Chu Yi still knows something about Liu Daxia, this important minister of the Hongzhi Dynasty is indeed a figure to be reckoned with in the government and the opposition, and he is more than seventy years old, which is rare in this era.

also lives for a long time, this is a kind of qualification, as Mr. Zheng said, if Liu Daxia contacts his protégé and makes friends, it is really possible to set off a storm in the court.

However, Chu Yi was more interested in the drawings and materials of Zheng He's treasure ship that Liu Daxia hid back then, and it was rumored in the palace that Liu Daxia and several military servants burned the drawings and materials of Zheng He's treasure ship in a fire.

However, as Chu Yi took charge of the East Factory and sent secret agents to investigate, Chu Yi felt that Liu Daxia's so-called fire prevention and burning of the treasure ship's drawings and materials was just a cover to deceive the world, as for the drawings and materials of Zheng He's treasure ship, it was very likely that Liu Daxia secretly took them away, which became the foundation for the rise of the Liu family.

The Liu clan flourished since Liu Daxia, and in just a few decades it has developed into a maritime merchant clan with shipyards, docks, and a dozen ships.

A shipyard or even a shipyard can not be built by an ordinary family, and without enough family heritage and heritage, you don't want to get involved in the shipbuilding industry at all.

The Liu clan rose so abruptly and became a sea merchant, if it wasn't because it swallowed up the information of Zheng He's treasure ship, I am afraid that if the Liu Daxia clan was given a hundred years, they might not be able to build a sailboat that could go to sea.

Liu Daxia tried his best to oppose the opening of the sea in the past, and even made people spread the news that Zheng He's treasure ship chart was burned, and Emperor Chenghua was forced to give up the idea of opening the sea.

As a result, a generation of maritime merchant clans, the Liu family, rose on the sea, and huge ships sailed on the sea.

It seems that Liu An got the good news from Liu An that Liu Daxia was contacting his old friend and preparing to attack Liu Jin, and dozens of literati were excited in their hearts.

Shi Kui stood beside Chu Yi, looked at the excited literati in the distance with a disdainful gaze and whispered: "These people really don't have any sense of precaution, and they dare to announce such important news to the public!" ”

Chu Yi glanced at Shi Kui and said: "In case this is exactly the result that Mr. Dongshan wants, don't forget, Zhu Ningxiao's rebellion is directed at Liu Jin, it can be said that Liu Jin has been forced to the edge of the cliff at this time, and with such a gentle push, Liu Jin will die without a place to be buried." ”

Shi Kui's eyes shrank suddenly: "What the Overseer means is that Liu Daxia deliberately let his descendants leak the news that he contacted his old friends to deal with Liu Jin, and then led many forces in Jiangnan to exert their strength and take down Liu Jin in one fell swoop. ”

Chu Yi smiled: "Otherwise, do you think that Liu Daxia is such an old fox, he will not tell his family to keep it a secret?" ”

As he spoke, Chu Yi strode towards the group of literati in front of him, Shi Kui waved his hand, and immediately hundreds of soldiers followed.

The movement was so loud that it naturally alarmed everyone in the bamboo forest, and they turned around one by one and looked in the direction where the movement came.

As soon as they looked at it, they saw a group of soldiers with a bloody aura coming straight at them with spears in their hands.

With a pop, some scholars were so frightened that they retreated and fell directly to the ground, and some scholars directly knocked over the coffee table, and the tea and tea were spilled on the ground.

"Chu ...... Chu Yi! ”

"Oh my God, Butcher Chu......"

"Chu Yi, how could this murderous demon come here!"

Some people recognized Chu Yi at a glance, and it was precisely because they recognized Chu Yi's identity that they showed shock and fear on their faces one by one.

Among them, the most frightened was Mr. Zheng, who was graceful and full of celebrity demeanor, and when Mr. Zheng saw Chu Yi, he only felt that his legs were weak and he couldn't stand up.

Just when these people were in chaos, hundreds of soldiers surrounded these people in a blink of an eye, and many of them were covered in blood and full of anger, which made several soldiers faint with fright on the spot.

