For Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao naturally knows very well, now looking at Chu Yi's reaction, Zhu Houzhao knows in his heart that Chu Yi has really made up his mind, even if he persuades him again, even if it is difficult for him to change his mind, of course, if he forcibly orders Chu Yi to obey his orders, then Chu Yi will not go against his will, but in that case, it will inevitably damage the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

With a wry smile, Chu Yi nodded and said: "That's it, since the big companion has made up his mind, then it is inconvenient for me to persuade again, I only hope that the big companion can go well, I don't want the big friend to be able to set foot in the land of Dongying, I just hope that the big friend can return safely, just a Dongying, I don't care about it, if the big friend has any damage in the process of conquering Dongying, I will be very sad." ”

Chu Yi couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Majesty, even if the minister wants to personally lead the troops and horses to conquer Dongying, he will not choose this season. ”

Hearing Chu Yi say this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes couldn't help but light up, Chu Yi had just come back for a short time, and he hadn't stayed in the capital for long, and something like this happened.

Listening to Chu Yi's meaning now, it seems that he did not send troops immediately, Zhu Houzhao smiled a little bitterly for a while, he actually forgot that it was obviously impossible to send troops in such a hurry.

Even if Chu Yi wanted to personally lead the army to conquer Dongying, he would have to be completely prepared.

In particular, the conquest of Dongying will inevitably have to cross the ocean, and the most critical thing is the problem of logistics, if you don't do a good job in logistics, even if you really transport the soldiers and horses to Dongying, I am afraid it will be difficult to last.

Looking at Zhu Houzhao's expression, Chu Yi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, crossing the ocean is by no means an easy task, and you must make complete preparations, otherwise you will rashly send troops, I am afraid that you will repeat the mistakes of Meng Yuan back then." ”

Since Chu Yi has decided to personally lead the army to conquer Dongying, Zhu Houzhao can't change Chu Yi's decision, so what he wants is to ensure that Chu Yi's expedition can go smoothly as much as possible.

I only heard Zhu Houzhao say to Chu Yi: "Great companion, I have also read the history books, and it is recorded in the history books that Meng Yuan sent a large army to attack Dongying twice, but he was defeated for various reasons. ”

Meng Yuan's two attacks on Dongying ended in failure, a considerable part of the reason is that the internal struggle of the generals sent by Kublai Khan was too fierce, the coalition army was composed of Southern Song Dynasty generals, Korean generals and Meng Yuan generals, whether it was the Southern Song Dynasty generals or North Korean generals, and the Meng Yuan generals can be said to have a deep disagreement, plus each of them intended to compete for merit, there was no cooperation at all, and finally delayed the fighter, and finally because of the misjudgment of the weather, the sudden typhoon was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Zhu Houzhao was able to know this, and it was obvious that Zhu Houzhao had really read the record of Meng Yuan's attack on Dongying.

Compared with Zhu Houzhao's understanding of Meng Yuan's two expeditions to Dongying, Chu Yi naturally had already collected various records.

To be precise, the reason why Meng Yuan's attack on Dongying failed was that one was defeated by improper use of personnel, and the other was defeated by natural disasters.

As the so-called lesson from the past, the division of the future, there is a precedent of Meng Yuan's failure to attack Dongying, even Chu Yi does not dare to be careless.

The island country on the Dongying side, although the land area is not large, has given birth to a warlike ethnic group, but Chu Yi is not too worried.

Not to mention that now the Ming Dynasty's national strength is getting stronger and stronger, and it is in a rising period, a large number of sea ships are being supervised, and new ships are launched almost every day, and the treasury is full, even if it is a reproduction of the vast fleet of the Three Treasures Eunuch Zheng He who went to the Western Ocean, it is not a problem.

Wang Shouren's pacification of Jiangnan pursued Chu Yi's move of raiding the family and exterminating the clan, but all the local families that had connections with the remnants of King Ning were included in the ranks of the anti-thieves.

Although this move increases the difficulty of pacifying the place, once these entrenched families and magnates are pacified, then the entire land will be returned to the control of the Ming Dynasty, and they can also harvest an amazing fortune by raiding the family.

