I'm really not the carpenter emperor

After boarding the Galen warship that had been controlled by the Fujian Navy, Yu Zizao began to observe the front and rear components of the warship in detail. He wanted to know the reason why this warship was so powerful.

Compared with the structure of the Cangshan warship of the Fujian Navy, the front tower of the Dutchman Galen warship was transferred to the stern of the bow, and a mast protruded obliquely from the bow, which was fixed to its front with a stay.

A new structure, the bow, was built in the space below the bowsprit at the front of the building to the protruding part where the figurehead stands.

Yu Zizao went in and took a look, then walked out quickly holding his nose. This area was designed to serve as a toilet for the Dutch crew...

In addition to these changes, Garen warships also added a unique stern watchtower.

This is an open platform that surrounds the entire stern, equipped with sea bells that can sound an early warning to the entire ship, and sailors with monoculars standing on it can clearly observe the movements of the surrounding sea area.

After walking around, Yu Zizao was very satisfied with today's harvest.

He could see that the Dutch Galen battleship had extremely high requirements on seaworthiness and firepower, so as to seize a favorable position and exert superior firepower during the battle.

But correspondingly, they gave up the ability to sail in the offshore, and as a result, they were trapped in the offshore during the battle just now, unable to move, and could only be passively beaten.

In the end, the assault boat hooked ropes from all around and had to surrender.

In fact, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, the main sailing ships in the Anglo-Dutch War were the same as the Galen warships in front of us, all of which had low sides, square sails, and high platforms.

Such a Galen warship has extremely high stability in the deep sea, and the sixty cannons equipped on both sides make it extremely powerful.

At that time, the British lined up many such Galen warships in a long line, giving full play to the advantages of firepower on both sides, and used rounds of neat shelling on the sea to completely defeat the invincible galley fleet of the Dutch. .

Later, they used the same method to defeat the Spanish Armada.

The Anglo-Dutch War and the Portuguese-Dutch Cape of Good Hope naval battle marked the rise of a number of emerging powers such as the British Empire on which the sun never sets and the Portuguese colonial empire, as well as the inevitable decline of established powers such as the Netherlands and Spain.

But from today onwards, the history of the world may be going astray.

Chapter 256 We Can't Eat This Lose

Recently, the center of the Ming Empire is fairly peaceful.

Except for the factions fighting openly and secretly every day, nothing happened that was worthy of Zhu Youxiao's headache as an emperor.

As for Liaodong, although Xiong Tingbi and Hong Chengchou can't be of one mind and one mind, they can still do not hinder each other and let them do what they want to do as they please.

In terms of Houjin, Dorgon, who originally led [-] Zhengbaiqi cavalry to level up, was overthrown by Amin and Huangtai Jiyin.

Since then, Nurhachi has never mentioned the matter of letting him lead troops, which naturally achieved the purpose of Amin and Huang Taiji.

But in this, there is a variable, that is, Liu Xingzuo's anyway.

Anyway, Liu Xingzuo's return to the Ming Dynasty really dealt a heavy blow to Nurhachi, and the old disease in his back exploded again, which made him physically and mentally exhausted.

The Han people who trusted him so deeply even married his daughter to him, but this still failed to earn Liu Xingzuo's loyalty. It turns out that he has been pretending for so many years.

Nurhachi was completely disappointed with all the Han people. During this period of time, there was a sense of panic in the Houjin country. Even people like Fan Wencheng did not dare to show their faces easily.

If something happens at this time, it is tantamount to getting burned.

Nurhachi continued to implement the policy of enslavement and brutality against the Han people. He regarded all Han people as slaves of the Bannermen, who came and went when they were called, and killed as much as they wanted, with no human rights at all.

But even so, the wailing and blood of the Han people still failed to make up for the emptiness and pain that Liu Xingzuo's betrayal brought to Nurhachi.

The flourishing of Ming Dynasty, and the illusion that Houjin seems to be working together, all these make the old slave chief who has entered his twilight years have to start to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

After Liu Xingzuo's incident, Nurhachi no longer sent troops to invade Liaoshen at will, but instead stabilized the interior and paved the way for the training of successors.

In Xiong Tingbi's view, this is naturally an excellent opportunity to recover.

After some scheduling, Xiong Tingbi, who was sure that Houjin would not attack in a short time, rushed to Shenyang with Xue Laiyin and other generals, and began to plan to stabilize the entire Liaoshen defense line.

He wants to prove to Emperor Tianqi with practical actions that choosing himself is correct, sticking to Liaoshen is far more effective than retreating to Ningjin!

Xinuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao leaned back on the chair. He had just processed a batch of memorials. He was a little sleepy. He yawned and decided to squint for a while before talking.