However, although most people seemed very panicked, there were also a few people who barely kept their composure, such as Liu An.

Liu An is the next generation of family heads deliberately cultivated by the Liu family, and even followed Liu Daxia's side, I don't know how many powerful people he has come into contact with, so Liu An was only slightly startled when he saw Chu Yi and calmed down.

His gaze swept over the flustered companions, and Liu An looked at Chu Yi.

Chu Yi's expression was calm, but there was a bit of banter in his eyes, Liu An took a deep breath, stepped forward and saluted Chu Yi: "Huguang Huarong Liu An of the Liu family has seen the Lord of Chu. ”

Chu Yi looked at Liu An and said, "Huarong Liu, this lord has heard of it, Liu Daxia's old puppet should be your grandfather if nothing else!" ”

Liu An couldn't help but say angrily: "The Governor of the East Factory of the Governor of Chu Governor Hall, he actually insulted the ancestor with words, is this the demeanor of the Governor of Chu?" ”

Chu Yi couldn't help but sneer and said: "What a Hongzhi Three Gentlemen, this Governor wants to ask, where are the drawings and materials of Zheng He's treasure ship that were developed with the strength of the whole country back then?" ”

Liu An's eyes shrank, and he straightened his chest and said: "In order to prevent the Heavenly Family from wasting people's and material resources to open the sea, the ancestor burned it with a few waiters, and many people know about it. ”

A scholar on the side and Liu An are distant relatives, so he naturally stood beside Liu An and said: "Yes, Dongshan Gong prevented Emperor Xianzong from making a big mistake and did not waste money and food. ”

Chu Yi looked at this excited scholar with some surprise, and it could be seen from his expression that he really felt that Liu Daxia burned the drawings of Zheng He's treasure ship for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people.

Not only that, but many literati on the side actually showed a look of approval, obviously they all thought that the Ming Dynasty would never open the sea.

The inexplicable Chu Yi only felt that these people were a little pitiful, saying that opening the sea would only damage the strength of the people, and consume the country's money and grain in vain, and there would be no benefit to the country and the people.

These people don't want to think about it, the Southern Song Dynasty was a partial place, and it was precisely by relying on sea trade taxes that the Song court paid tens of millions of taxes a year, and even raised millions of soldiers and forbidden troops for the country, and even raised a large number of officials.

Even the Southern Song Dynasty, where redundancy and redundancy was so serious, did not lose the country because of the financial collapse, but the Ming Dynasty, when the emperor of the central empire needed to reward the army, he couldn't even make up hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Is it true that these people can't see the huge profits of sea trade? If this is the case, why did Liu build large ships to go overseas for business? There are countless private ships along the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, like carp crossing the river.

At least half of the prosperity of Jiangnan stems from these maritime merchants who trade with overseas, and a lot of gold and silver fall into the hands of these gentry and maritime merchants.

And the majestic empire of the Ming Dynasty has only so many hundreds of thousands of taels of business taxes, which is unbelievable.

It is also a piece of land, when the Ming Dynasty fell, the annual taxes that the state can collect are not counted as grains, only millions of taels of silver, but by the Qing Dynasty, the taxes have reached tens of millions of taels of silver.

It seems that seeing Chu Yi's gaze at them is a little strange, but it is related to one of Liu Daxia's great feats, resolutely opposing the opening of the sea and scolding the Son of Heaven, these literati actually suppressed the fear of Chu Yi in their hearts and held their heads high one by one.

Suddenly, Chu Yi laughed, and after a hearty laugh, Chu Yi stared at Liu An with a cold expression and said, "I wonder if this Liu Gongzi can explain to Chu Mou, where did the shipbuilding technology that your Liu family rose from?" ”

Liu An said as a matter of course: "Naturally, my Liu family has invested a lot of manpower and material resources for decades!" ”

Chu Yi's gaze swept over the crowd around him, and he said slowly: "Do you also think that just one Liu family can develop a huge sea ship that can sail on the sea in just a few decades?" ”

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