227 Checks and Balances
Lin Jianyue's way of treating Ren Yixiang is different from other generals, Hao Tianfeng, Tie Qinglin, Qu Shangqun and so on all followed him step by step from weakness to step by step, with different feelings and deeper understanding, you can talk to them about family life and make jokes, but you can't do this to Ren Yixiang.
The former Yixiang was a businessman, and the businessman was profitable, and it could be seen from how he treated Pu Jinzhong that saying those would only make Ren Yixiang feel contemptible, so Lin Jianyue first sealed the official, and then directly said big things, and said what he was best at and understood, and he saw farther than him, which naturally made him feel respectful, and the next thing he said would make him not so resistant.
Not everyone can be friends with Lin Jianyue, some people can only be monarchs and courtiers, bosses and subordinates.
For example, Ren Yixiang, Lu Jinshan, and Qi Yunji.
In the future, the scale of the navy is very large, and even for a long time it will be the main war force, the sea is vast, the potential is huge, and it cannot even be monitored, so it naturally has the conditions to become a feudal town or an independent kingdom, how can Lin Jianyue give all the power to Ren Yixiang?
Lin Jianyue did not rush to continue, but let Ren Yixiang drink tea, and by the way, he talked about how to build a warship at sea, how to distinguish the weather, how to train, how to march, and how to ensure living materials.
Lin Jianyue really asked, there is only an approximate idea in the dream, as for the specific person who is too ordinary to be ordinary, how can a person who only knows trivial things a day know this? Even if he has a vision that goes beyond hundreds or thousands of years.
Ren Yixiang didn't dare to hide his secrets, and he said a lot, but looking at the situation that Lin Jianyue asked, he didn't think that Lin Jianyue would become a master after listening to it, and it was impossible for him to remember it, but he didn't know that in the place where he couldn't see, more than ten people were recording what he said.
Lin Jianyue doesn't feel that he is despicable, it is not easy to dig out the real thing from the mouth of a person like Ren Yixiang, with these, even if Ren Yixiang no longer teaches any experience in the future, he can continue to improve himself on this basis, and there may only be such a chance.
Seeing that what he wanted to ask was almost there, Lin Jianyue stopped the topic.
"It's really an eye-opener, it seems that General Ren is looking for the right person to take charge of the navy, otherwise Qu Shangqun and the others will really go to the sea like this, let alone fight, it is estimated that they themselves will be wiped out without knowing what is going on. Ren General, in the future, the affairs of the sea will be entrusted to the general, and it is just an ordinary thing to be a prince and a marquis. β
Ren Yixiang knelt down and bowed with great joy and said: "Thank Your Highness for your attention, and the last general will do his best to assist His Highness in completing the unprecedented great cause!" β
Seeing that the generals and high-ranking officials of all parties that Lin Jianyue had not yet met with around him gradually dispersed, Li Ziyang was anxious, and he didn't know what to do for a while, whether to continue to wait or leave, and he was afraid that it would make His Highness unhappy. β
Li Ziyang was a little unhappy in his heart, now he is not the Li Ziyang who was always in an auxiliary position by Li Zili's side before, after being a member of the party for so many years, the parents of millions of people are no longer the same.
Immediately, his face sank and he said, "Your Highness will meet me in a while, and I will go to see my eldest brother in the evening." β
The lieutenant didn't care, but said with a smile: "Your Highness has ordered, today you have to have a drink with General Ren Yixiang, there are many important things to say, maybe when, tomorrow His Highness will arrange a special time to talk to the pacification envoy, and the pacification envoy can go back first." β
Li Ziyang originally thought that he could show his merits to Lin Jianyue, how well he controlled Dinghai Navy and Huaidong Road, but Lin Jianyue saw Ren Yixiang first, and he attached so much importance to it, which made him feel very uncomfortable, and then thought that Ren Shuang, the woman, still didn't let herself touch it, and it was a little hot, did she still want to climb the high branches? Let's dream her spring and autumn dreams! The anger in Li Ziyang's heart even extended to Ren Yixiang.
Li Ziyang brushed his sleeves away, the eldest brother is the clear heir of the Li family, and he has to go to see it, and he has not separated from the family yet.
