Forbidden City, Wuying Palace.

If Emperor Hongzhi had been able to resist the temptation in the face of the corn and other artifacts described by Li Zhaotong and carried them out without hurrying, now this world map really stimulated him.

Therefore, after circulating the world map to the ministers, Emperor Hongzhi no longer hid his thoughts this time, and bluntly said that he would build a treasure ship and send a fleet to the Golden Continent to find the artifact.

Because, he wanted to exercise the shipbuilding ability of the Ming Dynasty, and by the way, quietly promote the opening of the sea with interests, so as not to be left far behind by small countries such as Franco, which would bring hidden dangers to the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, build a treasure ship and send an envoy to the Golden Continent to obtain the divine relics, the minister has no objection, but the treasury has no money."

Zhou Jing is a native of Yangqu, Shanxi, although the family is Xuanhe, but if the imperial court opens the sea, it will not cause much damage to the interests of his family.

So now Emperor Hongzhi only proposed to build a treasure ship and send an envoy to the Golden Continent to obtain the divine relics, and his reaction was not fierce.

However, as the head of the household, he was in charge of the treasury, and now the treasury is almost empty, and Emperor Hongji wants to build a ship, and he can't afford it.

After all, it is recorded in history books and materials that it takes a huge amount of money to build treasure ships and build fleets!

"Your Majesty, if you really want to build a treasure ship, form a fleet, and find a divine artifact, you may have to spend it from Your Majesty's internal funds."

Zhou Jing set his sights on Emperor Hongzhi's internal affairs.

After all, the recent listing of Xishan Coal Industry, Miyun Mining, and the five factories of the Ministry of Industry has made nearly 10 million taels of domestic investment, and Zhou Jing is coveted for this.

"Inside?"

The corners of Emperor Hongzhi's mouth twitched, is it easy for him to save this money?

As a result, Zhou Jing was staring at the dog, so he glanced at Zhou Jing angrily and was silent.

For a moment, everyone was silent.

Seeing that the scene fell silent, Liu Jian, as the first assistant to the cabinet, broke the embarrassing situation and spoke:

"Your Majesty, do you want to ask Li Zhaotong about this matter, he gave him the map, and he knows more about the situation outside, what is his suggestion?"

Liu Jian is a native of Henan, and he did not react violently to shipbuilding and going to sea, but now the problem is that the household department cannot come up with the money, and the emperor refuses to spend from the internal funds, so he thinks that he should first ask Li Zhaotong, the initiator, for his opinion:

Should we rush to build a ship and go to sea?

"Your Majesty, no!"

"Your Majesty, no!"

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang spoke at the same time.

Li Dongyang opened his mouth, purely as a father, to protect his son, so that he didn't want his son to get involved.

Because he knew very well that Li Zhaotong would definitely agree to build a ship and go to sea, and even he was very worried that Li Zhaotong would directly and radically ask for the sea to be opened.

After all, Li Zhaotong had already mentioned it once without knowing it.

And once it is mentioned, I am afraid that this pressure, combined by everyone in his Li Mansion, may not be able to withstand it.

As for Xie Qian, he was purely worried that Li Zhaotong would directly mention the opening of the sea, because he was from Zhejiang, and once the imperial court suddenly opened the sea, he was very worried that the interests of his family and the Zhejiang gentry would be seriously infringed.

Therefore, Xie Qian, who wants to be a famous minister and protect the interests of his family, hopes to be slowly implemented in matters involving the sea.

At the very least, he should give his family time to prepare, so as not to become a salted fish that is beaten to death by the waves in such a time of great change.

"You don't count."

Emperor Hongzhi knew what Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were thinking in their hearts, and this was all selfishness, so he didn't want to deal with it, he looked at Xiao Jing and said:

"Xiao Jing, go and find Li Zhaotong."

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Li Zhaotong are already waiting outside the palace."

"Then let the two of them in!"

Li Zhaotong was found by Zhu Houzhao.

This dog forced the prince, when he came out of the East Palace to skip class and wander around Qipan Street, he met Xiao Jing, he saw Xiao Jing's hurried appearance, and knew what was going on, and then he stopped Xiao Jing and asked Xiao Jing what he was going to do.

Xiao Jing refused to say it at first, but after Zhu Houzhao threatened, Xiao Jing also recruited.

