On the endless sea, hundreds of new warships sailed with unparalleled momentum.

Li Nan stood on the legendary battleship "Sea King" like a giant and looked into the distance, and the well-trained Imperial Navy officers and men on board were dressed in white military uniforms, all standing solemnly and majestic.

For Li Nan, this legendary battleship that he had worked so hard to get was really not on it for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity and strangeness after coming to the ship.

The warships of the empire were originally the fortune ships of the East, but since Li Nan brought back this extremely powerful warship, it has only begun to change.

The Fu ship of the East is tall, the bottom is pointed up, the head is raised and the tail is warped, generally 2 masts, the cabin is 3 floors, the ship is set up as high as a city, and there is a guard plate next to it. Soldiers take cover behind them and shoot arrows at enemy ships, throwing fireballs, fire bricks, and fire barrels.

This kind of warship is mainly melee combat, and the few guns are only secondary, and due to the existence of watertight compartments, the lower level cannot be equipped with artillery, so there is only the uppermost gun deck. The sails are hard boards and require less manpower than soft sails. In the event of a storm, the sail is fast and the wind is flexible, but the start is slow, and due to the limited sail area, the speed of the ship is not as fast as that of the Western-style soft-sailed sailing ship when downwind.

Li Nan's warship from the Caribbean world is a typical Galen ship, a medium-sized Galen ship with a displacement of 600 tons of the same tonnage as the Fu ship, and can be equipped with 40 guns. Much higher than the same tonnage of fortune ships. At the same time, due to the large number of sails, the speed is better than that of the Fu ship.

Although the all-through deck is not conducive to anti-sinking, it can be arranged with more guns, and at the same time, due to the presence of the ship's ribs, its sturdiness is not bad. The only thing that is inferior to Fukubune is that its rudders are far less flexible than the balance rudder equipped with Fukubune. Due to the existence of its spinnaker, it is not much different from the Fukufu ship in headwinds, and the soft sail brings high maneuverability to the Galen ship, and the personnel requirements are higher than that of the Fuku.

After some comparison, Li Nan and other admirals agreed that the Fuchuan needed fewer personnel and was more resistant to sinking at the same tonnage. However, the firepower and maneuverability were inferior to the Galen ships, so the result was that the Fu ships were more suitable for use as merchant ships, and the warships should still choose the Western Galen ships.

At present, the major shipyards of the empire have begun to build new warships, and the Pacific Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Empire, which sails on the sea, uses all new warships.

Mrs. Qing took Li Nan's order to pacify the island country and intimidate Goryeo by the way, while Li Nan wanted to go to the front line of the Yellow River in the north, so she chose to go there by boat.

Today's West should still be in the dark Middle Ages, so the world's maritime hegemon is the Chinese Empire, both near and far sea.

The Jin Kingdom has no intention of developing a navy, and in the face of an empire that already has three formed fleets, they will never be able to prepare any naval fleet.

The Royal Navy's Yellow Sea Fleet led by Asha has been cruising near the Yellow River, and this female pirate in the world of ice and fire is not a good one, and any ship that does not fly the imperial flag will be destroyed and killed, without exception.

Looking at the boundless sea frontier under the rule of the empire, Li Nan is full of confidence in the development and future of the country, and he believes that in this land with vast resources and a large population, there will be a country so powerful that the whole world will tremble!

Thinking of dominating the world, Li Nan couldn't help but turn his gaze to the north, at the end of the ocean is where the Jin Kingdom is located, and now destroying the Jin Kingdom is the top priority of the empire.

Standing on the deck blowing the sea breeze, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, Li Nan looked back, and it turned out to be Fu Tianqiu, who he brought back from the mythical world.

Li Nan smiled and asked, "Mr. Fu, do you think my fleet can be regarded as majestic and mighty?" ”

"It's extremely powerful, the old man is really unprecedented!" Seeing such a powerful fleet, Fu Tianqiu, who had just come to the empire, praised from the bottom of his heart.

