I'm really not the carpenter emperor

As Zhu Youxiao said, he considered and said:

"There are five divisions under the jurisdiction of the Rear Army Commander's Mansion, the Former Military Commander's Mansion, the Central Military Governor's Mansion, the Left Army Commander's Mansion, and the Right Army Commander's Mansion, with the same system and divisions. Under the six departments, they are at the same level as the other courts."

"What do you think?"

After finishing speaking, he smiled and looked at the officials under the ranks.

Everyone was discussing for a while, why the emperor suddenly changed the usual name of "Water Army" to "Navy", no one cared.

Let's just say that this kind of result is acceptable to all parties and factions.

As far as civil servants are concerned, the navy ranks under the six ministries. Although they are not directly led by the Ministry of War, they are also divided into five departments in various places to decentralize power, each in charge of their own affairs, and does not threaten the authority of the six ministries.

But for generals and nobles, this is a purely good thing.

The establishment of the Naval Division is a proof of the times and the general trend. Since Zhengde, the management of the national navy has been chaotic. Now the imperial court has added a division for unified management, which is a great progress.

The crowd had nothing to say, so they worshiped one after another:

"Your Majesty is wise, I will obey the order—!"

Finally, Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood when he finally settled the matter properly. He waved his hand to signal the officials to flatten out, and said with a slight smile:

"Since that's the case, let the cabinet draft an order and let the supervisor of ceremonies announce it."

Chief Assistant Wei Zaode and Si Li Supervisor Wei Zhongxian, one of them came out and the other took a step forward, each said: "The old minister obeys the order."

"The servants lead the order."

At this point, the civil and military officials finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They were the ones who kept shouting to go to court in the past, and now they are the ones who don't want to go to court so frequently, but how can everything be as expected?

Now in this dynasty, they can go up if they go up, and they can go up if they don't go up!

Seeing that there was nothing more to discuss, Wei Zhongxian cleared his throat, took another step forward, stood on the edge of the dragon steps, and proclaimed:

"The morning meeting—"

After finishing speaking, before he landed, a soldier of the Yongwei Battalion in iron armor rushed over and knelt down in the spacious Huangji Hall:

"Your Majesty, urgent report from Southern Border!"

"The Governor of Hongyi's old port of Manila, together with the travelers from Japan and the local aborigines, slaughtered the people living in the old port of our dynasty without reason.

The so-called Old Port is the collective name for that part of Indonesia.

Speaking of which, Daming and the Indonesian islands have long been related.

In the Yongle Dynasty, he conquered Mongolia five times in the north, and conquered Annan in the south. While sailing to the west, he also expanded the territory, which can be called Wenzhiwugong!

The Daming Navy during Zhu Di’s time went as far as today’s Indonesian islands, and added the old Hong Kong Xuanwei Division to the current Java Island, and garrisoned it for management.

The present Old Port Kingdom is a product of the shrinking of the Ming territory after Xuande.

Strictly speaking, the Chinese living in Manila are actually coastal people who immigrated, or lived for generations a hundred years ago, or gradually relocated due to the Age of Discovery.

All in all, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty still regarded them as the people of the Ming Dynasty, not the Chinese people who are commonly known in later generations.

Hearing this news, the hall was silent for a while at first, and then there were crowds of denunciations.

"Your Majesty, the Hongyi peace mission has just arrived in the capital, and what happened now shows that they are not sincere in their peace talks!" Gu Zhaoji, Marquis of Zhenyuan, stepped out of the line, raised his head and said:

"Your servant, please lead the navy and recover Manila!"

"The sailors going south this time are following the destiny above and following the hearts of the people! It is necessary to make the countries in the South Seas know the power of my celestial dynasty!"

It is about recovering, not opening up borders, because the Ming Dynasty had already controlled the Indonesian islands as early as the Yongle period more than 200 years ago.

Many people are aware of this point, but what happened later was not good. There was a change of civil engineering, and hundreds of thousands of elites were destroyed.

In that battle, the Huaixi Xungui who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to found the country, and the hero Xungui who followed Zhu Di Jingnan, almost all of the two major groups died in battle.

Then Annan was lost, and the imperial court gradually lost control of the southeast sea area. Even the Xuanwei Division of the Old Port could not occupy it, so it withdrew its troops and returned.

As soon as Gu Zhaoji finished speaking, another person came out, Zhu Youxiao looked, but saw that it was Song Yude, Marquis of Xining, and he also said:

"Your Majesty, I agree with Marquis Zhenyuan's statement!"

