The opening of the sea in the first year of Chongzhen, with the end of the partial hall of the Qianqing Palace, was finalized.

As for the candidate for the first governor of the Binhai Special Administrative Region, Zhu Youzhen personally selected and soon decided.

Li Banghua, a native of Jishui, Jiangxi, a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli, successively served as the magistrate of Jing County, the governor of Zhejiang, the military garrison of Yizhou, the governor of Tianjin, and the imperial envoy of the right thrift.

During his tenure, there were many direct advices, not only impeached eunuchs and eunuchs, but even impeached the Donglin Party, and often had the name of direct ministers.

Last year, he was reinstated by Zhu Youzhen, promoted to the right waiter of the Ministry of Industry, the governor of river affairs, and had the talent to manage affairs, and caught up with the floods in Shandong at the beginning of his tenure.

His pioneering method of using the terrain to store and drain water in the rainy season and protect water and moisture in the dry season was quite praised by Zhu Youzhen, and after he took office, the floods in Shandong were quickly brought under control.

The image of a capable official can be regarded as established in Zhu Youzhen's heart.

At the beginning of the construction of the Binhai Special Economic Zone, Zhu Youjian rejected public opinion, so he ordered his general, and before the three-year examination was completed, he moved him to the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry and the governor of Binhai.

Zhu Youzhen's grace can be seen.

For nearly a month, Li Banghua frequently went in and out of the Qianqing Palace, and only in November did he take up his post with the plan for the Binhai Special Economic Zone that had already been drawn up.

On the outskirts of Beijing, sitting in the carriage bound for Tianjin, Li Banghua held the special zone construction plan worth 10 million taels in both hands, and was a little out of breath under the weight of the burden on his shoulders.

According to the construction plan of the Binhai Special Economic Zone led by Zhu Youjian, the project plans to invest a total of 10 million taels, which will be carried out in three phases and will be completed in six years.

The first phase of the investment of 2 million taels, which will be directly allocated by Zhu Youzhen, will be completed in two years, including the acquisition and leveling of coastal land in the special zone and the construction of ports.

The second phase plans to invest 3 million taels, and the main projects include the reconstruction and expansion of the wharf, commercial areas, residential areas and other infrastructure construction, and the project funds mainly rely on investment promotion.

The third phase plans to invest 5 million taels, and the main projects include expanding the scope of the Binhai Special Economic Zone and building a fast track from the Binhai Special Zone to the capital, and the project funds are mainly completed by attracting investment.

Looking at the silver car escorted behind him, and then looking at the 10 million plan in his hand, Li Banghua had no bottom in his heart.

'Attracting investment, attracting investment, those merchants must compare baht, how can silver be so easy to take?' ’

Li Banghua secretly slandered himself, and remembered Zhu Youzhen's sworn appearance in his mind.

'Hey, Your Majesty is still young, and you don't know the greed of the merchants, and you don't pay taxes, how can you be willing to give silver to the court? ’

Thinking of this, Li Banghua sighed, trying not to worry about those things in two years, anyway, with His Majesty's endorsement, he didn't have to worry too much about attracting investment.

Before leaving, in the face of Li Banghua's doubts, Zhu Youzhen told him that as long as the first phase of the project is successfully completed, there will be no money to build the second and third phases.

With Zhu Youzhen's determination, Li Banghua also had a lot of determination in his heart, and turned to think carefully about how to use the two million taels of silver to build the shelves of the Binhai Special Economic Zone first.

Planting the plane tree and attracting the golden phoenix, Li Banghua understands this truth.

sent away Li Banghua, who was full of doubts, to build a special zone, and in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen met with another prisoner.

Yu Zhigao, the former general of Fujian, the son of Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general, in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, surrounded and suppressed Zheng Zhilong in Tongshan, but was defeated and dismissed by the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

At the beginning of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Xiong Wencan inspected Fujian, intending to appease Zheng Zhilong, and in order to release his sincerity, he ordered Dali Temple to arrest Yu Zhigao, who had been dismissed.

But then the Emperor of the Apocalypse became seriously ill, and the matter was delayed until Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, and the new Dali Temple Secretary Hui Shiyang reported the matter to Zhu Youzhen.

At that time, Zhu Youzhen didn't have the heart to deal with a defeated general, but after knowing that he was the son of Yu Dayou and had experience in naval warfare, he had an idea in his heart.

Although he had the intention of activating it, Zhu Youzhen did not mean to release him immediately, even if Tongshan was defeated, it was not all Yu Zhigao's responsibility.

