Chapter 332 Inner Sage Outer King East China Sea Fleet Expedition
4333 AD, 1636 AD, October 25th. A large court meeting in Huangji Palace. Wu Baiguan discussed the proposal of Qian Mingyi, the governor of Henan and the minister of the Yellow River, on repairing the Yellow River.
Jiang Fangding reported on the new Jinshi and his studies in the Imperial College. Li Qingmuhui, Minister of the Navy, reported:
"Your Majesty, one first-class battleship and one second-class battleship produced by the Guangzhou Shipyard have been allocated to the East China Sea Fleet. The East China Sea Fleet is now docked at Qinhuangdao Port in Tangshan Prefecture. Among the large ports near Shuntian County, only Qinhuangdao Port has a slight
There are ice floes and the sea is not frozen. Feng Sanqiu, the governor of the East China Sea Fleet, is already waiting outside the Huangji Palace. Please name the newly commissioned battleship of the navy." Su He sat on the dragon chair and said condescendingly:
"Xuan Feng Sanqiu enters the palace. As for the battleships, they will continue to be named according to the traditional naming method of battleships. The second first-class battleship will be named Han Wudi, and the third second-class battleship will be named Li Jing." Officials heard about the battleship.
They all already understood His Majesty the Emperor's thoughts on this naming.
At first, they thought there were no rules for naming battleships. Now it seems that His Majesty the Emperor still has certain rules for naming battleships.
The first-class battleships are ordered by ancient emperors. Emperor Qin and Han Wu, this is the emperor who will be enshrined in the ancestral temple through the ages, as the naming rule of the first-class battleships.
Second-level battleships are named after famous generals. Nowadays, all the battleships named are famous generals who fought against foreign races and achieved outstanding results.
Huo Qubing, Yan Ran and Shi Le defeated the Xiongnu. Li Jing led his troops to destroy the Turks, and Yue Fei was a famous general who fought against the Jin Dynasty.
Your Majesty the Emperor, this is using the name of a battleship to point the sword at Jiannu. Feng Sanqiu walked towards the Huangji Hall with neat steps.
He had arrived in the capital last night. His Majesty the Emperor summoned him at the Qianqing Palace overnight. Feng Sanqiu saluted with a military salute and said in a sonorous and powerful voice:
"General Feng Sanqiu, Governor of the East China Sea Fleet, pays homage to His Majesty." Su He asked in a kind tone:
"Feng Aiqing, the East China Sea Fleet is stationed in Songjiang County. What will happen to you when you come back?" When Feng Sanqiu heard His Majesty's question, he knew that His Majesty was starting to act.
The East China Sea Fleet is training at Wusong Port. The southern seas do not freeze at all in winter and the temperature is relatively suitable, making it suitable for naval training.
He was ordered by Su He to take the newly received battleships and the entire East China Sea Fleet to the north.
Su He made it clear in his imperial edict that he would send the East China Sea Fleet to fight, and at the same time take over Ryukyu, the important military port of the East China Sea Fleet.
Feng Sanqiu said seriously according to the script set yesterday:
"Your Majesty, the East China Sea Fleet intercepted the Japanese pirates and discovered important information. Hongguang Emperor Zhu Cixiang was brought to the Japanese country by Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard at the time." When Su He heard the news, he slapped the dragon chair heavily with his hand.
"It's unreasonable that Japan, a small country, dares to hide Zhu Cixiang, Emperor Hongguang of the Ming Dynasty. Japan is ignoring our country, and we must give them a profound lesson. During the pre-Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates harassed the border for a long time. I haven't taught them a lesson yet, and now the new
Let's resolve the old grudges together. I order the East China Sea Fleet to dispatch immediately to teach the Japanese a profound lesson and let them know the power of the heavenly kingdom." Feng Sanqiu, the governor of the East China Sea Fleet, immediately knelt down to receive the order.
"The final general's decree." Except for a few insiders in the court, everyone was shocked. The conquest of a country was decided in just a few words.
The speed of this progress was too fast. Most officials did not react at all.
His Majesty the Emperor has already formulated a strategy to conquer Japan. Now His Majesty the Emperor has made it clear that things cannot be changed.
Hanlin editor Wang Yan immediately stood up and objected.
"Your Majesty, Dahua has just been a country for more than a month, and all parts of the country have not stabilized. There are still many people in the country who can't even eat a morsel of food. Your Majesty, don't go into war and start the war. Once the war starts, who knows?
How much food is consumed? Invest the limited money into improving people's lives. This is what the country should do now." Du Yunnong, the minister of Honglu Temple, immediately stood up and objected:
"Your Majesty, we, the heavenly dynasty, have always upheld the holy way towards the vassal states and influenced them with benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust. Your Majesty, please do not invite war! The country has finally settled down, but once the war breaks out, I don't know how many people will be displaced. Your Majesty
We must learn from the lessons of the Ming Dynasty. In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, they wanted to annex Vietnam, but in the end they suffered a bloody blow." Su He looked at the performance of these people. These people were just some of them. There were more officials. He was afraid and could not help but
Dare to stand up.
