As for next year's budget, the three major fleets of the navy have proposed that since most of the warships equipped by the imperial court were built during the imperial court's conquest of Goguryeo, many warships are already dilapidated and unusable, and new warships need to be purchased and replaced year by year. For some ships that can still be repaired, an additional repair fee is required.

The commanders of the three fleets took a fancy to the mixed yuan ship built by the Liaodong shipyard, with a standard displacement of five or six hundred tons, and the hull was stronger and more durable than the warships built by the imperial court, which was more suitable for ocean navigation.

The construction of a number of new-style warships in the style of mixed ships to meet the needs of the naval fleet will undoubtedly improve the naval combat strength of the current three fleets at sea.

Although the current three fleets have no decent opponents at sea, it does not prevent them from competing for military expenses. Why does the army take the lion's share of military spending every year? Their navy still has to escort the migrant fleet of the Andong Pioneer Group every year, and it also has to patrol the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea, which is a very heavy task, and of course needs more military spending.

The navy jumped out to fight for military expenses, which Li Yu liked to see, and if they didn't jump out, Li Yu would probably have to worry.

Li Yu needs the navy to form an interest group and will take the initiative to jump out to protect the interests of the navy.

Otherwise, when Li Yuxian went after the Nuogan New Year, Huaxia's idea of being based on land power would inevitably rise, and the sea power would be abandoned like previous dynasties.

The navy consumes a lot of warships in terms of personnel training and equipment, and even if it is not fighting, it is a gold-swallowing beast every year. Without the strong support of Li Yu, a man who has traveled through thousands of years of experience, and the navy did not form its own interest groups, it was only a matter of time before it was dismantled and not taken seriously.

The Ten Divine Beast Guards, Yan Yun, Beihai Iron Cavalry, the Five Phoenixes, Seven Spirits, Liangyi and Two Holy Armies, and the New and Old Liao Sixteen Armies were all generalized by Li Yu in the name of the Army, but there was no general who commanded the Guards.

Therefore, there is a distinction between land and sea in military spending.

Seeing that the three commanders of the navy jumped out to ask for more military spending, and the annual military budget is so much, and the needs of the navy are satisfied, then the needs of the army next year will inevitably be approved by King Yan due to insufficient budget and no war, and the loss of their army will be great.

Although their army is divided into four major systems, and there is a lot of bargaining in the military budget every year, it does not prevent them from fighting with the navy with the same hatred and hatred.

"Your Highness, the Five Phoenix and Seven Lingwei and the Eighth Army of Xinliao are organized according to the establishment, each guard and military quartermaster are composed of 300 cavalry, and 10,000 pack horses and donkeys are required. But now these 20 soldiers and horses are not equipped with all the war horses, the pack horses and donkeys are only 20%, and the Fuyuan crossbow, Zhang crossbow, horn bow crossbow, and single bow crossbow that should be equipped according to the system are not fully equipped. Your Highness, Changshi and Sima, I don't want to allocate all the horses and ordnance needed in next year's budget, but it will be no problem to allocate a part every year in the future. ”

Chifeng Wei said Cheng Wuzhong with a look of grievance.

Although everyone knows that the unity soldiers belong to Erniang, they are pulled out when there is something to do, and they are thrown into the field to farm when they are fine, and the required batch of expensive ordnance and horses are not fully equipped according to the establishment.

But this does not prevent the Ten Divine Beast Guards, Yan Yun, and Beihai Iron Cavalry, who are also on the right track of the army system, and the generals of the old Liao Eighth Army come out to say a fair word for them.

No, Zhang Shi, who was the general of the right guard of Yanyun Iron Cavalry, jumped out again, "Your Highness, what General Cheng said is reasonable, although the unity army is a second-level army, but at present, His Highness is expanding his territory overseas, and he needs a lot of soldiers and horses. With more than 60,000 elite soldiers and horses alone, it is impossible to meet the increasingly heavy defense needs, and the Metropolitan Protectorate is relying more and more on the unity of soldiers, and it is imperative to complete the required equipment as soon as possible. ”

"Your Highness, the Taibai Mountain Department and Anchegu in the Taibai Mountain in the north of the Imperial Protectorate are becoming more and more restless, and there are occasional acts of plundering out of the mountains, and their anti-intentions are clearly revealed. Once the Ya tribes rebelled, it would be difficult to eliminate them with only the garrisons of the Dongzha Prefecture and the Meituo Lake Governor's Mansion. At that time, most of the soldiers and horses that Anton could withdraw reinforcements were united soldiers, and it was imperative to equip the united soldiers with equipment to improve their combat effectiveness. ”

The White Tiger Wei Xun invited Li Shangdan to play.

Seeing that there were so many influential generals in the capital to support them, the generals of the united army suddenly became confident in making up the equipment budget, and one after another reported how much equipment the army under their command lacked and how much equipment they needed to make up for in the coming year.

Wang Aoke, Chen Keju, and Xue Yao were anxious, and when they were about to refute the army generals, Li Yuan spoke up: "Although the troops of the Anton are restless, it is not a problem to transfer 20,000 elite soldiers from the current Andong garrison to cooperate with the Dongzha Prefecture and the Meituo Lake Governor's Mansion to suppress it. What's more, the unity of the army was originally stipulated by the imperial court that there was something going on in the local area, and when the troops were not enough, the government could recruit local young and strong soldiers to fight, and the war was over. Now you have to arm all the united soldiers according to the equipment of Anton's official army, not to mention the cost of money and food, and it may also arouse the suspicion of the imperial court. ”

"This ......"

Zhang Shi was about to make a rebuttal, but when he heard it, it would arouse the suspicion of the imperial court and immediately put out the fire.

The clamoring generals of the united army died down one by one.

"Li Changshi is too worried, it's not been a day or two since our Anton's unity soldiers violated the system, from daggers to spears, armor, and horses, all of which are equipped by the Metropolitan Protectorate. Although it is not as good as the official army of the Imperial Palace, it is not much worse than the border army of the imperial court, and it is not boastful that it is stronger than the government soldiers in the mainland. I didn't see the court to take care of it. ”

Xue Jun said boredly, and immediately won the favor of a group of army generals, and they all praised Xue Jun in their hearts: "He is worthy of being our good Sima." ”

"Although the imperial court did not send anyone to take care of it, there were a lot of criticisms of His Royal Highness in the court, and there must have been a precedent in the heart of the emperor and queen of heaven. We continue to unscrupulously strengthen the army, doesn't this give the imperial historians of the DPRK and China a better mouth, His Royal Highness? ”

Li Yuan was worried, but he repeatedly admonished Li Yu and did not listen to him, in recent years, he has expanded the army on a large scale, and with the increase in the number of people moving overseas, he even connived at the overseas governors to recruit unity soldiers from the people. The large amount of ordnance and armor produced by the Cast Iron City every year has long exceeded the needs of Anton's regular garrison, half of which is stored in Andong's fortified cities, and half is constantly transported to overseas governors' mansions.

According to the number of people who move overseas every year in the Anton Pioneer Group, Li Yuan can estimate how many soldiers and horses Li Yu can pull up from overseas, and it is conservatively estimated that it will not be less than 40,000. And that's not even counting the people who were going to move overseas in the Anton Pioneer Group.

"Don't fight, Aiqing, this king has his own judgment."

Li Yu didn't care, the soldiers had expanded to this point, and it was impossible for him to stop, this was related to his future fate, how could he listen to Li Yuan's advice.

"Next year's budget will not be debated for a while, and you Aiqing will first list the expenses required by their respective departments next year, explain the reasons, and submit them in a sparse manner. At that time, I will discuss with you which budget needs are reasonable and which are not urgently needed, and determine next year's budget according to actual needs......"