Xinshun 1730

Chapter 400 Everything is as before

Just in time.

With these four words, the steamed bun gradually tasted.

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect?
Liu Yu built the navy from scratch. If the lower-level officers had no feelings, the emperor himself would think it was nonsense.

Under the concept of the same structure of the family and the country, the so-called "being filial and fraternal is rare, and those who violate the superior are rare."

This logic has always constituted the moral basis for maintaining the great unity. Liu Yu can be regarded as the "teacher" of these officers. If the navy officers have no feelings for the people who built the navy from scratch, then why would they have feelings for the emperor? ?

In feudal society, being loyal to superiors is the foundation of being loyal to the monarch.The Great Unity breaks the so-called "vassals of my vassals are not my vassals" under personal attachment, but it cannot get around the morality of "if the vassals of my vassals are not loyal to my vassals, why should they be loyal to me" Construct.

Kang Bushao's so-called "appropriate time" means that the degree of expression of dissatisfaction is acceptable to the emperor.

For this kind of intrigue, Mantou still believed in Kang Bushao's judgment, and the tension in his heart completely dissipated with the last drop of wine in the cup.

"Mr. Kang, according to what you said, did you really return to Beijing to learn about military affairs as stated in the imperial decree?"

Kang Buxio poured himself another glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Probably so. The son is going to do big things, and the navy's work has actually been done. As far as the navy army of the Japanese country is concerned, you think you can't win without the son. ?"

Mantou unconsciously bared his usually white teeth, and didn't answer, just smiled.

Now the official captain who has been on the ship may be a fleet commander to fight the Dutch, but he is still far behind; but if he fights against the Japanese navy that has been locked in the country for more than a hundred years, he can win with just any captain as the commander.

It's like fighting against the Napoleon Navy at its peak, and Nelson must be commanded to win the decisive battle; and if that British navy goes to fight against the full Qing navy at that time, any captain commanded by it can win.

The quality of officers, ship quality, training level, etc. in naval warfare have widened the gap with the Japanese navy.

Mantou's smile announced the answer, and Kang Buxio drank a cup, his heroic spirit was born through the alcohol, and he said sadly: "Therefore, it is meaningless for you to stay in the navy for the first battle against the Japanese. As long as this battle is fought, The son's plan for the navy will continue forever."

"For this battle, the young master first trained the Qingzhou Army and went to the northwest to fight a battle, because as long as the northwest is unbalanced, it is absolutely impossible for the Celestial Dynasty to develop a navy and face the ocean."

"Once the Japanese country is defeated, the navy will continue to expand. Because... this battle, in the eyes of the young master, is neither for the vassal states nor for Westerners, but for the imperial court."

"Wo Kingdom is the shadow of this dynasty. My son is killing chickens to scare monkeys, but the one who kills chickens is the monkey to scare."

"Under the new navy, it is vulnerable. The shadow is like this, and so is the body. The situation that the Japanese country can encounter is also applicable to this dynasty. Don't just look at the entrustment."

"In the first battle against the Japanese, it was accepted as soon as it was good. The Japanese shogunate is still there, and the foundation has not been shaken. So is the imperial court worried that the Japanese will build Western warships in the future? Today the fleet is old and the weapons are in storage. how?"

"Since that's the case, the navy must be retained. And the navy costs a lot of money. It also costs money to maintain the army. Anyway, it's all money. It's much easier to facilitate the trip to Nanyang."

"This is a series of calculations. First eliminate the troubles of Beidi in 2000 since the Qin and Han Dynasties, so that you can face the sea; face the sea and cast your own shadow first, so that the four words "taking history as a mirror" can be learned from history; Li, the sea transportation is convenient, and the sea is thousands of miles away, and it is also on the side of the couch, and Nanyang will not let others sleep peacefully."

Kang Buxiu shook his head slightly, feeling extremely wonderful, and finally said: "If the thing you want to do, the young master, is Nanyang, you can already succeed and retire at this step. But he has more than that, and he doesn't want to succeed just like that. If you want to retreat, then you have to go back to Beijing first."

"I didn't think about it before. It wasn't until today that something happened, and I took a look at it. Then I realized it later. I was quite ashamed and didn't plan for it."

"It seems that someone pointed out the young master."

Mantou thought about it for a while, and it really made sense. Since he was sure that nothing happened, he was relieved.

There is no need to do anything now, just wait in a proper manner, and there must be results soon.

A few days later, the Seventh Prince Li Yan returned to Weihai from Tianjin with his warship. Except for the warship that continued to float in the sea as planned, the rest of the officials from the Jinghai Palace official school lined up in front of the military port.

After the Seventh Prince disembarked, the title was changed.

"My subordinates pay their respects to the Governor of the Navy, Mr. Rongzheng."

This official title was rarely used by military officers when Liu Yu was here.

Now that the person has changed, using this official name is the most correct.

The navy does not yet have a navy department in the court, only military ranks but no official ranks. At this time, they are arranged according to military ranks, and the captains in the front row are at least the captains of various fifth-tier ships.

These are the backbone of the navy, not the same as Dashun's army.

The navy is a bit like a "feudal system". The captains are the knights of the fiefs, the warships are their full armor and horses, and the sailors and gunners are like the peasants and soldiers recruited by the knights of the fiefs.

