Some people in the DPRK and China began to impeach Zhu Hao, accusing Zhu Hao of sending troops to pacify the Japanese and pirates in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, but in fact, he sent a fleet to the South Seas, ignoring the Ming Dynasty......

The words are very ugly, and it is almost like a posture to beat Zhu Hao into a national thief.

The people of the Yili faction before felt that Zhu Hao's behavior was a betrayal, and they finally seized the opportunity, so they were ruthless and wanted to collapse Zhu Hao at once.

Morning meeting.

Zhu Si rejoined the court meeting after five days, but as soon as he came up, a bunch of people stood up to attack Zhu Hao, and Zhu Si looked impatient when he heard it.

After Jia Yong, the initiator, also came out to make a concluding speech, Zhu Si couldn't help but say: "Even if it was Zhu Hao's idea to send a fleet to sail, dare to ask him if it was wrong to do so?" ”

Jia Yong said: "Your Majesty, this is to ignore the safety of my Ming soldiers and deceive the imperial court......"

"Who did he deceive?"

Zhu Si angrily interrupted Jia Yong's words, "If you can also take a fleet to sea and bring back 400,000 taels of silver and 20,000 taels of gold for me, you can do whatever you want!" Otherwise, don't talk this nonsense to me! ”

Jia Yongben was indignant, but after listening to the emperor's words, he was speechless for a while.

It was also the first time that the ministers present knew that there was still silver and gold in the tribute paid to the emperor by the ocean-going fleet, and the amount was very high, which was almost comparable to all the investment in shipbuilding and other matters before the Ming Dynasty, and this was just the harvest of a trip to sea.

"I don't look at what anyone has said or done, I only look at the results, if you don't even know the gains and losses of doing something, and you are bent on attacking others and denying their merits, in my opinion, this is a sign of incompetence, I will only despise him, and I will not take any of his opinions! Retreat! ”

Zhu Si was not uncommon to go to the court, but as soon as he came today, some ministers bothered him about Zhu Hao's affairs, and he didn't want to stay longer for a moment, so he just brushed his sleeves away.

The rest of the ministers are listed in the court, you look at me, I look at you, helpless.

We elected a vassal prince to take over the emperor's position, but it didn't take three years to reveal the original form?

This is the choice of a faint king!

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Zhu Hao met Guan Jing and Lu Bing at the Ningbo shipyard, and neither of them took anyone to the capital to deliver tribute.

Guan Jing acts calmly, has the demeanor of a general, looks mature and sophisticated, on the other hand, Lu Bing is still like a child, tiger-headed and tiger-brained, he likes to look around when he has nothing to do, and he has no character.

In fact, the more Chengfu person among the two is Lu Bing, his education is much stronger than Guan Jing's, but he always likes to show his youthful and vigorous side, which makes people despise, but in the end, he is always calculated, in fact, he is the head of the fleet.

“…… The sea was boundless, and we followed the current for twenty days, thousands of miles, until on the twenty-sixth day we found the islands marked on the charts, where we replenished our water and food, and then continued eastward, and it took more than twenty days before we found land.

"The land is indeed very large, and there are many tribes of barbarians by the sea, and some tribes are full of silver, and they all use it as ornaments...... It's a terrible thing......"

Lu Bing talks a lot, and he has grown a lot during this trip to the Americas, and he seems to have become a little adult for a while.

Silver was not a common currency in the Americas, or before the discovery of the New World by Europeans, it was mainly traded by barter, and there was no such thing as a currency.

In addition, the storage of silver in the Americas is extremely amazing, and the purity of natural silver ingots is high, making silver a treasure in the Ming Dynasty, but it is a rotten thing in South America.

"You should have arrived in the central part of the New World, there are not too many tribes there, in fact, you should go north for a while......"

Zhu Hao knew that the first place that Lu Bing and the others arrived in the New World was Acapulco, which belonged to the port city of southern Mexico in later generations, and was the main port for trade between the Americas and the Philippines from the fifties of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century. He pointed out, but then it occurred to him that everyone had already returned, and it was useless to say this.

"What about your charts? Have you marked the key nodes in the voyage that you recorded? ”

Before Zhu Hao let the fleet go to sea, he gave a detailed nautical chart and a simple map of the Americas.

Guan Jing said: "The sea voyage is simpler, according to the compass and the stars in the sky to guide the direction, follow the wind and ocean currents, and there are almost no major mistakes on the way. But when we arrived in the New World, the coastal areas were full of hills and dense forests, and we encountered tribes not far from the shore, and each time we would fight, we could not go deeper.

"Those tribes have no combat effectiveness, and we have captured everything we can capture, but there are too many people, and the old, weak, sick and disabled can't bring them, so they are put in place, because there is no ......other use except for wasting rations."

Most of the tribes in Central America are primitive tribes who drink blood, and the weapons used are basically stone tools, not even bronze tools, let alone iron tools.

Guan Jing and they are armed with firearms and cannons, even if they are just ordinary swords, they can easily pacify these primitive tribes.

When Guan Jing said this, he was somewhat helpless.

I feel that I went to the Americas, I didn't learn anything else, I did all the things that were bullying, I grabbed some indigenous young people and wanted to replenish the labor, but I found that I couldn't communicate, I couldn't assign tasks, and after many months I could only know the general meaning, and now I regret it, and it seems that there is no other role than consuming food.

