Shen Yichen stood under the bow of the ship, raised his head and looked up at the giant ship, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart for a while.

This is the Daming Treasure Ship......

It is not only the most advanced and huge warship of the Ming Dynasty, but also the invincible sea beast of this world.

Think about the hundreds of Daming sea ships that appear on the coastlines of other countries with sails covering the sky, how spectacular and deterrent that picture is.

Come from all directions to congratulate, come from all over the world, and never rely on the education of sages, but on the giant ships and cannons in front of you!

"Guo Tongzhi is hard, my Daming treasure boat is strong!"

Shen Yichen praised from the bottom of his heart, Guo Yan adhered to the central purpose, could not get the support of the court and the local government, and also experienced the situation of uprisings and riots.

It still maintains the basic framework of the treasure shipyard, and has preserved more than 20 treasure ships that are under construction and under construction. not only did it do its duty, but also laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to conquer the ocean again in the future.

If the Fuzhou Treasure Shipyard and the built treasure ship are burned to ashes by a fire, I'm afraid that even the ambitious Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen will not have the confidence to start over, right?

Then this magnificent next history can only be glimpsed from the epitaph of Guo Yan in later generations.

"The lower officials are ashamed and dare not be greedy for merit, but fortunately, Governor Shen went out of Fujian to take over the matter of supervising the construction of the next sea ship, and we can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

"Guo Tongzhi, I want to breathe a sigh of relief now, I'm afraid it's too early."

A playful smile appeared on Shen Yichen's face, although he was secretly ordered by Emperor Zhu Qizhen to supervise the construction of the next sea ship, he did not plan to do everything himself in this Fuzhou Treasure Shipyard.

First, there is a specialization in the art industry, and Shen Yichen can still find a way to make money, and shipbuilding is still left to professionals.

Second, compared with the West, Daming still has more urgent matters at this moment, and Shen Yichen needs to turn the tide.

"Your Majesty's holy edict did not remove Guo Tongzhi from the post of chief of the Eight Mansions, which means that you still need to shoulder the heavy responsibility of shipbuilding. In addition, this official also thinks that Guo Tongzhi is conscientious, and there is no one more suitable than you to supervise the construction of the next sea ship. ”

Hearing Shen Yichen's words, Guo Yan was full of surprise.

He originally thought that the emperor asked Shen Yichen to send an envoy to Fujian to take over his shipbuilding, because he was preparing for accountability, and the progress was not good. After all, the orthodox government has been ordered to build ships for eight years, and only one-third of the plan has been completed in four years, and now it is impossible to continue the complete shutdown.

As a result, I didn't expect Shen Yichen to have no intention of asking guilt, but instead planned to continue to let himself supervise the construction of the next sea ship, which was really a bit unexpected.

"The subordinate officials are incompetent, I am afraid that I will live up to the expectations of Your Majesty and Admiral Shen!"

In the face of Guo Yan's humble words, Shen Yichen did not forcibly appoint it, but pointed to the unfinished treasure ship in the dock and said: "Guo Tongzhi, don't you want to build it with your own hands and swim proudly on the four seas?" ”

Five Generations of Rivers, Mountains and Moons

"I ......"

Guo Yan was like a fish in his throat for a while, and he didn't know how to describe what he thought in his heart.

"Guo Tongzhi doesn't need to say much, let go in the future, and if you lack money and people, you can tell the official!"

When Shen Yichen saw Guo Yan introduce the treasure ship, the moment that light appeared in his eyes, he knew that the other party would not refuse his request.

The love for the treasure ship and the yearning for the Ming fleet are the beliefs that Guo Yan has insisted on to this day!

"Admiral Shen has high hopes, and the officials will live up to the trust!"

Speaking of this, coupled with the understanding that Shen Yichen is not an empty talker, Guo Yan has no reason to be humble.

Because his dream has never changed from beginning to end, that is, to look at the next fleet he built with his own hands and conquer the four seas and eight wildernesses for the Ming Dynasty!

After giving Guo Yan the important task of continuing to build the treasure ship, Shen Yichen began to set out another goal for himself to come to Fuzhou Port, that is, to control the Fujian Naval Division.

