Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 123

On the deck, Zhu Zhanchang and Zheng He stood side by side. After clarifying the cause and effect, they were both silent.

For some reason, Wang Baoyu and Yamamoto 62 joined forces and wanted to make a difference, but only relying on their own current strength, although they have a good force, the overall battle is still not enough to compare with the established army.

Not to mention the Ming army, even compared with the Eastern Ying army, the battle is still one level worse.

In order to find a place to be stationed, they wanted to forcibly attack Zhoushan Island. After all, Zhoushan Island is close to Daming, and now the strength is empty, and the forcible attack can be defeated.

But in fact, after the fight, he couldn't hold it, just to see if Daming gave up Zhoushan Island.

Some of them should at least know about Daming's coastal defense policy.

In the absence of support, Chen Baiyue, a thousand households on Zhoushan Island, in order to protect the people on the island, can only take the second place, submit to them, and give them the small islands around Zhoushan Island to station, and at the same time, they have also reached verbal conditions that they must not Landed on Zhoushan Island.

Zhu Zhanchang and Zheng He analyzed that Chen Baiyue's surrender was partly due to strength, partly due to resentment against the Ming court, and partly because of his own ambition.

As far as the short-term contact is concerned, this person looks simple and honest, but his acting skills are excellent, and his mind is also considered meticulous. If Ying Tianfu has already arrested the Dongying mission, just from the performance of the past few days, I really can't see any flaws. .

I don't know whether it was before or after the alliance was reached, but they encountered a team of envoys from Dongying who visited the Ming Dynasty and looted the ships. Now the life and death of the Dongying mission is unknown.

Yamamoto 62 is an ambitious person, and he has a plan in his heart. He sent dead soldiers to pretend to be the Japanese mission to assassinate Zhu Gaochi. Of course, it does not mean that Zhu Gaochi must be. Other high-ranking officials or royal families are fine, as long as the war between Dongying and Ming Dynasty is provoked , they have a chance.

Their real first goal is actually not Daming, but Dongying. Compared with the powerful Ming, Dongying is obviously easier, and many of Yamamoto 62's team are people who failed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Dongying.

Compared with Wang Baoyu, he is more like a careerist, he is an aristocrat, trying to restore his aristocracy.

Once the assassination succeeds, they will attack Zhoushan Island, Ningbo Port or Xiangshan and other places, adding fuel to the fire in the name of Dongying, and it is impossible for Daming not to do it.

If Daming goes to war with Dongying, they can take the opportunity to take the land of Dongying to develop and strengthen themselves.

Zhoushan Island is just a springboard for them to invade along the Daming coast.

"This group and the Dongying people who sent spies in the imperial city before should not be the same group." Zhu Zhanchang made his own judgment.

"Why is Your Highness so certain?" Zheng He questioned.

"That group of people is thoughtful, and it really takes a certain amount of strength to unite with the women. This group of people is not meticulous enough, and they are not capable of uniting with the Jurchen. They are ambitious and arrogant. Chen Baiyue is a little more brainy and knows how to keep a backhand to prevent it. Let's check, a little bit, but not much..."

Continuing: "And the spies have been in ambush in the city for many years, and the pirate alliance should not have been established for a long time."

Zheng He heard that Zhu Zhanchang did not think highly of this group of people.

There are many ambitious people, but there are not many capable ones, and most of them are very ambitious.

After figuring out the cause and effect, the two of them sighed involuntarily, looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

"Japanese pirates and pirates are near Zhoushan Island, we have to turn back and clear the pirates."

Zheng He shook his head: "If what that person said is true, then there are nearly [-] people stationed in the nearby pirates and Zhoushan guardhouse. The island is afraid that the losses will be heavy, and the first battle of the steam warship cannot lose the warship and lose its prestige."

The two thought for a while, and Zheng He said, "Your Highness, go to Xiangshan first, take a break for a while, like His Royal Highness to invite troops, and lead Xiangshan Guards to expedition, what do you think?"

Zhu Zhanchang thought of what the man just said about the Xiangshan Guard Station, and understood what Zheng He meant: "Let's make this arrangement first, and pass the news to my father when we land."

Xiangshan Port is actually not far from Zhoushan Island, which is why the Ming Dynasty narrowed the defense line to Xiangshan and the rest of the inland.

Zhoushan Island is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the Japanese pirates dare to occupy it and fight back when the time comes. Extending the defense line to Zhoushan Island means that there will be constant sea supplies, which will consume huge amounts of time over the years.

This strategy is to put resources on the mainland and give up such small islands. It turns out that this is not a big problem, but when Daming wants to go to the sea, this strategy must be adjusted to expand the defense line to each island and expand outwards. Ensure smooth sailing.

Xiangshan Port, saw Daming's warship, someone at the port had already greeted him. After reporting the house, he knew that it was Zheng He's fleet. All three thousand households of the Xiangshan Guard came out to greet him. By the way, he also notified the magistrate of Xiangshan County. .

After being welcomed off the warship, the three thousand households set up a banquet to welcome Zheng He, but they did not know why Zheng He let the child go to the main table together.

