"What more does that little bastard want? A few days after he took a street, what kind of fleet did he want, what exactly did he want, can he finish it all at once? ”

On the Wuying Palace, the emperor was really enraged.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng looked at the emperor and felt funny, the emperor's scolding appearance was really similar to scolding his son. Of course, the prince is still young, and the emperor has never scolded his son.

"Don't blame the two gentlemen, I really can't stand this little bastard, since he was appointed, the impeachment of him has been piled up into a small mountain, I have pressed it down for him, he requisitioned a street without authorization, I also simply gave it, and he has never given a penny less than the funds there, he actually has to inch in, what else do you want for the fleet of the sea road?"

The emperor's anger is not unreasonable, besides, it is his internal money that is spent every day, just the sixth guard of the brocade clothes is about to hollow out the emperor's pocket, and the emperor also has concubines and more than 10,000 eunuchs and palace maids to raise, all of which are from the internal money, and the household department will not give a penny, and the palace still needs to be repaired and maintained every year, where is there no need for money.

"Your Majesty, besides, it's not for yourself to ask for this, it's really for the emperor's sake." Gao Gong smiled.

"Your Majesty, what he said still has some truth, if you don't clear the open sea, it's useless to just set up an open port, the merchant ships have been robbed by pirates in the open sea, and the goods can't come in at all." Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.

"And how did those merchant ships get in now?" The emperor suppressed his anger and said.

"They all pay tolls to pirates, and they also said that if they can't get rid of pirates on the open sea, and can't guarantee the safety of the passage, he can only do this, but at that time, there was an impeachment voice from the court to say that he colluded with pirates, and besides, this also damaged the emperor's face."

Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong both said this, and the emperor turned this corner. He hadn't thought of it before, or was he the first to think of it.

The three of them have talked a lot about opening the port these days, but no one thought of how to ensure the safety of the open sea trade routes, and they were really the first to think of it.

"But now there is a shortage of expenses everywhere, and I can't come up with this silver here, where can I get him so much silver to build a fleet?" The emperor really has a headache.

If he is here, the emperor has to kick him a few times, he is too hated, and he can't let people save a little bit.

"Actually, it doesn't cost much money to do this, in my opinion, you can choose a large and sturdy ship in the Yangtze River Navy Division and the Fujian Navy Division to renovate it, mainly to have a few red-coated guns, according to his concept, each ship must have six guns, a hundred guns, and five such ships are enough."

"Six red-clad guns per ship? That's thirty. "The emperor grinds his teeth again, and he really wants to bite a few bites.

Every red-clothed artillery is a weapon of great destruction, a valuable property, and besides, he needs thirty when he opens his mouth, why doesn't he die.

Zhang Juzheng smiled again: "I went to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry to check, and there are still a lot of them in the treasury, if the emperor thinks it's okay, I don't need much silver." ”

The three of them have been together for many years, and they don't have to go back and forth with each other, and Gao and Zhang don't need to be called ministers, they are still the same as when they were in the mansion.

"If he can really sweep the open sea, he can give him thirty red-coated artillery." The emperor gritted his teeth and said.

"It's impossible to sweep the open sea with these alone, but it can guarantee the safety of a passage." Zhang Juzheng said.

"It's enough to be able to do this, Injo and Seonjo were also laissez-faire to pirates at that time, and now it's impossible to sweep them away in one fell swoop." High archway.

The emperor sighed for a moment; "The two gentlemen can do it at their discretion, you think you can do it."

At this time, an inner eunuch bowed in and said, "Your Majesty, the sixth guard of Jinyi commands the envoy." ”

When the emperor heard the two words, he said angrily as if he had been bitten by a snake; "Take it, throw it away, I've had enough of him."

The inner supervisor was so frightened that he almost fell down, turned around and was about to leave.

"Come back, what did he say, no, what else did he want?" After the emperor was furious, he realized that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were still here, so he had to force his anger and say.

"Besides, he didn't ask for anything, he just said that if the Tatars attack in the autumn this time, they will definitely choose to break through in Xuanfu, please long live and urge Xuanfu to strengthen combat readiness." The little inner supervisor shuddered.

"Got it. Hey, when did he change his personality and care about national affairs? The emperor was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xuanfu? Didn't the Ministry of War guess that the Tatars would choose Liaoyang as a breakthrough? Gao Gong frowned.

"Well, now most people predict it like this, the last time the barbarians attacked Liaoyang, it should be a test of Liaoyang's city defense." Zhang Juzheng pondered.

"Besides, how can you predict that the Tatars will break through in Xuanfu? Let's take a look at his recitals, two gentlemen. "The emperor said.

Gao Gong took the fold from the hands of the inner supervisor, opened it and browsed it, and said with a smile: "He just thinks that the barbarian invasion of Liaoyang is deliberately confusing the imperial court, but in fact, he will break through from Xuanfu." ”

"Since he made such a prediction, there must be some basis for him to confirm this prediction." The emperor said.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were stunned.

