Last night, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War did not sleep at all.
Everyone was counting how much of the Ming Navy's assets were left.
Right now, Great Ming had about 2,900 warships of all kinds on its books. This kind of naval scale was definitely second to none in this era.
However, most of these warships were scattered in the navy guard stations along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, from Dengzhou in the north to Lingnan in the south.
If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to conquer Nanyang, he would first have to redeploy the navy.
Once the navy set out, the various supplies would be a huge sum.
Other than that, to satisfy Zhu Yuanzhang's vision, the Ming Navy would have to at least double in size.
In other words, the total number of Great Ming's battleships had to be expanded to at least six thousand.
Moreover, they also had to set up supply points at the various important ports and docks overseas to supply the navy's normal operations. These supply points also needed to send ships to and from the Great Ming on a daily basis to replenish some necessities.
Every single one of them was an astronomical figure!
It was no wonder that the officials from the Ministry of Revenue wanted to resign.
If it was in the past, Zhu Yuanzhang would have already started to retreat when he saw this number.
But now, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that if Da Ming did not want to repeat the same mistakes, he had to take this step.
Not just for the Zhu family.
At the same time, it was also for the sake of the people of the world so that they would not be trampled by the alien races again!
Was this money difficult?
Naturally, it was difficult!
Back then, when Zhu Yuanzhang raised his army against the Yuan Dynasty, which had millions of soldiers, it was even more difficult!
However, that disaster was exchanged for the recovery of the Central Plains and the unification of the mountains and rivers.
It was worth it!
His generation had already suffered so much.
He didn't care about suffering a little more for the sake of his descendants!
After listening to the complaints of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, the people in the Hall of Heaven's Tribute could not help but fall silent.
Everyone thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would give in this time.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the civil and military officials in front of him and said calmly,
"From today onwards, the expenses of our palace will be reduced.”
"If we can't make it in ten years, we'll make it in twenty or thirty years.”
"When we die, there will still be our descendants! If one generation is not enough, then two generations. There will be a day when our Ming Dynasty will build this fleet!”
In an instant, the hall could not help but fall into a deathly silence.
Now that he had said this, all the civil and military officials knew.
Zhu Yuanzhang was determined to go to Nanyang.
Seeing this, the officials did not say anything else.
Amidst the cheers, Zhu Yuanzhang quietly disappeared from the golden hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not stay idle after the court session ended.
He entered the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
The officials he had carefully selected were already waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang.
The Military and Political Affairs Office of the Ming Dynasty was directly promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang from the various departments. Before this, they were basically small officials of the sixth or seventh rank. At the same time, after the military and political affairs were promoted, the military and political officials no longer needed to attend court.
Instead, he went directly to the Military and Political Affairs Office to be on duty.
For the entire day, Zhu Yuanzhang spent his time in the Military and Political Affairs Office calculating how much wealth the Great Ming Dynasty had.
Ever since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Revenue had actually been in surplus every year. At the beginning of the dynasty, although there were many places that needed money, the tax and grain collected by the Ministry of Revenue almost doubled every year. Other than that, there were about ten million taels of silver in the emperor's treasury.
This 10 million taels of silver was Zhu Yuanzhang's own private money. Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang had planned to leave it for future generations to use as a deposit.
But today, this sum of silver was also included.
It was not until sunset that the dozen or so people from the Military and Political Affairs Office managed to calculate that Da Ming had saved up a mere fifteen million six hundred and seventy-eight thousand six hundred and fourteen taels and eight percent after more than ten years.
If it was in the past, when he saw that he had so much money, he would be able to make money.
Zhu Yuanzhang was already grinning from ear to ear.
But now, this money was for Zhu Yuanzhang.
It was just a drop in the bucket.
And the Great Ming needed at least a thousand treasure ships to transport supplies in turn to develop Nanyang.
The cost of each treasured ship was calculated at 6,000 taels of silver. Just this alone would cost 6,000,000 taels of silver!
Apart from that, they also had to escort over 2,000 warships of various sizes.
This bit of wealth was not even enough to build a ship!
And this was only the ship, and it did not include the military pay and supplies!
Such a large sum of money was already enough for the Ming Dynasty to go north ten times!
According to the current amount of silver in the accounts, the people of Ming would need at least ten years of not eating or drinking to build such a navy fleet!
Looking at the account book in front of him, even Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but feel a little disheartened.
If he didn't spend this money, the Ming Dynasty would perish in 270 years.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang had now braced himself.
It was estimated that Great Ming would perish next year!
If it wasn't for Qin Zhan, Zhu Yuanzhang himself wouldn't have been able to understand the choice he had made, let alone the commoners.
Right now, Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that he was riding a tiger and could not get off. He could not advance or retreat.
Looking at the military officials in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and waved his hand.
"Forget it, let's call it a day. You don't have to follow us. Let's walk by ourselves.”
After saying that.
Zhu Yuanzhang clasped his hands behind his back and quietly disappeared into the dusk.
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