In the war on the southeast coast, the sailors were an important and decisive force.

Zhejiang and Nanzhi are densely covered with waterways, and there are Qiantang and Yangtze River natural hazards, and it is difficult to move an inch without a water division.

Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang's sailors in the battle of Poyang Lake, thus laying the foundation for unifying Jiangnan.

And a few months ago, King Lu also relied on the powerful fleet in his hands to dare to resist the capture of Qiantang. If it weren't for Bolo's successful smuggling, I'm afraid the Qing army would still be sighing on the north shore now.

For the sailor, Zhu Linmiao has been planning for a long time. A strong naval division is not only related to the war situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but also the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade in the future.

Therefore, although there is no decent sailor in sight in the Taizheng Dynasty at present, after his large investment in the early stage, remarkable achievements have been made in the construction of warships and the training of sailors.

It's just that the courtiers don't know about it, in fact, even if they get the news, I'm afraid they will not care about this small but elite fleet built by the auxiliary king.

Zhu Linmiao smiled at Li Hui and said, "Lord Li, rest assured, the sailor is the breakthrough point for me to enter Zhejiang, and he will never let the captive ship run rampant." ”

Although Li Hui had doubts when he heard this, since His Royal Highness had said so, he was inconvenient to question, so he had to bow down and retreat.

In fact, Zheng Chenggong, the current Admiral of the Ming Dynasty, was busy with the construction of the fleet and stayed in Yongbeili to go to court in the future, otherwise he would definitely use various facts to dispel Lord Li's concerns.

Zhu Linmiao saw that the officials in the court still seemed to have doubts and wanted to continue to advise passive defense, so he raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said loudly: "I haven't finished talking yet."

"I have decided to ask for an order to send troops to aid Zhejiang, and to recover Zhejiang, even if the army is rectified, the Northern Expedition will be waved, the thieves will be expelled, and Nanjing will be recovered in one fell swoop! Filial piety sacrifice to Taizu! ”

His words were like detonating a bomb in front of the Wenhua Palace, and all the courtiers were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly exploded. Some panicked, some frowned and worried, and some sighed secretly. Almost everyone felt that the young Vice-Chancellor had been carried away by his previous victory, and had become self-righteous and arrogant, which led to such a decision to strike a stone with an egg.

But for a while, no one dared to stand up against it.

This north drives the east, recovers the old capital, and worships the ancestors of filial piety is a great righteousness, and it can even be said to be the greatest significance of the existence of the Taizheng Dynasty.

In addition, His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King holds the military power of the Ming Dynasty and has the great contribution of pacifying half of the south of the Yangtze River.

Of course, there were also a small number of courtiers who were surprised when they heard the word "Northern Expedition", only to feel the anger and unwillingness that had been suppressed in their hearts for many years gushing out.

Zhu Linmiao saw that there was a lot of discussion in the court, and was about to say something more, but when he saw Huang Daozhou stepping out of the ranks, he coughed lightly.

All the ministers instantly quieted down, their eyes were all focused on this cabinet chief, and they all said in their hearts, if there is anyone who can convince His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King right now, it must be the old man of the Yellow Pavilion.

Huang Daozhou rubbed his hands hard, held his head high and said word by word: "Your Highness is strategic, serving yourself in the sky, and having a heart for the community!" This battle will be won and the captives will be swept away! Enlighten me to the end of the middle of the dynasty and recast my Chinese prosperity! ”

He saw that Emperor Longwu was bullied internally and externally, and he was powerless to save the Lord, so he reported the Northern Expedition with the heart of death. It was at that time that King Chen's son admonished him with reason, which dispelled his thoughts.

Time passed, how could he have thought that only a year later, Zhu Linmi, who had become the auxiliary king, had already conquered and rebelled, recovered most of the south of the Yangtze River, and announced the Northern Expedition again.

Huang Daozhou knew that although His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King was young, he was a great talent who was not born in the world, and his views on the general trend of the world were never wrong. Since he is determined to go on the Northern Expedition, he must have a winning strategy, that is to say, he is expected to see Nanjing again in his lifetime, and the Ming Dynasty will no longer have a country and no capital!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes, took a deep breath, and said: "The old minister is willing to donate five thousand taels of family funds to help the army defeat the enemy!" ”

Zhu Linmiao didn't expect that the first Wenchen to approve of the Northern Expedition was Huang Daozhou, and he was moved at the moment and said: "The pillar of the old country of the Yellow Pavilion, I will perform this salute on behalf of the people of the world." ”

Huang Daozhou hurriedly turned sideways and avoided the side, and said "don't dare".

The ministers were even more stunned on the spot, but they didn't expect that the old Huang Ge Lao, who had always been old-fashioned, would agree with the adventurous move of the auxiliary king.

With Huang Daozhou taking the lead, after a while, an official followed and said, "The lower official donated 3,000 taels of silver to help the army in the Northern Expedition." ”

"Your Highness will get the thief in the north, and the lower official will also give three thousand taels of silver."

"The lower official donated four thousand taels. His Royal Highness has restored the capital, and it is an immortal achievement. ”

"The lower official donated two thousand taels ......"

Later, Zhu Linmiao gave a brief explanation of the work of various ministries to support the dispatch of troops, of course, the details will be arranged one by one after the court meeting.

After the court was dispersed, Zhu Linmiao rushed directly to the army to deploy the ya.

Now that the strategic direction of recovering Zhejiang first and then the Northern Expedition has been decided, it is necessary to actively plan and make adequate preparations in all aspects to ensure that the first battle is decided.

After Zhu Linmiao's analysis of the priorities of the Northern Expedition, the core of it is concentrated on six points - weapons, propaganda, army, finance, naval division, and strategic deployment.

For the first two items, he had already made specific arrangements for Song Yingxing, Hong Si and others yesterday, and there was nothing to worry about for the time being.

And the army was undoubtedly the heart of the entire Northern Expedition. Because Yu Xin was delayed by the heavy rain on the road, he has not yet reported to him. Therefore, he first went to the military headquarters to inquire about the details of the progress of the military reform.

The interior of the troop deployment has long since changed, and it is clearly divided into several parts -- the strategic command department, the staff department, the logistics department, the ordnance department, and the naval division.

All of this was improved by Zhu Linmiao in accordance with the command and management model of the army in later generations. Among them, the strategic command is the highest operational command unit, and Shang Shu of the Ministry of War is the chief officer, responsible for the strategic deployment, military command, and decision-making of the Ming army.

The general staff department is a tactical-level operational planning department, which is mainly composed of senior staff officers of the field army, and also has a small number of garrison staff officers. They are also responsible for the management of military academies and the evaluation of officers.

As the name suggests, the Logistics Department is the department responsible for the logistics of the Ming Army, and Ying Tianxiang, the director of the Logistics Department of the Long Wei Army, is temporarily in charge. In the future, all the grain and grass, baggage, military horses, and banner tents of the Ming army were purchased and deployed here. The Logistics Division is also equipped with its own dedicated transport capacity.

The Ordnance Department is responsible for the procurement, development and distribution of weapons. The production tasks of the Ming Ordnance Bureau are temporarily assigned here. However, after the introduction of bidding and procurement of ordnance in the future, the Ordnance Department will become a department similar to that of the Logistics Department, but in a different way in terms of management.

As for the naval divisions, they were listed separately and administered separately because they were completely different from the army in all aspects of management and operation.