"Your Majesty, although Taizu has laid a coastal defense barrier along the coast, the southeast coast is becoming more and more troubled, and the minister feels that time has changed, and perhaps changing the strategy against the Japanese can have a miraculous effect in eliminating the Japanese trouble."

After Zhang Fu retreated to the noble queue on the right side of the main hall, without waiting for the next minister to perform official duties, Li Yuntian suddenly stepped forward and said to Emperor Xuande in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the ministers looked at Li Yuntian curiously, wondering what Li Yuntian could do to solve the plague that had plagued the coastal areas for a long time.

"How does Zhen Guogong think he should deal with the trouble?" Emperor Xuande's eyes lit up for a moment, and then he asked with interest, the biggest difference between Li Yuntian and other ministers is that he never pushed the trouble to him, but found a way to solve it.

"Your Majesty, there are more than 50 coastal guards along the coast of our Ming Dynasty, with more than 200,000 troops, and the Japanese invaders are mostly thousands of people each time, and they act quickly, and they often flee before the soldiers of our guards arrive."

Li Yuntian bowed to Emperor Xuande and replied in an orderly manner, "Your Majesty, in the minister's opinion, only by controlling the initiative on the battlefield can the enemy be deterred. ”

After listening to Li Yuntian's construction, all the ministers in the hall nodded secretly, thinking that Li Yuntian was reasonable, and it was indeed difficult for the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense post to deal with those who escaped after the attack.

In fact, Li Yuntian's remarks just now were just high-sounding excuses, and the reason why he wanted to change the coastal defense strategy of the Ming Dynasty was to take the opportunity to form a Ming naval division and enhance the maritime power of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why the Japanese are rampant, in addition to the hurry of the Japanese and the slack training of the coastal defense and the emptiness of the troops, the most important thing is that the coastal defense strategy of the Ming Dynasty has changed, since Emperor Hongwu promulgated the sea ban, the coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty has adopted a defensive position, not only overseas islands such as Xiaoliuqiu were abandoned by the Ming Dynasty, but also those sea ships of the guard have been subject to many restrictions.

It is worth mentioning that since the later period of Yongle, in addition to the three-masted warships built by the Xiaowu Army, no new ships have been launched into the sea in the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and even the spring and summer patrols that used to be routinely carried out in the north and south seas have been stopped one after another.

For the Ming Dynasty, its threat mainly came from land, and the Ming sea power had no opponents at that time, so the Ming Dynasty naturally focused on land warfare and light on naval warfare, and the court officials who realized the importance of sea power were rare.

The thing that can best reflect the Ming Dynasty's contempt for maritime rights and interests is that although the Ming Dynasty has a strong maritime force, it does not have a real naval division, and there is no naval division.

Although Nanzhili claimed to be the base of the naval division, it only docked Zheng He's treasure ships, while the rest of the sea ships were subordinate to various coastal defense posts, and whenever there was a large-scale operation in the imperial court, those ships and the soldiers of the coastal defense posts were called together to act.

A large part of Zheng He's escort soldiers when he went to the West were later transferred to the canals to transport grain, making those elite sailor soldiers mediocre transporters.

Moreover, seventy percent of the soldiers of those coastal defense posts were sent to farm, thirty percent were sent to build ships, and some were called to build palaces and military facilities, so the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the guard posts can be imagined.

Of course, Li Yuntian will not expose the shortcomings of the coastal guard in the court, nor does he want to hold anyone responsible, let alone touch the interests of relevant personnel in the court.

Therefore, it is better to cut through the mess quickly, the past will be over, everyone can know it, if someone does not know what to do, then he can use thunder means without scruples.

"Zhen Guogong, tell me about your strategy." Emperor Xuande saw that Li Yuntian mentioned taking the initiative to attack the Japanese invaders, and knew that Li Yuntian had already thought of countermeasures, so he suddenly became interested in his heart, and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, in Yichen's opinion, if you want to ensure the stability of the maritime situation in the Ming Dynasty, then the only way to protect the sea area of the Ming Dynasty is to protect the sea area of the Ming Dynasty, so as to eliminate the maritime threat of the Ming Dynasty, keep the enemy out of the country, and ensure the stability of the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty."

Li Yuntian really thought about how to deal with the Ming Navy, but the Wai Kou was only a factor in his establishment of the Navy, his real purpose was to formally form the Ming Naval Division, so that the Ming Dynasty really had naval forces, and then ensured the maritime hegemony of the Ming Dynasty, so in the face of Emperor Xuande's inquiry, he calmly replied:

"The minister feels that the duties of the coastal defense post are different from the inland guard, their battlefield should be at sea, to eliminate the enemy at sea, as far as the minister knows, all the countries of Xiyi have raised the strength of the whole country to form a large scale of naval divisions, to ensure the maritime rights and interests of all countries, although its naval division can not be compared with the Ming Dynasty, but over time it will become a major hidden danger in the future of my Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, the minister has just received news that the personnel sent by the Wutang to the overseas Inca country have obtained the right to mine silver in the local area, and if all matters go smoothly, they will be able to transport at least five million taels of silver to Daming every year."

As he spoke, Li Yuntian changed his mind quietly, and said to Emperor Xuande in a deep voice, "Moreover, the minister has estimated that the Ming Dynasty can profit nearly 10 million taels of silver from the trade between the Inca and the Xiyi countries every time. ”

With a bang, Li Yuntian's words caused a commotion in the Taihe Palace, and the ministers privately discussed the silver mines of the Inca Empire and the profits of maritime trade with the Xiyi countries that Li Yuntian had said.

