Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 655 The Emperor
Emperor, this is the name Taichang gave his new car.

This battleship was designed and built according to the size of the largest Zheng He treasure ship at the time. It was 44 feet long and 140 feet wide. Converted to the size of later generations, it is about 60 meters long and [-] meters wide.

Such a giant ship is really like a castle on the sea, regardless of its defense or attack power, it can be called terrifying.

It can be said that in these years, there is no artillery that can blast through the armor of the Emperor, and there is no battleship that can exceed the firepower of the Emperor.

However, Taichang did not allow the Ministry of Industry to build such giant ships in batches.

Because this kind of giant ship is too big, it is not flexible at all, and even turning around is extremely slow, so it is not suitable for naval battles at all.

The Emperor is invincible, that's right, the problem is, as long as people are a little more flexible, going left, right, front, back, etc., it is basically difficult for the Emperor to adjust its angle to bombard them.

In short, this kind of warship is not suitable for mass production until the steam power is not significantly enhanced.

Therefore, at this moment, the Armed Forces City Shipyard still focuses on building dreadnoughts and Aegis ships, supplemented by Spike warships, and only one super giant ship like the Emperor is built.

Of course, this kind of giant ship is not full of shortcomings and has no advantages.

At least, this kind of warship is quite good for a car.

Because its internal space is quite large, more than 140 meters long and more than [-] meters wide, the first floor is seven to eight thousand square meters, and the upper and lower floors, including the floor under the deck, add up to thirty to forty thousand square meters!
With such a large space, several palaces can be built on just one floor, because the largest building in the palace, the Huangji Hall, has a construction area of ​​less than [-] square meters, and the Qianqing Palace has a construction area of ​​less than [-] square meters.

In other words, the two large palaces, the Huangji Hall and the Qianqing Palace, can be crammed into just one top floor.

Of course, there is no need to stuff the Huangji Hall in. Taichang didn't plan to hold an early court on the Emperor.

He also just ordered people to build two similar palace buildings on the top floor.

The entire front half of the top floor is a palace similar to the Wenhua Palace, plus a huge terrace of nearly [-] square meters in front.

There are large and small meeting rooms, large and small halls, and more than ten various study rooms in the palace, which are specially used for office work.

On the front terrace are rows of tables and benches and a circle of large telescopes.

This circle of telescopes is distributed in a semicircle, and there are as many as nine telescopes. It can be said that they can be scanned in other directions except directly behind.

Behind the top floor is a palace similar to the Qianqing Palace, plus a square.

There are more than forty large and small rooms and halls in the palace, which are specially used for living.

It was precisely because there was such a palace on the top floor of the Emperor, which was similar to the Qianqing Palace, that he thought of taking a group of concubines, princes and princesses to America. Without this palace, it would be inconvenient.

As for the lower three floors, he originally planned to bring thousands of royal guards and tens of thousands of imperial troops.

However, at this moment, he can only let thousands of brocade guards live on the first floor, the second floor in the middle is a place for thousands of eunuchs and some material warehouses, and the third floor above is a place for hundreds of court ladies and daily necessities.

With such an arrangement, the entire Emperor is a bit like a small palace, and it is not a problem to live outside with a group of concubines, princes and princesses for a few years.

He even asked Zhang Yuanfang to take over his wife and children.

Because Zhang Yuanfang, the captain of the navy on every cross-sea expedition, basically accompanied him and escorted him, and his wife Zhang Miaoling was the eldest lady of the British government, and his sister-in-law Zhang Miaoyun was also the princess. This family can be regarded as the royal family. It's okay to bring the King's number.

What's more important is that the current battle is quite different from the past.

In the past, the battles in the past dynasties were basically around the Central Plains, and the farthest they fought was outside the Great Wall, only a few thousand miles away from the hinterland of the Central Plains. Moreover, each battle was basically fought for a short time. If it lasted for a few months, it would be considered a great battle. up.

Therefore, it is normal for the military to prohibit bringing family members with them. After all, bringing family members would really disturb the morale of the army, and it seemed a bit nondescript.

Fighting across the sea is different now. It is thousands of miles away at every turn. It is normal to go back and forth for several months or even more than a year. It is also normal for the army to be stationed abroad for several years.

Just like the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion, most of them are still stationed outside at the moment, and the longest time has even been five or six years.

