Chongzhen Undergraduates

"No, it's not that the emperor doesn't know about my wife. If I take her back, within a year, I'm afraid I can train a women's ranger." Li Yan said embarrassingly.

"Haha..." Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "I thought of a place to go. I heard that Liu Rushi bought the Zhuangyuan Building and opened a restaurant. Why don't we send these beautiful girls to her to train and train them? They will be specially used in the future. The reception place for state banquets at the Guest House.

Look at my harem, there are very few people now, and it is no longer possible to hold large banquets.All future banquets will be contracted outside, so that the royal family will not have to support so many people and spend so much money. "Zhu Youjian said.

"So, what about the emperor's several palaces also need manual management." Li Yan asked.

Chapter 592 : Seduce with Xanadu

"I want to come to this matter. The northern and southern capitals plus the imperial palaces and palaces in Zhongdu and Chengtian Mansion. How can I live in so many places?

It is better to keep only part of the main palaces for the royal family's own use, and open up other places as national parks or museums for people to visit and browse. A certain fee can be charged for renovation and management. "

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Li Yan imagined the effect.From Li Yan's understanding, if these places are run according to the emperor's will, not only can some money be collected to supplement the normal expenses, but also some daily expenses should be raised for the emperor.

The main reason is to be able to make money for the emperor, because the emperor in front of him is a money fanatic, and the emperor Zhu Youjian is constantly calculating how much money Daming can make if he defeats the Dutch.

In the conference room of the cabinet office area, a large sand table was placed in front of everyone.

"I just said that Java is rich in copper, tin, gold and silver, and my Ming Dynasty lacks these things. Don't just focus on the amount of copper coins.

I have changed the currency of circulation from copper to paper, but our cannons are still short of copper.Therefore, in order to build more cannons, not only gold and silver from Java, but also copper is needed.

In addition, there are spices. You all know that the new dishes are delicious, but the people of Ming Dynasty will also eat delicious dishes in the future, and these need spices.

so………"

In fact, the fundamental reason for this is that the Dutch's preparations for war have been completed.According to the information sent back from Nanyang, the Dutch gathered fifty warships and nearly two hundred armed merchant ships to "teach" Ming Dynasty.

The monsoon is coming, and the war is imminent.

According to another source, Wa also closed the port of Nagasaki.They have formed a coalition with the Dutch.

As for what kind of tactics to adopt is still unknown.Mostly, it was nothing more than the Dutch main attack, and the Japanese followed the Ming army's back; or they formed a combined fleet to gather and annihilate the main force of the Ming Dynasty at sea in one fell swoop.

At this juncture, Zhu Youjian was still advocating the interests of Nanyang, as if Daming had already won the battle and the emperor was about to confiscate the spoils.

Why did Zhu Youjian do this?

That's because Zhu Youjian was afraid that the Ming army would fight without knowing why.

The traditional thinking of the Ming Dynasty does not think that naval warfare is a battle for territory. The people of the Ming Dynasty believe that the land under their feet is considered territory, and the land where there is water cannot grow crops, and it is not considered territory, and they disdain to fight for it.

In the final analysis, Ming's civilization is farming civilization, and its eyes only look at the land under its feet.

Zhu Youjian couldn't explain the ocean civilization's understanding of the sea, he could only paint the beauty of another continent to the people in front of him.

Everything Zhu Youjian explained was tempting these people: the purpose of this battle is to snatch more territories, where there are rich products and ten thousand hectares of fertile land.

"Your Majesty, we all know that there is no king in the world. If you want more territory, just let the leader of the Java Kingdom come over and claim your vassalship. Why do you have to fight this battle?" Gu Yanwu shook him. Big heads, just don't understand.

"That's right, Your Majesty. The cost of these warships is too expensive. We only need to fight against the Dutch in the coastal waters. With the cannons on the coast, we will definitely drive these Westerners away." Zuo Maodi also said the same thing about this matter. It's the opposite of Zhu Youjian's singing.

"Alas..." Zhu Youjian sighed, and sat down on the cold steps to smoke a cigarette with his head sullen. Everyone looked at me and looked at you, but they didn't understand what they said wrong.

