When Li Xuan pointed to the map and said this, the admirals sitting on the rectangular table all stood up directly, their expressions were all excited, and some of them even turned red with excitement!

It was the first time they had heard Li Xuan clearly state his strategic vision for overseas expansion in the future, and they didn't want it to be so ambitious for their majesty, the Eternal Saint Monarch Li Xuan!

Although Li Xuan has not revealed his governing philosophy in public in the past, everyone is not stupid, from Li Xuan's many reform measures, most of them can guess that Li Xuan wants to carry out a thorough reform of the old society, not just unify China!

The Son of Heaven, he wants to deeply reform the shortcomings that have lasted for thousands of years, completely end the old era, and create a new era for the people of the dawn of China!

This can be seen from military standards, attaching importance to science and technology, attaching importance to the people's livelihood and economy, and innovating the bureaucratic system and education system.

Today's Tang Dynasty, although it is still an imperial dynasty, is a dynasty with a high concentration of central imperial power, encouraging the development of science and technology, and encouraging the development of industry and commerce, which is a completely different product from previous dynasties.

These are all things that they can see as courtiers, and they can also guess the ambition of the Son of Heaven.

Holy Son of Heaven, he wants to create eternal peace, and this is not just boasting, but really doing it, and doing it well.

But today, they saw a completely different Saint Son of Heaven, they thought that the Son of Heaven they guessed was great enough, and his ambition was already huge enough, but they never thought that their Saint Son of Heaven, wise and great, greater than the sun, would actually want to build an empire on which the sun never sets!

What an ambition, what a boldness!

Such ambition and courage, since ancient times, countless emperors in China have never had it, but their Holy Son of Heaven has it, and he really intends to do so.

If it is done, even if only a small part of the goal is achieved, its merits are absolutely incomparable to countless emperors in China since ancient times!

And as the courtiers of the Holy Son of Heaven, the heroes of this era will definitely be famous in history!

Ming Jun and virtuous ministers, the Holy Son of Heaven is naturally Ming Jun, and these courtiers are naturally virtuous ministers!!

When the courtiers were excited, Li Xuan looked at these naval generals again and said slowly: "In the next few years and even decades, the navy must formulate relevant development strategies with this goal in mind!" ”

"I hope that in the future, the strength of the Imperial Navy will be able to reach the total naval strength of other countries outside the Empire!" Li Xuan was still speaking, pointing to the huge world map behind him: "The two oceans of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean must be under the complete control of the Empire, using the sea as a barrier to control and defend the hinterland of the Empire's homeland, while in the Atlantic, the Imperial Navy must make a voice that matches the status of the Empire, and be ready to intervene in Europe at any time!" ”

Hearing Li Xuan talk about the total strength of other countries' navies, and also said that they would completely control the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and even occupy strategic advantages in the Atlantic, this made these naval generals gasp one by one.

These admirals also knew the power of other countries, although they had never been to Europe, not even the South Seas, but from the mouths of foreign merchants, they could also know the current situation in the world.

Today, in terms of naval strength and even colonies, Spain is the well-deserved boss, while the Portuguese are ranked second, and these two countries can be called empires on which the sun never sets, with colonies all over the world, and the naval strength is also quite huge.

Although they had not seen the Armada of the Spaniards with their own eyes, they knew that they had hundreds of warships, and even more if you counted the armed merchant ships and so on.

The Portuguese had a weaker navy, but that was only relative to the Spaniards.

To put it bluntly, the current naval strength of the Portuguese is much stronger than that of the Datang Navy!

However, the Son of Heaven said that in the future, the Imperial Navy should not only surpass one of them, but also reach the sum of other countries and control the global oceans, what does this mean?

This means that the Tang Dynasty will at least maintain a huge scale of hundreds of warships in the future, and these warships cannot be those ordinary ships, the main force must be battleships, and the auxiliary ships are those cruisers and frigates.

God is pitiful, now the Tang Navy does not even have a battleship, there are only two half-finished battleships on the slipway, and they are only third-class battleships.

However, in this era and even in the following decades, the capital ships of other navies are battleships, and a first-class battleship with 80 or 90 or even hundreds of guns is the core backbone.

If the Tang Navy wants to reach this level as the Holy Son of Heaven, it still needs a long way to go!

