For Chongzhen's insistence, everyone had no idea, and Yu Zhigao briefly introduced to Chongzhen the shipyard located in Dagukou, Tianjin.

The shipyard encloses 70 acres of land and has 50 acres of spare land. There are about 200 shipbuilders transferred from all over the country, plus some locally recruited workers, there are a total of 305 shipbuilders in Tianjin Dagu Shipyard.

With the exception of dock No. 1, which is being dug, the workshops for other shipbuilding tools have been almost established. In fact, according to several shipwrights, it doesn't matter if the flat-bottomed boats needed by the Bohai Fleet do not dig docks, they can be built on flat land close to the water's edge, as long as the slipway is set up.

Zhu Youzhen could only shake his head and say: "Although the flat-bottomed ship is suitable for the shallow water characteristics of the northern seas, the type of flat-bottomed ship is not suitable for building large ships, which determines that it will never become the main warship of the fleet."

These ships are only for you to train sailors and to temporarily secure control of the Bohai Sea. My requirements for the Bohai Fleet are only four words, strong ships and sharp guns.

The main warships of the Bohai Fleet should be the same as those Western ships, tall, sturdy, suitable for long-distance voyages, and well-equipped with artillery. The Navy must now think about how to fight at sea with artillery, and not just think about hand-to-hand combat at sea. ”

Yu Zhigao immediately reminded Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, although several of the shipwrights we recruited have participated in the construction of Western ships on Luzon. But they are not the presiding officers of the whole ship, and they may not be able to build a whole ship.

The amount of wood used in Western ships is far greater than the amount of materials used in ships we use now, and the cost is almost 5-6 times higher.

In addition, the soft sail used in Western ships is completely different from the hard sail maneuvering method we use now, and there are basically no sailors among the sailors who can operate Western ships, and even if they are built, no one will use them. ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little dumbfounded for a while, and after he was silent for a while, he said: "If you don't know how to operate ships in the West, you will hire Portuguese sailors and captains in Macao, and if you can't do it, you will first get a training ship out and explore the maneuvering methods of Western ships in the coastal waters."

Although the price of a Western ship is high, its ability to cross the ocean and carry so many cannons proves that a Western ship is more suitable as a warship.

As long as we can control trade in Asian waters, we don't have to worry about the cost of shipbuilding.

If we want to protect the interests of our merchants overseas, we need warships that can cross the ocean, and the arson boats hiding at the door of our homes cannot protect the interests of Ming merchants overseas.

In addition, the navy should begin collecting hydrographic data on the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea as soon as possible, and as a large fleet, it must know the areas suitable for the navigation of the large fleet and the ports of call. ”

At Chongzhen's insistence, Yu Zhigao and others ended the meeting with a dazed mood.

The emperor's strengthening of the position of the sailors certainly made them rejoice. However, the emperor almost completely denied it, and the old command system and combat methods of the naval division made these officers of the old naval division suddenly realize that most of their previous experience in the naval division had become ineffective. In the new navy, everyone has to learn from scratch.

When only the emperor and Wang Chengen were left in the conference room, Zhu Youzhen suddenly turned back to Wang Chengen and said: "Let the academicians of the Academy of Sciences study the influence of wind and waves on various ship types, as well as the stress of the artillery recoil on the ship's structure when the cannon is fired on the ship.

In addition, let Tianjin Dagu Shipyard first make a few scale-down ship models, and the model of the Spanish galleon should also be..."

On a sunny hill in the northeast of Ningyuan City, below Chaoyang Temple, a martyr's shrine built with stone masonry can be a foundation, and behind the martyr's shrine is a martyr's cemetery covering an area of more than 30 acres.

Today, the officers and soldiers who were not on duty in Ningyuan City came here, and the flow of people lined up from the front of the Martyrs' Shrine to the bottom of the mountain. The people standing on both sides of the mountain road, all with mourning on their faces, are waiting for the remains of the martyrs brought back from Liaodong to be buried.

The Liaodong War, which lasted for nearly ten years, couldn't help but make the Jurchen ordinary people begin to be tired of war, and even those Liaodong refugees who were driven out of their homeland, because they couldn't see the hope of recovering their homeland, gradually began to lose their ability to fight against the Houjin.

It's just that Houjin is the winning side after all, with the undefeated record of consecutive victories, coupled with the plundering of the losers after the victory, the Jurchens' antipathy to the war is not so strong.

After all, these Jurchens were war-weary because successive wars prevented them from enjoying the fruits of victory after victory, not because their efforts were far greater than their gains.

For the Liaodong refugees, Nurhachi launched a war against the Ming Dynasty, causing them to lose most of their property and relatives, and the enmity between the Houjin and the Liaodong refugees can be described as deep as the sea. But no matter how big the hatred is, it can't withstand the time to wear, and instead of avenging their families, these Liaodong refugees now value how to keep themselves alive.

When a person is struggling on the brink of survival every day, it is impossible to remember the things of hatred. The discriminatory policy of the imperial court against the refugees in Liaodong, when the Liaoxi generals treated these refugees who had lost all their belongings and fled refugees as cheap serfs, and even some fugitive Liaodong clans were also squeezed out by the local gentry, the objects of hatred of the refugees in Liaodong had quietly changed.

But today, the resentment of these Liaodong people against the imperial court and the Guannei people is suddenly gone, replaced by their nostalgia for their relatives who died at the hands of Hou Jin, and their hatred for the Jurchens.

After the ceremony, Wang Tiqian made a sacrifice on behalf of the emperor, and the military department Shangshu Wang in Jin and the Liaodong governor Wang Zhichen also made a sacrifice to commemorate these Liaodong martyrs.

