Ming Empire

Chapter 294
Cao Yue let Zheng Sen into the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and followed him to do things.Such an arrangement surprised Zheng Zhilong and his son, and they also thought of countless possible reasons.But none of them guessed Cao Yue's real intention. Cao Yue just wanted to train Zheng Sen to be an outstanding general, his confidant, and someone he could control and trust because of Zheng Chenggong's reputation in history.

The relationship between Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhilong is not very good, and Zheng Zhilong doesn't like the eldest son.And Zheng Sen also has a lot of prejudices against his father and is very dissatisfied.This time Zheng Zhilong was unwilling to accept the imperial edict at first, which made him even more worried and afraid, and he had several quarrels with Zheng Zhilong because of this.Although Zheng Zhilong finally made a wise decision not to fight against the court, the relationship between father and son has not improved significantly.

Zheng Sen is indeed a passionate young man who admires heroes. After hearing about Cao Yue's deeds, he was very envious and admired. This time he actually received a private letter from Cao Yue, who praised him and asked him to work in Nanjing.This flattered him, and he hoped to get more surprises after meeting Cao Yue.There was really a surprise that came to him after seeing Cao Yue, and Cao Yue gave him great encouragement, which made him ecstatic.

He made up his mind in his heart that he must follow Cao Yue in the future, make outstanding military exploits, achieve fame, and contribute his strength to the prosperity of Ming Dynasty.

After Cao Yue contacted Zheng Sen several times, he immediately found that this person, who was about his age, admired him very much and wanted to gain his trust and reuse.He also made up his mind that it must be cultivated, and through brainwashing, let Zheng Sen become his most staunch supporter, and he will be reused in the future.

The reorganization of the Fujian Navy is also about to begin. Cao Yue asked Lu Daqi, the minister of the Ministry of War, and his confidants and favorite generals Cao Jie and Huang Degong to go to Fujian to carry out the reorganization task. Jin Yiwei Zhang Shize assisted in completing this task.

Then the little emperor Zhu Cijiong formally issued an edict to formally form the Ming Dynasty Guards Naval Force based on the original Navy Division, and set up three major fleets: the North Sea Fleet was established based on the Daming Navy Division commanded by the former Cao Yue, and the scope of the theater included the outer seas of Beijing and Tianjin. and the inland rivers and lakes north of the Yangtze River; on the basis of the former Fujian Navy, the East China Sea Fleet was established, and the theater range was divided into the first part of the Fujian Navy and the front line of Guangzhou. The naval warships formed the South China Sea Fleet, and the combat area was the waters off Guangzhou and the rivers and lakes outside the defense areas of the other two fleets.

Cao Ming served as the admiral of the North Sea Fleet, a figure newly discovered by Cao Yue. The general Shi Lang who originally served under Zheng Zhilong was appointed as Cao Ming's deputy; He was transferred to be the admiral of the South China Sea Fleet, responsible for the formation and training of the fleet, and Huang Daozhou served as his deputy.

Cao Yue's Daming navy is still small in scale, and the warships are all wooden. Except for the fleet led by Cao Ming equipped with a large number of new artillery, which has strong combat effectiveness, the other two fleets are very weak in combat effectiveness.Cao Yue plans to spend 20 years to build the three major fleets into the largest and most powerful navy in the world, and then begin to conquer the world.

Everything has to be done slowly, steam technology has to be developed, ironclad fleets have to be made, newer artillery and other weapons have to be developed.In this way, Ming's naval strength can be greatly improved, and it will have the capital and strength to conquer the world.

The Royal Military Academy of Ming Dynasty was also under the personal management of Cao Yue, and was soon established near the Yanziji Camp.Cao Yue personally served as the dean and participated in teaching in person.The courses offered by the college were also selected by Cao Yue himself, and the teachers were selected from senior generals and scholars. The courses included political ideology, military command, logistics management, classification of various technical arms, and so on.

The first batch of students was also recruited immediately after the establishment of the Military Academy. The senior generals of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion must participate in the training of the academy, and they can only be considered as completed after obtaining a certificate of completion.

Cao Yue will outline most of the coursework for the initial lectures. Some of the students in this group, and those who have rich practical experience and are good at summing up experience, will follow suit and become teachers of the Military Academy in the future.Cao Yue planned to instill new military combat concepts into these people first, and then teach them to other students through them. In this way, he will gradually complete the preparations for the establishment of military academies, and build more military academies in the future.

While taking charge of these matters personally, Cao Yue also formulated a series of measures for social change through Sun Chuanting and other courtiers under his control, including the reform of the tax system, the preliminary reform of the administrative system, and the support and improvement of the reform of industry, commerce and manufacturing. .Cao Yue planned to move to the Ming Dynasty all the measures that later generations knew and proved to be very beneficial to social progress and development.Everything is for Daming to quickly recover from the trauma of the war in all aspects, and to make great progress, so that Daming will become rich and strong, and the world will admire it.

In fact, what Cao Yue wanted most was to stop the war for a while, so that he would have time to take care of everything, and let the development of Ming Dynasty change in another direction, towards industrialization and capitalization, and there would be a radical change.But the world will not always go as expected. When Cao Yue was nervously guiding various social changes in Nanjing, the war in the north inevitably happened again.

To be precise, Cao Bianjiao, who led the army stationed in Beijing, believed that after the Daming Guards rested for a period of time and all kinds of military supplies were replenished, they should raise troops again.

Jiannu lingered outside the pass, and other tribes such as Mongolia under its jurisdiction rebelled one after another. North Korea also formally proposed to leave Jiannu and return to Ming Dynasty, and raised troops to resist.After Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army escaped from outside the pass, they did not follow Jiannu, but competed with Jiannu for territory.

In the chaotic situation outside the pass, Cao Bianjiao felt that the Ming Guards, which had already rested, could leave the pass to suppress the rebellion and completely wipe out Jiannu.

In the end, Cao Yue agreed to Cao Bianjiao's request, and ordered him to lead seven guard divisions stationed in the north with nearly 15 people to go out to fight.Cao Yue also ordered the North Sea Fleet led by Cao Ming to fully support Cao Bianjiao's Northern Expedition and North Korea's struggle to break away from Jiannu.At the same time, the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet were also ordered to send some troops to support and start training with actual combat.

Cao Bianjiao led his army out of the pass to fight, and Cao Yue also had to beware of the rogue bandits in Shaanxi and Sichuan taking the opportunity to make trouble. After discussing with Sun Chuanting, Hong Niangzi and others, Cao Yue also decided to send troops to attack the remnant of Li Zicheng in Shaanxi.It's just that Cao Yue didn't intend to destroy the rogues immediately in this western expedition, but to deter them, so he didn't send a lot of troops, let alone lead the army himself.

He asked Hong Niangzi, who took the initiative to fight, to lead five guards to march from Henan to the place controlled by the bandits.

As long as the bandits dare to act rashly, they will be wiped out decisively. This is Cao Yue's instruction to Hong Niangzi.

Originally, Cao Yue hoped that the red lady would end her military career, officially marry him, and take care of her husband and children at home in the future, but the red lady was not willing to do this. The more you ask for orders, crusade against Li Zicheng's rogues.Cao Yue finally agreed to her request, and ordered Cao Jie and Gao Jie to go out to fight against the bandits together as her deputy.

(End of this chapter)