Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 974
The African battlefield seems to have reached a stalemate, because the navy of the West African Kingdom simply cannot compete with the combined fleet of the European Union.

In this case, the Black God Army will not be able to take back any coastal ports and wharves.

This time, the Black God Army launched a surprise attack without any warning to seize a temporary pier, and ten ironclad warships were stationed at the temporary pier. Just like that, Daming even killed a governor-level man. Senior generals, the Black God Army suffered tens of thousands of casualties.

If the European Continental Union is prepared to mobilize a fleet of hundreds of ironclad warships or even hundreds of warships to guard the coastal ports, then even if the Black God Army pays hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, it is unlikely that a port will be destroyed. Take down the pier.

Because their battleships are equipped with too many cannons, and the range is farther than the field artillery used by ordinary infantry. As long as they lob three or four miles away from the sea, the Black God Army will be their target, and the field artillery is basically enough. No one's battleship.

Moreover, once the coastal ports and wharves cannot be regained, the European Union may transport the army to land at any wharf by ship at any time, and the defense pressure of the West African Kingdom will be great.

Therefore, we must find a way to enable the navy of the West African Kingdom to compete with the combined fleet of the European Union, otherwise, the African strategy will not be able to be implemented.

The problem is that Ming can't let the Aegis ship directly participate in the battle, revealing its strategic intentions.

If the strategic intentions are exposed, the more than 100 million armies of the European Continental Alliance will retreat to the Continental Continent in all likelihood. By that time, Ming Dynasty will not know how much it will cost to attack the Continental Continent.

The combination of these factors makes it extremely difficult to implement the African strategy.

Yuan Keli, the old man who single-handedly pulled the Daming Navy up, was a little helpless.

He thought for a while, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, if we can't let the Aegis ship participate in the battle, then we can only use weapons and equipment that the European Union has never seen before.

For example, dragon battleships with armor, rockets, flamethrowers and so on.

We can smear the armor of the flying dragon battleship into the same color of sky and water, and then bring the explosive bombs and incendiary bombs with the longest range, and launch an attack ten miles away, blasting other people's iron-clad battleships first, and then igniting them.

If they don't retreat, we will let the Spike warships of the Navy of the West African Kingdom carry flamethrowers on board, surround them directly to breathe fire, and burn their ships.

In this way, the navy of the West African Kingdom does not need to be equipped with Aegis ships, but only needs to be equipped with more Spike warships.

However, if we do this, the Continental Union can certainly guess that we did it. "

So what?
Now it is not possible to tear the face directly, it is still no problem to play dirty.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then asked, "What color is the same color of sky and water?"

Yuan Keli quickly explained: "This is a camouflage color, that is, the upper part is sky blue, and the lower part is rippled like sea water, so it is difficult to spot from a distance.

This humble minister has also thought about it for a long time. The previous Aegis and Dragon Tooth battleships cannot be camouflaged like this, because the Aegis and Dragon Tooth battleships are too high, and the shadows formed are too large, no matter what color they are painted. From a distance, you will see a black dot.

The height of the Flying Dragon Battleship is different. As long as the color of the smear is appropriate, it should look like the sea and sky from a distance without any black spots.

This kind of camouflage is useless in front of the high-precision telescopes we have equipped. However, the telescopes used by the European Union are basically the civilian telescopes sold by our Western companies, and the viewing distance is only one or two miles away.

In this case, we can use the camouflage of the same color of the sea and the sky, as long as it is more than ten miles away, it should not be found.

If the enemy can't find our dragon battleship, then they can't force it on us. "

That's what it meant.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay, let's do it this way, just take this opportunity to try these new weapons, as for the European Union guessed that we did it, it doesn't matter, we just don't admit it.

Anyway, they have never seen these new weapons and equipment, and we also said that we have never seen them. I don’t know, so what can they do?
At this time, they dare not take the initiative to tear themselves apart with us, as long as they can barely talk about it. "

After finishing speaking, he said to Wang Cheng'en, who was standing by the side: "I have passed on my order to order the Naval Ship Research Institute to experiment with the painting of the same color of sky and water, that is, the sky blue on the top, and the ripples on the bottom like sea water.

Let them use the ordinary telescope sold by the Ming Dynasty Western Company to test, and try to make it impossible to see clearly with ordinary telescopes at a distance of ten miles. "

This problem seemed to be solved, but Taichang still decided to go to America to have a look, and then consider whether to go to Africa to sit in charge.

Africa is the main battlefield at the moment, and he didn't pay much attention to this main battlefield.

This is definitely not possible. Although Sun Chuanting is proficient in strategy, he can't decide many things due to his limited power.

If he doesn't focus on the main battlefield in Africa, there may still be problems there.

This time, he killed a senior general at the governor level. If Zhang Mingshi, a seasoned and prudent general, is killed next time, the West African kingdom may be in chaos.

After all, Zuma and Atlanta were too young and inexperienced, so they simply couldn't hold back such a big scene.

Alas, Shuo Chuan, I am sorry for you!

Thinking of this, Taichang sighed slightly: "I'm planning to go back to Beijing to meet Shuo Chuan's ashes in person, and then go to America to see.

On the African battlefield, I really paid too little attention to it. Boya has limited power, and many things will go wrong if he can't make a decisive decision.

Yan Ru, the development of the Xibo Province and the Western Regions Province will be entrusted to you. Anyway, we have already finalized the general plan. You only need to organize the manpower to follow our plan. "

Uh, this.

Hearing this, Peng Bin couldn't help being taken aback.

In the past few days, the emperor also said that he would take him to visit the provinces of the Western Regions. Unexpectedly, the emperor would go to America again at this moment.

To be honest, it is really difficult for him to be fully responsible for the development of such a big two provinces. After all, he can't promise like the emperor.

However, he still bowed his hands and said: "I understand, the emperor can rest assured that I will do my best to complete the plan and develop the Xibo Province and the Western Regions Province as soon as possible."

Taichang nodded slightly, thought about it carefully, and then said to Sun Chengzong: "Zhensheng, I think there is a large mountain area in the east of the imperial mausoleum, on the Yanshan branch circle in the north of the capital, as the burial place for the loyalists of the Ming Dynasty. , what do you think.

After all, at this moment, most of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were fighting abroad. If they died in battle and buried their bones elsewhere, the families of the soldiers would have to travel thousands of miles or even tens of thousands of miles to pay their respects, which was too inconvenient.

Daming could not allow the soldiers to bury their bones in a foreign land, and no matter what, they must return their souls to their hometowns.

The location of the capital is just right, almost in the center of the existing territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the water and land transportation is also quite developed. If a burial place for the loyal soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can be built there, it will be much more convenient for the families of the soldiers to pay homage.

I plan to build the burial place of the great Ming loyalists according to the regulations of the imperial mausoleum, except that the soldiers cannot have a private mausoleum, and the external regulations are the same as those of the imperial mausoleum.

I want to give the greatest honor to the soldiers who are loyal to the country. "

This honor is too great, buried next to the imperial tomb, the outside regulations are still the same as the imperial tomb, few people in all dynasties have won such a great honor!
Sun Chengzong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your majesty is wise, presumably this place of burial of the loyal soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will definitely become a holy place in the hearts of my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Your Majesty, I have the courage to ask the Emperor to leave a place for me, and I also want to bury my bones in the place of loyalty of the Ming Dynasty, to accompany the spirits of the soldiers. "

This is good!
Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Okay, from now on, all the princes and nobles of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they are willing, can be buried next to the imperial tomb, and accompany the loyalty of the Ming Dynasty."

Sun Chengzong couldn't help but said excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Yuan Keli couldn't help but cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please leave a place for this humble minister."

Taichang still nodded without hesitation and said: "Okay, no problem, anyway, Yanshan Mountain is very big, if it is impossible, I will order people to clean up the entire Yanshan Mountain, and give it to Ming Zhonglie and Gonghou Xungui as a burial place."

