Daming Junior Scholar

Soon, the two met Zhengde in the imperial study room. Although it was only two months since He Jiaan was sent away, when they met again, Zhengde was quite friendly and asked curiously about He Jiaan's experience along the way. He Jiaan chose some I told him the important things, and then handed over the letter of asking for rebellion, which was full of fingerprints, and said with a worried face: "Your Majesty, this letter of asking for rebellion was accidentally obtained by the lower officials when they were hiding. Seeing that the matter was serious, I planned to hand it over to the nearby guard first, but unexpectedly, I happened to meet General Su. Together, we took advantage of the opportunity to trap the thieves in the cottage, and simply bombarded Jintang Village with artillery. The aftermath of their rebellion."

"Okay, good fight." After hearing He Jiaan's actions, Zhengde suddenly had a reason to vent his pent-up anger recently. He looked at the so-called disobedience list article, but the chill in the corner of his eyes was getting worse. The thicker it is, it seems to be talking to itself: "Is it because I have eaten too much vegetarian food recently, and people in the world don't take me seriously?"

Obviously there was something in the words, but the two of them didn't know what happened, but this fake announcement was successfully fooled. Just when the two were about to say goodbye, a person suddenly walked in outside the door. When he came to the front, he said: "Long live the report, Mr. Cao, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, has arrived."

"Let him in." Zhengde resumed his majestic appearance, and ordered lightly.

Cao Yuan is here?

What is he doing now?And looking at the bad expression on Zhengde's face, I'm afraid it's nothing good.

He Jiaan thought of this, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, since there is an urgent military matter, I and General Su will retire."

Zhengde glanced at the two of them, and said lightly: "No hurry, you two stay and listen first."

Now that the emperor has opened his mouth to keep people, this time it will be difficult for the two of them to leave. After waiting for a while, Master Cao came in from the outside. After seeing Zhengde, before Cao Yuan could speak, Zhengde suddenly slapped the table hard , glared at Cao Yuan and said angrily: "Lord Cao, please explain to me why the Japanese pirates are so rampant? Where are the millions of lions I planted in the south of the Yangtze River? How could even hundreds of Japanese pirates be unable to stop them?"

Cao Yuan, who just came in, must have known about this. After being yelled at by Zhengde, his legs immediately softened a lot. The warships appeared without anyone noticing, and this time the officers and soldiers did not expect them to suddenly appear under the city of Nanjing, but thanks to the solidarity of the officers and soldiers defending the city, the Japanese pirates were repelled and the city of Nanjing was kept safe."

This……

Didn't I hear it wrong?

Hundreds of pirates?Actually went down to Nanjing city?

Where is Nanjing?That was the birthplace of the Ming Dynasty. I think the Taizu must have been there in the past. Even now Nanjing has another team in operation, and there are not many royal relatives and nobles in the city. It can be said that the status in Daming is not much worse than that of the capital.

But even though the security was so tight, the Japanese pirates sneaked in. According to Mr. Cao, it seemed that the Japanese pirates were finally beaten away, but it was beyond my own guess.

Zhengde is not a fool, so he naturally refuses to believe Cao Yuan's one-sided words. Besides, I didn't come to him today just to scold him. What I want is for him to come up with a plan, how to solve the serious problem of Japanese pirates.

"Lord Cao, I don't want to hear anything else. I just want to ask you one thing. The Japanese pirates have repeatedly plundered my Ming property along the coast. Do you have a way to solve this problem?"

"This..." It's time to come. Cao Yuan's heart tightened. The Japanese pirates' attack on the border has a history of more than 100 years. Thinking about how powerful the soldiers under Taizu were, it was not that the Japanese pirates were not solved. Is it a problem? Now that this problem is thrown to myself, what good solution do I have?

Just when Cao Yuan didn't know what plan to give Zhengde, he suddenly noticed He Jia'an standing aside from the corner of his eye, his eyes lit up, and he pointed at He Jia'an suddenly and said, "Your Majesty, if you are talking about fighting Japanese pirates, Experience, as a minister, I can't compare with Master He, Master He has met Japanese pirates several times over the years, and they all came back with complete victories, so it is better to ask Master He for his opinion on the matter of eradicating Japanese pirates."

This is really a person sitting at home, and the disaster comes from the sky. I just want to ask for credit, but in the end I got involved in such a big trouble. How difficult it is to destroy the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates have been invading from the beginning to the end. It was not until the Japanese kingdom was controlled by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and issued a ban that the Japanese pirates along the coast of Daming were calmed down. Now that I let myself play the role of Grandpa Qi, my own body is still much worse.

Seeing that Zhengde's gaze turned to himself, He Jia'an secretly groaned in his heart, hesitated for a moment and cupped his hands and said, "As Mr. Cao said, my minister has indeed fought several victories against Japanese pirates, but these victories also have prerequisites. , As for how to reduce Japanese pirates... Weichen has an idea."

"What do you think, tell me quickly."

"Destroy the Wa country."

Chapter 1144 Supervising the Navy

Chapter 1144 Supervising the Navy

Destroyed the Wa country?

What is the difference between this trick and a joke?

Not to mention that there are very few warships in the Ming navy today, and the sea affairs are empty. Thinking about the excellent warships of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, who attacked the Japanese country three times and returned without attacking, it is a joke to destroy the Japanese country with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, when he heard He Jiaan's strategy, Zhengde thought he was talking ironically, his face suddenly sank, and he said displeasedly: "Did He Aiqing win many battles and fight too many battles? It's like a dream. The Japanese country is far away." On the other side of the ocean, it is very difficult to destroy it, you should think of a way to achieve it."

