Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 525 Formation of the Navy
The Lantian Vocational and Technical College and his party gave Li Shimin a lot of knowledge. Although this college was not included in the official system of the imperial court, it was not paid by the imperial court for any expenses. It was an act of enterprises to cultivate talents, but Li Shimin still I think it should be given corresponding care by the authorities.

First of all, he appealed to the students of vocational technical colleges to actively participate in the imperial court's engineering examinations in the future, become officials, and serve the court.

Then, he decided to ask the imperial court to award rewards to those who have made achievements in craftsmanship and technology research. Small contributions will be rewarded with money, and large contributions can even be awarded knighthoods.

It's as if Sun Xiangfu had previously researched the seeds and planting methods to increase the yield of wheat, which is a great contribution that can be conferred a title.

This policy will undoubtedly give a boost to Datang's growing and progressive industries, and will directly lead to more people tinkering with new techniques and inventions.Of course, it may also make Kong Yingda, who has been a little depressed recently, even more anxious.

This year, the Tang Dynasty basically has no foreign wars. Li Shimin's policy focus is to promote education and promote national integration. Therefore, this morning, his order has arrived at the Guozijian. The students are all sent to Anxi, Andong, the two major guards, as well as Yunnan and Lingnan, to promote and spread Han culture.What is Han culture?Naturally, it is the Confucianism they learned in Guozijian.

This can be seen as Li Shimin's emphasis on Confucian culture, and it can also be seen as Li Shimin has found the correct usage of Confucian culture. Teaching those barbarian minorities to be a gentleman who adheres to the three cardinal principles and five constant principles is a very challenging job. However, Kong Yingda had no choice but to suppress it.

Because, if the Confucian scholars taught by oneself cannot be used by the country, then what use is this knowledge to the country?
Haven't you seen cooks, masons and the like, all clamoring to serve the country and striving to be a marquis? If Confucianism can't even compare with these low-level people, how can they hang around in the court?
Since he came to Lantian County, Li Shimin naturally wanted to take a look at the headquarters building of Datang Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd., which is a full-building complex. It also started construction in June last year. So far, It has been built for about half a year. However, because the whole is too large, there are still construction sites everywhere. In fact, there is nothing to see.

Li Shimin wants to come here to have a look, in fact, he also wants to talk to Sun Xiangfu about some things about this company. After all, besides the bank, it is the industrial organization with the most capital and the widest range of interest groups designed by Datang. Be careful.

"Samurai Xun was born as a merchant, but the Chinese New Year is old. You recommended him to manage such a huge industry, but because you go to Shannan Road, I will resign from his position? In fact, you don't have to worry, Samurai Xunshan Management, there are still many state roads in Tang Dynasty whose economic and people's livelihood development lags behind Guanzhong, Beidi, and Lingnan. After he returns to Chang'an to report on his work, I can transfer him to other state roads as the general manager."

"Didn't Your Majesty just say that a warrior is good at management, and among the princes in the court, I am afraid that no one is more suitable than him to manage this overseas exploration and investment company. The business involved in this company will be overseas, no less For the development and construction of the territory of the entire Tang Dynasty, it is always not good to let one person manage it all. I have a lot of things to do here, so he is more suitable than me."

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded, and said again, "If that's the case, I will send an order to Shannan Road, and let him come back to Chang'an after you have handed over with him in the past! In addition, the one you wrote is the one who formed the Datang Navy. After discussing the matter with the generals in the past few days, I feel that it is very necessary and plan to set up two, Liaodong Navy and Lingnan Navy, each equipped with [-] new warships and [-] troops, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu shook his head and said, "It's too small. No matter how many our Tang's navy is, it's not too much. Once you master navigation, it's like nomads mastering riding on the grassland. Every place, for my Tang Dynasty, will be a smooth road. I boldly estimate that in the future, it is very likely that whoever controls the sea will control the world, because, based on the information we know so far, the ocean The area is probably more than twice as large as that of the land. That is to say, most countries in the world are near the sea. If there is no strong and sufficient navy, even a small country like Japan can become a big country like our Tang Dynasty. heartache.

Because no matter how strong our Tang Dynasty is, it is impossible to have so many troops deployed on the entire coastline, and it is even more impossible to send garrisons to all overseas industries, and the Japanese can easily go to places where we have no garrisons by sea. This is a very good deal for them, even more cost-effective than the Turkic people who came to our Central Plains to fight grass in the early years. "

"Wo country?"

Sun Xiangfu didn't mention this incident, Li Shimin almost forgot about the Wa Kingdom, since the Battle of Yanjin, he has never seen the Wa Kingdom people again, and he has not seen the Wa Kingdom people pleading ministers, if he really If it is possible to threaten Datang, then he should be wiped out in the bud.

"Yes, Wa Kingdom, this is a nation that is not willing to submit to others, and my Datang Offshore, there should not be such a country that does not belong to Datang, so I think it should be the training of our Datang Navy After taking it down, there should be no worries from the sea within a hundred years of my Tang Dynasty."

The Wa Kingdom is different from Yizhou, Liuqiu, and the backward tribes on Luzon Island. They have a feudal system and have mastered certain navigation techniques. Civilian ships often travel between the mainland of the Tang Dynasty and the Korean Peninsula, and they are very open-minded. , As a politician and strategist, Li Shimin's eyes are naturally unmovable. After thinking for a moment, he said, "In this case, we will form another navy in Shandong, and a navy in Jiangnan. , [-] troops should be enough!"

