The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Seeing that Li Youzi did not respond, Wang Guoguang, the Minister of Personnel, became a little anxious and immediately said, "Wei Gelao, this matter is very serious. If it is done, the Ministry of Revenue may not have enough financial resources to deal with it."

He had retired from the Ministry of Revenue not long ago and knew the situation of the Ministry of Revenue very well.

"Before, the Ministry of Revenue had reserved a lot of silver for the emperor's wedding. Let's not talk about whether this silver is enough. Just inviting the surrounding vassal states to come to the ceremony, the rewards to them are not what the Ministry of Revenue can afford.

The court had silver during the Yongle period, but now it has none."

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Wang Guoguang was very anxious and secretly hated Li Youzi for not distinguishing right from wrong. It was obviously not a burden that the Ministry of Revenue could bear, but he did not speak out against it.

"Don't worry, the cabinet has already made plans for this matter."

At the critical moment, Zhang Siwei still spoke out to dissuade him.

"Ziwei, you don't know the difficulty.

The kings and envoys who came to our Daming, their board and lodging were all covered by our Daming. They paid tribute to Your Majesty, but the Ministry of Revenue wanted the silver to be rewarded to them."

Wang Guoguang continued immediately, fearing that Zhang Siwei didn't know the trick.

"Those rewards cannot be eaten or drunk, most of them are just strange and exquisite things, and the rewards given by Your Majesty are several times the value of their own country, which is really a big loss.

So during the Xuande period, all the officials in the court opposed continuing to go to the West, which was really a waste of money and labor."

"Hehe."

Hearing this, Wei Guangde chuckled, and then before Wang Guoguang got angry, Wei Guangde put away his smile and said seriously: "Minister Wang knows the events of that year very well. If so, you should know the reason why all the officials in the court opposed it.

This time, we will go to the West with the goods in the treasuries of various places, and sell them to their countries. How about exchanging what we have?"

Wei Guangde said that the fleet going to the West would bring things from the treasury and go there to do business, and Wang Guoguang was slightly stunned.

Don't say whether the goods of the Ming Dynasty can be sold, but the Western merchants will occasionally bring Kanhe to the Ming Dynasty to do business, so you should know that the goods of the Ming Dynasty will definitely not worry about sales, and there is still profit.

Otherwise, they would have come all the way to the Ming Dynasty to do business after they had eaten their fill, taking huge risks.

"What does Wei Ge Lao mean, is to make some money first and then reward them back?"

Wang Guoguang gradually calmed down his anger and asked.

"That's right."

Wei Guangde nodded, "The reason why Xuande Dynasty opposed it was nothing more than that it was a loss for the court, but what if the court did not lose money on this trip to the West?"

"Then I won't object."

Wang Guoguang understood what happened back then, that was that the emperor was fat and the Ministry of Revenue was at a loss, so the whole court opposed the trip to the West.

But if the initiative was handed over to the court, the situation would be different. The profits from the trip to the West would flow into the court, although the Ministry of Revenue would be the main source, but it would also greatly improve the court's financial situation.

"The Ministry of Revenue also did not oppose this policy, and had reported the goods and quantities in the local treasuries that were suitable for participating in this trade to the cabinet."

At this time, Li Youzi had to express his position. The former Shangshu publicly expressed his support, what else could he do.

In fact, he didn't understand the benefits at all, otherwise he wouldn't have hesitated before.

Wang Guoguang and Li Youzi's performance really shocked Ma Ziqiang and others, they just couldn't figure out the reason.

After all, Zheng He's voyage to the West had been over for more than a hundred years, and they only knew that the cost was huge, so when the whole court opposed it, they finally forced Emperor Xuande to suspend his voyage to the West.

Note that Emperor Xuande only suspended his voyage to the West, so Emperor Yingzong wanted to resume it later.

It's just that he still wanted to maintain the old system of Yongle, and the inner court led this activity, so it was opposed by the whole court, and there were rebellions along the coast and Mongolian movements, and it ended up in vain.

At this time, Chen Zan of the Censorate finally couldn't help but ask: 'What's going on? The whole court opposed it back then, and there must be reasons for opposition.

Now the two of you support it, there should be convincing reasons, otherwise the Censorate would never agree to it. ’

In response to Chen Zan’s objection, the Minister of Rites Ma Ziqiang immediately closed his slightly opened mouth, and he wanted to wait for Wang Guoguang to explain.

After all, he was once the Minister of Revenue, and he knew this period of history, so naturally there should be reasons.

However, at this time, Ma Ziqiang had already thought of what would happen after the voyage to the West ahead of the six ministries and nine ministers, that is, there might be rulers and envoys from Western and Southeast Asian countries coming to the Ming Dynasty to watch the wedding of Emperor Wanli.

