Where did the Zheng family's fleet go? Or what is their purpose? This doesn't mean anything to ordinary people, as long as their goal is not to counterattack @ big @ Lu, it doesn't matter the life and death of the people. But this news made the adults in the court quarrel, don't look at most of these people who used to oppose the construction of ships and the revitalization of the navy, but when they were also threatened by the navy, this group of people quickly gave up their original beliefs, and instead accused Jiang Tian of failing to produce results in time, and some people even openly shouted: The era of China's sea and defenselessness should be over! Is the Zheng family really such a big threat? In fact, the real situation is that at sea, maybe the imperial court can't do anything about him for the time being, but if it is on land, even when the Zheng family is at its strongest, there is no certainty of victory in land battles, and the only thing worth worrying about is that the grain channel, which is now completely dependent on sea, must not be cut off. Of course, there are also some people who rely on the transportation to eat, and they are ready to move, jumping up and down, advocating the importance of the canal, hoping that the imperial court will restore the old system. Therefore, the situation in China lies in the fact that the territory is too large, contradicting the existing productive forces, and if you want to maintain such a huge territory under the original system, you must delegate power to the lower side to a certain extent, but this will breed the instability of the local real power faction, so in the original history of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the orders of the imperial court could not be conveyed to the countryside There is a certain realistic compromise, of course, their system (mainly established by the Ming Dynasty) was not the most perfect choice at that time, and later the dynasty set up the branch in the village committee, For the first time, direct leadership of the villages was achieved, but after a few decades, it began to revert to universal suffrage, which not only did not solve the problem of excessive local power, but also made the village officials in some places worthy of the name of the emperor. No system is perfect, whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, and the system suitable for a country can only be limited to the scope of the political consciousness that the people can achieve.

It's like this court meeting, I don't know who poked out the news that the Zheng family's fleet was pouring out, and the entire court was stirred up by this incident. In fact, the leakage of news is not a very strict thing, even if it is the bigwigs in the DPRK, maybe their own shops are engaged in some illegal smuggling activities, and it is normal to have some business dealings with Yizhou, and Zheng Chenggong's subordinates obviously do not have too high a sense of secrecy, and there has been no Western warship in the seas of East Asia for a long time, except for the Dutch, who are quite regular, take the route north to Japan, in most cases, the Zheng family's warships rarely need to be transferred on a large scale, So this dispatch is obviously extraordinary, after this matter reached Beijing, people who don't know the inside story naturally regarded it as an important evidence of the Zheng family's counteroffensive, so the coastal garrisons are a meal of chickens and dogs, who knows where this fleet is going to attack on the vast sea? Of course, it's better for everyone to be vigilant. There was also a dispute within the imperial court over whether the canal should be reopened, and the shipping faction, mainly from the military and the new bureaucrats, started with cost accounting, believing that the cost of shipping was far lower than that of the canal, and at the same time exempted a group of corrupt moths who relied on the river to eat the river, which would be beneficial to the state. The arguments of the Canal faction are also sufficient, putting the grain related to the safety of the north on the sea, in case of any accident will lead to turmoil, and to protect the shipping route requires the establishment of a large standing navy, which is not necessarily less expensive than the canal. Originally, I was still discussing how to guard against the Zheng family, but as I spoke, I was crooked, and the two groups of people came and went. Just when Jiang Tian listened to the cannons on both sides in the spirit of playing soy sauce, I don't know who proposed his impeachment, the reason is also very sufficient, the Royal Naval Research Institute has spent a lot of money so far, but not even a decent warship has been built, and the navy can only rely on some old ships to support the scene, which is Jiang Tian's dereliction of duty by the dean.

