After reaching an agreement on sending the imperial envoy, Zhu Youxiao was a little disappointed. He originally thought that this incident would be a little turbulent, but he found that everyone had agreed.

It seems that everyone has become accustomed to his approach. In this case, Zhu Youxiao is a little unaccustomed.

However, in the coming days, there will be no other things in the court. What everyone needs to do is to sort out the disaster situation well, otherwise things will become very troublesome.

Originally, Zhu Youxiao thought so, but some things were not what you thought.

Looking at the Minister of War Cui Jingrong who came in, Zhu Youxiao's face became not very good.

Why is it so difficult for the Ming Dynasty to think about peace? When will it rise?

Something happened again this time, but it was not the west, nor the north, but the south.

After looking at Cui Jingrong, Zhu Youxiao asked directly: "Have the news been confirmed?"

"Your Majesty, it's confirmed." Cui Jingrong agreed, and respectfully presented a question book to Zhu Youxiao, and then stood aside obediently.

This question book was prepared by Zhu Youxiao and Cui Jingrong. The reason was that it was a question book sent from Fujian before.

The title book says: The southern border of the Ming Dynasty caused another Japanese pirates, and Xiamen was attacked.

Although the people of the governor Shang and Zhou Zuo defeated the invaders, the incident also reached Zhu Youxiao.

However, after this incident came to Zhu Youxiao, it directly attracted the attention of Zhu Youxiao.

The reason is very simple. Apart from some sporadic Japanese pirates, this time it was mainly the Dutch who were making trouble.

After receiving the news, Zhu Youxiao asked Cui Jingrong to check what was going on and see what the Dutch had achieved.

This is very important to Zhu Youxiao.

Speaking of which, before the north was finished, Zhu Youxiao really didn't want to go south. He didn't want to pay attention to those Japanese pirates and the like for the time being.

As for the others, Zhu Youxiao was even less interested. Whether it was the Dutch, the British, the Spanish, or the Portuguese, Zhu Youxiao was not very interested.

Zhu Youxiao has no money now, no one wants, no one wants, nothing wants. It has not been straightened out in China, so it is really not a wise choice to mix it overseas.

If you want to go to sea, you have to be prepared.

But these people are always making trouble, so it is hard to stand it. The situation should be clarified first.

Putting down the question book in his hand, Zhu Youxiao said, "I won't read it anymore, just tell me."

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao leaned on the dragon throne, waiting for Cui Jingrong to speak.

Cui Jingrong also understood that this was His Majesty testing him

For Cui Jingrong, since he became the Minister of War, he realized that his actual power was not that great.

The actual army of the court was the emperor's newly established personal army.

Although the troops in various places also have daily affairs, their power has been punished by the staff. Since Sun Chengzong was transferred to the General Staff, the Ministry of War has been without a leader and has been severely divided.

Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to get back power. So Cui Jingrong, the position of Minister of War, has plummeted.

If it weren't for the question book like this, Your Majesty wouldn't have the heart to listen to what Cui Jingrong said.

In order to solve his own predicament, Cui Jingrong came up with a good solution.

In fact, there are two ways to save money, one is called open source and the other is called intercept.

For officials who are officials, there are two ways to obtain power. One is to rob it, rob the power from others. This is what the General Staff does, and the Ministry of War is the robbed yamen.

But Cui Jingrong wants to rob power, it is impossible in a short period of time. This path will not work.

Then there is only another way, that is, expand power, and open source is placed on taxation.

As long as Cui Jingrong finds a new source of power, he will naturally be able to enhance his power, which is very common in the officialdom.

In normal times, we have made all kinds of things and rules for power.

It is obvious that only one procedure is needed, but every yamen needs to go through it, because every yamen needs power to demonstrate their role.

I have no effect and do nothing, so can I be cut off?

But Cui Jingrong doesn't do such stingy things, he is the Minister of War.

Besides, Your Majesty is not a stupid person today. Your Majesty is extremely wise and it is useless to play tricks in front of Your Majesty.

When he saw the question book sent by Fujian, Cui Jingrong had some ideas. After receiving the oral order that His Majesty asked him to investigate in detail, Cui Jingrong had even more ideas.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cui Jingrong quickly agreed.

In fact, things at the beach have been around for a long time.

In July of the 33rd year of Wanli, these Dutch people occupied Penghu and logged wood to build houses, which was a plan to live for a long time. They also borrowed businessmen Li Jin, Pan Li and Guo Zhen to write to the Ming Dynasty.

Fujian Governor Xu Xue gathered to ban merchants and go to the market and cut off their support. The Dutch had no food to get and left at the end of October.

Later, he invaded Taiwan's land, built houses and farmed fields, but could not stay there for a long time. Then he went out to occupy Penghu, built cities and set up guards in order to seek trade.

The guards said that by destroying the city and moving far away, they could trade. The Dutch destroyed the city and moved their boats in the third year of the Tianqi period.

The governor Shang and Zhou Zuo heard that he had moved to the country by following the order, but the Dutch still occupied Taiwan and then built the city of Penghu again.

"A few days ago, these Dutch people sent troops to attack Xiamen and were defeated by the governor Shang Zhouzuo. However, in my opinion, these Dutch people would not give up. Although they wrote a letter to seek peace after they were defeated, these people were unstoppable."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Cui Jingrong and asked directly: "Then do you think they can get things done?"

"Some little kids can't do anything," Cui Jingrong said directly: "They can make things happen because they are just someone behind the scenes."

"Who is supporting?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Cui Jingrong and asked again.

"Your Majesty is Li Dan, a giant gangster overseas. This man occupies many islands along the coast and even has a base in Japan. He is the largest Japanese pirate overseas, colluding with these foreigners and constantly robbing the Ming Dynasty. Without his help, these Dutch people would never have been like this."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."

That's the truth. Li Dan and the Dutch are still in a period of cooperation and want to open the country of Ming Dynasty together and let the Ming Dynasty discuss trade with them.

But later they turned against each other. At that time, the Zheng family was already in charge, Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong.

After Zheng Zhilong defected to the Ming Dynasty, he began to turn against the Dutch, but more of them were to raise soldiers and respect themselves.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Chenggong officially turned against the Dutch. The Dutch in Taiwan was driven out by Zheng Chenggong.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter is of great importance." Cui Jingrong said with a calm face.

At this time, Cui Jingrong's face was very serious, and he looked like he was in a critical state of survival. Zhu Youxiao was a little confused.

What is this person going to say?

Zhu Youxiao said: "If you have anything to say, I'm fine, but I can't help but say it."

Cui Jingrong hurriedly said: "The Japanese pirates overseas have always been thieves and have ulterior motives for the Ming Dynasty. These foreigners are even more thieves and are eyeing our Ming Dynasty!"

"I think I should prepare early, otherwise once they interact with each other, it is likely to re-emerge the Southeast change during the Jiajing period."

"Northern borders are stable now, and the Tartars in Liaodong are in danger, so there is no big trouble. I think the Southeast should be put on the agenda as soon as possible."

When he said this, Cui Jingrong's expression on his face became more serious. He looked directly at Zhu Youxiao and said, "I think a Ming navy should be established."

"There is no peace overseas now, and it cannot be underestimated. The Ming Dynasty should have a navy to protect the court and the Ming Dynasty! Although there are navy troops everywhere, their tactics are backward and their ships are short. They have no power to fight against Japanese pirates outside the sea. So I would like to prepare the Ming Dynasty navy to pacify the southeast!"

Looking at Cui Jingrong's serious look, Zhu Youxiao felt a little moved.

The Ming Dynasty did not have a national navy, which means that there was no navy directly under the central government. Only the military towns along the coastal areas equipped their own ships.

Moreover, the money allocated by the imperial court was limited, and the ships they equipped were still the same kind of springboard square-bottom ships.

Just like a more famous battle in history, Yu Dayou's son Yu Zigao and Zheng Zhilong fought one, but they were defeated and were also charged with not daring to fight and being unable to move forward.

People of this era may not understand, but Zhu Youxiao knew very well that this was actually a dispute between civil and military affairs.

Yu Zigao didn't want to fight that battle because he knew he couldn't win at all. What kind of ship is his subordinate? What kind of ship is his subordinate?

If he guarded along the coast, he might still have a slight chance of winning; there would be no chance to fight Zheng Zhilong, and he would be dead.

But the governor at that time wanted to fight, but he was defeated. The charge was naturally Yu Zigao.

And it was said that Yu Zigao was afraid of the enemy, otherwise why would he be defeated? Then Yu Zigao was dealt with.

In fact, the people behind the scenes have already summarized the battle at sea, and that is, the sharp guns and cannons may not be useful.

There are also ambushing on land and playing tricks, but at sea, they are comparing whose ship is better, whose armor is thicker, and whose artillery has a longer range and greater power.

Apart from that, it is gone. Even the courage of the soldiers is not that important, just hit the cannon accurately.

In this case, it is completely unnecessary to make anything else. Cui Jingrong made this suggestion, but he didn't really think that the Southeast will inevitably become chaotic.

This is clearly an exaggeration. What Cui Jingrong wants is nothing more than the court supporting him to establish a navy army.

After this policy was established, the power of the Ministry of War was expanded. Under such circumstances, he, the Minister of War, also had the power.

Zhu Youxiao was not ready to agree. Although the Ming Dynasty really needed to establish a navy, a navy, not a navy, but it was definitely not at this time.

Zhu Youxiao didn’t have enough money and hadn’t figured out the things on the road. Shipbuilding is not a simple thing. He wants no one, and he has no money, so what kind of shipbuilding is used to build it?

Even if it is built, it is impossible for Cui Jingrong and the others to do it. Zhu Youxiao wanted to use the royal navy of the Ming Dynasty, which was not controlled by the court. This navy must remain independent, and the people Zhu Youxiao had to deal with were not only outside the court.

When the establishment of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty was completed, it was time for Zhu You to proofread some people to take action.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Youxiao looked at Cui Jingrong and said, "This matter has been discussed for a long time."

After hearing this, Cui Jingrong was stunned.
To be continued...