Chapter 577 Ocean Naval Base

After the generals sat down, Zhu Youjian said meaningfully:

"Batavia, Malacca, Luzon, and Ceylon have all been taken down by the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that the entire South China Sea area and the Strait of Malacca have been actually controlled by our Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty would not colonize these places, but would turn them into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. There were many indigenous people and merchants from various countries in this area, and the Ming Dynasty could not kill them all.

However, the Ming Dynasty would not allow the existence of the natives who opposed the Ming Dynasty or opposed the Ming Dynasty, and those who did not obey the Ming Dynasty's rule, and these people must disappear.

I have thought that the Ming army cannot do this. The Ming Dynasty wants the Spaniards to take the blame. We just need to stand behind the Spanish to control it remotely.

Once the Ming Dynasty came to do such a thing, it would leave a complaint for the indigenous peoples and Western colonists here. Of course, the Ming Dynasty was not afraid of them making any noise, because we now have the ability to crush them.

But since ancient times, I have been repaying grievances with kindness and competing people with kindness. We want to continue to pass on this virtue. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhu Youjian meant that he was unethical and asked the Spanish colonists to do it. He asked them to bear the blame, and the infamy made them honorable inheritance.

Although there are a few big guys here, they still understand such a simple truth. Not to mention Qi Jiguang, Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, and Zhu Youjian guessed His Majesty’s intention as soon as he spoke.

The generals admired the emperor's decision very much. If they were to behead those people directly, they would just behead them if they didn't agree. It would be nothing great.

But the emperor was killing people and killing them. It was more effective and skillful than they directly slashing people with a knife. All the generals stood up and saluted:

"Your Majesty's wiseness."

Zhu Youjian waved his hand and continued:

"You must also be prepared. No one of the natives who besieged the Liu family manor will be left. Then find an excuse to execute them and those who were later arrested.

I promised to send the Spaniards to Ceylon, but did not promise to ensure their safety. The winds and waves on the sea were high. If something happened, it had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty. It was God taking revenge on them."

Zhu Youjian's words were stunned by the generals present, but they quickly realized:

"Your Majesty, long live my emperor"

The generals felt so happy. It turned out that they had misunderstood the emperor.

I thought Your Majesty was a little rude to the colonists, but now I know that the Emperor had already planned to not let a colonist who had massacred the Chinese.

After Zhu Youjian told his plan to the generals, he specifically told them to keep it strictly confidential and not to spread it casually, and then began to discuss the governance of Luzon and the garrison.

"I decided to formally incorporate Luzon into the Ming Dynasty, establish Luzon Province, establish the Luzon Protectorate, and set up an ocean naval base in Luzon, with a large number of 200,000 troops stationed in Luzon.

Zheng Chenggong, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, is still the supreme commander of the Ming Dynasty naval commander. Now you can recommend one person to serve as the governor of the Malacca naval base."

Zhu Youjian knew that if he was abilities, except for Zheng Chenggong, Shi Lang had the strongest ability among the several deputy governors of the Ming Navy.

However, due to historical reasons, Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang were a little disagreeable. He did not want to hand over such an important position to Shi Lang for the time being.

Zheng Chenggong's loyalty is absolutely trustworthy. Although Shi Lang has no problem, he surrendered to Dongkai in history.

Zheng Chenggong stood up and saluted:

"Your Majesty, I think you can choose between Shi Lang, Huang Fei, Zhang Huangyan, Qi Tong and others, and they are all very capable."

Zheng Chenggong's words made Zhu Youjian look at him with admiration. For the sake of the unity of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong did not exclude Shi Lang in this matter.

Even his two uncles, Zheng Chenggong, did not even mention them. With Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao's abilities and experience in maritime combat, they were also excellent.

Zhu Youjian knew that Zheng Chenggong was avoiding suspicion, so as not to say that he was nepotism. From this incident, we can see Zheng Chenggong's character.

Zhu Youjian nodded with relief, and then asked Qi Jiguang:

"Qi Aiqing, what about your opinions?"

"Your Majesty, I think that all of them are competent, and there are also Governor Zheng's uncle, they are also capable and have many candidates. It depends on Your Majesty's choice."

Zheng Chenggong did not recommend his uncle, and Qi Jiguang was supplementing him. Except for Qi Jiguang, the other generals present had no qualifications to speak to the navy.

Like Li Dingguo, Huang Degong, Liu Wenxiu, etc., they were all generals of the land war and knew almost nothing about the navy. Qi Jiguang could be said to be an all-round general to take all the territorial sea and land.

Zheng Chenggong smiled slightly at Qi Jiguang, expressed his gratitude, and bowed to Zhu Youjian and said:

"Your Majesty, as the governor of the Ming Dynasty's naval army, I believe that Shi Lang should be the general of the naval base."

"Okay, I'll report that Shi Lang will stay at the Luzon base, and leave 5,000 naval soldiers and eight armored warships. After returning to the Ming Dynasty this time, the recruitment scale will be expanded immediately.

In the next three years, the number of Daming Navy will reach 300,000, and naval and army schools will be established to train outstanding young generals for the Daming Navy and Army."

"Your Majesty's Holy"

After discussing the matter of the naval base, Zhu Youjian also issued an order to build cement steel castles along the coast of some important islands, and use castles to replace the defense of the fort.

As the caliber of warships and ships gradually increases, it is difficult for coastal turrets to effectively defend against key sea strikes. As long as the castle is useful, it can not only prevent intensive artillery attacks from warships, but also cause fatal blows to enemy landings, but also enhance its own defense capabilities.

The Navy's affairs came to an end for the time being. Zhu Youjian remembered the incident at the Liu Family Manor. There was no one who was injured in the war, let alone some ordinary Chinese who had no combat experience.

Zhu Youjian took out some medicine for treatment from the system warehouse and handed it to Qi Jiguang, mainly anti-inflammatory and hemostatic drugs, both of which were excellent in effect.

"Qi Aiqing, please go to the Liu Family Manor for me, bring these medicines for treating injuries, take all the Chinese back to the city, and bring more alcohol, just treat them as my reward."

Qi Jiguang hurriedly received the order, and then left the Protectorate's Manor with wine and guards, urging his horse to the Liu Family Manor outside the city.

At this time, the Liu Family Manor had returned to peace and the war had been cleaned. Although the ground had been burned all over, a strong smell of blood could still be smelled.

The wooden wall at the front door of the Liujia Manor has been destroyed by artillery. There were more than a dozen Liu Jia servants on duty in front of the door. When they saw a team of Ming troops coming, they hurried in to report:

"Master, there is a team of Ming troops outside."

Zhang Shantang and Liu Fengxiang were not injured. They were lying on the bed and chatting. When they heard that the Ming army was coming, they immediately asked their servants to help them get up and welcome the arrival of the Ming army.

Both of them were cut off the legs by the natives and had more injuries on their bodies. With the help of their servants, they limped to the gate of the Liujia Manor and found a Ming army standing in front of the door.

(End of this chapter)
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