"Go to Japan, what to do in Japan?" Zhu Cihong said curiously.

He doesn't have a good impression of Japan, but he doesn't have any bad feelings either, and the imperial court has had no contact with Japan in the past two years, and I heard that it seems to be because of the lockdown decree issued there.

"There's a big silver mine over there, and there's no problem with producing a million taels of silver a year, isn't it worth visiting?" Liu Hong smiled gradually.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Japan was the largest producer of silver in Asia, of course, because the Ming Dynasty's large silver mines were undiscovered and difficult to mine.

Most of Japan's silver mines are open-pit mining, which is convenient and fast, and how can there be wildflowers at home, and this silver is the same, using your own family's money, and spending other people's money, of course, feels different.

Of course, this is just a joke on the part of Liu Hongji, and the current tension is not enough for Liu Hongjian to go to Japan for a silver mine.

The main reason is the geographical location of Japan, in addition to Qiongzhou and Taiwan, the surrounding area of the Ming Dynasty should be the Japanese islands, the south is blocked by the Dutch, and the Beiyang Naval Division is now repairing, and the breakthrough can only be Japan.

"Brother Liu, don't you ......" Zhu Cihong sat up when he heard this, and his heart suddenly became hot.

Throughout the ages, it has been a meritorious service for the emperor to expand the territory, and he felt that Liu Hong had gradually moved his mind again.

"How can it be so easy, why don't you try it?" Liu Hong gradually glanced at Zhu Cihong and said.

The Beiyang Navy Division killed the two Dutch governors in one fell swoop, and before the Dutch fleet invaded, all the Dutch could do was to bully and bully the overseas forces of the Ming Dynasty.

This includes Dongying Japan, which is not far from Daming, and Jinyiwei has a special den there.

According to the Jinyi Wei report, Cao Sanxi united with Dutch merchants to suppress the Zheng family's industry, and even some Dutch merchants relied on their fleets to instigate Japanese daimyo to kill Han Chinese.

He just wanted to go over and take a look, and by the way, tell the Cao family and the Dutch, who is the master of Asia Minor, and what will happen if he betrays the motherland.

"Okay, okay, hurry up and go to bed, there's something to do tomorrow!" It's not too early, Liu Hong yawned gradually.

"But I'm not sleepy!"

"Then think about how you will explain to the Queen Mother when you return to the palace tomorrow!"

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On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

The Dutch fleet arrived in Taiwan and launched a tentative attack, but Zheng Sen, who had been waiting for a long time, would not give the Dutch a chance, Zheng Sen and Qin Gongming joined forces to defend themselves with the fort and bombard the Dutch warships in the coastal waters.

The Gaoshan tribesmen, who had received the favor of the imperial court, were even more ferocious, and even sneaked to the side of the Dutch warship and attacked the Dutch warship with cluster grenades wrapped in waterproof materials.

Eventually, the Dutch lingered in the Taiwan Strait for four or five days, and after losing three warships, they had to retreat.

Daming has a long coastline, and if one place is not successful, try to change places, and the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Marquis Lancelot, plans to go to Guangzhou Mansion to bang on his luck.

As a result, as soon as they arrived in Guangzhou, they were caught off guard by Huang Daozhou, who was personally in charge, and at the end of February, the Dutch fleet went north along the coast to reach Hujianquanzhou.

Quanzhou is a demonstration area set up by Liu Hongjian on the southeast coast, and Qin Yiming, the commander-in-chief of Quanzhou, has set up countless batteries along the coast, and the fleet of the Marquis of Lancelot has only eaten a thousand cannons once, and then drove the fleet to the open sea.

That's horrible!

The range of the Dutch artillery was not superior to the power of the Daming steel cannon, and the battery had a natural geographical barrier, so even the Dutch could not afford to bombard the battery with a battleship.

It didn't take long for Zhu Cihong to receive the second letter from the Netherlands.

The Dutch said that there is no need to hand over the king of Anguo, and there is no need for the whole country to mourn, just exchange Taiwan for them, and compensate a certain amount of military expenses, and they will withdraw their troops, otherwise their fleet will definitely attack the Ming Dynasty.

But with Liu Hongji's previous convictions, Zhu Cihong just laughed at it, this is because he feels that he can't beat Da Ming's mouth!

Joke! Taiwan is the Ming Dynasty, why should you give it to you, if you have the ability, you will rob it yourself?

But after another half a month, Zhu Cihong couldn't laugh, the long-term economic blockade caused the goods from outside could not come in, and the goods of the Ming Dynasty could not be sold, and the coastal maritime merchants complained, encouraging the people who could not buy the goods they needed to coax.