These people are the peace faction in the court. The peace faction is just a nice word. Su He thinks that they are the surrender faction and the war-fearing faction.
These people are mainly Confucian Qingliu, and they are a group of people who ruin the country with empty talk. Su He looked at Wang Yan and reprimanded:
"Wang Yan, what do you do? You are a Hanlin editor, and your main task is to compile the history of the Ming Dynasty. Do you understand military and state affairs? Do your job well, and don't point fingers at things you don't understand." Su He looked at it.
Du Yunnong said angrily:
"You still have the nerve to talk about the holy way. The inner sage and the outer king are the methods of governing the country proposed by the sage Zhuangzi and praised by many great Confucian scholars. Ask yourselves, during the Ming Dynasty, for the newly occupied Vietnam, it was the inner sage and the outer king.
Four words? Your so-called holy way is to bow down to the vassal country. The vassal country pays tribute to a broken stone, and you give back a piece of gold. You are so complacent about this that when you see many small countries paying tribute, you think you are a kingdom in heaven.
.Is this a true heavenly kingdom? This is a false heavenly kingdom. A true heavenly kingdom means speaking with swords and guns, and using cannons to make noise. I don’t think the practices of the past dynasties are inner saints and outer kings.
He is a king at home and a sage at the outside. He exploits the people of his own country in every possible way, but tolerates everything in the vassal countries. Even if he is provoked, he does not dare to fight back." Su He knew that these Confucian officials were extremely resistant to outward expansion.
The main reason is that the current governance methods are very crude, and fighting foreign countries consumes money and food, but does not achieve much benefit.
This is because China gave up all the benefits it should have received before. Now China is expanding outwards, and under the constraints of Confucian etiquette, it is like a righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period.
The people in the occupied areas are treated better than the people in their own country. Even if the people in the occupied areas dare to resist, these bureaucrats can only compromise for fear of trouble.
The people of their own country are easily unable to resist, so they dare to act arbitrarily. The methods are too weak, and it is difficult to transform the newly occupied places into places that the country can control.
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, Vietnam was conquered, but it was lost soon after. This was the total outbreak of the shortcomings of Confucian governance.
Confucian governance can stabilize the country, but it is very detrimental to national expansion. Su He declared loudly:
"My Majesty, from now on, we must truly implement the practice of being a saint within and a king outside. We must treat our own people as warm as the spring breeze. Treat the enemy as cold as the cold wind." Wang Yan saw that His Highness the Emperor was stubborn and resorting to war.
On the road of never returning.
He was just about to become famous for his deadly remonstrance when he saw Du Yunnong taking the lead. Du Yunong said in his sad voice:
"Your Majesty, I am loyal and loyal. However, Your Majesty listened to the traitor and did not listen to the loyal advice. I will die to serve the country." After Du Yunnong finished speaking, he bent down and prepared to hit the pillar of Huangji Hall.
When the soldiers of Qilin Guard saw this situation, they immediately ran over, grabbed Du Yunnong and tied him up with ropes.
Su He looked at the Qilin Guard's reaction with a smile on his face. He had already expected that someone would offer him a death penalty.
Before going to court, he ordered the soldiers of the Qilin Guard to do a good job in dealing with it. In the Ming Dynasty, this kind of behavior was called the Deceiver Staff.
As long as an official of the Ming Dynasty was beaten with a court cane, whether dead or alive, his descendants would have a smooth career in the future.
This is how the imperial power was gradually eroded by the official group. Du Yunnong was tied up by the Qilin Guard soldiers, and he shouted:
"Your Majesty, even if you beat me to death with a royal stick, I must say what I should say. The heavenly country should use benevolence and righteousness to influence the vassal countries, and must not start the war lightly." Su He said calmly:
"There is no imperial staff, and we in Dahua do not have lynchings. Du Yunong ignored the court discipline and filial piety. He was dismissed from his position and demoted to a commoner. Du Yunong had no monarch, and he tried to gain fame by admonishing him to death. He punished Du Yunong's direct descendants, and they were not allowed in the Five Dynasties.
Scientific examination." When Du Yunnong heard this punishment, he wailed:
"Your Majesty, you killed me, you kill me! My family is not guilty, they are not guilty!" Su He watched as Du Yunnong was dragged out of Huangji Palace by the Qilin Guard soldiers.
He said in a stern tone:
"If you want to give me advice, please impress me with your true talents and practical knowledge. From now on, if anyone asks for advice to the death, he will be punished according to this example." These officials are not afraid of death, they just know that they will die alone.
All his descendants benefited. Suhe directly cut off their escape route and punished their descendants.
He was going to use this method of removing fuel from the cauldron and cut off this kind of performance-style remonstrance. After this farce in the court, no one stood up to oppose sending troops.
Minister of the Navy Li Qingmu saw off Feng Sanqiu, Governor of the East China Sea Fleet.
