According to the plan for the reorganization of the Combined Fleet, the Navy has transferred 85 warships from its existing ships into the standing fleet of the Combined Fleet, including all the main warships of the former Wusong Naval Division, such as the Fuchuan, Lou Ship, Cang Ship, and Three-masted Gunboat.

The remaining 42 large and small warships (including dilapidated maintenance) are used as garrison fleets, responsible for coastal protection, the protection of the Yangtze River waterways, and the escort of merchant ships, and according to the requirements of Wei Gonggong's "dual-use", the garrison fleet also undertakes non-combat tasks such as coastal rescue, rescue and disaster relief, and regularly organizes coastal fishing boats and merchant ships to do some targeted drills, including the training of recruits and the organization of the militia.

So far, the composition of the Ming Royal Navy is still mainly based on the original Wusongshui Battalion, with a total of more than 4,260 officers and soldiers. A total of 3,000 officers and men were reorganized into the standing fleet of the Combined Fleet, and more than 200 light and heavy artillery pieces of various types were equipped, as well as a number of other firearms, mines, and fire dragons.

Don't look at the number of officers and soldiers, but the strength is strong, because it is a real full formation, so when Wei Gonggong heard that the Fujian side had mobilized tens of thousands of boat divisions, he concluded that the Fujian side was bragging, and the governor surnamed Huang was putting gold on his face. The purpose is nothing more than to divide the fruits of the soldiers, and that Huang Chengxuan is from the Zhejiang Party, so it can also be considered that this is the Zhejiang Party exaggerating its strength and making bargaining chips for the future division of the spoils of war.

My father-in-law is not the kind of short-sighted person, if he is greedy for small profits, he will not take the Zhejiang Party to the sea together. My father-in-law knows very well that the great maritime cause cannot be completed by him alone, and no matter how capable he is, he will not be able to do it after all. And China has had the worst thing since ancient times, that is, because of people, because of people, because of people.

It's like Han Xincheng is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He. The father-in-law hoped that the gentry and merchants along the coast would take the initiative to devote themselves to the great maritime industry, and everyone would go to sea like Europe, so as to form a national thinking and a national system. The Ming Dynasty has fallen behind this era of navigation, and if the whole country is not invested, it will be difficult for Wei Gonggong to catch up with and surpass those Western whites alone.

It is very likely that the father-in-law is having a good time right now, but one day after he farts, he will have to pull the list. Therefore, the father-in-law doesn't mind the idea of others beating him, and wants to take more things and get more benefits. He encouraged this kind of thinking, because only by greedy for profit can we keep forging ahead. Greed is not necessarily a disadvantage, but an advantage. Isn't the progress of human society because we think better?

Mo said that the Zhejiang Party and those coastal clans who secretly helped pirates were strong, that is, the Donglin Party, and Gonggong Wei was willing to go hand in hand with them.

In short, my father-in-law is not afraid that you will be greedy, he is not afraid that you will want it, but he is afraid that you will not be greedy. As long as you can make the sea trade bigger and let the people follow it, my father-in-law will be happy in his heart. In this world, it's so strange, if the officials are all clean officials, the common people will scold their mothers. There is no other reason, there are many clean officials who do not do things, and there are many corrupt officials.

The strength of Zhejiang and Fujian's soldiers and horses, the father-in-law is clear. Fujian doesn't talk about it, just blow it. Here in Zhejiang, you have to have confidence to blow, but my father-in-law personally led the troops to sweep Dinghaiwei.

To put it mildly, regardless of whether it is coastal or nine-sided in these years, which one of the troops can attach as much importance to army building as Gonggong Wei. As far as the father-in-law has the existing soldiers, land and horses, I am afraid that he can be a town on his own, and in terms of combat effectiveness alone, he can even compete with Liaodong Town, which has the largest number of troops (the quota is 89,000, and there are actually more than 40,000 soldiers).

Of course, this is also a blessing that Gonggong Wei is from the palace, who is only responsible to the emperor, is not restricted by the system, and can make a lot of money, the quality and equipment of the officers and soldiers will definitely be in place. Otherwise, if the military expenses are allocated one hundred taels above, and the layers of drifting down will be more than twenty taels, and the father-in-law has the same ability as the clever woman, who has a headache for the cooking without rice, and finally has to get by, just raise the family well.

The plan of the combined fleet was carefully designed by his father-in-law, and he hoped that through the "temporary" military establishment of the combined fleet, the soldiers and horses of Zhejiang and Fujian would be brought together, and then a coastal military group would be created, and eventually relying on this military group to occupy East and Southeast Asia and compete with the Westerners.

My father-in-law was very fortunate that he came to the late Wanli period, and if it was the middle and early Wanli period, this idea would not have been realized. With the blessing of Wanli's trust in the eunuch, as long as he has filial piety every year and transports silver to the inner court every year, before Wanli dies, no one can bring down his father-in-law Wei.

Moreover, there is also good news for the future development of Gonggong Wei. That is, Fang Congzhe, who was born in the Zhejiang Party, will replace Ye Xianggao, who was born in the Donglin Party, to lead the big ship of the Ming Empire. There is a leader and assistant of the Zhejiang Party, and there is certainly no problem with the cooperation between the father-in-law and the Zhejiang Party. Even if it was Gui as the first assistant, it was impossible for Fang Congzhe to betray his origin.

