In the first year of Taichang, the imperial court set up a deputy commander-in-chief of Shandong, and commanded the water division in Dengzhou, the commander was Shen Yourong, and later Zhu Youxiao arrived at this water division, so he ordered them to go south to transport some of the timber needed for finance and shipbuilding, and then collected the water divisions of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, and transferred north to Tianjin, under the command of Yu Zhigao, to form the imperial navy.

Shipbuilding is a long way to go, the most tedious, time-consuming is the dry wood, although the Tianjin shipyard has stock, but under the attack of pirates are not much, although this time because of the Red Pill coup seized some private shipyards, but only enough to build fifteen large and small gunboats, these are far from enough to form a fleet to protect the sea frontier.

Moreover, the training of the Navy's personnel is also a time-consuming affair, which can not be achieved overnight. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao paid attention to the wrecked sailors on the southern coast, although their ships were dilapidated, they were numerous, experienced in handling ships, and with a little training they were good sailors.

Moreover, after selecting ships, with the new fifteen gunboats as the core, a navy with not weak combat effectiveness can also be formed, and the expedition is insufficient, but it is enough to fight pirates and Tartars.

And the scene just now was Yu Zhigao's move to subdue the hearts of these sailors, they are used to freedom, they don't know military discipline and the king's law, only such a cruel method can make them regain their awe. In this way, the reorganization work that follows is much better.

First with a military formation to restrain their movements, then with strict military discipline to restrain their hearts, and then with new ships, the navy is completed.

This is the grand naval strategy set by Yu Zhigao.

In his opinion, unlike the sailors in the past, the core of the navy is the ship, taking the road of cannon giant ships, which is completely different from the previous gang jumping battles and burning ships, and the value of these old sailors is very low, if it weren't for the fact that there were not so many sailors for a while, Yu Zhigao was not willing to ask them at all.

Three or four hundred large and small lucky ships, tens of thousands of sailors, in his opinion, can be one-tenth of the use, so he snickered.

The Fu ship and the Galen ship are two completely different sailing systems, and it is not impossible to use the Fu ship as a gunboat, but the efficiency is very low, the number of guns is far less than that of the Galen ship, and the speed is also a fatal weakness. Therefore, for the sailors in Dengzhou, Yu Zhigao's approach was to choose those big fortune ships as transport ships, and the small ones as landing ships, of course, these ships had to be replaced with soft sails.

On the other hand, the 15 Galen ships and clippers stepped up their training to adapt to the tactics of the new ships, and when the gunboats were launched, they immediately took shape, and then they fought against pirates in actual combat, gradually improving.

Thinking about these plans in his heart, Yu Zhigao only felt that he was ambitious, and his desire to make contributions was infinitely high.

In the first year of the Apocalypse (1624) of the Ming Dynasty, if there was a powerful person looking down from the sky, you would find that the entire Ming Dynasty, drastic changes were only limited to the surroundings of the Beijing Division, although these new things and changes were constantly radiating outward, but its impact was still not large.

Except for that location, the rest of the Ming Dynasty is still the same, stumbling in this world gradually, slowly, and tritely according to the laws of its past.

Liaodong, Shenyang City.

"Why can't you let these people in? I think you're just afraid that I'll take credit and steal your limelight! A fair-skinned scribe roared angrily, and it was hard to imagine how his thin body could make such a loud noise.

"No, it's not good, I've already said the reason, absolutely not!" Another stout, dark-faced official who looked more like a military general than a scholar replied lightly.

"You!" Bai Jingwen was speechless and could only stare at each other angrily, and then the two parted unhappily again.

The two participants in this quarrel were Yushi of Youdu, Yuan Yingtai, governor of Liaodong, and Xiong Tingbi, Jinglu of Liaodong. The two of them are one writer and one martial arts, and jointly maintain the form of Liaodong.

