"It cannot be said that it is a fraud, it is them being attracted by your brother's great personality charm." Zhu Youcheng shamelessly started to brag about himself.

"That's true. Brother Cheng is worthy of being a member of my Zhu family." Emperor Tianqi quietly gilded his face.

"I am worthy of being from my Wei family." Wei Zhongxian gilded his face in his heart.

"Are you going to adapt the navy on Juehua Island into an army? It's a bit of a waste of talent. Our Ming Dynasty had a large number of troops, but the number of navy was obviously insufficient." Emperor Tianqi said with a little regret, "I remember when Grandpa Chengzu was there, the Ming Dynasty's reputation was far away from overseas. It was really like sails and all countries came to pay tribute. Unfortunately, there was no Chengzu after Chengzu. The navy of the Ming Dynasty was declining. Not only did the original vassal states ask us for help, but we were powerless, and even after our Daguan Island was occupied by the Red Barbarians, we were not able to recover it for the time being."

The Dayuan Island is Taiwan Island, and was occupied by the Netherlands in the fourth year of the Age of Revelation. The Ming people did not attach much importance to sea power. Although the Taiwan Island was occupied by foreign races, the Ming Dynasty did not care about it. Unexpectedly, this matter was stuck in the heart of Emperor Age of Revelation like a nail.

"Yes, it is precisely because the Ming Dynasty had both enemies on land and enemies from the ocean that I thought the Jinyiwei also needed a navy, so I put them in Tianjin. If the emperor agreed, they would establish a military port there, train troops and build ships, and they could form an army in a few years to clear the sea front for the Ming Dynasty."

"Okay, okay, very good." Emperor Tianqi stood up and shook Zhu Youcheng's hand vigorously, saying, "Only you can see so far, only you are not afraid of being suspicious of me, and you are working hard for the interests of the Ming Dynasty."

Tianqi continued: "After Dayuan Island was occupied by the Red Barbarians, I asked Wei's partner to check the information on Dayuan Island and found that the Red Barbarians had been planning for the Grand Barbarians for a long time. As early as the 32nd year of Wanli, the second year of Tianqi, the Red Barbarians attacked Penghu in the north of Dayuan Island twice. But they both ended in failure. In the fourth year of Tianqi, they turned to the south of Dayuan Island and established a city there, and it finally became a climate. And according to my guess, when the Red Barbarians came, Franji people would definitely come one after another. At that time, the Ming Dynasty's coastal areas were in danger. Wei's partner planned to re-establish the navy in Tianjin, with a limit of twenty thousand households. They belonged to the newly established Jinyiwei Dongfu Division, and this tutor was..."

Emperor Tianqi could not remember who should be the governor, so he looked at Zhu Youcheng.

Zhu Youcheng hurriedly said: "Wu Huping, a thousand households in the Fushi Department of Xizhen, is brave and resourceful, and is of great use..."

"Wu Huping will be the governor of the East Town Fushi. Brother Cheng, you will destroy 40,000 Jiannu this time and make great achievements. But I will not give you a title, you will not blame me."

Wei Zhongxian originally thought that Zhu Youcheng's great achievements this time would be more than enough to be granted a marquis of ten thousand households. Unexpectedly, Emperor Tianqi inherited his grandfather's stinginess and did not give Zhu Youcheng any title. Isn't this clearly bullying his grandson?

Zhu Youcheng smiled and said, "Of course not. When the Ming Dynasty was in peace and clear, a prince's title was waiting for me. What kind of Duke, Marquis and Bozi's title was more noble than the prince?"

Emperor Tianqi nodded with relief and said, "Yes. That's what I think. But even if you have any merits, you must be rewarded. I promoted you to commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei, and in charge of the Jinyiwei East and West Punishment Divisions. The Xizhenfushi's Punishment Division should be promoted from your subordinates. If you change people, it would be unfair to not implement your military training ideas. By the way, the rifle you mentioned just now... such as muskets, grenades, etc., sounds very impressive. Can you take out the design drawings of these two weapons and let the Ordnance Division imitate a large number of copies. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty will soar. It's no problem for Jiannu, Tartar, Red Wild, and Flangji."

The rifled musket was very popular in Shanhaiguan, and it was impossible to hide it, so he generously introduced this weapon to Emperor Apocalypse along with the grenade.

