The Rise of the European Emperor

At this time, Li Dongyang hesitated and said:

"Brother, what you said is indeed very reasonable. However, if you really give all the craftsmen who can build treasure ships and their families to Lord Ma, Dongyang may be scolded by the people in the world. After all, how many gifts are there?" Thousands of people!"

Li Dongyang's character is a bit indecisive, so it's no problem to send tens of thousands of shipbuilders to Marin. However, as the chief assistant, if he contributed to this matter, he would definitely be scolded by the world. For Confucian officials, the most unbearable thing is to be accused by thousands of people.

"Oh, Binzhi...you have such a temper..." Liu Daxia shook his head.

Liu Daxia and Li Dongyang are two completely different types of people. Li Dongyang is timid and indecisive. And Liu Daxia is bold. At the beginning, Emperor Chenghua wanted to engage in great voyages, but in the end, Liu Daxia was just a driver, equivalent to a director. Emperor Chenghua wanted to find Zheng He's nautical charts to recreate the treasure ship's navigation, and then Liu Daxia, who was just a director, ate the bear's heart and leopard guts, and directly burned the treasure ship's blueprints and nautical charts. The strange thing is that because of this incident, not only did Liu Daxia not have any bad luck, but he was valued by all officials and became a model for Qingliu officials.

Of course, Liu Daxia did nothing wrong. Because, during the Chenghua period, Daming's finances were not well off, and it was even a little tight. If Emperor Chenghua really spent huge sums of money building treasure ships and sailing to the West, it is estimated that the Ming Dynasty's finances would collapse.

Because of this, Emperor Chenghua did not investigate the matter in the end, and all the officials unanimously praised Liu Daxia's courage and integrity.

However, it is also said that Liu Daxia just hid the treasure ship drawings and navigation charts. However, since then, there has been no record of treasure ships in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Liu Daxia actually burned the blueprint, because it's gone if he burns it or not.

(There is also a saying that the nautical charts and treasure ship drawings were not burned until the Qianlong period. After Qianlong had people "edit" the deleted and falsified version of the "Siku Quanshu", he burned all the historical documents of the Ming Dynasty It has left a historical problem that is difficult to solve for future generations.)

It can be seen from this that Liu Daxia is a bold and radical official, and he is not the same person as Li Dongyang. As for Li Dongyang's hesitation, while Liu Daxia was furious, he also helped to think of a solution——

"What Binzhi said is also very reasonable. If it is really a one-time gift to the Lord Ma of tens of thousands, no one in the world will agree..."

"Well, for the first time, we will give Ma Guozhu 1,000 shipbuilders and their families, and directly evacuate the craftsmen of Nanjing Longjiang Treasure Shipyard."

"As for the remaining craftsmen from other shipyards other than Longjiang Treasure Shipyard that participated in the manufacture of treasure ships, Binzhi and Ying Ning, you send your disciples to be officials in various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. Experienced shipwrights,

Bring them all up and send them to Lord Ma in batches..."

"But, for what reason will you give it to Lord Ma?" Li Dongyang asked.

Liu Daxia thought for a while and said:

"In this way, the imperial court will reward Ma Guozhu with 1,000 shipbuilders this time. But, Binzhi, you can find an order to allow Ma Guozhu to recruit shipbuilders in Daming territory. Of course, this is just a cover. Those shipbuilders are not They will voluntarily be recruited by those barbarians. Therefore, after our disciples become officials in the south of the Yangtze River, they can deceive those craftsmen, saying that there is an order from the imperial court, ordering them to go to Dongfan Island to assist Dongfan Xuanweisi in shipbuilding. Then, send Their whole family was sent to Ningbo or Fuzhou, and shipped to Ma Guozhu to transport away..."

"This... isn't this a lie?" Li Dongyang was a little dumbfounded.

"No, Binzhi, we are doing this for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. If we resume sailing to the West, Binzhi, do you think there will be money and food left in the treasury? Although the means are not fair, we are doing it for the good of the Ming Dynasty. Although there are flaws, we will Waiting is for the country and the people!" Liu Daxia said impassionedly.

At this time, Yang Yiqing also stood by Liu Daxia's side and persuaded Li Dongyang together. Yang Yiqing is also a bold and ruthless person who dared to take down Liu Jin. He agreed with Liu Daxia's plan very much, so he persuaded the indecisive Li Dongyang together with Liu Daxia...

