Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 124
Taking advantage of the time to go back to request the decree, Zheng He took Zhu Zhanchang to inspect the coastal defense of Xiangshan.

The fortifications here are more than three grades better than those on Zhoushan Island. There are cannons, guns, people, towers at the port, and granaries at the rear. The supplies are sufficient and the logistics are convenient. Even if they defend two or three times the number of enemy troops Come here, don't even think about occupying this place in a short time.

This is the bias of the imperial court's coastal defense policy.

It’s just that now the steamship is in the sea, the waters of my Daming must be moved outward, and the islands must be built into front-line fortresses, and the coastal defense policy must also be changed. This time Zhoushan Island must clear all the Japanese pirates no matter what, but Zhoushan has rebelled. What about the people at the island guardhouse?
Although Chen Baiyue has already defected, the imperial court has to bear some of the responsibility for the reason. Other than the military households, the ordinary people on Zhoushan Island may not know that their defenders have defected.

And how do those Japanese pirates with wolf ambitions clean up?After all, they will meet in the sea after all. If a small group of pirates harass them, they will come and go without a trace, and it is difficult to prevent.

These are the enemies of the future maritime trade.

Seeing Zhu Zhanchang's frowning face, Zheng He said, "Your Highness, wait until His Royal Highness's decree to send troops arrives, clear the gang of Japanese pirates, and then rebuild Zhoushan's coastal defense."

Reorganization, all over again, this time Zheng He intends to eliminate all of them, and show no mercy to those who defect.

Zhu Zhanchang sighed: "Is it my frontier army?"

Everyone has feelings of pity, anger, compassion, grief, etc., but adults know when to let go of wrongdoing.

Zheng He understood Zhu Zhanchang's sigh, but he also understood that Zhu Zhanchang would not be indecisive and not attack, he just sighed.

"Master Zheng He, let's lead the Japanese pirates and rebels out of Zhoushan Island to fight. In the naval battle, we can reduce casualties by taking advantage of the warships. When we go ashore and fight bayonets, the opponents are desperadoes, and I am afraid the casualties will be more severe. "

Zheng He held a different opinion: "We are now taking the initiative, they still don't know that we are going to attack, so they directly overwhelmed the army and caught them by surprise, and the battle could be ended faster. Zhoushan's fortifications are very poor and can't stop me. The whole army raided."

"A small part of our army is equipped with grenades and Akka [-]. We have an advantage in confronting us, and pirates and pirates have always been very afraid of death. When they see the situation is wrong, they will start to retreat. As long as the first wave of offensive is defeated, we will Won."

Obviously, Zheng He knew more about these Japanese pirates, and Zhu Zhanchang had no experience in fighting.

Professional things still have to be professional people. Zheng He and pirates are not fighting once or twice. Zhu Di has enough experience and military talent even more, and Zhu Zhanchang is not going to do anything.

"Master Zheng, you are in command."

A Qianhu of Xiangshan and Chen Youshan, the magistrate of Xiangshan, came over together, and the two talked in a low voice: "Chief Chen, do you know who the big man is that Mr. Zhu?"

Chen Youshan's voice was very low, for fear of being heard by others: "Young master surnamed Zhu, for Lord Zheng to pay such attention, of course, it can only be a few His Royal Highnesses in Beijing, it should be His Royal Highness of the Prince's family."

"Is it Taisun?"

Chen Youshan shook his head: "The age doesn't match, and His Royal Highness Taisun followed His Majesty's royal drive to go on a personal expedition. Although that Zhu Gongzi is taller than the average person of his age, his face is immature. It is estimated that he is in his early ten years at most. There are only four in the palace. His Highness and Fifth Highness are in line, and it is rumored that the Fourth Highness is sick, I guess this is the Fifth Highness."

"The fifth highness who was said to be in charge of the country in the newspaper?"

"I have made progress, and I have been reading newspapers recently."

The thousand households smiled and said, "I heard that when Mr. Shu was talking about a novel, he said that the prince was unwell, and the second and fifth princes were assisting in the supervision of the country. I thought it was an exaggeration in the newspaper, but I didn't expect that the prince was really so young."

Chen Youshan sighed and said: "The newspaper said that the fifth highness, the youth is better than the spring breeze, the official is the immortal, the osmanthus on horseback, and the fragrance fills the capital for five hundred miles. Pity Jun, the beautiful young man, this is a pleasant and peaceful relationship. Before the love flower moon. The spring and autumn moon, the beautiful young man."

"A gentleman is witty, courteous, courteous, and talented; he knows everything in his mind, and he knows all about it. Zhou Lang's knowledge, Qin Lang's demeanor, and Liu Qi's essays. Let's talk about borrowing a piece of raw silk, and write it with you."

"It's for the person who holds Yu and Huaijin."

There is a bit of personal emotion in this large passage.

This large space is the front page report about Zhu Zhanzhen and Zhu Zhanzhen's auxiliary supervision of the country written in the previous issue of Daming Daily.

Zhu Zhanchang has been busy recently and Lin Miao has done a good job of newspapers, so he didn't take care of it, and he didn't have time to read the recent newspapers.

If Zhu Zhanchang himself saw this large passage, he would be shy, Daming literati can really boast, and this passage was written by Ji Zhenlun, a writer from Qinhuai.

