I am the king of the dead

The establishment of the Liyue imperial dynasty in the Xuande period had a lot to do with Ming's rule in Jiaozhi.

"The king of Jia, Li Sicheng, is not bad. He is not obedient on the surface, but secretly commits treason." Yao Kui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, had a good evaluation of Li Sicheng. Something happened again in his old department.

Jia Wang Li Sicheng was originally named King of Cochin by Daming at the beginning, if Li Sicheng made up his mind to turn against Ming Dynasty, Daming would have to fight Li Sicheng several times before Cochin can be completely stabilized.

After Daming took down Shenglong Mansion, Li Sicheng imitated the precedent of Ryukyu King Shang Taijiu and moved to Tianjin Wei. In recent years, Li Sicheng has been used more as a channel to communicate with the imperial court, and he is also quite honest.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "He just thought, if the people in Jiaozhi don't follow him to make noise, how can he make trouble without the foundation of public opinion? This Jiaozhi has been in chaos for so many years, and the people have been displaced. It's hard to live a stable life. Days, Li Sicheng is dishonest and has no place to have fun."

"It's this Jiawang Li Sicheng who has recently become obsessed with women. There are more than 300 geisha in the palace, including Japanese girls and Korean concubines." Yao Kui, Minister of Rites, said with a slightly ugly expression.

Li Sicheng, as the canonized prince of the Ming Dynasty, is a serious palace. The Ming Dynasty has a ban, and Li Sicheng can't get the geisha of the Ming Dynasty, but it is still very easy to get some Japanese women and Gao Liji who are not banned by the Ming Dynasty.

In Yao Kui's view, it is really indecent for the palace to keep so many geisha.

Zhu Qiyu's face was a little strange and he said: "Let's be happy here, don't you think of Li?"

"Probably so." Yao Kui was taken aback, then replied with a smile.

Li Sicheng's situation is indeed a bit like a captured Adou. No matter what Li Sicheng's personal temperament is, Li Sicheng has to show a harmless appearance, so raising geisha is a good way to express that he has no ambitions.

If Li Sicheng spent the whole day in Tianjin Wei and showed an appearance of great ambition, he would be courting death, and his life would not be long.

"If you don't involve the laws of Ming Dynasty, let him go. Li Sicheng is a smart man. He won't make things difficult for Daming, let alone himself." Zhu Qiyu spoke highly of Li Sicheng. He is a smart man who knows where Can touch, which places can not be involved.

Daming’s transformation of Cochin into a prefecture and county was actually part of the grand strategy of the Ming Dynasty to develop land and sea simultaneously, especially the development of maritime affairs. Only the county and county Annan could go south to the west and carry out the maritime affairs to the end.

"Your Majesty, the governor of Ryukyu, Chen Yi, is seriously ill, and he is requesting his resignation." Wang Ao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, put Chen Yi's memorial on the table with a heavy heart.

Zhu Qiyu opened the memorabilia, and his face became more and more serious. This is not the first time Chen Yi asked to be appointed as an official, but this time, Chen Yi was seriously ill. The memorial was sent through Gelu, so it is not so much a memorial as a suicide note.

In the Memorial, Chen Yi explained many problems of Ryukyu and Jilong Island in detail, and emphasized the importance of Jilong Island, a large island, to Ming Dynasty. If there is a mistake, Daming is the Longjin Shoal.

"What did the Tai Hospital say, there is no other way?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Wang Ao and asked.

Wang Ao shook his head. The imperial physician of the imperial hospital visited Chen Yi the last time he fell ill, and this time it was really time.

Zhu Qiyu closed the memorial, closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened his eyes and said: "Ministry of Rites, please prepare your posthumous title, and pass on my decree to bestow Ryukyu governor Chen Yi as Chiayi uncle, son Chen Shenenyin Jinyiwei town governor."

Chen Yi’s Chiayi Bo is probably the same as Jin Lian’s Mu Yang Bo. As for matters, it is the same as Hu Changxiang's son, Hu Changxiang.

