Zhao Lei's words had a great impact on the Great Song Monarchs and Ministers in the Zichen Palace, and everyone was stunned and pondered for a while. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info/qΒ5。 //

"It's a big job! It takes a lot of time and food! King Meng Zhao Yuanyan muttered uneasily.

"So the minister's idea is to spend one to two years in Qiongzhou and Liuqiu to establish a naval port, train the Great Song navy, build warships, and at the same time start to migrate the coastal people to the two islands, and then it will take ten years or more to defeat the navies of the countries of Mayi, Boni, Sriwijaya, Java and Tianzhu, and officially occupy these places, the minister expects that this time will not be less than twenty years, and the cost of silver taels will be astronomical." Zhao Lei looked at the high-ranking official Zhao Lei and said with a straight face.

It's a gamble! If the bet wins, the Great Song Dynasty will regain the glory of the Tang Dynasty and become a great cause for the ages, but if the bet is lost, although the Great Song Dynasty will not lose the country, but it will definitely be a big injury and will not be able to recover for decades. The official Zhao Zhen thought hesitantly in his heart at this time.

"Qiqi official's house, the household department has a nautical map contributed by several generations of Great Song Dynasty merchants, plus a map added with Tang Dynasty historical materials, although it is not very detailed, but it completely shows the places that can be reached by the Tang Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty, and Weichen immediately sent someone to get it!" Ye Qingchen pondered for a while, and suddenly thought of the long-collected navigation chart, and immediately said to the official Zhao Zhen.

"Go get it right away!" The official Zhao Zhen was eager to learn more information overseas, and nodded to Ye Qingchen and said.

Ye Qingchen left in a hurry. And everyone in the hall was still immersed in shock.

Zhao Lei looked at the Song Junchen who was still hesitating, and felt that it was time to give them a reassurance, thinking of this, he said loudly to the privy envoy Chen Yaozuo: "Lord Chen, there are many things that the lower officials don't understand. I would like to ask Master Chen! ”

"Everyone is an official in the same dynasty, why bother to ask, if you have any questions, just ask!" Although Chen Yaozuo is the chief envoy of the Privy Council and is in charge of the million-dollar army of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Lei's new army is an army directly under the official family, coupled with Zhao Lei's status as the prince and prince and the trust in the hearts of the official family, even if it is Chen Yaozuo, he does not dare to be arrogant, and he said to Zhao Lei very modestly.

"I don't know how many sailors there are in the Great Song Dynasty, is there a general manager of the navy army and the yamen?" Zhao Lei looked at Chen Yaozuo and asked calmly.

Zhao Lei's question made Chen Yaozuo extremely embarrassed. The Great Song Dynasty has 1.2 million 6 troops, but the navy is scarce and pitiful, if it weren't for Zhao Lei's plan to dominate the South China Sea, who would pay attention to the navy army that doesn't have many people! Therefore, Chen Yaozuo didn't know how many sailors there were in the Great Song Dynasty, and there was no navy yamen in charge of the navy.

Zhang Shixun, who used to serve as a privy envoy, came out at this time to relieve Chen Yaozuo and said, "Lord Zhao." There are very few naval forces in the Great Song Dynasty, most of them are local armies, and there are only two formations of the Tiger Wing Naval Army and the Dengzhou Naval Army among the forbidden troops, both of which are battalion commanders, and each naval army has 500 people. There were a total of 1,000 people, and the local Xiang army and navy were distributed in Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Mingzhou, the three major ports of the Great Song Dynasty. There were about 7,000 people, and the imperial court did not have a naval yamen in charge of the water army. ”

Zhao Lei heard the number of naval troops in the Great Song Dynasty, and had an urge to hit the wall, a large country with hundreds of millions of people, and the 6th Army of 1.2 million, there were only 8,000 naval troops, and the Great Song Dynasty was a country with a long coastline, aren't these guys in the imperial court afraid of foreign enemies invading from the sea!

