Wang Chonggu is a very normal conservative from beginning to end, but at this moment Wang Chonggu is already unbearable, whether it is a coal mountain, or a gold mountain, a silver mountain, a copper mountain, its benefits are far beyond imagination, only by opening up the gallop road, the official factory group law, can really succeed.

"The Jin people have taken the wool business." The reason why Zhu Yijun didn't want to show Wang Chonggu the Tang newspaper was also here, the interests were too great, and it was difficult to guarantee that Wang Chonggu would not take the Jin Party and tear his face with the emperor for the sake of interests.

Zhu Yijun is not afraid of the Jin people tearing their faces with the court, but the unseemly scene of everyone is what Zhu Yijun doesn't want to see, he chose to be straightforward, for this kind of old fox, Zhu Yijun hasn't opened his mouth, Wang Chonggu already knows what the emperor is worried about.

The Jin Party occupies a geographical advantage, harmony in this regard, and the inherent territory of the Jin Party is the northwest regions such as Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo, and Wang Chonggu patted his chest to ensure that the Jin people will definitely get a piece of the pie, and whether the imperial court allows it or not is an established fact.

Fortunately, Altan Khan was captured, which is the most fortunate thing for Wang Chonggu, otherwise His Majesty would not hesitate, but to do it, His Majesty has never lacked decisiveness, as a student of Zhang Juzheng, he has never lacked ruthlessness.

For example, the sea trade, Zhejiang Fu Zhu Su led the Taoist 'cheap act' holy decree, to clean up the Japanese invaders, after being forced to commit suicide, the Japanese troubles boiled soup, like boiling water, the contradictions between the imperial court and the coastal places, to the point of fighting each other, now the sea is fully opened, and the coastal luxury households are also beneficiaries.

This occupies the geographical advantage and the people, and the Jin people will inevitably have a piece of the pie, some big and some small.

"Mountains of coal, gold, silver, and copper, if you put them there, they are worthless." Wang Chonggu can't guarantee His Majesty what kind of goods the Jin Party is, he knows very well that any guarantee to His Majesty is an old general on the stage, planting a flag for himself.

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said: "The imperial court has no money, whether it is to build roads, or to mine coal and smelt gold, silver and copper, there is no money, but the Ming Dynasty needs these, everyone is a shipowner, in fact, it is very good, Wang Cifu thinks." ”

Yao Guangqi, the king of kelp, if he wants to take the sea into Huguang, Sichuan, and Jiangxi, he also has to look at the face of the luxury households in Xitucheng, otherwise Yao Guangqi will not need to participate in the banquet.

Zhu Yijun is clear in this paragraph, and Wang Chonggu is also clear that this kind of place huddles together for warmth, and politically, it is manifested as the township party, the township party, the Jin party, the Chu party, the Zhejiang party, the Qi party, etc., all of which are typical examples of regional unity and party.

Everyone does the shipowner plan, the implementation is very good, from the transaction of the ship ticket can be seen, the volume of ship tickets is large enough, but these owners who buy ship tickets, have always refused to trade the ship tickets in their hands, more are long-term holdings.

Zhu Yijun even announced a specific financial report on dividends, and once a year, he never diverted dividends for other purposes, and kept his promises, which is the second biggest label on Zhu Yijun in addition to being stingy.

The credibility of the Ming Emperor was extremely strong.

Why is the Marquis of Duntai willing to give more than a pound of Woma Gold directly to Qi Shuai? It is to know that if this gold is handed over, His Majesty will definitely not be treated badly, and even more can be obtained, this is the embodiment of credibility, the country has lost great trust, and the people are suspicious, and now the reputation of the emperor and the court is rapidly recovering.

For the sake of people's cohesion, for the sake of the emperor and the reputation of the court, Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng had a disagreement and insisted on giving Qi Jiguang the title of duke.

The people of the Ming Dynasty are very tolerant, even if they have suffered a lot in the past, but the court does what it says, has a strong reputation, and will recognize the decrees of the imperial court.

A decree that is not accepted by the majority of people is a piece of waste paper.

Zhu Yijun means that if the Jin people want to eat, they can refer to the law of trading and share the profits of the profits, but if they want to take all of them, it is impossible, and when necessary, when they need to quell the rebellion, Jingying can also turn the blade inward.

Wang Chonggu pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, any promise is pale, and the minister can't even guarantee himself, but the minister can say loudly that the minister will definitely use the most powerful means to ensure that the majority of the Jin people are loyal to the monarch and reinvigorate their ambitions." ”

Mining is a very complex project, Jin people are not professional, professional things to professional people is more appropriate, peace of mind and other dividends, do not want to have more rights and wrongs There are also many people, and it is the first thought of most people, laziness is human nature, can lie flat to take money, why toss?

