Daming: Is There Imperial Examination Fraud At The Beginning? I Cry As A Candidate During The Test

Chapter 64: The first step in establishing an empire on which the sun never sets, building the Ming Dynasty’s Invincible Fleet!

The vassal king expanded outward and used capital to colonize and plunder, causing colonial resistance and restraining the vassal king.

Furthermore, colonies (vassal states) can be exchanged between vassal kings who have made changes every ten years.

This prevents the feudal king from increasing his power.

The Ming Dynasty could turn the vassal king's colony into a resource supply base and a base for dumping goods.

The wealth of the vassal colony will continue to flow into the Ming Dynasty in large quantities.

Ming Dynasty will continue to strengthen.

In this way, the struggle for power between the feudal king and the emperor was effectively resolved.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ye Xuan with fiery eyes.

He knew that he had not read Ye Xuan wrong at first.

This guy has so many ideas!

The last resort was to let the feudal kings who made changes every ten years exchange colonies, which would ruin the ten years of hard work of the feudal kings.

How many decades can life last?

The vassal king went through so much trouble.

I'm afraid that any desire to rebel has been exhausted.

Ye Xuan is extremely smart, and his resourcefulness may exceed that of Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen.

Fortunately, we appointed this boy as the teacher of the emperor's grandsons in advance, otherwise, unscrupulous people would have gathered this boy under our command.

Our Ming Dynasty is in danger.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought happily.

"Ye Aiqing, the problem of how to contain the vassal king's expansion has been solved."

"Then, what do we need to prepare tomorrow?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked casually.

He felt that Ye Xuan's strategy just now was enough to stabilize the Ming Dynasty and make the Ming Dynasty stronger. The Ming Dynasty only needed to suppress the colonial situation when the vassal king could not control it.

Other than that, you can pretty much just sit back and enjoy the results.

He asked this out of caution.

What Ye Xuan told today about ways to contain the outward expansion of vassal kings and ways to make the Ming Dynasty stronger were enough to make Zhu Yuanzhang ponder over and over again.

"Da Ming really needs to make some preparations."

Ye Xuan said.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth slightly and was stunned for a moment.

He just asked casually.

Who can imagine.

There really is.

This kid!

What is the structure of the brain?

He didn't even think there was any problem.

But this kid's little mind has already thought of the next step.

"explain."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat upright, maintaining his serious imperial dignity, and nodded towards Ye Xuan.

As an emperor, you must be steady.

Don't like sex.

Only then can I control it.

"If you want to maintain this kind of colonial rule, the first step is to build an invincible naval fleet."

Zhu Yuanzhang:??

His steady expression suddenly turned blank.

How does this relate to building an invincible naval fleet?

He looked at Ye Xuan with suspicion.

Is this guy talking about the previous sea ban?

I held it in for a long time.

He spit out two words.

"Ye Aiqing, please elaborate!"

He wanted to see what Ye Xuan had to say.

Ye Xuan said:

"With the colonial expansion of vassal kings, the Ming Dynasty's territory continued to grow."

"At that time, more land and sea matters will be involved."

"It is difficult to rule with normal land forces."

"The infantry marches too slowly, causing many inconveniences."

"Transporting supplies is also slow."

"Infantry marching will definitely consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

"Although the cavalry is more mobile, its numbers are limited."

“The number of items that can be transported is extremely limited.”

“If there is an invincible naval fleet that involves distant colonies with waterways, they can sail on the waterways and go all the way to the colonies.

"Compared with infantry and cavalry, navy warships can transport a large amount of supplies, and water transportation is not restricted by roads, has stronger traffic capacity, and is safer in transporting supplies.

"Want to dump cheap goods into the colonies, or ship back resources."

"The navy is more convenient."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that he had misunderstood Ye Xuan.

The establishment of a naval fleet is indeed conducive to transportation, whether it is transporting soldiers or supplies.

After the vassal kings colonized, a large amount of materials would be transported back to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty would also transport a large amount of cheap goods to the colonies.

At this time, if the Ming Dynasty had ships, it would be much more convenient to transport supplies and cheap goods.

In comparison.

Oxen and horse carts were not suitable for transporting large amounts of supplies.

In ancient times, there was no advanced science and technology, and transporting supplies was slow, inconvenient, and required a lot of manpower and material resources, which was thankless.

Water transportation was the best way to transport supplies and troops in ancient times.

In ancient times, water routes were faster than land routes.

The cost of transporting supplies by ship is much lower than that of using oxen and horse-drawn carriages.

This is why some emperors opened waterways, on the one hand to facilitate the transportation of materials and troops, and on the other hand to stabilize the country and promote the national economy.

Establishing an invincible naval fleet can transport supplies and soldiers, stabilize the country's rule, promote the country's economy, and at the same time expand the country's prestige.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered the content of Ye Xuan's lectures he heard from his grandson Zhu Xiongying.

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Among them, there is a story about the Spanish Armada.

Spain's "Invincible Armada" has more than 130 ships.

More than 100 very large sailing ships.

There were nearly 20,000 warriors on board.

Nearly three thousand slaves rowed the oars.

2360 bronze cannons.

Known as the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets."

"The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" is not exclusive to Great Britain, it is just a title.

Whichever country is powerful can be used on that country.

During its most powerful period, Spain was known as the “Empire on which the Sun Never Sets.”

Great Britain defeated Spain.

Thus gaining the title "The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets".

Spain was extremely powerful at that time.

Dominate the sea.

At that time, Great Britain was just a small and marginal country, not as powerful as it would be in later generations.

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Spain crushed Great Britain and other countries.

As for what is written in history, that Great Britain annihilated the Spanish Armada, this is indeed a bit of a stretch.

The Spanish Armada was so powerful.

Weak Great Britain simply cannot achieve total annihilation.

There are many factors involved, both internal and external.

Ship manning, technical issues, ocean currents and wind directions, palace politics, etc.

This led to the defeat of Spain, the maritime overlord with an invincible fleet.

otherwise.

With the terror of the Spanish Armada at that time, how could they lose.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became so proud.

"Ye Aiqing, you are right."

"Whether it's for transportation or to rule a colony, a fleet is crucial."

"We will order people to build an invincible fleet belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

"Let our Ming Dynasty become the overlord of the sea."

"To boost the majesty of our Ming Dynasty!"

There was so much pride in his heart.

Although the Ming Dynasty is now leading the world in all aspects, it cannot relax and build an invincible fleet that will deter other countries and show their power as a great power.

Also easy to transport and govern.

Why not?

However, it was natural for the vassal king to do the colonial work, and the emperor's direct troops would not be used easily.

Unless the colony threatens the life of the feudal king.

If this is the case, the emperor can send out troops to help suppress it.

All in all, the emperor only had to sit back and enjoy the benefits, transport colonial resources, dump cheap goods, and collect wealth.

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