Many people say that Zheng He went to the West to find Emperor Jianwen, who may have fled overseas, but this statement is not very credible.

Let's not talk about whether Emperor Jianwen escaped at the beginning, after all, if he really escaped, Yongle only controlled Nanjing at that time, and he could call on the world to raise troops and Qin Wang, but he disappeared, and it was not until the third year of Yongle that Zheng He went to the West, Zhu Di looked leisurely, and there was no urgency for the throne to be threatened.

Just one person, how many people are Zheng He. You arrested people and marched with a division of armed troops, and every time you went ashore with great fanfare, etc., even if Jianwen was really not burned to death and escaped, he must have been hiding and didn't dare to come out, and he would be hell if he found it.

Maybe the first time, for the purpose of raising the prestige of the country, to inform the countries that now it is my Yongle Emperor who is in power, by the way, to show the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, but later, it is found that the West is really profitable, so it is for the purpose of making money.

can make the emperor of a country can't help but send people to make money many times, you can imagine what a lot of wealth it is.

And now, what this courtier proposed is to go to the West!

Zhu Di didn't know much about these, and the first thing he thought of was tributary trade.

Tributary trade was established by Zhu Yuanzhang and the main form of trade with vassal states after the free trade with overseas was banned.

However, the tribute, in fact, the Ming Dynasty did not earn much, and sometimes even had to lose. After all, every time the Ming Dynasty wanted to show the wealth and majesty of the Heavenly Empire, he had to give back a large number of gold and silver treasures every time, and he did it at a loss.

So Zhu Di's impression is not very good.

But when the relevant person in charge of the household department was called to inquire, he was stunned, not only him, but also the ministers present, except for those who have always had private jobs at home, the others were shocked.

The tributes brought by those countries were sold by the authorities, and they received a huge amount of money! There are even some that are no less valuable than the gold and silver rewarded by the Ming Court!

This is because these countries do not have particularly large long-distance ships due to the limitations of their national strength.

Then if the rewards of the court are discarded...... He couldn't think about it anymore.

Zhu Di soon made a decision.

The Ministry of Household was ordered to grit its teeth from the already small inventory, take out a sum of money, and the Ministry of Industry immediately started to build a large ship to the Western Ocean.

And some other civil officials are also relatively speechless.

They proposed that the treasury had no money, and the original intention was to want Zhu Di to cancel these huge projects.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di's solution was - no money, just make it and be done.

Didn't you say you were short of money? Okay, then I'm going to make money now. In this way, it is difficult for civil officials to say anything.

And the leader of the West is also the key to this. To lead this large contingent of sailors, this man must have enough loyalty, as well as some knowledge of navigation.

Zhu Di didn't mean to give this position to civil officials at all, and the few nobles he trusted didn't know anything about voyages.

So he remembered his former personal eunuchs, Ma Sanbao, Ma He.

Ma Sanbao's name is called Ma He, because of his great contribution in the Battle of Suzhou, he was valued by Zhu Di, and now he is a eunuch in the highest eunuch institution in Da Nei - Neiguan Supervisor. Before the rise of the celebrant supervisor, this position was a well-deserved number one in the inner world, equivalent to the fourth rank of the outer court.

Ma He had some knowledge of navigation, and since he was a eunuch, his loyalty was not in doubt.

So he was appointed as the envoy to the Western Ocean, and he was also the chief officer of the nearly 30,000 soldiers in the Western Ocean, and played a major role in the subsequent voyages.

Soon, everything began to prepare.

And when Yan Ling, who was far away in Ningbo, heard that Zhu Di had decided to go to the West and gather craftsmen along the coast, including Ningbo Fuzhong, to build ships, he also opened his mouth in surprise.

I have to say that Zhu Di in the original time and space made the decision to go to the West, in fact, many of them were because he wanted to show his national prestige and make some merits, so as to make up for the fact that he was not in the right position.

And in this plane, he originally thought that there would be no such thing as seven voyages to the West, because there was no need. Zhu Di successfully ascended the throne, and many countries have also come to congratulate him, so everything should be logical.

Unexpectedly, in the end, because of lack of money, it still inspired a copy of "Going to the West".

However, although at some key nodes in the Ming Dynasty, Yan Ling sent people to contact Nanjing for behind-the-scenes control, but this time, he did not do so.

Many people regret why Zheng He did not discover the Americas, did not colonize and so on, but in fact this is not realistic for China.

My Greater China has its own national conditions, and I really can't play the Western set.

You must know that even if he is serious now, he faintly feels a little uneasy, every once in a while, he has to send someone to contact Nanyang, bring some mainland specialties, and bring home letters, so as to maintain the relationship between the two places, tie the hearts of the clan soldiers and young people, and often send loyal people from the mainland to join the high-level team over there to ensure that they are under their control.

The prince will have a kind of thought, tearing the earth and sealing the king, which is firmly engraved in the genes.

If you really give someone a piece of land, some of your subordinates, even if they only have a small place, they can directly build a country and call you king.

How many dynasties have there been in China for 5,000 years? But in the West, how many are there? Their emperor and aristocratic thoughts are deeply imprinted in their bones, and in the East, what is particular about an emperor taking turns to sit is that only animals look at blood.

If you really want to follow the example of the West and release traders and pirates, you will raise guys like Wang Zhi one after another, and you will harass the mainland instead. After all, what is there to grab from other poor and remote places? is still rich in the Ming Dynasty.

Colonizing other continents is even more certain, and there will be one by one who calls the king the emperor.

When the time comes, they will recall the wealth of the land of China, and maybe they will carry out a counteroffensive.

Even if the Ming Dynasty really wanted to colonize, according to the science and technology of that era, it was impossible to leave the scope of East Asia, and it would be out of control after a few decades of distant.

But in this area, there are basically vassal states, and colonial ...... It doesn't seem like much of a difference?

And Yan Ling's ambition is very big, he wants to monopolize all the trade along the entire Ming coast, and be a maritime overlord of the Zheng family who is more than the Zheng family at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, he didn't fail to do it. In the 92nd game, the ships coming and going in the South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and Bohai Sea all carry strict flags, bringing huge profits to the family every year. As long as he follows his plan, he has the confidence to reproduce it all.

In this way, if you want to release the colonizers or something, wouldn't you cultivate opponents for yourself?

However, Yan Ling also sent people to Nanjing, and he asked his son to install people belonging to the Yan family in Ma He's fleet.

Ma and the West are completely royally dominant, and this can't get a piece of the pie, and the old Zhu family has always been stingy.

But the sailing routes of the Ming Dynasty's fleet, the charts, the customs and customs of various places, the various treasures they have, and the things they scarce, these pieces of information are all priceless treasures for the Yan family! And that's what he's aiming for.

After all, the Yan family's ship has never left the South China Sea at the farthest.

But with the advent of the Age of Discovery, Yan Ling wanted to try to get involved in the trade in some places.

He sent someone to contact Serious, no, now he should call Chen Su, and ask him to speed up the process in Luzon, and strive to eliminate Xu Chai Lao as soon as possible, no matter how bad it is, he will overpower him in wealth.

After making all the arrangements, Yan Ling relaxed, his gaze was deep.

Wait, wait...... Wait until the end of the seven voyages to the West, and wait until the end of Yongle...... It will be, our time!

(End of chapter)