I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 288: Duke and Marquis
Zhu Yijun stood up and said loudly: "I declare!"

Led by Xu Jie, all the ministers knelt on the ground.

"The Annan Mo family and the Western Barbarians are despicable and shameless. They have launched an undeclared war against the Ming Dynasty! Since they want to fight, then let's fight! The Honglu Temple issued a manifesto, and the Ming Dynasty declared war on the Annan Mo family and Spain.

The Mo family of Annan and Spain have become enemies of the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who communicates, trades or has dealings with enemy countries will be regarded as treason and will be punished according to the law!
A bounty was issued, and all Annan Mo and Spanish ships, whether military, civilian, commercial or fishing, were considered enemy ships and could be plundered by anyone.

Any ship sailing to Annanmoshi or Spanish ports, no matter which country it belongs to, the Ming Navy has the right to inspect and seize it. Those who dare to resist will be sunk!
The Supervisory Office formulated military strategies, the Navy Bureau allocated warships and marine battalions, the Imperial Household Department supervised the construction of warships and firearms, and the Ministry of Revenue, the Imperial Household Department, and the Ministry of Finance jointly calculated the expenditure of money and grain.

Taichang Temple!"

Why is there still the matter of Taichang Temple?
Li Zhi, the Junior Minister of the Imperial Household, raised his head and replied, "I am here!"

"The Taichang Temple must do a good job of preaching and informing every citizen of the Ming Dynasty of the cruelty and shamelessness of the Annan Mo family and the Spanish, so that everyone in the Ming Dynasty can unite against the enemy and boost morale!"

Li Zhi understood and immediately replied: "I will follow your order and make proper arrangements after returning. Ask the court newspapers, government newspapers and news and business newspapers to publish articles exposing the ugly behavior of the Annan Mo family and the Spaniards; arrange for scholars to spread the heroic deeds of Guanghai Jialiu in various places."

Li Zhi finally said: "I ask Your Highness to order that when the Taichang Temple prepares the materials for the lecture, which mainly praises the heroic deeds and exposes the evil deeds of the Annan Mo family and the Spaniards, all civil and military officials in Beijing will be convened to hold meetings in different places to lecture and study.

The provincial governors, provincial procuratorates and military commanders in various places also held separate seminars to encourage officials at all levels to write their reading notes, and the best ones could be published in major government newspapers or official newspapers.

Xu Jie and others were stunned.

What did we hear?
Can it still be done this way?

But they secretly felt that this was what it was like to fight a national war.

We share the same hatred and are united as one.

It cannot be achieved by just talking about it, action must be taken.

I don’t know whether this move by Taichang Temple can achieve the desired effect.

Zhu Yijun added: "After preaching about the South China Sea, the second stage is to preach about the Northern Barbarians. For decades, the nine borders have suffered from the harassment of the Northern Barbarians. They can empathize with the people and will definitely share the same hatred and fully support the court's use of troops against the Chahar tribe."

"I obey your order!"

After explaining some other things, Zhu Yijun said directly: "Okay, now all the assistants of the Military Administration Supervisory Office stay, I want to discuss with you the matters of using troops in the north and south.

The rest of you gentlemen, please go back. It's getting late, please go to bed early."

Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong and others had complicated expressions, while Zhang Rong, Hu Zongxian, Xu Wei and others seemed to be smiling.

So what, Lord?

When important military matters need to be discussed, the elders have to clear the room and leave, but we can stay and assist.

This was an iron rule set by Zhu Yijun. In order to prevent the leakage of military secrets from the Supervisory Office, he had killed more than a dozen eunuchs in the inner court and officials in the outer court.

The red line was drawn there, and Xu Jie and others did not want to offend anyone. Even though they had complaints in their hearts, they could only leave silently.

Only a few supervisors in charge of military affairs, led by Zhang Rong, Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang and Xu Wei, were left in the side hall. The eunuchs replaced the tea with new soup and left, leaving only Nangong Ye, Pan Yinglong and Li Chun standing by to take notes.

"I have decided that Qi Qing will be in charge of the war in the north!" Zhu Yijun pointed at Qi Jiguang and said, "You go to Liaoyang first, discuss with Tan Qing, Li Chengliang, Zhou Guotai and others, and check the implementation of the military strategy.

The mission I give you is to capture the Liaohe Hetao area. If you can get the head of Tumen Khan, that would be the icing on the cake! Mr. Wenchang, you will assist Qi Qing as the chief military officer."

Qi Jiguang was extremely excited.

This is with him as the head coach.

As the prince spoke, the Governor-General of Ji and Liao, Tan Lun, the General-in-Chief of Liaodong, Li Chengliang, Zhou Guotai, and even the Vice Minister of War and the prince's first adviser, Xu Wei, were all considered his deputies and were under his command.

There were no eunuchs or civil servants to supervise the army and secretly control and restrain the troops.

What trust.

Qi Jiguang stood up from his seat, knelt on the ground, and saluted Zhu Yijun: "Your Highness, I dare not accept such a great favor and trust."

"Are you worried that you can't defeat Tumen Khan?"

Qi Jiguang quickly explained: "Your Highness, I am not worried about not being able to defeat Tumen Khan. I ask Your Highness to send a military supervisor to accompany me to the battle."

Zhu Yijun waved his hand unceremoniously, "No need! I trust you. Qi Qing, don't you trust yourself?"

"I dare not!" Qi Jiguang kowtowed quickly.

"Okay, this matter is settled. Don't employ people you doubt, and don't doubt people you employ. Since I trust Qi Qing, I will give you all the power. I only want the Liaohe River and Hetao! Get up, there are still many things to do, don't talk too much."

