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"General, the brethren of the navy brought a message saying that the emperor Lao'er had sent an envoy to Nanzhou Port in a few days." The pro-soldier Wang Dashan suddenly ran into the door and bent down to Fan Jinyan, who was dining with Liang Xiangru, and said.

Well?

Fan Jinyan was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "The imperial court? What are you here for? Asked? ”

Wang Dashan shook his head and said, "The soldier who delivered the message doesn't know either, it seems that the person must see you before he says it." ”

Fan Jinyan nodded, waved his hand and motioned for Wang Dashan to step back and continue to accompany his wife to eat.

What did Emperor Chongzhen send people for?

In fact, you can guess it if you think about it.

What is the most valuable thing in Fan Jinyan's hands?

Factory?

Or the army?

Daming's mansion is about to collapse, what's the use of money? Money can recruit soldiers, and money can buy peace for a while.

However, there is no ready-made soldier.

And the most valuable thing in Fan Jinyan's hand is not the factory that can make money for him, but the more than 10,000 army and the navy with more than 400 warships.

Obviously, Chongzhen was coming for his navy.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the navy was slack, and only the Southern Naval Division still had combat effectiveness. And the last coastal defense force of the Ming Dynasty was cleaned up by Fan Jinyan.

Now, all the land north of the Yangtze River has been captured by the Manchus. Seeing that the war was imminent, and the sea was not very peaceful, although the Dutch helped to help defend it, those red-nosed and blue-eyed Westerners were more greedy than pirates, and they could not be trusted after all.

As a result, the Ming court set its sights on the lonely Qiongzhou Mansion.

Although Chongzhen had learned that the Qiongzhou Mansion had fallen into civil strife and had broken away from the Ming Dynasty, he still had a trace of sustenance from the rebellious Zhizhou, and he imagined that this Zhizhou was still loyal to him. Moreover, the more than 400 warships in Qiongzhou are undoubtedly the last belongings to be at the bottom of the box for the Ming Dynasty, who is now empty of maritime air defense.

As long as the Qiongzhou Navy agreed to go north, the imperial court at least did not have to worry about the Manchu Qing attacking from the sea, and concentrated on deploying defenses on the Yangtze River.

Does all this have anything to do with Fan Jinyan?

Of course.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty was an immediate nation, they were few in number, and it was not uncommon for Han officials to be above the court, and several people who could speak were all from the sailors, how could they let go of such a good opportunity to perform if they were not good at fighting with the mainland? If the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to take the rich Jiangnan in one go, the construction of the sailor was imperative.

Although the Dutch occupying Taiwan ostensibly belonged to the Dutch government navy, it was the Dutch East India Company that actually controlled these navies. In the eyes of the merchants, the interests were above all else, and as long as the Manchu court could offer a price that made them happy, it was only a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty, the ally who had defeated them, abandoned.

In the face of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which has an absolute advantage, does the Ming still have a chance? Maybe after two or three years of lingering, the Huaxia Continent will completely fall into the hands of the Manchurians.

And by that time, even if Fan Jinyan had already occupied the entire South Seas, it would be even more difficult to go north to face off against the Manchu Qing who had already eaten and drunk and were burping.

Therefore, the more powerful the Huaxia Continent, the more advantageous it is over Fan Jinyan, and he would rather go to war with a group of tyrants on the continent than fight with a world monopolized by fools.

After some thought, Fan Jinyan chose to help Da Ming without any surprise, but it also depends on how much benefit Da Ming can come up with in exchange for his support, and helping in vain is not his style.

The person in charge of the envoy is Wang Wenyuan, the right attendant of the Ming Rite Department, an old-fashioned and stubborn old man, who knows all day long that he talks about the three emperors and five emperors in the emperor's ear, Yao Shunyu soup and so on. It is estimated that Chongzhen chose him to be an envoy, also so that his ears can be quiet and quiet. But he was afraid that this stubborn old man's stubborn temper would provoke Fan Jinyan, so he arranged another imperial prince, and his brother-in-law was Yang Bohou Qi as the deputy envoy.

Of course, it is impossible for Chongzhen to say that he sent them to Qiongzhou, so doesn't he directly recognize that Qiongzhou is an independent country? Nominally, he sent two people to patrol the areas of Guangzhou and Fujian on behalf of the heavens and listen to the policy reports of various places.

It was a matter of national fortune, how dare the two of them delay, they rushed directly to Leizhou Mansion in Guangdong all the way non-stop, and they didn't even have time to rest before they sent a ship to the sea to contact the Qiongzhou Navy

Fan Jinyan didn't wait long, and five days later, the imperial court's mission arrived at Nanzhou Port with the naval warship.

However, Fan Jinyan did not go to greet him personally, but just asked Li Tong to go to the dock to symbolically greet him as the governor of Nanzhou, and arranged for the mission to rest in the inn in Xincheng, and then there was no follow-up.

Fan Jinyan knows that the more enthusiastic you are, the more they will climb up the pole, rather than this, it is better to dry them for a few days, anyway, it is Chongzhen who is in a hurry.

As he thought, Wang Wenyuan was in a very unhappy mood from the moment he got off the dock, and it didn't matter if he didn't come to greet him in person, he just found an inn and threw them away, and ignored them.

For the sake of Daming, the old man endured it, but the old man sent someone to ask to see him, can you find a good excuse? Caught in the wind and can't see the light? What disease is this Nima? Why don't you say you have cancer? Also late.

At the beginning, he only thought that Fan Jinyan belonged to a coquettish person, this kind of person has no brains, and the old man made a big reason, and he must kowtow to the surname Fan to admit his mistakes, regret his mistakes, and personally go to Nanjing to ask the emperor for his guilt. But then I found out that this surnamed Fan was simply a kingless and fatherless person, and when the court angel came, he was still so lazy, and he didn't take the emperor in his eyes.

Seeing this old master Wang chattering endlessly, Hou Qi, as the deputy envoy, was in pain, and now he finally understood the suffering of the emperor's eldest brother. Fortunately, the old guy was seasick and carsick along the way, or he would have killed the old man with his temper.

Seeing that Old Man Wang had no intention of stopping at all, Hou Qi smiled bitterly and comforted: "Lord Wang, don't be impatient, maybe this Lord Fan is really sick?" Hope for tomorrow"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the stubborn old man, "Nonsense, the emperor has pinned the safety of Daming on you and me, how can you not be in a hurry?" When Yang Bo is favored by the emperor, when he thinks of retribution"

Hou Qi would never have thought that he would interject a sentence, and he was counted down by the old guy's chatter for half an hour, and the old man Wang didn't seem to even say half of it.

Help (To be continued.) )