I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

December 5th, Shaoxing.

Zhu Yihai received Qian Sule's battle report and secret fold.

The battle report describes the process of the battle of Changzhou and the results. On the secret booklet, it is written an analysis of Wu Changqing and some information about Wu Junli's flintlock gun.

In secret, Qian Sule spoke highly of Wu Changqing's ability, but he also had a great desire for power.

In fact, Qian Sule still didn't write too much detail. For example, Wu Changqing didn't write about the fact that Wu Changqing was good at bribing people's hearts. He was afraid that Zhu Yihai would become jealous of Wu Changqing and fall into infighting, which would make the Qing court cheaper.

After reading the battle report and the secret book, Zhu Yihai summoned all the ministers and announced the good news that the Wu army had captured Changzhou.

Knowing this good news, many ministers had smiles on their faces.

"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty. With Wu Guogong as a god, the recovery of Nanjing is just around the corner."

Zhang Guowei congratulated him, and the other ministers followed suit.

In the past, every day they received bad news of defeat or the surrender of the generals. Since Wu Changqing appeared, they began to receive good news constantly.

"The current military strength of Wu Guogong is still too small. What do you think of the memorials Qian Aiqing and Xiong Aiqing made before?"

Zhu Yihai received Qian Sule's suggestion a few days ago, suggesting that he summon skilled craftsmen from eastern Zhejiang and send them to Suzhou for Wu Changqing's use. In this way, you can quickly create a flintlock gun and increase your strength.

After a few months, even Zhu Yihai, who was a noble emperor, knew at this time that Wu Changqing had a weapon called the 'Suifa Spear'.

However, it is very difficult to build such a weapon, and Wu Changqing has also taken the strictest confidentiality measures.

Of course, Zhu Yihai wanted Wu Changqing to contribute the manufacturing method of this flintlock gun, but he also knew that it was impossible in this troubled world.

Now, he is faced with the problem of whether to reward Wu Changqing as a craftsman.

The advantage of rewarding craftsmen to Wu Changqing is that it can increase Wu Changqing's strength and speed up the progress of recovering Nanjing.

The downside is that it can increase Wu Changqing's strength and make Wu Changqing more difficult to control.

"The minister thought that the Duke of Wu should present the manufacturing method. Shaoxing is at the rear, and it is safer to build weapons. The craftsmen are sent to Suzhou. If Suzhou is captured by the Qing army, the manufacturing method will be lost in the hands of the Qing army."

Fang Guoan stood up and said that he was firmly opposed to sending craftsmen to Suzhou.

It's impossible not to covet a craft like making flintlocks. As long as the manufacturing site is in Shaoxing, then he has enough means to take this craft as his own and expand his strength.

His reason is actually justifiable, but he thinks very well, but the reality is very cruel.

Zhang Guowei reminded: "The Yue Guogong's words are not good. At this time, our most important thing is to restore Nanjing. It is really not appropriate to have another internal dispute. We should learn a lesson about Hongguang."

Although he didn't say it clearly, everyone was smart and understood what Zhang Guowei meant.

What Zhang Guowei meant was that, in the current situation, forcing Wu Changqing to hand over this manufacturing method would undoubtedly provoke internal fighting.

And the Ming Dynasty really couldn't stand the toss. The former Hongguang court had nearly one million troops, and it was because of the infighting between Ma Shiying, who was in power, and the Donglin party, that the Qing army had an opportunity.

Because Ma Shiying continued to persecute the Donglin Party after taking power, Zuo Liangyu, who had received the favor of the Donglin Party, rushed to Nanjing with more than 200,000 troops, threatening to kill Ma Shiying against the Qing emperor.

If Wu Changqing is also forced to hand over his cards now, I am afraid that Wu Changqing will also shout to the side of Qing Jun, kill Fang Guoan, and then march his army south.

This kind of thing has just been staged in the Hongguang court, and it is really time to learn a lesson at this time.

"What Zhang Aiqing said is true. At present, the most important thing is to restore the old. As for the method of making this weapon, we will discuss it later."

Why doesn't Zhu Yihai want to master this craft in his own hands, but this kind of thing is not something that can be done just by thinking about it.

In fact, Zhu Yihai knew very well in his heart that he had no soldiers in his hands, and there was a great possibility that he could only be a puppet emperor in the future.