Man Gui, Zhu Mei and other generals were greatly excited when they listened to the memorial written by the emperor himself. Zhao Shujiao repeated it several times in his heart: "The husband has a brave man...", and he was particularly moved by this memorial text.

After the memorial service was completed, Wang Tiqian and several officials planted a few pine and cypress trees in front of the Martyrs' Shrine, which was considered to have completed the entire ceremony.

During the whole memorial process, although there were nearly 10,000 people at the scene, except for some crying, everyone was surprisingly quiet, just looking at the direction of the martyr's shrine with sad eyes, pinning their grief.

The ancestral family, which is the most powerful in the Liaoxi Army, except for Zu Dashou and others who guarded Jinzhou, basically all the generals of the ancestral family who have positions in their positions have arrived.

Since Nurhachi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the general officers also folded 14 people, such as: Fushun Zhang Chengxiao, the four-way division is Du Song, Liu Wei, Wang Xuan, Zhao Menglin, Kai Ma Lin, Shenyang is He Shixian, You Shigong, Hunhe is Tong Zhonghua, Chen Ce, Liaoyang is Yang Zongye, Liang Zhongshan, Xipingbao, Liu Qu, Qi Bingzhong.

Although the imperial court gave tribute and favor to the descendants of these fallen officers, there was not much of a pension policy for those ordinary soldiers who did not even have their names left.

For the ordinary sergeants of the Liaodong Army, this practice of the imperial court is really a bit chilling.

And Chongzhen not only built a shrine to commemorate these ordinary soldiers who died in battle, but also sent envoys to Shenyang to collect the corpses, which immediately moved these Liaodong soldiers greatly.

It also made them much less dissatisfied with the previous reform of the military system in Liaodong.

When the sacrificial ceremony was completed, Wang Tiqian, Wang Zaijin, and Wang Zhichen returned to Ningyuan City, and then summoned the generals to discuss the matter.

In the previous period of time, Wang Zaijin, with the assistance of Wang Zhichen and Man Gui, finally carried out the initial integration of the army between Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan. Except for the 20,000 Zujia troops stationed in Jinzhou, because they were located in the relationship with Houjin, and Zu Dashou himself was also very resistant to the reorganization of the army, so Wang Zaijin did not move him for the time being, and most of the Liaodong army was included in the command system of the General Staff.

The five general soldiers outside the Guanwai are Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao, Zhu Mei, Ma Dengyun, Zu Dashou, Ma Dengyun guards the mountain customs, and Zu Dashou guards Jinzhou.

In addition to paying tribute, Wang Tiqian also brought an edict from Chongzhen to make an adjustment to the troops inside and outside the pass.

Zhu Guoyan, the chief officer of the Santun Battalion, was transferred to Tianjin, Zhao Shujiao, the chief soldier of the Qiantun Battalion, was transferred to the chief officer of the Santun Battalion, and Zhu Mei's unit was transferred to the Qiantun in the rear of Ningyuan. The original Jiliao Governor was changed to the Jiliao Governor's Mansion, which was in charge of Jizhou Town in Guannei and Liaodong Town outside Guanwai.

The emperor's will coincided with the gossip that the imperial court wanted to give up Liaodong in the army.

Originally, in the layout of military forces outside the Guan, Qiantun was the location of logistics transfer, Ningyuan was the center of gravity of the Liaodong Army and a logistics base, and Jinzhou was the front-line base for sorties.

Now, according to the emperor's will, Ningyuan has become the focus of the frontline defense, the logistics base is placed in Qiantun, and Jinzhou has become an outpost.

Man Gui and Zhu Mei were silent about this, and Zhao Shujiao, who was transferred to the Guannei, said to the three high-ranking officials above: "In this way, if Jinzhou is besieged by Jiannu, and the troops in Ningyuan City are insufficient, I am afraid it will be difficult to rescue, then won't Jinzhou's army become a lone son?" I am afraid that all the benefits obtained by Ning Jin's victory will be taken back by Jiannu. ”

Wang Zhichen's expression was a little hesitant, as the governor of Liaodong, if he lost Jinzhou, his responsibility was not small.

However, Wang Zaijin said unceremoniously: "Even if there are more soldiers in Ningyuan City, when Houjin besieges Jinzhou, will you dare to fight?" Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians on Juehua Island, can they wait for reinforcements? ”

Wang Zaijin's reprimand suddenly silenced the military attaches in the hall, and the faces of Man Gui and Zhu Mei became a little ugly, and the impact of Wang Zaijin's words was too extensive.

However, Wang Zaijin's title of the secretary of the military department really made these military attaches lose even the courage to explain.

Wang Tiqian, who had been silent, suddenly interjected and said, "Before Your Majesty comes, let me bring a few words for him." The land of Jinzhou can be defended or not, if the ancestor general soldier feels that the disparity between the enemy and our strength is too great, he can retreat to Ningyuan. However, the grain and weapons in Jinzhou City could not be left to Jiannu.

And the time for Ningyuan City to defend must wait until the people between Ningyuan and Qiantun are evacuated, and wait for the order of the Jiliao Governor's Mansion to retreat. In short, except for Jinzhou, the defense and defense of other places must obey the orders of the Jiliao Governor's Office.

Your Majesty has studied with the General Staff, and my Ming Dynasty does not have the ability to counterattack Liaodong now, so it is of little significance to occupy Jinzhou. Later, Jin was not well populated, and the more places he occupied, the more dispersed his forces became.

As long as the leader of Houjin is not broken, he will not occupy Jinzhou, but can only destroy the city of Jinzhou and consume the national strength of my Ming Dynasty. ”