If the Duke of Ming made such a thing in front of the public, he would naturally be delivered to Yidu by Xiao Jiasui as quickly as possible. But Xiao Jiasui himself did not think the matter was so serious.

"Why should the Duke worry? How can such a trick be hidden from His Majesty's eyes?"

Fang La didn't care at all, "The crown on his head is flat, and his grandfather is still wearing a dragon robe in a few days." Even the dragon and tiger posture and the sun of the sky were all used by Fang Shenggong. Before he could understand Emperor Lu's plan, the Imperial City Department designed a play in front of him, which deserved their efforts to waste.

That person will die in vain if he dies.

And what about Yidu City?

When the news came, Emperor Lu was really grateful to the Imperial City Department. It would be better if these people stirred the water even more. Otherwise, how could he get to pry people into the corner?

Only the water is muddy, will Li Zhu, uncle and nephew, and Yang Yao be more easily acting in Wang Qing and Zhong Xiangjun?

Of course, he also saw some hidden dangers from this matter. Fang La, Wang Qing, Zhong Xiang and Tian Hu in the northwest, no matter how Emperor Lu looked at it, at least in the eyes of the world, they were the four major vassal states under the Great Qi court. Moreover, the four kings have long held heavy troops and have great power, which is not the benefit of the country. In the eyes of the world, it is a major hidden danger that concerns the safety of the world.

——Because Fang La, Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang and the three feudal forces were too strong, their strength in Guangnan was far greater than that of the Qi army.

However, the matter between the four feudals cannot be resolved in the short term. Emperor Lu wanted to be a feudal, but a prerequisite for the feudalism was that even half an inch of China's territory in the previous life could not be separated.

China is very big, but no inch of land is redundant.

He still has this insistence.

Therefore, Emperor Lu wanted to destroy Dali and seize the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou in later generations. This would inevitably lead to a rebound from the tribes in the southwest. Compared with the destruction of Dali, this was something that Emperor Lu was even more worried about.

Based on the principle of doing their best to the people and using everything to the best, Emperor Lu was preparing to use the two armies of Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang in the process of pacifying and suppressing Dali.

To defeat and completely suppress the backlash of the tribes in the southwest, some political measures need not be mentioned, and military means are also indispensable. The soldiers and horses belonging to Jie Zhen and Jie Bao brothers are accustomed to fighting in the mountains, and they are always expanding, with a number of people exceeding ten thousand. The Zhengbai Banner led by Yang Zaili was even more full in the group, and it can be said that they are latecomers. Compared with the Zhenghuang Banner, whose troops are still not full in the army, there are also the two feudals of Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang who were deceived by Emperor Lu earlier.

Because of Emperor Lu’s promise, Dali became a carrot hanging in front of Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang. In order to seize the rule of Dali, Zhong Xiang and Wang Qing would also fight hard. Because Dali had been the king for two hundred years, the Nanzhao Kingdom was even more popular earlier, and compared with other barbarian places, it was valued even more.

But no one knew that Emperor Lu had no intention of saying anything and gave Dali to the winner of Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang.

The carrots are just the temptation of two donkeys hanging, but they are not the food they can eat when they fall into the donkey's mouth.

Therefore, the affairs of the Four Vocationals were far from settled. Because Emperor Lu had a long time to make up for the conflict between Zhong Xiang and Wang Qing when necessary, it was a greater and more intense conflict than the conflict that had already broken out in South Vietnam. As an excuse to rebuke the two and drive them further south.

This is also the biggest role of Li's uncle and nephew and Yang Yao.

The three of them are in a lurking period, and the power of the vassal states is naturally far from over. In the eyes of the people, the days when the Four Dukes, as a hidden danger to the new dynasty, will last for a while.

Because even Fang La, who was the first to go abroad, would still take a long time to prepare.

Maybe next year, maybe the year after, but there may not be any troops sent to Southeast Asia this year. That is a major migration of hundreds of thousands or even millions.

