strictlysupreme Chapter 593 New Year's Hope
Chapter 593 New Year's Hope
Chapter 593 New Year's Hope
The sunset in the west glows red, and the contiguous red palaces under the sunset create a certain sense of sanctity and nobility under the cover of white snow.There were footprints on the way out of the palace, and at the end of the footprints was a mature official wearing a round-collared blue robe and a black gauze hat.
This is Jing Yang's third day on this road, and also his third day officially in the attendant's room.
I got acquainted with it two days ago, and learned a lot today.
However, as a close servant of the emperor, the most troublesome things are actually not in the palace, but outside the palace.
It's okay for some outsiders who don't know him, and many acquaintances also tried their best to enter his door.
At the beginning, he entertained and entertained until his pockets became scarce. He really had no other choice. He didn't want others to give him money, so he could only hide.
In extreme times, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could even control what the ministers ate at home the night before. How could Zhu Houzhao not know about Jing Yang’s situation?
But he did not intervene further.
Officials have to get used to being surrounded by stars when they take office and being poor in front of the door when they leave office.
And he was too lazy to intervene. During the Chinese New Year, it was quite leisurely. Zhu Houzhao himself had time to change his mind. The grounds outside Qianqing Palace were covered with thick snow.
When he was idle and bored, he also grabbed them and rolled them into snowballs for fun. Walking in the snow scene was also an elegant thing. Unfortunately, the situation was unstable recently, and he couldn't leave the palace.
After all, it was a dangerous time, and there was no need to make fun of your own life. Even if nothing happened, the city would be full of storms if you really met an assassin, so he didn't like it very much.
So, one more thing is worse than one less thing, just go around in the palace.
"I've seen the two thousand treasure ship you gave me. I didn't tell anyone about it, but I think it's still a little small."
Mei Kejia is the father-in-law, but he is also a courtier. He lowered his head and said, "Forgive Your Majesty, the shipyard can only build such ships now, but I have already offered a reward to encourage the boatmen to build bigger ships! There is a kind of four The thousand-material ship is already being trial-produced, but I am not sure, so I dare not show it to His Majesty."
"You still understand what I mean."
"Your Majesty appreciates it."
The relationship between Zhu Houzhao and Mei Kejia became closer.
Mei Kejia is actually very important, so he inevitably used such methods as knighting and marriage.
"Have you read Zaiyan and Zaiyan?"
Mei Kejia relaxed slightly when talking about family affairs, "I've seen it all. Although the two princes are still young, they are both well-mannered."
"Praise your grandson?"
"That is also His Majesty's prince."
Zhu Houzhao laughed, stepping on the snow casually with one foot deep and one foot shallow, "This year, Haimao Bank has dropped a bit, and I have to take it out for dividends. There are only about 120 million taels left in my hands."
"Your Majesty, my minister..."
"Hey. I don't mean to blame. The imperial court is gradually improving the clean-up of the military settlements, and the pressure on money and food is not great. It's just that we really have to find a way to deal with overseas affairs. The ancestors of Duke Cheng, Duke Ding, and Duke Ying are all He who has done great things,
In the second year of Zhengde's reign, I used hard and soft tactics to get them to hand over their land and buy shares. In less than three years, their income has dropped, which is unjustifiable.If I go down any further, I will become a king who keeps his word but does not keep his word.What happened in Nanyang? "
Mei Kejia also reported the truth, "Your Majesty, after Daming opened the sea, in addition to the official ones, merchants from all over the world are also going to sea. This Frangji man is not stupid. They know that Daming earns a lot of money, and they can They bought it from other places, so they began to push down the prices of silk and ceramics. At the same time, they threatened and lured Luzon and other island countries in private. If they are willing to cooperate with them, they will unite and propose conditions to us. All kinds of force."
Bang!
Zhu Houzhao threw the snowball in his hand to the frozen lake, as if competing with himself, and said: "I must have a strong navy! Emperor Taizong also set up the Old Port Propaganda Department there for 100 years. , They should all have forgotten. Oh, yes, I mentioned earlier that you sent some people to learn Frangipani, have you not forgotten?"
