After Zhu Di's mood calmed down, Wang Wenle explained the military rank system to Zhu Di in detail, saying that this was used by Taizu and his old man with reference to the military system of later generations, not to promote military and suppress literature, but to improve the honor and status of military households in this way. So the advantages and disadvantages of the two were combined to create the military household system, which would not increase the burden on the national finances and the people, but also put an end to the aftermath of the military overthrow of the Ming Dynasty, but Taizu did not expect to eliminate these two banes but brought a greater bane to the Ming Dynasty...... The disadvantages of the military household system led to the pros and cons, and the generals said a lot, and the conclusion was that the disadvantages outweighed the advantages, which was also the Ming Dynasty in the end, which was not as good as the weak Southern Song Dynasty to resist the Yuan Dynasty for more than 50 years, and the military household system was one of the main reasons for the Ming Dynasty's rapid demise. Although all the reasons boil down to poverty, it is precisely because of the existence of these systems that the reason for poverty has gained a firm foothold, which has led to the fact that the power struggle above the court has risen to the point of ignoring the poverty of the Ming Dynasty's national strength, so that the ministers have enough reasons to selectively ignore the actual situation that soldiers need to be raised, trained, weaponized and fed, and supported by their families, which led to the Ming Dynasty's eventual exhaustion of national strength and rapid demise.

Therefore, Taizu asked Wang Wenle to tell Zhu Di that this system was only implemented within them, and soon they would send troops overseas, except for normal trade exchanges, without Zhu Di's will, they would not set foot in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so it would not cause trouble to Zhu Di. Then Wang Wenle solemnly swore in front of Zhu Di that he would be loyal to Emperor Yongle and me, if Daming violated his oath, Taizu and his old man would be thunderous, Wang Wenle would be punished by heaven and die, and his god would be destroyed.

Zhu Di didn't care, first of all, he already believed that Wang Wenle was instructed by Taizu, and the most important ingredient was that no one had the ability to predict the prophet and all the fulfillment, and then he couldn't even think of those strategic deployments, how could a little kid think of it, as for seeing the description of the gun, Zhu Di's shock was even greater, and then through Wang Zhong's return to the craftsmen, Zhu Di believed it thoroughly. Craftsmen all believe that the designer of this thing has the method of seizing the world and creating the world, the magic of ghosts and gods, all do not believe that it is created by mortals, and it is impossible for firearms to mature without generations of creation, exploration and improvement, just look at the history of the development of firearms and bowls for hundreds of years, what is this thing that suddenly appeared is not a divine object? What is it that the person who designed this thing is not a saint immortal? Therefore, he was already fully convinced that these were all done by Taizu. So he said that after Wang Wenle had become a wing, he went overseas to toss with Taizu, and he wanted to take a good look at what Taizu wanted to do with these places outside the Ming Dynasty. Of course, Taizu knows that on the issue of military power, as long as he is not stupid, everyone has the same opinion as an emperor, so Taizu's layout is all overseas and outside the customs, and the purpose is of course not to arouse the suspicion of being a son, so as long as Wang Wenle does not bring troops into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, he doesn't care about just asking, after all, what Taizu has done is unfathomable, not something he can understand at once, for example, the advantages and disadvantages of the military household system and the military rank system are not something he can figure out and think so comprehensively for a while.

After Wang Wenle thanked the lord Longen, he proposed that the small cannon used in the field can be mass-produced, and the light cannon used in naval warfare should not be mass-produced for the time being, and wait for the successful trial production of the cannon ten catties before deciding whether to mass-produce, at present, Zheng He's fleet has not yet returned, this period of time is a test gun, and the second is to install up to eight light guns according to the current ship structure, if it is installed too much after a round of salvo, the inside of the hull will be damaged, and the hull will be completely scrapped after multiple salvos, which is a very dangerous thing, Therefore, the first task at present is to redesign and renovate the interior of the ship, but at present, there are thousands of ships in my Ming Dynasty alone, if the cost of transformation is too great, the relationship between the monarch and the minister who has eased above the court will be tense again, and at present, my Ming Navy Division is invincible in the world, so Taizu believes that the existing ships and scale can maintain the status quo, no need to change, but secretly carry out the design and development of new gunboats, unlike guns and cannons, this new type of gunboat will appear after a hundred years, Its medium-sized ships are armed with more than 20 guns, large ships are equipped with more than 40 guns, and heavy ships are equipped with about 70 guns......"

