Zhu Ciyi was making every effort to prepare for the recovery of Taiwan, but what he didn't expect was that the day of sending troops had not yet arrived, but Qian Qianyi suddenly brought more than a dozen officials into the palace to persuade him to take back his fate!

Zhu Cihean didn't understand a little, why did he recover the land occupied by foreign countries, and Qian Qianyi and others still didn't let him?

"Qian Qianyi, why are you opposing it now!" Zhu Ci said with some anger.

"Your Majesty, Taiwan is far overseas, and it is a barren land, and now a large area of land in the north of the Ming Dynasty is still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, and the two thieves Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have not been exterminated, so it is really not appropriate to make a big move against the barren land!" Qian Qianyi said.

Originally, although Zhu Ciji revealed that he wanted to send troops to recover Taiwan, because the courtiers' understanding of Taiwan was only a barren land overseas, and they did not know how much strength Zhu Ciji planned to use to recover Taiwan at that time, they never raised an objection.

However, Zhu Ciji not only made the two fleets all prepare for war, but also let the Fourth Army of the Yinglong Army also participate in the training of the navy.

Qian Qianyi and others have calculated, according to this scale, the cost of the Ming Dynasty to recover Taiwan will be more than one million taels of silver, or even more than two million taels of silver, how can it be worth it in the barren land overseas!

"Barren land?" Zhu Cicheng felt a little uncomfortable, although Taiwan does not have much population at present, but in Zhu Cizhen's heart is regarded as a treasure island, by no means a barren land, he has an extraordinary emotion for Taiwan, he was incapable before, now the two major naval fleets of the Ming Dynasty have been established, the strength is strong, and it is not a problem to recover Taiwan, since this is the case, Taiwan he must take it back.

"I tell you, although Taiwan is only an overseas island, it is by no means a barren land, it is one of the sacred territories of my Ming Dynasty, and there are more than 200,000 Ming people living on it, how can I allow the Dutch people to continue to occupy it!" Zhu Ci said sternly.

Qian Qianyi looked at Zhu Ci and became a little angry, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and his tone immediately softened.

"However, the emperor, even if you want to recover Taiwan, you can just let one of the two fleets go with a few thousand ordinary soldiers, why let the two fleets and the 20,000 Ying Long army go together, it costs a lot of silver taels, it's not worth it!"

According to Qian Qianyi and others, a mere barren land, a fleet and a few thousand generals are enough, and it seems that the action is too big.

"Okay, you don't need to say much, I have my own opinions, I promise you that all the actions of the Ming Navy fleet will not make Daming lose anything, and all the silver taels spent will be able to be recovered in the future!" Zhu Ci waved his hand and said impatiently.

In any case, the move to recover Taiwan is inevitable, and in the face of the entire Dutch Far East Fleet, the union of the two major fleets of the Navy is also inevitable, as for Ying Long's army, it is Zhu Ci who is on the safe side, after all, in his cognition, the Dutch are all equipped with muskets at present, and ordinary soldiers will definitely suffer casualties and a large amount of pension when they go, and that is the real gain outweighs the loss.

Moreover, the training of the Fourth Army of the Ying Long Army is not only for Taiwan, but also for the important role played by the Northern Expedition to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the future to recover the north, as well as the future overseas troops, all of which require a strong enough force, and the Fourth Army of the Ying Long Army is just right.

"The Emperor"

"Okay, I'm not confused, I know what I'm doing, the two fleets of the left and right navies have just been established, let them attack together this time, so as to test their combat capabilities, Daming doesn't raise useless people."

Qian Qianyi and the others sighed helplessly, seeing Zhu Ci's resolute attitude, they knew that it would be in vain to persuade them any longer, and it would only cost one or two million taels of silver, forget it.

If Qian Qianyi and the others knew that the Ming Navy was facing dozens of warships of the entire Dutch Far East Fleet, not to mention the land battle to recover Taiwan, the battle of light and sea, the cost would not be one or two million taels of silver, and together, this battle to recover Taiwan, without more than five million taels of silver, there is no possibility at all, Qian Qianyi and others will definitely not compromise so easily!

While the Ming Dynasty was preparing for the war, the Dutch Dutch East India Company's Duke of Havelan was also making full preparations.

"Lord Duke, the fleet is fully prepared, and it will be ready to sail to the waters of Taiwan!" An admiral of the Dutch Far Eastern Fleet said to the Duke of Havelan.

"This time, our great Holland represents God to teach the proud Eastern Empire, and we must let them see our strength!" The Duke of Havelan waved his scepter and said arrogantly.

As a relative of the Dutch Emperor of the Netherlands, Havelan was proud to control the Dutch East India Company and the entire Dutch Far East Fleet.

The last time the seventeen warships led by the Viscount of Leicester escorted thirty-three cargo ships were inexplicably attacked by the Ming and all of them were wiped out, which made the Duke of Havelan feel extremely angry.

And the words brought back by the envoy sent to negotiate made the Duke of Havelan almost mad!

What did the Ming Emperor say? Let the great Netherlands take the initiative to withdraw from Taiwan, and pay compensation of 5 million taels of silver, and what is even more odious is that he dares to say that His Majesty the great Netherlands, the holy Netherlands, will come to make amends, this is simply ridiculous, God will not do this! How could the proud Duke of Havelan not be angry, and he vowed to teach the arrogant Eastern Empire a harsh lesson.

To say that the Duke of Avilan is not without a chance of winning, because he knows very well that Daming has a sea ban, and his sea strength is actually not too strong, almost all of it is supported by Zheng Zhilong, presumably it was Zheng Zhilong who attacked Viscount Lester!

Duke Havelan took it for granted that after the Zheng family sailors attacked Viscount Leicester's fleet, although Viscount Leicester's entire army was wiped out, the losses of the Zheng family's sailors would not be Although the strength of the Dutch Far East Fleet was weaker than the Zheng family, but if he wanted to teach them a lesson and make them unable to attack Taiwan, Havelan was confident that his Far East Fleet would still be able to do it.

At present, Taiwan's interests are very large for the Dutch East India Company. It was not only very close to the Ming Dynasty, but also close to Japan and Korea, and was an excellent transit point, and the Dutch East India Company earned no less than two million taels of silver every year through Taiwan, and such a large benefit was impossible for the Duke of Havelan to give up easily.

The remaining 39 warships of the Dutch Far East Fleet were all assembled and rushed towards the waters of Taiwan.

Not only the warships of the Far Eastern Fleet, Havelan also sent a musket battalion of 5,000 people to support Taiwan, vowing to teach the arrogant Eastern Empire a harsh lesson to the Ming Dynasty in Taiwan.

Duke Havelan's idea is undoubtedly excellent, but although most of the strength of the Ming Navy was obtained by annexing the Zheng family's sailors, there are also six powerful Shenwu-class warships, such a powerful strength, it is not certain who will teach whom.

On December 21, the second year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ci ordered the two major fleets of the Navy to join forces with the Fourth Army of the Dragon Army to recover Taiwan.

Nearly 70 warships of the two major fleets and hundreds of troop carriers transporting the Fourth Army of Yinglong Army rushed to Taiwan in a magnificent manner, while on the Dutch side, 39 warships had already sailed to Taiwan's waters to wait, and a big war was about to break out!

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