The old man looked at Zhu Yunxi again, "Da Sun, you send troops to go back with him. Those seeds of Hongshu, Vine Man, or the natives who cultivate Hongshu, will be captured by us, and no one can be left behind?"
Zhu Yunqiu understood the old man's meaning. Such a gift from heaven was not worthy of the old man's heart. Keeping it in their hands was a waste of natural resources or even a kind of waste.
"The Jing Haijun has been practicing in Fujian and other places for several years, and there are all warships and artillery. Now it's time to go out to practice!" Zhu Yunxiu thought about it and said, "My grandson thought that since the land over there was fertile, it was better than that.
I will directly set up a ward to occupy it!"
The old man frowned and thought for a long time, "No, Luzon followed his little brother, but he also bowed down to our Ming Dynasty. Although the land chiefs are everywhere, we remember that their king seems to have come to pay tribute!" As he said, he was slightly puzzled, "We have some of them."
Can't remember it!"
"Return to the Supreme Emperor!" Li Jinglong said, "The Ministry of Rites records that in the eighth year of Hongwu, Luo Jasuleiman of Luzon and the Lord of Boni sent envoys to pay tribute to the Heavenly Kingdom. You returned ten pieces of cotton to serve as a gift.
, Maybe they ask us to send an envoy's memorial!"
"You have a good memory!" The old man praised, and suddenly changed his face, "I just don't use it in the right place!"
At this time, Luzon was not a unified regime. In addition to the chiefs, it was divided into several so-called dynasties, and they attacked each other occasionally, but they all surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.
"Your method is not very good!" The old man said to Zhu Yunxi, "It is not worth the loss to raise troops to fight. Even if you occupy a place, what can you do? Immigrate? Our own people in the Ming Dynasty are not enough!"
This is a conflict of ideas. In the old man's mind, the best thing in the world is the Ming Dynasty. No matter how good the foreign countries are, they are a little worse than the Ming Dynasty. If you conquer those places, there is no one, and it is a loss-making transaction.
"That's what my grandson thinks!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "It's not just that he destroyed the local king. After all, the Ming Dynasty is a country and cannot be too domineering. We occupy a piece of land for them, so we can be considered a loan!"
"You also know that although the Japanese pirates have stopped making trouble in recent years, they are always unstable outside the sea. Pirates always plunder the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships!" As he said that, Zhu Yunhuang looked at Xie Jinzhong.
The latter did not know why the emperor looked at him, and he secretly said in his heart, "Pirates? Pirates are also mostly in our Ming Dynasty. If you go to sea to do business, you can swallow it. Isn't this the case for thousands of years?"
But facing Zhu Yunxi's gaze, he still gritted his teeth and said, "What the emperor said is that villains are most afraid of encountering pirates in the past few years. Now the Ming Dynasty is powerful, and those pirates dare not make trouble on the coast, so they can only go far away.
They are robbed on the road. But one day they are hungry and the defense of the Minghai Sea will be slack, and they will definitely make a comeback!"
"Grandpa Emperor, he has been on the sea all his life, so what he said cannot be false, right?" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "We can use a place in Luzon as the foundation of the naval force, so that we can keep pirates from the sea and also ensure commercial roads.
!”
"This is the same as when you must start a war and drive the Tartars to a distance, and not be too close to us!"
"Hmph!" the old man said in a muffled voice, "Can pirates compete with the Tartars? You really respect them!"
"Of course, they are toads that are disgusting!" Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "Sea trade has been growing more and more prosperous since the Ming Dynasty's commercial tax collection. Although my grandson has not lifted the sea ban, sea trade has become the top priority.
It's so heavy."
"Last year, the tax silver from customs in various places alone accounted for more than 40% of the national treasury!"
"Hiss!" The old man took a breath of air conditioning, "So much?"
This is the limitation of the times. If it is said that on land, it is cavalry, infantry, or even small countries bordering the Ming Dynasty, the old man knows everything. But when it comes to sea, the old man still looks dark.
"Why did Emperor Wu of Han go to the Western Regions in the past to make the business path of the Han Dynasty? My Ming Dynasty did not need to mobilize the whole country. As long as a side navy army and use overseas islands as a barrier, the sea route can be kept smooth."
"As for immigration, my grandson thought that all the vicious prisoners of our Ming Dynasty would be exiled to the army every year. Those prisoners would be chopped down and they would be used to guard the Ming Dynasty on the island, and it would be used by people!"
He said a lot, but the old man just listened. When Zhu Yunxiu said it was almost done, the old man smiled.
