Although the actions of Dongchang, Jinyiwei and others were expected by many people, such a large-scale arrest really shocked many people.

If you really want to say it, the most touching thing is those civil and military officials, although it is said that those officials have been taken down by Lu Wenyang in the first step, but at this time, it is aimed at the relatives of those officials.

Although it is said that except for some of the officials who are the head of the Zhu Jiu clan, the rest of the people are also subordinate rebellion in the final analysis, although they are not to the Jiu clan, but they are all beheaded.

Based on the in-laws between these officials, many of the relatives of the officials who were arrested this time may have their relatives.

However, in the face of such a situation, no one can only watch, and no one dares to have anything to do with this major case of rebellion.

Here, after Chu Yi issued the order, he asked people to sort out the results of the trial of the three divisions and prepare them to be presented to the Son of Heaven, who will take a final look at them.

In the remote courtyard of Dongchang, Chu Yi's figure reappeared, and Wang Zheng had already made preparations.

It can be said that since Chu Yi reminded him a few days ago, Wang Zheng has put all his energy into understanding the data and performance of these treasure ship models in the past few days.

With the guidance of many excellent masters, coupled with Wang Zheng's own diligence and studiousness, he naturally has a further understanding of these ships.

may not be as good as these craftsmen, but if Wang Zheng is asked to explain the performance of these treasure ships and various ships, it can definitely be said to be the first to be the best.

Glancing at Wang Zheng, who was faintly excited, Chu Yi said lightly: "Bring these models with you, and prepare to go with Bendu to meet the Son of Heaven!" ”

With a little excitement, Wang Zheng nodded respectfully at Chu Yi and said, "Don't worry, the slave and maid are already ready." ”

Soon, several wagons loaded with these models headed straight for the leopard's house.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he saw several eunuchs of all sizes carrying boxes one by one, remembering that Chu Yi had said that he would give him a gift before, and now seeing this scene, he naturally guessed that one of these boxes might be the gifts that Chu Yi had mentioned to give to himself.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be full of curiosity and expectation, not knowing what kind of gift Chu Yi would give him.

A little eunuch put a thick stack of files on the table, but Zhu Houzhao looked at the boxes parked outside the main hall with a curious expression, and said to Chu Yi in front of him with a curious face: "Big companion, are these the gifts you want to present to me?" ”

Chu Yi chuckled and said, "Your Majesty's guess is not bad, these are the gifts prepared by the minister for Your Majesty." ”

Saying that, Chu Yi said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty might as well guess, what gift did the minister prepare for Your Majesty?" ”

Zhu Houzhao pondered, looked at the boxes and said, "I don't think that the big companion will take some gold, silver, jewelry and the like as treasures to give to me, and I really can't guess what is in this box!" ”

Guessing out of thin air, there are no clues at all, to be honest, Zhu Houzhao really doesn't know how to guess.

Chu Yi nodded slightly to several eunuchs, big and small, and saw those eunuchs step forward and open those boxes one by one.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao walked to the entrance of the main hall, standing beside Chu Yi, and looked at the boxes that had been opened.

The box was opened, and all the contents of the box were immediately visible to everyone.

In addition to Wang Zheng and a few others who followed Chu Yi, such as Gu Dayong and Zhu Houzhao, they also looked at those boxes curiously, and when they saw the lifelike treasure ship models in the boxes, many people opened their eyes wide, and their faces showed surprise.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but take a few steps forward, and before he reached a box, he saw that in the box, the models of several large and small ships looked like shrunken real ships, and even Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be amazed by the degree of exquisiteness.

"This ...... These seem to be models of ships, and Daitomo's models of ships seem to be involved in many aspects, this is a fleet! ”

After all, Zhu Houzhao has also received a good imperial education and training, and he dare not say that he is involved in astronomy and geography and knows everything, but he still knows something about warships and the like.

Therefore, Zhu Hou looked at these models and judged that these should be models of a fleet.

Chu Yi nodded slightly and said with a smile: "What Your Majesty said is very true, these are the models of the main ships of Zheng He's treasure fleet in the past, a great gift presented to Your Majesty!" ”

"Zheng He's fleet!"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he muttered in his mouth.

