Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 303 The Great Voyage Age

In Xiangjiang Port, Chen Youshan saw that the South China Sea Fleet had already arrived at the port and had not informed in advance that it would return. This sudden return made him a little puzzled.

When the fleet slowly approached the shore, he saw an old warship in the middle of the fleet. It looked like it was a few years ago, and it still had sails. It was the first generation of steam warships. Battleships have been completely eliminated.

"Whose ship is this, and how can it be escorted by the South China Sea Steam Mothership Fleet?" Chen Youshan was full of doubts.

When Zhu Zhanqian and Zhu Zhanji got off the boat, Chen Youshan immediately stepped forward to greet them.

"My minister, Chen Youshan, magistrate of Xiangjiang County, didn't know that the two Highnesses were coming, and I was far away from welcoming you. Your Highness, please punish me."

Zhu Zhanqian's complexion was not good, and he said coldly: "Call the craftsmen who built the Tianfei statue, I want to build a new statue next to the Tianfei statue."

"what?"

"Zheng He is back."

Chen Youshan's face was full of joy: "Master Zheng He is back?"

But the joy disappeared in an instant, because Zheng He was carried down and covered with a white cloth, and he knew what it meant.

"This... this..." Chen Youshan was speechless for a while.

He fought with Zheng He in the Zhoushan naval battle, and he has a very clear understanding of Zheng He's command ability in naval battles. How did Zheng He die in his prime?

I thought that he came back after sailing around the world, and verified Zhu Zhanqin's conjecture back then, but he never expected such an ending.

He also thought of the possibility that Zheng He died of natural causes, but looking at Zhu Zhanqian's face, if Zheng He died of natural causes, Zhu Zhanqian's expression could not be so embarrassing.

The hateful face was really scary.

He looked like a man-eating beast. I couldn't tell how ferocious his face was, but his whole body exuded the aura of killing people.

"Announce to the world that Zheng He is back. Zheng He has completed his global travel. There will be two statues in the port of Xiangjiang Port. The concubine Tian will welcome her back and Zheng He will escort her. I want the whole world and future generations to remember Zheng He forever." with."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Zhanqian looked at Zhu Zhanji: "Brother, I don't plan to go back to the capital, please tell my father that it should not be a big problem for the Hongxi Literature Award to proceed step by step. I plan to start sailing to the west from now on." The affairs of the countries of Europa."

"This is a big matter, and I have to let my father discuss it with the important officials in the court."

But at this time, Zhu Zhanqian insisted on making a decision: "Go to a place in the west that we don't know. Will agree."

"You know all these truths about Zhan Qian, but you still..."

"Yes, I know, so I don't plan to discuss it with them. I discuss it with my elder brother. Brother, you have to support me."

Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Zhanji sincerely, and wanted to finalize Zhu Zhanji as an ally.

"But..." Zhu Zhanji still felt that it was too risky to rashly decide to attack the European countries that Zheng He had just discovered.

Zhu Zhanqian gritted his teeth and said: "Hou Xian asked Zheng He to come back first, and he stayed on the island next to Europa. He is waiting for me to go there, waiting for me to avenge Zheng He. Eight hundred soldiers are still outside, waiting for our army to come to help. Are they disregarding their life and death? Are they allowed to trample on the dignity of our Daming and do nothing?"

"Zhan, I didn't mean that..."

"I understand big brother's concerns, but I must fight this battle, and I will start preparing now. I will strive to send the first batch of people there before the end of the year."

What Zhu Zhanji is worried about now is that Zhu Zhanqian is blinded by hatred and insists on going his own way. Moreover, based on his understanding of Zhu Zhanqian, Zhu Zhanqian is not good at fighting. It's very ordinary, if he goes on like this, I'm afraid it won't be a good thing.

And he himself is about to go to the Northern Expedition, which means that now Da Ming has to fight on two fronts, and one of them is a long line.

Daming had just made a northern expedition to the west, and it had only been stable for two years. He had to come again. The difficulty of the northern expedition was lower than before, but this time, there was no doubt that half of Daming's financial resources had to be spent on it, which made him, the crown prince. Very difficult.

Zhu Zhanqian predicted his embarrassment and his character of weighing pros and cons, so he had a special conversation with him on the boat.