"Hongyi despises the prestige of our Great Ming Dynasty so much, and dare to do such a thing after the defeat, the whole world will punish him!"

"I ask for orders to kill the Hongyi mission in Beijing, to thank the spirits of the people who died in the old port!"

The military generals and nobles, when they heard the news, they exploded on the spot, asking for a fight, scolding and scolding.

Zhu Youxiao looked down in relief. People are available, so it's easy to handle.

The faces of the civil servants were also not good-looking, many of them shouted along with the martial arts, but a small number of people were still hesitant.

After all, since Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, there has never been an ocean expedition of this scale.

Civil officials always think about things and worry more than warriors, and Zhu Youxiao's complexion was indeed changed greatly by the news.

But he didn't say anything on the spot, but his complexion turned black, and he got up and left.

As Emperor Tianqi left without saying a word, the condemnation in Huangji Hall became more and more intense, especially the martial arts, without the emperor's suppression, they all jumped out one by one.

"These Hongyi fans, I don't think they want to live anymore!"

"In my opinion, the imperial court must make decisions for the people of Nanyang this time. Otherwise, once the news spreads, how can the people of Ming Dynasty still have a foothold in Nanyang?"

This voice has won the approval of most people.

"Exactly!" Gu Zhaoji snorted coldly and replied:

"Even if they are not in Daming, they are still citizens of Daming. Behind them is the imperial court, and everyone in the imperial court!"

Song Yude also said: "That's right! You are all generals who lead the army, and you have received the emperor's grace, so you should share your majesty's worries!"

At this time, Zhang Weixian, who had been silent all this time, suddenly laughed, and asked coldly: "I only have one sentence here, the people of Daming are being bullied outside, what should I do?"

"Call back! Let them know the consequences of doing this!" Zhenyuan Hou Gu Zhaoji was the first to yell loudly, with such a loud voice that made many civil servants frown slightly.

Song Yude, Hou of Xining, then said: "Fight! You must fight. Don't leave any Hongyi people in Jiugang! Cut off their heads and stack them into a view!"

The generals and nobles below also shouted.

"How many people have been killed by Daming, we will return them back a thousand times, a hundred times!"

"I don't hesitate to kill all the Hongyi people in Nanyang this time, so that these Hongyi people who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth know how to write when they are afraid!"

"Everyone, listen to me!" Seeing Zhang Weixian's attitude, Chen Ce, the governor of the Yongwei Battalion, also stood up and said:

"What the British official said is also what the governor thinks. It is time to send the navy to the south to recover the Xuanweisi of the old port, and let the Southeast Asian countries see that the sun, the moon, the mountains and the rivers are still there!"

"The majesty of the celestial dynasty will never be allowed to be trampled by barbarians!"

Chapter 688 Going to Nanyang

Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.

There was a sound of tables and chairs tumbling and objects falling to the ground.

In the warm pavilion, the little eunuchs and maidservants all knelt down on the ground in horror, trembling, and the three Dutchmen who were in charge of the negotiation were even more at a loss as they stood there.

Zhu Youxiao swept off the memorials stacked on the imperial case with one sleeve, but still felt puzzled, and kicked the imperial case over with one foot.

All of a sudden, the three Dutchmen were really frightened. They didn't care about the face of the Westerners, so they hurriedly imitated the appearance of the palace people around them, kneeling on the ground in a funny way.

"His Majesty, calm down..."

Zhu Youxiao kicked the chair in front of him over again, pointed at the Dutch East India Company peace ambassador Claude in front of him, and said viciously:

"Return the peace, I see, if you don't call directly to your headquarters, don't you know how powerful the Daming Navy is?"

"Tell me, what's going on!"

Looking at Claude who hesitated to speak, Zhu Youxiao was even more angry:

"If you can't explain why, the three of you may not be able to get out of the Xinuang Pavilion today, and everyone in your peace mission will not survive the next day!"

Claude was sent here, so he was naturally proficient in Chinese. Hearing Zhu Youxiao's tone, he also understood that the emperor in front of him was extremely furious.

In the same way, no matter how angry Zhu Youxiao is, how flustered and scared he is now.

Because, he really doesn't know what's going on!

Just a few days ago, at the meeting of the East India Company of the Dutch Federation, the 12-member board of directors unanimously passed the agenda of reconciliation with Daming.

Because, in the second battle of Penghu, the Dutch Far East Fleet suffered heavy damage, so that without the permission of Ming Dynasty, it was unable to gain a foothold in the southeast waters.

