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Wei Xin took Mo Ning and came to Jingshi two days earlier than Zheng Zhilong.

Zhu Youzhen immediately summoned Wei Xin and Mo Ning in the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty." Wei Xin knew that Zhu Youzhen didn't pay attention to false etiquette, but Zhu Youzhen was the emperor and the ceremony could not be abolished, so he still paid a big salute to Zhu Youzhen.

And Mo Ning, who met Zhu Youzhen for the first time, was both excited and uneasy, excited that he was sitting opposite the saint of the Ming Dynasty today, more than ninety percent of the people, it was impossible to see the monarch in the palace in their lives, and the uneasy thing was that he was afraid that he would say something wrong, do something wrong, or make some jokes because he didn't understand the etiquette of the palace.

Although Wei Xin had already told him that the emperor was not a person who paid attention to hypocrisy, as long as he answered the emperor's questions truthfully, Mo Ning was still a little uneasy, the pressure on him from the emperor's authority was too great, and he really couldn't let go of it when he saw the emperor for the first time.

Zhu Youzhen also saw Mo Ning's anxiety, he smiled secretly in his heart, the hierarchy of this era is really deep in the bone marrow, "Two Aiqing, sit down, don't be too nervous, serve tea." ”

The eunuch served tea to Wei Xin and Mo Ning.

With the teacup, Mo Ning felt a little better, just now his hands seemed to be redundant, and it was not suitable anywhere, but now he finally had a place to go, he held the teacup with both hands, but it was not to drink a sip of the palace's superb offerings.

"Two Aiqing, how is the North Sea Fleet training now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the training of the North Sea Fleet is normal, obey Your Majesty's call at any time, and prepare to make contributions to the Ming Dynasty." Wei Xin's answer was very firm and decisive.

"Aiqing doesn't need to be in a hurry, there is no combat mission for the time being, you just need to strengthen the training of soldiers and prepare for battle," Zhu Youzhen first said two clichés, and then changed his words, "How many home ports has the North Sea Fleet established now?" ”

Of course, this question is still answered by Wei Xin, "Back to Your Majesty, in addition to the original Dengzhou Port, Qingdao Port, and Arthur Port, now the fleet has passed through the Tsushima Strait between Chao# Xian and Japan, established Vladivostok Port at the mouth of the Suifen River, and established Terin Port at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, but ......"

"But what? Aiqing might as well say it directly! ”

"Your Majesty, Telin is the original government of Nu'er Gandusi, the location is too northern, and the freezing period is too long, and it is difficult for the fleet to fully carry out its activities."

"Ao," Zhu Youzhen knew the location of Telin, it was indeed too cold there, "Wei Aiqing, although it is cold here, before the frost comes, you can move the fleet to Vladivostok, so that the ships will not be frozen in the ice and cannot get out." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Wechen has already removed the ship," Wei Xin hesitated for a moment, but still said what was in his heart, "Your Majesty, Wechen has discovered a strange phenomenon in the North Sea (present-day Sea of Okhotsk), the ship patrols along the coastline, but it can't get out of the Pacific Ocean to the east. ”

Zhu Youzhen took the coastal defense map in Wei Xin's hand and saw that the eastern part of the Beihai was blocked by a peninsula extending from the north (present-day Kamchatka Peninsula), an archipelago chain in the southern part of the peninsula (present-day Kuril Islands), and Ezo Island (present-day Hokkaido), so ships could move around in the Beihai.

Niang Xipi, how can there be so many island chains in the eastern part of Daming? Zhu Youzhen scolded and scolded, the island chain will not disappear because of his anger, "Wei Aiqing, if a home port is established on this peninsula or archipelago chain, ships can freely enter and exit the Pacific Ocean?" ”

"This ...... Wei Chen really didn't expect it, "Wei Xin's face is flushed, he is the commander of the front line, and he is not as good as Zhu Youzhen, who has lived in the deep palace for a long time, has a unique vision, "Your Majesty, are these lands disputed with other countries?" ”

Zhu Youzhen stared at the map and looked at it, the current Russia is still being ravaged by Poland and Sweden in Eastern Europe, and Japan is still cowering on Honshu Island, and even Ezo Island has not been conquered, "No, now these places, there may be some indigenous people, but they have not established a country at all, Austria, this is now part of the Beihai Province of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Beihai Province?"