At this time, Li Xuan also seemed to see the doubts of the courtiers, so he also softened his tone a little and said: "Of course, India, the Americas, and the fleet should reach the sum of other countries, but the long-term goal of the empire, if it doesn't work in ten years, we will use twenty years, and if it doesn't work in twenty years, we will use fifty years and one hundred years to do it, at that time, we should never give up this goal!" ”

"And as the starting point of the empire's strategy for the next hundred years!" At this time, Li Xuan pointed to Malacca again: "Malacca, it must be taken down!" ”

Li Xuan said: "In the next few years, all the development plans of the Imperial Navy must follow this prerequisite, so as to be able to cover the landing of a large number of land forces in Malacca, and to be able to provide sufficient logistics supplies in a timely manner to maintain the safety of the maritime logistics line.

More importantly, it is necessary to defeat the Portuguese fleet in the region and nearby areas, and at the same time be able to resist the main force of the naval fleet drawn by the Portuguese from the Indian Ocean and even from the Atlantic, and ensure the sea supremacy of the Southeast Asian coast, the mainland coast and even the entire South Sea! ”

"When the navy is ready and confident, then it will be the time for the empire's centennial strategy to set sail!"

After Li Xuan said this, he just didn't continue, he had already said too much in today's meeting, from technological innovation, naval system, to future strategy, he had already said enough.

Now that the words are finished, what to do next, it is naturally the business of these courtiers!

So after Li Xuan spoke at length, he once again returned to his usual appearance, sitting on the dragon chair and squinting and listening, basically not speaking.

At this time, the admirals spoke excitedly one by one, and Li Xuan's words just now shocked them too much!

Playing Malacca, they are not surprised, in the past two years, the empire and the Portuguese have been cooperating more and more closely on the Europe-East Asia trade route, but the contradiction is also getting bigger and bigger, even for the sake of controlling the South Seas and maintaining the security of the empire's own coast, the Portuguese can not let the Portuguese stay in Malacca comfortably, relying on Malacca, the Portuguese can maintain a considerable sea force in the South China Seas, and can also get the support of the Portuguese fleet in the Indian Ocean in time.

If this foothold is defeated, then the Grape People will basically lose their foothold in East Asia and the South China Seas, and they can trade in the future, but if they want to control this sea area, it is basically unlikely.

But developing a larger-scale navy and controlling the whole world is something they couldn't think of before, and now that Li Xuan said it, and let them do it towards this goal, how could they not be excited.

This is definitely an opportunity for celebrities through the ages, and this is definitely an opportunity to bring glory and wealth to yourself, to your family, and to future generations!

Dry, must be done!

Therefore, they are all making plans on how to better develop the navy in order to achieve the grand goal set by His Majesty for them: to occupy the world!

Well, before they can achieve this goal, they have to achieve the small goal set by His Majesty in the early stage, that is, to take Malacca!

This kind of matter related to the empire's overseas strategy and the development of the navy in the next few years or even decades is naturally not a complete system plan that can be obtained in a day or two, and the navy will have to go through at least many internal discussions and repeated deliberations before it can submit a preliminary plan to Li Xuan.

Then Li Xuan still has a great possibility of rejecting and asking them to reformulate the plan, this time and again, it will take a month at the earliest, if it doesn't go well, it is possible to spend a few months or even a year and a half.

After the meeting on the navy's side, Li Xuan naturally couldn't forget the army, and when the army meeting was held, he also took out the huge world map, pointing to Central Asia, West Asia, South Asia, America and Africa, and said that they were all the territory of the empire, and I hoped to get it back.

The high-level generals of the army were also stunned for a moment, and then they all happily said that Your Majesty is wise, and even if the ministers are full of liver and brains, they must do their meager strength for Your Majesty's grand cause.

Of course, there is no large-scale war on the navy's side, and it is very idle, so it can carry out relevant plans now, but for the army, this is obviously unrealistic, because they have not even completely completed the reunification of the country.

But Li Xuan also told them for the first time that the journey of the empire was far from over, and the unification of Kyushu was just the beginning.

And what does that mean? This means that they finally don't have to worry about being cooked by rabbits and dogs in a year or two, and the birds will be hidden!

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