"Your Majesty, I am retiring." Seeing that the business was about to begin, Zhang Yan very wisely resigned.

"Yes," Zhu Youxiao nodded. After Zhang Yan led the palace attendants out, his eyes fell on Sun Chengzong.

"Your Majesty, please read it." Sun Chengzong took out a memorial and handed it over. "This is about the navy, the construction of coastal ports, and the formation of the naval fleet."

"Navy." Zhu Youxiao immediately became energetic.

The navy is the basic guarantee for the implementation of many plans in the future. It is very important and will be relied on to lead the way for hundreds of years to come.

Zhu Youxiao took the memorial and looked carefully. It turned out that this memorial was not written by Sun Chengzong, but by the right governor Yu Zigao and the navy general Shen Yourong. These two people were colleagues at the time and jointly led the newly built Naval fleet.

The content inside is very simple, which is to build large-scale ports, from north to south, from Qiongzhou to Dayuan, to Ryukyu, to Korea, and even Japan is included in their annotation. These places all need ports and fleets are stationed.

As for the formation of the fleet, the two also proposed a new idea, which is to divide it into an offshore fleet and an ocean fleet. The offshore fleet is responsible for the maintenance of offshore routes, the suppression of pirates, and cruising. It is mainly composed of one cruiser and five ships. Composed of 1 destroyer and 10 frigates.

Frigates are the fastest and are mainly responsible for reconnaissance, early warning, tracking, communications, etc. Destroyers and cruisers provide fire support. In this way, the Sixteenth Ship is a basic offshore fleet formation, responsible for patrolling the sea in a certain area.

The cruising area is defined by the radiation range of the port. Two to three basic formations are stationed in a port, cruising back and forth day and night. In the memorial, the two people used a simple map to roughly depict such a chart. Where is needed? There are several basic formations stationed in the military port, and countless port routes extend out and are intertwined to form a tight protective network.

Compared with the somewhat complicated offshore fleet, the ocean fleet is much simpler. It is mainly composed of battleships and cruisers. As for destroyers, there are no destroyers. The frigates only have a small amount of equipment and are used for communication and reconnaissance.

As for the main base of the Ocean Fleet, the two did not determine it. They only provided three place names, Tianjin, Daoyuan, and Ryukyu. The imaginary enemy was the rampant Western Fleet.

The fleet model still adopts the military system created by Zhu Youxiao himself, with the major general as the head of the army, either guarding the area or stationed in a certain place and dispatched at any time. In this way, the ocean fleet and the offshore fleet have The positions of two major generals have been replaced. These major generals are uniformly subject to the orders and transfers of the General Staff Department of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and are supervised and adjusted by the General Training Department. The General Armament Department supplies equipment, and the General Logistics Department provides logistical support.

"A very complete idea." Zhu Youxiao played the piano and was very satisfied. Shen Yourong proposed this idea, which shows that the navy has formed a certain long-term plan and the outstanding talents in it have grown up, otherwise there would not be such a thing. Eagerness for advancement and development.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I also think so." Sun Chengzong nodded with a smile, "The navy is booming now, and the sailors and gunners recruited from the coast every year are very positive."

"What about the construction of battleships? Can they keep up with the development of this plan?" Zhu Youxiao asked. Although the Tianjin Shipyard is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Industry, he does not believe that it has such a close relationship with the Metropolitan Governor's Office. Sun Chengzong never visited the factory.

"It's enough. The shipyard is now expanding the shipyards. Five large shipyards have been expanded, and five more are being expanded. They can fully meet the needs of shipbuilding, and the wood that was started to be dried three years ago can also be put into use.

Production is in progress, and the shipyard is now operating in three shifts, producing cruisers, battleships, and other small battleships." Sure enough, Sun Chengzong was very familiar with the progress of the shipyard.

"Moreover, Your Majesty, the restoration of the treasure ship has been completed. The steel keel and steel mast have been realized. The first treasure ship will soon make its maiden voyage. Will Your Majesty go and have a look then?" Then, Sun Chengzong said another good thing.

information.

"Really?" Zhu Youxiao stood up in surprise. He was so anxious to wait for this big ship. It had been more than a year and nearly two years before it was finally completed and built. Since he dared to invite him as the emperor

If you go and watch it, it means that there is really no problem at all.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it will make its maiden voyage in three days. Your Majesty will need to name this large ship then." Although there was a good name in front of him - Treasure Ship, Sun Chengzong was not stupid enough to decide on it directly.

Well, why should we give the leader a chance to show off?

Although ancient and modern times are different, things in officialdom have never changed. There is no difference between three hundred years ago and three hundred years later.

"Okay, I will definitely go there in three days." Sure enough, Zhu Youxiao agreed excitedly.

"If there is no problem with the battleship, then I will approve the plan. When the time comes, the navy will be restructured. However, there is one more thing to do before the restructure."

"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions." Sun Chengzong asked with some doubts. He didn't understand what else to do.

"Hey!" Zhu Youxiao smiled, looked into the distance, and slowly uttered a few words, "Rectification Movement!"

"Rectification movement?" Sun Chengzong looked over in confusion, as did Xu Guangqi. The two of them didn't quite understand the meaning.

"That's right." Zhu Youxiao nodded silently.