But many times, judging from experience, the words of the Ming Emperor and the imperial court are like farts, and they have no credibility at all. For example, the Daming treasure banknote was worth one or two silver from the issuance to the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, and it was not as good as wiping the butt paper.

Wang Chonggu's meaning is very clear, His Majesty still keeps his promises, the rebellion in the Jin people, he is responsible for cleaning up, don't bother Your Majesty to do it, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven after all, start your hands, and have a lot of worries, but Wang Chonggu is a traitor, so he doesn't have that kind of concern, he said so and did so.

Wang Yu, the political envoy of Shaanxi, Xue Lun, the second official of Zuo, and Qiao Bixing, the envoy of Shanxi, were all cleaned up by Wang Chonggu himself.

"So." Zhu Yijun smiled, motioned for Wang Chonggu to sit down, and talked about the coal mountain.

Shengzhou (now Ordos), set up at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the head of the Turks in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, Li Jing led the generals out of the fortress in the third year of Zhenguan, destroyed the Turks, captured the Khan of Jieli, and then rushed to Yinshan, recovered the Hetao, Zhenguan for four years, and then set up Shengzhou, Xiazhou, Yanzhou, Fengzhou, Lingzhou and so on.

In this expedition of the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to re-start the place name, and only the place name of the Tang Dynasty needs to be enabled.

And the open-pit coal mountain that Magui heard about, just on the northeast edge of this Shengzhou coal mountain, is completely a coal mountain in the physical sense, and the whole mountain is coal.

Daming Jinggi Xishan coalfield, generally below 30 zhang underground, in order to point coal, that is a snail shell to do the dojo, how difficult it is, just this in order to point coal, painstaking efforts to mined, the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum is in the West Mountain, in order to mine coal, the ancestors are not hesitated, and now the sky has fallen down an almost inexhaustible coal mountain.

"I don't understand, didn't Altan Khan find this bright open-air coal mountain?" Zhu Yijun and Wang Chonggu chatted about coal mining, Xishan Coal Bureau needs to send the general office and charge d'affaires to Shengzhou to mine coal, Wang Chonggu is also familiar with these things, coupled with the cooperation of the Ministry of Industry, the mining is a good start.

Wang Chonggu is the president of the cabinet in the capacity of the second assistant of the cabinet, and Wang Chonggu will immediately go to the office, and there will be some small troubles.

"What if Altan Khan found out? Your Majesty, the open-air coal mountain is also in the mountain, and he just found out, and he got a bunch of slaves over, and he couldn't transport it out when he dug it out. Wang Chonggu shook his head and said: "He can't even build a Bansheng City, can he be expected to open a mine?" ”

If it can't be done, it will not be possible under the political structure of the Beiyu.

Mining is a systematic project, Altan Khan built a board to promote the city, tinkered for more than 20 years, under the artillery, even three days did not survive, the organization is not enough, the construction of the city is difficult, the Ming and the North have fought for at least 200 years, the thirteen Northern Expeditions to the grassland at the beginning of the country, plus the embargo on the North for more than 200 years, the grassland has been completely degraded to the slave age, the mining of this kind of multi-party coordination, Altan Khan can not coordinate at all.

"Reasonable." Zhu Yijun agreed with Wang Chonggu's point of view, and it was indeed difficult for him to let Altan Khan mine.

"Your Majesty, Altan Khan and the other captives, what to do?" Wang Chonggu asked the question he wanted to ask, he was the secretary of the Criminal Department, Altan Khan has been locked up in the prison, whether it is killing or scraping, His Majesty has to say something, it is not a matter to be locked up like this.

Zhu Yijun said with a serious face: "The centurion, the thousand-leggon, the ten thousand households, Altan Khan, the concubines of the heirs of Altan Khan, etc., are all beheaded, and the new and old grudges between the Ming and the Beiyu are over." ”

"Including the two sons of the third lady?" Wang Chonggu asked in a low voice.

"Including, before Mrs. Zhongshun left, she told me that it was not her child, and that Altan Khan was plotting against Warat at that time, and that she needed a child, and that Altan Khan would not be able to give birth at that time." Zhu Yijun nodded and said, before resigning, Mrs. Zhongshun specifically told Her Majesty that the two sons under her knees were only nominal sons, and those two sons did not live in Naturalization City, but lived in Bansheng.

In a few years, the third lady will be able to succeed two more to the knee, which is not a big deal, and the grassland does not attach much importance to the blood itself.

