Zhang Fu is the head of the main battle faction of the lord of the court, and his silence immediately affected Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao, and the two looked at each other helplessly, and did not speak again, their expressions were quite gloomy.

Like Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao also knew the stakes between the counterinsurgency and the overall interests of the Ming Dynasty, although they were unwilling but helpless, after all, the Ming Dynasty not only had Jiaozhi, but also considered the people of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

Now even Zhang Fu, the hero who laid the foundation back then, has shaken his idea of continuing to quell the rebellion, so how can Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao hold on any longer?

Qian Yi and Xia Yuanji also shook their heads secretly, although the two of them had the intention to defend Jiaozhi, but who would have thought that even Mu Sheng would be defeated, which would undoubtedly make it difficult to quell the rebellion and drag down the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In the final analysis, Qian Yi and Xia Yuanji are civil officials, not only to maintain the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but also to care about the livelihood of the people, and their willingness to fight is weaker than that of Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao.

Since Zhang Fu is now speechless by Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao are also silent, and the two of them are only hopeful.

Moreover, from Emperor Xuande's sigh, everyone present was already keenly aware that Emperor Xuande was not willing to fight this battle of labor and money, so as not to drag down the national policy of recuperation and recuperation that he designated.

Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, it was not easy to convince Zhang Fu and Qianyi and others, if it weren't for Wang Tong who did a great favor at a critical moment and sent a battle report that Mu Sheng was defeated by Li Li, I'm afraid it would be difficult to make Zhang Fu and Qianyi and others give in.

Subsequently, Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others looked at Emperor Xuande, and after a sword-like dispute, the opinions of the cabinet, the six ministries and the military cabinet on the issue of Jiaozhi finally converged, and the rest was for Emperor Xuande to make the final decision.

Emperor Xuande did intend to give up Jiaozhi, and the development of the Jiaozhi war had exceeded his expectations, and if it dragged on, it would definitely cost a lot of military resources, which would then affect the vitality of the Ming Dynasty.

"Uncle Zhenwu, what do you think about this?"

Now, the important ministers on the scene have agreed or acquiesced in the withdrawal of troops from Jiaozhi, Emperor Xuande's heart couldn't help but feel a lot easier, and he was about to issue an order to withdraw troops from Jiaozhi and canonize Chen Wei as the king of Annan, when he accidentally noticed Li Yuntian standing there, thinking that Li Yuntian had not said a word from beginning to end, he couldn't help but ask with some curiosity, wanting to hear what Li Yuntian meant.

In Emperor Xuande's opinion, Li Yuntian is not the kind of person who is silent, and he will not dare to express his opinions because he is afraid of the power of Yang Shiqi and Zhang Fu and others, and he must have his own opinions on the matter of Jiaozhi.

Hearing this, Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian in unison, and also wanted to know Li Yuntian's opinion on the Jiaozhi war.

"Your Majesty, the minister came today to report the good news to the emperor." Under the gaze of everyone, Li Yuntian smiled slightly, arched his hand at Emperor Xuande, and said unexpectedly.

"Annunciation?" Emperor Xuande suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face, and looked at Li Yuntian in amazement, he couldn't understand which one he was singing, the war in Jiaozhi was already so bad, what else could be called a happy event in front of it?

"Uncle Zhenwu, where does the joy come from?" Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others were also confused, as Li Yuntian's mentor, Yang Shiqi couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"Yu Shaobao, when Xia Guan was an official in Hukou County, the family of the concubine Chen sent people to travel overseas, and after six years of turbulence, they finally came back at the beginning of this year, brought some grain seeds from overseas, and obtained a bumper harvest after trial planting."

Li Yuntian got up and walked to his previous dining table, picked up the three small bags on the table, and said to Yang Shiqi in an orderly manner, "Xia Guan felt that this was a happy event, so he brought it into the palace to present it to the emperor. ”

As he spoke, Li Yuntian opened one of the bags, grabbed a thumb-length thing with a shell wrapped in it, and showed it to the officials at the scene with a smile.

It was the first time for Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and the others to see this kind of strange thing wrapped in a shell on the outside, and they couldn't help but glance at each other, and asked each other with their eyes, but they didn't know what it was.

"Uncle Zhenwu, what is this?" Zhang Fu looked at the peanut carefully, couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked curiously.

"Yu Taishi, this thing comes from an overseas state called the 'Inca Empire', and the "Incas" means 'the country of the four states'. ”

Li Yuntian bowed to Zhang Fuyi, raised the things with shells in his hand and said eloquently, "This thing is a local crop, because the fruit is claimed in the ground after the flowering period, so the lower officials call it 'falling peanuts', which can also be called 'peanuts'." ”

"Peanuts?" Zhang Fu couldn't help but savor the strange name, although he still didn't know what this peanut was, but he finally knew that it was something that grew out of the ground.

Peanut is a generation of crops in South America, historically, Columbus discovered the New World before it began to spread in the Old World, about the early 16th century into the Ming Dynasty, from the coast to the inland areas of the speed is very slow, until the end of the Qianlong Dynasty peanuts are still a rare feast food

The so-called Old World refers to the world known to Europeans before Columbus discovered the New World, including Europe, Asia, and Africa.

The New World, on the other hand, mainly refers to the Americas.