"Your Majesty has given me the task, how dare I forget? There are 20 people in total, and I have already selected them. They are all learning. However, learning a foreign language does not happen overnight, so I have to ask Your Majesty to wait a little longer."
"Can you find a teacher? It's best to hire someone from the capital, for a long time. You can negotiate the terms. It doesn't matter if you give me some money."
Mei Kejia was a little confused,
"Your Majesty... Do you want to invite him to the capital? Your Majesty also wants to learn those languages?"
"I'm learning by the way," Zhu Houzhao waved his hand. "It's mainly about Zaifeng and Zaiyi. I want them all to learn."
"Ah? This..."
"Too many skills don't overwhelm you, don't you want them to know more?"
Mei Kejia also knew that matters related to the prince were sensitive, so he immediately said: "Of course I also hope that they will all become talents in the future, but according to the ancestral system... the two princes will both become vassals in the future."
If you want to be a fan, it depends on where it is.
"I have my own plan. You go and find this Western gentleman first."
In fact, Zailong and Zaiyu are more appropriate.If you are really the queen's child, and you don't focus on the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but mess with this kind of things, you can see whether the old men in the court are fighting for you or not.
There are also advantages to being a concubine, and it doesn't matter if the emperor really wants to bother with it.
To put it bluntly, if you speak a foreign language fluently, you should be the prince or the prince from now on.
So Zhu Houzhao has reasons for doing things, and the two children are about the same age.He asked this Western gentleman to help Zai Yi and Zai Yi broaden their horizons and increase their knowledge, and let them know that there are dozens or hundreds of other countries in this world besides Ming Dynasty.
Mei Kejia also knew that the emperor was new to new tricks, so it was hard to say too much. He could only say that he was the leader.
"Chen...actually, I really know one, and he mentioned that he would come to Daming."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was delighted, "Then let him come."
"At that time, I didn't dare to make a claim, and he was not alone, but a family. He stayed in the hinterland of the Central Plains for a long time. I was afraid that the common people would watch him, and the image would be bad."
"You are so worried. After you leave the palace, you will send someone to bring this whole family to the capital. Is such a big place too big for the whole family to live in?"
Mei Kejia thought that he had stopped talking here, so he might as well ask for instructions again, "Your Majesty, I have one more thing. Some of the overseas countries want to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to pay homage to Your Majesty. Is this possible?"
Zhu Houzhao nodded without hesitation, "Yes, you can ask them all to come, ministers and children are fine, Daming is good to neighbors, of course they are welcome. But you have to send someone who can talk, don't talk for a long time and can't decide things, come one by one I can't afford to be delayed for another year. Ping Haibo, you should have mentioned this matter to me earlier, even if you included a sentence in your letter."
Mei Kejia was also a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty forgive me, I feel that overseas people don't understand the kingly ways of the Central Plains, and many of them come here for profit. If this is the case, I am worried that I will offend Your Majesty and the officials in the court. "
"You are a businessman, why do you have so many rules?" Zhu Houzhao didn't say that anymore, "This time of winter is not suitable, it is too cold, and there is no life. You can answer them this time when you go back. As long as you are sincere, then I will Welcome, pick a summer or autumn and bring them together."
Mei Kejia was a little happy, "The humble minister complies with the order. If this is the case, then the minister can also use the technique of combining vertical and horizontal, and it may not be impossible to fight against the Flang machine!"
"What's the point of cooperating with them? It's enough to build a good ship and a good gun."
"Your Majesty said yes."
"Then it's agreed. I'll be waiting for you this year. Don't let me down."
Mei Kejia raised the volume a little, "Yes!"
Well, Ming Dynasty has gradually become prosperous. At this time, all nations should come to court, even if the Tatars want to come, he is willing.
He didn't want to fight Dayan Khan before, because if he didn't win, he would just eat and drink, which was boring.If you win the battle, then there is no problem. You can make some demands at that time. If you don't agree, you can send troops to fight again at some time.
"Okay!" Zhu Houzhao was happy in his heart, and he had something to look forward to this year.
(End of this chapter)