However, the personalities, temperaments and even abilities of these two Liaodong officials are completely different, Yuan Yingtai is shrewd and capable, and his ability to do things is extremely strong, but he is good at the Bing Ge Affairs Department. Xiong Tingbi has a hot temper, a straightforward temperament, likes to scold, has an arrogant and tough side in his personality, and likes to be willful.

However, he was a good hand in military affairs, and under his reorganization of the army and strict discipline, the situation in Liaodong was greatly improved. He has only been in office for a year, and the slave Hachi, who is strictly guarded, has no temper at all. The big traitor Li Yongfang said that this person is here, and he will not be able to take Liaodong.

This is a compliment to Xiong Tingbi.

Therefore, after the two sides fought for a few months, the entire Jurchen died down, stopped the attack on the Ming Dynasty, recuperated, and waited for the opportunity.

It is precisely because of this that during the period when the waves and clouds were weird and the throne was changed twice, the Ming Dynasty was able to maintain stability and not be taken advantage of by others, otherwise the situation in Liaodong might enter the collapse stage earlier.

Of course, Colonel Zhu You came to power, so naturally he would not let the situation worsen, and he naturally knew the significance of Xiong Tingbi to Liaodong in his mind. Therefore, last year, he suppressed all the folds of impeachment of Xiong Tingbi and remained unmoved.

Moreover, because of the Red Pill coup, the Donglin Party became infamous, and several imperial historians who played an important role in Xiong Tingbi's impeachment incident settled down one after another and did not dare to come forward.

Later, there was a major change in the government, and the emperor took advantage of the red pill case to raise his sharp blade and hang it on the heads of hundreds of officials, and no one dared to raise eyebrows and provoke trouble at that time. Therefore, Xiong Tingbi's location in Liaodong is stable, and the entire Liaodong is also quiet.

However, the good times did not last long, and when Zhu Youxiao thought that he could rest assured of Liaodong and concentrate on politics, the contradiction between Jingluo and the governor broke out, and the two often quarreled.

The reason is very simple, Yuan Yingtai is used to doing internal affairs, his heart is relatively soft, and he is not good at military affairs, so he is not clear about some of the taboos and things that should be guarded against. As a result, Xiong Tingbi, who is proficient in military strategy and has tough and harsh methods, naturally has differences in government affairs.

What Yuan Yingtai wanted to do was often stopped by Xiong Tingbi, and this time it was the same.

The Mongolian tribes were afflicted, and when they saw those steppe men who migrated and wanted to take refuge, Yuan Yingtai wanted to be included in the city and appeased to strengthen the army. Xiong Tingbi refused in the name of some of the Mongols who submitted to the Jurchens and feared that there were spies.

The two often quarrel about this, and quarrels are commonplace, this time Xiong Tingbi came to Shenyang to inspect and quarreled with Yuan Yingtai again.

Originally, the Donglin Party was involved in the Red Pill case, and Yuan Yingtai, who was one of them, stopped for a while, but now the governor, who is still quite young and has a bright political future, is not willing to fall silent, and even disappears from the officialdom.

Clever and thoughtful, after many inquiries and correspondence exchanges, he consciously grasped some characteristics of today's new Son of Heaven. The blame is nothing more than the four words of great joy, which can be seen from a series of big actions after he ascended the throne, with a brutal and huge ambition.

Such a monarch, as long as he does what he likes, will naturally win the favor. Therefore, Yuan Yingtai set his sights on the military exploits of Liaodong.

I don't know how to fight, this Lord Yuan knows, but who is born to fight? Wasn't Xiong Manzi at the beginning, but now he is doing a good job, and he can do it himself.

In line with the mentality that you can do it and I can do it, Governor Yuan Yingtai began the first step to win military merits, training the whole army, and he took a fancy to the Mongolian herdsmen who came from the disaster, which were the best sources of cavalry. Lord Yuan, who has been in Liaodong for so long, naturally knows.

"If you don't let me do it, I won't do it secretly?" Yuan Yingtai, who did not give up, said secretly in his heart.

History, in some way, is still perpetuating his inertia.