What is this?

All nations come to pay tribute.

A word appeared in his mind, and he was a little excited when he thought about it.

If such a grand event could happen, it would be of great significance to the current Ming Dynasty.

So, he looked at Wang Guoguang with fiery eyes. As long as he could give a relatively acceptable reason, the Ministry of Rites would choose to fully support this decision.

Wang Guoguang did not answer directly at this time, but looked around the room, and then subconsciously looked outside the hall, and then said: "I have said before that the result of the voyage to the West is that the court loses money.

But in fact, the income from the voyage to the West is also huge, but this part of the income did not make up for the deficit of the court, but most of it flowed into the inner court.

With the current finances of the Ministry of Revenue, it is definitely not able to support such a grand ceremony.

But if the income from the voyage to the West can flow into the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue will not only be able to support this expenditure, but may also have a surplus, greatly improving the financial situation of the Ministry of Revenue."

Wang Guoguang did not emphasize the root cause of the original decision -making of the next ocean, but it was said that if the court led to the west, it would be good for finance.

This item alone is enough to make the people in the full house change.

Although everyone does not matter, the Ministry of Households is related to the court's money bags. Even if the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Equipment and other departments have their own income channels, the income and expenditure are not to find the households to make up for supplements.

When others were still thinking about the meaning of the kingdom, Ma Ziqiang had taken the lead in saying: "The Ministry of Rites has no objection."

Although two years later, he was no longer in the position of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, but after all the great events came to the DPRK, the Ministry of Li was chaired by the Ministry of Li.

Well, you should be prepared for the Yisha and Siyi Pavilion to go back.

"There is no objection to the Ministry of War."

Tan Lun followed up his statement decisively. Obviously, Wei Guangde was pushed, and he had no reasons at all.

With Ma Ziqiang and Tan Lun's statement, Jiangzhi also immediately said: "There is no objection to the Ministry of Industry."

Wei Guangde looked at the crowd with a smile, and quickly fell to the Ministry of Criminal Ministry of the Criminal Ministry of the Criminal Ministry of the Criminal Ministry, Wu Baipeng, Chen Yan, and the Dali Temple Qing.

"Wu Shangshu, Chen Zuo, what do you want?"

There are still rights, that is, these two gates. As for the Dali Temple and Tongzheng Masturbage, they are actually soy sauce, and their rights can almost ignore it.

But Jiuqing's meeting, the two of them still had to go to the church, otherwise they would lack credibility.

Wu Baipeng took the position of Wang Zhiyi last year and became a book of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs.

In addition, the Ministry of Criminal Ministry has always been a statement of speaking in the court, belonging to small and transparent categories.

At least, in recent years, the Daming Chaotang is still stable, and it has not set off a prison, and naturally it will not be valued.

At this time, Wei Guangde looked at it, and Wu Baipeng also looked at other people, and then nodded and laughed: "The public is not opposed, and the Ministry of Criminal Ministry will naturally have no objection."

He has already remembered it. In fact, Wang Guoguang has explained in the words. It will be beneficial to the imperial court by the court.

Now it seems that the cabinet is pushing this matter, which is a great probability that the court is dominated by the court, and there is no reason to oppose it.

Wei Guangde looked at Chen Yan immediately, waiting for the response of the capital.

Chen Yan Shen Yin took a moment, and finally nodded and said, "There is no objection to the Metropolitan Incuna."

"Dali Temple has no objection."

"There is no objection to the General Secretary of China."

All are happy, everyone chooses to support, nothing is more than to alleviate the financial crisis of the court.

"Lao Wei Ge, since everyone supports this discussion, how to arrange it after that, please,"

Wang Guoguang looked at Wei Guangde.

"Tan Shangshu, do you count the sea ships on the Ministry of War?"

At this time, it was the implementation of the general direction, and Wei Guangde looked at Tan Lun and asked.

"The Ministry of Military has been calculated, and now it can mobilize more than 70 sea vessels. I don't know how big the capacity for this time and whether it is necessary to adjust the Nanya Water Division to return to the southeast."

Tan Lun immediately said.

At the time, the Zhenghe fleet had more than 200 vessels in size and more than 30,000 soldiers. It can be described as unprecedented in scale. Such power has been completely destroyed.

In fact, Zheng He went to the west, strictly speaking, it actually destroyed the two countries, but it did not incorporate his land in Dawn.

The first one is the Ceylon State, which is Sri Lanka in the later generations. The national owner Yarie Kanri is "unconnected and murdered the boat division."

