I'm really not the carpenter emperor

There is nothing to say about this. Although the Denglai Navy defeated the Netherlands, Zhu Youxiao read the battle report carefully later. There are many accidental factors, not the crushing of strength.

For example, the Luo Fu fleet from South India, if the captain Luo Fu hadn't misconducted the command, this battle really might not be able to win.

For another example, Luo Fu should actually have made a mistake in judgment.

The reason why he sailed into the Penghu Waterway was firstly because he did not want to obey the command of Admiral Holland, and secondly because he had judged that the Galen warship could sail in the shallow sea of ​​the Penghu Waterway.

I have to say that Luo Fu still has two brushes.

He can quickly judge whether the Galen warship can pass through the waterway based on his sailing experience, and he has avoided a large number of hidden reefs.

But this Luo Fu is also an idiot, because he didn't think about whether the deceleration would drag down his fleet once Zhang Pan pursued him.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Dutch, the Daming Navy did not dare to chase after it.

The opponent's advanced technology and concepts need to be learned.

One of the reasons why the Dutch Federal Fleet was able to rapidly grow into the "Carriageman Empire" with the most hegemony at sea in this century is because of his Admiralty.

The Ministry of the Navy can become the Ministry of the Navy, which is a great improvement and innovation for the entire Ming Dynasty Navy.

However, there can only be one navy department, and the classification must be very strict, so as to avoid the situation where the Dutch commander does not command the captain of the unit in this war.

Take the essence and discard the dross, that's what Zhu Youxiao did.

Victory cannot be won in vain, and the people can cheer and erupt, but as the emperor himself, he needs to keep a clear head after this victory, make a post-war summary, and then make great strides forward!

Chapter 675 Apology for meritorious deeds?

The proposal of the Navy Department was approved by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, or in other words, it was acquiesced by everyone.

Seeing this situation, a smile gradually appeared on Zhu Youxiao's face, and he said with a smile: "The navy department is the same as the six major departments, and it is the seventh department of the Ming Dynasty."

"The specific candidates will be recommended by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and the local government. The cabinet will draw up a book and present it to me."

Hearing this, the courtiers were all relieved.

What the emperor meant was actually a concession. After all, it is not impossible for the old man to draw up the candidate for the navy department himself.

The reason why they recommend it is to give them soup.

The status of the dignified six ministers in the imperial court has little to do with their official positions. How much power they really have and how much respect they receive still have to do with the forces behind them.

The navy department selects people according to this plan, regardless of whether the first batch selected have real abilities or not, at least they can hold the field.

All parties and factions in the imperial court have people in the Navy Department, so they can all benefit from this new seventh part, so naturally there is nothing to say.

As a result, everyone shouted again:

"Your Majesty, Holy Spirit—!"

After talking about the affairs of the Navy Department, it's time for everyone to hear and see.

Wang Qia did not return to the line, stood where he was, and continued to report:

"This time in the Penghu naval battle, our army captured a total of 22 red-haired warships, 340 and six Hongyi people, including 32 official soldiers, 170 four sailors, and 140 sailors."

"I bought all the equipment used to make paper shells from the Franji machine and took them back in the chicken coop. In addition, I seized the Franji machine, 86 Hongyi combat sails, more than [-] muskets, and nearly a thousand ship-borne guns of various types. Armored weapons are useless."

"As for herring, corn, beeswax, amber, flax, woolen goods, wine, cheese, limes, etc., there are so many kinds and quantities that it is difficult to estimate at the moment."

It has been three days, and the captured weapons and goods have not been fully calculated. It is conceivable how rich the seizures are this time.

In fact, that's right, it's not just the Queen's Fleet and the Rover Fleet that were seized this time.

A few months before the Queen's fleet came to the southeast waters, it fought a battle with the Armada in the Spice Islands. It won a big victory and captured a lot of Spanish goods and equipment.

In addition, due to the nature of galleons that can be used for both military and commercial purposes, the Dutch generally use them to carry goods.

A large number of goods seized this time came from all over the world.

