Plane Travel Guide

In fact, when Tang Shaozhe was looking at Zheng He, Zheng He was also quietly looking at Master Guoshi.

Ever since the name of Master Tang Shangxian was first announced, it is not easy to forget it!Zheng He had also heard about Tang Shaozhe's great name for a long time, and in the rumors, he was simply miraculous.

Seeing himself now, one can imagine the passion in Zheng He's heart.For everyone in the present era, Tang Shangxian, the national teacher, can be said to be a great figure who is admirable.

But don't great people also have the opportunity to make mistakes?There must be some!Just as Tang Shangxian also has a beautiful wife and concubine, it is also inevitable to avoid the gift of human relations.As for eating, drinking, and sleeping, it must be no different from ordinary people.

Zheng He sailed to Southeast Asia six times, of course he knew the pros and cons of it.However, due to the lack of insight and knowledge system, it is still impossible to see the real value contained in it!The reason why he still can't let go of sailing now is just that he feels it's a pity!Plane Travel Guide 6

It would be a pity if the treasure ship fleet that cost a lot of money and a lot of time to organize was simply abandoned like this!What's more, those soldiers almost spent their entire lives on it.I don't know what else to do besides sailing!

If the voyage of the treasure ship fleet is stopped at this point, how will those soldiers who have been traveling at sea all year round and suffering from illnesses survive?Cutting off the voyage to the southeast Asia is tantamount to cutting off the livelihood of their whole family!

However, Zheng He also knew a thing or two about the dispute between the DPRK and China about the voyage to the South China Sea. After discussing the pros and cons of it several times, he really couldn't come up with any good solution.At this moment, although it has been proved in front of Zhu Di that sailing is unprofitable, I hope Tang Shaozhe can successfully dismiss it!

Besides, the earliest voyage to Nanyang was simply because His Majesty the Emperor heard the news that Emperor Jianwen was exiled in Nanyang, so he spent a lot of time building a fleet of treasure ships and dispatched elite soldiers and strong generals to go out brazenly.

Except for the experimental nature of the first voyage to the South Seas, Zhu Di attached great importance to the last two voyages to the South Seas, and dispatched important ministers like Yao Guangxiao, which shows his prudence and expectation for this trip!

Who doesn't know that Yao Guangxiao is the most trusted minister around Zhu Di, comparable to Zhuge Liang around Liu Bei.

Maybe Yao Guangxiao's name isn't famous enough, because he often appears in front of the world as a monk——Dao Yan!This single-handedly directed the battle of Jing Nan, and pushed Zhu Di from King Yan to the throne, the number one monk through the ages!

This old monk can be called the only person who has always been honored and favored in the Yongle Dynasty. Even after he succeeded, he still gave up the glory and wealth that was at his fingertips and continued to live as a monk.Zhu Di's trust in him has basically reached the extreme!

In addition to Zheng He, Yao Guangxiao was specially sent to accompany the voyage to the South Seas, which shows how much Zhu Di attached importance to the voyage to the South Seas of the treasure fleet. What else is there besides the safety of the throne if he can attach so much importance to the voyage to the South Seas?

However, after going to Nanyang five times in a row without finding any clues about Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Di actually gave up hope for this.Even on the third return voyage, Yao Guangxiao specially invited the tooth of the Buddha back to Daming, confirming the orthodox meaning of Zhu Di's succession from another angle, and it basically marked the end of the Nanyang voyage.

The previous voyages in the future were actually more to promote the prestige of Ming Dynasty and overseas countries, and to prove the legitimacy and rationality of Zhu Di's succession from the side.Of course, by the way, continue to investigate whether Emperor Jianwen is really still living in Nanyang.

For such a purpose, wouldn't it be fanciful to think that the ocean-going fleet could support itself and even make money for the court?

The Kingdom of Heaven is a state of etiquette, and when it spread its prestige all over the world, the value of the rewards that were distributed far exceeded the value of the tributes that were recovered.For thousands of years, it has almost become a Chinese tradition to make money at a loss.

But today Tang Shaozhe decided to break this eternal pattern and create a golden road for Huaxia to gain both fame and fortune.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to discuss the follow-up conclusion after I finish asking." After Zhu Di nodded in agreement, Tang Shaozhe turned his head and asked Zheng He: "Master Zheng, you just said that although the soldiers of the Treasure Ship Fleet carried The private goods are returned to trade, but you can’t get much profit, can you?”

"Returning to the teacher, that's exactly the case!" When facing Tang Shangxian, Zheng He was also a little trembling and respectful.

"Then let me ask you again, are these private goods brought back by the soldiers welcome by the merchants?" Tang Shaozhe smiled indifferently, but whether it was Zheng He or Zhu Di, there was a feeling in his heart that the other party was in control. feelings of doubt.

But this question is not difficult, even if Zheng He doesn't say it, he will know it if he goes out and asks the coastal merchants for a while.

"If you come back to the country, Master Teacher, as long as you bring back the special spices from Nanyang, they will be good things that all businessmen will be chasing endlessly." Plane Travel Guide 1426

"Your Majesty, have you ever heard what Lord Zheng He said? Bringing the products of the Southeast Asian countries back will attract merchants to chase after them endlessly. If the fleet is dedicated to trafficking back, how can it consume the financial accumulation of the imperial court?"

"This..." Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, but then he asked: "Since these spices are very popular with merchants, why can't the soldiers who brought back private goods get rich? According to common sense, they should get rich. ?”

"Your Majesty, it's actually very simple, it's because of scale and attrition!" Tang Shaozhe had thought about this problem a long time ago.

"Oh? I would like to hear the details, and I would like to ask Master Guoshi to give me some advice!" Zhu Di was very interested in this.

"Such a specialty product trade like this requires large-scale operations first to be profitable. Expanding the scale of the transaction will firstly reduce costs; secondly, it will also reduce corresponding losses; thirdly, it will be able to attract large merchants to enter. Don't worry." It seems that it only expands the scale, but in fact the benefits it can bring are innumerable, and the huge profit gap is contained in it."

"Is...is that so?" It was actually difficult for Zhu Di to understand too complicated math problems, but he would not doubt that Tang Shaozhe was actually cheating him - it was meaningless at all.

"This problem is very simple to prove, and we can see it at a glance by doing an experiment. What's more, the importance of maintaining a strong naval fleet cannot be calculated economically at all."

"Oh? Master Guoshi, please explain it to me in detail!"

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the map of the world that I gave you?"

"Of course I remember! I've been watching it for a while every day, and I'm very familiar with it!"

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that in the world recorded in the map of the world, is there more land or more ocean?"

"Hehe, of course there are more oceans. I remember clearly that almost two-thirds of the map of the world is water... Eh, two-thirds is water?" Zhu Di suddenly remembered something, His brows furrowed.

Tang Shaozhe knew that Zhu Di had grasped the key points, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, more than two-thirds of this world is covered by oceans! Therefore, if Da Ming wanted to build a foundation for all eternity, he did not have a powerful naval fleet." , absolutely not!"

After Zhu Di digested what he said, Tang Shaozhe waved his hand fiercely again, and said decisively: "Only by controlling the power of the sea, can Ming's empire on which the sun never sets can be truly established! Power of the sea is hegemony!"