This is a matter of ideological understanding, and has nothing to do with any system or philosophy.

Not to mention that the group of smartest people in the room full of Daming didn't understand, even Zhu Youjian himself didn't know much about it.

It is true that he traveled from later generations, but how difficult is it in this era to explain clearly what is the superiority of marine civilization over farming civilization?

"I really want to understand something." Li Yan came to Zhu Youjian's side, and then slowly lit a cigarette.Li Yan usually doesn't smoke, but this time is unprecedented.

"You really understand?" Zhu Youjian was dubious.

"You once mentioned that you asked Li Nian to go eastward to wipe out the wild Jurchens as much as possible, and then occupy the coastline in the eastern part of the northeast. You also said that if you lead the fleet to continue eastward, you can reach a new continent called the Andes all the way."

Li Yan drew a simple map of the Americas with his fingers while speaking.

"If you look at the entire sea from the west coast of the New World, it looks like a huge bath tub. This is Nanyang, and south of Nanyang is another continent. Enclosed, it is the inner lake of Daming."

Li Yan's explanation is in place, describing the whole pattern very vividly.Although people in Daming do not understand oceans, they do understand lakes.Around a lake, there can still be a certain relationship.

For example: The Chinese built the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal by using rivers and lakes.

"You're right." Zhu Youjian smiled.

"But this lake is too big, so big that the people in this room will never see hope." Before Zhu Youjian was happy for three seconds, Li Yan turned his face and poured cold water on it.

Li Yan was so right. Although he explained the benefits of fighting for the ocean, this delicacy is equivalent to picking the stars in the sky. Everyone will say that, but they won't really do it.

"However, defeating the Dutch and fighting for Nanyang is the first step of a grand plan. Regardless of whether other things can be successful, defeating the Dutch will also bring huge benefits." Zhu Youjian said.

"Where is it?" Li Yan asked back.

"In..." Zhu Youjian was stunned.

Daming's current interest is trade, and sea trade is the money that Westerners send to their door for nothing.As for the gold and copper that Zhu Youjian said, they would all be brought by foreigners to exchange with Daming.Daming only needs to pay some porcelain made of clay, so why go to war?

This is the reality, these people in the house don't even care about Shi Lang's life or death, anyway, it's not Daming's land.

"Understood." Zhu Youjian stood up, he felt that what he said before was in vain, and no one listened to him.

"I declare now that I will not give away an inch of land in the country. Not now, not in the future, and not in a hundred years." Zhu Youjian went crazy, and he shouted loudly.

Everyone pricked up their ears and listened, their hearts throbbing, the excitement in their hearts was like falling into an ice hole in the twelfth lunar month of winter.

"However, there are tens of thousands of large and small islands in Java State. Every island there is as beautiful as Tao Yuanming's paradise."

With a whoosh, the hearts of everyone who fell into the ice hole were dragged into the air by Zhu Youjian, as if they were immediately bathed in the warm sunshine.

"I have never sealed off the land of the world, but I have reserved such a large peach garden waiting to be given to you." Zhu Youjian made a very exaggerated gesture.

No matter how stupid people can imagine, an island is actually a small kingdom, which is much more enjoyable than being a landlord.

"To defeat the Dutch, the island of Java is up to you to choose. Tell yourself whether you want to fight this battle or not?"

"Yes. Must!" Gu Yanwu was the first to jump out shamelessly and shouted. This kid recently married a concubine and is looking for a place to nest.

Xanadu, an uninhabited island, satisfies the fantasies of all literary youths.

Chapter 593: Long live the ocean-going navy

Simply talking about ideals and dedication will not attract everyone's interest.

When Zhu Youjian threw out the temptation, the whole hall was like a ladle of cold water poured into boiling oil, and it boiled instantly.

Now that the consensus has been reached, all that remains is how to fight this battle.Ming has fought naval battles, but has never fought a sea battle.Even Zheng Chenggong's fight against Zeelandzha was nothing more than a landing operation, and the encounters between sporadic fleets at sea could only be regarded as conflicts at best.