Sun Xiangfu knew the reason why Li Shimin didn't want a certain navy to be too large. He was afraid that it would be difficult to control in the future. After all, these armies are far away from the center and can easily occupy a base overseas.

However, in Sun Xiangfu's view, the [-] navy is still not enough, because the purpose of Datang's establishment of the navy is not to defend the homeland. Except for the country of Japan, there is no longer any force that can threaten the coast of Datang. The purpose of the navy is now It is to open up a wider overseas territory.

So, he said again, "Your Majesty, all the barbarians around our Tang Dynasty have been destroyed. Do you want to release Ma Nanshan?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin asked in puzzlement, "What do you mean by that?"

Sun Xiangfu replied, "The sixteen guards of our Tang Dynasty have about 4 people each, which is more than 60 troops. Now, there are special troops stationed in Anton, Anbei, Anxi, and Annan. , you only transferred 8 people to form the navy, so the rest of the more than 50 soldiers, don’t they all stay and eat?”

"How could it be for idle food? Wouldn't it be possible to promote domestic production by letting him return to his hometown to work in agriculture?"

"Domestic production requires more and more professional people, and those who serve in the war also need to become more professional, so that we can become stronger. If there is no war in the next 20 years in Datang, then, now Some fubing system will make our Tang Dynasty's military equipment useless. Have you ever thought about it? Can a fubing who doesn't need to fight and has been farming for 20 years take up weapons to fight on the battlefield again?
Those descendants of Fubing who succeeded them and never went to the battlefield, do they have the fighting power?

These people, can they use the more advanced and complex equipment we have manufactured? "

"Uh, this..."

Li Shimin was stunned by Sun Xiangfu's series of questions. This is indeed a question that has to be changed. Previously, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were very powerful. Although he is a soldier in wartime and a farmer in leisure time, he basically spends half of his time as a soldier.

But now, the situation is completely different. If the Wa country is cleaned up by the way, then the Tang Dynasty may not have had a war for many years. Songtsan Gampo, who was licking his wounds on the plateau, did not develop to a certain scale. Dare to easily move in the direction of Datang.

Therefore, most of the government soldiers may have been working as farmers at home. This is not acceptable. Li Shimin knows the consequences of a country without a strong enough military force.

After being speechless for a while, Li Shimin said again, "Do you have any good suggestions?"

Without thinking too much, Sun Xiangfu replied, "Of course it is to professionalize some soldiers.

With the financial resources of our Tang Dynasty, we can fully support them, especially for military branches like the navy, which require perennial training and relatively high technical requirements. In the army, we not only need to train them in professional killing skills, but also let them study. Strengthen ideological education, master a certain level of education, and veterans who have reached a certain age can transfer to various industries to work or become officials. ,

Every year, a certain number of young soldiers must be recruited into the army, and a certain number of veterans must be discharged to ensure the vitality of the army and at the same time retain the martial spirit of the whole people. Without the strongest army in the world, it is impossible to become the number one in the world A strong country, this is an eternal truth. "

What Sun Xiangfu said miscellaneously gave Li Shimin a lot of inspiration, especially now that the army has begun to strengthen ideological education, and there are art troupes constantly instilling some ideas of defending the country in the soldiers. It is not comparable to any previous dynasties. However, it seems that the point of what Sun Xiangfu said just now is not this. Li Shimin heard the meaning in his tone that he thought that the [-] navy was too small.

"Then Zhengming thinks, how should the navy's organizational system be planned?"

"It depends on the number of soldiers native to the southern coast of the Tang Dynasty. The southern soldiers are good at ships. Even if they are all used in the navy, it will affect the stability of the country too much, because the northern soldiers are the strongest on land. They are used to guard the land. country is more appropriate.

Moreover, our eyes should not be circling around the offshore area, but more distant places. I believe that our Datang should form at least two ocean-going naval forces of more than 5 people, and take turns to control the entire Datang. , All the island territories leading to Australia are under control.

As for the coastal waters, it is only necessary to deploy a thousand-man naval force in several ports on the Liaodong Peninsula, such as Laizhou, Suzhou, Quanzhou, Zhenzhou, and Guangzhou, to prevent pirates and some illegal activities. "

Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned, and looked at Li Jing, who followed him to inspect. Obviously, he felt that what Sun Xiangfu said just now, the plan of using the southern soldiers as the navy base to expand outwards, and the northern soldiers as the army base to guard the country is very important. feasible.

Li Jing thought for a while, and then said, "Your Majesty, Zhengming's suggestion is very feasible. Among the sixteen guards, the soldiers from the south accounted for a little over [-]% of the entire army, and there were seventeen or eight Wan, it should not be difficult to select more than ten thousand good ships and soldiers who are not afraid of water."

When Li Shimin heard this, he nodded and said, "If that's the case, how to arrange it specifically, you make a note, and we will discuss it at the court meeting. In addition, you and Du Qing will also come up with a main plan as soon as possible for the reform of the military system." Let’s take a look at it together, my proposition is, as Zhengming said, to maintain the number and combat power of the army, as well as the follow-up capability, without worrying about financial investment.”

"Sir, obey the order."

After Li Jing received the task, he looked at Sun Xiangfu with some gratitude. His suggestion gave military strategists more room to survive in Datang. You must know that the most fearful thing for generals is that they are useless to the country. up.

(End of this chapter)