Zhu Youzhu is going to attack Zhang Mao.

If there was no Zhang Zhou's appearance, Zhu Youzhu would not be able to rely on others, then Zhang Mao and Zhu Hui were the fews of the Ming Dynasty, and no one could move them.

Now that the emperor wants to make a difference, Zhang Mao and Zhu Hui and the like will become stumbling blocks.

After lunch.

Zhu Youzhu took Zhang Zhou to the warehouse of the inner house, where he was carrying silver and other things.

Li Zhang arrived one step earlier, and when he saw the two bigwigs, Zhu Youzhi and Zhang Zhou, he hurriedly greeted him, and said with a happy face: "Your Majesty, the silver transported from the south this time is one hundred and twenty thousand taels, and this warehouse is almost unfitted!"

"Haha, huh?" Zhu Youzhi smiled with relief.

Zhang Zhou sent a ship to the sea, and finally got a harvest, that is, he got silver with high purity.

Silver was originally used for mining and smelting among the primitive tribes of the American continent, and the Native Americans only used it as an ornament, not as a hard currency, so that after the Ming fleet passed, it was easy to capture a lot of it.

This is also due to the fact that the Ming fleet landed from the west coast of the Americas, at this time because the American continent had been discovered by the Europeans, and the Europeans had begun to go inland from the east coast of the Americas.

Li Zhang said with a smile: "In addition to silver, there are many unnamed goods, and the slaves and maids have all been sorted out, just waiting for Your Majesty...... And Cai Guogong is coming."

"It's useless for me to come, I want you to go and take a look."

Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhang Zhou with extremely trusting eyes.

Then the two of them, surrounded by eunuchs and palace guards, came to the courtyard where large boxes and small boxes of items were placed, and on a wooden shelf, the items seized from the sea were specially displayed, and each of them would be placed, but even so, several shelves could not be placed.

Zhang Zhou saw the corn cob from afar.

This thing......

It does not exist in the Ming Dynasty today, but in the next few hundred years, it has become the main ration for the Chinese people and livestock, and has led to the rapid expansion of the Chinese people.

"Your Majesty, this is it."

Zhang Zhou took out a piece of corn first.

There are also sweet potato leaves, as well as some sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops, as well as some unnamed crop samples, because of the long journey by sea, there are no good preservation measures in this year, and these crops cannot be planted on the ship, so that many crops that come over only have seeds, and dry branches and leaves.

But only the leaves of the sweet potatoes are still fresh.

This is mainly due to the fact that sweet potatoes are extremely tenacious and can take root and sprout with a little soil and water.

"Bingkuan, what is this?" Zhu Youzhu looked at the corn curiously.

A general who was in charge of escorting the goods next to him and who had also gone to sea said: "Your Majesty, the ministers went to sea to Fandi, but they saw that the people of Fanbang used this thing to grind it into powder, mixed it with water, steamed it and ate it, and used it as a ration. All the soldiers who went to sea also ate it, and there was no sign of poisoning."

Zhu Youzhu said, "Bingkuan, this is what you are talking about, a unique grain crop overseas?"

"Yes." Zhang Zhou nodded, then looked at the general and said, "Tell me more about what you have seen." about it."

The general said: "The soldiers who went to sea happened to be summer when they arrived in Fandi, and they saw their harvest of this crop, and one acre of land can probably produce more than 1,000 catties of grain, which is only a conservative estimate. According to the description of his people, if the year is good, one acre of land may be able to produce nearly 2,000 catties of grain, and after eating, there is no hunger, and the soldiers can eat it for a long time, and they can eat ordinary corn and so on."

Li Zhang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, one acre of land is two thousand catties, which is much more than corn."

"Are there so many?"

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help frowning.

The grain output of the Ming Dynasty is actually calculated according to Hu, but it will also be counted when collecting taxes.

As a diligent emperor, Zhu Youzhu is not the kind of king who does not eat the fireworks of the world, at least he knows

Dao Daming's rice, etc., the yield of one acre of land will definitely not reach 500 catties, because there is no chemical fertilizer on the land in these years, even if it is a little farm fertilizer, it cannot make the land fertile and high-yielding.

But this crop can almost increase the output of the land by two or three times.

This made Zhu Youzhu feel a little unreliable.

Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, practice brings true knowledge, since you have got the seeds back, you can sow them after the beginning of spring next year, and in the south and other places, you can also experiment with sowing seeds after the autumn of this year. The minister thought that in a few years, the rations in various places would increase, and they could also be used for the daily rations of the soldiers in the north."

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said, "Bingkuan, you are in a bit of a hurry, but I don't think it's that urgent. How much do you bring back?"

