Emperor Longqing studied the map sent by Bai Yuanjie to intercept Fanyi all night, but he didn't understand it.

Chen Mu looked at the map of the Spaniards in the cabinet, and he could only read it halfway.

"Your Majesty, this, this should be a shark, that is a big eight ribbon fish, all of which are things that scare oneself." Chen Mu looked at the mermaid kraken and the big octopus on the sheepskin map, and his face was full of indescribable depression, there were too many strange things on the map, he pointed to the map and said: "We are here, the Beijing division is here, the northwest is here, and Guangdong is here, they have never been to us, so the picture is all based on guessing." ”

Without the Arctic Circle, India, Indochina and the Ming Dynasty were drawn directly into a large circle, and the voyage from Fujian to Japan was drawn a few days downwind from eight zhang.

Chen Mu smiled and saluted Emperor Longqing, pointed to the sheepskin map like a vain minister, and said, "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with this map. ”

He drew two lines with his finger on the parchment from top to bottom, from left to right, and then pointed to the middle: "In the middle of the map is this place, their country, quite fine. But they drew Da Ming in the corner, which is not right. The minister thought that he had to understand them and let them change. ”

"Ahem!"

Zhang Juzheng pointed to the map with a calm face and said, "Chen Shuai, get down to business." ”

Chen Mu smiled embarrassedly, turned around and took out the map from the cylinder behind him, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this is the minister's sea chart, Guangdong in the north, Malacca in the west, Japan in the east, and Luzon in the south. ”

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other, this town is like a southern expedition all day long...... He didn't put Da Ming in the middle on his map!

"This is what Your Majesty wants to know about Shangchuan Island, in the past, when Guanghaiwei was there, there were dozens of garrisons on Shangchuan Island, but later the last general Nanyangwei withdrew the garrison and patrolled with warships, this time it was not blocked by Fanyi, it should be because of the shortage of warships."

Kamikawa Island is very close to Hojing, and it is overseas to the west south of the Acropolis of Guanghai.

Chen Mu pointed and said: "Luzon is slightly east south of Guangdong, they attacked Guangdong with the wind, and did not choose to attack Nanyang Port, the eastern gateway, and it is very wise to attack Haojing, if it invades on a large scale, Haojing alone will not be able to resist, but this also just shows that its troops are insufficient, so they swim to Shangchuan Island." ”

Gao Gong was deeply surprised that Chen Mu relied on a single picture, this is all made up, right?

"How?" he asked. ”

"The forts on that island were all snatched from the Portuguese when the last general Xiangshan Qianhu was in the hands of the Portuguese people, a total of ......"

Emperor Longqing frowned and interrupted, and said without worry: "Robbed? ”

"Ah, the minister lost his words, please punish your majesty. How can there be their own robbers, Haojing is His Majesty's land, that will just arrive in Xiangshan, the minister looked at Haojing on the hundreds of Portuguese soldiers, the island and the north-facing fort is not happy, and then went to the island to negotiate with the Portuguese, they are also some merchant military leaders, do not know the etiquette and are full of defense. ”

"The ministers know their reason, they are still very sensible, so they will dedicate the fort to Your Majesty."

"At that time, the governor's military gate was Zhang Butang of the Ministry of Industry, and the last general proposed to add 300 households to garrison in Haojing, which was after all the gateway to Guangdong of the national dynasty, and later the Japanese invaded, strengthened the forts, and added new artillery, and when the minister left, there were only eight forts on the island, and the garrison was 300, plus the wharf Lifu and the Portuguese merchants who paid more taxes to the imperial court, and there were only 500 people when they were full."

"Therefore, Xiyi came to attack this time, and the troops were not enough carelessly, and they would soon be able to repel them."

Hearing Chen Mu say this, Emperor Longqing was a little relaxed, but he still asked with palpitations: "According to Chen Qing's experience, Xiyi will not cause such turmoil as the previous Japanese Rebellion?" ”

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng also looked at Chen Mu, it's not that others don't look at it, it's really that the cabinet ministers were all expelled by the high cabinet elders, and Yin Shidan, who beat Gao Gong, also officially said goodbye a few days ago, and now Zhang Siwei, who has been supported by Gao Gong all the way, has not yet entered the cabinet, and only he and Zhang Juzheng are left among the cabinet ministers.