"Yes, when you were patrolling Beihai, didn't you meet the expedition team of Beihai Province?" Zhu Youzhen estimated that Beihai Province would definitely send an expedition team to cooperate with the Beihai Fleet in its eastward exploration.

"Your Majesty, Wechen have met, they are exploring eastward, because they have to build a large number of fortresses, and the pace of advance is very slow," Wei Xin pointed to the middle of the northern shore of the North Sea, "and they have only reached this point." ”

"It doesn't matter, it's too cold there, it's okay to slow down, they will reach this peninsula sooner or later," Zhu Youzhen asked, pointing to the peninsula and the southern chain of archipelagos, "Do they have a name now?" ”

"This ...... Wei Chen really didn't know that Wei Chen only sent a fleet to patrol the coastline in the summer, and did not land. ”

It doesn't matter if you don't land, this peninsula can no longer be called Kamchatka, as for the archipelago chain, you can also use the original name, "Wei Aiqing, this peninsula, just call it the Andong Peninsula, as for the archipelago chain, because there are too many islands, it is called the Kuril Islands, with a Chinese name, after that, they officially belong to the Ming Dynasty, although you establish a base or home port here, regardless of whether there are indigenous people in the local area." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen remembered." Welsh marked their names on the map as their official names.

Zhu Youzhen changed the topic, he summoned Mo Ning, the real purpose was this, "Two Aiqing, who will tell me about the fleet's eastward expedition?" ”

"Your Majesty, the matter of the fleet's expedition has always been in charge of Mo Ning, he has personal experience, let him report to His Majesty!"

"Okay, then let Mo Aiqing talk about it, although I have been in Beijing, I also want to hear the strange news overseas, and I really want to have the opportunity to go overseas to see." Zhu Youzhen said that he really wanted to go to this waterway, with this eastward waterway, the development space of the Ming Dynasty will be broader, and in the future, it will not be trapped on land by the so-called first island chain and the second island chain.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Speaking of the fleet's expedition, Mo Ning relaxed, his hands no longer shaking, to be precise, he forgot the initial nervousness, he started with the first time he went to sea, landed on Tanegashima.

"Tanegashima? You say that Tanegashima does not belong to the Ryukyus, but to Japan? Zhu Youzhen was very surprised, he always thought that a large number of islands south of Kyushu Island in Japan belonged to the Ryukyus.

"Your Majesty, Tanegashima does belong to Japan, the original owner of the island, the Tanegashima clan, subordinate to the Satsuma clan of Kyushu Island, and the current owner of the island is the Shimazu clan."

Zhu Youzhen didn't speak, his eyes were introverted, a trace of thought quickly flashed in his mind, and he shook his head unconsciously, now is not the time, he found that Wei Xin and Mo Ning were both looking at him with strange eyes, he suddenly came to his senses, "Mo Aiqing said it very well, I already know the current situation of Tanegashima, without your eastward journey, I am still in the dark!" You continue. ”

Mo Ning saw that Zhu Youzhen had recovered his demeanor, so he briefly talked about the matter of Hachizhang Island and Qingzhi Island.

"The inhabitants of Hachijojima and Aonoshima are really from Middle-earth? Are they really Xu Fu's descendants? Zhu Youzhen still felt like a fantasy, he suddenly stared at Mo Ning's eyes, and found that Mo Ning's eyes did not flicker except for being a little nervous, it should be that he was not lying, otherwise he was a person with a very deep city.

"Your Majesty, they themselves say that they are the descendants of Xu Fu and those boys and girls, and they can also speak some Chinese, although they are not exactly the same as ours, they can still understand some of them, and besides, there are no Japanese on the island except for the exiled criminals." Mo Ning had already realized Zhu You's interest in these two islands, and he regretted it a little, if he let Wang Yongqing and Han Wuye enter Beijing together, he would be able to prove himself, "However, there are no books on the island, I don't know if it's true or false." ”

Zhu Youzhen said in his heart, Xu Fu crossed to the east, except for Xu Fu, those boys and girls and sailors on the ship, I am afraid that there are few literate people, besides, paper was invented by Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no paper at that time, to record their story, how easy it is to say, it is fortunate to be able to pass on the Chinese language.

However, none of this is very important to Zhu Youzhen, as long as the inhabitants of the island themselves admit that their ancestors came from Middle-earth and that they are descendants of the Han Chinese.

He couldn't help but praise himself, fortunately there were expeditions, otherwise the Han people on these two islands, at a certain time that the Ming did not know, would sooner or later be assimilated by the Japanese.

