What I have to say is that as a woman who has lived in the palace for a long time, Queen Mother Sun's insight is still very keen.
Almost instantly, she realized that her son had other motives for coming here today.
Seeing what his mother had said, the little emperor coughed awkwardly, then looked at Shen Yi and said, "Shen Qing, please speak up."
Shen Yi sighed in his heart.
This is the advantage of being a leader. If you don't want to say anything, you can just leave it to your subordinates.
But there was no way. The leader spoke, and Shen Yi had no way to refuse. He stood in front of the Queen Mother. After sorting out his thoughts, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Back to the Queen Mother, the incident was caused by Japanese pirates along the coast."
As soon as he said this, Empress Dowager Sun frowned slightly. She looked at Shen Yi, then at the emperor, and said calmly: "Since it is a matter of the outer court, the emperor has to make the decision himself. It has been two years since the Ai family I don’t have much involvement in court affairs anymore.”
The little emperor took a deep breath and said, "It's not too late for the queen to hear what he has to say."
Empress Dowager Sun still valued her son very much. After all, among the three sons of the late emperor, only this son was her biological son.
So, she nodded, smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Shen Hanlin, keep talking."
Shen Yi said "hmm" and basically told the story of suppressing Japanese pirates.
Then he said slowly: "Your Majesty, if you want to quell the Japanese pirates and dredge the sea, you must have big ships, and warships."
"In addition to warships, there also need to be enough firearms."
"Therefore, I submitted a letter to Your Majesty, requesting the imperial court to build a shipyard on the coast of Taizhou and Wenzhou to build large ships. At the same time, I moved several firearms workshops from the Ministry of War to produce firearms nearby. This way, I can defend our Dachen Haiphong and strive to defend our country within five years. Within this period, all Japanese pirates along the coast will be wiped out."
If there are enough warships, and most of the people along the coast are familiar with water, the anti-Japanese army can form a fleet of its own in up to three years, which will not only destroy the Japanese pirates from the sea, but maybe...
Maybe you can even go to Japan’s main island to enjoy the autumn breeze.
At that time, Mr. Shen will also have the opportunity to become the "Five-Star Emperor".
Empress Dowager Sun was drinking tea. When she heard this, she glanced at Shen Yi lightly and asked, "Are Shen Hanlin's thoughts his own or those of the Crown Prince of Jin?"
Sure enough, women are more sensitive to this kind of thing.
Shen Yi did not hesitate, lowered his head and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the imperial envoy doesn't know about this yet."
"Um."
Queen Mother Sun glanced at her son and said with a smile: "This is not a big deal. My son can make his own decision. Why did he bring this young man to ask his mother?"
The little emperor lowered his eyebrows slightly and said, "If the Queen Mother says so, then I will make my own decision."
Queen Mother Sun shook her head slightly.
"There is nothing wrong with the Ministry of Industry building docks and ships along the coast, but my mother feels that the firearms workshop should still be in the hands of the Ministry of War, which is the anti-Japanese army in the southeast..."
When the words "anti-Japanese army" were mentioned, Empress Dowager Sun paused, and then said calmly: "On a Japanese island, some uncivilized savages, when did the court need to form an army with the word "anti-Japanese army"?
After she finished saying this, she smiled slightly at the little emperor: "But since it is the emperor's intention, forget it. What the Ai family means is that if the anti-Japanese army has any needs for firearms, he might as well write to the court and submit a letter The Ministry of War distributes firearms, and firearms workshops are placed locally..."
"Something is wrong."
The little emperor frowned and said nothing.
Shen Yi took a deep breath and said: "The Queen Mother, all the existing firearms in the Ministry of War cannot meet the requirements of naval warfare. I want several firearms workshops to be built together with the shipyard, so that the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War can We can exchange what we need and try our best to build small ship cannons that can be boarded on ships, and when designing warships, we can also leave vacancies for cannons in advance."
Queen Mother Sun glanced at Shen Yi with a smile.