The general replied, "Bring back half a boat, and the rest of the crops, it's hard to describe, because there is a decree to bring back crops that have not appeared in Daming over there, so bring back everything that can be brought back."

"Hmm."

Zhu Youzhu nodded and said, "It's good, it's good."

As he spoke, Zhu Youzhu was still looking at the crop samples on the shelf.

Obviously, Zhu Youzhu wanted to ask Zhang Zhou if there was an immortal grass among them.

For a wealthy person from all over the world, only immortality is their highest pursuit, and it seems that the pursuit of everything is only spiritual, and can only be pursued under the condition of life, so life is inseparable for them.

The more you are in a high position, the more you are afraid of death.

Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, these kinds, the minister thinks that you can try to sow seeds, in addition to ration crops, there are also a lot of cash crops, commonly speaking, they can be used to make goods, and the minister should also bring some back and study them carefully."

"Yes, you got it back." Zhu Youzhu smiled, "You can take whatever you want, I'm still wondering if I should send a second fleet to sea immediately......

Whether there is fairy grass or not,

Just one trip to sea can bring back 1.2 million taels of silver, which makes the emperor feel that the value of this sea trip is simply too high.

In fact, the silver brought back this time is not only that, but there are so many that are transported to the capital.

Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, if you send ships to sea again, you will have to send a larger fleet and bring more soldiers and horses, and if you want to run overseas lands, you need soldiers to be able to conquer and garrison, and the minister thinks that this matter should be considered again."

"Yes, yes, this is not a one-shot deal, I didn't expect that this is not Penglai Wonderland, it is simply a mountain of gold and silver. Come on, go and compile the matter of going to sea in detail into a book, and I will take a good look at it tonight...... What the hell is this place? Is there silver and gold everywhere?"

Zhu Youzhu was puzzled.

This time I went to sea, and the fairy grass has not been found, but the wealth has already been made.

I thought that the matter of shipbuilding and going to sea was to accompany Zhang Zhou to make trouble, but I was just using trust to win an opportunity...... Who knew that the opportunity came, and he brought back money, and this money did not need to enter the treasury of the household department, it belonged to the emperor's private property.

When the emperor only thinks that the silver is good, he does not think about whether the inflow of silver will cause inflation......

Even if Zhu Youzhu has a certain amount of insight, he will not be so comprehensive in his thinking, mainly because people in this era only read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and have no concept of economics.

Those things have to be precipitated for hundreds of years to form theories.

Perhaps in later generations, an ordinary elementary school student would know something, but in this era it is unfathomable and profound knowledge, because no one discovers it, or it does not need to be discovered...... Primitive agrarian societies only knew how much food they produced and how much they were taxed, and then used this to feed the people and achieve sustainable development.

"Bingkuan, tomorrow morning, you must come and talk to them."

Before Zhu Youzhu said goodbye to Zhang Zhou, he also specially instructed.

Obviously, the emperor also knows that in many things, he is also a layman, and he needs Zhang Zhou, a "knowledgeable person", to come out and explain it to those ministers.

Then Zhang Zhoucai walked outside the palace accompanied by Li Zhang.

"Cai Guogong, Your Majesty also asked our family to talk to you about Ying

The affairs of the Lord."

Li Zhang has a ruthless style in front of outsiders, but in front of Zhang Zhou, he seems very humble and cautious.

Zhang Zhoudao: "I also think it's strange why the reputation of the British Duke suddenly seems to have landed overnight, and rumors are spreading in the market, as if they are not afraid of criticizing the ministers of the DPRK and China, and it will cause some trouble."

Li Zhang said: "This is because Dongchang sent people to spread the rumors, and the people were allowed to talk about it, otherwise, the person who was the leader would have been taken down a long time ago, and even questioned."

"I see." Zhang Zhou said, "Then I don't know what the British duke has done to anger and resent?"

Li Zhang smiled, of course he knew that Zhang Zhou was pretending to be confused.

"Grandpa, you should also be clear, who in the Governor's Mansion doesn't know? In the first few years, when you were not yet in the court, what officials were in the governor's palace, how to be promoted, as well as to lead troops abroad, and to go everywhere as a general soldier, etc., were all clearly marked, and it was not the British public and private to give and accept, but the whole atmosphere was like this."

"Really?" Zhang Zhou pretended to be surprised, "Doesn't Your Majesty know?"

"Your Majesty is naturally in the know, but so what? This has been the case for the past few decades, and there is a miasma of smoke in the officialdom, and as long as there is no big mistake, the clear-eyed people will turn a blind eye."

