Yu Qian was slightly puzzled, "The existing water master can't do it?" ”

Daming Water Master?

Zhu Jianji was silent, and then sighed: "Yu Shaobao, what is the current situation of the Daming Water Master, you and I know it in our hearts......"

Thanks to Yongle, there was a Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Sailor was almost undefeated.

The predecessor of the Daming Naval Division was one of the two main forces of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Chaohu Naval Division, which reached its peak in the eighteenth year of Yongle, with 3,800 ships, including 1,350 patrol ships and 1,350 warships, and there are 400 large ships and 400 grain ships in the Yingtian Xinjiangkou base, of which 250 are ocean-going treasure ships, in addition to a large number of vigilance and law enforcement ships and herald ships that protect the ocean and patrol the river.

During the orthodox years, the Daming Water Division declined.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the maritime threat of the Japanese invaders, the high profits of overseas trade, the importance of the defense of the southeast coast caused by the migration of the population to the southeast, and the elimination of the overseas remnants of Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen prompted Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to vigorously develop the naval division.

During the reign of Taizong Zhu Di, under the blow of the Ming Navy, the Japanese invaders suffered heavy losses, coupled with the rise of Sino-Japanese exploration and trade, the Japanese invaders had legal trade channels and no longer wantonly invaded the coast.

Zheng He's fleet wiped out the sea exiles, especially after Chen Zuyi was wiped out, the Nanyang Chinese trade network formed since the Southern Song Dynasty was shattered, and it could no longer pose a threat to the mainland.

Moreover, the biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty is the nomadic cavalry of Mobei, preventing Mobei is the strategic center of the Ming Dynasty, and most of the Ming officials do not understand the importance of the water division, after the opening of the Grand Canal, the water division soldiers were transferred to the canal to transport grain, more than seventy percent of the coastal water division soldiers were sent to farm, three percent were sent to build ships, and even transferred to the capital to build a palace.

Even the great tomorrow is embezzling the water master's salary.

In 1425, Taizong died, Renzong ascended the throne, so the sailor funds were used as a reward, and in 1436, the Empress Dowager Zhang used the funds for the construction of warships to build the tomb of Emperor Xuanzong.

Another reason is that China regards itself as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, treats other countries as barbarians, and is unwilling to understand the world outside the tributary circle.

And at sea, there was no power to compete with the Ming Dynasty, so it became unnecessary to keep the sailors.

Especially after the rule of Renxuan, with the decline of the Ming army, the lack of credit of treasure banknotes, the imperial court could not use the forced price and Alipay banknotes to make profits, in 1433, the Ming Dynasty was able to buy spices with half a treasure banknote at the current price of 5-50 guan, and could use 50 guan treasure banknotes to buy one or two gold, and the official exchange rate was 400 guan.

However, in the fourth year of Jingtai (1453), when the market price of spices was 5-8 cents of silver, the imperial court had to pay 7 cents of silver.

Tributary trade has become unprofitable.

In this situation, the imperial court recalled the ocean-going fleet, stopped the construction of large ships, abandoned the island bases, and the coastal defense line was shrunk back to the coast from the open sea and even the outer ocean.

The fleet and sailors were reduced off a cliff.

Zhejiang's naval division originally had 700 warships, but by the 17th year of Jingtai it was less than 300, Nanjing's Xinjiangkou fleet originally had 400 warships, and now there are 180 warships, and Dengzhouwei, the base of the naval division, once had 100 warships, but now only 18 are left.

The shortage of coastal guards, such as Guangzhou Qiwei, is about 40%, the shortage of Zhenhaiwei in Fujian is about 30%, the shortage of Fenghuomen Water Village in Fujian is as high as 50%, and the shortage of Tongshan Water Village is 45%!

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

The once invincible Daming Sailor is no longer in the past.

Although the Daming Navy Division abolished its martial arts, it was still invincible near the sea, and it was enough to even fight the Indochina Peninsula.

