Mingshi

Chapter 1325
Even if Luo Xin didn't go, the officials of the Shibo Department were almost all Luo Xin's subordinates back then, so they must have been invited several times.So he asked:

"My lord, how do you feel about the current Shibo Division?"

"It's developing very fast!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "The number of ships from the feudal kingdom that came to Daming for trade has doubled."

"My lord, don't you have other feelings?" Zheng Ruozeng's eyes showed disappointment.

Luo Xin was silent for a moment, looked at Zheng Ruozeng and said, "You mean to say that more than 100 years ago, our fleet went out to explore the sea, and people from those vassal kingdoms came to our Ming Dynasty to gain experience and pay tribute Yes. And now they have their own boats, and they are better than Daming’s sea boats, and they came to Daming on their own boats, and they are not paying tribute, but doing business with us?”

"That's right!" Zheng Ruozeng looked at Luo Dao with burning eyes: "How much progress those vassal states have made! Now their ships are stronger than ours, and their guns are stronger than ours. I am afraid that the division and the ships of those vassal states will not be opponents in the sea battle. We can only win by relying on numbers."

Luo Xin was also silent, sighed for a while and said: "History is advancing, and the world is naturally changing. Before, we Ming people thought that our Ming Dynasty was the center of the world and the largest place in the world. But now we know , Our Ming Dynasty is not the center of the world, nor is it the largest place.

There used to be an endless sea that isolated our cognition, but now with the development of the times, the navigation technology of the Europa people has achieved unprecedented development.The ships they built have been able to take them across the ocean to various parts of the world, and they have gained huge benefits from it.A small franchisor, a small place, has a very low status compared to Europa, but now they have become the richest country in the world, with the most powerful navy and the most extensive territory with the help of the ocean. "

"Yes!" Zheng Ruozeng said with emotion: "If after Mr. Zheng went to the Western Seas, if the sea was not closed and navigation continued, there would be no such thing as Franji! I once met a Franji, he Show me a map. He pointed to the territory of our Ming Dynasty on the map. The territory of your Ming Dynasty is not small, but as long as the sun shines, it is our territory. This is because they can attack at will. Any land country in the world, but those land countries cannot go to sea to fight against them. Therefore, they can only passively defend, but they come and go freely.

For example, our Daming, although we also have naval divisions, are not the opponents of Franji.My lord, to be disrespectful, when you and Hu Zongxian exterminated the Japanese pirates, you did not rely on the power of the sea, but introduced the Japanese pirates to the land and wiped them out on the land.If we fought against the four great Japanese pirates at sea, I am afraid that our Daming navy is no match. "

Luo Xin nodded, and Zheng Ruozeng continued: "That is to say, Francine is now able to threaten our Daming."

"That's right!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "And the threat does not come from the only Francois. Don't underestimate the traditional powers of Europa. In Europa, the two most powerful countries are France and Britain. Francois is just An upstart. These two powerful countries just didn't see the benefits brought by the ocean before. Now Francois has set an example for them. How can the mighty France and Britain let a small Francois be superior to the former?
These two powerful countries have understood that the sea is the channel connecting all countries in the world, and will become a must for future wars.Therefore, which country has high shipbuilding technology, a large number of ships, large tonnage, and strong artillery technology can defeat its opponents, control the sea lanes, and start from dominating the oceans to dominating the world. "

Zheng Ruozeng excitedly clapped his hands and said: "My lord, you are so right. In future wars, the status of the navy will be ranked first. The power of the country and the country is no longer cavalry and infantry, but the navy. The strength of the division will determine the power of the country. Whoever can dominate the ocean is a powerful country. Therefore, we need enough naval bases and a strong navy. Offense is always the best defense. And now our Ming's navy not only It is technically backward, but also mentally backward, just blindly defending, can only fall further and further behind, and be beaten passively."

Luo Xin looked at the opposite side, and there was a look of admiration in his eyes. He never thought that in this era of Ming Dynasty, he would meet a person who knew so much about the ocean, who had such an enterprising spirit, and who wanted to dominate the ocean. The man who dominates the world.

"Listening to what you said is better than reading ten years of books. Mister is indeed the person who knows the ocean best in Daming. I am here in the right place this time."

Zheng Ruozeng's eyes lit up and said, "Your Excellency, do you have any idea of ​​revitalizing the Navy?"

Luo Xin shook his head and smiled wryly: "To tell you the truth, sir, I came this time only for the Jiaolai River pirates, but I didn't expect you to paint a magnificent future for me."

"Jiaolai River Seaway?" Zheng Ruozeng was slightly stunned and said, "There is no difficulty in terms of water conservancy technology, sir, wait for me."

Zheng Ruozeng stood up and left in a hurry. After a while, he returned to the room with a stack of papers in his hands, put them in front of Luo Xin and said:

"My lord, this is my research on the Jiaolai River Seaway."

Luo Xin picked up the stack of papers and began to read, the room was silent, Luo Xin flipped through it quickly, he also had a plan for the Jiaolai River and Seaway in his mind, so it was enough to just read the outline.But what surprised Luo Xin was that Zheng Ruozeng's ideas coincided with Luo Xin's, which made Qin Shuang lament the wisdom of the ancients.Putting down the paper in his hand, he said in admiration:

"Mr. Talent!"

But Zheng Ruozeng shook his head and said: "Sir, solving the problem of Jiaolai River and Seaway has never been a technical problem, but a human problem. If you want to solve the problem of Jiaolai River and Seaway, sir, with all due respect, you will encounter interest groups In the end, it is likely to end in failure. Therefore, if you want to solve the Jiaolai River Seaway, you must first solve the interest groups.”

"I understand!" Luo Xin carefully put away the stack of papers.

"My lord, in fact, solving the problem of interest groups is also very simple."

"Oh? Talk about it."

"That is to give interest groups greater benefits in exchange for the benefits of the Jiaolai River and Seaway. At that time, not only will they not block the adults, but they will also support the adults and promote this matter."

"Then how do we exchange it? What kind of benefits can we use to satisfy them?"

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