After checking this cabin, it turned out to be a complete set of Yongle Ceremony.

"I didn't expect him to copy a copy of the Yongle Ceremony, what a talent!"

Deng Haonan quickly calmed down, although he didn't get the advanced technology information he wanted, but he had already guessed the thoughts of the people who kept this set of Yongle Classics.

In later generations, the Yongle Canon was incomplete, with only more than 800 volumes remaining, but most of them are abroad. This is a national shame. If every Chinese has the opportunity to return to the Ming Dynasty, they should make a copy of it!

"Your Excellency!"

"What's the matter?"

Feng Shaoyan noticed the difference in the Yongle Ceremony and pointed it out to Deng Haonan.

"My lord, this set of Yongle canons is not a copy, it is the original!"

Shrimp?

Deng Haonan was stunned, he naturally had never seen the original version of the Yongle Canon, and had only seen the second version, so he couldn't distinguish it. However, the Yongle Canon, as a secret book of the royal family, has not seen many people, and after more than two hundred years, no one in the Ming Empire can recognize the original version.

"How did you recognize it?"

"Humble duties are just calculations!"

Deng Haonan was stunned and asked how he calculated.

Feng Shaoyan said: "My lord, please see, this is the catalog of the Yongle Grand Canon, with the royal seal on it, it can't be faked, and at the same time, there are hundreds more than the catalog of the Yongle Grand Canon we saw in the Hanlin Academy!" ”

Deng Haonan looked at it and saw that it was indeed the case.

"What's going on?" Deng Haonan asked: "Wasn't this second set of Yongle Ceremony copied by Emperor Jiajing in order to prevent the fire from burning the ceremony?" How could there be a few hundred items missing? ”

One item in the catalogue is one volume, divided into many volumes, and at least thousands of copies have been lost for hundreds of items, so it stands to reason that this will not happen.

"Your Excellency!" Feng Shaoyan said: "When I first checked the Yongle Canon to find the code word, I had noticed the news about Zheng He and the treasure ship, but what is puzzling is that there is no record of the treasure ship in the Yongle Canon? ”

"You mean that Emperor Jiajing deleted this part of the record?"

Feng Shaoyan shook his head and said, "I mean Emperor Yongle deleted the record about the treasure ship!" The Yongle Emperor ordered the destruction of the treasure ship and imposed a sea ban on his deathbed, and at the same time forbade the discussion of the topic of going to the West, which shows that the Yongle Emperor wanted to cover up the affairs of the West. And among the hundreds of records that have been added are records about treasure ships! When the Yongle Grand Ceremony was recorded, the treasure ship must have been recorded! Therefore, the canon with the record of the treasure ship is the real Yongle canon. When the ceremony was re-recorded during the Jiajing period, because the Yongle Emperor had destroyed the treasure ship records, it could not be recorded. ”

The extra records are all records about treasure ships, and when Deng Haonan heard this, he immediately stopped caring about the topic of the original version or the copycat version, and hurriedly ordered someone to find the part of the Yongle Dictionary that recorded the treasure ship.

There are more than 270 volumes in this part, and when Deng Haonan opened the first volume, he was amazed by the detailed records of the treasure ship. From the internal keel and other frames, to the exterior superstructure above the upper deck, from small rivets to large hulls, from smashed steel plates to assembled into ships, everything is vividly documented. Even things like hydraulic presses and steam engines are well documented how they were made and used.

When he saw the treasure ship taking shape behind him, Deng Haonan already knew that the treasure ship was a huge ship. The only difference is that the treasure ship uses a combination of hybrid, steam engine and sail.

Feng Shaoyan said in surprise: "This is the treasure ship, its hull is actually made of fine iron, we can't do it at all, how did the ancients do it?" ”

Deng Haonan said with a smile: "Of course, with a hydraulic press and a steam engine, you can do it!" ”

Hydraulic presses? Steam engine?

Feng Shaoyan naturally didn't know what a hydraulic press was, let alone a steam engine.

Tan Wanqing asked, "Look at what you mean, it seems that you can build a treasure ship?" ”

"Of course!" Deng Haonan nodded and said, "This book has already recorded a bit about the treasure ship, so as long as we study it carefully, we will soon be able to build a treasure ship!" ”

Cui Zhonghua stepped forward and said: "Congratulations to your lord for getting what you want, our navy has such a big ship, and it will dominate the sea unimpeded in the future!" “

Deng Haonan nodded, although the treasure ship is a large ship, as long as it is modified, it is still very powerful to become a battleship. Even if it does not reach the level of large warships of later generations, it can at least compete with the super sail battleships of Europe.

