My Daming New Empire

Today's Yingzhou is the Taiwan of later generations. It is still ruled by the aborigines. Miasma is rampant, and most of the area is not suitable for human habitation.

It is also for this reason that he was able to obtain a thousand hectares of land, far exceeding the hundreds of acres of tax-free land of the inland earl.

Even so, Zhu Zhen was so excited that he tried his best not to shed tears.

From now on, his family's destiny will be completely changed from being a white man to being granted the title of uncle directly.

As for the Second Fleet led by Yi Xin, because it was on the western front with the First Fleet led by Zhu Zhanji, although more people were killed and more people were captured, Zhu Zhanji and Zheng He were considered when awarding the rewards. influence, so it is slightly inferior to Zhu Zhen.

Even so, Yi Xin was granted the title of Zhonglian Bo, which was the island that Zhu Di renamed Tsushima Island to Zhonglian Island, and Yi Xin's Second Fleet established a naval base for the Second Fleet on the island.

The third person to be named uncle was Tang Jing, who led 3000 people to block the Japanese pirates on Jeju Island.

However, Jeju Island Star Lord Gao Yide has not yet completed the handover of sovereignty with Daming, so his fiefdom can only be put on account for the time being, and he will be given [-] hectares of land after negotiating with Gao Yide the conditions of Jeju Island's surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

The last one to win the title was Zhao Yongliang, the commander of Zhu Zhanji's Habayashi Guard.

Although Habayashi has just changed to a firearm, he has trained well and is not chaotic. He has achieved good results in Jeju Island and Tsushima Island that exceeded everyone's expectations.

Therefore, Zhao Yongliang was not only conferred the title of Guangchengbo in his hometown, but also received five hundred acres of land, and directly replaced the elderly He Fu, as the commander of the left and right guards of Habayashi, and was ordered to change the firearms for the entire Habayashi guards.

Today, all the officials of the imperial court have clearly realized the importance of firearms.Especially after today's hydraulic machine tools can directly polish the barrel, the blasting phenomenon of the firecracker has almost disappeared, and the firearm has become more usable.

In the current battle between the two armies, there is no need to fight the enemy, and they can directly defeat the opponent with firearms.Especially this time in Jeju Island, except for a few unlucky Habayashi who smoked their eyes and sprained their ankles, there were no casualties, which left everyone dumbfounded.

Liu Sheng, who came back from Beiping on a special trip, is now stationed in the workshop of the Ministry of Industry. Every day, about [-] gun barrels are produced, and he cuts them off one by one. He wants to refit them all for his Shenji Battalion.

In addition to the four of them, there were many other officers and men enshrined as viscounts and barons.Under Zhu Zhanji's persuasion, Zhu Di not only did not cancel the conferring of viscount and baron, but also planned to create a lifetime knight level as Zhu Zhanji said, so as to add more fresh blood to this thriving empire.

However, the reward for Zheng He, the deputy commander who led the army this time, has not yet been determined.

Although Zhu Zhanji wanted to remove him from the ranks of ministers and directly come to the navy, Zhu Di also agreed, but he was determined not to confer titles on him, and he was not even allowed to hold the title of naval commander.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been a strict boundary between internal and external officials.

Military generals are in charge of war, civil servants are in charge of managing the country, and internal ministers are in charge of a series of management such as coinage, economy, and customs.

Although the ministers are ministers, they also have corresponding ranks, but because they are retainers of the royal family, although their status is high, they cannot develop any power by themselves.

It's not that Zhu Di doesn't believe in Zheng He's ability, he's just worried that setting this precedent will lead to a series of conflicts.

Even if Zheng He's meritorious service is the least this time, he can be granted the title of uncle. Even Zhu Zhanji proposed that he could exchange his title for a position, but Zhu Di did not agree.

If the ministers can break away from the constraints of the royal family, it will have a fundamental impact on the foundation of the entire royal family.

Zheng He can leave his status as a courtier, and the hearts of the nearly [-] courtiers in various parts of the Ming Dynasty are not stable.

Although Zhu Di was willing to let the capable Zheng He go to the navy to help, he was unwilling to let Zheng He change his identity.

Zhu Zhanji also feels that it is a bit risky to carry out such reforms now.

