The Bai family was very trustworthy, and informed Leng Bingfeng the next day that Mr. Wang could come and withdraw money. Wang Du was overjoyed when he received the news, and immediately sent someone to bring back the silver, a total of 44,000 taels. He used to be the governor of Shandong Imperial History, Zheng Liupin, and now he is the prince's companion, but Yu Lu has not changed, it is all ten stones per month, which is equivalent to two taels of silver, that is, twenty-five taels a year, these money have to earn him 1,760 years, I am afraid that his children and grandchildren, and he can earn it endlessly. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little resentful of those rich businessmen, these people spent a lot of money to buy some glass and mirrors, but they studied hard in the cold window, and they were the officials of the court and the prince to study, so they could earn such a little money. At the same time, I also felt a little emotional, and the emperor's grandson turned stones into gold, so easy to earn so much.

Zhan Shiyuan, afternoon.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the four carriages of silver, and was also a little dazed, hearing that 44,000 taels of silver and seeing 44,000 taels of silver were completely different feelings, after thinking about it, he let him go to the warehouse, and the onlookers couldn't help but let out a sigh. The officials of the Ming Dynasty were very poor, and most of the officials ruled in the Qing Dynasty during the founding of the country, and the Hongwu Dynasty was even more excessive.

Zhu Yunwen called Wang Du to the study and asked about the specific situation, the Bai family was very knowledgeable, and Leng Bingfeng participated in the whole banquet, so the description was very detailed. After Wang Du finished describing, Zhu Yunwen felt very interesting, let the Qingqi people be responsible for the hospitality, use the black box to attract attention, and then use the beauty to preside over the auction, the whole process is designed with ingenuity, and the promise to the Qingqi people is fulfilled in time, and the settlement is also timely on his side, and the whole process is leaky. When he knew that it was designed by Bai Fangrui, the eldest lady of the Bai family, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Zizhong, Lone has a few ideas, say them, let you refer to them."

"Your Highness, please speak."

"First of all, in the future, the Bai family's share ratio will be more than half of them. Then there are four more guards sent to the Bai family, under the command of Leng Bingfeng, to protect the safety of the Bai family. Also, don't pull the silver here in the future, put it in the Bai family first, it's too eye-catching. ”

"Your Highness, why should the score be raised? Chen felt that two percent was already a lot. ”

"Zizhong, do you know, the price of glass will not be so high, the Bai family wants to increase profits, must increase shipments, need more manpower, in addition to the market in Jingshi will soon be saturated, the Bai family needs to sell to other places, at that time, it will need more manpower, and even increase security personnel, this is all expenses. In the middle of the child, leave room for the other party, and things can be done in the long run. ”

"Your Highness is wise, and the minister understands." Wang Du suddenly realized that he was a very smart person, but he felt that the Bai family was a little unearned, so he was a little unfair.

After arranging things, Zhu Yunwen came to Qianqing Palace and told Zhu Yuanzhang about selling glass this time, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said nothing, in fact, he knew all these things, just looking at Zhu Yunwen's performance. When he heard that the division would be increased by half, Lao Zhu was also a little reluctant, so Zhu Yunwen said something bad before Lao Zhu agreed. In the end, Zhu Yunwen threw out a heavy cannonball and said: "Grandpa Huang, this time the profit is 44,000 taels, Yunwen plans to enter the palace for 24,000 taels, filial piety to the imperial grandfather, and the rest of Yunwen plans to allocate to the martial arts, the army and the two academies to improve the quality of training in the army, improve the technology of the engineering college and the agricultural college, and hope that there will be more and better glass in the future, so that you can make more money." ”

The old emperor Long Yan was happy, and said: "Yun Wei, you have a heart, yes, I agreed, but you have to take good care of this money, and you can't let corrupt officials and corrupt officials get greedy." ”

"Yun Hyun understands that Yun Hyun intends to put Tie Hyun in charge of this matter."

"Well, yes, this person is good."

Zhu Yunwen returned to Duanben Palace, asked Liu Zhen to send someone to send 24,000 taels of silver into the palace, and the rest remained in Zhan Shiyuan, and sent someone to inform Tie Xuan and let him be responsible for the cost of this money, and the account book should be clear.

When Old Man Bai returned home, he found that there were four more guards in the house, and after understanding the reason, he was even happier. This shows that the people over there have recognized the Bai family, and they are very measured, and they have given more than half of the shares, leaving room for themselves, and they can't help but be more confident in cooperating.

