Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 135 Ma He returns!High-yielding crops are here!
Although Qian Yi was a seventh-grade official and had never been to court, he still heard Cao Wei's name many times.

He manufactured steam engines, trains, steel, salt, cultivated high-yield grains, and joined the Northern Expedition to destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the first battle. Among them, Cao Wei had the most outstanding military exploits. He later advocated opening up the sea, found Japanese silver mines for the Ming Dynasty, and developed repeating muskets.

Each of these things is difficult for ordinary people to do, but Cao Wei did them all step by step.

Qian Yi was born as a Jinshi, and he also had a scholarly character. Although his official position was not high, his spirit was not low.

However, when facing Cao Wei, Qian Yi only felt that the other party was like an insurmountable mountain, which was difficult to reach!

After greeting Qian Yi to sit down and exchanging a few pleasantries, Cao Wei got to the point and told everything about preparing to open a national bank and establish a regulatory agency.

"Both the national bank and the market regulatory agency played a decisive role after the Japanese silver was shipped back to the Ming Dynasty in large quantities."

"His Majesty gave me a list of people to select. Since you are clean and conscientious, I would like to invite you to help. What do you think?"

Cao Wei's words were quite polite, and it sounded like he was really letting Qian Yi make a decision.

But this matter is important, and Zhu Yuanzhang also attaches great importance to it, and has given full power to Cao Wei. Now Cao Wei's words are equivalent to Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial decree, and others cannot resist it at all.

Qian Yi also understood this truth. No matter what choice he made, the result would be the same. At most, Cao Wei would go and inform Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, Qian Yi did not have any dissatisfaction, but was filled with shock and emotion.

What was shocking was Cao Wei's outstanding vision.

Today, Japanese silver mining is still in its infancy, and Cao Wei has seen the serious consequences of a large amount of silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty decades or even centuries later.

inflation!financial crisis!Currency devaluation!
These words seem to say the same thing,

destroy!

But Cao Wei was far-sighted, saw this crisis in the future, and was able to come up with an appropriate response, which shocked Qian Yi even more!
Qian Yi thought about it for himself, but found that apart from what Cao Wei said about opening a national bank and establishing a regulatory agency, he could no longer think of a third way to deal with it!
The wisdom of Cao Guogong is really as vast as the sea!Qian Yi sighed in his heart.

What moved me was the establishment of a national bank and the establishment of a regulatory agency. These two matters are related to whether the economic market of the Ming Dynasty can operate stably in the future. After the silver mines from Japan are returned to the country, they will ensure that inflation will not cause currency depreciation.

Such an extremely important thing, once completed, will definitely be a great achievement, and it is more likely to go down in history!

How could Qian Yi not be moved by Cao Wei's willingness to find him, a mere seventh-grade middle school student, to work with him?

Capable young officials like Qian Yi are the most ambitious and want to make contributions to the country.

Qian Yi, who was originally on the historical track, did indeed achieve it. By the Yongle Dynasty, Qian Yi gradually exerted his power and once served as a minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and even the position of minister, and also served as the prince Zhanshi.

However, Qian Yi had not yet made a fortune at this time, and now that Cao Wei, the Bole, chose to promote him, he felt moved in his heart to live and die for the king.

When Qian Yi heard this, he immediately stood up, bowed to Cao Wei with his hands in hand, and said deeply,
"Qian Yi has little talent and little knowledge. He is not abandoned by Duke Cao. Qian Yi is willing to serve for Duke Cao. He is a mess! Follow Duke Cao!"

Cao Wei stood up and helped him up.

"You are a talented person. I believe in your ability and my vision. I don't need you to mess around. I just want you to do your best to do a good job as a bank and regulatory agency."

Qian Yi nodded heavily, his eyes extremely solemn!
"I still have to think carefully about opening a bank and establishing a regulatory agency. I have to plan carefully. You can just listen to my news at any time in the past two days." Cao Wei said.

"Always be at your disposal by Mr. Cao Guo!"

Cao Wei nodded, "Okay, if you have nothing to do now, you can go back first."

Qian Yi said goodbye again, turned around and left.

When he reached the door, he turned around again, hesitated, and said:
"I have something to say, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Say it straight."

"I wonder if Mr. Cao Guo has ever heard of the name Xie Jin?"

Cao Wei was stunned.

Xie Jin...

He had naturally heard of this name. This man was known as one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Cao Wei knew little about Xie Jin's life. He only knew that he was also a Jinshi in the Hongwu year, but was dismissed from office in the 24th year of Hongwu. After returning home, he has not been used again by Zhu Yuanzhang.

