My Daming New Empire

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Of course, this lack of ability is the lack of ability to govern. In terms of commanding subordinates, marching and fighting, his ability is still trustworthy.

Liu An, who was trained by him, was the vanguard of Da Ming's crusade against Bengkulu, and brought Da Ming a perfect victory.

After Zhu Zhanji started supervising the country, he didn't go to the navy's office.If Liu Jiang wants to see him again, he still needs to come to the palace.

Liu Jiang was invited to sit down in the reception room, Liu An also sat down without looking sideways, without saying a word.

Liu Jiang talked for a long time, but Zhu Zhanji didn't understand what he wanted to express.It wasn't until seeing him looking at the servants from time to time that Zhu Zhanji understood and sent the others out.

Only then did Liu Jiang knelt down on one knee and said, "Rong came this time to bid farewell to His Highness."

Zhu Zhanji frowned, hearing something ominous from his tone. "The Marquis of Guangning is still growing strong, why do you say that..."

Liu Jiang smiled and said: "I was born in the 11th year of Zhizheng, and now I am 69 years old, which can be called a long life. Although there is not much time left, I have been favored by His Highness in this life, and I can achieve today's achievements with an impostor. It can be said that there is no regret in death."

Liu Jiang is actually not his name, his name is Liu Rong, but his father's name is Liu Jiang.He joined the army in place of his father, followed Xu Da in the Northern Expedition, expelled Meng Yuan, and stayed in Yanshanwei ever since.

This matter was only revealed when he was first named Guangning Bo, but Zhu Di was not angry, but instead praised him and allowed him to change his real name back.

It is true that Liu Jiang has no regrets to be able to rise from a countryman to the position of governor of a country.

Zhu Zhanji said sternly: "However, Marquis Guangning is not in good health, so don't be careless about it. There are [-] people in the navy alone in this journey. If Marquis Guangning conceals his illness, not one family will be affected."

Liu Jiang shook his head and said: "Although I often feel short-spirited and old and weak, I can still move. It's just that this expedition will take two short years and three long years. I really don't dare to expect to see the land of Ming Dynasty again. "

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "I thought it was inappropriate for the emperor's grandfather to appoint you as the chief of the navy. It's time for you to take care of yourself, my lord."

But Liu Jiang said: "Your Highness, Rong is the governor of the navy, and he also wants to sail to the boundless sea. Rong is also a general. The best destination for a general is not to die on the bed, but to die on the battlefield. Your Majesty is recruiting. Rong can only be happy. Absolutely no fear at all, and I hope His Highness will grant me, an old man, a little wish."

Zhu Zhanji turned his head to look at Liu An, and asked, "Didn't you persuade your father?"

The muscles on Liu An's face trembled, and he sighed and said, "Your Highness, as a son of man, An should respect his father's order, and as a commander, I should also applaud the governor for his actions."

Several of Liu Jiang's sons died young, and only the youngest son Liu An survived.His old wife died many years ago, and now she has nothing to worry about, and Zhu Zhanji couldn't bear to refuse.

Seeing him bring Liu An together, Zhu Zhanji understood his intentions, and said, "Don't worry, Marquis Guangning, your Liu family is a loyal family, and you will be alone to protect your family's peace."

Liu Jiang, Liu An and his son thanked him together, and then Liu Jiang said again: "The idiot has lived for half his life, but he still can't understand. This time, he insists on going with me. I think he has a good chance of fighting. He was placed in the army."

When he said this, Zhu Zhanji felt more comfortable with what he said just now.He looked at Liu An and said, "This Western Expedition is a battle of national destiny. Whether you can turn the Marquis of Guangning into the Duke of Guangning depends on your performance."

"The minister must fight to the death."

Li Liang was asked to send Liu Jiang and his son away, and he asked Sun Lin to bring over the commander's watch for this naval expedition.

Meng Ying, the Marquis of Baoding of the first fleet, is now a pensioner, and Yi Xin of the second fleet shoulders the task of opening up the American route.

Zhu Zhen of the Third Fleet had just returned after following Zhu Zhanji for three years, so Gu Xingzu of the Fourth Fleet was appointed as the deputy chief officer of the navy.

The Fourth Fleet is in charge of the huge waters from Guangzhou Bay to Southeast Asia, so it would be appropriate for Gu Xingzu to be the deputy commander in chief.

It's just that Zhu Zhanji had only a brief contact with him, so he was unavoidably worried about his ability.

