There are also Changle, Ningbo, Quanzhou and other places, since ancient times by the sea, driven by the adults to the West, these former barren lands, because of their proximity to the coast, merchants and merchants, for a while became a rich place in the Ming Dynasty, these are the merits brought by the adults to the West? “

Zheng He never expected Yang Zheng to say such a thing, just about to be modest, but after thinking about it, there is also some truth, from Yongle three years from Liujiagang to the West, this place has become a blessed place for him to go to the West, his fleet of grain ships, warships are mostly made here, machetes, hooks, sickles, javelins, bows, crossbows and other cold weapons, but also equipped with a variety of firearms, such as muskets, fireballs, etc. All of them are provided by Liujiagang, and the benefits are self-evident.

"The little brother is reasonable, Liujiawan can have today's prosperity, and the old man's treasure ship is indeed indispensable?" Zheng He's eyes flashed a trace of smug brilliance, from the first time he went to the West in the third year of Yongle, the voice of the court questioning the West has not been broken, the most questioned is undoubtedly that the West has not brought benefits to the court, now it seems that the benefits are not nothing, but no one has found out, this little brother is young, he actually saw so deeply, he was very happy, and faintly felt that he came to Nanjing to talk to the prince about going to the West this time, and there was an additional benefit of going to the West.

Yang Zheng continued: "In addition to the coast, in recent years, the adults have not exported my Ming porcelain and silk to Western countries, just blue and white porcelain, I'm afraid there are a lot, right?" “

Zheng He said: "Well, the goods are used to smelt five-color beads and blue and white magnets...... Large and small magnets...... of the genus"; Manraka: "Goods with blue and white magnets, five-color beads...... of the genus"; Sumatra: "Goods with blue and white magnets...... of the genus"; Dragon's Tooth Rhino Horn: "Goods...... Qingbai Magnetic", indeed exchanged a lot with coastal countries? “

Yang Zheng said "um" from his nose, and said: "Although I have a lot of Ming porcelain, if it is not used to go to the West, let me ask my lord, those official kilns, Jingdezhen, Dehua porcelain can have such a large output, if you don't go to the West, maybe there is no Jingdezhen, maybe there is no official kiln, without these, those people will have no food skills, I Ming Dynasty inherited the unification from the ancestors, and successively edited the "Yongle Canon", dredged the Grand Canal, built Beijing City, moved the capital to Beijing, five expeditions to Mongolia, three expeditions to Annam, Weide quilt, Quartet guest service, Which of these is not a big deal, in any day, I am afraid that it will inevitably be in turmoil.

Emperor Qin repaired the Great Wall, Qin II died, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Xiongnu, made the treasury empty, the people were poor, Emperor Yang of Sui just dug a canal, it caused domestic turmoil, and finally the country was ruined, only I Ming successively edited the "Yongle Canon", dredged the Grand Canal, built Beijing City, moved the capital to Beijing, five expeditions to Mongolia, three expeditions to Annam, Weide was dubed, the Quartet was served, and the resources were not lacking. The poor people resold these goods according to the order, and many people became rich because of it, and the treasury was also full. “

Zheng He was a little stunned, all along, he went to the West Mo was not said by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials to work the people and lose money, the first time to go to the West to return, the ministers were even more excited, many people said that the purpose of the country to come to the court has been achieved, and then the Western move is in the imperial court, and the people have no benefit to the move, let Zhu Di prohibit the move of going to the West, if it were not for Zhu Di's majestic strategy, he could not have gone to the West six times, and now Zhu Di died, and now the saint stopped going to the West, so that he was sad, but also faintly felt that he went to the West, It is indeed a move to work the people and lose money, his treasure ships are two or three hundred each time and each time to send two or thirty thousand people (officers and soldiers) not to say that the cost is not small, but the annual maintenance cost is also a lot, plus the treasure ship of more than 20,000 people to eat, drink, Lasa and sleep, it is indeed a lot of expenses, every time the ministers talk about this item, he can not refute it, over time, he also acquiesced to this trumped-up charge, now listen to Yang Zheng said, Jingdezhen porcelain, Suzhou silk weaving, Songjiang cotton weaving, Wuhu printing, Hangzhou tea industry. There are Changle, Quanzhou, Foshan, these coastal ancient cities are prosperous because of the Western Ocean, that is, many of my Ming Dynasty's great martial arts have traces of the Western Ocean, compared to the wealth brought back by their treasure ship to the Ming Dynasty, the silver taels spent on their treasure ships, can not be the same day at all. For a while, his face was full of joy.

"Listening to the little brother say this, it's really like that, but it's a pity that the ministers didn't have the same vision as the little brother in the past? Otherwise, the old man's move to the West would not have been stranded because of this? Zheng He sighed a little wistfully.

Yang Zheng continued: "What's more, if you look farther away, since I went to the West, iron-smelting, forging, shipbuilding, navigation, astronomy, papermaking, the people's knowledge, is it a lot better than in previous years, those Western treasures, all kinds of technologies are integrated into the treasure ship of the master, let me see the overseas technology at the same time, but also improve their own technology, hehe, just this is enough to make the Western move must continue."

