When the fleet visiting Dongzhou returned to the Ming Dynasty, the first news they got was that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to give the throne to the grandson.

When he was in Quanzhou, the fleet had already felt the current Ming Dynasty and fell into a solidified atmosphere.

Although the fleet that came back from Dongzhou thought that it had made outstanding achievements, but at this time, it did not dare to publicize it, starting from Quanzhou, the fleet commander Hou Xian and deputy marshal Yi Xin gave orders to the entire fleet to keep a low profile.

Originally, they were going to bring all the fleets directly to Tianfu and then disband, but after discussion, except for the First Fleet, the sergeants of the other fleets only returned to Yingtianfu with representatives.

In such a sensitive period, if they return to Ying Tianfu with great fanfare, they are likely to become targets to break the deadlock.

At this time, it's better to keep a low profile.

If it weren't for the Holy Order, Yixin would even want to return directly to Jiaozhou Bay at this time, away from the center of this whirlpool.

Although Zhu Di, the emperor, said that he wanted a Zen position, who dared to cater to it? No one dares to forget the murderous heart of this emperor.

If he was just tempting, but he came up at this time, it would be very possible for the Nine Clans to be punished.

When the ship arrived in Ningbo, most of the officers and men of the Second Fleet parted ways with the army and returned to the coast of Shandong.

When they arrived at Liujiagang in Suzhou, most of the cargo ships also stayed here temporarily, only the First Fleet had 4,000 people, and the others represented 6,000 people, carrying nearly 10,000 people of various ethnic groups back.

The formation of 20,000 people is already streamlined, and it can't be less.

Compared with the trembling of the Ming soldiers, the 10,000 representatives of various ethnic groups from Dongzhou, as well as the women brought back by the soldiers, were full of excitement to observe this prosperous country.

The southeast area was originally a rich place in the Ming Dynasty. Especially in recent years, the trade of the South Seas and the trade of Dongying have developed greatly, and all parts of the southeast coast are full of flowers.

The aborigines from Dongzhou saw those cities that could not be seen at a glance, those villages that were wide and horizontal, and the dense waterwheels along the Yangtze River, all of which were regarded as miracles.

During their short stay in Liujiagang, Hou Xian and Yi Xin finally learned about the recent situation in Ying Tianfu from various channels.

Although the emperor said that he wanted to take the throne, but now the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and His Royal Highness the Taisun are trying their best to prevent it.

Now the emperor has issued two spontaneous edicts on the throne, but they have been refuted by Jian Yi and the cabinet.

The grandson also knelt outside the palace twice, begging the emperor to govern himself, but the emperor refused.

These days, in addition to the burial of the prince, Zhu Di went out of the palace once. At other times, he either watched a play in the harem, or summoned a group of old ministers in the palace.

The emperor refused to govern in person, and the grandson refused to deal with the government, and now the affairs of the court have been piled up for more than half a month and have not been dealt with.

However, the situation in the army was very stable, because the emperor refused to govern in person, and the entire court was very stable.

Hou Xian knows very well that if the emperor is in power, that is the real trouble.

The kingdom cannot be left without an owner, but there cannot be two masters!

Hou Xian was worried and worried, but Yixin was relieved.

What he is afraid of is that the emperor is in charge of the government and deprives the grandson of his powers, so it will be difficult for them to deal with themselves.

Now that the emperor is unwilling to govern in person, it means that there will be no power struggle.

Even if the emperor and grandson are unwilling to deal with politics now, most of the affairs can be handled by themselves now, and it will not have much impact.

So when it came time to set off from Liujiagang, Yixin regained its composure.

Thinking of the gold and silver that he brought back with Yixin, as well as the harvest of exploring Dongzhou, this time, a marquis would definitely not be able to escape.

When Yang Dao docked in Luzon, he had already learned the news of the prince's death from his eldest brother Xie Zhenqi, and from the time the prince thought of his father, he couldn't help tossing and turning, and it was difficult to sleep peacefully.