According to the plan for the reorganization of the combined fleet drawn up by the father-in-law himself, the fleet will have a headquarters and the functions of the commander, the supplementary staff, the chief of staff, the deputy chief of staff, and the chief staff officer. This is a completely posterity, and it can even be said to be a modern naval grouping scheme. If the Great Navy is built completely with the reorganization plan of the father-in-law, the combined fleet of the Ming Empire will definitely be able to dominate the world in the future.

It is a pity that because it has not yet joined the Zhejiang and Fujian naval divisions, and the three parties have not carried out a run-in at the military level, this reorganization plan is only on paper at present. From the point of view of the generals of Zhejiang and Fujian, this Raushzi combined fleet is just to change the original title of general to artillery staff officer, the original standard-bearer to the name of navigation staff officer, the original staff general to be called chief of staff, and the original chief military officer to be the commander-in-chief......

But no matter how Zhejiang and Fujian view this combined fleet, they don't care about the reorganization plan given by their father-in-law, and whether they completely reorganize their sailors in accordance with this reorganization plan, my father-in-law is putting his heart and soul into it anyway.

In fact, the core of the joint fleet reorganization plan is staff operations, and it is not difficult to find that the staff officer function accounts for a large proportion of the fleet's official system. As early as when the Wusong Water Battalion was reorganized into the Ming Royal Navy, Gonggong Wei established a staff department.

He really attached great importance to staff operations, and arranged for Jiang Xifeng, a staff officer, to select and recruit literate young people from the army and among the people, and to set up staff classes to train all kinds of staff operations, such as cartographic staff officers, navigation staff officers, mine staff officers, liaison staff officers, organ staff officers, and logistics staff officers.

The average age of these staff officers is only 25 years old, and the youngest is only 16 years old, but few of them are famous, only two children who work as assistants in Suzhou stores.

The General Staff Department has held three training courses and trained a total of 268 staff officers for the Imperial Army.

In order to allow these staff officers to better apply what they have learned in practice, my father-in-law took the first batch of trainees with him when he went north, and they were assessed on the way and scored according to their respective grades for distribution. Now, with the formal establishment of the navy and the army, these cadets have officially become members of the imperial army, and have been promoted from ordinary soldiers to the rank of general flag and small flag.

Chiang Xi-feng presided over the distribution of cadets, of whom 120 were staff cadets assigned to the Combined Fleet, the remaining 148 were assigned to the Army, 95 were assigned to the Guards Division, and 53 were assigned to the Taiwan Garrison Division.

Originally, Jiang Xifeng felt that the Taiwan Garrison Division was only a second-class division, and now there are only more than 3,000 people in the entire division, and many of those division commanders and wing commanders have taken leave to go back to their hometowns to recruit troops, and the generals of this Taiwan garrison division are all relatives and friends of Wei Gonggong, so no matter how you look at this division, it is a third-rate unit, so the staff officers who have been trained with great difficulty should be given priority to be assigned to the first-class division.

But Father-in-law Wei doesn't do it, yes, the Taiwan Garrison Division is composed of his old man's three aunts and seven aunts, and it looks like a family business, but because of this, it is necessary to strengthen the combat capability of the Taiwan Garrison Division. Moreover, who told you that Jiang Xifeng's Taiwan Garrison Division will always be a second-class division. Under the resolute opposition of Wei Gonggong, Jiang Xifeng had to send 53 trainees to join the Taiwan Garrison Division.

In the staff cadets of the combined fleet, the highest official rank is the organ staff officer, and the lowest official rank is the administrative staff officer. As for the army, all of them are assigned to the brigade and squadron levels, because the army is a division and regiment system, and only the division and regiment level have chiefs of staff, and in addition, the cadets are not old enough in terms of age and qualifications, so according to Wei Gonggong's wishes, all of them serve as operational staff officers at the brigade and squadron levels, assisting the commander-in-chief in military training, and being responsible for communications, cartography, logistics, and other affairs in wartime.

This can be regarded as starting from a young age and slowly honing it, if nothing else, there will definitely be countless generals and stars among this batch of combat staff officers in the future.

In order to unify the command of the naval and land armies, Gonggong Wei has officially named the headquarters of his admiral maritime eunuch as the headquarters of the Ming Emperor's pro-army command, referred to as the base camp. The base camp consists of the Navy General Staff Headquarters, the Army General Staff Headquarters, and a series of military organs, including the Military Operations Department, the Communications and Liaison Department, the Logistics Audit Department, the Military Records Department, and the Documentary and Espionage Department.

According to the "No. 2 Instruction of the Jiayin Imperial Army" issued by the base camp, the standing fleet and garrison fleet of the combined fleet; The Army's first-class divisions and second-class divisions are completely under the unified command of the pro-army command headquarters.

The commander of the combined fleet was temporarily vacant, and the standing fleet of the Royal Navy was served by Wang Dali, the chief military officer.

On the army side, Zheng Duo led three wings of the 1st Brigade to the Zhongzuo Institute in Fujian with the navy to prepare for the main force of the Guards Division.

On the same day, Father-in-law Wei led the generals of the army and navy to the dock to see him off, and wrote a poem: "The first battle of Chibi turned around, and the east wind sent me the first ship!" ”

The emperor is abolished, in one fell swoop.