At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen also announced plans to establish naval academies in Denglai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, just like Annan. In addition, a high-level naval academy will be established in the capital, and he will be the in-person priest and give lectures. Only after graduation can one serve as a mid- to senior-level naval officer.
This sacrificial wine, the principal, is not just in name only.
For now, although Emperor Chongzhen may not know more about specific tactical details than those who are at sea, but in this era, the future development trend of the navy, future strategic vision, and changes in the world pattern Wait, he believed it was more than enough to teach them in these areas.
But after this decree was issued, the whole army was shocked. This whole army is more than just a happy navy. Because this imperial edict is of great significance to them.
Originally it was just an affiliated branch of the Army and had no status at all. However, not to mention that it is now a separate branch of the army on par with the army, and soon the naval generals may become the disciples of the emperor. It can even be said that compared with those who are liberal arts scholars and are called disciples of the Emperor by the emperor's royal pen, those who graduate from the Naval High School in the Capital are the disciples of the Emperor who have been taught by the emperor!
The Army is equally excited. Because the navy can establish naval academies at all levels, what about the army? The army should be able to do the same, right? Can he also become a disciple of the Emperor?
On this point, without waiting for reactions from other places, the army generals in Annan all asked Lu Xiangsheng to help him report to the emperor, or simply reported to the emperor themselves, saying that they all felt that their abilities were low and they were afraid of failing the emperor's trust in the future. It is well known to everyone that the emperor has led the army to fight fiercely over the years, so the emperor is strongly requested to teach them.
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen had already anticipated this. With a stroke of his pen, another imperial decree followed. Just like the navy, he established army academies across the country and an army high-level academy in the capital. He also served as the sacrificial wine.
His two wills can be said to be intertwined.
Now the Ming Dynasty's focus has begun to expand to the sea, but the scale of the navy is far from meeting the requirements, and there is a serious shortage of talents. The most powerful of today's Ming Dynasty's navy is the one transformed from Zheng Zhilong's command; however, the military discipline of this navy is not very good, and they were all pirates in the past. For the imperial court, it must be dissatisfied.
Therefore, after it was revealed that some people in the navy did not change their old habits and even dared to steal the things given by the emperor, the need for naval talents who were not pirates became even more urgent. It is reasonable for Emperor Chongzhen to propose setting up a naval academy at this time to cultivate the court's own talents.
However, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen was tempted by another disciple of the Emperor, causing everyone in the army to explode. The Navy was happy, and the Army was demanding it, and for good reason.
The emperor is too good at fighting. Let the emperor teach them, so that they can be more loyal to the emperor and serve the country, right?
Of course, when civil servants see that the status of generals seems to be rising suddenly, some people must be unhappy. Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Annan, was able to learn through the Class A eavesdropping seeds on Xue Guoguan that the cabinet had received many memorials complaining that warriors were causing harm to the country and the people, and would become a danger to the Ming Dynasty.
However, the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty had heard Emperor Chongzhen talk about the world situation and knew that the emperor was determined to occupy the territory full of oil for future generations. In the days to come, they were destined to expand the territory and expand the territory. Use military commanders. Therefore, Xue Guoguan and others are suppressing those who submitted the memorial.
Of course, one of the most important reasons why they did this was that the emperor's prestige was too high for them to even think about resisting. Emperor Chongzhen used his experiences over the years to tell them that the only way out was to follow the emperor's lead.
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In Manila, Luzon Island, at the entrance of the Spanish Governor's Palace, Governor Diego opened his arms with a smile on his face and said loudly to the group of people in front of him: "Welcome, welcome, welcome to Manila!"
The people opposite him were all Europeans. The leader also showed a smile and said: "I didn't expect that one day we would join hands! My name is West, and I came to help on the order of the Governor. When the Governor has finished arranging the things at hand, Later, I will come in person."
After saying that, the two sides hugged each other, and then the two grown men entered the Governor's Mansion hand in hand. If you didn’t know this, you would have thought they had such a good relationship!
In fact, they are actually enemies. Not to mention that the Dutch are now also rebelling at home and resisting Spanish rule. As far as the Far East was concerned, the Dutch were also aggressive. They seized Taiwan from the Spanish, squeezed out Spain and Portugal, and monopolized trade with Japan.
It can be said that in terms of power in the Far East, the Dutch today are definitely ranked number one. This was due to the current governor of the Dutch, Anthony van Diemen. In the original history, he died of illness in the 18th year of Chongzhen. However, in this plane, the wings that Emperor Chongzhen traveled through were slightly changed. Anthony did not die of illness and was still alive and well.