Therefore, Emperor Lu decided to take Fang Jinzhi to Jiangnan.

Fang La must have been the first to be a vassal overseas, in order to be a common example, so that the important civil and military officials under Lu Qian could see it, also known as Wang Qing, Tian Hu and Zhong Xiang, and should not think that Emperor Lu was just fooling them.

But there is still a time difference. Before Fang La officially went to Nanyang to "receive the vassal state", Emperor Lu's "big feudal" plan was kept confidential. In this case, after the Taibailou incident spread to Jiangnan, it was already causing people to be in a state of turmoil.

The reason is very simple. Fang La's subordinates have too deep and too many connections with Jiangnan. It's a lotus root and can't be pulled. Now Fang La has stabbed again. How can the military and civilians in Jiangnan not worry about Emperor Lu using a knife to cut people? In the face of the emperor's power, there are many fathers and sons-in-law, fathers and sons, brothers, and killing each other. The Imperial City Department was afraid that the people would not understand the truth. When spreading rumors and posts without any heads, they wanted to break the truth so that the people could understand it.

But many people in the court opposed Emperor Lu's southern tour.

In ancient times, traveling far away was a risk, and getting sick on the road was a big deal. Emperor Lu's son was not yet an adult, and he was involved in the safety of the world. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Emperor Lu would not go anywhere.

If you are far away, think about Qin Shihuang; if you are near, think about Zhou Shizong.

Who dares to say that their food, clothing, housing, transportation and medical treatment are not good during their journey and outings?

Or is Chai Rong's body weak or old? But Emperor Lu doesn't listen. He has a bug, what are he afraid of?

Next, Xiao Jiasui's memorial was delivered to Emperor Lu, but Xiao Jiasui and San Ruan jointly submitted a letter to the details of Guangnan's military imbalance, and sent him 600 miles to Yidu to send him to Yidu. The subsequent development and impact of the Taibai Building incident were also reported to Emperor Lu.

When the memorial arrived, Emperor Lu was planning to discuss the southern tour with some close ministers in Xuande Pavilion.

Yes, Emperor Lu forced himself to go to Jiangnan. No one can object.

At the same time, Jiangnan Governor Chen Wenzhao and the Security Bureau both reported secretly that the Taibailou incident was unstable after it was spread to Jiangnan.

It can be regarded as providing a basis for Emperor Lu.

In this case, Emperor Lu decided to go to Jiangnan to take a look. This is correct. To calm people's hearts is one thing, and then to inspect the river engineering.

Not to mention the north and south of the Yangtze River, there are waterways in the north, but because there is no Yellow River taking the Huai River into the sea, it is still peaceful and peaceful now. It cannot be said that there is no harm in floods. It can be compared with the Jianghuai River during the Song and Jin dynasties in official history, and it is almost none compared with the northern Jiangsu floods in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In official history, Du Chong, a left-behind Beijing in the Southern Song Dynasty, dug the Yellow River embankment and opened the Yellow River to capture the Huai River for more than 600 years. The Yellow River carried a large amount of mud and sand poured on the northern Jiangsu plain, causing the lower reaches of the Huai River to gradually rise after the confluence of the Huang-Huai River. The poor passage into the sea caused the Huai River to flow backwards. Such a rich Huai River flooded the Huai River for many years. The Fuling Lake, Pobutang and other large and small lakes and swamps on both sides of the lower reaches of the Huai River, and gradually converged into the Hongze Lake in later generations. With the emergence of Hongze Lake, it expanded and flooded, many ancient towns in the lower reaches of the Huai River suffered a catastrophe. The Linhuai County City, Fuling County City, which was built in the Han Dynasty, Sizhou City, which rose in the Tang Dynasty, and the prosperous Hongze Ancient Town, which had been prosperous for thousands of years, all sank into the lake. Ganluo City, Huaiyin Ancient City, Qinghe County City, etc. at the intersection of Huang, Huai, and the Canal were also abandoned because of Hong Tao.