It is precisely because of this that King Ning has even been escorted to the capital and given death by the Son of Heaven for more than three months, but Jiangnan is still not completely pacified.

If Chu Yi was not so strong and ordered Wang Shouren not to accept the surrender of these local magnates and gentry, I am afraid that not long after King Ning was captured, the entire Jiangnan was also pacified.

However, the Jiangnan that Chu Yi wanted was a Jiangnan that was completely controlled by the imperial court, not a Jiangnan controlled by the Jiangnan gentry, maritime merchants, and magnates.

Wang Shouren almost pushed a city by city, although the damage caused to Jiangnan was greater, but the effect was very obvious.

In those cities that were subdued by Wang Shouren, the Dongchang and Jinyi guards who followed Wang Shouren's army had already checked the bottom of the gentry and magnates in the city, and once the city was broken, they would immediately arrest people according to the roster.

A large amount of wealth was transported from Jiangnan to Jingshi, and it can be said that the fullness of the treasury was almost rare in previous dynasties, and the household officials even had to build a few new warehouses to store those silver taels.

As for the massive amount of silver that Chu Yi wanted to build a big ship and smashed into, it was naturally nothing compared to the income of the household department.

After a few waves of booty, even if a part of the silver that entered the inner treasury of the Son of Heaven was removed, now the silver deposit in the entire household department has reached a huge amount of 80 million taels of silver, you must know that this is not counting the various sums of tens of millions of taels spent from the household.

Chu Yi knew that in a few years, Daming would usher in the Xiaoice River period, so under Chu Yi's suggestion, the entire court began to build a large number of buildings, repair rivers and canals in various places, and even build waterwheels in various places near rivers.

If it were in the past, Chu Yi's suggestions would definitely be criticized by many people as a move to work the people and lose money, but now the imperial court has taken out the silver to hire migrant workers, and at the same time, a large number of prisoners of war have been used to repair the river, which will not hurt the people without harming the people.

Although it is only a short period of less than half a year, the whole Ming Dynasty has faint signs of great prosperity, it is conceivable that once the water conservancy projects in various places are completed, even if there are various natural disasters, at least to a certain extent, the degree of harm of natural disasters can be reduced.

In the imperial study, Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to make an order and allow the minister to build another thousand warships!" ”

Not long ago, Chu Yi wrote to Zhu Houzhao, imploring the imperial court to agree to build thousands of warships, costing millions of taels of silver, not counting the later maintenance of these ships.

The warships that Chu Yi wanted to build were not those commercial merchant ships, but the real warships used for conquest, and the cost of each warship, including the guns on the warships, almost cost thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver.

At that time, when Chu Yi put forward the proposal to build so many warships, there was an uproar in the court, if it weren't for Chu Yi's own prestige and Zhu Houzhao's support, I am afraid that most of the cabinet elders would not agree.

After all, once so many warships are built, the supporting logistics and maintenance will be the real gold-swallowing beast, and I am afraid that the household department will have to spend millions of taels of maintenance costs on the sailors every year.

You must know that a few years ago, the total amount of tax and silver that the Ming Dynasty could receive every year was only three or four million taels, and all kinds of expenses of the imperial court required the civil and military officials of the court to count their fingers, and the slightly larger projects did not dare to open.

Now Chu Yi actually wanted to add another thousand warships as soon as he opened his mouth, even Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard it, and his face showed a little shock, obviously taken aback by Chu Yi's generosity.

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Hou looked at Chu Yi and said, "Companion, are you sure you want to build another thousand warships?" ”

Chu Yi nodded slightly, his eyes were full of calm, and he looked at Zhu Houzhao.

Others don't know, but Chu Yi knows very well, if he didn't appear, Da Ming would still have a dream of the Heavenly Empire, but he didn't know what the national policy of the forbidden sea made Da Ming miss.

In addition to the Ming Dynasty, the Western world, Portugal and Spain, the two major maritime powers, even signed treaties more than ten or twenty years ago in an attempt to divide the whole world into two.

