The three elders of the court gathered together to discuss everything that happened in Wangyue Tower today, and planned to trick Emperor Hongzhi into using his own funds tomorrow to organize people to go to Huangjinzhou to find the three high-yielding food crops that Liu Jin mentioned.
In a mansion of a wealthy family in the capital, a group of people from Jiangnan also gathered together. Behind each of these people was a huge Jiangnan family.
The wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River have family members who speak for themselves in the court, and there are intertwined relationships below them, like the roots of an old tree, which firmly control one party, like cancer sucking on the dynasty, constantly devouring it.
The fate of the Ming Dynasty was completely ruined more than 100 years later.
These wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, who claim to be heirlooms of scholarship, are the most greedy existences. They will try their best to get a hand in any profit, from salt, iron, grain, cloth, tea, etc., to almost all the most profitable businesses of this era.
Almost all of them are monopolized by these Jiangnan wealthy families.
They are also the stingiest beings. stinginess does not refer to their stinginess like Grandet, but to the contribution they made to the entire Ming Dynasty.
As long as it involves commercial tax, salt tax, land tax, etc., they will oppose it without reservation. Anyone in the history of the Ming Dynasty who dared to involve the issue of commercial tax will eventually be punished by these Jiangnan wealthy families.
Some people even suspected that the mysterious deaths of several emperors in the history of the Ming Dynasty were inextricably linked to these Jiangnan wealthy families.
Emperor Wanli re-employed mine supervisors, which harmed the interests of the merchants and landlords. Therefore, Wanli became the most notorious emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Those literati couldn't wait to use the worst words in the world to describe Emperor Wanli.
Zhu Youxiao reused Wei Zhongxian. When Wei was in power, he dealt a heavy blow to the civil servants and landlord groups. The country's situation improved, and the situation in Liaodong also began to improve. However, no matter how powerful Wei Zhongxian was, he was still just a lackey in Zhu Youxiao's hands. It is conceivable that only
As long as Zhu Youxiao is still in office, the Donglin Party will never be able to turn around.
However, Zhu Youxiao, who was still in his prime but in his early twenties, fell into the water inexplicably. As a result, he contracted a serious illness and died a few months later.
This is very similar to the death of Emperor Hongzhi's son, Ming Wuzong Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao. He fell into the water inexplicably when he was in his prime, and died a few months later.
Although it is difficult for future generations to know the truth of history, after all, history is a clown dressed up by others, but the two emperors of the Ming Dynasty both fell into the water inexplicably in their prime, and finally died within a few months, which makes people have to doubt this.
Things are not as simple as they appear.
Coincidentally, both Ming Wuzong and Ming Xizong tried to make some changes, and the changes all involved the interests of civil servants, landlords, and Jiangnan gentry.
The power of the Jiangnan nobles is intertwined and spreads throughout all aspects of the Ming Empire. It is naturally impossible for them to know what happened in Wangyue Tower today. Now that they are gathered together, their eyes are red, like a pack of hungry wolves.
"I didn't expect that the silk and porcelain would be equivalent to gold after being shipped to Europe. If a shipload of silk can be shipped to Europe, wouldn't it be possible to exchange for a shipload of gold?"
Everyone gathered around a simple globe. If Liu Jin were here, they would surely have discovered that this globe was exactly the same as the one Liu Jin drew at Wangyue Tower today.
The simple globe Liu Jin made is now in the hands of Emperor Hongzhi. If it were painted solely based on the memories of everyone present at Wangyue Tower, it would be impossible to paint it exactly the same.
We don’t know exactly how this globe was made, but it can be seen from here that the emperor’s palace is almost transparent to them. There is almost nothing they can’t do if they want to do it.
Arrived.
Some people pointed to Europe, wishing they could load several large ships of silk and porcelain to Europe in exchange for shiploads of gold. Silk is so common in the Jiangnan area, but they didn't expect that in Europe, it could be sold with
Equivalent to gold.
"It is not yet known how reliable Liu Jin's words are, but there is no problem with the description of the Luzon region. The land in Annan, Siam, Luzon, and Nanyang is indeed very large.
It is so fertile that rice can be harvested three times a year."
Many wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River go to sea, especially the gentry from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Most of these people take the three routes of Nanyang, Japan, and Korea. They know that the profits of sea trade are very high.
Therefore, on the one hand, the court strongly supports the policy of banning the sea, because if the sea is banned, fewer and fewer people will be able to go to sea to do business. With fewer people going to sea, competition will naturally be smaller, and they can make more money.
of more.
People from these Jiangnan tribes knew very well about the situation in Nanyang. Some of them even went to Nanyang personally and saw the richness of Nanyang.
"If Liu Jin's words are really credible, our ship can reach the Golden Continent by walking northeast along the Japanese coast. This Golden Continent is said to be filled with gold. The barbarians here use gold to build cities, and it seems that the barbarians here
It's easy to deal with, if we can open up a voyage to the Golden Continent."
Some people are staring at the Golden Continent with red eyes. In Liu Jin's words, this place is simply a paradise for adventurers. The land is full of gold. Gold is used to build cities. Just thinking about it makes people want to go to the Golden Continent and plunder it.
Fan.
"This Golden Continent not only contains gold, but also vast fertile land. Liu Jin said that the central and eastern regions of Golden Continent have endless fertile land. You can just sow a handful of seeds and wait for harvest. Such a God-given land allows
It is really a waste of natural resources if it is occupied by barbarians."
"Also in Luzon and Southeast Asia, rice is harvested three times a year. You can wait for the harvest by sowing the seeds. The land in Africa is also very fertile and vast, and there is a lot of gold, silver, gems, and ivory."
Some people who like land have their eyes on the fertile fields everywhere on the earth. For these landowners and gentry, there is nothing they like more than land, and they even wish to have all the land in the world under their own names.
"Tomorrow, the court will definitely discuss this matter. I think all of us can support the court in sending people to explore the Golden Continent, Nanyang and other areas first to see the truth first. If everything Liu Jin said is true
If it’s true, then we can have a good discussion again then.”
"This is a good suggestion. I will go back and explain it to my brother right now. I will write the question book overnight. The big thing tomorrow is to discuss this matter."
"Well, it is indeed a good suggestion. Let the imperial court send people to explore the way first, and we will wait patiently."
Everyone has agreed with each other that tomorrow we will jointly push the imperial court to send a fleet to the Golden Continent and the Nanyang region to explore the way. For these people, they can let the imperial court do it for them for free without spending a penny.
Things, this is naturally the best.
Every abacus is rattled, the benefits must not be omitted, one's own interests must not be touched, and contribution is absolutely impossible.
