Chapter 41 Falling in the South Seas

After Zhu Qizhen promised not to go to the West, there was no unified overall management organization, that is, the water divisions of each province were responsible for each province.

At this time, the naval division, as part of the army, was under the jurisdiction of the provincial capitals, and the last layer went to the governor's office and military headquarters of the five armies.

But above the superstructure, there is no navy at all, but the existence of a naval division.

Wang Ying, a navigator, is in charge of such a large stall, and seems to be in control of the most powerful sailor in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, Wang Ying is more responsible for transportation than fighting.

For the North China Sea, though, that's enough.

After all, there are simply no opponents in the north.

But for Nanyang, it's different.

First of all, Annan had a water division.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Annan Navy Division does not seem to be too strong, it is still there.

Secondly, all countries in the South Seas have their own water forces, some of the international maritime forces in the Arabian Sea should not be underestimated, and then there are the maritime forces of the Han maritime merchants.

Although the maritime power of the Han Chinese maritime merchants maintained a tacit understanding with the imperial court for trade reasons, it is unknown how long this tacit understanding could be maintained.

Once the maritime merchants rebelled, Zhu Qizhen was estimated to face the situation of the Japanese rebellion during the Jiajing period.

Because Zhu Qizhen has benefits for opening the sea, but these maritime merchants have also benefited, and they have grown wildly, and there may not be one or two maritime merchants with a unified situation, just like Wang Zhi, the owner of Wufeng. But together, it may not be worse than the Japanese in the Jiajing period.

Zhu Qizhen's doing so is also a shift in the strategic focus of the Ming Dynasty.

Slowly moving from the north to the south.

Originally, Zhu Qizhen still had to be slow about this matter.

After all, there has been no tile thorn in the past few years, and Azi Timur has also recovered some vitality. Although he didn't dare to break the pass, the vitality lost in the battle of Yanran also recovered little by little.

Generally speaking, after the rectification of Zhu Qizhen, the Daming Jingying has fought a bloody battle with the Tile Spur army and has been sharpened. These hundreds of thousands of troops are not much worse than the Ming army in the Yongle period.

It's just that he didn't enter the Western Regions, but not because he couldn't fight, but because he was in something other than fighting.

For example, the weak northwest cannot bear the logistics of the army, for example, the rectification of the border guards is underway, for example, Shi Heng has a tendency to sit in Mobei, if he fights the Western Regions again and makes Shi Heng meritorious again, how to reward him, if he doesn't use Shi Heng, who will he use?

Not to mention the financial problems.

Even if 5 million taels is not enough to fight Annan, it is not much the same, after all, it is convenient for transportation and transshipment, close to the southern grain-producing areas, and the cost of many things is low.

But if you hit the Western Regions, in the face of the vast Western Regions, how much money will it take to smash it down, Zhu Qizhen estimates that it must be tens of millions of taels, as for tens of millions of taels, it is not a number that can be calculated in advance.

Although Zhu Qizhen will have to solve this problem sooner or later due to the stagnation of the development of the Western Regions, Zhu Qizhen must also pay attention to the progress of the Nanyang.

After all, the Great Voyage of the West is in the ascendant. Zhu Qizhen was not to be left behind.

It's just that he can't complete the internal reform and discover the driving force of the Great Voyage, even if Zhu Qizhen uses his own political will to implement this matter, it is just another Zheng He to go to the West.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen put the matter of changing the law on the development of the South Seas.

Changing the law is the top priority in Zhu Qizhen's heart.

It's just that this does not prevent the settlement in the South Seas before that.

During the war in Annan, Zhu Qizhen took advantage of the situation and pushed the boat down the river. This decision is even more appropriate, and if it is any other time, the cabinet may oppose it.

But at this time, no one felt that there was anything wrong.

The only one who made a voice was Liu Dingzhi, Liu Dingzhi said: "Your Majesty, there are hundreds of large ships and thousands of small boats, distributed all over the coast, among which the cost of large ships is very high. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Transfer some of the Beiyang Naval Division, and let the Shaofu do the rest." ”

Hundreds of big ships have been added one after another during this period of time, and there is no need for Zhu Qizhen to speak.