For Chen Yi, Zhu Qiyu was extremely honored.

Chen Yi is different from Chen Xun and Wang Zhi. Chen Yi has ancestral temples in both Zhangqiu and Hetao. Chen Yi and Xu Youzhen control the water in Zhangqiu and Hetao. They are down-to-earth for the people of Ming Dynasty. People who seek happiness.

Hu Wei hesitated for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, do you think that the matter of Chen Shen's kindness can be slowed down? Chen Shen has always been talented and learned, but because his father eats the king's salary, he has not taken an imperial examination for many years. If he fails again , talk about grace again?"

Hu Yi just delayed his son's imperial examination. Hu Changxiang didn't intend to take the imperial examination these years.

"It doesn't conflict." Zhu Qiyu frowned, and he gave the official position of grace to others himself. No matter what Hu Wei said, he gave grace to Chen Yi's son, but it was like delaying Chen Shen's future.

"Your Majesty." Hu Yan said with a smile: "If Chen Shen favors the Jinyiwei Zhenfu, it will be inconvenient for him to become an official."

Zhu Qiyu glanced at Hu Wei, and then thought that Hu Wei was impeached by He Zhang because of who supported who on the stage, so he understood that if he gave Chen Shen a favor, Chen Shen would really become an official in the imperial examination in the future, and he would have What is achieved will also be ridiculed as lucky progress.

The emperor gave Chen Shen grace as an official, which was indeed delaying Chen Shen's future.

Zhu Qiyu weighed in for a moment and said: "I will keep this town governor for him. If he fails the Jinshi exam, he will come to me to get a job as a town governor."

Chapter 878 The country is endless, it depends on robbing

Zhu Qiyu gave Chen Yi extremely high respect, including giving Chen Yi the rare honor of Liujue. If Xu Youzhen continued to work for the well-being of the people of Ming Dynasty in his current form, Zhu Qiyu would probably give such an honor after Xu Youzhen died.

When making a conclusion on Chen Yi's coffin, give him enough respect, that is Zhu Qiyu's respect for himself, and it is also because Chen Yi has enough respect for himself that he can get this respect.

Guozuo is the longevity of the dynasty, the life of the dynasty, and the blood bar of the dynasty, so what determines this blood bar?

In fact, it is the degree of organization.

The degree of organization is the life of a regime. With the decline of the degree of organization, the inside of the regime will become more and more corrupt, which is manifested in the decline of the world, the collapse of rituals and music, and the decline of the degree of organization is inevitable. Bad emptiness is an inevitable process for every regime.

So how to increase or supplement the degree of organization to continue Guozuo?Birth and death change and perish.

Rewards and punishments are clearly one of them. Zhu Qiyu's violent reputation is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Whether it is Chen Xun, Wang Zhi, or the current Chen Yi, the honor after death is all rewards.

Rewards and punishments are clearly a necessary condition for maintaining organization. If you make a mistake, you just lift it up and put it down gently. After three to five months, the official will return to his post. If the constitutional affairs are like waste paper, then the loss of organization is not surprising.

The second is robbing, robbing can win, and the fat that will not be liquidated, there are only a few pieces in this world, one is the vast cotton fields of India, one is the silver mines of Japan, and the other is the manpower scattered all over the place. Resources, one is the scalp of the Indians.

Of course, at the end of the nineteenth century, there was still a fat piece of fat that would not be liquidated, and that was the indemnity paid by the Qing Dynasty.

Kaihai is robbing, using the silver mines of the Japanese country to make up for the organizational speed lost by Daming.

Zhu Qiyu picked up another memorial and put it on the table and said: "In May, the cold current has passed and the warm current has arrived, and the monsoon is just in time. Tang Xing, the commander of Jin Yiwei, will lead the official ship of the Ming Dynasty to the Western Ocean. Sa, Commander Tang will lead part of the fleet and continue westward, while the official ship will return to Ceylon, go to Jiugang, Da Nang, and return to the Guangzhou Shipping Department."

