Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 657: Shandong civil and military forces completed division of labor and took the lead in creating an enclave military port
Zhu Qiyu gathered a group of cronies to preside over military affairs in Shandong and began to carefully build his own basic base.

After Yue Zheng and others discussed the strategy of attacking Japan, they began to talk about Shandong's internal affairs.

Cui Gong, the right envoy who has been an official in Shandong for many years, is worried: "Last year, there was too much rain in Shandong, flooding everywhere, and the harvest was extremely poor, and countless people were struggling to survive.

There has been a lot of rain this year. If there is another flood, people's lives will be difficult to survive.

We cannot just fight wars, we must also consider the livelihood of the people.

If the war is won and all our people starve to death, it will be a joke. "

Yue Zheng nodded: "Shandong is really difficult to govern, so let's divide the work. Some people focus on internal affairs, and some focus on attacking Japan.

Let’s make a choice for ourselves first. "

Cui Gong was the first to stand in line: "Then I will be responsible for internal affairs."

Chen Jian, the inspector-general of Shandong, also echoed: "I am also responsible for internal affairs."

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this. Chen Jian was a doctor in the Ministry of War. Everyone agreed that he was sent by the emperor to accumulate military merits. They did not expect that Chen Jian would be in charge of internal affairs.

But then I thought about it, it was normal.At the beginning of the 14th year of Zhengtong, Chen Jian objected to the fierce pursuit of Luchuan and proposed to transfer the main force back to Beijing. As a result, Wang Zhen was angered and was jailed and rumored to be dead.

It can be seen that Chen Jian is not very militant.

Thinking of this, everyone was filled with emotion. From the perspective of hindsight, Chen Jian's control of the situation was extremely accurate.

If the orthodox emperor had listened to Chen Jian's advice, stopped the conquest of Luchuan and transferred the army back to Beijing.

When he invaded Shanxi first in July, Wang Ji's main force of [-] Beijing troops happened to return to the capital.

First of all, the outcome of the Battle of Shanxi can only be that Wang Ji was ruthlessly crushed. Then there would be no Tumu Fort Incident, no Jingtai Dynasty, and no such messy things later.

It is still the 21st year of orthodoxy. The orthodox emperor is in the prime of life, the emperor's eldest son is about to grow up, the emperor and his ministers are harmonious, and the years are peaceful.

Unfortunately, everything is irreversible, Sora sighed.

Yue Zheng made a division of labor: Cui Gong, the right envoy, was in charge of Dengzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture, and Qingzhou Prefecture; Chen Jian, the inspector-general, was in charge of Jinan Prefecture, Dongchang Prefecture, and Yanzhou Prefecture.

Lu Yu, the political envoy to the left, Gu Zhong, the general military officer, and Xu Zheng, the military counselor, were in charge of the Dengzhou Navy.

Yue Zheng himself, as well as Deputy Commander-in-Chief Chen Mingde, Counselor-General Wu Zhong, and Military Counselors Huang Jian and Zhang Ning, were in charge of the Jiaozhou Navy.

The Jiaozhou Navy was mainly composed of newly built warships and was the main force in attacking Japan, with the Dengzhou Navy as an auxiliary force.

Yue Zheng finally emphasized to everyone: "This big war may not be completed in three years. Japan has five territories and seven territories, a total of 68 small countries.

We must at least capture Saikaidō, Nankaidō, and the western part of Sanyodō and Sanyodō.

This is what the Holy Spirit requires of us.You can do the rest slowly, don't rush.

At this point, there is no need to keep it secret anymore. What the Holy Emperor wants most is Japan's silver mines and Japanese private silver deposits, followed by Japan's population.

This battle, to be precise, should be the Silver War.

The Holy One estimated that after conquering Japan, it would bring an annual income of 500 million taels of silver to the imperial court.

By then, we will all be great contributors, and it will be just around the corner to be promoted to official positions and become famous in history. "

Most people didn't believe it when they heard this, so everyone started a heated discussion about whether Japan could produce 500 million taels of cash income every year.

