"Your Majesty, the concubine retires." Seeing that the business was about to begin, Zhang Yan wisely retired.

"Hmm," Zhu Youxiao nodded, and after Zhang Yan withdrew with the palace people, his eyes fell on Sun Chengzong.

"Your Majesty, please see." Sun Chengzong took out a copy of the fold and handed it over. "It's about the navy, the construction of coastal ports, and the formation of the naval fleet."

"Navy." Zhu Youxiao was in good spirits when he boarded.

The navy is the basic guarantee for the implementation of many plans in the future, and its position is very important, and it will rely on it to lead the way for hundreds of years to come.

Zhu Youxiao took the recital, and looked carefully that it was not written by Sun Chengzong, but by Yu Zhigao, the governor of the right capital, and Shen Yourong, the admiral of the navy, who were colleagues at the time and jointly led the fledgling naval fleet.

The content in it is very simple, that is, to build a port, from north to south, from Qiongzhou to Dayuan, to the Ryukyus, to Korea, and even Japan is also in their marking, these places need ports, and fleets must be stationed.

And in the grouping of the fleet, the two also put forward a new idea, that is, to divide the in-sea fleet and the ocean-going fleet. The Coastal Fleet is responsible for the maintenance of coastal routes, the removal of pirates, and cruises, and consists mainly of one cruiser, five destroyers, and ten frigates.

The corvette is the fastest and is mainly responsible for reconnaissance, early warning, tracking, communications, etc. And destroyers and cruisers provide fire support. In this way, the 16 search ships are a basic coastal fleet formation, which is responsible for patrolling the sea areas in a certain area.

The cruising area is delineated by the radiation range of the port, and two or three basic formations are stationed in a port, cruising day and night. In the recital, the two of them used a simple map to roughly depict such a nautical chart, where military ports are needed, how many basic formations are stationed, and countless port routes are extended, staggered and weaved, forming a tight protective net.

Compared with the somewhat complicated coastal fleet, the ocean-going fleet is much simpler, mainly composed of battleships and cruisers, as for destroyers, there is no need, and frigates are only a small amount of equipment, used for communications and reconnaissance.

As for the main base of the ocean-going fleet, the two did not determine it, but only provided three place names, Tianjin, Dayuan, and Ryukyu. The imaginary enemy is the rampant Western Fleet.

The model of the fleet still adopts the military system created by Zhu Youxiao himself, with a major general at the head of an army, either guarding the area or stationed in a certain place, and dispatched at any time. As a result, the ocean-going fleet and the offshore fleet have the position of two rear admirals. These major generals are unified with the orders and transfers of the General Staff of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, supervised and adjusted by the General Training Department, the General Armament Department supplies equipment, and the General Logistics Department provides logistical support.

"A complete idea." Shen Yourong put forward this idea, which shows that the navy has formed a certain long-term plan, and the outstanding talents in it have grown up, otherwise there would not be such an eagerness for promotion and pioneering.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks so." Sun Chengzong nodded with a smile, "The navy is booming now, and the seafarers and gunners recruited from the coast every year are very positive. ”

"What about the construction of battleships, can they keep up with the development of this plan?" Zhu Youxiao asked. Although the Tianjin Shipyard was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Industry of the Inner Government, he did not believe that Sun Chengzong had not visited the factory that had such a close relationship with the Dadu Governor's Office.

"Suffice, the shipyard is now expanding its docks, five large docks have been expanded, and five more are being expanded, which are fully capable of meeting the needs of shipbuilding, and the timber that began to dry three years ago can also be put into production, and now the shipyard is working in three shifts to produce cruisers and battleships, and other small warships." Sure enough, Sun Chengzong was very familiar with the progress of the shipyard.

"And, Your Majesty, the restoration of the treasure ship has been completed, the steel keel and steel mast have been realized, and the first treasure ship is about to make its maiden voyage, will Your Majesty go and see it then?" Then, Sun Chengzong said another piece of good news.

"Really?" Zhu Youxiao stood up in surprise, he was so anxious about waiting for this big ship, it had been more than a year and nearly two years before it was finally developed and manufactured. Since he dared to invite him, the emperor, to watch, it means that there is really no problem at all.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the first voyage will take place in three days, and then Your Majesty will need to name this kind of big ship." Although there is a very good name in front of him - Treasure Boat, Sun Chengzong is not stupid enough to do this, and he has directly finalized it, why should he give the leader a chance to show off.

Although the ancient and modern times are different, the things in the officialdom have not changed, and there is no difference between three hundred years ago and three hundred years later.

"Okay, I'll go in three days." Sure enough, Zhu Youxiao excitedly agreed.

"There is no problem with the battleship, then I will approve this plan, and the navy will be restructured at that time, but there is still one thing to do before the restructuring."

"Your Majesty, please." Sun Chengzong asked with some doubts, he didn't understand, what else was to be done.

"Hey, hey!" Zhu Youxiao smiled, looked into the distance, and slowly spit out a few words, "Rectification Movement!" ”

"Rectification movement?" Sun Chengzong looked at it suspiciously, and so did Xu Guangqi, the two of them didn't quite understand the meaning.

"That's right." Zhu Youxiao nodded silently.

