Chapter Ninety-Seven: Opening the Sea Nine

Yang Shiqi said: "The minister thinks that although Li Shimian has made a mistake, he is loyal to the imperial court and is one of His Majesty's officials. It should be tolerated. ”

The Empress Dowager said: "My old lady just asks about other things." But Li Shimian said that Wang Zhen was a heinous crime and could not be redeemed for death. If the court does not dispose of it. ”

"What should people outside say about the emperor?"

Zhu Qizhen's heart moved, and then he understood the reason why the Empress Dowager came forward. And even the reason for supporting him.

Is it because the Empress Dowager knows that Zhu Qizhen's strategy is good for the big tomorrow? It's about knowing the potential of the ocean in the future.

No, purely for Zhu Qizhen's prestige.

Yu Qian's words, the Empress Dowager listened to half of it.

It is to make Zhu Qizhen suffer some hardships to know the difficulties of doing things above the court.

But while letting Zhu Qizhen suffer some hardships, it can't hurt Zhu Qizhen's prestige.

Since Zhu Qizhen wants to do this thing, the Empress Dowager must let him do it. This has nothing to do with the Empress Dowager's sensitivity to the sea, it is purely a love for her grandson.

When Yang Rong heard this, he seemed to understand the Empress Dowager's intentions, and immediately stepped out and said, "The Empress Dowager is wise. The minister thought that Li Shimian was too bad to stay in Beijing and go to the border states. ”

Yang Shiqi listened and did not speak. Silence.

It seems that this result is not surprising.

The Empress Dowager looked at Yang Shiqi and said, "How can it be enough to go far away, don't you die?" ”

Yang Shiqi's eyes narrowed slightly, and from Zhu Qizhen's point of view, he saw the light in his eyes flickering, and said: "Li Shimian is a minister left by the first emperor, and everyone in the sea knows that he is loyal and upright, and he is an official for His Majesty. Killing the minister with a trivial matter, I am afraid that this is the most hurtful to His Majesty's wisdom. ”

"And Li Yu talked about death, killing two ministers in one day, and the ministers thought that they were afraid of hurting the hearts of hundreds of officials."

Zhu Qizhen secretly pondered in his heart: "It turns out that Li Yu's life has to be used here again." ”

Whether it is the priest of the country or the squire of the military department, he can be called a high-ranking official. Li Yu's death has been finalized. It's not a big deal, and the continuous killing of ministers does make the people below uneasy.

The Empress Dowager said: "In this case, what does Yang Shoufu think? ”

Yang Shiqi seemed to have been prepared, and said: "Li Shimian lost his honor early today, and he should be dismissed as the official and the son of the country to supervise the sacrificial wine, and put the remote prefecture and county as the magistrate." ”

"However, since the matter of going to the West is nothing, the imperial court should also issue an edict in a clear text to set the record straight."

The Empress Dowager said: "Okay, since we have talked about Western affairs today, Emperor, tell me what you mean." ”

Zhu Qizhen's brain was running rapidly, analyzing every conversation between the Empress Dowager and Yang Shiqi. Scrutinize every word.

I didn't understand it before, but now before he came, he was only ordered by the Queen Mother, so he summarized the information he had before. Only find the communication behind them.

When I was secretly figuring it out, when the Queen Mother said this, I immediately understood in my heart.

The Empress Dowager asked him to show his face in front of these bigwigs, so that he had a chance to show his ability, Zhu Qizhen was moved in his heart, coughed lightly, and said: "The matter of going to the West is a matter of labor and money, and it cannot be done again, but the court also has many courtiers in Nanyang." ”

"If it's just a foreign vassal, it's okay to allow them to pay tribute, but there are many Han people, and the court always has to think about them. The imperial fleet will no longer go south, and it will not be abandoned repeatedly. ”

"So think of a proper way to settle it."

Zhu Qizhen wanted to continue, but suddenly his heart moved, and he blessed his heart, and said: "I asked the lecturer for advice, and the words of the lecturer are very agreeable, and you are all here today, so it is better to let the lecturer Yu talk about it." ”

When these words came out of Zhu Qizhen's mouth, I am afraid that there is no room for slowing down. But from the mouths of others, Zhu Qizhen can still compromise in a seemingly neutral position.

And the Empress Dowager let Zhu Qizhen show his head in front of the minister. Zhu Qizhen even thought of Jian Gong's words, and naturally knew that at this time, he would rather do less than do wrong things.

