Capital.

Emperor Chenghua has been very depressed in recent days, since he ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty has been full of smoke everywhere, and every day he is full of war reports sent from all over the country, as well as the twists and turns of asking for money and food everywhere, which makes people feel depressed.

For more than a month, Emperor Chenghua has always been concerned about the progress of the war everywhere, and he has dealt with government affairs almost every day until late at night.

What made Emperor Chenghua feel relieved was that Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, took the lead in delivering good news: the fleet of the Dongping Island Navy under the command of the governor of Shandong, together with the Nanjing Navy Division, annihilated the huge fleet of the Dutch in the sea off Shandong, and wiped out the sea off the south of Shandong and Jiangnan in one fell swoop!

In this way, the threat of the Ming Dynasty from the sea was temporarily lifted, and Emperor Chenghua could also wholeheartedly stare at the three wars in the northwest and south.

However, the good news of Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, also mentioned that this battle only annihilated the Dutch fleet at sea, and its land troops and horses were not damaged, and they were still entrenched on Luzon, and it was not ruled out that the Dutch would once again mobilize fleets from their own country to fight again!

This made Emperor Chenghua very distressed, not that Emperor Chenghua was afraid in his heart, but that there was no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, Emperor Chenghua did not have this mind and effort, and he was anxious with the Dutch for a long time!

But if you want to completely eradicate the Dutch forces around the Ming Dynasty, you must sail tens of thousands of miles to the sea to expedition to Luzon, which is too far away for the Ming Dynasty, even if the Ming army can take Luzon Island, for Emperor Chenghua, it is just a heavy burden for the Ming Dynasty.

In Emperor Chenghua's impression, Luzon Island was a barren place, and the natives on the island were all uncivilized savages, and the Ming Dynasty did not have the energy to run a wild land thousands of miles away.

Therefore, Emperor Chenghua only issued an order to Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, ordering him to reorganize the attached naval divisions of Shandong and strengthen coastal defense; At the same time, Emperor Chenghua also ordered to reward the meritorious generals of Shandong, as well as Zhang Chaozhong, the commander of the Nanjing Navy Division.

When things got here, Emperor Chenghua wanted to stop there, if the Dutch were really endless, then they would annihilate their fleet, anyway, the Ming army was close at hand, and the consumption was weak, and the Dutch needed to sail tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of miles to send their lives, and they would definitely not last long!

After that, Emperor Chenghua focused all his attention on the three battles in the northwest and south of the Ming Dynasty.

In August of the first year of Chenghua, Emperor Chenghua successively received reports from these three battlefields:

"Minister, the governor of Shanxi, the secretary of the military department and the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and the marquis of Dingxiang, Liu Juntao: ...... Most of the Tiance army has been west out of Jiayu Pass, and engaged in the battle of 100,000 Tatar troops thirty miles west of Jiayu Pass, and then the Tatar army continued to retreat, and has converged with the main army led by Gan Silan, and is now stationed in the ...... of the Shazhou Acropolis. ”

Seeing Liu Juntao's report, Emperor Chenghua felt a lot more at ease, and the Marquis of Dingxiang led an army of 300,000 to fight in the northwest, which can be described as solid, and it was a matter of time before the good news spread.

Then, Emperor Chenghua picked up the report of Zhao Fu, the general of Zhengyi who went south to fight against the rebellion of the Yaomin people in Liangguang:

"Minister, Zhengyi General Zhao Fu wept bloody: ...... The thief leader and the big dog wandered in the mountains and forests, and the trails were wandering, and it was difficult for the officers and troops to launch a large-scale offensive. The thief leader organized thousands of men and horses into more than 50 teams, each team of dozens of people, to the surrounding states and counties to attack and harass ......, only two months, the thief leader Hou Dagou has captured Guangxi five prefectures (Xunzhou, Wuzhou, Yulin, Guilin, Liuzhou), Guangdong six prefectures (Leizhou, Lianzhou, Gaozhou, Zhaoqing, Shaoguan, Guangzhou), as well as southern Jiangxi, southern Hunan twenty or thirty prefectures and counties, the momentum is huge! ”

"Now, the thief leader Hou Dagou has tens of thousands of infantry cavalry and naval troops, coercing hundreds of thousands of Yao people and Han people, and it has almost become a prairie fire. The whole territory of Guangxi, most of Guangdong, and parts of southern Jiangxi and Hunan were affected by the army of thieves...... ”

Emperor Chenghua was furious when he saw this, and subconsciously thought that it was caused by the incompetence of Zhao Fu, the general of Zhengyi, but when he saw the compromise, "I go out of this thief to the other, and I go to the other side to come out of this, (the thief) coincidentally avoids, and (the official army) is difficult to succeed." When he said this, he instantly calmed down.

Emperor Chenghua understood that the thieves were dealing with the officials and soldiers, and in this case, the guards of the two Guangxi and Guangxi regions were too busy to take care of themselves, so they could only retreat into the city, and did not dare to go out of the city to fight. And the conscription officers and soldiers can only chase after them and run for their lives!

Emperor Chenghua began to be a little worried, at this time, the situation in Liangguang was getting worse, on the one hand, because of the cunning of thieves, and on the other hand, because of the "land guarding the land and non-people" in Liangguang!

As a result, Emperor Chenghua categorically ordered the dismissal of the governor of Liangguang, the governor and the members of the three divisions; Subsequently, Emperor Chenghua continued to issue an order, drawing troops and horses from the six provinces of Jingshi, Nanjing, Nanzhili, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Guangxi, and launched an unprecedented large-scale campaign against the Yao people and thieves in Lingnan.

