After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a moment, and then said with a little lack of confidence: "Now that the situation has deteriorated to this point, in what year and month can I send troops overseas?"
"Then what have you been doing these past few months?" When Liu Weichao heard this, he immediately became a little angry and asked directly, "I will give you the steel-making method, give you the steam engine, improve you gunpowder, and recommend you loyal ministers and good generals. You yourself
If you are not confident yet, then ask the professionals, Zhou Yuji, Sun Chuanting and others, what is their attitude?"
After a pause, he pointed to himself again and said: "With a golden finger like me, you are not an idiot, and you are still worried that the situation cannot be changed?"
Emperor Chongzhen felt very ashamed and said quickly: "I was wrong!"
The reason why he said that just now is that firstly, he still has a little bit of greed for the gold and copper mines; secondly, he has never won a battle, and he has never led troops to fight, so it is easy for him to feel confident when he gets it.
Fishing for the moon, when confidence is gone, the situation feels like a mess.
In other words, he is more likely to go to extremes when thinking and doing things, and he is actually somewhat unsure of himself.
But this can't be blamed on him. After all, if it were someone else who had worked hard for fifteen years but couldn't get anything in return, and instead things got worse and worse, he would have the same mentality.
The simplest thing to do to change this is for Emperor Chongzhen to succeed in everything he does in the future, so that he can regain his confidence.
From a certain perspective, Emperor Chongzhen took what he learned from Liu Weichao and showed it to his courtiers, which was actually a manifestation of his lack of self-confidence and his desire to regain it.
At this time, Liu Weichao felt very satisfied when he heard Emperor Chongzhen admit his mistake. After all, if an emperor admits his mistake, can others have this ability?
So, he immediately softened his tone and said to Emperor Chongzhen with a smile: "Don't worry, the steel industry is the foundation of all industries. This alone will give you a huge advantage. With my help
You, on the battlefield, with Zhou Yuji and the others here, they will probably be crushed. I believe that in a few years, you will be able to calm down the civil strife, and then you can turn your attention overseas!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen looked grateful, nodded and said, "I know!"
After finishing speaking, he was a little concerned about the matter in Fujian, so he consulted Liu Weichao: "Then what should I do about Zheng Zhilong?"
No emperor would allow the existence of Zheng Zhilong! Even Emperor Chongzhen was very concerned about it!
However, at this moment, he had no way to deal with Zheng Zhilong who was far away in Fujian, so he could only ask Liu Weichao.
After hearing this, Liu Weichao didn't think much and immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "This Zheng Zhilong, if we look at the original historical process, after he got rich, he lost his ambition and only wanted to be a rich man.
Therefore, when the Jianlu were sweeping across the world, he surrendered to the Jianlu regardless of the opposition of others."
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this.
In his opinion, this Zheng Zhilong should be a hero-like figure. How could it be like this?
As he was thinking, Liu Weichao was still there and said to him: "So, for the time being, you don't need to pay attention to Zheng Zhilong. He won't cause trouble to you anyway. As for the future, you have two ways to deal with him!"
"What two methods?" Emperor Chongzhen was very surprised when he heard this and asked quickly.
In his opinion, at least for now, dealing with Zheng Zhilong is an unsolvable problem. How come Liu Weichao not only has a way to deal with it, but also has two methods? It's really amazing!
I just heard Liu Weichao say to Emperor Chongzhen: "Zheng Zhilong's son is called Zheng Sen, and he supports the Ming Dynasty. In the original history, after the Jianlu captives went south, he resolutely resisted. When his father wanted to surrender, he broke with his father.
He led the troops to fight against the Jianlu until his death, and was ultimately loyal to the Ming Dynasty. You can use this person to divide the Zheng Zhilong Group from within!"
"Seriously?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but confirm in surprise upon hearing this.
After hearing this, Liu Weichao smiled and said, "When you get back, I will pass you the information on their father and son!"
"Okay, okay, okay!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but said happily after hearing this.
It’s great to have Liu Weichao here!
With this thought in his mind, he immediately asked: "What about the second method?"
"The second way is to defeat Zheng Zhilong in terms of force. Or at least let Zheng Zhilong know that if he wants to fight against the imperial court, he will only end up being wiped out!" Liu Weichao immediately replied, "The army won't say anything, that's not the case either.
Zheng Zhilong’s strength, I mainly mean at sea, is to be better than him. Otherwise, he may think of becoming a pirate again, which is also a troublesome matter!”
"How to beat him?" Emperor Chongzhen asked a little doubtfully after hearing this.
He didn't care about the Liaoluowan naval battle before, but after Liu Weichao's explanation, he has realized that the Liaoluowan naval battle is actually very awesome. In other words, Zheng Zhilong is very powerful at sea and can be so powerful
All merchant ships on the sea paid him!
