Shi Kefa is not only a literati, if he is just a literati, then in that life, it is impossible to become the military secretary of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Shi Kefa can be literate and martial, although he is not as mature as Sun Chuanting in military affairs, but he also has a set, at least this vision is very accurate!

The place where Shi Kefa's finger fell is the most important place in the South Seas, the Strait of Malacca!

The Strait of Malacca, which is the first strategic point in the South Seas, chokes the throat of communication between the Western world and the Eastern world, whether it is trade or war, all the fleets must pass through Malacca, which is the safest channel from the South Seas to the Western Ocean, other places, maybe occasionally someone will walk along, but absolutely dare not let the fleet pass unscrupulously, on the sea, there are many dangers, the slightest carelessness will be wiped out, no one dares to take this risk, if in Malacca is deployed heavy troops for defense, It was enough to keep the Dutch and Spanish fleets out!

"Your Majesty, Mu Feng, now that the West is trading with the Eastern world, almost ninety percent of the fleet is through the Strait of Malacca, this is the only way to go, there is no other choice, we just need to build a fortress here, build a fort, deploy heavy troops, unless the Dutch and the Spaniards have wings, otherwise, they will definitely not be able to fly!"

Qin Mufeng nodded, and then asked, "Xianzhi, even if what you say is reasonable, we have held Malacca, why don't we solve it together with the English?" simply do it once and for all, and chase him away! ”

Shi Kefa smiled bitterly: "Mu Feng, you look at the map, Spain is here, the Dutch are here, they are all in the South Seas, but the English are not, their main forces are not in the South Seas, but here, outside the Strait of Malacca, the Indian Peninsula!" It's too far away from Daming, and you are sure to drive away all the English in India? What's more, the alliance of the three countries, their fleet is not much weaker than our Ming fleet, we have no certainty of victory, the safest way is to divide and break each one! Let's drive the Dutch and the Spaniards out of the South Seas, and then allow the English to trade in the East, and they will not be willing to wade into this troubled water, having received our assurances......"

"But are you so sure that the English will withdraw from this battle of the South Seas? You must know that Westerners are a family in the end, they are all from the same place, isn't it the same for us in the Ming Kingdom? When the people from Shandong Province arrived in Henan Province, they fought and didn't help their relatives, and they cleaned up the outsiders first, and they were ...... in solving internal affairs."

Ha ha......

Zhu Jie laughed, patted Qin Mufeng's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Shibei three days, when you look at each other, Mufeng, you have grown, you know how to ponder!" ”

Shi Kefa smiled: "Mu Feng, you can rest assured about this, do you think Westerners are monolithic?" Miss by a mile! Western, how do you say that? It's more like our Warring States Period in China, where the heroes competed against each other, the princes stood side by side, fought against each other, and no one obeyed anyone! Seventy years ago, the English had just fought with the Spaniards, destroying the Spanish armada, and the two countries were inseparable; Thirty years ago, the Dutch became independent from the Spaniards and were also at odds with the Spaniards; Now, now it's the turn of the English to fight with the Dutch, and when I rushed back from the West, the two countries were already in tension, because of the conflict of interests, the two countries could break out at any time, and now I'm afraid that they have already fought a war, and they themselves are fighting back and forth, how can they work together to fight the enemy together? I think that as long as they give the English a little benefit, they will leave it alone, anyway their interests are in India, in the East, they have no major interests, at least not now! ”

Zhu Jie nodded and said: "Xianzhi is right, now the English and the Dutch are afraid that they are already quarreling in the West, and it is easy to think if they want an alliance to deal with us!" We took out some sweetness to the English, let them watch from the wall, not to participate in the war, the rest is our Ming and the Dutch Spaniards, the Ming fleet to deal with the three fleets, a little difficult, but against the two fleets, there is still a certainty of victory! It's just that I don't have a competent man to go to India......"

Shi Kefa bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, if the minister is willing to go, he will definitely live up to his mission!" ”

Zhu Jie hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, now that the Ming Dynasty has started a war with the West, it is really dangerous for you to leave for India now, once you are discovered by the Spaniards and the Dutch, you are afraid that you will have to worry about your life!" ”

Shi Kefa said angrily: "Your Majesty, you say, who takes this errand without worrying about their lives?" The soldiers are in danger, and there will be a huge danger to anyone who goes, and the ministers are better than others, at least they have dealt with Western countries, and they know something, and even if the emperor sends other people, they may not be able to succeed, after all, they are very unfamiliar with Westerners......"

"Don't say it, absolutely not! I asked you to go out of the mountain, so that you can counsel military affairs, not to let you venture to the West to lobby, which is too dangerous, I will never let you go! ”

Zhu Jie categorically refused, joke, although Shi Kefa's role in the DPRK is not very big now, but it is a big banner in the people, Songjiang College will have to be handed over to him sooner or later, and even Zhu Jie plans to let him serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Education in the future, in charge of education, such a dangerous thing, but he must not be allowed to go.

"Your Majesty, why don't you go on a ......"

Zheng Chenggong on the side stood up and said in a deep voice.

Zhu Jie hesitated slightly, Zheng Chenggong was familiar with the situation in Nanyang, but he was also unfamiliar with the West, especially the English, who didn't have much to deal with......

Shi Kefa hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if it is an envoy to the Netherlands, the minister will definitely not compete with Ming Yan, his familiarity with Nanyang is not under the minister, but he has not dealt much with England, and he also asks the emperor to put the military first, after the minister leaves, Nanyang affairs, you can still consult Ming Yan, envoy to England, the minister also has eight points of certainty, it is to make the best use of his talents, but let the minister stay as counselor of military affairs, let Ming Yan go to India, that is not a wise move......

Zhu Jie thought for a long time before he sighed and said: "Okay, Xianzhi, this trip is extremely dangerous, I will send a warship to protect your safety, whether it succeeds or not, you must come back safely!" ”

Shi Kefa said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are a fan of the authorities, let the warship protect the ministers, wouldn't that be directly exposed to the Dutch and Spaniards in the South Seas?" The minister can go with a caravan, and only then can he cross the sea without revealing the mountains and waters......"

(End of chapter)