The news from Chen Mo in Beijing indicated that Zheng Guozhang was having an awkward quarrel with his son, and for this reason, Zheng Guozhang also entered the palace to seek the support of the concubine's daughter.

But for some reason, this time the concubine did not support her father, but asked someone to bring a message to her younger brother Guotai, saying that although you were called the title of the emperor's pro-army commander, but it was for outsiders to see, but you can't really reach out to get involved in the military power of the pro-army. This is a taboo, and if a relative is involved in this, something big will happen.

Gonggong Wei analyzed it himself, it was your concubine Niangniang who wanted military power at the beginning, and this is why Zheng Guotai was the commander of the later position, but now the concubine Niangniang suddenly changed her ways, presumably it was Niangniang who played a role in her feelings.

Anyway, his family and his mother are always a pair of wild mandarin ducks, a husband and wife for a hundred days, what is the difference between the military power of this pro-army in the hands of his little lover and in the hands of his brother?

The concubine is really determined to let her younger brother's commander justify her name, then she is stupid. First, he offended the little lover of Liangchen, and secondly, he also put the Zheng family in the limelight.

It's better to make a fortune in a muffled voice, her mother really wants to have something, can Grandpa Wei not care?

Moreover, Father-in-law Wei extremely suspected that the newly conceived dragon seed in Niangniang's belly was planted by himself, and calculated the time, wasn't it his father-in-law Wei who was working hard in those days.

As soon as he thought that he might impregnate the imperial concubine, Duke Wei couldn't help but shudder: Alas, it's a mess!

Whether it is his own breed or not, Father-in-law Wei will not dare to ask the concubine for verification, and he will have to "talk secretly" after he has time to enter Beijing next time.

Without his daughter's support, Zheng Chengxian is obviously much more honest. According to his personal preferences, I think he will continue to be immersed in his dream of "sect leader" in the past few years.

As for whether Zhang Cha is accepted as the protector of the sect as in history, that is his matter for Sect Master Zheng, and Gonggong Wei will not interfere.

If the "Attack Case" can be repeated once, it will be politically beneficial to Wei Gonggong, so he is happy to see it come to fruition.

Shen Yourong came to Chiayi this time to solve the matter of the Ryukyu Murayama fleet.

The smooth sailing of the landing on Taiwan has caused the "main battle" of the Combined Fleet to rise and fall louder and louder, and in particular, the recent aggression by the Japanese soldiers of the Murayama Department along the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian has made the vast number of officers and men feel indignant.

Some of the senior generals of the imperial army led by Ichiro Sanada, Koji Yamamoto, and Ding Xiaogong even submitted their blood letters to the base camp, asking the Ming Imperial Army to attack Ryukyu with their troops and break the corpse of the thief Murayama Akian into ten thousand pieces!

Shi Dezheng, the commander of the combined fleet, and Hou Anzhi, the deputy commander, were a little unable to suppress these fierce generals of the imperial army brought out by Wei Gonggong, and Shen Yourong, the chief of staff, also supported the attack on Ryukyu in order to completely take this important maritime trade point, so Shi Dezheng sent Shen Yourong to Chiayi to report to Wei Gonggong in person, and listen to Wei Gonggong's guidance on whether to attack Ryukyu.

"Ryukyu is a good place, it is between the island of Taiwan and the island of Kyushu in Japan, I heard that it winds for more than 1,000 miles, there are many islands, and it is an indispensable transit place for East Asian maritime trade. Well, when we read the Chronicles of the Nations a few days ago, we called Ryukyu the Ryokyu the Ryokyoshi of the World......"

The Ryukyus were later called Okinawa by Japan, and the father-in-law of this place must have been very clear that taking the Ryukyus would be able to attack the Japanese mainland. In World War II, the Yankees fought a big war in the Ryukyus, and they fought great sacrifices to take this island, and later this island became a key link in the defense line of the island chain blockading China.

"Father-in-law, such a treasure land, if the Japanese soldiers do not occupy it, they will take it back if they occupy my Ming Dynasty, otherwise, after a long time, my Ming Dynasty will lose its sharpness at sea."

