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Zhu Youjian's departure date has been confirmed, which is June [-]st.
Now Zhu Youjian still has five days to prepare. The iron-clad warship will serve as the main battleship, and the sail warship will be used to deliver troops and logistical supplies.
All the soldiers in battle were issued with rifled guns, and each warship was equipped with three Shenwei Grand General guns at the front and back. If encountering an opponent's small warship, the Shenwei Grand General can almost kill it with one blow.
Just when Zhu Youjian was deep in thought, the little eunuch Erxi quietly came to him:
"My lord, it's getting late, you can rest now, the four concubines are already waiting outside the palace!"
Zhu Youjian looked up at Er Xi:
"Show them in."
"According to the purpose"
Erxi went to announce the four little flowers, Caidie and Qiuyue came to Zhu Youjian's side, each of them took his arm, and Jiao Didi said:
"Your Majesty, the water is ready, Caidie Qiuyue will wait for you to bathe and change clothes."
"Ok!"
Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and got up to take a bath with the support of Caidie Qiuyue.
After coming to the bath, Caidie Qiuyue helped him take off his clothes. Zhu Youjian walked into the bathroom slowly and then lay flat in the pool water. There were many petals in the water, exuding an attractive floral fragrance.
Zhu Youjian looked up at the two little beauties standing by the pool:
"Let Yang Mi and the four of them come over to accompany me. Ah Qing is not here today, so you two and Ruyan will also come over together. I will leave temporarily in a few days. You must get along with each other in harmony, and no intrigue is allowed."
"According to the purpose"
Caidie Qiuyue was so happy, serving the emperor for more than half a year, and the emperor finally became enlightened tonight, and the two rushed to call Yang Mi and the others.
Zhu Youjian's harem is still unowned, and he has not canonized a concubine. At present, these girls are still young, and it is impossible to see which one has the potential to be a queen.
Although Zhu Youjian's requirements for the queen are not the highest, they must have the majesty of the mother, at least as virtuous as Queen Zhou. At present, Zhu Youjian can't tell from these girls.
Zhu Youjian closed his eyes and lay quietly in the pool water. Soon he felt seven mermaids swimming up to him. He sank into the bottom of the water with a wicked smile, and the pool water instantly churned...
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The next day
Zhu Youjian was a little tired from the night battle against the beauty, so he asked Erxi to pass the decree to cancel the early court, and announced that Sun Chuanting, Qi Jiguang, Sun Chengzhong, Huang Degong, Li Dingguo and others came to see him in the royal study.
After receiving Erxi's oral order, these great war gods of the Ming Dynasty rushed to the Imperial Study Room to see Zhu Youjian.
"See Your Majesty."
Zhu Youjian waved his hand:
"Free of courtesy, flat body, seat given"
The gods of war thank you again:
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
When everyone was seated, tea was served immediately by the maids.
Is this the court hall? It's basically like a family gathering. After everyone sat down, they all looked at Zhu Youjian. They thought that the emperor would entrust them with important tasks today.
Seeing everyone's expectant eyes, Zhu Youjian said slowly:
"How about it, are you almost ready? I plan to let the army set off from the capital to Tianjin on June [-]st, and then board a ship from Tianjin to Fujian to gather."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the army is ready, but the logistics are not yet ready. Two more days are enough."
Zhu Youjian nodded:
"Let the household department prepare more rice, flour, potatoes and meat, and remember not to bring sweet potatoes on board."
Zhu Youjian's words made everyone confused. Why didn't they let the sweet potato be brought on the battleship? But the emperor had already spoken, so they didn't dare to ask more. "
The air in the cabin of the battleship does not circulate very well. Eating sweet potatoes is easy to fart. Of course, sweet potatoes cannot be eaten on a battleship. These people have never experienced it at all. How do they know.
Zhu Youjian just refused to let the sweet potatoes be brought on the battleship, and did not explain to them. When the topic changed, a new topic was brought up by Zhu Youjian.
One more thing, I would like to hear your opinions. As the overseas territories are getting bigger and bigger, I want some capable and loyal feudal lords to recruit troops at their own expense to manage them.
After they left the mainland of Daming, they not only left a large amount of expenses for Daming, but also created wealth for Daming. In the future, a steady stream of wealth from overseas territories will flow into Daming.
For example, after taking Batavia and handing it over to King Zhou, King Zhou can transport Batavia's grain and minerals to Daming, or sell the spices there to the West, and of course most of the profits will be handed over to the court.
In this way, it not only solves the issue of feudal land and salary in Daming, but also solves the problem of food security in Daming. In case of natural disasters, the people of Daming will never go hungry.
"Clap clap clap..."
Before Zhu Youjian finished speaking, everyone suddenly applauded excitedly. The issue of the vassal king has always been a difficult problem that plagued Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youjian's cutting down the vassal once aroused great resentment from the vassal king, but he did not dare to resist for the time being. , who can guarantee that they will not rebel.
If it is really like what Zhu Youjian said, the problem of the vassal king will be solved, no matter how much they toss, they will still be overseas, and the Ming Dynasty will not have any losses.
But soon they calmed down again, Huang Degong clasped his fists and asked:
"Your Majesty, this matter is indeed a good thing, but what if they establish themselves as emperors overseas, wouldn't they have to send troops to conquer again?"
Chapter 466
Huang Degong's words immediately resonated, Qi Jiguang and Sun Chengzhong all looked at Zhu Youjian, and they wanted to know what the emperor would do about it.
Sun Chuanting, chief assistant of the Ming cabinet, smiled slightly and said:
"The opinions of the cabinet and everyone are slightly different. With the strength of Ming Dynasty and His Majesty's grand plan, there will definitely be more and more overseas territories. As long as His Majesty is here, no one dares to call himself king or emperor."
Zhu Youjian nodded slightly:
"Well, even if they become kings in a hundred years, they won't pose a threat to Ming Dynasty. At least it's better than foreigners occupying it. At worst, let them be autonomous. At that time, all Asian officials will have to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters.
If you dare to proclaim yourself emperor, let other overseas vassals pacify them. Whoever can quell the rebels will get the land, and the Ming Dynasty will not interfere.
In order to prevent them from having two minds and not allowing them to own arsenals, all weapons in overseas territories are supplied by the local Ming Dynasty. This is an insurmountable bottom line.
Once it is discovered that they are building an arsenal or buying weapons privately from outside, they will immediately cancel their designation and take back their autonomy, and Ming Dynasty will send troops to garrison them. "
Zhu Youjian's statement immediately won everyone's approval. Daming's weapons were updated very quickly, and the replaced weapons were sold to the vassal kings. At that time, their performance was still world-leading.
Just like the current flintlock guns, everyone is the same flintlock gun, but the Ming Dynasty flintlock gun is an improved version, which is better than Westerners in terms of power and range, and can even be said to be crushed.
Since King Yan raised troops to Jingnan, Han King Zhu Gaoxu tried to seize the throne, and after the rebellion of King Ning, Daming started a pig-raising model for those vassal kings.