Smuggling Daming

Hearing Emperor Zhengde talk about his reason for appointing Zhou Zhong as Admiral of the Four Seas, Li Dongyang and the others immediately fell silent, wanting to see what reason Emperor Zhengde used to convince them?Gu Dayong next to Emperor Zhengde made a signal, and the other party immediately said loudly: "Xuan Jinyiwei Qianhu Wu Shan, Baihu Ma Liang, and Wu Shi entered the palace!"

Following Gu Dayong's words, the three of Wu Shan came in from outside the hall, first saluted Emperor Zhengde, and then saluted Zhou Zhong: "My subordinates refer to Master Tongzhi!"

"Same... Tongzhi?" Hearing what the three of Wu Shan called Zhou Zhong, Li Dongyang and the others couldn't turn their heads for a while. In their impression, Zhou Zhong was not only a talented man, but also a A daring smuggler, but what they never expected was that the three Jinyiwei officers now call Zhou Zhong a fellow confidant. Could it be that Zhou Zhong has a third identity, that is, the commander of the Jinyiwei and a fellow confidant?

Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of Li Dongyang and others, Zhengde almost couldn't hold back his laughter, and then he said with force: "My dear friends, I know that among the reasons why you oppose Zhou Zhong as the admiral of the world, the most important one is That is, he is just a scholar, and even runs a business, but you may not know it, those are just Zhou Zhong’s disguises outside, his real identity is the commander of Jin Yiwei, but he has a secret order and cannot disclose his identity, so It is not known to outsiders!"

Although Jin Yiwei is not an internal minister like a eunuch, it is the emperor's private army. In theory, all internal promotions are under the control of the emperor. It can be said that as long as Zhengde is willing.He can promote anyone to the position of commander.After guessing that Li Dongyang and the others might object to Zhou Zhong being the admiral of the world because he was not an official, Zhengde arranged Zhou Zhong as a Jinyiwei, and even called Wu Shan and the three to act in order to be realistic.

Li Dongyang also suspected that Zhou Zhong's identity as Jinyiwei was temporarily arranged by Zhengde, and immediately questioned: "Your Majesty, although Jinyiwei has its own system, as far as I know, the commander of Jinyiwei is a senior official from the third rank. He has always been in command in the capital. How could they be sent to work in other places? In addition, there are only two commanders in Jinyiwei. Some time ago, Liu Jin’s downfall made Jinyiwei also clean up some eunuchs. Now the positions of the two commanders are vacant, and they have not heard of them until now. Who are you going to promote as the commander?"

It can be seen that Li Dongyang is also very familiar with Jin Yiwei.They even knew about the vacancy of the positions of the two commanders in Jin Yiwei, and they also knew the authority of the commanders. From this, they raised two questions. If Zhengde could not give a satisfactory answer, then Li Dongyang and others can be sure that Zhou Important official positions must be arranged temporarily.

But Li Dongyang underestimated Zhengde and Zhou Zhong.With the shrewdness of the two of them, naturally they would not make such a simple mistake.Therefore, Zhengde said with a smile: "The two questions Li Gong asked are not difficult to answer. In fact, before Zhou Zhong came to Beijing, he was only a thousand households. In order to assist him in doing things, I sent Wu Shan and others to He served under his command, but after entering Beijing, Zhou Zhong made a great contribution, so I decided to promote him as a commander."

"Oh, I dare to ask Your Majesty. I don't know what kind of great achievements Zhou Tongzhi made?" At this moment, the cabinet minister standing next to Li Dongyang asked Liu Zhong, who also doubted Zhou Zhongjinyiwei's identity.

"Zhou Zhong presented me with two treasures, namely the Frang Machine Cannon and the Telescope. Among them, the Fran Machine Cannon is several times more powerful than my Daming's artillery, and especially solved the big problem that the cannon is easy to explode. The Telescope is You can observe the enemy from several miles away, not only can you discover the enemy's situation in advance, but also allow the generals to observe the battlefield situation. With these two treasures, the combat power of our Ming army will be raised several levels again, so I just upgraded Zhou Zhong is the acquaintance of the commander, probably because the time is too short, so the news has not been spread yet!"

Zhengde also knows very well that the truth is mixed with lies, so that the lies will be more realistic, and after he finished speaking, he immediately asked Gu Dayong to fetch some telescopes for Li Dongyang and others to try. The old minister was also shocked and speechless, and he couldn't figure out why this telescope could bring the distant scenery closer?

After confirming that the telescope is real, then the legendary Francophone cannon will not be fake. After all, as Li Dongyang and the others, they can go to the Ministry of War to verify it at any time, and there is no need for Zhengde to lie to them.

"Your Majesty, this telescope is indeed miraculous. If the Folang machine artillery is indeed better than my Daming artillery, then it is normal to promote Mr. Zhou as a commander!" Yang Tinghe said at this time, although he didn't say it clearly, but the meaning It has been revealed in the book that Zhou Zhong is believed to be an official of Jinyiwei.