In this case, it is necessary to consider the issue of the family members of the soldiers.

How many people can bear it if they can't see their family members for several years or even ten years.

They can bear it, but the family can't bear it either!

Especially for the family members of those who died in battle, after waiting for several years or even more than ten years, what they got back was a corpse or a jar of ashes. How can people accept this?
As an emperor, you can't just consider your own feelings and ignore the feelings of your soldiers.

Therefore, Taichang decided to change this too.

He can't let the soldiers who are fighting abroad bleed and shed tears, let alone make the families of the soldiers feel miserable.

After all the concubines, princes and princesses and Zhang Miaoling's family moved to the King's House, he ordered people to send the Minister of War Nan Juyi.

In the study room in the front hall of the Emperor, Taichang stood under the huge "Kun Yu Wan Guo Quan Tu" with his hands behind his back, paused for a long time in thought, and then sighed slightly: "Such a huge territory is really hard to defend!"

Who said no.

At this moment, the territory of Ming Dynasty was really too big. It stretched tens of thousands of miles from east to west, from north to south, and had to send large troops to garrison in all four directions.

Fortunately, food can be allocated nearby and distributed on the spot. There is basically no problem, except that the exchange of official documents is a little more troublesome.

The payment is troublesome, and there are many places where it is impossible to raise so much payment.

Just like the Grand Canal to the Sea and the Western Yindu Islands, Daming is still investing crazily at the moment, basically there is no profit, and there is no tax revenue.

There are more than [-] sailors and infantry soldiers over there, and the Ministry of War does not organize a fleet to send the salary there. What will the soldiers who are tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty think?
This place alone is enough to give him a headache.

Nan Juyi couldn't help but sighed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, it's a little difficult to allocate food and salaries. I feel that we should consider the issue of food and salaries for soldiers stationed in the frontier."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being shocked and said, "Is there any problem with the distribution of food and salary now?"

This is a big deal.

If the soldiers who have worked so hard to fight outside can't even get their food and wages, then there will be big troubles.

It is not a joke that border soldiers mutiny because of food and payment issues.

Nan Juyi quickly explained: "Your Majesty, it is a little troublesome to pay the salary now. Some soldiers who are too far away from the Ming Dynasty sometimes have to wait for three or four months to get the salary."

Not even three or four months.

Taichang immediately said solemnly: "What's going on, please explain in detail."

Nan Juyi quickly walked to the map, pointed to the West Yindu Islands and said, "Your Majesty, it's like here. There are more than [-] sailors and infantry soldiers stationed in the West Yindu Islands. There is no branch of the Daming Bank, no shops of the Daming Western Company, and no tax revenue.

It’s better to talk about food. After all, there are a large number of guards and fields over there, and the [-] vassal countries in the North American continent have all started to produce food, so it’s not a big problem to allocate them nearby.

It is a bit troublesome for the Ministry of War to pay these soldiers, because the nearest Dongyang Chengxuan Political Commissioner is tens of thousands of miles away.

Moreover, Dongyang Cheng announced that the tax revenue of the Political Envoy Division was not enough to pay the more than [-] soldiers after deducting the officials' salaries.

What's more, we still have more than [-] infantry in the capital of Eastern Yin, Sula, and New Liaoyang City, and we also need payment.

These can basically only be dispatched from the mainland of Daming, and sometimes they can't get enough ships, so they can only wait.

There is also the New Yangzhou Mansion and the New Jingzhou Mansion. There is no tax revenue there at the moment, and the British government closest to there can't afford the salaries of 20 Shenwu Battalion soldiers and [-] Liaodong Army.

The Ministry of War had to ask the branch of the Daming Bank to set up in the new British government to help transfer the payment, and sometimes it was possible to delay for three or four months. "

This is indeed a big problem.

Gold is being produced in the Americas now, and no silver mines have been found yet. It is impossible for the Ministry of War to directly distribute gold to the soldiers!
The same is true for New Yangzhou Mansion and New Jingzhou Mansion. There are gold mines, but no silver mines have been found.

This problem must be solved.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help frowning and thinking.

It's not that simple to be an emperor, many things can't be done casually.

Especially the issue of the soldiers of the armed forces must not be sloppy. If it is not handled properly, it will cause big trouble.

(End of this chapter)