The minister was just talking, and the issues discussed in court today were too late, so the Dukes listened seriously, but Ye Chunqiu suddenly laughed, and this smile attracted everyone's attention.

Liu Jian glanced at Ye Chunqiu and couldn't help but say, "Don't Zhenguo have anything to say?"

Ye Chunqiu smiled and went out to work. He saluted first, and then said, "This master said inland defense. How to defend? Do Quanzhou need to defend, how many soldiers and horses are prepared to be allocated? In Ningbo, how many soldiers and horses are required to be prepared, Songjiang, Guangzhou? Where are Dengzhou, Weihai and Jinzhou Guards? How many prefectures and counties are there, dozens or hundreds of counties, and inland defense are needed. How many military and horses should be prepared? Tens of thousands of troops and horses in Quanzhou cannot withstand the attacks of Folangji people. If so, then please recruit millions of elite soldiers, strictly practice, distribute the coastlines thousands of miles, build fortifications, and build sentinel posts, treat this coast as nine sides, and ask the court to dispatch the governor to take charge of military affairs in various provinces. There is also more fortresses, and only if there is insufficient money and food, you can collect taxes. But the people are in trouble. Where does this tax come from?"

Ye Chunqiu also spoke with a bit of aggressiveness.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile as he listened. He just didn't like being a turtle.

The minister's face suddenly became gloomy, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Speaking of which, his proposal is really ridiculous. In order to prevent Japanese pirates, the imperial court added dozens of Japanese guards, which was already in a state of great trouble. Now, it is not a small fight between Japanese pirates, but a real Folang Navy. How many Folang Guards are needed?

At this time, Ye Chunqiu said again: "The powerful imperial court, because of the people of Folang Ji, avoided war everywhere. Only when they came in, did they know that they wanted to guard it. If this continues, not to mention the cost, does the country of Middle-earth have to reach this point? The people along the coast are all your parents of food and clothing, your salary and wealth, and the people's wealth. This is what Emperor Taizu Gao said. Now the people along the coast are afraid and are still thinking about how to prevent, how to defend, when to guard, when to guard it?"

Ye Chunqiu's words felt a bit ridiculous, and everyone was embarrassed. However, Liu Jian came to smooth things over: "What Duke Zhenguo said makes sense, and the inland defense is really too expensive."

The root of the problem is still money. To defend, you have to build garrisons. Because of the preparation of Japanese dynasties, how many garrisons are built? How much money and grain are there every year? But what you need to prepare now is not as simple as a group of thieves, but a navy with the strength to attack the Ming harbor and even a navy that can be equally matched with the officers and soldiers of a province. This is not the case at all.

If you really want to defend yourself, there is no millions of troops, you don’t even think about it. With such a long coastline in the Ming Dynasty, you can’t attack anywhere. You can just dispatch troops. When you transfer your troops to the ground, they will have already done a big battle and then ride the wind and waves.

Liu Jian looked at Zhu Houzhao and then said, "I beg your Majesty to decide."

Zhu Houzhao said with his head, "In order to prevent the situation and protect the country and the people, it is urgent to establish a navy. However, I think that the national treasury is insufficient for money and food, and this navy costs a lot. Duke of the State, let's calculate for everyone, how much does the navy cost?"

The king and his minister sang together: "Your Majesty, I asked the Folang Ji people, and they said that even if the cost of maintaining a fleet of thirty ships, such as personnel, ammunition, shipbuilding, supplies, etc., is about 150,000 taels a year."

150,000 taels of silver, this amount is actually barely acceptable.

Ye Chunqiu said again: "But if you keep improving, the Portuguese have maintained nine fleets, including 4 merchant fleets, 2 guard fleets, and 3 foreign fleets. Among them, the guard fleet is the strongest, and the foreign fleet is second, the merchant fleet is slightly weaker. Don't think that this merchant fleet claims to be a merchant, or a civilian ship, but in fact it is still a warship. A merchant fleet is equipped with about 20 to 30 ships, and thousands of sailors,

It can also be used as soldiers. In addition, it is equipped with 300 artillery pieces and 1,55 sailors. What they defeated this time is the merchant fleet. Their foreign fleet is mainly used to prevent the Ottoman countries and is the strongest. The security fleet is used to defend the local area. Now that our Ming Dynasty has defeated their fleet, they must take revenge. Since the Ming Dynasty wants to build a naval army, will it only maintain the size of a Portuguese merchant fleet?"

Ye Chunqiu said this and paused, glanced at everyone with a complicated expression, and then "Although Portugal is a major sailing power in Florida, in addition to this, there are the Spaniards with the strongest maritime strength, Venice and the Ottomans are not inferior. Since the Ming Dynasty can guard against Portugal, what if the Portuguese make an appointment with Spain to unite?"

Ye Chunqiu glanced at the others again, and then said, "If the sea waves are calm, from the perspective of the ministers, the Ming navy will inevitably maintain the strength of Portugal's navy in the future. It must have 300 ships and more than 20,000 personnel. Not only will the scale not be underestimated by the small Portuguese country, but the newly built ships should be more equipped than Portugal. In this way, I am afraid that the annual cost should be between two million and five million silver, which... is the cost price."

Having said this, everyone took a breath.

What is this? This is the advantage of information. For the navy, the ocean, and the Folangji, the dynasties, they were all blinded. It was not what Ye Chunqiu wanted to say.

But what Ye Chunqiu said makes sense. A small Portuguese is so powerful. If you want to build a naval army and prevent it before it happens, thirty ships are not enough. Is it less than 10% of that of Portuguese? Moreover, since Portuguese is considered a small country in the eyes of Europa, others such as Ottomans, Spain, and even Venice, it seems that they should not be underestimated. The Ming Dynasty wants to maintain the scale of the naval army, at least it must maintain the scale of Ye Chunqiu’s narrative. Of course, this is the future.

But the fundamental problem is that the money...at least two million silver is shaped like silver. This is the cost price. The real expense is at least five million silver.

Even if you sell everyone now, I guess I can't raise the money.

If the wealth of the Ming Dynasty really comes to light, it can actually completely crush Portugal. This is nothing wrong, but the problem is that the tax system of the Ming Dynasty is a mess. This is a systematic problem. If the tax system of Portugal is used, I am afraid that the annual tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty can reach 30 million to 80 million taels of silver. The problem is, can you change the tax system?

(To be continued., Your support is my greatest motivation.) 16-10-14 12:54:02
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