You Degao didn't care much about Mao Yuanyi's words, he motioned for Mao Yuanyi to sit down again, while slowly preparing tea and utensils.

"The loyalty of the general soldiers, we admire it. But as my lord said, those who are under heaven are also those who are under heaven. Now Zhu Ming is unethical, so that the people of the world are not happy, and smoke is everywhere. ”

"Now the Central Plains thieves are raging, there is a Jianyu Kou Pass in the Northeast, and the Ming Dynasty is already crumbling, if my lord does not make a move, the world will fall into the hands of other families sooner or later."

"The world has its own righteousness, if everyone gathers troops to divide the territory, then how can the court deal with itself? You are rebellious! Mao Yuanyi retorted loudly.

You Degao pointed to the people in the room, including himself, "Does the chief soldier know the origin of our wait?" ”

Mao Yuanyi gasped and sat aside with a flushed face and did not speak.

You Degao continued to explain with a smile: "Almost all the people here are from homeless backgrounds, if it weren't for my father-in-law, I don't know how many years I would have been dead. For people like us, my lord has already saved millions. ”

"The chief soldier said, when we need this court to save our lives, why don't we see him come to the rescue? Today, tens of millions of people are displaced and hungry, how can this court not save them? ”

You Degao is a person who has been an ideological and political official, and he is naturally very clear about the Liu family's philosophy and discourse system, and as he spoke, he began to quote Liu Ximing's Datong theory.

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"As my second brother said, the reason why the world is chaotic is that the class oppression is too heavy, and the official gentry class occupies most of the means of production.

"My second brother often said, watching the great work of the general army, you know that you are a person who cares about the world, as the so-called military force stops, we are not for personal gain, but for the great interests of the world, and please understand the general army."

Mao Yuanyi was speechless by You Degao's remarks, and while closing her eyes and thinking deeply, she felt that there was some truth in what she said.

It's just that years of loyalty to the monarch have made his head a little unable to turn, thinking of You Degao's irrefutable words, he sighed a little sullenly at this time.

"Hey, You Dudu is eloquent, Mao is speechless, it's just that it's useless for you to say these words to me, I hope you can wait for yourself and really do what you say."

You Degao and the officers in the room looked at each other with a smile, and finally he got up and bowed to Mao Yuanyi.

"It's rare to meet the general soldier, this is the will of heaven, and now that my lord is not here, You will ask the chief soldier to go out of the mountain on behalf of my lord and help us."

"I implore the general army to come out of the mountain and help us and wait!"

In the captain's room, a group of officers shouted in unison, and there were echoes.

Mao Yuanyi stood up with a hesitant expression, "Mao's exiled person, how can you be worthy of your love, you should find someone else." ”

"It is precisely because the chief soldier was exiled that you should help our army even more, such a great talent as the chief soldier can only be alone here, what else is there to be loyal to the Ming court."

Seeing that Mao Yuanyi had begun to wander, You Degao continued to add a fire and said: "Could it be that the general soldier is willing to die alone here and die like this?" ”

"Confucius has clouds, the gentleman is ill and his name is not worthy, and the general army has the ambition to help the world, why should he stick to the subsections? Good birds choose trees to perch, and the ancient principles are also, please think twice about the general soldiers. ”

You Degao's last sentence made Mao Yuanyi a little moved.

In fact, now is the time when Mao Yuanyi's mood is at its lowest, if it were not for You Degao, he would have died of grief and drunkenness in a few months.

Thinking about the suffering he has suffered for so many years, and then thinking about what he has learned in his chest, Mao Yuanyi's mind is full of heaven and man fighting.

"Okay, I agreed", after a long time, Mao Yuanyi finally made up his mind.

He turned to look at You Degao, with a hint of determination on his face, "But Mao Mou has a word first, if the Luzon General's Mansion can't do what the governor said, and do the way of Datong, then Mao Mou will leave at any time." ”

"Hahaha, this theory is advocated by my lord, how can it not be implemented, please rest assured, chief soldier."

You Degao laughed and looked at the officers in the cabin, "Gentlemen, inform the whole ship that General Mao has joined our army and temporarily performed his duties as the governor of our navy. ”

"This is inappropriate", before everyone in the cabin could react, a loud voice came from outside the cabin.

Zhao Jingyong, the ideological and political officer of the Fubo Division, strode in in a big red uniform.