Back then, after Li Yuntian and Chen Ningning's marriage was confirmed, the first thing he did was to have a secret discussion with Chen Bozhao, asking Chen Bozhao to fund an overseas trip and prepare to send someone to explore the Americas.

The reason why Li Yuntian wanted to explore the Americas was not to leave a name in history, but to take a fancy to the crops on the American continent, which did not appear in the Old World before Columbus discovered the New World.

Of course, Li Yuntian did not want to do this on a whim, with Zheng He going to the Western Ocean several times, Daming's navigation technology is undoubtedly at the top level in the world, and he has the ability to explore the Americas.

If Chen Bozhao is willing to contribute a sum of money, plus the funds that Li Yuntian has the cheekiness to ask for from his family, then it will be enough to complete this overseas expedition.

Chen Bozhao felt very strange about Li Yuntian's approach, he couldn't understand why Li Yuntian wanted to send people overseas, the sea was not only unpredictable, but also the road was difficult and dangerous, and traveling overseas was a life and death.

However, Li Yuntian's attitude was extremely resolute, and he told Chen Bozhao that if this time he went to sea successfully, then Chen Bozhao would leave his name in the annals of the Ming Dynasty.

To be honest, Chen Bozhao was reluctant to contribute at that time, because according to Li Yuntian's requirements, he would have to pay a huge amount of money, but Li Yuntian was his future son-in-law even if he was the magistrate of Hukou County.

Therefore, Chen Bozhao gritted his teeth and followed Li Yuntian's wishes, and finally took out the money, which was regarded as a dowry for Chen Ningning.

After receiving Chen Bozhao's funding, Li Yuntian had sufficient funds in his hands, and he handed over the money to Li Daniu's eldest brother Li Dahu, who recruited those experienced shipwrights and escorts who followed Zheng He to the Western Ocean in Nanjing, bought a sea ship, and mixed it with the smuggling fleet and went down to the South Seas.

Li Dahu, like Li Daniu, is the son of the Li family who is loyal to Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian has been working as a partner in the account room before the title of the gold list, and he is literate and hyphenated, which is much brighter than Li Daniu's head, so he was selected by Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian gave Li Daniu a nautical chart drawn from memory, and asked him to lead the ship to the American continent with the task of bringing back the seeds of crops on the American continent.

In order to ensure that the funds were replenished during the voyage, Li Yuntian had to let Li Dahu sail while doing business.

Because this mission was extremely dangerous, in order to dispel Li Dahu's worries, Li Yuntian promised to accept his son as a righteous son, raise him as an adult, and provide for his parents to die.

Li Dahu saw that Li Yuntian attached so much importance to this ocean-going expedition, so he decided to complete his explanation and resolutely boarded the ship and left.

It is worth mentioning that although the Ming Dynasty also had a maritime ban, unlike the Qing Dynasty, although its private trade was banned, official ships, Nanyang ships, and county ships were not banned, and the civil coastal ships were only restricted to flat-bottomed boats that were not conducive to long-distance voyages and were strictly forbidden to build brigs, because fishing boats could not be big enough to have brigs.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty did not ban those offshore vessels, but only regulated ocean-going vessels to stop the outflow of domestic grain, and the migration of contraband such as copper and copper money, resulting in unstable domestic prices and high prices of people's livelihood necessities such as rice, and even causing a food crisis.

Although the purpose of the implementation of the Daming sea ban is to prevent smuggling and crack down on piracy, in fact, it is the coastal fishing industry and domestic coastal trade that are really hit, because piracy and smuggling are more rampant and active because of the existence of the sea ban, which has brought a very big negative impact.

During the Jiajing period, Tang Shu mentioned the actual situation in "Fu Hu Meilin on the Punishment of Wang Zhi": if his private traders are endless, the guards dare not ask, the sentry cannot be stopped, and it is difficult to suppress it because of the vast area. It has always been a blind to public law, and it has been followed for hundreds of years. However, human affection is comfortable with the convenience of seeing and remembering, and it is passed on internally and externally, thinking that it is normal for physiology.

It can be seen that the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty was extremely developed and prosperous, otherwise there would not have been Zheng He's seven voyages to the West.

As the imperial court official of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian naturally could not blatantly let Li Dahu engage in smuggling, so he reported to Emperor Xuande under the banner of overseas travel.

Li Dahu has been gone for five or six years, during which there has been no news, Li Yuntian thought that he had accidentally died at sea, but after the Chinese New Year this year, he suddenly got news of Li Dahu.

According to the navigation chart given by Li Yuntian, Li Dahu explored the way while doing business, and finally arrived at the Inca Empire on the American continent after many hardships, successfully completed Li Yuntian's mission, was warmly welcomed in the Inca Empire, and collected enough grain seeds.

Then, Li Dahu returned to Daming after hardships and dangers, and handed over the grain seeds he brought to Chen Bozhao, who arranged for someone to secretly test the seeds to see if the seeds he brought were viable.

Fortunately, thanks to the proper storage methods, most of those seeds survived after planting and the harvest was very good.

Two days ago, Chen Bozhao sent someone to Li Yuntian to send some fruits from the ripening of the seeds brought by Li Dahu, including peanuts, because Li Yuntian has been busy with official business, so this matter has been delayed, this time it happened to take advantage of entering the palace to dedicate peanuts and other things to Emperor Xuande.!^!

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