The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Tan Lunzhi had already had two years ago, but temporarily stranded because he had not found a suitable candidate.

During this period, the people nearby were almost tried, but there were no suitable candidates.

After all, it is a military affairs. The plan of the country, Wei Guangde is not assured to give it to the trust but mediocre ability. It is irresponsible to the country and finds things for himself.

If these unimportant yards are not important, it doesn't matter, but the Ministry of Military Affairs is an important point of real power, and Wei Guangde cannot do the extent of any relatives.

Now that Tan Lun has proposed a candidate, it is his old acquaintance. Wei Guangde has to think about the performance of my governor in Sichuan in the past years.

Zeng Province was promoted, and it was naturally not his Wei Guangde, but Zhang Juzheng, fellow.

Although his ancestral home was in Peng Ze, Jiangxi, his household registration was already the Huguang Chengtianfu, and that year, he was just returning to Peng Ze to worship his ancestors.

Well, the connection of blood in China is a very important link in China, and the most valued ethnic relations.

"First adjust him to the Ministry of Military Affairs to be a waiter."

Wei Guangde said to Tan Lun, and then the two were separated. Tan Lun returned to the Ministry of Military Department to handle the next transaction, while Wei Guangde went directly to the palace to report the results of the Cabinet.

In fact, Wei Guangde proposed this matter and was supported by Zhang Juzheng. Naturally, the probability of adopting the Jiuqing meeting in the palace was very high.

After all, the officials in several key positions are Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde, and they will not have the opposite opinions on this matter.

Empress Dowager Chen and Queen Mother Li obviously did not expect too much. I didn't know that the imperial court had opposed the west. The fundamental reason was that the interest distribution was unreasonable.

They thought they had lost money to the West, so they were only opposed by Ministers of the Manchu.

Now seeing the support of the courtiers, thinking of the grand scene of the emperor's wedding, naturally they couldn't get together.

"Okay, Wei Aiqing, since the court has passed, the Ai family will not say anything. I just hope you are diligent in king's affairs and worry about it in this matter."

Queen Mother Chen said happily.

"The minister obeys the purpose, and will not let the queen queen be disappointed."

Wei Guangde said loudly.

"Wei Aiqing, this time the western invitation to invite the countries of the country, how long is it expected?"

Queen Mother Li asked at this time.

"The shortest is two years, and the longest does not exceed three years.

Chen thought that when the emperor was 17 or eight, he would be able to return at the age of seventeen. At that time, the Ministry of Rites would prepare the preparation of His Majesty's wedding ceremony and be fine. "

Wei Guangde dare not guarantee that this matter can be completed in two years. After all, it has been going to the Western in the Western, and now the sea has changed too much.

Although the Zhenghe fleet is more than two years of time, it is always good to leave a little advance in doing things.

Therefore, Wei Guangde gave the time to the sea for three years, and maybe he can bring back some European countries.

The kings of the small countries in Europe will not come to Daming, the road is too far, and they dare not gamble whether the country will become chaos when they leave.

In Wei Guangde's impression, the small European countries seemed to be in a state of chaos.

Of course, because of this confusion, their military technology has made rapid progress during this time.

It is as if the Chinese invented various weapons in the war, but after entering the Daming period, due to the stability of the country and less war, the military technology began to stagnate.

Don't think that the threat of Mongolia is great. In fact, it is really nothing in Daming's eyes. The Ming Army relying on existing weapons is sufficient to cope.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the development of military technology fell into stagnation.

Knowing that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, he contacted the Western people and found that Francisters and Birds were immediately created.

It can be seen how much the influence of Chengping on military technology in the past two hundred years.

Speaking of which, the old saying that "the country's good fighting will die, forgetting to fight in danger" is still somewhat contradictory. It may not be necessary to forget, and it may be stronger and stronger, mainly in the control of rhythm.

As long as the country is not arbitrarily war, but after each battle is over, there will be a cultivation time to fully digest the war dividends. When the dividends disappear, find the next war, and the results will be completely different.

The situation of war that leaning against strong and weakness is undoubtedly the best situation for an expanding empire.

Now, Daming needs time to digest the southwest dividend. When the local situation is stable, the locals accept the rule of Daming and provide benefits for Daming to find the next goal.

Wei Guangde left the Ciqing Palace and returned to the cabinet, with a kind smile on his face.

He thought his judgment was enough, and he did not know what reaction he would make after the Daming fleet entered the Indian Ocean, which was regarded by Portugal as the Inland Sea.

Yes, Wei Guangde finally lacked enough information about the current international situation. He or Jin Yiwei did not spy to Europe at all of his information at this time.