The huge navies of Portugal and Spain crisscrossed the seas, plundering the wealth of the entire world, and had left behind the dying and decrepit kingdom of the Celestial Empire.

The Age of World Exploration has arrived, and missing this era would be a great disaster for the entire Eastern civilization.

Decades later, Portugal's maritime power, which annexed Spain, reached its peak, with more than 1,000 ships and nearly 200 main warships.

In Chu Yi's view, whether it is Portugal or the Empire, the background is not worse than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Portugal and Britain are typical small countries, with only millions, tens of millions of citizens, and even if they use all their strength, they can only make up hundreds of warships and hundreds of thousands of navies.

However, the Ming Empire, with its huge territory and a large number of people, not to mention the strength of the whole country, even if the national strength is slightly poured on the sailors, it is not comparable to some small countries.

The construction of thousands of warships in a few years is an incredible thing even at the height of national power today, with naval powers such as Portugal and Spain crisscrossing the seas.

These countries have only accumulated a little sea power over the past hundred years, and even at this time, the combined efforts of several countries may not be able to make up thousands of ships.

However, as a big country in the East, the Ming Dynasty had enough confidence to build a huge maritime fleet in just a few years with huge manpower, material and financial resources.

If you let Portugal and Spain, these maritime powers, know that the Ming Dynasty can build thousands of warships in just a few years, I am afraid that I will be stunned.

As a result, the shipbuilding silver allocated by the household department not long ago had just arrived, and now Chu Yi actually proposed to build another thousand ships, no wonder Zhu Houzhao was stunned.

"Otomo, isn't there a lot of ships built in this ship, even if it is this expedition to Dongying, there is no need to build a thousand more warships."

It's really that the scale of the fleet that Chu Yi wants to build is too big, and Zhu Houzhao really doesn't know what the use of building so many warships is.

Zhu Houzhao, who had seen the model of the ship that Chu Yi was going to build, even if he hadn't seen it, could imagine how destructive those huge warships were at sea.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, in a mere place in Dongying, let alone a thousand warships, I am afraid that even dozens or hundreds of ships are not something that Dongying can handle.

Chu Yi got up, walked to the side, stretched out his hand, and saw a huge map appear in front of him.

It's a pretty rudimentary map, but it's clear that it's a map of the world.

This map is centered on the Ming Dynasty, and the surrounding countries, especially those large and small countries on the sea, are depicted with reference to the records left by Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean in the past, as for Africa, these are actually the places where Zheng He went to the Western Ocean in the past.

And Chu Yi just improved this map of the whole world a little.

Chu Yi still remembers the deep shock he brought to Zhu Houzhao when he dedicated this map to Zhu Houzhao.

Chu Yi didn't say anything, just pointed to the vast ocean that occupied nearly seventy percent of the entire map, Zhu Houzhao's eyes couldn't help but show a bit of fanaticism and passion, took a deep breath and looked at Chu Yi and said: "As long as the big companion can persuade the cabinet and the Chinese martial arts, what the big companion wants, Shu will always agree!" ”

On the second day of the early dynasty, when Chu Yi proposed to build another thousand ships above the early dynasty, he never thought that the first person to stand up against it was none other than Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet.

It's not that Jiao Fang and Chu Yi are on opposite sides, but in Jiao Fang's opinion, Chu Yi's construction of a thousand ships is already shocking, even so, everyone is forced to agree to Chu Yi's prestige.

However, it didn't take long for Chu Yi to open his mouth again, and he had to build a thousand more ships, even Jiao Fang felt that Chu Yi was too crazy, and even a little reckless.

Almost all the Wenchen and even some of the generals opened their eyes wide and looked at Chu Yi with a look of disbelief.

Yang Yiqing, the Duke of Jin Guo, who was in charge of the military department, listened to Chu Yi's words, and with a shake of his hand, he almost tore off his beard, and looked at Chu Yi in dismay.

Jiao Fang said to Chu Yi with a worried face: "His Royal Highness King Wu thinks twice, a thousand ships are enough to cross the sea, even if Zheng He, the former eunuch of the Three Treasures, went to the Western Ocean, it is only more than a hundred ships......"

