New Shun 1730

This is exactly the top priority if Mi Ziming is appointed as the Governor of Fujian and Guangdong Coastal Defense. On the contrary, investigating the terrain of Nanyang is secondary.

When traveling through Southeast Asia, the difficulty no longer lies in fighting. The Dutch cannot recruit many people in Southeast Asia. The difficulty lies in the governance after the victory and the rampant pirates after Dashun officials intervened in the spice trade.

There are many romantic legends about pirates; Liu Yu also believes that there are definitely many pirates who were oppressed by the government and forced to go to sea to become pirates; and the high-ranking Chinese in Nanyang, such as Kapitan and Lei Zhenlan, used "report to the police if they don't work without a residence permit". "The Dutch" were heroes who set out to sea in murderous rebellion against the background of threatening and coercing their compatriots to cut sugar cane at lower wages than the local Javanese.

All of these are available.

But Liu Yuyi didn't have the ability to solve the various problems in Dashun, and he didn't have a strong organization to rely on, so he had to sit on the side of the Dashun court and wipe them out.

But leave this matter to Mi Ziming. It turns out that he is also a compassionate person. He knows the helplessness of the poor. He will kill those who should be killed, and he will not kill those who should not be killed.

"When the time comes, I will talk to the Fujian Jiedushi Envoy to build several places in Taiwan. Either for reclamation, or to grow sugar cane, or to build a harbor. It will always be for those who have no choice but to go to sea to become thieves. , find a way out.”

"But the pirates must be wiped out within a few years. Since the Dutch have started direct trade, they don't like pirates anymore. This is an opportunity. If you don't do it now, wait until the Dutch are driven away. You might find a lot of pirates popping up.”

"In the name of exterminating pirates, you should familiarize yourself with the water conditions and charts of Nanyang. Another thing is to distinguish clearly which ones are notorious pirates and which ones are the Han people who went to Nanyang to establish their own country mainly for farming and mining trade. . If it had been someone else, I wouldn’t have worried. Most of them would have killed them without any hesitation, with sharp blades in their hands and a desire to kill.”

"If there are those who want to establish a country overseas, try to persuade them. I will also try my best to bury people in the court to speak, and then they will be vassals. Just ask the court to grant them a virtual title. I want to come to your fleet to take a look. , They also know that besides the Dutch and Portuguese, they still have their own people to rely on.”

Steamed Bun responded one by one, keeping these instructions firmly in mind.

The affairs of the confidants on both sides had been arranged, and Liu Yu felt much more relaxed and said with a smile: "I can't help it. There are a lot of things to do when I return to Beijing this time. After all the troubles, I will probably go to Nanyang to comfort myself. The two of you I care about the most important things, and the rest are trivial matters.”

Two days later, a thick account book was loaded into a carriage. These were statistics of the navy's true expenditures in recent years.

Li Han looked at the cart full of accounts and said with a smile: "I also know these days that there is such a thing as yin and yang accounts in the world. But I have never seen anyone posting money in it, but they all make fake accounts. I got the money from my own hands.”

After laughing, he asked in a low voice: "Uncle Ying Suo, can you tell me the truth? The court won't be too shocked, right?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. You may be shocked, but it's not too shocking. Since the imperial court will transfer government money and your majesty's internal funds to the public accounts in the future, I will sort it out. It's accurate. But it won't scare you. Don’t worry if the imperial court doesn’t dare to buy any more warships.”

"That's good. That's good." Li Han was frightened by such a large number of accounts. He was really worried that the court would not allocate money if it thought it was too expensive. His future was closely related to the navy.

"Uncle Ying Suo certainly knows the rumors that the imperial court will set up a navy department. In the future, whether it is the navy or the privy council, all expenses will be paid by the navy. But in the final analysis, it still depends on the face of the minister of the household government and the choice of the navy minister. , Now I don’t know who it will fall on. If it cannot stand in the court, life will be difficult for the navy. "

Li Han also knew that the post of Minister of the Navy would definitely not fall to Liu Yu.

Otherwise, it would really be like Liu Jiahai in the Li family world.

And there is no need to think about it, most of them will not choose from the nobles. Either they were selected from the top three who came from the Butoku Palace, or they were selected from those who came from the imperial examination. I was afraid that it would be miserable if someone who felt that the navy was actually useless became the Minister of the Navy.

Because one thing is for sure, they will not be chosen from people born in Jinghai Palace. When Jinghai Palace was first built, the emperor promised that this was not another Wude Palace and would not compete with people from the Imperial Examination and Wude Palace for court official quotas.

Li Han has been training in the navy for a period of time. Even so, he dare not say that he has understood the operation of the navy. What's more, it is dangerous for those who have never been in the navy for a day to become the Minister of the Navy.

The current situation in the court is so treacherous that no one can see the future direction of the court. They can only prepare for the worst and make the best possible plan.

Seeing Li Huan's uneasy expression, Liu Yu comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. The Minister of the Navy does not necessarily need to understand the navy. As has been said in the capital for many years, how can the Minister of the Household Government know about money? Which Minister of the Military Government knows how to fight?" Only the ministers of the government can definitely become officials."

Li Han looked at the cart of account books with lingering fear, and said bitterly: "I'm afraid that the Minister of the Navy has come, and the new officer has taken office three times. He feels that the Navy spends too much money, so he must first make drastic reforms and eliminate some redundant ones." Fees will be cut. Although I don’t know the specific amount, I know in the past few months that the Navy does spend a lot of money, and some money has to be spent.”

