Ni Yuanlu and Qian Qianyi are both scholars, but the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are good at talking about military affairs, such as Sun Chengzong, Wang Zaijin, Yuan Keli and other scholars who are in charge of military power. It's not that the Ming Dynasty doesn't have brave generals now, but the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have understood that the destructiveness of the army is not only effective against the enemy, but if it is not controlled well, the possibility of hurting itself is very high, and it must be controlled in the hands of people who trust. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, the only people who made the emperor relatively relieved were eunuchs and scholars, so the people sent to supervise the generals were either eunuchs or imperial historians, and there were reasons for this.

Under the tradition of civilian administration of military affairs, those who read the books of sages and sages would also read some military books such as "The Art of War" and "Taigong Taolu" when they were empty, and Ni Yuanlu began to suggest that they should attack Taiwan while the Dutch had not yet converged, in order to preemptively destroy the enemy's foundation. Ni Yuanlu's suggestion even made Tianqi feel moved, it turned out that he didn't go to Taiwan because Yuan Keli tried to fight and couldn't win, now Zheng Zhilong has been recruited and brought a large team over, and when the soldiers are strong, they naturally have the intention of cleaning up the enemy, who knows that Zheng Zhilong said no.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zheng Zhilong said to Tianqi: "Your Majesty, if the combat effectiveness of my sailors is strong enough to defeat the Dutch fleet in a short period of time, or if we can easily defend the island of Taiwan without foreign aid, then Lord Ni's suggestion can be said to be a good suggestion." Even if we defeat the Dutch with a few ships and one ship, we may not be able to capture the two fortified cities they built in Taiwan, and even if we finally use people to break through the fortified cities held by the Dutch, we may not be able to hold them when their reinforcements come. ”

Ni Yuanlu frowned and said, "According to General Zheng, if you can't fight, you won't fight?" If the generals of the Ming Dynasty all have this idea, then the Ming Dynasty can only be slaughtered. ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled proudly and said: "Lord Ni underestimates me too much, although I am not very old, I have also been to Japan, Taiwan, Nanyang and other places, Dahe really doesn't frighten me much, the reason why I think that I can't fight now is not because I am afraid of things, but because I want to wait for the time to be ripe for a battle." Of course, if the emperor orders me to lead the sailors to a decisive battle with the Dutch now, I will not frown and go immediately. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and asked, "What far-reaching thoughts does Zheng Aiqing have on the matter of recovering Taiwan?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "The Netherlands is tens of thousands of miles away from here, and there are countless winds and waves on the road, and the Dutch absolutely have no intention of immigrating to Taiwan and then living for a long time, they just use Taiwan as a springboard to attack the Ming Dynasty." At the beginning, the ministers said that at least three years, more than ten years, the Dutch will definitely attack the Ming Dynasty, since there will be a battle between us and them sooner or later, why don't we be more prepared? The minister means to clear the surrounding forces first, and then show weakness to the enemy to lead them to attack, and give the Dutch a blow on the coast near the Ming Dynasty, as long as the people on the island of Taiwan who annihilate their main force are the meat on the chopping block, how long do you want to attack is not up to us? ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "It is indeed a good idea to clear the internal troubles first and then fight the external enemy, so you are prepared to ignore Taiwan before the Dutch attack?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Of course I won't let it go, anything will change over time, this person is also easy to change, I am afraid that the aborigines of Taiwan will be slowly confused by the Dutch, and finally not recognize the ancestors but recognize the thief as the father, it will not be beautiful." If the Dutch don't want to emigrate from their country and want to trick the Taiwanese people into following their rule, the best way for us is to immigrate to the past to sabotage their plans. Now the Dutch only build cities in the south of Taiwan, and there are not many people in the north of Taiwan, and the defense is not strict, so the people who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty can move over in the name of surrendering to their relatives. ”

Zheng Zhilong's words made the apocalypse nod again and again, and Ni Yuanlu said at this time: "At first, I was offended by words, please don't worry about General Zheng, do you say that the Dutch will not stop the immigrants in the past?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "The army will naturally block it in the past, but the Dutch will generally not block the ordinary people when they move over, and they also want more people to accept their exploitation, what if there are too few people and their lives?" We can't let the thousands of them go fishing and farming. What I mean is to move some people to be Shunmin first, once the main fleet of the Dutch is wiped out here, they can occupy the Penghu area and force Taiwan, and the people who are embedded in the Taiwanese immigrants take the opportunity to raise their arms and shout, and the recovery of Taiwan and the defeat of the red-haired Dutch will naturally succeed. ”

As soon as he said this, he saw someone report that Zheng Zhilong's son had enough juice and wanted to come over to see his father, Tianqi asked the little eunuch to get the juice in, and after the little juice came in, Tianqi asked, "Where did they take you to play?" ”

Juice replied, "Back to the emperor, Xiao Min first walked around the surrounding houses, and then went to the big lake to have a look. ”

Tianqi saw that although he was young, he spoke clearly, and knew that Zheng Zhilong had taught him in advance, so he nodded and said: "Don't let Xiaomin come and Xiaomin and listen awkwardly, just when the two of us are friends, can you tell me where you think it is more fun?" ”

Juice thought for a moment and said, "There's a big house by the big lake, and I think it's more fun in there." ”

