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Chapter 423 I hope the sea will be peaceful

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    Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao resigned first.

    They waited outside the Meridian Gate for a long time, and then saw our Minister of War, Ma Wensheng, coming out.

    Ma Wensheng frowned. The Ministry of War was really busy, with its front foot focused on the West and its rear foot suppressing Japanese pirates.

    Aren¡¯t Japanese pirates always suppressing them?  I have been preparing Japanese guards for so many years, and I have also been suppressing bandits intermittently.

    Although the effect is a little worse, today, for some reason, His Majesty got very angry and cursed him.

    Ma Wensheng was a gentleman of the Hongzhi Dynasty. He was usually polite to everyone he met, but he didn't know what bad luck he got into today.

    Your Majesty ordered the Ministry of War to prepare its own Japanese guards and mobilize elites to prepare to suppress the bandits. It seems that he is planning to make a big move.

    From Fujian to Zhili and Zhejiang in the south, including Shandong, there were a total of fifteen Japanese guards established by the imperial court. The theoretical number of posts was a total of 50,000. Of course, Ma Wensheng calculated by himself that the actual number was only 30,000.  , the other twenty thousand is just the number on the books.

    But no matter what, His Majesty¡¯s urging is obviously to wipe out all the Japanese pirates. It¡¯s difficult it¡¯s really difficult!

    The Japanese guards did not have ships to enter the deep sea and could only guard offshore. The Japanese pirates came and went without a trace. How to fight them?

    Fortunately, the Ministry of War has many elite soldiers and generals. In order to sail to the Western Ocean, seven or eight ships were built, but most of these were auxiliary horse ships.  The navy is not impossible to suppress.

    But when he stepped out of the Meridian Gate, he saw Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan standing here. The two of them looked at him in tacit understanding.

    Waiting for me?

    Why do you feel a little guilty?

    "I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Ma Wensheng stepped forward and saluted.

    Zhu Houzhao looked at Ma Wensheng with a smile.

    Fang Jifan said at this time: "I have met Mr. Magong."

    Ma Wensheng looked at Zhu Houzhao and then at Fang Jifan. They were both laughing, very happily.

    Ma Wensheng's heart sank to the bottom of his heart: "I wonder if His Highness is here, what do you have to say?"

    Zhu Houzhao said: "Father, did you order you to suppress the Japanese?"

    "Exactly." Ma Wensheng said with shame: "I'm really ashamed, old minister"

    "It just so happens that we are also suppressing the Japanese. What a coincidence."

    Ma Wensheng felt as if ten thousand grass and mud horses were running past him.

    It sounds familiar. Back thenit seems that people from the Ministry of War and Xishan also went to the West together.

    ????????? Is this an enemy?

    Looking at Ma Wensheng, who looked extremely ugly, Zhu Houzhao said unceremoniously: "It's true that we are enemies on a narrow road."

    "What are you talking about?" Ma Wensheng said hurriedly: "Your Highness's words are wrong. They are all serving His Majesty."

    "That's good." Zhu Houzhao seemed to be waiting for this sentence and said, "Then you can lend me a few boats."

    "What?"

    Everything else is easy to talk about. As soon as he heard about the ship, Ma Wensheng's face dropped: "There is no ship. Where did the ship come from?"

    Fang Jifan said with an innocent look on his face: "You still say no. There are seven or eight ships parked at the Ningbo Shipping Department. They are all newly built horse-drawn ships with thousands of materials."

    Ma Wensheng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately said with a straight face: "Nonsense, this is the ship of the imperial court, not my ship. I am the Minister of the Ministry of War. This ship will go to the Western Ocean in the future."

    "Borrow five boats and pay them back in three years." Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to compare with him and stretched out his hand.

    Ma Wensheng was shocked: "I have to report to Your Majesty, let alone prepare Japanese guards"

    "Father is too stingy." Zhu Houzhao said without hesitation; "Just tell me whether I will give you these five ships."

    "It's really not my ship. I can't make the decision." Ma Wensheng said with a bitter face.

    "It's just borrowing." Fang Jifan added: "If you don't want to borrow, forget it, but Ma Gong, His Royal Highness is a small-minded person, as you must know, he will retaliate for his anger, and his character is also relatively poor."

    ""

    Ma Wensheng and Zhu Houzhao both looked at each other.

    Although Zhu Houzhao knew this was a strategy, listening to it, he always felt

    "I have to tell you, Your Majesty." Ma Wensheng gritted his teeth.

    Fang Jifan said: "How about three ships?"

    Ma Wensheng said sternly: "I am a minister of the imperial court. The ships are owned by the Ministry of War in the name, but in fact they are owned by the imperial court. If your majesty has a will, no matter how much you want, the Ministry of War will give it to you. Your Highness and Uncle Xinjian will not ask for it."  It¡¯s hard to force someone to do something difficult.¡±

    Zhu Houzhao really wanted to ask his father for it, but his father was stingy and asked him before he resigned.??The miners must be strong and powerful, and must be water-based. Starting from the eighteenth generation of their ancestors, they have experienced small-scale battles every year. The eighteen generations of their ancestors have passed down countless battle experiences by word of mouth, and recruited them.  Don't worry about not having elite soldiers.  Besides, people from the North are tall, and being tall on a ship is of no use as it takes up too much space. Has your Highness heard of it?  Short man, smart.  "

    "Really?" Zhu Houzhao was happy. He gestured with Fang Jifan above his head and said proudly: "I am shorter than you."

    ""

    Fang Jifan said: "Be serious, we are talking about national affairs."

    "Okay, it's all up to you."

    This time, the Zhenguo Mansion has something to do.

    The emperor personally made a promise that the government would recruit naval forces to set up Japanese guards, and the money and food allocated every year would be based on the standards of guards.

    There is less, but this is equivalent to the money and food of 3,000 people.

    Of course, if you want to train elite soldiers, the money and food of the so-called three thousand people alone are not enough, so you have to reduce the scale.

    Let¡¯s recruit 300 people first.

    Zhu Houzhao said proudly, "After you have practiced it, you can let Tang Yin go to sea to fight."

    Fang Jifan said seriously: "Your Highness, we can't do it. We still have a lot to do if we want to completely wipe out the Japanese pirates. Has your Highness ever thought about it? Whythe Japanese pirates are wreaking havoc and are banned again and again?"

    "" Zhu Houzhao was silent.

    Fang Jifan said: "Because of interests, as long as private individuals go to sea and still make considerable profits, the Japanese pirates will never be banned and they will be invincible." (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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