The current sea has been handed over to Spain and Portugal by the Pope.

Daming's west will inevitably harm Portugal's national interests, while Daming East East endangers Spain's maritime hegemony.

At this time, the Pacific Ocean was regarded by the Spaniards as the containing sea.

Wei Guangde, who returned to the cabinet, did not deal with government affairs, and he was still looking at domestic ships.

To be honest, somewhat disappointed.

At present, only the six double -layer cannon boats originally ordered by the Nanhai Marine Division can be regarded as the sea merchant fortress of this era, and the others are warships equipped with cannons from various blessing boats.

As for the sea vessels used by the sea merchants, most of them are this category.

Its combat power was even inferior to the Western armed merchant ships that Wei Guangde knew about.

However, Wei Guangde did not know that in Spain, merchant ships were actually similar to warships, but they carried fewer artillery, and the space and weight were used for loading.

The specialized warship type galleon was still slowly developing, and eventually became a weapon for Britain to replace Spain's maritime hegemony.

In this era, the sea was still dominated by caracara, or Spanish galleons.

The Ming Navy would inevitably have a violent collision with the two current international hegemons, which was something Wei Guangde had not expected.

However, at this time, the officialdom of the capital of the Ming Dynasty had exploded.

Yes, after the cabinet meeting, the news spread like wildfire, and all officials were talking about it.

Because many officials did not understand the key to the court disputes at that time, they blindly echoed the old opinions of the previous dynasty and firmly opposed the navy's voyage to the West.

In fact, many officials have always been dissatisfied with Wei Guangde's move to promote the navy, and even some officials from Jiangnan.

They support the lifting of the sea ban, but do not support the court's investment of real money to the navy.

The navy's cost is only one of the reasons for their opposition. More importantly, it is because the intervention of the government at sea is not necessarily a good thing for maritime merchants. This means that the sea will be supervised by the court, and they cannot do things recklessly at sea.

Later, the news that the Ming navy entered Xiaoliuqiu and even got half of Luzon was quietly circulated in the officialdom of the capital.

It's just that because the court did not make a big fuss about this matter, and the top leaders seemed to let it go, even those who wanted to impeach had to stop.

After all, the navy's move was also to expand the territory of the Ming Empire. Is it wrong to do so?

Just think about it, impeachment will have no effect except offending people.

But now Wei Guangde wants the navy to go to the West, which is "costing people and money" again, and the situation is different.

Many officials have secretly started to collude and prepare to start impeachment, and the target is directly pointed at the voyage to the West.

Such memorials are easy to write, and they can be settled by copying the Xuande court meeting.

In the Ministry of War, after Tan Lun returned, he began to order the transfer of ships to Zhejiang, and also began to search for documents about Zheng He's voyage to the West.

When going to the West, we must know which places he went to, which countries he had contact with, and which tributary relations he established.

However, the problem was exposed after this investigation.

There were not many books recording Zheng He's voyage to the West, and even if they were found, they were only minor details, not the most important information at all.

This is very fatal.

Tan Lun was furious and immediately scolded the doctor in charge of the documents and archives, asking them to find it as soon as possible, even if they had to turn the warehouse over.

"Sir, this document was deliberately hidden by someone, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find."

The doctor was scolded by Tan Lun, and when Tan Lun was tired of scolding, he defended himself.

"What do you mean? Who is so bold?"

Tan Lun was shocked and asked immediately.

"Sir, this happened many years ago. Those who knew the whereabouts of the documents have long passed away."

The doctor cried a little aggrieved.

"Shut up and tell me what happened in detail?"

Tan Lun continued to ask about this matter. What if the navy went to the West and couldn't find these materials?

You know, the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to archive management.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to the collection of Yuan Dynasty archives. During the uprising, he constantly ordered his subordinates to pay attention to collecting Yuan Dynasty archives and materials, and also encouraged Yuan Dynasty generals to surrender with archives and books.

So these archives played a very important role in Zhu Yuanzhang's military victory, consolidating the social order in the early Ming Dynasty, restoring and developing the economy, and establishing various systems.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang carefully and detailed the archive management, ensuring that the information was kept intact and "never deleted".

In other words, the court documents can never be destroyed, even if they are stored for too long or there is not enough space, and new warehouses are built for storage, they are also prohibited from being destroyed.

The archive warehouses established in the Ming Dynasty mainly include the Imperial History, the Cabinet, and the Yellow Book. These are the three archive warehouses for the storage of central documents. Each ministry and local government also has its own archive warehouse - the Jiage warehouse.

