Chapter Twenty-Seven: Hands-on Preparation

Today's conversation with Ke Yinzhi is a foreshadowing.

The Old Port might have been easier if Ke Yinzhi had helped. But if there really isn't, then there is none. In any case, in the whole plan, Fumen itself is an object that needs to be weakened. However, if Ke Yinzhi could get help, the whole weakened plan would not be so bloody.

Zhu Youzhen chatted with Ke Yinzhi easily for a while, and then asked Qi Han to take her to see the queen, and she couldn't be involved in the rest of the matter.

Zhu Youzhen's words were also relaxed: "The queen heard that you were coming, so she specially prepared some gouache rouge for you."

After Ke Yinzhi bowed and thanked him, the meeting against Zheng Zhilong could be regarded as the official beginning.

In Zhu Youzhen, there is no concept of fairness.

For an emperor, fairness is aimed at a huge number of people who do not have a single individual concept, and it is only when dealing with a large number of people that fairness and justice are put on the agenda.

For a specific person like Zheng Zhilong, beating and fighting more with less is his first choice. Now that the basic idea has been decided, for the position of emperor, integrating all the high-quality resources in his hands to fight more and fight less to ensure victory is the idea that a qualified emperor should have.

Therefore, although he is now in Fuzhou, he still tries to gather the resources at hand according to Zheng Zhilong's characteristics.

"As far as we will replace the Zheng family who cooperated with Dongying, did they reply over there?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"I've already replied, and Tokugawa Iemitsu's envoy is now on his way. They were willing to cooperate with Zheng Zhilong, but they also climbed the pole and put forward some new requirements for trade and the need to buy gunpowder."

"It's okay, Dongying, this is the least important part. When their people arrived in Kumatsu, it was basically clear what they needed. Wen Tiren, remember to tell Xiong Jin's side, don't agree to anything, just send the envoy directly to Lai Shunzhi. Then tell Lai Shunzhi that my only request is to close the country to Dongying, and not to continue the national policy of seafaring and trade. All transactions are fine, and the settlement must be settled in the silver of the shallow Guanyin Mountain, including the muskets that we have eliminated."

Wen Tiren is now the chief secretary of Zhu Youzhen's secretary and supervisor, and is basically involved in all of Zhu Youzhen's current projects, except for Zhu Youzhen's strange sources. He didn't speak, but according to the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, he began to record,

"What about the Thirteen Lines and Zheng Zhibao?" Zhu Youzhen continued to ask.

"Zheng Zhibao has no problem, according to the clues provided, we have seized several smuggling routes of the Zheng family. It is mainly concentrated in Quanzhou and Hangzhou. A large amount of domestic silk and tea were exchanged for cane sugar, cotton, and refined salt. A small number of them are Eagle Yuan, and they are all used in cash silver, dragon silver, and red tickets with several Jiangnan ticket numbers, as well as physical transactions such as cotton and gold." Mo Jinghui is still quite strong in terms of intelligence and layout, and said as she looked at her notebook.

"He wants us to give him a position in the court. and not just appear as the spokesperson of the Zheng family."

"Tell him I'm done." Zhu Youzhen touched his nose.

"Some of the main treasurers, butlers, and bookkeepers in the Thirteen Lines have all been mastered here, waiting for the end of this operation."

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

"You report the smuggling to Li Ruolian and let him continue to follow. Jiangnan doesn't say anything else, the smuggling line goes deeper." Zhu Youzhen walked to Wen Tiren with his hands behind his back.

knocked on Wen Tiren's table and said:

"As soon as the matter in Shandong is over, plus Henan and Nanzhili, our basic plate will be determined. Shaanxi and Gansu in the west, plus Wuwei Zhangye leading to the Western Regions, Hetao that has now begun to immigrate to the past, and Guihua City, which is still under construction, are the western battlefields with Xi'an Mansion as the base. This side is handed over to Governor Hong Chengchou. I don't think the west needs to be fast, and I slowly push westward and northward. Ten years, don't be too anxious. Once you have occupied the road, you will do a good job of distributing the land."

"Fuzhou is mainly overseas."

"Wait until next year, and you can start with a few provinces in Jiangnan!"

For Mo Jinghui, she focused on this one thing, but for Zhu Youzhen, with a gossip, she began to plan and design the future in her head.

