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Chapter 446 The Burden of Changing History

After talking about recruiting security, Yang Reform let go of his mind and chatted with Zheng Zhilong about more things about the sea.

The carriages also rattled through the streets and alleys of the capital.

Although Zheng Zhilong was mentally prepared for the emperor to know about overseas affairs, when he chatted with the emperor about overseas affairs, he realized that the emperor's understanding of overseas affairs was far beyond his imagination. Overseas products, climate, geography, and human relations Well, speaking of the emperor, he even knew better than the pirate leader who claimed to be proficient overseas.The more he talked with the emperor, the more frightened Zheng Zhilong felt. Fortunately, he was wise, and fortunately he was the emperor with him. If he followed the way he thought before he came, wouldn't it be a dead end?
"Your Majesty is really knowledgeable. The grassroots are really envious of knowing so many things!" Zheng Zhilong wiped his sweat again and again. At the beginning, he could talk about what the emperor said, but the more he talked, the more he talked. The more confused, the more incomprehensible, what the emperor said was beyond his comprehension.

"Hehe, don't be a grassroots, grassroots, you have been recruited by me now, and you can become a minister if you work with me. I will discuss it with the cabinet in two days and see what kind of official position it is better to give to an official. If you despise being a small official, some people will have a chance to be promoted in the future." Yang Reform corrected.

"Your Majesty understands, it's just... Your Majesty, I want to ask, is there really a black and a white horse growing all over the body as His Majesty said? There are also birds the size of horses? What is that like a two-story building?" Tall deer?" Although Zheng Zhilong claims to be proficient in maritime affairs, he still lacks knowledge of things outside of China and Southeast Asia. When chatting with the emperor, he gradually changed from a chatter to a listener.

"Hehe, yes, there is indeed such an animal, which is completely different from the species in my land of Ming Dynasty. An official may want to ask me how I know... Hehe, it is actually very simple. The incident of Zheng He's voyage to the West , An official should have heard of it, and he has been to these places, and recorded the local products, customs, culture, geography, customs, etc., so I know so clearly." Yang Reform said with a smile , if you talk to Zheng Zhilong about Nanyang, Zheng Zhilong can still say a few words, and if you expand outward, Zheng Zhilong can't say much. Thanks to the fact that you often watch the animal world before crossing, it is no problem to fool Zheng Zhilong. This may be the modern The biggest advantage of humans over the ancients is that the amount of information is no longer an order of magnitude.

"The world is so big, full of wonders! The minister is like a frog in a well, today is an eye-opener." Zheng Zhilong sighed, verifying that what the emperor said was obviously what he saw with his own eyes. If we only understand these things from words, Obviously, it is impossible to be so detailed, impossible to be so certain, and even less likely to be so coherent and integrated. Zheng Zhilong looked at the emperor with even more awe. It is said that the emperor was instructed by a god. Zheng Zhilong now I believe it more and more, Zheng Zhilong believes that the emperor must have been to these places and seen these things in person, but thinking about it, it is tens of thousands of miles away, apart from the god-man professor in the dream, what else can I say?
The carriage still clinked forward, passing through countless streets and alleys.

A tall building appeared outside the carriage window.Surrounded by a relatively open space, the circular building has some windows on the second floor, with blue tiles on the top. Yang Reform already knew where he was.

Yang Reform said: "An official has been here before? Do you know what this is?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I have been here before, Lord Lin led me here, this is the Grand Theater." Zheng Zhilong's expression changed a little when he saw this building.

"It also has a name, can an official know it?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I know that it is called Tulou, also called Hakka Building, and it is the house where the Hakka people live in Bamin." Zheng Zhilong said here, his expression was obviously much quieter.

"Does an official know why the Hakka building is built like this?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty is to guard against bandits, beasts, and Japanese pirates." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Is the official a Hakka?" Yang Reform asked again.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I must be at least half a Hakka." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Does an official know what a Hakka is?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, they are people who moved from the Central Plains before. When they arrived in Lingnan and were far away from their hometown, they called themselves Hakka people." Zheng Zhilong was born in Quanzhou, Fujian, so he naturally knew the origin of the Hakka people.

