Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 158 Unexpected surprise
"Sir...Luo Yangxing, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Luo Yangxing bowed respectfully, and Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne, looking at Luo Yangxing, whom he had not seen for several months, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao never really trusted the Luo family, whether it was Luo Sigong or Luo Yangxing. The root cause was that the Luo family's political background was impure.

Typical political opportunist.

However, I still don’t trust it in my heart, but I still have to use it. What is right and wrong in politics has always been pros and cons.

The sword of Jinyiwei is still different from that of Dongchang, Xichang and Neichang. Allowing Jinyiwei to expand its banner school and restore it to a certain size is just the beginning.

Jinyiwei's adjustments and changes must be staged, so don't think about getting it right in one step.

It's not realistic or possible.

Therefore, if internal struggles and calculations can be controlled within reasonable limits, they can play a certain role in promoting things. Human nature is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Let Luo Sigong, Tian Ergeng, and Xu Xianchun check and balance and compete with each other, let the Jinyi Guards fight without separation, and choose the right opportunity to gradually adjust. This is the way that best suits Zhu Youxiao's interests.

"Excuse me."

Zhu Youxiao calmed down, looked at Luo Yangxing and said, "Darker and thinner. It seems that Luo Qing's trip south is not particularly smooth?"

Not only is it not smooth, it's simply a state of dislocation.

When Luo Yangxing heard this, he subconsciously thought of what he had experienced during the time he rushed to Haojing and stayed in Haojing, which made him feel sad in his heart.

"It is my honor to be able to share your Majesty's worries."

Luo Yangxing bowed his head slightly and said: "Since I left the capital under the imperial edict, I have not dared to slack off at all, for fear that I would fail the mission my majesty said and live up to the holy grace..."

Luo Yangxing was talking loudly, and Zhu Youxiao went in from the left ear and out from the right ear.

What does it mean to be able to talk? Luo Yangxing is the most typical one.

He didn't speak frankly about the hardships he experienced, but shared his worries for the emperor and made loyal statements for the emperor. Who would hear this and not be touched in his heart?
No wonder he was able to deceive Chongzhen.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Luo Yangxing with a smile but not a smile, and before he could continue, he interrupted: "I heard from Wang Tiqian that there are dozens of missionaries returning to Beijing with Luo Qing this time, but just It seems that this missionary should have returned to the capital a long time ago, right? Why did Luo Qing not return to the capital until now?"

"Chen~"

Luo Yangxing hesitated at first, then lowered his head and said: "When I went south, I only found a few missionaries in Nanjing, Hangzhou and other places. Most of the missionaries who accompanied me back to Beijing this time were after I went to Haojing." Found.”

Trench mirror?

Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew that land very well. There were many merchants, sailors, and missionaries from various European countries gathered in the trenches during that period.

Among them, Portugal enjoys a certain special position in this place. The root cause of all this is that the trench mirror was a remote and barren place in the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, the Portuguese are indeed shameless, but it is right to think about it. Maritime robbers need to What's the use of face?Can it be eaten as a meal?
Seeing that the emperor was silent, Luo Yangxing was a little panicked. Don't flatter him, he was in the wrong place.

Thinking of this, Luo Yangxing hurriedly continued: "I went to Haojing. In addition to finding those missionaries, I also brought back many classics and charts..."

"You mean the chart?"

Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes, yes." Luo Yangxing was stunned and replied subconsciously.

Speaking of the sea chart, Luo Yangxing couldn't help but want to scold someone. Due to the language barrier and different customs, the interpreter he hired was also second-rate. This made Luo Yangxing, who had always been shrewd, actually deceived by a drunkard sailor. After eating and drinking for a few days, Luo Yangxing's taste turned out to be wrong.

After the drunkard seaman was exposed, he was not impatient or impatient. Anyway, he was just trying to be bad and his life was about to die. He could only drink for one day.

That state made Luo Yang very angry, and finally, by some strange combination of circumstances, he got this so-called sea chart.

"Where's the chart?"

Zhu Youxiao became interested, looked at Luo Yangxing and said.

"It's...it's the navigation chart of the Southeast Asian countries."

Luo Yangxing said nervously.

Although the Ming Dynasty lifted the maritime ban in the Longqing Dynasty, the issue of opening the sea was highly controversial at the official level, with some saying it was good and some saying it was bad. This also made it possible that for a long time thereafter, few people actually talked about maritime affairs, at least in the court. .

Luo Yangxing thought that the emperor hated maritime affairs, so he inevitably became nervous.

It's just that Luo Yangxing didn't know that Zhu Youxiao not only did not hate maritime affairs, but had been thinking about how to actively open up the sea and try to formalize the maritime trade system, not only to let the group of scholar-bureaucrats, gentry, and maritime trade in the southeastern provinces Business groups and other groups enjoy the dividends of private sea trade exclusively.

Although the Ming Dynasty had always had disputes and disagreements about maritime affairs at the official level, among the people, the private smuggling maritime trade was extremely exaggerated, and there was no need to even pay taxes. Ships of tea, silk, porcelain and other luxury goods were trafficked to The countries in Southeast Asia have established trade relations with the European countries there.

A large amount of silver secretly flowed into the Ming Dynasty, but the officials did not see a single tael. The silver was either stored in hoards or used for profit transfer or land acquisition. This also led to the fact that the country was poor and the people were rich in the Ming Dynasty, and these people were by no means from the bottom. group!

According to Zhu Youxiao's knowledge, there were smuggling trades under the Ming Dynasty, one was the grassland smuggling trade in Shanxi and other places, and the other was the maritime smuggling trade in Jiangnan provinces. This series of trade transactions, in There is no trace at the official level, but it is extremely active among the people!
How terrible this is...

"Where's that chart?"

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and pointed at Luo Yangxing.

"It's at the house."

Luo Yangxing hurriedly said, "In addition to the sea map, there are also a number of classics."

Luo Yangxing noticed that the emperor was very interested in sea charts.

"Liu Ruoyu, you leave the palace immediately and follow Luo Qing to bring all the classics and charts into the palace." After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said to Liu Ruoyu.

"The slaves obey the order."

Liu Ruoyu hurriedly lowered his head and said.

Regardless of whether the chart Luo Yangxing brought back was simple or accurate, it would be helpful to Zhu Youxiao.

Maritime trade is not about building a few ships and gathering a group of people who are proficient in navigation to form a foreign sea trade fleet. That requires the guidance of nautical charts.

The maritime environment is so complex and the climate changes greatly. If you are careless, it may cause a tragedy of shipwreck and death.

The Ming Dynasty also had corresponding nautical charts, but due to various factors, many documents related to overseas were lost. Zhu Youxiao wanted to start foreign sea trade and gradually standardize the sea trade system, so he had to do it step by step. After all, this big cake, It has long been swallowed up by certain interest groups...

(End of this chapter)