But Cao Wei still knew something about it. Later, after Zhu Di became emperor, Xie Jin, Huang Huai, Yang Shiqi, Hu Guang, Jin Youzi, Yang Rong, and Hu Yan were all in the Wenyuan Pavilion. Compiled "Yongle Dadian".

Anyone who can do this is undoubtedly a capable person.

But Cao Wei didn't know the specific reason why Xie Jin was dismissed from office, and he had a doubt in his heart.

But to be named by Qian Yi, this Xie Jin must have something special about him.

"I know that he was once a Jinshi scholar and was dismissed from office by His Majesty. What? Qian Yi wants to recommend this person?"

Qian Yi nodded, cupped his hands and said:

"To be honest, Mr. Cao Guo, when I was a subordinate, I worked with Xie Jin, and his talents were far superior to mine. However, he was dismissed from office because of something that made His Majesty displeased."

Cao Wei suddenly became more curious, "What do you mean?"

Qian Yi looked a little embarrassed and smiled.

"At that time, Xie Jin drafted "On the Case of Public Injustice in Korea" on behalf of Wang Guoyong, a doctor in the Ministry of Yu, and advocated the redress of Li Shanchang..."

Having said this, he stopped.

Cao Wei suddenly understood, with a helpless smile on his face, this is a brave man!
No wonder he was dismissed from office by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Qian Yi saw Cao Wei laughing, as if he had misunderstood something, so he immediately raised his hands and said solemnly:

"Your Excellency, I know for a fact that I don't have a close relationship with Xie Jin, and I don't have any favoritism. I just want to recommend talents to Your Excellency!"

Cao Wei chuckled twice, "I understand this. You don't need to worry about it. I will consider what you said. Let's go first."

Qian Yi was relieved, bowed again and left.

Cao Wei frowned and thought for a moment, then sat down and began to make plans for establishing a national bank and regulatory agency.

This Jie Jin, according to Qian Yi, can be regarded as a person with outstanding abilities, but to open a national bank and regulatory agency, Cao Wei needs someone with a certain talent for finance.

As far as Cao Wei knew, Xie Jin was a civil servant through and through.

At this point, Cao Wei suddenly remembered someone again and quickly took out the list, and sure enough he saw the name Yu Xin on it.

Speaking of Yu Xin, many people may not be familiar with him, but he was an outstanding financial management expert in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, he was serving as a minister in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Cao Wei also remembered Yu Xin because he had met him in Chao Shang.

Zhu Yuanzhang once asked Yu Xin in the court about the talent of household registration in various places, and Yu Xin answered fluently, which also gave Cao Wei a general understanding of his ability to count.

Not only that, during the Yongle Dynasty, Yu Xin was appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs by Zhu Di, and he praised:

In the 13th year since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been discrepancies in accounting and accounting. Who can replace him now?Being the Minister of Household Affairs made Zhu Di feel that he couldn't live without this person, which shows his outstanding ability!

Let him and Qian Yi work together on banks and regulatory agencies, and they will get twice the result with half the effort!
They also sent someone to invite Yu Xin over, and after explaining the whole story, Yu Xin agreed without hesitation.

"Gonggong Cao has given his instructions, and I will do my best to help you!"

He had dealt with Cao Wei for a short time and knew that Cao Wei's talents were far superior to his. Zhao Mian, the minister of household affairs, was extremely polite when facing Cao Wei. He, the minister of household affairs, had no reason to reject Cao Wei.

Moreover, the National Bank and market regulators are both involved in financial calculations, which are his professional counterparts, and Yu Xin also wants to use this matter to do something.

Interestingly, in the original historical trajectory, Zhao Mian was killed in the 26th year of Hongwu for his involvement in the Lan Jade case, and Yu Xin took over as the Minister of Household Affairs.

In this life, due to Zhu Xiongying and other reasons, Zhu Yuanzhang did not liquidate Lan Yu, and Zhao Mian has been sitting in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

It can be said that Yu Xin's career was delayed by Cao Wei.

Now Cao Wei opened the National Bank and approached Yu Xin, giving him a chance to express himself.

After talking for a long time, Yu Xin left.

In this way, the candidates were determined, and Cao Wei continued to draw up the charter.

Time comes on the third day,
A piece of news caused all the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, including Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, to rush to the Qixia Mountain Pier.

Ma He is back!
In the 26th year of Hongwu, it was the beginning of the opening of the sea.