Emperor Chenghua watched the cabinet serving next to him walk and drafted the holy decree, then covered it with a jade seal and handed it to the cabinet to wear red.

Later, Emperor Chenghua saw the cabinet's efforts to suppress the rebellion of the Yao people, and these cabinet courtiers generally believed that they should adopt a protracted strategy to carry out field clearance in Guangdong, and carry out a long-term siege in Guangxi, cut off the internal and external ties of the Yao people, cut off their food supply, and hoped to put down the rebellion within a year or two.

However, Emperor Chenghua picked up the imperial pen and vetoed this plan on the fold.

Emperor Chenghua believed that the rebellion of the Yao people had spread for thousands of miles, and if the troops were divided into Guangdong, it would inevitably make the officials and troops fall into the quagmire of thieves and be exhausted. We should concentrate our forces on the Great Tengxia Gorge, attack its heartland, and overturn the nest, while the rest can be solved.

Emperor Chenghua wrote in the recital of Zhao Fu, the general of Zhengyi: Hit the backbone and hit its dispersion!

After dealing with it, Emperor Chenghua let out a sigh of relief and picked up the last battle report:

"Minister, the commander of the 3,000 battalion and the Shenji battalion, Zhu Yong, Fu Ningbo, heard that ...... The thief head Liu Tong (No. Liu Qianjin) united with the thief head Shilong (No. Shi Monk), Liu Changzi, etc., set up a yellow flag in Fang County Damu Factory to gather people to revolt, called the King of Han, the country name Han, the year name Desheng, raided Xiang, Deng, repeatedly defeated the surrounding officials and ......, and now the minister has led the army to meet Li Zhen, the chief military officer of Huguang, and Wang Shu, the governor of Henan, to enter the mountains to discuss ......"

"However, thieves are rampant, wantonly attacking Nanzhang, Neixiang, and Weinan, and nearly one million displaced people have returned to them, and the current official army is still slowly advancing and suppressing it......"

After reading it, Emperor Chenghua was also annoyed in his heart: "What is slowly advancing into the suppression, it is clear that the first battle is unfavorable!" ”

However, Emperor Chenghua also understood that the sudden rise of thieves was bound to be extremely powerful, and it was inevitable that the first battle of the official army would be unfavorable, so he did not issue an order to reprimand, but ordered the household department to continue to ensure the logistics supply of the front-line army.

"It seems that Dingxianghou is still reliable, and only the northwest war presided over by Dingxianghou can reassure me in these three places!"

Emperor Chenghua sighed in his heart.

At this time, the eunuch Bingbi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I just received a letter from the Marquis of Dingxiang, please take a look at it." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Juntao, the Marquis of Dingxiang, just sent a battle report, and then sent a note, there must be something big!

Emperor Chenghua hurriedly opened the recital, and nodded after only looking at it for a while.

In this recital, Liu Juntao only talked about one thing, and that was the attitude of the imperial court towards the Dutch!

Liu Juntao believes that the Dutch have no faith, and only by completely defeating them can they stabilize the Daming Sea Frontier!

In the compromise, Liu Juntao asked Emperor Chenghua to fully support the expansion and preparation of the naval divisions of Shandong, so as to enhance the combat power of the Ming naval division, and at the same time, the imperial court should issue an ultimatum to the Dutch entrenched in Luzon as soon as possible, demanding that the Dutch pay compensation and apologize for the land cessed by the Ming Dynasty!

In addition, the imperial court should also revise a treaty to allow the Dutch to open the sea trade route from the Ming to Luzon.

If the Dutch refused, then the court sent sailors to continue the battle, so that the Dutch would never be at peace!

It was also in this twist and turn that Emperor Chenghua knew that Luzon Island was rich in products, not only silver and gold mines, but also various crops, which could be promoted in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, so that the output of farmland in all parts of the Ming Dynasty could be greatly improved.

"How did Dingxiang Hou know so many things, it's really my blessing to the Ming Dynasty!"

Emperor Chenghua only sighed, and directly approved Liu Juntao's recital, and then ordered the Ministry of Rites to draft a treaty with the Dutch as soon as possible according to Liu Juntao's suggestion in the recital, and ordered Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, to be responsible for negotiating with the Dutch.

Within a few days, Emperor Chenghua received a reply from the Ministry of Rites and the Governor of Shandong, Hu Dexing.

The treaty drafted by the Ministry of Rites was completely in accordance with the suggestion of Liu Juntao, the Marquis of Dingxiang, and Emperor Chenghua was very satisfied after reading it, but he was still not at ease, so he asked people to copy a copy of Pegasus and send it to the army for Liu Juntao to see.

Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, proposed to ask the Dutch for an indemnity of one million taels of silver, and at the same time cede a piece of land on Luzon Island, and in the future, he will also plan to build a base for the Daming Naval Division here, which will be used to stop the Daming Naval Division to deter the surrounding barbarians!

In addition, Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, also proposed that the Dutch be required to cede more than half of the land on Luzon and allow the local natives to restore the country in order to contain the Dutch power.

Emperor Chenghua was very satisfied with this, and immediately approved the request of Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, and asked him to step up the process.

Ten days later, Liu Juntao received a copy of the treaty with the Dutch sent by Emperor Chenghua, and he was very satisfied after reading it.

The whole treaty talks about one thing: the Dutch must open the trade route from the Ming to Luzon, and the Ming merchants can come and go at will, and at the same time, the maritime trade route from the Ming to Japan and Korea, the Dutch can only have three merchant ships within 1,000 materials every year, otherwise it will be a declaration of war on the Ming!

Liu Juntao wrote a reply and entrusted the Jinyi Wei who came to present it to Emperor Chenghua, and continued to concentrate on dealing with the war in the northwest.