Zhu Youcheng pondered for a while and said, "Emperor, the combat power of the Ming army is not under any force. I think of the three major expeditions of Grandpa Wanli, expelling Japanese pirates, destroying Jebbay, and pacifying Bozhou. No battle was not a battle that made the enemy cry and cry. Now it is only more than thirty years since the three expeditions. Why did the Ming army fall to this level and be defeated in Liaodong every battle? I once heard that during the Battle of Sarhu, the old thief chief Nuer Hachi even obtained the strategy and route of the Ming army's attack earlier than the Ming generals, and then he won the victory. When he attacked cities and villages in Liaodong, he had internal ghosts to respond and opened the door to let the enemy go. On the other hand, I guarded Juehua Island this time, a half-man-high wall blocked them firmly, and even the old thief chief was me.

He was beaten to death. Therefore, the failure of the Ming army was not a crime of war, but a change in people's hearts. This time the same was true. The emperor heard that I was trapped on Juehua Island and urgently ordered Shanhaiguan to send reinforcements to support him. But I was victorious and returned to Shanhaiguan. Their reinforcements were not ready yet. Why? They were just a greedy mind and fear of death. They were the troops that the emperor saved money every year and spent three million taels of silver to support him. Before leaving, I took the generals of Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop, except for General Yang Qi, his subordinates Wu Xiang, Zhuang Qiancai and others. I did not want to hide these two weapons, but I was afraid that the Ordnance Department would get the drawings today, and Jiannu would make such a musket tomorrow, and then I would become a sinner of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Tianqi listened to Zhu Youcheng's narration blankly and felt that he was not very considerate. The failures of the Ming Dynasty everywhere were not entirely a matter of weapons. Although the old-fashioned muskets had a short range, their lethality should not be underestimated. Moreover, there were Fran machine cannon assists with a long range. Even if they were defeated, they would not be defeated so badly. Last year, Liu He's defeat was defeated by several thousand and hundreds, and even defeated by thousands of miles, which was a big laugh. Such soldiers, even if they carried advanced muskets, were still delivered to Jiannu.

He was silent for a while and said with difficulty: "In this way, Brother Cheng must keep the secret well. The Xizhen Fushi Arsenal was upgraded to a state secret. Anyone who dares to spy on the arsenal will take action first and then report no matter the official position."

Seeing that Emperor Tianqi was in a low mood, Zhu Youcheng agreed softly.

Suddenly, Emperor Tianqi came to his senses and said in surprise: "What, have you taken the generals from Liaodong?"

"It's not that fierce. It's just that all the Liaodong generals who returned to Shanhaiguan were arrested. The head of the Liaodong generals, like Zu Dashou and Zu Dale, was hiding in Ningyuan and could not catch them even if they wanted to."

"You, you, what are you good about me?" Emperor Tianqi rubbed his temples and said, "You are not small and have a greater ability to cause trouble. Like this time, you just made great contributions and immediately caused a strange disaster. The generals of Liaodong are useless, and I can see clearly. But they hold heavy troops and cannot make heavy moves suddenly. I will also slowly plan for it. But if you do this, it is equivalent to forcing the court to completely break with the generals of Liaodong. If their old subordinates surrender, the Ming Dynasty has no danger to defend, and our hinterland will be completely exposed to the minions of Jiannu."

"It's okay, I've already thought about it. Jiannu has not been able to get out of the past recently. The old thief chief Nuer Hachi died. His son Huang Taiji, Doer got up to fight to the death for the Khan throne and had no time to look south. Even if the old subordinates of the Liaodong General wanted to join Jiannu, they would have to cross a 200-mile unmanned land. Moreover, I have arranged for Wu Xiang, a graduate of the Ming Military Academy, to accept the old subordinates of Liaodong. In fact, there are many contradictions within the old subordinates of Liaodong. The Liaodong generals like to raise military servants, and there are deep rifts between military servants and ordinary soldiers. As long as the military servants are eliminated, the Liaodong soldiers will be out of the control of the Liaodong generals. When I left Shanhaiguan, Yang Qi had fully grasped all the soldiers of Shanhaiguan. In time, the soldiers of Shanhaiguan would become the main force of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Tianqi was overjoyed and said, "Oh, Brother Cheng, how did you have such a head? You have made a great contribution to the Ming Dynasty. Although others would say that you framed your colleagues, in fact, the significance of your action this time is even more important than killing the old thief chiefnuer Hachi."

Zhu Youcheng rarely said modestly: "I am just a stupid and bold person. I can't stand the generals in Liaodong. They look like they are good at getting cheap. It's annoying enough to get cheap. It's so unforgiving to come out and behave again."

"I have always wanted to move the generals in Liaodong, but when I think of the consequences, I am a little timid. I didn't expect that when you go to Shanhaiguan, you will be able to capture them all with such a big deal." Emperor Tianqi turned to Wei Zhongxian and said, "Parent Wei, arrest all these people into the Dongchang, and question them carefully, and dig out all those who are connected to Jiannu." (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!

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