"Huh. Open one eye and close one eye, what kind of clear-eyed person is it? Either you are blind or you are blind, you are not half-blind, are you?"

"Grandpa, you laughed, this was the case at that time, and it was also in the past two years, after you became the secretary of the military department, the situation improved greatly, and it was also related to the emergence of the Yanwutang, which provided a channel for the promotion of middle and lower-level generals, but there was no such channel before, who wants to be promoted, it all depends on the meaning of the above, and His Majesty has never interfered in this kind of matter, it is up to the British Duke and others to decide."

When Li Zhang said this, he looked very sad and said: "The two successive Baoguo Princes are all such people, or because of this, there will be some generals who do not act, and Your Majesty will also hate them."

Zhang Zhou said, "Is this the sin of the British public?"

Li Zhang shook his head and said, "The sins of the British duke are far more than that, or rather, this is the practice of officialdom, and it is not the bad deeds of his British duke. On the contrary, it was the British public who used the military power in his hands to do some illegal things, in addition to promoting his henchmen, and then taking the opportunity to enrich his own pockets, as well as disobeying His Majesty...... These things are the reasons why His Majesty wants to move him."

Zhang Zhou asked curiously, "Does the British Duke still have the courage to disobey His Majesty's will?"

"Alas!"

Li Zhang sighed, "It's not that he doesn't comply, but he doesn't need to comply at all, there are many things in the Governor's Mansion that His Majesty doesn't need to ask, just like some things involving procurement and other things, even the household department can't interfere, Your Majesty has also sent Dongchang to check the accounts, but obviously those are some running accounts, and there is no way to check them."

"Oh." Zhang Zhou nodded.

Li Zhang continued: "And the British Duke is not so powerful, and he used to be close to Wenchen, which made him famous, but we all know that he has never set foot in the matter of leading troops on the battlefield, and no one knows how capable he is in managing the army, or he can only talk about it on paper. If the foreign Yi is close to the left side of the Jingshi, can he be expected to resist the invading enemy?"

Zhang Zhou chose to remain silent this time.

Listening to Li Zhang's pouring bitter water, he is generally talking about the rights and wrongs of Old Man Zhang, and there is a sense that the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing it.

But the problem is that now the wall of Old Man Zhang doesn't seem to have fallen.

It's a bit early, right?

"The Duke of Cheng and the Duke of Wei were mostly involved in the military affairs of Nanjing, while the Duke of Baoguo and the Duke of Britain were closely related to the Beijing camp. Now that the Duke of Baoguo has fallen, the British Duke has no opponent, but His Majesty will not sit idly by and watch his family dominate."

Li Zhang smiled and said, "Your Majesty's meaning, in the future, most of the affairs of the Beijing camp will be handed over to you Cai Guogong."

Zhang Zhou waved his hand and said, "I am the secretary of the military department, and the military affairs of the Beijing camp still have to be handed over to the people of the Governor's Mansion to do."

"Grandpa, why should you be humble? Besides, after Jingtai, this military department is still the commander of Beijing

The battalion is not without precedent, and you are also a lord of the Governor's Palace, with your prestige, who in the army does not go up the mountain and look up? You are fair, and the people in the army want you to take power as soon as possible. The soldiers also want a righteous man in charge."

Li Zhang was a compliment to Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou said: "But now, after all, military affairs are still in charge of the British public."

"It's coming!" Li Zhang said, "Now that the matter is still fermenting, the intensity of the rumors outside will become more and more intense, the British Duke is old, he should also let Xian, our family will help you Cai Guogong."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It's too early to say this, I think that outsiders still have respect for the British duke, even if there are some gossip, it still can't affect his current status."

Li Zhang also responded with a smile: "Then wait and see."

Zhang Mao sat at home, and disaster came from heaven.

A bunch of rumors were circulating outside, and he heard some rumors on his side.

「…… Guogong, now it is rumored outside, saying that you are thinking about Baoguogong's inner family, and no one is dead, saying that you fell into the well...... It's so ugly that I don't know how to say it......

The staff surnamed Zhong went to the British Mansion in the city that day and shared his experience with Zhang Mao in the study.

Zhang Mao paced back and forth, exhaling angrily: "A group of small people, the old man has experienced strong winds and waves, how can he care about this little twist and turn? They don't weigh their own pounds either! What else is there to hear?"

"There are people who say that you are corrupt and pervert the law, and there are even officials who have heard about it, and they will impeach you recently, and it is difficult to say who it is now, but I went to greet a few people from Kedao before, and they refused to even meet in person, probably ...... I'm afraid of being involved. Guogong, you must be careful lately, don't get involved in anything again!"