Xu Miaojin was originally a talented and intelligent person, so she quickly understood what Xu Huizu meant, and couldn't help frowning and pondering.

Seeing this scene, Xu Huizu stopped talking, but got up to say goodbye and went back to his boat to rest, there were so many things that had happened in the past few months, he was a little overwhelmed and urgently needed to rest.

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For Zhu Yunwen, the affairs of the Xu family are actually just small things, he has done what he can and should do, and the rest of the things will develop in the direction he wants, which is confident that Zhu Yunwen still has.

The establishment of the Internal Affairs Office to oversee the repair, use and eunuchs of the palace is to avoid the monopoly of eunuchs, and also to make the management of the inner palace transparent. But that's not all.

One is to include the Bank of Communications, the College of Engineering, and the College of Agriculture, these three departments represent the development direction of finance, industry and agriculture respectively, they were founded at the beginning of the management of the Zhan Shifu, Zhu Yunwen continued to be under its direct management after ascending the throne, but as its scale is getting bigger and bigger, the role is becoming more and more important, and it becomes necessary to set up a special person for unified management, as for why Guo Ren was chosen, it is also to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Households, and Yuxin has always wanted to bring the Bank of Communications under the Ministry of Households, and Guo Ren was originally a servant of the Ministry of Households. Now he still serves as the secretary of the household department, which can be regarded as partially satisfying Yu Xin's requirements.

The other is a good news from Nanyang at the end of February, the fleet sent by Jianwen to the Americas in the fourth year has returned, bringing the seeds of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other crops that Zhu Yunwen is eagerly looking forward to, as well as a large amount of gold and silver, which makes Zhu Yunwen ecstatic, but he also understands that these crops cannot achieve high yields in later generations, and they need to be carefully cultivated and repeatedly tested.

When the Xu family brothers and sisters arrived in Beijing, it was the day when Tong Hailong and others returned to Beijing with the loot. In order to express his joy and reward the soldiers of these expeditions to the greatest extent, Zhu Yunwen ordered the streets and alleys of the Jingshi to be decorated with lights, and the main roads were splashed with clean water and the loess mat roads, and at the same time sent the prince Zhu Wenkui to the Shili Long Pavilion to greet them, and also regarded them as the champions of the new department, and let them ride high-headed horses through the streets, with drums and firecrackers blaring all the way, and the guards on both sides of the street were carefully selected to be energetic and handsome.

The emperor gave an order, the capital immediately became a sea of cheers, although the people did not understand the emperor's thoughts, but this did not prevent them from carnival, the cloud of the case of the king of Chu shrouded the Beijing division for more than two months, and the people did not have a good year, just take this opportunity to relax.

This day is March 8 in the seventh year of Jianwen, and this day has also become the traditional festival of later Chinese "Navy Day", because from this day, the Ming Navy officially became the Ming Navy, and the Ming Navy is no longer the kind of sailor who sails along the coast, but an invincible hero who can carry out ocean exploration and combat!

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"Your Majesty, the last general Motong Hailong has returned from the expedition, and he is here to give his order!"

Looking at the more than ten soldiers kneeling in front of the hall, Zhu Yunwen had mixed feelings, he stood up, walked down the steps, helped them up one by one, and then personally poured wine for them, and then Zhu Yunwen returned to the throne and raised the wine glass in his hand:

"Soldiers, raise your glass!"

"This is the Moutai tribute wine paid by the Guizhou political envoy in the fourth year of Jianwen, I have kept it, waiting for you to come back, today I finally waited, today, I am very happy, come, the Qing family also toasted together, congratulations to these soldiers who returned from the expedition, congratulations on their immortal exploits for the Ming Dynasty!"

Ministers such as Yu Xin, Qi Tai, Hou Tai and other civil officials, such as Guo Ying, Song Sheng, Wu Gao and other military generals raised their glasses, Tong Hailong and others were excited, with tears in their eyes, and they all fell back!

"Very good, very good, I am very happy!"

Zhu Yunwen drank an average amount of wine, so after a glass of Moutai wine, his face was a little ruddy, but he was even more excited.

