"I'll give you a year to build a good foundation. If you want to come back later, you can come back anytime, but you must ensure that the shipyard is operating normally.”
"If it's done, you will be the number one person in the Great Ming Navy! Merit lies in the country, fame lies in thousands of years! If you don't do it well, you will be a sinner of the empire. Come back and retire early!”
Zhu Yunwen said solemnly.
Li Jiujiang's mind was filled with the words " Merit is in the country, fame is in the future."
Everyone says that I, Li Jiujiang, am an idiot and incompetent. I can't even compare to my father, Li Wenzhong. Then, I, Li Jiujiang, must do something!
The number one in the Ming Navy!
I, Li Jiujiang, will definitely be the one!
"This subject will not dishonor your orders even if I die!"
Li Jiujiang kowtowed.
Zhu Yunwen's eyes were filled with anticipation.
Although the Ming Dynasty had encountered many crises in the past few hundred years, the navy had never lost a single battle!
It could be said with pride that the Ming Navy was the most powerful navy in this era!
Whether it was the Portugal, Japanese, or the Dutch, none of them were a match for the Ming Dynasty navy!
Of course, the Ming Dynasty's navy was at its peak during Zhu Di's era. There were 1,470 warships, 1,470 patrol ships, 400 large ships, and 400 grain transport ships!
Apart from that, there were also 280 voyage treasure ships! This did not include the large number of law enforcement ships and messenger ships.
However, Zhu Yunwen believed that as he continued to change history, Emperor Yongle Zhu Di would no longer appear in history. His title could only be King Yan!
Thus, the Ming Navy and Ming Navy needed to be built by themselves!
Although Li Jiujiang was an idiot and a traitor in history, what if he made good use of him?
As long as Zhu Di did not rebel, as long as he did not side with Zhu Di, he did not mind making use of everyone!
Li Jiujiang accepted Zhu Yunwen's secret edict and left the palace happily.
Li Zengzhi was right. This was his chance! A chance to leave his name in history!
A chance to surpass his father, Li Wenzhong!
The King of Yan's plan?
F * ck him.
What I want to do now is the most important thing in the empire.
" As for the King of Yan, it's best that you stay in Beijing obediently. If you delay your own reputation and the Li family's reputation, then you will be my enemy!
A person's position was often determined by where they stood.
And where he stood could be changed.
Zhu Yunwen was not sure if he could change Li Jiujiang, but it did not matter. He was no longer a threat. At least for a year, he had to stay in Guangzhou and could not secretly contact Zhu Di.
This was enough.
As for the Great Ming Navy, Li Jiujiang was only in charge of the backup plan.
It was naturally gratifying that he succeeded.
If it didn't work, it didn't matter.
Because the real Ming Navy fleet had already been secretly activated at the Longjiang Shipyard outside Nanjing's Dinghuai Gate, and the person in charge was Zhu Yunwen himself. The next morning, Li Jiujiang, Li Zengzhi, Xu Zengshou, and the others gathered thousands of soldiers on the drill ground.
Zhu Yunwen led a group of princes and ministers to personally send them off, and delivered a passionate speech of " Eternal peace in the South China Sea, protect my mountains and seas ", which made Zhu Di, Ning Wang, Xu Huizu and the others feel their blood boil.
Everyone thought that Li Jiujiang would be dejected and passively resist. After all, they were going to Guangzhou. Not only was the journey far, but the place was also backward and far from the prosperity of the capital. Going there to fight was no different from being banished.
However, no one had expected that Li Jiujiang would be in high spirits, mighty and heroic, without any resentment or decadence. He swore that he would never return the pirates if they were unjust, and told the Emperor to eat, sleep, and play well. He would wait for his good news in peace. Then, he laughed and rushed out of Zhengyang Gate with his men.
Xu Huizu didn't know what was going on. He glanced at Zhu Yunwen and then looked away.
Zhu Yunwen's explanation for Xu Zengshou joining the southern expedition was to let Xu Zengshou supervise Li Jiujiang on his behalf. If Li Jiujiang did anything inappropriate, he could report it secretly.
Xu Huizu did not fully agree with this explanation. The Emperor was clearly transferring the dignitaries related to the King of Yan out of the capital to weaken the King of Yan's power.
Since His Majesty did not say it, Xu Huizu did not dare to ask.
After all, he was Xu Zengshou's elder brother. If the Emperor thought that Xu Zengshou was Zhu Di's man, how would he think of him?
In the next few days, Zhu Yunwen focused his attention on the new army's strategy and personally participated in the implementation of the new army's training and related policies. Xu Huizu, Tie Xuan, Xie Jin, and others continued to participate in perfecting the new army's policy and training methods.
Zhu Yunwen promoted Song Sheng, the commander of the Central Army Dudu Mansion, to the right commander of the Central Army Dudu Mansion. Because of his meritorious service in guarding Xiliang, he was granted the title of Pingqiang General and ordered him to participate in the training of the new army.
Yang Wen, commander of Liaodong, was granted the title of Marquis Dongyuan and guarded Liaodong.
Xu Zhong, commander of Jiyang Wei, was transferred to Guizhou and led the town of Tusi.
Chen Heng, the governor of North Zhili, was transferred to Fujian and stationed along the coast.
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In the next few days, Zhu Yunwen either appointed or transferred a group of generals. If one looked carefully at the map, one would find that these people were either going for Zhu Di or because of him.
While Zhu Di was still in the capital, Zhu Yunwen set up a large net from Liaodong to Datong, from Monan to Shandong, from Beiping Prefecture to Shanhaiguan and Kaiping. A total of hundreds of thousands of troops completely sealed Beiping.
Zhu Yunwen's series of movements naturally did not escape Zhu Di's eyes and ears, but Zhu Di had no choice but to watch Zhu Yunwen's actions again and again, inserting a group of powerful people into his confidant.
Zhu Di knew that Zhu Yunwen didn't take any action. He was waiting for him to surrender!
However, Zhu Di did not want to give up just like that! The filial piety was finally over.
Zhu Yunwen took control of the new army and pushed for the reform of the army. He also took care of the people's livelihood, redressed the unjust imprisonment during the Hongwu period, and reduced taxes in Guangxi, Guizhou, and other places.
It won the hearts of the people, eased the conflict in the empire, and maintained a relatively stable situation.
What surprised the court was that Zhu Yunwen had never thought of cutting off the vassals from the beginning to the end. He did not even mention it. He only called some vassal kings into the palace from time to time to talk about family affairs. They were quite close.
Zhu Di, on the other hand, had been staying in the King Yan's residence and rarely went out.
On this day, Zhu Di was reading the art of war in the residence when he suddenly heard Qiu Fu shouting outside the door,""Greetings, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty.”
Zhu Di was suddenly shocked. Zhu Yunwen actually came to the Yan King's residence in person?
"Get up."
Zhu Yunwen was dressed in ordinary clothes, followed by Jiang An, Jiang Wu, and Xu Huizu.
Zhu Di quickly opened the door and looked at Zhu Yunwen's warm face. He wanted to bow, but Zhu Yunwen came forward and helped him up."Imperial uncle, zhen is only here today for family, not for the emperor.”
"Good, good, good."
Zhu Di said a few words of agreement and invited her over."Your Majesty, please take a seat. Qiu Fu, serve tea.”
Zhu Yunwen walked into the study, walked to the table, picked up Sun Tzu's Art of War, and gently read,"The momentum of a good fighter is like turning a round stone on a thousand-foot mountain. I heard that Imperial Uncle used troops, so I was very good at using power.”
When Zhu Di heard this, he was secretly shocked and quickly said,"No, I'm just carrying out Taizu's plan.”
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