Borrow the day to change the day

"Your Majesty, I accumulated some money before the end of the general. I would like to donate it as the construction fund of the Naval Academy, so that the imperial court can save the cost of building the Naval Academy." Zheng Zhilong played respectfully.

He volunteered to donate money, but he was not stupid.During his time as a pirate and as a coastal defense guerrilla, he accumulated a lot of wealth through robbery or smuggling, and he is building a mansion in his hometown.

If in the past, he still had a huge navy in his hands, but the court did not have a decent navy, then Zheng Zhilong had a lot of wealth in his hands, and he was not afraid, so naturally it would be impossible to donate money.

But today is different from the past, his navy is almost wiped out, and the court wants to vigorously develop the navy.Zheng Zhilong could fully imagine that with Daming's manpower, material and financial resources, he could imitate a large number of Western warships in a very short period of time.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong has followed the new army south to fight these days, and has seen that the firearms of the new army are more advanced than that of the Westerners, the flintlock guns that can be fired without ignition, while the Westerners are still using the old-fashioned matchlock guns.Once Ming and the Westerners fight, the musket alone will have a great advantage.

Zheng Zhilong naturally didn't know that Westerners actually had flintlock guns.It's just that Westerners far away in Asia have not yet been equipped, and even in Europe, it will take more than ten years before it becomes popular.

Zheng Zhilong's vision is still very poisonous. Although he has only seen the field artillery units of the New Army this time, he can see that the artillery of the New Army is better than that of the Westerners, mainly in terms of weight and quality.

He could completely imagine that after western warships were imitated and equipped with Ming's artillery, even if the warship was slightly inferior to the Westerners, it was enough to make up for it in artillery.

The strength of the Daming Navy is just around the corner.

Zheng Zhilong's second reason for donating money is that he is now in Pingyang, and his life and death are controlled by the court.Moreover, the imperial court is very familiar with his situation, even knowing that his main wife who is far away in Japan is Japanese.If you hold a large amount of property obtained through illegal means, but just enjoy it yourself, I am afraid that one day it will cause disaster.

Zheng Zhilong's last reason for donating money is that he feels that if he volunteers to donate money to the imperial court, the imperial court will not treat him badly.In other words, he was blatantly bribing the court and Emperor Chongzhen. As for the reward after paying, he would naturally occupy a place in the Daming Navy in the future, and he was still confident in this.

Emperor Chongzhen, Wen Tiren and Bi Ziyan were all very happy after hearing Zheng Zhilong's words.Now the Ming Dynasty is full of waste, and there are many places where money is needed. If you can save a sum of expenses, you will reduce the pressure of using money.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately praised: "Zheng Qing is dedicated to the public, and his heart is commendable. After the completion of the Daming Navy, you will be needed to fight for the Ming Dynasty. Are you willing?"

Zheng Zhilong naturally understood the meaning of Emperor Chongzhen's words, that is, in the future, he would also bring him a Ming navy to cross the sea.

This is Zheng Zhilong's greatest expectation, he was naturally happy when he heard it, and quickly agreed.

Zhong Jinwei knew that the imperial court really needed someone with rich experience in naval warfare like Zheng Zhilong, so he did not object.But for Zheng Zhilong, the former big pirate, I still feel a little worried.

As soon as his heart moved, he played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty wants to extend the Jinyiwei political commissar mechanism in the new army to all armies, and this navy is no exception. Now that the Daming Navy is rebuilt, it is just right to implement Jinyiwei. For the political commissar mechanism, at least one large warship must have one. They can also enter the Naval Academy to learn and become familiar with naval warfare."

Wen Tiren heard it from the side, and immediately agreed: "Your Majesty, I second the proposal."

Other civil servants followed suit and agreed with Zhong Jinwei's proposal.These people, compared to Zhong Jinwei, are more worried about Zheng Zhilong leading the Daming Navy to the sea.Who knows what he will do after he goes out, he can rest assured only if he has someone to supervise him.

The commander of Jin Yiwei made Luo Yangxing secretly happy when he heard it, because Jin Yiwei's power was about to expand one step further.

And Wang Chengen saw the smile in the corner of his eyes from the side, and secretly despised him.No matter how powerful you Jinyiwei is, you are still under the supervision of our Dongchang.

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy to see the unanimity of the ministers, so he said to Zhong Jinwei: "Just let Master Zhong play, but in this way, the political commissar of Jinyiwei will be even less manpower. Master Zhong will help Jinyiwei to establish as soon as possible. The Jinyiwei political commissar senior leadership organization!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhong Jinwei agreed.

He thought about recruiting a group of Jinyiwei political commissars before going to Liaodong.After such a period of time, it can be regarded as an internship.It should be no problem for the old batch to be transferred out.

Zheng Zhilong heard from the side that Jinyiwei was going to be placed on each warship, so he probably knew that it was supposed to be the supervising army.Although he didn't like it a bit, he was relieved when he heard that it was going to be popularized in all the troops of Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, until the Daming Navy has an idea, I think it's best not to let the vassal princes from all over the world know about the Spanish route, lest they retreat." Wen Tiren suggested to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, it would be best not to forcibly force those vassal kings.Of course, if the feudal lord refuses to go in the end, he can only use force.Matters related to the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty are not discussed even with his own son.

Thinking of this, he turned to Zhong Jinwei and asked, "Master Zhong, are you ready for the training of the vassal kings?"

Zhong Jinwei understood the Spanish route, which gave Emperor Chongzhen a sense of urgency. Instead of waiting for the return of the people who were sent out for exploration last year, he wanted to promote the matter of feudalism in North America as soon as possible.

He thought for a while, nodded and replied: "Your Majesty, it should be fine. You can ask the vassal king to send people to train the new army, and then come to learn how to contact the Indians, and carry out some sanitation and other epidemic prevention work. etc."

As Zhong Jinwei was talking, he suddenly felt that it would be great if he had the ability to clone himself. There are too many things to arrange by himself, and others cannot replace them.

After hearing Zhong Jinwei's reply, Emperor Chongzhen said to Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet: "Let the cabinet arrange the preliminary matters of this matter."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wen Tiren agreed.

Emperor Chongzhen then turned to Wang Chengen, who had been making soy sauce by the side, and said, "You must be careful about the situation of the vassal princes in various places. If there is any abnormality, you must report it immediately."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this servant will keep an eye on it." Wang Chengen immediately expressed his opinion.

Because of the Dutch rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, the great victory in Liaodong was ignored.Now that the Dutch rebellion has subsided, and the resulting impact has been discussed one by one, the Emperor Chongzhen remembered that he wanted to talk about Liaodong.