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Chapter 122 The Great Ming Navy Wants to Revive

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"My minister Shen Yourong pays homage to my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Shen Yourong knelt down and kowtowed to meet the emperor.

"Pingshen, give me a seat!" Zhu Youxiao put down the test paper in his hand, and cast Hexi's eyes on this veteran who was not well-known in history but was actually very good.

During Shen Yourong's more than forty years of military career, he spent decades guarding the coast of Fujian.

It was during this period that he led his troops into Taiwan and the Penghu Islands three times, wiped out the Japanese pirates, expelled the Dutch invaders, and successfully defended Taiwan.

Not only that, but Shen Yourong also helped North Korea and fought in Liaodong. He has made many achievements in the past few decades.

But such a general with outstanding military exploits suffered repeated setbacks under the official ecology of the Ming Dynasty that emphasized literature and suppressed military affairs.

If it wasn't for Xiong Tingbi's three-party arrangement strategy, Shen Yourong would still be the Shandong deputy commander stationed in Dengzhou.

Who is the civil servant that I can trust, and who is the military general who can sweep me away and make slaves for me?

After being troubled by these two questions, Zhu Youxiao asked "Who is the famous general who conquered the sea for me?"

Then, Zhu Youxiao found out sadly that there were very few naval generals in Ming Dynasty.Not to mention conquering the sea, the Daming Navy is becoming more and more unable to deal with the increasingly powerful pirates.

It won't take long, maybe after [-], the maritime merchant and pirate group headed by Zheng Zhilong will rise and be difficult to control, and will be recruited instead, and hang the banner of the Daming Navy.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, it is really a shame that a country's navy can't beat its own pirates.

And the maritime merchant and pirate group can rise and dominate the China Sea, why can't the current Daming Navy?
Money, no money!If I sell iron, if I kill Fu Jihai, will I sell the palace?

Of course, Zhu Youxiao was being ruthless, expressing his firm determination, but he didn't have to take his wives to live in a dilapidated house.

Shen Yourong naturally didn't know what the emperor was thinking, seeing the emperor smiling and watching but not speaking, her mind was full of wild thoughts.

"Shen Qing has seen the red-haired barbarians, and knows their strength, right?" Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment before asking.

Shen Yourong was stunned for a moment, showing doubts on his face, but after thinking about it, he still answered truthfully: "I have dealt with Hongmao Yi in Penghu, so I know a thing or two."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and said: "I have read "Wanli Yehuo Chapter. Hongmaoyi", and also read the report of Fujian local officials, saying that the red-haired boats are strong and powerful, and Shen Qing can explain in detail."

In the description of the local officials in Fujian, it was written that the big ship of Hongmaoyi was 50 feet (165 meters) long, which was even longer than Zheng He's treasure ship (44 feet). Zhu Youxiao thought it was an exaggeration.

But he also knew that the Daming Navy was indeed lagging behind and declining.

Since the 30th year of Wanli, the total number of warships of the Daming Navy has increased, but the number of large warships has decreased significantly. This obviously deviates from the development direction of the era of great navigation!

Looking at the equipment on the warships of the Daming Navy, it became even more obvious.

Even if it was the largest Dafu ship at that time, according to the records of "Wu Bei Zhi", there was only one Hongyi cannon, six Qianjin Frangji, and the rest were small cannons such as bowl-mouth guns.

According to the accounts of Xu Guangqi and Tang Ruowang, the few red cannons used by the navy of the Ming army were salvaged from sunken Western ships.According to Xiyi standards, it is called an eighteen-pounder gun.

On the warships of European naval powers, the 24-pounder guns are only moderate, and a lot of 36-pounder and [-]-pounder guns are already equipped.

As for the Francophones commonly equipped by the navy of the Ming army, even the Qianjin Francophone cannon has been abandoned by Xiyi warships because of its airtightness.

"The Hongyi boat is about fifteen or sixty feet long and three or four feet wide. It is called a plywood. There are two to three layers inside, all of which are equipped with big guns facing outward. The big guns are so sharp that a man and a boat should be crushed. It is the poison of the sea. There are people with such skills..."

Listening to Shen Yourong's narration, Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly.

The length of the ship is 50 meters, the width is more than [-] meters, and there are about [-] or [-] guns, which should be about the same.But it won't be the red-haired battleships, like Sea Coachman and up-and-comer John Bull.

The descriptions of those civil servants are too exaggerated, and the artillery will be fired at every turn, and the corruption will be more than ten miles. You should be the rocket launcher of the future generations!

"Which is the biggest battleship of our Daming Navy?" Zhu Youxiao signaled the palace servants to serve tea, and asked while Shen Yourong paused.

Shen Yourong hurriedly put down the tea bowl, and replied: "The largest battleship today is a four-hundred-meter Fuzhou ship, more than ten feet long, with a big fat gun, six thousand-jin franc guns, and three bowl-mouth guns... "

The Daming Navy reached its peak during Zheng He's voyages during the Yongle period. It is well-deservedly number one in the world and a huge fleet that is unparalleled in the world.

But then it declined rapidly. In the time of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Daxia, a doctor in the Ministry of War, would have even more important strategic value. After decades of Zheng He's fleet, he sacrificed his life to get the navigation data destroyed, and all officials of the Ming Dynasty praise.

In the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty, Zeng Yiben rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and owned a fleet of ten thousand dendrobium black-tailed boats, which surpassed the strength of the navy of the Ming army and ran rampant in the coastal states such as Chao, Lei, and Qiong.

In order to subdue Zeng Yiben, 29 counties along the southeast coast planned to build 24 ships with a length of 15 to 17 feet and a hull covered with a layer of iron armor within half a year.

In addition, there are plans to build more than 100 Daifuku ships.This can be said to be the most powerful maritime combat force of the Ming army since Zheng He!
But the plan was not fully implemented, and the peak didn't last long before it began to decline again.

The construction of large ships was stopped, island bases were abandoned, the contraction policy caused heavy damage to the navy, and the coastal defense line was pushed back to the coast from the far sea and even the outer ocean.

When the navy of the Ming army gradually could only maintain coastal patrols and carry out actions such as piracy and smuggling, some sea merchants and pirates had already begun to equip large plywood ships and Xiyi cannons.

How can this work, this will never work!

If you want to save trouble and save money, just wait a few years, recruit Zheng Zhilong, let them change their banner, and the Daming Navy will become stronger again.

But is that the Ming army that can be loyal to the emperor, love the country, and do whatever it takes? Is that a way to earn huge profits for the Ming Dynasty?

The result is obvious, the Zheng family monopolizes commercial routes, is rich beyond compare, and the treasury of Ming Dynasty can run away with rats, Chongzhen is still poor to death.

What's the use of the armed forces that can't be firmly in the hands and hinder Zhu Youxiao from seizing ocean wealth?
Of course, in order to expand the navy and make the navy stronger, it is necessary to continuously pour money into it.But for Zhu Youxiao, it's called investment, and it will pay off handsomely.

(End of this chapter)