Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ordered the Three Treasures Eunuch Zheng He to go to the West seven times, the main purpose of which was to find the Ming Huizong Zhu Yunwen who was overthrown, after all, Zhu Di's throne was obtained by overthrowing his nephew, but Zheng He went to the West seven times, obtained a lot of overseas intelligence, and produced an accurate maritime map, but unfortunately, these maritime maps were shelved with the issuance of the Ming court's ban on the sea, and no one cared about and asked, when Zheng Xunrui entered the capital, the first thing was to care about a lot of information, and the maritime map was one of them.

Zheng Xunrui needs to expand overseas, or need to vigorously promote overseas trade, which is one of the necessary conditions for the Ming Dynasty to earn a lot of money and become strong quickly, the primitive accumulation period of capital is always full of blood and crime, extending overseas, Zheng Xunrui does not have so much guilt.

Maritime navigation or trade, or even conquest, without an accurate maritime map, it is almost unimaginable, no matter how many scouts you send, it is impossible to detect how much accurate information, maritime map or navigation map, it is very important, so after entering the capital, he was able to find Zheng He's maritime map of the seven Western Oceans in the year of the celebrant supervisor, Zheng Xunrui not to mention how happy he was.

In addition to these maritime drawings, the celebrant also has a collection of drawings related to shipbuilding technology.

The drawings of shipbuilding technology were sent to the Huai'an Firearms Bureau, so that the experts there could study, once the results of the research came out, the next step was to build the most new warships and merchant ships, as for the maritime map, it was left in the military department, and began to study seriously, and some navigation experts in the Zheng Jiajun naval division were also dispatched to the military department, and began to carefully study these maritime maps, to find out the best route for the Zheng Jiajun naval division to conquer.

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao were directly transferred to the Ministry of War. participated in the discussion of naval operations, while Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen continued to stay in the Zheng Family Army, Zheng Hongkui was incorporated into the First Military Region of the Zheng Family Army, and Zheng Sen was incorporated into the Zheng Family Army Naval Division.

Zheng Zhilong's nature is arrogant, he is just convinced by the emperor and Zheng Jiajun, but after seeing the maritime map drawn by Zheng He in the Western Ocean seven times. widened his eyes and sighed, saying that he was a frog at the bottom of the well, and he was too arrogant.

Zheng Xunrui also participated in several discussions, but he rarely spoke, after all, maritime trade, including maritime conquest, was not the field he was most familiar with, so it was very beneficial to listen to other people's opinions, and the military department did not think of it at all. The emperor personally participated in the study and discussion of the maritime map, and also understood the importance of the maritime map, so he intensified the research and discussion, and came up with an overall plan for maritime trade and conquest in early December.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Xiong Wencan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, carefully reported on the overall plan for maritime trade and naval conquest.

A huge maritime map was placed on the ground, and cabinet ministers, Ding Baokun, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and others gathered around the map, looking at the map carefully, and there was a reduced maritime map on the imperial case. Zheng Xunrui looked at this maritime map carefully.

Xiong Wencan's report is complete.

Zheng Xunrui's eyes looked at Zheng Zhilong, he knew that in terms of fighting at sea. Zheng Zhilong is more experienced than Ding Baokun.

Zheng Zhilong clenched his fists and saluted.

"Your Majesty, the proposal for a naval campaign just now mentioned by Lord Xiong is the result of a joint study by everyone, and the minister's opinion is that this battle plan is feasible on the whole. It's just that there are many changes at sea, and in the specific process of conquest, changes must be made according to the actual situation, including sea routes, sea reconnaissance, etc., which are very different from those on land. Fighters fighting at sea are even more precious, and no opportunity to fight can be easily lost......"

When Zheng Zhilong made a report, the people around him nodded frequently.

Zheng Xunrui's face did not have much expression, he knew the particularity of sea operations, in the endless sea, it is not so simple to find the opponent, and the huge warship formation wants to avoid the opponent's detection, it is not a simple matter, the main purpose of this sea operation is to completely destroy the headquarters of the East India Company in Batavia, so that the East India Company will completely succumb to it, and act in accordance with the rules of maritime trade formulated by the Ming Dynasty.

This naval battle is not only to defeat the East India Company, but also to conquer the whole of South Asia, that is, to let those small countries in South Asia also obey the maritime trade rules of the Ming Dynasty, and the treasure money of the Ming Dynasty will enter all parts of South Asia with this expedition, including the East India Company.

Of course, behind this is the process of the Ming Dynasty wantonly plundering the wealth of South Asia.

