Prince of Chaos

Chapter 381
In fact, is the Daming Navy really so weak?

This is unlikely!

During the 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, until the end of the Ming Zheng era in Taiwan.

Daming's navy has always been invincible.

However, this invincible state was relatively invincible for more than 200 years except during the Hongwu Yongle period.It can't be regarded as truly invincible, it can only be said that in the circle of East Asia, the Daming Navy is invincible.

Because the Ming Dynasty was too strong in East Asia, this also led to the Ming Dynasty not having any powerful enemies to deal with except the nomadic tribes from the Mobei grassland.

Therefore, this also caused Daming to never attach importance to the Navy.

This has led to the reason why the Daming Navy has been getting worse and worse since Yongle.

At the time of Yongle's heyday, the Daming Navy had 3800 ships.

Among them are 1350 patrol ships and 1350 warships!
And 400 large ships and 400 tank ships stationed at the Xinjiangkou base in Nanjing.This also includes 250 ocean-going treasure ships!
The rest of the river patrol law enforcement boats and order boats that are not on the list are useless!
The strength of such a navy is absolutely unprecedented and unrivaled in ancient civilizations!
However, this kind of strength has not been maintained and strengthened in the long history, on the contrary, it has declined more and more.

This also led to the fact that during the Jiajing period, the vicious Japanese pirates dared to harass the coast of Daming for decades in small boats!
Later, with the support of the imperial court, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou rebuilt the Daming Navy again.

After rebuilding the navy this time, Yu Dayou also said a famous saying: "Naval battles are nothing more than a big ship defeating a small ship, a big gun over a small gun; many ships over a few ships, and many guns over a few guns."

This sentence sounds rough, but it pointed out the direction of water warfare in modern times.

It coincides with the current popular sentence on the Internet: "Range is truth, caliber is justice!" Internet language coincides with each other.

Therefore, Yu Dayou's words are not outdated even today.

Super-large aircraft carriers and warships with large caliber and heavy firepower are still invincible!

Unfortunately, this advantage is still not maintained, because after the Japanese pirates are over, the "historical mission" of these ships will end.

They are naturally abandoned.

Ancient ships are different from modern ones. They are all made of wooden materials. Although such ships can be built quickly, they are extremely difficult to maintain and preserve.

Once the ship loses its maintenance, it will be damaged by sea water in less than ten years, and it will no longer have the ability to sail long distances.

Therefore, it is almost a dream to keep the warships of Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou's period until today 30 years later!
This has led to the embarrassing situation where Daming has no ships available.

"Your Highness."

Shen Shixing suddenly raised his head and called out to His Highness.

All eyes were on Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing said: "His Royal Highness, we can first recruit ships from the sea merchants to fight."

Zhu Changluo looked at Shen Shixing, and he couldn't believe that these words came from Shen Shixing's mouth.

Zhu Changluo asked calmly: "Is this okay?"

Shen Shixing took a deep breath and said, "You can give it a try."

Zhu Changluo couldn't help sitting up straight. He was really curious why Shen Shixing could say such a thing.

However, unlike Zhu Changluo's curiosity, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping were obviously shocked by Shen Shixing's words.

Requisition of maritime merchants' civilian ships?How can this work?
Wang Xijue immediately expressed his objection.

Wang Xijue said: "Your Highness, Yuanfu's words are great! The ships of the sea merchants are all civilian ships, how can the imperial court compete with the people for profit? If this is spread, it will damage the majesty of the imperial court."

Wang Jiaping immediately echoed, "What Cifu said is absolutely true!"

However, Shen Shixing retorted: "Now the Korean War has reached a critical moment. If there are not enough naval warships to participate in it, it may lead to the Japanese pirates becoming bigger in North Korea. If things go on like this, the tiger wolf nature of the Japanese pirates will definitely become more arrogant. .In the future, there will be no peace in the sea area of ​​Daming. Therefore, this time, we must use Thunder Strike to wipe out the pirate navy on the ocean!"

"But, but, the ship is a civilian ship!"

Wang Xijue still insisted on his opinion.

In fact, this is not what he insisted on insisting on, mainly because he knew that if such a civilian ship was really requisitioned as a warship, it might cause the southern scholars to be divorced.

After all, who can ship overseas under the state of Daming's maritime ban, which maritime merchant does not have the shadow of a big family behind it?
If their ships were requisitioned, wouldn't that be smashing their jobs?

Therefore, no matter what, Wang Xijue did not imagine what would happen if the ship was confiscated.

Zhu Changluo listened to the argument between Wang Xijue and Shen Shixing.

He also understood what was at the core of their argument.

Therefore, Zhu Changluo was not in a hurry to express his support for a certain party.

At this time, Zhu Changluo looked at Wang Jiaping's cabinet again.

Zhu Changluo asked, "What do you think, Mr. Wang?"

When Wang Jiaping heard Zhu Changluo ask him again, he also understood that he must have a clear attitude at this time.

Otherwise, not only will the chief assistant be offended, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also be offended.

Wang Jiaping was extremely entangled, and said in the final stage: "I think civilian ships cannot be collected!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Jiaping immediately turned around.

"But, you can borrow it!"

When Zhu Changluo heard the word borrow, he felt a little interesting.

Zhu Changluo said: "It doesn't sound good to ask the court to borrow a boat, does it?"

Zhu Changluo tapped his fingers on the table rhythmically.Obviously, he was implying Wang Jiaping to continue talking.

Wang Jiaping breathed a sigh of relief, anyway, he had already said what he meant by borrowing, so it doesn't hinder him from saying a few more words.

Wang Jiaping said: "The imperial court cannot borrow ships, but Xing Jie can. Xing Jie is Minister of War and Governor of Jiliao. He can borrow ships."

Zhu Changluo heard Wang Jiaping say that Xing Jie would borrow it.

Zhu Changluo said: "Xing Jie is an official ordered by the imperial court. If he borrows a boat, won't it still be charged to the imperial court?"

Wang Jiaping said: "Your Highness, this is different. Xing Jie borrowed it, which means that it is Xing Jie's personal act. As the court's frontline commander in North Korea, Xing Jie is obliged to win this battle for the court. Letting him borrow it is also a test for him. Therefore, I think it is most appropriate for Xing Jie to come forward."

Zhu Changluo finally understood that Wang Jiaping wanted to find a substitute.

Let Xing Jie go to borrow the boat, and no matter whether the battle is won or lost, the "public grievances" caused by borrowing the boat will have a vent.

The public grievances were too great, and the court pushed Xing Jie out and sold it.

The public grievances have diminished, and this is due to the cabinet and the court.

This is simply a wonderful way to kill two birds with one stone.

However, Zhu Changluo obviously wouldn't do this, if he really did.

In the future, who will serve the court faithfully?Loyal to Zhu Ming's royal family?

This method is undoubtedly killing the chicken and picking the egg!
Zhu Changluo said: "Xing Jie still has limitations in borrowing ships. After all, he is the minister of the imperial court's military department and the governor of Jiliao. If he is asked to borrow ships, the maritime merchants still have resistance. This will affect the battle that will break out at any time. So I thought it would be better to find a strong and financially rich firm to borrow ships on behalf of the imperial court to borrow ships. This can also give certain guarantees to those maritime merchants who are willing to borrow ships."

After saying this, Zhu Changluo asked Shen Shixing and the others again: "What do the three gentlemen think?"

　Chapter 2 arrives! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)