I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

Zhu Zhangui understands the idea of ​​being threatened by himself and uniting to fight against the enemy.

If it were him, he would choose to do the same.

If one's own strength is too weak to fight against the imperial court, then find a bigger force to unite together, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

Li Hu walked to the map and pointed to several hidden islands.

"These guys are all distributed on these few islands, and there are countless hidden reefs around them, making it difficult for big ships to approach."

"One of them is on an island opposite Ningbo Mansion, and the number of people is about 3000. We are going back this time, and I plan to kill them."

Zhu Zhangui nodded slightly and agreed to the battle plan.

Zhu Zhangui will not ask or intervene in how his subordinates fight and how to command the army.

He is only responsible for providing logistics and final results.

But if any guy has the guts to get out of his control, Zhu Zhangui will let the other party understand that not everyone can afford the army that has been supported by countless money.

In particular, the navy has recently equipped a large number of artillery, which has stricter logistical requirements.

Except for the old man, there is no one person or force in the entire Ming Dynasty who can afford such a huge consumption.

Li Hu pointed to another location and quickly introduced it.

"This is the largest force, with a population of about 7000. They are located on Xiaoliuqiu Island."

"This is also the most difficult place to fight. Every time we advance troops here, they retreat directly to the island."

"The vast mountains and forests, coupled with the help of the local natives, it is very difficult for us to find them."

"And we are not yet familiar with the terrain. If we rush ashore, we will easily fall into a trap."

"That's why I suggest that we should focus on surprise attacks here, and it is best to defeat them all at once."

Zhu Zhangui looked at the position of Xiaoliuqiu, pondered for a while, and said: "Eat the others first, and save this place for the end. If you really can't take it down in a short time, send a team to watch them. You can't just because of this. A small wave of Japanese pirates has affected our overall plan."

"As ordered!"

"Have you found out the people behind these pirate forces?"

Hearing this, Li Hu quickly took out a list from his pocket and put it on the table.

"These people are the targets of our suspicion, but we have no absolute evidence to prove that they are related to Japanese pirates."

"Why do we need evidence? Let's kill them in the name of bandits and Japanese pirates."

Jiang Huai, who had been listening to the discussion between the two, finally interjected.

Zhu Zhangui shook his head and rejected the suggestion.

It's not that Zhu Zhangui has changed his character, but that the old man doesn't allow him to use this method.

In the old man's words, it's a bit embarrassing for the future prince and future emperor of a grand grandson of a country to use such unscrupulous methods every day.

It's not that this method cannot be used, but that it cannot be used as soon as difficulties are encountered.

Once this habit is formed, it is easy to be limited in thinking when dealing with state affairs in the future.

And as a rule maker, if you don't abide by this rule yourself, then no one below is willing to abide by this rule.

So the old man set a limit for Zhu Zhangui.

In the future, when dealing with any forces in Ming Dynasty, it is not allowed to use the method of pretending to be a bandit to directly silence them.

Of course, the method used to deal with the Kong family should not be used in the future.

The plague is really hard to control. The old man is afraid that Zhu Zhangui will play it off in the future, and the people of Ming Dynasty will suffer from the disaster.

As for other countries, the old man didn't say anything.

The attitude is completely the same, I am just the emperor of Ming Dynasty, not the emperor of the world.

People in other countries suffer from disasters, suffer, suffer, and suffer grievances, and it has nothing to do with me, the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

"These people are in collusion with the Japanese pirates. There will definitely be letters and lists from the Japanese pirates."

"When we look back and wipe out the Japanese pirates, pay attention to this aspect. Those Japanese pirate leaders can be captured alive."

"As long as there is evidence and witnesses in this regard!"

Throwing the list in his hand on the table, Zhu Zhangui said with a sneer on his face: "I can handle these guys as I want!"

"Your Highness, I have important information!"

Just when the three of them were about to continue discussing the next plan, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

A Jin Yiwei walked in quickly and handed a letter to Zhu Zhangui.

Zhu Zhangui took it and opened it casually, glanced at the contents above, and was speechless.

The letter was written by the third uncle Zhu Gaosui, which stated the second uncle's plans and ideas for the future.

Zhu Zhangui felt helpless and angry when he saw that his second uncle planned to unite with those people in the south to rectify him.

My second uncle, there is really no one else.

No wonder the boss wants to put him in a stuffy jar.

If it wasn't for the old man and the old man who were still alive, Zhu Zhangui would have wanted to put this second uncle in a jar and let him calm down.

"Go back and tell my third uncle that I already know the matter and I will be careful."

"In addition, tell him that I agreed to the distribution of pistols to the Beizhen Mansion Secretary he mentioned to me. When the new batch comes out next month, I will have someone send them to him."

"As ordered!"

Looking at Jin Yiwei who left, Zhu Zhangui put the letter on the lamp and lit it.

Looking at the burning letter, Zhu Zhangui felt that it was time to find someone to look after this second uncle.

Otherwise, he will always make trouble when he does something by himself, even if he doesn't succeed, it will make people uncomfortable.

Chapter 163: Thousands of cannon fire, shaking the sky.

Yongle 13 years, the third day of February.