After having money in his hand, Zhu Yunwen ordered Wang Quan to start researching hydraulic forging machines, blast furnace steelmaking, gunpowder purification and chemical fertilizers, etc., which were mostly clear in his previous life, so he gave simple guidance to Wang Quan.

Reviewing and reciting folds is a learning process for Zhu Yunwen, so he also enjoys it. Every ten days and a half months will go to martial arts, the army and two academies to see, with his vigorous investment, the hydraulic forging machine has been produced, in fact, this is very simple, is a layer of window paper, the Han Dynasty of China had a waterwheel, water conservancy forging relative to the waterwheel, not much more complicated. At present, the Faculty of Engineering has begun experiments in forging armor, purifying gunpowder, and grinding.

On this day, when reviewing the recital, Zhu Yunwen suddenly discovered a thing, so he summoned Xu Huizu, Chang Sheng, and Shangshu Ruyu of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. Xu Huizu and Chang Sheng had just returned from training in the field to prepare for the Japanese invaders, and the current situation of the Japanese was something that Zhu Yunwen was eager to know, so he summoned relevant personnel to come.

When everyone arrived, Zhu Yunwen first asked about the situation of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies at the seaside guard, and Xu Huizu first came out and said: "Your Highness, the main members of the Japanese Bandits are Japanese ronins, samurai, maritime merchants, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen's remnants, and some outlaws in coastal areas. The southeast is a wealth of important land, and the capital is close to the Yangtze River and the sea, so the preparation of the Japanese is the top priority, the current strategy of preparing for the Japanese mainly adopts the strategy of Fang Mingqian, the son of Fang Guozhen: the establishment of the coastal guard, the early warning of the sentinel ship at sea, the location and layout of the guard station is mainly based on the Xinguo Gong Tang and, so far, I have built a total of 54 guards, 99 institutes, 353 inspection divisions, 997 beacons on both sides of the coast and the Yangtze River, the total number of troops is more than 40 thousand, more than 1,000 ships. In addition, in order to prevent pirates from entering the country, the emperor issued a holy decree to imitate the strategy of the north to deal with the Mongols, and imposed a ban on the sea, with two requirements: prohibiting the people from building ships and going to sea, and prohibiting private trade. ”

"And what's the current situation with the Wokos?"

Ru Yu said: "Your Royal Highness, the Japanese Invaders originated from the Japanese archipelago, and since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in order to exterminate the Japanese Invaders, they did not hesitate to reward the courtiers who had made meritorious contributions to Japan and Korea, such as the Japanese shogunate Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was named the 'King of Japan', and Li Chenggui, who was seeking to usurp the throne of Korea, was recognized, and the country was given the name 'Korea'. In addition, the establishment of the guard station and the sailor division also effectively curbed the invasion of the Japanese invaders, and so far, the invasion of the Japanese has been rare, and the ministers thought that it was not enough. ”

"So, your lords, why do you think the Wako are rising? Why did the Han and Tang dynasties have no troubles, and the Yuan Dynasty and the present dynasty had them? ”

The military department Shangshu Ru Yu came out and said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that the main thing is the development of navigation technology, during the Han and Tang dynasties, I have more inland river sailors and less sea ships, and then the sea ships gradually increased, to the Song Dynasty, overseas trade is frequent, the income is huge, when the country was founded, the rich merchant Shen Wansan was because of the sea trade and the rise, so naturally there were robbers, so I adopted a three-pronged strategy, that is, to establish a defense against the enemy, the establishment of a sailor to catch the Japanese, the ban on the sea to cut off the trade route, at present, the effect is very good. ”

Zhu Yunwen listened to Ru Yu's words, and felt that it seemed to be very reasonable, so why did later generations feel that the forbidden sea would bring disaster to the country and the people? After thinking for a while, he said: "I already know a little about the affairs of the guard, but who knows more about the matter of going to sea to catch widows?" ”

Ru Yu continued: "Your Highness, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the one who is best at water warfare is the navigation Marquis Zhang He, but unfortunately he has passed away. ”

"Your Highness, as far as the last general knows, the ones who are currently the best at water warfare are Zhu Xin, the secretary of the Chinese military governor's mansion, and Xuanxin, the former military governor's office." Chang Shengdao, who hasn't spoken for a long time.