Deng Haonan's purpose in finding the treasure is the information of the treasure ship, and now that the purpose has been achieved, Deng Haonan has no interest in pursuing the relationship between Emperor Yongle, Zheng He and the treasure ship.

Unexpectedly got the original version of the Yongle Canon, which made Deng Haonan really happy. It seems that the news of the disappearance of the original version was tightly sealed, and in the Jiajing period, the palace fire was deliberately set on fire to cover up the embarrassment of the theft of the Yongle Grand Ceremony. Unexpectedly, the fire brigade extinguished the fire in advance, so Emperor Jiajing had to find an excuse to rerecord the ceremony.

When Deng Haonan cracked the theft case of the Yongle Grand Ceremony, the Yongle Grand Ceremony was re-recorded during the Jiajing period, and the original could not be seen at all. However, there was no original in the palace at all, so Deng Haonan could conclude that what was in front of him was the real Yongle Ceremony.

"Cui Zhonghua!"

"Here!"

"Ship this set of Yongle Ceremony back safely, and there is no room for loss."

"Yes!"

"A few more re-recordings!"

"Your Excellency!" Cui Zhonghua asked, "This Yongle Grand Ceremony project is huge—"

"It's okay!"

"Yes!"

After a search, Deng Haonan ordered people to move everything that could be moved. Originally, he was going to go to the upper cabin to have a look, but Deng Haonan finally gave up. He's got what he wants, and as for what else is on it, he's not interested anymore, so let them stay in the secret forever! Drowned in the long river of history together.

Back on the surface, Deng Haonan ordered someone to transcribe the treasure ship's information first, and then sent someone to the Admiralty, ordering them to start studying it immediately.

As for Ma Sande's family, because Ma Sande can also be regarded as making a contribution, he will make up for it. Deng Haonan finally let them go, but he sent them to the Ryukyu Mansion and could not return to the mainland forever.

After destroying the entrance, Feng Shaoyan and Cui Zhonghua led people to escort Cai Bao and Yongle Dadian back to the Liaodong Governor's Mansion, while Deng Haonan took Tan Wanqing and set off for Nanjing.

In May, Deng Haonan came to Nanzhili for the second time.

Compared with the first time he came, this time the host and guest were translocated, and there was no need for Deng Haonan to spend money to bribe and tie up the officials of the six departments of the South Zhili. On the contrary, the officials of the six departments of Nanzhili rushed to visit Deng Haonan in Xingyuan, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, rare treasures, and precious and high-end gifts, for fear of snubbing Deng Haonan.

I don't know who learned that Deng Haonan's four ladies also arrived together, and there are more reasons to give gifts now, and the threshold of the line was almost kicked for a while.

"These dog officials usually know how to loot people's fat and people's ointment, you look at what they are giving, that is not a few thousand taels of silver as a base? How many years will they be able to buy these? ”

Tan Wanqing received gifts from the wives of officials one moment ago, and began to murmur and complain the next moment.

"Why don't you give it back to them!"

"That's not going to work!" Tan Wanqing immediately vetoed Deng Haonan's construction and said, "Can't cheapen them!" ”

Deng Haonan shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "They looted the people's fat and people's ointment, and you raided them again, when the time comes, won't they add a zero to the back and impose it on the people?" ”

"I didn't directly rob the people?" Tan Wanqing quibbled, and said: "First of all, these things are given to me, they are my private money, you can't ask me!" ”

“……”

"The disaster in the south is very severe, when the time comes, you donate some of your private money to the refugees, and the Bodhisattva will bless you with more beauty!"

"Okay!" Tan Wanqing looked at Deng Haonan with a smile and said, "Disaster relief in my name, but you have to pay for the silver!" ”

“……”

Deng Haonan was speechless for a moment, and Tan Wanqing giggled.

At this time, Ding Daniu reported that Liu Hu, the Minister of the Army, asked to see him. Deng Haonan called him in, and Tan Wanqing went to the back hall to admire the "loot" she had looted.

"Your Excellency!"

"Huzi finds a seat by himself!" Deng Haonan waved his hand, dismissed the maid, and said, "Your family doesn't have to be restrained!" ”

Liu Hu answered, pulled a chair and sat down by himself.