Unlike what he thought at first, his father and Yang Pu, two close ministers, were not snubbed after the death of the crown prince.

His father even served as the sacrificial wine of the country's eunuch, and Yang Pu also served as the secretary.

This is the first and second in command of the Guozijian, and he is in charge of tens of thousands of alternate officials of the Ming Dynasty, and these two positions cannot be said to be unimportant.

He used to think that his father and Yang Pu would be unlucky, but now they are being reused.

I thought that if I took refuge in my grandson, I would soar, but a big storm made me a sinner.

The world is unpredictable!

and his wife, who married her own in spite of her humble status, did not bring her glory, but implicated her.

However, knowing that his wife had given birth to a son for himself, who is three years old this year, he was still overjoyed.

When he comes back this time, no matter what the result is, he will treat her well.

For the eldest brother, the champion duke, he invited himself to be released, and he came to Luzon, a barbarian land, which surprised him.

A champion, now like a mud leg, arranges for people to farm and plant trees, this contrast makes Yang Dao almost think that the Xie family has hated His Royal Highness Taisun.

However, knowing that Xie Jin is still the first assistant of the cabinet, and his Zhizhou is from Wupin Zhizhou, Yang Dao knew that he had guessed wrong.

A champion, at most, is six grades, and now it has been directly promoted by one level, and it will be more than two levels higher than the lowest level in the same class.

And about the reason why he asked to be released, he was vague, which made Yang Dao have more doubts in his heart.

Knowing what happened to Yang Dao, Xie Zhen didn't have to worry about it. The storm is a natural disaster, and although the loss is huge, he cannot be blamed.

And he served as a thousand generals, acting as the commander of the first guard, drawing a map of the entire Dongzhou continent, and understanding the local people's livelihood, which is a great achievement.

On the whole, he has more merit than demerit, at most, his merit and demerit are offset by his demerits, and he continues to be his thousand presidents.

What Xie Zhenji did not tell him in detail was that with his understanding of Zhu Zhanji, Yang Dao temporarily took over as the commander of the fleet with a thousand generals, and successfully completed the task.

As for the 1,100 people who died, for Yang Dao, they were all living beings and comrades, but in the eyes of the superiors, they were just tools to explore the world.

As long as you can understand the situation in Dongzhou clearly, no matter how many people you can't lose.

Of course, the words can't be said too clearly, and it's better to let this brother-in-law go back like this. If he is allowed to go back with confidence and let the wise Highness see it, it will be a bad thing.

From Liujiagang to Tianfu, all of them were replaced with steam sailboats, although it was against the current, and the fleet could arrive in one day and night.

And the return of the fleet did break the deadlock in Ying Tianfu.

Zhu Zhanji's attention to Dongzhou is actually far greater than that of Nanzhou.

Later Australian iron ore, gold ore, uranium ore, and coal mine were indeed very rich, but they were only relative.

Australia has a total of just over 7 million square kilometers, and most of it is wilderness and desert, and many areas are not suitable for human life.

South America, plus North America, covers an area of more than 40 million square kilometers, and most of the area is suitable for human survival.

The minerals, forest resources, and product resources on the American continent far exceed those of Australia by dozens of times.

So, there is no comparison between the two at all.

More importantly, the forces between the countries of the world are a one-off relationship, and the Ming Dynasty's occupation of the Americas directly cut off the foundation for the development of the Europeans.

Without the resources of the Americas, it would have been impossible for Europeans to develop.

Therefore, not only in terms of natural resources, but also in terms of strategic deployment, the Americas are much more important than Australia.

In Zhu Zhanji's plan, Nanzhou and the Nanyang region were left to the clan and nobles to develop, while the Americas were left to their descendants in the future.

Now, except for leaving New Zealand in the future to himself and Lan Yan's eldest son Zhu Qikai, all other places are ready to be separated.

Now that the fleet has brought back the news of Dongzhou, the entire fleet of twenty or thirty thousand people, plus the people from various tribes who came to worship, the news of Dongzhou must not be hidden.