Hearing Yang Tinghe's words, Zhengde's face was also happy, but before he could speak, Li Dongyang said: "Your Majesty, even if Zhou Zhong has an official position, at his current age, he is really not suitable to take on the important task of admiral of the world. Although artillery and binoculars are great achievements, it is not a small gift to reward a commander and acquaintance, if he is promoted to Admiral of the World rashly, it will appear that His Majesty is too partial to Zhou Zhong, and I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among other ministers!"

Seeing that Li Dongyang, who is the chief assistant of the cabinet, still opposes, Zhengde is also a little angry. Zhou Zhong is too young. This is an unavoidable fact, but Zhengde also has his own trump card. He gestured to Gu Dayong again, As a result, Gu Dayong immediately ran out in person, and a tray came in after a while, and there were two things in the tray, which were corn and sweet potatoes presented by Zhou Zhong.

Seeing the two strange things on the tray in Gu Dayong's hands, Li Dongyang and the others were also puzzled.At this time, Zhu Houzhao pointed to the corn and sweet potatoes on the tray and asked Li Dongyang and the others: "Aiqing, do you know these two things on the tray?"

Hearing Zhengde's words, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others all looked at each other in blank dismay. They had read poetry and books since childhood, and they were all older. The two things on the tray, in the end, Li Dongyang bit his bullet and said: "Your Majesty, I see that these two things seem to be the roots and fruits of some kind of plant, but I have never seen them before!"

Zhou Zhong laughed secretly when he heard this, if Li Dongyang and the others could call out the names of corn and sweet potato in one gulp, then it would really be called a ghost, and even Zhou Zhong would suspect that the other party, like himself, had traveled from later generations of.

"Haha~, I knew all of you lovers didn't know each other!" Zhengde laughed and said, after a while, he stopped laughing and walked to Gu Dayong, pointing to the corn and sweet potatoes and introducing, "Everyone Aiqing, please look, the golden one is called corn, and the other red-skinned one is called sweet potato. These two kinds of edible crops are not originally from the Central Plains, but produced on the continent of the Far East. Brought to India and other places by Frang Robot..."

"Flanger again?" When they heard this, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others looked at each other, and then looked up at Zhou Zhong. They had already guessed that these two crops must have been brought by Zhou Zhong again. Return it to His Majesty.

After Zhengde briefly introduced corn and sweet potatoes, he said with a mysterious face: "Dear dear friends, the reason why I personally introduce these two crops to you is because in the next few years, our Ming There will be a big change, and it will be caused by these two crops!"

Hearing that Zhengde hadn't explained the reason for introducing these two crops for a long time, Li Dongyang finally couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, I don't know what is so special about these two crops that they deserve so much attention from Your Majesty?"

"Hahaha~, Mr. Li, don't worry. Both corn and sweet potato were brought back by Zhou Zhong, and he has been planting them in the south for a year. Now let him introduce the characteristics and yield of these two crops!" Zhengde said again He laughed and said, after knowing the yields of corn and sweet potatoes, he has already regarded the promotion of these two crops as his greatest future achievements.

Seeing that Zhengde asked him to introduce himself, Feng Zhou cleared his throat and said for the second time: "Masters, these two crops are quite different. Let's take corn as an example. It is a relatively drought-prone crop. The yield per mu is very high. I tried planting some in the south, and the yield per mu reached [-] jin. And this is because I had no experience in the first year, and the fields were not very good. I believe that after I have accumulated experience, I will replace them with high-quality fields. If not, I am afraid that the yield of corn will be even higher!"

When Li Dongyang and the others heard the yield of five hundred catties per mu, they all had incredible expressions on their faces. They couldn't believe it when they heard that the yield of corn per mu could be increased, and even expressed doubts on their faces. color.

"Zhou Tongzhi, are you sure that the yield of corn per mu can reach [-] catties? You must know that even with the best rice fields and the best rice seeds, it is difficult to reach the yield of [-] catties per mu!" At this time, Li Dongyang was the first again. He opened his mouth to question, but at this time he had already changed his name to Zhou Zhong's official position.

"Please don't worry, Li Gong. When the corn was harvested, the subordinates specially called Wu Shan and the Jin Yiwei to the field to let them watch the corn weighing with their own eyes. So if Li Gong doesn't believe it, you can ask Wu Shan and the others personally!" Zhou Zhong also said. He said affirmatively, but he was secretly laughing in his heart. The yield of [-] catties of corn had already made Li Dongyang and the others lose their composure. When he introduced the yield of sweet potatoes later, they might jump up in shock.

Hearing Zhou Zhong's assurance, Li Dongyang still had some disbelief in his heart, so he turned his head and asked Wu Shan and the others who were standing on the hall: "Wu Qianhu, can you really prove the yield per mu of corn?"

"Lord Li, don't worry, our brothers did see the corn being weighed with our own eyes, so we dare to guarantee that the yield that Master Tongzhi said will never be false!" Wu Shan assured with a firm face. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)