Chapter 41: The move to Southeast Asia

After Zhu Qizhen promised not to go to the West, the Ming Navy did not have a unified overall management organization, that is, each province was responsible for the navy of each province.

At this time, the Navy was part of the army and was under the jurisdiction of the provincial chiefs, and went to the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War in the last layer.

However, above the upper structure, there is no navy but a navy.

Wang Ying, the voyage man, is responsible for such a large stall. He seems to control the most powerful navy in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, Wang Ying is more responsible for transportation than war.

However, this is enough for the North China Sea.

After all, there are no rivals in the north.

But for Nanyang, it's different.

First of all, Annan had a navy.

Although the Annan Navy's combat power does not seem to be too strong, there are still some.

Secondly, the countries in the Southeast Asian countries have their own water power, and some of the international maritime forces in the Arabian Sea cannot be overlooked. The other is the maritime power of the Han people and maritime merchants.

Although the maritime power of the Han people and maritime merchants maintained a tacit understanding with the court due to trade reasons, how long this tacit understanding can last is an unknown number.

Once the maritime merchants rebel, Zhu Qizhen would probably face the situation of the Japanese pirate rebellion during the Jiajing period.

Because Zhu Qizhen has some benefits to open the sea, these maritime merchants have also gained benefits, and they have grown wildly. Perhaps there are no one or two maritime merchants who have unified the situation, just like the owner of Wufeng ship Wang Zhi. However, when they join forces, they may not be worse than the Japanese pirates during the Jiajing period.

Zhu Qizhen's doing this was also a shift in the strategic focus of the Ming Dynasty.

Slowly transfer from the north to the south.

Originally, Zhu Qizhen was still slower about this matter.

After all, I haven't hit the thorn in the past few years, and Aci Timur has also recovered some of his vitality. Although he dared not violate the barrier, the vitality lost in the Battle of Yanran has also recovered little by little.

Overall, after Zhu Qizhen's rectification, the Ming Jing Camp had already fought bloody battles with the Wastu army and had been honed. These hundreds of thousands of troops were not much worse than the Ming army during the Yongle period.

But the reason why I didn't go into the Western Regions was not because I couldn't fight, but because I was doing things outside of war.

For example, the weak Northwest cannot bear the logistics of the army, the rectification of the border guard station is underway, for example, Shi Heng is a man who is in the north of Mobei. If he fights the Western Regions again and makes Shi Heng make a contribution again, how can he reward him? If Shi Heng doesn't use Shi Heng, who else should he use?

Not to mention financial issues.

Even if it is not enough to fight Annan for five million taels, it is almost the same. After all, transportation is convenient, and close to the southern grain production area, many things are low-cost.

However, if you attack the Western Regions and face the vast Western Regions, how much money will it cost to make it fall? Zhu Qizhen probably has to tens of millions of taels. As for the tens of millions of taels, it is not a number that can be calculated in advance.

Although Zhu Qizhen will solve this problem sooner or later in the stagnation of the Western Regions, Zhu Qizhen must pay attention to the progress in the Nanyang area.

After all, the Western voyage is in full swing. Zhu Qizhen is not willing to fall behind.

It was just that internal reforms could not be completed and the driving force for the great voyage could be discovered. Even if Zhu Qizhen implemented this matter with his own political will, he would have only once again Zheng He went to the West.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen put the reforms on the development of the South China Sea.

Reform was the top priority in Zhu Qizhen's mind.

But this does not prevent you from making a move in Nanyang before this.

As the war in Annan was in progress, Zhu Qizhen took advantage of the situation and followed the situation. This decision was even more appropriate. If it were other times, the people in the cabinet might object.

But at this time, no one thinks there is something wrong.

The only one who made the sound was Liu Dingzhi. Liu Dingzhi said: "Your Majesty, you can transport hundreds of naval ships and thousands of small ships, distributed throughout the coastal areas. Among them, large ships are very expensive. If the imperial court builds the Nanyang Navy again, I am afraid that the Ministry of Revenue will not be able to bear it."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Subscription from the Beiyang Navy, let the Shaofu do the others."

Hundreds of large ships have been added one after another during this period, and there is no need for Zhu Qizhen to speak.

