"Build fifty warships?"

The military department Shangshu Ru Taisu was stunned for a moment.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who had not spoken, twitched the corners of his eyes slightly.

Spend two million huge sums to build fifty warships?

If it was Zhao Mian's statement at the beginning that Zhu Xiongying improved the finances of the imperial court that made him feel gratified, then Zhu Xiongying's words really surprised him.

All the ministers in the palace didn't dare to squeak at this time, hanging their heads slightly, but their eyes secretly glanced at the grandparents and grandchildren in the palace.

The old emperor has always been strictly frugal, both in family affairs and state affairs.

In addition to necessary expenses, such as military expenditures in important towns on the nine borders, wars in the north, coastal defense on the southeast coast, etc., Zhu Yuanzhang will not increase military expenditures at will.

Emperor Hongwu, although his name is Hongwu, is very cautious in the use of soldiers.

The old emperor was afraid that future generations would be arrogant, frivolous, and recklessly use troops, thus causing trouble, so he specially wrote his own national policy of cautious foreign use of troops into the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun".

And now, as soon as Zhu Xiongying came up, he wanted to increase the budget of the military department by 2 million taels to build 50 big war ships, this is not arrogant and frivolous, what is it?

This stinky boy is good anywhere, but his thinking is out of the box, and he is a little happy.

"Big grandson!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly: "You just said, everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted, this sentence is very right, this year has already lost more than one million, and you will add two million to the military department next year to build a big ship, where does your money come from?" If the situation of the imperial court's financial deficit is not resolved, will the people be taxed? ”

"The eldest grandson, the country is difficult, the family is also difficult, the country and the family are the same truth."

"Being in charge is nothing more than throttling and opening up two ways. In the past year, the difference between revenue and expenditure can reach a balance of one million, and next year, if we tighten it tighter, the revenue and expenditure will reach a balance, and when the financial health of the imperial court is healthy, wouldn't it be better for us to think about shipbuilding again? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best to restrain his emotions and spoke eloquently.

The ministers also nodded when they heard it, and the old emperor had to come steadily, although the imperial grandson was a genius, he was too whimsical many times.

didn't want to, but Zhu Xiongying insisted: "Grandpa Huang, Sun Chen doesn't think so. ”

"Our Daming Naval Division, the first in the world, but since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it will be heavy on land warfare and light water warfare, most of the military spending last year was spent on the defense of the north, due to the increase in troops and expenditures, the rest is the defense of the southeast coast, but the real cost of the construction of the Daming Naval Division is very small."

"Our Daming sailors are very powerful in any aspect, and we Daming should not give up their advantages in this aspect."

"Therefore, Sun Chen thinks that whether it is from the perspective of building a naval division and continuously expanding the advantages of our Daming naval division, or from the perspective of coastal defense, or even to cope with future water wars, it is very necessary to increase the funds of the naval division!"

The Daming Water Division, its predecessor was the Chaohu Water Division, one of the two main forces of Zhu Yuanzhang's department at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and once defeated the Yuan Dynasty Water Division, Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, a powerful opponent.

As one of the main teams of Zhu Yuanzhang's southern and northern wars and invincible, the Chaohu Naval Division has more than 1,000 large and small warships.

It is a pity that the military of ancient China has always emphasized land warfare and light water warfare.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's expenditure on water divisions was drastically reduced, and he had to use his resources to deal with the northern grasslands

But the Daming Sailor has not declined, and the Daming Sailor is still the most powerful Sailor in the world.

If according to the trajectory of history, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, as the emperor of great achievements, Zhu Di vigorously developed the water division on the basis of the original water division.

At its peak in 1420, the Ming Dynasty had 3,800 ships, including 1,350 patrol ships, 1,350 warships, and 400 large ships and 400 grain carriers stationed at the Xinjiangkou base in Nanjing.

Of these, 250 are ocean-going treasure ships.

In addition, it also has a large number of vigilance and law enforcement ships and herald boats that protect the ocean and patrol the river.

The famous Zheng He's fleet was in fact just a mobile fleet at sea of the mighty Ming Empire's navy, the total size of which was equivalent to ten Spanish armadas.

From the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's battle to cross the river and the water battle of Poyang Lake, to Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan, the Ming Dynasty was established for nearly 300 years, but the Ming Dynasty sailors never suffered a defeat.

