"Ruan Fulan has a request for Daming?" Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up, "Does he want to ask me to make him the king of Annam or the king of Guangnan?" ”

Of course, it is the most ideal to give the name of a king to the four lords and one lord of Annam, and won't the kingdom of Annam be divided into four? But it's just a matter of thinking about it......

"No," Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "Annan is a country of Little China, and it also knows the status of kings, ministers, and ministers, and the dignity and righteousness of the upper and lower levels. And although their king Li has long had no real power, he still maintains popularity and is looked up to by the military and people of Annam. In the early years, the Mo clan usurped the country, and was regarded as a rebellious minister and thief by the people of Annan, so he fell into Gaoping and attached himself to our dynasty.

Today's Zheng and Ruan have learned the lessons of the Mo family, and although they have long been the de facto monarchs, they have all submitted to King Li on the surface. And the king of Annan Li was mastered by Lord Zheng. Therefore, the lord of Quang Nam Nguyen has always been at a disadvantage in Annam. ”

"Ruan Phuc Lan wants to set up another Li king?"

Zheng Sen smiled: "If someone could stand, he would have done it a long time ago." ”

I guessed wrong again! Zhu Cihong didn't want to continue to play dumb riddles with Zheng Sen, so he asked, "Senior brother, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to let the four masters of Annan learn the methods of the Liukou." Zheng Sen said, "Engage in a four-master co-governance and support the king of Li." ”

This is really "four fathers co-governance", Li Guo is so strong and strong, he can really fight with the eight kings below. What does King Annam Li have? It's pitiful to say, a Zheng father can't wait, and Zheng Sen wants to find another father for him.

Zhu Cihong asked, "How to get it?" ”

Zheng Sen said: "The Zheng lord of Annam has always wanted King Li to restore his title as king...... Their King Li is called the emperor in the country, but in my Ming Dynasty, there is only one title of the commander. ”

This, the pit left by Mo Dengyong - this Annan version of Cao Cao was frightened by Emperor Jiajing, so he declared himself a vassal to the Ming Dynasty and became the commander of Annan. Let Annam change from an outer vassal to an internal subordinate! Although after the restoration of the Later Li Dynasty, he always wanted to fill this hole, but the Ming Dynasty ignored it, and Hou Li was helpless.

If Annan is a "true barbarian" outside the Chinese civilization circle, it doesn't matter. However, Annan was deeply influenced by Confucian culture, and many people in China regarded the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain. Now the suzerainty does not recognize the status of the king of a country in Houli, and this matter is always incorrect and unreasonable.

Zheng Sen, who went to Annan, of course, discovered this problem, and after he returned to China, he heard about the four kings of the Daxi Dynasty, so he had an idea, and he was also ready to use this "co-governance" to dig a big hole for the Annan people, and also to carry out a "four masters of co-governance" in Annan - the "four fathers of Annan" all have territory, retainers, and troops, and they don't know how many years have been on the separating side.

If the "four fathers co-rule" is carried out, then it will actually deprive Zheng of the power of the Son of Heaven and make Annan lose the nominal central government.

"Now Annan is the strong lord and the weak king," Zheng Sen said, "The king of Li is false, and the four lords are real." And among the four masters, only Lord Zheng controls King Li. Therefore, once King Li becomes more realistic, Lord Zheng must be the most at a loss, and Lord Ruan must be happy to see it, so he will naturally give in on the issue of Shui Zhenla.

Therefore, His Majesty can not only establish the co-governance of the four lords in Annam by canonizing the king of Li and mediating the dispute between Nguyen and Zheng, but also try to elevate the status of the king of Li and ensure that the king of Li will not be deposed for no reason, so as to weaken the Zheng lord. ”

Zhu Cihong thought for a while, "Then I am commensurate with the uncle and nephew of King Annan Li!" ”

Emperor Zhu's abacus is good, and in the future, he will be Uncle Zhu next door to King Li of Annan, and he will be good brothers with King Li's Father Zheng, Ruan Father, Mo Father, and Wu Father. Let's govern this King Li together, how happy King Li is!

Ah, by the way, although China and Vietnam were a bit of a festival in later generations, Zhu Cihong did not intend to teach this Li Wang and his four "white-eyed fathers" a lesson.