"Obey." Wang Chonggu bowed again, bowed his head and said, "The minister retires." ”

Wang Chonggu stood in front of the imperial study of Tonghe Palace, sighed, when it was time to do it, His Majesty never hesitated, in fact, the officials were waiting, waiting for His Majesty's disposal of Altan Khan, if Altan Khan died of old age in the prison like this, then the official would impeach Qi Jiguang for killing 5,000 outlaws in Bansheng Pit;

If Altan Khan had beheaded the public, nothing would have happened to everyone.

For the emperor's choice, the courtiers actually don't know clearly, after Tang Taizong captured Jieli Khan, he also raised Jieli Khan, danced if he had nothing to do, entertained everyone, how did Altan Khan say that he was also the king canonized by the first emperor, and the king of Shunyi with a golden seal and a crown of five chapters.

Obviously, more than 100 households were beheaded, even the side concubines were not spared, and the two sons under the name of the third lady were also beheaded, which was something that Wang Chonggu did not expect, Wang Chonggu's judgment was right, His Majesty was really ruthless.

Wang Chonggu took two steps forward, and suddenly stood still, he suddenly understood why His Majesty did this, and the reason for Qi Jiguang's murder was the same, in order to reconcile.

If the grassland people really want to hate specific people, then they hate the emperor himself and Qi Shuai.

Barbarian wolf face beast heart, fear of power but not virtue, do not use thunder means can not be deterred, Huairou, Yongle years of the captive king Ma Hamu, and later Ma Hamu's grandson also first, captured the Ming Emperor Ming Yingzong.

The Ming Dynasty has been fighting with the North for so many years, and now the main trend is reconciliation, some historical issues, someone needs to bear those infamy, the current and future infamy, the title of executioner, will definitely fall on His Majesty's head in the future, and he can't take it off.

Wang Chonggu is completely aware of His Majesty's determination to revive the Ming Dynasty. Completely ignoring, only caring about what is in front of you.

In April of the eighth year of Wanli, when the Ming exploration fleet set off, Zhu Yijun promised to give the soldiers of the exploration fleet who successfully returned, 1,000 silver each, and those who failed to return successfully, 500 silver per family, Xu Jiugao, Liu Ji and others did not mention this matter after returning to the dynasty, because they all knew His Majesty's frugality. (Chapter 368)

Zhu Yijun didn't forget, but he was going through the accounts before, he needed to check the number of people, he needed to check the letter plates, customs clearance documents, etc., until the end of the imperial court inspection, the imperial court had its own rigidity and inefficiency, and every expenditure of money took a long time, and this money was finally distributed in full two and a half months after the exploration fleet returned.

On the fourth day of the seventh month of the ninth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun summoned Antonio's envoy Marcus in the Wenhua Palace.

"Chancellor Cascais commands Marcus to meet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty." Marcus bowed five times and prostrated three times.

In the decree of canonizing Antonio, there is also the canonization of Marcus as the commander of Cascais, which is located forty miles west of Lisbon and is the most important defensive fortress and military port on the Lisbon Sea.

"No courtesy." Zhu Yijun looked at Marcus and asked with a smile: "I heard that the King of Portugal asked you to bring 500,000 silver to pay off my arrears this time, in fact, you don't need to be in such a hurry." ”

"Your Majesty's generosity and kindness shine thousands of miles away in Lisbon." Marcus was polite, His Majesty's interest is actually not high in private loans, not even usury, but Portugal really can't afford it, and if it drags on for ten years and eight years, I'm afraid I will have to pay the whole of Portugal to Your Majesty.

"How many boats are you going to buy this time?" Zhu Yijun asked bluntly.

Marcus hurriedly said: "Two is enough, Felipe II has no time to conflict with His Majesty's Portugal at this time, the gold and silver in His Highness's hands are really stretched, this time I can buy two five-masted ships, and after returning His Majesty's 500,000 arrears, I need to leave a little principal and do business in order to pay off all the arrears." ”

In Marcus's words, Portugal is His Majesty's Portugal, that is, to ask the emperor for mercy, there is really nothing left, and some principal must be left for business.

After Zhu Yijun heard this, he said quite seriously: "Marcus Sword Saint, there is an ancient saying in the Ming Dynasty, called plan for a rainy day, if you wait for the rain to prepare for it, I'm afraid it's too late, I have to remind you that Felipe II really doesn't have the time to pay attention to Antonio now, because the independence of the Netherlands makes him anxious." ”

"But again, once he solves the problem, and then wants to build a larger fleet to deal with him, I'm afraid it's too late, it will take a year to come and go, and you still have to recruit sailors to fight, and the time will only drag on longer."

