Another memorial?
Wei Yunyi next to him heard this.
He did not answer immediately, but walked into the bedroom with the other party.
Then he looked at Concubine Ying with a smile and said softly, "Oh? My beloved, tell me, what memorial is troubling you?"
During this period, he was very relaxed because he had handed over all the memorials to Concubine Ying.
The other party also seemed to be getting more and more adept at it and was handling it very well.
There won't be any big problems.
That's why.
Wei Yunyi understood that if Concubine Ying said she didn't know how to deal with the memorial, it must be a big deal.
But he thought again, isn't the biggest issue in the court right now that the Jiangnan gentry are coming to the capital to stop the reform?
You must know that I have already explained before that you don’t need to pay attention to the gentry and the reform.
The purpose is to make those people think that the emperor is wavering on this matter.
In this way, the nobles will definitely continue to add fuel to the fire.
This caused unrest in the government.
Now, the other party says that there are memorials that cannot be processed.
In Wei Yunyi's opinion, this definitely has nothing to do with the Jiangnan gentry.
As expected, upon hearing this, Imperial Concubine Ying immediately spoke up, "This is a memorial submitted by my brother, stating that pirate activities have been frequent recently and that they have occupied several islands."
Pirates?
Upon hearing this, Wei Yunyi was stunned.
Although there is no external threat to the coastal areas.
However, there were frequent harassments from pirates, and the territory of the Wei Dynasty was vast, with many coastal areas.
Even if there are navy guarding, it is impossible to take care of all places.
Therefore, coastal areas will be affected by disasters every once in a while.
The court had thought about it.
Mobilize the navy to wipe out those pirates in one fell swoop and eliminate all worries.
However, due to the vast sea area, the fact that the navy was established not long ago, and the fact that most of the court's energy was focused on the northern border and other places, its performance in this regard was completely different from what people expected.
The most comprehensive solution that can be thought of is to move some of the people living along the coast as far inland as possible.
This can effectively prevent the losses caused by pirates when they come ashore.
But this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.
Because of the coastal people.
Many people have made a living by fishing for generations.
Now, the pirates are on the move again and have occupied several islands.
Even Wei Yunyi could see that those people definitely had other purposes, and perhaps they would attack the coastal areas in the near future.
He thought about this for a moment, then said, "Let Zhao Jiguang inspect the coast, strengthen defenses, and train the navy to prevent pirate attacks."
Although he now wants to curb the rise of national strength, the pirates are as cruel and ruthless as the barbarians on the grasslands.
If they were allowed to go ashore, who knows how many people would suffer.
This is the solution Wei Yunyi can think of for now.
Just be more vigilant.
At the same time, let Zhao Jiguang train the navy to make it more powerful.
There is no need to kill all the pirates. The most important thing is to resist them.
Just don't let the people suffer life threats and losses.
"yes."
"Brother is already working hard to train the navy, and he said the results are quite good, but..." Zhao Lingying started to reply, but at the end, there was a hint of hesitation on her face, and she did not continue.
"But what?" Wei Yunyi became interested. His imperial concubine basically said whatever she wanted to say about everything.
She never hides anything, but today she spoke hesitantly, which naturally made him curious.
All you need to do is let the other person speak directly without any reservations.
Zhao Lingying saw this and said without hesitation, "Your Majesty, my brother said that the navy's pay has been insufficient in recent years, even less than the garrisons in some places. Therefore, I would like to ask Your Majesty to increase the navy's pay."
"Also, my brother said that the most important thing for a navy is ships, so he wants to build a few ships while there's no major war."
"This way, when we face pirates in the future, our Wei navy will have the power to fight back."
Increase the navy’s pay?
After hearing this, Wei Yunyi immediately fell into deep thought.
He knew that the Wei navy had only been established for a few decades at most.
Before this, it was usually the local garrisons that resisted pirate attacks.
Until later, the threat of pirates became more and more serious.
The imperial court began to formally form a navy.
However, after its formation, the navy did not play a significant role.
Because pirates do not attack every day, but appear at intervals and without any regular pattern.
This also resulted in the situation that when there were no pirates, the navy had almost nothing to do except daily training.
In addition, there were grassland tribes in the north and foreign invasions in the south, and the court's tax revenue was limited, so it began to cut the navy's military pay, and continued to cut it every year thereafter.
Until now, with the same number of people, the navy's military pay is almost less than one-fifth of that of the Zhenbei Pass garrison.
With these reasons, it is no wonder that the navy is not strong.
certainly.
This is not what Wei Yunyi cares about.
Instead, Zhao Jiguang said that new sea vessels should be built.
At first, he was a little wary after hearing this.
After all, Wei Yunyi knew clearly that if a country possessed powerful warships, it could become the overlord of a sea area and then blockade other countries, which would bring great benefits.
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