Although it is in Wax Moon, there is no winter in Da Nang, only turquoise waters, white and delicate beaches, and tall trees endemic to the subtropics. Salty sunlight pours down from the cloudless blue sky and shines on the horseshoe-shaped fine harbor. On the side of the dilapidated wooden trestle, flocks of seagulls are soaring, occasionally looking down at the group of soldiers who are short in stature, wearing hats like pot lids, leggings, and straw sandals, wondering how they are all facing the sea, are they afraid of being beaten by the Northern Dynasty, and can't think of jumping into the sea?

If I looked closely, I found that it was not, because in addition to the crowd standing in the dark, there were two people who were sitting, and I had not heard that anyone would sit on a chair and jump into the sea.

The two men who were arched in the middle like the moon by the stars were two men, one in the prime of life and one in the youth, who sat on a chair with a bright yellow seat cover, and also wore a bright yellow royal robe, with a fair face, without joy or sorrow. The seat cover of the young man is vermilion, and the brocade robe on his body is also vermilion, so at first glance it is naturally more noble than the prime of life.

But if you look closely, you will find that something is wrong, first of all, the chairs of the two are side by side, which is called Zhao Mu sitting, which means equality. Secondly, the civil and military officials who surrounded the two of them were careful to talk to the red-skinned young man, but they ignored the yellow-skinned middle-aged man. In the end, the young man was also at ease with this, although he looked only in his twenties, the majesty revealed between his eyebrows was solidly compared to the middle-aged people around him.

These people are the monarchs and ministers of the Li Dynasty who came to greet the soldiers of the Shang Dynasty, and this young man is none other than the current Prime Minister of the Li Dynasty, Tai Lieutenant, and Zheng Song, the Duke of Shangguo. The foundation of the Southern Dynasty was created by their Zheng family, and even the King of the Li family was found by their family, so from the founding of the country to the present, the three generations of the Zheng family have firmly grasped the military and political power of the Li Dynasty, forming a situation where the Li family is the Zheng family in the world. Therefore, the middle-aged man next to him, although he is the emperor surnamed Li, but because the Zheng family is in control of the government for the third generation, "so Zheng Song even owes the superficial respect" If it weren't for the need for the banner surnamed Li, I'm afraid he would have usurped the throne long ago."

Most of those ministers were promoted and appointed by the Zheng family, so they looked at Zheng Song's horse head and asked nonchalantly: "Grandpa, you said that the Celestial Empire army came this time, and it wouldn't be a ploy to do that false way, right?" "Yes, they can go directly to Thang Long from Tokyo Bay, why do they take Da Nang as a near and far, which makes Lao Chen always feel unsteady."

"The Northern Expedition thirty years ago" was also this season, and the ancestor led a fleet to attack Thang Long from Tokyo Bay" Zheng Song cleared his throat and said: "As a result, the Mo thieves locked the river and burned most of the warships. After a pause, he said, "What's more, since the Celestial Empire army withdrew one hundred and seventy years ago, it has never set foot in our country again, and it has long been unfamiliar with the place. Landing from Da Nang, with our help, "there will be people, and if we attack from the pass we are holding, we will have a geographical advantage. As the saying goes, the time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people, and before the Celestial Empire uses troops, there must be this consideration. As he spoke, everyone nodded their heads again and again.

At the tip of the matter, Zheng Songneng was young and won the respect of everyone, not only because of his ......, this Zheng Song is the second son of his father, and the position of the head of the family should be taken over by his eldest brother Zheng Hui, but he relied on his father's favor "to constantly compete openly and secretly, and forcibly divided half of his brother's family business." Later, in order to fight for power, their brothers had a quarrel, which made many important ministers disheartened and went north one after another. The Mo Dynasty also took the opportunity to launch an offensive, seeing that the army was overwhelmed and unable to parry, Zheng Hui actually led the crowd to surrender. For a time, the prestige of the Zheng family in the Li Dynasty fell to the bottom, and it was about to become the finger of a thousand people. But Zheng Song's performance was impressive: "He withstood the pressure and swore an oath with the civil and military forces", vowing to live and die with the country. After winning over the hearts of the people, he led the people to resist desperately, and pulled the Southern Dynasty back from the brink of destruction several times. It can be said that the Southern Dynasty has not died until today, and Zheng Song has definitely contributed greatly. His talent and courage proved to be on par with his grandfather's.