If we can really increase the income of the court by 500 million taels every year, then everyone will not be sleepy.

Throughout March, the Jiaozhou and Dengzhou navies continued to deliver troops and supplies to Jeju Island.Later, at the instigation of Chen Mingde, Yue Zheng and others even changed their thinking and built Jeju Island as a permanent military port for the Shandong Navy.

In the end, Yue Zheng became more and more bold and even wrote to the emperor, requesting that Jeju Island be placed under the jurisdiction of Shandong and set up as a state capital as an overseas enclave of Shandong.

This is a bit whimsical.

In the blink of an eye, it’s the first day of April, and it’s still rainy.

Zhu Qiyu still spends one day fishing and three days drying nets.

In the morning, he woke up on the soft couch, stood up and looked out the window. It was still raining lightly outside. Zhu Qiyu leaned on the backrest, hugged the quilt, and leaned against the window, reading a book and listening to the rain.

Looking at it, Zhu Qiyu suddenly sighed: "Hey, when can I make this transparent glass? These craftsmen in Qingzhou Prefecture are not good enough. I, the great emperor, can't do it myself."

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Why is my husband so obsessed with transparent glass?"

Zhu Qiyu explained: "Transparent glass can promote the progress of various technologies in the Ming Dynasty. How can I put it, have you heard of the alchemy of Taoist alchemists?

Put various things into the alchemy furnace and burn them, let them react, and then refine all kinds of strange things.

But the biggest problem is that during the alchemy process, the Taoist priests cannot see what is happening in the alchemy furnace, so the alchemy relies entirely on blindness.

It's different with high-temperature resistant transparent glass. Let me give you a common example. When you make wine, you put the raw materials into a transparent glass bottle and seal it, so you can see the entire process from grapes to wine.

There are also craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry who refine metals and tinker with mercury, lead, mercury, etc. With transparent glass, you can watch the reaction process. "

Lin Xiangyu nodded drowsily: "Our daughter's family really doesn't understand these things, but husband, please keep guard at home for us and don't actually do the work yourself."

Ningxiang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, but I understand. The transparent glass your husband mentioned will be of great use when I make spices and ointments.

Husband, please tell me how to make transparent glass? "

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I heard that in the far west, some small countries can make transparent glass, and probably the Ottoman Empire can also make it.

After our fleet sails to the Western Ocean again, let them grab some craftsmen from overseas. "

Lin Xiangyu couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "What's wrong? Is what I said ridiculous?"

Lin Xiangyu shook her head: "The matter itself is not ridiculous, but my husband is no longer willing to pretend. He robs with his mouth open and robs with his mouth closed. How can he look like the monarch of the heavenly kingdom."

A few people were talking and laughing when Qianxue and Su Xi walked in from outside despite the wind and rain.

As soon as they came in, they threw the memorial on the couch and got under Zhu Qiyu's quilt.

Zhu Qiyu hugged two little cuties, one on the left and the other on the right. If you look at the left, it’s this beauty, and if you look at the right, it’s still this beauty.Eight years later, Zhu Qiyu still can't tell the difference between the little sisters from their appearance.

Su Xi smiled and said: "Husband, don't look at me. This is Qianxue. You should deal with business."

Zhu Qiyu hugged the beautiful woman and smiled: "Isn't my business just playing with women? Is there any other business?"

Su Xi smiled and said: "My husband is still here leisurely, and the cabinet is about to start a fight."

"Why did you fight?"

"You asked Ting to recommend two bachelors to the cabinet. They say public opinion is right, and mother-in-law says mother-in-law is right. If they don't give in to each other, they are on the verge of starting a fight.

No, they each proposed candidates, wrote a memorial, and respectfully requested the Holy Judge. "

　Thanks to Taoist Zhuxie for the reward of 5000 points
　　
　
(End of this chapter)