Originally, Zhu Youxiao was already extremely angry when he learned about the siege of Guangzhou, he didn't expect these Westerners to be so bold, in order to gain control of Macao, they did not hesitate to challenge their own Ming bottom line, and surrounded the entire city of Guangzhou, and killed a few civilians. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

For this reason, Zhu Youxiao even ordered Yang Sichang, the left attendant of the military department, to start mobilizing the Praetorian Guards near Gyeonggi and the newly recruited Praetorian Guards in Sichuan, Huguang, Nanzhili and Gyeonggi at this moment, and immediately gathered in Liangguang, and ordered the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet to prepare for the battle in advance, so as to deal with the situation that the Ming Dynasty would not only have to fight against the Zheng pirates, but also with the Franc machine.

Zhu Youxiao didn't want to make a big move at this time, after all, at this time, the strategic resources of the entire empire were not fully prepared, and the expansion of the army, navy, and air force (flight battalion barely counted as the air force) of the Praetorian Guard had not yet been completed, but now the sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty was being threatened, so Zhu Youxiao had to be ready to break the kettle and gather the strength of the whole country to deal with the invasion of foreign enemies.

However, as ministers, Li Mingrui and Yang Sichang and others did not think that they were so nervous because of the challenge of the Franc machine, as a Ming Dynasty person, Li Mingrui and Yang Sichang did not have any vigilance against the Westerners like the Franc Machine, far less than they paid attention to the Tartar invasion of the Guannai, and even in their opinion, this kind of incident was not as good as the previous civil uprising, after all, these can lead to chaos.

Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty and even the entire history of China, the rebellion of the foreign Yi who did not come from the south led to the historical event of the overthrow of the entire central dynasty.

Li Mingrui and Yang Sichang and other officials did not subjectively feel that these Western fans represent the source of the advanced production and development mode in the world today and have any fear of these Western fans, but Zhu Youxiao, as a son of later generations, knows what kind of existence the Buddha Langji is at this time, and has to worry that the Ming Dynasty will experience an opium war like the late Qing Dynasty in later generations.

Although Zhu Youxiao is now confident enough that his Ming Dynasty will not be reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country like the late Qing Dynasty in later generations, when he learned that these Westerners began to besiege his Guangzhou Prefecture, he had to be conditionally vigilant, and worried that his Ming Dynasty would gain great losses in a short period of time.

Yang Sichang didn't want Zhu Youxiao to deal with an overseas barbarian at the cost of mobilizing the strength of the whole country, so he had to risk touching the dragon scales in front of the mission, and admonished Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, these Francophiles are just a group of barbarians from Europa, relying on their own ships and cannons, they think that they can cross the entire sea, and dare to provoke my Daming, according to Weichen, it is just Yelang arrogance, otherwise they will not be squeezed by a Zheng pirate, so, Weichen believes that the siege of Guangzhou City this time is not better than a big move, and it is enough to dispatch troops from Guangzhou. ”

"Maybe as you said, we don't have to, but now what I'm most worried about is whether these Westerners are united with Zheng Zhilong and other pirates, otherwise they won't dare to besiege my Guangzhou City, so that my Ming Dynasty will not face an enemy but a group of enemies on the sea frontier!"

After Zhu Youxiao said, Li Mingrui also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, no matter whether Zheng Zhilong unites with the West such as the Buddha Lang Ji, they can only crisscross the sea, even if they attack one or two of my cities, my Ming can cut off their supply and force them to evacuate, and in addition, as Wang Tianguan of the Jiajing Dynasty said, as long as the artifacts of my Ming Dynasty do not fall in its Western Ocean, with the advantage of geographical advantages, it will be difficult for Western Fanyi to occupy half an inch of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

Zhu Youxiao doesn't know who gave these Ming officials so much confidence, maybe for them, the Franc machine is really nothing, and the Wang Tianguan Li Mingrui said is Wang Hong, who was in the Jiajing Dynasty to the official department of the Shangshu, this person served as the deputy envoy of the sea in Guangdong, he had commanded a Tuen Mun naval battle against the invasion of the Franc machine and won a great victory in this battle, and also introduced the firearms of the Franc machine into the Ming Dynasty, so that the firearms technology that the Ming Dynasty had begun to lag once again narrowed the gap with the West. And laid a good foundation for the three major expeditions of Wanli in the future.