The initial establishment of the navy was that he incorporated the fleet that Shen Yourong brought to Dengzhou, Shandong Province at the behest of Wanli, and these fleets were all collected from the coastal guards, and everyone knows what the quality of the guards is. Although he later carried out certain rectifications, he also stuffed some of the Yulin army into it, and even more than 800 forests at the beginning also got dozens of them, and later recruited a lot of new soldiers from the salt field.

But these could not change the atmosphere and influence brought by Wei, and later, this year, Zheng Zhilong and Yan Siqi surrendered, and the two brought tens of thousands of pirates over, which was almost impossible to find out the number of people in the entire fleet. Although Zhu Youxiao first came to a big trial before being adopted, and those pirates who were full of blood and did all kinds of evil were killed, but among the remaining people, they were not good birds.

At least one aider is worthy of abuse, but Zhu Youxiao can't kill them all at once, otherwise it will be too chilling. Under the influence of the bad habits of the guards and the loose style of the pirates, the discipline of the navy at this time can be imagined.

Zhu Youxiao was really afraid that at some point, he would suddenly receive such a setback, and one day the naval fleet landed on the coast and washed a certain coastal village in blood.

When the time comes, it will really be a slap in the face of the emperor, a slap in the face of his self-proclaimed king's teacher.

Therefore, rectification is necessary, work style and discipline must be rectified, and even during this period of time, whether there are any serious violations of discipline, corruption, or even violations of the Ming Law in the navy, Zhu Youxiao has no confidence at all. Therefore, under the circumstances of the reorganization and expansion of the fleet, it is necessary to carry out a stern rectification campaign to eliminate the atmosphere of the entire navy and lay a good foundation from the source and starting point.

"This is the Rectification Movement, and anyone who violates military discipline will be killed!" Zhu Youxiao said murderously.

"This ......." After listening to the emperor's words, Sun Chengzong was a little embarrassed, he really didn't pay much attention to the navy, and his mind was all on the army, although he often heard the emperor say that the future is the world of the navy, but he still couldn't change his mind when the mainland was serious.

"Your Majesty atoned for your sins, the old minister really didn't pay much attention to this." Sun Chengzong pleaded guilty.

"The Metropolitan Governor doesn't need to blame himself, and I haven't paid attention to it, but fortunately, it's not too late, I hope this trend can be stopped." Zhu Youxiao's eyes were a little indifferent, and he didn't know how many people would die this time.

"Well, I hope they haven't gone too far." Sun Chengzong obviously thought of this, and couldn't help sighing, he didn't want to open the killing ring when he saw too many dead people, but he couldn't help it, not such a heavy punishment was not enough to govern the army.

"Then Your Majesty, how will the rectification movement be carried out?"

"Hmm......," Zhu Youxiao muttered, "Let's make the first voyage of the big ship in three days, and all the fleets, seamen, and gunners will gather in Tianjin, and then I will send General Li Tu to lead the Praetorian Guards and Hussars to reorganize and rectify the wind." ”

"Li Tu, that's fine." Sun Chengzong nodded, "The minister drafted the military order." By the way, Your Majesty, about Japan........"

"Japan, before the fleet converges, let Shen Yourong take it to Kyushu Island for a walk, bombard Nagasaki, show its existence, and wait until the Navy is rectified and expanded, and slowly plot."

"Yes, Your Majesty, what about Westerners? Manila had a massacre of the Ming people in the Wanli Dynasty, although Batavia did not have such a scale, but the Ming people did not have a good time there, and there were full thorns, there were envoys to the Ming Dynasty, asking for help to restore the country, what attitude should the empire have towards these Western barbarians? ”

"Huh? This should be a cabinet business. Zhu Youxiao asked strangely.

"It's also a matter for the Metropolitan Governor's Office, especially in terms of the navy, how much sea space the empire should maintain." Sun Chengzong said with a smile.

"How big a sea area ......." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, "Japan is the forbidden territory of the empire, from Korea to Japan, to Ryukyu, to Dayuan, to Hainan, and then to the line of Champa Zhenla, this is our basic area, and it is extremely maintained." As for the others, they were purely commercial first, and through them they communicated with the Western market, driving domestic export trade and inflow of silver. Zhu Youxiao set the tone.

"With regard to commerce, the Cabinet has consulted with the Secretary of Commerce and the ministers of Manila and Batavia to formulate a set of trade rules. Before we settle Japan, try not to have a conflict with the other side, but we must not suffer losses, and if the other side provokes, we must resolutely fight back. ”

"Since foreign exchanges have been carried out, the Ministry of Commerce will split off the domestic business administration and set up an industrial and commercial bureau to be responsible for the management of domestic commerce, and the Ministry of Commerce is mainly responsible for the formulation of rules and the development of overseas trade, as well as such discussion and foreign affairs."

Zhu Youxiao talked eloquently, but his off-topic problem appeared again, and he was withdrawn from the military to the commercial side at once, and then to the structural adjustment of the department, but fortunately Xu Guangqi did not leave, otherwise it would be troublesome again.

"Your Ministers understand." Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong answered together.

"Hmm." Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then continued to deal with the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Sun Chengzong proposed it, and Zhu Youxiao read and reviewed it, and proposed amendments.

The lights of the entire Qianqing Palace were kept on until late at night.

[Author's digression]: The previous chapter was posted incorrectly, and two more chapter numbers were written, what should I do? I'm so disappointed.