In the Tianjin shipyard, Zhu Youxiao, Sun Chengzong, and Shen Yourong sat down in turn.

"After ........ spent the night in Nagasaki and disposed of the spoils to the local merchants, the Admiral returned with the fleet, and as for His Majesty's will, in addition to conveying it to the officials in Nagasaki, the Admiral also left a paper document for the local wounded merchants to go and negotiate."

Shen Yourong finally summed up, which can be regarded as a general account of the bombardment of Nagasaki.

"Merchant?" In front of him, Zhu Youxiao's eyebrows fluttered when he heard it, and he couldn't stop bowing his head, but the last sentence made him frown. It's not that he looks down on businessmen, but that the businessmen of this era really don't have any discipline, look at the Jiangnan merchants and Jin merchants represented by the Donglin Party, there is no good thing, no national integrity at all.

Giving government documents to businessmen to execute is something he doesn't think is reliable.

"Your Majesty, the two people who were headed that day, one was the son of the Metropolitan Governor's own family, and the other was the cousin of General Hosoyanagi, and they were not ordinary businessmen, so the last general left a document. There are no superfluous words on it, they are all what His Majesty said, let Japan restore tribute, remove the title of emperor and other things. Shen Yourong hurriedly explained.

"The Governor's own family?!" Zhu Youxiao was taken aback, and then looked at Sun Chengzong thoughtfully.

Sun Chengzong is worthy of being the governor of the capital, in the face of such a sudden situation, he still can't see any expression on his face, and he looks calm, letting Zhu Youxiao check it.

"Interesting!" Although Zhu Youxiao didn't see anything, he was not disappointed at all, and a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Does this mean that some of the gentry of the Ming Dynasty have finally embarked on the path I have planned?" He was secretly happy in his heart.

Unlike later generations of civil servants who were not allowed to engage in business, Zhu Youxiao did not make this regulation, except that the officials themselves were not allowed to come forward directly, and his standards were similar to those of the Song Dynasty.

The three major problems of the Song Dynasty were redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses, but there was no problem of corruption. And the Ming Dynasty is different, it can really be described as corruption, from top to bottom, all in various names, taking money from the public, the emperor's gold and silver, the annual ice respect, carbon respect, fire consumption, etc., all of them.

Instead of forcing officials to become corrupt officials with policies such as low salaries and no business prohibitions, it is better to let go of business affairs and let officials use their status to do some business to ensure the prosperity of their families and relatives, so that they will not reach out to all kinds of construction funds and relief funds.

Although this may lead to the concentration of wealth and the collusion of capital politics, from the perspective of the Song Dynasty, such a result is not bad, there is no kind of complete favoritism towards the merchants, and many times it is still for the common people. Of course, in this regard, it is necessary to rely on the role of Confucianism, and try to cultivate some officials with high moral quality and a sense of responsibility and mission.

"Since it is the Metropolitan Governor's own family, then I can rest assured, I believe that with the words and deeds of the Metropolitan Governor, there will definitely be no clansmen who will betray the country and seek glory." Zhu Youxiao laughed, set a foundation and adjusted enough, and revealed this matter.

"Thank you for your understanding." Sun Chengzong was not flustered, and saluted indifferently to thank him.

He didn't worry about the emperor's blame or anything at all, unlike Shen Yourong, he was in a higher position, he saw more, and he understood more deeply, knowing that what he was doing now was actually what the emperor expected, what he had to do now was to take the lead and set a benchmark for future officials and businessmen.

What is a good official and businessman, what should and should not be done by an official and businessman, what kind of money can be earned and what kind of money cannot be earned, all of these must be set by him, the most powerful courtier today.

"Haha, it's okay." Zhu Youxiao smiled, then changed the topic and stopped talking about this matter, "General Shen, how many officers and soldiers are there in the fleet in front of you?" ”

"There were about 11,300 sailors and gunners on each battleship, and if you count the personnel stationed in various ports, there were about 20,000." Shen Yourong gave a vague figure.

"What is the current atmosphere and discipline of the Navy soldiers?" Zhu Youxiao nodded and asked again.

"This ........" Shen Yourong groaned, not knowing how to answer for a while. Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao understood everything, it was definitely not very good.

"Since Your Majesty has expected it, the last general will not hide it." Shen Yourong smiled bitterly, "The three thousand cores brought out before are okay, they have been trained for a long time, and they have a strong sense of discipline, but what they trained later, plus some pirates, made the atmosphere of the entire army a little depressed for a while, and all kinds of bad habits gradually breeded, and the last general didn't know what to do for a while." ”

Next, Shen Yourong gave some examples, such as laziness, sleeping on duty, sneaking out at night, etc., although there are no big violations of discipline, but small ones do emerge in an endless stream, and they have almost become a habit.

