So Zhong Jinwei told him the strategy he had thought of, and after Zheng Zhilong made some additions, the complete plan came out.
Emperor Chongzhen immediately made the decision and immediately sent Zheng Zhilong as an envoy to Japan.
Li Wei secretly opened his eyes in the forgotten corner, and Ming officials almost acquired overseas territories while talking and laughing.
When I was making a living at sea, I only saw the benefits in front of me and cared about them. Now that I think about it, it is extremely ridiculous.
Thinking like this also strengthened his determination to do something big.
Emperor Chongzhen sat facing his ministers, and he could naturally see that Li Wei was still there. After he waited for Zheng Zhilong to leave the palace, he said to Li Wei: "You go down, I will ask someone to find you and teach you some words. Come back."
You have to be careful what you say in feudal meetings, do you understand?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Wei knew that he had passed the test of concealing the Spanish route, and quickly responded to Emperor Chongzhen's words.
A servant led Li Wei out of the Wenhua Palace and arranged his next mission.
In the Wenhua Hall, the Chief Minister of the Cabinet Wen Tiren reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, now the exploration ship has returned and the large supply points have been confirmed. Do you think it is possible to issue a notice to the two capitals and thirteen provinces?"
The notice he refers to refers to the treatment of prisoners.
Upon hearing this, Hu Yingtai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, quickly agreed: "Your Majesty, I agree that the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory. The notice should be sent out early so that distant provinces can escort the prisoners to Tianjin in time."
The feudal king's affairs in North America have already been started before. Especially when the recent training class was opened, its content was inevitably spread.
Besides, in the past, vassal kings basically died in their fiefdoms, and few vassal kings were allowed to enter the capital.
But now, not only all the vassal princes came to the capital, but now many vassal princes came to the capital. This unusual behavior also aroused speculation among local officials.
Therefore, the matter of the feudal king's feudal North America cannot be kept secret for long. Now that the preliminary preparations are almost done, it is natural that it is time to announce it.
Zhong Jinwei was the initiator of this national policy, and his opinions were very important. Therefore, before Emperor Chongzhen made the decision, he consulted Zhong Jinwei and said, "Master Zhong, what's your opinion?"
When Wen Tiren spoke, Zhong Jinwei was already thinking about it. At this time, when Emperor Chongzhen asked him, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I think it is better not to announce the feudal king's feudal North America for the time being. But you can first
If we announce to the world that we are going to exile the prisoners overseas and build a large supply point, we can just call it land reclamation."
"Is Marquis Zhongxing worried about the Westerners?" Xu Guangqi, Minister of Industry, was thoughtful after hearing this and asked Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei looked over when he heard the sound, nodded to Xu Guangqi and said: "Yes, before the reconstruction of the Ming Navy was completed, the Ming Dynasty's power at sea was too weak. Not only the Westerners, but also the pirates would have difficulty coping. If the feudal lordship was announced,
Wang’s national policy of feudal North America, those people are likely to take action.”
"What Marquis Zhongxing said makes sense, but I didn't think it through before. Therefore, I propose to do as Marquis Zhongxing said!" Wen Tiren was open-minded, and he immediately admitted his shortcomings and changed his suggestion.
Now Zhong Jinwei is not only authoritative in matters against the captives, but also has the right to speak on matters at sea. For most Ming officials, because of their ignorance about the sea, they could only agree with Zhong Jinwei's suggestions, so they all seconded it.
Emperor Chongzhen was happy to accept all suggestions that were beneficial to the vassal feudalism in North America. Now that his ministers had reached an agreement, he happily said: "Okay, I am very happy that all ministers are working so carefully. Then I will follow what Master Zhong said.
It has to be done, so let’s not announce the final national policy for the time being and just take the first step.”
If the people want to guess, let them guess. As for when the time comes, if the guess is bad, you only need to keep silent. There is no need to refute the rumors, lest the court loses its prestige in the future. After all, the feudal king's feudal North America will eventually be implemented.
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When Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, it was already past noon, and many ministers had their stomachs growling, thinking that the meeting could be dismissed.
However, Emperor Chongzhen was young and sat still, immersed in national policy, so he did not feel hungry.
The eunuch who was in charge of his catering had already arrived outside the Wenhua Palace, but when he saw that a high-level meeting was being held inside the palace, he did not dare to come in and disturb him, so he waited outside the palace for the meeting to end.
At this time, I heard that there was no sound in the palace. I looked at the sky and worried about Emperor Chongzhen's dragon body, so I prepared to go into the palace to remind him.
Unexpectedly, someone spoke again, and it was the famous man in front of the emperor, Zhongxing Hou, so he had to retract his stretched out foot again.
I just heard Zhong Jinwei say to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I have another suggestion regarding this first step."
When the civil servants in the Wenhua Hall saw this, they secretly complained in their hearts, but no one dared to say it out loud. They could only secretly pray to Zhongxing Hou for such a thing, and it is best to say it in one sentence.
"Master Zhong, tell me." When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he only had Zhong Jinwei in his eyes, so he went to observe the behavior of other ministers.
Zhong Jinwei said solemnly: "Your Majesty, although various types of criminals are exiled overseas to engage in different jobs due to different crimes. But after all, it is too far away. If there is an unjust case or something, it will be too painful. Therefore.
, I suggest that before prisoners are sent overseas, we should organize personnel to carefully review whether their crimes are true."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly after hearing this. He could still understand this point, because the list of death row prisoners could not be executed until he had marked it with a red pen in his hand, but he was just going through the process and checked it casually with the red pen.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on Emperor Chongzhen for being careless, because he could not read the case files one by one and check the doubtful points. These tasks were all left to the subordinates.
But if the people below are careless, they will be killed unjustly.
Therefore, Zhong Jinwei's suggestion is still necessary. It is at least a matter of serious and responsible attitude to conduct another review.
"Okay, Master Zhong played it." Emperor Chongzhen immediately agreed.
Then he turned to Cao Yubian, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and said: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate arranged for the censor to inspect the prisoners sent from the two capitals and thirteen provinces. After confirming that they are not wronged, they will be exiled overseas."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Cao Yubian was secretly happy and quickly agreed.
This is equivalent to giving the Metropolitan Procuratorate another power to exercise supervision responsibilities.
Zhong Jinwei felt relieved when he saw that this matter had been properly arranged, and his stomach suddenly made a "gurgling" sound. When he looked at the sky, he realized that it seemed to be past dinner time.
He stood relatively close, so his stomach rumbling was heard by Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile and said: "Master Zhong felt wronged, and now he is complaining to me!"