Not to mention that the army has taken most of the temporary military spending, and it also wants to take away part of the navy's military spending, and the navy is naturally very dissatisfied.

Fortunately, the Holy Son of Heaven and Shengming directly vetoed the army's proposal, which made the navy feel a little at ease.

But even so, they felt a huge amount of pressure, and even more felt the deep malice from the army.

In this northern war, the subsequent distribution of military spending must be seriously inclined to the army side, even if the navy is dissatisfied, it will not be able to change this fact, but in this way, I am afraid that the southward strategy led by the navy will be even more distant.

If you want to completely expel the Portuguese from the South China Sea and seize Malacca, you probably don't know that the year of the monkey is coming.

If the war in the north drags on for a long time, such as a war with the nomads in the north, I am afraid that it will be very difficult for the navy to expand the islands in the South Seas.

After all, although the natives on those islands in the South Seas are not good, they also need to send troops to encircle and suppress, and because of the distance and terrain, it is difficult to send troops and supplies, and the casualties of the troops will be relatively large, and this kind of casualties are not combat casualties, but non-combat casualties.

The harsh environment on the islands in the South Seas not only brought huge pressure to the migrants to survive, and there were many injuries and diseases, but it was also very troublesome for the military.

The large number of casualties in non-combat attrition also made the Army's interest in Nanyang even less so, and there has always been an argument within the Army that it is necessary to be cautious and cautious in fighting in the Nanyang region to avoid the fiasco of the Burma Campaign in the early years.

At that time, the Fourth Infantry Division pursued the remnants of the Ming army into Burma, but the enemy did not pursue and kill them, nor did they fight any battles with the natives, and they lost one-third of their troops due to disease, and more than 1,000 people remained on Burmese soil forever because of non-combat attrition.

This also made the army have a great vigilance to fight in the tropical jungle, no matter how strong the enemy is, they are not afraid, but for those germs, the army is helpless, and it is deeply difficult.

In addition, the expansion of the South Sea region is basically dominated by the navy, so the army is even less interested in fighting on the islands in the South Sea.

Over the years, the main garrison of the army in Nanyang has always been two units, namely the Banten Garrison Regiment and the Luzon Garrison Regiment, and the establishment of these two garrison regiments has not increased since its establishment, and they are only more than 1,000 people each.

Although it is said that these two garrison regiments of the army will not refuse to fight and neglect the war, it is impossible for the army with a total strength of less than 3,000 people to occupy and even control the Nanyang Islands.

These two garrison regiments of the army can basically only be used to hold the main island, such as the Banten garrison regiment, whose main task is to hold Banten City and the surrounding areas, and the main task of the Luzon garrison regiment is to hold Manila and the surrounding areas.

Expansion in other areas has relied in recent years on the coordinated operations of the Marine Corps, plus some militia units.

This is also something that there is no way to do, if the army doesn't do it, their navy can only come by itself!

This is also the Navy has established a marine corps with a total strength of more than 10,000 people, and they are all forced!

The navy not only needs to maintain a huge fleet, but also needs to maintain a marine corps with a size of more than 10,000 people, and at the same time, it also needs to build and support various naval bases, and its financial pressure is also very great.

For this reason, the navy has also followed the example of the army and started a reform of military spending; in addition to encouraging the naval military bases to grow vegetables and raise pigs, and to be as self-reliant as possible in terms of rations, it has also adjusted the salary structure.

From ordinary soldiers, to middle and low-level officers, and even senior generals, all of them have lowered their salaries, and the overall reduction is even more radical than that of the army, reducing by a few percentage points every year, and by the time of the 14th year of Xuanping, compared with the 8th year of Xuanping, the average salary of the navy has been reduced by about 20 percent, thus freeing up a lot of funds.

In order to avoid dissatisfaction within the navy, the senior admirals of the navy took the lead in taking the initiative to reduce salaries, and in addition to the salary cuts, they also used a part of them to donate.

As for the ordinary soldiers, they were still dissatisfied in the early years, but as time passed, the dissatisfied people retired one after another, and the newly recruited soldiers did not have any dissatisfaction.

Because even after the salary cut, there are still countless rural children who want to join the army, and they don't worry about recruiting high-quality soldiers at all.

Because the military treatment of Datang, whether it is the navy, the army, or the Guards, has always been very high, and the overall treatment of its soldiers is much higher than that of ordinary civilians.

Even now, after the salary cut, a newly served naval private's monthly salary is one or two dollars of silver, at first glance, this income does not seem to be high, and it is about the same as the salary of ordinary workers, but you have to know that the wages of workers in factories still need to be used to maintain their lives, and the income of soldiers is pure income.