Chen Mu shook his head categorically, and said categorically: "Your Majesty, rest assured, it will definitely not, its invasion will be repulsed soon, and maybe even at this moment, the Guangdong generals have already defeated it." ”

"But since the Battle of Tuen Mun during the Zhengde period, the dispute between the dynasty and the Francois has not stopped, and the minister thinks that it is time to settle it once and for all." Chen Mu explained: "Just like the military battles in the past, the bow and crossbow came first; In today's world, guns are crowns; This is all because it is not necessary to kill the enemy in close combat, and the enemy is at sea and I am on land, so the strategy will inevitably be superior, but just like in the time of the Japanese rebellion, the coastal people are deeply disturbed. ”

"The minister thought it was time to go south, and there were three benefits, and the maritime affairs were annoying, and once and for all, the sea frontier Antai would be one benefit for thirty years; Manchurian, Molucca, and Luzon, all of which were originally vassal vassals of the national dynasty, are now occupied by Xiyi successively, destroying the country and killing the king, capturing the people's property and goods, and fighting to re-promote the country's prestige and submit to the foreign envoy vassal state, which is for two benefits. ”

"As for the three benefits, it is to control the domestic shipping routes, which can transport a large amount of goods back for the imperial court and supplement the needs of the national treasury."

Chen Mu's mouth was like a river, but Emperor Longqing was noncommittal, at least he was not convinced, he said: "Chen Qing is taking risks." ”

Gao Gong bowed his head slightly, and said to Chen Mu: "What Your Majesty wants to listen to is not bewitchment, but temple calculation." ”

"Gao Ge Lao, this is exactly the temple calculation. All those who fight must rely on it, Xiyi crosses the ocean, and it takes several months for ships to be mobilized; Our army is close to the city, from Nanyang Port to Luzon in 10 days, even if there is no wind, it can be reached in January, and our ships have been transported back and forth three times, but they cannot reach once. ”

"When it comes to warships and gunboats, I may not be strong, but they will be weak; In terms of logistical baggage, I am three times faster; In terms of the large number of people and the wide land, the country and the dynasty are stronger and more than ten times that of the west. ”

"A country that can fight does not talk lightly about war, and a general who is good at war does not talk about war lightly, war is a risk, but war is an opportunity! Therefore, Gao Ge asked Chen Mou that he needed to dispatch soldiers and wealth for the southern expedition? ”

Chen Mu saluted the emperor and his ministers in a dignified manner, and said: "For example, Your Majesty and the imperial court have appointed ministers to the minister of Nanyang, and the prime minister of foreign affairs. With the full support of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division and the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, if there is a peacetime war, more military salaries and military rations are needed, and the ministers only need the financial, material and human resources of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division, and please ask Your Majesty to give an edict and a military flag and a flag, then there is no need for the imperial court to spend an extra one or two silvers and a grain of rice——"

"Before next winter, the imperial court can set up another governor in Luzon, and the annual silver will be one million taels." Chen Mu arched his hand, and then pointed to the map of Malacca and said: "But Malacca is not good, attack Xiyi first, and deter the Portuguese, otherwise there will be no merchants at sea, and the goods will not be sold." ”

"As for the odds of victory, if the war goes on so far, at least sixty percent." Chen Mu saw that the expressions of everyone in the pavilion were not resistant, they were all thinking deeply, and then said: "After all, the sea is stormy and the waves are urgent, if the imperial court sends a supervising army to be familiar with military affairs, it is naturally the best, in addition, if you expel Luzon Xiyi, you also need the imperial court to send officials who know the army and good governance to assist in governance and help the vassals." ”

Chen Mu stopped talking, and waited for the emperor and the ministers to make a decision.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were thinking in their hearts, but Emperor Longqing had already asked: "I don't know yet, what is the edict that Chen Qing wants?" ”

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