Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 742 Staking

   It's been a long time since the days of being a ninety-five-year-old.

  The huge wealth brought back by the fleet today made Emperor Hongzhi know that there is such a huge wealth outside of the Ming Dynasty, and there is such a rich land in the world.

  Emperor Hongzhi's heart is hot.

  Everyone has selfish desires.

  For example, Li Dongyang and Wang Ao, they think about Wen Zhenggong; Zhang Mao thinks about military merit. What Fang Jifan was thinking about was lying down comfortably, and being able to make up for some historical regrets for the sake of the country and the people; what Emperor Hongzhi was thinking about was his own children and grandchildren.

   I am afraid that my descendants will be unworthy.

  Once the descendants are unworthy and unable to keep the people in the world, others can still be spineless courtiers of the new dynasty, but their own descendants, even if they want to send them under the fence, can't get them.

only…

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Golden Continent is too far away. It is really rare that such a blessed place is thousands of miles away from my Ming Dynasty."

  Xu Jing pursed his lips: "Your Majesty, I don't think so."

   "Oh?" Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xu Jing.

Xu Jingdao: "Under the whole world, is it the king's ministers, the shore of the land, is it the king's land, the fertile soil that the Ming Dynasty saw, how can it be left alone on the grounds of being far away? If so, in the eyes of the Zhou people in the pre-Qin period, Every state in the world, which one is not full of thorns and barbarians, but the emperor of Zhou still entrusted the Quartet, ordered the concubines to break through the thorns and open up Fangguo, this...has the great cause of today's world. Your Majesty...that Jingchu, Wuyue, Liaodong, Hexi, even in the eyes of Zhou people at that time, was Shandong, which was all over Diyi. Most of the land was not developed. How much food can be grown from that barren land? Zhou people rely on Zhou The fertile soil of the emperor Wang Ji can support himself when the Shang Dynasty is destroyed, so that they can live in peace."

   "But... why did the emperor of Zhou entrust the concubines and order countless Chinese people to go to the most wild and remote places?"

"Everyone knows that it's far away, and everyone knows that there are dangers everywhere, and even the land has not been cultivated. Because... If the Zhou Dynasty didn't do this, Zhu Ji didn't occupy those lands, then the Dongyi people would occupy them. Zhu Ji ignores these wild lands. These lands will nourish the Nanmans. If not, the Shanrong people will rise from there. They will continue to grow, and eventually they will cultivate grain fields, raise livestock, feed a large number of people, and recruit countless people. They will pick bronze from the mountains as spears, use livestock to drive carts, and use animal skins as armor. Sooner or later, when the time is right, they will destroy the concubines, cut off their ancestral temples, burn and ban Zhou rites inheritance."

Xu Jing stared at Emperor Hongzhi: "The Golden Continent is enough to establish a country stronger than Ming Dynasty in time. With the help of the inexhaustible copper, iron, gold and silver, and fertile land, they will one day They will also build countless ships, and after one hundred years, three hundred years, or even five hundred years, they will send a huge fleet to patrol the East China Sea, and when that happens, what will Ming do with it?"

"Prepare for the rainy day, how can you allow others to sleep soundly under the couch? The ancestors have learned countless lessons. Today, if your majesty just looks at the ocean and sighs, feeling that the golden island is far away, but I don't take it seriously, and refuse to communicate with him, even if it is just outside the East China Sea. For Daming, the kingdom of vassals is also far away. But if His Majesty has the heart to embrace the universe, even if it is at the ends of the earth, in my eyes, it is not far away."

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned, and suddenly said: "Xu Qing's family means..."

Xu Jingdao: "What I know is that there is the Ottoman country in the west, which coveted Kunlun Island and regarded it as a forbidden land; there is also the Franji country, whose ships are extremely fast and can travel hundreds of miles a day. , is not under my Ming Dynasty, they also regard the Golden Continent as something in their pocket. Da Ming can't just sit idly by. Otherwise, once they swallow it, the countless gold and silver, countless treasures, and thousands of miles of fertile land Daming had no choice but to look at the ocean and sigh. Because of this, Uncle Jianchang took his people and stayed at the Golden Continent. In Kunlun Continent, the minister also appointed a team of people to set up a camp there. Daming had to go to sea again and again. The scale has to be better than ever before, and personnel are stationed, and supply ports are established between the islands, so that ships can go back and forth at any time..."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said: "I am ordering the construction of ships. Now, there are quite a few newly built ships. Next time I sail to the West, the number of ships and personnel may be three times that of this time, or even Five times, the Qing family's concerns are not unreasonable."

  Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a moment: "When the Qing family comes up with a charter, I will make the decision. The Qing family can rest assured that my internal money is quite rich. Naturally, I will do my best to support the Qing family's voyage to the West."

  Hearing the word Nei Mian, Liu Jian's face turned green.

   These two words definitely mean that men are silent when they hear it, and women cry when they hear it.