Zhu Hao nodded: "Hurry up and rest, all the ships that return to the ship will be sent to the shipyard for maintenance, and we will go to sea when it is completely repaired...... It's almost ten days and half a month! ”

"So fast?"

Lu Bing was curious.

Lu Song, who had just come in on the side, heard the news, and his face suddenly became cautious, he knew very well that Zhu Hao was in a hurry to leave.

Now that Lu Bing and the others are waiting to come back, the purpose of exploring the road has been achieved, and at the same time, taking advantage of the fleet to bring back a large number of property, for those who want to follow Zhu Hao to the sea to make contributions, it is undoubtedly a great attraction, take advantage of this momentum to bring the team out, if you don't leave now, it will not be easy to leave in the future, people's hearts are disheartened on the one hand, and the emperor's order may come at any time.

"Still going? Will it be a little rushed? "Lu Bing doesn't really want to go to sea.

He was young, and he was pampered in his youth, and he had been out for nearly half a year, and he couldn't even sleep well, and finally came back, he wanted to see his mother and family.

Now I only see my father, and I haven't even been to Jingshi, so I have to drift on the sea for a few more months, and I am naturally reluctant in my heart.

Lu Song understood the general situation and said: "This is a military order, you must not disobey, go and prepare." ”

Waiting for Lu Bing and Guan Jing to leave, Lu Song explained the current personnel preparations to Zhu Hao clearly.

"Mr. Zhu, how long will it take for us to come back when we go to sea this time?" Lu Song asked.

Zhu Hao said: "A year is still needed. ”

"One year ......"

Lu Song was obviously reluctant to give up everything he had in Daming.

Although he didn't know what Zhu Hao's plans were after he went to sea, he vaguely felt that Zhu Hao might not be as gentle as he is when he came back when he went to sea this time, and there was a great problem with whether he could integrate into the Ming officialdom system at that time.

"Where are we going?"

Lu Song asked, looking at the map of the Americas hanging on the wall.

Zhu Hao pointed to the location between the two continents on the map, which was the territory of Mexico in the later generations, this era had entered the end of the rule of the Aztec Empire, Zhu Hao knew that the enemies he would face in the past were not those countries established by the natives, but were called Francos by the Ming Dynasty, which was actually the army of the Spanish colonists.

"There's iron ore here, there's coal here, but it's more important...... There are people here. ”

Zhu Hao said, "The indigenous people can provide us with sufficient manpower and material support, they are now running out of water, and if we don't go, they will become extinct in a year or two." ”

"Extermination?"

Lu Song didn't quite understand.

Zhu Hao nodded: "It's really extermination, it's tantamount to genocide, because there are people like us who want to conquer them, but those people treat them extremely cruelly, and they take pleasure in hunting indigenous human heads and skinning people." What we have to do is to stand side by side with them against the invaders in the past, and let them fall under the rule of our Ming Dynasty. ”

Lu Song smiled bitterly: "Listening to Lu Bing, those people don't even understand our language, it's very difficult to talk to them, and there is no way to find a local guide, I'm afraid it's not so easy." ”

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Language is just a means of communication, as long as our fleet passes, I have a way to achieve absolute military suppression, and when I get to that place, I believe that the people of the fleet will not leave in a hurry." Because that...... It's a complete treasure trove of everything. ”

Only interests can attract a group of people to follow them.

Zhu Hao understands that after arriving in the Americas, although it is not called wealth everywhere, it basically has everything.

There is no need to bring hundreds of thousands of people there, and even if you do bring so many people, it will be enough to feed you, because it is the main production area of corn and sweet potatoes.

There are people, it is still in the era of Ru Mao drinking blood, the weapons are backward, and a few hundred Spanish invaders can destroy a city-state, just such a place, who doesn't want to do a big job? When you gain a firm foothold, open up the mines, and build weapons, you may not need to conquer the Ming Dynasty at that time, you can conquer Europe first.

Zhu Hao still has to build a ship over there.

This requires his knowledge and skills, as well as human support, depending on whether he can establish a relationship with the natives.

If he is really allowed to bring a civilization up, he may be his assistant in conquering the whole world.

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The fleet was regrouped.

There were 39 large ships, 86 medium ships, and not small boats.

Zhu Hao summed up that there were about 40,000 people who could take them out to sea, including 5,000 officers and soldiers drawn from various coastal guards, and then 5,000 militia members who had performed well in military training and were formed by the young and strong people.

Most of the rest are recruited craftsmen and a small number of farmers and fishermen, basically dragging their families, Zhu Hao will also bring his own family rolls, but not including Zhu Niang, this time to go to sea will be very long, and the road is also very dangerous, saying that it is not necessary that the fleet encounters a typhoon, and everything is over.

"Really leaving? How long are we going? ”

Zhu Hao returned to his private residence, and Sun Lan was already packing his things, although there was nothing to clean up.

Zhu Hao said: "One or two years, or even three or five years are possible. ”

This statement is different from what he said to Lu Song.

Closer to the truth.

After going to sea, if you can develop outside, you must first stack up your strength, and then talk about the problem of not returning to the Ming Dynasty.

And even if he came back at that time, he couldn't be a submissive citizen.

Zhu Hao was tired of being a courtier, and with his current position in the Ming Dynasty, there was no challenge for a courtier.

Either conquer the Ming Dynasty, or make the Ming Dynasty a brother country, and see Zhu Hao's own choice.