After Zhu Yunwen listened, he asked everyone, and when he saw that there was no objection, he asked the eunuch Xuan and the others to come, and at the same time asked the others to sit down and give tea and water to rest.

After a while, Zhu Xin and Xuanxin arrived, and after the ceremony, they continued to deliberate.

Zhu Yunwen first said: "Two generals, I want to know about going to sea to catch widows, you are the generals of the Ming Dynasty who are most familiar with water warfare, can you explain it to Gu." ”

Zhu Xin was about forty years old, his face was dark, and he looked like he often went to sea in his early years, and he was exposed to the wind and sun, so he first said: "Your Highness, since the navigation Marquis Zhang He, there are not many Japanese robbers, so I have not gone to sea to catch Japanese in recent years. ”

"Oh, where are the main pirates? In other words, if the Japanese rebels rise again, how will the Ming defend against it? ”

Zhu Xin thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, the minister has brought a nautical chart, can you explain it on the nautical chart?" ”

"Yes."

Zhu Xin spread out the sea chart on the ground, Zhu Yunwen glanced at it, and saw the place name of the Japanese country marked on the map, and couldn't help but get angry, now the Japanese country is just a small country, and it has begun to cause trouble to the Central Plains, and the people sitting here may not think that in less than five hundred years, the Japanese will be stellar on the land of China, and the Chinese nation has become an inferior nation in the mouth of the other party, and the past of the previous life can't help but come to mind......

Suddenly, Liu Zhen pushed Zhu Yunwen and said, "Your Highness, General Zhu has already started to speak, and I am asking you?" ”

Zhu Yunwen woke up and found that everyone at the scene was looking at him, only to realize that he was distracted, and hurriedly said: "General Zhu, Gu remembered some other things, please continue." ”

Zhu Xin continued to explain, but he was thinking in his heart, His Highness lost his mind when he saw the chart, I don't know why, I have to behave well.

"The Japanese invaders have been harassing China since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and after Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen were exterminated, the rest of the troops entered the sea, combined with the Japanese maritime merchants and samurai, and entrenched on the islands, mainly in these places, the Penghu Islands, and the surrounding islands of the Ryukyus in the north, as well as Jeju Island off the coast of Korea, also occasionally settled on the Japanese invaders."

Zhu Yunwen asked in surprise: "What about the island of Taiwan in the south of Penghu Lake?" How can I defend against it, and are there any pirates there? ”

Ru Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, rushed to say: "Your Highness doesn't know, my Ming Dynasty has no troops and officials on the island of Taiwan, but there are indeed no Japanese robbers there." ”

"What?" Zhu Yunwen walked down in surprise and stammered: "Taiwan, it's not in my Ming territory?" How can this really be true? ”

Everyone present was puzzled and didn't know how to answer. Ru Yu stood up and said, "Your Highness, Taiwan is far away from Fujian, and the islands are full of Yi people, so Daming did not set up counties. ”

Zhu Yunwen pointed to the island of Taiwan and sneered: "The Ming Dynasty will inevitably set up a county here. With that, he returned to his seat and sat down, looking at the ministers present.

The ministers didn't dare to say anything, and after a moment of silence, Zhu Xin continued: "Ryukyu is the farthest place where the seafaring marquis went to sea, where a large number of Japanese were killed, but from Ryukyu to the north, it is the island of Japan, and the Japanese invaders went all the way south from this line to the coast of Fujian, and some of them went north to harass Shandong and Liaodong. ”

"How does General Zhu think he can eradicate the Japanese invaders?"

"This ......" Zhu Xin and Xuanxin glanced at each other and said, "As long as the current emperor's policy is implemented, the coastal peace can be guaranteed." ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at their expressions, and didn't force it, and said, "What about the forbidden sea?" What do the ministers think? ”

Everyone looked at it with strange expressions, and finally, Ru Yu came out and said: "Your Highness, there are two main reasons for the policy of banning the sea, one is to prohibit the folk outlaws from going to sea, and finally become widows; The other is to let the Japanese have no merchants to rob, so they will naturally disappear. ”

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said: "What Ru Shangshu means is that we have a trade route to make money in the Ming Dynasty, because there are robbers, so we prohibit the people from making money and don't let people take this road, because the strong will rob the weak on this road, and there will be robbers, right?" The hardships of the people on the seashore of Daming are unbearable, can this be the only way? ”

Ru Yu was speechless, and let His Royal Highness explain it in this way, it seems that the policy of the imperial court is not good, and it is not capable of protecting the people, so the people can't live a good life, but I always feel that something is wrong.

