Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 146 Demonstrates Great Tomorrow's Prestige!

"Build fifty warships?"

Minister of the Ministry of War Ru Taisu was taken aback for a moment.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been silent all this time, twitched his eyes slightly.

Spend 200 million huge sums of money to build [-] warships?

If Zhao Mian's statement about Zhu Xiongying's improvement of the court's finances at the beginning made him feel relieved, then Zhu Xiongying's words really caught him by surprise.

All the ministers in the hall didn't dare to say anything at this time, they lowered their heads slightly, but they secretly glanced at the grandpa and grandson in the hall.

The old emperor has always practiced frugality, whether it is in family affairs or state affairs.

Except for necessary expenditures, such as military expenditures for important towns on the nine borders, wars in the north, and coastal defenses along the southeast coast, Zhu Yuanzhang will not increase military expenditures at will.

Emperor Hongwu, although named Hongwu, was very cautious in using troops.

The old emperor was afraid that his descendants would be arrogant, frivolous, and use military force rashly, which would cause disaster, so he specially wrote his national policy of cautious foreign military use into "Emperor Ming Zu Xun".

But now, as soon as Zhu Xiongying comes up, he needs to add 200 million taels of military budget to build fifty large ships. Isn't this arrogant and frivolous, what is it?
This brat is good at everything, but his thinking is out of the way, and he is a little overjoyed.

"Big grandson!"

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth slowly: "You also said just now that everything can be achieved if it is forewarned, and it will be abandoned if it is not forewarned. This sentence is very correct. This year, you have already lost more than 100 million yuan. Next year, you will add 200 million yuan to the Ministry of War to build a big ship. Where does the money come from? If the government's financial deficit is not resolved, will the people be taxed?"

"Great grandson, it's hard to be a country, and it's also difficult to be a family. The country and the family are the same."

"To be in charge of the family is nothing more than cutting expenditure and increasing income in two ways. In the past year, the income and expenditure difference of 100 million can reach a balance. Next year, if we tighten up, the income and expenditure can reach a balance. When the imperial court's finances are healthy, we will consider Wouldn't it be better to build a ship?"

Zhu Yuanzhang restrained his emotions as much as possible, and spoke eloquently.

All the ministers nodded their heads when they heard it. The old emperor had to be calm. Although the emperor's grandson was a genius, he was often too whimsical.

No, but Zhu Xiongying insisted: "Grandfather, Sun Chen doesn't think so."

"Our navy of the Ming Dynasty is number one in the world, but since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has focused on land warfare and despised water warfare. Last year, most of the military expenditure was spent on the defense of the north. Due to the increase in military strength and expenditure, the rest is in the southeast. Coastal defense, but the real cost of building the Daming Navy is very little.”

"Our Daming's navy is very powerful in every aspect, and our Daming should not give up this advantage."

"So Sun Chen believes that it is very necessary to increase the funds for the navy, whether it is from the perspective of building a navy and continuously strengthening the advantages of our Daming Navy, or from the perspective of coastal defense, and even coping with future naval warfare!"

The Daming Navy, its predecessor was the Chaohu Navy, one of the two main forces under Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. It once defeated the Yuan Dynasty Navy and Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, the powerful opponents.

As one of Zhu Yuanzhang's invincible main battle teams, the Chaohu Navy has more than 1000 large and small warships.

It's a pity that the ancient Chinese military has always emphasized land warfare and light water warfare.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's expenditure on the navy decreased sharply, and the resources were most used to deal with the northern grasslands.
But the navy of the Ming Dynasty has not declined, and the navy of the Ming Dynasty is still the most powerful navy in the world.

According to the historical trajectory, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, as a great emperor, Zhu Di vigorously developed the navy on the basis of the original navy.

At its peak in 1420, the Ming Dynasty had 350 ships, including 350 patrol ships, [-] warships, and [-] large ships and [-] grain transporters stationed at the Xinjiangkou base in Nanjing. Cao Chuan.

250 of them are ocean-going treasure ships.

In addition, it also has a large number of guard and law enforcement ships and order ships that guard the ocean and patrol the river.