As early as the Hongwu period of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty divided the coastal area into seven sea defense areas, of which Fujian and Zhejiang were the key fortification areas, and the jurisdiction of the naval division was as high as tens of thousands, and the subsequent Yongle period reached its peak.

But as the sea ban between the two dynasties of Renxuan became more and more severe, the speed of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's sailors was far beyond the world's expectations. During the period of going to the West, there was also the Blue Star First Fleet, which can be said to be where to fight, but when it arrived in the Orthodox Dynasty, it began to be invaded by the Japanese to invade the coastal defense, and it also exaggerated to conquer the coastal state capitals and guards.

But after all, the Fujian Navy Division has the formal establishment of the imperial court. Whether Shen Yichen wants to take over the sea transportation of the majority of the profits from the smuggling trade, or stuff the brave men of the righteous army into the sailor to maintain stability, so as to prevent them from gathering and rebelling again after recruiting peace.

It all means that this Fujian sailor must be firmly controlled in his hands for his own use, otherwise nothing will be done.

"By the way, Guo Tongzhi, do you know where the sailor Li Guerrilla is now?"

Shen Yichen opened his mouth to ask Guo Yan, before he came to Fuzhou Port, he had actually learned more about Li Zhan, the current chief general of the Fujian Navy Division, from Xu Fengyuan.

Li Zan was a hereditary military household in Hangzhou, who had followed the eunuch Zheng He of the Three Treasures in Xuande for eight years and participated in the last voyage to the West. After working in the army for many years, he was transferred to Fujian as the commander of the capital, in charge of the Fujian Naval Division.

Because during the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, the army had begun to have a guard system and a town garrison system in parallel, such as the water division, which was divided into provincial-level units and was not good for fixing the state government guard units, and it was fully converted to the town garrison system.

Therefore, Li Zan generally does not call him a commander, but uses the name of a military officer under the suppression system - guerrilla general.

"Li's guerrilla is stationed in Xiaocheng Shuizhai most of the time, and if Admiral Shen has something important, the lower officials can recruit him on his behalf."

"No need, the official will go to see him in person."

Shen Yichen waved his hand and refused, Li Zan is the key person who controls the Fujian Navy Division, and he must pay special attention to it.

It can even be said to be serious to the point that "those who go along prosper, and those who go against it die".

Just when Shen Yichen was dealing with the affairs of the treasure ship and the sailor, the atmosphere in the Forbidden City of the Beijing Division on the other side was also a little tense.

Zhu Qizhen sat on the throne in the Wenhua Palace, but his face was cloudy, he never thought of the "peaceful and prosperous world" under his rule, but in an instant, there were beacons everywhere!

"It's really rampant at first, at the beginning of the year, the Tatar tile thorn envoy only entered the court to pay tribute, and now it is less than half a year, and he came to Shangshu to ask for tribute."

"Is this what does my Daming regard, Zhao Song who regularly pays New Year's coins?"

Zhu Qizhen looked at the royal eucalyptus on the chapter is really angry, now the house leak coincides with the overnight rain, the Luchuan rebellion has risen again, the army has not yet arrived to conquer, and the Mongolian tile spur department has come to provoke trouble and wants to enter the court to pay tribute.

You must know that the tributary system of the Ming Dynasty has strict regulations, and the time, route, number of people, etc., must be subject to the arrangements of the imperial court, but it is not that you want to pay tribute.

Under normal circumstances, remote states are paid every three years, and more recently they are paid every two years, such as Korea, Annam, Burma, the Western Regions and other surrounding vassal states, which adopt the annual tribute system, that is, one tribute a year.

After all, the rich reward leads to a lot of financial pressure, if Fanbang comes to pay tribute every three or five times, the Ming Dynasty, a pure and pure injustice, will not be able to bear it no matter how rich it is.

"Long live the anger, my Ming Dynasty is prosperous, how can Zhao Song be compared with it?"

"And the Tile Thorn Department wants to enter the court to pay tribute, which represents the submission of the Tartars to His Majesty, which is essentially different from the payment of New Year's coins."

Wang Zhen hurriedly appeased a few words, but the truth was far from being as simple as he said.

Since the end of the Orthodox decade, when the Mongol tribes were unified, there have been many requests for an increase in the number of tributaries, and at the same time, the number of tributary missions has surged.