Because he found that this Confucian civilization was lonely in Southeast Asia...... Southeast Asia either believes in Buddhism or Allah, and there are people who believe in Brahmins, and even those who believe in Christ are crowded in. Like the Ming Dynasty, they are all in the same vein as Confucianism, that is, Annan Little China, and the two sides still have a common language.

Moreover, Zhu Cihong can't beat King Li's four "godfathers" now, and it is impossible to send an army of 180,000 to expedition to Annan. It's too much effort, and it's not worth it.

The matter of Annan has been discussed, and Zhu Cihong turned his attention to Zheng Jiangong again, this horse master is a lot whiter, and he has gained some weight, and he looks radiant.

"Gonggong, how is the preparation of the Sailor Academy? When can school start? ”

The Shanghai Naval Academy is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department of the Generalissimo's Office, but in fact it is Zheng Jiangong who has the final say.

"Your Majesty," Zheng Jiangong had already prepared, took out a book of musicals, and respectfully handed it in, "This is the teaching course and enrollment regulations drawn up by the Dutch and Portuguese teachers of the Chen and the Sailor Academy. ”

"Oh." Zhu Cihong responded, took Zheng Jiangong's piece on the wine table, opened it and looked at it.

For the Sailor School, Zheng Jiangong obviously put his mind into it, and he also got Zheng Zhilong's support, so he invited four or five Dutch and Portuguese merchant captains who were not bad to serve as teachers. In addition to navigation and gunnery, courses such as arithmetic, Spanish (French), astronomy, shipbuilding, Gezhi, gunsmithing, and swordsmanship are also offered.

It also recruited a group of scholars who were proficient in Eastern and Western studies to serve as teachers at a high price, and also entrusted the Macao Council and the Dutch East India Company to invite Western scholars to teach at the Sailor School.

"How can there be swordsmanship?" Zhu Cihong found that the Sailor Academy had opened a swordsmanship class, and he didn't understand it a little, so he asked, "Don't you rely on swords in naval battles without cannons?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zheng Jiangong explained, "of course the sword will be used in naval battles!" Truly sturdy wooden warships are difficult to sink with artillery, and deck engagements are difficult to avoid. Moreover, warships are expensive, and sometimes they are loaded with priceless goods, of course, all of them must be taken. So it was better for the bow and sailor to be proficient in swordsmanship. ”

It turns out that in the naval battles of this era, broadside battles and artillery battles were almost equally important!

"I see!" Zhu Cihong nodded, continued to look down, and soon found something unexpected for him.

"There are also two routes: rapid and cultivation...... The crash course lasts one year and recruits young sailors. And the cultivation class lasts for eight years, and it still has to recruit twelve or thirteen-year-old boys? It's too small, right? The length of study is too long, right? ”

Zheng Jiangong had long known that Zhu Cihong would raise this question, and immediately explained: "Your Majesty, it is not easy to learn the art of sea warfare, and it is even more difficult to master it. Many of the bow admirals in the West have studied the art of sea warfare since childhood, and it took ten or twenty years to become a great weapon. If we want to run a large number of sailors and compete with the Xiyi forces on the sea, we must not blindly seek speed, but must firmly lay the foundation. In three or five years, it is just to cope with the situation, and if you want to succeed, you must have 20 years! ”

The navy of this year has to start from the baby, otherwise how can it be called a "century-old navy"? Not only does it take a long time to accumulate personnel, but it is not easy to improve shipbuilding skills.

It's a dream to do it in three or five years...... Colonial expansion or something, Daming still has to make up for it!

......

The night was already very dark, and the entire Forbidden City was quiet, only Zhu Cihong and Wu Sanmei, two couples, were still leaning on their carved dragon bed made of Huanghuali and discussing things with their eyes open.

"Third sister, don't worry, I won't let the local tyrant be the prince!" Zhu Cihong comforted Wu Sanmei, "You are still young, you can still give birth, you will definitely be able to give birth to a prince!" ”

That's what he said, but Zhu Cihong has been hanging the stone in his heart, but he has already put it down - no matter what, he is a successor......

Wu Sanmei turned her head sideways, looked at her husband, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why does Brother Trench call him a local tyrant?" It doesn't sound serious...... And how old is Your Majesty? How could the concubine care about Brother Entrenchment, the eldest son of the emperor. ”

Zhu Cihong asked: "Then why can't you sleep at night?" ”

Wu Sanmei just sighed faintly: "The concubine is worrying about the second brother of the concubine...... The situation in the northwest, and a butt of debt ......"