When Zhu Youxiao heard that it was not good, he still wanted money. He was still alive. He only had some money, and there were countless places to spend money. He smiled and said, "Since that's the case, it's better to follow the original plan. The navy must naturally match the high and low. Moreover, although the lucky ships are generally not as good as those new warships, they also have their own strengths. The key is how the chief of the navy is used. Isn't I going to run the navy university now? Those people will be the main force of the navy in the future. After these students graduate, they will continue to do this. All senior officials in the navy must go to this navy university."

Sun Chengzong had no hope of getting the money from Zhu Youxiao, but now he was very happy that he had 500,000 taels for free. What Zhu Youxiao said at this moment was naturally golden and good words, and he replied with a smile: "What the emperor said is very true. After the Weichen returned, he will start to arrange this matter!"

"Well!" Zhu Youxiao was satisfied when he saw this, and he seemed to have a sense of satisfaction in his mind that the Ming fleet surrounded the Dutch, British, and Spanish fleets. After a moment of fantasy, he returned to reality. Then he pointed to the European part of the map and said: "This is the place for the Western barbarians. Have you seen it? The distance is very far, but the Dutch Red Barbarians fleet has seen my doorstep, but my Ming navy has probably never even been here!" As he said that, Zhu Youxiao pointed his hand at the Strait of Malacca.

Xu Guangqi was very familiar with Western learning. He learned a lot from Western missionaries. He naturally saw the world map of Westerners. Moreover, Western globes were already a big deal in the Ming Dynasty. A little bit of silver could be bought from some Westerners. Of course, the globes of Westerners were very simple and not as detailed as Zhu Youxiao's map, but it was much clearer than the Ming Dynasty's Mianyi Map. The important thing about the Ming Dynasty Mianyi Map is that it marked the Ming Dynasty's cities and many other things on the Ming Dynasty Mianyi Map, which had the nature of a military map. When he saw Zhu Youxiao, he said softly: "Your Map, when Chengzu, there was an eunuch Zheng He who had been here! Zheng He also went to a place farther away than this!"

"Yeah!" Zhu Youxiao said it was just awesome. He didn't expect that he would forget Zheng He, the navigator, and replied awkwardly: "What Xu Aiqing said is very much, but I am talking about my Ming Navy. According to my understanding, my Ming Navy is Luzon in Southeast Asia, and I have never been to Java!"

Xu Guangqi said at this time: "Your Majesty, that's because of the Ming Dynasty's ban. The sea boats along the Ming coast are not allowed to go out to sea, so the navy is abandoned. The navy naturally cannot complete such a long-distance ocean-going thing!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled after hearing this, and continued, "The sea ban has banned the Ming Dynasty's navy. However, as far as I know, there are a large number of merchants from the Ming Dynasty in Luzon and Java. In some places, my Ming subjects have settled together in those places, and there are thousands of people in large villages. Is this a matter?"

At this time, Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, these people violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty and violate the maritime ban, and privately sell our Ming Dynasty goods to those foreign countries, but only for those mere benefits. This is a serious crime, and privately settling in the foreign country is even more of a death sentence!"

At this time, Xu Guangqi said: "Didn't the emperor lift the sea ban? Then these Ming subjects did not violate the sea ban. Settling overseas is just for the convenience of trade. Those meager benefits will eventually return to our Ming Dynasty. What crimes are there?"

Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong had no major conflicts. The argument between the two, or the dispute between the Western School represented by Xu Guangqi and the Donglin Party represented by Sun Chengzong, is sometimes concentrated on these seemingly small things. When Zhu Youxiao saw the two, he was a little nervous when he saw them. He knew that the two probably had a fight again, so he said on the side: "These people are guilty and not guilty. I don't plan to pursue them. In fact, what if they are guilty, what if they are guilty, so what if they are innocent? My Ming warship cannot reach there. Is there any difference between guilt and innocence? A few days ago, the Ming Dynasty defeated the Dutch Red Barbarians, and now I can't wait for those red barbarians.