Xiangshan magistrate Wenxin also rushed over.

The county magistrate Chen Youshan is a young man, less than 30 years old, a Jinshi in the eighth year of Yongle, and a county magistrate released by the court.

"Chen Youshan, the magistrate of Xiangshan, has seen Lord Zheng He."

Chen Youshan has the style of a literati, and he is also gentle in appearance. His mother-in-law likes the type of appearance the most.

After eating a little something, Chen Youshan asked, "What's wrong with Lord Zheng He?"

"Leading troops to destroy Japanese pirates, I have ordered people to quickly send a letter to respond to the sky, asking the prince's will to lead the soldiers of Xiangshan Guard to clear the sea of ​​Japanese pirates."

Chen Youshan and the three thousand households were stunned. Zheng He brought [-] elite soldiers and had to transfer troops from Xiangshan. How many people should this group of Japanese pirates have.

"How many soldiers do you need?"

"More than a thousand people."

Several people did not dare to ask more, because they knew that Zheng He would not say anything if he asked, and he would say what he wanted to say. This is not a problem for ordinary soldiers to deal with.

After chatting for a while, Zheng He asked, "Chen Zhixian, how does the court treat the two thousand households on Zhoushan Island?"

Chen Youshan groaned in his heart, since he asked, he must still know some news.

"The court's treatment of the grain and grass for the thousands of households in Zhoushan is half of that of the thousands of households in Xiangshan."

"Half? The court's meaning? Who else?" Zheng He's face darkened.

At this time, a dark-skinned thousand households mentioned Chen Youshan to make a rescue: "Master Zheng He doesn't know something, it is indeed half, and the instructions given from above are half, the magistrate has always been fair, and he caressed us and other military households a lot, even fighting pirates last year. Commanded by the magistrate, don't look at a scholar in the magistrate, he uses the art of war well, we all admire him."

The thousands of households in the guard house highly value the magistrate. Generally speaking, the military households and the county government in various places do not deal with it.

Such harmony is rare.

Zheng He was displeased: "I will verify this matter when I go back. If what I said is false, and the supplies of Zhoushan guards are deducted, His Royal Highness will punish him."

Chen Youshan sighed and said, "Mr. Zheng doesn't know anything. We have sent several messages in the past two years to ask the military households and civilians on Zhoushan Island to move to the coast, but they are not willing. Come back, but I didn't expect them to be so stubborn."

"They have arranged accommodation and property, but they just don't want to."

Chen Youshan's words were also nodded by the three thousand households: "Yeah, they are the best land and the best place to live, and they are better than us. , but they don't want to come back, so they have to stay on Zhoushan Island."

They all follow the policy of the imperial court, but the people on Zhoushan Island are unwilling to leave their hometown. This is the root culture of the Chinese people, and no one is willing to give up their hometown.

The golden den and the silver den are not as good as their own kennels. It is not clear who is right and who is wrong. As long as they are not deliberately deducting, then Chen Youshan and several people are indeed right, but they just act according to the policy of the imperial court.

The problem is different from different angles.

When several military households sighed, Zhu Zhanchang opened his mouth: "The three thousand households should prepare their troops first. It is expected that there will be news back in two days, and we will send troops to Zhoushan Island."

"Who is this?" A few people couldn't help but wonder when they saw Zhu Zhan's opening.

"Young Master Zhu." Zheng He said respectfully.

A son surnamed Zhu can still make Zheng He so respectful. Apart from a few royal highnesses, who else can be, at least he must be the heir of Prince Han to be respectfully called Master Zhu by Zheng He.

These people are considered to have seen the world, and they have roughly guessed it. With just a few candidates, Chen Youshan faintly felt that the person in front of him was His Royal Highness.

In the previous newspapers, the Second Highness and the Fifth Highness were assisting in supervising the country. The age of the child in front of him was roughly the same as that of the Fifth Highness.

"What Zhu Gongzi said is very true. I will wait for Zhu Gongzi to send you." Who would miss such a good opportunity to flatter him? He is just a magistrate who was sent out.

"Let's make arrangements for Zhu Gongzi's accommodation tonight."

"No, I live on the boat."

Rejecting their arrangement, Zhu Zhanchang returned to the boat and said to Zheng He in a low voice, "Don't tell them about the situation of the Thousand Households and Chen Baiyue on Zhoushan Island, just say that we are going to sweep up Japanese pirates."

"His Royal Highness, this matter can't be concealed. Although I can understand Chen Baiyue's actions a little bit rationally, but in fact, he defected with the people from Zhoushan Island, surrendered to the Japanese pirates and pirates, and cooperated with their intention to assassinate His Royal Highness. Do you think he really has no personal emotions?"

Sometimes mistakes do not appear suddenly, but they have gone wrong over the years to the point of no return. Who is at fault, is this the world?

No, it's always people who are wrong.

Only people can do wrong because there is no right or wrong in this world.

"Hey, hide it for now, and explain it to the people on the boat."

(End of this chapter)