New Shun 1730

In the matter of water and sea transportation, Liu Yu has the most say, and the governor of the river can't keep up.

No matter who is the governor of the river, they will not deny that the canal seriously affects the management of the Huanghuai River: the imperial court itself has to endorse it, first to protect the water transportation, and then to protect the Huanghuai River.

Nowadays, Liu Yu is mostly in charge of matters at sea. This time the grain transportation was extremely successful, and the maritime faction is very hard-line.

If Liu Yu comes out at this time to ensure that the attrition rate of shipping is within 10% and that naval escort can scare the pirates away from them, the two major arguments of the canalists can be abolished.

The emperor wants to abolish the canal system and replace it with the sea system, but not now. Because of this, the emperor gave Liu Yu a warning in advance and asked Liu Yu not to get involved in this matter.

As a trump card, he would come forward when the emperor thought it was appropriate to suppress the canalists' objections.

Furthermore, the emperor also knew that Liu Yu spoke freely. Before, he had just treated him as a child, and it was normal for him to speak erratically. But the emperor wants to save face after all.

At that time, cannons were fired in the court hall, saying that the interest groups related to the canal were using public affairs for personal gain and harming the interests of the world. This was a shocking fact. Should the emperor abolish the canal or not?

Waste, the time has not come yet.

Not useless, Liu Yu said this, but it seemed that the emperor was a foolish king, knowing full well that corruption was being intercepted and not doing anything about it, and his face was not good or bad.

Fortunately, Liu Yu said something today and seemed to be more mature.

The emperor thought to himself that even if you are more mature, I should tell you this in advance, so that there will be no disputes over sea and water transportation in the court. You can tolerate it for a while, but you can't bear too much. When the temper comes, you will rush out and start shooting again.

The emperor thought he had figured out Liu Yu, and thought that he would have to coax such a minister to come.

"In this matter of sea and water transportation, do I actually know the benefits of sea transport? It's just that the time has not come yet. Aiqing's words are the weight of the shipping faction and must be used at the right time. If it were said in advance and the time has not come, it will be ignored. Once someone catches it, it will be easy to refute it later.”

"If you are going to war, you need to get a surprise army to determine the outcome of the battle. When to send out the surprise army, it must not be early or late. My dear, I have also fought in the war. You understand this truth."

"If you really want to change the world, you might as well wait. When everything is ready, we can do it in one go."

When coaxing Liu Yu, the emperor thought that this was different from person to person, and different people had different concerns. Since people like Liu Yu cared about the safety of the country, coaxing with such words was most effective.

Liu Yu thought about entering Beijing this time. Originally, I didn’t want to get involved in this matter. Anyway, I had made up my mind to wait for a big flood in Huanghuai, which would suddenly cut off the water transportation. This would be the best time.

Kang Busao said that as long as a gentleman is far away from the kitchen, he can feel at ease as long as he does not blow up the Yellow River embankment himself. Although this statement compares the common people to animals, it is so reasonable and does not sound good.

After the emperor finished speaking, Liu Yu said in a low voice: "I understand."

Although the emperor heard Liu Yu say that he had thought a lot, reflected a lot, and said that he was treated with admiration after three days of separation, Liu Yu accepted it so calmly, without even a single word of rebuttal, which still left the emperor stunned. Is your mind really different?

I thought that even after reflecting for a while, I was afraid that I would have to hold my neck and hesitate again. I really didn't expect that I wouldn't even fart.

This left Li Gan with nowhere to vent the many words he had been holding in his stomach to preach to Liu Yu. After being stunned for a long time, he could only laugh and said: "Okay, very good."

The emperor at this moment is already a staunch maritime fan.

Even a fool knows that shipping by sea saves money.

What I was worried about before was just a few things, but now it seems that they can all be solved.

The last pirate or navy, the emperor also figured it out. The pirates can't defeat the navy at all, and it's even harder for the navy to rebel.

Only in the past few years did he realize that the Navy was really a gold-swallowing behemoth. A large battleship can easily cost one to two hundred thousand taels, or even seven to eight hundred thousand taels of silver.

Only then did the emperor realize what Liu Yu had said about controlling the army. If he wanted to control the army, the best way was to build the army with a lot of money. He could not afford to raise private soldiers by himself.

The Army may be still early to reach this state, but the Navy has really reached this state.

Liu Yu is rich at this time, but once Liu Yu's naval power is taken away in the future and someone else is in charge of the army, the navy will definitely be the most honest if there is no government funding and the army is watching from the shore.

"By the way, there is one more thing. You also know that my seventh son has been fond of Western learning like you since he was a child, but... well, you also know that his biological mother is a Christian, and he has also been baptized since he was a child. At that time, the Holy See Not so rude yet, the DPRK Most of the priests are knowledgeable people. You can go to the navy to gain experience. He is still young and may not be sophisticated in Western studies. What does he know about the navy? You should just treat him as an adjutant and follow him. You opened your eyes."

When he heard that the emperor wanted to bury a deputy in his navy, Liu Yu thought that it would be sooner or later, but the candidate he chose was really a bit...

