Emperor Longqing studied the map sent by Bai Yuanjie to intercept Fanyi for a whole night, but he couldn't understand it.

Chen Mu looked at the Spanish map in the cabinet, and could only half understand it.

"Your Majesty, this should be a mermaid, that is a big hairtail, it's all something that scares you." Chen Mu looked at the mermaid and sirens on the sheepskin map, and the big octopus was also full of unexplained depression. There were too many strange things on the picture. He pointed to the picture and said, "We are here, the capital is here, the northwest is here, and Guangdong is here. They have never been here, so the picture is all based on your heart."

Without the Arctic Circle, India, the Indochina Peninsula and the Ming Dynasty were directly drawn into a large circle, and the voyage from Fujian to Japan was drawn a few days away from eight feet away.

Chen Mu smiled and saluted Emperor Longqing, pointing at the sheepskin map like a false minister and said, "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with this picture."

He drew two lines from top to bottom, from left to right with his fingers, and pointed to the middle and said, "There is this place in the middle of the map, their country, which is quite delicate. But they painted the Ming Dynasty on the edges and corners, which is not right. I think I should make sense to them and let them change it."

"cough!"

Zhang Juzheng pointed to the map with a calm face and said, "Shuai Chen, talk about serious business."

Chen Mu smiled embarrassedly, turned around and pulled out the map from the cylinder behind him, went up to the bed and said, "Your Majesty, this is my navigation map. It is Guangdong to the north, Malacca to the west, Japan to the east, and Luzon to the south."

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng looked at the map and looked at each other. This small town was like a southern expedition all day long... His map did not put the Ming Dynasty in the middle!

"This is what Your Majesty wants to know about Ukawa Island. In the past, when Hirohiro Guard was there, there were dozens of garrisons on Ukawa Island. However, when the general commanded the Nanyang Guard, he withdrew his garrison and patrolled the troops with military ships. This time, he did not block the non-straits. It should be because of the insufficient military ships."

Uchikawa Island is very close to Hokkim, and is south of the Hiroshi Acropolis to the west.

Chen Mu pointed and said, "Luzon is slightly easterly south of Guangdong. They attacked Guangdong with the wind and did not choose to attack the eastern division of the Nanyang Port. It is very wise to attack Haojing. If it invades a large amount, Haojing alone cannot resist it. But this just shows that its troops are insufficient, so it wanders to Shangchuan Island."

Gao Gong was deeply surprised that Chen Mu was just a picture, right? Is this all by making it up?

He asked, "How can I see it?"

"The island's forts were stolen from Portuguese by Qianhushi, Xiangshan, for a total of...

Emperor Longqing frowned and interrupted, and said unexpectedly: "Take it?"

"Ah, I have a broken word, please ask Your Majesty to punish him. How can you steal your own things? Haojing is His Majesty's land. When I first arrived in Xiangshan, I felt unhappy when I saw hundreds of Portuguese troops on Haojing, and there were also the forts heads facing the north on the island. Later, I went to the island to negotiate with the Portuguese. They were just merchants and were full of defense without knowing etiquette."

"I understand them reasonably, and they are still very sensible, so I presented the fort to His Majesty."

"At that time, the Governor's Army was Zhang Butang of the Ministry of Works. At that time, they would propose to add 300 garrisons to Haojing. After all, it was the gateway of the state dynasty. Later, the Japanese pirates invaded, strengthened the forts and added new artillery. When I left, there were only eight forts on the island, with 300 troops stationed. In addition, the Portuguese merchants who were willing to pay more taxes to the court, only 500 people were killed."

"So, if the Western Yi attacked this time, their troops were not sufficient and they would be able to be repelled soon."

After hearing Chen Mu talk about this, Emperor Longqing felt a little relaxed, but he still asked with lingering fear: "According to Chen Qing's lesson, will the Western Barbarians cause such turmoil as the previous Japanese pirate rebellion?"