Ships could not enter the southeast waters, which seriously affected the interests of the East India Company in the Far East.

The Queen's fleet had only one flagship, the Queen, and ran back with the firepower and mobility advantages of the fourth-tier battleships.

In this battle, the Luofu Fleet in South India was completely wiped out by the Denglai Navy and the Zheng Family Fleet in the Ryukyu Strait.

Those who came back said that the number of warships in Deming was four or five times that of theirs. When sailing the sea, the flag of Deming could reach the other end of the sky at a glance.

A Dunley navy is actually two or three times larger than the combined warships of the Netherlands and Spain during the Spice Islands naval battle.

What is this concept?

With such a huge fleet, few countries would want to be enemies with such a country, not to mention that they are only a colonial company.

The Far East Fleet used by the East India Company has not been supplemented by the Dutch Federal Parliament for almost 20 years.

After this naval battle, the meaning of the Inter-Provincial Council was also very clear. You should find a way by yourself, but if you want to send warships from the mainland, this is impossible.

Because at this time, although the Armada of the Spanish Empire has lost several battles, it still far surpasses the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in terms of the number of warships in the world.

Britain and the Netherlands, although hastily allied in the face of the Armada, had serious differences on the issue of trade in the Far East.

Everyone knew that such an alliance would not last.

What's more, Spain formed an alliance with the Mediterranean island countries such as the Knights of St. John and Venice, which are mainly naval. After the failure of the Spice Islands naval battle, they quickly found their place in the Mediterranean and repelled the Dutch Federation of Provinces.

Until now, the gradually declining Spanish Empire is still firmly in control of the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, and its hegemony in Europe has not been completely broken.

The Dutch War of Independence is still going on, and their situation on the European battlefield is not as good as it looks!

At this time, the back garden of the East India Company was on fire, and a country called Daming suddenly rose in the Far East, which attracted the attention of European countries.

Of course, the relationship with Daming has almost become a deadly enemy, which is a headache for the Dutch Federation of Provinces.

But headaches are headaches, and the East India Company has to solve the problems themselves. Otherwise, the Far East will become a bottomless pit, and it may even reverse the situation of the entire European Religious Alliance War.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Dutch Federation has just been defeated in the Mediterranean, and its ally relationship with the United Kingdom is not strong. There are not enough warships to support the Far East Fleet.

The old club was struggling with Spain and had no time to talk to him. This was the key reason why the Dutch East India Company was eager to seek peace after the defeat.

Originally, the peace missions and the Honglu Temple officials had reached a preliminary settlement, and the Dutch East India Company claimed to be willing to admit defeat and pay Daming an annual war reparation of about 30 Dutch guilders.

30 Dutch guilders, roughly equivalent to 7000 taels of silver, not much, but for the East India Company, it was already a considerable expense.

Originally, the two sides had a good agreement, and they waited to meet Emperor Tianqi next time, and with a little modification, a peace agreement could be reached, and then the Dutch ships would sail into the southeast sea again to start trade.

However, no one could have imagined that at such a time, a sudden change would occur!

"His Majesty, calm down, we really don't know about this matter..." Claude said repeatedly, his face changed.

One of the other two Dutch diplomats also said: "Please allow us to go back and ask the board of directors, His Majesty the Emperor, what is going on!"

The other person followed closely and said, "Our East India Company has the sincerity to sign a peace treaty with Daming. Please, His Majesty the Emperor, wait for us to find out the truth before signing the peace treaty!"

After all, they will retreat.

As soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by two big Han generals. Zhu Youxiao's sullen voice came from behind, and said with a sneer:

"Do you still want to go?"

"Escort me back to the mansion, detain it!"

"Decree, let Zhang Pan command the Laizhou Navy Battalion to go south in a few days, rescue the Ming people in Manila, and bring back the head of the Red Barbarian governor!"

"When the Denley Navy sets off, the heads of these Dutch diplomats will be beheaded and the flag will be sacrificed to the army!"

Hearing this, Claude collapsed on the ground, thinking:

It's over, it's over.

If the Denglei navy sends troops, the Dutch navy in Manila alone will not be able to withstand their offensive at all.

The Dutch colonial forces in Indonesia must be empty!

The imperial decree was soon passed to Denglai, and Zhang Pan, the chief soldier of Laizhou, immediately began to prepare for the expedition. After all, this time it was an expedition to Southeast Asia, not in his own territorial waters, so he went out as soon as he said it.