"This is the first time since Xuande nine years ago, Ming Dynasty went south to the West. I still say the same thing. If you want to oppose it, you should oppose it here. Don't engage in those civil uprisings and arson. I think it's a pity that the treasure ship in Fufu Shipyard that didn't even have a name was burned like that."

"In the name of the civil uprising, I just want to delay the imperial court's plans for scattered silver, and I will never forgive you lightly!"

Zhu Qiyu remembered the tyrannical combat power of the Haining and Lujiang, and naturally he also remembered the treasure ship that was burned on the dock before it even made it to the sea.

This is Zhu Qiyu's warning. As the emperor, he will really get mad if he plays this kind of dirty tricks!

The route of official ships and official trade is Zheng He’s sixth voyage to the Western Ocean. The reason why he chose the sixth voyage is that this voyage is the most mature and has the most abundant information. Whether it is various star maps, Or the various methods of crossing the equatorial windless zone are valuable experiences.

Tang Xing's round-the-world voyage and official ship official trade were carried out at the same time. In Manbasa, Tang Xing would part ways with the official ship official trade with thirty ships, and step into completely unknown seas.

The official trade of official ships has already been a hot topic in court discussions. The difference from the voyages to the West during the Yongle period is that this time, the official trade of official ships is no longer an exclusive monopoly of the Ming court or domestic funds, but With a large number of merchant ships accompanying them, the official ships and official trade ships serve more as an anchor price, while the accompanying warships serve as an escort. The main purpose of the Ming Dynasty official ships is to declare to the countries in Southeast Asia and the West: ,came back.

This issue has long been discussed so badly that it cannot be rotten, but Zhu Qiyu still brought up the old matter again, and naturally issued a final warning not to cause trouble on this matter. Yu Shaobao is not in the capital. Advise Renshu.

If it is said that the Ming emperor acted arbitrarily, Hu Wei was the first to be unhappy.

As far as this matter of official ships and official trade is concerned, His Majesty discussed with the court officials at the court meeting, and communicated with the Ministry of National Treasury to determine the division of accounts for official ships and official trade. It took more than a year to discuss specific matters such as the distribution of goods, accompanying merchant ships, etc., and the number of internal and external communications was extremely frequent, trying to achieve a result that most people were satisfied with.

Although it cannot be said that the result is perfect, His Majesty has done his best to satisfy the majority. In fulfilling the emperor's duties and playing the role of the court in mediating conflicts between various classes, His Majesty has done everything he can.

"Your Majesty, King Shouyang of the Joseon Dynasty said that he hopes to accompany him, that is, to let the merchants of North Korea go out to see the world." Ma Huan, the minister of Honglu Temple, said with a strange expression: "They have four three-masted ships, which came from Songjiang Prefecture Shipyard. bought."

"The Wa country also has this idea, mainly the merchants of the Wa country, mainly Katsumoto Hosokawa, who hope to ask for a reward from the imperial court in the name of Yamano Yuan Gongfang. There is no lack of restraint."

"It's not a matter of getting rich." Zhu Qiyu asked full of doubts: "What can North Korea sell? Gao Liji? Gao Liji is a product that only Daming can afford, and it's a luxury Households, ordinary people, how can they afford such precious things?"

"Could it be that Maharaja Shouyang wants to go to Borneo to sell his Gao Liji?"

After Shouyang Dajun became the king of Joseon, the basic national policy was to make great neighbors. Nothing is as important as making friends with neighbors. Therefore, it is not surprising that Daming made a move, and North Korea responded, but what are they selling?

Ma Huan said dumbfoundedly: "That's not true, Your Majesty, this Yangjun sells Gao Liji, but only Da Ming, and those Gao Liji are willing to serve the people of Ming Dynasty. If they go to Japan, Ryukyu, Cochin, and Siam , They themselves are not willing to go.”