At the beginning, the Ming Dynasty rated the number of people as 300, but the actual number of the Tile Spur Mission to the border was 500, and later it became more and more excessive, exceeding 1,000 in a short period of time.

In the twelfth year of orthodoxy, the number of envoys surged again, reaching as many as 2,000 people!

In order to whitewash the peace, Wang Zhen did not touch the mold of Zhu Qizhen on the first day of the New Year, and concealed the true number of the Tile Spur Mission. And he also often paid countless gold silks to pay tribute, and gave everything he asked.

As a result, I didn't expect the tile spur department to be embarrassed, and it became more and more intensified, not only for the tribute reward, but also to think about turning the annual tribute into a half-year tribute, and even an exaggerated monthly tribute!

At this time, even Wang Zhen, who was in power and the opposition, couldn't bear it, and if he continued to whitewash it, he was afraid that he would have to move the Ming treasury to the sweat tent of the Tile Spur Department, so this tribute request was presented to Zhu Qizhen.

"Mr. and mother need to cover it up with good words, and now the wolf ambition of the first master is already Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it."

"There will be a battle between my Da Ming and the tile thorn!"

Zhu Qizhen has received the top royal education since he was a child, and it is almost impossible for Wang Zhen to appease him in a few words.

And in addition to the provocation of the tribute, the chief military officer of Xuanda, Yang Hong, the general of Zhenshuo, has reported many times that the Mongolian Tile Spur troops are pressing forward, and it is suspected that there is a deployment to attack the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty.

A few years ago, Zhu Qi would not have chosen to forbear at all, and he would have already dispatched troops to attack the royal court, and he could still get used to the arrogance of this grandson?

But time has passed, and it is no longer the ninth year of orthodoxy, and the era when Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, easily conquered Wuliang Ha Sanwei. The Luchuan War and the continuous natural disasters caused the treasury to be empty, and it could not support the cost of the army.

If it was simply this factor, Zhu Qizhen would still be able to grit his teeth and think of a way, who would have thought that the Sichuan, Guizhou and Miao people would rebel, and then there would be chaos in southeast Fujian, plus Luchuan Siji made a comeback to occupy Mengyang and threaten the Yunnan Buzheng Division.

Expedition everywhere, Zhu Qizhen really has no capital to deal with the provocation of the Mongolian Tile Spur Department.

"When the war in the south is quelled, there is nothing to fear about the Tartars!"

Wang Zhen once again comforted.

However, this sentence is not much psychological comfort for either Wang Zhen or Zhu Qizhen.

After all, they really think that once Da Ming eases his breath, he can casually beat the group of Tartars who are spurs!

"Where has Jing Yuanbo's (Wang Ji's) army arrived?"

Zhu Qizhen asked rhetorically, he now wants Wang Ji to immediately pacify Luchuan, and then the class teacher will return to the dynasty to go out to conquer Saiwai.

The dignified son of tomorrow, how can the Tartars be allowed to provoke?

This field must be recovered!

"Long live the lord, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, it will take time to recruit soldiers from the southern guards, and Jing Yuanbo's army is still in the Huguang Division."

"It's too slow, what is the situation in Fujian, Shen Yichen shouldn't disappoint me."

"This morning, the General Secretary presented Admiral Shen's recital, and put it under this stack of recitals, why don't you take a look at it first?"

"Shen Yichen presented the chapter, why didn't he tell Yu Zhen earlier?"

Zhu Qizhen's tone was a little dissatisfied, now there is constant bad news about the military situation in various places, and he is still waiting for Shen Yichen to report the good news to him.

I have to say that after experiencing water control in Shandong, Shen Yichen's governance ability has been recognized by Zhu Qizhen, and he believes that a group of mud-legged rebellions in Fujian should be able to be quelled quickly.

"Today, there are a large number of ministers, and the submission time of the General Administration Department is slightly late, which is a dereliction of duty on the part of the slaves."

Wang Zhen apologized with a wry smile, he was not worried about the emperor's punishment, but the content of this letter, there were too many ministers in the DPRK and China, and there was really no way to stop it.

If Zhu Qizhen didn't ask, put it at the bottom of this stack of chapters, maybe the emperor would be able to get through the test when he was tired of reviewing.