Corroborate? How can this be confirmed, although there are also detailed works of the imperial court in Tatar, but they have no access to the decision-making level at all, and this kind of thing cannot be confirmed by intelligence at all.

The emperor was calm on the surface, but there was a burst of happiness in his heart: Come on, little bastard, it's time for me to toss you.

Zhang Juzheng didn't understand the emperor's thoughts, so he had to say: "I'll go back and convey the emperor's will and let his ideas be confirmed." ”

Gao Gong secretly screamed in his heart, but he knew that besides, there was a section on the mission to spy on intelligence in the desert. Didn't the emperor force him to go deep into the desert? That's a place to go, and there's no going back.

Of course, Zhang Juzheng also knew, but even so, he only sent some people over, even if he didn't return, he would lose a few of his subordinates.

In the evening, Zhang Juzheng came to find the situation and said angrily: "You are idle, what are you doing?" ”

Besides, if you are confused, can there be anything wrong with your loyalty to the country?

"You predict that the Tatars will choose Xuanfu to break through, which is different from the predictions of the military department and the border gates, and the emperor wants you to confirm your prediction."

"What?" Besides, I almost jumped to my feet.

What is this, the imperial court regulations stipulate that the forecaster must come up with reliable information to confirm it? If that's the case, it's not a prediction but real intelligence.

"What's the matter, I have a headache, I can't help you with this matter, you go back and want to send someone to the outside of the plug, you can inquire about anything you can see, and it's easy to come back." Zhang Juzheng said.

Besides, he understands that this is not the case, this is the emperor's temptation of him, and it is estimated that the emperor has no conclusive evidence to prove his connection with the Qinwang faction, so this problem arises. If he wants to complete this errand, he will have to call in the masters of the Qinwang faction, so as to provide the emperor with conclusive evidence.

This is a difficult problem, and if you don't do this, you won't be able to complete the errand given by the emperor, but doing so may lead to unpredictable consequences.

"Don't you have 20,000 people there, and if you send more than a dozen people to the outside of the plug, even if you can't come back, at least it means that you have done it seriously." Zhang Juzheng gave him an idea.

"Okay, I'll arrange it when I go back." Besides, he nodded.

"The other thing about the ship is taken care of for you."

Zhang Juzheng told him that he would choose ready-made ships from the Yangtze River Naval Division and the Fujian Naval Division to transform them into ships capable of fighting in the open sea, and the artillery and guns also agreed to his request.

Besides, although there are only five ships, and it is not the majestic building ship of Zheng He's fleet, it has a good start after all.

With these five boats, he can no longer rely on the royal organization, maybe not rely on it, but can pry the royal organization.

Thirty red-coated cannons and three hundred firecrackers are a wealth that makes people blush.

It seems that the imperial court is really short of silver and things, and the red-clothed cannon can take out thirty pieces of killing weapons at once.

After returning, he had to find Murong Yanran and Zhou Dingcheng again to discuss the emperor's request to confirm his prediction that the Tatars would break through from Xuanfu.

"What should I do?" Besides, I have a headache.

"It's not going to be easy. It is necessary to go deep into the Tatar capital, and to try to catch the upper echelons, at least the leaders of the big tribes, in order to force such information. Zhou Dingcheng smiled bitterly.

"Yes, I also know that it is difficult to do, blame me for being cheap, I have nothing to do with the emperor." Besides, I hated it, and I wanted to chop off my hands.

"It's difficult to do this kind of thing according to our ability, but it's not impossible. But to help the imperial court in this way, people inside will have great opinions. Murong Yanran said.

"What kind of words is this, once the Tatars break through the customs and enter the interior, it will be hundreds of thousands of ordinary people who will suffer, and we are helping all living beings in the world." And he screamed.

He did think so, the imperial court did not care much about the Tatar breakthrough, the loss was only ordinary civilians, the Tatars would rarely attack the fortified cities with all their might, their purpose was to plunder, and when they had enough, they would retreat outside the fortress.

But it is intolerable to think of countless rural towns being ravaged by Tatar horsemen, countless unarmed civilians being killed, women being raped, children dying under Tatar sabers, and many more being driven out of the city as slaves.

He made a presentation to the emperor in the hope of doing his best, but he really didn't expect the result.

"If the opinions of the Qinwang faction are too different and they are unwilling to serve, I will personally go to the outside of the Saiwai. I can go to Cyprus to practice medicine, and there is a shortage of doctors. I can use this as an idea to get information. Besides, he said resolutely.

"No, Childe must not take any risks."

Zhou Dingcheng and Murong Yanran both stood up in shock.

"There's nothing that can't be done, they don't want to contribute to the world, I'll do it myself. Although there are risks everywhere, there is not necessarily no way to survive. And sneered.

He was not angry when he said this, his father was indeed forced to flee to Cyprus in his early years, and stayed outside Cyprus for several years by practicing medicine before returning to the mainland.

According to his father, although the Tatars were fierce, they had special respect for the doctors, because there was a great shortage of doctors outside the country, and all kinds of precious herbs grew in abundance.