At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 370
The first battle of the ironclad ship was successful, but it was not over yet.

Next, a mass purge against Qiongzhou Wei began.

Commander Zhang Shiying punished the nine clans, and commanded Tongzhi and other senior officers to investigate all of them.

All those involved in the case, according to the seriousness of the plot, should be killed or exiled. For a while, Jin Yiwei was very busy, and the whole Qiongzhou was full of heads and wailing.

Zhu Qizhen was not in a hurry to return to the voyage, but summoned King Zhu Qiyu and King Zhang Fu of Jing'an County to discuss matters.

Jiaozhi and Luzon were not far from here, and the two got the order and set off immediately, one after the other, they rushed to Qiongzhou.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Zhu Qizhen told the two of his plans.

"According to the confession, these foreigners came from the Eastern Roman Empire, and the drawings have been sent to Constantinople."

"There's no such thing, it's really such a reason!"

When Zhang Fu heard this, he couldn't hold back his temper: "How could the ironclad warship developed by my Ming Dynasty with huge sums of money fall into the hands of those foreign devils? Your Majesty, the old minister invites you to fight, and leads the navy to attack Huanglong... No, directly What kind of treasure is it to mess with the military..."

Zhu Qiyu looked a little more calm, and asked: "How much does the emperor know about the situation in Constantinople?"

"Approximately at this position!"

Zhu Qizhen pointed to the map and said, "Constantinople is the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, and it was captured by the Ottoman Empire a year ago."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu was a little confused, and asked, "What is the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire?"

"You can understand that the Yuan destroyed the Song, and the Ming destroyed the Yuan. That's roughly the relationship."

"Oh……"

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, and then said: "That is to say, the blueprint of the ironclad ship is in the hands of the Ottomans?"

"It's not clear yet."

Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said: "Maybe it was taken away by the Eastern Roman Navy, maybe it was still in Constantinople, or it might be destroyed in the fire of war."

The scene became quiet for a while, and Zhang Fu said dissatisfiedly: "Whether he is here or not, the veteran asked to lead the navy to kill him. If the blueprint is still there, he will surely get it back!"

Zhu Qiyu looked cautious and said, "What if you're not here?"

"If you're not here, you're not here!"

Zhang Fu looked disapproving, and said: "Under the whole world, is it the king's land, our Daming Navy is patrolling the four seas, do we still need to say hello to the mere barbarian country?"

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, nodded and said: "This is also a way, even if you can't get the blueprint, at least it can act as a deterrent to Western countries."

"The drawings must be brought back!"

Zhu Qizhen clicked heavily on the map, and said: "The iron-clad warship is a powerful weapon of the country, and it is the painstaking efforts of thousands of students and craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. Even if a war is launched, the blueprint must be taken back!"

Zhang Fu hurriedly echoed: "The emperor is right, you must take it back, whether he is East Rome or Ottoman, fuck it!"

Zhu Qizhen gave him a meaningful look, and said: "The Qing family is old, if they travel long distances...the body may not be able to bear it, why not do some logistics support work."

"Your Majesty, are you scolding me?"

Of course Zhang Fu was not convinced, with a dark face, he cupped his fists and said: "The old minister's body is tough, please be the vanguard in this battle!"

Zhu Qizhen was also helpless. In terms of fighting, Zhang Fu was indeed a talent, but after all, he was over 70 years old.

There is really no need to go to sea with a boat at this age.

"Zhang Qing's family, I'm here to ask you..."

Zhu Qizhen thought of an idea and asked, "How many sons do you have?"

Zhang Fu was a little confused, so he answered truthfully: "The old minister has two sons under his knees. The eldest son, Zhang Zhong, was born with a disability and was bedridden for a long time. The second son, Zhang Mao, was born with a leopard head and ring eyes, which is quite a legacy of his father."

His father is Zhang Yu, King of Hejian, Jing Nan's greatest hero, worthy of Emperor Taizong's court, which is the greatest honor of the Zhang family.

The Ming Dynasty always paid attention to the eldest son's attacking the noble, but Zhang Fu specifically said that the eldest son Zhang Zhong was born with a disability, and he was full of praise for Zhang Mao, which showed that he was very optimistic about this youngest son.

If there is no accident, the future title will be passed on to Zhang Mao.

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "How old is Zhang Mao?"

"Go back to the emperor, this year has just passed."

"A little young..."

"Your majesty doesn't know. My child was born big and thick, and mature and stable. Although he is only one, he looks like thirty. He also learned how to bow and horse since he was a child, and he also has a lot of research on marching formations. Two years ago, in the battle of Annan, So he followed Qian Guogong and took the lead, and made some military exploits."

Zhu Qizhen thought to himself, he was only 16 years old two years ago, he was able to fight the enemy on the battlefield, he is a fierce man!
"Since he has such a talent, why didn't the Qing family bring him here?"

Zhang Fu said with an innocent face: "Old minister... I don't know there is going to be a war..."

"Jin Banban, immediately send someone to announce Zhang Mao's arrival."

"Yes!"

Zhu Qizhen turned his head and said again: "Tell me about the deployment of troops, how many ships and soldiers do you have?"

Zhang Fu said: "The old minister has 25 large and small ships under his command, with a force of about [-]."

Zhu Qiyu then said: "My brother has 32 ships, with a strength of about [-]."

Since Jiaozhi and Luzon were included in the territory of Ming Dynasty, the army configuration has been rebuilt.

The original organizational system was completely dismantled, with the Ming army as the main force, and selected elites from the original soldiers and horses as supplements, and re-established the Annan Sanwei, Xianglin Sanwei, Linyi Sanwei and Lusong Sanwei. There are three to five thousand.

Among them, the three prefectures of Annan, Xianglin, and Linyi belonged to the Jiaozhi capital and were under the control of Zhang Fu.

The Luzon Islands are controlled by King Zhu Qiyu.

It seems that Zhang Fu's power is greater than that of Zhu Qiyu. In fact, the Luzon Islands are completely independent islands. Moreover, [-]% of the people come from Luzon mainland and surrounding islands, and only [-]% migrated from Ming Dynasty. If there are too many troops, It is easy to create a situation where one side is divided.

For this reason, Zhu Qiyu took the initiative to request to reorganize the Lusong Sanwei and strictly control the number of soldiers and horses to show his loyalty.

On the contrary, Zhu Qizhen didn't care because he knew his little brother very well.

rebel?

nonexistent!

Even if the emperor was given to him, he would not even be willing to be the emperor.

Historically, Zhu Qiyu belonged to the firefighting team. When he was pushed to the stage by a group of ministers to become the emperor, he didn't even know what to do.

Because he was not a candidate for the emperor since he was a child, no one has ever trained him as a prince, whether it is Zhu Zhanji or the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

At most, it is to talk about some Confucian principles of governing the country, so that he can grow up to be a dutiful prince.

If Zhu Qizhen didn't study abroad, he wouldn't even think about that seat.

It wasn't until later that the sweetness was tasted that things got out of hand...

In other words, he was not coveting the throne, but took the initiative to grab it.

Instead, he was first placed in the position of emperor, and then his desire for power arose.

There is a world of difference between the two.

(End of this chapter)