At this point, concerns were raised.

It was Liu Zhao who spoke in the military department, and he also did nothing when Donglin was in power before, and later because of flattery Wei Zhongxian, he was able to take the position, and the Donglin party called him "Wei Zhongxian is like a father, extremely shameless." ”

But Liu Zhao was not angry at all, but regarded this kind of insulting words as the supreme praise, and after that, he helped the eunuch party to do things more dedicatedly.

He leaned over and said:

"Zhangzhou garrison, this is the Zhao'an Zheng family."

"With an official official body, the Zheng family can do far more than now, not to mention that the vicinity of Zhangzhou is still a prosperous place, and merchant ships from all over the world come and go, so that this thief who started as a pirate enters Zhangzhou, it is tantamount to a wolf entering the flock!"

"How could I not have known this?"

Yan Mingtai sighed: "But the Jade Rank, now with the imperial court sailors, it is not easy to exterminate or repel these red-haired fans who are extremely powerful at sea..."

"The battle of Penghu has been nearly half a year, and if it goes on like this, it will inevitably become a protracted fierce battle, fighting in Liaodi, wasting money and food, and disaster relief in various places, and then fighting on two fronts, I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to support it."

Jade Steps, this is Liu Zhao's word.

"Alas!" He sighed heavily, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said:

"Or, choose a guard office along the coast of Fujian, seal that Zheng Yiguan as a thousand generals, and entrust Wei to command the official body, see if he can accept it?"

"No."

Cui Chengxiu categorically denied it and said:

"According to the understanding of the Ministry of Education, Zheng Yiguan has a big appetite, and the last time he went to Fujian, the governor of Fujian, Nan Juyi, gave him the right to trade on the southeast coast, and he barely fought a few battles with Hongmaofan."

"Those battles won and lost each other, but they attracted more red-haired fleets from the Spice Islands, and if this happened, Zheng Yiguan would never take a step forward and ask for Zhao'an."

"Humph!"

Speaking of this, Cui Chengxiu sneered and said:

"Zhao'an, I don't know, I still think how he Zheng Yiguan is loyal and patriotic. Who doesn't know the minister of our military department that he has never taken a fancy to this official body! ”

"With the protection of the imperial court, he can break away from Li Dan and develop alone!"

Yan Mingtai also saw this, he looked at the officers of the military department who were discussing, waited for them to gradually calm down, and said:

"The only way to do this is to repel the Hongmaofan as soon as possible and develop the imperial court's own sailor power, you have to rely on the Zheng family's power at sea."

"It's good to let him taste some sweetness, this time Zhao'an, Zheng Yiguan is afraid that he will break with Li Dan, and when the time comes, the two tigers will fight, and I will wait for the profit!"

"That's right!" Liu Zhao nodded, and said with a probe:

"Then draw up a notebook and hand it over now, so that the saint can decide?"

When the words fell, everyone looked at Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department in the first place.

Although the latter is always sprayed by the sages of Donglin as nothing but a sycophant to Wei Zhongxian, he can serve the public in the military department, but he is also a decisive and ruthless master.

His eyes rolled in his sockets, and he stroked his palms and smiled:

"That's it, you come up with a recital, the name of the specimen department."

......

"Your Majesty, the book of the Ministry of War says that it is about the battle situation in the Penghu area..."

"Hand it to me!"

Early the next morning, Zhu Youxiao looked at the book that was brought by Wang Chaofu, he didn't have any desire, but after listening to him, he also waved his hand and grabbed it to look at himself.

The more I looked, the more solemn my eyes became.

The conflict between the Penghu area and the Dutch was an inevitable thing in history, and it took several years to repel the Dutch colonial team.

But in Zhu Youxiao's view, this is an opportunity!

Daming's firearms, to be honest, have not been vigorously developed for many years because of wars and successive famines, not to mention particularly backward, and they are a little unable to catch up with the footsteps of the West at this time.

All in all, this is still the Age of Discovery.

