Chapter 24 Chapter 130 A Different Mind

Zhu Di said slowly: The way of an emperor lies in Yu Heng.As the Son of Heaven, I am the person in charge of this balance. If you can't maintain this balance, disaster will arise of itself.In the past, if you were not taught to sail to the West, the so-called tribute trade was just a melody in the temple, and people all over the world naturally ignored it.Not so now, alas!It's rare that he is willing to confess to me the filth hidden under the table! Zheng He smiled and said: Duke Fu is loyal, and naturally knows everything about His Majesty! Zhu Di hummed, and said: "However, if I follow his request, Wenxuan will win the hearts of the world's rich, landlords, rich merchants, and scholars."I am the Son of Heaven, and I can't go against the trend, let alone him. Once the situation is formed, although Wenxuan is loyal, he can't go against the trend. In the past, Chen Qiao's mutiny and the addition of the yellow robe must have been Zhao Kuangyin's original intention?

Zheng He's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to say more. Zhu Di was silent for a long time, then suddenly he laughed again, and said: Guan Zhong, Duke Huan is also a thief;Wu Qi was greedy for generals, killed his wife for self-confidence, scattered money to beg officials, and never returned after his mother died. However, in Wei, the people of Qin dared not go east, and in Chu, the people of the Three Jins dared not seek south.Only talent is used, only talent is used! The ancient emperors had a lot of suspicion, and as a result, those who had no malicious intentions had evil thoughts, and those who had no rebellious intentions were forced to rebel. Isn't Jianwen a living example?I rule the world only by talents, and use the way to control them, why not?Believe it, no doubt!

He stood up slowly, and said to Zheng He solemnly: Just follow Wenxuan's words!Abandon the tribute and change the city ship.You have presided over a trip to the West, and you are familiar with the sea and the western countries. This time, you will still be the official, and I will choose another minister as the assistant.The accompanying caravan attracts business from the private sector, and you are only responsible for publicizing it!Go and tell Wenxuan to prepare to go with you, no matter what, you must find out the whereabouts of that person! Zheng He hurriedly bowed and said, "Your servant obeys the order!"

In the palace of the emperor's grandson, Zhu Zhanji frowned slightly when he heard the news Chen Wu had inquired about, and said displeasedly: "Grandpa emperor dotes on Yang Xu too much, doesn't he?"Although Yang Xu has made many meritorious deeds, but he is entangled in power and planted party members, which is totally wrong!This time, Yang Xu did so many things in Jiangnan again. He first used Liaodong Shilin to confront Jiangnan, and then used ordinary people in the market to confuse people's hearts.Now, he is using this matter to invite people's hearts Chen Wu said: "Your Highness is right. If you talk about paying tribute and promoting the market, although it is possible, it should not be mentioned by him."Even if it is an admonition, can't you speak to the emperor in private?Now that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty said so, since the emperor obeyed, what the government and the public think of is not His Majesty's virtue, but his Yang Xu's kindness.Yang Xu has been an official for a long time, doesn't he understand the way of being a minister?

Zhu Zhan is basically a temperament that is lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside. When he heard the words, he took it for granted. He nodded, but there was a chill in his immature voice: To govern the world for the king, the first thing is virtue.The way to govern the country is to choose talents!Yang Xu's behavior is called righteousness, but it is actually an invitation to buy people's hearts. His heart can be punished. Such people should immediately let him go home.snort!If you are a king alone, such people are absolutely useless! really?The emperor agreed? Xia Xun was scolded and went back to the post house, and didn't take it seriously at all. Now Xia Xun is very free and easy, and he has long been calm about honor and disgrace.

I don't want to, just as he went back on his front foot, Zheng He chased him on his back foot.Xia Xun couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard that Zhu Di really agreed to give up the tribute trade and change it to a city boat. The development of history is formed by the joint action of many factors, and by no means any one factor can determine the overall situation. Although it is said that the Ming Dynasty in history had the opportunity to change from a land power to a sea hegemony, its downfall It is wrong to blame only the sea ban. In fact, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the rich and powerful families had already started to sail huge ships, and regarded the ban as nothing. Later, the Ming court officially lifted the sea ban. In the late Ming Dynasty, the Chinese fleet was still extremely powerful.

If it hadn’t been for natural disasters and man-made disasters that followed one after another at this time, allowing the Manchus to take advantage of it, leading troops into the pass to destroy Ming Dynasty, and barbarously entering China, making the whole of China set back three hundred years, then although the development process of the Han people would be a bit bumpy, but still will lead the world. What about now?The problem in the north has now been resolved to a considerable extent. At least, because of the transformation of the north, even if history will go back to the old road, this process will take a hundred years longer than the original history. Such a long time is enough Daming, which started more than a hundred years late in the age of great voyages, has once again become a maritime empire that dominates the world.

There will be no hopeless situation in the Chongzhen era in the Ming Dynasty. Its transformation is likely to be the struggle and alternation between the emerging capitalist forces and the old feudal forces. In this way, the Chinese nation will not make great strides backwards. path of.Therefore, Xia Xun has said everything that should be said, even if the emperor does not accept it, he has no regrets. However, if Daming changed the maritime trade system at this time, he would not be suppressed by the civil service group and opposed by the entire ruling class, and they would all be the beneficiaries.In this kind of frequent exchanges with other countries in the world, the advanced civilizations of the whole world will be brought into China in time to accommodate all rivers.If so, the Chinese nation will avoid many detours.