Yuan Keli hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Taichang nodded slightly, and said to Wang Cheng'en, who was standing by the side: "Decree, order the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to quickly send people to clean up the mountain to the east of the imperial mausoleum, and no coal or iron mines will be mined. .

The trees in the mountains and forests should also be cleaned up, and as many pines and cypresses should be planted as possible.

I want to build a large mausoleum for the loyalists of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ministry of Life and Works immediately summoned experienced craftsmen and young and strong laborers to build ground buildings and mountain passages according to the regulations of the imperial mausoleum, using materials such as white marble and marble as much as possible to show solemnity.

The Ministry of Military Affairs announced to the world that all the soldiers who died in the Ming Dynasty must find a way to transport the ashes back and bury them beside the imperial mausoleum.

Also, anyone who wants to bury his bones in the native land of the Ming Dynasty with his loyal martyrs after a hundred years can apply in advance and let the Ministry of Rites make arrangements. "

It is not a little money to build it according to the regulations of the imperial mausoleum. Just for the ground construction, a mausoleum will cost at least a million taels.

Although Taichang didn't mean to build a mausoleum for all the martyrs of the Ming Dynasty, it couldn't support the number of soldiers who died outside the Ming Dynasty.

How much money does it cost?
After Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, Zou Weilian, and Nan Juyi roughly combined after receiving the telegram, the initial investment will be at least tens of millions of taels!

Soon, they sent over the previous budget.

At this time, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, Peng Bin and others had just left.

The emperor's grandson Zhu Cihong stretched out his head to look at the telegram in Taichang's hand curiously, and immediately couldn't help asking: "Grandfather, why did we spend so much money to build the martyr's mausoleum?
Didn't you say that this money should be saved? "

Uh, well, the speed at which he spends silver during this time is really scary, every time it is tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of taels, the speed at which the internal treasury mobilizes gold and silver probably cannot keep up with the speed at which he spends money.

Taichang sighed slightly, and then taught patiently: "Lang'er, you should save some money, which means you can't waste it.

For example, if you build palaces everywhere for the convenience of your own travel, that is a waste of money.

However, we will spend the money that should be spent, no matter how much it is.

For example, the development of this Xibo province cost hundreds of millions of taels a year, which is nothing at all.

Because there are rich mineral deposits here, we will be able to earn back the money in a few years.

This is only the income of the internal treasury, and when it is developed here, there will be tax income.

Although this income is not very large, it is not a problem to add 2000 million taels of tax revenue to the Ministry of Households a year.

Moreover, the migrating military households and ordinary people will also benefit from this and become richer and richer.

Therefore, this investment is very worthwhile, and spending hundreds of millions of taels a year is nothing at all.

Another example is to build a mausoleum for the martyrs of the Ming Dynasty.

Don't underestimate this mausoleum, it can not only bring the loyal souls of the Ming Dynasty back to their hometown, but also unite the hearts of the soldiers, you know?
Think about it, after the bones of the great Ming loyalists were buried on the side of the imperial mausoleum, would their families come to worship from time to time?

Their family members saw that the Ming royal family honored these martyrs and that the burial sites were built like imperial mausoleums. Would they think that our Ming royal family is worthy of their protection?
Also, after those princes and dignitaries are buried beside the imperial mausoleum, will their descendants come to worship from time to time? If we can take them to worship together to show our favor, won't they Are you even more devoted to us?
You may not be able to see this benefit now, but you can see it at a glance.

From now on, it will surely become a sacred place in the hearts of Ming soldiers, and everyone will be proud to bury their bones there. "

Uh, well, right now Zhu Cihong really can't understand such a complicated question.

After he finished listening, he just nodded his head half-understood, and then fell into deep thought.

Taichang didn't bother him, just raised his hand and said: "Cheng En, send someone to call back Zixian and Menghou, all the money for the construction of the martyr's burial place will be paid by the internal treasury, and let them pay for it within two months. Be sure to build a decent mausoleum, and I will personally meet Duke Zhong’s ashes and send them to the Ming Dynasty Zhonglie’s Burial Place.”

(End of this chapter)