However, even being a puppet emperor is not bad. At least on the surface, he is still an emperor. He can also accept the kneeling of ministers and enjoy the three palaces and six courtyards.

This kind of puppet life is also stronger than now.

And as long as he masters the righteous name, the puppet emperor is not without the opportunity to counterattack.

Just like the previous Jiajing Emperor, when he ascended the throne, he did not have anything, and then relied on a series of imperial powers to turn the officials around, and finally grasped the power and realized the situation of Jiajing Zhongxing.

Zhu Yihai wants to take this road now, first give his subordinates the greatest power, and let them help him regain the world first.

In the future, if you have the opportunity, you will gather power and become a master, and if you have no chance, you will enjoy life as a puppet.

All the civil servants in the DPRK and China support sending craftsmen to Suzhou, and Fang Guoan has no way to object, unless he openly rebels now.

He is not that stupid yet, and has a clear understanding of his own strength.

However, this does not mean that he has given up and surrendered to the mind of peeping at the secret, he just wants to change the way.

For example, there are many ways to install a group of craftsmen who are loyal to themselves to learn techniques, or to bribe and threaten some craftsmen.

A few days later, news of Wu Changqing's capture of Changzhou reached Fuzhou.

For this news, Emperor Longwu didn't know whether he should be happy or depressed.

Fortunately, Wu Changqing's allegiance is Daming, and Wu Changqing's victory represents the victory of Daming.

Depressed, Wu Changqing's allegiance was to Lu King Zhu Yihai, not his orthodox Ming court.

This made Zhu Yujian a little regretful. If he had known that Wu Changqing could fight so well, he should have directly named him a marquis or a duke.

Now Wu Changqing has turned to Zhu Yihai, and he is also approaching Nanjing. If Wu Changqing recaptured Nanjing and Zhu Yihai moved the court to Nanjing, it would be difficult to say whether others recognized him or Zhu Yihai.

After all, Nanjing has a very special meaning for Daming, and sitting in Nanjing can represent orthodoxy.

Now Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places only honor him as orthodox in name, but in fact he has no control over those places.

Once Zhu Yihai returns to Nanjing, then Zhu Yihai can use the old capital of Ming Dynasty to make a fuss, and maybe someone will turn to him because of this, which is very bad for Zhu Yujian.

If it wasn't for the fear of infamy on his back, he would now want to directly lead the troops to attack Zhu Yihai.

In his opinion, Zhu Yihai is already more troublesome than the Manchu and Qing Tatars. If Zhu Yihai is not resolved, his legitimacy will always face challenges.

"Everyone, how should this matter be handled?"

Zhu Yujian asked Xiang Qunchen.

"Your Majesty, we can directly use the name of righteousness, and also canonize Wu Changqing as Wu Guogong and make him the governor of Zhili. After all, we represent orthodoxy, and under the same award, Wu Changqing is very likely to fall to us."

Minister of Rites Huang Daozhou suggested.

"Will this reward be too high? General Zheng is still only a marquis."

Another minister close to Zheng Zhilong said.

"Hmph, it's already this time, how can you care so much, can you just watch Nanjing fall into the hands of King Lu?

If Hou Ping was unhappy, His Majesty could promise him that he would be named a king with a different surname after winning Nanjing. With his 100,000 navy, it is not without a chance to go upstream from the Yangtze River. "

Huang Daozhou snorted coldly and said, although he is the Minister of Rites, he is not pedantic.

At a time when orthodoxy has been endangered, why have so much been taken into account, the most important thing is to get Nanjing in the hands first.

As long as they occupied Nanjing and then moved to Nanjing to supervise the country, who would dare to say that they are not orthodox?

Moreover, he was also very dissatisfied with Zheng Zhilong, and he was appointed as a candidate because he had a little military power.

Even this kind of person can be blocked. Wu Changqing, who has killed tens of thousands of enemies on the front line, is it inappropriate to be named a duke?

"Huang Aiqing said that the most important thing is to restore the past."

Zhu Yujian chose to follow Huang Daozhou's advice. If Zheng Zhilong was dissatisfied, he would force him to go north to regain lost ground.

In fact, he had always wanted to go north, but unfortunately there were no soldiers in his hand, and Zheng Zhilong did not listen to the command.

In terms of military power, he and Zhu Yihai are a pair of brothers and sisters.