The Military Aircraft Department was founded in the first year of Jianwen, in order to suppress the rebellion of Yan Wang Zhu Di and temporarily created an institution, when the emperor Zhu Yunwen often went to the Military Aircraft Department to discuss matters, and the Military Aircraft Department at that time were a group of staff officers who graduated from martial arts, and their main responsibility was to deduce the war situation, which also played a big role at that time.

However, after Pingyan, the military aircraft department began to decline, the staffing decreased, at least only three or five people were on duty here, and the emperor rarely came, on the contrary, the number of visits to Wenyuan Pavilion became more frequent, and the status of Wenyuan Pavilion became more and more important.

However, in the seventh year of Jianwen, the military aircraft department suddenly became important, and the officers on duty were no longer a few small staff officers, but senior officials of the army governor's office, the navy governor's office, the general staff, the general supervision department, and the general quartermaster department.

For the person in charge of the military aircraft department, the emperor has not designated, but temporarily adopted a rotation system, but this has stimulated everyone's enthusiasm, because everyone knows that this situation will not last long, and a person in charge will inevitably be needed, and these responsible persons will inevitably be produced among their own people, so everyone works quite hard, of course, this is also what Zhu Yunwen wants to see.

Today, because of the return of the expeditionary fleet, Zhu Yunwen personally came to the military aircraft, just now in the main hall, there are some things he is not good to ask, and Tong Hailong is not easy to answer, so after the court meeting in Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yunwen has to come over for a small meeting.

"Sea Dragon, I see that you just stopped talking in the main hall, is there something wrong with my disposal?"

"No, Your Majesty's reward is too rich, and the last general will wait for the five inscribed feelings, except to repay the emperor's grace, there is nothing else to think about."

Seeing Tong Hailong kneeling on the ground, Zhu Yunwen shook his head, raised his hand and said, "Hailong, get up, if I guessed correctly, do you have something to say to me?" ”

"This," Tong Hailong hesitated, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, just now in the main hall, the last general only said half of what he said about the ocean expedition. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yunwen smiled: "What about the other half?" ”

"Your Majesty, please forgive the last general for bluntly saying that although the last general and others suffered heavy losses when they went to sea this time, the last general thought that this was normal, and everything, at the very beginning, would pay a heavy price."

"In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went out to fight against the Huns, 40,000 cavalry attacked in four ways, only Wei Qing attacked Longcheng all the way, beheaded more than 700 people, and the remaining three roads were defeated and suffered heavy losses, this is the first time that the Han army crossed the Great Wall to the grassland to compete with the Huns, but it was also from this time that the Han Dynasty started the war of attacking the Huns, and finally ended with the surrender of the Huns.

"This voyage proved two things: first, it was possible to travel thousands of miles, and that the danger could be minimized with good ships, adequate provisions, and good sailors and soldiers; Second, there are many things overseas that I don't have in the Ming Dynasty, such as the food crops that Your Majesty said, can supplement the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty and benefit hundreds of millions of people, so from this point of view, the voyage is also worth it. ”

"Although the sea dragon is not talented, he also hopes to be able to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty, but the last general will be the navy, and it is impossible to compete with the Mongols on the grassland, but the last general can drive the Ming warship to conquer the vast territory in the east for the Ming Dynasty."

"Well," Zhu Yunwen nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it's good that you can think so, but I want to tell you that the conquest across the sea is not as easy as you think." ”

"The last general didn't find it easy," Tong Hailong raised his head and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, although the battle with the Inca was victorious this time, it made the last general break out in a cold sweat. ”

"Oh? Why is that? ”

"Your Majesty, compared with the Incas, my Ming advantage is that the ships are strong and the artillery is sharp, they are just small boats, and there are no artillery, so they are vulnerable in front of the last general, when the last general only had more than 500 people, but they were able to defeat 3,000 enemy troops, relying on this."

"At that time, if the last general had a little ambition, he could harass and attack the Inca along the coastline, they had no cavalry, and their weapons were not sharp, wouldn't they be slaughtered at will by the last general?"

"Well, that's true!"

Hearing Tong Hailong's description, Guo Ying, Xu Huizu and others couldn't help but nodded, only Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up, and he roughly guessed what Tong Hailong was going to say.

