Jiao Fang stroked her beard and said with a smile on her chest: "Enxiang, you might as well ask your majesty to set up another factory in addition to the East Factory and the West Factory, called the Expert Factory, with the authority to supervise the Jinyiwei, the East Factory, and the West Factory, with the Supervisor of Ceremonies
The general manager is directly in charge..."
After hearing Jiao Fang's suggestion, Liu Jin stood up suddenly, his eyes sparkling, clucking like an old hen, and clapped his hands while laughing: "Wonderful, wonderful, really wonderful! Jin De Ge Lao is like a fish in water!"
Liu Jin's mood at this moment was gone from the previous gloom, not to mention how happy he was. Ever since Gu Dayong tried to reestablish the West Factory, one of his worries could finally be eliminated.
That night Liu Jin held a grand banquet and celebrated with Jiao Fang and other close friends.
During this period, Shi Yiwen told Liu Jin what happened in Fusi, Beizhen. At the same time, he did not forget to report on the arrangements for the interception and killing of Wang Yangming.
Jiao Fang, who was drinking with his head bowed during the dinner, paused slightly when he heard the wine glass brought to his lips, and then drank it all in one gulp. After a while, Jiao Fang looked drunk. When Liu Jin saw it, he quickly sent someone to send Jiao Fang home to rest.
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In the bedroom of Jiao Fang's house, Jiao Fang, who smelled of alcohol, suddenly regained her intelligence. She walked to the study and knocked on the window three times. In the blink of an eye, a figure appeared outside the window.
Jiao Fang handed a secret letter to the other party and said: "Submit it to the governor quickly!"
Dongchang
After leaving Yang Yiqing to Cao Shaoqin for placement, Chu Yi came to a slightly secluded yard in Dongchang.
In this courtyard, dozens of craftsmen were working hard among a pile of wood. The leader of the eunuch was Wang Zheng. Seeing Chu Yi's figure, he quickly came up to Chu Yi and saluted: "Greetings to the Lord Governor."
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Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "How's it going? I asked you to recruit skilled craftsmen. How did you do?"
Wang Zheng pointed at the dozens of craftsmen and said confidently: "Don't worry, Lord, I followed your instructions and went to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and even the Imperial Household, and carefully selected these dozens of skilled craftsmen.
He said that as long as the governor can describe it, they can definitely do it."
Although it is a bit exaggerated to be praised by Wang Zheng in this way, it also shows that the craftsmanship of these craftsmen must be extraordinary.
Chu Yi said: "Very good, you can come with me to Huangshichen."
Wang Zheng was a little curious and asked: "Lord Governor, why are you going to Huangshicheng?"
Chu Yi's eyes flashed with a strange look and he said: "I am going to look for something."
Wang Zheng saw Chu Yi's expression and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he followed Chu Yi and went straight to Huang Shicheng.
As always, not many people paid attention to Huang Shichen, but after Chu Yi took power, he promoted Chen Du to the eunuch in charge of Huang Shichen and made Huang Shichen his own territory.
When Chu Yi and Wang Zheng appeared in Huang Shi Chen, Chen Du couldn't help being a little surprised and quickly welcomed Chu Yi into Huang Shi Chen.
In the living room, Chen Du said: "Master, what's the matter with you here?"
Chu Yi said to Chen Du: "Master Chen, you might as well sit down and talk."
After all, the two parties have been friends for so many years. In front of Chu Yi, Chen Du didn't feel restrained and sat down.
Chu Yi looked straight and said to Chen Du: "The minister has been in this palace for decades, but have you ever heard about Zheng He's treasure ship?"
Chen Du was slightly startled, with a look of surprise on his face as he said, "Zheng He's treasure ship? The governor is not looking for information and drawings about Zheng He's treasure ship, is he?"
As expected of Chen Du, Chu Yi only mentioned Zheng He's treasure ship, and he guessed Chu Yi's purpose.
He nodded slightly and said: "Yes, I am here just for the information and drawings of Zheng He's treasure ship. I wonder if the director can teach me anything?"
Chu Yi was indeed thinking about the information and drawings of Zheng He's treasure ship. He immediately thought of Huang Shichen. Even if he couldn't find it here, he could still ask Chen Du, Han Chao and others.
It seems that Chu Yi knew a lot about Zheng He's treasure ship in his previous life. After all, there have been various controversies and mysteries about Zheng He's treasure ship in later generations.
