Hu Hui's face was pale and sluggish. It was almost impossible for an elderly person to replenish the energy that was depleted by an injury. Fortunately, Hu Hui traveled all over the Ming Dynasty when he was young, and his physical fitness was excellent.
He said to Yu Qian, who was sitting upright: "Your Majesty wants you to go to patrol Fujian?"
Knowing that Yu Qian would be resurrected.
But I didn’t expect to go to Fujian.
Yu Qian hummed indifferently and said meaningfully: "Your Majesty intends to sail to the West."
Hu Xi sighed, "The national treasury is actually so empty."
Everyone knows that the treasury has no money.
But the current situation is not that serious. As long as it lasts until the autumn harvest and local taxes come in, the impact of the rebellion by Shi Heng, Fang Ying and others can be wiped out.
It depends on God.
Tomorrow the weather will be smooth, the desert wind will be gentle, and the sun will be bright. Everyone will be safe and happy.
However, if there is a severe drought in the grassland and the pastures die, the Mobei Yi people will harass the border or even go south in order to survive the cold winter. The Ming Dynasty will have to invest heavily to defend the border in the north.
The good news is that there is no need to send food and cloth to the Dulbert Department this year.
Last year it was a stopgap measure to counter the rebellion.
If Dulbert's troops come to harass the border again this year, given Ming's temperament, I will beat you if you dare to harass the border. Anyway, the size of the country is here, let's see who can't stand it first.
The Ming Dynasty has never been afraid of fighting!
Hu Hui added: "Sailing to the Western Ocean is indeed a good idea to replenish the national treasury, but the treasure ships used by the Sanbao eunuchs have been abandoned for decades, and there are not many complete ships left. I am afraid it will be difficult to form a fleet to sail to the Western Sea."
Yu Qian's face was solemn, his eyes were fixed on Hu Hui and he said slowly: "This is exactly the reason why a certain person came to Yuan Jie."
Hu Xi fell silent.
Yu Qian's style of doing things was to be straightforward, but due to their status and relationship, Yu Qian went straight to the topic as soon as he came, which made Hu Hui a little overwhelmed and simply kept silent.
He knew what Yu Qian meant, but Hu Hui couldn't make the decision alone.
There are so many people involved!
The interests involved made the civil servant group unwilling to let the Ming Dynasty go to the West again.
Yu Qian was not here to discuss with Hu Hui. He said without any doubt: "There is no need to discuss this matter. After so many years, they have not eaten enough. Your Majesty did not let them vomit them all, just some treasure ships. Yuanjie,
You know better than anyone in your heart that after the remnants of Jianwen showed up, they were not just trying to save the emperor, but they were bound to take bigger actions. If the imperial court had no money to quell the chaos and the country was in turmoil, who else in the world would be able to save it?
The Wujin Hu family lives behind you?"
At that time, Hu Hui was responsible for searching for Emperor Jianwen.
Decades later, the remnants of Emperor Jianwen rebelled. Shouldn't Hu Hui have to explain to the emperor?
I don’t know whether Hu Xi is afraid of death.
But the Wujin Hu clan members behind him will definitely be implicated.
Yu Qian's words made Hu Hui very nervous, and he sighed: "How many ships are needed?"
After they stopped sailing to the Western Ocean, some of the treasure ships were allocated to coastal Japanese anti-Japanese defense stations. Because the treasure ships were too big to be sailed on rivers, the remaining treasure ships were parked in corners of coastal ports for backup.
It has long been abandoned.
What His Majesty wants are those treasure ships that have been abandoned for many years.
But your Majesty doesn't know that the treasure ship is gone.
All sold one after another!
The imperial court did not record or receive the money because local officials colluded to steal the money.
Of course, the central ministers and relevant departments of the imperial court all received less money.
Therefore, during the Chenghua period in history, Zhu Jianshen said that he wanted to go to the West to fill the national treasury, which frightened the civil servant group so much that he formed a group to deceive Emperor Chenghua, while pushing Liu Daxia to hide and burn the files left by the Sanbao eunuchs.
I'm just afraid that something will happen.
