Chapter 309 Establishment of the Naval District

"What my father said is very true, there can only be one marshal, but there can be a few more deputies, and the same is true for the sons." Li Zhen replied with a smile: "Erchen suggested that the deputy can be called the commander-in-chief, and the status is the same as that of the commander-in-chief, but in order to avoid the competition for power and profit between the commanders, we can mark their jurisdiction in detail - the meaning of the son-in-law is to establish a naval district on the basis of the fleet station, and each commander-in-chief has the right to command the fleet in the military region and has the absolute right to speak, while the marshal has the right to transfer the commander-in-chief of the military region." ”

"This method is good, then the Yuezhou Fleet and the Quanzhou Fleet will be merged together to form a Lingnan Military Region, and the Lingnan Military Region will oversee the Yuezhou Fleet and the newly established Quanzhou Fleet, as for this commander, Liu Renliang will serve as the director." Li Shimin immediately understood the benefits of the military region, although it is said that the commander has the absolute right to speak in the military region, but the marshal has the absolute right to command and deploy, which can also prevent the commander of the naval region from supporting the army and self-respect - as long as you have a little sign of this, I can transfer you away with a paper order, if you are not convinced, then I can order the surrounding fleets to besiege you at any time, no matter how strong your combat power is, but in the case of enemies all around, how long can you be rampant?

"Thank you, Your Highness, your Highness, the ministers will do their best to govern the army and resist the enemy, and never live up to the high expectations of Your Majesty and Your Highness." Liu Renliang was grateful, although he didn't get the position of the marshal he wanted the most, but in this special period, the position of the head of the Lingnan Naval Region is actually not much different from that of the marshal - Datang only has a total of three fleets now, two of which are in the Lingnan Military Region, under the jurisdiction of Liu Renliang. As the head of the Lingnan Naval Region, Liu Renliang can be said to be the uncrowned king of the navy, except that he cannot command the Dengzhou fleet in the north, his power is no less than that of the marshal.

In fact, the role of this so-called naval district is actually the same as that of the Dao, but the Dao is only a nominal administrative unit, and there is no government agency, and most of the Dao marching chiefs are temporarily established (Liu Hongji said this before, it was Li Shimin who was worried that Li Zhen would not be able to control the situation in Lingnan, so he sent Liu Hongji as the Lingnan Dao marching chief to Li Zhenzhen), once the war was over, it was immediately revoked (for example, Li Jing was the head of the Dingxiang Dao march when he destroyed the Turks, and he could control all the soldiers and horses around him, and wait until the Turks were wiped out, which was immediately revoked).

The naval district is different, this is a permanent unit, the governor has the control of the fleet in the military district, but does not have the right to start a war, this right must be granted by the marshal, that is, the emperor himself, in this respect is inferior to the commander of the march - the commander of the march is as long as there is a sign of aggression by the enemy in the jurisdiction, and can be fired directly without reporting, and in general it can be said that each has its own merits.

"Zhen'er, your proposal is very good, my father has already approved it. In terms of understanding the navy, in fact, you are no less than Liu Renliang, and if you have any ideas, please say them together. Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen with satisfaction, this is the heir he chosen, I believe that if he is there, even if he goes in the future, Datang should be able to continue the prosperity for at least another few decades.

And Li Shimin is really not exalting Li Zhen, you must know that although Liu Renliang is the founder of the navy, it was Li Zhen who put forward the concept of the navy from the beginning, which is not as good as Liu Renliang (Liu Renliang was a civilian official before, he didn't know the navy) and the establishment of the navy was also insisted on by Li Zhen himself, and the required expenses were borne by himself, and there were many constructive suggestions, which were also put forward by Li Zhen...... Therefore, in the eyes of others, Li Zhen's understanding of the navy is no worse than that of Liu Renliang, and when he heard that Li Shimin wanted Li Zhen to continue to put forward his own suggestions, they listened attentively......

"The father is wise, and the son does have some small suggestions." Li Zhen was happy when he saw that Li Shimin had agreed to his proposal, and hurriedly said all his ideas: "In addition to the Lingnan Naval Region, we can also set up the Bohai Naval Region along the Datang coast, with two Class A fleets under its jurisdiction, which are responsible for patrolling the sea areas north of Silla in the north and north of the Huai River in the south, and the Jianghuai Naval Region under its jurisdiction (generally speaking, the strengthened fleet is a Class A fleet equipped with ten to fifteen battleships and corresponding auxiliary ships), responsible for Hangzhou in the south of the Huai River to the Qiantang River basin. The Hangzhou Naval Region has a first-class fleet under its jurisdiction, which is responsible for the sea area south of Hangzhou to the north of the Ryukyus.

In addition to these naval districts, we also need to set up a naval district in the north of the Goryeo Peninsula, but the land here is vast and sparsely populated, and the role of this naval district is only to be optimistic about the nearby Japanese Silla and those barbarians and to protect the Vladivostok shipyard, so there is no need to equip a first-class fleet, a B-class fleet is enough, and the fleet is stationed in Vladivostok, and the name of the naval district is called Vladivostok.

This is the fleet of Datang's homeland, overseas, we also need to divide the naval district, for example, the Nanyang Naval District, this territory is too big, it needs at least three fleets to patrol, and Borneo, which also needs to be divided into a separate naval district, and the same is true for Tianzhu, but how to divide it specifically, where should the station be placed, this son does not understand the local situation, so I will not go into detail one by one, and we need to slowly investigate and study......"

"It makes sense, we'll study this matter later, but looking at you Aiqing, there shouldn't be any objections, so let's settle this matter, as for the specific details, we'll discuss it slowly later." Although Li Shimin was very satisfied with Li Zhen's opinion, he still looked at Li Zhen strangely, he was very sure that Li Zhen was afraid that he had such an idea in his heart, but he never took it out, which was fortunate that he urged it, otherwise he didn't know how long this stinky boy would hide.

The officials were shocked by Li Zhen's words, not to mention the several fleets in the Tang Dynasty, this is simply a left-behind fleet, unless the enemy comes to the door, it is basically impossible to have any military exploits, the problem is that those fleets that are overseas, this is simply preparing for the siege of the city, in this era, what does it mean to fight? This is a pure and pure feat.

What's more, everyone also has some understanding of foreign countries, in the three directions of the east and west of the South Seas, there is simply a sea, and even the east of the Tang Dynasty is a vast sea, and if you want to cross the sea to bully the local natives, you can only rely on the navy - do you want to let the army swim over?

(End of chapter)