Chapter Seventy-Four: First Landing on Xia Ke Island, and then Destroying Fusang Country
Not to mention Shangguan Haitang, even Ye Jun was confused.
When Cao Zhengchun mentioned this matter last night, Ye Jun blocked it back, but he didn't expect Wang Yangming, this kid, to secretly remember it in his heart and say it in the court.
Behind his back, he said that it was a private matter. Putting it above the court is a state affair.
This is why the emperor has no personal affairs.
Because the emperor's choice of concubines is related to the inheritance of the country's social system. There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. Not to mention the emperor, the emperor has no descendants, and the impact is even worse, which is easy to cause turmoil in the court and even national shock.
If the emperor wants to do something else, the ministers may dissuade him, but no one dares to dissuade the emperor from marrying a wife. This is a matter related to the inheritance of the country's social system, who dares to oppose it?
What's more, don't look at the usual ministers who desperately dissuade the emperor from indulging in women, in fact, when the courtiers wish the emperor was obsessed with the harem and didn't care about the court, in this way, wouldn't they be happy that these people in the court were unrestrained?
Therefore, after Wang Yangming's proposal, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military admonished one after another. It's nothing more than one is not enough, at least a few hundred, you have to draft, and recruit show girls.
In the eyes of the ministers, the current emperor is too strong, just stuff more women, the so-called heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass, so that the emperor is addicted to gentleness, naturally he has no heart to deal with state affairs, so the court can return to the previous days.
Many ministers looked at Shangguan Haitang and bowed slightly, looking satisfied.
This Shangguan Zhuang owner is really a flower and a moon, and his temperament is extraordinary.
It's hard for you!
The ministers expressed their stance one after another, and pushed Shangguan Haitang out, as if Shangguan Haitang did not agree, that is, he was ashamed of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world.
In this way, Shangguan Haitang, who looked confused, got the title of Concubine De, and jumped from an intelligence leader to a harem concubine.
Until a few months later, Shangguan Haitang did not react to his identity change.
"Your Majesty, according to various sources, the location of Xia Ke Island has been basically determined."
Although she has become a noble concubine, Shangguan Haitang is still responsible for the intelligence work of the Dragon Guardian Villa, reporting to Ye Jun every day.
In the past few months, through many inquiries and news collection, the location of Xia Ke Island has basically been determined.
Although the island is secluded, it is not isolated. On Xia Ke Island, there are hundreds of people living on Xia Ke Island, and basic living materials, firewood, rice, oil and salt need to come to the Central Plains for a long time to purchase.
In the past, people saw Xia Ke Island like a plague god, how could they track the location of Xia Ke Island. But this time, the secret agents already knew where Zhang San and Li Si's ships went to sea from, and with the spies from all over the coast during this time, it was not difficult to determine the location of Xia Ke Island.
Ye Jun bowed slightly.
Shangguan Haitang sent another piece of information.
This information is information about the Wa Kingdom.
At the beginning, Yagyu Danma Mamori cooperated with the Divine Marquis, and the Dragon Protector Villa obtained a lot of information about the Wa Kingdom. The current Wa Kingdom, like the Warring States Period, was full of wars, and the princes of all parties wanted to unify the Wa Kingdom, and Yagyu Tajima Mamori was one of them. After the death of the Kamihou, Yagyu Danma Mamori never appeared again, and most likely had returned to the Wa Kingdom.
Ye Jun put down the two pieces of information and suddenly asked, "How is the ship?" ”
Shangguan Haitang seemed to have expected the emperor to ask this, and said: "In the past half a year, Jiangnan Shipyard has been working day and night, and has copied dozens of 2,000 treasure ships from the period of the Three Treasure Eunuchs!" ”
The 2,000 treasure ship is not the kind of treasure ship that is integrated into the Western Ocean, but refers to a kind of warship.
At that time, Zheng He's largest treasure ship in the Western Ocean was 151.18 meters long and 61.6 meters wide. The ship has four layers, the 9 masts on the ship can hang 12 sails, the anchor weight is several thousand catties, it takes 200 people to set sail, and a ship can accommodate 1,000 people.
However, this kind of treasure ship is majestic and majestic, but it is not suitable for battle.
On the contrary, the 2,000-material battleship, which is more than 50 meters long, 13 meters wide, and has a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, is the most suitable for combat. Both speed and agility and handling are best suited for naval combat.
When Ye Jun ordered people to build ships, they added iron ramming angles to the bow of the ship, wrapped the hull with iron sheets, and each ship was equipped with ten Furlong cannons.
In this way, the combat effectiveness is simply amazing.
At this time, Daming's shipbuilding technology was ahead of the world, and with this kind of iron sheet and iron ramming, it was enough to crush ordinary pirate ships. Equipped with the Franc cannon, it has the ability to attack from a distance, which can be called the Ming destroyer, the world's most advanced warship.
"In the past six months, under the command of Xichang, the disciples of various sects have also practiced martial arts on the water, and they are familiar with the water, and now they are all good at the water, and they can participate in naval battles at any time!"
Originally, although the disciples of those martial arts sects were not weak in kung fu, few of them knew how to water, and after half a year of training, they all became frogmen.
Ye Jun spent so much cost and energy to cultivate these people, naturally not just for the sake of a Japanese country, but to look at the whole world.
Advanced warships with long-range attacks from cannons, coupled with the melee strength of these martial arts masters, such a terrifying fleet is enough to sweep the entire world.
"The half-year appointment of Xia Ke Island is almost here!"
Ye Jun estimated the day, muttered to himself, and said: "Lao Cao, you go and give an order, inform that all the ships of the Jiangnan Shipyard will be launched, and let the people under Lin Zhennan form a sailor, and cooperate with the masters of the West Factory to form an invincible fleet. ”
"Your Majesty, just the Chivalry Island and the Wako, why do you need to go on a personal expedition?" Lao Cao persuaded.
If it's okay on land, with the strength of the emperor, it can be called invincible in the world. But at sea, it's too risky.
It's just that what Lao Cao doesn't know is that Ye Jun has to go to Xia Ke Island no matter what.
The Taixuan Sutra on Xia Ke Island is likely to be a martial art that surpasses the martial arts, reaching an innate or even higher level.
Ye Jun has to take a look with his own eyes no matter what.
As for the destruction of Fuso, it was just a incidental thing.
A small country should not exist in the world.
Lao Cao's persuasion was fruitless, and he turned his attention to Shangguan Haitang for help, and the meaning was obvious: Concubine De, you persuade.
However, after a few months of getting along, Shangguan Haitang also knew the emperor's temper, and once the matter was decided, no one could change it.
Ye Jun read the holy decree written by Lao Cao, stamped it with a big seal, turned around and smiled at Shangguan Haitang: "Haitang, whether you go to sea or go to the Wa Kingdom, you can't do without the intelligence of the Dragon Guardian Villa, or you can go with me this time!" ”
Who knows, Shangguan Haitang, who has never rejected the emperor, shook his head and said softly: "Your Majesty, there are many miscellaneous things in the court, if you leave and there is no one to deal with it, most of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty will become chaotic again." I'd better stay. I'll arrange for someone who is familiar with the Japanese language to go with you. ”
That's fine, too!
Ye Jun nodded, but he didn't see that Shangguan Haitang caressed his lower abdomen with both hands, and there was a trace of melancholy in his eyes.