Chapter 90: Opening the Sea II

For a moment everyone was silent.

Opening the sea is a big proposition.

No one dared to speak easily.

After a moment of silence, Yu Qian spoke, and Yu Qian said: "Your Majesty, the policy of forbidding the sea is the ancestral system of the imperial court. This matter is not the time to move, for the sake of the old port, and shake the national policy, it is not the work of the wise. ”

Yu Qian's political attitude made Zhu Qizhen smile a little bitterly.

Yes, what is the present and what is the end.

It is to keep Zhu Qizhen's current power and ensure that he can become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Jian Gong's dying opinion is very clear.

Do nothing, do more wrong, do less wrong.

But many strategic opportunities, once you retreat, if you want to go back again, it will take several times, dozens of times.

He can ignore a lot of things. But he doesn't care about the old Hong Kong Shi family now, and when he is in power, it is estimated that the old Hong Kong Propaganda Department will no longer exist.

Zhu Qizhen turned his head and said to Wang Zhen and Jin Ying, "What are your opinions?" ”

"Your Majesty," said Jin Ying, "if it is only to maintain trade with the old port, the slaves have a way. Many things are done by others, and I naturally do them in Dongchang. ”

"I don't dare to say that God doesn't know, ghosts don't know, but who doesn't want me to get a piece of the pie, slaves and maids have a way to deal with them."

Zhu Qizhen suddenly brightened up when he heard this.

Now that Shi Changan has explained that under the situation of the government's ban on the sea, there are actually many smuggling gangs, and it has not yet become a climate.

But those who dare to do this must be powerful in the place where there are people who have the right to do it.

But these people are really small compared to Dongchang.

Although Zhu Qizhen despised the intelligence capabilities of Dongchang and Jinyiwei. But Dongchang and Jinyiwei really want to do something, especially dirty work, especially suitable for them.

Zhu Qizhen was about to nod, but listened to Yu Qian's persuasion: "Your Majesty, you are the king of the Ninety-Five, why bother with this matter of roosters and dogs?" Once it comes out, it won't make the world laugh. ”

Zhu Qizhen regretted it for a while. I regret letting Yu Qian come. I also understand why the emperor of the Ming Dynasty liked to use eunuchs. Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. Yu, I didn't intend to be in Nanyang, it's just that I just ascended the throne and lost my land. ”

"Do you tell the first emperor that the first emperor left behind the country. I didn't keep it. ”

"Sir said, let me take over the old port after I take charge of the government, and then regain the old port, when the time comes, it will cost the people and money, and it is clear that what can be done now only needs to be prevented, and tens of thousands of horses must be mobilized at that time."

"In this way, there will be some turmoil in the government and the opposition."

When Yu Qian heard this, he knew that Zhu Qizhen had made up his mind. Implying that even if you don't do it today, you will do it in the future. Yu Qian secretly said in his heart: "Let's go, retreat to the second, we can't let the emperor go astray." ”

At least Yu Qian was very bad for the emperor to bypass the civil and military officials and support the old port by smuggling.

Yu Qian said: "Since Your Majesty has made up your mind, the minister has a plan, but he needs the support of the Empress Dowager." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sir, please speak." ”

Yu Qian said: "Your Majesty ascended the throne and changed the yuan this year, and there are many foreign vassals who don't know, and the prince can reveal the rumors to the outside, just say that the prince wants to accomplish the deeds of Zheng He's father-in-law, summon envoys for His Majesty, and then go to the West." ”

Wang Zhen listened and breathed tightly. Zhu Qizhen knew that Wang was shocked.

Although Wang Zhen doesn't read much, he actually has a bit of perseverance as a scholar in his bones. I just want to make a contribution. He may not despise being a eunuch in his heart, but the more he despises, the more he wants to do something far beyond others and let the world see it.

Faced with such a major event as going to the West again, Wang Zhen was naturally a little moved. It's just that Wang Zhen soon calmed down and said, "The Empress Dowager will never allow this matter." ”

Not only is the Empress Dowager not allowed it, but he Wang Zhen will not go.

After all, only in the center of power can you hold power. Once he goes to the West for a year or two, can this position beside the emperor still be hers?

Yu Qian said: "This matter is naturally different. The minister will also find some colleagues to abolish the Western move and take it as a permanent example. ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "What does this mean in reality?" ”

As far as Zhu Qizhen himself is concerned, he has no choice but to abolish the system of going to the West. After all, it is not a few decades later, it can be said that in the ninth year of Xuande, that is, the year before last, there was another fleet to the South Seas.