Ningbo, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"Master Wu, all these people have been summoned, so it's time to tell me what to do?"

Outside the city of Ningbo Fu, officers and soldiers of a Thousand Household Guards gathered outside the city.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the guard system had not collapsed too badly.

Coupled with the fact that Jiangsu and Zhejiang are close to the capital, soldiers are still much better than other places in terms of training vacancies.

Early yesterday morning.

The Qianhu Weisuo received an order from Fucheng to gather in Fucheng before dark on the second day.

The disciples of the guard who had just received the court's favor naturally responded positively to the court's call.

Before noon the next day, the soldiers from the Qianhu Office of Ningbo Prefecture had all gathered.

After counting the number of people and confirming that there is no shortage, the Ningbo Qianhu Office found the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture.

The prefect of Ningbo Prefecture glanced at the rough man in front of him, hesitated and replied: "I can tell you, but I don't know why I summoned you here?"

The eyes of Qianhu of Ningbo Mansion widened instantly.

Does the magistrate think his life is too long?When the army was called up, they said they didn't know what to do.

The prefect of Ningbo saw that Qianhu was about to go mad, and was afraid that this idiot would beat him up on impulse, so he quickly explained.

"Don't look at me like that, I didn't ask you to call it, it was His Royal Highness!"

"His Royal Highness!"

Chito was stunned for a moment.

The prefect nodded in confirmation.

"You should still remember the order issued by the imperial court some time ago. Now all the officers and soldiers of the guards in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi are under the command of His Royal Highness."

Chito rolled her eyes.

Although he doesn't know many words, he is not an idiot. How could he forget the order just issued a while ago.

Thinking of the order issued by the imperial court some time ago, the thousand households seemed to have thought of something, and excitedly asked the prefect of Ningbo.

"Do you think His Highness will let us fight Japanese pirates!"

The magistrate hesitated for a moment and said uncertainly: "It should be. There is a wave of Japanese pirates on the opposite island. I reported to the imperial court some time ago. Although there was no reply, I guess His Royal Highness Taisun summoned you this time to fight those pirates." Japanese pirates."

"Great, I finally have a chance to make meritorious service."

Chito punched his fist in excitement.

During the Northern Expedition last year, his thousand households were not recruited into the Northern Expedition team because they were close to the coastline to guard against Japanese pirates.

This made Qianhu, who had always wanted to make meritorious service and get promoted, regretfully sad for a long time.

Later, the north won the battle, and he heard that several thousand households who were transferred there were promoted.

This made him even more jealous.

Those guys had senior qualifications and were not as strong as him, but they were promoted after a stroll to the north, how could he not be envious of that.

In June last year, a wave of Japanese pirates went to the opposite island, and he has been applying upwards, wanting to fight this wave of Japanese pirates.

As a result, everything fell into the sea.

I don't know if it was because the higher-ups disagreed, or his application was blocked.

Just when he thought he would stay in the position of Qianhu for the rest of his life, God finally rewarded him with military exploits.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's gather the ships quickly, and when His Royal Highness comes over, we can start fighting immediately."

The magistrate gave Qianhu a blank look when he heard the words.

This guy has always wanted to fight, and the magistrate also knows about it.

"Don't be too happy, His Royal Highness Taisun came here with the Shenji Battalion and the huge navy. I reckon that you were not summoned to fight, but to let you patrol outside the front line to prevent the people from approaching. escaped with the pirates."

Qianhu laughed, and waved his hand indifferently.

"Never mind him, as long as I can beat the Japanese pirates and have military exploits, let me clean up the corpses!"

At noon, Ningbo Mansion received another order.

Zhu Zhangui ordered them to gather at the beach and wait for the next order.

As predicted, it was indeed time to fight Japanese pirates. Qianhu was so excited that he didn't even eat lunch, and the shouting crowd hurriedly set off.

The Japanese pirates with hidden clues naturally received the news from Ningbo Mansion.

Zhoushan Island was originally named Changguo.

In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Tang He, the general who conquered the south, to handle the defense of the southeast.

Two commanders of Tanghe's subordinates intervened in civil disputes among local residents on Xiushan Island and were beaten to death.

Tang He vented his anger on the people of Zhoushan, and asked the court to say: "The residents of Changguo are bandits on the outside, but there are many thieves on the inside."

They are uneducable stubborn people who insist on abolishing the county government and expelling the islanders.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Tang He's report, issued an edict to abolish Changguo County, and all the islanders were expelled to the mainland.

This is the first sea ban in Zhoushan's history.

After the sea ban, Zhoushan's population dropped sharply to 8800. In the Yongle Year, the population was less than 800 households.The Zhoushan Islands have been reduced to a sparsely populated and desolate place.

It is also for this reason that the residents of the island are dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty, and these Japanese pirates entered here.

Its main purpose is to take advantage of the hatred of the island residents and their familiarity with the terrain to confront the imperial court across the sea.

"The chief is not well, there is movement in Ningbo Mansion."

Zhoushan Islands, in a cottage on a big island.

A group of people dressed in rags and holding various weapons were lying on the ground basking in the sun.

These people rubbed their stomachs from time to time and looked at the sky blankly.