As an emperor, how did Zhu Houzhao not know about the existence of Zheng He's fleet, it was the fleet along the coast of the Chengzu period, which went to the Western Ocean several times to spread the power of the Ming Dynasty to all directions, but it is a pity that such a fleet was gradually diluted later, so that it was extremely difficult for several emperors to try to reproduce Zheng He's fleet under the obstruction of some people.

Forbidden sea, open sea has always been a big problem, Ming emperors some support the forbidden sea, some try to open the sea, but now, open the sea seems to have become a taboo in the court.

It can almost be said that anyone who wants to open the sea will be attacked by a group, even the Son of Heaven will be jointly played by the ministers, and take out the ancestral teachings, and it is strictly forbidden to open the sea.

Because he knew Chu Yi very well, when Zhu Houzhao saw these ship models, Zhu Houzhao vaguely guessed Chu Yi's purpose.

Similarly, Zhu Houzhao is also a little confused about whether to open the sea, after all, the forbidden sea seems to be the mainstream all along, and there is an ancestral training above his head, which makes Zhu Houzhao even more uncertain.

There was a little solemnity in his expression, obviously Zhu Houzhao was weighing the gains and losses.

Chu Yi saw Zhu Houzhao's reaction in his eyes, to be honest, Zhu Houzhao had such a reaction, Chu Yi was not surprised at all, or if Zhu Houzhao didn't react at all, then he could really be said to be an unqualified emperor.

Chu Yi bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, please move away, the minister has something to say to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Hou glanced at Chu Yi, nodded slightly, and directly retreated the people around him, and the two of them walked to the garden.

Except for the guards in the distance, it can be said that there is not even a chamberlain around, Zhu Hou looked at Chu Yi and said solemnly: "Great companion, if I am not mistaken, you present these models of sea ships because you want me to allow the sea to be opened!" ”

Chu Yi nodded and said, "What Your Majesty said is very true, the minister came here this time to want His Majesty to support Kaihai." ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a little sadness on his face: "It's okay for the ancestor of Taizu to teach it, but the great companion should know that among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, there are absolutely few people who will support the move of opening the sea, and my Ming emperors have thought about opening the sea, but they have been advised by a group of ministers and then cannot be implemented." ”

Chu Yi naturally understands these, and can even be said to understand more deeply than anyone else.

With a straight expression, Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, do you know how much benefit the opening of the sea is to my Ming Dynasty?" ”

In the mouths of a group of civil and military ministers, opening the sea is thankless, except for harm, there is almost no benefit, otherwise, with the wisdom of Taizu, why would the sea be banned.

Regarding the pros and cons of opening the sea, to be honest, Zhu Houzhao really didn't know much, so he looked at Chu Yi intently, wanting to hear what Chu Yi had to say.

Chu Yi said slowly: "Your Majesty knows why the land south of the Yangtze River is so prosperous and rich?" ”

Zhu Houzhao hesitated: "Could it be that this has anything to do with the opening of the sea?" ”

Chu Yi chuckled and said: "It is precisely because the imperial court forbids the sea that there are many maritime merchants in the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River, and the benefits that these maritime merchants get from the sea every year are so great that I am afraid that it is beyond Your Majesty's imagination." ”

Zhu Houzhao was surprised: "It's not that overseas is a wild land, what is the profit of such a wild place, and how can those maritime merchants get huge profits?" ”

In Zhu Houzhao's impression, his old books once said that the Central Plains is the center of the world, and outside of China, it is a wild land, and as for overseas, it is even more wild in the wilderness.

Chu Yi sneered and said: "Yes, if it is really such a wild place overseas, then those maritime merchants in the land south of the Yangtze River are worth millions one by one, and their silver is not blown by the wind?" ”

Saying that, Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty might as well think about it, during the two Song Dynasty, most of the Central Plains fell, and what did the Song Court rely on to support the endless years of coins and redundant officials and soldiers, that is the millions of forbidden troops that need to be supported by the imperial court, but from beginning to end, the Song Court has never worried about taxes, what does this rely on?" ”

