41 Chapter 41 Shipbuilding
Yang Tinghe, who had been in charge of the Ming Dynasty for nearly twenty years, left, which means that there is no one in the court who can fight against the emperor anymore. Although the civil servants still refuse to give in on some sensitive issues, overall, Jiajing is considered free.
Once a person is free, he will easily let himself go. So on the second day after Yang Ting and left Beijing, Zhu Houcon couldn't wait to issue three decrees.
First, Fei Hong was appointed as the chief minister of the cabinet, and ordered Yang Yiqing to be appointed as the Minister of War, the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, and the general manager of the military affairs of the three borders of Shaanxi. Yuan Zonggao was a meritorious in following Long, and was appointed as the Minister of Rites, and was also the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion.
Second, Yang Shen was disrespectful to the emperor and demoted him to the chief clerk of Taipu Temple, and was fined three years of salary to serve as a warning. As for the others who caused trouble with him, they were all demoted and removed from office. Only Zhang Chong defeated his merits and demerits, and only scolded him for reinstatement.
Third, Xian Ruxing made great contributions to rescue the car. Feng Lingxiao Shangqing throne Lei Yuanyang Miaoyi Feiyuan Zhenren was given to Qin'an Palace and commanded Taoism in the world.
Once these three points were released, all civil and military officials were talking about it. Yang Yiqing was rejected by Zhengde and had been unemployed for several years. Now he suddenly got up and entered the cabinet again. The most important thing is that there has never been a precedent for the six ministers to serve as frontier ministers. Is Your Majesty's actions going to use troops in the northwest?
There is also Yang Shen. In fact, the punishment for him was not too heavy, but too light. Although the chief clerk of Taipu Temple was just a seventh-rank official, he stayed in the capital at least. It seemed that he gave Yang Ting and his old friends who had originally planned to plead with him.
With these strong men in front of him, Xian Ruxing was not so noticeable. After all, according to the emperor's favor, the court officials already knew that sooner or later there would be such a day.
Even the person involved nodded after learning about it.
To be honest, it doesn’t matter whether she has this title or not, but it’s more convenient to go to the Qianqing Palace after moving to Qin'an Palace. After all, they are all on a central axis.
She doesn't care, someone cares.
Dong Xiaoyi had a flattering smile on his face and said to Xian Ruxing: "Congratulations to the Immortal Master, no, I should be called a real person now. I heard that since the founding of the country, only the old god from Longhu Mountain has received this treatment. You are the second one. In the future, those high-ranking officials will have to salute you if they see you."
He had never studied, so he only barely understood a few words. He had no idea about the court. He only knew that Xian Ruxing was in charge of his own destiny, so he was slandering.
As for Senas next to him, he was much smarter. He didn't talk much about the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty, but just kept praising the delicious food.
Xian Ruxing smiled and said leisurely: "Most of the things we use today are not native products of the Ming Dynasty. Many of them were bought from Frangi. I wonder how many of them can Mr. Sennas recognize?"
Senas was stunned, looking around at the colorful green on the table, lowering his head in shame, and he couldn't recognize him.
Although Arab merchants were famous during the Tang and Song dynasties, with the invasion of the Mongol Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the entire West Asia was even more chaotic than the last year of the Chinese dynasty. In order to maintain internal rule, the Arab world became increasingly conservative.
Fortunately, twenty years ago, the Timur Empire was destroyed, and the two ends of the Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions Silk Road were unobstructed. So the Dashi merchants who had been thriving for a lifetime began to move again.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang himself hated Dashi very much because the Song Dynasty once treated Dashi people well and appointed them as officials. As a result, they not only rebeled from the Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, but also massacred the Song Dynasty royal family on a large scale. After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, the so-called second-class "Semu people" included Arabs. Therefore, even if a tribute system was established, Dashi merchants were rarely allowed to enter the capital.
Senas's family is in good condition and half of Frangi's blood. He originally thought he was very knowledgeable, but he repeatedly encountered a wall with Xian Ruxing, and he couldn't help feeling a little discouraged for a moment.
Xian Ruxing didn't say anything, in fact, she had guessed this result. She took these dishes from the space, many of which were produced from the American continent, and after many cultivation, they were very different from the original crops, and this was just to knock on Senas.
"Our Emperor has re-enhanced the defense of military advisors in the northwest, mainly to allow foreign businessmen entering the country to walk in the Ming Dynasty safer. Mr. Sennas, we have already achieved this point, so what can you bring to the Ming Dynasty?"
Senas was shocked. He knew that the next answer might determine his future fate. After thinking for a long time, he slowly said: "Master Xian, as I said before, I have Frangi bloodline. Now the Frangi ships have traveled to the whole world. I can get any seeds of crops for you."
He gritted his teeth and continued: "In fact, my mother is the daughter of an earl. After a night of love and my father, she secretly gave birth to me under the arrangement of her family. Now she is a very powerful lady in Frangi, and I can do more than you think!"
"Oh?" Xian Ruxing raised her eyebrows. She was not too surprised to know that European nobles have always come to sleep with me and I sleep with you. In fact, if you just want to make money, there is no need to be such a trouble. After all, even in the late Qing Dynasty, China's foreign trade surplus was terrible, but she had a huge treasure and no weapons to accompany her. There was no objection that the children would live with gold through the downtown area. Although European countries today cannot beat the Ming Dynasty, since the Age of Discovery, the development there has been almost one day. If they do not catch up, it is likely that history will continue to be repeated.