This seventh son, in the royal family, is considered a defector, the kind who has no chance of succeeding to the throne.

From a religious perspective, this seventh son was considered a "pagan" in the Celestial Dynasty and could not become the Son of Heaven.

My biological mother is a Christian and was baptized at birth due to the influence of my family. After entering the palace and giving birth to a son, it was said that this would be regarded as good luck. However, when the child was born, Christianity had not yet been banned, and there were a lot of missionary activities in the palace, so he was baptized as a habit; when the child looked like he was growing up, The situation is serious, Dashun has banned religion.

Although at the beginning of the ban on teaching, this one broke into the church, but it was too late.

Liu Yu often said "convert on holidays, regret on days", and the emperor also used similar words to hit those religious officials in the court, and clearly drew a red line: those who had a religious conviction in the court could not enter the Tianyou Hall and the six government ministers; those who had a religious conviction in the palace could not become the prince, even if the prince died unexpectedly.

Not only the emperor's attitude, but also the literati would never accept a baptized person as the emperor.

From the appearance point of view, this kid had chickenpox again, and the pus grew on the eye, blinding one eye.

At this time, even if it was the emperor's offspring, there was a mortality rate of nearly 50%, and it was difficult to live to adulthood.

But chickenpox is not smallpox, and it is not easy to die. In this case, if you have chickenpox in your eyes, it is really bad luck.

In any case, even if the prince died at this time, this guy would have no chance of being appointed as the heir, this is beyond doubt.

The emperor was assured of using such a prince. As the navy was growing stronger, the emperor also wanted to find a family member to watch over him.

If he chose those who might still have the right of succession, the emperor would be afraid of something happening.

If he chose someone who had no chance of succession at all, the prince would not think much about it, and the court officials would not form a party with such a prince.

Sooner or later, Liu Yu would have to enter the court. A large business like the navy was related to the future safety of Nanyang, Dongyang and even the canal transportation. The emperor needed to choose a successor to Liu Yu in advance.

Even if the Navy Department was established in the future and the navy was made into an administrative navy like France, it would be impossible for a group of civil officials who came from the imperial examination to take charge of such a technical branch of the army.

This civil official was not the civil official in the sense of civil and military, but the civil official in the sense of scripture.

To select outstanding talents, the outstanding talents in the navy were all Liu Yu's "disciples".

If the emperor really appointed people based on merit, it would be Liu Yu's appointment based on personal connections, and the emperor would definitely not consider it.

Before the ban on religion, there were many missionaries in the court, and the emperor also forced the princes to learn mathematics. But the one who is close to the water gets the moon first. The mother of the seventh prince had learned some Western knowledge since she was a child, so the seventh prince learned practical knowledge well.

He was also very popular in the palace, because all the brothers thought that this was a brother who could not pose a threat at all. Brothers without conflicts of interest may be true brothers.

As a descendant of a nobleman, Liu Yu was still clear about these things in the royal family. This prince, like the rest of the emperor's sons, had a strange name, Li Xi, pronounced as Lan.

Liu Yu only had a general impression of this person. After all, it was impossible not to have an impression of a prince who could gather together such a debuff as "baptized and blind".

But he didn't know much about his personality. The two were about ten years apart, and they had no title yet. He was just a prince.

Liu Yu understood that this was the emperor choosing his family to control the navy in the future, and he thought that this was understandable, just to seize power.

Thinking about this time point again, it was clear.

The war against Japan was about to begin. Once a war breaks out in Europe, it will definitely be fought in Southeast Asia.

After these two wars, the emperor may think that there are no major battles in the navy, and he no longer needs an unconstrained person to take charge and seek efficiency.

This time, a group of young people will definitely emerge, and these young people must be brought up by Liu Yu. No matter who is promoted to replace Liu Yu to manage the navy, they are all close to Liu Yu.

At this time, choosing such a "defective prince with blood but no inheritance rights" among the royal children to go to the navy for training means that the emperor wants to turn China's navy into the "Dashun Royal Navy."

But the problem is that the navy is not like the army. If you are not careful, you will die. Is it necessary to keep it on land? In the future, Dashun will have a prince who has never been on a ship and is in charge of the navy?

"Your Majesty, the risks at sea are huge. Not only are there storms, but it's easy to get sick at sea, and the cabins are small..."

"I know. If jade is not polished, it will not become a useful tool. When you were his age, you had already gone to the White Mountains and Black Waters to look for the inscriptions of the Yongning Temple. Just let him follow you, and take him wherever you go."

At this point, the emperor smiled and said, "He admires you and likes practical learning. He has mentioned more than once that if there is a chance, he will follow you to learn. He has suffered a lot since he was a child, and I really feel sorry for him. As a father, I can still fulfill this wish."

Liu Yu thought to himself, there are so many princes who want to follow me to build a relationship. If he was not blind and baptized, it is estimated that you would not let the princes get too close to me.

Wherever I go, he goes. The war is about to start, I have to go to Japan, and he has to follow me; when I fight in Southeast Asia, I have to go to Batavia, and he has to follow me.

Isn't it obvious that he wants to understand everything about the navy and take over my job when the time comes?