The next morning, the morning court was changed to Wuying Hall.
After the routine work summary and report, a special meeting on military and political affairs began.
All key personnel from the Military Aircraft Department, the Fifth Army Governor's Office, and the Ministry of War participated.
Dai Quheng first presented the new map of the division of jurisdiction of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
After the end of the World War, the scope of Ming's direct control increased significantly, and the key world situation changed drastically.
The original area under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion was already somewhat inappropriate.
It should have been redistributed after the war, but the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang deliberately kept this job.
After Zhu Jianyan ascended the throne, the adjustment work officially began.
Zhu Jianyan looked at the map in front of him, and Dai Quheng next to him was responsible for explaining:
"Your Majesty, based on the opinions of all parties, we basically agree that the jurisdiction of the Five Military Governor's Mansion should not be limited to the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states, but should be strategically distributed throughout the world.
"The Chinese Military Governor's Office is responsible for the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, Tianzhu, Nanyang, Tiannan and the islands of the Ming Dynasty.
“The Houjun Dudufu is responsible for Xianbei, Anxi, Lucia, and northwestern Taipei.
"The Right Army Governor's Office is responsible for the area around the Great Qin Sea, the west and south of the Western Continent, the Sahara, Dashi, Persia, and the Ottomans.
“The former military governor’s office was responsible for the Mozhou area south of the Sahara.
"The Zuo Army Governor's Office is responsible for Yinzhou, but it is actually only responsible for Yinzhou north of Panama and the Central Yinzhou Islands.
"The Xintianfu Huangzhuang troops are actually responsible for the Nanyinzhou strategy."
Zhu Jianyan has been keeping an eye on the adjustment process throughout the whole process, and has a basic understanding of these situations. Now it is officially finalized.
After confirming that there was nothing beyond the plan, Zhu Jianyan looked at the map and nodded gently:
"Okay, let's settle it then. What about the situation of the new warships now?"
Dai Quheng immediately reported:
"The two latest new cruisers and two destroyers in service entered the Dinghai Shipyard of Zhoushan Naval Base after completing the last round of testing and began their first modification since they entered service.
“The main purpose is to install a ship-wide public address system and at the same time make adjustments to problems discovered during recent use.
"The battleship Dreadnought and the aircraft carrier Dinghai, which have not yet been officially commissioned, are undergoing similar adjustments at the shipyard dock."
It is not unusual for a warship to be renovated as soon as it is completed. It is even more normal if it is a test ship.
It is not unusual for the drawings to be changed after construction begins, the design to be changed before completion, and the functions to be added before service.
Except for some warships that were put on exhibitions as soon as they entered service and sank immediately after leaving the ship, the vast majority of warships spent their lives undergoing repeated modifications.
The warship itself is a huge integrated weapons and equipment system.
It is normal to adjust the subsystems on the ship during use.
But the magnitude of the adjustment varies from ship to ship.
According to the agreement between the Ming Dynasty Navy and the shipyard, the large-scale transformation and mid-term overhaul of the capital ship will be completed by the shipyard.
Small-scale modifications after the capital ships enter service, modifications after the cruisers and below ships enter service, and routine maintenance and overhaul of all ships are all completed by the Navy's own shipyards.
At the same time, the three most important naval bases in the Ming Dynasty, Zhoushan, Jiulong, and Lushun, were actually chosen around the three complete shipbuilding bases.
The supporting facilities available to the naval base's shipyard are actually exactly the same as those used by specialized shipyards.
It's just that the overall scale of the naval shipyard is smaller. It is mainly responsible for the repair and maintenance of ships, and occasionally builds some small boats.
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After hearing this, Zhu Jianyan asked casually:
"What do the Governor's Office, the Military Aircraft Department, and the Ministry of War think of these new cruisers and destroyers?
"The main thing is, compared with previous warships, are there enough obvious advantages?"
Dai Quheng reported as the representative:
"Overall, I am satisfied. The speed, endurance, and weapon projection are all far higher than those of old ships of the same level.
"Although the failure rate is still relatively high, it is foreseeable that it will gradually decrease with continued construction and repair."
Zhu Jianyan asked the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office for their opinions, and then finally made his decision:
“Then start mass construction and replace the old ships with new ones one by one.
“Old ships that are older and in poorer condition are decommissioned and dismantled.
“If the boats are in good condition and have relatively new hulls, they will be sold to countries in Europe and the West.
"Either sent to a vassal country, or used as a defense fleet."
The relevant personnel immediately wrote down what Zhu Jianyan meant, and then Dai Quheng continued to ask:
"Your Majesty, what about the capital ships? Will we also start building the second batch? Will we also replace the old ships one by one?
Zhu Jianyan obviously hesitated this time:
“The new 40,000-ton battleship is twice as tonnage as the original battleship, and its cost has more than tripled.
“The cost of replacing the old ships one-to-one is too high. The key is that the two demonstration ships have just been built and have not been extensively tested.
“The real Wuwei and Zhenhai of the same type and level have just begun to be tentatively constructed.
"It's better to be a little more conservative and wait until Dinghai and Fearless complete basic verification tests before making a decision."
Zhu Jianyan made up his mind directly, and the matter was basically settled.
The meeting continued to discuss other issues and finalize more details until noon.
The major matters that needed to be made public that day were directly based on the central court's important affairs notification practice and were sent to the vassal states around the world when the government was released that day.
Zhu Jingyuan of Liusha City in the Dashi Kingdom also received the notifications from the past two days.
Zhu Jingyuan was really speechless when he discovered that the first official video and film of the Ming Dynasty was actually for the Minister of Rites to speak on the Analects of Confucius.
The literati of the Ming Dynasty valued education, but in many cases they only paid superficial attention to it.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty still did not have universal primary education.
Zhu Jingyuan talks about the bad habit of self-impression left by old literati.
But then I thought about it, even if it was superficial attention, it was much better than not paying attention at all, and I was relieved.
What made Zhu Jingyuan even more emotional was the adjustment of the jurisdiction of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
This time, the Ming Dynasty troops really bluntly stated that they would "deploy weapons globally."
All the land and sea areas in the entire region were directly divided into six parts.
It is under the responsibility of five governor's offices and one Huangzhuang Army Group.
When the report was almost finished, Chunxiang came in from outside and reported:
"Your Highness, Mr. Zheng is here to report that the polyethylene material you requested has been successfully produced. Would you like to take a look?"
"good!"
Zhu Jingyuan stood up immediately:
"I'll go right away!"
Polyethylene is a plastic, the earliest petrochemical plastic.
For Ming Dynasty, which has already mastered coal chemical industry and synthetic plastics from natural organic materials, polyethylene may not have much impact before it matures.
But it is very important for the big food country.
With polyethylene plastic, Big Food Country also has a relatively convenient industrial base.
In this era, most industrial industries are highly dependent on raw materials.
The first industrial revolution can only be born in a place with coal and steel. Coal and steel mining areas are the best industrial areas.
The second industrial revolution required mastering the sources of crude oil and refining technology.
If a big food country wants to build coal-fired factories and steel factories, both coal and iron ore will have to be imported, and there will be no competitive advantage within the Ming Dynasty system.
But if the industry is replaced by petrochemicals, then the big food country will have an absolute resource advantage.
Raw materials and energy are basically self-produced, and catalysts are mainly imported.
The big food country can now have its own advantageous industries.