However, in order to fight Japan, Australia and other places, as well as deal with the Western powers that rose more than 100 years later, and even to seize the American continent, it is necessary to have the ability to fight across the ocean.

At this point, Daming Shui Shi can no longer do it.

Therefore, it is imperative to form a navy and revitalize the naval division.

Steel battleship it doesn't smell?

There are firearms that span the era, and steel warships that are configured across the era, so it is called the Invincible Armada.

Ten years of the Air Force, one hundred years of the Navy.

Under his own rule, the Ming Dynasty will eventually move from the land to the sea, and it is responsible for the future to walk in the forefront of the times.

Plan ahead, build a navy first, and give it enough time to develop.

So Zhu Jianji said to Qian: "The Ming Dynasty wants to be strong, we must focus on relying on overseas trade, the sailors have been struggling and accumulating disadvantages over the years, and there are a lot of problems, and if you want to use such a sailor to protect the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty, you can't do it, if there is a war, or you need to fight across the ocean, the sailors will be powerless, so the rectification of the sailors is the top priority, and it is the guarantee that the Ming Dynasty stands on top of the world." ”

Yu Qian said slowly: "Where does the money come from? ”

No money!

No matter how ambitious His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is, no money is no money.

Before the reform of the tax law, it was impossible to build the Daming Navy Division to the level of the Yongle Dynasty, and once the tax law was reformed, let alone the formation of the Navy to rectify the Navy Division, the prince's Donggong Young Army may not have military spending.

Who doesn't object to a full house of civil and military?

Zhu Jianji said with a smile: "Lone knows that there is no money, isn't this asking the Ministry of Households to reform the monetary system, the urgent task at the moment is to rectify the sailors, reduce the redundancy, streamline the generals, repair the warship, and set up a scientific research institute by the Ministry of Industry to develop the latest warship, and when the Ming Dynasty has money, you can complete the iteration of the battleship, and then the Ming warship can cross the ocean and make money everywhere." ”

The Iron Battleship was not included in the plan.

The steam engine didn't have a word.

Without a steam engine, everything would be a mirror.

Therefore, the scientific research institutes of the Ministry of Industry are the core foundation of reform and the starting point of the world dream of the Ming Dynasty.

When the ministers heard that it was just these measures, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Jianji took a deep breath, "Everyone, the world is very big, far more than those Fanbang countries that the Three Treasure Eunuchs saw when they sailed away, there is a broader world beyond the ocean, if the Ming Dynasty wants to stand on top of the world, you need to work together with Lonely, the journey of my Chinese sons and daughters has never been a domestic power struggle, but a sea of stars, in the heart of Lonely, the Ming Dynasty is fully qualified to enter a new era." ”

Bai Gui, the secretary of the ministry, said: "But the current problem is more thorny, and the minister thinks that it is more appropriate to calm down the hidden dangers in the north and then start the reform of the water division." ”

The son-in-law is still young and vigorous, and he is a little ambitious.

If the threat of Mobei is not solved, how can Daming talk about development.

The rest of Qiqing and Shilang, including Yu Qian, all nodded, "The ministers seconded it!" ”

Zhu Jianji was helpless.

Reform of the Ming Dynasty, not a holy decree of the imperial power can be a thing, the need for the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and the world of the corporates to contribute, now Qiqing and the squires although agreed to the Ministry of Household Reform of the monetary system, the Ministry of Industry to establish a scientific research institute.

Even the establishment of the navy by the Ministry of War can be carried out, because these measures do not affect the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty.

However, once the large-scale construction of steel warships and the laying of communication lines and power lines are promoted in the later stage, there will be obstacles.

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And their concerns are justified.

If you don't solve the hidden dangers of Mobei, it will be difficult for Daming to move from land to sea with peace of mind.

I was a bit of a rush.

Then let's beat Mobei and Jurchen first.

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