In the early days of the Dynasty again, Xiao Tianjian ordered the court to draft a decree, in the name of the emperor of the suzerain, canonized the Korean king Li Liang to officially assume the position of the king of Korea, and at the same time ordered the navy to send a few lucky boats to be used as sealing boats, send people to Korea to announce the decree, and reward the Korean king with some gifts.

Although the Zheng family's naval division controlled the sea route, but nowadays, after the naval battle of Zhoushan, the tentacles of the Zheng family's naval army have shrunk, which has stabilized the situation in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang a lot, and the Nanjing Zhonghua Shipyard has been launched one after another and delivered to the navy, which has greatly increased the strength of the navy.

In addition, after the year, Xiao Tianjian issued an order to build a larger shipyard in Ningbo Prefecture, preparing to start larger-scale shipbuilding in China, North Korea, and laying a good foundation for the next step of expanding naval strength.

In addition, considering the use of North Korea to contain Jiannu, Xiao Tianjian issued an order in the early court that day, in the Dengzhou area, with a group of men and horses originally stationed in this area, reorganized into two divisions, and the soldiers were mainly northerners, and they were also used as a reserve force in the future Northern Expedition, and temporarily belonged to Diao Zheng, who was sitting in Shandong and Hebei.

Xiao Tianjian did not say the main purpose of these two divisions for the time being, but according to the plan agreed upon by him and the military headquarters, after the completion of the training of these two divisions, as the weather warms up, they will be sent to Phi Dao in North Korea to be stationed.

Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Island, went out of the town of Phi Island as a lonely division, and was regarded as a thorn in the flesh by Jiannu, because of the existence of Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army, so that the slave chieftain never dared to go south to covet the pass, but it is a pity that Mao Wenlong, the hero of the Ming Dynasty, did not die on the battlefield against Jiannu, but died in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and was deceived by Yuan Chonghuan on trumped-up charges to Shuangdao to kill, which led to the strategic collapse of the Ming Dynasty in the entire Liaodong.

Xiao Tianjian deeply regretted this matter, but he was helpless, now that North Korea has made its attitude clear, and he has now pacified the northern provinces, vacated enough strength, coupled with the formation of the navy, so that he has this strength, using North Korea to open up a new bridgehead on the east side of Liaodong, how can Xiao Tianjian let go of this opportunity?

Of course, the formation of these two divisions was very unhappy for the household department, and the formation of the two divisions would cost a lot of money, even if Fu Deming raised objections, believing that the boundaries of Shandong had been determined, and there was no need to set up these two divisions in the area of Dengzhou and Laizhou Prefecture, which would consume too much, not only that, but also asked Xiao Tianjian to cut off a large number of local defenders along the canal.

As a compromise, Xiao Tianjian agreed to Fu Deming's request, and ordered that a part of the local defenders in Shandong and Henan who were incorporated from the Ming army be dismantled on the spot, and the elite soldiers would be left to be incorporated into the two divisions in Dengzhou, and the rest would be dismissed and assigned to land to settle them for farming, so that Fu Deming kept his mouth shut.

Although Xiao Tianjian is now a person who has the final say, but he also allows the officials of the DPRK and China to put forward different opinions, which will play a guiding role in his implementation of the new policy in the future, many things, although it cannot be implemented now, but in the future Xiao Tianjian still has to be gradually implemented, he can guarantee that he will be a Ming Jun in this life, but how can he ensure that his children and grandchildren can be Ming Jun in the future? Therefore, at the right time, Xiao Tianjian will still change the system that has been inherited from thousands of years up and down in China in which the emperor has the final say.