Unfortunately, with the decline of the Ming Dynasty and the threat of the northern steppe peoples, they had to divert the resources of the sailors that had been given little to the land warfare, the most shameful thing was that the short-sighted emperors appropriated a large amount of water and silver, and the funds saved by the cessation of the sea expedition in 1425 were used to reward the emperor's family, and in 1436, the construction of warships was greatly reduced, and the funds were used to build the emperor's tomb.

There is another important reason for the decline of the Daming Water Division, and that is thought.

In this era, the emphasis is on geopolitics, and a country takes geographical boundaries as the standard, lacks the concept of sea power, and lacks attention to the strategic value of the sea.

This includes Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.

Zhu Di vigorously developed the sailors, but he wanted to promote his grace to the barbarians in all directions, and did not really think about the strategic value of the sea.

When it comes to those who have a strategic vision of the sea, there is only one person in this era.

That is Ma Sanbao, who is still in the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping, that is, Zheng He.

Some members of Zheng He's fleet had a spirit of maritime adventure, and for this reason they had penetrated into seas that no one had ever set foot before, and they were in fact the first navigators to enter the South Pacific and the South Atlantic, but their tragic origins doomed their efforts to failure, these rare navigators in ancient China were discriminated against eunuchs, and their success only increased the hostility of mainstream society towards seafaring.

While Zheng and the others were working hard and far away, the bureaucrats of the imperial court were persuading Zhu Di to abandon his attempts to expand overseas, on the grounds that the outside world was too big and it frightened us.

Soon Zheng He was recalled, the fleet rotted in the harbor, its navigation materials were destroyed by the Ministry of War, the construction of ocean-going ships was stopped, private trade abroad was strictly prohibited, and the control of the sea that was close at hand was ceded to others.

The lack of the concept of sea power led to the Continental Armyism in the national defense strategy, so that the sailors could not get enough resources, and the sailors of the Ming Dynasty began to decline.

The Great Ming Sailor who could dominate the world ended miserably due to various factors.

When Western Europe did not hesitate to borrow money like the Venetian bankers in order to build a navy, Liu Daxia of the Ming Dynasty's military department would have an important strategic value, and the navigation materials obtained by Zheng He's fleet for decades of sacrifice and death were destroyed, and were praised by all officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Pathetic, alas, alas!

Of course, Zhu Xiongying will not allow such a thing to happen again, he wants to use the power of the Daming Water Master to create a real Daming Dynasty where the sun and the moon never set!

At this time, of course, Zhu Yuanzhang would not know what Zhu Xiongying was thinking, he looked at his persistent eldest grandson, tried his best to calm his mind, and said: "Eldest grandson, you are preparing for the attack on the Japanese Kingdom, are we right?" ”

After almost a year of getting along, Zhu Yuanzhang basically figured out his eldest grandson's character, although his eldest grandson's ideas and actions are sometimes unexpected, but they will never be untargeted, every decision he makes is also considered, and he will not think about one out of one.

It can be said that the maturity of his eldest grandson's heart is even higher than that of the prince back then.

In the past, his eldest grandson had mentioned to him that there was a large amount of gold and silver ore in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, which made him also excited, but he didn't really want to implement it, or he felt that the time had not come.

And Zhu Xiongying did not deny it, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and he nodded: "Sun Chen tasted the history books, according to the historical records, the Wa Kingdom was sent by Qin Shi Huang to Xu Fu to lead thousands of boys and girls to search for immortals without success, and since the second time they went to sea and never returned, they multiplied in Yingzhou, thus forming today's Wa Kingdom. ”

"So go back to the source, the Wa Kingdom, it is really my Shenzhou descendant!"

"Now the war in the country of the Japanese is raging, and the people are not living, which has led to the rampant Japanese invaders, and even violated the borders of my Ming Dynasty, in order to save the descendants of my Shenzhou from fire and water, and pacify the Japanese Kou on the southeast coast, Sun Chen thinks that our Ming Dynasty, as the upper kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, has the responsibility and obligation to calm the war for our vassal countries and our descendants of Shenzhou, and show the prestige of my tomorrow!"

When the words fell, the ministers in the palace looked at each other.

Good guy, His Royal Highness Taisun has even thought of a reason for fighting, and he said it so righteously......

(End of chapter)