A land that is bigger, richer, and more natives than Nanzhou is obviously more tempting than Nanzhou.

How to readjust the distribution of interests in this regard has become a difficult point for testing Zhu Zhanji's political ability.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji just wants to pretend to be reserved, and it is not enough to respectfully invite Zhu Di to govern himself.

After all, no one knows the situation in Dongzhou better than himself, and he doesn't want Zhu Di to make random arrangements and disrupt his plans.

Just one day before he knew that the fleet would return, on 21 July, Zhu Zhanji had breakfast, came to the palace and knelt down again, and handed over the "Respectful Invitation to the Emperor's Ancestors."

Now the eunuchs in the palace, including Wang Yan, are already Zhu Zhanji's people, and they immediately asked people to come over to hold up the top cover for Zhu Zhanji and hand the fold in.

Although everyone knows that this is acting, but the play has to be performed in full, and at this time, no one dares to destroy the end of this tacit understanding.

In this land of the East, although since ancient times, the history of struggle for the throne, the throne, and the struggle is the first in the world, and countless magnificent historical poems have occurred.

But Zen has never been cut off in this land.

From the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Chan Rang has appeared, and since then in the Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chan Rang has appeared repeatedly.

Since the Han Dynasty, there have been 42 Zen concessions with detailed historical records.

The most recent time, less than two hundred years ago, Jin Aizong completed Yan Shouxu Zen position to the late Jin Emperor Wanyan Chenglin.

Some of these Zen positions are internal Zen and some are external Zen, whether voluntarily or forced, basically they will not just give up Zen once, and then the successor can't wait to succeed to the throne.

In particular, the voluntary Zen position of Inner Zen is basically a minimum of three times of Zen concession and three times of pushback.

This is not hypocrisy, but etiquette.

Zhu Di's decree was refuted by the minister twice, which was expected. When he arrived at Zhu Zhanji, even if the holy decree took effect, he would have to push it back three times before he would accept it.

In the main hall, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji's fold in front of him, shook his head with a smile and said, "The fleet to Dongzhou is back, and Zhanji can't hold his breath!" ”

Wang Yan said with a smile: "The fleet has brought back gold and silver worth 20 million silver this time, and Dongzhou has now become a big piece of fat!" ”

Don't talk about others, even Wang Yan was shocked by the huge wealth brought back by the fleet.

Three years ago, Taisun brought back so much goods, which were traded with dozens of countries, and only half of them were gold and silver, and the rest were all kinds of materials.

But this time, it is said that almost all of the gold and silver that were brought back were gold, and the amount of gold was more than silver.

Such a rich Dongzhou is not a Nanzhou where the minerals are still in the soil, how can it not be exciting!

Zhu Di saw the secret letter sent back by the fleet a few days ago, and saw that the fleet had brought back nearly two million taels of gold and six million taels of silver this time, and he was shocked and couldn't help himself.

He had never seen such a huge sum of gold and silver, and even Samarkand, which boasted that it was a rich country, had only harvested less than 200,000 taels of gold.

He had already prepared, and when the fleet came back, he must go and see for himself, how big a pile of so much gold was piled together.

For Zhu Zhanji, less than 2 million taels of gold is only 120,000 catties, 60,000 kilograms, or 60 tons.

This wealth is quite a lot relative to individuals. But compared to the Ming Dynasty, who wanted to use gold and silver as currency, it was still pitiful.

Even if the world's gold is combined, it is not enough to be a currency.

With gold as currency, there will only be a shortage of money, and there will never be inflation.

If the economy really wants to develop, it is far from enough to rely on gold, it must be supplemented by silver, as long as the output of silver will not increase significantly in the short term, and it will not depreciate, Daming's finance is stable.

Now, the silver of Dongying, the silver of Mexico, and the silver producing areas of South America are all under their own control, and there will be no such worries.

Silver is used for circulation, gold is stable, and within one or two hundred years, there is no need to worry about the flood of currency causing prices to rise.

The trade circulation of the whole world is currently in a state of currency shortage.

