Chapter 98: Exploration (1)
What is the most lacking in voyage?
It's not a ship or a man, it's money.
The Ming Dynasty was not short of money, and the Ming emperors were not short of money. However, the limitations of today's era are not allowed to publicly use money to encourage the vast voyage.
The ministers absolutely do not allow it, because their emperor is so incompetent.
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"Are everything done?"
In the pavilion in the Imperial Garden, Zhu Yunxiu sat leaning against the railing, and said to Li Jinglong while eating melon seeds.
"I'm doing my business, don't worry, Master!" Li Jinglong smiled, "The packs of golden sand are exposed on the dock, so I'm not afraid that they won't take the bait!"
That's right, the director behind the scenes is Li Jinglong, and the planner and producer is Zhu Yunsheng.
People always stubbornly believe in what they see and hear.
So Zhu Yunxiu and Li Jinglong created this illusion for some people.
"Hey, I ask you!" Zhu Yunxiu hooked up and told Li Jinglong to get closer, "Those golden sands? Did you really bring them back from Luzon?"
"Absolutely not!" Li Jinglong hurriedly said, "Long live, Luzon brought some golden sand, but I directly sent it to the inner trunk of the Great Inner! I took it out on the dock for others to see, but I am my family!"
"My father captured Yuan Shangdu, captured the youngest son of the Tartars and also used the military expenses of the Northern Yuan Emperor..."
"Okay!" Zhu Yunxiu waved his hand quickly, "Looking at you, I won't look for Qiufeng!"
As he said that, he suddenly smiled and said, "But, the fact that you, Li Jinglong, brought Jinsha from Luzon, must have been confirmed. I will not ask you to fight Qiufeng, others..."
Li Jinglong's face suddenly became dull for a moment, "No! No one lacks this..." As he said that, he himself had no confidence.
Indeed, no one lacks this thing. The key is to be jealous and annoying.
Zhu Yunxiu threw away the melon seeds in his hand and clapped his hands, "In theory, these old ones..."
Before he finished speaking, the turtlema came over with small steps, "Long live the emperor, Song Duke Feng Sheng..."
It's really here!
Zhu Yunxiu picked up the tea cup, blew the tea leaves inside, and said, "Just say I will listen to Duke Cao Li Jinglong talking about Nanyang again, let them wait!"
"I obey the order!"
Zhu Yunxiu means to dry them first.
It cannot be said that it is hanging, but a silent fire.
Now, it's time for them to be anxious.
Zhu Yunxiu said to Li Jinglong again, "Since there is a harbor in Luzon, we must not miss the establishment of an official position. I intend to set up a Luzon resettlement envoy, and the official position will be temporarily set to be a fifth rank."
When Li Jinglong heard this, his mind was working very quickly.
"The resettlement envoy is a civil servant, and the future will be the immigration and trade affairs there. The fifth rank is equivalent to a prefect of a middle-class prefecture, no, since it is an overseas official position, it is both the people and the military. This resettlement envoy is not very well regulated, but it is the local emperor in Luzon!"
"Since you are interested in operating there, whether it is commerce, military farming, or garrison, you need someone to manage it. I said yesterday that you want you to be the governor, which was a joke. Think about it, who can recommend it?" Zhu Yunxiu said again.
Li Jinglong must deal with this problem carefully.
Any official position that the monarch asks his ministers to recommend is 80% a cheat.
If Li Jinglong recommends whom he, without hesitation, what will the emperor think?
Wow, you, Li Jinglong, have a wide connection! Can you recommend the imperial officials to come out at will?
If the person who recommends the recommendation is not effective in the future, the person who recommends the recommendation will also be jointly and severally responsible!
"I have no choice in a hurry. Your Majesty, you know me. I am an isolated minister and I have never had much contact with the court officials. Besides, if you recommend military generals and ministers, you can tell a few more people, but civil servants..."