"How? Get used to it! ”

Liu Hu nodded and said, "It's much better now!" I wasn't used to it last year, I had to ask Lin Feng and Huang Zupei about a lot of things, and I made a lot of oolong jokes! ”

Deng Haonan said with a smile: "Officials are not born, they are all slowly coming out, or how to say 'being an official'?" ”

Liu Hu smiled brightly, and Deng Haonan asked, "How is the situation on the front line?" ”

"The fleet has blocked the Yangtze River and confronted the main naval force of the rebels at the mouth of the lake, and Chen Yaoming of the Admiralty is formulating a plan to destroy the enemy. In terms of the army, the second division of the heavy cavalry, tunzhan Wuyuan, contained Liu Erhei's 170,000 rebel main force Yu Leping, and Jiangxi governor Hong Zhanzu still had more than 20,000 troops stationed in Fuliang County to defend Jingdezhen. The 2nd Cavalry Artillery Division and the 1st Marine Division of Nanzhili are tunzha Anqing, and once the navy breaks through Hukou, they will directly approach Jiujiang Mansion and then attack Nanchang Mansion. The main force of the rebel army, Yan Bing, was stationed in Dexing, and more than 60,000 people of our army's Taiwan garrison were held at Huaiyu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain. In addition, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 3rd Cavalry Divisions and the 3rd Cavalry Artillery Division, after secretly landing from Guangdong, secretly assembled in Nanxiong Mansion, are still secretly advancing, and there is no news for the time being! ”

Deng Haonan nodded and said, "Now the third road is still in a secret state, and the road of Huang Dahai is also violent!" ”

Liu Hu said: "We still have secret people!" I just received the news that the Nanzhili Military Department issued an order to the governors of Huguang, Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang, ordering them to send 20,000 horses and horses each to cooperate with our army's actions! ”

"They can't believe it all!" Deng Haonan thought for a while and said: "Let them fight the autumn wind, and collect the rent is almost the same, it is impossible to expect them to fight hard!" ”

Then he said: "Don't take their military action lightly, first send someone to find out their bottom and see what connection they have with the ministers of the DPRK and China, I always feel that Huang Liji's old fox is not well-intentioned!" ”

"I'll send someone to investigate immediately!" Liu Hu said: "The anti-intermediary plan we used for Xu Hongru this time doesn't seem to have any effect? ”

Deng Haonan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the more there is no movement, the more they listen!" ”

"Why is that?"

Deng Haonan said: "There is no movement on either of them, which means that they are paralyzing each other and are ready to accumulate strength to act!" ”

"I hope they get into a fight soon! Otherwise, it will be a tricky matter for us to spend more than a million rebels! ”

"Report, General Staff Urgent!"

Ding Da Niu entered the report inside, a total of three things. One is that the Dutch East India Company went to war with the Spanish Philippine colonial government because the Dutch East India Company had robbed the Spanish treasure fleet. The second is that Dongningwei was suddenly attacked by Daishan's troops, and Dongningwei reduced its defense force according to the plan, creating the illusion that the enemy's defense was empty. However, the enemy was not fooled and chose to withdraw on his own initiative. Third, the Far North Nuergan Garrison Command was in a hurry, and a group of Cossack rangers from the Russian Empire suddenly broke into the area of the Far North Army Horse Farm. After Han Bing, the commander of the Nuergan Garrison Headquarters, entertained them, he sent them away. Han Bing was worried that the Russian Empire had a secret alliance with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the location of the Far North Army Horse Farm was violent, fearing that the Emperor's Taiji army would attack.

"Any news from the fleet?"

The fleet that Deng Haonan asked about was naturally the main fleet in the Pacific who went to rob the Spanish treasure fleet. The current war between the Philippines and the Dutch East India Company means that the treasure ship has been hijacked by the Dutch.

Ding Da Niu shook his head and said, "There is no news yet!" However, the Dutch received information confirming that they had not encountered our fleet. The Philippines claimed that our fleet had pursued their treasure fleet, but had been thrown away. ”

"So they didn't succeed!"

Deng Haonan nodded, what puzzled him was why he hadn't come back since he hadn't succeeded?

The Pacific climate is harsh, there is no weather forecast in this era, and it is quite dangerous if the fleet encounters a storm or a big wave.

However, Deng Haonan is powerless to compete with nature unless he can build a climate weapon.

"Since the two of them are fighting, will Nanyang reshuffle the cards because of this?"