"In Sanqiu, compared with the military merits of the army, our navy is far behind. This expedition, the navy must perform well. If the set goal is not achieved this time, not only some rotten scholars will object. A large number of officials and the army will definitely oppose our navy.
, occupying so much military expenditure. Our navy must work hard to improve its own value. Now all the princes and princes in the military are from the army. Our navy will also have one or two princes. When His Majesty becomes king overseas, we will be from the navy.
The generals also need to occupy a few good territories." Feng Sanqiu said confidently:
"Minister, there is no need to worry about our East China Sea Fleet. Japan is a small country and its naval strength is limited. We are not occupying Japan this time, we are just seizing money and occupying the market. With the current strength of the East China Sea Fleet, there will be no mistakes. I believe that in the future the navy will
, will also serve as the main force for the country's expansion. When the time comes, we will have the opportunity to make contributions, not only the Duke, but also several princes will appear." Hearing this, Li Qingmu sighed and said:
"I suggested to your majesty that you send the army to assist the navy and directly capture several Japanese islands. If this suggestion succeeds, you will definitely become the Duke of the country. But your majesty said that the time is not right now. With the current strength of our army, we cannot defeat the Japanese country in one fell swoop.
If we only capture some of the islands now, we will fall into an endless war. China still has a large number of areas in the Western Region, Wusi Zang, Liaodong and Saibei that have not been recovered. If we continue to invest our troops into the Japanese country, it will be really difficult.
There is no way to divide the troops. And the expedition across the sea is a difficult problem in terms of logistics and supplies. Your Majesty said that after we win North Korea and build Taiwan, that will be the time for us to send all our troops to Japan." Feng Sanqiu heard what Li Qingmu said, and he also understood His Majesty.
s Choice.
He believed that with His Majesty's ambition, he would always wait until the day he could lead the warships and occupy the Japanese country.
Feng Sanqiucheng took a carriage and rushed to Qinhuangdao Port. The carriage was traveling on a dirt road, not very fast at all, and very bumpy.
Feng Sanqiu was in a very happy mood. As a soldier, he would only be happy if he had to fight a war. This attack on the Japanese country would be the first battle of the navy's external expansion, and he must fight this war well.
Feng Sanqiu looked out the carriage window. He could see Shuntian Mansion and Tangshan Mansion. There were many factories along the roadside that had erected large smokestacks.
The billowing black smoke is discharged into the air. This sight of billowing black smoke represents the vitality of the country. The billowing black smoke is like a black dragon, breaking through all the shackles on the body, showing the power of industry.
This time he came to the capital, and his stay was very short. But he also saw the future development direction of the navy.
The shipyard in Qinhuangdao has begun building a large-scale ship called a paddle steamer. It is driven by a steam engine and can sail smoothly on the sea without the need for sails.
He also saw an experimental ship using a propeller. A warship as big as a first-class battleship, but its speed had more than doubled.
At present, the service life of propellers is extremely short and cannot be used on ships. But he believes that the technology has been developed and will definitely be improved gradually.
A first-generation naval general like him cannot command steam warships in combat. As the Royal Navy continues to develop, sooner or later, steam warships will enter the navy's fleet.
Feng Sanqiu arrived at Qinhuangdao Port, one of the few ice-free ports in the north. The flagship of the East China Sea Fleet, the battleship Han Wu Emperor, the battleship Yue Fei, and the battleship Li Jing were all waiting at Qinhuangdao Port.
Feng Sanqiu boarded the battleship Han Wudi. East China Sea Fleet Chief of Staff Dong Heng and Zhu Shi Hu Nanzhu immediately surrounded him.
"Governor, how is the situation going to the capital this time?" Feng Sanqiu directly took out the imperial edict and the military order from the Navy Ministry.
"According to His Majesty's arrangement, we first captured Ryukyu as the home port of the East China Sea Fleet. After resting in Ryukyu, we went straight to Japan and captured Edo, the capital of Japan. Let Japan sign an unequal treaty with Dahua and treat us Dahua.
Make war compensation." Dong Sheng and Hu Nanzhu were very excited when they saw the imperial edict and military order.
Feng Sanqiu asked:
"I saw that the arsenal here in Tangshan Prefecture is very large and should be able to produce naval guns. Can we replenish ammunition here? If we go back to Songjiang to replenish ammunition, we will have to go around in a big circle and waste a lot of time." Dong Scale replied
:
"Governor, the order from the Navy Department arrived here before you arrived. The Logistics Department has replenished us with enough ammunition. Our East China Sea Fleet is ready to go out at any time." When Feng Sanqiu heard the good news, he immediately ordered:
"Then we won't waste time. The East China Sea Fleet will set out to attack the Japanese country now. Let the navigation staff plan the charts and guide the warships in the direction. Our first target is Ryukyu." The battleship of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sounded a shrill whistle.
Driven by the steam engine, the battleship Han Wudi began to raise its sails. The battleship Han Wudi went first as the flagship, and the East China Sea Fleet set sail.
The navy officially set out to conquer Japan, taking the first step in Dahua's outward expansion.