There is no other way, there are too many problems with canals. When the Ministry of Revenue officials determined the convenience of shipping, they all became shipping dispatches. To a certain extent, the head boss of the shipping fleet was never the Governor's Office of the Five Army and the Ministry of War, but their head boss was the Ministry of Revenue.

Because no matter where they belong, they are responsible for the Ministry of Revenue.

The Ministry of Revenue controls the Ming Dynasty's money bag, and a little relaxation is enough for the sea fleet to eat.

Therefore, the sea fleet has been growing, and wooden sailboats can be served for many years as long as they are well maintained. Therefore, over the years, the sea navy has accumulated a large number of ships.

Zhu Qizhen attaches so much importance to the ocean, so he naturally develops Shaofu's industrial chain to shipbuilding.

The largest shipyard in Shaofu is located at the mouth of the Yalu River.

Nothing else, there is rich wood here.

The upper reaches of the Yalu River are full of deep mountains and old forests, and it is very convenient for wood to flow downstream.

Before, this was the junction of the two countries, which may be due to some inconvenience, but now North Korea no longer exists as a country, and it exists in the Haidong Province of the Ming Dynasty.

Both sides of the Yalu River are under the jurisdiction of Liaodong Province, so there is naturally no problem at all.

Moreover, in terms of population distribution, the two sides of the Yalu River are the least populated places between Liaodong and Haidong. Shaofu set up a shipyard and migrated more than 20,000 people in one go. A small city appeared at the mouth of the Yalu River, attracting Shandong and Huai River populations with this small city as the center. The population in this area is rapidly filling up.

The reason why Liu Dingzhi opposes is also financially. Since Zhu Qizhen wants Shaofu to build a ship, the subtext is that this part of the cost will be borne by the inner treasury.

So what else did Liu Dingzhi say?

"Your Majesty, who do you want to be the general officer of the Nanyang Navy?" Yang Hong said.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while and found that he could conquer generals on land, and that Zhu Qizhen could draw a lot of players and gather a deck of playing cards.

But the generals at sea are not easy to say.

It seems that there is no one else except Wang Ying.

Zhu Qizhen said, "It's better to be Wang Ying. After all, maybe we will fight. As for the general officer of the Beiyang Navy, let Pingjiang Bo Chen Yu."

What do you say about Pingjiang Bo Chen Yu?

He was not like a general. He was more of a civil servant, such as following Yu Qian to repair water conservancy and run canals, and always served as the general officer of the canal transport.

Although sea transportation is still different from canal transportation, Zhu Qizhen could not find anyone else for a while, but I just hope that Chen Yu could get started with transportation work quickly.

As for Chen Yu’s ability to fight?

Well, North Korea is gone, and the court has no opponents on the northern seas. Although Japan is still there, just a few small boats in Japan, the Ming Navy can destroy them all with only a few ships.

If Chen Yu can mess it up with such a great advantage, it means that there is a problem with his IQ.

The cabinet made no sense to the personnel finalized by Zhu Qizhen. Immediately issued an edict to form an imperial edict to form an imperial edict, especially to order Wang Ying to take some ships from the headquarters to Guangdong first.

In doubt, a hidden rule was created.

That is, the general of the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty was the general of the Beiyang Navy.

Zhu Qizhen also gave Wang Ying the title of the Governor's Office of the Five Army, and the general Zhu Qizhen was also preparing to add the generals of the Navy Governor General in charge of the Ming Navy to the Governor of the Five Army.

That is, the commander of the navy, but now things have to be done one by one.

After everything was handled, it was already late at night. The palace gates were locked, so they naturally stayed in the palace. Of course, don’t misunderstand it. It was just that you stayed in the Wenyuan Pavilion’s room for a night, and you would definitely not go to the harem.

As soon as tomorrow dawn, all these imperial edicts will be issued.

It took only ten hours to get a report from Zhu Qizhen but make a resolution. This reaction speed naturally cannot be mentioned in later generations, but it is already rare and efficient in this era.

However, if the heavy war machine of the Ming Dynasty was promoted, these orders would be implemented at least two or three months later.

Not to mention anything else, orders from Beijing to Guangxi will be mostly half a month, or even a month.
Chapter completed!