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Chapter 657: The Parliament Fleet

The Ming Dynasty had the fourth imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine's canonization caused a sensation even outside the pass because she was the first Mongolian imperial concubine since the founding of the country and a descendant of the Genghis Khan's golden family.

Utiya's becoming the imperial concubine means that other Mongolian women may also reach this point in the future, which is of great significance to the Mongolian tribes.

No one dared to say a word about the emperor's decision, even the six-collector censors. Although they like reputation, they have the most basic principles.

The censors and censors of Kedao are not the same group as those in the first year of Tianqi. In this case, only those Donglin party members could do it.

September 14th is the auspicious day selected by the Ministry of Rites.

Early in the morning, the department set up a prison, and the Honglu Temple sent eunuchs and officials to arrange court officials who came to congratulate the palace outside the gates of each palace.

Zhu Youxiao sat in the Huangji Hall and accepted the congratulations from his ministers.

When dusk was coming, the twilight gradually came, but the people in the capital heard that the Jiaofangsi Dale began from the outskirts of the capital, from far to near.

The emperor's support for the wedding also entered Beijing from outside the pass at the same time, and led the lucky Mongolian woman to Chengtian Gate.

Officials of the Ministry of Rites and the personal troops of the Yongwei Camp stood on both sides of the door, led Wutiya into the imperial city, and came outside the Huangji Hall, and everyone stopped.

Zhu Youxiao had already been wearing a big red robe suit made by the royal family, standing on the hundred-step stone steps with his hands in his arms, and behind him was the majestic and sacred Emperor Hall.

Zai Sai, who was still outside the pass half a month ago, was quickly summoned into the capital due to an imperial edict.

Zhu Youxiao knew that some misunderstandings arose between their father and daughter because of themselves, so he summoned the minister to the palace, one was to comply with the etiquette and law, and the other was to untie the knot with his own hands.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath.

At this moment, more than a dozen members of the Uchiyete tribe brought by Zasai and stood at the hundred steps, leaning against the Huangji Palace, and looking at the young eagles in the headquarters with pride.

Today, the eagle on the grassland has finally grown up, soaring in the sky, spreading its wings and flying high, and there is no happier father in the world than him.

The entire grassland was full of discussion because of this impossible marriage.

At this time, a little eunuch in the department set up a sing loudly:

"Please go to the palace!"

Wutiya followed her, and she lost her usual way of doing what she used to be. Now she seems a little restrained and dared not look directly at her noble husband.

Fortunately, Zaisai and his tribe who were summoned to Beijing by the imperial edict gave her a lot of confidence.

With a delicate sound of wearing a pair of clothes, Zhu Youxiao looked down and smiled and stretched out his hand to Wutiya under the white jade steps.

Under the guidance of the little eunuch on the side, the confused Wutiya began to climb up step by step, just like her transformation from an ordinary Mongolian woman to a noble imperial concubine.

After ninety-nine steps, she came to Zhu Youxiao and was about to walk up. The little eunuch who had been following him hurriedly reached out to stop him.

Then she raised her head and carefully placed her hand in the hands of Emperor Apocalypse.

Zhu Youxiao held her hand tightly, pulled her to the last step, stood beside him, and loudly proclaimed to the civil and military ministers at the hundreds of steps, the imperial guards of the Yongweiying camp and the tribesmen of the Borjijin clan:

"Today, I have conferred the Uchi Yete tribe, and Wutiya of the Borjijin clan was given the title of Concubine of the Ming Dynasty and was granted the title of Yonghe Palace!"

"Wuqiyete, it's good to form an alliance with Daming Yong!"

"All Mongolian tribes that obey me respectfully are the same as this!"

Zai Sai could no longer contain the surging feelings in his heart, and hurriedly knelt on the ground with his tribe members, shouting: "Long live, long live---!"

At this moment, they were convinced.

"Long live, long live!"

"Long live, long live!"

The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion below began to shout in unison, and these shouts shocked every room and every household in the entire capital.

When the shouts of the mountain gradually fell, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wutiya and looked at him.

For a moment, both of them were stunned.

After a moment when his eyes met, Wutiya lowered her head and burned her ears red. Zhu Youxiao also subconsciously turned her head, still a little reserved.

This scene made Zaisai and others frightened, wondering if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty would regret it again.

But Zhu Youxiao reached out his hand and gently touched Wutiya's hand through her sleeve, and his eyes slid from her forehead to her nose, to her cherry lips and jaw.

At the end, he flashed and stayed on her face and said softly:

"Follow me."

