New Shun 1730

The officers' noise was suppressed for the time being, and Mantou continued to finish the last few chapters of his voyage diary before telling everyone to disperse.

As soon as the crowd dispersed, several people who were close friends with Chen Qinghai were stopped by Chen Qinghai, and a small circle of more than a dozen people gathered at the place where they often met.

"Brother Qinghai, what do you think is going on?"

These people have been friends for nearly ten years. They are classmates in Jinghai Palace and can be regarded as like-minded people. When talking in a small circle, they are much more courageous.

"How do I know? Miko Ming doesn't know either. He doesn't want everyone to make a fuss. If they make a fuss, it will cause trouble instead. Don't make a fuss either."

"I will make it clear to you today. Do you think we should fight against Japan?"

These people are all looking forward to the war. Although the navy may not be able to make any great achievements this time, Liu Yu cleverly changed the navy's military achievements from the tactical credit of "annihilating enemy ships" to the strategic credit of "mobilizing the Japanese country". They He was convinced, and since he was looking forward to the war, the navy went to the Japanese country to occupy a few cities, asked the lords for money to redeem the cities, and performed some achievements by the way.

At this time, when Chen Qinghai asked, several people felt cold and took a breath of cold air and said: "The generals are changed before the battle. Could it be that we don't want to fight? Or is the imperial court cowarded and wants to close the door and go to the imperial court again?"

Chen Qinghai shook his head and said: "It's nothing to change the generals before the battle. If we really want to fight, any one of me, Ziming, Du Feng, and a few of you can command the fleet to annihilate the Japanese navy, right? We will fight, right?" This is a Japanese country that doesn’t require you to take personal command, and it’s not the British and Dutch countries that you often say have 200 years of naval warfare experience and a fleet of 600,000 to 700,000 troops. This doesn’t matter.”

"Then...then what do you mean by asking this?"

Chen Qinghai clapped his hands and said: "After defeating the Japanese country, are you continuing your lord's strategy? If so, there are some things I shouldn't say. But if not, I think the Japanese strategy should be changed."

"If we continue to go south, all our wealth will be obtained from trade, and our descendants will have a share of the inheritance. If we don't continue to go south, this is the end. What should we do?"

"If you ask me, this Japanese country has always been feudal, and the people are used to feudalism and lords. Changing the lord will make no difference to them."

"In the past, when Zhou Gongdan decided on the policy of enfeoffment, the king of Xia conquered the barbarians. For three hundred years, there was no sound from the barbarians in the Central Plains. Nowadays, books are not bamboo slips, and soldiers are not bronze swords. If we can use this force to feudal Japan, it will take at most a hundred years. All are assimilated.”

"This is a great benefit to the country."

"Personally speaking, if the government does not listen to your master's advice, holds back, and does not go to Nanyang but manages the East, then we can still leave some inheritance for our heirs."

"In Zhu Xia, you can leave an extra bloodline."

"That's why I say that if we conquer the Japanese this time, when we are rewarded for our meritorious service in the future, we can take advantage of the opportunity to write a letter and ask for the Japanese country to be granted a real title as reward for our merits. Firstly, it will not consume the country's tax, secondly, it can educate the Japanese country, and thirdly, Then there is no extra official land in the court, so it should be said."

Many people had this idea at the beginning. People in this small circle were Chen Qinghai's trusted partners, so many people nodded frequently.

Some people truly believe in the nationalism that has emerged in the Navy at this time, because the Navy is different from the Army. The Navy itself is a place where "who I am not" needs to be constantly emphasized.

The army may have to suppress civil commotions, uprisings, etc., but the navy cannot do this. The core spirit of cohesion is "who I am not."

Officers generally have a high level of education, and their salaries are basically invested in trade. They are naturally unfriendly to the Netherlands and Britain, which have trade conflicts with them.

They knew who they were not, and they strongly agreed with Zhou Gongdan's policy of enfeoffment.

Dashun demoted Yanshenggong to the rank of sacrificial prince. In the Confucian temple in Dashun, Confucius was demoted from the dual status of saint and teacher to teacher, and the saint was Zhou Gongdan.

These naval officers, who were generally well-educated, would also talk about history and politics on weekdays. In their opinion, Zhou Gongdan's enfeoffment policy required three points.

One is that you can't enfeoff the area that you have complete control of. That's nonsense. If after the Jian Shang Dynasty, the Xiqi Yin Shang area was enfeoffed to 800 princes, it would be useless.

The second is to have cultural advantages. If we go to Europe to enfranchise, only a few people will go there, and even if they can control it, they will all believe in Jesus Christ soon; or if they go to Nanyang to enfranchise, it won't be long before everyone is green.

Third, the people there must be accustomed to the feudal system, or they must be tribes that are more backward than the feudal system.

In the eyes of these people, Japan is the perfect place.

One is to expand overseas, not to divide the pie at home, but to expand the base.

Secondly, the cultural advantages remain the same. It is also a culturally infiltrated area and it is impossible to be assimilated. In their view, the Catholic Church, which was able to force Dashun to ban Christianity and Japan to seize the country, was surrounded by officials at all costs. In their opinion, it was really impossible.

