At present, more than half of the ministers in the court were directly promoted by Zhu Youxiao, especially the military generals who had followed him on the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition, all of whom admired the emperor's perseverance and sacrificed their lives and forgot to die. Seeing that Zhu Youxiao's tone was firm, they knew that the Great War was coming, and the conquest of the Japanese Kingdom was different from the previous land wars, and they needed the full support of the navy. Sun Chengzong, as the emperor, knew that Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless in not fighting for the Japanese country, and stepped forward to advise:

"The Ming generation of Japanese robbers troubled the southeast, looted endlessly, killed and injured countless people, and the people of the Ming Dynasty hated it to the core. If the saint raises his arms and shouts, the world will inevitably respond, and it can be said that the anti-Japanese resistance almost does not need the mobilization of the imperial court to mobilize the whole people. However, it was initially decided in the north that both the National Alliance and the Silk Road needed to send troops to garrison, and such a vast territory also needed to be managed by liuguan, which would take at least ten years. ”

In response to Sun Chengzong's suggestion, Zhu Youxiao also knew that the current expedition to the Japanese state was not a top priority, and the first task of the imperial court was to digest the territory of the three eastern provinces and the Hetao, Lake Baikal, Turpan, and Qinghai, and then continue to implement the new policy, and strengthen the control of the traditional two capitals and thirteen provinces through military reform and road network construction. However, with the prosperity of overseas trade, the hidden danger of the Japanese pirates has become more and more serious, and this potential threat is like holding a time bomb, which has always made people feel uneasy.

"I looked at the palace archives, Qi Shaobao and General Yu completely quelled the troubles in the last years of Jiajing, but their main force was still there, and they turned around and went to Nanyang to cause chaos. Shang Zhouzuo, Nan Juyi, and Shen Yourong have all fought against these Japanese robbers, and the specific battle situation will be told to you by Nan Aiqing. ”

The naval battle with the Japanese and Hongmaoyi was Nan Juyi's famous work, and he won more with less in several battles, which attracted Zhu Youxiao's attention. At present, Nan Juyi has been transferred from the governor of Fujian to the governor of the East China Sea Fleet, and is jointly responsible for the strategy of conquering the Japanese state with Hong Chengchou, the governor of the Eastern Theater. Nan Juyi, who is on the rise, knows that today's achievements depend on the full support of the little emperor, and he is grateful to him, and after hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, he stepped forward respectfully and replied:

"Qi Song Sheng, the governor of Fujian in the second year of the Apocalypse, once exchanged fire with the Murakami fleet of the Japanese in the area of the Dongsha Islands, and annihilated more than 100 warships in the first battle. At the beginning of this year, the merchant ships of Huayuan Trading Company were harassed by the Spanish, and the minister, together with General Zheng Zhilong, defeated them in the waters of Penghu and captured the king of Yi, Gao Wenlu. ”

Nan Juyi lightly recounted the course of the two naval battles, and Zhu Youxiao knew its significance to the Chinese nation, and said solemnly:

"Nan Aiqing fought against foreigners twice, and the previous Qi Shaobao, General Yu, Governor Hu, and the current Governor of Liangguang Shang Zhouzuo can be called heroes of the Chinese nation. It's just that although the people have been defeated, their vitality is still there, and there is still a long way to go to completely eliminate the sea disaster, so we must not be arrogant. ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Nan Juyi to reply, turned his head and said to Huang Kezhang:

"I heard Xuanxuan say that when you were in your hometown, Meilin, I guess Huang Wubu also witnessed how these Japanese and Hongmaoyi plagued the coastal people when he was young?"

The reason why Zhu Youxiao wanted to pull his Taiyue into the water was because of a letter from Huang Kezhang two days ago, which mentioned the Luzon tragedy that occurred in the 31st year of Wanli. For this reason, he ordered Cao Huachun to review the palace archives and carefully read this humiliating history.

In the late 16th century, the trade between the Chinese in Fujian and the West developed rapidly, and a large number of Chinese settled in the Philippines, with a population of tens of thousands, which was regarded as a thorn in the side of Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other countries. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was also reflecting on the war against the Japanese Invaders, among which authoritative works such as "Preparing for the Sea Atlas" and "Jiajing Southeast Ping Japanese Tonglu" all believed that only one-tenth and two of these people were real Japanese slaves, and the rest were Chinese who fled overseas. In order to defeat these traitors, local officials of the Ming Dynasty joined hands with the Spaniards to attack Lin Feng, a giant thief who had established himself as king in Lingayan Bay, Luzon.

In this context, in 1603 A.D., the Spaniards carried out the first massacre of the Chinese, and there were more than 30,000 innocent souls.

(Note: The second massacre took place in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and it is not told in this book because it does not match the plot.) ）

The Luzon massacre, also known as the Dalunshan massacre, was the first organized large-scale massacre of Chinese by the Caucasians, so the incident happened overseas, and the imperial court hated these internal ghosts, so it did not attract the attention of Emperor Shenzong, but cut off the sea and slaughtered Pusan to prevent the burning of the body, and even some officials fantasized that the Spaniards were "intelligent and prudent people, and they would regret the massacre of such a large number of overseas Chinese."

More than 20 years have passed since this incident, and Zhu Youxiao is like a fish in his throat, which is unbearable! Although some of these Chinese were born as pirates and colluded with the Wu Kou and Hongmaoyi to loot the southeast coast, their life and death should be judged by the imperial court, and they are also Chinese.

