Zheng He sighed lightly and said, "I can't imagine that the old man has been in the West for decades, and he can't understand it as well as the little brother?" “

Yang Zheng said: "The adults laughed, it's not that the adults can't understand, the adults are confused, the bystanders are clear, and the adults are loyal to promote the national prestige for my Ming Dynasty, and I don't understand these interests?" ”

Zheng He sighed and said: "The old man thinks that if I go to the West, strengthen the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, wait for the treasures, fill the treasury, and the Manchu Dynasty will definitely support me, who knows?" Speaking of this, his face was indescribably lonely.

Yang Zheng sighed lightly, wanting to find some words of comfort, but he couldn't say it after all.

Since Zheng He went to the West in Yongle for three years after great success, all countries came to the court, the treasure ship was to buy a large number of exotic goods for the Ming Dynasty, one in and one out, the acquisition was amazing, it has already made people red, especially the next few times, with the pepper, Sumu into the Central Plains, the price rose outrageously, so that the court made a lot of money, in the eyes of civil and military officials, Zheng He went to the West is no longer to look for what Emperor Jianwen, but to do business, and then look at the West, the look in his eyes naturally changed.

With Zheng He's successive trips to the West, the Ming Dynasty promoted trade between the Ming Dynasty and overseas countries, and expanded the economic trade between the two sides, China's silk, porcelain, ironware, silk fabrics, etc. flowed into overseas in large quantities, and overseas spices, gems, pearls, wool blankets and exotic beasts were also brought back to China by Zheng He's fleet, and these transactions were extremely active among the people.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, overseas trade was not completely prohibited, Zhu Yuanzhang was still the king of Wu, he had set up a city shipping department, specializing in the management of foreign trade, "overseas countries to pay tribute, allowed to carry goods, and trade with the earth", and later the Japanese invaders, in order to put an end to the Japanese to help them, only issued a "do not allow pieces of board to go to the sea" of the sea ban ban, and cancel the city of the shipping division. In the first year of Yongle, the plague subsided, and cities were set up in Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang, so that the people were all the same.

It was not until the Jiajing period that the Japanese were rampant, and the city of Fujian and Zhejiang was dismissed, but the Guangdong city port department was still retained. However, when Longqing changed to the Yuan Dynasty, the Japanese situation was slightly calmer, and the sea ban was completely lifted, and the people were allowed to trade with the East and the West by sea.

In the Longqing period, because the merchant reported the goods untruthfully, he simply changed to "zhang pumping" to measure the length of the merchant ship and collect silver taels according to its size. At that time, a large part of the military and political expenses in Guangzhou, Fujian, and Zhejiang depended on these taxes, so that when Jiajing was in Jiajing, the Guangdong City Shipping Division was dismissed for a time, and the governor at that time hurriedly asked for the reopening of the market, otherwise "the military state has no capital, and the support of the people will be lost", which shows the importance of overseas trade to the government's finances at that time. The local common people, who also got benefits from it, made a fortune, changed the yuan from Yongle, sent four envoys, summoned Haifan, and made contributions. Nai goods heavy treasure, the previous generation of hope, overflowing the reservoir city. The poor promise to buy bo, or get rich. It can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty is enjoying the benefits brought by Zheng He's trip to the West, and only the civil official group is missing from this benefit.

Treasures such as pearls, agate, spices, and exotic animals were successively transported back to the Ming Dynasty from Western countries, which was undoubtedly a huge piece of fat, and the Ming Dynasty was salivating for this piece of fat. However, the huge excess profits generated by Yongle's first trip to the West for overseas trade in the third year were completely monopolized in the hands of the imperial court and those imperial relatives and relatives, and those literati, soldiers, local government officials, and merchants, their hearts were like claws on fire, and their eyes were hot, but they were out of reach, because with their strength, it was impossible to get half a cent of the benefits from them.

If these are not enough, the Ming Dynasty went to the West from the construction of ships, the exploration of various technologies, and the various commodities needed to go to the West, and the procurement of items are all in charge of Ouchi, that is, from buying to building, to sailing, and returning, all of this qiē qiē are in charge of eunuchs, and the civil official group cannot intervene at all, let alone seek benefits from it.

The civil servants are not beneficial, but they have huge obligations, and every time they go to the West, all parties need to cooperate, and the envoys of various countries who return to the ship to pay tribute to the treasure ship, the king needs the civil officials to arrange the embassy post and allocate the conscription, and only work without paying, and over time, the civil officials do not have a good impression of going to the West.

What's more, since the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty interfered in politics, after the disaster of the country and the people, a good Tang Dynasty will be wiped out, eunuchs in the eyes of civil officials, has always been a bane, is absolutely not able to grasp half of the power, now it is good, these eunuchs not only go to the West, but also represent the Ming Dynasty to carry out diplomacy with various countries, and even some eunuchs have greater rights than them, which makes him read poetry and books since he was a child, and how to put his mind at ease with the worries of the world.

If there is no benefit, it will be called by a eunuch to drink, and the soldiers can bear it, and in the long run, the civil officials will resist the West from the heart.