"Does an official know why the Hakka people have to leave their hometowns and go far away to Bamin today?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I heard from my father before that in order to avoid the disaster of war, eight surnames came to Fujian and traveled south in clothes, and they were called Bamin. The minister's Zheng surname is also one of them, so I know." Zheng Zhilong said.

"That's right, your father is very knowledgeable just to avoid the disaster of war," Yang Reform boasted.

"Return to Your Majesty, my father was a minor official in Quanzhou Prefecture before his death." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Hehe, yes, a person who does not forget his own history is a good person... One official can tell that now my Ming Dynasty is also troubled internally and externally. If I don't work hard to change, the world of the Han family, the clothes of the Han family, I'm afraid that the country will be extinct, and I used to be able to flee to the south, but now I'm afraid that I don't even have the opportunity to go south..." Yang Reform sighed worriedly.

"Your Majesty, this..., probably not! I think that Your Majesty has governed the world well enough, and the people are grateful to His Majesty." What Zheng Zhilong said to the emperor was startled, and it was too scary. Well, no matter how you look at it now, it doesn't look like it will perish!
Looking at Zheng Zhilong's terrified look.Yang Reform smiled and said: "An official is no longer on my level, so naturally he can't see many things. Now it seems that the world is peaceful, but has an official thought about it? If there is no ten million taels of silver for disaster relief, if there is no Domestic funds support the Liaodong War, what kind of scene is my Daming?"

"This!..." Zheng Zhilong painted a terrifying scene to himself in horror!Outside the pass, the Ming Dynasty continued to suffer defeats, losing soldiers and generals, and Shaanxi was a large-scale peasant rebellion. Not to mention the smaller disasters in other places. But a real doomsday!Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about him. If he hadn't met the emperor, he probably would have fought for the government of the Ming Dynasty and planned for trade at the same time. Will there be such peace now?

"Hey, there are powerful enemies peeping outside, and the sky is stretching inside. It's hard to be an emperor! If you are not careful, the world of the Han family, which was finally won from the barbarians, will be ruined in my hands." It's gone." Yang Reform sighed.

"Your Majesty, I think that the Eastern Captives are just a minor problem, and it is nothing to worry about in my whole Ming Dynasty!" Zheng Zhilong was sweating furiously. The emperor told him this, as if he was a cabinet scholar, which made Zheng Zhilong feel What's wrong with the emperor?Is it too high to think of him?He was just a pirate leader, even if he was more capable, he was still a pirate leader. It was a great favor to have the emperor meet him, but he never expected that the emperor would talk to him like this.

"Small troubles? Don't be afraid to tell an official that this year, I spent tens of millions of taels of money on preventing and dealing with the Dong captives. Does the official still think that the Dong captives are a minor trouble?" Yang Reform laughed.

Ten million taels?Zheng Zhilong was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, and looked at the emperor bewilderedly, with an expression of disbelief.I think he was under a lot of pressure when facing the emperor's yearly 100 million taels of silver to build ships, but now the emperor told him that this year, in addition to tens of millions of silver for disaster relief, he also spent tens of millions of taels of silver on Donglu. , is it really that powerful?Also, doesn't it mean that the emperor has already spent 2000 million taels of silver this year?This is too much.All kinds of unexpected, all kinds of unbelievable, all kinds of surprises left Zheng Zhilong dumbfounded.