Shen Yourong pointed out that the generals who oppose the attack on the Ryukyus in the Combined Fleet are actually worried not that they will not be able to solve the problem of the Japanese soldiers Murayama Akiyabu, but that they will have "international repercussions." ”

This "international influence" was that the Ryukyu Kingdom was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the successive Ryukyu kings paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, so it was difficult for the combined fleet to account for the imperial court if it attacked the Ryukyus.

After all, the Ming Dynasty had always advocated the protection of vassals, not invasion. The Battle of Korea more than ten years ago was a big war fought by the Ming Dynasty in order to protect the Korean vassals and fulfill the responsibilities of the suzerain.

"Our family means to fight!"

Gonggong Wei reiterated his opinion, and he said to Shen Yourong, "The imperial court will deal with it, although the Ryukyu Kingdom is a vassal of our Emperor Ming, but two years ago, it was invaded and occupied by the Satsuma Domain of Japan, and now it has become the base of Japan's invasion of Taiwan and even the coastal area of our Ming Dynasty, this is like a nail, if the nail is not removed, there will be no peace after my Ming Dynasty... You, go back and explain to General Shi and Admiral Hou that Ryukyu must be solved, even if they don't support our family's expedition, they must take Ryukyu down! ”

Father-in-law Wei's attitude was resolute, which made Shen Yourong secretly happy in his heart.

"It's your business how to fight, we don't ask. Whether to draw and adjust the combined fleet or use part of the troops, it is up to you, the chief of staff, to arrange, anyway, we only need the Ryukyus. ”

"What about Taiwan?"

"It doesn't matter, Taiwan's affairs will be handled by the Guards Division of the Taiwan Garrison Division, and your combined fleet can only go to sea. When the sky falls, our family can hold it up to you. ”

"Then go back and bring your father-in-law's intentions."

"Don't worry, you just came, it's not too late to rest for two days and then go back to Keelung."

Shen Yourong nodded, and Duke Wei suddenly pointed to the Ryukyu on the sea chart and said: "Well, the Ryukyu fight is the first open sea battle of the combined fleet, and the opponent is not only the two thousand Japanese soldiers of Murayama Qiuan, but also some Japanese soldiers of Satsuma, which is considered a hard bone... We must win all of them and play our Ming tiger's might! ... Let's give this operation a code name, well, let's call it 'Tiger Tiger'. ”

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Shen Yourong set off for Keelung on the third day, and he brought with him a letter from his father-in-law to all the officers and men of the Combined Fleet, in which his father-in-law analyzed the necessity of an expedition to the Ryukyus and the destruction of the Japanese army from a comprehensive perspective, and he stressed that Japan's occupation of the Ryukyus was a blatant provocation to the emperor, the root cause of the troubles in East Asia, and the inevitability of the ambition to dominate the East!

If they fail to cut off Japan's wolf ambitions with a sword, they will collude with the countries of Saiito to increase their armaments around our empire and challenge us, so that the peaceful trade of our empire will be obstructed, and the peaceful people of our empire will be poisoned!

Therefore, once the fleet is set out, the officers and men must wipe out the thieves with a decisive mentality, and they must not have a fluke mentality, let alone the idea of underestimating the enemy, and only by working hard can we make our empire peaceful for all generations!

The other is a personal letter to Shen Yourong, commander of the Combined Fleet, in which his father-in-law said that the three provinces jointly advocated the great maritime cause, which was the common wish of him and the four Ming ministers, so the Ryukyus, as an important part of the great maritime cause, His Excellency the commander must make every effort to seize Fang Shi.

"If the war is won, the original power of the Ryukyus should be banned, and its kings and princes and other dignitaries should be quickly relieved and settled in Taiwan."

At the end of the letter is the decision of the father-in-law to the Ryukyu Kingdom, which is a prelude to the Ryukyu Kingdom by the father-in-law exercising the power of the Admiral and the Maritime Eunuch.

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