Come again, I want my Ming navy to advance to the South Ocean. Penghu and Xiaoliuqiu (Taiwan) can be used as a barrier to the Ming Dynasty. Now these two places are sparsely populated, but the land is fertile. There are not many refugees who have lost their land in Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong. You can go to these places. When you get there, I can give them land, seeds, and plow oxen. I will give them whatever you need. And if you get these refugees don’t need to be converted into military households, they are still civilians and don’t have to fight for me. With so many good things, I don’t believe that no one will go to these places!"

At this time, Sun Chengzong said again: "Emperor, those who left the Ming Dynasty and settled overseas were mostly pirates who fled along the coast, and many were robbers who burned, killed and looted. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong, these pirates and pirates were already the three major sea disasters of our Ming Dynasty. After General Qi Jiguang suppressed these gigolos, these gigolos fled to the Nanyang area. So how could these people be guilty!"

Zhu Youxiao had never thought so much. Now he heard Sun Chengzong say that he had a plan in his mind, and then said with a smile: "It's better, can I use the sign of extermination of pirates to let the Ming ships sail in the South Ocean? As for those pirates, I will naturally not let the bandits go lightly, but I encouraged the merchants. However, these merchants must go through the Tongshang Bureau I established. The Tongshang Bureau was established in some ports that can be anchored in large ocean-going merchant ships, so that I can receive a lot of taxes and silver, and these merchants can also make a lot of profits from it. What's wrong with the country and the people being rich?"

What Sun Chengzong was more difficult to accept was Zhu Youxiao's view that everything was mainly based on money. As a scholar who reads poetry and books, it was such a vulgar thing to speak without saying anything. Of course, there were many scholars who were gentlemen in front of the public and collected money behind their backs. At this time, Sun Chengzong looked at Zhu Youxiao and had a lot to say in his heart, but when he saw Zhu Youxiao's expression, he knew that it was useless to say more. It would be better to save some time and stop answering.

Seeing that Sun Chengzong stopped talking, Zhu Youxiao continued: "The billions of people in the Ming Dynasty are my people. Of course, I hope that my people will have a lot of living, food, clothing, housing and transportation, so what about merchants? As long as money and goods are earned by both hands, they are clean. This is what I mean. I want to send people to the southeast coast to form an ocean fleet. The main task is to immigrate to Xiaoliuqiu, the second task is to clear out the pirates on the coast, and of course another fundamental task is to patrol the South Ocean! However, now my financial resources are limited, and the newly built ships are to be given priority to the Pingliao Navy. Therefore, the first phase of the task is to be responsible for refugees to reclaim Xiaoliuqiu! Dear friends, please recommend your personal choice!"

Everyone stared at each other. There seemed to be a lot of fifteen people, but they were all just a substitute. Wang An, as an internal supervisor, could not participate in politics, but Zhu Youzai was in charge of so many eunuchs. Anyway, Zhu Youzai didn't care. Song Yingxing didn't understand these things except for research, so he naturally had no say. Yang Lian could say the same thing. However, Yang Lian had been a scholar for so many years, and he had no idea how many people he offended, but he had no hope to ask him to recommend an official with such a high standard. The six ministers and the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet had some say. However, Zhu Youzai's proposal was too sudden and no one was prepared at all. How could he suddenly decide this candidate?

Zhu Youxiao looked at everyone and said, "I know that it is a bit urgent to make your dear friends recommend candidates. It's better to designate me. I saw that Feng Luoyun, who supervised the Battle of Penghu last time, will I ask him to go to the southeast coast again this time, but time has to be fast. Now it's time to farm! Are there any better people who can choose?"

Isn’t Zhu Youxiao farting off his pants? Is this a waste of time? Since he has made the decision, what else can I ask? As expected, everyone agrees.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to signal Wei Chao to put away the two maps, and then said: "Two things have been decided today. One is caused by the rebellion of King Fu, and the other is caused by the previous battle in Penghu. Since I ascended the throne, I have fought three battles and have already participated in two battles. It seems that only Liaodong has not been said yet. Cui Jingrong, the Minister of War, will tell me about the current situation in Liaodong!"