When Xiao Jing learned that the Dog Emperor was worried about the situation in the Ming Dynasty through the world map, Zhu Houzhao knew that his opportunity to make money had come.

The map of the world, Zhu Houzhao read it before handing over the book to Emperor Hongzhi yesterday, but he has no heart and lungs, and he is not worried about the future at all, he even thinks very confidently that when he becomes the emperor, he must beat all the enemies in the world to make them honest.

But at the same time, he also knows very well what kind of person his father is.

Therefore, he guessed that his father might have to compete with the small country Franc machine that Li Zhaotong mentioned to him.

Shipbuilding!

If you build a ship, you have to go to sea!

The coastline of Daming is very long, but the closest seaside city to the capital is Tianjin Wei, therefore, the development prospects of Tianjin Wei are very great!

He and Li Zhaotong had already sent people to Tianjin Wei to buy land at a low price.

These lands, because they are saline, are not worth much now, but once the ships built go to sea from here, the land here will be worth a lot of money.

Li Zhaotong's dog thing really didn't deceive this palace!

It turns out that it will really be very profitable, and not only because of the Triangle Lake of the Global Academy!

In order to make the sea outlet here, Zhu Houzhao gave up wandering, quickly came to the Li Mansion, found Li Zhaotong, and then dragged Li Zhaotong into the palace.

"I've seen my father!"

"I've seen Your Majesty......"

"Excuse me!"

Emperor Hongzhi seemed very anxious, he waved his hand, signaled Zhu Houzhao and Li Zhaotong not to be polite, and quickly looked at Li Zhaotong and asked:

"Virtuous nephew, I ask you, do you think it is feasible to build a ship and go to sea to find a divine object?"

"Okay! Absolutely! ”

Li Zhaotong affirmed without hesitation.

"But the household department has no money, and His Majesty's internal funds can't come up with the money, can you come out with this money?" Zhou Jing interjected on the side.

"Okay!"

Li Zhaotong is still very sure.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

When Li Dongyang saw that Li Zhaotong didn't know the height of the sky, he immediately became angry.

This turtle son, it's just that you are blindly involved in this matter, your father can barely withstand some pressure.

But you, the turtle son, are still responsible for paying the money, and you think that Lao Tzu's money fell from the sky?

Or is it that you have made a little money lately and swelled up?

"Dad, I'm not talking nonsense! I'm willing to pay for it! Even, if you ask His Royal Highness the Prince, I can guarantee that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is willing to come out. ”

"Uh-huh."

Zhu Houzhao was very cooperative, and he didn't need anyone to ask, so he hurriedly nodded as if a chicken pecked at the rice.

Emperor Hongzhi now understands Li Dongyang's state of mind, because the sons of both of them are losers who don't take money seriously!

"Bastard, where did you get the money?"

Emperor Hongzhi reprimanded Zhu Houzhao.

"Hehe, father, the son has no money, but the son will borrow money!

Li Er, this guy, has never done a loss-making business, if Erchen misses this opportunity and doesn't go with him to make a profit, then Erchen will definitely regret it in the future. ”

"Where are you going to borrow money?"

Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, he didn't believe that except for Li Zhaotong, a playmate who was messing around with the prince, there would be other people who were willing to lend money to the prince.

But Li Zhaotong lent money to the prince to invest in himself, isn't that a fool? What's the difference between this and sending?!

Li Zhaotong is not so stupid! His dad wouldn't allow him to be so stupid!

"Of course it's the queen mother! Who else could it be? ”

Zhu Houzhao grinned, he didn't realize the danger at all when he said this.

Because the money in Queen Zhang's hands is the internal money!

Emperor Hongzhi's biological mother, Empress Dowager Xiaomu Ji, was in charge of the finances of Emperor Hongzhi's father Zhu Jianshen before her death, so the internal affairs of Emperor Ming were actually managed by female officials.

However, Empress Zhang is strong and is the only wife of Emperor Hongzhi, so Emperor Hongzhi's internal affairs are in charge of Empress Zhang.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao said that he borrowed money from his mother, but in fact, he borrowed the internal funds of Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi wanted to understand this, and suddenly, his face turned the color of pig liver.

This is really, thousands of precautions, and it is difficult to prevent thieves!