But once asked, not answering truthfully is the crime of deceiving the king, and Wang Zhen has not covered the sky with one hand to such a point.

"It's okay sir, but I'm a little anxious."

Realizing that his tone was a little harsh, Zhu Qizhen hurriedly relieved that Wang Zhen was not a simple courtier in his heart, but a teacher worthy of respect.

After that, Zhu Qizhen opened Shen Yichen's recital with anticipation, but the content on it made him smile on his face.

Then he slapped the chapter on the royal eucalyptus, and roared loudly: "Quanzhou Mansion has fallen, half of Fujian has been lost, what are the local officials going to eat, how can the situation collapse to such a point!" ”

Just as Wang Zhen didn't dare to stop the ministers, Shen Yichen also didn't dare to hide the fact that Quanzhou Mansion was captured by the rebels, so he could only describe it truthfully in Shangshu.

just told the truth like this, which somewhat shattered Zhu Qizhen's previous estimates. He originally thought that the rebellion in Fujian was just a small fight among the miners and villagers, hiding in the wilderness and mountains and forests, which made it difficult to suppress bandits.

Now it seems that what kind of petty fight is this, and the Luchuan rebellion, which has been tossed several times, has not defeated half of the Yunnan Political Division, but more to occupy the territory of the Burmese Propaganda Division.

The emperor was furious, so that Wang Zhen, who was standing on the side, did not dare to talk this time. Because he had already read the content of Shangshu, in addition to describing the situation in Fujian, there was also the impeachment of Song Zhang, the political envoy of the right, and mentioned his embezzlement of 30,000 taels of gold.

The final destination of the 30,000 taels of gold is unknown to others, can Wang Zhen not know what he received?

He was afraid that he would be burned by talking indiscriminately.

Accompanied by the emperor's anger, the palace maids and eunuchs serving in the Wenhua Hall fell to their knees.

Faced with this scene, Zhu Qizhen suppressed the anger in his heart and continued to review Shen Yichen's recital.

Seeing the content behind, Zhu Qizhen's face softened slightly, because Shen Yichen said that he had controlled the situation, and the rebels promised to accept the imperial court's recruitment, and at the same time, the scope of the war was completely controlled in Quanzhou Prefecture, and it did not affect the southeastern Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces.

can go down and see Shen Yichen's crime of impeaching the right-hand political envoy Song Zhang, and Zhu Qizhen, who had just calmed down his anger, couldn't help but get angry.

Good guy, a right-wing political envoy dares to be so lawless in the locality, greedy for ink and encroaches on 45,600 acres of fertile land, three silver mines equivalent to nearly 700,000 taels of silver, and 30,000 taels of gold, and there are countless shops in Fujian.

I'm afraid that the empty treasury now is not much stronger than Song Zhang's private wealth!

"Damn! What a damn one! Fujian officialdom moths are really bold, do you still put Wang Fa in your eyes? ”

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's angry words, Wang Zhen looked a little embarrassed on his face, and at the same time frantically thought about how to get rid of the crime in his heart.

It's not that Wang Zhen and Song Zhang are close, not that Wang Zhen is afraid that he will be implicated.

Instead, Wang Zhen was in a period of rapid rise in power, and he was recruiting officials inside and outside the court to form gangs and expand his party power.

The eunuch party has a bad reputation, and it is even more difficult to absorb powerful cadres, if you can't cover it as the party leader, then who will dare to risk mixing with you in the future?

Unless the overall situation has been decided, Wang Zhen will inevitably use Song Zhang to erect a plaque for the officials. Follow me to eat and drink spicy food, and even the capital crime that caused the emperor's anger can escape, who can give you such treatment?

Another point is that with the death of Yang Pu, the power of the civilian clique is not as good as before. However, the rise of Shen Yichen made Xun Qi's group of martial artists want to get involved in the government, and Wang Zhen definitely couldn't let them become bigger.

Otherwise, in the future, if you will conquer Mongolia and make contributions, will you still be able to handle this group of warriors?

Weighing the pros and cons of all parties, it is impossible for Wang Zhen to let Shen Yichen successfully impeach Song Zhang and sentence him to death, this is not only a matter of life and death for one person, but also a game of power between the government and the opposition.

If you advance or win, I will retreat!