"Have the imperial navy fought in the open sea, but have they ever exterminated pirates?" Zhao Lei thought about it. frowned and continued to ask.

"The imperial navy only cruises in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, there are no pirates at all in these places, pirates only haunt the South China Sea, and countries such as Mayi, Boni, and Srivijaya have powerful naval armies, and they will be responsible for exterminating pirates." Chen Yaozuo knew this question when he arrived, and immediately replied.

"That is to say, if the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty are treated unequally by other countries or encounter pirates, the Great Song Dynasty has no way to help them, and the lower officials heard that the taxes paid by the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty account for more than 20% of the annual tax revenue of the imperial court, and they cannot be protected by the imperial court after paying so many taxes, so they actually want other countries to come forward to suppress pirates, should the lower officials understand that those maritime merchants are protected by other countries, and they should pay taxes to other countries!" Zhao Lei looked at the privy envoy Chen Yaozuo and said with a sarcastic sneer.

"Presumptuous! They are the people of the Great Song Dynasty! Privy Deputy Chen Xiliang saw Zhao Lei accusing Chen Yaozuo so arrogantly, and couldn't help but reprimand Zhao Lei loudly.

"The people of the Great Song Dynasty should be protected by the Great Song Dynasty!" Zhao Lei was very disappointed in these short-sighted guys, he knew that if he couldn't suppress these guys today, he wouldn't want to complete his plan to build a huge navy, so he said to Chen Xiliang in a cold tone.

"Whether the imperial court agrees with the plan to dominate the South China Sea, the Great Song Dynasty must strengthen the construction of naval land, only a strong navy can protect the interests of the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants, the Great Song Dynasty can protect the interests of the maritime merchants, there will be more people engaged in maritime business, bring more taxes to the Great Song Dynasty, if the Great Song Dynasty can not even protect the interests of the people of their own country, and ask other countries in the South China Sea to come forward to protect them, this kind of thing is said, where is the face of the Great Song Dynasty, where is the face of the official family, those maritime merchants are the children of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are the children of the official family, don't the officials have the responsibility to protect them! Zhao Lei didn't wait for Chen Xiliang and Chen Yaozuo to refute, turned his head and said to the official Zhao Zhen with righteousness.

Zhao Lei's words made the court monarchs and ministers above the hall extremely embarrassed, after all, the people of the Great Song Dynasty need the protection of other countries, this kind of thing came out, and the faces of the Great Song Dynasty officials and the court were lost, who could not feel a little blushing!

Just when the atmosphere was calm and awkward above the main hall, an attendant had already taken back the navigation chart that Ye Qingchen wanted.

"Enlighten the official family! These two are the navigation charts preserved by the household department, one is the navigation chart of the Tang Dynasty drawn according to the historical materials, and the other is the navigation chart of the Great Song Dynasty presented by the shipping merchants of the Great Song Dynasty. Ye Qingchen hung two large painting scrolls on a screen and said respectfully to the official Zhao Zhen.

The chamberlain moved the two screens to the official house, and Zhao Zhen could clearly see the place. And Zhao Lei and other ministers of the court also walked over and looked at these two nautical charts carefully.

These two nautical charts clearly illustrate the difference between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty in terms of shipping, during the Tang Dynasty, the fleets of Middle-earth were able to freely shuttle through the Strait of Malacca, reach the hometown of Tianzhu, the white-clothed Jishi, Siraf, and Moluo, and even cruise the major ports on both sides of the Red Sea. As far north as Cairo in Alexander's time, and as far south as Cleimane in Africa, except for not being able to reach Europe, basically had exchanges with most countries in the world; In the Song Dynasty, the fleet of the Great Song Dynasty only haunted the South China Sea, and as far as Sumatra in Srivijaya was locked east of Malacca by the Srivijaya Navy, and did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

"The footprints of the maritime merchants of the Tang Dynasty have reached such a far place?" King Meng Zhao Yuanyan compares these two nautical charts. Said to himself in surprise.