"Stop fooling us with words. We don't know how you are thinking. Your hands are itchy again. I just calmed down for a few days and wanted to go out and beat this and that, right?" As he said, the old man sighed, Grandson,
Logically speaking, you are the emperor now, you are the leader and you are the biggest. We are old and should not complain, but you must know that it is not easy for us to leave you with this little family background!"
"It takes money to fight, but it costs money and flows. Isn't it good to keep those money and grain in our pockets? Why do you have to make trouble? I'm so happy, but you're still like this when I'm alive. If we die one day, you won't be the Sui Dynasty.
Emperor Yang?"
As he said that, the old man glared at Zhu Yunxi again, "We! I used to see you being stable, why do you get angry when you hear what's good?" As he said that, he sighed, "You said you're fooling around with me."
What? Can those foreign kings believe in them? What are you borrowing them for those poor places?"
"There's so much!" Zhu Yunxiu said, "If you don't believe me, ask Xie Jinzhong!" Then, he said to Xie Jinzhong, "You say!"
When the father and the other two spoke, Xie Jinzhong was neither disregarding nor disregarding him. He followed Duke Cao Li Jinglong and stood on the side as a puppet. Suddenly the emperor asked, and he was surprised and thought quickly.
"When I go back to the Supreme Emperor, there are all natives there, so I naturally can't compare to my prosperous Ming Dynasty. But there are also good things over there, producing gold, copper ore, and food everywhere. The reason why I have a Zhuangzi in Luzon is that I value that
There is no famine. You don’t know the natives over there..."
"You wait!" The old man looked at Xie Jinzhong and said seriously, "There is gold and copper?"
"Yes!" Xie Jinzhong hurriedly said, "Caomins dare not lie. There is also a Chinese merchant surnamed Xu in Luzon. The whole clan is there. Even King Tu is afraid of three minutes, and there are three gold mines under his name.
....”
It is true that Luzon produces gold. Originally, the national treasury was empty during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Minister Yan Yinglong and Zhang Yi wrote a memorial saying: "Luzon Jiyishan produces gold and silver. If you pick it, you can get 100,000 taels of gold and 300,000 silver per year.
two."
Jiajing sent envoys to Luzon despite the opposition of his ministers. However, when the Ming Dynasty was setting, Luzon saw a vast fleet of ships thinking that the Ming Dynasty wanted to swallow them in one breath. After fooling around, he sent the Ming Dynasty away.
After the envoy, the then Luzon king had the intention to kill.
He then let his chiefs and nobles slaughter the local Chinese expatriates. He massacred 25,000 people, and the Chinese wealth and goods entered the Luzon treasury.
When Emperor Jiajing heard this, he was naturally furious. He wanted to destroy the country but was unable to do so. In the end, he could only sigh and couldn't even ask for help!
Luzon has been a treasure land since ancient times, but because of the vast ocean, it has always been outside the Chinese system. If it weren't for the strong national strength and slowly swallowing it up, there would be endless troubles.
"Really?" the old man asked again.
"How dare the villain deceive the king?" Xie Jinzhong said again, "It's not just Luzon, but in the eyes of villain, giving those natives is just a waste of things. Not to mention the rice fields that are ripe a year...
.....”
"Three familiar things a year?" the old man asked again.
"The weather is hot there, and there are only spring and summer all year round. Not to mention rice fields, there are bananas, fruits and other things on the roadside, so picking them to satisfy your hunger!" Xie Jinzhong let the old man look fur all over.
"Big grandson!" The old man sighed, "Well, you are the emperor. Since our immortal family has retired, let you do it!" As he said, shaking his head, "We have lived for a long time, but
Not everything is right!”
"This old man is afraid that the Ming Dynasty will suffer losses and occupy a poor place. I heard that there are benefits there, so I will change my face immediately!" Zhu Yunxiu said with a smile in his heart.
At this time, the old man said solemnly to Xie Jinzhong, "You have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty. We will reward you as a marquis. After returning to Luzon, even a single red potato seedling cannot be left behind. You can take back what you can.
Burn it on the spot if you can't take it."
"If you bring them all back, your marquis will be inherited from generation to generation, and you will give them a book and write a biography. If there is any omission, it will cause the treasures of our heavenly dynasty to be a foreign country, and the disasters of the whole family will be caused by you."
Xie Jinzhong was covered in white-haired sweat, "The villain understood, the villain understood!"
The old man's eyes rolled, "I have to find someone who is right to follow you!" As he said that, his eyes suddenly moved to another place and fell on Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong smiled in his heart and said with a forced smile, "The Supreme Emperor, I really want to benefit from such a thing as showing my face, but you also know that I am okay riding a horse, but I must not go into the water. I can't do it!"
"Take a boat! We didn't say let you swim!" said the old man.