Facing this strange-looking young man, Sun Chuanting became very interested and stepped forward to talk to Lu Xiangsheng. asked Lu Xiangsheng: "You are this year's Tanhua?" Where are they? ”

"People in Xiajiang, I don't know who the adults are?" Lu Xiangsheng bowed and asked with a puzzled face.

"Huh! This officer is the secretary of the military department and the chief of staff of the general headquarters. Sun Chuanting smiled and made an introduction, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but show admiration after listening, and bowed slightly again and saluted: "It turned out to be Lord Sun, I heard that the Lord was proficient in military affairs before I went down, and after taking charge of the military department, he swept away the situation in Liaodong, and the name of the Lord was really like thunder." ”

Sun Chuanting's reputation is indeed very loud in the capital, but compared with the number of military pieces, the greater reputation is from a small sesame official, suddenly like a rocket to the position of the secretary of the military department, such a promotion speed is really rare.

Of course, Sun Chuanting still has a good reputation in military affairs, since Sun Chuanting became the secretary of the military department, his main thing is to train soldiers. But in the situation of Liaodong, it was successfully stabilized, and it also won several battles, sweeping away the decline of Liaodong. Although it is not all the credit of Sun Chuanting, after all, the military department is responsible for these.

"It's all rumored by outsiders, and since this official served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, it was mainly His Majesty's eloquence and strategy that stabilized the situation in Liaodong. This official mainly helps the saint to train the soldiers, and the others are all hands-on. Sun Chuanting said disapprerovantly, and then asked Lu Xiangsheng: "You just visited the flowers, and you were summoned by the emperor to the headquarters to observe the military and political affairs. With the wisdom of the saint, you must not be an ordinary talent, have you studied military affairs before? ”

"Elephant is not talented. I've read some military books. Lu Xiangsheng said with burning eyes. Lu Xiangsheng was a teenager. He has a strong interest in military affairs, not only likes to read military books, but also practices martial arts.

Sun Chuanting immediately threw out some military things and talked about it with Lu Xiangsheng. The atmosphere is very casual, but it has the meaning of taking a school exam.

After talking about it, Lu Xiangsheng's answer made Sun Chuanting nod with satisfaction, this young man is very solid in theory, and he has indeed worked hard.

The two had a good conversation. At this time, Zhu Youxiao arrived.

"See Your Majesty."

"See Your Majesty."

After a brief salute, everyone began to prepare for a meeting to discuss. Zhu You said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Lu Aiqing, you will be in the headquarters today to listen, if you have the heart, you will serve in the headquarters in the future!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and I would like to serve in the Command." Lu Xiangsheng looked pleased, and serving in the military department of the General Headquarters was obviously very much in line with his wishes.

"Okay, let's have a meeting first!" Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then let everyone take their seats. Then Zhu Youxiao took out a recital. Let the crowd circulate. took a sip of tea, and then said to everyone, "This time I asked you to come." The main purpose is to discuss the plan for dealing with the Dutch, as well as the issue of incorporating the island of Taiwan into our Ming Dynasty and establishing a province. This is the report of Zhou Zuo, the governor of Fujian, that the Dutch have invaded Penghu for the third time, built a fort in Penghu, and asked for trade with our Ming Dynasty. ”

"Penghu is the gateway to the Ming Dynasty for me, and it must not be occupied by the Dutch." Sun Chuanting said, "Once the Dutch occupy Penghu, wouldn't the coast of our Ming Dynasty be unpeaceful." ”

"Sun Aiqing is right, we must not let out of Penghu. However, if the Dutch are driven out of Penghu, the Dutch may retreat to Taiwan to build forts. Taiwan has abundant land but no development, and there are large tracts of land there, as long as they are reclaimed, they are patches of fertile land. Rice can even be harvested three times a year, but it is estimated that it is too late for farmers to harvest it, and with disasters such as typhoons, it is completely fine to have two crops of rice a year. ”

Zhu Youxiao continued: "Moreover, there are a lot of timber resources in the mountains in the central part of Taiwan Island. And on the western plains, there are also large herds of deer. It can produce a large number of deer skins, antler velvets, and venison. The most important thing is that Taiwan is not only suitable for planting rice, but also suitable for large-scale planting of sugarcane, as long as Taiwan is included in the jurisdiction of our Ming Dynasty, it can not only become a granary of the Ming Dynasty, but also produce a large amount of cane sugar for the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Moreover, Taiwan is isolated overseas, if I don't bring Taiwan into the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, he will be occupied by foreigners one day, and when the time comes, if my Ming sailor wants to go to sea, he will be blocked at the doorstep. Moreover, Taiwan is now unmanaged by the government, and it has become a place where those pirates are entrenched, and those pirates use Taiwan as a base and often harass the coast. ”

Having said so much, Sun Chuanting couldn't hear that the emperor wanted to expand his territory and turn Taiwan into a province of the Ming Dynasty.

"The emperor is sage, but the reclamation of Taiwan still needs detailed planning. Nowadays, there are not many people in Taiwan, and we still have to move a group of people to Taiwan. ”

"I've already thought about it, first build a fort to defend against pirates and Westerners, and then the Royal Agricultural Company will develop it, it doesn't matter if the development is slow, but the resources must be grasped in hand." Zhu Youxiao decided that it was nothing more than to carry out the commoditized economy to the end. If land is allocated to attract immigrants, then the economy is still small-scale, and there are really not many resources that can be mobilized.

Taiwan is not a cold and harsh place like Siberia, so naturally there is no need to rely on land allocation to attract immigrants. There are so many people in the Ming Dynasty who can't survive, as long as the agricultural company can afford the salary, naturally some people will go to Taiwan to live.

There is no need to create such a complex social structure in Taiwan, just enclose land on it, and then build farms one by one, and then adopt the wage labor system for production. It doesn't matter at all that agricultural production is extensive, as long as we can increase the value of personal output, and then get the most commercialized agricultural products. To put it bluntly, it is the agricultural model of Westerners, and Zhu Youxiao intends to turn Taiwan into a royal private island and enclose all the land in Taiwan.

"On the Dutch side, what does Your Majesty think should be resolved?" Sun Chuanting asked.

"Didn't the Dutch want to trade? Then trade with them. However, before the trade, the sailors were sent south to teach the Dutch a lesson. Beat them up, and then talk about trade. The sea trade is hugely profitable, and it happens to sell the goods of our northern Zhili to the Dutch. Zhu Youxiao said.

"And where is trade?"

"It's in Penghu! After driving the Dutch away, the sailors were stationed in Penghu and set up a fort. If the Dutch want to trade with me, let them come to Penghu. Let the Royal Trading Company come forward and draw goods from all over the country to trade with the Dutch. Zhu Youxiao decided.

Trade is naturally profitable, but private capital must not be allowed to participate, which will widen the gap between the rich and the poor among the people. However, the benefits of such trade are far less lucrative than that of transporting goods to their destination and trading with the barbarians.

However, Zhu Youxiao knows that he does not have enough power to monopolize maritime trade at present. However, the trade between the Dutch and the Ming Dynasty was still very helpful for the export of goods from Beizhili. (To be continued......)