Xinshun 1730

Chapter 363 The Three Most Difficult Things

No one dared to answer this.

If you say no, you are deceiving the king.

To say yes, this time is to add fuel to the fire.

There was no sound in Tianyou Hall for a while, the emperor's laughter did not have the ability to linger in the sound, the silence after the laughter was not embarrassment, but unspeakable.

Weihai's navy can now stand upright and say that it will wipe out all of Dashun's navy. No one in the court believes this.

And this doesn't require a famous general, anyone from the official school of Jinghai Palace can do it.

Reflected on Liu Yu's trip to Japan, the voices of opposition at the beginning seemed quite short-sighted.

But how could there be only a few people in the DPRK and China who opposed the construction of the navy?

As the emperor said, with a navy, others would not dare to fight, and maybe they would never use it for a lifetime, so is there any point in building a navy?Is it a waste of money?
Wa country has given the answer.

After a long silence, someone came in and said, "Your Majesty has the foresight to build a navy. Eagle Sobo once suggested that the Ministry of the Navy should be established. Since the navy is going to be built, the Ministry of the Navy needs to be considered early."

"Eagle is a great talent, and his loyalty can be used as a lesson. However, if he takes responsibility alone, if the sea is leveled in the future, Eagle can still be used in the court. If the navy is not a system, how can we guarantee that everyone is Eagle?"

"There should be a system and clear responsibilities. This is the navy's top priority."

This is a sentence the emperor wants to hear. The navy has now passed the initial cut-off, and it is time to start clarifying the system and powers and responsibilities.

Compared with the institutionalized Forbidden Army, a completely decentralized feudal town can always be fought.But it cannot last long, and the imperial power cannot be assured.

The establishment of the Ministry of the Navy is the basis for institutionalized asking for money from the treasury.The current navy is not well-known, and it is not a good thing to rely on the emperor to use the privilege of the emperor to use the king's words to judge the law.

Li Gan had some ideas about this, and since someone suggested it, it seems that the ministers understood that he was determined to continue expanding the navy, so he took advantage of the situation and said: "I have also thought about it, and there is no rule without rules. Ying Suo Bo is loyal. Learning, and not being greedy, I can trust it. It’s just that the navy spends millions of taels on building ships, so if it’s someone else, it might not be tempting.”

"It's just, whether to set up the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy side by side? Or set up the Privy Council under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of the Army? This matter will be discussed after the return of Eagle Sabo. Since he is in charge of the navy, such opinions still need to be resolved. Listen to him."

Jiang Chen on the side didn't think too much about it. He, the nominal chief of the army's general staff, or a privy envoy, knew very well that even if the army and navy were not listed as separate ministries in the future, but all belonged to the privy council, then he would have no real power. The right to train troops and the responsibility to formulate staff plans for the emperor does not have the right to command troops.

Although it is just a start-up now, he, a senior privy envoy, has figured out what Liu Yu's "staff department" is supposed to do.

In short, it is to gather the brains of everyone and achieve the mind of Sun Bai and Han Wei.

How to mobilize food and grass, where to camp, where to attack, where to defend, how to formulate marching routes, how to achieve a joint attack, etc., these things are formed into systems and calculations, and countless tedious calculations are used to replace Sun Bai and Han Wei's genius mind .

According to Jiang Chen's understanding, famous generals such as Han Xin, Wei Qing, and Li Jing are not only good at front-line tactics, but also have the ability of "one person is the general staff", and can plan a series of logistics, marching, and joint attacks by one person. calculate.

The only thing Jiang Chen can't understand now is whether Liu Yu's trip to Japan is within the scope of the staff's responsibilities?
If you say no, you have indeed completed the mobilization of the entire strategic plan of the Wa country at the smallest cost.

If it is said to be true, will the General Staff still have the powers and responsibilities of intelligence, topography, maps, armaments of neighboring countries, diplomatic investigations, etc. in the future?
The power of this department seems to be a bit too great.

If the emperor thinks this is very good and efficient, then it is almost inevitable that the Privy Council will govern the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy in the future. This kind of grand strategic planning, the emperor must have the ability to control, and cannot separate the army and navy for their own to do it.

Theoretically, Dashun used to have a special department in charge of these things Liu Yu was doing in Japan at this time, a military adviser... However, there were too many accidents in the founding of the country, and the post of military adviser was gone.

It seems that Dashun really needs a Privy Council that can integrate the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy.

And in that case, they have to be separated from Tianyou Hall, or the Privy Council envoy is a member of Tianyou Hall, or they simply separate Tianyou Hall to manage the government and the Privy Council manages the army.

It still depends on what the emperor thinks, Jiang Chen thinks that there is no need for him to say more about the matter of the Admiralty Department, the War Department and the Privy Council.But if I really want to say, I think it is better to put things first, and it is better to have the jurisdiction of the Privy Council instead of doing things separately.

However, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind kept blowing, Jiang Chen didn't want to talk, but the emperor asked him with a smile: "Compared with the strategy of conquering the Japanese by Ying Suobo this time, is it the icing on the cake after all? Or is it a timely gift?"

Seeing the emperor smiling, Jiang Chen also said with a smile: "Returning to Your Majesty, it's hard to say. Judging from Ying Suo Bo's situation in Tosa, there is no such thing, and he is still victorious. The Japanese have been in peace for a long time, and the warriors have been corrupted; After all, the formation is novel, as long as you land on the shore, you can win a big victory."

"However, I only care about the staff of the army, but not the staff of the navy. With the general strategy of the minister, all the military achievements belong to the army. The navy knows that the Japanese have no ships to fight, and they are only afraid of being reduced to army transport ships. So go around , to seek some military exploits. It’s just that Ying Sobo used this trick to turn decay into magic.”

