The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The court meeting was over, Yan Chengjin walked out of the side door, ready to go back to the Censorate to investigate Yang Tinghe.

But he saw Yang Tinghe blocking him and blocking his way.

"Lord Yang wants to assassinate me in the palace?"

Yan Chengjin cautiously took a step back. He asked Yang Tinghe to go to Africa to find Kunlun slaves. Anyone with a normal mind would want to stab him, so he dared not not be on guard.

Yang Tinghe looked strange. After not seeing him for a while, this guy was still so "steady".

"You are a good official!"

Hmm?

Yan Chengjin immediately took two steps back. Is he crazy? This official caused you to go to Africa and cut off your official career for several years, and this guy came back and said he was a good official?

Han Wen and Wang Qiong looked at each other. Could it be that Yan Chengjin said that to Yang Tinghe?

Wang Qiong pondered for a moment and looked at Han Wen: "Brother Guandao, what is your dream?"

"Get lost!"

Wang Qiong: "..."

Zhu Houzhao also stood not far away, looking at Yang Tinghe with suspicion. Lao Gao caused Master Yang's family to fall into poverty, and stabbing Lao Gao a few times would not relieve his hatred.

How could he praise him?

All officials looked like this.

Yang Tinghe saw Yan Chengjin trying to avoid him, "This official speaks from the bottom of his heart. In the future, I may persuade Lord Yan together."

In the French country, I saw the French people exchange a large amount of silk at an expensive price, such as silk, porcelain and refined salt, which filled the ship's hold.

When I returned to the Maluku Islands, I saw Han merchants using cheap goods to exchange a large amount of spices, such as cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, etc.

And Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire sent envoys to the sea.

And so on, it seemed to open the door to a new world.

Only then did I know that Yan Chengjin, who had never left the capital, was as if he knew everything in the world, and the reforms he made were so far-sighted.

Yan Chengjin took another step back, "Lord Yang, you are too polite, goodbye."

"..." Yang Tinghe.

...

Yang Mansion,

Some servants were dismissed from the mansion, and the wife and the housekeeper were still there.

However, when his son Yang Shen learned that he was exiled overseas, he gave up his official position and traveled around for several years.

After returning to Beijing, he immersed himself in the brothel.

Sitting in the main hall, Yang Tinghe took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Even though the weather had turned cooler at night, he still felt a burning sensation on his back, which showed how angry he was.

Especially when he saw the swaying figure coming in with a wine pot, his face became even worse.

After the housekeeper reported the recent situation in the mansion, he lowered his head and stood aside.

"This old man looks like my father. How can there be a ghost in the house in broad daylight? Manager Yang will go to Lingji Palace tomorrow to invite an old Taoist to perform a ritual for him to help him pass away."

"I am your father!!"

"I am your father too!"

"No, no, no, Master, let's talk nicely. Don't move the stool. If you break it, you will have to pay for it..."

While speaking, the manager hurriedly hugged Yang Tinghe's waist and pulled the stool down.

"If you dare, insult me ​​again!"

"I am your father..."

Yang Shen couldn't help showing a hint of joy. This old ghost was quite interesting. He subconsciously reached out to pat his cheek.

Just at the moment when he touched his cheek, a warmth like human flesh came over him. He stretched his hand back like lightning, and then took a step back, almost falling to the ground.

"You are really my father..."

"Kneel down!"

...

Jin Shen Palace,

Yang Tinghe advised to build a ship and go to sea.

In the past, Master Yang would have dissuaded him and scolded Yan Chengjin as a scum in the court who bewitched Hou Zhao.

Now, he seemed to be a different person. The retired emperor Hongzhi narrowed his eyes slightly. Xiao Jing walked in and whispered, "Lord Yang showed goodwill to Lord Yan and said that they would advise together in the future."

"I find it strange. At the beginning, Yan Chengjin banished Lord Yang to the West. Lord Yang should have hated Yan Chengjin." Jiang Mian frowned.

The retired emperor Hongzhi nodded. Sending Yang Tinghe to the West was actually a banishment. He suspected that he had colluded with King Ning. Yang Tinghe was happy to leave in order to prove his innocence.

He should have hated Yan Chengjin, but now he was showing goodwill to Yan Chengjin. It was really strange!

Xiao Jing raised his eyes slightly, as if he had something to say, and he looked like he couldn't help but say it.

"Speak!"

After receiving the order, Xiao Jingcai said cautiously: "Yang Tinghe sent Yang Shen to Liangxiang Science College."

"Hmm?"

The retired emperor Hongzhi turned his head and looked at him.

The gentlemen were also surprised. They didn't expect that Yang Gong would send his son to the Science College. Did he succumb to Yan Chengjin's tyranny and flatter him?

"Retired emperor, sending ships to sea?" Li Dongyang raised his eyes.

It takes a lot of silver to supervise the construction of ships, especially ironclad ships. The sides and vital parts need to be equipped with three-inch thick steel plates. It costs about 500,000 taels for one ship, which is much more expensive than the big ship that the eunuch Sanbao used to sail to the West.

A fleet for a long voyage is composed of 120 ships.

There are too few ships to load much ore.

In total, it costs about 10 million taels of silver.

"Should we arrest the French first and ask where they got the silver mine?"

Everyone present, including the retired emperor Hongzhi, felt sorry for the silver. Yang Tinghe had been away from the capital for a long time. It was not known whether he could trust the court to send a large number of ships with just one sentence.

And is there any place in the world that the court does not know about?

Usually, when the retired emperor discussed matters with the officials, Xiao Jing did not even dare to breathe, but today he said as if to seek credit: "Reporting to the retired emperor, there is a eunuch under my command who has been to the East and said that there is a vast land there."

The retired emperor Hongzhi sat up straight and took a deep breath.

Gao Feng was brought to the hall. From the solemn expressions and tense atmosphere of the gentlemen, she concluded that something big must have happened.

"I... I have seen the emperor."

"Going east to the sea, is there still territory?"

"Yes, I borrowed the ship of the King of Ryukyu and went there once. I walked towards the sun for many days and nights. There is a territory there, which is more desolate than the south, and the people are poorer than refugees.

Endless barren mountains and swamps, I... I dare not go far..."

The gentlemen had already taken a breath of cold air, thinking that it was very likely that it was where the French mined gold.

Originally, the gentlemen were not in a hurry, hesitating whether to build a ship, worried about causing losses.

Now the French are mining ore in that territory, just like knowing that others are stealing their silver, and they don’t know how much they will dig every day. It’s not too late to build a ship now.

All these made the emperor and the gentlemen nervous.

Although they occupied a silver mine in the island country, if there were other silver mines, who would hand it over to others.

"If I send you there again, will you still recognize the road?"

Gao Feng was startled and immediately realized that the boat was bumpy day and night, and it would capsize if it encountered a big wave. There were fish in the sea that were bigger than houses and would spray water.

Thinking of this, Gao Feng's legs softened and he didn't want to go out to sea again.

"The emperor, that place is barren and there is nothing..."

Xiao Jing pulled his duck-like voice, "How dare you, the emperor asks you, you just need to say yes or no."

The next moment, the emperor raised his hand and motioned Xiao Jing to shut up and go to the side to cool off.

"Do you recognize it?"

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