A bright light flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, and he blurted out: "Sea trade, if I am not mistaken, it is recorded in the history books that commerce and trade were prosperous during the two Song Dynasty, especially sea trade, and it was through this that the Song court obtained a steady stream of taxes to support the huge forbidden army and official system. ”

At this time, there was no need for Chu Yi to continue to remind, Zhu Houzhao diverged his thinking and said: "Since the maritime trade was very prosperous during the two Song Dynasty, there is no reason why it will collapse when I reach the Ming Dynasty, and the overseas land will suddenly become a barren land!" ”

Chu Yi chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, the overseas land is not only not a barren land, but a treasure land everywhere, not to mention, just talking about the small country of Dongying, Your Majesty can dare to imagine that on that small island, a silver mine called Ishimi Silver Mountain is located, and the silver is stored in hundreds of millions!" ”

"What!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but exclaim, staring at Chu Yi with wide eyes, his face was full of disbelief, if it weren't for Chu Yi's solemn look, Zhu Houzhao would have wondered if Chu Yi was joking with him.

What kind of silver mine silver storage is calculated in 100 million, what kind of concept is that, almost equivalent to the total tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty for decades.

Just thinking about that number, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but have the urge to send soldiers to seize the silver mine.

Staring at Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao's eyes were a little red, and his voice trembled: "Big companion, you won't be deceiving me, there really is such an amazing amount of silver in this world, so ...... That's hundreds of millions! ”

Chu Yi was not surprised by Zhu Houzhao's reaction at all, and it could even be said that Zhu Houzhao's reaction was in his expectations, not to mention Zhu Houzhao, I am afraid that anyone who hears that a silver mine actually contains hundreds of millions of silver will be like Zhu Houzhao.

That is, Chu Yi, how do others know what an amazing silver mine the Iwami Silver Mountain is, especially now that the Iwami Silver Mountain has not yet been discovered, you must know that more than ten years later, the Iwami Silver Mountain was discovered, and this silver mine alone is mined in millions of taels of silver every year, which does not include the associated gold mines.

Nodding slowly, Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has deceived Your Majesty, not to mention such a thing, the minister doesn't dare to talk nonsense!" ”

Zhu Houzhao digested the shock that Chu Yi brought him a little at this time, he naturally knew that Chu Yi would not deceive him about this kind of thing, and it was precisely because of this that Zhu Houzhao was so shocked.

There was a little smile on the corner of Chu Yi's mouth, since it had already stimulated Zhu Houzhao, then he would be on fire again.

I only heard Chu Yi say slowly: "Your Majesty, do you know that on the other side of the sea, there is a continent, and on that continent, there is a heaven-sent seed that can make my people of the Ming Dynasty no longer have to suffer from the threat of hunger, and it also contains a lot of silver mines, iron mines, and gold mines, which can be said to be a treasure land everywhere." ”

Chu Yi didn't lie at all, in the late Ming Dynasty, almost silver was used as currency, but hundreds of millions of people were able to use silver as currency, so it is conceivable how much silver there was in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Huaxia has been a barren land of silver since ancient times, and how can there be so much silver circulating in the market by relying solely on its own output.

In the final analysis, almost ninety percent of this amount of silver is foreign, of which Japanese silver accounts for a very small part, and the largest is American silver.

Through overseas trade, hundreds of millions of silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and his son, who dominated the coastal land of the Ming Dynasty, were able to collect millions of taels of tolls every year by collecting sea tolls alone, which shows how much silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty from overseas during this period.

Although it is said that a large amount of overseas silver has not flowed into the country at present, it is because the Ming Dynasty is still stable, and the effect of banning the sea is still more or less, but after waiting for decades, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty began to weaken, the coastal robbers were rampant, the maritime power increased greatly, and overseas trade skyrocketed, and since then a steady stream of silver began to flow into the country.

But even so, through those maritime merchants, the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty every year is skyrocketing at an alarming rate.

If it weren't for that, how could the land south of the Yangtze River be so prosperous, and it would be impossible for Chu Yi to easily copy so much silver.

Even the amount of silver that Lu Wenyang's mansion copied out, almost half of which was the benefits that Lu Wenyang seized by taking advantage of his own Caoyun Governor's convenience to smuggle frantically and conduct overseas trade.

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