The Ordnance Division developed field firearms on land, and the navy could not put them down, and the Tianjin Naval Division set up before was Zhu Youxiao, who slightly showed his attention to navigation technology.

It's just that now it's really not rich!

The silver of the family, as well as the income from the tariffs along the river and the mining tax of Zhili, a large part of these were occupied by the military expenses of Liaodong, Zhili, Jiubian, and Denglai.

And that's not even counting the famine and earthquakes that occur every month, the cost of relocating displaced people, providing relief to the victims, and rebuilding local government offices.

Moreover, the momentum of natural and man-made disasters has obviously intensified in various places recently, and the most turbulent famines at the end of the Ming Dynasty have not yet come, so it is necessary to reserve resources in advance to deal with them.

Each of these things needs a lot of silver to support, and some people always think that Zhu Youxiao has added tariffs and collected mining taxes in Zhili, and he must have saved a lot of silver.

!

A lot of things need to be prepared in advance, so you can't be like Chongzhen in history, bare-bottomed disaster relief, right?

Let Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing develop the Ordnance Division, let Wang Zaijin promote sweet potatoes, and let Tang Ruowang study astronomy and compile classics......

These are already silver buckled from between the teeth, the limit.

At the same time, to develop navigation, Zhu Youxiao was afraid that the Ming Dynasty, who had finally earned some income in the past two years, would collapse directly.

Even now, although Daming's finances have improved a lot, allowing Zhu Youxiao to be pulled back from bankruptcy, there is still a long way to go before he can break even.

No one wants to experience the taste of financial bankruptcy twice in a row.

Before the Ming Dynasty was only fighting on the front line with Jiannu in Liaodong, it was overstretched, but it was still able to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and after the Dutch did it, the whole province of Fujian and the southeastern provinces were dragged down.

All of a sudden, it became a two-front battle, and the cost was a lot more.

In the Ming Dynasty in history, Zhu Youxiao didn't know how he survived the years of fighting with the Dutch, anyway, since the beginning of the conflict for half a year, he basically stared at the ledger every day.

The income and expenditure have always been negative, and there are more and more negatives, which is very worrying!

Therefore, the suggestion of the Ministry of War is not unreasonable, and the conflict with the Dutch must not be fought for many years, and all means must be exhausted to resolve it as soon as possible.

Of course, if it is possible, we have to capture at least one Maozi ship, this is the technology sent by God, we can't build it ourselves now, but imitation has always been our strength!

Imitation alone is not enough, generally speaking, after imitation of things, domestic craftsmen can always give you inferences to play some new tricks, and finally the blue is better than the blue.

Maozi, I asked you if you were angry.

After reading it, Zhu Youxiao and the idea of the Ministry of War can basically match, that is, there is really no other way, Zheng Zhilong (now called Zheng Yiguan) wants to develop on his own without Li Dan, he must have the permission of the imperial court.

If the imperial court wants to repel the Dutch invaders as soon as possible, with the strength of Fujian alone, it will take at least three or five years, and Zhu Youxiao can't afford this effort.

Both ends are self-sufficient, to be honest, this wave is at most a problem for raising tigers, although it is given an official body, there is nothing to lose.

In the future, if you find a reason, you can get it back.

If Zheng Zhilong preaches faith and captures a Dutch ship for me, it will be blood, you know, in history, it has made people retreat!

This ship is the beginning of the rise of the Ming Navy!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao sank his mind, opened his eyes, glanced at the door, and said lightly:

"That's right, let the military department get it."

Seeing Wang Chaofu leaving, Zhu Youxiao was actually a little relieved, after those Donglin bigwigs were taken down, the military department controlled by the eunuch party could operate normally.

To put it bluntly, it is from the time when there was no use in the past and I was working against you, but now I can do things for the court!

If this can be done in the future, the matter that the Wu Xuan Division took out from the Ministry of War can also be released first, and if it can be directly used by the Ministry of War, it will save a lot of effort.