The Queen's fleet engaged in trade activities from the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Denmark to the German princes of the Holy Roman Empire, to the Netherlands and the Principality of Ross, the Principality of Poland and Lithuania, and even the Kingdom of England.

Originally, these goods would bring a lot of income to the Dutch East India Company, but now they fell into Daming's hands.

There are many goods that Ming has never seen before. Among them, a whole shipment of limes is a good medicine for treating scurvy in the West.

In the age of great voyages, what Western sailors were most afraid of when sailing at sea was not huge waves and storms, but scurvy.

Once you get this disease, the gums will swell first, and then the joint muscles will gradually become unbearable pain over a period of time.

Without timely and proper medical treatment, sailors will die on board.

The appearance of limes is undoubtedly a boon for western sailors, and now it is a must-have item for the ocean-going fleets of these countries.

Limes can only be collected in the Americas at present, and transportation is relatively difficult, so the price is relatively high.

The Queen's fleet was planning to transport a large amount of limes from the Americas to the Dutch colonies in the East to supplement the sailors' vitamin sources.

Therefore, fighting and plundering is always one of the best ways to get rich.

Especially in this kind of war that determines the hegemony of a certain sea area, in addition to a large amount of captured income, there will be more follow-up war dividends.

If the estimate is correct, the Dutch East India Company is now in a hurry, and once the Dutch Federal Provincial Assembly gets the news, it will immediately send people to sign a peace agreement.

If a peace agreement is not signed, Dutch ships will never be able to sail into the southeast sea.

The southeast sea area is not just Daming, the southeast sea area includes a large area of ​​islands such as Luzon, southern India, and Japan.

These places have always been prosperous places for trade routes.

Without trade in these places, it would be a serious blow to the development of the East India Company, and the success or failure of the East India Company was more related to the colonial situation of the Netherlands in the entire East.

No one is willing to give up such a large treasury. Since the defeat in the war, the humiliating summation is justified, and there is nothing shameful about it.

Zhu Youxiao threw the imagination in his mind out of his head, and said to the side:

"Send all the 22 red-haired warships captured to Penglai Water City and hand over three ships to the Armament Department. No matter whether they are dismantled or not, as long as I can come up with a new technology for refitting the Fuchuan, I will give you a big reward. "

"The sails on the red-haired warships, why their ship-mounted guns are so accurate, I need to know the reason. If the red barbarians can do it, so can Da Ming."

It is difficult to research, but it is very simple to imitate, especially when there are enough complete Galen warships.

Zhu Youxiao does not intend to continue to use the Western Galen warships as the main warships. The Ming Navy must have its own warships.

But their technology must be there.

Saying that, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly and said:

"It's just a pity that the Queen was not captured and Holland was brought back to me."

Wang Qia smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, after this battle, Hongyi must know the power of my navy and dare not attack."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him, shook his head and said:

"What I want is not that they don't dare to commit crimes. I want to fight them out, to Luzon, to India and Japan, and to spread the prestige of Ming Dynasty overseas."

"The Armament Division has a heavy burden. The Daming Navy will have everything on the red-haired warship!"

Wang Qia nodded. At this moment, Zhu Youxiao suddenly thought of something, and continued:

"Let Zhang Pan, Shen Yourong, Yu Zizao, and Yuan Keli all give me a memorandum!"

After the great victory, the main generals of each army went up to ask for credit. This should have been done, and there is nothing to say, but Zhu Youxiao's next words surprised everyone.

"In this memorial, I don't want to see them talk about their military exploits. I want them to tell me what the Ming's navy was deficient in this war, and where their mistakes were."

"And the red-haired warship, what's so good about it?"

"Tell them, the more faults you find in the book, the happier I will be, and the bigger the reward will be!"

When the words fell to the ground, the courtiers below couldn't believe it.

Obviously won the battle, but the emperor asked these meritorious generals to write such a book, which is almost equivalent to "confession". Isn't this difficult for others?

However, Zhu Youxiao's attitude was very firm, and he looked around the steps:

"Why, do you have any objections?"

All the ministers were excited and said one after another: "I have no objection, Your Majesty is wise!"