"Probably not!"

Deng Haonan shook his head and said: "The two of them are comparable in naval strength, but the Dutch have an advantage in naval combat experience, and the Philippine fleet cannot take advantage." On land, the Philippine side has a numerical advantage, and the Dutch side has few people and cannot move the Philippines. ”

Deng Haonan is optimistic about the Netherlands, and now is a period of rapid expansion of the Netherlands' national strength. However, Spain is an old empire after all, and the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is not something that the current Netherlands can gnaw.

Liu Hu asked, "Aren't you going to make a hand, my lord?" If we intervene on one side, there should be a good chance of reshuffling! ”

The previous strategy was to carry out long-distance and close attacks, first unite with the Netherlands to eliminate the Philippines, and then unite with Britain, France, Sweden, Norway and other countries to carve up the Dutch East Indies, so that the whole of Southeast Asia would fall under the control and deterrence of the Liaodong Governorate.

Now Liu Hu has remade a plan according to the current situation that the economy of the Liaodong Governorate is inseparable from the support of Spain, that is, to give up attacking the Philippines first and to attack the Netherlands. The strategy used was group fighting, as the Dutch were already angry when they were fond of eating alone.

Joining forces with the Philippines to attack the Netherlands, the East India Company of Great Britain, France, Sweden and Norway is expected to join the war, as they have been putting up with the Dutch for a long time. In this way, the formation of a multinational combined fleet at sea and the defeat of the Dutch East India Fleet should not be a problem. A multinational force was also formed on land, with the Spanish Army as the main force to fight the Dutch army under the city of Batavia. If it wins, the Liaodong Metropolitan Government can get a piece of the Dutch East Indies, and if it loses, the Philippines will be empty, and the Zhao family will do the internal response, and the Liaodong Army will quickly transport troops from the Taiwan Prefecture to the Subic Naval Base under the banner of southward reinforcements, and take the opportunity to attack Manila and occupy the Philippines. The Netherlands was bound to be broken in the war with many countries, and the Liaodong Army could not only stabilize the Philippines, but also directly send troops to occupy the Dutch East Indies.

Liu Hu added: "We send troops and let Fernando pay for the military, I don't think he will refuse!" ”

Deng Haonan nodded and said, "If the multinational force is successfully formed, it will definitely be able to drive the Dutch out of the Far East now!" ”

Liu Hu asked excitedly, "Your Excellency agrees!" ”

Deng Haonan smiled and nodded, it would be stupid not to take advantage of this cheapness.

Once you've finalized this strategy, move on to the next topic.

"Dongningwei was attacked, it is estimated that Huang Taiji is a test of our defense!" Deng Haonan immediately judged the other party's intentions.

Liu Hu asked: "But they didn't send a large army to invade Dongning, could it be that the garrison of Dongning was violent or leaked?" ”

Deng Haonan smiled and said: "I think Huang Taiji has seen the delicate relationship with us, he thinks that I will not really destroy him, so I guess he will boldly transfer the main force to Mongolia, and then cross the Great Wall to attack Beizhili!" ”

Liu Hu exclaimed: "The defense of the Northern Great Wall is empty, the Great Wall is in disrepair, and the Emperor Taiji's army can easily break through if it detours to Mongolia." There are less than 100,000 forbidden troops in the Gyeonggi region, and they are not Huang Taiji's opponents at all, and the capital is in danger! ”

What you want is that the capital is in danger!

Deng Haonan smiled and said: "Only when the capital is in danger, the civil and military officials will think of our benefits, and when the time comes, they will obediently invite me back to sit in the governor of Zhili, and then Liaodong and Zhili will be connected, and the entire court will be in my hands, and the big thing will be decided!" ”

Liu Hu said happily: "My lord is wise! At present, the situation in the capital is turbulent, and Huang Taiji's entry into the customs at this time will deal a heavy blow to the prestige of the imperial court. Just like this, hundreds of thousands of people in Gyeonggi will suffer! ”

Deng Haonan nodded and sighed: "Let the emperor and Huang Liji carry this black cauldron!" Once I sit in the position of Governor of Zhili, I will compensate the common people well! ”

Liu Hu said suddenly: "The two sisters-in-law are still in the capital, if something happens, what should I do?" ”

Deng Haonan was also a little anxious, but thinking that Huang Taiji had not broken through Beijing City in history, he said with a little reassurance: "The 20,000 troops we left in Nanyuan can protect their safety!" ”