At Cao Wei's suggestion, Ma He organized people and went to the far shore of the ocean to look for high-yielding crops.

Now, after nearly two years, Ma He is back, and I don’t know what the result will be.

The weather in November and December makes people feel deeply chilly even outdoors in Jinling.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who led the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty, was willing to brave the cold and wait neatly at the Qixia Mountain Pier.

It's so important for Ma and this to go together!
Zhu Yuanzhang still remembers what Cao Wei said back then, that there are high-yield crops overseas, and the yield per mu can exceed one thousand catties...

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't imagine what it would be like to produce a thousand kilograms of grain per mu.

But this does not affect his warmest expectations for those high-yielding crops he has never seen before!
Today, the main food crops of the Ming Dynasty are wheat and rice. Due to regional differences, the yield per mu is between two and three hundred catties.

A crop with a yield of more than [-] kilograms per mu is simply unheard of!

If Ma He can really find high-yield crops from overseas, then the Ming Dynasty can really achieve a prosperous age that has never been seen before in just a few decades!No one in the world will ever go hungry due to lack of food!

Moreover, food is the foundation of a country. When food is abundant, the country's population and productivity will be greatly improved, and the Ming Dynasty's national power will reach a higher level!
In this freezing weather, Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the dock and blew the cold wind from the river from time to time, but when he thought of those high-yielding crops, his heart became hot!
Everyone is waiting quietly.

at last,

People saw the shadow of the fleet emerging from the river to the east. Due to the distance, it looked like soybeans, but everyone could still distinguish it.

"It's the fleet!"

The crowd suddenly became commotion and turned sideways to look east.

The river water rolled by, making a rushing sound, and the fleet on the east river went upstream, getting closer and closer...

It took nearly an hour for the fleet to slowly approach Qixiashan Pier, and then they lowered the boat ladder, and everyone's hearts lifted.

A figure walked out of the cabin, went down the ladder, and came to the crowd.

This person is Ma He.

Compared with the exquisite image he had when he served as a bodyguard by Zhu Di's side two years ago, in the eyes of everyone at this time, Ma He looked like a savage, with unkempt hair, dirty clothes, and a dark complexion as if he had been smeared with soy sauce.

It had been two years since Ma He first went to sea. Now he finally returned to his hometown in the Ming Dynasty and saw Zhu Yuanzhang and the officials of the Manchu Dynasty. He was deeply moved.

He came to the leader Zhu Yuanzhang in three steps and two steps. He knelt down about ten steps away and spoke with a trembling voice.

"Ma He has met His Majesty!"

"Pingshen, Pingshen." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands repeatedly, and then asked again.

"What will be the result after leaving here?"

Ma He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, wait a moment."

Then, Ma He shouted to the accompanying soldiers on the ship:

"Take everything off!"

The soldiers on the ship immediately took action, and one by one they took down everything from the ship that no one had ever seen before.

There were black clods of soil on the ground, hammer-shaped stick objects, and smaller ones, both red and green...

Ma He introduced Zhu Yuanzhang and the officials one by one according to Cao Wei's description.
"Your Majesty, this is sweet potato, this is potato, this is corn, this is pepper..."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these strange things and couldn't help but ask,
“These are high-yielding grains?”

Ma He said respectfully:
"Back to Your Majesty, these crops are scattered across the ocean. Due to time constraints and the fact that some crops have not been planted on a large scale, the villain did not calculate the specific yield when he found them."

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he turned his head and looked at Cao Wei.

These strange crops were found according to Cao Wei's description. He hoped that Cao Wei could give him an accurate answer.

However, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang saw Cao Wei frowning and staring at the pile of crops on the land in front of him.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a little in his heart. Could it be that Ma He had found the wrong person?
"Cao Aiqing, are these crops what you call high-yielding grains?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he saw a rare look of hesitation on Cao Wei's face, and his heart suddenly sank again.

The reason for Cao Wei's bad expression was that the crops in front of him at this time were more or less different from what he saw in later generations.

The sweet potatoes are too small, the potatoes are not big, the peanuts look more like they have not grown, the corns look shriveled, and the peppers look normal...

Cao Wei also saw a watermelon among a pile of crops on the ground, which was also only half the size of later watermelons.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Cao Wei understood that this was because these crops had not been domesticated by humans and were still in their original form.

However, according to Cao Wei's speculation, even if most crops are small in size, their yields are probably higher than those of wheat and rice.

Cao Wei raised his head,

He met Zhu Yuanzhang's questioning gaze.

"Return to Your Majesty, that's right!"

(End of this chapter)