Now Li Mingrui used Wang Hong's words to persuade Zhu Youxiao to tell Zhu Youxiao that the current Ming Dynasty is no less than the speed and scale of the artillery and the hull of the Franc Machine, so there is no need to worry that the Franc Aircraft and Zheng Zhilong will form a big threat to the Ming Dynasty after they are combined, at least its impact can only be limited to the coastal area, and it is unlikely to cause turmoil in the entire interior of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao also understood what he meant, but still asked Yang Sichang to continue to make a plan for the transfer of troops, and ordered Li Mingrui to be on standby in Xinuan Pavilion at any time, at least not to issue the order immediately, so as to wait for the latest news from Zhou Zuo, a merchant in the south.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of urgent horses' hooves outside, and its voice was heard shouting: "Great victory! Our South China Sea Fleet defeated Zheng Zhibao's fleet in Dongsha and sank 43 enemy ships! ”

Although Gu Sanmazi lured Zheng Zhibao's fleet to Dongsha before defeating his troops, Zheng Zhilong and other pirate forces did not learn the news that the South China Sea Fleet took the initiative to attack Zheng's pirates in time, and because Zheng Zhibao fled in embarrassment, Zheng Zhibao did not obtain the slightest evidence of a naval battle between the South China Sea Fleet and himself, but Gu Sanmazi, as a court official, still took the initiative to pass the news to the Jinyi Guards stationed in the fleet when he left Dongsha.

However, when Jinyiwei passed Gu Sanmazi's victory over Zheng Zhibao in advance in an eight-hundred-mile expedited way, not through Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi and Si Celebrant Supervisor but directly through the middle gate to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao was not happy at all after hearing this, he couldn't help but be angry, and directly slapped the pen in his hand on the case:

"What is this Gu San Mazi doing! Didn't I tell him again and again that he couldn't start a war with the Zheng clan unless he had to! It is arrogant that he dares to go against my will now! ”

Zhu Youxiao sat back after saying angrily, he had to admit that Gu San Mazi was a very warlike admiral, but now he began to wonder if this Gu San Mazi was a little overjoyed, and dared to ignore his own instructions and rashly start the war.

"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, will not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside, maybe things are not what we imagined, even if this Gu San Mazi has the courage to disobey His Majesty's will, and Your Majesty, you have also given him the right to act cheaply, so it is reasonable to say that in the past, why not ask in detail what the specific reason is and then make a decision."

Li Mingrui's advice is very pertinent, and Zhu Youxiao is not a person who can't listen to it, although today Li Mingrui and Yang Sichang seem to be deliberately working against him, but Zhu Youxiao still showed his mind as an emperor, did not show annoyance, and nodded and said: "You're right, let the Jinyi Wei messenger who is kneeling outside come in, and I want to ask him well." ”

The sea is not as good as the mainland, it is difficult to build fixed post stations and post guards, so only the Jinyiwei will play the role of this information transmission, they will often pretend to be fishermen, or lurk in various pirate forces, and even have their own Jinyiwei contact points in some important coastal strongholds, and there are also Jinyiwei offices with a sign with the Military Judge Advocate General's Office in each army.

Therefore, after Gu San Mazi defeated Zheng Zhibao, his message transmission was handed over to Jinyiwei's own messenger.

This brocade messenger was brought in by Wang Chengen, and knelt in front of Zhu Youxiao and handed over a secret music box written by Gu San Mazi himself.

Zhu Youxiao didn't immediately ask the Jinyi Wei messenger, but first unlocked Gu Sanmazi's secret music box with a key and looked at it.

In order to monitor the hundred officials, Zhu Youxiao did not plan to rely only on the Dongchang that is now in charge of the internal stability maintenance work of the Ming Dynasty, he gave the officials above the second rank of the Ming Dynasty a secret right, which can be regarded as intensifying the internal fighting between the officials themselves, so as to prevent them from condensing into a rope to fight against his own king.

And Gu San Mazi is now the chief military officer, and he is considered a second-rank officer, so he also has the privilege of secret playing.

But what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that this Gu San Mazi's handwriting was so bad! Zhu Youxiao, who was so rotten that he was a little displeased with Gu Sanmazi's rash move, couldn't help but laugh when he saw this word, but in the end he couldn't help but read it, and couldn't help but read it: "Your Majesty, I, Gu Sanmazi, know that you said that you didn't let me beat Zheng Zhibao because you didn't want the court and the Zheng family to completely tear their faces now, but that Zheng Zhibao stared at us all the way, and showed how stupid he was, I really couldn't stand it and had to teach him a lesson;