"An official, do you know why I have to tell an official about the Hakka people? To deal with the Eastern captives, a huge amount of money needs to be spent every year, plus the huge expenses for immigration. Even I feel the pressure is very heavy. Where did it come from? Don’t be afraid of a joke from an official... My annual gold flower and silver is only one million taels. If you don’t pay attention to this, you will fall short, and you will never recover. It will collapse, and the Han family will fall immediately. It is not impossible to say that the country will be exterminated. This is why I sent an official to visit Shanhaiguan. No, it should be said that there is no chance to travel south anymore. Now Bamin is already close to the sea, and further south is the sea. So, in the past, it was possible to travel south in clothes, but now, the only way left is to destroy the country and the species. ..." Yang Reform said.

Zheng Zhilong stared at the emperor dazedly, not knowing what to say, not knowing why the emperor would tell him this.The emperor thought too highly of him, and the high hopes placed on him were too deep, so high that he felt terrible, so deep that he felt scared, and he was just a pirate leader.

"That's why I have the determination to unify the sea. Maritime trade is profitable, and I can get millions of taels of tariffs every year. With this money, I can deal with the Eastern captives and support immigrants. That's it. Say, can an official understand my heart?" Yang Reformed.

"I understand..." Zheng Zhilong let out a long sigh of relief. It turns out that there is such a deep reason behind it. No wonder... No wonder... It turns out that the emperor has always taken a fancy to the lucrative business of maritime trade. As for the profit, no wonder his abacus failed. The emperor had such great determination, how could he allow himself to monopolize maritime trade while being an official?Sure enough, I can only choose one, and I can only choose to be the government!According to what the emperor said, the emperor's determination to clean up the pirates and barbarians at sea can be compared to the extinction of the country. Fortunately, I have taken refuge in the emperor, otherwise, I will become one of the many pirates that the emperor wiped out.

"I said this to the official today because I wanted the official to understand my heart, understand my difficulties, and share some of the burden for me..." Yang Reformed.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is restless... What your Majesty said is too heavy. My ability is meager, so I may not be able to complete what your Majesty entrusted. I am afraid that I will fail Your Majesty's high expectations. I am deeply worried..." Zheng Zhilong Seriously.The emperor looked up to him so highly, told him such serious things, and had a heart-to-heart talk with him in such a low profile, which made Zheng Zhilong feel great pressure and great fear. Can he, Zheng Zhilong, be connected with the subjugation of the country?What the emperor said was outrageous.

"It's okay, although this matter is difficult, but if I give you advice and I will protect you, if you follow me, I believe that you can do it. I believe in the ability of an official. Don't belittle yourself, trust me, my vision is right." Yang Reform encouraged Zheng Zhilong, he did speak a little too hard, and put the burden of saving the country and extinction on a pirate leader, who would believe it?Who is not afraid?However, history just shows that this burden did fall on the pirate leader and his son.

"The minister leads the decree!" Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief, his face looked better, the emperor said it, it was too scary, of course, if he followed the emperor, he didn't care.

"I know that Yiguan is the leader of Quanzhou merchants. I won't let Yiguan do business. Yiguan also understands why. I made a promise to Quanzhou merchants that in future maritime trade, as long as my navy goes, they can go. Well, they are all under my protection, and if someone does something bad to them, it is a bad thing to me." Yang Reform said again.

"Your Majesty's words will be brought to you." Zheng Zhilong promised.

Yang Reform looked at this Zheng Zhilong. This is a person who can change the fate of the late Ming Dynasty. I don't know how much effect I can get from such a "super high standard" consolation, and a heart-to-heart talk with him. Zheng Zhilong talked too much, maybe he revealed too many secrets, but, as a person who can change history, it is indeed necessary for him to raise him to the height of history, and it is indeed necessary to have face-to-face and in-depth talks with him talk.Gather this person and let him voluntarily do things according to his own wishes. If not, I'm afraid it won't work... I don't have much time, and I don't have time to slowly cultivate talents. Yang Reform looked at the sky outside the window , pray that I did the right thing, and pray that Zheng Zhilong can do what he wants.

