Although many people know that the emperor is like a new coat of monarchs and ministers, under the inertia of history, the emperor always wants to be faced.

The atmosphere of Confucianism and discussion of politics was more serious than that of the late Ming Dynasty, and I don't know if the emperor can afford the name of this faint monarch.

Tian Zhenyi's idea made Liu Yu feel that it seemed to be the only feasible way, and it was similar to what he thought before.

At this point, there is no way back, so I can only do it head-on.

When it really came to the day of the big court meeting, Liu Yu didn't talk to anyone all the way.

When waiting for the door to open, he stood alone and smoked silently.

The nobles also tacitly did not talk to Liu Yu, and the rest of the ministers stayed away from Liu Yu.

The first time he entered the court as an earl, this time the scale of the court was very large, Liu Yu quietly glanced at the emperor, and found that the emperor was sitting in a precarious position, not squinting, and he didn't know what the emperor thought.

"Zhu Qing also watched Ying Saobo's recital on military reform. Today's court discussion, speak freely. ”

"Who supports? Who is against? If you just ask this question, I am afraid that the argument will be dark and I will not be able to figure out the constitution. In that case, I will call the shots, and I will talk about the navy first. ”

As soon as the words fell, a person who surprised Liu Yu stood up, it was Zuo Ping Zhangshi and British Gong Zhang Muzhi.

"The minister does not agree very much with the construction of the navy."

Airplanes......

There was a sudden chaos in the court, and the British officials had always been indignant, and in the case of Korea, they even made the people of the DPRK and China sigh that "the thousand-year-old clan has no dignity in one day."

Zhang Jin is in charge of the Qingzhou Army again, no matter how you look at it, the British Duke should not stand up against Liu Yu.

Liu Yu himself was stunned, thinking that this was not right.

The British Duke is a peaceful matter, and it is impossible for the emperor not to consult with him, and after the discussion, the British Duke will fire a cannon when he comes out, what does this mean?

The British Duke asked slowly: "Ying Sao Boyan, I am thousands of miles towards the sea, and there is no defense against the sea." In the last years of the previous dynasty, the Netherlands and the Anglo-Guili kingdoms both attacked Macao and invaded Fujian. Now nearly a hundred years have passed, I heard that there are 6,000 large ships in the West, and our naval division is not an opponent. ”

"And yet...... Whether it is the Netherlands or England, the reason why they raise troops to plunder the coast is nothing more than a desire for trade. Our dynasty is not as good as the previous dynasty, switch trade, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, there are customs. Switching trade is Taizong's legacy. ”

"The Celestial Empire is omnipresent, and Westerners trade with our Dynasty for the sake of profit. As long as trade is open, Westerners will naturally not come to disturb us. This is one of them. ”

"Second, free trade has made Western countries traffick goods and travel thousands of miles in search of wealth. If there are pirates, if their lair is on the shore, then we can send troops to destroy it; If its nest is at sea, the Westerners can also be exterminated. The pirates plundered, and the Westerners did not trade smoothly, so they naturally sent troops to protect free trade from being plundered. ”

"In the last years of the previous dynasty, pirates were rampant, and Ying Sabo also said that it was nothing more than that the Dutch could not trade in the Celestial Empire, so they supported Zheng and others, plundered ships to Luzon, and forced maritime merchants to go to Batavia to trade with the Dutch."

"Now that we are opening up customs, the Dutch, Spaniards, and English can all trade on shore, who will support pirates?"

"Why spend millions of dollars and food every year to build a navy?"

There was a sudden sound of ministers seconding the proposal in the court, and the idea of the British Duke was quite strategic, and it seemed that the characteristics of the Dashun trade were broken in one sentence.

The merchants of the dynasty could not go to Europe, and the ships of the Europeans could come to the Celestial Empire, and if there were pirates on the road, then the Westerners would naturally exterminate these pirates.

In a chaotic voice, Liu Yu heard a different flavor from the words of the British duke.

The British Duke has been talking about pirates, pirates...... It is said that the British should know about the threat of Westerners, but at this time, it seems wrong to assume that Westerners are good people.

Is the navy used to fight pirates?

In a sense, the words of the British public are not wrong.

If the British did not engage in opium, they would have worked hard to get the popularization of the steam engine a hundred years before it could impact the domestic handicraft industry, and the inflow of silver was inevitable, and Dashun had no intention of closing or increasing tariffs, and it seemed that the Western countries did not have the motivation to send troops to fight.

It seems so.

However, since it is called Yidi, a lot of heart-wrenching words can be said.

Liu Yu pondered what the British Duke wanted to say, and kept his head shut and didn't speak for the time being.

The emperor snorted and said, "The words of the British public seem to be reasonable. However, as the saying goes, you can't have the heart to harm others, and you can't have the heart to prevent people. If the Western countries have the intention of violating the border and send fleets to come, Jiangnan is an important place of finance and taxation, if there is no navy, how can they prevent it from plundering Jiangnan? ”

The British Gong replied: "The Westerners are strong and the ships are sharp, and my sailors must not fight against them." However, the ship was strong and the guns were sharp, but the ship could not reach the shore. If you want to raid and plunder, you still have to rely on the army. ”

"Ying Sabo's army reform matter, the minister greatly agreed. If the army can be reformed and the army is strong, what is the use of Westerners even if they have strong ships and artillery? Its ships could not always be adrift at sea, and if they wanted to plunder, they had to fight in the field. If the policy of reforming the Yingshaobo army can be implemented, then the Westerners will be able to transport troops for thousands of miles, and how can they win the field battle? ”

The court, which was still in a sound of approval just now, suddenly quieted down, and Liu Yu couldn't help laughing, and suddenly realized.

Co-authored this is the emperor and the British duke singing a duet here? Let's start with a guarantee, choose one of the two?