Because in the army, it is used for food and clothing, and the salaries that soldiers receive in the army actually do not have to spend a penny, and they can send all the money home.

And most importantly, the tube is full!

This has always been the core advantage of the Datang military in recruiting soldiers, and it is also a major military expenditure of the Datang Army.

These soldiers are all strong men, and they eat a lot every day, which is very expensive.

However, the Datang military would rather reduce the treatment of other aspects than the food treatment of the soldiers, because the food represents physical fitness, and physical fitness directly affects combat effectiveness.

In the past, the navy followed the army's salary cut, the purpose of which was naturally to save military spending, but now that the war in the north is together, I am afraid that the navy will be more difficult in the future.

No matter what the final decision is, anyway, their navy has only one task, that is, to ensure the safety of the Yellow River, escort the logistics ships transporting supplies, and provide fire support to the troops stationed on the shore when necessary.

And these tasks can be handled by the Yellow River Detachment on its own, and there is no need for the top brass of the navy to worry about it.

As for the war in the north, they remembered a report sent back by the Luzon detachment some time ago, this report was not a military report, and it had nothing to do with the war, it was a report on the large Spanish fleet that came to Luzon to trade this year.

This year, the Spaniards followed the success of the past few years by boldly sending a large trading fleet of eight ships to Asia, all Galen galleons, from the Americas, across the Pacific Ocean, to Manila, Luzon.

According to the previous trade agreement between the Tang Empire and Spain, the two sides could enter each other's ports for trade, and this also promoted the gradual increase in trade between Spain and the Empire in recent years, and the Spaniards directly used global trade in order to bypass the Portuguese.

Its fleet first set off from the mainland to the Americas, then crossed the Pacific Ocean loaded with American goods, gold and silver, then came to Luzon under the control of the Tang Empire, then went south to Banten, which also belonged to the Tang Dynasty, then crossed the Sunda Strait into the Indian Ocean, and then crossed the Indian Ocean to the Indo-Gohe state under the control of the Tang Empire, and then began the journey back to Europe.

If the Tang Empire had not given the Spaniards Luzon, Banten, and Gohe Prefecture, the three vital footholds, they would not have been able to accomplish such a feat of global trade.

In this process, the Tang Empire played the role of a landlord, providing East Asian specialty goods, anchoring ports, supplies, etc., while Spain provided special goods from Europe and the Americas, as well as a large amount of gold and silver.

In the past, Spain only had one or two ships coming, and it didn't attract much attention from the imperial side, but this time, Spain came with eight ships at once, and the most important thing is that these eight ships carried a lot of gold and silver!

Although the Spaniards had brought a lot of gold and silver before, the amount was still not large, and this time, in order to buy goods in Luzon, they unloaded almost a mountain of gold and silver at the port, which almost shocked the Luzon authorities!

Because the Luzon authorities judged that Spain was very bold in this trade, and bought high-priced goods, such as silk, fine porcelain, perfumes, spices, spirits, etc., these things are luxury in contemporary times, even in the Empire, and the price of this shipment back to Europe is sky-high.

And they bought more than three million taels of silver for all kinds of goods, all paid for in gold and silver.

But according to the judgment of the Luzon authorities, they must have had more gold and silver in their fleet, because it was impossible for them to trade in Luzon, and they would definitely have to go to Banten, to the state of the Gohe River, and other places to trade, and then return to Europe with a full load of goods.

The military observers of the Luzon squadron speculated that their fleet carried at least more than five million taels of silver in cash!

When this judgment came out, the naval officers of the Luzon detachment wanted to rob them directly as pirates, but in the end they still did not dare to go against the general policy of the empire and did not dare to mess around.

They didn't know that the Spaniards had been preparing for many years for this trade, and the previous small-scale trade was only to test the risks, explore the route, and after the safety was really determined, this was the instigation of this round-the-world route, and these eight Galen galleons were actually used as cargo ships, but their combat effectiveness was not weak, and when they fought, the capital ships of the Luzon Squadron were not necessarily opponents.

The Spaniards directly use the capital ships of the navy to plan for several years, and what they are preparing is to do a big vote!

But such a big deal shocked the Luzon authorities and the naval officers of the Luzon detachment!

Therefore, the Luzon Squadron specially sent a report to China, the focus of the report is that since the Spaniards can get so much gold and silver from the Americas, it makes no sense that our Tang Empire will not be able to get it!

Colonizing the Americas must be on the agenda, even for gold!