Taishi Hui'an Hou Yang Cong expedition to the East, triumphantly returned, the entire Ming Dynasty can be described as jubilant, Yongqing Emperor is even more excited hand dance, shouting and shouting to personally rush to Tianjin Xingang to meet.

There is no precedent for this kind of thing, when the emperor's courtiers are triumphant, there is nothing wrong with it, but it is a bit too much to welcome hundreds of miles, and finally, under the strong advice of a group of courtiers, he reluctantly agreed, and let the cabinet scholar Zhang Juzheng go to Tianjin Xingang to meet Yang Cong on his behalf, and he led the ministers to wait outside the Chaoyang Gate in the capital.

On the wharf, Zhang Juzheng, a member of the cabinet university, and a number of officials such as Jinyi Wei and the Beijing camp guards were lined up neatly and full, and the people who came to see the excitement around the wharf were as many as tens of thousands, and there were colorful flags flying everywhere, and there were laughter and laughter everywhere.

Here, Zhang Juzheng commanded his officials to prepare everything, over there, there were already dense black spots on the sea, at this time, there could be so many sea ships, it was none other than the fleet of the Daming Naval Division, although it was not the first time for the people to see the fleet of the Daming Naval Division, but they still couldn't help cheering excitedly.

The fleet of the Daming Navy Division is really mighty, and there are dozens of Fu ship warships that are like castle towers alone, and when they come from the sea, it is like a huge city slowly pressing over, and the momentum is simply terrifying.

After a burst of excited cheers, the fleet of the Daming Navy Division finally slowly approached the dock, the first was the flagship that Yang Cong was riding, the suspension ladder was lowered, Yang Cong walked down with a group of civil officials and military generals with a smile, and Zhang Juzheng was already standing respectfully waiting below.

For this disciple, Yang Cong is still quite satisfied, Zhang Juzheng's comprehension and execution are quite strong, no matter what the new policy, as long as you explain it to him well, he can implement it according to your vision.

In this way, he doesn't have to stay in the capital all the time to stare at it, if he doesn't have this disciple, he really doesn't have to worry about fighting everywhere.

After the master and apprentice greeted him, Yang Cong couldn't help but ask: "Taiyue, nothing has gone wrong with the court during this time, how is the emperor, no one is slandering in front of the emperor, right?" ”

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly said respectfully: "Don't worry, the court is normal, the new policy is being implemented smoothly, and the emperor is becoming more and more calm, and it is not so easy for those old oilmen to fool him." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he nodded with satisfaction: "Well, that's good, by the way, the imperial court hasn't spent much money recently, right, is the treasury still full?" ”

Zhang Juzheng said without thinking: "The biggest thing in the imperial court in recent times is the expedition to Dongying, not only did you not spend the silver of the imperial court, but also brought millions of taels of income to the imperial court, of course, the treasury is very full, and the specific number of students have to go to the household department to check to know, however, it should not be less than 30 million taels." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he nodded with satisfaction again: "Well, very good, I have pondered for the teacher during this time, if you want the rapid development of the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is that the roads extend in all directions, so if you want to advise the emperor, you should first build a few thoroughfares connecting the provinces and important cities of the Ming Dynasty. “

Immediately afterwards, he explained to Zhang Juzheng in detail the idea of building roads, including how to determine the width and density of roads according to the degree of development of commerce in various places, how to mobilize local officials to use the roads to develop the local economy, how to organize labor, how to set wages, and so on.

Zhang Juzheng's comprehension ability is really amazing, Yang Cong has only been talking for a while, he has already realized the benefits of road construction, and he is full of praise for the idea proposed by Yang Cong.

He is not a sycophant, but a real understanding of the idea of building roads to drive economic development.

Yang Cong also praised this disciple's comprehension ability, and the master and apprentice talked and laughed like this, and boarded the special train to the capital.

Next, it was a grand welcome ceremony, Emperor Yongqing personally greeted outside the Chaoyang Gate, the scene was so lively, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty has never had it for nearly two hundred years.

After a period of hustle and bustle, Emperor Yongqing invited his mentor Yang Cong into the palace and pulled him into the imperial study, chattering like a child who has not seen his parents for a long time, from the court to the harem, talking endlessly, until Yang Cong showed a little tiredness, he said embarrassedly: "Master, are you tired, I am really a little out of shape, master, you haven't rested all the way back from Dongying, I haven't seen my master for too long, I really miss it, sorry, sorry." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he shook his head with a smile and said: "The emperor can rest assured, Weichen is not tired, but this way is either a car or a boat, Weichen has been sitting for a long time, a little tired, it's okay, it's okay, the emperor continues." ”

Yongqing was a little embarrassed and said, "Master, are you really not tired?" ”

Yang Cong could only straighten up and say, "Really, Weichen is not tired at all." ”

Yongqing continued: "By the way, master, you won't go far when you come back this time, right?" When you leave, I am really a little panicked, and I am worried all day long, for fear that something will go wrong, and this day is so difficult. ”

Yang Cong finally understood why Yongqing was so abnormal, this is a sign that people are about to grow up and mature, if Yongqing doesn't think about anything all day, only knows how to eat or only knows how to play, then there will be no such troubles.

In other words, people have actually started to be directors at this time, and at the same time, they will slowly get used to being independent, but they are still a little uncomfortable at the beginning, and they always want to have elders in front of them to guide.

This kind of thing is very common, and there is nothing to worry about.

Yang Cong still smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you know that worrying about state affairs proves that you have grown up and can independently manage the entire Ming Dynasty, which is a good thing, as for being a teacher, in fact, it is the same in terms of not being there, you see, for the teacher to go to Dongying for so long, isn't there no mistake in the court?" ”

Yongqing couldn't help but smile and said: "This, with the master here, I feel that my heart is steady, now that the northwest has been stabilized, and the Japanese are already too busy to take care of themselves, master, you don't have to work hard to fight everywhere, right?" ”

Yang Cong shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not good, you should have heard that in the early years of Jiajing, in Xicaowan in the southeast, my Daming had a naval battle with the Francophone people on a large scale, and that time, the Ming Dynasty won, but we can't take it lightly, because it is just the pathfinder of the Francophiles, and their large army has not yet come." ”

When Yongqing heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Oh, is the Franc machine very powerful, and Da Ming didn't offend them, why did they come to attack Da Ming?" ”

Yang Cong sighed slightly: "These people's thinking cannot be measured by common sense, to put it simply, they are robber thinking, where there are good things, they want to rob them, our Daming did not offend them, but our Daming is vast, has a large population, and is rich in resources, which really makes them red." ”

Jealous?

This reason is really a bit strange.

Yongqing was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "No wonder, in the first two months, a subordinate country Luzon wrote to ask for help, saying that the red hair fan snatched their land for no reason, and they really couldn't resist it, so they wanted to ask Daming to take action and drive the red hair fan away." ”

Luzon?

Red hair?

Spanish colonial fleet!