After Jiajing heard this, he stood up directly, where was there still a trace of unfathomable majesty on his face, stared at Xiao Tian deadly, and said: "Huaizhen, I will give you another chance, do you know what you just said?" ”

Xiao Tiandao: "Your Majesty asked me to repeat it a hundred times, these two things have been widely cultivated in overseas barbarian states, and it is not that I listened to anyone's deception and bewitchment, and I am willing to guarantee with my life." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiajing was overjoyed, picked up the two things again and looked at them carefully, looked at them for a while and tasted them, this time he chewed them repeatedly, and he was reluctant to swallow them. After a long time, Jiajing said: "Okay, good, how many acres have you brought back this time, and how many acres can be planted if you plant them all." ”

Xiao Tian replied: "The minister has filled a total of three ships this time, and all of them can be planted, and they can be planted 200,000 mu, hurry up, and there will be time to plant them all before April."

Huang Jin interjected: "Oh, this is really a great auspicious thing, with this thing, as long as it can be planted in a large area, the people don't have to worry about starvation, and no one will starve to death in any disaster year, this is a stable artifact of the country." As he spoke, Huang Jin became more and more excited the more he spoke, and he cried with a whimper.

It is difficult for people who have not escaped the famine to understand what it is like to be hungry, Huang Jin has escaped the famine, it's not that there is no way, whose parents will send their children to the palace as eunuchs? Xu remembered the past before entering the palace, Huang Jin's tears couldn't be controlled, and he couldn't say anything.

Jiajing was also muttering to himself: "Xiangrui, Xiangrui, this is the eternal country of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Xiao Tiandao: "Your Majesty, although this thing can satisfy hunger, it is best to eat it as a vegetable, if you take this thing as a staple food, after a long time, people will have pantothenic acid water in their stomachs."

Huang Jindao: "It's okay, when people are hungry, Guanyin soil can be swallowed, are you afraid of any sour water?"

Jiajing said: "If this thing really has such a high yield per mu, you don't want to be a marquis, and I will directly seal you as a prince."

Xiao Tian said: "The minister is weak in his age, and the marquis is already too favorable, how can he be crowned the prince of the country, the emperor is still a vassal as a marquis, but the minister has something to ask for, and I hope that His Majesty will approve it."

Jiajing said: "Let's talk about it, you have merit in the country, and I will promise you anything."

Xiao Tiandao: "Your Majesty, the world is big, boundless, it is true that I am the world's largest country, but there are still many things we need overseas, such as potatoes and corn, Guangchen knows, as well as peanuts, peppers, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, etc. Some of these crops have high yields, some have unique tastes, and they can all be planted in my Ming Dynasty, and I ask Your Majesty for your grace to increase the development of the ocean, enrich my Ming people, and establish closer cooperative relations with other countries in the world.

Jiajing smiled: "Okay, you slippery little ghost, who else can do this except you, are you clearly asking me to support you?"

Xiao Tian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister's fleet is the fleet of the imperial court, and the minister's manpower is also the court's manpower, so that the fleet of tens of thousands of people only listens to the minister's alone, there is no supervising army, and he does not eat the court's food and salary, every time the minister thinks about it, he is panicked, and the minister implores His Majesty to send additional supervisors, send authentic hereditary officers and soldiers to the ministers, and set up two or three people to command the envoys under the ministers."

Jiajing was even more surprised, and said with a straight face: "Your soldiers are all developed by yourself, and it didn't cost the court a penny, so you are willing to send a prison army to you to mix sand?" ”

Xiao Tian also said: "Yes." The army is developed by the ministers for the imperial court, and it is natural to be in the hands of the imperial court, but the subordinates of the ministers are not accustomed to the king for the time being, and no one controls them except the ministers, otherwise the ministers would rather simply go ashore, but sooner or later this fleet will be controlled in the hands of the imperial court, and it is necessary to start from now and replace all the middle level with the hereditary military attachés of the imperial court."

Xiao Tian has thought about this problem for a long time, the army is in his own hands, and he can't bring security, unless he can develop a large army of more than 100,000 people, so that the imperial court does not dare to despise it, but this is impossible, the sea is a place to do business, and it is useless to ask so many people. Tens of thousands of troops are firmly in their hands, this is not self-preservation, this is death.