Just as he closed his eyes, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall. Zhu Youxiao frowned, but there was no movement.

Wang Chaofu stopped the little eunuch who came to report the letter, and said: "What's the matter, the emperor just lay down, there is nothing important, I will send it later."

"Grandpa, it's a happy event, a great one." The little eunuch beamed with joy, and said:

"The imperial court defeated the Hongmao Fan's fleet in Penghu and Zhangzhou Port, and now the captured Hongmao Fanzi are being escorted to the capital."

"Give me—"

Without hesitation, Wang Chaofu snatched the good news from the young eunuch, signaled him to go back, and then tiptoed into Qianqing Palace by himself, saying:

"grandfather……"

"what's up."

Zhu Youxiao held the blue cat in his arms. This beast was also very spiritual, neither obsequious nor arrogant, and could always comfort people just right.

Compared with other animals, Zhu Youxiao actually liked keeping cats since his later life.

It's just that in this life, he, the emperor, doesn't need to do the work of serving the cat owner, there are servants in the cat room to take care of it.

If an imperial cat died, they would all be punished.

"The bloody battle in Zhanggang, the bloody battle of the entire Fujian navy, wiped out and captured the entire fleet of Hong Maofan."

"Since the incident in Penghu, our navy has often suffered heavy losses, and no one has taken the lead. In this battle alone, with the power of a provincial navy, we wiped out and captured the enemy. The prestige of our Ming navy is still impressive... "

"Okay, stop reading."

This kind of Yelang's arrogant exaggeration made Zhu Youxiao feel a little annoyed. After knowing the result, he could make a good guess. He really didn't want to continue to listen to them bragging.

"Show it to me."

After receiving the hand, Zhu Youxiao's eyes that were a little divergent due to sleepiness gradually became congealed. The matter was similar to what he guessed, killing one thousand enemies and three thousand self-defeating.

The Fujian navy has mobilized [-] warships of various types, and nearly [-] sailors and soldiers. What does the Dutch fleet have?

Nine ships, more than 800 sailors who are both war fighters and merchants, and more than 100 regular soldiers, that's all. The gap between the number of the two sides and the fleet is obvious.

But what was the result?

Sunk five enemy ships, captured four ships, killed more than [-] enemies, and captured more than [-] ships. Nearly [-] ships of all kinds were directly sunk and destroyed.

This is not counting those who were damaged to various degrees, and more than 1000 navy officers and soldiers died because of this, these are all fresh human lives!

Zhu Youxiao's slightly sharp eyes finally softened a little when he saw the words "capture the enemy's giant ship". This giant ship should preferably be the earliest Galen battleship.

Otherwise, the damage in this battle would not be called a victory at all!

Putting aside the great victory in Zhang-Hong Kong, which was said to be ahead of Wang Chaofu, Zhu Youxiao picked up another document marked with the great victory in the Penghu naval battle, and looked at it.

This is Zheng Yiguan's report to the imperial court, describing how he managed well in this sea battle, wiped out the Dutch Second Fleet head-on, and killed the opponent's commander Bush.

Zhu Youxiao took a quick glance, knew the general meaning, and let it go.

This Zheng Zhilong is still young and vigorous. Not surprisingly, this document should be written by himself. The whole article is exaggerated by himself bragging about his military achievements and asking for rewards.

He only said one thing about the real thing, wipe out the enemy fleet and kill its commander Bush.

The word "total annihilation" is an understatement.

Zhu Youxiao sneered, the capture of eight complete three-masted galleys is considered annihilation?

According to the agreement, the Zheng family's fleet would hand over a complete Dutch warship to the imperial court for the Ordnance Department to study technology. What Zheng Yiguan meant was to hand over a galley warship to settle the matter.

But about the whole situation, Zhu Youxiao had already learned from the factory guard and the Jiaoshifu that the Fujian navy of the imperial court had suffered the greatest losses in the battle.

The most difficult thing to deal with was Lawn's First Fleet, which was dragged to Zhangzhou Port by Yu Zizao. The Zheng family just ambushed in the Penghu waters and caught the Second Fleet by surprise.

And relying on the double-decker warships purchased from the Portuguese, the Zheng family's fleet had almost zero casualties this time, and obtained the ship equipment of the entire Dutch fleet.

They are the ones who won the big victory. For the imperial court, it can only be regarded as a miserable victory at best!

Zhu Youxiao can also understand the meaning of Yu Zizao's success report this time. After all, the court ignored this kind of thing, and the Zheng family has fulfilled all the requirements of the court.

It doesn't make sense to forcefully demand their results.