Because of the popularity of his novels being serialized in newspapers, he is now earning both fame and fortune, and he always remembers the sentence Zhu Zhanchang said to him when he met him: "The novel is well written."

I am extremely grateful to Zhu Zhanchang, and he has a bit of an idol halo, so when writing this praise Zhu Zhanchang, you can just use a pen to make things flow smoothly, and you can do it in one go.

It has to be said that there is a set of writers who write novels.

This newspaper is also part of the reason for the anger of the second brother Zhu Zhanxun, because it says that the two people are in custody of the country, but the only evaluation of Zhu Zhanxuan is: "The Second Highness is brave and decisive, smart and resourceful."

It feels like perfunctory, which is more obvious than Zhu Zhanchang's, that is, perfunctory.

Angrily, Zhu Zhanzhen tore up the newspapers, how could everyone praise him, his fifth brother.

The two stepped forward to salute, and Qianhu took the materials of the three Qianhu offices in Xiangshan to Zheng He.

"Master Zheng He, I have selected 1000 people here, including three guards. Our three thousand households want to go with you, but Xiangshan cannot be left unguarded, so we have selected two thousand households to accompany you. You go out."

After discussing the candidates and leaders of the troops, the three thousand households naturally wanted to go out with Zheng He. After all, they could follow Zheng He to fight back, not to mention how many Japanese pirates were killed. .

We are also the people who followed Zheng He to kill Japanese pirates. This matter should at least be written in the county annals of Xiangshan County. Maybe if we kill more Japanese pirates, we will be rewarded and named.

Chen Zhixian accompanied Zhu Zhanchang for a walk.

Chen Youshan looked at Zhu Zhanchang with at least one maid, one eunuch and two guards. This was not an ordinary person. This Zhu Zhanzi was even more certain that it should be His Royal Highness.

As an expatriate-trained official, Chen Youshan couldn't wait to find an opportunity to be promoted back to Beijing. If there is no special opportunity, people like them with little background will have to travel for many years and make no mistakes before they can be promoted back to Beijing.

In ten years of cold window, who is not for high officials and rich wealth, to be a good person, to make good policies for the country, and to write poetry and prose to pass down the world.

But to do this, he had to go back to the capital first.

In front of him is the Fifth Highness who is overseeing the country, a child whose mind is far beyond his age. He has to perform well. This time, he has performed well, so that the Fifth Highness will remember him. As long as the Fifth Highness has a few good words, he has surpassed him for many years. effort.

He has to behave well.

"Zhu Gongzi, this time to eliminate pirates and Japanese pirates, although I am a scholar, I am willing to go out with the army, but it is my duty to guard the frontier as a Ming man." Chen Youshan said righteously.

"Chen Zhixian, how many Jinshi are you?"

"Twenty-one and twelve."

Zhu Zhanchang nodded. The ranking is very good. To get this ranking in the scientific examination of this era, it must be smart and hardworking.

"Chen Magistrate, Xiangshan's coastal defense is doing very well. You want to do a lot of work as Magistrate."

Chen Youshan said humbly: "Zhu Gongzi is wrong."

Chen Youshan is a literati, but yesterday he saw three thousand households in the Xiangshan guardhouse with great respect for him.

The literati know how to control soldiers, and there are very few such people.

"Chen Zhixian, what's your opinion on Daming's coastal defense? Should we retreat from the land or seize the island." Zhu Zhanchang asked a question.

Chen Youshan knew that his chance to perform had come.

Carefully probed: "Zhu Gongzi, I want to hear the truth."

"Say."

"I think we should expand the coastal defenses and expand toward the islands along the coast." His idea was contrary to the current policy of the imperial court, so he was very careful. If he made Young Master Zhu in front of him unhappy, it would have the opposite effect.

"Oh~, what do you think?"

Chen Youshan started his own political argument: "For land defense, Daming has the advantage of material and personnel, and can indeed defend against Japanese pirates better and with less effort, but it also completely eliminates maritime trade."

"Sea trade? You mean to unblock the sea?"

Chen Youshan nodded: "I have made silk, tea and ceramics, which are expensive overseas. As long as the sea route is unblocked, maritime trade can bring me a lot of wealth, and the life of coastal residents will also become better."

Zhu Zhanchang asked back, "Could this solve the problem of smuggling?"

"It can solve a large part." Chen Youshan didn't expect the young man in front of him to speak so maturely. The power of the superior made him feel that he was reporting his work, but it was originally.

"How these trades are resolved could have material consequences for pirates and some smaller countries."

"Compared with the harvest results, the harm of this matter is very small, and it is difficult for pirates and Japanese pirates to become a climate. The only way to permanently rob the pirates and Japanese pirates is that the Daming navy is strong enough. No one on the sea dares to deceive my Daming people."

"But Taizu said that the board can't go into the sea."

Zhu Zhanchang's words made Chen Youshan hesitant to talk about his next thoughts. After sorting out the language, he said in a low voice, "Master Zhu, do you know about the smuggling along the coast?"

"not very clear."

"Smuggling is now serious along the coast of the sea, and there are repeated prohibitions. I have arrested smuggling vessels many times, but they have never been caught. Maritime trade should be sparse rather than blocked."

Zhu Zhanchang asked with a cold face: "You mean that there is something wrong with the will of the Taizu?"

(End of this chapter)