open sea

Chapter 620 Death
On the desk of the yamen are the results of the latest training and assessment handed in by the instructors of the five arms of cavalry, artillery, infantry, engineering, and transportation. Three days ago, the Beiyang Military Mansion had just completed the first joint drill of the five soldiers with a unit of one thousand households. Shanghao, three thousand households were deducted varying salaries.

Only 230 of the [-] personnel in the first phase of the Beiyang Army were able to receive all the rewards after the six-month drill. Nearly half of the banner troops did not even receive basic salaries when they failed to meet the standards in many assessments. less than.

The goal of becoming an army in June has not been achieved. The instructors of each army have given a new training plan and redesigned the training time. They have designed a three-month more targeted intensive training so that all banner troops can meet the assessment standards.

"How does Duke Gao plan to do this?"

Chen Lin folded his hands behind his back and looked around the furnishings in the conference hall of the Beiyang Military Mansion. Hearing Chen Mu's question, he turned his head and took out a letter with a smile, and said, "I knew you would ask this question. Here is the letter from Duke Gao. He Don't let me tell you, just let me see if the two of you want to go together."

Chen Mu was stunned for a moment, then took the letter and read it slowly. After reading two lines, his eyes narrowed with a smile, and said, "Grandpa Gao is also interesting!"

In fact, this is not Gao Gong’s letter to Chen Mu, but a letter that Gao Gong intends to deliver to Portugal, Goa, Mughal, Arakan and other countries along the coast of India. Gao Gong did not specify the name of the country in the letter. But the words are very serious, and the whole letter has a strong sense of sympathy.

The letter is concise and to the point. After all, he has been an important minister of the emperor and the chief assistant of the empire. The writing has the atmosphere of a big country, but the meaning of the letter is actually only three points.

First, the Ming Dynasty has strict customs protection. Regardless of whether the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty or the merchant ships of the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, they have to go through multiple customs inspections when they go west to Malacca. It's all very disrespectful behavior.

Second, in view of the fact that the pirates who attacked various places were indeed involved, the Great Ming Ocean Fleet will sail along the coast with this letter from now on, and there will be a large number of merchant ships transporting materials such as porcelain, tiles, and adhesives, as well as craftsmen. It is necessary to purchase and hire craftsmen to repair the port. The Western Military Government will set a reasonable price and build Ming merchant guilds in various places to strengthen the relationship between Ming and other countries.

Thirdly, apart from sailing to eliminate pirates, the Western Fleet of the Ming Army is willing to sell a batch of Franc machine guns and matchlock guns to Western countries at the same price as the vassal state, so as to help the countries suppress bandits; and to prevent pirates from harassing the countries again Ports, according to the size of the ports of various countries, are willing to send garrisons ranging from 330 to [-] to [-] people to assist port defense and protect merchants from the Tang Dynasty.

"Brother, tell me the truth." Chen Mu flipped the letter under his hand, raised his head and said to Chen Lin: "Did Lin Afeng be ordered by Duke Gao to attack the port?"

"Didn't you send him?"

Chen Lin was dumbfounded by Chen Mu's question, and sat on the chair for a long time before scratching his face and said, "Well, this is not what I thought, Gao Gong, Yin Yangshi, Zhang Shichen, and Bai Jingchen all thought that Lin Afeng It was assigned by you to attack the countries, and you are not surprised to hear Puyi’s complaints, so why would you say so?”

Everyone who co-authored felt that he was the one who did such a bad thing?

Chen Mu opened and closed his mouth several times, and finally hugged his arms in front of his chest with a bit of resentment, and finally spread out one hand angrily and said to Chen Lin: "Lin Feng is a pirate, but we have an appointment first, he You can go to Haojing for supplies without attacking Ming ships, and you have been cooperating since then, but you have never been awarded an official position. Pirates attacked several ports and plundered passing merchant ships. How surprised do you want me to be?"