As a father, Zaisei couldn't hear what he said, but he could only see from her trembling body that from then on, the world of Utiya will only be the Emperor of Ming that comes into view.

After hesitating for a while, Wutiya immediately stretched her hand out of her sleeve and placed it on Zhu Youxiao's open palm, allowing him to wrap it softly.

Under the gaze of everyone, Wutiya followed Zhu Youxiao and slowly walked into the Huangji Palace.

......

Meanwhile, thousands of miles south.

Jilong Island in the northern part of Ryukyu, near Doro Bay.

The moon is right at the right time, as bright as a plate.

More than twenty Fujian Navy warships with the "Yu" flag came nearby and soon met with eight Spanish Invincible Fleet merchant ships.

No one realized that danger was approaching.

The two sides were raising flags and showing goodwill. The officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy were leaning against the side and were planning to dismantle the goods purchased by the Ming Dynasty from Spain, but in the distance, the sky suddenly collapsed and the earth broke.

A powerful cannon shell accurately hit the Cangshan warship of the Fujian Navy from a place invisible to the naked eye. The guerrilla general of the Pinghaiwei who was in charge of command was killed on the spot.

For a moment, the hull cracked.

More than 500 officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy screamed and fell into the water. Before this was over, more similar shells appeared in the sky.

The navy officers and soldiers looked into the distance, but saw eight merchant ships of the Spanish Invincible Fleet, which had been rolling black smoke at some point, sank in the shallow sea of ​​Doro Bay.

For a moment, everyone was desperate because it was destined to be a battle with no chance of victory.

On September 18th, at noon after Zhu Youxiao accepted Concubine Chen, he rode a fast horse from the coast of Fujian to quickly arrive in Beijing.

The cavalry held up an urgent report in his hand. As soon as he entered the Forbidden City, he shouted loudly: "Eight hundred miles of speed--"

"Pinghaiwei has expedited eight hundred miles, and the chicken cage has fallen!"

When the news came in, the government and the country were shocked.

The story starts in June this year. Since the signing of the military mutual assistance agreement, the Fujian Navy Division, a unit of Pinghaiwei, was sent to take charge of the Spanish fleet that rented the Xiaoliuqiu Chicken Cage.

This Spanish fleet was filled with the first batch of instruments ordered by the imperial court to make paper shells, as well as a large number of ordnance equipment used to increase firepower.

However, Fujian General Yu Zizao obviously underestimated the combat effectiveness and speed of the Dutch fleet that came this time.

The news that the Ming Dynasty signed a military mutual aid agreement with Spain shocked the Dutch East India Company, and the rumors that the Ming Dynasty was vigorously reforming its naval strength made the Dutch extremely uneasy.

Therefore, the governor of the Dutch East India Company decided to dispatch a formal fleet in advance and directly capture the chicken cage in the north of Ryukyu Island.

The main purpose was to intercept this batch of arms to curb the development of the Ming Navy. They were not willing to see a powerful force emerging in the East to compete with it.

This Dutch fleet is a combat organization with twenty-five formal warships. The flagship is called the "Parliament", and it is the highest-spec Galen warship.

The Parliament flagship is one of the outstanding works of the Royal Dutch Shipyard and the pride of the East India Company.

She has three decks, loaded with more than 120 artillery pieces, and hundreds of regular training Dutch Royal seamen. In addition to being inflexible near the sea, her combat effectiveness at sea is extremely terrifying.

The one who defeated the Spanish Invincible Fleet in the Spice Islands was this Parliament fleet, among which the least combat power was also a large combat sailboat that was both military and commercial.

The Fujian Navy, part of Ping Haiwei, met with the Spanish fleet in Doro Bay near the Jilong, but was caught off guard by the Dutch fleet hidden near the island and reef.

Most of this Spanish fleet was a merchant ship, with only one Garen sailboat that was both military and commercial. Although the Fujian Navy had been rectified, it was still mainly a small warship Cangshan ship, and it was not equipped with a Zhenlu gun.

It can be imagined that at the beginning of the battle, it was a one-sided crush.

The Spanish fleet and the Fujian Navy, part of the Pinghaiwei, only met the Dutch fleet in Doro Bay, and were defeated by the opponent's strong firepower.

The Fujian Navy fled because of the numerous ships and was scattered, and eventually fled back to the six warships of Pinghaiwei. No one survived the invincible fleet sent by Spain.

After the battle in Doro Bay, the Dutch Navy entered the chicken cage and began to build a fortress, intending to occupy the chicken cage for a long time to control the main trade routes at sea.

The fierce battle on the battlefield shocked the entire Ming Dynasty court.
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