Huang Kezhang saw that the emperor was holding his own fold in his hand, and he already understood most of it in his heart, and immediately said:

"Your Majesty, the ancestral home of the old minister is indeed Meilin County, Fujian Province. In the early years, the southeast coast was harassed by the Japanese invaders, and many Hokkien people rose up a wave of going to the South Seas, covering all the countries of the South Seas. The Luzon massacre mentioned by His Majesty was at that time, when the Spaniards coveted the wealth of our merchants and did not hesitate to use force to slaughter and plunder. At that time, our dynasty had experienced three major wars, the treasury was empty, disasters were frequent in various places, and the pressure of border troubles in the north made it impossible to send sailors south to protect the overseas Chinese.

Lao Chen sighed every time he thought of this, and then decided to study the Western craftsmanship, and fused their copper casting technology with the iron melting methods of the Central Plains to forge steel ingots and copper ingots with more reliable materials, which have now been applied to Wang Gong's factory to make firearms and build bridges across rivers.

In addition, Lao Chen once asked the two governors of Shang and Nanyang to go to Nanyang to recruit those skilled refugees, and arrange them to Wang Gongchang and the army, so that the soldiers can qualitatively improve the range, aiming, adjusting the elevation angle, loading ammunition and even the final firing essentials of the cannon.

During the bloody battle of Yizhou, these people helped the Hou Rong division of Saibei to defend the city against the enemy, and set a record of bombarding more than 100 enemies and killing two thousand commanders in one shell. After the Battle of Zhoushan, Shengshang strategized to annihilate the Dutch fleet, and by learning from their shipbuilding and artillery casting technology, the naval strength of our dynasty has changed from what it used to be, and it can completely do one-on-one confrontation with Western warships. ”

For the double reed of the little emperor and Huang Kezhang, everyone has already seen through it, but by the time Huang Kezhang finished speaking, the early dynasty had been going on for more than an hour. As the saying goes, people have three urgencies, and everyone has suffering. Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon chair and leisurely lit a cigarette, while swallowing clouds and spitting fog while mockingly looking at this group of stubborn nerds, secretly thinking about what barbarian land, what ignorance, now that the bad guys have been bullied to the doorstep, and they are still fantasizing about the dream of the heavenly kingdom, is it possible to follow Cixi and wait for the Eight-Nation Alliance to come in and then kneel down and beg for mercy?

By the time he was about to light the second bag of cigarettes, everyone already understood that the little emperor was going to play fatigue tactics, and if he didn't say anything, he was afraid that even the Wu Dynasty would have to be carried out in the Imperial Palace. So under the persecution of feces and urine, the ministers successively said that the crimes of the widows were unforgivable, and the foreigners could be punished, and asked the court to send troops to avenge the shame of those innocent victims.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry to make a move against the West, and this mobilization just wanted to send a signal, that is, the Ming Dynasty would never allow foreign Yi to bully overseas Chinese. With the development of overseas trade, more and more Chinese went overseas, and the imperial court even sent a large number of envoys to Europe to establish diplomatic relations, but there were no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests.

At present, Europe is in the stage of replacing the old with the new, England and the Netherlands urgently need the support of the Ming Dynasty to compete for the Asian market, but the old maritime powers are extremely cold, and even consider how to resist the expansion of the Ming Dynasty. With a population of only a few million, Portugal established a global colonial strategy, controlling all maritime trade for a long time, and the rich rewards immediately attracted the attention of Spain.

With the advantage of population and land, Spain soon built an invincible armada, replacing Portugal as the new maritime hegemon. In the eyes of the invincible Spanish colonists, they thought that the Ming Dynasty was just a waning old man, and the king even wanted to land by sea with the Japanese people to conquer this backward country. Of course, this crazy move was eventually put on hold due to the dispute between the crown princes, but the Spaniards entrenched in Southeast Asia still maintained an inexplicable sense of superiority and constantly excluded the Chinese who went to Luzon.

When Spain emerged from the internal strife at court, Philip II set his sights on the Protestants in England, and the famous Anglo-Spanish naval battle broke out during this period. As a result, the Armada was almost completely wiped out, the English were also devastated, and the Dutch, who had always been attached to the Spanish court, rose to become coachmen at sea.

From the Battle of Banten Bay, the Dutch established a colony in Southeast Asia, and soon incorporated Java, Malaya, South Vietnam, and the Wa Kingdom into the colonial system. The Dutch, who had not met an opponent, soon set their sights on the Ming Dynasty, and the former governor of the East India Company, Putsmann, was completely annihilated, and his successor Gao Wenlu believed that this was due to his personal incompetence, and soon gathered dozens of warships to appear in the waters of Penghu, in a vain attempt to block the Ming Dynasty's overseas trade routes, and further control the Ming Dynasty's commerce by demanding huge protection fees.

Of course, this kind of jumping clown was soon blown out of the wax by Nanjuyi, and the East China Sea Fleet at this time not only surpassed the performance of the Western Navy, but also had an absolute superiority in numbers. The tonnage of warships launched by Zhoushan Shipyard every year is equivalent to the sum of Europe, and after the combination of the scholars of Dalian and Ningbo Maritime College and Zheng Zhilong, these traditional pirates, their desire for the sea has surpassed that of Western pirates, and they are eager to establish meritorious deeds in the Ming Dynasty, where military merit is supreme, to obtain more benefits for themselves.

At this time, the huge aircraft carrier of the Ming Dynasty had already anchored and set sail, and no one could stop the Chinese nation from moving towards the sea of stars. We love peace and want to get a better standard of living through our own efforts, and we are also willing to extend a hand of friendship to help those countries that are friendly with the Ming Dynasty and enjoy the convenience of trade together, but we will never be soft on the robbers, let alone stupidly use preaching to deal with the artillery of the Westerners. Throughout history, only the strong have the right to speak, and all the truth is within the range of the cannon.