Hearing this impeachment, Jiang Tian instinctively glanced behind him a few times, but it was a pity that he didn't know the person who participated in him, but he didn't bother to talk to the other party about the R&D cycle, even if he said it, the other party may not understand, even if he can understand, he can still pretend not to understand, anyway, everyone is excited to speak freely today in order to brush up on the sense of zài in front of the emperor, because everyone knows in their hearts that if the Zheng family's army wants to recover the Ming Dynasty, it is purely a fool's dream, forget it at sea, as long as they dare to land, What is waiting for is the end of the annihilation of the whole army, no matter what they say here, the army will definitely not be instructed by civilian officials like the former Ming, and they have the responsibility to defend the land and have strong combat power, unless the Zheng family finds a horn that no one can see and go ashore, otherwise as long as it appears, the time of its demise can only be calculated in terms of the sky, since the final outcome is already doomed, so at this time, when will the country and the people be worried? As for daring to impeach Jiang Tian for dereliction of duty, it is purely a grass and a rabbit, and no one expects the emperor to really blame Jiang Tian. But there is still a lot of work to be done on the surface......

Zhang Tao, who had been watching the minister's performance, asked in a deep voice: "Jiang Aiqing!" What do you have to say? ”

Jiang Tian unhurriedly went out of class and said: "Your Majesty, although Weichen does not have the ability of Lu Ban, he thinks that he is dedicated to state affairs, if any adult thinks that Weichen's corpse is immoral and incompetent, then this adult can replace Weichen, so as not to dishonor the emperor's order!" ”

Jiang Tian's words made the originally noisy hall become quiet and abnormal, and for the first time there was a situation where Jiang Tian picked a son, although this hand was often used by some officials, but it still made everyone feel that things were not so simple, including the official who had just impeached him, the expression of the opposition officials was extremely wonderful. On the tricks of tricks...... No, it's science! Even if the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces were tied together, even if they tied up the old man Song and his grandson together, they might not be able to have one-tenth of Jiang Tian's level, if he said that he couldn't do this dean, then no one would dare to say that he was more qualified than him. In fact, in the current court, even the most stubborn Taoist gentlemen know that the role of science and technology is crucial to the development of the country, although they do not admit that this role can surpass the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, but science has proved that the world is not as small as they think, and it is not that you can live a small life behind closed doors and be isolated from the world, in the final analysis, it is the world that science shows that makes traditional literati at a loss, and they do not know how to use Confucianism to govern more and more complex countries. So their consensus is to let professional problems be solved by professionals, as long as this person does not affect his status, but the appearance of Jiang Tian completely changed this consensus, this person is not only well versed in new learning, but also has a high position and is deeply respected by the emperor, and has become a representative figure of the new bureaucracy, especially participated in the research and development of weapons and has been recognized by the military, and the army of this dynasty is not subject to civilian coercion and the Ministry of Defense is directly under the central leadership, which makes many people feel unspeakable pressure.

Of course, Zhang Tao knew that Jiang Tian was fighting against those old antiques, but as the emperor, he couldn't hide from the side and watch the excitement: "Nonsense! Such a military event is not a child's play, if they continue to make such noise and attack each other, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless. ”

This stern condemnation sounded in the ears of Jiang Tian and the opposition, it was also his duty to prevent the crooked behavior of the court meeting as the emperor, the key is that the opposition or the old school can't swallow this breath, Jiang Tian's sudden rise from birth is quite jealous, he used to teach, play music, and provoke an oiran or something, even if he is in a high position, he is not next to the traditional literati. One of the major characteristics of the Chinese dynasty today is that the status of the military has been greatly improved, and the commanders of various military regions are equivalent to local governors, although they are not allowed to interfere in local management, it is absolutely impossible for civilian officials to interfere in the army. How can those old bureaucrats, who are accustomed to soldiers bowing their heads, be in a good mood? As a result, on the surface of the court, the old and new officials were not convinced, but the root was the opposition between the civil and military divisions, of course, this opposition was precious in the eyes of the emperor and must be maintained. If the eunuch party of the former Ming Dynasty had not been weakened by Yanzhòng, perhaps the decline of the Ming Dynasty would have been a little slower. Now because Jiang Tian and the military are sharply close, and Jiang Tian still has the transcendent status of the emperor's junior brother, the old school is really worried that the originally neutral new academic officials will fully fall to the military attaché, so that Confucianism will really have no chance of turning the tables at all, and the impeachment of Jiang Tian this time is also a temptation.