But this dumb loss, can I eat it as an emperor? Can the thousands of navy officers and soldiers who died in battle rest in peace on the road to Huangquan?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao touched the cat on his lap, and said lightly:

"Ask the minister of the military computer room to wait for me in Xinuange, Wang Chaofu, you go to everyone's house and inform them in place."

Chapter 257 I Dream About Jiangnan

In the east of Danchi, the ministers in charge of the banquet in the west prepared the wine, gold and fruit boxes, and prepared the etiquette properly.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao changed into the emperor's uniform and sat in the main hall of Qianqing Palace. He watched the servants busy after a meal, and then quietly waited for the four ministers from the military computer room to enter the palace and prostrate themselves.

After saluting, Zhu Youxiao said lightly:

"Stay flat and sit down."

As soon as the words fell, several eunuchs who were in charge of ceremonies immediately trotted all the way, and put four chairs behind each of the four military ministers.

The last chair was placed at the very end.

This was actually a negligence of the supervisor of ceremonies. They only heard that the emperor urgently ordered the ministers of military discipline to enter the palace to discuss matters, but they did not expect that there was one person. Tianqi had hardly been in the capital for two years, so they prepared an extra chair.

The little eunuch didn't suddenly remember that the Grand Scholar Wang was sent by the emperor to the Zhili area in the second year of Jin Tianqi to be responsible for the promotion of sweet potatoes and potatoes in various Huangzhuang.

Due to a moment of panic, he had to put the chair at the end and backed out embarrassingly.

After he came out, he could not avoid being scolded by Wang Chaofu. Of course, if it was true, it was due to the negligence of the supervisor of ceremonies, and the little eunuch was just obeying orders.

But the big eunuch is in a high position and has his own majesty to control him. How can he admit his mistakes in public and make a fool of himself, so this blame can only be carried by the little eunuch who gave the chair.

For Zhu Youxiao, these details are not what the emperor should pay attention to.

"Four lovers, do you know why I called you here this time?" Zhu Youxiao took the blue cat sent by the little Gong'e in the cat room, put it on his lap, and asked while stroking the cat.

This cat is also spiritual, as if it knows that its master has a prominent position, it just lies quietly, and occasionally makes a very enjoyable sound like "purr".

The four looked at each other with low eyebrows, and then one person walked out. Zhu Youxiao saw that it was Cui Chengxiu, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Just listen to him:

"Returning to Your Majesty, I guess it's because of the victory in the Penghu naval battle."

Zhu Youxiao didn't raise his head, but lowered his head, as if he was asking casually, paying attention to the pet cat, and urged lightly:

"go on."

Cui Chengxiu was a little more courageous, bit the bullet and said:

"Your Majesty, although I guessed why His Majesty ordered me to come here, but I saw that there seemed to be displeasure between His Majesty's brows, but I don't know what His Majesty is thinking."

"Victory in Penghu is a happy event, Your Majesty..."

When Cui Chengxiu said this, he paused. At this moment, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, and threw out the memorandum, scaring the blue cat into a fright, and jumped off his lap.

I saw it deftly avoiding the memorials on the ground, and went to play with the little palace lady.

Cui Chengxiu is not only a scholar of the cabinet and a minister of the military computer room, but also the Minister of the Ministry of War of the imperial court. He has long known about the damage to Penghu, but he has never dared to mention it.

Anyway, according to the usual practice, it was the imperial court that won the battle, and there was nothing wrong with blowing it up.

Anyway, the emperor has factory guards, so even if the Ministry of War does not report the real battle damage, he will know sooner or later.

"Look, this is the great victory you reported—!"

Cui Chengxiu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, carefully picked up the memorial, and pretended to read it for a while, his expression gradually changed from calm to exaggerated fright and anger.

"Puff" sound.

Cui Chengxiu knelt on the ground and said in panic:

"Your Majesty forgives the crime, the Minister's Ministry of War is negligent, Your Majesty forgives the crime!"

Seeing that he was so sensible, Zhu Youxiao said "Oh?", stared at him and asked:

"What's wrong with Aiqing?"

"The Ministry of Ministers and Military Affairs has never clearly identified the comparison of battle losses. Nearly a thousand officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy died in battle. They should be compensated!" Cui Chengxiu said hastily, sweating profusely.

"anything else?"

"Also..." Cui Chengxiu was a little flustered by Emperor Tianqi's continuous questioning, she glanced around, saw that the emperor was slightly strange, and said:

"I ask you to dismiss me, and give up the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, so that those who can provide it will live there!"

"Aiqing is serious." Zhu Youxiao stood up from the seat, walked to the edge of the window, and said with his hands behind his back: