Daming Military Empire

Chapter 180 Training Pirates
Treasure Island cannot be regained for the time being, this year has to be passed, and the Chinese New Year is about to come. Under the strong nagging of the empress dowagers of the two palaces, Zhu Cijiong had to issue an order to let Zheng Zhilong's family come to the capital a few days in advance, so that his precious The youngest son played well with the empress dowagers of the two palaces.

Maybe it's because this year's results are not as good as last year's. Zhu Cijiong always feels a little bit unexcited. In fact, except for the big victory that has nothing to show for it, Daming has made great progress in other aspects during the sixth year of Chongzheng.

First of all, the officialdom has been rectified through the Beijing-inspection plan. The officials of the Ming Dynasty have a sense of urgency, and they will no longer be monks hitting the clock for a day.

Then, Sun Chengzong took Jianzhou again. Although Huang Taiji led people away, the land could not be lost. The territory of the Ming Dynasty extended thousands of miles to the northeast, and it was getting closer and closer to the territory of the heyday.

In the end, fifty super battleships were built and launched. Although Da Ming does not yet have the strength to dominate the sea, it is already a force that cannot be ignored at sea. The Netherlands, the maritime overlord of the country, seems a little bit powerless.

Zhu Cijiong couldn't get excited from the bottom of his heart, but Zheng Zhilong was happy in his heart, and he couldn't seem too excited on the surface. Don't look at his son who was teasing him, but he didn't dare to move over, even his eyes Glance over there.Those women, except for his wife Tian Chuan, everyone else really has to be careful when they look at them. One is the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, the other is the Empress Dowager of the West Palace, and the other is the future empress. The worst one is also a female prince. Lord, the status is not lower than him at all!

Sometimes he is a little envious of Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming, the pair of bastard brothers. They are not a few years younger than him, but they are juniors. Standing in the middle of the group of women with their faces licked, not only will they not be rude, but they will also appear Be nice and obedient!

Zheng Zhilong felt that it was not an option for him to stand aside stupidly, so he simply mustered up the courage to chat with the emperor. Anyway, the emperor would ignore you at most if he chatted with the emperor's mother or future wife. will kill you!

Zheng Zhilong came up to the emperor to take a look, oops, it's broken, the emperor seems a little unhappy!But others have come, so it is not easy to turn around and leave, so I can only ask cautiously: "Why is the emperor troubled, I wonder if this humble minister will have the honor to share the worries of the emperor?"

Zhu Cijiong cast a glance at him, and said calmly: "I want to take back Dongfan, what can you do to prevent the Dutch from making trouble?"

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Are the Dutch so easy to provoke? If he was easy to provoke, he would have already taken Dong Fan as the emperor of the country. It's not a solution: "This, this, the only one who can fight the Dutch at sea now is Franz. If they can fight, maybe Daming can still benefit from it."

Zhu Cijiong knew that the Francois referred to by this guy was referring to Spain, but now that the Francois had gone downhill, self-protection was almost a problem, how could it be possible to fight the Netherlands.He could only sigh helplessly: "This is different from the past, Francois is dying, and they will not take the initiative to provoke Holland."

Zheng Zhilong couldn't be as predictable as Zhu Cijiong, of course he didn't know that Spain was about to fall, but the emperor said so, how could he dare to refute, so he had to say bitterly: "It's just letting them entangle the Dutch, not letting them be with the Dutch." Work hard, shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Spain is barely able to entangle the Netherlands now, but they don't eat too much, so why should they provoke the Netherlands.Zhu Cijiong asked angrily: "They're not fools, it's fine if the Dutch don't deal with them now, will they provoke the Dutch?"

Zhu Cijiong is quite right about this point. Now is the time when the forces are reversing. Spain is in decline. The United Kingdom has not yet risen. The Dutch are the current overlords of the sea. In a few years, the Netherlands will begin to sweep Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom in Southeast Asia. It is just that the 30-year war in Europe is now in full swing. The coalition forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish Empire are gaining the upper hand, while the Protestant Alliance supported by the Netherlands is at a disadvantage. The Netherlands does not want to mess with Spain yet.

Zheng Zhilong didn't know about this, but he had an idea to make the Netherlands and Spain fight. This idea is a bit cheap. He said with a cheap smile: "Don't the Dutch like to play pirates? We can also train pirates. Let the Dutch All the merchant ships were robbed, and all the goods were sold in Manila, and all the Spanish merchant ships were also robbed, and all the goods were sold in Dongfan, so it’s no wonder they didn’t fight!”

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong stared at Zheng Zhilong in a daze. This guy is indeed worthy of being a pirate, and he can come up with such a vicious method, but it seems that this guy has been a good guy for a long time, so where should he go to find pirates?He took a breath, and asked fearfully: "You don't mean to want my Daming Navy Master to pretend to be a pirate, do you? He's not a fool, if he finds out, he won't be asking for trouble!"

