It sounds a bit like a joke, but there is indeed news in the Kyushu region that with the help of pirates, Matsuura Takanobu, who was cowering in Hirado, rose to victory, and on the 13th captured more than ten castles, including Saga Castle, the Ryuzoji family, and took the entire territory of the former country, and even Takanshin himself died in the battle in Saga Castle.

This shocking news of course came from the negotiations between the Matsuura clan and the daimyo of Higo Province such as Sagara and Aso, and in this extremely fast war, the Matsuura clan took the homeland of the Ryuzoji clan as if swallowed by a whale, and followed the Higo Daimyo as a barrier against the southern Shimazu clan in order to deal with the threat of the powerful Otomo clan to the east.

Matsuura Takashi is very clear in his faith, Ryuzoji Temple and Otomo were in wartime, but no matter what, Ryuzoji Takanshin was the Hizen guardian under the command of Otomo Sorin, a Kyushu exploration topic.

Akito plays a decisive role in Hizen's battle, but who they support is too casual and terrifying, and he begins to worry that Otomo will bring more benefits to Akito, and what will happen if he is abandoned.

The three families of Matsuura, Sagara, and Aso reached an alliance in extreme speed, which not only stabilized the hearts of Matsuura Takanobu, but also the hearts of the other two...... Shimazu Yoshihiro is leading his army north in an attempt to get his hands on Higo Province, and at such a critical time for survival, Higo Daimyo has no time to look north, and it is enough for Matsuura Takanobu not to backstab him to the south.

Chen Bazhi went far, but the battle for the destruction of Ryuzoji Temple had already been fought, and the war between Shimazu and Sagara in the south had just begun.

Chen Bazhi didn't care what they would do, no one cared about the generals of the Ming army at all, and this battle was too easy for them to think about whether to continue to expand the results of the war, defeat Otomo in one fell swoop to the east, and then swallow Shimazu to the south, so that Kyushu would completely become the Jiudao Mansion received by the Matsuura clan, and the Ming Dynasty kept its own land.

At this time, the news came from Liaodong - in the summer of the seventh year of Longqing, the emperor died.

This kind of thing happened, which made the elated Chen Bazhi think of Shao Tingda for no reason, seven years ago, it was that big reckless worm who kicked him from the back of his buttocks, crying and screaming.

On the other side of the Han family, Chen Mu, the minister of Nanyang who garrisoned Chen Lai Island to the east, also received the news at about the same time, which was not the same as the news of the death of Emperor Jiajing seven years ago.

In other words, in the eyes of the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, it doesn't matter if the governor of Liangguang doesn't know about it, Chen Mu has to know, not only has to know, but also has to know as soon as possible.

For many people, it doesn't matter if the emperor changes, but for the generals of Nanyang, their fate was changed by an edict from the emperor to Nanyang, and Emperor Longqing was kind to them.

Everyone is like drinking a glass of bitter wine, of course, it is impossible for Chen Mu to let them drink when the world is mourned, but this is the feeling in their hearts, heavy, and they will not cry.

Chen Mu actually expected this, in the letter Zhang Juzheng wrote to himself last year, he specifically mentioned to him not to lead the army to the north, at that time he felt that there was going to be a big change in the court, and the big change must be the emperor's health.

He doesn't know if his recipes have played a role, so that the world has Longqing for seven years, no one can say this kind of thing, maybe because Emperor Longqing took him to visit the vegetable garden once, the things behind it have changed?

At least Chen Mu felt that before the death of Emperor Longqing, his heart should be gratified, in just six or seven years, the Ming Dynasty in his era reversed the emptiness of the treasury, the south and the north defense more pioneering, the river dredging people were slightly exempted from hard labor, the four officials were a little clear, the virtuous ministers were inside and the famous generals were outside, although everything was just beginning, but it was developing in a good direction.

As far as it seems now, his crown prince succeeds to the throne and does nothing, as long as he lives a little longer, he is the Ming monarch who can be counted in the Ming Dynasty.