Doing business is selling anxiety, and Felipe II can't solve the independence of the Netherlands at all, so the possibility of a renewed conflict between Felipe II and Antonio is starting to decline, especially after Antonio leases a port.

But without saying that, how could Antonio buy a boat? How could the hard-earned silver be willingly sent to Daming?

Marcus bowed his head again and said: "Your Majesty's wisdom, like the stars in the sky, Your Majesty's revelation, guides us forward, but there is really no money, His Royal Highness Antonio, without the support of the Viceroyalty, the current maritime trade even needs to rely on the ports of Spain, please give His Highness some time." ”

There really isn't a penny of silver left!

Enrique, the purifier of the old king, did not leave any inheritance to Antonio, and the whole of Portugal was in ruins, Antonio came to Daming with a total of 1.5 million silver, and repaid the money and bought two ships, 900,000 silver had been used, and the remaining 600,000 was within the need to buy enough goods and earn profits in order to repay the money.

Antonio and Duchess Catarina's grandfather are the same person, Xu Fan was shocked by this, and carefully covered it up, but Antonio's 1.5 million silver, 500,000 was given by the Duchess.

"I know Antonio's predicament, so why don't you do this, the merchant ships of the Portuguese Viceroyalty who do not obey Antonio's orders are not allowed to buy spices in Manila, the Old Port, etc., so that Antonio can gain the support of some of the governors." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Now, the spices urgently needed by Portuguese merchants are under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and this punishment is unbearable for many satrapies. ”

Luzon, Cebu, Mindanao, Yuanxu Islands and other areas are called the 'spice islands' by Tessie, and Tessie can live without Jerusalem, but definitely not without spices.

Li Yashi has a travelogue dedicated to pepper, called "Wealth Adventure Colonization and Pepper", which systematically discusses the importance of pepper to Tessie.

In his travelogue, Le Yashi said: [It's hard to imagine that there would be no black pepper on the spice rack.] It's a chameleon in the culinary world, silently blending into countless combinations of foods, producing different hot and spicy textures depending on the origin, and pepper is an absolute spice in recipes, and when we walk into the food store, we can usually find many kinds of ground pepper seasoning jars, or bottles of colorful pepper seeds that you can grind at home. ]

[Pepper is a spice of the world.] ]

For Da Ming, pepper is a type of spice, but Tessie does need pepper, which has something to do with their diet.

Li Yashi once recommended Taixi food to the emperor, and the next day he was thrown to Beizhen Fusi by the Ti cavalry on the charge of 'murder', and was imprisoned for three days before being released by the emperor privately.

Taixi's cuisine is still in the era of 'Ru Mao Drinking Blood', if the emperor eats beef that is not fried, it is against the etiquette law, "Rites and Rites" said: There is no cremation, eating the food of herbs and trees, the flesh of birds and beasts, drinking its blood, and its hair. This is regarded as a barbaric act, and even the sea fish sent by the Trek exploration fleet, Zhu Yijun only tasted it.

The chief physician said that there are live insects in the unfried beef, and it is absolutely not allowed to eat raw food, all for the sake of His Majesty's health.

The importance of pepper has a lot to do with eating habits, although Li Yashi still has a hard mouth, saying that freshly ground pepper has a strong aroma, and it may be as intoxicating as smelling a glass of strong red wine, so the people of Tessie are extremely sought after for pepper.

Wan Shihe believes that Tessie mainly uses pepper to cover up the flesh and blood.

Now the Ming Dynasty's strategy in the South Seas has completely controlled the spices in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and even the galleons of Taixi can only obtain enough spices from Manila.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun's threat was real, and the governors and merchants could only buy it from Felipe II if they did not support Antonio.

Marcus hesitated for a moment before bowing his head and saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty, but don't do it, because the governors won't be able to support Antonio." ”

"Really?" Zhu Yijun immediately asked, "Does Antonio really not need it?" The matter of a decree is really not troublesome, since I canonized Antonio, how can I ignore it? ”

"It doesn't cost money, does it?"

The free ones tend to be the most expensive.

The reason why Zhu Yijun wants to ban spices is because the spices of the plantation are not marketable, because Daming is the largest market in the world at present, even if Daming can't eat it, there is an annual galleon that arrives in Hong Kong, which can bring spices back to Taixi.

Zhu Yijun's move is indeed supporting Antonio as king, but isn't it cutting off Antonio's last retreat? After this ban was issued, the governors of the Doge's Mansion could never really support Antonio, who could only be a traitor to Tessie.