This time, the Celestial Empire army took advantage of the Dao Fa Mo, which was regarded by Zheng Song as a good opportunity to survive in a desperate situation, and even turn defeat into victory...... In his opinion, where the Celestial Empire army hits, it is to help the Southern Dynasty recover it, and when the Celestial Empire army withdraws in the future, will it not be handed over to the Southern Empire? Maybe we can recover even the Ascending Dragon without much effort.

With such good intentions, he naturally broke down with the ministers earlier, and now he dispelled their doubts, and the ministers naturally flattered one after another. But at this time, the Li Chaotian Emperor Li Weibang, who had been listening silently, seemed to have a different opinion, and after pondering for a long time, he said slowly: "I'm afraid that it is easy to invite the gods and it is difficult to send the gods, in case the army of the day dynasty is like more than a hundred years ago, and it can't be left, what will we do then?" ”

Emperor Tianwei is also a very capable person, but unfortunately his fate is not as good as others, so he can only whisper to his young courtiers. But his words were very reasonable, and they still caused the contemplation of all the civil and military forces.

Facing Zheng Song's cold gaze, Emperor Tianwei hurriedly lowered his head, as a puppet, he really shouldn't behave in public, this can only make him die faster.

However, Zheng Song still gave the answer: "There are three points. First, our country is in danger, and it is better to return to the Celestial Empire than to die in the hands of the Mo rebels. Even if it's a glass of wine, is the king qualified to refuse? Second, the Celestial Empire is not the only choice for us, the southern Cham city can also land, for the Celestial Empire, but the road is farther, but for us, we lose help because of refusal, and even provoke the anger of the Celestial Empire. After a pause, he said, "And I know a lot about Shen Gong, the commander of the Celestial Empire, and I can take care of the Meng Yuan feud that is close at hand, and if it is not for the purpose of occupation, it is even more unlikely that he will be interested in our wild frontier land......"

The words made everyone extremely convinced, and even the Emperor of Heaven couldn't help but sigh, why is the Zheng family's feng shui so good, and it is so powerful from generation to generation?

But if he could hear the conversation between that Shen Gong and the people around him, he would definitely not do this, thinking about the vast blue sea of the southern and central countries, where three hundred ships followed the winter current, puffed up their sails, and quickly sailed southwest. Above the blue waves, the mast is like a forest, the sail is like a cloud, covering the sky and the sun, and there is a tendency to swallow mountains and rivers.

This huge fleet is the Ming fleet that departed from the Huangpu Port in Guangzhou. The fleet consisted of the Southeast Division, and a large number of ships of the Royal Escort and the Nanyang Company were requisitioned. A total of 307 ships, including 38 warships, this kind of ship is eighteen zhang long, six zhang eight wide, the smallest tonnage, but there are five masts, maneuverable, equipped with powerful artillery and Fran aircraft, mainly used for surface guard, expulsion and escort, to ensure the navigation safety of the entire fleet.

Then there is a large number of 37 zhang long naval transport ships, this kind of ship has eight masts "37 zhang long, 15 zhang wide, mainly used to carry military horses, weapons and equipment, as well as military rations and military supplies. The ship was also equipped with a certain number of artillery pieces and had fire brigades for self-defense. In addition, there were a large number of armed merchant ships and ordinary cargo ships, which were used to carry the 50,000 troops on the expedition and transport supplies and supplies. When the fleet passed through Macao, "the Francos, the Spaniards, and the Persians were all shocked, such a powerful fleet, not to say invincible in Asia, even compared to Spain, the hegemon of the seas at that time, at least in terms of momentum."

In just a dozen years, the Ming Dynasty, a closed country that once did not go to the sea, has developed such a powerful maritime power, "catching up with the grand occasion of Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean, this heritage and strong national strength are beyond the reach of any country in the world."

Standing on the deck of the flagship, watching the thousands of sails around him, the giant ship racing "Such a powerful fleet follows him, to create a new future for China." History, once again, must be written by oneself! This made it difficult for Shen Mo not to give birth to some pride, and swept away the long-standing depression.