But now, the Yellow River cannot capture the Huai River and enter the sea again, which has an extremely huge impact on the political and economic aspects of China as a whole.

You should know that in the official history, in addition to political and military reasons, the fall of the Central Plains was a major contribution to the Yellow River's capture of the Huai River into the sea. Because the Yellow River was diverted, eastern Henan, northern Jiangsu, and southwestern Shandong became areas where the Yellow River floods often flooded. All the rivers in these plains were plagued and damaged by the Yellow River floods, resulting in poor drainage and no way out. Among them, the Huai River changes the most.

Then, the efforts of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in water conservancy, not to mention anything else, who dares to say that the reason why the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty perished was not the result of "Don't tell the stone man with one eye to provoke the Yellow River to rebel the world"?

Many people in later generations knew this sentence, but they did not understand the background of this sentence. The Mongolian Yuan summoned hundreds of thousands of workers to repair the Yellow River embankment.

With the emperor's order, officials at all levels were extremely excited. First of all, the wages allocated by the emperor to repair the river can be deducted, and the food of migrant workers can be deducted, and they don't eat or drink are not their own business. This is a large amount of income, and the cost of the project can be deducted. The Yellow River can't flood and the officials can't die.

So, the old trick came out. When migrant workers dug out a stone man with one eye from the river, and the back was engraved with "Don't say that the stone man has one eye, which will provoke the Yellow River to rebel the world", the workers were moved.

This stone statue is obviously fake, and its methods are also inferior. It is even more sophisticated than using the alchemy book written with "King Chen Sheng" into the fish's belly. But the methods are not as old as they work.

In this way, the uprising that came to kick off the anti-Yuan prelude appeared on stage.

This is the heavy price paid by the Mongol Yuan in river prevention and control work. What about Zhu Ming? According to later statistics, the Yellow River broke 301 times in the Ming Dynasty, 138 overflows, 15 migrations, and tens of millions of victims were killed and injured.

During the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, the average annual expenditure on river industry was about 4 million taels, accounting for as much as 10% of the country's fiscal revenue, and the expenditure during the Jiadao period was as high as 8 million taels.

It can be said that Du Chong, the thief, was really cut into pieces and couldn't relieve his regret.

The previous wars did not cause much damage to the water conservancy facilities in Huainan and Jiangnan, but they also had some impact. Now that Huainan provinces have reported that the destruction has been repaired safely, the canal to the north and the Bian River channel to Kaifeng northwest have been dredged and repaired. Emperor Lu naturally had to go and see it with his own eyes. The most important thing is Shanghai and Hong Kong.

It is naturally a large construction site, but last year, I invested more than 5 million yuan in large construction sites, which is also qualified to touch Emperor Lu's heart.

Especially Wusong Port has been newly repaired.

The last point is to enhance the influence of the New Dynasty in the Jiangnan area. He will announce the establishment of Jinling as the southern capital during this southern tour, and at the same time, the naval and army of the Nanjing colonels Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Huainan and other provinces.

At this time, after reading the memorial handed over by Xiao Jiasui, Emperor Lu suddenly burst out laughing and said, "Since Lingnan has such a request, we will transfer five sea dragon boats and go south to arrange the Nanyang Navy."

The so-called Nanyang Navy refers to the outer sea craft division of Sanruan, and the Beiyang Navy led by Li Juntong, and the main force of the Daqi outer sea craft division. The sea dragon ship is a two thousand-item blessed ship equipped with artillery. The latter has become the main battleship of the Qi army's outer sea craft division. Although there are many shortcomings compared to the Western sailing ships in the official history, this is the most suitable and economical main ship for the current Qi army's outer sea craft division.

First of all, its manufacturing technology is mature. It has become a common practice to make three to five hundred materials at small amounts and five to five thousand materials at large amounts.

Second, compared with the performance of Tianfang spinning sailboats and Mediterranean galleys at this moment, today's lucky ships are already in the upper hand.