"At most, I will go to the north and give him a map of the world, just because I am afraid that I will be transferred to another place after the report, and a sea hero will be killed by the successor of Nanyang. Let him know that there are many good places in the world. Fight to the death in the nest." After speaking, Chen Mu released the wrist guards of both arms and put them on the table, shook off the big sleeves of the crimson official robe and said, "I always advocate that this king is against barbarians, and you all know it."

"How about assigning Lin Feng to attack, and then instructing Nanyang and Xiyang to clean up the mess? In my opinion, it is not necessary, so I didn't think about that direction. I think Duke Yin can clean up the west with only a dignified formation. .”

As Chen Mu said, he raised his hand covering the letter slightly, and pointed to the channel: "But Gao Gong's watertight method, I think Lin Feng was sent by him. Arms, the dispatch of garrisons in various ports, what he said was justified and well-founded, and Lin Feng was not mentioned from the beginning to the end."

"Gao Gong thinks that Lin Feng has done a good job?"

"It's not so good. This is a bad thing that violates the law and discipline. But all the ministers in Nanyang think that it is not a bad thing to have Lin Feng overseas. Pirates have existed since ancient times, and the suppression is inexhaustible. Even if an army is sent to destroy them now, In the future, if there is no Lin Feng, there will be Liu Feng and Yang Feng."

Chen Lin sat on the second seat in the meeting hall, leaning on his knees with one hand and putting the other on the edge of the table, and said: "Instead, it's better to have Lin Feng in the sea today, who can restrain the largest group of pirates in the world and not attack the Ming Dynasty. Ships, when needed, can also be used to annex pirates from other countries that disrupt trade routes. How you control pirates is obvious to all in Nanyang, so Duke Gao intends to continue to implement your policy on pirates until—— —”

Chen Mu has been listening carefully, and then said: "Until Lin Fengwei is old?"

"Correct."

"You can rest assured that if one day Lin Feng becomes an enemy of Guochao, Gao Gong has already placed an eyeliner beside him. Last year, three middle-level generals and four graduates from the Nanyang Lecture Hall were transferred. They don't know each other. Lin Feng rebelled today and will be killed tomorrow, and the pirates will naturally fall apart."

Chen Mu frowned, Gao Gong must have been playing Infernal Affairs a bit ruthlessly, he said: "The students of the martial arts hall are the pride of heaven, let them go to pirates to seek life, there must be resentment in their hearts, in terms of knowledge and ability, they can't They are much bigger than Lin Feng, and in time, they can easily become the servants of Lin Feng's humerus, even if they can stab Lin Feng to death, there will be a second Lin Feng, and they are even more powerful than Lin Feng."

"I'm used to making waves, how can I recall them?"

Chen Lin shook his head slowly, and said: "They are dead, Gao Gong never planned to recall them from the beginning, and the order he gave them was not to inform Lin Feng of the situation at any time. As long as you don’t recite Da Ming, Da Ming will always be their backing——Gao Gong found a few big merchants from Haojing and Yuegang, intending to let them follow the fleet to find where Lin Feng is, and buy back the goods he looted at a low price before selling them Once, alas!"

As he said that, Chen Lin sighed heavily, looked at Brother Yi with incomprehensible eyes, and said, "No matter how upright a person sits in the position of Minister of Nanyang, it will become like this!"

Chen Lin, who was in Nanyang, could feel that many ministers tried their best to bring back the Ming Dynasty's overseas policy to the dignified formation of Zheng He's era, and to make less use of these flamboyant things, but helplessly, the tone of the entire Nanyang military government had been changed by one of his own clan Brother set, can not change.

Chen Mu ignored his ridicule, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and asked, "What are the names of those seven people? Do they have parents and children?"

Chen Lin froze for a moment, he was so grown up, shaking his head like a rattle, and said: "It's not that I didn't tell you, in fact, no one knows about it, only Gao Gong, me, and Bai Jingchen in Nanyang know about it. As for the surnames of those seven people, only Gao Gong knows, but if you want to find out, it’s not impossible to find out—Gao Wuguan has adopted sixteen adopted children.”

"Old Gao's bloodline is flourishing!"

Chen Mu raised his hand and was stunned for a while, then laughed dumbly, and said, "Forget it, don't check."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)