Now Datang also has a water division, and on the canal and waterway, there are naval troops stationed and patrolling. But it is scattered everywhere, not an organization, and it is not a system. When the security forces are almost the same, if such an army is pulled to the sea, it is estimated that it will not be possible at all. Zhou Gongjin in the Chibi War back then, how powerful the navy was, how majestic it was. The navy has to be stronger than before. Otherwise, how to conquer the world.

Li Shimin thought about it, and ordered Wang Shouquan to invite Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to discuss, the key is that these two are the wisest, this kind of thing, he still has to plan with these two wise men, and some young people recommended by Li Chengqian should also let these two people understand and consider, and they can't make decisions casually.

Fang Du and the others looked at Li Chengqian's letter, and they couldn't help but be surprised, this stroke is too big. Go to sea, trade, gold and silver, spices, have a bigger territory overseas? And the fairy mountain? And the slaves and the magical food, which are so eye-catching, but the investment is also huge. Can the imperial court hold on?

Navy, Customs, Tax Department. The terms are very unfamiliar, but the explanations and explanations are very exciting. On the letter, Li Chengqian made a clear promise that Tiantang Industry was willing to cooperate with the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households. The three of them talked secretly for a long time against Li Chengqian's letter, and argued for a long time before they decided on a coping strategy.

At the court meeting the next day, listening to Li Shimin's shipyards, trade, customs, taxation, navy, and encouraging non-governmental trade at sea, everyone looked at each other, and the others were easy to say, of course, it was a good thing to be able to collect taxes, but the key was that many people still did not understand a lot of what they said.

But the establishment of the Navy, this matter is understood, and it is still a conscription system? This crowd has a saying, the burden of the government military system on the common people is heavy enough, and now it has become a recruitment, relying on the court to raise the army, which is more expensive. This is not a simple matter of laboring the people and losing money, it is a question of whether the imperial court can afford it.

The others didn't understand, and everyone didn't dare to say much, but about the navy, it became the focus, and Li Shimin listened to everyone's discussions, and immediately became a little overwhelmed.

Thinking of the statement in Li Chengqian's letter, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seemed that the prince was right. It has always been difficult to deal with the matter of not having profits, just taking money out of the country, and it is difficult to say clearly about the overseas world, gold, silver, and spices, so this can only be done.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and slowly spoke: "Regarding the establishment of the navy, you don't need to use the national treasury, everything is managed by the prince, and the prince will bear the military expenses, what do you think?" ”

The voice was not high, but it was like thunder, and everyone was suddenly silent, what is this emperor doing? Dizzy? Even if you become a pig's brain, you won't hand over the management and leadership of the army.

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he frowned, and said in his heart, this must be the prince's ghost idea, it seems that this royal family is ambitious, and at a young age, they want military power, how is it possible? hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty can't, the army is a major matter of the country, how can it be controlled by individuals, this head can't be opened, this wind can't be long, even if the prince is the prince." ”

As soon as these words came out, you could see the mind of the eldest grandson Wuji, an absolute die-hard fan of imperial power. After hearing this, everyone agreed, yes, the prince is in control of the army, and once his ambitions are inflated, his power is huge. Wouldn't it be fatal to give Li Shimin another change in Xuanwumen?

How will you stand in line when the time comes, and who should you support? Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the prince to lead the army. In fact, Li Chengqian himself did not ask to control the army at all, but only put forward a proposal to establish a navy, and recommended a few candidates.

To put it bluntly, Li Shimin did not plan to let the prince lead the army, it was his own ill-intentioned intentions and deliberately diverted his attention that led to such a show. That's pretty obvious. Since you are all against the crown prince leading the army, then there will be no opposition to the formation of an army. This is also Li Shimin's deceit, deliberately avoiding the important and trivial.

People seem to have forgotten all of a sudden whether they should build a navy or not, but instead they have begun to talk about it, and now the focus is on who should form and manage the army. After arguing for a long time, and there was no decision, Li Shimin was a little impatient, and looked at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and the two immediately understood.

Fang Xuanling stepped forward and said: "The minister has something to say, the matter of the navy is very important, and the army is naturally His Majesty's army and the army of the Tang Dynasty. The mobilization of the army was naturally the same as before, under the unified command of the imperial court. The Datang Sea is vast, and according to the current territory, it is recommended to divide into four teams. ……”

After talking for a long time, it was actually a refinement of the content of Li Chengqian's letter, and the navy was divided into four parts, the first fleet was the East China Sea Fleet, with Dengzhou as the base, and Li Mengwei, the founding prince of Wushui County, as the commander-in-chief, and Xin Mao as the commander. The second fleet was the South China Sea Fleet, based in Yizhou, with Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, as the commander-in-chief, and Ren Yaxiang as the commander. 3rd and 4th fleets, bases to be determined. The crown prince Li Chengqian served as the governor, and Liu Renyuan and Liu Renliang served as the commanders respectively.

Basically, the young candidates recommended by Li Chengqian are all admirals, but in fact they are executive deputy positions, and the chief of the navy is just a bigwig. Among them, Xin Mao will be with Ren Yaxiang, who are die-hard fans who have been brainwashed by Li Chengqian. As for Liu Renyuan and Liu Renliang, who are more famous in history, they were specially recruited by Li Chengqian, although they did not enter the Tiantang industry, but they were also petty officials in the court.

In order to further lighten the burden on the peasants, the navy directly changed to a conscription system; although it did not conform to the military system of an agricultural society, the Tiantang industry had already begun to take shape, and with the advancement of industrialization, the defect of conscription would soon become an advantage. What's more, Li Chengqian gave great preferential treatment to the families of soldiers in terms of conscription.

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, everyone stopped talking. As for Li Chengqian's dream of leading the army, it has naturally come true, but there is neither a base, nor manpower, nor the military support of the imperial court, so where is there room for development. Everyone admired Fang Xuanling's wisdom. A discussion about the navy was thus hastily established by Li Shimin.

"Then let's handle it like this, the two chief managers and the second guild of Fang Du will work out some rules with the officials of the military department and the household department, and arrange these things as soon as possible, it is already September, and the weather is almost late autumn. The farming season is over, and it's time for conscription. Looking at everyone's faces, Li Shimin remained silent, but his heart was excited, and he continued: "Now let's talk about another thing, the local tribal leaders of Lingnan, Feng An, Tan Dian and others are fighting with each other, and they have not entered the court for a long time. Now, the surrounding local state capitals have claimed that Feng Ang has rebelled more than a dozen times, and I have decided to levy soldiers and horses from dozens of states in Jiangnan and Lingnan to fight on a large scale. Who do you think can lead the troops? ”