At least in Emperor Chongzhen's opinion, he probably didn't have the ability to defeat Zheng Zhilong on the sea.
At this time, Liu Weichao listened to his words and immediately smiled and said: "I will teach you how to build a steam armored battleship and crush him with the gap of the times!"
With fine steel and boring machines, the power of artillery can be upgraded to a higher level, and with steam engines, even if the armored battleships are smaller, they cannot be compared to wooden ships!
Maybe the sailors are not as elite as Zheng Zhilong's men, but once the generation difference in weapons is enough, the elite gap in the sailors can be ignored!
Of course, the premise is that the sailors of the Imperial Navy can at least get by!
Hearing Liu Weichao's words, Emperor Chongzhen immediately remembered that when he talked about steam engines before, he had said that steam engines were very powerful and could be used in cars and ships.
But he didn't expect it to be an armored battleship!
Even if he had no idea about naval warfare, he could tell by just thinking about it that an iron-clad battleship was definitely not comparable to a wooden ship!
At this time, Liu Weichao saw Emperor Chongzhen's surprised expression and continued to say to him: "You can still use this Zheng Zhilong. After you recover him, he will be a good choice for you to expand your territory overseas. In short,
You have to use it as a loyal minister, and you have to learn to use it as a traitor. For you, in one sentence, no matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, as long as it can catch mice and help you achieve your goals, then it is a good cat!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he thought about it for a moment, and he took it for granted. He immediately nodded and said: "Yes, yes, yes, as long as it can catch mice, I don't care whether it is a black cat or a white cat!"
When he said this, he thought of Wang Dehua and felt slightly proud.
But soon, Emperor Chongzhen came back to his senses, thinking about his conversation with Liu Weichao, and said to Liu Weichao: "The matter of kicking this vassal king and Wu Xun out of the Ming Dynasty still has to wait until I calm down the rebellion and stabilize the situation.
Let’s talk about the situation?”
"Of course!" Liu Weichao heard this and said without thinking: "Your biggest goal at the moment is to train a strong army and put down the rebellion of bandits and Jianlu. Other things must serve this main purpose.
!”
"Then I'm not targeting the entire Wuxun Group, but just looking for a few Wuxuns, for example, asking for some money. Is that always okay?" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked again.
"Of course!" Liu Weichao heard this and replied after thinking for a moment, "But the food should not be too ugly, otherwise it will cause public outrage!"
At this point, Liu Weichao thought of something and reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Didn't you already set up a political affairs department? You can use public opinion to guide it first, so that everyone will be dissatisfied with the Wuxun Group that is now a corpse. If you do it again
, you will occupy the moral high ground, and by the way, if you kick these Wuxun Groups out of the Ming Dynasty in the future, there will be a lot less resistance!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was very interested and asked quickly: "How to do it?"
"No matter what method you use, tell Wu Xun's bad story to the public!" Liu Weichao answered directly without thinking, "For example, how much wealth they have, they do not bully the people, and they rely on their ancestors to enjoy glory and wealth.
As a result, the country is in trouble now, but they don’t know how to fight! Also, what are they doing when the country is in trouble? And so on. In short, anything that can make people feel unfair should be publicized!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he thought thoughtfully, nodded and said, "I probably know what to do!"
After finishing talking, I felt that I had been chatting with Liu Weichao for a long time this time and it was time to end the communication.
But he still remembered one thing, so he reminded Liu Weichao: "Don't forget that world map! I'll hang it up and look at it often so that you won't forget it. I still have a long way to go!"
Liu Weichao laughed when he heard it, nodded immediately and said, "Don't worry, I remember it!"
Since Emperor Chongzhen reminded him like this, it would be disrespectful to reciprocate. He also reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Don't forget the video I want! After you have more of this, maybe it will be easier to make money in the future!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he also smiled and immediately replied: "Don't worry, I have already sent an order to Concubine Tian and asked her to prepare!"
Liu Weichao listened, nodded with a smile, and then hung up the video communication.
Although this matter about Emperor Chongzhen was of no use to him for the time being, Liu Weichao still attached great importance to it, so he searched it on the computer first.
As for the world map around 1642, I really can’t find it. The one that is relatively similar is a map in a game.
However, after Liu Weichao searched it out and looked at it, he felt dissatisfied, and finally decided to download a world map editing software by himself. He should pay for it and edit a satisfactory map for Emperor Chongzhen.
But it will be more time-consuming and you need to check the information! You don’t need to be too specific, but you still need to have information about the country and sphere of influence, important minerals, ocean currents, etc.