As a bottom line, either the navy will be built, or the army will be reformed.

Whether the army in Jiangnan can fight or not, the people in the DPRK and China know too well.

The Qingzhou Army knows that it is under the command of the Westerners, and how its combat effectiveness has been vividly demonstrated in the Western Regions, and whether it can beat the garrison troops in the south of the Yangtze River is needless to say.

It seems that the emperor has no bottom in his heart, so he took advantage of the beginning to ensure a bottom line of choosing one of the two.

The emperor coughed lightly, came out and stirred: "Since it is said that this court discussion is divided into two, it is not appropriate to discuss the army and military at this time. Just talking about the navy, who else is against it? ”

The government secretary said: "The ministers are also opposed. ”

"When the ancients came in autumn, they closed the windows and knitted hats, which can be said to be a rainy day."

But the people looked at the sky, but they were worried that the sky would fall all day long. This is unfounded. ”

"The matter of the eagle's uncle's negligence is said to be a rainy day, but in fact, in the eyes of the minister, it is unfounded."

"To build a navy, it takes more than one million taels of silver every year, and Ying Suobo knows how much tax silver is in a year in Shandong?"

"Moreover, according to the eagle, the construction of this navy did not happen overnight. At least, it will take ten or twenty years, and in twenty years, this is 30 million taels of silver. ”

"With these 30,000,000 taels of silver, if you put it into the school, the words of the saint will be greatly enhanced; If it is put into the embankment, the people on both sides of the Yellow River will call for benevolence; If it is put into the oysters, then after the flood, drought and locust plague, there will be no cannibalism. ”

"But Uncle Ying Sao put these 30 million taels into places that are not used at all, isn't this unfounded?"

"If it is because the people are worried about the sky, the marquis of Qi will build a large number of buildings, regardless of the people's livelihood, and have to build stone pillars to prevent the sky from collapsing, isn't this harmful to the country?"

When Liu Yu heard this, he asked rhetorically: "In the opinion of adults, there has been little rain in the summer in recent years, so there is no need to repair the embankment of the Yellow River?" ”

The official government Shangshu laughed and said: "Uncle Ying is just in response to what I just said about the difference between taking precautions and worrying about the sky. The embankment of the Yellow River is measured in years. There is less rain this year, and there may be more rain next year. And to rejuvenate the navy and defend against enemies at sea is nonsense. ”

"Ask the eagle uncle, who to prevent? North Korea, filial piety also; Japan, locked in the country. Could it be that Ying Sabo wants to defend against Ryukyu? ”

"As for the Westerners, I am facing the switch, and the Westerners kneel and beg me to make tea, rhubarb, porcelain, and silk, how can they come to attack my court?"

"Even if this money is not invested in people's livelihood and in army construction, it is still somewhat useful. If Mongolia, the Western Regions, and even the surrounding small countries are in turmoil, the army can still fight. Or if there is a rebellion in the world, it can also be suppressed. The money was not spent in vain. ”

"But I don't know what this navy is for?"

"If there is an uprising in Jiangnan, can the navy suppress it?"

"If the Mongols rebel, can the navy sail the ship to Mobei?"

"If there is chaos in the Western Regions, will the navy be able to drive the ship across the river?"

"Isn't it ridiculous that the country spends tens of millions of taels to raise a navy that is not used at all?"

After that, he snorted at Liu Yu and said with a smile: "On the performance of Ying Suobo, a warship costs fifty or sixty thousand taels, and it is still a small ship." The big ship costs more than 100,000 taels...... Although Ying Sabo is loyal and patriotic, he is afraid that Westerners are teasing Ying Sabo. How is a ship worth so much money? ”

"It's not that the dynasty has never built a ship, or the treasure ship of the previous dynasty, is it worth hundreds of thousands of taels?"

After saying these heart-wrenching words, the official government Shangshu said: "Besides, it's ridiculous that Uncle Ying said about a century-old navy. ”

"I can't help the sea, are there no fishermen? Can't the big ship of my dynasty fight in the water? Why do you have to learn from Westerners' ships? ”

"If the Westerners really have a disobedient heart, it will not be too late for me to invest money to build ships. Why bother throwing the money away, it's really a waste. ”

"If the Westerners really have evil intentions, as long as we close the customs and prohibit trade, this country will obey. Besides, my dynasty has already switched off trade, why do Westerners want to attack my Celestial Empire? ”

Subsequently, there were also people in the counsel who said: "Yes! Even if it is committed, it will be too late to build a ship. A century-old navy is really a lie. As long as there are ships in the navy, there are people, but I am afraid that Ying Sabo said this, because only Ying Sabo knew these things in the Manchu Dynasty, so he exaggerated? ”

"There was a self-respecting man before, but Uncle Ying had nothing to raise, but he came up with a giant man by himself?"

"Spending money on training and recruiting soldiers is always useful. It is really useless to spend money to support the navy. If Ying Sabo really has the heart to serve the country, now that the Western Regions are newly determined and the boundary survey is not approved, why doesn't Ying Sabo recommend himself and go to the Western Regions to serve the country? Why do you need to use this heart to serve the country on a fantasy sea giant? ”

In addition, Ying Sabo also said that if he has a navy, he can protect the safety of the sea. In the future, it can also be scrapped and changed to sea transportation. Counting it, it seems to save money, but I only ask Ying Saobo, how to do millions of workers if they abolish the water and change it to the sea? Jianghuai erosion, the world will be chaotic, for the sake of the loss of a million taels of silver, you have to bear the risk of chaos in the world, has Ying Sabo considered it again? ”

"When it comes to fighting, the Eagle may be called a capable general. However, when it comes to governing the country, Ying Sabo is really young, and he is a teenager. ”