Maintaining the relationship with Daming has become the most important thing for Antonio.

Marcus obviously understands this very well, and has dealt with His Majesty for so many years, but everything that can be obtained for free needs to pay a high price, such as the high interest rate of borrowing money to buy a ship before.

Marcus struggled a little, and eventually, he bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity." ”

Sit firmly on the throne first, before you can say other things, Antonio and Marcus, who were born in pirates, can't look at the long term, they can only focus on the present, Antonio urgently needs the support of various governors' palaces, and the ban of the Eastern Emperor is issued and takes effect, which can indeed make the governorate serve Antonio.

Marcus can't, and he doesn't dare to refuse, he is not afraid of the Ming Emperor, it is indeed very dangerous to disobey the Ming Emperor, and it is very likely to be sent to the hell on earth in the Interpretation Academy, but Marcus can't refuse His Majesty's proposal, and there is another, and most importantly, that Antonio has changed.

Antonio was a former captain and is now a king.

This captain, sitting on the throne of the king, did not make great efforts, and after completely handing over the government to the Minister of State Xu Fan, he began to live his own extravagant life, as for before becoming the king, the ambition to boost the country has faded in the extravagant life.

Felipe's secretary, Solon, was dismissive of Antonio for a reason, and Soren sneered at Antonio for not being worthy of being a king at all, only a captain, and Sauron's monarch Felipe was extremely diligent, writing more than 400 letters a year to governors everywhere, for several years.

Antonio likes to be king, at least it looks like it's enough to look like it's full of flowers, which is why Marcus can only agree.

Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable.

"Well, Uncle Zongzong has made a will." Zhu Yijun nodded, this time he strengthened the political and economic constraints on Portugal.

Wan Shihe understood the purpose of His Majesty's move, so he didn't care about the surprise of any friendly countries, and immediately bowed his head and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Zhu Yijun met Li Yashi, Li Yashi is still the same, he, the special envoy of Tessie, has been abandoned by Felipe II, but on the surface, he is still an envoy, this time, Li Yashi presented His Majesty with a newly written travel diary, the content of which is mainly from the perspective of the Tessie people, watching the conquest of the Ming Dynasty.

From Li Yashi's point of view, the disposal of Emperor Ming and Qi Jiguang was too soft.

And another envoy is Matteo Ricci, Matteo Ricci is still very young, his eyes are full of curiosity, he can't even say anything to say goodbye, and because he is a little timid, he even stutters a little, on the way to Beijing, Matteo Ricci has seen the power of the Ming Emperor, how terrible it is.

Zhu Yijun arranged Matteo Ricci to Zhang Guoxiang, and the study of Taoism was completed, as well as Buddhism, which was enough for him to sink into his life.

Matteo Ricci presented Felipe II's letter of state, Zhu Yijun could understand that it was written in Latin, the main content was to say hello, maintain the friendship between the two countries, and other pieces of soup words, it is worth noting that there is only one, Felipe II hopes that Daming will not open a route to England, Felipe's words are full of resentment, resentment towards England, obviously he already knows that England has completed the round-the-world voyage.

Felipe II in order to convince the Ming Emperor, obviously put a lot of effort, in Felipe II's description, if it were not for England deep behind the scenes, the situation in the Netherlands would not have deteriorated to this point, so to speak, the Ming may not be intuitively understood, Felipe described England as the kingdom of Tessie.

It's easy to understand at once.

England, a-stirring stick, can make waves on the territory of Spain today, and fan the flames in the maritime frontier of the Ming Dynasty tomorrow.

For this kind of country, I still hope that the Ming Emperor will be cautious and cautious, and think twice before acting.

"Felipe II said in his letter that England issued privateer licenses to merchant ships, but is this true?" Zhu Yijun looked at Marcus.

Marcus sighed and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, there is indeed something like this happening, which is bad news for all maritime trade, but it does happen. ”

In order to support the independence of the Netherlands and to cope with the competition with Spain in the maritime trade, England has begun to openly issue 'privateer licenses', authorizing armed merchant ships belonging to individuals to attack or plunder ships of other countries.

Under such a policy, it will only give birth to countless pirates, whether it is Portugal, Spain, or the Ming Dynasty, they are intolerant of pirates, because the breeding of pirates will seriously affect the smooth flow of shipping routes.

False legalization is a kind of bandit logic, but England openly enforces this kind of decree, Marcus and Felipe are hostile, but they also despise this kind of behavior, and even along the coast of Portugal, there are privateers.

Marcus, who had been at sea for a long time, hated pirates to the core.

(End of chapter)