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

The Forbidden City of Nanjing was built earlier and on a larger scale than the Forbidden City in Beijing.

Aside from being a little shabby, there are hardly any shortcomings.

Before, whether Zhu Youlang was in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, or in Shuzhong, the palace he lived in was basically a miniature version.

Not to mention the palace where you live in Huguang and Jiangxi.

Compared with the Forbidden City in Nanjing, all the palaces that Zhu Youlang lived in before are less than one percent.

Zhu Youlang came down to Daming Gate surrounded by ministers.

After the Manchu Dynasty became the master, it was once changed to the Daqing Gate, and now it is naturally changed back to the Daming Gate.

Even if you enter the imperial city after passing the Daming Gate, the six departments and nine temples and other yamen are basically here.

If you continue along the wide bluestone pavement, you will come to the Miyagi Gate.

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

It was the fearless bloody struggle of the soldiers that gave Zhu Youlang a chance to stand here again.

He wants to enjoy this feeling of domination.

Zhu Youlang looked at it, and the Forbidden City of Nanjing was really majestic.

The foundation of the palace built by our ancestors with great painstaking efforts cannot be destroyed in my hands!

Zhu Youlang secretly swore in his heart.

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

Zhu Youlang crossed the white marble bridge and looked at the Jinshui River for a moment. Then he strode forward and entered the noon gate through the middle opening.

When you enter here, you will be truly in the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City of Nanjing was seriously damaged, and when Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne, two of the three major halls had been damaged to the point of being unusable.

Although it was repaired later, it was not completely repaired because the Hongguang Imperial Court only existed for about a year.

Fortunately, Zhu Youlang did not plan to be in the three major halls.

Now the court team has not yet been set up, and there are only dozens of civil and military officials combined, and it is too shabby that the last dynasty can't even get people together.

Zhu Youlang decided to summon the ministers in the dormitory, which can be regarded as a miniature version of the court.

Among the courtiers summoned, military generals are the mainstay, and Kui Dong Zhuxun, Zheng Chenggong and his son, Li Dingguo and their henchmen are inevitable. There are also some civil officials who followed Zhu Youlang in his early years.

Although their abilities may not be comparable to those of Wen Anzhi, there should be no problem with their level of loyalty.

Now that the shortage of talents in the imperial court has been exposed, Zhu Youlang decided to open Enke to recruit a group of talents as much as possible.

Although there are such and such problems in the imperial examination. But there is no doubt that the imperial examination is the best way to maintain the rule of the imperial court at the moment.

As long as there is the imperial examination, the people's hearts will not be lost.

Zhu Youlang has a whole set of ideas for reforming the imperial examination, but it is not necessary to implement it now, but after 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 that the coast will not be peaceful in a short time. ”

Zheng Chenggong still felt a little guilty for not capturing Shi Lang, but he could only think in a good direction after the matter had come to this point.

The minister suggested strengthening the patrol of the coastal areas of Zhejiang. Especially the Yuyao generation in Shaoxing, Ningbo. ”

"King Chung is right. Shi Lang is insidious and cunning. This time, he did not succeed in his sneak attack on Nanjing, and he will definitely not give up. I also feel that coastal preparedness should be strengthened. ”

Zhu Youlang paused and said, "But I feel that coastal defense should not be limited to land, but should be extended to the sea. ”

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

He had thought that he should occupy some of the larger islands, which would be equivalent to arranging many forts on the sea.

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

It's just that he didn't think that the Son of Heaven would agree to this kind of resource-consuming practice. I didn't expect the Son of Heaven to think of going with him.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can first defeat Nanzhili, and then recover southern Zhejiang."

Li Dingguo also began to express his opinion.

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

After all, Nanjing is now under siege, whether it is Fengyang or Yangzhou, or Huai'an and Xuzhou a little farther away, they can pose a threat to Nanjing.

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

Especially Fengyang, which is the land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty, and the ancestral tombs of the Zhu family are all there.

No matter from which point of view, recovering Fengyang is something that the Son of Heaven must do now.

As the saying goes, the side of the couch does not allow others to sleep soundly.

After pacifying the entire Nanzhili, the Ming army can also let go to fight Zhejiang, otherwise they will always feel that their ribs may be stabbed by the Qing army at any time.

Zhu Youlang nodded.

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

Although Zhejiang's coast is more extensive, it also involves the issue of bordering Fujian.

It would be more reasonable to wait until the prefectures and counties of Nanzhili were recovered before going to Zhejiang.

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

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

He Shouyi commanded: "The minister obeys the order." ”

"First hit Nanzhili, then take Zhejiang, then go south to Fujian, and finally recover Liangguang."

Zhu Youlang has already given a comprehensive plan.

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

Half a year or more than a year should be enough, right?

There is also a more thorny problem, that is, after the Ming army takes Huguang and Jiangxi, two rich places, it needs to divide troops and garrison.

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

Of course, this does not include auxiliary soldiers, but simple soldiers.

From this point of view, it is indeed a bit stretched.

Zhu Youlang's initial idea was that the thirteen families in Kuidong would be stationed in Huguang. First, it is closer to the base camp of Kuidong, and secondly, Kuidong has the most soldiers and horses, and it is most suitable to guard the largest territory of Huguang.

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

Zheng Chenggong and the Huben army came to defend Nanzhili and Zhejiang.

Here along the river with the sea, it is very suitable for sailors.

Of course, the Tiger Ben Army is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and it is very suitable to guard Gyeonggi.

However, recruiting and expanding the army is already a matter of urgency, and Zhu Youlang expects that the Ming army's soldiers will reach at least 500,000 in the future.

If you want to go on the Northern Expedition, this number will probably be one million.

Of course, these are relatively old things.

You can't become a fat man in one bite, and Zhu Youlang will not have the luxury of exploding to one million troops in a short period of time.

It's unrealistic and unreasonable.

Three years, Zhu Youlang probably set a deadline.

Three years should be enough, right?

Three years later, the Northern Expedition was carried out, the Tartars were expelled, and the Ming Dynasty was revitalized.

It's exciting to think about!

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