Let Yu Qian go up, once he really can't get through, it's just that Zhu Qizhen misheard people's words.

This is an attack, a retreat, and a defensive.

This is also the reason why the battles in the court are all the reasons why the little minions go first.

And Yu Qian can only be a charging minion at such a high meeting.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Zhu Qizhen, secretly rejoiced in her heart, and said, "Then let Yu Qian come here." ”

Yu Qian came in just a moment. On the way, the little eunuch had already told him about the situation, and he immediately understood and told him the plan that had been discussed before.

It is to choose a seaport in the South China Sea and trade with the Han people from all over the South Seas.

And under tributary trade, list a separate item for private trade. As a supplement to tributary trade. Today, only the people of the old port are allowed to travel to and from the South China Sea.

The people of other places are not allowed for the time being.

From what Yu Qian said, almost all of them put a small patch on top of the maritime ban policy.

But Sanyang is not a fool, how can he not know the mystery of this, especially Yang Rong. It is a Fujianese, and Fujian is the place with the most maritime merchants.

Since the legal net of the Ming Dynasty is now tight, it still can't stop the people from risking their lives to run to the sea.

As far as Yang Rong himself came, he naturally wanted to open the sea ban.

However, the policy of banning the sea has never been a simple economic issue, nor is it a purely political issue, but an economic, military, and political proposition, which is a major proposition in which the people's feelings are entangled.

Yang Rong will definitely not agree to make drastic changes, but he quietly made a gap, and Yang Rong is happy to see it.

So Yang Rongxian said: "The minister thinks that Yu Qian's policy can be used as a measure of rights and interests, and even if the imperial court does not inspect Nanyang from now on, it is not abandoning the people of the Celestial Empire." Not to mention anything else, just the people of Wansheng Shitangyu can't abandon the island for the Heavenly Empire, and they should be allowed to trade back and forth to support their families and protect the country. ”

Zhu Qizhen said curiously: "Where is this Wansheng Shitangyu?" ”

Yang Rong said: "Wansheng Shitangyu is the gateway to the South China Sea. Since going to the Western Ocean, there are shipwrights left behind, during the Xuande period, someone played the first emperor and asked how to deal with Wansheng Shitangyu? The first emperor's handwriting: 'Wanshengyu, Anbuna' let the boatman Zeng family live here and guard the island for the imperial court. Thinking about it, in the midst of thousands of miles of waves, hardships and hardships, how could the imperial court not open up for them. ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't know that in addition to the old port, the imperial court also had places directly under the jurisdiction of the South China Sea. Just listen, Wansheng Shitangyu is not big.

However, no matter how big or small, it is meat in your mouth.

It's just that he can't remember that this Wansheng Shitangyu is the island in the South Sea.

It's no wonder that Zhu Qizhen can't think of it, because this Wansheng Shitangyu is no longer Chinese territory in later generations, it is the Natuna Islands.

Zhu Qizhen is also more and more interested in this Wansheng Shitangyu. Suddenly thought: "Isn't Li Shimian going to be exiled, why not exile here?" ”

Zhu Qizhen understands Li Shimian's ability, and Zhu Qizhen also understands Li Shimian's loyalty. Anyway, in Zhu Qizhen, Li Shimian's release, it won't take a year or two for him to transfer Li Shimian back.

This is not a good opportunity to send someone to get to know Nanyang.

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen also learned to be cautious in his words and deeds, although he had this idea in his heart, he didn't miss it at all, and just asked Yang Shiqi and said, "Shoufu, what do you think?" ”

Yang Shiqi's eyes wandered, lowered slightly, and said: "Since the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty have this intention, the ministers dare not comply, just choose where to choose." The ministers discussed it and then played the request. ”

Zhu Qizhen knew that Yang Shiqi's words seemed reasonable, but there was still room for improvement.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Why bother to choose again, it is nothing more than Guangzhou Zuojin." It's better to go to Xin'an. ”

During this period of time, Zhu Qizhen's homework was not done in vain.

He originally came to talk about Hong Kong, but the history of Hong Kong is actually not very long, and now they don't know where Hong Kong is, but they have already checked with him, and Hong Kong is under the jurisdiction of Xin'an County. The location is not bad either.

The Empress Dowager said: "Then Xin'an." ”

The Empress Dowager said that it was not easy for Yang Shiqi to fight back in person, so he could only say yes.

As a result, the people of Xin'an County, Guangzhou, have not yet known that it has become the only gap in the sea of thousands of miles. The future prosperity can be imagined.