The manpower, fleet, and generals who went to the West are still there.

As long as a sum of money is allocated, it can be mobilized again immediately.

Yu Qian said: "This is a plan to retreat from two to one. After all, since the matter of going to the West has been abandoned, then the consolation envoy to the Nanyang lands has already been the remnants of this dynasty, so do you always need a charter? ”

"They are all citizens of the imperial court, and now even if they are far away in Nanyang, the imperial court cannot ignore them."

"The ministers can then push them to choose a place to trade along the coast as citizens of their own dynasty."

Zhu Qizhen took a deep breath and immediately judged the essence of this plan, where is the retreat from the two into the other, it is clearly an exchange of interests.

It is said that the system of going to the West will be abolished.

Historically, the Ming Dynasty was not abolished. Just that.

However, these ships and personnel were all drawn from the various guards. After the abolition of the Western Ocean, these ships were assigned to the Guards, with no maintenance and no funds.

It can be said that it is not wasted.

But now, Zhu Qizhen took the initiative to abolish it. The manpower and ships that went to the Western Ocean were a great fortune, and naturally they were divided among various departments.

Even if Zhu Qizhen wants to go to the Western Ocean in the future, ships, manpower, and generals are not easy to find.

Zhu Qizhen paced slowly. Think about it.

Even if Yu Qian said that it was a place, and it was for the people of this dynasty to come and trade. This small gap is also a disguised opening of the sea. But at the same time, there are tens of thousands of Western fleets that are really stormy. It never existed again.

The importance of these two is really difficult for him to choose.

"No matter." Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "What you can grasp in your hands is your own." ”

The Western fleet is very attractive, especially those big treasure ships, which are the pinnacle of the history of Ming shipbuilding, and have been abandoned since then, which is indeed a pity.

But now, even if it is not abandoned, Zhu Qizhen can't catch these things.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sir, do you think the Empress Dowager will agree to this matter?" ”

Yu Qian said: "The minister thinks that the Empress Dowager loves Her Majesty's reputation and loses her land, even if it is an inch of land overseas, it is not what the Empress Dowager wants." And striking the Western fleet is also something that the Empress Dowager wants to do. ”

The Empress Dowager naturally didn't want to waste money and labor. It's just this one thing, Emperor Xuanzong didn't say that he wanted to stop it, the first emperor's bones were not cold, and it was always difficult to do too much.

It's just a temporary shelf.

It can even be said that the Empress Dowager reigned for a day, and this matter was put on hold. And Zhu Qizhen also understands the system of the Ming Dynasty, and he also understands more and more that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is weak.

Even if he ascended the throne. It may not be the first time to go to the West. After all, the tile spur has become the climate. Between the north and the south, Zhu Qizhen must have a choice.

And this multiple-choice question, no matter who it is, is a choice.

Because the Tile Thorn cavalry is only a few hundred miles away from Beijing, while Nanyang is thousands of miles away. The Tile Thorn cavalry is likely to threaten the city of Beijing, and even if Nanyang does not take care of it, nothing will happen.

It's a matter of which is more important.

Even after he came to power, he would not be able to use this fleet for a few years.

But in ten years, with poor maintenance, will this fleet still be usable?

The fleet is empty, only the hearts of the people of Nanyang are real. Opening the sea can maintain people's hearts, and in the future, the Ming Dynasty will return to the South Seas, and there will also be a foundation.

Zhu Qizhen figured it out and said, "Wang Daban, go to Cining Palace." ”

Wang Zhen immediately said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Qizhen said to Qian: "Sir, wait for me here, and I will come when I go." ”

Not long after, Zhu Qizhen came to Cining Palace.

The Empress Dowager sat in the study, flipping through a letter of letters. Zhu Qizhen's eyes glanced at it, and he found a special seal, which was the silver seal of rope sorrow.

This is the seal given by Emperor Renzong to a lecturer, which can go straight into the palace, and no one is allowed to open the seal. It is somewhat similar to the tantric system of the Qing court.

It's just that there are not many people who have obtained such a seal, and now only Sanyang has it.

Zhu Qizhen immediately understood that this was Sanyang's secret recital. He withdrew his eyes from above, saluted the Empress Dowager and said, "Niangniang." ”