The Jiage warehouse is a warehouse that stores archives in the form of a cabinet. As a comprehensive archive institution at the time, the Jiage warehouse not only stores books but also documents. Some local governments also set up special areas in the Jiage warehouse to store the yellow books in the area under their jurisdiction.

The crime of losing documents is also very serious. The punishment ranges from dismissal to death.

Under such a punishment, how could Tan Lun not be shocked?

"This is all about the Chenghua Dynasty, and it was passed down by word of mouth by the warehouse manager."

The manager had no choice but to tell Tan Lun what the previous manager left when he took over.

It turns out that during the Chenghua period, Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty favored eunuch Wang Zhi, who established the Western Factory.

At that time, Laos in Southeast Asia was attacking Annan. In order to please Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhi instigated Emperor Xianzong to send troops to annex Annan.

Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty also wanted to expand his territory, and was very tempted by Wang Zhi's suggestion.

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di sent Duke of Yingguo Zhang Fu to attack Annan, leaving behind many military archives.

Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty then summoned Yu Zijun, the Minister of War, and asked him to retrieve the military archives of Zhang Fu's attack on Annan in preparation for his own attack on Vietnam.

Yu Zijun sent people to check for a long time and found that the file was lost.

It turned out that Liu Daxia had heard that Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty was going to attack Annan, so he hid the file first.

Yu Zijun, the Minister of War, couldn't find it after searching for a long time, so Liu Daxia secretly said to him: "Once the war starts, the southwest will be in chaos."

That means that once the war starts, the people in the southwest will suffer.

After hearing this, Yu Zijun immediately realized it, so he immediately shirked his responsibility.

In the end, Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty failed to send troops, and the people in the southwest were spared.

After that, Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty liked rare treasures, so eunuchs such as Wang Zhi persuaded Emperor Xianzong to follow the example of Zheng He's voyages to the West and send capable eunuchs to sea to find treasures.

Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty believed the eunuchs' words and sent people to the Ministry of War to retrieve the files of Zheng He's voyages to the West.

Perhaps he tasted the sweetness of hiding the files, and then Liu Daxia hid them again, and this time he hid the files of Zheng He's voyages to the West.

Liu Daxia believed that Zheng He's voyage to the West would cost a huge amount of money and cause the death and injury of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Even if he obtained rare treasures, it would not benefit the country and the people's livelihood.

"When he took office, he said to Xiang Shangshu of the Ministry of War that Sanbao's voyage to the West would waste hundreds of thousands of money and grain, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians would die. Even if he got rare treasures, what benefit would it bring to the country! This is a particularly bad policy at the moment, and the ministers should be strongly advised. Although there are old cases, they should be destroyed to root out the roots."

Hearing the chief say this, Tan Lun's heart immediately jumped and asked anxiously: "Can the documents be destroyed?"

"No, I just don't know how they were hidden."

The chief hurriedly replied that he dared not say this casually. In fact, there are records in the handover documents, and they will be known after a check.

This is also the reason why the warehouse supervisor at that time was worried that he would be investigated by the court afterwards, and he and his family would be held responsible if the search was fruitless.

If the files were really lost, I am afraid that the whole family would be brought into an irreparable situation.

Leave a message to the successor, at least he knows what happened back then. As the saying goes, "every grievance has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor." If there is something wrong, go to Liu Daxia's ancestral grave.

"That's good. Since it is hidden, it can always be found."

Tan Lun breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said fiercely: "Arsenal. No, all the people in the department are called to the cabinet library. Even if they have to dig three feet underground, they must find all the documents for me."

Later generations rumored that the documents of Zheng He's voyages to the West were destroyed by Liu Daxia. This is actually difficult to say, just as there are rumors that tens of millions of Ming Dynasty archives were destroyed during the Qianlong period, and Zheng He's documents were rumored to be among them.

However, under normal circumstances, Liu Daxia should dare to hide the documents, but he would never dare to destroy them, because the crime was too serious and could not be washed away. Emperor Qianlong could burn them clean with one fire.

All of a sudden, the officials in the Ministry of War who were still discussing were called by their superiors to the cabinet library to find documents, and they had no time to discuss the navy's voyages to the West.

The situation in the Ministry of Revenue was similar, but it did not involve a major war. It was just busy sending letters to various places in Jiangnan and transferring items from local treasuries to Zhejiang.

In the Ministry of Rites, Ma Ziqiang summoned two assistant ministers to discuss the selection of envoys.

When the news spread, some officials who wanted to make memorials to discuss the matter immediately stopped. (End of this chapter)