The navy was initially established because he incorporated the fleet that Shen Yourong brought to Dengzhou, Shandong Province in accordance with Wanli's orders. These fleets were all collected from the Coast Guard. Everyone knows the quality of the guards' soldiers.

Although he later carried out certain rectifications and stuffed some of the Yulin troops into it, even dozens of them were brought in out of the 800 or so lins at the beginning, and later he recruited many new soldiers from the salt fields.

But these could not change the atmosphere and influence brought by Wei. Later this year, Zheng Zhilong and Yan Siqi surrendered, and they brought over tens of thousands of pirates, which was almost as many as the entire fleet. Although Zhu

Before being recruited by the school, there was a big trial. Those pirates with bloody hands and evil deeds were all killed, but among the remaining ones, none of them were good birds.

At least one of the collaborators was worthy of being punished, but Zhu Youxiao couldn't kill them all at once, otherwise it would be too chilling. The bad habits of the guards and the loose style of the pirates interacted and fermented, and the discipline of the navy at this time can be imagined

.

Zhu Youxiao was really afraid that at some point, he would suddenly receive such a memorial. One day, a naval fleet would land on the coast and bloodbath a certain coastal village.

At that time, it will really be a slap in the face of the emperor, a slap in the face of his self-proclaimed master of kings.

Therefore, rectification is necessary, and work style and discipline must be rectified. Even during this period, Zhu Youxiao has no confidence at all whether there are any serious violations of discipline, corruption, or even violations of Ming Dynasty laws in the navy. Therefore, in

When the fleet is reorganized and expanded, a severe rectification movement must be carried out to clean up the ethos of the entire navy and lay a solid foundation from the source.

"This is the rectification movement. Anyone who violates military discipline will be killed without mercy!" Zhu Youxiao said with murderous intent.

"This..." After listening to the emperor's words, Sun Chengzong was a little stunned. He really didn't pay much attention to the navy. He was all focused on the army. Although he often heard the emperor say that the future will be the navy's world, but the mainland mentality is serious.

He still couldn't change.

"Your Majesty makes atonement. I really didn't pay much attention to this." Sun Chengzong apologized.

"The Governor does not need to blame himself. I have not paid attention to it, but fortunately it is not too late now. I hope this trend can be stopped." Zhu Youxiao's eyes were a little cold, and he didn't know how many people would die this time.

"Oh, I hope they didn't go too far." Sun Chengzong obviously thought of this and couldn't help but sigh. He had seen too many dead people and didn't want to start killing people, but he had no choice. Without such severe punishment, it would not be enough to run the army.

"Then Your Majesty, how will the rectification movement be carried out?"

"Well..." Zhu Youxiao pondered, "Let's take the maiden voyage of the big ship in three days. All fleets, sailors, and gunners will gather in Tianjin, and then I will send General Li Tu to lead the Imperial Guards and Hussars to train and rectify the wind.

Bar."

"Li Tu, that's fine." Sun Chengzong nodded, "Then I will draft a military order. By the way, Your Majesty, regarding Japan..."

"Japan, before the fleet gathers together, let Shen Yourong take him around Kyushu Island and bombard Nagasaki to show his presence. After the naval rectification and expansion are completed, he will slowly make plans."

"Yes, Your Majesty, what about the Westerners? There was a massacre of Ming people in Manila during the Wanli Dynasty. Although Batavia did not have such a scale, the Ming people had a hard time there, and there were many assassins.

Plus, there were envoys who came to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help in restoring the country. What attitude should the empire have towards these Western barbarians?"

"Huh? This should be a cabinet matter, right?" Zhu Youxiao asked strangely.

"It's also a matter for the Governor's Office, especially the navy, how much sea area the empire should maintain." Sun Chengzong said with a smile.

"How big of a sea area..." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, "Japan is a forbidden area of ​​​​the empire. From North Korea to Japan, to Ryukyu, to Dayuan, to Hainan, and then to the line between Champa and Chenla, this is ours

The basic areas are extremely maintained. As for the other areas, they are purely focused on commercial trade. Through them, they communicate with the Western market and drive domestic export trade and inflow of silver." Zhu Youxiao set the tone.

"As for business, the cabinet will discuss it and ask the Minister of Commerce to come forward and discuss with the speakers in Manila and Batavia to formulate a set of trade rules. Before I solve Japan, try not to conflict with the other party, but

You can’t suffer a loss either. If the other party provokes you, you must resolutely fight back.”

"Since foreign exchanges have been carried out, the domestic industrial and commercial administration of the Ministry of Commerce should be separated and an industrial and commercial administration bureau should be established to be responsible for the management of domestic commerce. The Ministry of Commerce is mainly responsible for the formulation of rules and the development of overseas trade, as well as such discussions.

Visiting matters."

Zhu Youxiao talked eloquently, but his problem of digressing appeared again. He suddenly withdrew from the military to the commercial side, and then to the structural adjustment of the department. Fortunately, Xu Guangqi did not leave, otherwise he would have been in trouble again.

"I understand." Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong responded together.

"Yes." Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then continued to deal with the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. Sun Chengzong proposed it, and Zhu Youxiao read and reviewed it, and put forward revision suggestions.

The lights throughout the Qianqing Palace stayed on until late at night.
Chapter completed!