The tattered tatters of the Daming Sailors, Zhu Youzhen naturally understood that Zheng Zhilong, who had 700 warships and could compete with the Dutch, was estimated to be useless even if Yu Dayou was alive.

Naval warfare is different from land warfare, compared to the thick mouth of the ship's cannons, and it really relies on strength to speak, and those strategies in land warfare that surprise troops according to the terrain and geography to win more with less are a joke on the vast ocean.

Whoever has the advanced warship, the one with the thick muzzle, the long range, and the high hit rate will have the first chance to win.

The Daming Naval Division, which was well aware that it was still in the era of gang jumping, was by no means Zheng Zhilong's opponent in terms of the fighting will, tactical thinking, or advanced degree of warships of the officers and men.

A defeat is a matter of course.

After the salute, Zhu Youzhen looked at Yu Zhigao, who had been imprisoned in Dali Temple Prison for more than a year, and also felt a little sorry for Yu Dayou.

Alas, Lao Tzu is a hero, but his son has become a prisoner, presumably Yu Dayou's spirit in the sky is also sighing.

"Get up and talk back."

Looking at Yu Zhigao, who was a little thin after being in prison for a year, Zhu Youzhen ordered him to flatten down.

When Yu Zhigao heard this, his heart was also relaxed, although since the new emperor ascended the throne, his treatment in Dali Temple Prison has been much better, and the relatives and friends who came to visit have also brought a lot of favorable news.

But if he is not released for a day, Yu Zhigao's hanging heart is also difficult to calm down for a long time.

Yesterday, when he learned that His Majesty was going to summon him, Yu Zhigao knew that the time to decide his fate was coming, and whether he lived or died depended on His Majesty's meeting.

Although he had already walked before the ghost gate was closed, Yu Zhigao was still a little excited when he saw the way out at this time.

After kowtowing and thanking him and getting up, Yu Zhigao knew that he should not be able to die this time.

"Yu Qing, tell me in detail about the Battle of Tongshan."

Before the words fell, Yu Zhigao's heart that had just been put down was suspended again, but the question of the Son of Heaven could not be answered, and after sorting out his thoughts a little, he told the causes and consequences of the Battle of Tongshan 1510.

Although four years have passed, from the reorganization of the army to the final rout, Yu Zhigao remembers every detail of the Battle of Tongshan clearly.

This is the biggest defeat in his life, and every time he has been sitting alone for the past four years, he has been reviewing the details of this battle, even if he is behind bars, he is still thinking about whether he can turn defeat into victory if history can repeat itself.

can think about it and think about it, and finally come to a conclusion that even if you do it again, you will still lose.

The gap is just too big.

After the Wanli and Apocalypse dynasties, the main energy of the imperial court was focused on Liaodong, and the food and salary allocated to the Fujian sailors became less and less, and the soldiers were already struggling to keep their stomachs hungry, let alone maintain daily training.

This time, he was transferred to the battle by Yu Zhigao, and it was Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian at the time, who used the treasury to reward him.

The soldiers were not well fed, and the ships were in a dilapidated state.

Unlike the infantry on land, the navy is not equipped with a sword to kill the enemy, but must have a ship.

A warship that looks good can easily cost more than 1,000 taels of silver, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury to the already stretched Fujian sailors.

Therefore, no matter what era, the construction of the navy burns a lot of money, and it is absolutely impossible to make the navy invincible without investing money.

In order to cope with this naval battle, the Fujian governor Yamen mobilized the strength of the entire political envoy, and it was only then that he was able to gather more than 100 ships of all kinds.

Rao is like this, and it is more than half less than the more than 300 ships dispatched by Zheng Zhilong.

From the outset, the campaign was doomed.

Listening to Yu Zhigao's detailed account of the Battle of Tongshan, Zhu Youzhen's impression of Yu Zhigao has also changed a lot.

It seems that over the years, Yu Zhigao has reviewed this battle a lot, so there is still salvation. ’

Zhu Youzhen looked at Yu Zhigao's somewhat pale face because he had not seen the sun for a long time, and made up his mind.

"Yu Qing, if you are asked to command the Battle of Tongshan again, will you be able to win?"

Zhu Youzhen asked this, and he was in the examination school Yu Zhigao's character.

If Yu Zhigao can win, for the sake of Yu Dayou's face, Zhu Youzhen may not kill him, but he will never use him again, a general who can't tell the trend of future naval warfare, it will only be bad to keep it.

Yu Zhigao was also stunned when he heard this, not only Zhu Youzhen asked, but whenever he dreamed back at midnight, Yu Zhigao would also ask himself.

If I had to do it again, would I be able to turn defeat into victory?' ’