However, Your Majesty rest assured, I Gu San Mazi knows the proportions, and I don't dare to delay His Majesty's wishful thinking, so I deliberately lured Zheng Zhibao to the Luzon area, if this Zheng Zhibao can be smarter, know that Lao Tzu is a trap set for him, go away in advance, Lao Tzu will not clean him up, but he himself sent it to the door, and when chasing Lao Tzu, he is also a fierce chase, and he does not know how to set up a good formation and observe the terrain of the nearby sea area, so, Lao Tzu really can't stand it and can only eat him, which is like a girl like a flower and jade are stripped naked in front of you, If you don't do it, it's really a loss, but Weichen is indeed against His Majesty's will, if His Majesty wants to give Zheng Zhilong an explanation, Weichen can suffer. ”

After reciting this Gu San Mazi's secret recital, Zhu Youxiao still couldn't help but smile, and pointed to this Gu San Mazi's secret recital and said: "Okay, good Gu San Mazi, it can be regarded as convincing me, Yang Sichang, you order the Military Selection Division of the Ministry of War to recognize Gu Sanmazi's merits in defeating Zheng Zhibao this time, and add one extra point for this person to be added to the rank and knighthood in the future, but the deeds of this battle cannot be admitted, no matter who asks, no information is allowed to be revealed, and no one is allowed to hype up this matter." ”

The reason why this is done is because Zhu Youxiao still doesn't want to admit the existence of this naval battle, and whether the imperial court is involved in it, and it is even necessary to directly take Gu San Mazi to blame, but now Zhu Youxiao also has to admire the courage and wisdom of this Gu San Mazi, it can be said that he is a commander with thick and fine, although his words are a little frivolous and exaggerated, but between the lines it reveals his whole meticulous thinking.

First of all, this Gu San Mazi has already emphasized to himself that Zheng Zhibao himself is too stupid, and he has repeatedly entered the trap, it is a pity if he does not teach him a lesson, and Gu San Mazi himself deliberately lured Zheng Zhibao to a distant place to attack, which can be regarded as thoughtful, and even took the initiative to propose that he was willing to bear the consequences, it can be seen that he is still responsible.

Because of this, I can't help but feel that Zhu Youxiao's attitude towards this Gu San Mazi has changed from annoyance to affection.

"Send a decree to Gu San Mazi, I allow him to continue to act in the South China Sea, he doesn't have to worry about the Zheng pirates, I am a dignified emperor and the Ming Emperor can't make a face in front of a pirate leader, and he doesn't admit it! But things that go against my will can't be counted so easily, but for the sake of his great victory, he is allowed to make meritorious service and immediately assist Shang Zhouzuo, the governor of Liangguang, to solve the siege of Guangzhou and the revocation of the right of residence in Macau! ”

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he asked the Jinyi Wei messenger to retreat first, but it didn't take long for another messenger with an eight-hundred-mile rush to hear the sound of "great victory".

The three of them couldn't help but be stunned, and they couldn't help but listen intently to the sounds outside.

Yang Sichang's ears were relatively pointed, and he was the first to hear the content clearly, and said with a smile:

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is news of Macao's great victory!

According to Weichen's speculation, that Gu San Mazi was only afraid that after defeating Zheng Zhibao again, he did not immediately go to Guangzhou Fucheng, but found another way, taking advantage of the fact that most of the people went to Guangzhou Mansion and attacked Macau, so that Macao returned to my Ming Dynasty! And in this way, the back road of these Franco fleets has been cut off, and the siege of Guangzhou will naturally be solved! ”

Hearing Yang Sichang say this, Li Mingrui couldn't help but smile and said: "Yang Shilang is amazing, as if he had experienced the scene, but I don't know if your speculation is true?" ”

Zhu Youxiao was also a little excited, and he had a deeper affection for this place in the future as a later generation.

Although it was clear that the unequal treaty under which Macao was leased for a long time was signed at the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was after all the first place to be controlled by foreign Yi for hundreds of years, and it was a humiliation that Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, could not tolerate.

As soon as this messenger came, he couldn't wait to personally grab the song to read, and finally couldn't help but pat the table and smiled: "Sure enough, as Qing expected, this Gu San Mazi really has some work, now that the matter between Macao and Guangzhou has been resolved, my Daming South China Sea Fleet can be regarded as the first step to officially stand firm at the mouth of the Pearl River, and the next step is to set up Macao as the government, set up a city ship division in Macao, and open the first step of Daming maritime trade, Zheng Zhilong doesn't want to control the export of our Daming commodities in Fujian and Zhejiang to earn the middle price difference, Now I use the mouth of the Pearl River as an exit to see how he rushes to stop him, and if he really comes to stop it, I might as well use this as a reason to cut him off! ”

At the same time, he also ordered the Royal Weaving Bureau, the Royal Industrial Company, and the Ordnance Department to immediately prepare to set up an organization in Macao, so as to prepare for the export of products through this place in the future.