"An official! Take your son back from the Wa country. He is not too young. It's time to be enlightened. Staying in the barbarian land is not conducive to the growth of the child. After you bring it back, send it to the palace. I will send someone Great Confucianism, good teaching, when I get older in the future, I will come to be my attendant, and I will be a great general in the future, how about it?" Yang Reform said again, well, since Zheng Zhilong has been subdued, how can Zheng Chenggong be let go?Or a child?It doesn't matter, cultivate it slowly from childhood.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En!" Zheng Zhilong immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and a smile appeared on his already happy face. The emperor said to protect the wealth of his Zheng family. It seems that it is quite reliable. His son has been with the emperor since he was a child. How can we be less rich after we grow up?The words of protecting his family's wealth and honor are not empty words.

Because the style of this grand theater is the Hakka earth building, so when Hokkien people who come to the capital to do business, become officials, or study abroad, they will come here spontaneously, burn a stick of incense, and worship. This earth building has gradually become a place. It has become the sustenance place in the minds of Bamin Hakka people.

Yang Reform got out of the carriage, burned a stick of incense, and prayed that Zheng Zhilong would truly submit to him as he wished, and smooth the sea for him, so that he could receive enough tariffs. As the emperor, he was almost vomiting blood.

After Zheng Zhilong had burned incense for the emperor, he also offered a stick of incense. As for what he prayed for, only Zheng Zhilong knew.

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Zheng Zhilong was recruited yesterday.Yang Reform was in a better mood, and he slept more comfortably.

Woke up early this morning, feeling much better than before.

"Big companion, who are you meeting today?" Yang Reform asked while getting dressed, the enthusiasm for this work has returned, and it is no longer a painful thing.

"Going back to Your Majesty, it's time to see Lord Lin Qianlin, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine." Wang Chengen said hastily. Not all of them are members of the imperial party.

"Lin Qiang! Okay, let's see you then." Yang Reform recruited Zheng Zhilong, and according to the agreement at the time, he had to fulfill Lin Qiang's promise. Lin Qian represents a group of relatively neutral bureaucrats, many of whom are "educators". Although this group of people also enjoys the privileges of the bureaucratic class, many of them still regard teaching and educating people and spreading holy knowledge as their priority. Making one's own ideals, subdividing them, is still different from those bureaucrats who are dedicated to their own interests, but it is worth treating them differently and wooing them.

When Lin Qian entered the Nuan Pavilion, what he saw was a spirited emperor, and he hurriedly saluted.

"Forget it, sit down." Yang Reform said with a smile.

Lin Qian looked aside and saw that it was a round stool.Said: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." After thinking for a while, he sat up, sat up, and leaned forward slightly to show respect for the emperor.

"I promised that Shifu's library can be built." Yang Reform said first.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Qian stood up again. For the sake of these two library pavilions, he let go of his status and devoted himself to receiving the pirate leader Zheng Zhilong!Now, it finally came to fruition.

"You don't need to thank me, Shifu did it, and I will naturally fulfill my promise." Yang Reform said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Zhilong recruited?" Lin Qian tried to ask.

"Well, I've been recruited. Shifu's contribution is so great!" Yang Reform sighed. Zheng Zhilong, a person who can change the history of the Ming Dynasty, deserves such a high standard of consolation and treatment. As for why , As for the reason, I am afraid that only myself, a latecomer, knows clearly.

"I dare not be ashamed. Serving your majesty is what I should do. I have already lost two of your majesty's libraries, and I am already worried. If your majesty says that I have made great contributions, I am really terrified!" Lin Qian was an honest man. People, although those two libraries are very attractive to him, but he still feels uneasy that he is suspected of blackmailing the emperor.

"Hahaha... Shifu is really an honest person, I like it, hahaha, I like to be deceived by people like Shifu, hehehe, no matter how you say it, it's all for the sake of learning and spreading knowledge , Teaching and educating people is in line with the sage's philosophy." Yang Reform laughed out loud, and this Lin Chien was indeed as recorded in history, quite honest, and he was a trustworthy and reliable person.

(End of this chapter)