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Chapter 214 Zheng He's Return to the Court

The products to be traded in these ocean trade exchanges, such as tea, silk, silk porcelain, and some special commodities of the Ming Dynasty, if these commodities want to occupy farmland, or if they want to occupy other resources, reasonable and proper arrangements must be made and Differentiation, so as to avoid the adverse effects of large-scale reformation of rice and mulberry in the following farmland.

Now the Ming Dynasty still has to be based on agriculture, and there is no enough to eat. Everything else is nonsense. Now the agricultural productivity and food storage are far from the freedom of food. Starving to death has become a common occurrence.

In order to prevent these people from abandoning their farmland for the huge profits of these ocean trades and making them barren, resulting in a decline in the yield per mu in the entire Jiangnan area, what the entire country needs most now is food.

On the other hand, it is also necessary to increase food production. These are the most important things. Many food crops and excellent food crop varieties can be obtained through ocean trade.

These should also be taken as an important part of the activities of voyages to the West. The voyages to the West are not only for the promotion of national dignity, but also for face and face.

But in the past two years, it should be said that the two voyages to the West have not achieved the desired results.

In his early years, Zeng Yunfeng had written a memorial to Zhu Di, the Emperor of Yongle, explaining in detail the functions of the voyage to the West. He was not only a measure used by the emperor to promote the country's prestige to appease the surrounding countries, it should also be extended.

Let it extract the maximum profit and the greatest benefit, so that in the future, the voyages to the West will be self-sufficient, and there is no need for the state to send a lot of power to support such voyages to the West.

Otherwise, it will be unsustainable to use this kind of politics as the command, while ignoring economic benefits as a tribute trade to the West.

After Zeng Yunfeng's paper was uploaded, it attracted the attention of Prince Zhu Gaochi and Emperor Yongle Zhu Di.

Then Zheng He was brought together to discuss the next work with several cabinet members, and Zheng He also formally contacted Zeng Yunfeng, and understood his knowledge of ocean trade and various maritime affairs and ships.

So after Zheng He's first voyage to the West, a large-scale transformation began.

Vigorously develop heavy artillery and the classification of various commodity trades and the formulation of various policies for various ports, trade and prosperity of private trade.

In the seventh year of Yongle, Zheng He sailed to the West again, leading new ships full of goods and trading items, and following a large number of commercial fleets, they set off from the capital of the entire Ming Dynasty, and then gathered caravans from all over the way to Nanyang, Yongle ten years Zheng He finally came back with his fleet.

Zhu Di, the Emperor of Yongle, met him in a grand manner, and gave him all the etiquette that could be given, which can be regarded as an embarrassment to Emperor Zhu Di.

Zheng He's name is also very long, the eunuch of the inner palace, the eunuch of the city, the director of the ship department, the commander of the Ocean Treasure Fleet, Zheng He.

Zheng He can be regarded as the most powerful eunuch in the past and present. His deeds are well-known in history. When talking about eunuchs, he is the first one. Emperor Yongle made him a success.

And this time he went overseas not only to transport the fleet, but also fought a battle with other countries, so you can say it is awesome or not.

Zheng He's fleet returned to Taicang, and the boundless fleet told people what a prosperous dynasty is like. Zeng Yunfeng saw the high-spirited Zheng He and thought that it would be great if this prosperous age could not end before his own death.

Now that the territory of Ming Dynasty is the largest, Heilongjiang in Liaodong to the mouth of the sea and Songhuajia Nenjiang Liaohe River Basin plus the Outer Xing'an Mountains are all within the territory. There is no need for Zeng Yunfeng to recover like Zhu Chuanwu at that time.

There are two missing pieces in the puzzle of the current territory of Ming Dynasty, one is the Western Region and the other is Mongolia. The strategic location of these two places is very important, but Daming’s strength is not enough. The Western Region is now divided by Mongolian tribes. The north and northwest of Daming are both They are all the khanates left by the Borzhijin clan, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and the Golden Horde Khanate.

Zheng He's original name was Ma Bao, and he led horses for Yan Wang Zhu Di in his early years. Later, when he was Jing Nan, he served as Yan Wang's right forward, and he was not bad at all in fighting.

The current Zheng He has been guided by Zeng Yunfeng, and his fleet of warships has become even more powerful, and now his footprints are all over the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. As soon as he came back, the money bag of Yongle Emperor Zhu Di suddenly swelled.