Everyone said that the king of the sea is so powerful that he will be the prince's confidant in the future. The situation between the brothers will eventually become the same as that of the king of Han and the current emperor. Many people have already given Zhu Zhanji an idea, and started to suppress Zhu Zhanji earlier, even He was ruthless, and hoped that Zhu Zhanqian would be released soon.

Taking advantage of Zheng He's affairs and Zhu Zhanji also talking about the matter, Zhu Zhanji's meaning is obvious: You support my Western Expedition, and I fully support my eldest brother's ascension to the throne as emperor, and I will never compete with my eldest brother for the throne.

To put it bluntly and harshly, I surrender this world, surrender!
It is true that Zhu Zhanji is good at weighing the pros and cons. Zhu Zhanji wanted to give him the greatest benefit. Afterwards, everyone asked him to look at the situation. When weighing, he had to put this matter first.

Zhu Zhanji said with some hesitation: "But the Western Expedition is not such a simple matter. It requires a long-term plan. When I return from the Northern Expedition, I will be with you. If you are not good at fighting, I will come."

Zhu Zhanji was moved by these words, but after thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji knew that Zhu Zhanji was also worried that although he had made a verbal promise, the Western Expedition would inevitably use most of the country's troops. He is not at ease with such military power in other people's hands.

"Brother, don't worry, I'm not a rash person. I understand that fighting on two fronts is not good for Daming. I plan to send some people there first to find out the situation there."

"Okay, as long as you can calm down." Zhu Zhanji patted Zhu Zhanyi on the shoulder.

At this time, Zhu Zhanqian had to take care of Zheng He's funeral affairs first.

As an eunuch, Zheng He had no son of his own, so he adopted his elder brother's son as his heir. Now Zhu Zhanqian wanted to send Zheng He's body to their house in person.

Zhu Zhanqian looked at all the soldiers who came back with Zheng He, and said with tears in his eyes: "Everyone followed Zheng He to complete the voyage around the world, and your names will be included in the history books, and the rewards from the court will not be less, Chen Youshan .”

"Wei Chen is here."

"For these few, one counts as one, and all arrangements are made. Those who are willing to serve in the army will be promoted, and those who are unwilling must arrange their lives well, and they will live a lifetime of glory and wealth."

"Wei Chen understands."

With a splash, a group of soldiers knelt down, but Zhu Zhanqian never expected that they were not thanking them.

The ragged soldiers said excitedly with tears in their eyes: "Your Highness, I have discussed with you before, as long as Your Highness does not think we are weak, I will still be a soldier on His Royal Highness's warship on the day when His Royal Highness's warship departs. Lead His Royal Highness to fight Francie and Ingolan, and avenge Lord Zheng He."

"Good! Good! Good! I am Haoerlang of Ming Dynasty, a good soldier of Ming Dynasty, Chen Youshan arranged for them all to enter the military academy, and you all study hard for a few months in it. When the army is deployed, I will take you there together."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

……

Zheng He's return caused a national sensation. The world is round and everyone is discussing it.

It turns out that there are still many people on the other side of the world. It turns out that the place leading to the Silk Road can also be reached by sea.

"You know? The world is really round."

"I've heard it too, is it the court's fooling around?"

"What are you doing to fool you? How can you make three melons and two dates if you fool you that the world is round?"

"It is said that Lord Neptune proposed it. Zheng He traveled around the world and came back. Unfortunately, he died."

"It is said that many people now want to go to sea to see, and all kinds of big business houses and big families have this intention."

"It is said that Zheng He died a terrible death, and the people on the other side of the world are all evil spirits who cannibalize people."

"I heard that this kind of person has a pale face, blue eyes, and a man-eating person."

"Tsk tsk, it's terrible."

The news of Zheng He's return is very loud, and the news has become half-truth and half-false. Because of Zheng He's tragic death, it is widely circulated among the people. The West is full of evil spirits that eat people. .

Compared with oriental culture, Europe in the fifteenth century was really filthy. Although it was in the Renaissance period, the filth was the real side. The dark church had great power.

If something is too dirty to even talk about, do it in the name of God.

Man cannot be forgiven, but God can.

Zhu Zhanqian finally decided to bury Zheng He's body next to the Tianfei statue. A huge statue of Zheng He will also be erected here. In the future, everyone will go to sea under the guidance of the statue of Zheng He. .