Zheng He's treasure ship refers to the treasure ship that Zheng He, the eunuch with three treasures, took on seven voyages to the West under the orders of Emperor Yongle during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.
There are many theories about this fleet in later generations, but it is generally accepted that the fleet that made seven voyages to the Western Ocean was absolutely unprecedentedly large and could be called the pinnacle of the Ming Dynasty's maritime fleet.
Lewis, a later American scholar, once lamented: "Zheng He's fleet was an unparalleled fleet in the history of China and the world. Until World War I, there was no one that could rival it."
Among the fleet of Zheng He's voyages to the West, the largest type was called treasure ships. According to the "History of Ming Dynasty: Zheng He Biography", Zheng He sailed a total of 63 treasure ships. The largest one was forty-four feet long and eighteen feet wide.
It was the largest sea-going ship in the world at that time, with a length of 151.18 meters and a width of 61.6 meters. The ship had four floors. The 9 masts on the ship could carry 12 sails. The anchor weighed several kilograms. It took 200 people to set sail.
The ship can accommodate a thousand people.
Such a huge ship has reached the pinnacle in the history of world wooden ship manufacturing. At that time, it was almost like an aircraft carrier.
At that time, the reason why Chu Yi paid attention to Zheng He's treasure ship was precisely because later generations tried to copy and recreate the Zheng He treasure ship in the past, and they made a fuss about it. It was also at that time that Chu Yi learned more about Zheng He's treasure ship.
However, in the eyes of later generations, Zheng He's treasure ship, which was regarded as a miracle, found it difficult to find information in later generations. In later generations, there are many legends about the loss of the drawings and information of Zheng He's treasure ship.
The most famous one is that during the Chenghua period of Xianzong, Xianzong was instigated by an internal eunuch and wanted to go to the West to hunt for treasure. So he sent people to the Ministry of War to ask for the blueprints and information of Zheng He's treasure ships. However, the Minister of War at the time
Liu Daxia and others secretly burned the treasure ship's blueprints and materials to cut off the emperor's thoughts.
This is one of them. In addition, some scholars have verified that the data on Zheng He's treasure ship was not destroyed in the Ming Dynasty, but in the hands of Qianlong.
As we all know, during the Qianlong period, he followed the example of the Yongle Dadian and compiled the Complete Siku. However, the purpose of Qianlong's revision of the Complete Siku was to revise books and destroy history. According to records, nearly 10 million official documents and archives of the Ming Dynasty alone were burned, and as many as 3,000 banned books were confiscated.
There were thousands of kinds, more than 150,000 books, and a total of more than one million books were burned, even more than the books collected in the Sikuquanshu. Some scholars say that the ancient books were destroyed when the Sikuquanshu was revised in the Qing Dynasty!
Later generations once said that "Sikuquanshu" is actually a defective or even waste product with "four incompletenesses". What are the "four incompletenesses"? Because during the compilation process, an astonishing number of books were burned, deleted, tampered with, and falsified.
, and all of this is done deliberately.
For this reason, some people blame the loss of information on Zheng He's treasure ship on Qianlong's compilation of Sikuquanshu and the burning of various classics.
But these are not important to Chu Yi. Emperor Chenghua has passed away for more than thirty years, but the old people in the palace are still there. Not to mention others, such as Chen Du and Han Chao in front of him, they are nearly sixty years old.
Thirty years ago, I was in my prime, and I might have some knowledge of the blueprints and materials of Zheng He’s treasure ship.
Chen Du narrowed his eyes, looked at Chu Yi, and whispered: "Does the governor want to imitate the internal prison during the reign of Emperor Chenghua and persuade his majesty to impose a sea ban and build treasure ships to sail to the Western Seas?"
Even Han Chao on the side was staring at Chu Yi, with a strange light flickering in his eyes. When he mentioned Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, he was simply the idol that many eunuchs admired and worshiped. It can be said that this person is the representative of their eunuchs.
It has truly left a name in history and will be passed down to generations to come.
When they thought that Chu Yi might persuade the emperor to go to the West, both Chen Du and Han Chao couldn't help but feel excited. In the past, Zheng He made seven voyages to the West and became famous all over the world. They might as well imitate the sages!
Chu Yi could guess what Chen Du was thinking just by looking at their reactions. However, the corners of Chu Yi's mouth curled up slightly. He was looking for the blueprints of Zheng He's treasure ship not just to imitate Zheng He's voyages to the West!