Talking about this pirate, Zheng Zhilong, became energetic, and he said proudly: "How dare you bother the emperor and the brothers of the Daming Navy, I still have a few brothers who are doing this job, just let them go."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help saying angrily: "Okay, I have made you the King of Zhennan, yet you are still raising pirates!"

Zheng Zhilong immediately realized that he was pretending too much and missed the point. He broke out in a cold sweat from fright, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, that's not the case. I didn't raise pirates. It's just that my subordinates not only There are Han people, Dongying people, Korean people, Luzon people, and even Kunlun slaves. Naturally, these lowly officials dare not bring them to Ming Dynasty, so they can only let a few brothers take them to live in the Sulu Sea area. .”

Zhu Cijiong didn't expect this to happen, and he blamed him wrongly. These people really can't be brought to Daming, but they are doing their best. Why did Zheng Zhilong let them provoke the Dutch and Spaniards? The whole army is about to be annihilated, Zheng Zhilong is not so poisonous to his brothers, right?He asked curiously: "This kind of thing is very risky, aren't you afraid that your brothers will be wiped out?"

Zheng Zhilong sighed helplessly: "Oh, they are not doing well now. The merchant ships of the red-haired devils are all armed merchant ships, and their firepower is stronger than theirs. They can only do small business and plunder the local area by the way. It’s just the natives. I want to buy them some Franc machine guns or Dutch cannons, and then drive the big ship to the Dongdaying Camp for remodeling, and then give them all the bird guns and local cannons that have been eliminated, so that they can Do some big business. The so-called wealth and wealth are in danger, and it is impossible for people in this business to be safe. They are all veterans, and it should not be impossible to wipe out the entire army. A little damage is unavoidable."

After working on it for a long time, it turned out that this guy wanted to play against the Dongdaying Shipyard and those old weapons. It is not a problem to give them the weapons and help them rebuild the Fuchuan. The main problem is that raising pirates is a bit too wicked, and In the future, when Ming Dynasty really dominates the sea, these pirates will be a bit redundant, how to deal with them?Could it be that they were all killed!
Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but said worriedly: "Weapons and ship modification are not a problem, but what should we do in the future? If the whole of Nanyang is ruled by Ming, wouldn't they be redundant?"

Zheng Zhilong already had a countermeasure against this point, he immediately replied after hearing the words: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. There are so many islands in Nanyang. When Daming doesn't need them, you can let them occupy a few islands and build a vassal state of Ming Dynasty. It’s enough to settle down for the elderly, after all, being a pirate is not a lifetime job, and they should also be looking forward to the day when the golden basin washes their hands.”

Zhu Cijiong heard the words, nodded slightly and said: "It's not bad to deal with it this way, but if they don't obediently wash their hands in the golden basin, wouldn't they be in big trouble?"

Zheng Zhilong patted his chest and assured: "Your Majesty, don't worry, these little ministers are absolutely obedient."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help doubting: "You are so sure, what if they are disobedient?"

Zheng Zhilong heard the words, a little sad but a little proud said: "Don't worry, the emperor, the disobedient ministers are almost wiped out, like Li Kuiqi, Zhong Bin, Yang Liu, and Yang Qi, who were also my Shibazhi's brothers back then, they They didn’t listen to my Zheng family’s orders, insisted on going against Daming, and all of them were wiped out by the humble officials.”

Zhu Cijiong didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to be so ruthless that he even killed his sworn brothers. He couldn't help sighing, "Kill them all?"

Zheng Zhilong thought that Zhu Cijiong knew something, and quickly explained: "There is another Liu Xiang, but he and Weichen didn't get along very well from the beginning, he is not Weichen's subordinate, and Weichen can't control him, so... .”

What kind of storm can a single Liu Xiang cause? Since almost all disobedient ones were killed by him, there should be no problem with the remaining few. Speaking of Shibazhi, Zhu Cijiong thought of two people, and he said lightly: "Well, I still have to think about this issue, let's talk about it in the next year. I heard that there are two people who seem to be quite familiar with you, you know He Bin and Guo Huaiyi, right?"

Zheng Zhilong was taken aback when he heard the words, and said a little embarrassedly: "This, this, these two are also Shibazhi's brothers. Of course I know each other, but they have already washed their hands."

Zhu Cijiong asked again: "Then do you know what they are doing now?"

Zheng Zhilong heard the words and couldn't help sighing: "I heard that they are working under the hands of the Dutch, so I can't blame them. There are so many people under their hands, how can they survive if they don't find something to do?"

Zhu Cijiong didn't want to blame them, but after listening to the report of Jin Yiwei's spies, he felt that these two people should be able to develop into internal agents, but he didn't know what kind of people they were, so he continued to ask: "Are these two people reliable? What do you say?" Will they still listen?"

Zheng Zhilong said with some complacency: "These two are quite obedient. As long as I write a letter, they will definitely cooperate obediently."

Writing a letter can make people sacrifice their lives?Why do you feel that these words are so unreliable, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but wondered: "It's unlikely, people won't imitate your handwriting, how can they be sure that the letter was written by you?"

(End of this chapter)