As a result, there is a lot of chaos in the southeastern provinces, and the people everywhere are boiling with grievances.

The cabinet held several meetings for this purpose, intending to reconcile with the Dutch, and it was impossible for Taiwan to be given to the Dutch, and Zhu Cihong could not agree, but Zhu Cihong agreed to compensate the Dutch for part of their military expenses.

How can it be said that the people also sailed the fleet from distant Europa to Asia Minor, and just went back in disgrace without getting anything, where did the Dutch put their face?

Even Zhu Cihong thinks that this is not too much, he has to give people a step down, leave a line for everything, and meet in the future, right?

But Liu Hongjian did not agree, not only did he disagree, but he also satirized this kind of peace-seeking mentality, which made the meeting unable to go on for a while.

There is no way, Liu Hongchuan has the title of regent on his head, so the right to speak on military affairs is even more than Zhu Cihong, and looking at Zhu Cihong's appearance, it seems that he has been soft, and the courtiers dare not speak out, so they dare not make a mistake.

Liu Hong gradually knows the urine nature of the Europa powers, these guys can't afford to be profitable early, and they bully the soft and are afraid of the hard.

The reputation of the head iron of the Ming Dynasty can not be thrown in his hands like this, when the Tumubao changed, the emperor was taken away by the Mongols, and the court was stunned not to take a penny of ransom, the name of this head iron can only be carried forward in their hands, and it cannot be embarrassed by the ancestors.

It was only a few days later that Jin Yiwei brought a report from Xinjiang Province, which made Liu Hongjian unable to pretend to be thirteen happily.

East Chang'an Street outside the Jinyi Guard Yamen.

"My lord, the heart of the tiger and wolf of the Rakshasa country! You've got to gear up early. Liang Yang, the second commander of the Jinyi guard, stroked his beard and frowned.

Jinyi Wei reported that in order to be the only Gu Jia and his party, the Rakshasa Kingdom did not hesitate to send a large number of troops to besiege Gu Jia and his party of 24 people on the cliff of Kirb.

Thanks to Luo Shizhong, the governor of Xinjiang, Xiaoming of the overall situation, he promptly sent the staff general Nigmaiti to lead his troops into the Rakshasa to rescue Gu Jia's team.

Among the 24 people, in addition to five priests and one child, 16 low-ranking generals of the Ming border army who had served as musketeer instructors in the Chahar Khanate, 14 died in battle, froze to death, and even starved to death on the cliffs of the Kirb.

Five of them jumped off the cliff and died with the Rakshasas, and Xie Xinghua, the deputy of the Jinyi Guard, was killed by four swords......

The Rakshasa country learned that the Ming army had invaded the territory, and the Rakshasa country, which was already angry about the Erkou contract, could no longer hold back, and the soldiers were imminent.

"Is there no one in the Rakshasa Kingdom to deceive me?" Liu Hong gritted his teeth when he heard this.

Xie Xinghua still has some impressions of this kid, although he is very arrogant, but he is never ambiguous under the national righteousness.

After the eighteen instructors completed the training of the Chahar Khanate's musket team, none of them were nostalgic for Chahar Khan's retention, and resolutely gave up their clothes and food to return to the Ming Dynasty.

"Eighteen people, fourteen killed in battle, damn it! Rakshasa woolly bear of dog R! Liu Hong gradually slapped the table, shaking the tea bowl on the table.

There are Dutch besiegers in the southeast, and now they are stationed in the northwest, and the Rakshasa country has seen the dilemma of the Ming Dynasty.

"Lao Liang, use the channel of Jinyiwei to send a letter to Luo Shizhong, the governor of Xinjiang, and Wang Yuanba, the governor of Beihai, asking them to reorganize their armaments and strengthen their defense, and they must not be taken lightly.

In addition, he sent a letter to the Mongolian governor Babala and the northeastern governor Feng Dunhou, asking them to gather their troops to Xinjiang and Beihai.

Grandma's, I can't fight on two fronts for the Ming Dynasty, so this king will let you see what it means to be a great country! ”

On the people, there are more than 60 million in the Ming Dynasty, and there are more than one million troops that can be mobilized in the Ming Dynasty.

Come on, let the storm come more violently, if this king is cowardly, cut off his head and let you wait for the ball to kick!

"It's my lord, after the official appearance, I will send someone to inform you quickly.

Oh, by the way, my lord, Lord Gu Jia Gu will arrive in the capital tomorrow afternoon at the latest. Liang Yang said again.

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