In fact, Yu Qian had known for a long time that the treasure ship had been sold, and he had wanted to recover the money from the sale of the treasure ship and hold the relevant officials accountable. However, during the Zhengtong Dynasty, Yu Qian did not have enough power, and local officials colluded with the powerful eunuch Wang Zhen, and the top and bottom colluded. Zhu Qi Zhen
He even followed Wang Zhenyan's advice. In such a situation, Yu Qian was powerless to pursue the case.
After the battle to defend Beijing, Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne. After Yu Qian organized a regiment to defend Beiwuyu, he wanted to continue to trace the treasure ship. However, the ownership of the treasure ship was complicated. The Ministry of War could manage it, as did the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works.
The civil service group colluded together because of interests.
Every time Yu Qian sent people to investigate along the coast, the recommended officials would either be perfunctory when they arrived at the coastal ports, or they would put off the matter again and again, and they would not dare to touch this chain of interests.
Everyone knows that the water here is very deep and most people cannot control it.
Yu Qian had no choice but to give up.
After all, he alone cannot fight against the entire civil service group.
Yu Qian said: "Your Majesty, I don't know if I can make money. I will first use five treasure ships to form a fleet and go nearby. But you and I know very well how it is possible not to make money. Therefore, we need to prepare more treasure ships, at least
Thirty ships.”
Hu Hui looked troubled, "It would be more difficult to let them spit out thirty treasure ships than to kill them. Moreover, there is a question that has to be considered. If their interests are affected, will they be lured over by the remnants of Jianwen?"
Yu Qian snorted coldly, "Yuanjie, why are you pretending to be confused?"
Without wooing local officials along the coast to carry out overseas smuggling, where would Jianwen's remnants have the funds to carry out their troubles, and how could they control central court officials like Xu Bin and Zhao Rong.
I'm afraid some of the treasure ships are in the hands of the remnants of Jianwen!
Yu Qian stood up and said, "Having said this, if I don't have thirty treasure ships after I arrive in Fujian, I can't report my order to His Majesty. I can only report the truth. Then the person who takes over the mission to Fujian to handle this matter will be the one who leads the regiment and the troops."
Hang Yu of the 26th Guards, Tang Xing and his ilk!"
Is it because you are so fat and don't let the country make money?
Then stop eating and flip the table!
This is the threat of Chiguoguo.
But Hu Hui knew that Yu Qian was not such a person, and he did not bother to threaten anyone.
Yu Qian was just stating a fact.
Yu Qian stood up and said, "Yuanjie's injury has not healed yet, so there is no need to send her far away and stay."
The teacup on the table was still steaming, and Yu Qian never took a sip. This was his attitude!
Looking at Yu Qian's back, Hu Bi sighed.
Thirty treasure ships were cheap when they were sold, but not so much when they were bought back.
It's not difficult to get them to cough up the money.
After all, this little money is just a drop in the bucket to those people.
The Ming Dynasty was very poor, and the poor were the treasury; the Ming Dynasty was very rich, and the rich were the bureaucrats and powerful people.
But the crux of the problem is not the matter of the thirty treasure ships, but the imperial court's voyages to the West that touched their interests.
I'm afraid it's going to be stormy in Fujian.
Yu Qian's attitude and position are clear. Those who have eaten this money must spit it out. If they don't spit it out, he, the former Minister of War, will cooperate with His Majesty and let the elites of the regiment camp and the 26th Guards of the pro-army army go to the coast of Fujian and other places.
He induced vomiting for those officials, gave them a set of exquisite customized bracelets, and even helped clean their rusty heads.
The General Xungui Group was happy to hear this.
Maybe once it breaks out, without Yu Qian, the generals of the regiment camp and the 26th Guards of the Pro-Army will come to His Majesty and take the initiative to ask for help.
That’s all.
"Prepare the sedan chair."
I went to meet with the central ministers who were deeply involved with Fujian. I conveyed Yu Qian’s attitude to them and spit out what needed to be vomited. As for the imperial court’s overseas expeditions affecting their interests, how they wanted to fight back had nothing to do with him as the Minister of Rites.