"Zheng He, don't worry, I will avenge you."

Zhu Zhanqian said to Chen Youshan who was behind him: "Chen Youshan is, how is the convening by the firm?"

"Return to Your Highness, we are all here, waiting for you."

The two of them went down the mountain. There was only one reason Zhu Zhanqian summoned these people, and that was to make money. The next expedition to the West would cost a lot of money.

He has money, but it is not enough. He needs more money, more resources, more manpower.

Zhu Zhanji had already returned to the capital at this time, and he didn't need to think about it. Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Gaochi and the cabinet ministers must be discussing the matter that Zhu Zhanji said to go west, and among these people Zhu Zhanji may be The only one who firmly supports himself in going to war.

Whether you support this battle or not, I am determined.

The people Zhu Zhanqian convened were all prominent figures, and most of these people had earned a lot of money in the previous maritime trade. One of the merchants was very rich, but they all lowered their stances in front of Zhu Zhanqian. We all know that everyone can make money because of the honor of His Highness in front of us.

"I think you all already know about Zheng He and the truth of this world." Zhu Zhanqian started simply.

Someone below promised, "Your Highness is truly a god-man. You can actually return to the original point by sailing around the world."

Zhu Zhanqian reached out his hand to signal them not to speak yet. They wanted to say a few compliments, but looking at Zhu Zhanqin's appearance, they seemed to be in a bad mood and closed their mouths wisely.

Zhu Zhanqian looked around and said: "My Ming Dynasty has a strong sea force. Since Zheng He has already been to the place, this king plans to go again and let the flag of Ming Dynasty be planted wherever he goes."

"Everyone has business dealings with countries in Southeast Asia, and you should have felt the benefits over the years. I hope you will fully support me when I go to sea this time, and I hope that your business firms can go to sea with me."

At this time, everyone hesitated to speak. Most of these people had heard about Zheng He. Although they didn't know the specific situation, they knew that Zheng He must have died tragically during the voyage, and was killed by evil spirits from the west.

In a short period of time, the image of the evil spirits in the West was described as horrific. The people they had never seen before aggravated the horror in their infinite imagination.

Zhu Zhanqian understands that if such emotions continue to ferment, it will be very unfavorable to the overall situation, and he must try his best to reverse the situation.

"If Your Highness needs our support, I will wait for you. I am willing to contribute 20.00% of my assets to help Your Highness go west."

"I can also pay 20.00%."

This group of people did not hesitate when expressing their views. After all, the benefits of following Zhu Zhanqian are very obvious. Business can be protected.

But this is obviously not enough. What Zhu Zhanqian wants is not only the money, but he has even bigger plans.

He understood that these people were afraid of the unknown in the West.

Fear has never been the driving force for human progress, greed is.

Zhu Zhanqian knocked on the table, the sound was not loud, but everyone fell silent, and everyone looked at this handsome and tall young prince together.

"Tianfei gave me a dream!" Zhu Zhanqian's words made everyone astonished, no one knew why he said such a sentence at this time.

"Just like when she told me that the world is round, this time she said that she would bless all the ships sailing from Ming Dynasty to return with full load. She said that there are countless lands, food, and wealth on the sea waiting for us to discover. Her gift to us."

When others say this, everyone will definitely think that he is talking nonsense, but Zhu Zhan is different. Everyone believes that he has been guided by the concubine Tian. Otherwise, how did he come up with such an outrageous thing that the world is round?
Now there is Tianfei's guidance, do they believe it or not?

People along the coast, especially those engaged in maritime trade, are very convinced of Tianfei. For the fishermen and common people along the coast, wives can be cheated, but Mazu cannot be cheated.

Zhu Zhanqian dared to use Tianfei's words, and they already believed most of them in their hearts.

"The concubine Tianfei said that gold and beauties are everywhere in the land in the west. How can there be people who have not yet enlightened, but they are just rude people like mountain and field peasants. They want us to build the statue of concubine Tian on that land, and put the statue of concubine Tian on that land. Let the light shine on the dark continent, go to the sea, go to a farther place."

"Your Highness, tell me, what do we need to do?"

Zhu Zhanqian waved his hand, and it was a simple version of the world map: "First of all, I need people, many people, go here and help me dig a canal to connect the two oceans."

His finger landed on the map, between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

(End of this chapter)