Basically, a ship is like a knight fief, and the first mate, helmsman, gunner, etc. on it generally will not change unless they die in battle.

Li Yan knew that the people in front of him were the naval officer corps he was about to face, and after glancing at the few in front of the crowd, he also knew who was Liu Yu's confidant.

Looking at it now, these military officers are very respectful to him, and they also obey the imperial court's dispatch.

Those on duty at sea are all newly enlisted warships, and the captains have just become regulars not long ago.

And those who were the first to be promoted to captain by Liu Yu's report back to the capital, all came here to welcome Li Yan, and none of them refused to come under the pretext of "going out on a mission".

Although I also know that this has an element of acting, but it is a good thing to be willing to act.

Li Yan repeated what he said when he received the imperial edict in Tianjin that day with the officers here.

He indicated that he was young and didn't understand, so it was impossible to give some general advice, and said that if the capital sent a person who didn't understand the navy to give some random general, these officers were welcome to ask, and he would go to the capital to question.

These words, not to mention the trust and goodwill of the officers, at least the attitude has been reached, some people who are looking for trouble, also decided to take a look before talking.

Anyway, Liu Yu's most confidantes are honest, no one takes the lead, and everyone is watching anxiously.

After Li Yan said what he said in Tianjin that day, he said again: "Eagle Sabo has always done things safely. Since he entered Beijing this time, he must have already arranged various things for the navy before entering Beijing."

"Everything is as usual. Whoever was put in charge before will be in charge. Before there are more orders from the capital, I will only read books in the mansion."

"Everyone has a mission, so let's go. Don't ask me unless there is a special urgent matter, or something that was not planned before."

After finishing speaking, he asked everyone to disperse, and he went back to the headquarters of the navy first, and asked the servants around him to stand outside, and refused to see anyone who did not have urgent matters, so as to avoid someone rushing to show hospitality at this time.

He said he was reading in it, but in fact Li Yan couldn't bear to read it. He just studied the internal organization and designation of the navy, and wrote down the names of people.Then he asked people to go out and look around to see the situation in the army.

As a result, everything in the navy was as usual, eating, training, resting, and running freely without the slightest stagnation.

He also knows that his "governor of the navy" is just a decoration now, and there must be new orders from the DPRK and China soon.

Sure enough, within three to five days, another fast horse arrived in Tianjin.

I read a list, saying that these people will be transferred to the Privy Council.

Others, as the staff team of the "Governor's Naval Military Administration", assisted Li Yan.

The logistics staff office is directly in charge of this time's grain transportation and communication with the trading company Maritime Group.

At the same time, it was announced that the imperial court has decided to conquer the Japanese, and the navy will be under the command of the Privy Council during this period.

This news changed the situation in Weihai, which seemed to be calm these days but was actually uneasy. Everyone knew that there was no need to wait and see, and the backing of the navy had not lost its power.

With this kind of mood, it was very different from the previous mood.

The most solid backer did not lose power. On the contrary, there was an extra prince as a member of the navy, and some people were even directly transferred to the Privy Council. Everyone believed that Liu Yu would stay in the capital to protect the navy from the wind and rain.

Who is the commander of the navy is of course important.

But the imperial court's overseas expansion policy is equally important.

As long as Liu Yu does not fall, even if the banner of China's overseas expansion does not fall, the naval officers will still be motivated and feel that the future is bright and bright.

Anyway, if you can make flowers, you can't be a "governor of the navy". It doesn't make much sense who will be the commander, as long as it's not an idiot who doesn't understand the navy.

Li Yan's attitude a few days ago was just to make these officers feel stable at the time. Now that the situation is clear, these officers don't look like an idiot pretending to understand when they think about Li Yan's previous attitude.

The attitude of the army gradually stabilized. After sending away the first batch of officers who entered Beijing to serve in the Privy Council, the first order of the Privy Council was issued.

The order issued is not a rigid "how many days to send troops, when to arrive at a certain place", but a detailed strategic plan.

The navy is different from the army. There are no messengers riding fast horses to communicate at sea. Once the ship leaves the port, the message will be lost.

In addition, some ships may often be separated from the main force due to wind direction, ocean currents, etc.

Therefore, when Liu Yu gave orders before, he always called everyone to convey the strategic intention clearly, so as to ensure that the individual ships knew what they should do after they accidentally separated.

It is not necessary to let everyone know what they are going to do, but let each captain know what to do, because the ship is an independent unit in a closed space at sea, which can be regarded as a person.

This style has been fixed since the first day the navy was built.

Therefore, when the order from the Privy Council arrived, the staff members only took one look at it, and they were sure that it must be Liu Yu's order.

Everyone knows it well, but there is no need to say it clearly in front of Li Yan, lest it seems that the navy still listens to Liu Yu.

Li Yan was still very obedient, and asked: "If Ying Sabo is around, what should we do in such a situation?"

"My lord, I will convene the captains of the capital ships and staff members to discuss this matter, determine the responsibilities of each department, clarify the general content, and ensure that I know what effect to achieve."

"As usual." With a wave of his hand, he signaled that he would implement Xiao Gui Cao Sui to the end, and then said: "According to the usual practice, all the officers are called together, the account is raised, and the order of the Privy Council is discussed, regarding the sudden attack on the Japanese Museum in Busan and camping in Busan. "

(End of this chapter)