Zhang Tao has been in contact with these infighting guys for a long time, and he already knows what these people think, but he also thinks that the Naval Research Institute has to come up with some achievements to stop these people's mouths, otherwise the white under the gold will be said to be black, which is a fatal interference with scientific research. As someone who has experienced WG, he doesn't want to see a layman directing an insider anymore. So he turned his head to look at Jiang Tian with a stern expression and asked, "Jiang Aiqing, I don't know what the research institute can do?" ”

Zhang Tao's original intention was to let Jiang Tian talk nonsense casually, anyway, these civil officials didn't understand, and he knew better than anyone where the Zheng family was going to attack, so he was originally watching the lively things, and he didn't think it would be a war of words. But Jiang Tian didn't know what he was thinking! Our scientist Jiang Da still can't fully comprehend the political struggle, especially the ancient political struggle, but fortunately, he is also the director of the research institute, and he also thinks a lot about naval construction, so he decided to report a plan that involves a bit of a big deal in his mind.

Thinking of this, he knelt down from class: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is with him in the capital, but as the president and chief designer of the Royal Chinese Naval Academy of Sciences, he is also the responsibility of naval construction. It's a pity that the country has been weakened to this point, and some of the previous dynasty advocated a sea ban, resulting in the loss of our Chinese shipbuilding skills! Although His Majesty was far-sighted and determined to rebuild the navy, the lack of crew members and the shipbuilders were even more useless, and so far it was impossible to build even a ship of more than 500 tons. ”

As soon as they heard his affectionate accusation, the opposition officials secretly shouted that it was not good, this is obviously turning over old accounts and revealing the old truth! Everyone knows that the civil officials of the previous dynasty almost collectively opposed the opening of the sea, and now they accuse Jiang Tian of doing things unfavorably, but they didn't expect people to mention the old things, it was you short-sighted guys who abandoned their martial arts back then, and now what qualifications do you have to complain that I didn't do well! Fortunately, this is all an old thing, and these people can naturally rely on it.

However, Jiang Tian had no intention of entanglement with them, and continued after a while: "The minister has been thinking about it for a long time, if the navy is rebuilt, the shipbuilding industry must be rebuilt first, and the shipbuilding industry must first train qualified workers, these are not overnight. However, the navy's existing ships still have to support the 10,000-mile sea frontier, and these weak and small ships alone are not without a strategy to control the enemy, but the former navy division has been abandoned for a long time, and if it is to receive new ships in the future, it is not appropriate to adopt the old system, so Wei Chen has the courage to make a statement, first by rectifying the naval official position and recodifying the regulations, first training a qualified new navy, and then waiting for the new ships ......to be launched.

Hearing this, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were a little dumbfounded, and the opposition was still waiting to quarrel with him, but they just casually mentioned the previous bad things, and then they didn't pursue it. The military was also watching the excitement, and the fight between the new officials and the bureaucrats had nothing to do with them, but Jiang Tian was still his own person after all, and if the situation was not good, he would just stand up and support it. But who would have thought that he went around in a circle and went directly to the army system, although it was to rectify the weak navy, but the army officers listened a little unpleasantly.

