Chapter 114: The Three Difficulties of Shipping

Zhu Qizhen said: "Flat, sit." ”

Zhu Qizhen did not have the habit of letting people kneel or stand to talk.

Whether it is a meeting with a minister or a minister, if it is just a point, it will not be said, and once it is necessary to have a formal conversation, it must be said that someone must sit down and say.

This is a habit that Zhu Qizhen brought from later generations. Under the circumstance that Zhu Qizhen did not know, it won a lot of reputation for Zhu Qizhen.

Because of the sitting and talking, it has ceased to exist since the Song Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen saw Wang Ying's nervous shortness of breath, as if he was running a few hundred meters in one breath, and deliberately relieved him, Zhu Qizhen has seen too many such officials.

In later generations, when I went to the Forbidden City, it was just a tour, and I couldn't feel that momentum at all.

If you close your eyes and imagine that there is not a single tourist in the entire Forbidden City, there are those who line up from the gate to the innermost armor, with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. All the soldiers are staring at you, and their armor is extremely clear. It seems that if you make a wrong step, you can pull it down and ask for it

And before you enter, you have also been instructed, you know that you can't go in, where you can't see, walk along the brick crack on the ground, you have to take official steps, don't hold your head high, do not make your toes high, and don't lower your eyebrows and make rickets.

Where the gaze falls, and in some places it takes a few steps.

The Forbidden City may not have been the most spectacular building in later generations, but it was a first-class building at the time. This kind of time from vision to body and mind, especially when the words and deeds of the people inside can determine your life and death.

That feeling of tension arises spontaneously.

Zhu Qizhen said a few things about Wang Jinghong following Zheng He to the West, and Wang Ying relaxed.

Zhu Qizhen selected a few little eunuchs from the inner study to be his secretary. Led by Zhang Huan and Gu Zhong, they are all very young, but they are in their twenties.

They are not Wang Zhen's righteous sons.

No matter how much Zhu Qizhen trusts Wang Zhen, he will not make all the people around him Wang Zhen.

They took Wang Zhen's recital. It is also necessary to arrange Zhu Qizhen's time, for example, who to meet and when to meet. Then there is the preparation of materials for Zhu Qizhen.

For example, today Zhu Qizhen summoned Wang Ying, Wang Ying, Wang Jinghong, and even all the qualifications of the Wang family are on Zhu Qizhen's table.

Zhu Qizhen could naturally blurt out.

Thinking about it, Wang Ying didn't dare to look at Zhu Qizhen with such words on the table.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Wang Qing came from the sea, he experienced the sea, and when Eunuch Wang was alive, he also followed the Three Treasures Eunuch to the South Seas several times, and he was one of the experts, to tell the truth." ”

"Will this sea transport work?"

Wang Ying already had a draft in his heart, and said: "Your Majesty has asked, the minister does not dare to lie, the minister is willing to guarantee with his life, this sea plan is feasible." ”

"But there is sea freight

The trilemma. ”

Zhu Qizhen glanced at Yang Pu and said, "Oh, but it's the three difficulties? ”

Wang Ying said: "The first is the difficulty of the ship. ”

"Nowadays, the sea uses many foreign ships, this ship can only carry 500 stone grain, if you want to transfer grain and grass, there are hundreds of ships, many ships and miscellaneous, it is easy to have accidents."

"And the boat is small and light, it is afraid of the wind and waves, and the wind and waves of the mountain horns are naturally not big compared to the South Sea, but the fear of the whole court is not the big waves, but the small boat."

"When the eunuchs of the Three Treasures went to the Western Ocean, there were 2,500 grain ships, which could carry tens of thousands of stone of grain, and if all the ships were replaced by such large ships, only a dozen ships were needed each time, which was worth hundreds of ships today."

"Your Majesty wants to prosper the sea, please build a treasure ship first."

Zhu Qizhen's eyebrows fluttered when he heard this, and he quickly calculated a math problem, if a ship can carry 50,000 stones, the transportation of grain on the canal for 4 million stones a year is only one trip by 80 ships.

"Second, it is the difficulty of the waterway." Wang Ying continued.

"The minister was originally a thousand households of Jinyi Wei, and because of the shipping matter, he was transferred to the command of Dahewei. Specializing in shipping matters, from Huai'an to the sea through the Yellow River, along the coastline to the north, along the way all kinds of light and dark reefs constantly, because of the long time not to do this road, the minister took a long time, only to Tianjin. ”

"But this sea lane is not the best."

