Just do it, Zhu Jie has always been vigorous and resolute, and never dragged the mud and water.

Zhu Jie directly allocated a hundred acres of land from the royal palace, and began to prepare for the establishment of the Royal Bicycle Industry and Trade Company in a position that he did not want from the Military Industry College, and even selected two students from Shuntian College, one was responsible for technology, the other was responsible for production, and at the same time, a shopkeeper was transferred from Youxianju to be responsible for future sales.

As for the rubber, in a short period of time, the rubber from Nanyang cannot be transported, so we can only purchase some from Jiangnan nearby and transport it by sea.

In order to allow the bicycle company to open as soon as possible, Zhu Jie took out more than 100,000 taels of silver from his private office in one go to order bicycle parts, as long as the rubber was transported from Nanyang, it would be done.

"Your Majesty, Lord Xu Yifan asks to see you!"

When Zhu Jie was reviewing the recital, Liu Sili walked in from outside and said in a low voice.

"Oh, let him in."

Zhu Jie didn't look up, and continued to review the piece at hand.

Xu Yifan had already walked in from outside, bowed down and said, "See the emperor!" ”

"Yifan, what's the matter with entering the palace?"

Xu Yifan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Lord Baigu sent a chapter from Fujian, asking the imperial court to prepare to solve the matter of Yizhou!" ”

"Yizhou?"

Zhu Jie paused and asked, "What's the matter with Yizhou?" ”

Xu Yifan handed over the chapter and said: "Your Majesty, twenty years ago, the Dutch sent troops to land in the southwest of Yizhou, built the fortress of Gelanza and Chichicheng in the Tainan area, and at the same time bought Zheng Zhilong, so that the imperial court agreed to hand over the land to the Dutch for management, and allowed the Dutch to carry out transshipment trade in Yizhou. ”

Zhu Jie's heart suddenly felt for a while, understood, understood, over the years, he was anxious to deal with the civil strife, and then there was an expedition to Dongying, and he was entangled in state affairs, but he ignored this matter, Yizhou, the Dutch are the outpost of the East and the Ming Dynasty! It is precisely because of this foothold that the Dutch are at ease in the trade between Daming and Dongying, and over the years, the East India Company has made a fortune through Yizhou!

Xu Yifan continued: "Lord Baigu received a lot of information from the Yizhou people today, more than ten years ago, the Dutch drove away the Spaniards in Yizhou, monopolized Yizhou, these more than ten years, continue to enslave the local residents, many natives and even the Han people who migrated to the past have been devastated, more than ten years, many people died under the plunder and oppression of the Dutch, Baigu was extremely angry, asked the imperial court to send troops, waiting for the opportunity to take back Yizhou, and completely drive the Dutch back to Nanyang!" Your Majesty, as our Ming territory, if the Ming Empire can't even protect its own people, we will have no shame to face the world! ”

Zhu Jie frowned, Yizhou, Yizhou, this must be taken back, it's just that now to start a war with the Dutch, it may not be the best policy, just press the matter of Dongying for only two or three years, and the four Western countries have not yet dispersed their precautions against the Ming Dynasty, once they do it to the Dutch at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that the four countries will not jointly deal with it, and when the time comes, one will accidentally make a sandwich meal!

"Liu Sili, pass the decree and summon Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen into the palace!"

It didn't take long for Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen to come to the imperial study of the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Jie handed the chapter to Zheng Hongkui, and said lightly: "Yugong, Ming Yan, the two of you are above the court, you should know Yizhou best, come, tell me your opinion!" ”

Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's faces were slightly red, and a wry smile swelled in their hearts, this is the pit dug by Zheng Zhilong, without Zheng Zhilong's approval, how could the Dutch dare to land on Yizhou and build a military fortress under the nose of the Fujian Navy? Now that the Dutch are doing evil on Yizhou Island, the emperor is only afraid that he will be unhappy!

"Your Majesty, the minister and the first brother have had a correspondence on this matter, discussing this matter, the Dutch said very simply, that is, they want to find a place to trade with the Ming Dynasty nearby, and they are willing to hand over a certain amount of silver taels to the court every year, at that time, because the imperial court withheld the military salary of the Fujian Navy Division, the Fujian Navy Division lacked funds, and the brother and the Fujian governor jointly played the imperial court, and obtained permission for the Dutch, but it didn't come to fruition, and now it has caused an incident, and the ministers are really guilty!"

Zheng Hongkui said astringently.

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied: "The past is the past, and I will not pursue this matter again, but you two should tell me, what is the situation in Yizhou now?" ”

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, now the Dutch garrison in Yizhou is not too much, but two or three thousand troops, all of them are mercenaries of the East India Company, of course, there are also some elite Dutch soldiers, these people are well-equipped, and there are definitely not a few arquebuses and flintlock muskets in their hands, and whether it is Geranza or Chichicheng, a large number of artillery pieces have been deployed, and two batteries have been built around Geranza, and at the same time, the Dutch also have a small fleet in Yizhou, almost a dozen warships, different sizes, Yizhou itself is rich in sugar, timber, etc., the Dutch enslaved the people in Yizhou to plant estates for them, and the ministers have also heard of it, but they are going to attack now and take Yizhou, but I am afraid that it is not a good strategy, and it is not a trivial matter to start a war with the Dutch, the sea power of the Dutch Kingdom behind the East India Company is too strong, and now the power of the four Western countries in the South Seas is in a period of relaxation, if we force it, the outcome is unpredictable......"

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "I am also thinking about this issue, what I am worried about is not that I can't take Yizhou, but that once I take Yizhou, how to face the joint attack of the four Western countries......

"The minister thought that he could send an envoy to Yizhou, meet with the governor of the East India Company in Yizhou, and make representations to them, forcing the Dutch to make concessions, not to rob the local people's land and property, not to enslave and oppress the local people, and if they want to oppress people, they can, let them go to Nanyang to recruit, demarcate areas for the Dutch, and only allow them to operate around the two fortresses, and not enter the hinterland of Yizhou! After two years, as long as the Kingdom of Holland and the Kingdom of England fight in the West, then we can take advantage of the rift between the four countries to easily recover Yizhou, and then use troops to ...... the South Seas."

Zheng Chenggong said in a deep voice.

(End of chapter)