Xian Ruxing tapped the table with his finger. If the other party's identity was really as he said, some things could indeed work.
"You don't have to worry about other crops except sweet potato corn. I heard that the hottest thing in Frangi is the shipbuilding industry now. If you are allowed to join this now, will you be confident to get a share of the pie?"
Senas was stunned by her. He grew up in the inland since he was a child and had never thought about boats or anything. However, after all, he had reacted so he immediately promised: "No problem! Master Xian, you just need to give me money, I will do it right away."
"I can't give you money." Xian Ruxing shook his head and said seriously: "The road is so far, what if you run away?"
Sennas, who had been igniting ambition and was extremely excited, was speechless for a moment, and said, "I don't know..." But he also knew that such verbal guarantees were useless, so he grabbed Dong Xiaoyi beside him and said, "Let's do it, Brother Dong and go with me, he looks at me!"
Dong Xiaoyi's eyes lit up. He was afraid that he would know too much that he would be silenced and instantly found his value for survival. He quickly said, "Yes, I'll look at him!"
Xian Ruxing still disagrees. People's hearts are treacherous and he can't be the sucker, but the demand for the shipbuilding industry is indeed imminent.
In her previous life, she briefly learned about the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy from books. She always felt that the ancients were dull. If it were her own, she would never do such things. However, she was really five hundred years ago and only realized how many of them were involuntarily.
Yes, in strict terms, the Ming Dynasty was actually forced to ban the sea.’
First of all, the external environment faced by the Ming Dynasty was extremely complex. Mongolia has always been a major concern and needs to mobilize a large number of troops to prevent it. In this way, the troops that can be invested in the southeast coast will naturally be less. In addition, the long-term slack of coastal defense has caused the troops along the Ming coast to be massacred by Japanese pirates in recent years. The Japanese pirate problem is no longer just a border defense issue, it can really shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
There are many smart people in the entire officialdom, many of whom have really lived in the southeast. Can these people not see that the ban on the sea is just a drinking poison to quench thirst?
Of course not, but the southeast coast was the main source of tax revenue for the Ming Dynasty. If the people could not survive, how could the court receive money to maintain it? So they could only treat headaches and treat their heads and feet, and just hold on.
To break through the siege, defense alone is definitely not enough. The Ming Dynasty must reappear and establish a navy. However, building a navy is inseparable from ships. During the Yongle period, Zheng He was riding in the Fujian ship in the world, but now he cannot even find basic information.
The shipbuilding industry in the Ming Dynasty remained in the news and those who heard it were sad and saw it cried. All the technical details were gone, and the rest revealed the poverty and embarrassment of the shipbuilding technology of this empire.
A few years ago, the emperor sent people to Ryukyu and other countries to grant the title, but the fleet lost all the parts along the way, and just repaired them and barely passed, and almost couldn't even come back.
It is now the first year of Jiajing, and Columbus and Magellan have passed away. The West has already begun to sail in great numbers. Although their ships are not very tall or large, the ships are built and used. Only in the long-term use process can they be improved step by step. Only through the accumulation of long-term use experience can they design reasonable ships.
Therefore, in order to save time, Xian Ruxing planned to learn from the best skills of the barbarians and at least train a group of qualified navy first.
She looked at Senas and said slowly: "I can't give you money, but I can give you a batch of goods, which are all white sugar perfumes from our side. As for how much it costs, it depends on your ability." She also advertised herself.
Senas was stunned. Although he had been trapped in the Siyi Pavilion, he also knew how popular these two things were in the Ming Dynasty. He came back to his senses and nodded repeatedly, "Okay! Master Xian, please give me a year, and I will definitely bring what you want at that time! Isn't it just a shipbuilding? I'll bring you everything popular in Frangi!"
Nodded slightly, Xian Ruxing looked at Dong Xiaoyi, who was scratching his head anxiously, "As for you..."
"The villain also wants to serve the immortal master!" Dong Xiaoyi was so excited that he took two steps forward, but he quickly retreated with a guard staring behind him.
Xian Ruxing smiled and said, "You are a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. It is not a legal job to go to the foreigners to do business according to the "Da Ming Law". Even if you make money in the future, your reputation will not be good."
"I am willing to do illegal work!" Dong Xiaoyi clasped his hands together and bowed anxiously: "Besides, I have followed the Immortal Master, what else do I need for a reputation!"
"Hmm?" Xian Ruxing frowned slightly when he heard this, "What do you mean? Is my reputation very bad?"
Dong Xiaoyi felt that she was wrong and quickly laughed: "No, no, the villain is rude."
However, under the gaze of the other party, he had to admit, "In fact, it's okay... it's better than Qian Ning and Jiang Bin. At most, it's just a kind of desperation, greed for money and lust. What the people know, they can't just listen to whatever others say..."
Xian Ruxing narrowed her eyes. Qian Ning and Jiang Bin made the world angry and complained that the reputation was bad. She has now fallen to the point of comparing those people. What was going on?
Chapter completed!