This time, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di was going to fight Mahamu, and he was rich in conquering Wala Arutai, so as to save his own cheap son Zhu Gaochi from saying in front of him every day, no money, no money, no money.

This time Zheng He came to support the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di. This time he not only brought back a lot of money, but also brought back envoys from various countries. There are a large group of people in this area, although the envoys from these countries are all There are envoys from some small countries, but they can't stand the crowd.

Emperor Yongle ordered the eunuch Zheng He, deputy envoy Wang Jinghong, and Hou Xian to lead more than 59 officers and soldiers and drive [-] ships, including many new warships and merchant ships, as well as the following caravans. The warships were equipped with cannons. Set sail from Liujiagang, Taicang.

Zheng He successively went to Champa, Bintonglong, Chenla, Siam, Jalimartin, Jiaolan Mountain, Java, Chongjialuo, Jirimandi, Guli, Manlajia, Pahang, Dongxizhu, Longyajia Miao, Danyang, Sumatra, Huamian, Ambergris Islet, Cuilanyu, Aru, Ceylon, Xiaogelan, Kezhi, Banggala, Pulawa, Zhubu, Mugudushu, Su Lu and other countries.

There are cannons and commodities along the way, but there are blind people on the road. The decisive Zheng He fed them cannonballs.

Under Zeng Yunfeng's trading policy of "swords and guns in one hand and commodities in the other hand", the third voyage to the West has achieved very huge trade profits. The situation is that Zheng He's voyages to the West have destroyed countless countries. It is really a transaction, and you want others to listen to you Yes, either because they are highly respected, or because they are powerful.

When Zheng He's fleet was still in court, the profits gained from this voyage to the West were equivalent to a large-scale attack on a country, which made war profits.

At the same time, not only the voyages to the West, but also the departure and return of the fleet to the four northeastern island countries of Koryo and other places for business, brought a large amount of copper and various rare and scarce materials to make up for the shortage in many places in the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Yongle was very happy about this kind of voyage to the West, because he had money all of a sudden, and because Emperor Yongle had money all of a sudden, he made up for the original 50 troops, went deep into Mobei, conquered Tatar himself, the deficit of the court, and economic problems All of a sudden it got better, and the emperor Zhu Di also rewarded Zeng Yunfeng with a lot of gold and silver.

"Here, keep it safe!" Zeng Yunfeng said as he handed over all the gold and silver rewards from the emperor to Fang Yanran.

"Yes!" Fang Yanran saluted slightly, but there was no joy or other expressions on her face.

I don't know why Zeng Yunfeng feels that his wife and himself are always inseparable, which is weird.

Emperor Yongle Zhu Di also opened several ports in the area near the capital and the port in Quanzhou because of this incident.

Ocean trade was opened to a limited extent, and a high luxury tax was set up to control ocean trade. Thanks to Zeng Yunfeng's suggestion, Emperor Yongle adopted Zeng Yunfeng's suggestion of continuous ocean trade for a long time.

The voyages to the West follow the influence of the monsoon and continue to be carried out every year. Small batches of East Asian trade can still be carried out, but the distance is much shorter. Basically, it only covers the current four northeastern island countries of Koryo and Southeast Asia. Spices and precious supplies.

In the past few years, the development of artillery has also been greatly improved. Now Zeng Yunfeng can be regarded as the sweet pastry of the newly built firearms battalion under Emperor Yongle, and even the sweet pastry of his craftsmen who made firearms and ships.

The improvement of many treasure ships voyaging to the west made private businessmen also see the direction of improvement of these fleets.

This large-scale organization of ocean trade to the West not only prospered the open ports in various places, but also brought huge dividends to the entire Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty brought profits without letting these businessmen escape the control of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng He’s return this time not only brought a lot of tribute envoys, but also brought some troubles, that is, Emperor Yongle Zhu Di wanted to mediate disputes for these coastal countries. Now the entire Nanyang region, including the vicinity of the Three Kingdoms Ocean, basically relies on the sea. All countries accept the regulation of the Ming Dynasty.

The countries in Southeast Asia also agreed that the Ming Dynasty was the most just country. At this time, there is nothing like the British Empire in this place.

Coupled with the battleship artillery brought by Zheng He's fleet this time, many countries realized that once the Ming Dynasty showed its fangs, almost no country could bear it.

Emperor Zhu Di of Yongle has always talked about the principles of benevolence and righteousness. Many envoys brought back this time also sent many students to the Taixue in Yingtianfu to learn the culture of the Central Plains.

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