This Anthony was already an admiral before he served as governor of Batavia, and he had an extremely deep understanding of the Far East. Under his leadership, the Dutch rose strongly, not only suppressing the Spanish, but also beating the Portuguese into dogs. The most important Strait of Malacca was also captured under his command in the 14th year of Chongzhen.
Last year, when Anthony's subordinates who escaped from our country heard that the Ming Dynasty fought with the Japanese country and the Japanese country was defeated, he felt a little bad. But he didn't expect that before he sent more troops to Taiwan, news came that the Dutch in Taiwan were completely wiped out by the Ming army.
After carefully understanding the fall of the Taiwan stronghold, Anthony became wary of Akito in Batavia. He was worried that if the Ming army refused to give up and continued to attack Batavia, would these Ming people become internal collaborators of the Ming army, causing Batavia to be captured by the Ming army's internal collaborators like in Taiwan?
However, the construction of Batavia was inseparable from hardworking people who were willing to endure hardships. Therefore, Anthony was only secretly vigilant and did not take any action.
Then, he received a request for help from his subordinates in Annan, saying that the emperor of Ming Dynasty was personally conducting the expedition. All forces on Annan's side united to prepare against the Ming Dynasty, hoping that Batavia would send people to support it.
At this time, to be honest, Anthony was a little hesitant.
He did not want to go to war with the huge Ming Empire, because previous facts had proven that even when the Ming Empire was weak and there were rebellions everywhere, the local armies of the Ming Empire were capable of defeating the fleet he sent.
Although he had not sent many fleets before, and even in the Liaoluo Bay naval battle with the Ming army, he did not use all the power of the Netherlands in the Far East, but the result of the defeat showed him that the Ming Empire was definitely not easy to mess with. The colonial natives encountered were completely different.
Therefore, Anthony was thinking that he would take care of the losses on the Japanese side, and Taiwan would suffer a big loss. How about forgetting it like this, and first stabilize Batavia and manage Nanyang well. .
However, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally conquered Annan. From here, he smelled the ambition of the Ming Dynasty emperor and felt that the Ming Dynasty's center of gravity seemed to have shifted south. Even if I don't want to offend the Ming Empire, will the Ming Empire still cause trouble for me?
After thinking about this issue for several days, he finally made a decision. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was definitely an ambitious man, and his ambitions could not be allowed to grow any further. Otherwise, it is very likely that the Javanese natives will try to annex Batavia.
Although the Javanese natives besieged Batavia twice, they were defeated relatively easily. However, Anthony really did not have that confidence in the huge Ming Empire.
Therefore, he sent all the troops he could use, including about a thousand Japanese mercenaries, to reinforce Annan and join forces with Annan to resist the Ming Emperor's ambitions.
However, before they arrived, they heard the news that Annan's army had been wiped out, which frightened the fleet and quickly returned.
Before the Spanish sent people to Batavia, Anthony had been worried about the Ming Empire. He adjusted his strategy and no longer treated the indigenous people in the Far East forcefully, but treated them gently and won them over. At the same time, he also began to alienate and manipulate the Ming people, and deliberately created conflicts between the indigenous people and the Ming people.
His plan was that if the Ming Emperor really wanted to send troops to attack the Dutch's sphere of influence in the future, he could unite the natives who were at odds with the Ming people to fight against the Ming Empire.
As a result, Anthony did not expect that he did not wait for the Ming Empire to attack, but instead waited for the Spaniards to ask for help.
If this were the case for ordinary Dutch people, they would probably be happy to see the ruler sitting on their head being attacked by the Ming army. Anyway, for them, it is a good thing that dog bites dog. They just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
However, Anthony's vision was far from being so short-sighted. He was even more shocked that the Ming Emperor actually sent troops to Southeast Asia.
Although the cause was that the Spaniards were looking for death, they did not know that the Ming Emperor was different from before, and massacred the Ming people in Luzon Island, giving the Ming Emperor an excuse to send troops.
Anthony knew how much the Spaniards in Luzon were worth. If the Spaniards dared to leave Manila, he believed that he could defeat them. Now that the Ming army is going to launch a massive attack, I'm afraid it will be useless for the Spaniards to hide in Manila.
Once Luzon was captured by the Ming army, it would be equivalent to the Ming Empire directly reaching out to Nanyang. In fact, he already had this worry after the Ming Empire captured Annan.
When the Spanish envoy Filote also told the story of the collusion between Portugal and the Ming Dynasty, Anthony immediately agreed to form an alliance with the Spanish to fight against the Ming army without saying a word or even mentioning the conditions.
Just like that, a scene that I had never expected before appeared in front of the Governor's Palace in Manila.
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