Shen Yourong's words made the atmosphere in the room a little solemn for a while, and Sun Chengzong was also stunned, he didn't expect that the military discipline of the navy would be eroded like this for a while.

"It seems that this rectification movement is very necessary." Zhu Youxiao muttered to himself, and then, he didn't talk about it deeply, but took out a document and handed it to Shen Yourong, "General Shen, you take a look at this plan first." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." After saying the problem, Shen Yourong looked quite brisk, took the document and slowly flipped through it, as a general, he was still literate, and the whole document was written in the recently popular vernacular, which didn't look too difficult.

It's just that after a while, his expression became more and more surprised and excited, there is no doubt that the whole plan all shows His Majesty's idea of tilting the military center of gravity towards the navy, a large amount of money investment, the construction of as many as a dozen seaports, the expansion of Tianjin Shipyard, the construction of Shanghai Shipyard and Guangzhou Shipyard, all made Shen Yourong tremble with joy.

"Do you expect how many more people will need to be good?" After Shen Yourong finished reading, Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Your Majesty, this sea area cruise plan is more manpower-intensive, especially the regular route cruise, to detect pirates, inspect passing merchant ships, and be responsible for the garrison of various ports, as well as Marine Corps personnel, in this calculation, the establishment of the offshore fleet needs to be full of 50,000 people, and the ocean-going fleet, it depends on how many main warships Your Majesty has, with the current number of warships, 20,000 is enough, but this is not counting the members of the Marine Corps."

Shen Yourong gave a specific opinion, which gave Zhu Youxiao a bottom in his heart, "In this way, the main fleet will continue to be built in the future, and there will never be too many people, so let's prepare it now, the ocean fleet is the same, if it is full, 50,000 people, then it will be necessary to recruit about 70,000 or 80,000." ”

"The Grand Governor." Zhu Youxiao looked at Sun Chengzong, "After returning to Beijing, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will issue an official document to the coastal counties and begin to recruit the sons of good families who are familiar with water to enlist in the army." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister will handle it when he goes back." Sun Chengzong nodded.

"General Shen, I also know about the military discipline and atmosphere of the naval fleet, I have brought the hussar general this time, tomorrow you will gather all the soldiers, he will take over, and be responsible for the rectification training, you will cooperate with the general training, and do a good job in the development of this recruitment work and follow-up training." Zhu Youxiao finally made a decision.

"Li Tu?!" Hearing this name, Shen Yourong was shocked, Li Tu's title was hussar general, but in private, he had heard another title - General Ren Tu, legend has it that Li Tu's favorite thing to do is to kill people, every time there is a war, he is personally trapped, charging forward, it is rumored that the murderous aura on his body can deter all beasts, and no matter how fierce the horse is, he does not dare to make a mistake in front of him.

However, the thought of having such a hot character in charge of training made him happy again, and the problem of naval discipline really worried him. Although he refuses to accept old age, he has to admit on this issue that he has not done well enough, and he is also partly responsible for the current situation of lax military discipline.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shen Yourong nodded in response, he has relieved himself a lot after unloading such a burden, he is older, he doesn't have so much momentum and murderous energy, many things are sometimes inadequate, without this will to be determined to carry it out, it is more secure to hand it over to His Majesty. And after this conversation, he also realized that he was indeed old, and he was afraid that he would not be able to work for a few more years, and it was time to consider cultivating a successor.

"There are still a few good seedlings in the dozens of eight hundred feather forests that Your Majesty stuffed over, and they can be cultivated well." Shen Yourong secretly pondered the candidate in his heart, as for the newly attached Zheng Zhilong, although his talent was very good, he didn't dare to do more contact and training, after all, he was born as a pirate, loyal or something, he couldn't talk about it at all, and he would talk about it after a few years of suppression.

In the army, it's hard to say what talent is, but as long as a slightly smarter person, after systematic study and training, he can't be called a famous general, but a veteran general is okay, and often such a hand-trained general, don't dare to say anything else, at least loyalty is absolute.

And in the position of the emperor, loyalty is the first priority, Shen Yourong is a veteran in the army, these naturally understand, and he also knows the scope of his choice of successor.

After deciding on the plan of the navy, several people dispersed, and after a night's rest, they went about their own business. Shen Yourong gathered the army, ordered everyone, including the captain and sailors, to get off the ship, reorganize the assembly, and then handed over the personnel with Li Tu, who came with a large number of elite officers.

As for Sun Chengzong, after a few days of deliberation and a thorough understanding of the shipyard's progress and construction capacity, Bian returned to Beijing with several other cabinet scholars who had learned about the situation and achieved their goals, but Zhu Youxiao stayed behind, and he wanted to plan the naval base in Tianjin.

This will be the main base of the future ocean-going fleet, and all measures must be built properly.