The minister was talking about it, and the question of today's court discussion was too final, so the princes also listened carefully, but Ye Chunqiu suddenly laughed, and this smile attracted everyone's attention. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu Jian glanced at Ye Chunqiu, and couldn't help but say, "Isn't there something that Zhenguo Gong has to say?" ”

Ye Chunqiu put away his smile, went out of class, first saluted, and then said: "This adult said inland defense, how to defend it?" Does Quanzhou want to defend, and how many troops and horses are ready to be deployed for defense? What about Ningbo, how many soldiers and horses do you have to prepare, what about Songjiang and Guangzhou? What about Dengzhou, Weihai and Jinzhouwei? On the coast of the Ming Dynasty, how many states and counties, dozens or hundreds, want inland defense, so how many military horses should be prepared? Tens of thousands of military horses in Quanzhou can not withstand the attack of the Francophone people, if so, then please recruit millions of elite soldiers, strict drills, distribute these thousands of miles of coastline, build fortifications, establish sentry posts, and treat this coast as nine sides to operate, please send the imperial court to the governor, take charge of the military affairs of the provinces, and repair more forts, repair tens of thousands of seats, the money and food are insufficient, you can increase taxes, but the people are poor, where does this tax come from? ”

Ye Chunqiu also spoke eloquently, even with a bit of aggressiveness.

Zhu Houzhao listened, and couldn't help but say, he just didn't like to be a shrinking turtle.

The minister's face suddenly became gloomy, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Speaking of which, his proposal is really ridiculously naïve, in order to guard against the Japanese Invaders, the imperial court has added dozens of Japanese guards, and it is already a hot spot, now it is good, now it is not a small fight of the Japanese Kou, but a real Franc Navy, how many Franc guards are needed?

At this time, Ye Chunqiu said again: "The court of Nuoda, just because of the Francophiles, but they avoid war everywhere, they come to attack, they know that they have to guard, and in the long run, not to mention the waste, the country of Middle-earth, do you have to come to this situation?" The people along the coast are your and my food and clothing, Erlu, the people's fat and the people's ointment, this is the words of Emperor Taizu Gao, and now the people along the coast are suspicious, and they are still thinking about how to prevent it, how to defend it, and when to guard it? ”

Ye Chunqiu's words felt a little ridiculous, and everyone couldn't help but be embarrassed, but Liu Jian came to play the round: "What Zhen Guogong said is also reasonable, the cost of inland defense is indeed too great. ”

The root of the problem is still money, if you want to defend, you have to build a guardhouse, because of the preparation, how many guards have been built? How much is the money and food per year? But what we need to prepare now is not as simple as a group of thieves, but a navy that has the strength to attack Daming Harbor, and can even be on an equal footing with the officers and soldiers of a province, which is not the case at all.

If you really want to defend, there is no million troops, then don't even think about it, such a long coastline of the Ming Dynasty, you can't attack anywhere, you just dispatch troops, and when you pounce and transfer the troops, people have already done a big job, and then ride the wind and waves.

Liu Jian looked at Zhu Houzhao, and then said, "I implore Your Majesty to decide." ”

Zhu Hou looked at his head and said: "In order to prevent it from happening and protect the territory and the people, and now the establishment of the water division is urgent, but I think that the treasury is short of money and food, and this water division costs a lot. ”

The two of them sang and harmonized: "Your Majesty, the minister asked the Francophiles, and they said that even if you maintain a fleet of thirty ships, the expenses of personnel, ammunition, shipbuilding, supplies, and so on, are about 150,000 taels a year. ”

150,000 taels of silver, this amount is actually barely acceptable.

Ye Chunqiu said: "But if you keep improving, such a fleet, the Portuguese have always maintained 9 fleets, including 4 merchant fleets, 2 garrison fleets, 3 foreign fleets, of which the garrison fleet is the strongest, the foreign fleet is second, the strength of this merchant fleet is slightly weaker, Zhu Gong Mo thinks that this merchant fleet claims to be a business, that is, a civilian ship, in fact, it is still a warship, a merchant fleet is equipped with 20 to 30 ships, thousands of sailors, can also be used as soldiers, in addition, it is also equipped with 300 artillery, 1,000 sailors, This time, the defeat was the merchant fleet, their foreign fleet, mainly used to defend against the Ottoman state, the strongest, and the garrison fleet was used to defend the mainland, and now that our Ming Dynasty has defeated their fleet, they are bound to retaliate. Since the Ming Dynasty wants to build a naval division, will it only maintain the size of a Portuguese merchant fleet? ”

When Ye Chunqiu said this, he paused, glanced at everyone with complicated expressions, and then said, "Although Portugal is a big country in the navigation of the Franc aircraft, but in addition, there are also the Spaniards who have the strongest maritime strength, and the strength of Venice and the Ottoman Kingdom is not far behind. ”

Ye Chunqiu glanced at the others again, and then said: "If the sea is flattened, in the opinion of the minister, the sailors of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably maintain the strength of the Portuguese sailors in the future, and there must be 300 ships and more than 20,000 personnel...... It is the cost price. ”

At this, everyone gasped.

What is this, this is the advantage of information, for the sailor, for the ocean, for the franc machine, and in the court, they are all black-eyed, and it is not what Ye Chunqiu wants to say.

But what Ye Chunqiu said is very reasonable, a small Portuguese country is so powerful, if you want to build a water division, take precautions, thirty boats are not enough, towering China, is it possible to build a water division, the scale is less than one percent of Portugal? What's more, since Portugal is only a small country in Europa's view, others such as the Ottomans, Spain, and even Venice seem to be not to be underestimated.

But the root of the problem is still where the money is...... At least two million silver, this is the cost price, the real expense, to say the least, is five million taels of silver.

Even if we sell everyone now, I guess we won't be able to raise this money.

The wealth of the Ming Dynasty, if you really want to talk about it, can actually completely crush Portugal, which is not wrong, but the problem is that the tax system of the Ming Dynasty is a mess, this is a systemic problem, if you use the tax system of Portugal, I am afraid that the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty can reach 30 million to 80 million taels of silver a year, the problem is, can you change the tax system?

(To be continued.) )