Such a result is of course what Xia Xun would like to see. Zheng He smiled and gave Xia Xun an affirmative answer. He deliberately reminded Xia Xun that he should restrain his sharpness, but these words are hard to say, not only would it be suspected of slandering the Holy Majesty, but if he could not explain clearly, it would cause Xia Xun to misunderstand , but made him jealous.Anyway, His Majesty is a talent-minded person with the world in mind, and he didn't take this matter to heart, let alone mention it. Thinking of this, Zheng He swallowed the words again, and said: Duke, besides telling you about this, our family has a secret decree, which we want to announce to Duke.

oh?After hearing this, Xia Xun got up quickly, stood upright and said: "My minister Yang Xu, I respectfully listen to the imperial decree!" Zheng He also stood up and told Xia Xun the emperor's secret order. Xia Xun was stunned when he heard it: Go to sea?Sailing?There is another year in my place, and everything is ready, and now I am going to go to the West, this trip will take a long time, I am afraid it will take a year or two?This one messed up my whole plan. Seeing him in a daze, Zheng He felt a little strange: Duke, is there any problem? ah?oh!Ha ha, no, no, I was just a little surprised when I first heard the news.

Zheng He smiled and said: Yes, such a thing does not need to work for the Duke, no wonder the Duke was surprised.It's just that this is the emperor's only heart disease! Zheng He sighed and said: "The emperor is very talented and general, compared with Han Wu Tang Zong, he will not give in at all."However, morality kills people, until now, there are still many stubborn people who are angry with His Majesty.Everyone's mouth melts their gold, and their bones are destroyed. The emperor is not worried about that man's restoration. When that man was in power in the past, he controlled the world's soldiers and horses, and he couldn't do anything to His Majesty, let alone today. Zheng He and Xia Xun are very familiar, and now they meet again in the small study, and there are only two of them, so Zheng He is also open and honest, saying: "It's just that this person has a special status. If he is very quiet and wants to move, and makes troubles outside, Not only the government and the public are uneasy, but also the reputation of His Majesty is even worse. The Duke of the State is a hero of Jingnan, so he naturally knows the reason. At the beginning, Taizu Bintian, Jianwen trusted treacherous craftsmen and killed flesh and blood. The current emperor was forced to raise troops due to danger.It was Jianwen who was ashamed of himself, ashamed to see the emperor's uncle, and died by self-immolation, and the emperor ascended the throne. If Jianwen suddenly appeared again now, how could the emperor face the world? Xia Xun nodded, of course he knew well, don't say that Zhu Yunqi called on the old Ministry of the Kingdom to rebel against Zhu Di, as long as he let out the news that he was still alive, Zhu Di would sit on the throne in an extremely embarrassing way, and when he came to the court every day, I'm afraid it's all like sitting on pins and needles, and he still lacks confidence when facing all the officials. Although Xia Xun knew that Zhu Yunqi had already been frightened, and it was too late to hide, he didn't dare to add trouble to Zhu Di, but Zhu Di didn't know. Could it be that he, Xia Xun, ran to make a promise with Zhu Di's white chest: Don't worry, Your Majesty, Zhu Yunwen is no different than dead. He avoids foreign lands and dare not reveal his identity at all? Zheng He said: But to know his whereabouts, it is really hard to reach the sky. Except for the Duke, the Emperor really can't find a suitable candidate. For this task, the Duke and his party can only work hard! Xia Xun thought to himself: I'm afraid I can't avoid the trip to the west, and I have to change my plan a little bit. Thinking of this, Xia Xun suddenly thought of something in his mind, and he hurriedly calculated in his heart, and said, "It is the duty of a courtier to eat the king's salary and share the worries for the king. There is no need to work hard."Since the emperor has some order, Yang Xu will naturally carry it out.However, Yang wants to go with his father-in-law, and whenever he goes, he has to go ashore before his father-in-law, and make a secret investigation. If he wants not to arouse the vigilance of that person, he must have a suitable identity! Xia Xun paced around the room for a while, secretly calculated, and said to Zheng He: To complete this mission, I need Shuangyu Guards! Zheng He was surprised and said: Shuangyu Wei? Xia Xun said: Yes, the officers and soldiers of Shuangyu were originally pirates, and they are familiar with how to deal with Fanyi.You might as well ask the officers and soldiers of Shuangyu Guards to be a guard on the voyage to the West. Everywhere they go, Yang will go ahead and ask them to change into casual clothes and go back to their old profession. There are as many pirates as there are in the western seas, so my father-in-law knows it.If that person is hiding somewhere, although I heard that there is a pirate fleet mostly of oriental race, I will not suspect it as an officer, so as not to scare the snake! Wonderful! Zheng He applauded with high fives, and praised: Yes, this method is the best way to conceal one's identity!Otherwise, our family is still worried that the Duke will go ashore first, and if there are fewer people with him, it will be difficult to inquire about news, and there may be personal danger.If a person brings too many, with what identity can he go?When that person hears about it, he must flee far away, and it will be even more difficult to find him. Pretending to be a pirate is best.The guards of Shuangyu were originally from pirates, so they had no flaws in their profession!Haha, good strategy!Good plan!Our family immediately replied to the Holy Majesty, and ordered to transfer the guards of Shuangyu to accompany them to the West! Father-in-law wait a minute! Xia Xun hurriedly called Zheng He, and asked: When is this voyage to the West scheduled? Zheng He said: "Everything is ready, you can buy goods at any time and set sail on the ocean."However, now that the tribute is to be dismissed and the market is revitalized, the emperor has to appoint civil servants to participate, and at the same time attract business from the people. With these changes, I am afraid it will take some time. Zheng He made some calculations and said: "It's April now, three months should be enough, and we can set sail in July!" Xia Xun said: "July, then Yang and father-in-law go to meet the king together. During these few months, Yang wants to go back to Jinling to have a reunion with his family."Hehe, this trip will take at least two years a year, so Zheng He understood it, and couldn't help laughing: This is human nature, it should be so, it should be so!