Liu Yu thought that it might not be impossible, but it still depends on the emperor's attitude. If the emperor feels that being the emperor is great now, and that Japan's tribute is far superior to the Han and Tang dynasties, then there is no point in saying anything. If he feels that it is necessary to go to Southeast Asia, even if the navy is a toilet paper that can be thrown away after use, then he has to wait until the battle in Southeast Asia is over.

The direction of the world is all in the monarch's mind. Although he doesn't like it, he has to accept this reality.

…………

The direction of the world's general situation is indeed determined by the emperor. It's just too far away, and it can't be repeated. No one knows what would happen if it wasn't like this, or what would happen if it was like that at the beginning.

But for Liu Yu's title, the emperor can decide what kind of title Liu Yu will have in the future. If the emperor is not satisfied, he can change it.

Li Gan was very unhappy after reading the memorials submitted by Tianyou Palace and Li Government.

It is inevitable to be conferred a title. The title is decided by Tianyou Palace and Li Government. As a result, after discussing for a long time, they came up with the title of "Marquis of Jinghai".

The emperor certainly didn't know that if he really gave this title to Liu Yu, Liu Yu would write a letter to resign and would never take this title.

The emperor certainly couldn't know the real reason.

But even if the emperor didn't know that Liu Yu was somewhat disgusted with this title, the emperor himself didn't like it either.

In theory, this title is the most appropriate, and the two words "Jinghai" correspond to Liu Yu's merits.

But the emperor thought that this title was unlucky, and Japan had used an obvious divisive strategy before. Now if Liu Yu was asked to take this title, I'm afraid Liu Yu himself would also mutter about the deep meaning in his heart.

This was the title of Wu Zhen of the previous dynasty after the founding of the country, but Wu Zhen's end was quite miserable. After his death, he was posthumously regarded as a member of the Hu party, in addition to the title.

At this juncture, the people in the court were all well-read, how could they not know such an allusion? In Li Gan's opinion, it was obviously intentional to deliberately mention such a title.

The reason for mentioning it seemed impeccable.

The titles of Dashun included place names and beautiful titles. It is probably the difference between Duke of Yi and Duke of Qi. Although there is no clear written document, it is assumed that the title of a noble is higher than the title of a place. If it is a title of nobility, the word Jinghai is the highest.

And what did the Marquis of Jinghai do in the previous dynasty?

Supervised the shipping, stationed in Wendeng, commanded the navy, and eliminated the Japanese pirates...

What Liu Yu did was almost the same as Wu Zhen. He also advocated the shipping of grain by sea, stationed in Wendeng, commanded the navy, conquered the Japanese, and pursued them to Ryukyu.

In this case, following the example of the previous dynasty, it would be more appropriate to confer the title of Jinghai on Liu Yu.

And the name of the naval official school supervised by the court is Jinghai Palace. Isn't this a perfect match?

Even the posthumous title can be used directly: Duke of Haiguo.

If it were many years ago, the emperor would not think there was anything wrong with it. He would think it was indeed appropriate, and he would not think about Wu Zhen's final fate.

But it is different now.

Liu Yu used to be a sharp and enterprising young man, but what about now? Before the Japanese expedition, he threw away the military power. He said it in a high-sounding manner, saying that he would fulfill the original promise of "a regulated army". The emperor believed half of it, and he also muttered in his heart that Liu Yu had learned to retreat bravely.

At the end of the Japanese expedition, the shogunate wrote a clumsy letter to alienate. Li Gan himself knew that the shogunate did not believe that the letter would be useful.

But this is also the disgusting part of this letter. The letter kept saying that the bow would be hidden after the birds were gone, and that the emperor trusted that if the emperor died, the new emperor would ascend the throne?

This caused suspicion.

Li Gan would think, would Liu Yu care about the words in the letter? Would Liu Yu think that I, the emperor, cared about the words in the letter? Would Liu Yu not care at first but felt that I, the emperor, cared so he had to care? I said I didn't believe it, did Liu Yu believe it? Or did he actually not believe it? Or did he not think it was a big deal at first, but after I, the emperor, deliberately said I didn't believe it, he started to care?

There is no way to ask this question. Li Gan can't ask Liu Yu directly, do you believe what is said above? Besides, it's useless to ask. Liu Yu will say no, whether he believes it or not, and he will also say that he doesn't believe that the Holy Emperor will believe it; but in fact, no one knows whether he believes it or not, and whether he thinks the Emperor believes it or not.

At this time, give Liu Yu the title of "Marquis of Jinghai", and go home and read the book: Oh, it turns out that Marquis of Jinghai is the remnant of the Hu party of the previous dynasty, and finally the title was removed? What is this hinting? Besides, his father, Duke Yiguo, is also nominally supervising the history of the previous dynasty... It's better to just give him the title of Marquis of Huaiyin.

Looking at the memorials drafted by the ministers, he thought for a while, picked up the pen and erased the word Jing in Jinghai, and changed it to Jing in Jinghai.

"The first achievement was the inscription on the Yongning Temple in Jinghai. If it weren't for this, how could it stand out? Jinghai is its blessed land, this is one of the reasons."

"The population is growing, but the land is not increasing. The policy of immigration to Jinghai is a national policy. How can I forget what Liu Yu advised? Jinghai is not just a border issue, but a benefit for generations to come."

"So I changed Jing to Jing, and there is no further discussion!"