"It's so good, let's go!"

Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, got up and walked away.

Chapter 676 Battleship Era

Zhu Youxiao closed the memorial and approved the word "Zhun" on Wen Tiren's request for 200 million taels of silver for disaster relief. He closed the memorial and turned his eyes outside the palace.

At dusk on the western mountain, the afterglow gradually disappeared on the top of Xieshan Mountain at Qianqingmen.

Since the court meeting ended, Zhu Youxiao has been busy these days.

The whole afternoon today, apart from letting go, he sat on the imperial case almost all the time, without even a moment's rest.

The memorials for the verification of military exploits need to be read by the imperial court, and the cabinet's request for candidates for the Navy Department needs to be approved. Even the Spanish envoys in Beijing have come.

To win the war, there are many things that need to be dealt with.

Envoys from Uzbek, Qinghai, and northern Serbia, as well as envoys from Britain, Spain, Venice, etc., have all arrived in Beijing in the past few days.

Zhu Youxiao met one by one to express his willingness to develop diplomacy and business with them.

It's just that Zhu Youxiao said a few more words about the Spanish envoys.

Looking at the papers above, as if he had no time to talk to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, the Spanish envoys who stayed in the capital of the Ming Dynasty were sweating coldly.

"If His Majesty the Emperor is too busy, the minister will come back later."

Just when he finished speaking and turned around to leave, a light voice came from behind him:

"You Franji people are not sincere in forming an alliance with me."

It turned out that the Spaniards were very shocked when they heard that Ming had defeated the Queen's Fleet. They were afraid that other countries would take the lead and rush to ask for an alliance.

Originally, Ming and Spain were the first to develop diplomatic relations, and they signed a further military mutual assistance agreement not long ago. This time, the military alliance is also a matter of course.

But in this battle of Ming Dynasty, Spain also benefited from lying down.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fought bloody battles and defeated the Dutch invaders, and the Spaniards didn't pay a single bit to get the benefits, so forget it.

Now they also demand to sign a military alliance, which Zhu Youxiao is not happy about.

For the military alliance, Daming can certainly get assistance from Spain in terms of military technology, but Zhu Youxiao doesn't really care much about their assistance now.

Since defeating the Dutch, basically every country has begun to have diplomatic relations with Daming.

In other words, Zhu Youxiao can have some ambiguity with other countries, and the other country is definitely willing to cooperate with a country that can defeat the "carriage driver".

However, Zhu Youxiao is still giving Philip IV a chance.

After all, when Daming was "ignoring the dog", only Philip IV was willing to sign a trade agreement with Daming.

No matter what the reason was, or it was just Philip IV's unintentional move, Zhu Youxiao would also leave him a place.

Next, it depends on the sincerity of Spain.

The Spanish envoy paused, then slowly turned around, "What does His Majesty the Emperor mean?"

Zhu Youxiao laughed, and continued to read the memorabilia in his hand, saying:

"The luxury of your Franji royal family is famous all over the world. Most of the gold mined in America is wasted by your royal family and nobles. If half of it is used to develop the navy, will it be like this?"

Zhu Youxiao raised his head and glanced slightly, then continued:

"The Battle of Penghu was a victory won by our officers and men of the Great Ming Navy. What does it have to do with you Spaniards?"

"Since you have already taken the benefits, why do you want to sign a military alliance again? Do you think I don't know what you are planning?"

These words left the Spanish envoy speechless.

Indeed, they came this time with their own calculations. The victory in the Battle of Penghu gave Spain the dawn of regaining its global hegemony.

Before Ming defeated the Netherlands, signing a military alliance didn't have much effect.

But now, signing a military alliance with Ming will deter other Protestant countries. At least the Dutch ocean-going fleet in the Far East will no longer plunder trade routes as unscrupulously as before.

This has greatly reduced the burden on Spain's finances.

The Spanish envoys did not expect that Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Eastern Empire, was so young that he knew the situation in their homeland well.

It's like, he knows everything...

"If you are still sincere, then please go back and tell your emperor that there is no need for Ming and Spain to sign a military alliance."