The official Zhao Zhen also saw these two nautical charts, and his heart was full of bitterness, and at the same time, he was more eager for what Zhao Lei said about the glory of the Tang Dynasty.

"Lord Ye, since those shipping merchants have submitted navigation charts, have they also submitted various information from various countries in the South China Sea?" Zhao Lei looked at the very detailed marks of the Great Song Dynasty navigation chart. With a roll of his eyes, he suddenly felt that the purpose of those nautical merchants presenting the nautical chart seemed to be more than just paying tribute, and then he asked Ye Qingchen suspiciously.

"Lord Zhao was really shrewd, and he actually guessed so quickly that those maritime merchants were presenting the nautical charts. They also sent over the information they had collected about the countries they had collected in the South China Sea, and according to this information, the imperial court had a good understanding of the population, number and distribution of troops of several countries in the South China Sea. There is also a general understanding of the domestic situation, presumably those shipping merchants do not want to always accept the protection of other countries, and hope that the Great Song Dynasty can show its own navy! Ye Qingchen inadvertently began to change the name of the Great Song Dynasty Navy to the Navy, and it seems that he has been persuaded by Zhao Lei, and he also thinks that it is time for the Great Song Dynasty to show his own navy.

The Song Empire, the Khan of the Heavens! The official Zhao Zhen pondered for a while, and finally couldn't bear this temptation. resolutely made up his mind and asked Zhao Lei: "Zhao Aiqing!" If the Great Song Dynasty wants to show its navy, how much silver will it invest every year? ”

"Back to the official's house! The minister carefully calculated, the construction of the navy can not be successful overnight, the navy non-commissioned officers must be familiar with the coastal people of the navy, preferably the people who have been sailors, even if enough non-commissioned officers are recruited, it will take a year or two to train, and the navy's equipment and naval warships all need a large amount of silver taels, the minister thinks that if the Great Song Zhan navy, at least 20 million taels of silver must be invested every year! Zhao Lei heard the words of the official Zhao Zhen, and knew that the official Zhao Zhen had been moved, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said loudly.

Twenty million taels of silver! This number came out of Zhao Lei's mouth, and immediately stunned the monarchs and ministers in the palace, you must know that the entire Great Song Dynasty 1.2 million 6 Army only spends 20 million to 30 million taels of silver per year, and the Zhan Navy actually needs to spend 20 million taels of silver per year, this pit is too big!

"Ye Aiqing! How much silver is left in the household? "The official Zhao Zhen knows that the situation in the imperial court has been very good in recent years, and the household department has a lot of money, especially after the establishment of the new army logistics yamen this year, almost all the idle expenditures of the imperial court come from the new army logistics yamen, plus these years of open source and throttling, the household department should have enough financial resources to support the development of the navy, so he immediately made up his mind and asked the third envoy Ye Qingchen majestically.

"Qi Qi Guan's family, the household department needs to set aside some silver money for repairing the old channel of the Yellow River and dealing with sudden changes, and the other silver taels that can be turned over are about 250 million taels!" Ye Qingchen was very concerned about this question, and immediately came out to answer the official Zhao Zhen.

"Good! The household department immediately allocated 20 million taels of silver for the development of the Great Song Navy, and this matter was handed over to Ye Aiqing, the privy envoy Chen Aiqing, and the crown prince Zhao Aiqing, the three of you are responsible, I hope to be able to see a powerful navy of the Great Song Dynasty in two years, as well as the naval bases of Qiongzhou and Liuqiu. The official Zhao Zhen clenched his fists, shouted, and made up his mind to say loudly to Ye Qingchen, Chen Yaozuo and Zhao Lei.

"Obey the order!" Hearing the words of the official Zhao Zhen, the eight important ministers of the imperial court surprisingly did not object, and let Ye Qingchen, Chen Yaozuo and Zhao Lei come forward to receive the order, it seems that they are also eager to make contributions and achieve beautiful things that will last through the ages.

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