Cui Jingrong thought to himself that Zhu Youxiao had news about the Jinyiwei, how could he not know about Liaodong? In fact, he just wanted to tell him to the others here! So he stood up and said, "Now there are 140,000 troops in Liaodong, led by Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong. Xiong Tingbi stepped up the repair of castles and trained troops in Liaodong. Now Liaodong has become a solid line of defense, and Xiong Tingbi is training troops in Liaodong, hoarding materials, and counterattacking the Later Jin Tartars at any time!"

"That's it! Xiong Tingbi took a lot of money from my pocket. If he didn't do anything, I wouldn't spare him easily!" Zhu Youxiao said from the side.

"This is the situation in Liaodong. According to the original strategy of defending Liaodong, in addition to Liaodong, there are also Pingliao Navy and contacting Korea. The eminent minister of Pingliao Navy will not talk about it. The Ministry of War, Ministry of Rites and Xiong Tingbi jointly sent an envoy to North Korea to discuss the defense and attack the Jurchen rebels. The King of Korea has agreed to our request! Moreover, the North Korean country has sent an envoy to visit our Ming Dynasty to discuss the details. The envoys of the North Korean country landed in Tianjin yesterday and probably arrived in the capital today. Will the emperor summon these envoys?"

North Korea! Zhu Youxiao’s impression of North Korea is not very good. It’s not that he has any opinions on the Korean people. It’s mainly because Zhu Youxiao thought of North Korea and thought of the fragile combat effectiveness of the North Korean army. In fact, it was said that he was to contact North Korea to fight against the Later Jin. The role of North Korea was only to drag down the Later Jin. After all, he could quickly attack the hinterland of the Later Jin. However, North Korea during the Ming Dynasty was not North Korea in the 21st century. North Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao had some interest. It was the first time that a vassal state had paid tribute to the throne for so long. Maybe it was relatively new.

"It's better to summon me! Since it's my vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and with the fight against those Tartars, I naturally want to meet these envoys from North Korea, showing the importance of our vassal states. This matter is handed over to the Minister of Rites Sun Shenxing's beloved minister. This time I will treat these envoys from North Korea well and show the momentum of our magnificent country."

"I received the order!" Sun Shenxing replied.

"Okay, I'm more clear about these things. Let's talk about what Nurhaci has been doing recently? Are you clearing out those Mongolian Tartars?" Zhu Youxiao knew that the Later Jin Dynasty was naturally not a fool. He knew that Liaodong could not chew, so he naturally had to find some easy bones to chew. Although North Korea is weak, as a unified country, it is relatively united and difficult to chew, and there is no choice. Mongolia is naturally the only goal.

Cui Jingrong thought that Zhu Youxiao knew something better than himself, so he said: "After the slave chief Nurhaci had no hope of attacking Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, he turned his target to various Mongolian tribes. Nurhaci continued to send troops to attack small Mongolian tribes, and then used marriage methods to make friends with the Korqin tribes and the Zarut tribes of Mongolia. Lin Danhan of Mongolia had already discovered Nurhaci's embezzlement and encroachment, and constantly mobilized Mongolian tribes to counterattack the Jurchen rebels. Now there is a stalemate between the entire Mongolian and the Jurchen rebels!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone is a great scholar who is well-read in poetry and books. I think he has read a lot of military books. What should we do at this time should be clear! What I lack in Ming Dynasty now is time. The longer the Jurchens fight with Mongolia, the more they consume, the more they are, the more beneficial it is to my Ming Dynasty. According to my opinion, the Jurchens will definitely beat Mongolia!"

Cui Jingrong was able to be the Minister of War, and his military talent was naturally much higher than that of other people. When talking about military issues, he naturally played the lead role, and said: "The emperor's meaning is, I understand that the Ministry of War has also specified many strategies based on this matter. However, the problem is that now the Jurchens and Mongolia are both guarding against our Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of both, Mongolia and Jurchens are not their biggest enemies. The real enemy is actually my Ming Dynasty. Especially since the Emperor ascended the throne, all kinds of waste have flourished and prosperous. The Jurchens and Mongolia cannot not know it. Now it seems that the two sides are in a stalemate. In fact, it is possible to unite to fight against our Ming Dynasty at any time!"
Chapter completed!