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Chapter 37 The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets 2

[“Elizabeth I didn’t miss her moment.

Nowhere in England is more than 120 kilometers from the ocean. The Queen believes that this natural advantage can be used to develop maritime trade.

But doing so is tantamount to taking food from the Spaniards..."

Under the gray-blue sky, on the protected stone tablet, a man wearing a long sword and holding a globe appeared.

"In 1580, Francis Drake, a native of Plymouth, became the first person in the world to complete a circumnavigation of the world himself. During this three-year voyage, Drake's fleet not only plundered Spanish colonies in South America, but also Spanish ports in Europe were also attacked.

Drake returned home with a full load, bringing investors a profit of 4700 times. As one of the investors, Elizabeth I received a dividend of 16.3 pounds, which was equivalent to one year's expenditure of the government at the time..."]

Four years ago, Xu Fu made his first trip eastward and returned a year later without finding the elixir of immortality for him. Now looking at their maritime trade, Ying Zheng instantly thought of Xu Fu.

Being able to travel around the world in a boat. If there really was a fairy mountain, would Tianmu not talk about such a magical thing?

The existence of the sky curtain reveals the true face of the earth and the operation principle of the starry sky. Those magical knowledge are things that even the alchemists do not know and they work hard to learn.

Although he still wanted to seek immortality, Ying Zheng, whose trust in the foreign warriors had greatly declined, began to think about the possibility of reusing waste and directly using large ships to escape.

The Tang Dynasty had only been established for a few years, and it had to do things and spend money. Li Shimin, who had no money at all to clean up the mess in the late Sui Dynasty, turned to look at the ministers: "How many times the profit?"

Changsun Wuji hid the horror on his face and tried to keep his voice steady: "4700 times profit."

Their eldest son's family is not as good as those big aristocratic families like the Wang family in Taiyuan, but it's not that bad. He is the prime minister of the dynasty, but when he hears about this profit, the prime minister can't stand it.

Even if there is the activity of Drake robbing Spain, it also shows how much money Spain made by relying on shipping.

Li Shimin: "I remember that when I talked about Isabella before, I said that Spain relies on the gold and silver mines in the Americas. That's right."

The people below nodded in unison.

The people of the Central Plains looked down upon the barbarian land, but it was different if there were mines. There were only a few people in the court who came from poor backgrounds, and were not as shy as later generations in the moralistic style of talking about money. They all looked at the boats with eager eyes, wishing that the sky would mark them on a map and set off tomorrow.

It’s not like he doesn’t know what foreign countries are like. Zhu Yuanzhang was a little doubtful: “Those small overseas countries are so wealthy, how can they make so much money doing business?”

Zhu Biao reminded: "Dad, there are gold and silver mines in America." This is directly digging money.

He also remembered what Tianmu said before that a large amount of Spanish silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty, which also affected the Ming Dynasty a lot.

Zhu Di looked at Zheng He who had already changed his surname: "Sambo, after the ship is built in two years, don't go to the southern countries yet, go directly to America."

Zheng He, who was recently busy publishing the "Buddha Speaks of the Maritime Sutra", received the order: "I have asked people to draw all the maps that have appeared. I will definitely find America for the Holy One!"

The two cousins ​​at the back had a look in their eyes, and they seemed to understand why those ministers were so guarded against opening the sea. There was so much profit in love.

Zhu Houzhao summoned Liu Jin and asked him to find all the documents about the three treasure eunuchs who went to sea.

Even though the country is no longer as powerful as it was during the Yongle period, but it is impossible to build treasure ships, it is always okay to build some ships that are not as big as the sky.

[The small narrow boat is very old, but it is still well preserved. Follow the red-painted stairs up to the deck, and the final scene is fixed on the wooden rudder.

"The noble Queen personally came to Drake's ship and solemnly awarded Drake the title of 'knight' for a man whose profession is more accurately called a pirate.

The achievements of their compatriots and the Queen's encouragement bolstered the British confidence in traveling across the oceans. More and more people, one after another, joined the ranks of overseas plunder and trade. "

In the black and white picture, sailors on the ship are busy climbing on the mast, and the ship with many white sails is sailing on the water in an instant. ]

Liu Che understood very well that if someone could bring him a year's revenue from the treasury in just one trip, then he would be willing to grant him the title of Langguan or Chehou. Although Tianmu also named them pirates, the ones who plundered were not from their own country, so what does it matter.

It's just that people have gone to sea. Who will farm the land and do corvee labor in the British country? Do we have to buy all the food?