Li Ziyang didn't know that Lin Jianyue was already a little dissatisfied with him, and he didn't say anything about it, Yangzhou, an already prosperous place, he didn't govern it so well, and he didn't cooperate very well with the canal dredging task arranged by Liu Bingyun, and often sang some contradictories, how could Lin Jianyue allow him to harm the authority of the core of Yanwangfu? It's just that he has a lot of contact with Li Ziyang and has a good relationship, so he specially wrote to Li Zili to cross the river to talk to him, Lin Jianyue didn't want to hurt his close relationship with the Li family for this matter, and he didn't even tell Li Boyu, otherwise Li Ziyang would never be so easy.
Lin Jianyue's conversation with Ren Yixiang is still continuing, this is one of the main purposes of his visit to Yangzhou, and the next thing he wants to talk about is the question of how to move the navy in the future.
"General Ren, I plan to transfer a part of the command-level officers of the Navy to Hangzhou Mansion on Liangzhejiang Road to form a naval academy, and uniformly teach all naval forces to transform into a navy.
Lin Jianyue has appointed himself as the mountain chief, how dare Ren Yixiang not support it?
"I don't know how to fight at sea, but General Ren is a big expert, so General Ren will serve as the deputy chief and chief teacher of the academy, and the navy will be the most important military force in the empire in the future, and the name of General Ren will be passed down through the ages."
Is this about to remove my military power? Ren Yixiang hadn't figured out how to answer, Lin Jianyue continued: "But General Ren doesn't have to worry, he still has to wait for the battle to finish before he comes to trouble the general, this is the list of officials at all levels who were transferred to Liangzhejiang Road in advance, they will first go to lay the foundation, build ships, talk about some rough things, building the Royal Navy is a long-term matter, and now the Navy cannot leave the command of General Ren." β
Ren Yixiang first breathed a sigh of relief, and then his heart tightened, it seems that His Royal Highness King Yan has already planned, and even the people have been selected, which shows that he knows the Dinghai Navy well and has penetrated deeply. The Yan Wangfu attached so much importance to the Ding Navy, which was completely different from Pu Jinzhong, and Ren Yixiang knew that his desire to control the navy power for a long time would not be realized, let alone the next steps such as establishing a feudal town overseas.
As soon as the Naval Academy is established, all the admirals who come out of the Academy, including those who are now transferred to do training, will be His Royal Highness or the protΓ©gΓ©s of the Son of Heaven, they are full of people up and down the navy, how can these people completely listen to him in the future? What can I give to my Highness what not to give? can give more, not to mention that the idea of loyalty to the monarch has been deeply rooted for thousands of years, how can he be a businessman-turned-general?
The move of establishing an academy is directly hit at the vital point, and there is no way to resist at all, even if the navy can still listen to itself, but the other navies formed through the academy are larger, how dare they be disobedient? It seems that he is still honestly a loyal dog of His Royal Highness, and if it is not good, it will ruin the family, Ren Yixiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The Ning Dynasty was cowardly, mainly because it was afraid that the secession of the feudal towns would threaten the imperial power, and the indefinite emphasis on literature and light on military force led to the low combat effectiveness of the imperial army, and it was natural to ensure the imperial power well when there was no foreign threat, but unfortunately since the establishment of the Ning Dynasty, there was no time to stop, the Khitans, the Jurchens and the current Menghu people, the Ning Dynasty was defeated and retreated, and it was the biggest heart disease of the monarchs of the past dynasties, and it has never been majestic, if it were not for the strong resilience of the Han people and culture, and countless heroes and heroes of the past dynasties have gone forward and succeeded, I am afraid that they would have perished long ago.
Lin Jianyue knows history, so naturally he will not do this, and he knows how to do it in the future, and everything else is easy to say, but military power and force must be in his own hands.
The establishment of the Royal Naval Academy is only the first step, it is the most urgent at present, and there will be a variety of Royal Army Academies in the future, the purpose of which is to turn all the leading generals into people who are loyal to the nation, the empire, and the royal family, and in this process, as long as they have ideas, there will naturally be countless people who will come up with ideas to help him brainwash these people.
People have a certain amount of selfish thoughts, to control the empire with a huge territory, it is impossible to rely on love and righteousness, even marriage is unreliable, there must be corresponding checks and balances, Lin Jianyue finally took the initiative to come to this point.