Although the weather was very bad, Qi Jiguang still led the navy to train at sea.
For Qi Jiguang, what he needed now was for the Ministry of Works to produce new cannons as soon as possible.
He knew that for naval battles, the middle and long-range battles were completely a battle of cannons. Whoever had the fastest cannon fire, the stronger attack power, and the longer range would be the winner!
From the time the Emperor ordered Qi Jiguang to rebuild the Ming Navy, the Ming Navy had already begun to take shape. The number of sailors had already exceeded 60,000, and among them, the number of excellent cannoneers had reached 30,000.
In order to prevent the invasion of the Wei Nation, Qi Jiguang had been sending out scouts to monitor the situation in the Wei Nation.
With the end of the Warring States Period, Japan's national strength grew day by day. Hideyoshi and Nobunaga divided the power of Japan.
In particular, Toyotomi Hideyoshi attracted Qi Jiguang's attention. The Emperor's decree specifically pointed out that this person was his enemy and must not be underestimated.
"Your Majesty, I, Qi Jiguang, will never let down Your Majesty's great trust! A small Japanese who only knows how to wield knives and sticks is a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in my eyes!”
A few days ago, Qi Jiguang's scouts intercepted a secret letter from Hideyoshi to King Liu Qiu.
When Qi Jiguang saw this letter, he was instantly furious!
The secret letter wrote," Now that Japan is about to be unified, I have already sent out ninja killers. Nobunaga will die soon. I will lead the victorious army and take the opportunity to destroy Korea. As long as Korea is destroyed, the Great Ming Empire will have the possibility of conquering the Great Ming Empire."”
Arrogant!
Dream on!
Wolf's ambition!
The secret letter actually dared to directly covet the Ming Empire without concealing it!
When Qi Jiguang found out that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was spying on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, he had already endured a burning ambition in his heart!
Now that the Ming Empire Navy had regained its glory, the manufacturing of ships was like dumplings!
"With a wise ruler ruling the Great Ming, how can a small Japanese like you be allowed to jump up and down!”Qi Jiguang decided to stop Hideyoshi from unifying Japan.
Letting the East Ocean Empire maintain the Warring States Era of mutual killing was the most beneficial for the Darming Dynasty!
The empire was now full of vigor and vitality, and the sea could not stop the majestic aura of the emperor!
Right now, Qi Jiguang was making the best use of his time to train the navy and build all kinds of warships, docking ships, and reconnaissance ships.
In addition to the ships from Zheng He's voyage to the West, the number of large ships in the Great Ming Navy was already sufficient. What they needed was a cannon with strong attack power and fast firing speed…
Qi Jiguang knew the meaning of the emperor's decree, to train elite sailors to cross the sea to fight the pirates!
Place the battlefield in the home of the pirates and make them submit to the Ming Dynasty!
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Yangxin Palace Hall.
When Zhu Houjin finished processing all the memorials, he realized that it was already late at night.
Huang Jin, the eunuch who had been waiting on him, had already reminded him of the time three times in a low voice. He was worried that the emperor would be overworked. After all, the emperor would only be 16 years old in a few days.
The Ming Empire's flourishing national strength was not without the Emperor's diligence, nor without the civil and military officials in the court.
It had been more than half a year since Zhu Houjin ascended the throne. During this time, he had balanced the power struggle in the court and greatly consolidated the imperial power. He had killed the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe, and made the Eastern and Western Embroidered Uniform Guards restrict and supervise each other.
In addition, Zhu Houyi also established Six Fan School to supervise the martial world.
Now, Zhu Houzhen had the power of the world in his hands. His power was so great that he was on par with Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and even surpassed them!
After putting down the last memorial on the Long Shu table, he was about to go to his bedroom to rest when an urgent military report was sent to Yangxin Hall.
Korea was invaded by Japanese pirates and Yuanshan was occupied.
Zhu Houzhen was furious in Yangxin Palace Hall!
The three important ministers of the cabinet and Xu Xudong of the Chamberlain of Dependencies entered the palace that very night to ask for instructions on how to respond.
Xu Xudong, the Minister of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, stood in front of Zhu Houjian, his forehead covered in cold sweat. He did not dare to wipe his sweat in front of the Emperor, or else he would be disrespectful to the Emperor!
As the highest-ranking official in charge of the vassal country's affairs, he actually didn't know anything about the Japanese's actions against Korea.
Holding this urgent military intelligence in his hand, Zhu Houjin paced back and forth. He wished he could immediately order Qi Jiguang to Koryo to destroy the Japanese pirates.
The Goryeo vassal state was the exclusive property of the Ming Empire!
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, a large portion of those pirates are the subordinates of the head of the pirates, Xu Hai, and Xu Hai is Wang Zhi's adopted son.”
Xu Xudong reported carefully.
"Zhen already knew. Xu Xudong, you are in charge of discussing with the cabinet and immediately mobilize the troops.”
"Your Majesty is wise! The reason why the Japanese pirates could not be eliminated was because some of them had connections with foreign countries. If they did not eliminate those who betrayed the empire, it would be impossible to guard against them.”
"If you want to destroy the Japanese, you must first eliminate the traitors. Wang Yangming, you are the Minister of War. I order you to coordinate the Ming Navy and Guangning Wei to assist Korea on both land and water to defeat the Japanese!”
Wang Yangming bowed and said,"Your Majesty, I accept your decree!"”
After kowtowing to the Emperor, Wang Yangming left Yangxin Hall without a moment's pause. He made arrangements overnight to fight against the Japanese!
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