Suddenly, Xie Jinzhong was stunned.
The old man looked at Zhu Yunxi again, "Dasun, you send troops to follow him back. Capture all the seeds of Hongshu, Tengman, and the natives who cultivate Hongshu for us. No one should be missing?"
Zhu Yunxi understood what the old man meant. In the old man's heart, those foreign natives were not worthy of such a gift from heaven. Leaving it in their hands would be a waste of natural resources and even a waste.
"The Jing Navy has been practicing in Fujian and other places for several years. It has all the warships and artillery. Now it's time to go out and practice!" Zhu Yunxi thought about it and said, "My grandson thought that since the land there is fertile, it is not as good as
Just set up a guard station and occupy it!"
The old man frowned and thought for a long time, "No, Lu Song was a child but he also bowed to our Ming Dynasty. Although there are many local chiefs, we remember that their king seems to have paid tribute!" He said, slightly confused, "We are a little confused.
I can’t remember!”
"Go back to the Supreme Emperor!" Li Jinglong said from the side, "The Ministry of Rites records that in the Hongwu year, Luzon Suleiman and the Lord of Bo Ni sent envoys to pay tribute to the Celestial Empire. You returned ten pieces of cotton cloth as a gift.
Maybe they asked us to send a memorial for envoys!"
"You have a good memory!" The old man praised, then suddenly changed his face, "You just don't use it in the right place!"
At this time, Luzon was not yet a unified political power. In addition to the chiefs, it was also divided into several so-called dynasties. They occasionally attacked each other, but they all became vassals to the Ming Dynasty.
"What you're doing is not very good!" the old man said to Zhu Yunxi. "The gains of raising troops for expeditions outweigh the losses. Even if we occupy the land, what can we do? Immigrate there? We, the Ming Dynasty, don't have enough people of our own!"
This is a conflict of ideas. In the old man's mind, the best in the world is the Ming Dynasty. No matter how good those foreign countries are, they are still a little worse than the Ming Dynasty. Conquering those places without people is a loss-making business.
"That's what my grandson thinks!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "It's not like we just wiped out the earth kings all at once. After all, Ming Dynasty is a superior country and we can't be too overbearing. Let's occupy a piece of land with them and count it as a lease!"
"You also know that although the Japanese pirates have stopped making trouble in recent years, the situation outside the coastal waters is always unstable. There are always pirates plundering the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty!" As he said this, Zhu Yunxi looked at Xie Jinzhong.
The latter didn't know why the emperor was looking at him, and he thought to himself, "Pirates? Pirates are also the majority of people in the Ming Dynasty. When they go to sea to do business, they can devour whatever they can. Hasn't this been the case for thousands of years?"
But facing Zhu Yunxi's gaze, he still said bravely, "What the emperor said is that the villain has been most afraid of encountering pirates in these years overseas. Now that the Ming Dynasty is tyrannical, those pirates dare not cause trouble along the coast, and can only stay half a mile from afar."
They robbed them on the road. But one day they get hungry and the Ming Dynasty’s coastal defenses are lax, so they are bound to come back!”
"Grandpa Huang, he has been at sea all his life, what he said can't be false, right?" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "If we use Luzon as the base of the navy, we can keep pirates away from the offshore areas and ensure trade routes.
!”
"This is the same reason as when you must launch an expedition to the north and fight the Tatars far away and not get too close to us!"
"Humph!" the old man muttered, "Can pirates compare with Tartars? You really think highly of them!"
"Of course they can't be compared, but they are like toads on the ground!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Since the introduction of commercial taxes in our Ming Dynasty, sea trade has become increasingly prosperous. Although my grandson has not relaxed the sea ban, sea trade has become a priority.
It's heavy."
"Last year, the taxes collected by local customs alone accounted for more than 40% of the national treasury!"
"Hiss!" The old man took a breath of air, "So many?"
This is the limitation of the times. Whether it is cavalry or infantry warfare on land, or even the small countries bordering the Ming Dynasty, the old man knows everything. But when it comes to the sea, the old man still has a dark eye.
"Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty go on an expedition to the Western Regions in the past? Is it not for the sake of the trade routes of the Han Dynasty? We, the Ming Dynasty, do not need to mobilize the strength of the whole country. We only need a partial naval force with overseas islands as a barrier to keep the sea routes open."
"As for the immigrants, my grandson thought that we could send all the extremely vicious criminal prisoners in our Ming Dynasty every year into the army and distribute them to the army. If those criminal prisoners were chopped down, they would be chopped down, and they would be sent to the islands to be guarded by the Ming Dynasty. It would also be the best use of the people!"
He talked a lot, but the old man just listened. When Zhu Yunxi finished talking, the old man curled his lips and smiled.