It is as tall as a building, with its bottom pointed, its top wide, its head high and its mouth high. Therefore, the troops on the ship can be high and facing down, but the enemy is difficult to attack. The arrows, stones and cannons can be looked down and launched. When the enemy's boats meet, they will plow and sink.

Although there are some inconveniences, such as being able to fly back and forth with smooth wind, it cannot be driven by human power. It depends entirely on the wind and cannot be used without wind. It is also a deeper draft, so it is impossible to push the shore and moor. You must use a ship to ferry before you can.

But for the offshore boat masters, the negative effects of these shortcomings are compressed to a minimum, and they are all powerful tools for naval battles on a horizontal and vertical basis.

Emperor Lu, who came from later generations, also knew that the stability disappearance angle of the lucky ship was very large, twice that of the sand ship, which meant that it could withstand a great tilt angle, had good mobility on the sea, and would not easily overturn when encountering large winds and waves, and was suitable for ocean navigation. Judging from the performance of the stability and safety field, the Fu ship had a good stability and safety. When encountering large waves, the Fu ship had a greater chance of survival.

Emperor Lu could not refuse this type of ship at all. At least for now, the lucky ship was his first choice without the invention of the new warship.

It is the most suitable ship type for ocean trade and development, and the most suitable ship type as a gunboat.

The sea dragon ship, the sea dragon ship on it, and the sea shark ship under it, are the third-class specifications of Emperor Lu’s offshore naval gunship.

Not to mention the sea shark boat, the sea dragon boat is equipped with ten regular artillery gunships, plus eight to twelve tiger squat cannons.

Judging from the current naval battle mode, the five sea dragon ships with such firepower are extremely powerful.

Emperor Lu looked at the ministers: "When it comes to cannons, it's really a hot item. The water and the army are fighting for it. In the long run, there will only be more and more needs in the army in the future."

"Either the southwest or the north of Liaodong, it has great uses, and it is very useful." So, this cannon-making land will be expanded in the future.

"But I heard that the manufacturing bureaus in Liangshanpo are about to stop manufacturing, but the materials are short of them. This is not possible! Xue Yong, please remember this and ask the Ministry of War to collect the Ministry of Works to pay more attention to the exploration of good mines. I want to check it out in person!"

The reason for the shortage of materials is a multifaceted reason. First, China's good iron is indeed short of quality, and now the main source is Hengshan in the northwest; second, because there is a lot of progress in musket manufacturing, some fine iron was left to the musket by the Manufacturing Bureau; third, because the knife and gun manufacturing department also had to leave some fine iron, which caused a shortage of supply for a while; fourth, because the Manufacturing Bureau only used fine iron to make cannons and had not yet lit up the "bronze cannons". Of course, there is also the last and most important point. The Ministry of War or Emperor Lu never urged the Manufacturing Bureau.

Xue Yong hurriedly bowed and agreed to "Yes", and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The gunboats of the sea boats are enough to supply." The training of the sea boats and gunners required by the gunboats cannot be easily equipped. There are two unrelated parallel lines between the two. If you keep a closer eye, you will definitely be able to supply them.

"The cannons made now, from the perspective of the minister, may be used on the Yangtze River Boat Master."

Zong Ze sat next to Xue Yong, but he did not agree with continuing to strengthen the South China Sea, just like he did not agree with Emperor Lu's southern tour. But before he could speak, Emperor Lu spoke first, asking him to make it difficult to give advice. There is no need to be serious about these trivial matters, right?

He smiled and said, "The Yangtze River Boat Army has no internal and external urgent needs. In the opinion of the minister, the inventory of artillery cannons is enough to cope with it. Similarly, the navy's gunboats are not intact, and there is no urgent need for the supply of naval guns. Why not ask the Manufacturing Bureau to build tiger squat cannons..." It also happened to be used by the army stationed in the north.
Chapter completed!