It is obvious that His Majesty's attention to this aspect of trade is limited to Da Ming's profit geometry, and he shows indifference to others.

Gao Liji is a luxury item comparable to Yangzhou skinny horses in Nanya Zhufu. These Gao Liji are hard to find even in North Korea. Which one of them is not expensive to cultivate?Gao Liji took the high-end route. Gao Liji, who grew up in this environment, would not be willing to serve even if she was sent to Japan.

"Mr. Shouyang's reason is this. Daming is a kingdom of heaven. Although I don't know what Ming's plan is, but follow suit. It's absolutely right." reason.

Although I can't understand what Da Ming is doing, but follow Da Ming to do it together, if you wait until there are benefits to follow, it will be too late.

"This song by Lord Yang is really interesting, sure." Zhu Qiyu agreed to the king of Joseon's request, but it was only four three-masted ships. North Korea was willing to travel with Daming, and Zhu Qiyu was happy to see it come true.

The capital of Liaodong commanded Fan Guang to suppress Jiannu in Liaodong, and North Korea's cooperation was needed. Naturally, there was no need to turn against each other. After all, when Daming wanted Jeju Island to be a market secretary, Maharaja Shouyang did not hesitate at all.

"At the request of Katsumoto Hosokawa, let me think slowly." Zhu Qiyu frowned.

This time Tang Xing served as the commander of Fandu's voyage to the south, and he would bring Jin Shenju with him to discuss in the Wenhua Palace. Jin Shenju was not only Tang Xing's relatives, but also the Imperial Order of the Wa Kingdom.

Jinsanju's prestige in Japan is extremely high. After the Muromachi shogunate's third-generation shogun Ashikaga Yoshinaka was assassinated and the Muromachi shogunate was in turmoil, he was able to support the dignity of the Muromachi shogunate. The personal prestige and ability of Jinsanju can be seen.

"In fact, I don't want Japanese people to participate in this matter, but Hosokawa Katsumoto accepted the invitation of Shanye Yuan Gongfang." Zhu Qiyu weighed it again and again, and finally accepted Hosokawa Katsumoto's invitation.

The reason is simple, just like the Tatars have an advantage on the grassland, the Japanese have their own advantages in the ocean.

Taiji Bolai and Ma'er Ke'er from the Asut and Karaqin tribes dared to attack Changping Hou Yang Jun on the grassland, but let them go to the pass and face the Beijing army led by Changping Hou and Changping Hou. I dare not breathe a breath.

Tang Xing was going to sail around the world. A group of Japanese born and bred on the water was indeed beneficial to Ming's sailing around the world. Besides, Katsumoto Hosokawa did not request as the third leader of the Wa Kingdom or the Muromachi Shogunate, but In the name of Shanye Yuangongfang, he requested to accompany him, and the ones accompanying him were not Japanese, but warriors under the rule of Shanye Yuangongfang.

Zhu Qiyu's goal for Tang Xing's voyage around the world is: not to seek success, but to hope that Tang Xing and others can come back alive, and train experienced boat masters and sailors. , Go a few more times and it will always work.

The court meeting ended in a quarrel, and the content of the quarrel was not about the maritime trade, but about the Ninety Juren who were burned to death.

The Ministry of Rites believes that the imperial court should make some compensation, such as granting these more than 90 Juren the same background as Jinshi.

However, the He Zhang of the Metropolitan Procuratorate disagreed with the Ministry of Rites' statement that the deaths of the more than 90 Juren were personal grievances with Zou Gan. Compensation, if this is burned to death, he will be born as a Jinshi, and I am afraid that some people will follow suit.

For a status of being a Jinshi who has nothing, will there really be people competing to follow suit?

The answer is yes. In the current Ming Dynasty, studying is for the imperial examination, and the imperial examination is for passing the rank. If you fail to pass the rank, you might as well die.