"Hahaha." Li Nan smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "Mr. Fu, you have been coming to the empire with me for several months, and you must have seen it with your own eyes and heard everything with your own ears, I wonder how you feel about the empire?" ”

"Hehe, Your Majesty Shengming, the old man is really a little stupid." As Fu Tianqiu spoke, he took out a letter from his arms and presented it to Li Nan.

Seeing the piece handed over by Fu Tianqiu, Li Nan couldn't help but smile and said, "Hey, this is a long preparation!" ”

Stretched out his hand to take over the rather thick piece of music, but at this time the sea breeze was too strong, Li Nan glanced at it a few times, nodded and said, "I will go back and take a closer look at this thing later, Mr. Fu might as well talk to me briefly first." ”

Fu Tianqiu was the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the original world, so most of the things he played were related to the matters under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites was one of the six departments of Huaxuan in ancient times. The north and south dynasties were established in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Sui and Tang dynasties were one of the six departments, along with each other, and the chief was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The scope of the Ministry of Rites' accusations is very wide, including the five rites of Kaoji, Jia, military, guest, and fierce; It also manages the affairs of the national schools, the imperial examinations, and the affairs of the vassals and foreign countries.

There are four divisions under the Ministry of Rites, all of which are in the Ming and Qing dynasties: the Department of Ceremonial and Qing Officials, who are in charge of the ceremony, military etiquette and management of academic affairs and imperial examination affairs; The priest of the ancestral sacrifice is in charge of auspicious and murderous affairs; The host and guest clearance department, in charge of the guest ceremony and the reception of foreign guests; The fine food and cleaning officials are in charge of the affairs of the feast and the sacrifice.

To put it simply, the Ministry of Rites is equivalent to the synthesis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education in later generations.

At present, the foreign minister of the empire is the Roman princess Ludia, and the minister of education is the former talented Oiran of Tokyo City, Li Shishi.

As the saying goes, a weak country has no diplomacy, and a strong country has no righteous war!

According to the current situation of various countries, except for the Jin State in the north, the surrounding countries of the empire are all weak countries, and because they do not have a strong strength to back them up, they have no status in diplomacy at all, so they are completely suppressed by the empire.

Ludia, who came from the Roman world, was long-sleeved and good at dancing, and although she was a little vain, she relied on the power of the empire to manage the foreign affairs department of the empire.

Compared with Ludia, Master Li's personality is too weak and not suitable for being a long-term leader, and she has followed the rules but has not done anything innovative and strengthened since she took office.

After Fu Tianqiu came to the empire, he naturally paid the most attention to the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, so the first thing he mentioned on his recital was the various deficiencies in the Imperial Ministry of Education.

In fact, Li Nan has also heard a little about the Ministry of Education, but there is no general in Shuzhong, so he can only let Liao Hua be a pioneer, and Li Shishi is also helpless to serve as the Minister of Education, at least her loyalty is worry-free.

Now that he has a ready-made book of the Ministry of Rites, Li Nan is also moved, and immediately asks: "Mr. Fu, if I hand over the matter of imperial education to you, what can you do to improve it?" ”

Fu Tianqiu is a Confucian student, and Confucianism talks about learning from excellence, and studying poetry and books is to become an official and realize the concept of governing the country and leveling the world.

Historically, many Confucian sons and daughters did not enter the WTO to become officials, not for personal glory and wealth, but to advocate education and benevolent government, to punish the meager endowment, to criticize tyranny, to try to re-establish the order of etiquette and music, to change customs, and to protect the country and the people.

Hearing what Li Nan, the emperor, said, Fu Tianqiu immediately replied: "The old man has a few words to say. ”

"Tell me."

Blowing the sea breeze, Fu Tianqiu said: "The empire built by Your Majesty is vast and has a large population, so it is difficult for the people in remote areas to know about the major events that have happened in their own country, and they also do not know the various policies issued by the imperial court to benefit the people.

Just like what happened in Chunhua Village that day, it was because the low-level officials misinterpreted the intention that it almost caused harm to the hearts of the people, so the old man thought that an institution should be established that could quickly radiate the news of the empire to all parts of the country! ”

After hearing these words, Li Nan couldn't help but be stunned, isn't what Fu Tianqiu said about the newspaper!