The famous Zheng He fleet is actually just a mobile fleet of the powerful Ming Empire Navy, and its total size is equivalent to ten Spanish Armadas.

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

It is a pity that with the decline of the Ming Dynasty and the threat of the northern grassland people, they had to divert the few naval resources they had given to land warfare. In 1425, the warship manufacturing 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 Navy, and that is ideology.

In this era, the emphasis is on geopolitics. A country uses geographical boundaries as its standard, lacks the concept of sea power, and lacks emphasis on the strategic value of the sea.

This includes Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.

Zhu Di made great efforts to develop the navy, but he just wanted to publicize his grace to the barbarians in all directions, and he didn't really think about the strategic value of the sea.

Speaking of those with a strategic vision for the sea, there is only one person in this era.

That is Ma Sanbao, also known as Zheng He, who is still in Yanwang Mansion in Beiping.

Some members of Zheng He's fleet possessed the spirit of sea exploration. For this reason, they went deep into the seas that no one had ever set foot before. They were actually the first navigators to enter the South Pacific and the South Atlantic Ocean. However, their tragic origins doomed their efforts. It was a failure. These rare navigators in ancient China were all discriminated eunuchs. Their success can only aggravate the mainstream society's hostility to navigation.

Just when Zheng He and others were working hard and were far away overseas, the bureaucrats of the imperial court were persuading the superior Zhu Di to give up his attempt to expand overseas. Their reason was that the outside world was too big and it made us feel scared.

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, overseas private trade was strictly prohibited, and the control of the sea was handed over to others.

The lack of the concept of sea power led to the Continental Army doctrine in the national defense strategy, which prevented the navy from getting enough resources. Since then, the navy of Ming Dynasty began to decline.

The Daming Navy, which was supposed to dominate the world, ended up dismal due to various factors.

The lack of awareness of sea power in the Ming Dynasty caused the Ming Dynasty to voluntarily give up its overseas interests. All these together led to a sad ending. When Western Europe did not hesitate to borrow money from Venetian bankers in order to build a navy, Fang Silang, a member of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, However, Zhongliu Daxia destroyed the voyage data that had important strategic value and was obtained after Zheng He's fleet sacrificed his life for decades, and was praised by all officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Sad, deplorable, pity!

Of course Zhu Xiongying will not allow such a thing to happen again, he wants to use the strength of the Daming Navy to create a truly Ming Dynasty that never sets!

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang certainly didn't know what was going on in Zhu Xiongying's mind, he looked at his persistent grandson, tried his best to calm down, and said, "Grandson, you are preparing to attack the Japanese kingdom, are we right? "

After getting along for almost a year, Zhu Yuanzhang has basically figured out his grandson's temperament. Although his grandson's thoughts and actions are sometimes unexpected, he will never be targeted indiscriminately. Every decision he makes is also after consideration. Yes, I don't think it's a good idea.

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

His great-grandson had mentioned to him about the matter of the Wa country before, saying that there were a large amount of gold and silver ore in the country of Wa, which made him also excited, but he didn't really want to implement it, or he felt that the time had not come. .

But Zhu Xiongying did not deny it, with a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes, he nodded and said: "Sun Chen read the history books. According to the historical records, Emperor Qinshihuang sent Xu Fu to lead thousands of boys and girls to search for immortals but failed. After leaving the sea and never returning, they multiplied and thrived in Yingzhou, thus forming today's Wa Kingdom."

"So going back to the origin, the country of Wa is actually a descendant of me from China!"

"Nowadays, wars are raging in the country of Japan, and the people are struggling to survive, which has led to the rampant Japanese pirates, and even invaded the borders of our Ming Dynasty. In order to save the descendants of our Shenzhou from fire and water, and to pacify the pirates along the southeast coast, Sun Chen believes that our Daming, as the kingdom of heaven, has a responsibility and an obligation. , for our dependent country, for our descendants of China, to quell the flames of war, and to show our majesty tomorrow!"

After these words fell, the officials in the palace looked at each other in blank dismay.

Good guy, His Royal Highness has even thought up the reason for the war, and he said it so righteously...

(End of this chapter)