Volume 14 Chapter 31 Recovering the Territory

Seeing that the end of the year was approaching, Zhu Cijiong did not plan to stay in Xingcheng Port for more, he only arranged one day to deal with the relevant matters of Nanyang, and after the military meeting, it was the civil affairs meeting, which rotated without the slightest stop.

Less than a quarter of an hour after Cao Huachun went out, he bowed down and walked in, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the decree is finished." “

Zhu Cijiong came back to his senses from his contemplation and asked lightly, "Have the officials at all levels of the vassal state, Jiaozhi, and Ninan arrived?" “

Cao Huachun replied respectfully: "Back to the emperor, they are already waiting in the main hall." “

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong nodded, stood up, and waved his hand: "Lead the way ahead." “

Cao Huachun did not immediately turn around and lead the way, but asked with concern: "Your Majesty, why don't you rest for a while?" “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he smiled slightly, suddenly jumped up, and swept his foot towards Cao Huachun's chest.

Cao Huachun shook his head with a smile and raised his hand to block it gently.

Zhu Cijiong kicked out a few more lightning kicks, and the air in the conference room was stirred by him, making a slight snapping sound, and his few kicks seemed to have a bit of a martial arts master's taste.

This kind of attack naturally can't do anything to Cao Huachun, but he still dodges left and right very face-saving, and retreats a few steps in a row.

Zhu Cijiong stopped at this time, straightened up his military hat, and said arrogantly: "I'm a master anyway, do I still need to rest for a meeting?" “

Cao Huachun smiled dotingly, stepped forward to help him sort out his military uniform and cloak, and then gave him a thumbs up and said: "The emperor's tricks are flashing and moving, combining rigidity and softness, and he has won the essence of Emei exercises, powerful, powerful." “

That's not, in recent years, as his physical development has become more and more mature, his martial arts have entered the realm very quickly, although he is far worse than a super master like Cao Huachun, but the average military general is really not his opponent, he accepted this sycophant very comfortably, and then waved his hand: "Go, go to the main hall." “

Cao Huachun did not dissuade him this time, but bowed forward and walked forward.

At this time, the main hall of the Nanyang Governor's Mansion was already full of high-ranking officials from Jiaozhi, Rinan, Siam, Donghu and other places, and even the square outside the main hall was full of officials at all levels, and countless brocade guards and eunuchs stood all over the main hall, just like the regular court meeting of the Ming Dynasty, and even Zheng Zhilong's governor's chair was replaced with a dragon chair.

As soon as Zhu Cijiong entered the gate of the main hall, the eunuch on duty immediately waved his whip and said sharply: "The emperor has arrived." “

All the officials immediately knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." “

Zhu Cijiong took a group of ceremonial officials and eunuchs, walked through a group of officials, came to the dragon chair, threw off his cloak, sat on the dragon chair, and said loudly: "Zhong Aiqing is flat." “

A group of officials shouted in unison: "Emperor Xie." And then one by one they got up from the ground.

Immediately after that, it was time to enter the right part, and under the guidance of the ceremonial officials, the left and right envoys of Jiaozhi and Ninan announced the political envoys, the commanders of the capitals, the envoys of the punishment and the probationary envoys, as well as the kings of Siam, Donghu, Annam, and Champa began to perform the work.

Officials in Cochin and Ninan mainly reported on the progress of railway and highway construction, the planning of farmland and water conservancy, the progress of tunwei tuntian, and the security of various localities and other details related to people's livelihood.

The kings of Siam, Donghu, Annam, and Cham reported mainly on the implementation of the imperial examination system, the preparations for the township examination, and the implementation of Chongzheng Tongbao and dragon coins.

Zhu Cijiong listened carefully to their reports, and then urged and encouraged them one by one, and the court meeting lasted for more than an hour before it ended.

After the end of the court meeting, Zhu Cijiong refused Zheng Zhilong's earnest retention, stepped on the Daming, and rushed to the capital with the Beiyang Naval Division and the First Army of the Praetorian Guard.

There was nothing to say all the way, and three days later, the Beiyang Navy fleet arrived at Tianjin Xingang in Dongdaying, and it was still Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Zheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, who came to greet them.

Fortunately, the construction progress of the super battleship is quite normal, the fifty super battleships to be delivered to Portugal have been tested, and they can be sent to Portugal just after he gives the order, and the assembly of the remaining fifty super battleships is also nearing completion and is preparing for testing.

Zhu Cijiong directly ordered that fifty Portuguese super battleships be sent directly to Manila Bay and handed over to the envoy of the King of Portugal to drive back by themselves.

At this time, the East China Sea Fleet had been ordered to rush to the port of Haiphong in Annam, and a group of soldiers of the Second Army of the Frontier Army were rapidly boarding the battleship, and Ma Xianglin took the envoys of the king of Spain and Portugal, standing on Chen Hui's flagship and communicating happily.

Here is a hurried preparation, Manila's Spanish Governor Corquian is not idle, he is happily moving, all the valuable things in the Governor's Palace have been moved by him to the super battleship of the Spanish Navy, and all the soldiers have also been notified that everything they can take away is ready to return home!

Why is he happy to move? The huge territory is going to be handed over to the Ming Empire, and he can still be happy!

He is indeed very happy, this Luzon is simply not a place for people to stay, not to mention poverty and backwardness, but also sandwiched between the Ming Empire and the Netherlands to be angry, he can't afford to provoke on both sides, he can't do anything, trade can't be developed, not to mention making money in this colony, and the military expenses are subsidized by the local population every year, this governor should be a nest, it is better to go to the Americas to explore!

On the sixth day, the East China Sea Fleet of the Ming Empire arrived as scheduled, watching the sea densely packed with hundreds of warships The residents of Manila City rushed home like fleeing for their lives, closed the door, hid in the window, and looked out in fear, this is not afraid that there will be another war, no wonder the Spaniards have been jumping like they are fleeing in the past few days, it turns out that they have long known that a strong enemy is coming, and they are really ready to escape!

However, the Spanish army acted strangely, they did not flee in a hurry, nor did they go up to the city walls and batteries to defend, but came to the port and lined up neatly, as if waiting for someone to review, what the hell is this!

Soon, the huge fleet on the sea arrived at the port, and groups of soldiers poured down like a tide, and the whole port was densely packed with phalanxes, and the number was probably ten times that of the Spanish army.

Under the banner of a dragon, two generals and a Spaniard appeared opposite Corquian, first the envoy of the king of Spain stepped forward, and he stood there with more than 10,000 soldiers, listened to the king's lecture, and then stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to take the king's order, and they were finished.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Xianglin and Chen Hui took an infantry phalanx, holding the dragon flag, and walked to the front of the Spanish phalanx. “

Lian Coquian hurriedly returned the standard military salute and said loudly: "Your Excellency, General, the Spanish Governor in Manila, Corquean, has been ordered to hand over the defense of Manila to you. “

Ma Xianglin and Coquian exchanged a few words under the translation of the king's envoy, and soon the warships of the East China Sea Fleet left the port, and the ten super battleships and dozens of large and small warships of the Spanish Navy approached, and groups of Spanish soldiers boarded the battleships in batches, and finally together with Coquaan and the envoy of the king of Spain, they really left like this!

Ma Xianglin watched the Spanish fleet leave, and then, with a wave of his hand, said loudly: "Enter the city!" “

A team of soldiers quickly entered the city of Manila, and soon, the sun and moon dragon banner appeared at the head of the city of Manila, and Luzon returned to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty!