When Emperor Chongzhen said this, the ministers in the palace suddenly realized.

Li Guowei, Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, and Zhang Weixian, who stood at the head of the Xungui martial arts class, all involuntarily looked up at the emperor.

When Sun Chengzong returned from Saibei, the emperor summoned the ministers and military ministers who were present, and when they heard this, everyone's hearts were mixed, and the emperor's words that confused them, that is, "the five armies are still the five armies, and the capital guards are still the capital guards", it turned out to be this meaning.

Although the emperor's statement is unheard of, it sounds not unreasonable.

Several cabinet ministers standing in the forefront of civil officials glanced at each other, and they all understood in their hearts the cleverness of the young emperor in front of them, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is still the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the Governor's Office of the Metropolitan Guards of the World is still the Governor's Office of the Metropolitan Guards of the World, but under the same name, a major change has taken place.

Xu Guangqi was sighing to himself in his heart, but he listened to Emperor Chongzhen continue to talk eloquently: "As for the establishment of the navy, it is not a new thing, it is just another name for the old sailors!"

"The fleet of my Ming Naval Division not only has a long history, but also has great military achievements, all kinds of warships of all kinds, not only the water division of rivers and lakes, but also the fleet that is rampant on the sea!

"At that time, the eunuch of the Three Treasures led the boat master to the Western Ocean seven times, making the prestige of China spread far and wide in the land of Taixi! Every time I think about it, my heart yearns!

"Today's name of the Navy is to revive the prestige of the past and regain the glory of the past!

"After the establishment of the Navy Governor's Office, the north and south coasts of the Ming Dynasty, from the Dongjiang River to Qiongya, all maritime officers and warships, as well as all coastal defense posts, are under his control!"

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen paused slightly, looking at some of the ministers in the Jianji Hall nodding continuously, while some were full of astonishment, smiled slightly, and continued:

"What Fang Cai Mao Aiqing said, every sentence is to the point! The Spaniards, the Portuguese, and the Dutch red-haired fan, on their territory is not enough for my Ming province, on their population, such as the Dutch red-haired fan, is not enough of the scale of my Ming Jingshi Shuntianfu!

"However, they can cross the ocean and raise their national prestige beyond the waves! Who does it rely on? With its state-owned navy, it is also strong with its naval ships! ”

Today, of course, the Chongzhen Emperor knew that the Spanish colonial powers of Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, England, and other Western European powers were able to dominate the world in the seventeenth century not only because of their strong ships and guns.

Behind the rapid development of shipbuilding technology and artillery technology in these countries is the rapid development of capitalism in the entire country, as well as the overall progress of the social, ideological, cultural, and economic systems that followed.

However, he couldn't tell these civil and military generals in the Jianji Hall in front of him.

Of course, it is not easy to quickly catch up with and surpass those Western colonial powers, and it is naturally not enough to introduce or even imitate their artillery and ships.

But what needs to be done, you still have to do it, and you still have to continue to pay for the effort that needs to be made.

And one of the most important steps is to pay attention to the development of maritime power.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, or Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, attached great importance to the sailors.

The reason why Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was able to eliminate Chen Youliang's forces relied on a powerful sailor.

And during the period of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, not to mention, the maritime armed forces of the Ming Dynasty at that time were not only second to none in China's surrounding areas, but also in the world at that time, and it was also the most powerful fleet in the world.

It is a pity that after the glory of the Ming Chengzu period, the maritime power of the Ming Dynasty, at least the official maritime power, began to shrink and become more and more backward.

At the same time when the Ming Dynasty was forbidden to the sea due to the continuous intrusion of the Japanese invaders, those small countries in Western Europe suddenly seemed to have opened their minds, and they were desperately developing their maritime power with divine help.

In less than a hundred years, the early Western colonial powers, represented by Spain, occupied and carved up almost the whole world as it was known at that time.

During the same period, the Chinese nation not only missed this golden age of colonization overseas because of various internal and external troubles, but also fell into the saddest situation in history under the blows of internal and external troubles.

In this life, of course, such an ending must not be allowed to repeat itself.

However, in order for the Ming Dynasty to embark on the road of colonizing overseas, the first thing to do is to pay attention to the development of the navy, and let the sailors of the Ming Dynasty get rid of the status of subordinate and supporting roles of the officials and armies in various places and become an independent military branch.

Since this is the case, the sailor can no longer be handed over to the management of the yamen of the Mabu Army like the Governor's Office of the Five Armies in the past, at least there must be an independent yamen with a commensurate status.

And this yamen is the naval governor's mansion that Emperor Chongzhen said at present.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished saying the previous words, he paused, waiting for the ministers in the hall who were qualified to participate in the Shuowang Dynasty of the Jianji Hall to slowly digest and understand, and after a while, he continued: "Now that the military department is still in the south of the palace, Yinan Aiqing, you should have a deep understanding of this!" ”

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's voice fell, the ministers in the palace turned their heads or looked sideways at Nan Juyi, the newly appointed military department Shangshu Nan Juyi, who was standing in the forefront of civil officials.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "During his tenure as governor of Fujian, Nan Aiqing once personally led the Fujian Navy Division to fight with the Dutch Hongmaofan naval fleet that invaded the Fujian Sea in the waters of the Penghu Islands.

"Although this naval battle ended with the victory of our Ming Dynasty naval division and the defeat of the Dutch fleet, the Dutch Hongmaofan warships were larger, faster and stronger, and their artillery ranges were longer and more powerful, causing huge casualties to our Ming naval division.

"I have tasted the old files of the celebrant in previous years, Nan Aiqing presented the battle report of the imperial court that year, and I have extraordinary insight into the advantages and disadvantages of my Daming Water Master, and the above article Chen is also insightful!

However, the merit of repelling the Yiren in this naval battle was not rewarded, and the general who led the troops at that time was killed in a blink of an eye! Now it's embarrassing! ”

The people in the palace who knew about this naturally understood that Emperor Chongzhen was talking about Yu Dayou's son, Yu Zhigao, who was the chief soldier of Fujian at the time.

After Yu Zhigao followed Nan Juyi to win the Dutch fleet, the Fujian naval division suffered huge losses, but it was not replenished as it should be.

After Nan Juyi left office, Zheng Zhilong quickly rose strongly, and in a naval battle in the winter of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Yu Zhigao's sailors were wiped out by Zheng Zhilong, and Yu Zhigao, as the chief military officer, almost fled back alone.

After Yu Zhigao fled back, he was immediately arrested, and not long after, he was ordered by the imperial court to be beheaded on the spot.

A veteran general military officer, and the son of a great hero like Yu Dayou, because of a failure, he was beheaded when he said he was beheaded.

Although the Ming Dynasty at that time was already considered to be the last days, it can still be seen from the weight of the authority of the Ming court at that time.

Shang Shu Nanjuyi, the new military department who was now standing in front of the Chinese officers in the main hall, heard Emperor Chongzhen say this, and hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed:

"Your Majesty, Lingchen is excited! Today, the imperial court has this navy, and I have heard His Majesty's words with my own ears, and the ministers have been wishing to taste it for many years!

"I have to meet a holy lord like Your Majesty, and it is just around the corner to reproduce the prosperous situation of Taizu becoming an ancestor!"

Nan Juyi, the secretary of the military department, knelt on the ground and said these words, and Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet standing behind him, also immediately came out of the ranks, kneeling on the ground with his robe on his robe and shouting long live.

When Li Guoqi came like this, the Chinese Wu Qunchen of the palace naturally could not stand, and knelt on the ground one by one to pay respects, and then shouted long live.

When the ministers finished paying homage to the saints, Emperor Chongzhen did not say anything about being exempt from courtesy, and said directly:

"In addition to the border army, internal guards, guards, and navy, among the five military governors in the future, there is still a reserve army governor's mansion!

"The border army, the internal guard, the guard, and the navy are all standing armies! And in addition to such a standing army, it seems that the townships that do not receive the imperial court's food and salary, regimental training, and people's strong establishments are all reserve armies! From now on, it will be uniformly registered and dispatched by the Governor's Office of the Reserve Army in case of emergency! ”

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen paused slightly, and then said to the ministers kneeling in the hall: "What I said today with Qing and others is just a rough outline. In addition, as for where the Governor's Office of the Five Armies should be located, what kind of functions it should have, and who should fill the positions of the Governors of each Governor's Office, such as the Left and Right Governors, the Governors, and the Governors, etc., all of them will be drawn up by the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Ministry of War, as well as the secretaries of the existing Governor's Offices of the Five Armies, and then submitted to me for discussion with the Cabinet Secretaries! ”

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, he suddenly heard an old and deep voice among the ministers say: "Your Majesty! The original Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was originally divided into two capitals in the north and south, and this time the imperial court replaced the existing five armies of the Beijing Division with the newly established Five Armies, which was like the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in Nanjing, and how should it be placed? ”

Just listening to the voice, Emperor Chongzhen knew that it was the British Duke Zhang Weixian.

After Zhang Weixian finished speaking, he saw that the emperor was silent, and then continued: "My Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and the distance between the north and the south is thousands or even thousands of miles.

"When the old minister heard His Majesty's words, he has no different opinions on the establishment of the New Fifth Army, but this end still needs His Majesty's deep thought and consideration!"