Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 768

In these naval battles, including after Taiwan was recovered, Zhu Yousong was very interested in some spoils. These things were not gold, silver, jewelry, food, grass, armor, etc., but Dutch warships and artillery.

The Dutch's shipbuilding ability is very strong, and the shipbuilding technology is also leading the world, so he can become the overlord of the sea, known as the coachman of the sea.

Many places in the world had his colonies at that time. In Taiwan alone at that time, there were more than 1 Dutch colonists, but the government allocated thousands of ships of various colors, including 3000 naval warships.

In these few battles with the Ming army, most of them were damaged, and nearly a thousand ships became the spoils of the Ming army.

Zhu Yousong delivered all these warships to the navy, and the commander of the navy was He Zhaoxiong, the iron-armed dragon.Let them study these warships, not only to learn to operate, but also to learn their advanced shipbuilding technology.

Of course, there are people who are willing to help if they don't understand, and this is the red-haired man headed by the former Navy Commander Van Persie.

Through their highly active cooperation, after just a few days, nearly a thousand Dutch warships were all charged into the service of the Daming Navy, and have initially transformed into the combat effectiveness of the Ming Army Navy.

Taiwan Island, Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang are undoubtedly the places where naval warships are most needed.Zhu Yousong ordered the Ministry of War to combine with the navy, distribute some of these advanced warships to them, and then leave some for distribution in the Yangtze River and other river basins. Of course, leave some for the navy to use as training ships.

Of the cannons and ammunition seized from the two castles in Taiwan, there are nearly 20 left besides the necessary city defenses. Zhu Yousong handed these over to Li Zhushi, the commander of the artillery battalion. Li Zhu was very happy. He closed his mouth and ordered his subordinates to carefully disassemble the more than [-] cannons, put them on the ship, and transport them all away.

Li Zhushi wants to transport these Western artillery pieces away for study to see if there is any improvement in Chinese artillery fire.

All that was left was to capture Hong Maozi's muskets. There were more than [-] of them that could be used directly, and the bullets piled up like a mountain.

Zhu Yousong plans to rebuild the musketeer battalion in the imperial camp, which is more than enough.In addition, I saw that their muskets, Chinese muskets, have greatly improved.After returning, Zhu Yousong planned to train a new army, so these thousands of Western muskets, like dozens of cannons, were all loaded on board and transported to the capital.

Now there are many other trophies, not only the Dutch red-haired children, far from it, it has been several months since Zhu Yousong's hundreds of thousands of troops marched from Guangxi to Guangdong, and the battle against the Taiwanese red-haired children , Including the naval battle and the battle to attack the bastion was completed in just over a month, and the others were the battle against the false emperor Zhu Yujian and the territory under the actual control of the Zheng family army, including the battle against Lu Wang Zhu Yihai.

Although the king of Lu spent several years tossing, especially with Hou Xun's instigation and support, they recruited troops, bought horses, and stockpiled grass and grain, but his army was really a mob. To describe it as a flash in the pan, Hou Xun led an army of [-] troops on the border of Fuzhou and Zhejiang, which made Li Dingguo lose his temper in the battle. Since then, King Lu has been on the road to defeat. Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu who can be regarded as the number one, committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea.

But even so, the spoils obtained were quite a lot. Except for some of the soldiers under the King of Lu, the prisoners of the Ming army, there were also a lot of gold, silver, grain, grass, horses, armored tents and equipment, plus the gold, silver, grain, grass, horses, armored tents accumulated by the king of Tang and the Zheng family army. , and the trophies of the Dutch red-haired son in Taiwan. The trophies of the three parties in one place are simply astronomical. Zhu Yousong issued an order to confiscate all these trophies on the spot and turn them into military supplies to reduce the military burden of the court and the expenditure of the treasury.

However, Zhu Yousong instructed that the local governors, governors, generals and other generals only need to work with the three local divisions to prepare the accounts of these things and report them to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households for record, and then hand them over to the cabinet and supervisor of ceremonies for approval. When it comes to Zhu Yousong's Longshu case, what Zhu Yousong wants is data.

The reason why Zhu Yousong has to go through such procedures is to prevent someone from taking advantage of his power to enrich his own pockets, make huge profits from it, cheat the court and the army, and enrich his personal pockets. Regardless of these generals and heroes, they have made great contributions to killing the enemy on the battlefield. He has a great reputation, but there is no guarantee that there will be no corrupt officials. How many people can Iron Bread have?After returning to Beijing, the next step is to curb corruption and eradicate corruption in the officialdom, and create a clean and upright officialdom through the cabinet, otherwise corruption will also bring about the downfall of the Ming Dynasty.

Before traveling through time, Zhu Yousong had heard about the corruption in the Chongzhen era. The corruption of the imperial court is like this, and the corruption of officials can be imagined. In order to govern the country, we must first effectively curb and eliminate corruption, otherwise the best governance policy is crooked The mouth monk recites crooked scriptures.

Even before returning to the capital, Zhu Yousong has already entered the state of governing the country ahead of time. He knows that governing the country is more complicated and difficult than fighting on the battlefield. For such a big country, especially when the Ming Dynasty was just restored, Zhu Yousong did not dare to take it lightly in any link.He can understand the meaning of the saying that it is difficult to conquer the country, but it is even more difficult to defend the country.Because in history, many emperors embarked on the road of subjugation step by step in a state of subtly guarding the country, and finally broke out long-standing conflicts through various methods, and then changed dynasties.

Especially in 1649 in history, it has entered the Qing Dynasty ruled by the Manchus, that is to say, the 300-year Guozuo of the Ming Dynasty is coming to an end, and now he wants to go against the sky and continue his life for the Ming Dynasty. It is definitely not possible to maintain the status quo, the next step must be drastic, to inject vitality and vitality into the Ming Dynasty, otherwise a few years later, he will have to repeat the mistakes of Emperor Chongzhen. He does not want to hang himself on the crooked neck tree of Meishan like Chongzhen .

He has already considered these things. As an emperor, he is looking for the overall situation, not a moment and a region.

As for the area around Nan'an Prefecture, there are 20 million Qin Wang's divisions from various places. These are soldiers and horses drawn from nearby provinces in Nanzhili, and they are no longer needed. Come and go.

After everything was ready, Zhu Yousong led a victory team of more than 20 troops.

Of course, land and water are still advancing side by side. The navy is led by He Zhaoxiong, the head of the country, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are responsible for the horse infantry soldiers on the shore, Liu Zhaoji, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zheng Hongkui are in charge of the imperial camp.

On a good day and an auspicious day, the 20 troops left southern Xinjiang and returned to Beijing triumphantly.

Along the way, no matter where you go, the local officials come out of the city to greet them, and the common people spontaneously form a long queue on the official road, one is to welcome, and the other is to see what this invincible army looks like The third is the most important. They all want to see the legendary Emperor Hongguang. In the past few years, Zhu Yousong has conquered himself. Whether it is internally suppressing thieves or expelling Tartars, he has created classics one after another. Legend, who doesn't want to see the real dragon's demeanor!

Therefore, whenever Zhu Yousong went to a place, he was greeted by people like a sea like a tide, and every time he entered a city, the people and local officials would be greeted by thousands of people, beating gongs, drums, firecrackers and firecrackers.

From Baodao and Taiwan, to the coast of Fujian, then to the Jianghuai River Basin, through Nanjing, the accompanying capital, then to the Huanghuai River Basin, and finally to the capital city of Beizhili. After traveling for more than a month, Zhu Yousong finally arrived at the city of Beijing. looking forward to...

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