What a time it was! To the north, Mongolia is in decline, and the Jurchens are not yet in the ascendant" The young polar bear has not yet extended its tentacles to the Far East. To the east, the Wa Kingdom was in an era of great chaos, and with a little influence, the Warring States Period, which was talked about by future generations, "could go on like a soap opera in later generations." To the south, the springboard for the Spaniards to enter Asia had been removed by the Ming Dynasty, and Luzon became the first overseas territory of the Ming Dynasty. And, occupying, the Francois of Asia, have passed their heyday, their national power has begun to decline, and all kinds of contradictions have intensified unprecedentedly, especially the rebellion in the North African colonies, which requires them to draw heavy troops to suppress them. This means that they are unable to compete with the Ming in Asia, and can only adopt a cooperative attitude to protect their business interests.

Looking a little further, the Netherlands had just gained independence, and it would be another twenty or thirty years before the sea coachmen could come to Asia; The virgin queen of England had learned to let go of her senseless dignity and act as an umbrella for the pirates, but she still had no way to break the blockade of the Spaniards: not to mention France, which was already synonymous with conservatism and backwardness.

The only one in its heyday was Spain, known as the world hegemon, but it was blocked out of the Cape of Good Hope by the Papal Meridian, and if you want to send troops to Asia, you must bypass most of the world. Moreover, although Spain's navy was strong, it had to lead the Christian coalition against the evil Ottomans and suppress the rise of the British. In the final analysis, for the ambitious Philip II, Europe was his center of gravity, and it is conceivable that he could draw troops from Asia.

For the Ming Navy, which is still in its infancy, such a powerful but unable to use all its strength is the best whetstone! Therefore, the ten-year task set by Shen Mo for the Southeast Naval Division and the Nanyang Company is to develop and develop again, and keep the Spaniards out of Asia!

As for ten years from now, there are opportunities ahead!

God has given the Chinese nation the last golden opportunity, and we must seize this fleeting opportunity to let this dragon swim into the shallows return to the sea!

That's why God threw me here, right? A strong sense of mission came from the sea breeze, hitting Shen Mo's slightly rough face because he had been fighting abroad all the year round, and carved his expression more resolutely!

"The sea breeze is so strong, I can't get there on time." Wu Baipeng, who was on the side, said in a deep voice.

He nodded silently and did not speak. After a long time, he looked at his fellow villagers and asked, "Brother Yaoshan, what do you think of this expedition?" ”

"It's exciting," Wu Baipeng said with a smile: "It's comparable to going to the West during the Chengzu period." ”

"Hehe............" Shen Mo smiled slightly: "Speaking of going to the West, what do you think about its rise and fall." Wu Baipeng was born in the southeast, he was clever and studious, and he had been in Guangdong for ten years, and Shen Mo wanted to hear what he was now.

"Since I was a child, I have heard the story of Zheng He's trip to the West." Wu Baipeng said with a smile: "The prosperity of Yongle makes people yearn for it, but those old Confucians told us that the voyage of the treasure ship has hollowed out the finances of the Ming Dynasty, but the country has not gained any benefits." Therefore, it was no longer carried out during the Xuande period, and later Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, burned the blueprints of the treasure ship and Zheng He's sea charts, so that future generations would never do this waste of national strength. Speaking of this, his tone became mocking and said: "Actually, the real reason is that Zheng He let them know that the world is boundless. It is so big that they feel terrified, lest the "China" national centrism be overthrown, and the Ming Dynasty will no longer be the center of the world. Therefore, they did not allow anyone to sail again, closed off the country again, and continued to dream of a heavenly kingdom...... As a result, more than a hundred years later, Tessie's small country, with its navigation, discovered the New World, became the overlord of the sea, and also dreamed of dominating the world. "For more than ten years, with the frequent exchanges between the East and the West, the world map and even the globe are no longer a rarity. Wu Baipeng has long known that Daming is not the center of the world, but only a small part of the world...... The shattered worldview since he was a child made him particularly resentful, hating those former ministers who covered their ears and stole the bell, not only to be idiots themselves, but also to future generations to be idiots together.

"Don't blame the ancients." Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "The Ming Dynasty is a traditional land power country, for the sake of land security, it would rather spend hundreds of years to build the Great Wall, but it is difficult to devote yourself to the sea, especially when the gains outweigh the losses." ”！ ~！