Think twice for the officials, think about the danger and think about the danger, since the danger has already shown signs, you must quickly dodge, not to mention that Xiaotian does not plan to rebel, why do you hold the army so firmly? As long as it can operate according to its own will, it can't be played by anyone but himself, isn't it still his own Lejia Army.

In fact, Jiajing has already had this idea, it's not that he doesn't trust Xiaotian, civilian officials still need checks and balances, not to mention the army? Jiajing has never been an emperor who is willing to delegate power, Yan Song seems to have a monopoly on power, but in fact he is just a puppet of him, he likes to take everything into his own hands, not to mention that Xiaotian's current fleet is in control of a business of millions of taels of income and whale oil every year.

But it is human nature to be greedy for power, and Xiaotian is embarrassed to mix sand with a pure heart, not to mention that this army is built by Xiaotian, and even the military salary does not need to be allocated by your court, as long as Xiaotian does not cooperate, who can mix sand.

Jiajing was so moved that he opened his mouth and instructed Huang Jindao: "Huang Jin, engrave Huaizhen's name on this imperial pillar, and at the same time engrave a sentence, Qing will not live up to me, I will live up to Qing." Jiajing does have the habit of carving words on the pillar, and even carved Xu Jie's villain never to use eight words, it is estimated that he has a bad memory and forgets it, Xu Jie's is now the second assistant of the cabinet, and I don't know if the pillar was demolished back then. Xiaotian was not hypocritical, and bowed; "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen"

Jiajing said: "What do you think, say it and listen to it"

Xiao Tian opened his mouth and said: "The minister thinks that Ouchi and Jinyiwei should each send a supervisor, and then select a commander from the military department to command the army for the minister, so that even if there is no minister, the fleet will not be chaotic, and it can expand the scale and complete bigger things."

Jiajing said: "Earlier, you said that you would let the imperial court increase your support for you, which will make me want a capital division, I think you should have planned it, first tell me, which one is in the picture."

Xiao Tian said with a smile: "Even if the Holy Tomorrow has no past Your Majesty, the minister has taken a fancy to the SD to command the affairs, Qi Jiguang."

Jiajing scolded with a smile: "Your vision is really poisonous, Qi Jiguang is a person, even I know that the court is ready to use it greatly, tell me why I chose him."

Xiao Tian was already prepared, and said: "Your Majesty, it's actually very simple, the number one general under the minister is Liu An, the former commander of the Dengzhou Naval Division, and a considerable part of the minister's subordinates are the original Dengzhou Naval Division, this Qi Jiguang is Liu An's old boss, and he is afraid that he will not be able to suppress it if he sends others to the minister."

This reason is very tenable, and it seems to be the most suitable for both reason and situation, of course, Xiaotian named Qi Jiguang because, of course, Qi Jiguang is Xiaotian's idol, the famous god of war in later generations, and now while this piece of gold has not yet shined, of course he has to dig it himself.

Jiajing has basically agreed to this matter, and there should be no problem as long as the cabinet discusses it. Jiajing said again: "Since you are willing to delegate power, it is naturally better, what support do you need?" ”

Xiao Tiandao: "The rest is mainly the manufacture of warships and weapons, especially firearms, which I can buy from the Ministry of Industry."

Jiajing said: "Can you hand over all your income to the imperial court, and the imperial court will allocate military salaries?"

Xiao Tiandao: "Of course you can, but now is not the time, the minister's fleet is not so much an army as a caravan, if the military salary is restricted, the minister thinks that there will be less handed over to the court, when the soldiers eat food, they will not ponder business, is it normal for people, not to mention that many of them are pirates and maritime merchants, the sea is very large, it is difficult for the ministers to restrain them, how much can the court pay them?" If they give less, they will immediately abandon the court, and if they give more, they will have inertia, and they will not do things well, and the inland guard will also have opinions.

Whether it is corn potatoes or Xiaotian starting to delegate power, it is not a trivial matter, and naturally it needs to be discussed by the cabinet.