Although Zhang Zhijie did not return to Beijing immediately after winning the Portuguese last year, a long time has passed, but when Zhang Zhijie returned to Beijing after a year, it still shook the capital.

Because Zhang Zhijie is not only a powerful minister, not only a meritorious hero who has made many meritorious contributions, because Zhang Zhijie presided over the opening of the sea and the Zhongxing Sailor, which really changed the Ming Dynasty. It not only increased the national strength of the imperial court, nor did it only increase the wealth of the magnates, but it really changed people's concepts.

People are no longer strangers and fears of overseas, Zhang Zhijie's opening of the sea is different from Zheng He's going to the West, it is only a feat of the imperial court, and Zhang Zhijie's opening of the sea and trade is the participation of the whole people.

Now the treasury is surplus, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the sailors of the imperial court are all over the world, which is a prosperous era that has never been seen in the Ming Dynasty. Even the Yongle Dynasty and the Hongwu Dynasty did not have such a prosperous scene.

And most of all these achievements are due to Zhang Zhijie, although many officials, including Yang Tinghe, a cabinet scholar, and others have questioned and puzzled Zhang Zhijie, but the facts have proved that Zhang Zhijie is right.

There is no doubt that Zhang Zhijie will be a person who will go down in history, and Emperor Zhengde will also wash off his reputation as a greedy player in Wu and become the king of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, even Yang Tinghe is secretly convinced by the young Zhang Zhijie.

In the view of Yang Tinghe and other ministers, the Ming Dynasty is about to usher in a prosperous era, and if it continues like this, the Ming Dynasty will definitely have long-term stability.

Soon after returning to Beijing, Zhang Zhijie had a concubine ceremony, which was not a grand gift, but it was just a meal for relatives and friends. Zhang Zhijie didn't plan to do it big, but this time the concubine ceremony caused a sensation in the entire capital, and dignitaries gathered.

This made Zhang Zhijie cry and laugh, if Xu Jiaying didn't understand Zhang Zhijie's intentions, she was generous, and she would have to eat it. However, she was beautiful and skillful, she didn't enjoy the treatment of eight sedan chairs, but she didn't treat her badly.

Zhang Zhijie, who entered Beijing, really kept a low profile for a while, but then he asked Emperor Zhengde to set up a city in Tianjin to open the sea. Emperor Zhengde naturally agreed to Zhang Zhijie's request, and this move was also unanimously approved by the ministers of the court.

Zhang Zhijie began to open the sea in Tianjin, because Tianjin is not far from the capital, and Zhang Zhijie must soak in Tianjin every day, so most of the time Zhang Zhijie stays in Beijing.

After returning to Beijing, Zhang Zhijie looked extremely low-key, but he was very busy, in addition to often accompanying Emperor Zhengde, he had really changed the Shenji Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion, which had just been redressed for a short time, began to eliminate arquebuses and replace flintlock pistols.

Zhang Zhijie left Beijing for a year, but the Ordnance Bureau has always followed Zhang Zhijie's orders and has begun mass production of flintlock pistols. But because there was no order from Zhang Zhijie, it was only stored in the armory.

Now that Zhang Zhijie came back and tested the quality of the flintlock pistol, he immediately began to redress the Shenji Battalion. Not just to replace flintlock guns, but also to replace artillery. The small artillery after the Ordnance Bureau improved the Franc cannon is no longer limited to warships but can be used on the battlefield, which can be pulled by horses and has strong mobility.

Zhang Zhijie was busy training troops, because his vision was ahead, and he knew that the border troubles of the Ming Dynasty would eventually destroy this dynasty, so after he became a rich country, he had to start strengthening the army.

Emperor Zhengde has always been very interested in fighting, and he was very interested in seeing Zhang Zhijie's frequent military training, and he came to visit Zhang Zhijie's military training whenever he had the opportunity. The presence of Emperor Zhengde greatly encouraged the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

Although Zhang Zhijie is low-key, he frequently trains troops, and the cabinet is not ignorant of this, and Yang Tinghe also approached Emperor Zhengde about this matter.

Emperor Zhengde said proudly: "Now that the four seas are served, the treasury is abundant, and the world is rich, but the north invades the border from time to time, how can you let it go?" ”

Yang Tinghe was shocked when he heard this: "Your Majesty, the government of the court is really a grand event of our dynasty, and the court should recuperate and recuperate, as for the invasion of the border by foreign people, it is just a disease of scabies!" ”

Emperor Zhengde shook his head and said: "A rich country is a strong soldier, how can there be a prosperous era that even foreign Yi can't resist?" ”

Yang Tinghe persuaded bitterly, Emperor Zhengde naturally did not listen, he was very much in agreement with Zhang Zhijie's martial arts, or he had been thinking about cleaning up the barbarians in the north since he became emperor. Now that the treasury is abundant, and the Ordnance Bureau has repeatedly improved firearms and forged more powerful firearms, how can we let the barbarians invade the border repeatedly!

Moreover, now the sailors are all over the world, which makes the Zhengde Emperor feel the taste of the country's wealth and strength, and now many officials have written books to praise it, saying that the Zhengde Dynasty is comparable to the prosperity of Zhenguan.

Emperor Zhengde was happy but also a little dissatisfied, just like Zhang Zhijie said, how can there be a prosperous era that has been repeatedly invaded by barbarians? Therefore, after Zhang Zhijie returned to Beijing, he began to train his troops, and Emperor Zhengde was very much in favor of it.

Now that the court is politically harmonious, the national strength has increased greatly, and Emperor Zhengde is also becoming more and more powerful, seeing that Emperor Zhengde has made up his mind, Yang Tinghe is also helpless, and finally aims at Zhang Zhijie.

Finally seized the opportunity to intercept Zhang Zhijie in the palace, Yang Ting and Lao Yuan arched their hands and said: "Admiral Zhang! ”

Zhang Zhijie arched his hand and said: "Elder Yang Ge, I haven't seen you for a few days!" ”

Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "Haha, Admiral Zhang has been working very hard recently, and I haven't seen him for a few days!" I heard that Admiral Zhang has been busy training troops recently? ”

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "Yes, this governor has been away from Beijing for a few years, and these rabbit cubs have relaxed a lot, so they have to practice well!" ”

Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "Admiral Zhang's requirements are too high, such as Chengping today, and the Shenji Battalion is an elite division." ”

Zhang Zhijie shook his head when he heard it and said, "The world is peaceful? It's still early, the Tatars invade the border every year, and even the Jurchens, who have always been obedient, have repeatedly invaded the border, how can it be regarded as peace in the world? ”

Yang Tinghe Zhengse said: "Admiral Zhang, the matter in the north is not trivial, the civil changes caused the Ming army to take a sharp turn, and since then it has suffered from the invasion of the border. Now that the imperial court is growing stronger, even if there are barbarians invading the border, it is just a disease of scabies, what is the way? ”

"Why bother with the Northern Expedition? Mobilize tens of thousands of troops, recruit hundreds of thousands, cost millions, and the slightest carelessness will shake the country's foundation. ”

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "The people of the nine borders have repeatedly suffered from barbarian invasion of the border, and now the national strength is strong, and the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, but they are the only ones who suffer, is this fair?" ”

"The Northern Expedition is indeed not trivial, although I am training, I don't plan to start the Northern Expedition! It's just that now the Ordnance Bureau has developed a new type of firearms, so let the Shenji Battalion practice it, and take them to the north for a training trip in the autumn. ”

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