After Xiao Tianjian arranged two things, Li Xin, the secretary of the military department, came out and said: "Qi Shengshang, now that the men and horses of the southern departments have been in place, General Liu's two guard divisions have arrived in Fuzhou Mansion and Guangxin Mansion in Jiangxi, and they can use troops against Fujian at any time!" I don't know when the Holy Lord decided to start ordering the troops and horses to start moving! I hope that the Holy One will make it clear today! ”

Xiao Tianjian thought for a while and asked, "How is the morale of the soldiers ahead?" ”

Li Xin bowed down and replied: "The morale of the soldiers of all ministries is like a rainbow, and all the ministries have sent people to Beijing to ask for war!" General Liu even sent someone back yesterday to make it clear to Weichen, saying that they were confident that they would reach Quanzhou City within a month after the start of the war! ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded slightly and said, "It seems that the soldiers' desire to fight is still quite high!" But at the moment, I think that it is not the time to move troops for the time being, and now Zheng Zhilong has not made a decision, and there should be no problem for the land division to capture Fujian, but the Zheng family's sailors are not easy to solve.

But I thought it would be okay to beat Zheng Zhilong first, since the soldiers are very eager to fight, then I will order Shi Ran's department to fight Xianxia Pass first! As long as Xianxia closes it, then the road into Fujian will be declared unobstructed, if Zheng Zhilong is not lost, then he can't blame me for not giving his Zheng family a chance!

In addition, the navy cannot be idle, although the strength of our navy is not enough to solve the Zheng family's naval division at sea, but it cannot make the Zheng family's fleet too comfortable.

The ten centipede ships that I ordered to be built for the navy a few years ago have now been delivered to the navy, and they should be ready for use this month! The centipede ship is fast, and it can give full play to the advantages of the fast boat, and send a message to Liu Jiang, asking him to send the centipede ship out to the coastal area of Fujian to attack the Zheng family's fleet, not requiring them to fight a decisive battle with the Zheng family's naval army, but to find a way to hurt the Zheng family, so that the Zheng family can truly experience the pressure we have caused him at sea!

In addition, the Songjiang Prefecture fleet and the Zhoushan fleet selected sturdy warships, mixed them and moved them to the southern coast of Zhejiang to garrison, and when necessary, to respond to the attack of the centipede fleet, you can attack the coast of Funing and Fuzhou, and temper the navy first! After all, the navy's salary is not low, and if I don't make some achievements, how can I add more warships to them? ”

After hearing this, Li Xin thought about it, so he bowed down to accept the order.

In the past six months or so, there has been a lot of uproar among the armies, which has aroused dissatisfaction among the army divisions, believing that the whole world has basically been won by their land divisions, but the navy has taken advantage of the cheapness, so why can their navy get more than twice the official salaries and salaries of the same generals of the army division, but the land division cannot take so much?

For this matter, Xiao Tianjian even made trouble a few years ago, Liu Jiang's status in the army was far inferior to those generals, and the strength of the navy was not very strong, and he was scolded enough by his colleagues in the land division.

After Xiao Tianjian learned about this, he didn't explain anything to the generals of the land division, but took time to gather Li Xin, Shi Ran, Liu Yaoben and other generals of the land division in Nanjing, and followed him on a boat, nominally to Songjiang Mansion and Ningbo Mansion to inspect the navy.

After the generals followed him out of the mouth of the Yangtze River to the sea, a group of generals of the land division knew that they were powerful, they didn't know water at all, and after being so gently bumped by the waves a few times, they collectively announced that they were faint, and they vomited and vomited on the boat one by one, especially Liu Yaoben, who almost vomited all the bile, lay on the board and said nothing, and couldn't even take into account the etiquette of the monarchs and ministers.

Xiao Tianjian deliberately let these people live in the sailors' cabin for one night, so that the generals of the land division could experience the taste of sailing on the sea, and experienced the experience of living in a dim and cramped cabin, enduring the unpleasant smell, and when they returned to Nanjing from Ningbo Mansion, the generals of the land division had no fart.

When Xiao Tianjian returned to Nanjing, he asked these generals who had previously exceeded the army's salary because of the navy's salary: "What do you think of this trip?" ”

Of course, the generals understood why Xiao Tianjian did this, so they shook their heads and said that the life of the navy generals was not easy, indicating that they thoroughly understood why the navy's military salary was higher than that of the land division.