Zhu Di jumped up from the dragon chair with a "Teng" sound at that time, and asked: "At that time, I had this kind of gunboat." ”

Wang Wenle shook his head and replied: "Taizu, the old man said that the ships used at that time are still the current types of ships, and there is no change, since Yongle, our Ming Dynasty even lost the construction technology of treasure ships." ”

Seeing Zhu Di's angry appearance, Wang Wenle told Zhu Di that Taizu and his old man said that the people of insight in later generations could not understand and sigh at my Ming Dynasty's move, so since Taizu and his old man knew this evil result, he could not make this kind of thing happen again, so Taizu said that from now on he will secretly carry out the research work of this kind of gunboat, but Taizu only knows about this kind of ship, and does not know why it is, and many shipbuilding technologies are not available now, and due to poor communication, After going overseas, basically will not return to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, overseas research on this kind of ship and the heart of the recruitment of overseas shipwrights will leak out the secret of the gunboat, so Taizu asked the emperor to secretly recruit me from now on hundreds of excellent shipwrights in the Ming Dynasty, my Ming Dynasty is rich in high-quality shipbuilding timber is in the land of Yunnan, Guichuan, but for the inland area, and the transfer is difficult, the people and money, if the ministers know it must be a war of words, to prevent it, so that the gunboats can not be smoothly researched and produced, Therefore, Taizu thought that a new dock should be built in a good port where high-quality timber was abundant overseas, so as to meet the draft requirements of the new heavy gunboats, and serve as a research base and shipyard for the production of such gunboats of various types. The profits from overseas trade would be sufficient to finance research and development, and there would be no need for appropriations from the national treasury, so that the ministers would not have a reason to object, and the emperor would be able to concentrate on domestic affairs without being disturbed by these things. So Wang Wenle asked Wang Zhong for a pen and paper to roughly draw the appearance of the ship, and then drew a profile of the ship.

After Zhu Di saw the sketch of the ship, he was surprised to see that the three decks above the waterline were covered with cannon holes, so he nodded happily and agreed, this is also a helpless move, as long as the ministers heard that the money from the treasury was spent on the sea like a chicken blood, it was better to just go through the treasury and conduct research in secret is the best way, it is definitely no problem to ask for money, it is better to do it yourself, and get rid of those guys who eat ancient things.

So Zhu Di told Wang Wenle that it was no longer the stage of the initial meeting, and the doubts he had at that time have now been completely dispelled, so he doesn't need to show him anything and prove anything step by step, so he will send a group of people to fill up the establishment of the thousands of households under his jurisdiction as soon as possible, and step up training to form an army as soon as possible.

Wang Wenle is begging for it, the reason why it has been making slow progress is that he has been cultivating trust with Zhu Di, and now his daughter-in-law has finally become a mother-in-law. With Zhu Di's full support, the plan can be completely changed, two words: speed. Wang Wenle hurriedly thanked him, saying that Taizu and his old man were already impatient, but he also knew that it would take a process to get Zhu Di to trust, and he just hoped that once Zhu Di could fully believe it, he would do his best to support it, which would only be good for Zhu Di and Daming.

Zhu Di asked Wang Wenle to tell Taizu that he would like to thank his father for understanding his son, and from now on he will fully support Taizu's plan, first of all, to give the establishment of a guard to the Department of Auditing and Strategy; The second is to open up the supply ships and ask Taizu to establish a sea trade route as soon as possible to be self-sufficient.

Wang Wenle told Zhu Di that his old man said that as long as Zhu Di expressed his full support, the first is to expand the number of military households, there are hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Shandong, and all the recruits are recruited from the displaced people, which can reduce the burden of disaster relief in the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time reduce the possibility of riots among the displaced people. The second is to step up the construction of artillery, give priority to supplying the equipment of the Department of Inspection, Economic and Strategy, and form an army, and at the same time train the troops, gradually annihilate the Japanese pirates and pirates in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty from small to large. In order to solve the disasters that have plagued our Daming Sea for many years, and to give the coastal people a life of peace and contentment. The third is to ask Zhu Di for a holy decree, announcing that overseas countries need to cooperate with me to inspect the convenience of foreign trade with the Department of Auditing and Strategy, and if they violate the will and regard them as the enemies of our Ming Dynasty, the Department of Auditing and Auditing has the right to crusade against them. The fourth is to remove craftsmen as soon as possible and start to build new military bases overseas, from then on Daming Port is only used as a trading port, and there are no more garrisons, military training, shipbuilding and other behaviors that arouse the suspicion of ministers. Fifth, in the future, all criminals who were exiled and distributed in the Ming Dynasty will be given priority to be exiled to overseas military bases, so as to enrich the local population, and all displaced people, disaster victims, and fugitive households will be handled in this way, so that there will be a legitimate reason to build military bases, which are called overseas refugee shelters. The sixth is to ask for the second holy decree, but Taizu wants to know how big my Ming overseas should be in Zhu Di's heart? As big as the heart is, the Holy Decree is written!

Zhu Di pondered for a moment and said, "The second holy decree allows me to think twice before replying to Taizu." ”