"Don't fool us with your words. We don't know what your intentions are. Your hands are itchy again. You just had a few days of rest and you want to go out and beat this and that, right?" As he said, the old man sighed, eldest grandson,
It stands to reason that you are the emperor now, and you are the biggest in charge. We old men like us shouldn’t be nagging, but you have to know that it’s not easy for me to leave you this little family fortune!”
"Waging a war requires money and food, and spending money is like running water. Isn't it good to keep that money and food in our pockets? Why do you have to bother with it? Such a great success is not necessary. If you are still like this while we are alive, if we die one day, you will not be Sui.
Emperor Yang?"
As he said that, the old man stared at Zhu Yunxi again, "Hey! I used to think that you were quite safe, but why do you get so excited when you hear something good?" As he said, he sighed again, "I'm sorry, you're fooling me.
What? Can those foreign kings believe it? What are you borrowing from those poor places?"
"It's not poor over there!" Zhu Yunxi said, "If you don't believe me, just ask Xie Jinzhong!" Then he said to Xie Jinzhong, "You tell me!"
When the two men talked, Xie Jinzhong didn't listen, so he imitated Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and stood aside as a puppet. Suddenly the emperor asked him something. He was surprised and thought quickly.
"Going back to the Supreme Emperor, there are all natives there, so naturally they are not as good as my Ming Dynasty. But there are also good things there, gold and copper mines are produced, and the land is full of food. The reason why I have Zhuangzi in Luzon is because I value that place.
There is no famine over there. Your Majesty, you don’t know, the natives over there..."
"Wait a minute!" The old man looked at Xie Jinzhong and said seriously, "Is there gold or copper?"
"Yes!" Xie Jinzhong said hurriedly, "The common people dare not lie. There is a Chinese businessman named Xu in Luzon. The whole family is there. Even King Tu is afraid of three points. His family has three gold mines in his name.
....”
It is true that gold is produced in Luzon. Originally, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the national treasury was empty. Ministers Yan Yinglong and Zhang Yi went to Shu and said: "Jiyi Mountain in Luzon produces gold and silver. If you mine it, you can get 100,000 taels of gold and 300,000 silver per year."
two."
Jiajing ignored the objections of his ministers and sent envoys to Luzon. However, the Ming Dynasty was setting in the west, and Luzon saw the mighty fleet and thought that the Ming Dynasty wanted to swallow them up in one go. After being fooled, the Ming Dynasty was sent away.
After the envoy, the then King of Luzon became murderous.
He then ordered his chiefs, nobles, and others to massacre the local Chinese expatriates. Twenty-five thousand people were massacred, and Chinese property entered the Luzon treasury.
When Emperor Jiajing heard this, Long Yan was naturally furious. He wanted to destroy that country but was unable to do so. In the end, he could only sigh, but he couldn't ask for it!
Luzon has been a treasure land since ancient times, but because of the vastness of the sea, it has always been outside the Chinese system. If it were not for taking advantage of the current strong national power and slowly swallowing it up, the consequences would be endless.
"Really?" the old man asked again.
"How dare a villain dare to deceive the emperor?" Xie Jinzhong said again, "Not only Luzon, but also the overseas islands, in the eyes of the villain, are just a waste of things for the natives. Not to mention the rice fields that are harvested three times a year...
....."
"Three crops a year?" the old man asked again.
"The weather over there is hot, with only spring and summer all year round. Not to mention the rice fields, there are bananas, fruits and other products on the roadside. You can pick them to satisfy your hunger!" Xie Jinzhong made the old man feel hairy all over.
"Grandson!" The old man sighed, "Well, you are the emperor, and since we, the old immortal, have retired from this family, we can let you do whatever you want!" He said, shaking his head, "We live a long time, but
Not everything may be right!”
"This old man was afraid that Ming Dynasty would suffer the consequences of being mute and occupy a poor place. When he heard that there were benefits there, he immediately changed his face!" Zhu Yunxi said with a heartfelt smile.
At this time, the old man said solemnly to Xie Jinzhong, "You have contributed to the Ming Dynasty by presenting the treasure, and we will reward you with the position of Marquis. After returning to Luzon, you must not leave a single sweet potato vine behind. Take back what you can.
Anything that cannot be taken is burned on the spot.”
"If you bring them all back, your marquis will be hereditary, and you will be given an iron scroll of alchemy, and a book will be written to establish a biography. If there are any omissions, my heavenly treasure will be lost to foreign countries, and the whole family will be in great trouble because of you."
Xie Jinzhong was covered in white hair and sweat, "The villain understands, the villain understands!"
The old man rolled his eyes, "You have to find someone suitable to follow you!" As he said that, his eyes suddenly moved elsewhere and fell on Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong chuckled in his heart, and said with a forced smile, "Your Majesty, I really want to get some glory for showing my face, but as you know, I can ride a horse, but I can't get into the water. I don't know how to swim!"
"Take a boat! We didn't ask you to swim!" the old man said.
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