Chapter 323 The beginning of the restart of the great voyage (1)
Chapter 323: The Beginning of Restarting the Great Navigation (1)
And Wang Jinghong was also an eunuch. During the Jianwen period, Wang Jinghong joined Zhu Di in raising troops to help Zhu Di seize the throne, and was appreciated by Zhu Di.&*.
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com fastest update** In the third year of Yongle, under the orders of Zhu Di, he assisted the envoy Zheng He in his voyages to the West as a deputy envoy. Wang Jinghong participated in almost all of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West. After Zheng He's death, Xuande Jiu
In June of that year, Wang Jinghong was ordered to lead a fleet as an envoy to the Southeast Asian countries. The fleet first arrived in Sumatra and then Java. When returning home, the King of Sumatra sent his brother Hanizhehan to accompany the fleet to Beijing to pay tribute. In the first year of Zhengtong
In February, Emperor Yingzong ordered Wang Jinghong to stop purchasing and constructing, and no longer use foreign goods.
While serving as the garrison of Nanjing, Wang Jinghong co-managed the internal affairs of the palace with Zheng He. He presided over the construction and repair of palaces and temples many times, and was rich in architectural talent. Before his seventh overseas trip, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty also gave Wang Jinghong a poem, saying that he "will command the order of the year."
"You are the most loyal." Among the ministers, only Zheng He and Wang Jinghong were awarded poems by the emperor.
The deeds of these two men were not only recited by the world, but also contributed to the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that without the seven voyages to the West, the commercial trade of the Ming Dynasty would not have developed so vigorously.
It is a pity that the past emperors lacked real business acumen and regarded this voyage to the West as a political mission, just to expand the influence of the empire, but did not think about how to use the experience gained from these seven voyages to the West.
Then create a bigger career.
And Zhu Qizhen has been observing Cao Jixiang for quite some time. This guy is indeed a courageous and capable eunuch, and his previous experience is similar to that of Zheng He and Wang Jinghong. He was on the battlefield.
He has been through life and death, has the temperament of a warrior, and is quite righteous. He is very good at winning people's hearts. At least he has been away from the Royal Horse Prison for more than two years, but as soon as he returned, he gained the allegiance of those generals and recruited a group of dead people.
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It was precisely because of him that when Yuan Bin and others attacked the Forbidden City, they were able to rush into the palace in the shortest time and rush to the Renshou Palace to protect the Queen Mother. Otherwise, the consequences would be really unimaginable.
More importantly, Cao Jixiang is not as domineering as he was in history. In fact, Zhu Qizhen felt that the reason why the future Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang appeared was not all because of the original Zhu Qi.
This guy spoils people.
When I think about history, Zhu Qizhen would accept anyone recommended by Shi Heng, no matter whether he was a man or a ghost, talented or not, a mouse or a cat. Isn't this a form of coercion?
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It's like pampering a child. If you ask for candy, you give it to you every day. If giving becomes a habit, he will naturally want more. So, it turns out that Zhu Qizhen is really not suitable to be an emperor and a good old man.
Pretty much.
Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but curled his lips. Fortunately, he was here. That guy, let him go to other historical time and space to be a good guy, and he would just be a bad guy.
"Old slave, I bow to you, Long Live the Lord. I wonder what the order from Long Live calls the old slave?" Cao Jixiang, a tall man with a beard and a sinewy face, came to Zhu Qizhen, lifted up the front of his robe and bowed.
He lay on the ground and said respectfully. However, perhaps because he had been in the army for a long time, he had a martial spirit. Every move he made had the aura of a warrior, which was much better than the sissy eunuchs Zhu Qizhen usually saw.
"Cao Jixiang, come here and sit down here. I'm not used to talking to people with my head raised." Zhu Qizhen pointed to the cushion not far in front of him and motioned to Cao Jixiang, who stood with his hands down after bowing to him, and smiled.
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"Thank you for kicking." After Cao Jixiang gave another respectful salute, he sat on the cushion, but he was playing a small drum in his heart because he really couldn't figure out what it was that Zhu Qizhen called him over at this time.
matter.
These days, Cao Jixiang has become quite satisfied since he became the eunuch of the Royal Horse Guards again and took charge of the four guards. After all, he fell from a high place to the bottom, and then took the opportunity to climb back to this position. For Cao Jixiang,
For a military eunuch like Ji Xiang, this is already a rare opportunity.
Moreover, Zhu Qizhen did not break his promise, and also promised his son Cao Qin a position among the 100 households of the army. You must know that this is not the 100 households of the 26th Guards such as Jin Yiwei, but the relatives around Zhu Qizhen.
Although Cao Qin is now an ordinary pro-soldier, he grits his teeth and trains with the other twenty-six guards in the school field.
But with Zhu Qizhen's promise, as long as he is well-trained and capable, Cao Qin will definitely be appointed to the position of Pro-Army Hundred Households.
For Cao Jixiang, who first married a wife and had children, but later had to purge himself and enter the palace due to poverty, hoping to make his wife and children live a better life. This is definitely a kind of recognition and grace for his own efforts.
During this period of time, Cao Jixiang has also worked very hard, humbly asking Yang Hong and Shi Biao for their new military training methods, and also taking a lot of notes.
Among the commanders of the Sixteenth Guards, the most cooperative one was indeed Cao Jixiang.
It was precisely because of his loyalty and hard work that Zhu Qizhen decided to list Cao Jixiang as his first choice, because he was a eunuch and did not have much interaction with those ministers. This was exactly the reason.
Zhu Qizhen values the most; in addition, he is quite talented and well versed in military strategy. He has been on the battlefield and made military exploits. He has similar experiences to Zheng He and Wang Jinghong, so that he will be more decisive when making decisions.
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After seeing Zhu Qizhen let him sit down, he stopped talking. Instead, he kept staring at him with a smile, as if he was thinking about something, which made Cao Jixiang beat a little drum in his heart.
"Cao Jixiang, how old are you this year?" Zhu Qizhen looked at Cao Jixiang, who looked more like a pig-killing butcher than an eunuch. He felt more and more that this guy was very suitable for the tasks he was going to entrust to him.
However, all this is not just my own decision, because you can't just look at people by their superficial appearance.
"Back to Lord Long Live, I'm thirty-three today."
"Forty-three, well, you are in your prime, which is quite appropriate. By the way, I heard that at the inner school field, you not only accompanied the training in person, but you also seemed to ask Yang Hong and the others for advice and took a lot of notes, right?
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"General Yang's military training method is really unheard of, but it can greatly improve the discipline and morale of the soldiers. The old slave has also led soldiers, so he is happy to see the hunting heart, haha, plus the old slave forgets
I'm worried that I won't be able to remember it, so I excerpted it for future reference." Cao Jixiang answered carefully while observing Zhu Qizhen's face.
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ps: This is a make-up for yesterday, and today’s, well, what I wrote yesterday was so bad that I didn’t get anything out of it. It was mainly about details, so I apologize.