Apocalypse asked, "What do you think is fun there?" ”

"I saw a beautiful big boat in there, and if we were in a big boat like that, there wouldn't be a lot of people throwing up," Juice said. When I grow up, I want to build a big boat like the one in the house, and then sit in it and play around. ”

Zheng Zhilong explained: "When they returned to Daming, they encountered a strong wind, the boat was extremely bumpy, and many sailors were vomiting. ”

Apocalypse said: "The boat in the house by the lake was made by myself a few years ago when I had nothing to do, when I heard the story of the Three Treasure Eunuchs going to the West, and made a few durable houses based on the legendary treasure boats. The others were all ruined if they didn't do well, but the one that was well done was reluctant to destroy it at most, so if you like it, give it to him. ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "The ministers given by the emperor dare not refuse, but they are afraid that the ancestors of the dogs have thanked the emperor!" After speaking, he pulled the juice and bowed to thank him together.

The Apocalypse ordered them to sit first, and after a while, two little eunuchs brought the treasure boat over and put it on the table, and everyone's attention was immediately attracted to it. I saw that this treasure ship is white and has a three-story shape, and the front, middle and back of the ship are full of sails, and the highest sail in the center has the words 'smooth sailing'. Both sides of the ship are covered with cannon muzzles, which can be seen that this Nai also added the apocalypse's own ideas, the most wonderful thing is that there are two people carved on the bow of the ship, one is a red-robed eunuch Nirvana, holding a monocular with both hands to look at Zheng He in the distance, and the other is a Ming army general who is talking to Zheng He.

Tianqi said: "Zheng Aiqing's initial words made me understand that the Ming sailors are too weak, and it is not an overnight achievement to improve the combat effectiveness of the sailors, and we must make long-term plans ♀ to give a ship to Ling Gongzi, one is to hope that he will get what he wants in the future, build a big ship to swim in He, and the other is to eliminate Zheng Aiqing's process of building a Fujian sailor, as written on this boat, it must be smooth sailing." ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "Zheng Aiqing began to say that the matter of recovering Taiwan and defeating the Dutch will be successful, and I will borrow your auspicious words to give Ling Gongzi the name Zheng Chenggong, and I hope that your father and son will inherit their father's business and do their best for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zheng Zhilong stood up again and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Tianqi raised his hand and pressed it down to signal Zheng Zhilong to sit down, and then said: "We are of the same age, and our personalities are almost the same, and we all have a straight temper, I like it very much, and it can be regarded as our fate, so if you have something to say, you will choose it yourself." In the past, he asked the leading general to place his family in Beijing, one was to take care of him to avoid being secretly harmed, and the other was not worried about being a hostage. Now that the times have changed, you can no longer look at people and things with old eyes, you are willing to live in Beijing, I will settle you in a house, if you want to go back to Fujian, I will also listen to you. ”

Zheng Zhilong saw that the apocalypse was not pretending to be a boat and a name, so he thought for a while and said: "Since the emperor wants the minister to tell the truth, the minister also said bluntly, please don't be surprised, the minister's wife is Japanese, and I don't know if I can go back thousands of miles away from home." In Daming, she has no other relatives and acquaintances except for knowing the minister and her family, if she stays in Beijing, she is afraid that she will be sad, and she is only five years old, and there are many inconveniences in Beijing, and the minister wants to take them back to Fujian to live and take care of each other. ”

Ni Yuanlu and Qian Qianyi suddenly realized at this time, Ni Yuanlu thought to himself, no wonder we all say that the Japanese are Japanese and you have repeatedly called Japan, it turns out that your wife is a Japanese national. Tianqi said: "In that case, then you should choose a day to go back to Fujian, find a good gentleman to teach Zheng Chenggong's studies well, and let him learn to build a big ship in the Bo College when he grows up in the future." ”

On the way out of the palace, Qian Qianyi and Zheng Zhilong both expressed their admiration for each other, just because one was a civil servant in the Government Council and the other was a military general with troops outside, the two did not dare to say anything, for fear of suspicion, but later Qian Qianyi promised to wait for Zheng Chenggong to grow up and accept him as a disciple.

After Zheng Zhilong left, Ni Yuanlu asked Tianqi: "Your Majesty, Zheng Zhilong married a foreign woman as his wife and he didn't want to leave his family in Beijing, so he handed over the water master to him, is the emperor at ease?" ”

Tianqi said: "Don't worry, at least Zheng Zhilong won't rebel now, because most of the officers and soldiers in the sailor division are still my Ming soldiers, if he really starts to exterminate other pirates immediately, then he will have no objection and only serve me wholeheartedly∞ I have been thinking about how to make people loyal for so long, and I only know two ways when I think of it later, one is to instill the idea of loyalty and patriotism, even if it is too late to educate Zheng Zhilong, you can still educate Zheng Chenggong." The second way is to use long-term interests to constrain, with visible long-term interests, anyone who wants to think about it will give more consideration. ”

After Ni Yuanlu left, the apocalypse summoned Yang Gongchun and instructed: "Order Wei Zhongxian to send more people to monitor Zheng Zhilong, and report him immediately if he has transferred his family to the sea or failed to exterminate the pirates. ”