Zhang Tao also sounded a little strange, what kind of crazy is this fellow smoking? How did a good shipbuilding become a reform of the army? But he is the emperor, and if others can be stupid, he can't do it himself, could it be that Jiang Tian really found out that there are any drawbacks in the navy that must be changed? So after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Tao felt that since the words had been spoken, it was better to simply listen to his high opinion: "Brother Xian has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

With the emperor's permission, especially Jiang Tian, who said "virtuous brother", has confidence, and at the same time, he also reminds some people that his junior brother is not something that can be provoked, so Jiang Tian talked endlessly. It didn't matter what he said, the whole morning was occupied by him, and he was the only one in the hall who made a generous statement, directly denouncing the various evils of the navy, and explaining the solutions one by one, so that everyone could only eat lunch hastily and then watch him spit in the afternoon. Not to mention that the effect is really good, one of all the officials in the entire hall is counted as one, regardless of whether he understands it or not, at least he knows one truth, that is, exhausting the civil and military officials of the Chinese Dynasty, and daring to say that debating the navy with Jiang Tian is self-inflicted! The reason for this effect is entirely because Jiang Tian grasped an argument that made it stand tall - the regularization of the navy!

Maybe a sailor who is taken out of the ship is more familiar with the navy than him, Lord Jiang, but when it comes to how to build a good navy, even those maritime powers in Europe may not be able to surpass Jiang Tian's knowledge, even if this guy is at most an amateur military enthusiast in the original time and space, but China's history of missing the Age of Discovery directly leads to the decline of the country, and in the heart of a military fan, how many can not pay attention to those things about the navy? What's more, when he crossed over, it was the great era when the country and the dynasty made great efforts to accumulate and began to catch up with the world hegemon, and the navy even had the first aircraft carrier in history.

After a day of tongue, Jiang Tian has made a blockbuster if he does not speak, and the military who was still a little resistant was completely convinced, and their senior officers from the army really didn't know how to manage the navy, and after listening to Jiang Tian's explanation, he understood what high-tech troops were, and because of this, he realized the reason why the emperor entrusted his junior brother with a heavy responsibility. In the army of this era, because the soldiers who are still in power, they are not afraid of someone challenging them, if the other party really has this strength, then they will never refuse the opportunity to improve their combat effectiveness for the sake of face. As for those civilian officials, especially the civil officials of the opposition, they were also completely dumbfounded, and in the face of a pile of professional words, they didn't even have the ability to interject, and what shocked them even more was that Jiang Tian put forward the theory that sea control is both hegemony and control of the sea, and that controlling the sea is controlling the whole world, ships are mobile land, and the navy is the direct defender of China's overseas interests, and proposed that it will take a hundred years to build a navy that will shock the world, and its scale should be at least equivalent to the sum of all warships in Europe! The dazed opposition only then realized that they had played big, not because people were inactive, but because they were involved in the military and did not find an opportunity to speak. Now they have released a flood beast for others, why did they impeach him if they knew this? Although these people don't admit it, many smart people have already figured out why the other party said that the sea ban was a short-sighted stupid act, if the Ming Dynasty had the convenience of maritime merchants, how could it be a mere Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Later generations regarded this great dynasty as the beginning of an era, and Jiang Tian's theory was sorted out and published a book called "The Theory of Sea Power" a hundred years later, which was not Jiang Tian's first book or the last book, but it was definitely one of the most influential books, and historians agreed that the Chinese Empire did not make this book public until a hundred years later, in order to obtain a hundred years of development opportunities, so that Europe gradually fell behind itself in the exploration stage, and the date of publication of the book was the time when China's fleet was rampant all over the world.

However, at this time, Jiang Tian did not have the consciousness of creating history at all, he just moved out the things of later generations in advance, not only the construction of the military system, but also the classification of ships, operations, intelligence sharing, material supply, damage control, personnel training and pre-research system, etc., and the army's kind of assassination and shooting can be used on the battlefield as long as they practice, the training of the navy can be regarded as more than several times more complicated. Of course, some people refuted him, saying that the Zheng family was obviously not so formal, and they were still rampant on the sea. Jiang Tian could only smile at this, now he can still rely on the number to support the scene, and when the regularized navy of the West arrives at the doorstep two hundred years later, what can that kind of pirate-style navy do. However, after saying so many theoretical empty words, it would not be reasonable to say anything real, so although he was unwilling, Jiang Tian still had to bring a new weapon to the forefront. But what he didn't expect was that this new gadget was snatched by the first army.