested. His favorite thing is to watch two groups of Westerners fight at sea. It's so enjoyable!In this era, whether it is the Spaniards or the Dutch, they are all pirates in the ocean, and the British are all pirates.Only the Chinese are honest. In the end, even Zheng Zhilong was not honest. They were all forced.

"The fleet is the great flag of our Ming Dynasty, and it belongs to us." After another incense stick, the front ship sent a clear message.

"The flag of Ming Dynasty? Could it be..." Shi Lang was taken aback. This was something that had never happened before. Who could be the one who could fly the flag of Ming Dynasty?

"Quickly, pass on the order, let me go over and beat him up." Shi Lang almost forgot his mission, and only then did he realize that who could be more daring than him to formally unfurl the Ming flag, of course it is Mission!

Huang Zongxi's troubles here are not too big. At best, it can only be said that a Dutch armed merchant ship is too self-righteous. It wants to join forces with a group of pirates to make a profit from the envoy fleet, but accidentally bumps into a hedgehog.

From the perspective of the Dutch, this place has entered their core area. How can there be fleets from other countries sailing swaggeringly?

The style of the Europeans has always been exposed. Even if the East India Company dare not make an idea, some people who are not afraid of death dare to provoke trouble.In this respect, Europeans and Japanese are bolder than Chinese.

"Master Huang, three lucky boats are coming from the north, like pirate ships." The young captain seemed very relaxed when reporting, as if only three rabbits had come.