"Nowadays, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. The first contribution to punishing the Japanese country must go to Ying Suobo."

"If the Privy Council is in charge of both the Army Staff Plan and the Navy Staff Plan, and the two work together to come up with this plan, the merit of mobilizing the Japanese this time can be attributed to the Privy Council."

"Now, I'm afraid that the navy will see the army in the future and say: If we hadn't gone to the Japanese country and mobilized the Japanese people to dare not gather, how could you have won so easily?"

Knowing that Jiang Chen was telling a joke, Li Gan laughed loudly and said: "Of course, yes. But such a plan is nothing. As long as the information is sufficient, knowing the details of the Japanese people, military system, and politics, it is not difficult to make this plan .Ying Suo Bo is just close to the water, and he has already set his sights on the Wa Kingdom, and he has no intention of doing calculations."

"In the future, the Privy Council must always know itself and the enemy."

In a word, Jiang Chen understood that the emperor wanted to give weight to the Privy Council, and to concentrate a series of powers such as intelligence mapping, and to be responsible for the grand strategy.

That is to say...

Jiang Chen secretly understood, thinking that conquering Japanese might be just the beginning.His Majesty's centralization of power, if it is not for the sake of accomplishing great things, there is no need to do so, but it should be split up.

Having said that, after conquering the Wa Kingdom, there are still at least one or two big battles to be fought... and a navy is to be built, if it is not Nanyang, it is Annan and Burma.

Liu Yu has already completed the grand strategic mobilization of the Japanese kingdom by himself. If the conquest of the Japanese is stopped, there is really no need to create a Privy Council that puts efficiency first.

He secretly grasped the emperor's thoughts in his heart, kept it in his heart, and secretly thought that if there was any debate about whether to start a war in the future, he needed to understand His Majesty's thoughts, so as not to stand in the wrong position.

In fact, Li Gan himself also knew that with the minds of these courtiers, he could also understand his own thoughts by talking about the Privy Council with Jiang Chen just now.

It is also beneficial to speak up in advance.Those who are good at figuring out what they want have their own thoughts.As for those who oppose it, it is nothing more than a cliché.

But the main thing still depends on whether this battle to conquer the Japanese is really what Liu Yu said: it doesn't need to consume too much national power, but there is some money to be made.

As long as this can be achieved, the platitudes that will be opposed in the future will not be very convincing.

Now that Liu Yu's memorial had arrived, and Liu Yu had forced the Wa kingdom to the point where he had to follow Liu Yu's instructions, Li Gan really didn't want to waste any more time discussing it.

Always stay with me.

"My dear friends, I read the history books a few days ago, and I happened to read the passage of Tang Taizong's conquest of Goguryeo. All the officials persuaded him, but Taizong believed that the crown prince was cowardly and kind. He could defend but might not be able to conquer Goguryeo. Goguryeo will be successful in the future. After reading this, my heart is relieved."

"The wolf ambitions of the Japanese country must be guarded against. In addition, the Westerners have settled in Nanyang, and the Dutch have a lot of contacts with the Japanese country. If it were not for the warships built by Ying Sabo, once the Japanese people have insight, they will take the first step, and I am afraid that they will now face the 'Tosa The troubled ones are us."

"The Ryukyu matter, the evidence is solid. If there is no such thing, I will also decide to conquer, so as not to raise tigers."

"All the ministers are the important ministers of the country, unlike those who don't understand important matters. In this battle, you and the others must not obstruct or speak out. My heart is determined."

Small meetings are held for big things, and big meetings are held for small things. Dashun has done this perfectly.The previous big court meeting was about water transportation and minting coins. It was all a matter of knowing that it was going to be nonsense, so naturally it would cause a lot of trouble.

Now only important ministers from the court were summoned, and the emperor even pulled his face down, directly saying that no matter whether he was guilty or not, this battle would have to be fought.

As long as the emperor pulled his face down, the ministers would have nothing to say anymore.In today's small meeting, the emperor has been talking about building ships and ships since the very beginning, and he has already slapped the opponents in the face with Liu Yu's affairs in the country of Japan. strength.

"Now that the general plan has been decided, the ministers need to supervise three things as soon as possible."

"First, although the King of Ryukyu was persecuted by the Japanese, he still deceived him. I can pardon him, but he must be punished. There are no rules and no rules. If Ryukyu is not punished like this, what do you think of Annan, North Korea, etc.? It is absolutely impossible for the Heavenly Dynasty to be gracious but not aware of the power of the Heavenly Dynasty. But the government can discuss with the courteous government, cut down its princes, and demote him to be a public servant. Is this politeness to be relied upon?"

"Secondly, the Japanese conquered the title of the Great General of Yi. The Japanese still have a real king. If the Japanese were defeated and declared a vassal, how would they be named? If only the shogun was named, they would be ridiculed by the heavens for not knowing the internal affairs of the Japanese. If the shogun is not sealed, the Japanese will fight to the death, and the blood of the soldiers will be wasted, so there is no need for it."

"Thirdly, the Duke of Qi is in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Dutch have close contacts with the Japanese. When Ying Sabo was in the Japanese, the Japanese used the Netherlands as a fraud. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will resolve this matter as soon as possible, using tariffs as spears and tea silk as swords. , warned the Netherlands not to interfere. At the same time, envoys from the British, Swiss, French, Portuguese, and Romanian countries came to the Hajj to make them know the size of the world. It is necessary to let the Western countries know that the diplomatic affairs of the Chinese vassals belong to the Chinese. .”

"These three matters should be resolved as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)