The people at the bottom of the third place have little culture, and changing the lord will have no impact on them; the people of the fourth place are accustomed to the enfeoffment system, they grow rice, pay rent in kind, and those who are enfeoffed are all officers. You can leave your job and become an officer for generations to come.

These people who believe in nationalism support Nanyang and strongly agree with the strategy Liu Yu occasionally revealed. However, they and Liu Yu had differences on the way to Nanyang.

They believed that it was of course a top priority to go to Southeast Asia, otherwise the Westerners would gain a firm foothold. But after going south to Nanyang, it was time to attack Japan with all its strength and feudal Japan to assimilate.

It is necessary to make Japan a basic base. If the country declines, it can also ensure the increase of the basic base and prevent it from becoming independent like Annan.

Annan is too hot and epidemics are rampant, making it far less easy to assimilate than feudal Japan. Even if it declines in the future and Nanyang is lost, Japan will still be left behind.

Furthermore, according to their idea, if they want to engage in trade and build factories and workshops, the landlords can lend money even if they have land rent, and they are not willing to invest money at all. If they were in a feudal society and couldn't buy land with money, but they could still scrape money into their hands, they would naturally invest in workshops, industry and commerce, which would be much more reliable than those wealthy landowners.

Invest in industry and commerce, expand industry and commerce, and need more markets. If officers have guns and invest money in industry and commerce, they will definitely support expansion; for expansion, there will be more officers with military merit, and more officers with military merit will invest more money in industry and commerce, and then they need to continue to expand and sell goods... why not for?

In the future, the eldest son will inherit the family's property, the second son will join the army and earn military merit, and Your Majesty will use the land of the Japanese country as a reward for enfeoffment. Why worry about the soldiers not absolutely supporting His Majesty the Emperor? Why should soldiers not think about opening up new territories, instead of fighting among brothers all day long for the little bit of family property and the status of a good family son?

There are quite a few people who hold this idea, and many of them are not from good families, so they are naturally looking for a way out.

The official fields in the country have basically been sealed off, and those wastelands... there is no one to work on them, so what is the use of the wastelands? Japan has cultivated fields and people who can support the public and civil affairs. If you don't wait for it, what are you waiting for?

Besides, it is just a petty feudal society, so there is no need to worry about rebellion. As long as the navy is still there, anyone who dares to annex it will be strangled to death first. What are you afraid of?

Chen Qinghai can also be regarded as the leader of this idea. Although the people gathered around him do not follow his lead, they still have the same idea on this matter.

At this time, he made his words clear, and someone said: "Brother Qinghai is right. Going to Nanyang is of great benefit. Your Majesty is in charge of the navy. As long as you are still in charge of the Navy, we feel that we have hope. Going to Nanyang in the future , establishing military exploits, and sharing money through trade are all very good.”

"But now that your Excellency has returned to Beijing and resigned from his post, I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. There are few people in the DPRK and Central Government to support the rough strategy of going to sea. If your Lordship does something bad this time, I can see that the rough strategy of going to sea and Southeast Asia is dead."

"So I still say the same thing. If I don't even fight the Japanese country this time, I will quit and go to a trading company to find a job as a captain. It is better than being eaten to death by shipworms with the warships here. In the port.”

"If I still attack the Japanese country, but my lord does something bad and there is no chance of going to sea, then I will risk it. If I am rewarded for my meritorious service and can speak, I will make it clear what the feudal Japanese country said. If the court uses it, then use it; If it doesn’t work, find another way out.”

"Although our abilities are not limited to navigation, but also artillery, fortification, geometry, and astronomy, if Sir, something goes wrong, even if we are transferred to the Army, we will not be reused."

"Anyway, it's just a scolding, or an ignorant kid talking about state affairs. At worst, he will fight to the end, and he will go to the trading company without an official position. I have the ability here, why don't you rush for it? What can you say, we don't They are the first batch of captains and trainee captains, how can those who still rely on Zhen Lu Ge compare with me? "

Some shouted angrily: "That's it. If it doesn't work out, we can still go out to sea by boat. The Westerners have occupied the Americas, but within a hundred years, all the territory of thousands of miles will belong to them. If the court shrinks its neck, I will sell my property and recruit more If you go to America, why should you accept the arrogance of this ungrateful person in the government? "

"When the time comes, let's just say it. Even if it's not just a blow to the end, at worst, he will be sentenced to death for talking about state affairs. As the song sung by the adults, beheading is just a blow to the wind, are you afraid of being in trouble?"

Chen Qinghai nodded and said: "Don't say anything about this in advance. Let's wait and see. If the people in the court really shrink their heads, we will do something about it. This is not only for the Xia, but also for the country, and even more for me." If anyone leaks it for personal gain, the gods will punish him!"

He pulled out the knife from his waist, cut his arm, and passed it on one by one, taking blood as an alliance, thinking that he had a clear conscience, and the heaven could learn from it.

…………

On the other side of Weihai, Mantou came directly to Kang Bulao.