He was born in a general family, and the overall ability of the descendants of the general family is relatively good, because he has received various education since he was a child.However, there is no shortage of paper talkers like Zhao Kuo.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji felt that he was overthinking again. Even if Gu Xingzu was not capable, there were still Liu An, Huang Yuan, and the commanders of the navy.

There is also a god of war like Zhu Di lining up troops, so there can be no big mistakes.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji remained silent for a long time, Li Liang couldn't help urging: "Your Highness, Concubine Zhang Guifei and Concubine Grandson are waiting for you to celebrate the British Duke's birthday."

"What time is it now?"

"It's almost time to apply."

"Tell me to drive, and I won't change my clothes."

Zhang Fu's 46th birthday this year is not a whole birthday. He is also pretending to be low-key now, and there is nothing serious about it.

But even so, Zhu Di also rewarded a lot of property, but he would not give him a junior to celebrate his birthday.

But Zhu Zhanji, as a junior, still needs to go to the mansion at least once, otherwise, the Manchu civil and military will have other thoughts.

After a while, Concubine Zhang Gui and Sun Xian came together, and everyone boarded the carriage at Donghua Gate and went to Zhang's residence together.

Concubine Zhang Gui is different from Zhu Zhanji and the others. Zhu Zhanji only prepared a set of brushed armor that was just developed by the inner library.

This kind of wire-drawn armor is a half-body armor that is wrapped up to the crotch and weighs [-] jin. However, the armor made of steel wire has good flexibility and hardly affects movement.

This kind of armor was originally specially developed for Zhu Di. Let alone a sword, it couldn't be pierced by a hard bow at fifty paces. As for the musket, there was nothing to do with this armor.

However, iron wire is easy to make, but steel wire is difficult to make. Many pieces were broken and only two pieces were obtained.

One is enough for Zhu Di, and the other is given to Zhu Zhanji.

But Zhu Zhanji is not interested in this armor, he is now a great internal strength, as long as it is not a close-range attack on the vitals, it is difficult to hurt him.

So this time, I simply gave it to Zhang Fu as a gift. After all, he will have more chances to go to the battlefield in the future.

But Concubine Zhang Guifei was different. As a daughter of the Zhang family, she prepared several carts for food, clothing, and use, and was sent back home early in the morning.

After getting into the carriage and seeing Zhu Qizhen in Sun Xian's arms, he thought of another son.

He reached out to summon Liu Wan, and ordered: "Check out the things I brought back from the West, prepare a gift for the little princes, and prepare a gift for the concubines. No way. If it is too heavy, it should not be too light, and prepare some medicinal materials for the King of Light, and give it to the King of Light."

Sun Xian glanced at Zhu Zhanji, and waited for Liu Wan to leave before saying, "Hmph, I already knew!"

Zhu Zhanji smiled, stretched out his finger and hooked it. "come over."

Sun Xian asked: "You can do it, why don't you let me tell you?"

Zhu Zhanji sat down, leaned on the partition of the carriage, and patted his thigh. "Come here and lie down, let me hit you three times as punishment."

Sun Xian pouted and said aggrievedly: "What did I do wrong to make Your Highness unhappy?"

Zhu Zhanji said solemnly: "Since you knew it a long time ago, why didn't you say it after two months and let me know today?"

Sun Xian thought so too, she knew it but didn't tell His Highness, no wonder he was unhappy.She put Zhu Qizhen on the tiger skin in the middle of the carriage, and squirmed over and lay on Zhu Zhanji's lap. "Your Highness, don't beat me up, I will be in the British government for a while. If you feel out of breath, you can take the initiative to be punished when you come back."

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said: "You, you are too serious. How can I be willing to hurt my good wife?"

Even though he said so, his hand didn't stop, and he patted her buttocks three times lightly, and put his big hand on it but didn't take it off.

Sun Xian's heart was about to melt after being kneaded by him, she turned her head to look into his eyes with winks like silk, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, in broad daylight, let me spare this concubine first."

Seeing his parents playing, Zhu Qizhen also moved over, hugged Zhu Zhanji's leg and asked, "Father, mother, what are you playing?"

(Gu Xingzu is a bug here. When I started, I wanted to write about the second generation of the Gu family, but Gu Xingzu is the third generation. He is younger than Zhu Zhanji. Naturally, it is impossible to be the commander of the Fourth Fleet. But I have already written it. Make a mistake!)