Due to the lack of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty, bartering is still very common nowadays, let alone other places.

Especially in Europe, after several trades, I am afraid that they can only come to work for the Ming people to live poorly.

These gold and silver harvests have long been in Zhu Zhanji's plan, and he is not ready to pay for all the rewards of the fleet with gold and silver, you know, now the title is more popular than gold and silver.

And then there's the land.

There are still a lot of land in Daming that can be developed, and there are countless lands in Nanzhou and Dongzhou.

The soldiers of these fleets were the first to go to Dongzhou, and many of them must have hoped to go to Dongzhou to become a master, encircle a large manor, raise hundreds of slaves to farm, or mine.

As long as he is willing to go, Zhu Zhanji will definitely reward him.

The gold and silver saved will naturally be invested in the bank, and now the bank has slowed down the construction of many projects because of the lack of gold and silver.

What's more, there is also the most expensive railway, which also wants to be built as soon as possible.

Even if the workers only need half of their wages, and the other half is compensated by goods and grain, they need a lot of gold and silver.

Zhu Zhanji was afraid that Zhu Di, a loser, would lose the gold and silver again, so he naturally wanted to take control.

Supporting Zhu Zhanji was the young eunuch Changsheng and the four little eunuchs, he had been with Zhu Zhanji for a while, and he was naturally very familiar with Zhu Zhanji.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji's face was sweating for a while, he handed over an unused handkerchief and said softly: "Your Highness, Your Majesty really loves you, as soon as you come and kneel, you will send us out to take care of you." ”

Yingtianfu in July was the hottest month, and although the two little eunuchs fanned him, the taste of kneeling outside was not at all pleasant.

However, this program must go, and the acting is a full set!

After kneeling for half an hour, Zhu Di asked Wang Yan to write the third Zen edict in the main hall, and then drew it with his own hand and stamped it with a big seal.

After finishing all this, he sighed and said, "Let the grandson come in!" ”

The possibility of the third edict being refuted is very small, and judging from the reaction during this time, he took the throne and Zhanji succeeded to the throne, which can be said to be expected.

This edict was issued, which means that he is far away from the throne.

But that's okay, Zhu Youstew has made up a lot of dramas in the past few years, watching plays in the palace, and going to Yingtianfu to walk around when he is bored, which is more comfortable.

He planned to go to the south in winter, and when he arrived at a place where it was summer all year round, this rheumatism and cold legs would not torture himself too much.

As for this national matter, he doesn't have to worry about it now.

Even if Junji did something wrong, he should still listen to his grandfather's words.

Wang Yan did not dare to slack off, and personally held the edict of the Zen throne out of the palace city, the imperial city, and came to the second set of mansions on the left hand outside the Chengtian Gate.

The first mansion is the Zongren Mansion, the head of the honorary civil officials, but now even the Zongren Order is a concurrent position, and the status is not the same as that of the Ministry of Officials.

And Jian Yi, who has been paying attention to the palace, has already received the news before Wang Yan arrives. He asked people to call the waiter and others in the yamen, and personally greeted them at the gate of the second courtyard.

The front yard outside is the office space of low-level officials, and their big action has certainly attracted the attention of many people, seeing that it is Wang Yan who is personally holding the seven-colored holy decree, everyone knows what is going on.

Wang Yan saw Jian Yi and laughed softly: "There is a long time for the elder to wait, but our family can't help it." Take it......"

Jian Yi knelt down with several subordinate officials, and Wang Yan finished reading this formatted decree in an orderly manner.

This time, Jian Yi did not directly refuse to accept the order, but just asked Wang Yan to wait, because this matter needs to be jointly resolved by Jiuqing.

He sent someone to call people, and the other yamen had already seen Wang Yan and his party, and knew that the emperor's third edict on the throne had come down, and everyone quickly gathered in the second courtyard of the ministry.

The holy decree was placed on the table between the people, and the six chief officials and the nine ministers of the Imperial Palace, Dali Temple, and Tongzheng sat at the table, and no one was the first to speak.