Without knocking, he opened the door and walked in. Kang Busao was drinking leisurely. Seeing the steamed bun come in, he asked, "What are you doing here?"

Steamed Bun said in shock: "Mr. Kang, don't you know what happened?"

Kang Buyai put the wine pot on the wine pot and asked with a smile: "Is the successor a prestigious warrior or an experienced nobleman? He is the seventh prince who has not yet reached the crown."

"There is no movement from the army stationed in Weihai? No. Has the fort been replaced? No. Has anyone come here? None. What are you worried about?"

This sentence made Mantou breathe a sigh of relief, but then he thought again and asked, "Could this be a delaying tactic?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Kang Buyao laughed loudly and said something Liu Yu had said to him before.

"Don't add entities if it's not necessary."

"Miziming, Miziming, you have read too many market novels. This plan, that plan, one plan after another, it is really childish."

"We have an army of over 10,000 stationed at the Wei Haijun Camp. If something really happens, we can send a highly respected and meritorious general to seize the fort first and then suppress the navy. The more complicated the plan, the more nonsense it is. Why ask for trouble when there is nothing necessary? ?”

After saying that, he poured a glass of wine for the steamed bun, handed it over and said, "Don't worry."

Mantou thought about this sentence "Don't add entities if it is not necessary" and felt that it was indeed the case. There was no need for any delaying strategy at all. The commander of the army garrison in Weihai was not familiar with Liu Yu. According to Kang Buyao, it was basically Very simple thing.

The stone in his heart fell to the ground, he took a sip of wine and said again: "But sir, he didn't say a single word before he left."

Kang Buyao shook his head and said: "How can a person predict things like a god? The key to this matter is not the young master, but the seventh prince."

"What do you mean, Mr. Kang?"

"What prestige does the Seventh Prince have?"

Steamed Bun shook his head and thought to himself, what kind of prestige can a young boy have?

Kang Buyao asked again: "What power does the Seventh Prince have?"

Mantou shook his head again, what rights did he have?

Seeing the steamed bun, he still shook his head. Kang Buluo said seriously: "Power is a thing. If you believe it, you have it. If you don't believe it, you don't have it. He is a prince, so he is born with power."

"What the emperor wants to see is that people believe that his son is born with rights."

"In other words, the emperor now pulls a dog over and says that from now on this dog will be the commander of the navy. The navy will also call the dog commander first, and then write a letter asking for his life to be revoked. The emperor is happy to see this, and he also I don’t want a group of people who do things to be stupid.”

"But if the dog is brought here and the whole navy shouts: 'This is a mess! We are not following the imperial edict,' what will the emperor think?"

"Do you think that after the emperor asked the seventh prince to study in Weihai for half a year, he will definitely let him take over? He is not well-known, but there is no one with high prestige in the court? Even if there is no prestige in the navy, a person who is famous all over the world for his outstanding military achievements can Find a few?"

"A man who is famous all over the world for his outstanding military achievements does not understand the navy; the seventh prince has learned about it after half a year?"

"But if a man with outstanding military exploits and a world-renowned reputation comes here, if the navy obeys, will it obey his reputation? Or obey the emperor's imperial edict? It's hard to say."

"Don't worry, the young master is fine. Your Majesty trusts Zheng Nong, otherwise he wouldn't have asked the Seventh Prince to take over. What Chen Qinghai said is superfluous. You all can understand it. The emperor has his own ears and eyes. How could he not understand the underlying meaning? ?”

Steamed Bun worriedly said: "Then Chen Qinghai..."

"Don't worry, it's okay. The emperor will also smile. He is childish, but he feels that this person is useful. The name of the general changes suddenly. Is there no one who can be called a flexor? It is said that flexors have a degree of restraint and are right and appropriate. With a little training, they will be loyal in the future. . On the other hand, it would be difficult if Du Feng were here today. What do you think your uncle would say if he were here?"

"Well……"

After imagining Du Feng's temperament, Mantou said with a smile: "Most likely he would say: The replacement of generals is a matter of the court, and you should obey orders. Then, when the seventh prince comes, he will form a gang and force the seventh prince to write a letter asking why Mr. Change, because he is not qualified to submit a letter. He is a rule-abiding person. When he robbed the caravan in Handoli Guards, he also followed the local rules; in the army, he followed the rules of the army, but within the rules. He will work hard to fight for what he wants. He will be the one who forms a clique and forces the Seventh Prince to write a letter to inquire; it will be him who will be the one who responds in a reasonable manner and tells everyone to disperse and listen to the Seventh Prince's order."

Kang Busha held up his palms and smiled and said: "Absolutely! So if he were here today, as soon as those words were spoken, someone would scold him and start beating him up. Once the scolding started, once the beating started, they would not be able to hold back their words. , it’s hard to guarantee that some taboo words will pop up. This is what I said. Fortunately, he is not here today, and Chen Qinghai’s cleverness will make the emperor think it is useful. Everyone knows that you are the son’s confidant. You can calm everyone down, even those who are angry. Will settle down for now.”

"You can't be completely dissatisfied, and you can't express your dissatisfaction outright. Today's events are at the right time."