Qi Jiguang hesitated for a few breaths, then kowtowed and said, "I obey your order."

"Hu Bu Tang, I will rely on you for this matter in the South China Sea."

Everyone was shocked.

"Hu Bu Tang is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi military affairs, and also serves as the envoy to the South China Sea, in charge of the war in the South China Sea. He will draw on the main forces of the Xuanwu Navy, Weihai Camp, Dinghai Camp, etc. to form the Nanyang Navy, with Lu Tong as the admiral and commander-in-chief, Yu Dayou and Zhang Yuanxun as deputy generals. Pan Yinglong will serve as a military officer and will go south with Hu Qing."

Why was Hu Zongxian sent to fight in the South China Sea? It sounded like he was sent directly to the Guangdong front to command.

What is going on here?

Hu Zongxian's heart was in turmoil, but his expression remained unchanged, "I obey your orders."

"Mr. Hu has been in charge of suppressing the Japanese pirates in the southeast for more than ten years. He should be very familiar with the Japanese pirates' tactics in the southeast."

Hu Zongxian understood what he meant and immediately responded, "I am familiar with it. I will organize the navy and the marine battalion to practice landing harassment tactics for the Mo clan in Annan."

"Before using this method, we must first cripple the Mo family's navy. Once we gain control of the sea, we can let go.

Secondly, our current strategy against the Mo family is to destroy all facilities, burn down and destroy all cities, bridges, warehouses, government offices, schools, and houses, take away all the food, cotton cloth and other food and clothing, and distribute those that cannot be taken away to the local people on the spot.

All the royal and official fields of the Annan Mo family, as well as the fields of the powerful and aristocratic families, were distributed to the local people. It was widely publicized that the Annan Mo family was defying heaven, and the Ming Dynasty would raise an army to suppress the rebellion.

The Mo family, officials, and powerful families are all followers of the rebellion. The Ming Dynasty confiscated their land and distributed it to the people. Tell them that the Ming Dynasty will recognize the land distributed to them, and when the war is settled, they will be replaced with official deeds! "

Hu Zongxian, Xu Wei and others looked at each other.

This move is so vicious.

The Ming Dynasty distributed the land to the people of Annan. The Mo officials and powerful people who came back after the Ming Dynasty left would definitely not acknowledge it and would forcibly take the land back.

The next time the Ming Dynasty comes back, the land will be divided again.

After a few rounds of exchanges, the people of Annan who lack land will realize that if they follow the Ming Dynasty, they will have land to share, but the Mo family is trying to take away their land.

It goes without saying which side they will stand on. In the end, the people of the Mo regime may go against the officials and powerful people. There is no need for the Ming Dynasty to send troops. There will be civil strife within the Mo regime in Annan, just like North Korea today.

For the Ming Dynasty, it was not like taking the land out of its own pocket, but it could achieve miraculous results by donating to others, so why not do it?

Zhu Yijun continued: "The intelligence collected by the Navy Bureau's Intelligence Department shows that the Spanish have built a port on Sulu Island, which is their base.

Our navy can directly attack their lair, and at the same time send a message to all the countries in the South China Sea, saying that anyone who dares to accept Spanish ships will be regarded as an enemy country by the Ming Dynasty. "

After a pause, Zhu Yijun continued, "The Spanish are good at sailing and sailing, and they are unrivaled in the seas. They are so arrogant, they must have some skills.

The navy must not be careless, and we must make full use of our advantages. We have more ships and more guns, and we should block them and attack them! We should surround them and attack them!"

"Yes!"

"The Honglu Temple sent people to Malacca to convey the Portuguese governor to tell them that if the Ming Dynasty went to war with the Spanish, they could stand on the Spanish side and the Ming Dynasty would fight them as well.

If you remain neutral and do not help either side, please send envoys to the capital. I have something to discuss with them."

"Yes!"

"Your Highness, Minister Hu is stationed in Guangdong and Guangxi. Who will be in charge of the Ministry of War?"

"Mr. Cao Zizhong (Cao Bangfu) is transferred to the capital to take over the post of Minister of War."

"As ordered!"

Zhu Yijun suddenly asked, "What is the name of the bow of Guanghai Jialiu that died heroically for the country?"

Xu Wei replied: "Jiang Wanchuan."

"Recently, a large sailing ship of the prince has returned to the Xuanwu Navy, named Jiang Wanchuan. This decree has been passed on to the Jiang family. The Navy Bureau, find an opportunity to invite the Jiang family to the Jiang Wanchuan and personally raise the flag."

Xu Wei shouted: "The prince is wise!"

With such a great favor, the entire navy and the armed merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty will surely feel the same way and their morale will be greatly boosted.

Zhu Yijun looked at Hu Zongxian who lowered his head, and then asked: "Mr. Ruzhen, are you a disciple of Yangming?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"I have issued an imperial decree to restore Mr. Yangming's title of Earl of Xinjian, and to appoint his eldest son, Wang Zhengyi, as the Earl of Xinjian."

"The scholars of the world are grateful for the grace of the Emperor and the Crown Prince."

"Mr. Ruzhen, since you are a disciple of Mr. Yangming, you should strive forward and surpass him. Only when each generation surpasses the previous one can the Ming Dynasty flourish.

"If you can do good things in the South China Sea, destroy the Mo family, wipe out the Spaniards, and turn the South China Sea into Daming Lake, you will be a duke!"

Hu Zongxian raised his head suddenly, his eyes slightly red, and replied in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I obey your order!"

(End of this chapter)