  Wang Ao's heart beat faster, and he felt like a Japanese dog.

  Two thousand people went to sea, and dozens of ships brought back such a huge wealth. Next time, there will be more people and more ships. At that time, what will they bring back?

  I was really smart for a while, but I was always confused. Shengsheng sent this to the West and became the royal private property.

  He wanted to say something to make up for the loss of the national treasury, but he opened his mouth, but fell silent again. What did he say? At the beginning...wasn't it me and the ministers who happily begged His Majesty for permission? Want to go back on your word now? Not to mention that it is completely unreasonable and untenable, I am afraid that His Majesty will be furious, playing with the emperor, looking for death?

Fang Jifan was very happy. To be honest, there are still people rushing to send money to the emperor and himself. Such people, such as Fang Jifan, are called Uncle Lei Feng in our lumps. Good man, this is definitely Really out of the vulgar taste.

Now, the Fang family still has 20% of the proceeds from the voyage to the West. Fang Jifan is not worried that His Majesty will withdraw his order. Have you seen it? In the south of Daming and Luzon, there is also a big island, not far from Daming, although there are no good breeds there, might as well, His Majesty also dispatch some ships to take a look?"

With the experience of going to the Golden Isle, countless money and food will be poured in, the ships will be built on a large scale, and countless crafts will be improved accordingly. Many people have begun to understand navigation. This is a continuous improvement and improvement. Then, to find Australia has become a matter of hand.

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded and nodded: "You and Xu Qing's family, both come to the charter, I will consider it myself."

  The implication of these words is actually granting permission.

   You can make money, what else can I say, this income is really impressive, and countless silvers have been poured into internal funds, why don’t I support it? If you want me to build a ship, come, come, come, I will use all my internal money to build it vigorously, is it not enough? It doesn't matter, I can eat sweet potato porridge every day, let Empress Zhang continue to weave with the palace people, and then dismiss some eunuchs, cut down on food and clothing, and save money in the palace. Is it enough?

  Emperor Hongzhi also had a small abacus. Although this small calculation is not at the level of the Jifan computer above, it has reached the level of hexadecimal, which is terrifying.

Emperor Hongzhi was overjoyed, and he was in a particularly good mood today. Although he saw the embarrassment on Liu Jian's face, he never mentioned what happened before, but his eyes fell on Zhang Heling: "In the future, stop messing around. My brother stayed in Huangjinzhou, do you know that if your sister finds out, she will miss him so much."

  Zhang Heling said: "I am not messing around."

  Emperor Hongzhi twitched, too lazy to continue accusing.

But Zhang Heling burst into tears and said: "The younger brother of the minister, he is willing to keep it. He said it is a good place and the climate is very warm. Your Majesty, why don't you give me a piece of land, and I will bring you a piece of land. Yes, as long as a radius of three hundred miles is enough."

As he said, he took out the map excitedly. He had already marked the location of Jinshan on the map: "Your Majesty, this place is called San Francisco, and it goes deep into the far west of the Golden Isle. I think this name is auspicious, so you might as well give it to me." For the brothers and sisters, the two brothers and sisters, in the future... will go there to farm in the future."

Emperor Hongzhi only glanced at the location of San Francisco, and smiled wryly in his heart. Where is this place? It seems that this Golden Continent belongs to his own home. Emperor Hongzhi said casually: "If you like it, then I will give it to you, but in the future, you must not be fooled by the prince, he let you go to sea, you go to sea, he also taught you to die, why are you still alive?"

  Zhang Heling looked aggrieved: "Your Majesty must not blame His Highness the Crown Prince. The two ministers and brothers are also close relatives to His Highness the Crown Prince. I really can't bear it. He has to be blamed by His Majesty for this."

   Zhu Houzhao's eyes were about to burst into flames.

   wished he could roll up his sleeves and slap this uncle twice.

  Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile: "Jifan..."

  Fang Jifan was in a daze. In fact, when Zhang Heling asked the emperor for this land, he actually asked for San Francisco. This San Francisco is on the west bank of Golden Island, thousands of miles away from the landing site. Brother Zhang, are you crazy?

   Very puzzling!

  Hearing His Majesty's call, Fang Jifan hurriedly came back to his senses: "I don't know what orders Your Majesty has?"

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said: "This family, I have given you land, come, I will also give you a piece of land, what do you like?"

  Fang Jifan understood that this is called borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. Anyway, the land does not belong to Emperor Hongzhi, so let's be happy to be a personal favor.

  Fang Jifan squinted his eyes, and the integrated circuit digital machine in his brain started to calculate instantly.

   "Let's take a look." Fang Jifan stepped forward with his eyes closed. After all, staking is a very pleasant thing.

  ………

  Uh, the alarm clock didn’t wake up, so I took a notebook and wrote it in the hospital. It’s painful, why does the alarm clock always fail to wake up?

  (end of this chapter)