Xu Huizu hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, in fact, the forbidden sea is not without precedent. ”

"What? Forbidden to cross the sea before? ”

"That's not, I have built the Great Wall since ancient times, prohibiting the border people from going out of the fortress, in fact, it is another form of forbidden sea, if you don't prohibit the border people from going out of the fortress, then what if the border people are robbed by Mongolia? Or the border people do Mongolian eyeliner, what if they are deceived into entering the customs? Could it be that the border people and Mongolia could not make money in trade? Mongolia's horses, cattle and sheep in Daming, as well as Daming's tea in Mongolia, are very scarce. But this policy has been in place for thousands of years, so is it really unreasonable? Why does Your Highness only care about the people of the sea and not the people of the border? ”

"Yes, Your Highness, the Yuan Dynasty unified the northern part of China, from Shanhaiguan to the north, out of Miyun to Kaiping, Daning, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were densely populated areas, full of smoke, cattle and horses, but now those places are inhabited, there are many reasons for the disappearance of these border people, some of them were plundered away by the Northern Yuan, and some of them were moved into the customs by our dynasty, but more of them fled spontaneously, which doesn't show that the forbidden sea is the desire of the people? If I go towards the sea and the Japanese invaders come at the end of the three days, then the seaside will also be uninhabited, is there any difference between this and the forbidden sea? Ru Yu also interjected.

Xuanxin is about forty years old, white and pure, and he can't see that he is proficient in water warfare, and he didn't speak just now, but this time he hesitated and said: "Your Highness, General Zhu didn't say a word just now, the root of the Japanese is the Japanese state, if you want to eradicate the Japanese invaders, you must eliminate the Japanese country, just like if you want to calm the north, you must eliminate Mongolia." However, it is very difficult to eliminate the Wa State and clear the Mongols, on one side there is a boundless desert, and on the other side there is a vast ocean, which the last general and General Zhu have studied, and it is difficult to do. And the last general has another worry, so far, the so-called Japanese are only sporadic Japanese warriors, ronins, if one day the Japanese country comes to the country, how should we deal with it? ”

"General Xuan is too worried, the country of the Japanese country is small and the people are widowed, how can he compete with my Ming Dynasty, the Ming army is more than one million, the people are billions of dollars, and it is not easy to deal with the Japanese country." Ru Yu retorted.

Zhu Yunwen silently watched the conversation between the two, and found that Xuanxin was a talent and a prophet, I don't know if he really thought so, or was it just alarmist, or he also had memories of the past? But he was right, one day hundreds of years later, the Japanese kingdom came to the country, and tens of millions of Chinese sons and daughters died in battle, according to his impression at the time, even if the final victory belonged to China, it would be a long-term war; There is also a possibility that Huaxia died in the Wa Kingdom, the plaster flag of the Wa Kingdom fluttered in the sky over China, and the Chinese nation became a slave of the dead country...... Of course, it can't be said that Ru Yu is wrong, it is impossible for people to know what will happen hundreds of years later, according to the current situation, even if the country of Wa comes to the country, it will only be sent to death.

Zhu Yunwen only understands today why the forbidden sea has been widely criticized by later generations, but it has lasted for more than 500 years, this is not that the people at that time were not smart enough, the Great Wall is actually another kind of sea ban, this is just a kind of self-protection for the farming people to ensure their racial reproduction, against the invasion of nomads, and this strategy ensures that the Chinese nation has been continuing; When faced with the threat of the sea, I instinctively adopt the same strategy, that is, to put up a fence to live, so that you will not disturb me, as for the life and death of the people on the fence, it is insignificant compared to the whole nation.

But Zhu Yunwen knows very well that this situation cannot continue for a long time, the world is about to enter the era of the ocean, and in another hundred years, Spain and Portugal will sign the "Tordesiras Treaty" to divide the world. The tentacles of the West will soon extend to Asia, and if it waits for the rise of the rising powers, Britain and France, it will be too late for China.

Zhu Yunwen continued to discuss the issue of the sea ban with everyone, and finally found that he couldn't convince everyone, everyone actually didn't want to open the sea ban, and the reason was also very good, so he had to put it on hold for the time being, and talk about it when the time was ripe.