Chu Yi was not surprised by the opposition of Jiao Fang and other officials, and even he did not consult with Jiao Fang in advance, because Chu Yi knew very well that even if he persuaded Jiao Fang, he might not be able to convince the Manchu civil and military forces.

Seeing that Chu Yi's expression was calm, and he was not affected by Jiao Fang's opposition at all, as the secretary of the military department, Yang Yiqing coughed lightly, looked at Chu Yi with a solemn face, and said slowly: "Your Highness, what Lord Shoufu said is not unreasonable, although my Ming Dynasty is now full of treasury, but there are many places in the world where silver is used, and a thousand ships are already the limit that the imperial court can maintain, if another thousand ships are built according to the words of the chief administrator, I am afraid that my Ming Dynasty will be dragged down by the huge sailors!" ”

As the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yang Yiqing, as a newly promoted nobleman, naturally hopes that the strength of the military will increase greatly, and the sailors naturally belong to the military, and they will also be subject to the Ministry of War when the time comes, but Yang Yiqing was frightened by Chu Yi's generosity.

It's okay to have a thousand ships, and it's not that it can't be supported by the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, but if you build another thousand ships, it's not that you can't afford to build it, but it's not necessary at all.

There is no strong enemy on the sea of the Ming Dynasty at all, since ancient times, the enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty are all from the north, as for the sea, to be honest, no one really thought that one day, there will be a strong enemy from the sea.

If it weren't for this, Da Ming wouldn't have been tired of the water division, the former water division was already dilapidated, and Chu Yi had to build another water division.

It can be said that almost no one in the whole country regards overseas as a hidden danger in the future of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not to blame the Manchu Dynasty for its civil and military affairs, and even including Yang Yiqing, who is a man of civil and military strategy, and a figure with the resources to enter the prime minister, opposed Chu Yi's proposal.

As Jiao Fang and Yang Yiqing opened their mouths to object, almost everyone expressed their opposition, and for a while, Chu Yi seemed to be isolated by everyone.

Chu Yi slowly turned around, stood under Zhu Houzhao's imperial steps, and swept his calm eyes like water over the civil and military forces present, only to hear Chu Yi say: "This king once said that the future enemies of the Ming Dynasty will come from overseas, overseas enemies have endless wealth, and only a strong sea power can seek to seize overseas wealth, why don't you believe in Chu again!" ”

Everyone looked at Chu Yi, and for a while, there was silence in the entire court.

Although Chu Yi was asking everyone to believe him once between his words, everyone could hear Chu Yi's determination, and it was obvious that Chu Yi had made up his mind, and it was a little difficult for them to stop it.

When everyone turned their eyes to Zhu Houzhao, they found that Zhu Houzhao shook his head at them with a wry smile, obviously even the Son of Heaven could not persuade Chu Yi.

Everyone has long been surprised by this, if this is someone else, the Son of Heaven will make a decision, but Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi are not ordinary monarchs and ministers at all, even if Zhu Houzhao has nothing to do with Chu Yi.

Jiao Fang looked at Chu Yi, sighed lightly in his heart and said to Chu Yi: "If the chief manager insists on building more ships, it is not impossible, but this number needs to be reduced. ”

Yang Yiqing's eyes lit up when he heard this, since he couldn't stop Chu Yi from building another ship, then persuade Chu Yi to reduce the number of ships as much as possible.

Hearing Yang Yiqing say to Chu Yi: "Building another thousand ships, as far as the country is concerned, the pressure is too great, why not add another two hundred ships?" ”

Chu Yi raised his eyebrows, groaned, looked at Jiao Fang and Yang Yiqing and said, "Since this is the case, let's build another five hundred!" ”

Hearing Chu Yi say this, Yang Yiqing, Jiao Fang, and even the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but feel relieved in their hearts, five hundred ships are five hundred, and it is already quite rare to be able to make Chu Yi agree to cut it by half, and even the Son of Heaven can't make Chu Yi change his mind!

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。 Sogou