"However, the last general envisioned another situation, if some countries are equipped with the strong ships and sharp guns of the Ming Dynasty and show off their military power along our coast, if I don't have enough navy in the Ming Dynasty, how can I resist it by relying on the coastal guard posts alone?"

"How is this possible?" Zhang Rong, the naval officer, was stunned for a moment, and immediately retorted: "This shipbuilding and gunpowder are all secrets that I don't pass on, how can others know?" ”

Tong Hailong glanced at Zhang Rong's face, then hesitated for a moment, and said: "In the past, Mengyuan expanded the land for thousands of miles, Dingding Huaxia, and asked the Quartet to discuss, my Han family's gunpowder, shipbuilding and other technologies will inevitably spread out. ”

"Moreover, when the last general passed through Luzon, he once talked with Liu Qianzhu, the commander of the Nanyang Naval Division, and according to him, there were often red-haired merchants from the west near Nanyang, and their ships were not as big as ours, but their speed was not inferior to ours, and they also had firearms in their hands, although they were not as sophisticated as ours, but they should not be underestimated. According to General Liu's estimates, they were likely to be the opponents of the Mongols in their westward expedition to the far west, and they could stop the Mongols, and it is conceivable that they might be very powerful. ”

"How can they compare to my Da Ming?"

Listening to Zhang Rong's sneer, Tong Hailong closed his eyes, then opened them, took a deep breath, turned to Zhu Yunwen, and said, "Your Majesty has seen thousands of miles, and you should know what the last general is worried about. ”

"I understand," Zhu Yunwen nodded, then stood up, walked to Tong Hailong's side, and helped him up: "General Tong, I appreciate your vision and courage, and I will reuse it for you." ”

"In the past few days, you and your subordinates have worked hard, go to the Hanlin Academy, and I will arrange for someone to record all your records of what you have seen and heard, these are very precious records."

"After that, I will give you a month's vacation to go home and see your family and friends."

"When you return, I will appoint you as the commander of the newly formed Royal Second Fleet, and the crew and soldiers who have returned from this expedition will be promoted to one rank and serve in the Second Fleet."

"I will give you two months, in June and July, the Second Fleet will go on an expedition to the Ryukyus, blockade the southeast sea of the Wa Kingdom, and approach the island of Shikoku."

"Your Majesty is eloquent and strategic, and the general will definitely live up to his mission!"

Patting Tong Hailong on the shoulder, Zhu Yunwen turned his head to look at the generals, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, General Tong understands what he means, after the painstaking efforts and hard work of the first emperor, the Ming Dynasty can already be proud of the Quartet barbarians, but what about the known Quartet barbarians?" Will there be a strong country there? ”

"Thousands of miles to the east, there is America, and the country there is not strong, but General Tong only sees the west coast of the Americas, so what about the interior of the Americas? What about the East Coast? Is there a stronger country? We don't know now. ”

"In addition, in Europa, the far west, during the Han Dynasty, there was a country called Rome, and the history books called Great Qin, and its strength was not under the Qin and Han dynasties, so what happened now? Its history alone shows that it is not easy to deal with. ”

"In the west of Jiayu Pass, west of the Seven Guards of Guanxi, there is a hero named Timur, in our China, Emperor Gao led the people to oppose the Yuan, and in the West, Timur also raised troops against the Yuan, now in addition to Kublai Khan's lineage, the rest of the Kipchak Khanate, the Ilkhanate, the Chagatai Khanate, and the Ogedai Khanate were basically destroyed or surrendered, and its army not only has cavalry, infantry, but also the former Huihui artillery, as well as musketeers and artillery, the military is extremely powerful, and there is always the possibility of eastward invasion, so I sent Yi Guo to the northwest fairly, I'm afraid there will be a war in the northwest sooner or later. ”

"And such a powerful Timur, why did he not invade the east for a long time, it is conceivable that he should be fighting with the opponent of the West, from this point of view, the opponent of the West is also quite strong, not to be underestimated, once they come across the sea, I am afraid it will be more difficult to deal with than the Japanese Kou."

"So, General Tong's worries are right, Xuanxin, Zhu Xin, Zhang Rong, as the leaders of the navy, you must not take it lightly!"

"Your Majesty's lesson is that your ministers should do their best to serve Your Majesty!"