Without him, there were too many canal problems, and when the officials of the household department determined the convenience of sea transportation, they all became maritime factions, and to some extent, the top boss of the sea fleet was never the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies, and their top boss was the household department.

Because no matter where they belong to, they are all on errands for the household department.

The household department controls the money bag of the Ming Dynasty, and if you let go a little, it will be enough for the shipping fleet to be full.

Therefore, the marine fleet has been growing, and wooden sailing ships, as long as they are well maintained, can serve for many years, so over the years, maritime sailors have accumulated a large number of ships.

Zhu Qizhen attaches so much importance to the ocean, so he naturally develops the industrial chain of Shaofu to shipbuilding.

The largest shipyard in Shaofu is located at the mouth of the Yalu River.

Without him, there is an abundance of wood.

The upper reaches of the Yalu River are deep mountains and old forests, and it is very convenient for timber to go downstream.

In the past, this was the junction of the two countries, which may have been inconvenient, but now North Korea as a country no longer exists, and it exists in the Ming Dynasty of Haidong Province.

Both sides of the Yalu River are under the jurisdiction of Liaodong Province, so naturally there is no problem at all.

And in terms of population distribution, both sides of the Yalu River are the least populated places between Liaodong and Haidong, Shaofu set up a shipyard, and more than 20,000 people migrated in one breath, and a small city appeared at the mouth of the Yalu River, with this small city as the center to attract the population migration of Shandong and Huai. The area is rapidly filling up.

The reason for Liu Dingzhi's opposition is also financial, since Zhu Qizhen wants Shaofu to build ships, the subtext is that this part of the cost is borne by the inner treasury.

So Liu Dingzhi said something.

"Your Majesty, who do you want to be the chief officer of the Nanyang Naval Division?" Yang Hong said.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while, and he found that he could recruit good generals on land, and Zhu Qizhen's entrainment could draw a large handful, and it was not necessarily enough to make up a deck of playing cards.

But the generals at sea are not so easy to say.

It seems that there is no one else except Wang Ying.

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's still Wang Ying." After all, maybe there will be a war, as for the chief officer of the Beiyang Naval Division, let Pingjiang Bo Chen Yu. ”

What does Pingjiang Bo Chen Yu say?

He is not like a general, he is more of a civil official, such as following Yu Qian to repair water conservancy, operate canals, and have always served as the chief military officer of Caoyun.

Although shipping is still different from Caoyun, Zhu Qizhen can't find anyone else for a while, but hopes that Chen Yu can quickly get started with transportation work.

As for Chen Yu's ability to fight?

Well, Korea is gone, the imperial court has no opponents in the northern seas, although Japan is still there, just those few small sampans in Japan, the Ming army sailors only need a few ships, and they can be wiped out.

The advantage is so great, if Chen Yu can still mess up, it is a problem with IQ.

For the personnel finalized by Zhu Qizhen, the cabinet has no meaning. An edict was immediately issued to turn the resolution just now into a holy decree, especially to order Wang Ying to take some ships from his headquarters to Guangdong to take up his post first.

Undoubtedly, an unspoken rule has been created.

That is, the chief officer of the Nanyang Naval Division of the Ming Dynasty is the chief officer of the Beiyang Naval Division.

Zhu Qizhen also gave Wang Ying the title of Governor of the Five Armies, and the generals of Zhu Qizhen were also ready to add the generals of the Governor of the Naval Division to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

That is, the commander of the navy, but now things have to be done one by one.

By the time everything was taken care of, it was already late at night. The palace doors are locked, so naturally all these ministers will stay in the palace, of course, don't misunderstand, it's nothing more than staying up all night in the Wenyuan Pavilion room, and it will never go to the harem.

Tomorrow at dawn, all these decrees will be issued.

received a report from Zhu Qizhen, but it only took more than ten hours to make a decision, this kind of response speed is naturally impossible to mention in later generations, but it is already rare and efficient in this era.

But if the heavy war machine of the Ming Dynasty is pushed, these orders will be implemented at least two or three months later.

Not to mention anything else, the order from Beijing to Guangxi will inevitably take more than half a month, or even a month.

"How's the situation at the front?" Zhu Qizhen was in the Qianqing Palace and couldn't sleep for a while.