"Your Majesty, Shen Jingchao has been announced outside the palace!"

On this day, Zhu Ciji suddenly called Shen Jingchao, the commander of the Yangtze River Naval Division.

"Let him in!"

"Yes!" The chamberlain turned and walked out of the study.

After a while, Shen Jingchao walked in.

"Shen Jingchao, the last general of the Yangtze River Naval Division, see the emperor, my emperor"

"Let's get flat!"

"Emperor Xie!"

Shen Jingchao was a little puzzled, he didn't know why the emperor suddenly summoned him to the palace to see the driving station, could it be that there was something to change the water master? Although Shen Jingchao was puzzled, he did not show his doubts on his face, he believed that the emperor would tell him.

Shen Jingchao guessed well, Zhu Ci called him, it was indeed to change the sailor, and it was to directly change the sailor to the navy!

So far, it is time to restart the navy.

Before this, Shen Jingchao has been secretly inspected by Zhu Ci for a long time, and Zhu Ci has not been disappointed, some time ago King Lu wanted to attack Nanjing City, and promised the position of the prince, Shen Jingchao refused without hesitation, which shows his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Shen Jingchao does have some talents, and Zhu Ci sees it in his eyes.

In fact, the reason why the Qing army was able to break through the Yangtze River quickly in history was not Shen Jingchao's business at all, because in history, when the Qing soldiers went south, Shen Jingchao was no longer in the position of the commander of the navy, but was replaced by a person named Zhang Xinzhong by King Fu of the Hongguang Dynasty.

Now, King Fu has long been swept into the dust of history, Shen Jingchao has been recognized by Zhu Ci, he feels that Shen Jingchao is a talent that can be cultivated, and he feels very relieved to hand over the newly established navy to Shen Jingchao.

Zhu Ci didn't let Shen Jingchao wait for a long time, and told him the purpose of calling him straight to the point.

"Shen Jingchao, you have been in the position of Yangtze River Sailor for more than ten years!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it has been twelve years and three months since the last general served as the commander of the Yangtze River Naval Division!" Shen Jingchao replied.

Zhu Ci nodded and continued: "In the past, the Ming Dynasty once had a navy, under the leadership of the Three Treasure Eunuchs, to deter the Ten Thousand Miles of Sea Frontier and lead all countries to the court, how powerful was the Daming Naval Division at that time, did Aiqing ever think of learning from the Three Treasure Eunuchs, and one day take the Great Ming Naval Master to deter the Ten Thousand Miles of Maritime Frontier again?" ”

Shen Jingchao's heart was shocked, how could he not want to, he dreamed that this was his lifelong wish, if there really was that day, he would be willing to let him die.

"Your Majesty, do you mean" Shen Jingchao forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said with some uncertainty.

Zhu Ci nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, I want to rebuild the Ming Navy, so that the Ming Navy will not only cruise on the Yangtze River from now on, but also cruise in the endless deep blue sea, showing the majesty of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

With the current strength and artillery technology of the Ming Dynasty, it is not difficult to rebuild the navy, and the Ming Dynasty is not without craftsmen who can build ocean-going ships.

However, Zhu Cijiao saw the shadow of the great treasure ships in history on the dozen or so capital ships of the Yangtze River Naval Division.

Although the Ming Dynasty is forbidden by the sea, the sailors do not go to sea easily, but for more than a hundred years, every once in a while, there are always some pirates who make trouble, and in some cases the Yangtze River sailors still need to go to sea to fight, which is why the Yangtze River sailors still maintain twelve sea-going ships, these twelve ocean-going ships should be slightly changed, equipped with the latest Shenwu cannon of the Ming Dynasty, it is the most powerful warship in the world.

After being confirmed, Shen Jingchao was so excited that he couldn't speak, since the emperor said it himself, there would be no fake, and the Yangtze River Naval Division would be upgraded to a naval naval division immediately.

Shen Jingchao suddenly said with some embarrassment: "But the emperor, the sea ban of the Ming Dynasty"

No wonder Shen Jingchao is worried, there is still a sea ban in the Ming Dynasty, even if the Yangtze River Naval Division is changed to a naval naval division, without the unanimous approval of the Manchu Dynasty, it will not be able to go out of the ocean.

Zhu Ci staggered and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I have established the navy, will there still be a sea ban?" ”

In fact, the so-called sea ban of the Ming Dynasty has long existed in name only, the sea ban restricts only the Ming Dynasty itself, Zheng Zhilong of Quanzhou one day blatantly attracted merchants in Quanzhou, to do ocean trade, why the Zheng family can afford to raise a full 100,000 people of sailors, is the monopoly of the Ming marine trade, rather than let the Zheng family eat more and more fat, it is better for the Ming Dynasty to completely open the sea ban, but also to promote the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty commerce, set up customs, increase the treasury revenue.

"The emperor is sage, the last general must be full of liver and brain, reproduce the majesty of the Ming Navy and sailors, and live up to the emperor's holy hope!" Shen Jingchao was so excited that his forty-year-old face was flushed, and he hurriedly said.

"Hmm." Zhu Ci nodded and said, "Shen Jingchao listened!" ”

"The last general!"

"The Ming Dynasty rebuilt the navy, from today onwards, the Yangtze River Naval Division was changed to the Navy Naval Division, and Shen Jingchao was sealed"

With the reorganization of Zhu Cihe's naval division, Shen Jingchao was appointed as the admiral of the naval division, and the Ming Navy was formally established. Of course, for some considerations, Zhu Ciji did not issue an order to cancel the sea ban at the same time, and he would only start to do this matter after settling the affairs of the Zheng family.

Although the civil and military officials knew about Zhu Ci's rebuilding of the navy, because Zhu Cijiao did not mention a word about the sea ban, the hundred officials could not raise objections, so they acquiesced in the matter.

In order to enhance the strength of the new navy, Zhu Ciji ordered the Firearms Bureau the next day to step up the production of a new type of Shenwu cannon suitable for the navy, and the new type of Shenwu cannon used by the navy is installed on the ship, and there is no need to carry out a quick field battle with the army, so Zhu Ciji did not ask for anything more in terms of weight, just one sentence, shoot far, shoot accurately, and the power is big enough!

After receiving this holy decree, Chen Xin, the director of the Firearms Bureau, was suddenly shocked, and wanted to develop a cannon to be mounted on a ship on the sea, with a self-determined weight, and only required to shoot far, accurately, and powerfully enough?

"Hehe, our Firearms Bureau can do it again!" Chen Xin smiled excitedly.

At present, the most powerful artillery of the Ming Dynasty is still the super Weiyuan cannon made for the Xuzhou War, although this cannon is powerful enough, the range is twice that of the red-coated cannon, which can be called the most powerful cannon in the world, but it has a fatal shortcoming, that is, it is too heavy, a weight of 5,000 catties, and because the anti-recoil device is not used, the recoil is too large, and it is not suitable for use on the ship at all.

Since the birth of new alloy steel and the development of anti-recoil devices, Chen Xin has always wanted to re-develop the most powerful cannon in the world, for this reason, he has vaguely mentioned it to the emperor many times, but unfortunately the emperor has not expressed his position, and now the emperor has finally expressed his position, and he can finally do it.

Chen Xin already had a clear shot in his mind, so he almost made it, and immediately the Firearms Bureau began to forge new cannons in full swing!

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