The conflict between the Ministry of Rites and the Metropolitan Procuratorate should have started with He Zhang’s impeachment of Hu Wei because of his immorality. This is deeply ingrained, and it cannot be solved with just a few words. After arguing for a long time, Zhu Qiyu finally made a decision and awarded more than 90 Juren He was born with Jinshi.

There is no substantive salary, let alone an official position, only a status of a Jinshi background, which can be regarded as an confession to the family members of more than 90 Juren.

If you want to imitate, in addition to risking your life, you must first have a grudge with the third-rank servant of Chaozhong Zhengzheng, and this third-rank servant has to take risks. It is as difficult as heaven to imitate this way.

Zhu Qiyu has not changed from the beginning to the end, he is willing to give these young students more tolerance.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Qiyu received an obituary from the Ryukyu prefectures.

When Zhu Qiyu heard the obituary, he stopped court for three days to express his condolences.

The Ryukyu prefectures requested that Chen Yi be buried in Jilong Island. This was also Chen Yi's last wish. He hoped that Jilong Island would become the place of Ming Dynasty, and he did not want the imperial court to forget this piece of land. The importance, Chen Yi is clear, when it comes, Chen Yi is still thinking about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Qiyu wanted to seize love as the emperor, not only did not agree with Chen Yi's last wish, but also requested that Chen Yi's body be transported back to the capital in ice storage, buried in Jinshan Cemetery, and shared with the imperial mausoleum.

After Hu Wei heard about it, he went to Tai'an Palace and discussed with His Majesty for a long time, and finally decided on the compromise plan of setting up a clothes tomb in Jinshan Cemetery and burying Chen Yi on Jilong Island.

"Xing'an Da Dang stayed behind, and I would also like to persuade Your Majesty that birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, so there is no need to be overly sad." When Hu Yi left Tai'an Palace, he told Xing'an.

Regarding Chen Yi's death, His Majesty's grief was not very obvious, but Hu Yi still saw His Majesty's grief, since His Majesty wanted to win back his feelings uncharacteristically, and did not comply with Chen Yi's last wish and wanted to transport Chen Yi's body back to the capital. Hu Wei could understand His Majesty's deep sorrow.

Chen Yi is a minister of the dragon, although he once yelled such treasonous words like praise, but Chen Yi didn't do it in the end. After going to Zhang Qiu, Chen Yi didn't care about working hard outside Chaoyang Gate and hit him From the moment the sedan chair was driven out, Chen Yi stood firmly by His Majesty's side.

Along the way, more than ten years have passed by in a hurry.

How many decades can there be in life?

More than ten days later, Xu Youzhen, the governor of the river patrolling the Yangtze River, was shocked by the news of Chen Yi's death. She was extremely sad. After writing a eulogy, she fell ill. The two are close friends, both in Zhang Qiu and in Hetao, they are all comrades who can give their backs to each other to resist and kill the enemy.

After Xu Youzhen recovered from his illness, it was already mid-May, and the fleet of the official ships of the Ming Dynasty had already assembled in Xingang, Songjiang Prefecture. After waiting for the imperial order, they set sail.

"This year's warm current is one and a half days later than last year's. Since the first year of Yongle, it has been cold every day in Beijing. If the sea is not open, how can Ming survive? Grabbing inside the door, Guo Zuo has been consumed like this.” Looking up at the starry sky, Li Binyan, who knows the difference in the phenomena of the Ming Dynasty, is the initiator of the bypass of the Ming Dynasty, and is also one of the editors of the "Jingtai Almanac" of the Ming Dynasty. one.

Li Binyan's favorite place to stay is the star observatory. He wants to go to the sky to see it from the perspective of strength. Li Binyan has sufficient confidence in leading the stars across the ocean and riding the wind and waves. However, Songjiang Mansion needs him. Daming He is also needed, and the long-cherished wish of going to the sky can only be handed over to Tang Xing.

