open sea

Chapter 391
It sounds a bit like a joke, but there is indeed such news in the Kyushu area. With the help of pirates, Matsuura Takanobu, who was huddled in Hirado, captured the Ryuzoji family on the [-]th, including Saka Castle, on the [-]th. Yucheng Walled, taking the whole territory of Feiqian Kingdom, even Longxin himself died in Zuojia City.

This shocking news, of course, comes from the negotiations between the Matsuura clan and the daimyos of Higo, such as Sagara and Aso, who agreed to demarcate the boundary. He Zonglianheng used the Daimyo of the Higo country as a barrier against the Shimadzu family in the south, in order to deal with the threat of the powerful Otomo clan in the east.

Takashi Matsuura knew very clearly in his heart that Ryuzoji and Otomo had been fighting together, but no matter what, Ryuzoji Takanobu was the guardian of Hizen under the command of Kyushu Tanti Otomo Zonglin.

Akito played a decisive role in Hizen's battle, but it seemed too random who they supported, and the strong combat power they showed was frightening. He began to worry that Otomo would bring more benefits to Akito, and then he What to do if you are abandoned.

The three families of Matsuura, Sagara, and Aso reached an alliance at an extremely fast speed, which not only stabilized the heart of Matsuura Takanobu, but also stabilized the hearts of the other two families... Shimadzu Yoshihiro led the army to the north, trying to get involved in the Higo country. At the time of life and death, Higo Daimyo has no time to look north, and it is enough for Matsuura Takanobu not to stab south.

Chen Bazhi went far, but the battle to destroy Ryuzo Temple was over, and the battle between Shimadzu and Sagara in the south had just begun.

Chen Bazhi didn't care what they would do. The Ming army generals didn't care at all. The battle was too easy for them to think about whether to continue to expand their victories, defeat Otomo in one fell swoop to the east, and swallow Shimazu to the south. Let Kyushu completely become the Jiudao Prefecture received by the Matsuura family, the private land of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, news came from Liaodong—the emperor passed away in the summer of the seventh year of Longqing.

When this happened, the elated Chen Bazhi thought of Shao Tingda for no reason. Seven years ago, that big man kicked him from the back of his ass, screaming and screaming.

On the other side of the Han family, Chen Mu, the Minister of Nanyang who garrisoned Chen Laidao to the East to defend the invaders, also received the news at about the same time. This is not the same as the news of Emperor Jiajing's death seven years ago. Almost all of them are poor and remote areas with difficult roads, but Chen Mu's status is much more important than in the past.

In other words, in the eyes of the cabinet ministers, it didn't matter if the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi didn't know about it, Chen Mu had to know, not only had to know, but he had to know as soon as possible.

For many people, it doesn't matter to change the emperor, but it is different for the Nanyang generals. Their fate was changed by the emperor's edict to go to Nanyang. Emperor Longqing was kind to them.

Everyone seemed to drink a glass of bitter wine. Of course, it was impossible for Chen Mu to let them drink in the great funeral, but this was the feeling in their hearts, heavy, and they would not cry out.

Chen Mu actually expected this. In the letter Zhang Juzheng wrote to himself last year, he specifically mentioned to him not to lead the army northward. At that time, he felt that there would be a big change in the court, and the big change must be the emperor's health. .

He didn't know if his recipes played a role in making the world have seven years of Longqing. Has there been a change?
At least Chen Mu felt that Emperor Longqing should have been relieved before he passed away. In just six or seven years, Daming reversed the emptiness of the treasury in his era, and it was more pioneering to attack from the south and defend from the north. The government of the four officials is a little clearer, the virtuous ministers are inside and the famous generals are outside. Although everything has just started, it is developing in a good direction.

From the present point of view, when his crown prince succeeds to the throne, he will do nothing, as long as he lives longer, he will be the most Ming emperor in the Ming Dynasty.

Even if you are a noble person, you can't escape life, old age, sickness and death. The wish of praying for more life is not counted. Chen Mu thinks that the prince should be the one he cares about most.

"it is okay."

After Chen Mu received the letter, he sat in Chen Laidao's mansion for a while, thinking that Beijing, which was thousands of miles away, would not say a word, so he stood up meditating, and repeated these three words: "It's ok."

Emperor Longqing is fine. As an emperor, he is quite miserable. He has suffered from poverty and has not taken responsibility. He has taken a few big ideas in his life, but he has made no mistakes in these big ideas, so it is okay.

Chen Mu also felt that he could do it. Long Qing knew him well, and he showed loyalty to this knowledge.

It may sound silly to say that you are loyal to the king, but loyalty has always been one of the best human qualities.Everyone's position is different, and the depth of loyalty is different, but for him, if he does these things well, he considers himself loyal to the emperor and serves the country.

It is worthy of the sky, the ground is worthy of the elders, and it is worthy of living together with the flesh and blood.

That's it.

The incident in Guam has not been disturbed, and there is a tendency of storms to come. The fleet sent has not yet returned. Chen Mu estimated that this battle will be attacked by his side at the end of the year, so he handed over the Chihai flagship and the Deng Zilong ironclad ship to Chen Lin. , Take the [-] material shark boat back to Nanyang Weigang to write a letter to the court.

He didn't plan to go back to Beijing. Worshiping the emperor would have to wait until the war with Spain was over, but he had to go back to Guangdong, because Nanyang Wei had something new.

Going back to Nanyang Port, everything on the island has been very different in the past few years. It is not surprising that warships waiting to be built in dry docks along the coast slip into the sea. What really makes him feel fulfilled is the entire Nanyang Wei coast.

An unprecedented military city.

After Chen Mu came out of Nanyang, there were not many direct management of Nanyang Wei's affairs, but the generals and schools, especially under the management of Lu Tong, the commander of the Jiangwu Hall of the Navy, and Yu Dayou, the governor, let the southern coast of Guangzhou Prefecture belong to the five counties of Nanyang Wei. The local management is much stricter, the most important of which is the Nanyang Military Bureau.

These veterans don't know as much as Chen Mu about some things, but in the field they know, even if they just know it, they have the ability to draw inferences from one instance.

The Military Weapons Bureau is firmly protected. The Nanyang Guard Banner Army, the lecturers, the local battalions, and the local inspections are all protected by four layers of protection. No outsiders are allowed to enter. The great craftsman Guan Yuangu also reached a cooperation with the lecturers of the weapons department of the Jiangwu Hall, and the research room of the weapons department was set up in Nanyangwei.

Guan Jiang has grown older in the past few years, and the biggest change in his body is that his body, which has been lean all his life, is getting fatter when he gets old, and his beard and hair are completely white, and he speaks slowly, but when he sees Chen Mu, his expression is even more fanatical.

"Master, the old man made it!"

Chen Mu was fooled, what did I ask you to do?

Following Guan Yuangu's gaze, he looked at a small Taoist temple standing alone by the sea in the distance. There was a six-storied pagoda in the small courtyard of the Taoist temple. The gate of the temple faced north, with its back against the sea. The altar is a blessed land.

Several dark gun barrels protrude from each floor of the six-storied tower, making Chen Mu feel that Guan Yuangu's aesthetics has taken a big step closer to him. This embellishment is so unique.

But the problem is—Chen Mu turned his head away, "Guan Jiang, when did I ask you to repair the pagoda for me?"

"It's not a pagoda. The pagoda is a drawing drawn by the Taoist priest. It's the material. The cement that the master sent me in the north was used to build the pagoda. It's so fast that the cannons can be fired in less than a month!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)