The eunuchs from the Supervisor of Rituals quickly came forward and led Wang Jinghong back to the mansion.Everyone waited for him to bathe and change clothes, and it was no problem to ask him how he was.A group of young eunuchs served him as if they were his own father.

The little eunuchs chattered in pain, "Why is the prince wet?" and so on, Wang Jinghong said, "The emperor is also in the rain, can our family take an umbrella?" The eunuchs stopped talking.

After a while, Hou Xian, one of the young supervisors of the Sili Supervisor, also came here, and explained his purpose of coming here. He wanted Wang Jinghong to be recommended by the emperor and let him be Hou Xian as the deputy envoy.Reviewing the army today, Hou Xian seemed to be there, and his wet|clothes hadn't been changed; but the emperor didn't mention Hou Xian's name on the Hongwu Gate tower.

Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian had a very close relationship, so he immediately agreed without thinking too much.Hou Xian left with satisfaction.

After changing into dry clothes, Wang Jinghong took some things and led a group of eunuchs out of the palace by car.Ordinary eunuchs and eunuchs cannot leave the imperial city at will, but Wang Jinghong is an exception. He has to prepare the fleet to go to sea, etc., so no one will care when he leaves the palace.

A group of people came to Longjiang Port, but Wang Jinghong didn't intend to inspect the dock at all, so he asked someone to drive the carriage to Longjiang Temple.

This Buddhist temple was originally Zheng He's property, but now it is Wang Jinghong's private property.When he arrived at the temple, he completely ignored the nonsense of the presiding monks and other monks, and strode into a Buddhist hall.Wang Jinghong stood in the middle of the Buddhist hall and looked at it for a while, and asked someone to remove the clay Bodhisattva on it and find another place to worship it.

Then several eunuchs carried a statue and placed it on the top of the hall.It was a female statue, it was Mazu Tianfei.

The eunuchs also placed tablets on the case, with "Zhao Xiao's pure and pure Fu Ji Sensing Concubine" written on the left, and "Protecting the country and protecting the people, Miao Ling Zhao Ying Hong Ren Pu Ji Tian Concubine" on the right.Then put the fruit offerings and joss sticks.

The monks who followed in had strange expressions.The host made a mournful face, then put his hands together pretending to be calm and said, "Amitabha."

When Wang Jinghong heard this, he turned his head and glanced at the old monk, and said, "In the western hall, the God of Wealth you place here, is he also a disciple of the Lord Buddha?"

The old monk's expression was even more embarrassing, and he said again, "Amitabha." Of course, he couldn't say clearly that the God of Wealth enshrined was very incensed, and the sesame oil money merit box in that temple contributed the most.

Wang Jinghong ignored him, and led the eunuchs to kneel down on the futon and began to bow down.Wang Jinghong's expression was very pious, and he muttered something while bowing down.

He stayed in Mazu's hall for a long time, and before leaving, he personally wiped the chopping boards around Mazu with a rag.

Wang Jinghong walked out of the Buddhist temple filled with the smell of smoke. When he went out of the mountain gate, he saw the surface of the river.There are many sails on the undulating river.He stood in front of the mountain gate for a long time, staring at the scene on the water, without moving for a long time.

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Chapter 872 Sailing Against the Current

There are dozens of admirals in the Ming Navy, and there is no problem with the candidates, all of whom are experienced generals in the naval fleet.Now there is still a lack of a general in charge of the overall situation to assist the envoy Wang Jinghong in making tactical decisions, and this kind of person is even more needed during landing operations.

The usual appointment of generals is often recommended by the highly respected ministers in the court and China, and then let the emperor decide.

However, sometimes Zhu Gaoxu would not allow others to recommend, but directly select candidates by himself, and this time it was the same.

When the Yumen hearing in the morning was about to end, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly called "Chen Xuan" by name.For a while, it seemed that most people immediately guessed what was going on.The most important event of Gein's court recently is to deploy the navy to the south; and Chen Xuan has served as admiral of the navy many times.

Chen Xuan was also a veteran of the five dynasties, but he walked out from behind the line of ministers.

There was an uproar in the imperial gate, many veteran ministers were discussing and looking at Chen Xuan, they were also very unfriendly.

Chen Xuan first served as the commander of the Chaohu Navy in the Jianwen Dynasty, surrendered without a fight on the surface of the river, and surrendered to the Jingnan Army.It is conceivable that this person's reputation is poor, and even Hu Guang, a civil servant, dare not compete with him.

Those officials who were officials under the various emperors of the Ming Dynasty, no matter where they were in the past, are now the courtiers of the Wude Dynasty.However, at some point, their nerves were provoked, and they still couldn't forget the past.

Zhu Gaoxu sat on the throne, called Chen Xuanping, and asked in public, "General Chen has experienced many water battles. What do you think is the secret of water battles?"

Chen Xuan was asked suddenly, probably a little unprepared.He was stunned for a while, then clasped his fists and said, "Return to the Holy Majesty to inquire, and I think that the number is beating the few, relying on the strong to bully the weak. Whether it is water or sea, more boats are better than fewer boats, big boats bully small boats, big guns beat small guns. "

The surroundings were noisy and chaotic again, everyone was very disappointed with Chen Xuan's remarks, and some people were even very angry.

Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, could no longer take into account his status, so he stood up and asked Chen Xuan personally, "If the enemy is strong, do you mean you should surrender?"

Immediately, the scene inside the imperial gate got a little out of control, the noise became louder, and some people had sneering expressions on their faces.

Chen Xuan looked embarrassed, and said, "Your official is an official of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to surrender to the enemy."

Jian Yi asked again, "What if the enemy is strong and we are weak?"

Chen Xuan looked at Jian Yi with a frown, and asked back, "Why did you fight when you knew you were going to lose?"

Unexpectedly, when the superior Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he looked at Chen Xuan with an encouraging look, and nodded his head twice.

Jian Yi obviously guessed that Zhu Gaoxu wanted Chen Xuan to be the commander-in-chief of the navy.

Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said, "My lord, please think twice. I am afraid that General Chen is not very talented in the world. This southern expedition is of great importance, although it cannot be called a national war; but the navy is going south. If there is any mistake, It took a lot of money for the imperial court to build sea-going ships, which damaged experienced civil and military men who were proficient in navigation, and it would not take a day to restore their vitality. If the imperial court had no navy, Japan's silver mines might not be safe. "

Zhu Gaoxu responded, "Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. When I was in Guangxi, I suffered from Chen Xuan on the water. Chen Xuan still has talent and experience."

"My lord..." Jian Yi said again.

But Zhu Gaoxu directly interrupted him, and asked Chen Xuan, "If I let you be the admiral of the navy, would you be willing?"

Chen Xuan, who buried his head, seemed to be in deep thought just now. At this moment, he froze for a moment, cupped his fists and said, "I am willing to do the work of dogs and horses."

"Very good." After Zhu Gaoxu said two words, he patted his palm on the case lightly, making a crisp sound of "pop".He himself sounded like the sound of hammers during an auction, very rhythmic.

The ministers were still a little confused, because Zhu Gaoxu made decisions too quickly, sometimes as if he didn't pay much attention to it, and it was like a child's play.

Chen Xuan clasped his fists and said, "The Holy Majesty has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, and I should do my best. I request that Zhu Zhen be the deputy general."

Now it was Zhu Gaoxu's turn to be a little confused, he was also a person who personally led troops all the year round, but he couldn't remember who Zhu Zhen was.He looked back to the left and right, at this moment the eunuch Wang Gui bowed his head and whispered in his ear, "Shandong people used to be in charge of water transportation, and the servants have never heard of this man's excellence."

"Oh!" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly realized what was going on, but he immediately understood what was going on.

Fortunately, after Zhu Gaoxu came to the throne, he did his homework very seriously, and read many old documents since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the north-south transportation policy continued the national policy of the Yuan Dynasty, which was sea transportation.

However, from Jianwen, Hongxi to Yongle years, water transport gradually began to rise, and at the same time as sea transport, river water transport such as the Grand Canal was developed.As a result, many personnel related to water transportation were expanded in an orderly manner.During the Yongle period, when selecting naval personnel for voyages to the Western Seas, they directly transferred people from various water transport offices; perhaps the court officials believed that water transport and sea transport were all related to water, but it was almost the same anyway.

Therefore, in the navy, judging from their origin, a large group of people are old people from the water transport side.Chen Xuan's choice of Zhu Zhen as his lieutenant general was most likely due to his connections in the navy.

"General Chen is very good at choosing people." Zhu Gaoxu said something, then patted again and nodded in agreement.He then stood up and ended the imperial gate hearing.

All the officials had no choice but to bow down and say in unison, "Your Majesty will live forever, and I will send you off respectfully."

After leaving Fengtianmen, Zhu Gaoxu went to Rouyi Hall to work as usual.He soon issued an order to summon Wang Jinghong, Chen Xuan, Liu Ming and other people to have an audience.

After a group of civil and military eunuchs arrived, Zhu Gaoxu told them to sit down around his big table.

Spread out on the table is a huge chart.

When Zheng He, Wang Jinghong and others went to the Western Ocean, the civilian officials accompanying the army drew charts and left many written records; after that, Zhu Gaoxu personally made some revisions.There was no reason to speak of his modification, he just wanted to change the picture to conform to the approximate shape in his memory.

After all the people summoned arrived one after another, Zhu Gaoxu began to speak, "Jian Yi's words today are not pleasant, but they are not unreasonable. The survival of the navy is very important, and rebuilding is very difficult. So everyone must be cautious and cautious, and do not make any mistakes."

Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, saying that they would not dare to live up to the important task of the Holy Majesty.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu said again, "But don't be timid. I hope that this all-out attack will make progress. The situation in the South China Sea is related to the success or failure of the New Deal; sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.

The northern sea is already under the control of the imperial court, but the resources and markets of North Korea and Japan are limited.Compared with the size of Ming Dynasty, even if we rob |

Can't support enough interests|interests.

Therefore, to expand the sea trade market, we must make progress in the south.As long as they occupy the key points in the south, not only will there be more states and regions in the south, but they will also be able to trade with distant places in the Western Ocean. The prospects are limitless. "

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