Zhu Yuanzhang also had the same view. England encouraged its citizens to go to sea. If everyone ran away, who would farm?

And although I don’t know what the title of ‘Knight’ is, it sounds like it should be a great honor. This is given to a pirate...

11-year-old Zhu Xi, who has always been smart, pointed to the sky and asked: "The sun never sets on the empire, which means they plundered places all over the earth. Is the Ming Dynasty also there?"

The expressions of Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers changed.

This matter was originally far away from them, but when Zhu Ping said this, he felt a chill in his back just thinking about it.

The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, with this name, how could it possibly let go of the always prosperous Central Plains. They haven't even completely driven away Mongolia in the north. Who would have thought that they would be surrounded by powerful enemies overseas.

Zhu Biao lowered his head: "Dad, this is an opportunity."

The earth was too big, and there were far more lands and countries than they knew. The sea ban can control people from the Central Plains from running overseas, but it cannot control people from coming over.

But knowing that the future is determined by the ocean, they must not miss the opportunity.

[Globe Theater…]

Everyone is puzzled, how can a literati who writes plays be worthy of being so sought after, when there are no serious literati?

[Rights of Kings and Nobles... Magna Carta...]

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang looked at each other and found that they both had bitter smiles in their eyes.

At that time, there were three major forces in the court: wealthy families, relatives, and eunuchs. As a result, the Shi Changshi and He Jin fought, and the instigating family stood high and retreated behind the scenes. The Han Dynasty had no whereabouts. Yuan Ji, who thought he was the leader of the fourth generation and the three male families, was also buried in Luoyang. The two leaders of the Yuan family became Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Liu Bei: "This foreign country is indeed completely different from the customs of the Central Plains."

Zhuge Liang said with relief: "The anchor said, this is just a documentary, let us understand it. It is probably a human effort, not a history book." The key events were vague and unclear, piracy and colonies were briefly mentioned, and the focus was on the political changes in their country, not History books, understandable.

What he was thinking about was that the documentary was talking about Chinese people, and there were also Chinese people in it. Why did they admire England so much?

The people of the Ming Dynasty made a comparison and found that their officials and lords in the Central Plains were completely different from the nobles in the West. There were almost no nobles with the above strength after the Tang Dynasty. Even if the court promoted the Zhang family and Qufu in Jiangxi The Kong family, it is impossible for the two families to do such a thing to the court or the royal family.

The aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty were itching to see it and were ready to take action, but none of their immediate bosses in the three time and space, Li Shimin, Li Zhiwu Mei Niang or Wu Zetian, could do such a thing.

Write it down so that if you meet an egg emperor with average qualifications in the future, you can try to fool him.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, most people just listened.

The Emperor of Zhou and the princes and princes all had a relationship with Zhou Li in the beginning, but in the end the rituals collapsed. The final result came down to which prince and king was more powerful. In England, the king was weak and had to make a treaty.

The national conditions are different. The rituals in the Central Plains have been in ruins for hundreds of years. From Emperor Qin to Emperor Wu of Han, the unified dynasties encountered powerful people in power. No one would think that such things can restrain the king. Those who can be restrained can only say It's because their monarchy is not 'supreme' in the first place.

[Parliament House…]

Although this method of sitting down to discuss politics seemed novel, many people, especially officials, sensed something was wrong.

The nobles and the king discussed politics, but what about the officials?

How are officials appointed? Are they appointed from among the nobility? Are the people who discuss affairs and those who do things the same group? Who does the specific work?

[Charlie I...]

The law is higher than the king?

This sentence made all the kings very uncomfortable. The emperors were all disgusted with the foreign king who could not defeat the nobles of the parliament.

Unlike changing dynasties and directly killing the rulers of the old dynasty, many people looked at the king who was executed in front of the people in the oil painting with cold eyes.

This kind of thing, this kind of painting, blatantly tramples the supreme monarchy to the ground, and it must not happen under their rule!

[Seagulls chirp, and more turbulent waves crash in, which is very scary.

"What happened in 1649 had almost no impact on the Qing Dynasty of China, which had just entered China five years ago, but it was completely different on the European continent..."]

Kangxi: Now it’s starting to have an impact, Tianmu.

He took a deep breath and knew that he could not stop the people in the world from looking at the sky and talking about the things above. The most important thing now was to cultivate high-yielding rice first. Only this could stop the people in the world from talking.

As for the control of the oceans and world trade...he has not yet figured out what the regulations will be.

As for the dynasties before the Qing Dynasty: What do you mean, these people from outside the Pass are not from the Central Plains! ?

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