The light in Zheng He's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if his trip to the West would soon start again.

After a while, he sighed and said: "Listening to the words of the little brother, the old man is in a much better mood, but it's a pity that I have a Ming dynasty, there are not many people who can have such knowledge as the little brother, you know, since the old man went to the West, scolded the old man, slandered the old man, and even strongly asked His Majesty to stop going to the West There are many people, you said that the old man went to the West is obviously to strengthen my Ming prestige, Siyi guest service, my Ming goods are popular in all countries, and all the people in the four seas respect my Daming, even the silver is less earned, Why don't they see the benefits of going to the West? ”

Yang Zheng snorted and said, "It's not that they can't see it, but they can see it more clearly?" ”

Zheng He's heart moved, the teacup he had just picked up was put down suddenly, and a pair of eyes stared at Yang Zheng, he went to the West to do it single-handedly, how many benefits there were, others don't know, he knew it, just the rare treasures brought back every year, pepper, Sumu, these are a great wealth, enough to cover the consumption of his treasure ship, but the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty insisted that although he went to the West to strengthen the prestige of my Ming Dynasty, Fanbang tribute is frequent, and its tribute ships arrive, as soon as they should be transported, they are all drawn from the local government, and the consumption of civil power is huge, uncountable, The people are miserable, and even some Wenchen even said that the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect in Yongle in the eighteenth year was caused by his trip to the West, so that he was not angry, but he couldn't refute it? Now hearing Yang Zheng say this, he didn't understand much in his heart, and asked eagerly: "What does little brother mean by this?" “

Yang Zheng said: "Dare to ask my lord, are all the people who scolded the West for being civil officials?" ”

Zheng He's face was stunned, then he nodded vigorously, and said, "Yes, it is the civil officials, and those speech officials are even worse?" ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, modeled on the system of the Yuan Dynasty, established the Imperial History Terrace, to the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang renamed it the Imperial Procuratorate, the chief of the Imperial Court is the left and right imperial history, although the grade of these officials is low, the power is very great, the emperor handed over to the work of the various yamen to be handled by the six departments every five days to write off, if there is a detachment or ineffective work, the six departments can report to the emperor. The six branches can also participate in the selection of officials, the emperor's pre-imperial council, and the trial of guilty officials. The most important thing is that the six branches have the right to seal and return the emperor's edict, and if the emperor's will is inappropriate, it can be sealed and returned, no

To execute, their emperors dare to scold, not to mention that they have not benefited at all in these years to go to the West, so naturally they have to scold?

Yang Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing. "Rites are born out of something and wasted in nothing. Therefore, the gentleman is rich and good at his virtues; The villain is rich, in order to fit the force. The abyss is deep and the fish are born, the mountains are deep and the beasts go to it, and the people are rich and the benevolence and righteousness are attached. The rich get what they can do, and if they don't, they will have nothing to do, and they will not be happy. Yi Di Yi is very good. As the proverb goes, "The son of a daughter will not die in the city." This is not empty words. Therefore, it is said: "The world is bustling, and it is all for profit; The soil in the world is all for profit. "The king of a thousand times, the prince of ten thousand families, and the king of a hundred rooms, are still poor, and the people of the family are still poor! …… The feats made by adults in the West, I can see the small people, he is full of poetry and books, for decades as an official, is my Ming first-class talent, dare to ask the adults and small people what they said above, they really can't see, no, they can see, even see better than anyone else, the reason why the officials are strongly opposed, in the final analysis, is a sharp word in trouble! No, to be precise, it should be the stakes? “

"Are you saying that they have already seen the benefits that the old man brought to the imperial court?" Zheng He asked in surprise.

Yang Zheng nodded and said, "Not bad!" “

Zheng He obviously couldn't believe it, but it didn't make sense if he thought about it carefully, there were hundreds of civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty, and no one could not see the benefits brought to the imperial court by going to the West? But they objected, and even said in their conscience that going to the West was a move that brought disaster to the country and the people, and every time it was not a righteous word, and now it seems that behind this qiē, there is no escape from the word "benefit". “

Note: When the storehouse is full, the people can understand etiquette, and when food and clothing are abundant, the people will know glory and shame. "Etiquette arises from wealth and abandons poverty. Therefore, when a gentleman is rich, he likes to do good deeds, and when a villain is rich, he uses his strength in the right place. When the abyss is deep, there will be fish in it, and when the mountains and forests are deep, wild beasts will go there, and when the people are rich, benevolence and righteousness will be attached to them. The rich gain power and become more prominent; If you lose your position, you won't have a place to go, so you're not happy. The proverb says, "A child of a daughter's house will not die in the market because of a crime." "It's not empty words. Therefore, it is said: "The people of the world are bustling; Come for profit, go for profit. "Even if there are thousands of heavenly sons in military chariots, princes of ten thousand fiefdoms, and doctors of hundreds of feudal estates, they are still worried about poverty, let alone the ordinary people compiled in the household register!