But Zhu Di had great trust in the eunuchs during his lifetime, especially Zheng He was even more favored, coupled with Zhu Di's thunderous methods, although the civil official group was dissatisfied, but no one dared to touch the mold, relying on Zhu Di's thunderous means, Zheng He's move to the West was able to proceed smoothly, until a year ago, Zhu Di died of illness on the way to the war, and the civil officials who had been silent for many years finally found an opportunity, and they launched a public opinion offensive in groups, and tried their best to scandalize and belittle Zheng He's activities in sailing to the West, and almost said that the West was useless.

Zhu Gaochi, who succeeded to the throne, ordered all the treasure ships to stop, the tribute envoys of all countries to repatriate, and the construction of sea ships everywhere to stop.

This careful thinking made Yang Zheng a little moved, in the era of Zheng He and the West, how prosperous the Ming Dynasty was, fortunately, Zhu Gaochi, who relied on and trusted the civil official group, did not live long, and only did less than a year on the throne, the plan to move the capital was not implemented, and the feat of going to the West was not collapsed because of this, a year later, his son Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, this young son of heaven who was like Zhu Di in both courage and personality, after inheriting the unification, in Xuande for five years, ordered Zheng He to send an envoy to the West again. On the sixth day of the twelfth month of the same year, the fleet set sail from Longwan (now Xiaguan, Nanjing) and assembled at Liujiagang on February 3. In Liujiagang, Zheng He and others set up the "Loudong Liujiagang Tianfei Palace Stone Carving Monument". The fleet arrived at Taiping Port in Changle, Fujian, and set up a stone tablet of "The Record of the Heavenly Concubine Lingying" in the Sanfeng Pagoda Temple of Nanshan. Both monuments record their six voyages. On December 9 of the sixth year of Xuande, the fleet sailed from Wuhumen. The voyage passed through Champa, Surumayi in Java, Sumatra, Guri, and Zhubu, and then south to the southern tip of Africa near the Strait of Mozambique, and then returned. When the fleet sailed to the vicinity of Guli, Zheng He fell ill due to overwork, and died in Guli on the west coast of India in early April of the eighth year of Xuande, and then went to the West once, but compared to his grandfather Zhu Di, both the scale and the number of times are not the same, but in the near future, for Zheng He, it is undoubtedly a happy thing to sail again.

"Today, the saint is merciful and respectful to the civil officials, and the civil officials hate the old man so much that he goes to the West, and the saint may not let the old man continue to go to the West?" Zheng He said worriedly with a frown.

Yang Zheng said: "Today's saints can't go to the West, maybe I don't want other emperors of the Ming Dynasty to go to the West?" ”

Zheng He's eyes lit up, and he stared at Yang Zheng and said, "Little brother is talking about the prince?" ”

Seeing Zheng He's expectant eyes, Yang Zheng almost wanted to tell him that in the next five years, there would be another trip to the West, and he finally held back when the words came to his lips.

"The prince's character follows the emperor of Chengzu, although he reuses the literati, but he may not all trust the literati, the adult's trip to the West, benefiting the country and the people, it won't be long before the Ming Dynasty will go to the West again, and now the adults just need to wait?"

Zheng He didn't believe it, but thought about Yang Zheng's words carefully, the current situation, the heavenly officials, local officials, and businessmen have a lot of complaints about the Western moves, and the Western trip, so to put it bluntly, is the emperor's support, if the emperor has no intention of going to the West, no matter how he moves, the effect is not great, Yongle was able to go to the West six times, in the final analysis, because the Yongle Emperor's country was taken from his nephew Emperor Jianwen. "Chengzu suspects that Emperor Hui died overseas, and he wants to trace him...... Destiny and his nephew Wang Jinghong and other envoys to the West. "Again, sending the Imperial fleet to sea and trading in curiosities and treasures not only filled the treasury, but also made a great deal of benefit from the trip to the West, which compelled the Yongle Dynasty to send a fleet to the West.

And today's saint does not have the ambition of Emperor Yongle, and governing the country is also Confucian, such an emperor will naturally not take the path of the Yuan Empire. It is better to wait honestly in Nanjing, and wait for the situation to change is the best policy! “

Thinking of this, Zheng He's heart was a lot happier, and his tone was much lighter when he spoke, and the atmosphere was harmonious for a while.

Eldest Miss, Gao Hang, Duan Yu and others didn't expect that it was the famous Zheng He sitting in front of them, and they were surprised in their hearts, but they couldn't help but be full of curiosity about Zheng He's trip to the West, especially Duan Yu wanted to interject several times, but he didn't intervene, at this time, the two of them finally said that they were tired, drank tea and rested, looked at their free time, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Zheng He, and said, "In the next Duan Yu, have you seen Lord Zheng?" “

Zheng He got Yang Zheng's analysis today, and faintly saw that he still had the opportunity to go to the West, and he had a little love for Yang Zheng and his party, and saw Duan Yu bowing and saluting, with thoughtful etiquette, and he was busy and bowed back: "Duan Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly?" ”

Duan Yu's mind was broken by a word, he couldn't help blushing, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The grass people admire the adult's trip to the West very much, and it is really a blessing to be lucky to meet the adult today. ”

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