Daming is a country where silver ore is scarce, and the quality of silver ore is not good, and it has always relied on imports from Japan, which makes Japan make a lot of profits.

If Li Yuntian found silver mines in the Inca Empire, it would make the Ming Dynasty end the history of silver shortage, and most importantly, the Ming Dynasty was a country with silver as its currency, and only with enough silver could silver circulate in the market, which would play an unexpected role in promoting the economy of the Ming Dynasty.

In the court of the Ming Dynasty, if anyone will do business, then it is none other than Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian used Jiaozhi as a springboard to organize overseas trade with the Nanyang countries brought huge profits to the Ming Dynasty, and also made the civil and military officials in the capital who got a piece of the pie a lot of profits.

Therefore, not only Emperor Xuande, but also those important ministers of the imperial court also adopted a supportive attitude, knowing that the money from overseas trade was not only fast but also safe, and could be used openly.

Unfortunately, the market in Nanyang is limited, and the profits of goods naturally decrease as overseas trade progresses.

Therefore, in order to avoid transporting too many goods to the Nanyang countries, the price of the goods was greatly reduced, so Li Yuntian set the overseas trade with the Nanyang countries to be carried out every two years, and his profit was stable at about 12 million taels of silver.

If you want to obtain greater benefits from overseas trade, then the only way to open up new markets, according to Li Yuntian, if you open up the overseas trade between the Inca Empire and the Xiyi countries, you will increase the profit of 10 million taels of silver, which is a big temptation for everyone.

As a result, the importance of the Great Ming Sailor is self-evident, and if there is no strong sailor to escort them, those caravans that trade overseas will definitely be favored by pirates.

It must be explained that the profit of more than 10 million taels of silver generated by overseas trade does not mean that the Ming Dynasty actually earned 10 million taels of silver, but that the profit worth 10 million taels of silver was obtained through the exchange of goods with overseas countries.

Of course, in the event of inflation, the profits of overseas trade will shrink accordingly.

The reason why Li Yuntian mentioned overseas trade was to tell those civil and military officials in the court who had gained benefits in overseas trade, and if they wanted to get more profits from overseas trade, then they had to open up new markets, and this could not be done without the escort of the Ming sailors.

Although there are a number of sea ships under the name of Jiangwutang that were asked by Li Yuntian to come from the imperial court in the name of escorting the Nanyang trade fleet, and many soldiers have also been transferred from the corresponding coastal defense station, and they can barely have an establishment in Jiangwutang, which can be called a naval division of the Ming Dynasty, but its role is only to escort, at most it cruises in the waters of Jiaozhi and Guangxi, where Li Yuntian is in power, and cannot attack those Japanese who belong to the waters of the Fujian Dusi, otherwise it will not only violate the laws of the imperial court but also cause disputes with the Fujian Dusi.

Since Fujian is in trouble again this time, Li Yuntian just took advantage of the opportunity for the Ming army in Liaodong to accept the reward this time to raise the matter of forming the Ming Water Division.

"What do you think of what Zhen Guogong said?"

Emperor Xuande saw that the hall fell into a silence, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, it stands to reason that Li Yuntian's mention just now violated the ancestral system formulated by Ming Taizu, and every time at this time, there will always be many ministers in the court who jump out and oppose it solemnly, but today's situation seems a little weird, and then he realized something, and asked quietly.

As the son of heaven of the Ming dynasty, Emperor Xuande naturally knew that many of the goods in the overseas trade with the Nanyang countries presided over by Li Yuntian were owned by the families of the Chinese Wu ministers of the imperial court, and Li Yuntian gave those people corresponding cargo quotas.

Since this is a normal business matter and does not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Xuande will turn a blind eye and give benefits to those court officials.

In this case, if Li Yuntian opens up a new maritime trade route, it will not only benefit the Ming treasury, but also those civil and military ministers who have been allocated quotas, so there must be no objections.

Moreover, if Li Yuntian is offended in this matter, then the gains outweigh the losses, and there is no need for anyone to jump out and oppose the affairs of the sailors that no one pays attention to.

Taking 10,000 steps back, Li Yuntian's eloquence is as outstanding as his business acumen, and it is undoubtedly self-inflicted on arguing with him on the matter of the sailor.

The people who can stand in the Taihe Hall are not the kind of simple-minded people, so they can naturally distinguish the situation in front of them, how many people will joke about their careers?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Zhenguo Gong said is feasible, and instead of letting the sergeants of the coastal defense station wait for the rabbit, it is better to take the initiative to attack and exterminate the Japanese invaders." Seeing Emperor Xuande ask, Zhang Fu waited for a while and saw that no one answered, so he stepped forward and bowed and said.

Among the civil and military ministers of the Taihe Palace, Zhang Fu took the dignity of the Taishi as the head of the hundred officials, so he naturally wanted to open his mouth to resolve the embarrassing situation in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the coastal people are suffering from the plagues, if you can get rid of those widows, I believe that the spirit of Taizu in the sky will also approve of this." Afterwards, Yang Shiqi groaned for a while and expressed his attitude in an orderly manner.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this matter can be tried, and if you can exterminate the Japanese invaders, it will also be a blessing for the coastal people." Jian Yi has always acted steadily, so naturally he will not object, and then said quietly.

The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth flashed a trace of imperceptible benefit, now that the chief officials of the military cabinet, the cabinet and the six ministries have expressed their support for the formation of the Daming Water Division, then this matter is equivalent to being decided.