"The best seaway is to go east from Chongming Island, enter the Heishui Ocean, go all the way north, to Chengshanjiao, and then cross Shamen Island, Liujia Island and enter Tianjin."

"If the trade winds are right, it will only take ten years from Chongming to Tianjin."

Zhu Qizhen was taken aback and said, "Ten days." Is this true? ”

Wang Ying said: "The minister never dares to bully the king. When the south wind rises, the ten days will come, and the ministers dare to make military orders. The same is true for the transportation of grain in the spring and autumn seasons of the former Yuan Dynasty. ”

The math problem in Zhu Qizhen's heart was immediately slashed hard.

Not to mention a few more trips a year, just like the Yuan Dynasty, twice a year, less than 80 big ships are used, only 40 big ships are needed.

Zhu Qizhen's heart crackled, and he continued to ask, "What are the difficulties?" ”

Wang Ying said: "There are also Japanese robbers. ”

"The Japanese are based overseas, ups and downs, can't exhaust the ocean, can't plough the court and sweep the holes, can only be repeatedly entangled, and the fastest waterway from Chongming to Tianjin needs to enter the black water ocean. It's far away from land, and if something happens, I'm afraid it's too late to react. ”

Zhu Qizhen also knew what kind of place the Black Water Ocean was.

Black water is not black water, but the color of the sea surface has deepened, that is, it has reached the outer continental shelf. There are ocean currents here, so Wang Yingcai said that it is smooth sailing.

Perhaps the ancients did not know what ocean currents were, but that did not prevent them from being used.

In this way, many things are easy to happen above the sea.

Millions of stone grains,

For Japan, it is simply an astronomical amount of wealth.

Zhu Qizhen became bored with the Japanese for a while, and asked casually: "Wang Qing, is there any way to exterminate the Japanese Kou?" ”

Wang Ying said: "Your Majesty, you can send sailors to inspect Japan, so that the king of Japan can control the people well. During the Yongle period, the first stop for the Three Treasure Eunuchs to go to sea was Japan. Since then, the Wako have been much more honest. ”

Zhu Qizhen was slightly surprised, he heard Zheng He go to the West before, but he didn't expect that Zheng He's maiden voyage was Japan. However, Zhu Qizhen also has some understanding of the current situation in Japan.

Although it is a little far from the black of Japan's Warring States period, it does not mean that Japan is very peaceful. It's just as messy. The Emperor of Japan is an ornament.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Wang Qing's idea is good. ”

Yang Pu said: "Your Majesty, Wang Ying is a meritorious hero, this time he has a meritorious service in transporting grain to Beijing, and he has been beheaded dozens of levels, and he should be rewarded by the Ministry of War." ”

As soon as Zhu Qizhen heard it, he knew that Yang Pu was going to send Wang Ying away.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, let the military department and the five armies discuss the merits, right, which guard does Chongming Island belong to?" ”

Wang Ying said: "Chongming is subordinate to Zhenhaiwei. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Let's go to Zhenhaiwei." ”

Wang Ying naturally understood that Zhu Qizhen placed him in the heart of Zhenhaiwei, and you must know that Liujiagang, where Zheng He went to sea, was in Zhenhaiwei.

Wang Ying thanked him for his kindness, so naturally he didn't mention it.

After Zhu Qizhen let Wang Ying go, he turned his head and asked Yang Pu, saying, "What does Mr. think Wang Ying said?" ”

Yang Pu said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, you have a talent at sea, with Wang Ying, Your Majesty's shipping strategy is feasible." However, His Majesty thinks that the imperial court will not see the benefits of shipping? ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly, if you look at history, it seems that many people are stupid, just what is the best, but they don't do it. Now Zhu Qizhen is deeply involved in history, but he understands everyone who can leave a name in history.

may have their own shortcomings, but they are not stupid, except for Emperor Jin Hui, of course.

Especially this kind of old minister, he is simply cunning and cunning.

Zhu Qizhen vaguely remembered that in the early Ming Dynasty, he had always maintained shipping, but in the thirteenth year of Yongle, he stopped shipping and changed it to Caoyun.

And he does not mean Emperor Taizong, but an emperor who does not understand the disadvantages of the situation.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I want to hear about it. ”

Yang Pu said: "In Wang Ying's words, it is indeed feasible. But what Wang Ying said has always been trivial and insignificant. It's never really about shipping or shipping, never at this point. ”

"Why does Your Majesty have to ship by sea?"

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said: "Naturally, the food security of the Ming Jingshi is tied to a river, it is too dangerous, once the canal has an accident, the imperial court has no way at all, it is like last year's drought, and there is no countermeasure." ”