In the court, Zhu Houzhao no longer paid any attention to the White Lotus Society. In Zhu Houzhao's eyes, the White Lotus Society was nothing to worry about.
As for those officials who were related to the White Lotus Society, they were naturally interrogated by the Ministry of Justice. Zhu Houzhao did not have the time to personally question them.
The emperor was busy every day and could not do everything himself. If the emperor had to do everything himself, he would not be able to finish it even if he died of exhaustion.
Now that these officials had been transferred from the East Chamber to the Ministry of Justice, it was already the greatest mercy to them. After all, when the Ministry of Justice decided a case, it would leave behind youths under the age of sixteen. This was also Zhu Houzhao's last mercy to them.
The case of the White Lotus Society was finally over. The White Lotus Society was purged from top to bottom. Nine of the main leaders of the White Lotus Society were executed, and three of the ordinary members who joined the White Lotus Society were executed.
In the Emperor's rage, the number of people implicated in the White Lotus Society case reached 180,000. All 180,000 people were killed, and none survived.
This case was huge and the number of killings was the highest in the empire.
The case of the White Lotus Society involved many prestigious families and officials of the imperial court.
Even if they were rich and powerful, they would still die if the White Lotus Society was involved!
This massacre had caused the aristocratic families to tremble in fear.
This massacre had killed almost all the corrupt officials of the empire.
The massacre had made the easily bewitched citizens of the empire realize the viciousness of the White Lotus Society. Perhaps they did not know what the White Lotus Society did, but the citizens of the empire knew that once they joined the White Lotus Society, they would implicate three tribes and would not be forgiven!
In order to avoid being killed, he had to stay away from the White Lotus Society!
When the emperor was angry, millions of people would die!
Who dared to disobey the emperor's edict?
……
Dragon Guarding Mountain Villa.
The four secret agents under God Marquis Ironguts and Zhu Bu also returned from the desert.
This time, when the empire used troops against the Tartar, Zhu Bujue's subordinates went deep into the desert and slaughtered the Tartar royal family. They killed all the leaders and families of the Tartar grassland tribes.
Genghis Khan's royal bloodline had been slaughtered by them, and they had brought back as many as nine hundred heads.
The owners of each head were once heroes of the grasslands.
But now, they were the spoils of war for the imperial secret agents.
The four subordinates of Iron-guts Deity Marquis dreamed of entering the Forbidden City and meeting the emperor they admired, the man with the greatest power in the world.
The Imperial Secret Service had made a great contribution to the Empire's successful extermination of the Tartars. If they hadn't killed the leaders of the grassland tribes, the soldiers of the Bureau of Military Personnel wouldn't have been able to annex the entire grassland so easily and increase the Empire's territory by a thousand miles.
A thousand miles in depth was a very vast territory.
Riding a horse into the grassland, traveling a thousand miles from north to south, east to west, and dividing the territory!
This was called a thousand miles in depth. The war against the Tartars had increased the Empire's strategic depth by a thousand miles.
……
The capital, which had been under martial law for fifteen days, was finally lifted. The Jinyiwei at the city gate allowed the people to enter and leave the capital again.
However, compared to before the rebellion of the White Lotus Society, there were many times more guards in the capital. The disguised foreigners of the West Chamber were also mixed in the crowd…
Although the White Lotus Society case was cruel, it was already in the past.
……
In the court, Zhu Houzhao looked at all the officials.
"Dear ministers, who is my capable minister in this world? Who can be my navy governor…"
After Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Jian stepped forward and said,""Your Majesty, I recommend Wang Hong, the judge of Guangdong Province, to be the naval governor! Wang Hong was good at military strategy and knew how to build. He commanded the navy all year round and patrolled the coast. He could take on a great responsibility!”
As soon as Liu Jian finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao immediately thought of Wang Hong.
Wang Hong placed a lot of importance on the Empire's navy. It could be said that it was because of Wang Hong's efforts that the Empire's navy had never lost.
Even in the later years of the Imperium, when the Imperium was already extremely weak, the navy of the Imperium was still known as the strongest navy!
Even in the last years of Chongzhen, when the empire was about to collapse, the imperial navy still defeated the invincible Dutch fleet.
The dynasty's navy had never claimed to be invincible, nor had it claimed to be the best, but it had defeated the so-called invincible fleet one after another.
In Zheng He's era, the Empire's navy had never been called the best in the world. This was because in Zheng He's era, the other maritime powers were still looking down on the ocean and didn't even have a single ship that could go out to sea.
