Ming Dynasty: The poorest Jin Yiwei, the emperor begged me for corruption

Hearing Li Changsheng's words, Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao dropped a big stone in his heart, and said with a sigh of relief: "Li Qing said this, and Xu was relieved." "

"Your Majesty, since you want to open the sea ban and open the sea for trade. "

"Then, we, the Daming Dynasty, cannot but form a sufficiently powerful Daming navy. "

Li Changsheng arched his hand at Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao and said, "Only by forming a sufficiently powerful Daming navy can we ensure the safety of our Daming maritime trade with the sea.

All caravans that have obtained the right to our Daming Dynasty should be protected by our Daming Dynasty.

Only in this way can they pay commercial taxes willingly.

Moreover, the words of this Daming Navy are not just to ensure the safety of maritime transportation.

This Daming navy also has the role of eliminating pirates and eliminating the remnants of the Wakou forces.

This is also an important step to solve the problem of our Ming Dynasty once and for all. "

"Form the Daming Navy?"

"The word navy has a bit of a meaning. "

"More figurative than a navy, this is an army sailing on the sea. "

"Yes, it's called the navy, Li Qing is really powerful." "

Hearing Li Changsheng's words, a smile appeared on Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao's cheeks, and then he frowned 15 and said to him: "The warships of the guards in various coastal areas, is it okay?"

Is it possible to transfer personnel from various guards along the coast to form this Daming Navy?"

As the emperor of the Daming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao naturally knew that their Daming treasury was empty.

Even in his inner library, he couldn't get too much silver to build a warship.

Li Changsheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, if you send soldiers from the guards in various coastal areas to form the Daming Navy, you can naturally do it.

However, if you want to use the warship of the guardhouse, it is not reliable.

Weisho's warships are still offshore and can be used, but the Daming Navy that Weichen wants to form is a navy with long-distance sailing capabilities.

It is a warship that needs to be able to cross the sea and reach any part of the world. "

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao said with a bitter smile on his cheeks: "Xu also wants to support Li Qing, but because our Daming treasury is empty, I am afraid that there is not much money to build such a warship." "

"Your Majesty, the problem of silver money is the responsibility of our Jinyiwei side. "

"We can pay for it here. "

Li Changsheng smiled slightly and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty does not need to worry about this problem. "

Hearing Li Changsheng's words, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and said, "Li Qing, your Jinyiwei are now building official roads in our entire Daming Dynasty, and can you still take out extra silver money to build warships?"

"Your Majesty, this time, we have wiped out pirates and wakou, as well as raided the mansions of a large number of officials in the coastal lands, and harvested a large amount of gold and silver. "

"This money, Weichen thinks so, half of it is taken out, exchanged for rice, flour, grain, oil and other living materials, all of which are returned to the hands of our coastal people of the Ming Dynasty. "

Li Changsheng pondered for a moment and said to Zhu Houzhao: "The remaining half, all used to build warships, is already more than enough. "

Although the specific harvest of Jinyiwei's side has not yet been counted.

But Li Changsheng could guess that he would definitely be able to harvest a very large amount of gold and silver.

Not to mention other places, Nanjing City alone, the six books of Nanjing alone, and some dignitaries in Nanjing City, can loot a large amount of gold and silver.

Not to mention, there is also this Duke of Wei Mansion!

The harvest of the Duke of Wei's Mansion alone may be beyond imagination!

Don't say that the formation of a Daming navy, even if it is to form three or five Daming navies, it is not a problem.

Hearing Li Changsheng's words, Zhu Houzhao was stunned, and his cheeks showed excitement and said: "Li Qing didn't say it, I almost forgot, yes, these harvests are just used to build warships and form our Daming Navy!"

"Your Majesty is wise. "

Li Changsheng arched his hand at Zhu Houzhao and said.

"Li Qing thinks, how many navies and warships should we build in Daming?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment and asked Li Changsheng.

"Your Majesty, Weichen believes that at least one hundred and twenty warships, or even two hundred warships, should be built. (Read violent novels, just go on Feilu Fiction Network!)

"This warship must be built according to the specifications of Zheng He's treasure ship when Zheng He went to the West. "

Hearing this, Li Changsheng said without thinking: "Like ordinary warships, they also need to be built in large quantities, and they can build a thousand to be responsible for patrolling the coastal waters and ensuring the safety of merchant ships.

The number of people can be around 100,000. "

Zheng He's treasure ship, according to Zheng He's biography, the largest is 148 meters long and 60 meters wide, making it the largest wooden sailing ship in the world at that time. The ship has four floors, the nine masts on the ship can hang twelve sails, the anchor weighs several thousand pounds, and it takes two or three hundred people to set sail.

Perhaps simply looking at this number, it seems that this warship is not big.

However, if you compare it with an aircraft carrier, you can know how big this treasure ship is.

The length of an aircraft carrier, that is, about three hundred meters.

Zheng Hebao's largest warship has reached half the length of an aircraft carrier.

A warship carries thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people.

You know, this is a wooden sailboat.

The one hundred and twenty warships that Li Changsheng wanted to build, or even two hundred, naturally could not be built according to the specifications of the largest warship among Zheng Hebao's ships.

At most, several such ships will be built, and the others will be smaller ships.

Zheng He's treasure ship does not refer to a treasure ship, but an ocean-going fleet. 250

Naturally, there are big and small.

There were sixty-two ships in total.

"Where is the port?"

Zhu Houzhao was silent for a moment and asked Li Changsheng.

To be honest, building one hundred and fifty warships, or even two hundred warships, this number can be said to have a great impact on Zhu Houzhao.

Just thinking about it made Zhu Houzhao feel like his blood was boiling.

"Your Majesty, the port can be set in Quanzhou, Ningbo, and Guangzhou. "

"These three places are natural ports, and in these three places, city offices can be set up to manage caravans that need to go to sea, and to collect taxes on caravans that have the right to trade at sea. "

Li Changsheng pondered for a moment and said to Zhu Houzhao: "At that time, in these three places, a Daming navy will be stationed.

The Daming Navy was responsible for ensuring the safety of the caravan.

Even, in Weichen's view, we can not just allow our people of the Ming Dynasty to buy the right to trade at sea.

Even our Ming Dynasty officials, ourselves, can go to sea to trade.

Moreover, the matter of going to sea and trade can be taken care of by the Daming Navy.

Because our Daming Navy has the best warships, and has the ability to sail farther than those caravans that go to sea.

can obtain greater benefits for our Ming Dynasty!"