"Deputy Commander Fang, why do you think the military command hall ordered to cripple Zheng's main force before attacking its roots?" Ren Shuangyou did not directly answer Zhang Mingzhen's question, but turned his attention to Fang Ruocheng next to him.
"The military command hall should be worried that, like what happened on the battlefield in Liaodong before, after occupying Fuzhou, Xiamen and other places prematurely, the main force of the pirates will flow to the sea, which will require the navy to spend more effort and energy to exterminate them."
"Old General, the military orders of the Military Command Hall are formulated in accordance with His Majesty's instructions. His Majesty made plans based on the war situation in the world. Zheng Thief started as a pirate. Now there are two important cities in Fuzhou and Xiamen, and they can still encircle them.
Call for reinforcements, but if these two places are pulled out, and the main force is still there, once they scatter on the island. Under the huge sea area, it will be too difficult for us to annihilate them, and it will take a long time and huge investment.
Your Majesty's plan is to control the sea, not a few cities."
"It seems that the general's vision is too small and he is unable to appreciate the Sacred Heart."
After Ren Shuangyou's explanation, Zhang Mingzhen understood why he had to use the most troublesome method to fight Zheng Jun. It turned out that it was to make them lose the ability to join the sea and become a bandit again, so it took so much trouble!
The soldiers on the front line did not understand this arrangement. In fact, there were also complaints in the court. Even if Zhu Youjian briefly explained why he wanted to fight like this, the dissidents, mainly administrative officials, were still gossiping. In their view,
It is wrong to artificially increase the difficulty of war!
"Let the attendants draw up a notice. Three days later, officials of the third rank or above and general-level officers in Beijing will meet on the platform. I want to reason." These people without foresight can really piss people off. The New Deal has been implemented for seven or eight years.
As a result, my head was still a mess. The core reason for their disagreement was the Lu Quan mentality.
Three days later, hundreds of officials and generals gathered on the platform, each sitting on a horse. Zhu Youjian sat on the dragon chair against the bright sun and began to lecture.
"Today, I have called you here to reason. What reason are you talking about? The principles of governing the country! Logically speaking, you are all great talents in the world. You are rich in knowledge and should be well versed in the road of governing the country. However, the rumors from the court that I have heard recently are...
It makes me very disappointed and makes me feel that there is no talent in the world."
"Why no talent? It's because the Ming Dynasty court hall is full of toads sitting in wells looking at the sky. The narrow field of vision is amazing. Let me give you an example first. The total tax amount of the court this year should be more than 25 million taels.
In silver dollars, the agricultural taxes in several provinces add up to 5 to 6 million taels. The industrial and commercial taxes are better at 8 million taels. The tobacco and alcohol monopoly tax is more than 4 million taels. Where do the rest of the taxes come from?
It comes from the tax collected by the Customs Department. In other words, the customs tax is nearly 7 million taels."
"What is the concept of the customs tax of seven million taels? The concept is that it accounts for nearly 30% of the total tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty. Among them, the tax collected by several foreign trade markets is only about two hundred taels. The real bulk is the contribution of several seaports
of."
"This is not the biggest benefit brought by sea trade. As we all know, at present, apart from the tobacco and alcohol monopoly tax, most of the expenses for raising an army of hundreds of thousands are subsidized by the money earned from uterine delivery. Of the money earned from uterine delivery, more than half
It is obtained through foreign trade, and maritime foreign trade accounts for the bulk of the entire foreign trade income. In other words, through maritime trade, the Ming Dynasty's annual income is at least fifteen million taels of silver dollars."
"After hearing this, do you understand the importance of sea territory? No, you don't understand! The important role of sea trade is far from being as simple as the numbers seen by the court. At least 10 million taels of silver pass through sea trade every year.
Have you ever paid attention to how much copper, cotton, grain, sugar and other materials that have flowed into the Ming Dynasty in recent years have had an impact on the court and the people?"
"Come here, get on the map!"
After a phone call, Zhu Youjian asked someone to bring up two prepared pictures. One of the two pictures was a world map, and the other was a map of the East Asian seas. Around these two pictures, Zhu Youjian
Open your mouth and preach:
"The world is so big, most people should have understood it in the past few years. In such a big world, the Ming Dynasty is only so big! And what is the most convenient way to connect such a huge world? It is sea transportation! You should know that Sui Yang
After the emperor built the canal, the prosperity of the world has always been in Jiangnan, and Jiangnan has assumed the main responsibility of supplying the world since then! What is the reason? Naturally, it is the convenience of water transportation, and it is the long-lasting transportation on land by carriages and horses.
It's incomparable. Even if there are railways now, the waterway is still more cost-effective."
"This is just river transportation. Ships sailing on the sea have even more powerful transportation capabilities. You should know. What does this mean? It means ruling on the land and getting rich on the sea. Not paying attention to the sea will bring huge benefits to the world.
Daming will always be a scrap!"
After pointing at the world map and spraying it for a long time, Zhu Youjian pointed at the East Asian maritime map.
"Let's look at this picture again. Here is North Korea, here is Japan, here is Da Yuan Island, here is Luzon, and beyond here is Nanyang! Connect here into a line, and then think of the coast of Ming Dynasty as a line. Everyone
What do you think is between these two lines?"
Without waiting for the people below to answer, Zhu Youjian said hurriedly: "This is a natural big river. Compared with it, the canal built by Emperor Sui Yang is just an extremely thin stream.
.The most intelligent civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty turned their backs on such a huge river. What are they but toads sitting in a well looking at the sky?"
"This seaway is in the hands of Ming Dynasty. The copper, sulfur and rice from Japan, and the silver brought by Westerners will be used by Ming Dynasty at the lowest cost. And if there is unrest here, even if there are people in it
If 10% of the profit is stolen, how much will the Ming Dynasty suffer? If this seaway is blocked, how much will the Ming Dynasty suffer? The Zheng family owns nearly a thousand ships and tens of thousands of pirates. If these people cannot be gathered together and annihilated
But have you ever thought about how difficult it would be to scatter it into the ocean and then try to annihilate it?"
"As far as national interests are concerned, if the main force of the Zheng family fled into the sea, the losses suffered would be worse than those of Jianlu. Now spend some energy and consume as much as possible while they have a place they must defend.
Its strength is better than finding a needle in a haystack in the future, right? It is such a simple reason that civil and military officials have different opinions! Have you disappointed me too much? With such a performance, how can the people of the world and I rest assured that you and others will be in power? The environment is long-term.
Looking at it from a broad perspective, it has been several years since the Ming Dynasty implemented the New Deal and established new schools, right? There is no progress at all, is it decent?"
Zhu Youjian roared at the ministers below, which made the people below him bow their heads in response. The boss seemed to be really angry this time!