"There are so many firearms workshops in the Ministry of War, but I haven't heard of any improved firearms in so many years. How can Shen Hanlin be so sure that he can come up with new firearms?"
Hearing this, Shen Yi took a deep breath, then lowered his head and stopped talking.
Because he really wasn't sure.
He knows almost all forms of gunpowder weapons, and he also knows what the limits of gunpowder weapons are, but advanced firearms in another world must be realized with corresponding industrial supporting equipment, such as lathes and milling cutters...
For example, a seamless steel pipe formed in one go.
In this era, there is basically no industrial support.
Therefore, the room for him to improve firearms is actually not particularly large.
More importantly, he has not learned any specific weapon manufacturing, he has only heard about it.
It is also difficult to explore slowly.
Therefore, Shen Yi's most important direction now is to integrate ships and guns. To truly transform advanced firearms, it will take craftsmen to do it.
or it could be…
Find a way to capture some foreign devils and ask where the current technological progress in the West is...
Seeing that Shen Yi stopped talking, Queen Mother Sun glanced at her son again and said with a smile: "What does the emperor think of this arrangement?"
The little emperor lowered his head and was silent for a while, then sighed slightly: "Mother, I want a new navy."
Upon hearing his words, Queen Mother Sun was startled, and then her expression changed slightly.
She glanced at her son with a serious face, and then waved to Shen Yi: "Shen Hanlin, please wait outside the palace first. The Ai family and the emperor have something to say."
Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, then quickly bowed to the mother and son and exited Kunde Palace.
After arriving outside the palace, two maids from the Kunde Palace brought him a small chair, and brought out some candies and pastries, put them on a small plate, and placed them in front of him.
It was said that the Queen Mother asked her to bring it.
After Shen Yi bowed his head and thanked him, he put the pastry plate in his hand and didn't dare to eat it.
The little palace maid on the side looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. She opened her eyes wide and looked at Shen Yi curiously, and then said softly: "You are so young, how did you become an official?"
Obviously, she recognized the official uniform Shen Yi was wearing, but she had probably never seen such a young official before, and she had just entered the palace, so she was a little curious.
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely, glanced at the little palace maid, and said with a smile: "I kept taking exams and gradually became an official."
"Then you are really awesome."
The little palace maid said sincerely: "When I was at home, I heard people say that you need to be a Jinshi to be an official. In my hometown, there is not even a Jinshi."
After saying this, the little palace maid smiled at Shen Yi: "You wait here for a while, I will go get you some more cakes. This morning, a lot of cakes were sent to the imperial dining room, and the empress rewarded us with some. It’s delicious…”
After saying that, the little palace maid turned around and trotted for a while. Then she seemed to have remembered the rules in the palace, so she put her hands on her waist and trotted away.
Shen Yi looked at the candy in his hand and smiled dumbly.
After waiting at the entrance of Kunde Palace for half an hour, Shen Yi already had a plate full of sweets and pastries in his hand. At this moment, His Majesty the Emperor finally came out of Kunde Palace. Shen Yi hurriedly greeted him and called him "Your Majesty."
The emperor glanced at him, then reached out and took out a piece of pastry from the plate in Shen Yi's hand, threw it into his mouth, and said lazily: "It's been a long time."
"Not long."
Shen Yi smiled and asked, "What did the empress say?"
"Still refused to let go, saying that firearms can only be in the hands of the Ministry of War and cannot be used elsewhere."
After saying this vaguely, the emperor swallowed the cake in his mouth. He glanced at Shen Yi and chuckled: "But the Queen Mother has her own thoughts, and I also have my own thoughts. I already have a way to deal with it. Already."
After saying this, he pinched a piece of pastry from the plate in Shen Yi's hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
Shen Yi felt a little distressed.
Because of these pastries from the palace, he planned to take them home to give his wife a taste.
Fortunately, there was a lot left, so Mr. Shen didn't say anything more. He just asked: "What is your Majesty's plan?"
The emperor turned back to look at Shen Yi and smiled.
"Since the queen mother won't let the firearms leave the army."