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng also looked at Chen Mu. It’s not that others didn’t look at it. The cabinet ministers were expelled by Gao Gong. Yin Shidan, who beat Gao Gong, also officially retired a few days ago. Now Zhang Siwei, who Gao Gong supported, has not yet entered the cabinet, and he and Zhang Juzheng are the only ones left.

Chen Mu shook his head apart and decisively said: "Don't worry, your Majesty, you will never, your invasion will be repelled soon, and maybe even at this moment, the Guangdong generals have defeated him."

"But since the Battle of Tuen Mun during the Zhengde period, the dispute between the state and the Franchise people has never stopped. I think it is time to resolve it once and for all." Chen Mu explained: "Just like the past military battles, bows and crossbows were the first; in today's world, guns and cannons were the crown; this is because there is no need to fight against each other to kill the enemy. The enemy is in the sea and I am on the land, and the planning will definitely be dominant, but just like during the Japanese turmoil, the coastal people were deeply disturbed."

"I think it's time to fight south, and there are three benefits. The maritime affairs are very troublesome. It will be a profit for one time to make the seas stable for 30 years. Manta, Moluga, and Luzon were all originally vassals of the state and vassals. Now they have been occupied by Western barbarians, destroyed the country and killed the kings, captured the people's wealth and goods, and fought against them to promote the country's prestige and sent the vassals to surrender, which is the two benefits."

"As for the three benefits, it is to control domestic routes, transport a large amount of goods to the court, and replenish the needs of the national treasury."

Chen Mu was polite, but Emperor Longqing did not comment. At least he was not convinced, and he said: "Chen Qing is taking the risk."

Gao Gong nodded slightly and said to Chen Mu: "What Your Majesty wants to listen to is not bewitching, but temple calculations."

"Gaoge, this is the temple calculation. Anyone who fights must rely on it. The Western barbarians cross the ocean and it will take several months to mobilize ships; and our army is close to it, and it can reach the wind from Nanyang Port to Luzon in ten days. Even if there is no wind, it can still arrive in a month. Our ships travel three times, but they cannot reach it once."

"When it comes to warships and gunboats, I may not be strong, but I will be weak; when it comes to logistics and supplies, I am three times faster; when it comes to many people and wide areas, the country is stronger, and the Western barbarians are more than ten times stronger."

"A country that can fight does not talk about military affairs easily, and a general who is good at fighting does not talk about war easily. War is a risk, but war is even more of an opportunity! Therefore, the old man asked Chen that he needed to dispatch troops in the south to make money?"

Chen Mu saluted the emperor and the ministers with a righteous manner, saying, "If Your Majesty and the court granted ministers to the South China Sea and the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Guangdong Metropolitan Department and the Nanjing Ministry of Works fully support it. If there are many military wages and rations in peacetime, I only need the Guangdong Metropolitan Department's financial, material and manpower. I would like to ask Your Majesty to give you an edict, and the military flags and flags are one side, so the court does not need to spend one tael of silver or a grain of rice—"

"Before next winter, the court can set up a governor in Luzon, with an annual transportation of one million taels of silver." Chen Mu bowed and then pointed to the map of Malacca and said: "But Malacca is not good yet. We will attack the Western barbarians first and shock the Portuguese. Otherwise, there will be no merchants on the sea and even if there is goods, they will not be sold."

"As for the chance of victory, if the war goes on, at least 60%." Seeing that the expressions of the people in the pavilion were not in conflict, Chen Mu was thinking deeply, and then said: "After all, the wind and waves on the sea are fierce. If the military supervisors sent by the court can be familiar with military affairs, it is naturally the best. In addition, if the Western Barbarians of Luzon are expelled, the court will also need to send officials who are knowledgeable and good at governance to assist in the governance and help the vassals."

After saying that, Chen Mu stopped talking and waited for the emperor and the cabinet ministers to make a decision.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were thinking about it, but Emperor Longqing had already asked: "I don't know what the edict Chen Qing wants?"
Chapter completed!