It's really sad that there is such a loser!

He glanced at Li Dongyang with sympathy, and wanted to say:

Aiqing, I understand you!

Emperor Hongzhi was angry, everyone present felt it, Zhu Houzhao realized it later, but when no one dared to speak, he also felt the danger.

He shrunk his neck, and when Zhenlong was not angry, he quickly hit Li Zhaotong with his body, signaling Li Zhaotong to save him quickly.

Li Zhaotong is still very righteous, Zhu Houzhao helped him so ironically, he couldn't be indifferent, he said loudly:

"Your Majesty, Your Highness is not wrong, ministers never do loss-making business."

"Don't do loss-making business?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Li Zhaotong deeply, and then said meaningfully:

"Virtuous nephew, I built a ship and formed a fleet and sent it to the Golden Continent to obtain the seeds of the divine corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and cinchona trees, these four divine seeds are all beneficial to the country and the people, and I will not allow you to sell them at a high price at that time!"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the little nephew understands."

Li Zhao nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and then said very seriously:

"Your Majesty, the little nephew has his own way to make a lot of money, if His Majesty is unwilling to lend money to His Royal Highness the Prince, then the little nephew only needs His Majesty's will to allow the little nephew to build a ship and go to sea, and the little nephew can bear all the costs, and take out 30% of the shares and dedicate it to Your Majesty."

As soon as Li Zhaotong finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao jumped up and said very unhappily:

"No! This palace must be involved in this matter, Li Er, you dare to get rid of this palace and do it alone, this palace is not finished with you! ”

"Bastard, you give me a little quiet!"

Emperor Hongzhi reprimanded Zhu Houzhao, then looked at Li Zhaotong and asked:

"How are you going to make money?"

"Your Majesty, this is a commercial secret, if the little nephew leaks it, then the little nephew may not have a chance to make this big money, and Your Majesty will not be able to divide it, so please forgive Your Majesty, the little nephew can't disclose it."

The profits of maritime trade are huge!

Otherwise, why would the gentry in the southeast coastal region frantically oppose the opening of the sea, it is because they hold this huge cake!

Once the sea is opened, others will have the opportunity to reach in and grab the cake and eat it!

……

Emperor Hongji asked the fleet to go to the Golden Continent to find corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cinchona seeds, and it seems that there was no maritime trade.

However, it is impossible for the fleet to transport all the seeds back, the Golden Continent, the gold reserves are quite high, and the fleet will bring some gold back, so it will not be profitable!

So, how is it possible not to make money by sending a fleet to the Golden Continent!

However, Li Zhaotong didn't want to say this for the time being, and he didn't dare to say it.

Because he said it, it is difficult to guarantee that the ministers present are not moved, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will keep it a secret.

Once they are tempted, then he Li Zhaotong will go to a fart!

It won't be his turn!

And when the seeds of corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cinchona trees were retrieved, Li Zhaotong was very worried that the forces of the ministers present would unite with those gentry in Jiangnan and fight back wildly, strongly opposing Emperor Hongzhi's continued voyage.

By that time, the sky may change color!

Not to mention him Li Zhaotong, I am afraid that even Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao, the two most noble figures in the Ming Dynasty, will be in danger of their lives.

Therefore, before the foundation was unstable and too many people were tied to the chariot, Li Zhaotong did not dare to easily divulge the endless wealth overseas.

He only dared to say:

The world is very big, there are fetish overseas, as for whether the fetish makes money or not, you think about it yourself, anyway, I think I have a way to make a lot of money, do you want to come with me?

"Li Er, you just pretend, you dog thing, and you're painting cakes for people, this palace sees that you just want to make a fortune on the stock exchange!

Your model of making a lot of money is similar to that of Xishan Coal Industry, decades of profits, and it takes a few hours to cheat it back!

This little trick of yours, Bengong has already seen through it, don't want to hide it from Bengong! ”

Zhu Houzhao is worthy of being a little clever ghost, Li Zhaotong regretted that he said too much about the sky and the earth when he said the sea last time, and when he was worried about how to find an excuse to make up for the last shortcoming, he spoke.

He also looked at everyone proudly, and his little expression seemed to say:

Hongu is so smart, you fools come and praise Hongu!

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