"This must be the chief soldier of Mao, Zhao Jingyong, the left deputy governor of the navy of the Lower Luzon General's Mansion and the ideological and political officer of the Fubo Division, to meet the chief soldier."

Zhao Jingyong still saluted Mao Yuanyi with a respectful face, and then looked at You Degao.

"The officials and people under the Luzon General's Mansion should be appointed by the second brother. Now that the second brother is gone, although the naval military committee composed of us and others has discussed and decided on foreign operations, the appointment and dismissal of personnel should still be appointed by the Ministry of War. ”

"I can understand your feelings, Lao You, but you have to understand the relationship here, I suggest that you first ask General Mao to serve as the counselor that the second brother had set up for Su Xiang before, and wait until the news from the Government Council comes before appointing it."

Zhao Jingyong's words made You Degao stunned, and then he also slapped his head and reacted.

"Look at my pig brain, Lao Zhao is right, just do what you say."

Mao Yuanyi, as a party concerned, watched the Luzon Army's peculiar way of deliberation on the sidelines, and the left deputy governor knew what role this ideological and political officer was? can be on an equal footing with You Degao.

Everything in Luzon suddenly became strange in his eyes again.

However, although he could only be temporarily appointed as a counselor, You Degao still held a celebration for Mao Yuanyi.

It happened that the Tongshan Shui Village had also been cleared, but the Zheng family had no money and grain to store in this water village, and the fleet could only take more than 1,300 naval divisions prisoners, together with their families, a total of more than 4,000 people, all loaded into the ship and continued to go to Dingzhou, Taitung.

Taiwan is about to enter a large-scale development, and human resources are in short supply, so Su Jin and Chen Yi's order to the navy is to try to gather the population while attacking the Zheng family.

The officers and soldiers of the Daming Water Division in this era lived very miserably, and the monthly salary was not even one or two pieces of silver, only eight yuan.

Although they were incorporated by the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong and others did not have the heart to woo these non-descendant troops.

Therefore, after hearing that the Luzon people promised that they and others could divide the land in Taiwan or get a job of no less than one or two or five cents a month, the captives of Tongshan Shan Zhai all settled down.

Mao Yuanyi was exiled here alone, and he had nothing to worry about except himself.

After the fleet set sail, his studious mind moved again, and he kept walking back and forth on the Sun Wu, asking all the questions he could to learn.

He was amazed by the rigorous and meticulous attitude of the Luzon army, and when he heard that Luzon also had another assembly house, and that official positions such as Da Nayan were produced by the unheard of way of civil elections, Mao Yuanyi became even more fascinated by Liu Ximing, the mysterious lord.

Four days later, the fleet returned to Keelung.

After more than two months of construction, Keelung City is very different from when the Spaniards were there.

In addition to the San Salvador Fort, which was originally located on Joncoop Island and is now renamed Fort Guining, You Degao and others built a small fort on the opposite side of the bay, Dingyuan Fort.

These two fortresses firmly hold Keelung Bay, and even if the Zheng family attacks, they can't easily break through.

As for Keelung City in the depths of the bay, although it still seems a bit wild, it is still much stronger than the Tongshan Water Village, and You Degao and others believe that after this group of captives slowly integrates, Keelung City will achieve rapid development.

This is also the reason why the Luzon military government used the chicken coop as the first stop of the Northern Expedition, which not only has a depth of 3 feet and 5 feet, but also is easy to defend, which is very conducive to the stationing of the Luzon fleet.

The news of the attack on Tongshan Shan Zhai soon spread to the Zheng family, although it was not his own descendants, but such a large stronghold was directly pulled out, which still made Zheng Zhilong a little embarrassed.

The Zheng fleet once again intensified its search for the coast, but could not find the location of the Luzon fleet base.

At the end of August, You Degao led the fleet to attack the Zhengjia strongholds in Fuzhou, Funing Prefecture and other places and the Fujian Naval Division, plundering 70,000 taels of silver and a population of more than 8,000 people.

All of these captives were taken to Keelung in Taipei and Dingzhou in Taitung for resettlement, especially Dingzhou, which is located on the Taitung Plain and has plenty of land for reclamation.

After several clashes with the local Ami aborigines, You Degao ordered the officers and soldiers sent by the Flying Bear Brigade to be split in two, with 1,200 men stationed in Keelung and the other 800 stationed in Dingzhou.

As for the civil administration, it was managed by civil affairs personnel sent from the Luzon General's Office.