Tang Xing was fiddling with Li Binyan's stargazing instrument, and when he heard Li Binyan's words, he said with a smile: "What you said is somewhat like the meaning of God's disdain for the Yan Mansion to sit in the world. What does it mean since the first year of Yongle? I also want to give you a big hat for the words of prophecy, so that you know that you can't talk nonsense."

Li Binyan looked at the stars in the sky, filled his glass with wine and said, "The third prince, his grandfather, you are a relative of the emperor. Are you going to punish me for my crime? As a sinner, I just went to the west redeemed."

Li Binyan still wanted to go. After all, it was his long-cherished wish.

Chapter 879 Haidao Qingning, the people rely on it

During the Jingtai period, why did Zhu Qiyu choose Tang Xing, a relative of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as the commander of the Fandu to lead the fleet to the west, instead of choosing an eunuch like the Yongle period?

The eunuchs who went south to the West include not only Zheng He, but also Wang Jinghong, Hou Xian, Yi Shiha, etc. Most of these eunuchs who can do practical things are selected by the test of the Jingnan Battle.And in the peaceful age, the selection of eunuchs will definitely become the one who will flatter and be reused in the end.

There are three ancestors in Daming Tai'an Palace, the first ancestor is Xing'an, the second ancestor is Cheng Jing, and the third ancestor is Li Yongchang.

One of these three is the admiral eunuch of the Rites Supervisor, the other is the supervisor of the East Factory, and the other is the admiral of the Jiangwu Hall. They are all extremely important positions, no matter which one they are, there is no way to transfer them.

Commanding the position of Fandu is not something everyone can do. Official ships and official trade not only have economic significance, but also have strong diplomatic and military significance. They must also be trusted by the emperor. He forgot the emperor in the capital, and the mission he carried on himself.

Therefore, this choice finally became Tang Xing's command of going south to the West as Fandu. This was the result of careful consideration.

"Speaking of the official ship and official trade in the late years of Xuande and the early years of Zhengtong, Commander Tang thought, why did the official ship and official trade in Daming just stop?" Li Binyan and Tang Xing had a drink. See you again, I don't know when it will be.

What Tang Xing was going to was Tianrim, whether he could come back or not was still unknown.

Looking at the boundless sea, Tang Xing said solemnly: "It's not just because the dog legs of the powerful and powerful people in Nanya are making noise in the court, but also because even if it is the last time in the nine years of Xuande Sailing to the West means that even the internal money is not lost or profitable, and if it continues, it is just a loss and a profit. Official ships and official trade will cost a lot of money, at least a million taels of silver for a trip. No matter how rich you are, you can’t afford such a compensation.”

"I lost money, so I couldn't do it anymore, it's as simple as that."

"That's it." Li Binyan smiled a little, and said with a full smile: "Commander Tang has been delayed by the status of the emperor's relative."

Tang Xing didn't simply attribute the stoppage of voyages to the fact that the power and authority hindered the development of Ming Dynasty for his own selfishness. Instead, he considered it comprehensively. From this point of view, it showed that Tang Xing was competent enough to command Fandu. Admiral Daming Navy, headed for Nanyang.

The efficiency of the imperial court is much lower than that of the people, which is an inevitable disadvantage of the bureaucratic system.

If the civil and military officials of the foreign dynasty also participated in the official trade of official ships and officials, and the civil officials, generals, and eunuchs wrangled, how could such efficiency compete with the smugglers all over the mountains and plains of the Ming Dynasty?

Now it should not be called a smuggler, but a merchant ship.

How serious is the phenomenon of smuggling in Ming Dynasty?During the reign of Hongzhi, even the princes of the world participated in it. For example, Liu Jing, the general officer of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Marquis of Anyuan, colluded with Qin Hong Wenwu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, in Dianbai Port, Guangzhou, and transported sulfur and saltpeter from Japanese pirates to Annan. Annan transported grain to the Japanese country in exchange for Japanese silver, earning a lot of money.

How did this matter get to the court in the end?