However, Zhu Youzhen will not take all the credit on himself, and only by giving the credit to the officers and men of the expedition can the maritime awareness and enthusiasm of this ancient nation be stimulated.

"Mo Aiqing, you have done a good job, the sergeants stationed on the island will take on the responsibility of defending the Han people on the island, which shows that in your heart, you will always have the Han people in your heart, and you will continue to live in harmony with the people on the island in the future, it doesn't matter if we give up some money and food, in addition, if possible, officially invite Wang Yongqing and Han Wuye to come to Beijing to have a look, but don't use force, you must ensure their safety."

"Yes, Your Majesty," seeing Zhu Youzhen's praise for himself, the stone in Mo Ning's heart completely landed, "Weichen will never live up to His Majesty's trust, and strive to let Wang Yongqing and Han Wuye land in Beijing as soon as possible." ”

"Well," Zhu Youzhen turned his face and asked Wei Xin: "What is Mo Aiqing's military rank?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Mo Ning is now the head of the Colonel." Wei Xin estimated that Zhu Youzhen would personally promote Mo Ning to the military rank.

"Mo Ning has made meritorious contributions to the expedition of the North Sea Fleet, and his rank will be promoted to colonel, as for the position, he will be promoted when there is a vacancy in the future." Zhu Youzhen believes that money should not be the greatest pursuit of soldiers, and he does not want the highest goal of soldiers to be money, and the promotion of military ranks can not only bring economic benefits to soldiers, but also honor for soldiers.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Mo Ning immediately knelt down and gave Zhu Youzhen a big salute, from the colonel to the colonel, and there was still the colonel and deputy brigade commander in between, and his military rank was promoted by two levels at once, and now his nervousness has long been thrown into Java.

"Colonel Mo, what else have you seen overseas?" Zhu Youzhen is still calm and light-hearted, he already knows that the matter of Hachizhang Island and Qingzhi Island is the harvest of Mo Ning's second trip to sea, and Mo Ning has a third time going to sea, and maybe there are new gains.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen found an uninhabited island in the southeast of Qingzhi Island, the island is flat, and there is fresh water, but there is no trace of human activity." Mo Ning estimated that Zhu Youzhen was not very interested in this uninhabited island, and if Zhu Youzhen hadn't asked, he wouldn't have planned to report it.

"An uninhabited island? Quickly take out the coastal defense map marked by Aiqing. ”

Mo Ning unfolded the coastal defense map according to his words, and Zhu Youzhen could see from the map that the distance from this small island to Qingzhi Island was about the same as the distance from Qingzhi Island to Qingdao Port.

The island in this location, in the history of later generations, should have belonged to Japan, but now there has been no human activity on the island, and the Japanese should not have discovered this small island, that is, Monin was the first to discover this small island.

This small island should belong to the Ming Dynasty.

"Since there are no traces of human activity on the island, it should not have a name yet, Colonel Mo, you can give it a name, and it will be marked on the coastal defense map in the future."

"Your Majesty, Weichen's hometown is in Dengzhou, so it's called Dengzhou Island, right?" Mo Ning is not sure whether Zhu Youzhen will approve of his selfishness.

"Dengzhou Island? Isn't that the same name as Dengzhou in Shandong? Zhu Youzhen denied with a smile, he knew that the Han people were not used to naming the relevant land after people, "This island was discovered by Moning, so let's call it Moning Island!" ”

Mo Ning was stunned, he definitely didn't expect that Zhu Youzhen would use his name as the name of this small island.

Wei Xin stabbed Mo Ning, who was in a daze, and saw that he hadn't come to his senses yet, so he had to whisper to remind him: "Colonel Mo, don't you thank you yet?" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" Mo Ning finally came to his senses and named the island after him, he was definitely the first person in the Ming Dynasty, and with this honor, he couldn't wait to smear Zhu You's liver and brain.

"Colonel Mo is exempt," Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, no longer entangled in the matter of Xie En, "You have arrived at Moning Island, you have already traveled most of the way from Hawaii, and if you go east, you will find Hawaii sooner or later, now that the New Year is approaching, let's go again at the beginning of the year!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wei Xin and Mo Ning replied in unison.

Wei Xin and Mo Ning wanted to go back to Shandong for the new yuan, so they did not stay in Beijing, and as soon as they left Beijing, Zheng Zhilong took Yehabamara, Tabora and Li Tong to Beijing, and the commanders of the two fleets did not meet in Beijing.