Zheng He immediately received the order.

He has been lonely for a long time. He has not been in the shipyard for many years, and he has no share in the major matters of going to sea. It is all Wang Jinghong, Hong Bao and others. How lonely this is for a person who yearns for the ocean.

After years of dormant, I, Zheng He, finally set sail again.

Um……

There is no sailing anymore.

Steel warships do not need canvas, they only need coal to swim in the vast ocean, no longer restricted by the weather and wind direction, and there is no need to be afraid of ordinary waves.

Zhu Di looked at the Minister of War again, "How many navy troops can be transferred across the country at present?"

Zhao Yi did not think, "Except for the need to retain troops at any time to support the Indochina Peninsula and the escort of overseas trade, the navy's troops that can be drawn are only about 20,000."

With the development of overseas trade, in order to ensure the safety of trade, the navy sent some treasure ships as escorts.

At the same time, the navy on the Indochina Peninsula must maintain support at any time.

This is very necessary.

Overseas trade is a bag of money.

Although the assimilation performance on the Indochina Peninsula is good, there are still large and small oppositions. This year, there were uprisings in Jiaozhi, Lancang and Angkor, causing damage to some mines. However, the Li people and Mahadevi reacted strongly and suppressed them in at most half a month.

Especially Mahadevi, this woman was cruel and ruthless.

Of course, Daming did not treat her unfairly either.

She is now in Angkor, and she needs reputation, money, and even more so, she is like a female king, but the army strictly restricts her.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty is fully supporting the construction of Angkor's never-sleeping city.

At present, Mahadevi's palace has achieved endless scenery.

On the Jiaozhi side, the reason why the Li people were so loyal to the Ming Dynasty was because the Ming Dynasty always supported the Li people's rule over Jiaozhi. In short, in Jiaozhi, the Li people were almost equivalent to a royal family, except that they were limited by the lack of military power in the General Office.

Li Li is the king of Jiaozhi.

However, despite this, the Ming Dynasty's garrison troops throughout the Indochina Peninsula remained at around 150,000, and was never transferred because of wars on other fronts.

Even the navy has maintained reinforcements at any time.

Of course, the embarrassing thing is that the Ming Dynasty's navy is too weak now because there is no need for a navy in China. If you are outside, you cannot use it. In addition to the need to clear Japanese pirates, the navy basically plays with mud in the harbor.

Just when fighting the Jurchens, they used the navy to plagiarize and siege to prevent the Jurchens from running to North Korea.

And it was after the navy passed, which scared North Korea.

But this time when we went to Japan, the navy will play the highlight. Well, strictly speaking, it is Zheng He's navy. For the few navy retained by the Ming Dynasty, it is already very good that it can draw 20,000 people.

Zhu Di heard this and said, "Then the navy will not move."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "But only Zheng Dajian's five steel warships are there any strength that they have not been caught?"

How many troops can the five steel warships have?

Zhu Di nodded.

Five steel warships were going to fight Japan, but they were indeed not strong enough, but the fact was not the case. The navy did not move and the ships were not enough. Zheng He went to the West, and he had thirty-six treasure ships and 180 warships. At present, about ten treasure ships were sold to Times Group and other trading companies, and the warships were also sold to other trading companies and changed to freight ships.

There are actually many warships on the Navy.

There are about twenty treasure ships left.

Therefore, the navy's troops did not move, but ten treasure ships could be drawn, about one hundred warships could be drawn out, and five steel warships could be combined with them to fight against Japan.

The key is the force.

Of course, going across the sea is definitely not something that can be solved by just drawing treasure ships and warships. There is a lot of work to do, so tonight is just a preliminary discussion.

Zhu Di asked Kang Ning, "When is it?"

As an eunuch, Corning had a very good grasp of these things. He looked outside and replied directly: "It's the middle of Yin."

It is four o'clock in the morning during the Yin hour.

Zhu Di thought for a moment, "Then I won't sleep tonight. I will move to Taisun's study. I want to discuss related matters with my dear friends. When the time comes, I will go to Fengtian Palace to hold a court meeting."

Today's grand ceremony.

In other words, everyone can discuss for about half an hour. At the end of the Yin hour, the ministers who were going to attend the dynasty meeting had to go back to change their official uniforms and rushed to the palace, and Zhu Di also had to go back to change his imperial robe.

Zhu Zhanji took someone to lead the way, and he went to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince by himself.

As soon as everyone sat down, Zhu Zhanji arrived hurriedly again.

Zhu Di asked, "How is the prince?"

Zhu Zhanji immediately said: "My father has already slept. The imperial doctor said it is not a serious problem, but he needs to rest in bed for about half a month and should not be tiring. The mother has already rested."

Zhu Di nodded, "You go to sleep too. Today's wedding, don't neglect the grandson concubine."

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "Have Sun accompanied her."

The grandson concubine is Hu Shanxiang. Sun has not married Zhu Zhanji yet. Zhu Di also knew it and nodded after hearing this, "Sun is a good woman. You must treat her well in the future."

Zhu Zhanji hurriedly answered.

Zhu Di took a sip of hot tea and felt that his body was much warmer and his mood improved a lot. The prince was fine, the grandson was fine, and the second child was fine. In this storm tonight, at least his descendants were safe.

Asked Zheng He, "How many personnel are there in your navy at present?"

Zheng He's navy had gradually become a member and recruited a lot of strong men. Although he was building ships over the years, the training of naval personnel did not slacken because of this.

Zheng He immediately said: "The navy has a total of 25,000 troops."

There is no way, there are only so many people.

Because the Navy has not participated in the war since its establishment, it is basically considered a miscellaneous department by people who do not know the truth, and is a supplementary force prepared for the navy.

Even the Ministry of Revenue allocates funds to the Navy, it is often fucked.

I think you are just taking money and not doing anything.

If Zheng He was not in charge of the Navy, it might be possible that the Ministry of Revenue would have to delay you for a year or two. Because it was Zheng He, the Ministry of Revenue would only dare to get verbally, and it would be easy to get the money.

I can't afford to offend Zheng He.

When Zhu Di heard this, there were only 25,000 people, which was a little scared. "That's the only one?"

What kind of people do you want to fight against Japan!

This is enough for some logistics.

Zheng He was helpless, "Your Majesty, we have been expanding wars outside over the years. Those who are willing to join the army have all gone to the Beijing camp and the border army, and not many people are willing to come to the navy."

The key is that the Navy is also strict in selecting people.
Chapter completed!