"I will spread the country's prestige to the world for my emperor, and send victorious troops to Japan to congratulate..."

"My emperor's martial virtues have made him a king of the East and beyond the four seas..."

"Your Majesty defeated the Western pirates in Japan, destroyed the Japanese pirates in the Three Islands (Mishima is another name for Japan), pacified the nests of the Japanese pirates, and brought peace to the Pacific Ocean. He can be called the most heroic ruler in history!"

After breakfast, he arrived at the Huangji Palace. As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Cihong heard the sincere comments made by the important officials of the two palaces about him! Every word was filled with true insights!

It seems that today's Ming Dynasty indeed has a wise king at the top, loyal ministers at the bottom, wise ministers, and the emperor is united. The situation of ZTE is not a fluke!

Zhu Cixi also smiled from ear to ear. After he sat firmly on the throne, he smiled and said to a group of wise ministers who told the truth: "Everyone, please stop standing and sit down... Sit down and discuss the Tao. Sit down and discuss the Tao."

The world!"

"I'll thank you for taking your seat."

The ministers all sat down with smiles on their faces. They had all received the news of the victory in the Battle of Kagoshima, and they were all veteran ministers who had followed Emperor Zhu for many years. They all had opened their eyes to look at the earth, knowing that the earth was round.

Yes, I also know that there is a vast land on the other side of the Pacific Ocean that is comparable to the continent of China (Asia), called the New World of America...it looks very appetizing.

The Japanese were the springboard to enter the New World of America. As for the Spanish, they stole that part of the American land that had belonged to China since ancient times. It was really hateful.

After the victory in the Battle of Kagoshima, Spain should be unable to stop the Chinese Empire from advancing eastward, while Japan can only act as a springboard...

In addition, it was probably Luzon Island that was stolen by the Spanish during the Wanli Period. This should be able to be taken back!

It seems that the Ming Dynasty’s territory will be greatly expanded again!

Seeing the ministers all beaming with joy, Emperor Zhu also smiled and asked: "Do all the ministers know about the victory of the Battle of Kagoshima? Let's talk about it. What should we do next?"

"Your Majesty, I thought that the mission of eradicating evil was over! Although the Xilu fleet has suffered a disastrous defeat, there are still three to two thousand Xilu sailors swimming ashore, and they have joined the Japanese pirate Shimazu clan. The Shimazu clan has been the leader of Japanese pirates for generations. During the Battle of Korea in the past,

He committed many evil deeds, and the late Emperor Shenzong wanted to send troops from heaven to attack his lair, but it was a pity that our navy did not have the navy to use it, so we were unable to do so. Now our navy has dominated the Pacific Ocean and has attacked the Japanese pirate Shimazu.

At the door of the house, why not go all out, break in, and annihilate the Shimazu clan?"

The first person to stand up and shout for death was Lu Zhenfei, the chief assistant. He felt that Japan was far away and it would not be easy to go there, so it was better to do more and wipe out the Shimazu family easily.

"Your Majesty, now the Tokugawa and Toyotomi disputes have arisen again in Japan. Shimazu is the backbone of Toyotomi's side, so we don't need to pay for our troops. As long as the foreign aid of Xilu is cut off, the Tokugawa shogunate will naturally destroy Shimazu.

Tianjin."

The person who opposed the destruction of Shimazu was Zheng Zhilong. He was a Japan-knowledge sect. He knew that Japan was a mud pit with many samurai who did not cultivate the land well. Of course, there was not that much land to cultivate. With the current national power of the Ming Dynasty,

To bulldoze the Shimazu family's castle, it would not be difficult to kill tens of thousands of people in Satsuma Domain.

But it is too laborious and costly to rule Kyushu Island for a long time!

"Your Majesty, the Tokugawa shogunate is now committed to the Celestial Empire," Zheng Zhilong added, "We can just sit back and watch the success, and there is no need to expand the Japanese conquest. The imperial court's troops should turn southward, firstly to rescue Siam; secondly, to

Recover Luzon."

The Zheng family has a close relationship with the Tokugawa shogunate, so maintaining the Tokugawa shogunate is most beneficial to the Zheng family. And another thing that is beneficial to the Zheng family is to explore Southeast Asia!

Nanyang has four major interests: spices, rice grains, timber, and trade. Among them, spices are unique to the Netherlands, rice grain interests belong to Siam, Ca Mau, Tinghai, and Annam, timber interests mainly belong to Siam and Ca Mau, and trade interests are

The British, Dutch, Zhengs, Portugal, Spain and other parties divided it up.

