The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 362 A Different Northern Expedition

In the war on the southeast coast, the navy is an important and decisive force.

The area around Zhejiang and Nanzhi is densely covered with waterways, and there are also natural dangers such as Qiantang and the Yangtze River. Without a navy, it is impossible to move an inch.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang fought in Poyang Lake and defeated Chen Youliang's navy, thus laying the foundation for unifying the south of the Yangtze River.

And a few months ago, King Lu also relied on the powerful fleet in his hands to dare to occupy Qiantang to resist the Jian captives.If it hadn't been for Boluo's successful smuggling scheme, the Qing army would still be sighing in vain on the north bank.

For the navy, Zhu Linmi has been planning for a long time.A powerful navy is not only related to the war situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but also the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade in the future.

Therefore, although there is no decent navy in Taizheng Dynasty, after a lot of investment in the early stage, he has achieved remarkable results in warship construction and sailor training.

It's just that the courtiers didn't know about it. In fact, even if they got the news, they would probably not care about the small but sophisticated fleet built by the assistant king.

Zhu Linmei smiled at Li Hui: "Lord Li, don't worry, the navy is the breakthrough point for me to enter Zhejiang, and I will definitely not let the captive ships run rampant."

Although Li Hui was puzzled when he heard the words, since His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince had said so, it was inconvenient for him to question, so he had to bow back.

If Zheng Chenggong, the current admiral of the Daming Navy, stayed in Yongbeili to go to court in the future because he was busy with fleet construction, he would definitely use various facts to dispel Mr. Li's concerns.

Seeing that the officials in the court hall still seemed to have doubts, Zhu Linmei wanted to continue persuading and defending passively, so she raised her hand to signal for everyone to be quiet, and then said loudly: "I haven't finished talking just now.

"I have made up my mind to ask for an order to send troops to aid Zhejiang. When the land of Zhejiang is recovered, even if the army is rectified, the army will be dispatched to the Northern Expedition to drive out the captives and restore Nanjing in one fell swoop! The Xiaoling Mausoleum is a sacrifice to the Taizu!"

His words were like detonating an atomic bomb in front of the Wenhua Palace. All the courtiers were stunned for a moment, and then exploded!Some panicked, some frowned and worried, and some sighed secretly. Almost everyone felt that the young co-regent was dazzled by the previous victory and became self-willed and arrogant. Waiting for the decision to hit a stone with a pebble.

But for a while, no one dared to stand up and object.

This expelling the captives from the north to the east, recovering the old capital, and worshiping the ancestors in Xiaoling is a must. It can even be said to be the greatest significance of the existence of the Taizheng Dynasty. Whoever dares to say "no" now is a traitor. .

In addition, His Royal Highness the Assistant Government holds the military power of the Ming Dynasty, and has done a great job in pacifying the south of the Yangtze River. Who would have the courage to sing against him when he announced so solemnly?
Of course, there were also a small number of courtiers who were pleasantly surprised after hearing the word "Northern Expedition", and felt the anger and unwillingness that had been suppressed for many years gushing out of their hearts.

Seeing the discussion in the court hall, Zhu Linmei was about to say something more, but saw Huang Daozhou stepping out and coughed lightly.

All the ministers became quiet in an instant, their eyes were all focused on the chief minister of the cabinet, and they all thought in their hearts, if there is anyone who can persuade His Highness the Assistant King right now, it must be Elder Huang Ge.

Huang Daozhou bowed his hands vigorously, held his head high and paused word by word: "Your Highness has a long-term plan, serves the heavens to serve oneself, and has the country in mind! This battle will be victorious and sweep the captives! Open the end of my dynasty and reshape my Chinese prosperity !"

Back then, he witnessed Emperor Longwu being bullied both internally and externally, and he was powerless to save the Lord, so he reported the Northern Expedition with the heart of death.It was the son of Prince Chen who remonstrated with reason at that time, which dispelled his idea.

As time passed, he never thought that after only one year, Zhu Linmi, who became the co-government king, had conquered the captives and rebels, regained most of the south of the Yangtze River, and announced the Northern Expedition again.

Huang Daozhou knew that although His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince was young, he was a great talent born in the world, and his views on the general trend of the world were never wrong.Since he decided to make the Northern Expedition, he must have a winning strategy. That is to say, he is expected to see Nanjing return in his lifetime. The Ming Dynasty is no longer a state without a capital!
With this in mind, he couldn't help the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes, quickly took a deep breath, and said: "The old minister is willing to donate 5000 taels of family money to help the army defeat the enemy!"

Zhu Linmi didn't expect that Huang Daozhou was the first civil servant to approve of the Northern Expedition, and she immediately bowed to him with emotion: "The pillar of Huangge's old country, I will perform this ceremony on behalf of the people of the world!"

Huang Daozhou hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, saying "dare not".

The ministers were even more stunned on the spot, they did not expect that Huang Ge, who has always been mature and prudent, would approve of the risky move of the assistant king.

With Huang Daozhou taking the lead, after a while, some officials followed suit, "I donate 3000 taels of silver to help the army march to the north!"

"Your Highness will surely defeat the thieves in the north, and your subordinates will also donate 3000 taels of silver to the army!"

"Your Majesty donated 4000 taels. His Highness restored the accompanying capital, an inexorable achievement!"

"The next official donated 2000 taels..."

After that, Zhu Linmei gave a brief account of the work of the various ministries supporting the dispatch of troops. Of course, the details will be arranged one by one after the court meeting.

After the court was over, Zhu Linmei went directly to the military deployment office.

Now that the strategic direction of recovering Zhejiang first and then the Northern Expedition has been decided, it is necessary to actively plan and make full preparations in all aspects to ensure that the world will be settled in the first battle.

After Zhu Linmi's analysis of the important tasks of the Northern Expedition, the core of it is concentrated on six points-weapons, propaganda, army, finance, navy, and strategic deployment.

For the first two items, he had made specific arrangements for Song Yingxing, Hong Si and others yesterday, so there was nothing to worry about for now.

The army is undoubtedly the core of the entire Northern Expedition.Because Yu Xin was delayed by the rainstorm on the road, he has not reported to him yet.Therefore, he first went to the Ministry of War to inquire about the details of the progress of the military system reform.

The military deployment office has already changed its appearance, and it has been clearly divided into several sections-the Strategic Command, the Staff Division, the Logistics Division, the Armament Division, and the Navy Division.

These are all improved by Zhu Linming according to the command and management mode of the army of later generations.Among them, the Strategic Command is the highest command unit, and the Minister of the Ministry of War personally serves as the commander-in-chief, responsible for the strategic deployment and decision-making of the Ming army.

The staff department is the combat planning and combat command department at the tactical level. It is mainly composed of senior staff officers of the field army, and there are also a small number of garrison staff officers.They are also responsible for work including military academy management and officer assessment.

As the name suggests, the Logistics Department is the department in charge of the logistics of the Ming Army, and it is temporarily in charge of Ying Tianxiang, the Chief of the Logistics Department of the Longwei Army.In the future, all the food, supplies, military horses, flags and tents of the Ming army will be purchased and deployed here.The Logistics Division is also equipped with its own dedicated transport force.

The Ordnance Department is responsible for the procurement, development, and distribution of weapons.For the time being, the production tasks of the military bureaus of Ming Dynasty are assigned here.However, after the implementation of arms bidding and procurement in the future, the arms department will become a department similar to the logistics department, but the management is different.

As for the navy, since they were completely different from the army in terms of management and operations in the seventeenth century, they are listed separately and managed separately.

(End of this chapter)