"As for the Thirteen Lines?" Zhu Youzhen is still thinking.

Then he said to Dai Ran:

"I also know that Fumen also has related trade in Sumatra this time, and this time Old Man Yue went to the old port, and he will also split some business locally. Do you think Ke Yinzhi is guarding these lines, and is he sure of it?"

"I think it's okay." Dai Ran said this.

handed over all the thirteen lines to Lai Shunzhi, and Zhu Youzhen was also a little uneasy.

"That'll do."

Zhu Youzhen said to Mo Jinghui at this time.

"Since the thirteen elements have been done, they must be done thoroughly, and there must be no woman's kindness to bury the risk behind. Taking advantage of Zheng Zhilong's purge this time, it is reasonable and justified, but if we take over, we still don't make money or make some trouble, it will really be a big loss. At that time, don't talk about you, even I will have to think twice about it. Do you understand?"

"Your Majesty, if it causes turmoil......

"As I said, if turmoil can be avoided, try to avoid it. If you can't avoid it, don't be afraid, it's just a few days. As long as the food in the city can be prepared, it doesn't matter if it is messed up for a few more days. Jin Yiwei only needs to keep an eye on a few money houses, and whoever gives the thirteen banks the money will give it a try."

Zhu Youzhen is not worried now.

If this is placed in the future generations, it will be a great challenge for urban management.

But now it is different, people participate in business activities relatively rarely, most of them are do-it-yourself, the concept of abundant food and clothing. This is the best time to make a target for Zheng Zhilong at this time.

Mok Jinghui went on to say:

"There are also a lot of guys hired by the Thirteen Lines, especially the Shaoyang Gang on the docks. There are four or five thousand people under his command alone, and if they move, the minister's side ......."

Zhu Youzhen interrupted her.

"I'll talk about this in a moment and talk about it with Dai Ran's matter. On November 19, Zheng Zhilong's entire staff gathered at Black Dragon Rock to worship, has this matter been implemented? How many people can get there? In this way, can Zheng's fleets in Taiwan and Quanzhou be smoothly handed over? If the news leaks, will the Portuguese, who have been at odds with the Zheng family for a long time, take the opportunity to make trouble?"

After speaking, he stroked his forehead, he shouldn't have let Sun Chengzong go just now.

Mo Jinghui is relatively clear. "The Zheng family's battleship is basically the same as the Daming Naval Division. Among them, there are 17 large warships, mainly concentrated in Yilan, Taiwan. There are 47 medium-sized warships, which are currently in Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and the small ones are armed merchant ships. According to Inspector Sun's arrangement, once the action was made, Zheng Zhibao issued an order with the Zheng family. The training ships on the academy's side were mainly composed of more academy troops, and the Quanzhou Navy and Ningbo Navy were originally prepared to be supplemented by the Quanzhou Navy and the Ningbo Navy of the Internal Water Army, and the warships were first concentrated in Guangzhou for inspection and repair."

"As for Portugal, Zheng Zhilong is personally responsible for the correspondence and communication, so the minister's side is not particularly clear."

Worry-free, Zhu Youzhen showed a look of praise.

To be honest, this Mo Jinghui is much more worry-free than those in charge of the military department. Those people have been in the military department for a long time, and they will look forward to everything they say, and they will leave a glimmer of room for themselves no matter what.

Then, Zhu Youzhen turned to Dai Ran. "After the specific November operation, Mo Jinghui wants to tell you in detail, and I won't be verbose. That's one thing I'm going to tell you. Now Mo Jinghui has gathered all the 500 people who participated in the operation in Fuzhou. Most of them are freshmen, and eighty percent of them are your juniors who graduated from the academy this summer."

"The eyes are higher than the hands, and the heart is bigger." As soon as Zhu Youzhen said, Dai Ran nodded.

He also knew what it looked like, and it was no different from when he had just graduated.

"There's still a month to go, and in any case, I'll give you the people, and you'll still be the leader in a month. All of the above mentioned is actually based on whether it can be done this time in November. If the plan can't be realized, it's all in vain. Not only Taiwan, Quan

The state and Guangzhou will be very troublesome, you know?"

"The minister will do his best!"

"Song Yingxing has arrived, you need to go to him for everything. They brought a lot of new rifles and grenades. There are also some new things that you may need to get used to in advance."

"Whoa!"