Zheng He took advantage of the country to come out of the country, and the opportunity of emptiness in the middle of the country led more than 2,000 people to bypass his unintentional raid of King Arry Kunri King City. Essence

The second time was the pseudo -prince Su Ganba, who participated in the rebellion of the Sumenhara Kingdom, and was competing for the failure of the throne. After seeing Zheng He came, he would not give him a reward.

Zheng He immediately ordered the vessels to spread out and played the battle team to face the battle.

After such huge soldiers, no other country dares to challenge the authority of Daming.

"How many ships need."

Wei Guangde said a little after groaning, "This, I said it was not good, but according to this list, if the ship was insufficient, it was necessary to transfer the cargo to the old port as soon as possible.

The Ministry of Military Affairs Yu Dajiu "

Saying here, Wei Guangde paused slightly, and suddenly asked again: "Where is the main force of the Nanhai Marine Division,"

"According to the previous war report, it should still stay in Myanmar."

When he heard the question, Tan Lun answered as soon as he thought.

"The Ministry of Military Affairs let him move his old port to receive goods. Although the Ministry of Rites sent the fleet to the old port south, he visited the Western countries with him."

Wei Guangde nodded and said immediately.

"Go back and arrange this matter."

Ma Ziqiang immediately said.

"Metropolitan courts and households, go down as soon as possible to transport the cargo to the monthly port to prepare for the ship.

The Ministry of Households must ensure the number and quality of the goods on the list, and the Metropolitan Institute sent staff to supervise strictly. "

In fact, Wei Guangde was most worried that the officials below were randomly charged, so this time the supervisor department of the Metropolitanian Institute was urgent.

Chen Yan did not object to hearing words. This is the duties of Duchangyuan, and it should be immediately.

"Who is it better this time?"

Ma Ziqiang asked again.

"Recommended by the Ministry of Rites, the cabinet reviews the red in the palace."

Wei Guangde said, "The main envoy is recommended by the Ministry of Elimination, and the deputy envoy will be charged by Yu Dazhen. He will also lead the water division to escort the regiment.

"No, it is the best choice to take office in person."

Tan Lunzheng nodded immediately.

"It is roughly like this.

Wei Guangde nodded, and then asked again.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, Li Youzi said: "There is no objection to the Ministry of Households. When you go back, you will give the liberal arts in various places."

"Didn't you need to add?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

Seeing everyone shook their heads, so I continued: "That's it. The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Metropolitan Institute immediately moved and arranged related matters.

In my palace, I asked the palace to set this matter.

This time, it is only one of them when the fleet goes out to sea. When it returns, it must be the Midno for the Gong of the Kingdom. Some of them should be planned early and must not be delayed. "

The matter was settled, and everyone resigned and left the cabinet to return, and they were busy with each other.

Wang Guoguang and Li Youzi were walking together, and whispered: "Hold this matter in the household, and give it to the following below to emphasize that the matter is greatly emphasized. Leakage "

When Wei Guangde talked about it, the list of goods and official fabrics drafted by the Ministry of Households also said it, and everyone did not oppose it.

"Master Shang Shu rest assured that before he received his post, he received the note of the Shoufu adult, which promoted the matter."

Li Youzi whispered.

"Shoufu also know?

Also, even if Wei Ge always said, he would contact him in the palace. "

Wang Guoguang nodded when he heard his words.

In the cabinet, Tan Lun left the latest. After others left, Tan Lun and Wei Guangde whispered: "Will they be unwilling to transfer the Jiangnan people's ships?"

"Whether you want to take the boat out of the boat, you don't want to give them out of the sea in the future. The Nanhai Water Division will always stare at their fleet."

Wei Guangde answered very simply. He kept the court order and would find a way to embarrass them.

"this"

Tan Lun was a little hesitant, but Wei Guangde laughed: "Didn't Chen Yan say there? This time, he went south to make Lao Kang as the main and responsible for monitoring the place.

I told him this that the role of the Duchangyuan was stronger at this time. "

"That's right."

Tan Lun nodded, and then said, "There is still a thing. He once province me and you were old consciousness. Before he did well in Sichuan, I planned to adjust him back to the Ministry of War to see if it was appropriate to replace the post of the Ministry of War. "

"Zeng Province?"

Hearing this name, Wei Guangde remembered the person he saw Peng Ze's restaurant that year.

"There are more than sixty in Kezhai, 4,600 are captives, and more than 400 miles of land are extended.

Wei Guangde said gently.

"Yeah, this is his merit in Sichuan. Liu Xian played well under his account, so I plan to adjust him to try it back."

Tan Lun said.

"Try it back to Beijing. In the past two years, you can bear it again.

Wei Guangde looked at Tan Lun.

Tan Lun nodded slightly. (This chapter is finished)