"Your Majesty, since I have come up with this strategy, there is a way to destroy the Wa Kingdom."

"Oh?" Seeing that He Jiaan didn't look like a fake, Zhengde blinked his eyes and asked curiously: "Then He Aiqing is talking about how to destroy the Wa country?"

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that when I was in Guangzhou last year, I seized several warships and artillery of the Fran robot?"

Of course this Zhengde remembered, this was the most elated time for him, he nodded and said, "Of course I remember."

He Jia'an went on to say: "If we use Franji's warships as a model, as long as we build a fleet composed of hundreds of such warships and equip them with Franji's artillery, we will definitely be able to destroy Japan."

At this moment, Zhengde's heart couldn't help but jump up. You must know that the destruction of the Wa Kingdom is something that has not been completed in several dynasties. If it is really realized in your own hands, wouldn't you be able to go down in history like those famous emperors? ?

But Zhengde thought again, this matter is still not so easy to achieve, the Fran cannon is easy to handle, at the current speed, hundreds of cannons can be built a year, but what about this ship?

You must know that the cost of building a battleship is no more than that of building artillery. I am afraid that such a large ship will cost tens of thousands, or 10,000+. I am afraid that such a fleet cannot be built with the financial resources of the whole country.

Thinking about it, I still feel a pity that I wasted the opportunity to be famous in history. No wonder so many emperors failed to take down the Wa Kingdom. After all, there is not enough money.

Zhengde shook his head with a wry smile and said: "He Aiqing's plan is really good, but I also have my own difficulties. The treasury is empty, how can I build a ship without money?"

Regarding the matter of Yin Zi, He Jia'an had already expected that the reason why he boasted that he could destroy the Wa Kingdom was to make things bigger and achieve his own small goal in the end.

He Jia'an could only sigh slightly when he heard Zhengde shaking his head. After hesitating for a while, he said slowly: "If this is the case, then we can only focus on prevention."

Uh?

Hearing that He Jia'an had other ways, this time Zhengde had some expectations. As for the invincible fleet, don't think about it, as long as he can drive away the Japanese pirates along the coast, he is already satisfied.

"He Aiqing, tell me quickly."

He Jiaan said slowly: "The Japanese pirates are highly skilled in martial arts and move extremely quickly. If you want to restrain them, you can't be on the shore, you have to destroy them at sea. However, there are few warships capable of fighting in the coastal waters, so on the one hand, we need to build Warships that can move quickly, on the other hand, strengthen the construction of coastal forts, so that Japanese pirates can only stay in the sea and cannot go ashore."

It sounds like this plan is easier to implement. It's just a small fleet, and it shouldn't cost much money.

Thinking of this, Zhengde nodded slowly, turned his eyes to Cao Yuan, and asked softly: "Cao Aiqing, what do you think of He Aiqing's strategy?"

Cao Yuan watched from the sidelines for a long time, and he had already seen Zhengde nodding his head too much, how could he say no, nodded and said: "Your Excellency is worthy of being a general who is good at fighting, and he can come up with such a clever plan." , according to the official, this plan is very good, but..."

Hearing the front, Zhengde was quite happy in his heart, but when Cao Yuan said no, the expression on his face immediately became much more serious, and he said with a little dissatisfaction: "But what?"

Cao Yuan was also unwilling to disobey Zhengde's intentions, but he had to say some things before his head. He quickly explained: "Has your majesty forgotten? The rules set by the great ancestor back then were not to allow the people to have a piece of wood Sea, now it is necessary to build a large warship, will it..."

Hearing Cao Yuan's reminder, Zhengde also reacted, hesitated and said: "At this moment, at that moment, the Taizu had his own considerations, but now it is different. If there are no these warships, our Daming Sea Frontier will be destroyed. Don't be peaceful, if you want to come to Taizu Quan to know, you won't blame us, He Aiqing."

"The minister is here." He Jiaan replied with cupped hands.

"Since this plan was decided by you, you will be the one to implement it. You will be given three days to prepare a feasible document. Three days later, the morning court will be held and the civil and military officials will discuss it together."

In fact, this matter has been settled in this way. With the approval of Zhengde, how could the rest of the ministers object? The navy and the casting of the fort are not things that can be done in a short while, and I am really busy.

After receiving Zhengde's order, He Jia'an and Su Can left the Imperial Study Room. After leaving the Leopard Room, Su Can beside him began to complain: "Jia'an, you think too easily about building a navy."

"Oh? Why is that?" He Jiaan asked puzzled.

"Why else, of course it's money. Which of the men of the Ministry of War is easy to mess with? Most of the money allocated by the Ministry of War in the past few years has been distributed to the guards under their command, and those guards with no one in the Ministry of War You can’t even get enough money to live on. Now if you want to build a battleship, you have to take a part of their money. Do you think they will be willing? When there is no money, no amount of ideas can be realized. .”

"It turned out to be like this." It sounds like money was the cause of the trouble, but He Jiaan also has his own solution. Since you don't want to give money, but also want battleships, then you have to promise me some conditions.

Su Can sent He Jia'an to He's house before walking away, but he opened the door and saw that his master had come back, his face was stunned, and he asked curiously as he greeted him: "Master, didn't you go to Paju to take up the post?" Why did you come back so soon?"

"Don't mention it, I was caught and brought back halfway, by the way, where is Madam?"