Zhu Yun's heart was as clear as his little thoughts.
"You said that the Chinese businessmen in Luzon have a heart for the Chinese dynasty, so can Mr. Xu Chai be of great use?" Zhu Yunxi asked again.
"I am quite... optimistic!" For the sake of the sugar factory in the future, Li Jinglong gritted his teeth, "This person has a good character. Although he is overseas, he does not forget his hometown and always regards himself as a citizen of the Celestial Empire."
"Since you are the insurance policy, then try him!" Zhu Yunsheng smiled.
Li Jinglong complained in his heart, "When did I get a security?"
In fact, Zhu Yunyu had already seen through his little thoughts. Li Jinglong's trip to Luzon in Southeast Asia and Xu Chai Lao secretly planned to open a sugar factory in the future and do the sugar business. Someone reported it to Zhu Yunyu last night.
What does the Jinyiwei do?
What does Qingyan do?
The reason why Zhu Yunyu was unwilling to say it was because he knew that people who ate meat above and under him wanted to drink soup. The voyage benefited the entire country, and it was a dream to isolate officials and businessmen in this era.
Furthermore, the great voyage is driven by interests.
Isn’t he, Li Jinglong, who worked so hard to help Zhu Yunsheng promote the benefits of navigation, that is, isn’t he going to get huge benefits soon?
These big merchants and bureaucrats have sought huge benefits in those overseas places, so they naturally have to fight to the death to maintain their interests, maintain public order, and export culture. It can be said that at this stage, their pursuit of interests is consistent with the empire's pursuit of territory.
Even in the future era of navigation, they will complement each other.
"When you go back, you write a letter to Mr. Xu Chai, telling him that you will be a guarantee for him in front of me. Here is my side, give him an official position as a resettlement envoy." Zhu Yunsheng said.
Li Jinglong thought, "Emperor, the position of the envoy is of great importance..."
"He has been there for many years, so why not give him an official position?" Zhu Yunsheng smiled, "Besides, I said I would give him a resettlement envoy, but I didn't say I would hand over everything to him. Other officials who resettle immigrants, manage commerce, garrisons, etc. were all selected from the court!"
After saying this, Li Jinglong understood.
"Long live the wise and wise!" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
Although the resettlement officer was given to Xu Chai Lao, if the person who holds real power below does not cooperate, he will be a clay Buddha and will not be able to become bigger.
The people in power below are responsible for part of them, restricting and cooperating with each other, but also monitoring each other. In this way, there will never be a land emperor in the overseas land of the Ming Dynasty.
"Give you a grace!" Zhu Yunxiu said again, "You can recommend someone at the military officer in the garrison!" and said with a smile, "I know that the benefits you get in Luzon are not just as simple as bringing back those, right?"
Hearing this, Li Jinglong was happy and said, "Long live, I am thinking of me!" As he said, he said embarrassedly, "I can't hide my little thoughts from me!"
Some things are well known to the king and his ministers.
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Next to the Imperial Garden, a group of old military marquis could vaguely see not far away, the emperor and Li Jinglong were sitting together and joking.
Although the distance is not far, no one dares to go there without the emperor's order.
A group of old men were so anxious that some even grinned.
"Fourth brother, what did the emperor say to Li Jinglong?" Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jingchuan, said to Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding.
"How can I go?" Guo Ying glanced at him in anger, then looked at Duke Song Feng Sheng, "Second brother, I will meet the emperor soon, you must speak first!"
"What should I say first?" Feng Sheng was stunned, and then said angrily, "I didn't say that before I came. Didn't you tell the emperor together? Why did you ask me to come first after entering the palace? Oh, use me as a raft and let me stand up?"
"Second brother, what do you mean?" someone muttered behind him, "You have the highest title and the oldest qualifications. Didn't we treat you as the backbone and let you say it first?"
Seeing a group of old military marquises getting arguing, a little eunuch came.
Chapter completed!