Xiao Tianjian sneered: "Don't think that I am partial to the navy, this is the practice of various countries, the salary of the naval division is higher than that of the army, it is because the officers and soldiers of the navy pay more, once they fight at sea, the officers and soldiers often do not even have the opportunity to be shrouded in horse leather, so they can only be buried in the sea for the country!"

If in the future, if I hear someone say that the salary of the naval division is too high, and I am biased, then this matter will be easy to handle, and I will transfer him to the navy! Where the military salary is high, if you have the ability, go and get it! ”

After the generals listened, they had to agree to come down and retreat, and after the news spread, no one in the generals of the land division dared to complain that the army of the sea division exceeded them!

However, for this kind of competition between the naval division and the land division, Xiao Tianjian did not interfere too deeply, since ancient times, in China, the naval division has actually been a vassal of the continental division, but in his era, the status of the naval division was raised to an unprecedented height by him for the first time, completely independent into an army, and became a completely independent army, so it is normal for the naval division to be discriminated against by the land division before there is no outstanding military exploits, which can also force the generals of the naval division to be angry and strong, to strive for the establishment of their merits, Only in this way can the naval divisions gradually grow up and form their unique naval culture.

As the current temporary commander-in-chief of the navy, Liu Jiang, after getting Xiao Tianjian's holy message, hurriedly went out and agreed, this half a year, the navy that has just been established under his command, the strength has grown rapidly, Xiao Tianjian, the emperor, has devoted great efforts to the construction of their navy, often personally inspecting the shipyard, and in just half a year, he went to Ningbo Mansion and Songjiang Mansion twice to observe the training of the navy, as long as the navy needs, as long as he knows, he will order the departments to give the fastest solution, Moreover, the salaries of the navy generals far exceed the salaries of the army generals, and it can be said that in the past six months or so of their navy, Xiao Tianjian has asked them for money, things for things, and people for them, all of which reflect the importance that Xiao Tianjian attaches to their navy.

In the face of such Longen, the generals of the navy were all grateful to Xiao Tianjian, which is also the reason why they continued to move forward bravely without fear of death in the battle of Zhoushan against the Zheng Junshui Division, and finally recovered the Zhoushan Islands.

Since the saint attaches so much importance to their navy, everything that should be given to them is given, and now let them show it, how dare Liu Jiang have the slightest complaint? Therefore, after Liu Jiang listened to the order, he immediately sharpened his sword in his heart, and made up his mind to fight in the south this time, why should their navy make some more merits to show the generals of the land division, and in the future, let the generals of their navy stand tall and behave in front of the army division.

In addition to the launching of warships one after another to deliver them, the navy also set up two marine battalions under Xiao Tianjian's holy will, and according to Xiao Tianjian's advice to them, these two marine battalions in addition to the normal training according to the Marine Division's battalion, but also increased the training of going to sea with the ship, and there are some differences between the equipment and the land division, the Marine battalion is not equipped with heavy artillery, as their fire support, the tiger squat cannon has become a must-have for them, which is more convenient for them to travel. It won't be too difficult when you land.

The main task of the marine battalion is not to fight any tough battles, but to raid the main battle, the main task is to cooperate with the navy to launch a sudden attack on the shore of the enemy-controlled area, after seizing the beachhead, hold on to a large number of land divisions to come to the aid, although the two battalions are not many, but under the instruction of Xiao Tianjian, all of them are drawn from the elite officers of the army, although the army has been formed for a short time, but the combat effectiveness can not be underestimated, in the first battle of Zhoushan, although only one of the two marine battalions has just formed an army, Engaged in the battle, but it also showed considerable combat effectiveness, even Liu Yaoben was hungry after seeing the combat power of this marine battalion, and wanted to pull this battalion of marine battalions under his command, if it wasn't for Xiao Tianjian's inconvenience, maybe this marine battalion would be stolen and eaten by Liu Yaoben.

Although the navy is not yet able to compete with Zheng Jun's naval division on the sea, it already has considerable strength, and as long as it is careful, it can also cause considerable pressure on the coastal areas of Fujian.