Zheng Zhilong feels that the current situation is very good. Daming, oh, that means his family should occupy a little more... at least eat all the Spanish share!

So he encouraged Emperor Zhu to march into Luzon. Anyway, Luzon already had a "Success Bay", so it wouldn't be difficult to take over the entire Manila Bay, right?

Zhu Cixi chuckled and was noncommittal.

"Your Majesty," Wu Sanfu, the military advisor of the Grand Marshal's Office, spoke up, "Sichuan and Yunnan are still in the hands of rogue bandits, and the people of Sichuan and Yunnan are still in dire straits, and they are eagerly waiting for Master Wang!"

What? The people in Sichuan and Yunnan are in dire straits? Emperor Zhu said to himself: Is this what the people of Sichuan and Yunnan said, or did you, Wu Sanfu, say it on their behalf? I am not a fool, I must investigate clearly before making a decision.

"Your Majesty," Li Ruolian, Minister of War, said, "I believe that the country's major dangers are always in the north rather than the south, on land rather than at sea... The Eastern Expedition should be decided quickly, and the next step can be to capture Kagoshima Castle to deter the Japanese pirates.

Then we should take advantage of the victory to withdraw our troops and move eastward for an expedition!"

Yes, Duduo is still waiting to die! It is not a long-term solution for him to hang to death!

Zhu Cixi smiled but remained noncommittal.

Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites, still knew Zhu Cixiang well, and knew that the reason why he did not express his position was that he did not hear what he wanted.

And Emperor Zhu’s thoughts are probably in the New World, right?

"Your Majesty," Qian Qianyi said, "I believe that the New Continent in the East is the land of the chosen king. If our government wants to dominate the world for eternity, it should seize the territory of the New Continent as soon as possible... and to the East

To cross the ocean, we must use Japan as a springboard!"

Okay! Zhu Cixi smiled, Old Qian has made great progress!

Qian Qianyi looked at Emperor Zhu and grinned. He felt that he had found the right route, so he said again: "The old minister thought that our government should make a concerted effort to convince Japan, make it abandon the title of arrogance, change the emperor to king, submit to the heaven, and restrain the vassal state.

present!"

All at once? How to do it?

Zhu Cixiang thought to himself: We can't have too high demands on old man Qian, let's look at Grand Duke Luo!

Grand Duke Luo was the newly established Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of exchanges with foreign countries and vassal states, including foreign trade.

"Your Majesty," Archduke Luo also stood up to speak at this time, "I believe that the victory of the Kagoshima naval battle is not the end of the conquest of the Satsuma Japanese pirates and the Spanish, but the beginning of a long war. How should we deal with the aftermath of the great victory of Kagoshima?

The situation must be considered in a long-term and comprehensive manner...The focus of the discussion is whether the Eight-Nation Alliance needs to be maintained? How should the relationship with the Tokugawa Shogunate be repositioned? Should the division between the two factions in Japan be maintained?"

Zhu Cixi finally heard the suggestion that was more to his liking, so he coughed and began to speak: "Since ancient times, arrogant soldiers will be defeated. The victory of Kagoshima Bay is gratifying and congratulatory, but we must also guard against arrogance and impetuosity!

Don’t think that after the great victory at Kagoshima, the Ming Dynasty will be invincible in the world! The victory in the Kagoshima naval battle certainly showed the strength of our army and navy, but it was also the result of the joint efforts of the Ming, British, Dutch, French and Portuguese countries.

achievement.

Now we must not forget the merits of others and think that we can regain the American Protectorate by relying on the power of the Ming Dynasty!"

What this means is to be low-key! When you are not winning, you must be low-key, and when you are winning, you must be low-key!

Emperor Zhu paused: "First of all, we don't consider expanding the war on Luzon Island now, just continue to control and build Chenggong Bay.

Because Luzon holds the nerve of the Dutch East India Company, and is also a treasure land that the British East India Company and the French want to get their hands on. If we capture Manila... the suspense will turn into resentment!

Secondly, we are not considering capturing Kagoshima Castle now. We have to keep the Shimazu family and let the Tokugawa family suffer before we can control it. If we help the Tokugawa family fight all the battles, what else can we do?

Force them to become loyal vassals of the Ming Dynasty?

Third, the operation to rescue Siam can begin, but there is no need for a large-scale rescue, because I still hope that King Naray will enter the court!
Chapter completed!