Hong Xu, Gan Hui, and even Zheng Zhilong's brothers Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao are all in the navy, but their official positions are not high. Of course, they are also young and have room to grow.

The current Ming Navy, in recent years, has hired Portuguese instructors to build Western-style warships and add new artillery. Not only does it have a numerical advantage in the near sea, but even in the far sea, it has a certain combat power.

Although such a scale is still far from the emperor's requirements, the separation of sea and land still has to be implemented.

The emperor decided, Sun Chengzong didn't understand a little, but he didn't have much objection.

For the conquest of the sea, for the powerful navy, the emperor saw more far-reaching than anyone else, and his heart was more eager than anyone else.

Overseas, even in the East and South China Seas, there is enormous and immeasurable wealth.

In a world where the law of the jungle eats the strong, whoever grabs it is theirs. The Ming Dynasty is in Asia, how can it be limited to this land?

"Long live, the southwest has increased its troops again, and I'm afraid the finances are not relaxed." Sun Chengzong bowed down and played: "Liaodong is pacified, and the traitors of Lu'an are also surviving, it is the country and the people, peace and prosperity, and it seems that the strengthening of military preparedness can be slowed down a little." ”

The emperor shook his head and did not tell Mr. Sun that he was going to "dethrone the army" and prepare to take the initiative to attack the Donghu Dynasty in the southwest.

"Through the mobilization of generals, the combat power of the northern border towns can be improved, and the defense line is basically stable. But the southwest is very weak. Gold and silver, or transfer to the southwest, to the national affairs first. The Emperor spoke slowly, but did not reveal the final plan.

This year's gold and silver are gone, the emperor has long had such an awareness, and the so-called financial laxity cannot stop his plan.

What's more, what a good opportunity Mu Qiyuan's death has created, how can he let it go?

As for the strength of the Taungoo Dynasty in Burma, the emperor did not look too much at it.

Think about the Southern Ming Dynasty in history, Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, led a few thousand remnants of soldiers to fight under the city of Ava, which shows that the Donghu Dynasty cannot escape the periodic law and is turning from prosperity to decline.

The only thing to worry about was the complex tropical and subtropical jungle environment, and the terrifying miasma of the time.

In the southwest, recruiting troops on the spot and expanding armaments has adapted to the environment to the greatest extent. As for the miasma, the emperor also had a way to deal with it.

What kind of flower water, mosquito coils, mosquito nets, tea, and even Qingsong, although they cannot be completely prevented, but they also minimize the threat of miasma to the Ming army.

The emperor didn't even want gold and silver, and he didn't want it for a few years, what else could Sun Chengzong say, bowed down to receive the order, and retreated.

"It's just an investment now, and the return in the future will be ten, hundred, ten million." The Emperor smiled to himself, as if to comfort himself, and his smile was filled with helplessness.

The cost of material reserves to survive major disasters, investment in the reconstruction of Liaodong, and reinforcement of the army and navy ....... are all necessary and very important.

Many people may think that after Pingliao, the finances can be relaxed all of a sudden. Just like Sun Chengzong said, the country is peaceful and prosperous, but what the emperor wants is to be thriving and domineering.

Only by cheering up and moving forward in the grinding can the Ming Empire prosper for a long time. And the long-term succession of peace, like a corrosive agent, is often imperceptible to the damage inflicted on the empire.

The Ming Empire was not the emperor's goal, but his ideal.

The emperor stood up, walked to the edge of the hall, and looked out through the frosty glass window, as if he had seen thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and his eyes narrowed slightly.