For the emperor's disposal, Yuan Jixian, Qin Mufeng and others were a little confused, originally thought that the emperor was going to be furious and clean up his own people, but he didn't expect that the emperor would let it go gently, and even the matter of the expedition to Dongying had to be put aside for the time being, but he aimed the spearhead at the Dutch!

"Inspector Yuan, Mu Feng, this time the emperor has made up his mind to conduct an inventory of all foreigners in the south of the Yangtze River, and specially sent me back to Nanjing to sit in the town, and even the Ministry of Intelligence will vigorously rectify it."

Duan Xuan conveyed the emperor's will and smiled at the two people.

"Duan Xuan, what's going on here? Isn't the emperor in a hurry to clean up the Tagawa Nanazaemon Gate? Why did you suddenly change your mind? Running far away to the South Seas to find trouble with the Dutch? ”

Qin Mufeng asked in amazement.

Duan Xuan shook his head and replied: "This is not something I can guess, but it is obvious that the emperor will not turn his face with the Dutch so quickly, the imperial navy went to Nanyang, it is just to declare the strong existence of the Ming Empire in the entire East, and warn the Dutch, I guess, the emperor's fundamental intention is still to attack Dongying, just to use Lord Zheng to envoy Nanyang, to deceive and paralyze Tagawa Nanazaemon, and at the same time drag the Dutch, so that they can not support Tagawa, if the guess is right, Once the Imperial Navy returns to Songjiang from Nanyang, the emperor will move towards Dongying as soon as possible......"

Qin Mufeng was shocked, so fast!

"Really? For such a big matter, why didn't the emperor say a word in the holy decree? ”

Qin Mufeng was stunned.

Duan Xuan said with a smile: "Eight or nine is not far from ten, otherwise the emperor would not have sent Brother Yifan to the south, Brother Yifan boarded the ship from Tongzhou and went south with arms all the way, it is obvious that this is to Brother Yifan to sit in Nanjing and coordinate this expedition......"

"What's special, the emperor is still eccentric, at this time, he only trusts Yifan alone!"

Qin Mufeng pursed his lips and said dissatisfied.

Yuan Jixian's face darkened, this Qin Mufeng dared to say anything, no wonder people said that he was bullish, he was really not an ordinary bullishness, even if others were dissatisfied with the emperor, they would never dare to declare it, this kid actually said it directly in front of so many people, at this time, cronies, there must be a distinction between respect and inferiority.

"Inspector Qin, be cautious!"

Yuan Jixian said in a low voice.

Qin Mufeng scratched his head, smiled, and stopped talking.

On the contrary, Duan Xuan smiled at Yuan Jixian and said: "Lord Yuan, it's okay, among our brothers, he dares to be so presumptuous, the emperor just recognizes him, my will is finished, and the next thing is the affairs of the Ministry of Intelligence, Inspector Yuan, this operation, the lower officials are indispensable to borrow from you......"

Yuan Jixian said in a deep voice: "Lord Duan is polite, they are all doing things for the imperial court, this is the duty of this governor, and it is an unshirkable responsibility!" ”

Qin Mufeng pursed his lips and replied: "Okay, Duan Xuan, since you are personally in charge of the Intelligence Department, then there is nothing in Nanjing that I can't rest assured, I'd better rush back to Songjiang Mansion first, the army battalion over there still needs to be trained more!" I'll go back and draw troops first......"

Qin Mufeng took his leave of the governor's yamen and returned to the three towns of Nanjing.

Qin Mufeng also felt it, the emperor is going to speed up the momentum of cleaning up the Tianchuan Qizaemon, even Yifan was sent to Nanjing, the three famous generals of the Ming Dynasty gathered in Jiangnan, plus Yuan Jixian, such a strong manpower, just to prepare for the war, he can't go wrong this time.

Qin Mufeng gathered his troops and drove all the way to Songjiang Mansion, and when he arrived at Songjiang Mansion, Zheng Chenggong had already arrived at Songjiang Mansion.

Cha Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, let the entire imperial navy escort Zheng Chenggong and send an envoy to Nanyang, this Zheng Chenggong's face is big enough, for this mission, even Yang Geng was requisitioned, however, even Yang Geng, who was most familiar with Nanyang, was requisitioned, Cha Xuan did not think that the emperor's requirements for the Dutch could be realized, the commission was too high, together, it was more than two million taels of silver, the East India Company was rich, but the profits they earned had to be handed over to the Netherlands every year for dividends, The East India Company is not a single person's, but each shareholder's, most of the commercial profits have been taken to dividends, and the money left for the East India Company is not as abundant as imagined, at least, it cannot be compared with the Zheng family, after all, the Zheng family was Zheng Zhilong's business alone.

"Inspector Cha, Inspector Qin, may I ask, when is the right time for us to leave?"

Zheng Chenggong asked.

Cha Xuan pondered for a moment and replied, "We can leave at any time, but Lord Xu Yifan is already on his way to Songjiang Mansion, and it won't take long to arrive, I mean I will leave after meeting Inspector Xu!" ”

Cha Zhu has his own idea, the emperor wants to take the opportunity of the Nanyang to Dongying The signs are already obvious, he must wait for Xu Yifan to arrive, and Xu Yifan to carry out some affairs handover before he can rest assured, Qin Mufeng's ability is not small, but he is too rude and impulsive, and some things must be handed over to Xu Yifan's hands to make people feel at ease.

Xu Yifan didn't let Cha Xuan and others wait too long, only a few days later, they arrived in Songjiang Mansion, this time, Xu Yifan almost emptied the inventory of the Ordnance Department and the Firearms Bureau in one go, 13,000 flintlock muskets, more than 1,000 boxes of ammunition, in addition, there are 50 red-coated artillery pieces, tens of thousands of shells, which were originally to be sent to the military towns of the Central Plains provinces, in order to ensure the expedition to Dongying, all were transported to Songjiang Mansion, used to equip infantry battalions, so many firearms, once equipped with army battalions, It's enough to make it the combat power of one or two military towns.

"Brother Yifan, I will lead the Imperial Navy to Nanyang, and this Songjiang Mansion and Jiangnan Province will be handed over to you, I think, the emperor wants to take the opportunity to make Tagawa Nanazaemon feel at ease, once he comes back, ......"

"Once you come back, then the war will start immediately!"

Xu Yifan said with a smile, "Lao Cha, the emperor is very dissatisfied with you this time, if this expedition to Dongying can't be completed, I'm afraid that there will be no good fruit for you to eat, I will make all preparations for you in Songjiang Mansion, just wait for you to come back, you and Mu Feng will immediately reorganize the army, expedition to Dongying, hehe, you must know that Tagawa Nanazaemon will not sit still, we can't drag it on indefinitely, Lord Gao Jie's intelligence department has got the news of Toei, this Tagawa Shichizaemon has bought Tokugawa Iemitsu, As a result, he has taken over the entire Nagasaki domain, and once he gains a foothold, it will be difficult for us to take down the remnants of the Ichikan party......"

(End of chapter)