"Sea Dragon, how about you come here and tell me and you about what you have seen and heard along the way, as well as your gains?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Under the gaze of everyone, Tong Hailong opened the package beside him and took out a huge chart from it, which he spent a day making after arriving in Guangzhou, although it was simple, but it was enough to express his meaning.

"Your Majesty, Ladies and Gentlemen, please see,"

"On April 12, the fourth year of Jianwen, the last general led fifteen ships to set off from Liujiagang in Suzhou, first to the north, to the economic state island, Tsushima Island, around the Kyushu Island of the Japanese state, and sailed north."

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"After about fifteen days of traveling north from Tsushima Island, the last general arrived at Hokkaido Island, which is the name given by His Majesty, and the climate on the island is cold, but there are many hot springs and the population is not large......"

"From a distance point of view, Hokkaido is not far from the land, and it takes about ten days to sail westward, and you will reach the vicinity of the Heilongjiang Provincial Envoy in the northeast, but it is really cold."

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"Along Hokkaido to the north, one hundred and fifty miles, you can reach Sakhalin Island, this island is specially emphasized by His Majesty, so the last general and his party drove north along the west coast of Sakhalin Island, fortunately it was a southeast wind at that time, so it took about five days to go around to the north of Sakhalin Island to prove that it is indeed an island."

"According to His Majesty's request, the last general will send a thousand households Li Baizhu to sail westward, and it will take about half a day to reach the land, that place seems to be the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, but the time is pressing, the last general just recorded it, and then drove east!"

Speaking of this, the veteran Guo Ying interjected: "General Tong, what does it mean that time is pressing?" The old man thinks that this place is very worth surveying, if it is really the estuary of the Heilongjiang River, it means that my Ming can supply the Northeast garrison through the naval division, and it is also conducive to the Ming Dynasty to deter Japan and the Japanese state, why not spend more time? ”

"This," Tong Hailong hesitated, he recognized Guo Ying, this is the only remaining founding father, he looked at Zhu Yunwen in embarrassment, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "This is Your Majesty's admonition, Your Majesty requires us to sail east in the summer after we arrive at Sakhalin, otherwise it is easy to have problems." ”

"What's the problem?"

"Sakhalin was very cold, even though it was the height of summer in June, it felt like it was late autumn, it was really cold, and the northern coast was frozen for a long time, according to the locals, the ice period could be as long as seven or eight months."

"Ahh

With Tong Hailong's description, the courtiers couldn't help but exclaim, their gaze at Tong Hailong gradually turned from disapproval to admiration, although they didn't know the true meaning of the expedition fleet, but they could understand the difficulties of this trip, of course, there were some people who shook their heads slightly, what is Your Majesty going to do? Is it meaningful to waste money in such a cold place?

Zhu Yunwen sat on the throne, taking everyone's looks into his eyes, but he didn't move, he raised his hand, interrupted everyone's buzzing, and said, "General Tong, go on!" ”

"Yes!"

"Because the weather is getting colder, the last general and others quickly follow the plan to the east, about twenty-five days of sailing, will arrive at a piece of land, because the last general seems to be a peninsula, the island is very sparsely populated, it seems to be the 'ghost country' recorded in the Tang book, the last general feels very vivid, there are not even ghosts there."

"The last general only stayed in the country of wandering ghosts for two days, and after a little rest, he hurried east."

As he spoke, Tong Hailong looked a little nervous, as if he was being chased by something, and he seemed to be immersed in the scene at that time.

"After passing through the country of Liugui, the last general and others went all the way to the east, the weather became significantly colder, the sea conditions were also unstable, storms and tsunamis were frequent, and coupled with the reef, a lucky ship would be lost every few days, and the small ships were completely unsuitable for ocean voyages, and they were all abandoned on the fifth day of the trip; In addition, the weather was cold, and many of the soldiers were sick, and during that time, the last general was also sick, and the fleet was commanded by Qi Qianye, who was also a fellow intellectual. ”

"But," said Tong Hailong, who clenched his teeth, looked up at the east, and said in a trembling tone: "When we were about to arrive in the Americas, a huge tsunami and strong wind struck, and all our remaining fifteen ships were blown away. ”

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