Wang Yan, who was still standing on the side, couldn't help but say: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty is sincerely going to the throne this time, and in the past few days, you have been chatting with our family about the warm winter ...... in the south, you ...... Let's follow the procedure! ”

Everyone's eyes are on Jian Yi, he is now the head of the hundred officials, and he is the only one who can speak.

Jian Yi stared at the Colorful Holy Decree, his eyes gradually turned red, and finally he couldn't help crying bitterly. "Lao Chen has been following His Majesty since the first year of Yongle, and has been loved by His Majesty, ranking first among the hundred officials. Now, Your Majesty is old, and the ministers are also over the age of Jiazi, so you should go with Your Majesty......"

As soon as he cried, everyone except for the young Gu Zuo, the rest of the people also cried.

Everyone got up one after another, knelt down in front of the holy decree, and performed a scene of harmony between the monarch and the minister in front of Wang Yan.

Although he knew that they were playing, Wang Yan had no intention of laughing at them. Zhu Di's Zen position, the biggest influence is actually him!

These ministers, whoever becomes the emperor will not affect their positions.

But he, the celebrant and eunuch, naturally had to serve in front of him when the emperor was not dead.

From the powerful leader and eunuch, he was excluded from the center of power, and he was the real unwilling.

Moreover, he is not very old, he is only forty-five years old this year, and he is not yet old enough to retire.

Even when Zhu Di died, after he came back, it would be impossible for him to sit in the position of the boss and eunuch.

Unless Zhu Di agrees, or His Royal Highness the Grand Sun, and asks the emperor for himself, he can transition to this position for a few years.

In short, compared to their stable position, they are the unpredictable one.

Thinking of this, he, a eunuch who had never shed a single tear after being stabbed three times on the battlefield, couldn't help but shed tears.

In the palace, Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji's grandson sat opposite each other. Zhu Di is not like usual today, sitting casually, his old body is quite straight.

And Zhu Zhanji didn't look like a hanger, he sat upright and looked at his grandfather.

"Are you really ready?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and shook his head again. "Since the beginning of the twelfth year, my grandson has been preparing for today. I thought I was ready, but now I feel that I still need the teaching of the emperor's grandfather. ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Since I ascended the throne, I have controlled the grassland in Beiping, Jiaozhi in the south, and Jingdongying in the east. Now although the Ming Dynasty cannot be called Jingping in the four seas, there is no need to make a big move. As long as you recuperate for a few years, the life of the people of the Ming Dynasty will be better. ”

"This is all the credit of the emperor's grandfather, and it will be recorded in detail in the history books. The grandson has always regarded the imperial grandfather as a role model and tried not to disappoint the imperial grandfather. ”

"You didn't let me down, on the contrary, you did better than I thought. If you hadn't done too well, how could you be in the embarrassing situation you are in today. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanji was also a little speechless. He is a person with a very strong desire to control, so in the past few years since Zhu Di left, he has been controlling the situation on the side of civil officials and military generals.

Now, regardless of civil officials and military generals, they have become his people, and when Zhu Di came back, he found that he had been hollowed out.

With Zhu Di's ability, it is not difficult to regain power, and he also occupies the righteousness.

But he didn't.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know that he had the intention to abdicate a long time ago, and thought that he was forced by himself, so he always felt guilty in his heart.

Facing Zhu Zhanji, although Zhu Di felt a little lost in his heart, he was more relieved.

The heir chosen by oneself is not wrong, which is very important for an empire.

The next topic mainly focused on the personnel relations in the imperial court, every important position, every important person, every important family, Zhu Di analyzed Zhu Zhanji in detail.

Zhu Zhanji's ability is not bad, and his experience is not bad, but what he lacks now is an understanding of some details.

Until Wang Yan came back empty-handed, he knelt on the ground as soon as he entered the door. He cried: "Your Majesty, the speaker and the ministers have received the holy decree. ”

Zhu Di waved his sleeves with a smile and said, "Spread the edict to Qin Tianjian, let them pick a good day!" ”