After all, he is a vested interest. If this matter affects his foundation, he must be cautious.

He thought about how the Qing Dynasty did it later. In the Qing Dynasty, the royal family no longer used eunuchs to manage the economy and commerce.

They set up a House of Internal Affairs to manage these matters and serve the royal family.For example, the well-known Weaving Mansion is actually a subordinate institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But in today's Ming Dynasty, all these things are managed by eunuchs.

This kind of system-related reform should be promoted slowly.

Originally agreed to Zheng He, Zhu Zhanji thought he could do it, but now it is such a result, Zhu Zhanji is also a little guilty.

So he still persuaded Zhu Di, in order to commend Zheng He's achievements, allow him to choose a nephew to succeed him, take Zheng as his surname, and pass on the family line.

Although he could not directly take the post of naval commander, Zhu Zhanji also transferred Zheng He as the naval director in the name of the naval commander and the major governor, only under himself, and was on par with the naval commander Liu Jiang.

After some weighing, Zhu Zhanji had to admit that this is the best result now.

If Zheng He really wanted to change his identity all at once, not only would it be difficult for the generals to accept it, but the entire inner prison would also be unstable.

However, this is what he owes to Zheng He. When the time is right, he still has to complete the reform of the entire inner prison.

The Ming Dynasty in the future will never need so many eunuchs.

On December [-], Zhu Zhanji received information from Zhuang Jing from Nagasaki, Japan.The first time they arrived in Japan, they were shelled by the local garrison.

Zhuang Jing originally came here for the sake of standing up. Although they are small in number, their naval guns are stronger than those of Dongpu.

So immediately, Zhuang Jing and the guerrilla Zhong Hao who led the army launched a resolute counterattack.In Nagasaki Port, they sank dozens of Japanese merchant ships.

Then at night, they used the night to carry hundreds of people in small boats, each carrying a jar of kerosene, poured all of them into Nagasaki Port, and then ignited the kerosene.

This fire not only burned hundreds of cargo ships in Nagasaki Port, but also burned down the docks of the port, and even burned a large area of ​​residential houses in the port.

After igniting the fire, they did not stay where they were, but drove the boat straight to Kyoto, where the Muromachi Shogunate is located.

Although their fleet was too small to attack Kyoto, they still had a ship of fuel oil ready to attack Osaka Prefecture in the same way.

Osaka Prefecture is one of the largest ports in Japan at present, and its current economy far surpasses that of Edo, which has not yet developed, which is the future Tokyo.

This is also the gateway to Kyoto, and only if it is attacked here and suffers heavy losses can the whole of Japan be truly panicked.

Regarding the "crazy" of Zhuang Jing and Zhong Hao, Zhu Zhanji is of course happy to see the results. As long as their fleet does not suffer major losses, the more damage they cause to Japan, the better.

However, in the order to Zhuang Jing, Zhu Zhanji certainly couldn't be so straightforward.He asked Zhuang Jing to act cheaply and preserve his own strength.

If the momentum is not right, they will immediately withdraw to Tsushima Island. There is still Zheng He leading an army of [-] troops stationed there. With the sea power of Japan, it is difficult to form a real threat.

However, if they retreated to Tsushima Island, they would of course be subject to Zheng He's restraint. At that time, they could not do whatever they wanted.

Zheng He is considered a pacifist, and would not approve of such a large-scale massacre.

After half a year, when he was waiting to go to sea, let Zheng He continue to go to the West to promote the Ming Dynasty's prestige. This is a job that truly matches his ability.

Zhu Zhanji has never made up his mind whether he will go to the West or not.

Now there are emperors and princes on top of him, so he is relatively free.This may also be his only chance to go to sea.

Really wait for him to ascend the throne, with the current traffic conditions, he can only wander around the country at most, and will never have the opportunity to go to sea again.

Leaving aside the wind and waves going out to sea, this kind of long-distance voyage is mostly along the coastline, so the danger is not great.

But the infectious diseases of this era are really scary.

Whether it is plague, smallpox, or dysentery, this era is a disease that kills people.

The shadow of the Black Death in Europe has not completely dissipated. Twenty-five million people died in Europe, which is almost half of the population in Europe. It is a bit scary to think about it.