"The minister believes that five warship formations, a total of 220 warships, and 25,000 sailors and soldiers, this is a huge force, enough to defeat the East India Company, enough to dominate South Asia, and at the same time to completely exterminate the pirates off the coast of South Asia, but this time the sea expedition needs to cost a lot of money, and the minister has done his best to calculate, the estimated amount of money to be consumed is equivalent to about eight million taels of silver, and the estimated time of the expedition is four to five months......"

When Zheng Zhilong said this, a smile appeared on Zheng Xunrui's face.

In Zheng Xunrui's view, Zheng Zhilong's calculations are too conservative, or some don't understand the truth, sea expeditions, warships need to replenish water and food at any time, the warship formation from Quanzhou, Fujian, it is impossible to carry so much food, the food that has just been prepared does need to consume a lot of money, as for the later expedition, it needs to be made of local materials, and every time the warship formation arrives in a place, it will definitely plunder the local wealth, and this way of plundering is to use Daming treasure money to buy, In terms of price, it is impossible to compare with the local Ming Dynasty.

There was also the East India Company, which hoarded a large amount of money, which would be confiscated by the sailors.

Expeditions at sea are different from those on land, and when the warship formation returns triumphantly, it must be fully loaded.

This expedition, some of the warships also carried some merchants, these merchants carried the Ming porcelain, tea, silk and other materials, with these materials to exchange for materials from all over South Asia, this is very necessary, after all, want to normalize overseas trade, or want many overseas places to take the initiative to trade in the Ming Dynasty, then let them know that the Ming Dynasty has too many treasures, and it must be a profitable business to trade.

After looking at the red route on the maritime map for a long time, Zheng Xunrui finally spoke.

"Xiong Aiqing and Zheng Aiqing talked in detail about the deployment of this expedition, there is one aspect that they did not particularly emphasize, I want to say it here, that is, why the imperial court carried out this expedition, is it just to defeat the East India Company, but this is not the case, the East India Company is not worth the effort I have expended."

"The main purpose of this expedition is still for maritime trade, some people feel incomprehensible about the formation of warships carrying merchants, or even a small number of merchant ships, this understanding is absolutely wrong, I sent a large army to conquer the East India Company and all parts of South Asia, the purpose is to completely open up the passage of maritime trade, the East India Company is stationed in Batavia, looking forward to the maritime trade in all parts of South Asia, and they also occupy part of Taiwan, such a situation is absolutely not allowed."

"All parts of South Asia, including Korea and Japan, want to accept the protection of my Ming Dynasty, then the maritime trade in South Asia must be done according to what my Ming Dynasty said, but these places, including the East India Company, why should they listen to the requirements of our Ming Dynasty, then they need to show enough strength from the sailors."

"The purpose of the expedition is to control the maritime trade, so it is necessary for the merchants to follow their peers, this expedition, the sailor must further improve the maritime map, clear maritime trade routes throughout South Asia, at the same time, my Ming Dynasty sailors, but also stationed in Batavia and other places, and in the future, the sailors will expand to farther places, even overseas Holland, Portugal and Spain and other places, my Ming treasure money will also flow to these places, my Ming Royal Bank, the same to expand to these places, In this way, we can truly ensure the prosperity of our Ming maritime trade. ”

"In this naval expedition, with Hong Xingui, the chief soldier of the Second Military Region of the Zheng Family Army, as the commander, Ding Baokun, the general of the Zheng Family Army, as the deputy commander, and Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao as the staff officers, I hope that you will defeat the East India Company as soon as possible, recover the island of Taiwan, and establish a dock for the naval division in Batavia, and control all the maritime trade in South Asia."

After the deployment, Xu Wanghua, Zhou Yanru, Zheng Jinhong, Hong Xingui, Ding Baokun, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and others stayed, this time, Zheng Xunrui said very directly, about how to carry out maritime trade, how to obtain supplies for the expedition of the sailors, etc., arranged one by one.

Xu Wanghua also made his opinion clear, that is, the sailor needs to rely on overseas supplies to fight, as for how to obtain these supplies, there is no need to emphasize too much, Zheng Zhilong and others are very familiar, Zheng Zhilong has been a pirate for many years, so he naturally knows what to do.

The Qianqing Palace quieted down, everyone left, and the one who stayed by Zheng Xunrui's side was Hong Xinyu.

"Hong Xinyu, I am going to let Hong Xingui lead some of the sailors and station them in Batavia, what do you think?"

"The minister agrees with the emperor's arrangement."

"Then there will be fewer opportunities for your brothers to see each other."

"Don't dare, if the emperor asks the minister to be stationed in Batavia, the minister is also duty-bound."

"Hehe, yes, when did you learn to chew words, after Hong Xingui left, I considered letting you be the chief soldier of the Second Military Region, this palace matter, let others do it, you have to be prepared." (To be continued.) )