After entering Nanjing City, Zhu Youlang went straight to the palace city.

Nanjing Forbidden City was built earlier than Beijing Forbidden City and larger in scale.

Apart from being a little bit shabby, there are almost no disadvantages.

Before, Zhu Youlang was basically in Kunming, Yunnan or in Shu, the palaces he lived in were basically miniature versions.

Not to mention Ligong, who lives in Huguang and Jiangxi, is here.

Compared with the Forbidden City in Nanjing, all the palaces Zhu Youlang lived in before were less than 10%.

Zhu Youlang came to the Ming Gate surrounded by his ministers.

After the Qing Dynasty took over, it was changed to the Daqing Sect, but now it is naturally changed back to the Daming Sect.

After passing the Daming Gate, even if you enter the imperial city, the Six Tribes and Nine Temples and other yamen are basically here.

Continue to walk along the wide bluestone slab path and you will be able to reach the gate of the palace.

Zhu Youlang could have taken a sedan chair, but he specially ordered to walk.

It was the fearless bloody battle of the soldiers that gave Zhu Youlang the opportunity to stand here again.

He wants to enjoy this feeling of dominating the world.

Zhu Youlang looked around and saw that Nanjing Forbidden City was so majestic.

The palace built by our ancestors through hard work cannot be destroyed in my hands!

Zhu Youlang swears secretly in his heart.

Although time is a little tight, Zheng Chenggong still cleaned the palace very clean and did everything a minister should do.

Zhu Youlang stepped over the white marble bridge and looked at the Jinshui River for a moment of excitement. Then he strided forward and entered the Meridian Gate through the middle door hole.

Entering here will be the real Forbidden City.

The damage to the Forbidden City in Nanjing was quite serious. When Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne, two of the three halls had been damaged to the point where they could not be used.

Although there were some repairs later, because the Hongguang court only existed for about a year, it was not completely repaired.

Fortunately, Zhu Youlang did not plan to attend the court in the three halls.

The imperial team has not yet been established, and there are only a few dozen civil and military officials together. It is too shabby to even get together in court.

Zhu Youlang decided to summon all the ministers in the bedroom, which could be regarded as a miniature court meeting.

Among the ministers summoned, the generals were mainly military generals, including Kuidong Xun, Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo and his confidants. There were also some civil servants who followed Zhu Youlang in their early years.

Although their abilities may not be as good as Wen Anzhi, their loyalty should be fine.

The problem of shortage of talents in the court has been exposed. Zhu Youlang decided to open Enke and recruit as many talents as possible.

Although there are various problems with the imperial examination, there is no doubt that the imperial examination is the best way to maintain the rule of the court.

As long as the imperial examination is present, people will not lose their hearts.

Zhu Youlang has a complete set of ideas for reforming the imperial examinations, but it is not necessary to implement it now, but to wait until the world is pacified.

"Your Majesty, after Shi Lang led his troops to attack Nanjing and was defeated, he should flee to the sea. I'm afraid the coast will not be peaceful in a short period of time."

Zheng Chenggong felt a little guilty about not capturing Shi Lang, but at this point, he could only think about it in a good direction.

"I suggest strengthening patrols along Zhejiang coasts, especially the Yuyao generation in Ningbo, Shaoxing and Yuyao."

"King Zhong said it right. Shi Lang is a sinister and cunning person. He will definitely not give up if he didn't succeed in the sneak attack on Nanjing this time. I also think that the coastal defense should be strengthened."

Zhu Youlang paused and said, "But I think that coastal defense cannot be limited to land, but should be expanded to sea."

Zheng Chenggong's eyes lit up when he heard this.

He had previously thought that he should occupy some larger islands, which was equivalent to laying many fortresses on the sea.

Even if Shi Lang invaded, the Ming army could attack from both sea and land.

But he felt that the emperor would not agree with this kind of consuming resources. Unexpectedly, the emperor thought of going with him.

"Your Majesty, I think I can conquer Nanzhili first and then recover southern Zhejiang."

Li Dingguo also began to express his opinions.

In his opinion, the importance of Nanzhili is far higher than that of Zhejiang.

After all, Nanjing is now surrounded, and whether it is Fengyang, Yangzhou, or Huai'an and Xuzhou, it can pose a threat to Nanjing.

This time Shi Lang can come by water, and next time he may attack by land.

Especially Fengyang, which was the place where the dragon rises in the Ming Dynasty, and the Zhu family’s ancestral tombs are there.

No matter from which perspective, regaining Fengyang is something that the emperor must do now.

As the saying goes, how can you let others sleep soundly on the side of the bed?

After pacifying the entire Southern Zhili, the Ming army could also let go and attack Zhejiang, otherwise they would always feel that the Qing army might be stabbed in the ribs at any time.

Zhu Youlang nodded.

He roughly agreed with Li Dingguo's advice, and he also recognized that Nanzhili had higher priority than Zhejiang.

Although the coastal areas of Zhejiang are wider, they still involve the issue of bordering Fujian.

It would be more reasonable to fight Zhejiang after the prefectures and counties in Nanzhili.

Of course, not fighting Zhejiang now does not mean not doing work.

Zhu Youlang ordered He Shouyi: "General He, you can prepare for Siming Mountain first, and the army may go south at any time."

He Shouyi led the order and said: "I obey the order."

"First attack Nanzhili, then take Zhejiang, then go south to Fujian, and finally recover Guangdong and Guangxi."

Zhu Youlang has already given a complete plan.

Although he didn't know how long it would take to do this, he would definitely advance step by step.

At least half a year or more, it should be enough, right?

Another difficult problem is that after the Ming army captured Huguang and Jiangxi, two rich places, they needed to be stationed.

At present, the total strength of the Ming army is only more than 200,000.

Of course, this does not include the auxiliary soldiers and village warriors, but simple combat soldiers.

From this perspective, it is indeed a bit stretched.

Zhu Youlang's initial idea was that the Thirteen Kuidong families were stationed in Huguang. First, here is closer to the base camp of Kuidong, and second, Kuidong has the most troops, so it is most suitable to guard Huguang, the largest territory.

As for Li Dingguo's main force stationed in Jiangxi, it is a good choice.

Zheng Chenggong and the Hu Ben Army came to defend Nanzhili and Zhejiang.

It is very suitable for navy to perform along the river and sea.

Of course, the Hu Ben Army is the personal army of the emperor, so it is perfect to guard the capital.

However, recruiting troops and expanding troops is an urgent task. Zhu Youlang hopes that the Ming army's soldiers will reach at least 500,000 in the future.

If you want to fight the Northern Expedition, you may have to pay one million.

Of course these are relatively old things.

If you can't get a fat man in one bite, Zhu Youlang will not expect to destroy the troops to reach one million in a short time.

This is not realistic nor reasonable.

In three years, Zhu Youlang probably set a date.

Three years should be enough?

Three years later, the Northern Expedition was launched, expelling the Tartars, and reviving the Ming Dynasty.

It's exciting to think about it!
Chapter completed!