Finally, Li Dongyang sighed——

"Forget it, for the sake of the imperial court and the people of the world, let Dongyang do an evil deed of deception!"

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After the three reached an agreement, they connected with the Minister of Qingliu one after another. The ministers of Qingliu also agreed with Liu Daxia's suggestion, believing that this move would benefit the country and the people.

Then, a few days later, the officials unanimously agreed on the resolution to reward the craftsmen to Marin. Moreover, the ministers have always decided to give Marin all the thousands of resident shipbuilders at Nanjing Longjiang Treasure Shipyard (when the real treasure ship is built, all provinces in the south of the Yangtze River will send craftsmen to support and carry out a "big battle")... …

Emperor Zhengde was a little hesitant. Originally, he wanted to keep a group of backbones from Longjiang Bao Shipyard for future use. But the ministers said one after another——Master Ma Linma sent such a high yield per mu of divine food, my Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and I cannot be ungrateful. Therefore, only by presenting the craftsmen of the entire Longjiang Treasure Shipyard to the other party can we express Daming's sincerity...

Now that Zhengde doesn't have Liu Jin's sharp knife, Zhang Yong and others can't use it. Therefore, Zhengde can only be defeated...

At the same time, the cabinet also ordered to allow Marin to recruit craftsmen in Daming, and the imperial court will also provide some convenience...

Marin almost died of joy after hearing this order...

why? Because this order said "allow Marin to recruit craftsmen in Daming", rather than restricting the recruitment of shipbuilding craftsmen.

In the future, as long as Marin has the means and bribes in place, other craftsmen can be recruited besides shipbuilders. In particular, the porcelain artisans of official kilns are the real masters! If he can make porcelain, Marin will get the money printing machine in the future...

Moreover, Marin clearly remembered that on the west side of the Taipei Basin on Taiwan Island in later generations, near the junction of New Taipei City and Taoyuan, there was an area called Yingge, which was a famous ceramic producing area. In other words, there is porcelain clay over there.

As long as Ma Lincoln spends a lot of money and digs up a few master craftsmen who burn porcelain in Jingdezhen, he can build a ceramics base on Taiwan Island. Then, if you want to buy horse bone china, a modern ceramic that doesn't even exist in the Ming Dynasty, it's hard not to make a profit...

After receiving the order from the imperial court, Ma Lin, whose eyes were full of petty money, was so excited that he could only say "Thank you, Lord Long En"...

In fact, Li Dongyang and others can't do anything, because they can't say "allow Marin to recruit shipbuilders in Daming territory". Otherwise, with Zhengde's cleverness, he must have guessed that the courtiers were targeting him. With the stubborn temper of a bear child, it may have the opposite effect.

Therefore, the ministers deliberated and simply omitted "shipbuilder" as "artisan". Moreover, the ministers believed that the craftsmen were under the control of the officials, and even if Marin wanted to recruit, he had to agree with the officials.

However, they forgot that civil servants in Ming Dynasty are very corrupt. And Marin is just very good at beating people to death with money... So, they are also digging holes to bury themselves. However, Confucian officials don't look down on craftsmen. Even if a large number of craftsmen are poached, they probably won't feel bad...

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Later, when Li Dongyang found Marin in private and expressed his willingness to cooperate in private and gave him all the craftsmen who could build treasure ships, Marin was so excited that he couldn't sleep for two consecutive nights...

Pie from the sky, it knocked Marin unconscious...

When he heard that this was the idea of ​​Liu Daxia, one of the "Outstanding Ministers of the Ming Dynasty" and one of the "Three Gentlemen of Hongzhi", he was a little unhappy at first because of Huaxia's soul. But thinking of the benefits brought to him by this move, Marin was so happy in an instant, and couldn't help but want to shout - Liu Daxia, I love you to death! I thank you eight generations of ancestors!

This is a shocking leak! With the thousands of shipbuilders with ancestral crafts provided by the "Loyalty of Ming Dynasty", Marin's shipbuilding speed must be greatly accelerated. And with the permission to recruit craftsmen full of loopholes, Marin has the opportunity to get more craftsmen from other industries...