Even if you are a gentleman, you can't escape birth, old age, sickness and death, and the thought of praying for a few more days doesn't count, Chen Mu feels that the person he is most concerned about should be the prince.

"That's fine."

After receiving the letter, Chen Mu sat in Chen Laidao's official residence for a long time, thinking that Beijing was thousands of miles away without saying a word, so he got up with a deep groan and repeated these three words: "It's okay." ”

Emperor Longqing is okay, as an emperor, he is more bitter, he has suffered from poverty and suffering, and he has taken a few big ideas in his life, but these big ideas are not wrong, and it is okay.

Chen Mu also felt that he could, Longqing had an encounter with him, and he was also loyal to this acquaintance.

It sounds silly to say that you are loyal, but loyalty has always been one of the best human qualities. Everyone is in a different position, and the depth of loyalty is different, but in him, if he does these things well, he thinks that he can be regarded as loyal to the country.

The upper is worthy of the sky, the lower is worthy of the earth, worthy of the elders who know about themselves, and even more worthy of being born with their flesh and blood compatriots.

That's it.

Chen Mu estimated that this battle would be attacked by his own side at the end of the year, so he handed over the Chihai flagship and Deng Zilong's ironclad ship to Chen Lan, and returned to Nanyang Weigang by 500 shark ships to write a letter to the DPRK.

He didn't plan to go back to Beijing, and he had to wait until the war with Spain was over to worship the emperor, but he had to go back to Guangdong, and Nanyangwei had something new.

Back at Nanyang Port, everything on the island has been very different for a few years, and it is not surprising that the warships to be built in dry docks along the coast have slipped into the sea, and what really gives him a sense of accomplishment is the entire Nanyangwei coast.

An unprecedented military powerhouse.

After Chen Mu left Nanyang, there was not much direct management of Nanyangwei's affairs, but the generals and colonels in various places, especially under the management of Lu Bo, the head of the Navy's Wutang Mountain, and Yu Dayou, the governor of the navy, made the management of the five counties belonging to Nanyangwei on the southern coast of Guangzhou Prefecture much stricter, and the most important of them was the Nanyang Ordnance Bureau.

These veterans don't know as much about some things as Chen Mu, but in the field they know, even if they just know, they have the ability to draw inferences.

The Ordnance Bureau is firmly protected, the Nanyang Guard Flag Army, the Wutang Academy, the local battalion soldiers, the local patrol inspection, the quadruple protection does not allow any outsiders to enter, all controlled by the Ministry of War, especially interesting is that the Ordnance Bureau master Guan Yuangu also reached a cooperation with the Wutang Weapons Science and Training, and the research room of the Ordnance Department was set up in the Nanyang Guard.

Guan Jiang has become more and more old in recent years, and the biggest change in his body is that his body, which has been thin all his life, has actually become a little fat when he gets old, and his beard is all white, and his speech has become slow and orderly, but when he saw Chen Mu, his expression became even more fanatical.

"Master, the old man has made it!"

After talking about Chen Mu, what did I let you do?

Following Guan Yuangu's gaze, he looked at a small Taoist temple standing alone on the seaside in the distance, there was a six-storied pagoda in the small courtyard of the Taoist temple, the temple gate was facing north, the back was against the sea, and the whole body was painted green, looking like a blessed land of dragon and tiger Xuantan Daojun.

Each floor of the six-storied pagoda has several dark cannon barrels sticking out, which makes Chen Mu feel that Guan Yuangu's aesthetics have taken a big step closer to him, and this embellishment is so chic.

But the problem is - Chen Mu don't look around, "Guan Jiang, when will I ask you to repair the tower for me?" ”

"It's not a tower, the tower is a drawing drawn by Lao Er asked the Taoist chief, it is a material, and the cement used to repair the tower is the cement that the old man sent to Lao Er in the north, which is very fast, and it will be able to fire guns in it in less than a month!"