There was no second place in the world, so how could he be called first?
In that era, Zheng He's fleet was the only fleet in the world that could go out to sea.
The name of Zheng He's fleet was the dream of many western explorers. Everyone had a ship's log, and this ship's log was recorded by Zheng He.
Even after 500 years, the logbook still used the regulations of Zheng He's era to record the course, speed, position, weather, tide, sea surface, and sailing route...
Zheng He's logbook was the treasure of all western countries.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Empire's navy defeated all the barbarian fleets that dared to challenge the Empire's coast!
Ever since the Imperial Navy appeared in this world, it had been using cheats to crush all countries. Whether it was in terms of scale or combat power, it far surpassed the fleets of other countries at the same time.
Wang Hong was the most important figure in the history of the Imperial Navy. He was also the second most important figure in the history of the Imperial Navy.
Wang Hong's greatest achievement wasn't defeating the barbarian fleet. His greatest achievement was allowing the Empire's navy to succeed Zheng He and stand at the top of the world.
With Wang Hong's construction, the Imperial Navy had always been the strongest navy in the world.
Zhu Houzhao had finally found a talent. Zhu Houzhao believed that if he put Wang Hong in an important position, the empire's navy would recover to its peak in a very short period of time.
"Wang Hong! Wang Hong! Where is Wang Hong now?"
"Your Majesty, Wang Hong is building coastal defense in Tanggu."”
"Send an edict to summon him to the capital!"
"Yes."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the other officials and said,""Do you have any other candidates?”
As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, a group of officials stepped forward and recommended other officials. Among them, there was no lack of Commander Qi Jingtong of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, and the West Hall's Hall Master Yu Huatian…
However, no one was more suitable for the position of Navy Governor than Wang Hong!
Tanggu!
Wang Hong, who was dressed in military uniform, looked at the huge ships in the shipbuilding bureau and sighed.
The huge ship docked at Tanggu Port was Zheng He's Treasure Ship.
This Zheng He Treasure Ship was the main ship of Zheng He's fleet. It was 44 Zhang long and 18 Zhang wide.
Ming Dynasty's one zhang was 2.83 meters.
The Zheng He Treasure Ship in front of Wang Hong was 125 meters long and 50 meters wide…
Zheng He's Treasure Ship was a 16-cannon main ship. On one side of the ship were eight cannons weighing 7,000 jin. The cannons could shoot for six nautical miles.
To operate this Zheng He Treasure, 200 sailors, 80 cannoneers, and five people for each turret…
Wang Hong sighed." Sigh, I didn't expect that in just a hundred years, the empire would not have the financial resources to support this ship to go out to sea. What a waste of natural resources…"
……
In Nanyang, the Hong Yi Franks were stationed on a small island outside the empire's territory, carefully investigating the situation of the empire.
These Franks relied on the advantage of ships to roam the seas.
This time, the Franks were piloting their famous Franks. These ships were ten feet long and thirty feet wide. There were more than forty oars on both sides and more than thirty blunderbuss around them. When they were connected, they fired their blunderbuss and they were invincible!
These Franc ships were the most advanced ships in the world, and they were also the largest ships in their hearts.
However, in their eyes, the invincible Folang Mecha Ship was several times weaker than Zheng He's Treasure Ship!
Zheng Hebao was forty-four feet long and eighteen feet wide.
These Hong Yi people boasted of their most advanced Buddhist boats in the world. They were only small boats that were ten zhang long and thirty zhang wide.
The smallest size of Zheng He's fleet was 160 feet long and 60 feet wide…
These Hong Yi people claimed to be the most advanced ships in the world, yet they did not even have the qualifications to join Zheng He's fleet.
And Zheng He's fleet was a fleet from a hundred years ago!
……
The Flang Mecha sailors on the island were very excited. They even sang a ballad.
"Set sail in the face of gold, chasing the route of senior, to find the greatest route!”
They yearned for the holiness of the Empire…
They had grown up listening to Zheng He's sailing stories. In their hearts, the Empire had always been a sacred empire because a hundred years ago, Zheng He had accomplished a feat that they had yet to accomplish!
The sea route left behind by Zheng He was known as the Great Sea Route.
The navigation techniques they were using now were all left behind by Zheng He. Whether it was the nautical compass, nautical diary, nautical map, captain system, they were all copies of Zheng He's system.
Even the flags they used were rules left behind by Zheng He's era…
From the beginning to the end, nothing had changed…
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