The Most Powerful Man in the World

At this moment, Jiao Fang actually said that he had a way to resolve such a big trouble, and all of them looked at Jiao Fang in surprise and disbelief.

Liu Jin even more eagerly said: "Please also ask the old master to teach me!"

Chapter 30 Zheng He's Treasure Ship

Jiao Fang stroked his beard, Chengzhu smiled on his chest and said, "You may wish to ask Your Majesty to set up another factory in addition to the East Factory and West Factory, called the Expert Factory, to supervise Jinyiwei, East Factory, and West Factory. The director is directly in charge of..."

Hearing Jiao Fang's suggestion, Liu Jin suddenly stood up, his eyes flashing with brilliance, and he giggled like an old hen. He clapped his hands while laughing and said, "Wonderful, wonderful, really wonderful! Jin Dege is like a fish in water!"

Liu Jin's mood at this moment has been swept away from the previous haze, not to mention how happy, since Gu Dayong tried to restore the West Factory, one of his heart problems can finally be eliminated.

That night, Liu Jin held a big banquet and celebrated with Jiao Fang and other confidants.

In the meantime, Shi Yiwen told Liu Jin what happened in the Beizhen Fusi, and at the same time, he did not forget to report the arrangement of someone to intercept Wang Yangming.

During the banquet, Jiao Fang, who was drinking with her head down, snorted slightly when she heard the glass brought to her mouth, and then drank it all in one go. After a while, Jiao Fang looked drunk, and Liu Jin quickly sent someone to send Jiao Fang back to the house to rest. .

In Jiao Fang's house, in the bedroom, Jiao Fang, who smelled of alcohol, suddenly regained his shrewdness. He went to the study and knocked on the window three times. In the blink of an eye, a figure appeared outside the window.

Jiao Fang handed a secret letter to the other party and said, "Hurry up and present it to the Governor!"

East Factory

After handing over Yang Yiqing to Cao Shaoqin for resettlement, Chu Yi came to a slightly secluded yard in the East Factory.

In this yard, dozens of craftsmen were working hard among the piles of wood. The head eunuch was Wang Zheng. Seeing the figure of Chu Yi, he hurriedly greeted him and said to Chu Yi, "I see the Lord Overseer. !"

Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "How's it going, the supervisor asked you to search for skilled craftsmen, how are you doing?"

Wang Zhengyi pointed to the dozens of craftsmen, and said confidently: "Don't worry, Lord, I went to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Engineering, and even the Great Interior according to your instructions, and carefully selected these dozens of skilled craftsmen. Said that as long as the Lord can describe it, they will be able to do it.”

It is a bit exaggerated to be able to praise Wang Zheng like this, but it also shows that the craftsmanship of these craftsmen must be extraordinary.

Chu Yi said: "Very good, you can go with me to Huang Shizhen for a walk."

Wang Zheng asked curiously, "Master, what are you going to do at the Imperial Palace?"

With a strange look in Chu Yi's eyes, he said, "The Governor is mainly looking for one thing."

Seeing the reaction of Chu Yi's expression, Wang Zheng didn't ask any more questions, but followed Chu Yi and went straight to the emperor.

As always, Huangshiyuan didn't have many people's attention, but after Chu Yi took power, he promoted Chen Du to be the eunuch of Huangshiyuan, making Huangshiyuan his own territory.

When Chu Yi and Wang Zheng appeared at the Imperial Palace, Chen Du couldn't help being a little surprised, and hurriedly welcomed Chu Yi into the Imperial Palace.

In the living room, Chen Du said, "The Governor is here, what's the matter?"

Chu Yi said to Chen Du: "Chen Zhangshi might as well sit down and talk."

After all, the two sides have been in love for so many years. In front of Chu Yi, Chen Du was not cautious and sat down.

Only to hear Chu Yi look at Chen Du and say: "The chief has been in this palace for decades, have you heard about Zheng He's treasure ship?"

Chen Du was stunned for a moment, and his face showed a bit of surprise: "Zheng He's treasure ship? The governor is not looking for the data and drawings of Zheng He's treasure ship!"

As expected of Chen Du, Chu Yi only mentioned Zheng He's treasure ship, and he guessed Chu Yi's purpose.

Nodding slightly, he said, "That's right, the Governor is here for the data and drawings of Zheng He's treasure ship. I wonder if the director has anything to teach me?"

Chu Yi was indeed working on the idea of ​​Zheng He's treasure ship information and drawings, and he immediately thought of Huang Shizhen. Even if he couldn't find it here, he could ask Chen Du and Han Chao.

Speaking of Zheng He's treasure ship, Chu Yi still knew a lot about it in his previous life. After all, there have always been various controversies and mysteries about Zheng He's treasure ship in later life.

Zheng He's Treasure Ship is the treasure ship that Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, traveled to the Western Ocean seven times under the orders of the Emperor Yongle during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

There are many sayings about this fleet in later generations, but it is recognized that the fleet that has sailed to the Western Ocean seven times is absolutely unprecedented, and it can be called the pinnacle of the Daming fleet.

Lewis, a later American scholar, once sighed: "Zheng He's fleet is an unparalleled fleet in the history of China and the world. Until the First World War, there was no match for it."

Among the fleets of Zheng He's voyages to the West, the largest category is called treasure ships. According to the "Ming History: Zheng He Biography", Zheng He sailed a total of 63 treasure ships, the largest being 151.18 feet and 61.6 feet long and 9 feet wide. It was the largest sea ship in the world at that time, with a length of 12 meters and a width of [-] meters.The boat has four layers, [-] masts can hang [-] sails, the anchor weighs several thousand catties, it takes [-] people to set sail, and a boat can accommodate [-] people.

Such a huge ship has reached the pinnacle level in the history of wooden ship manufacturing in the world, and it was like an aircraft carrier at that time.

At that time, the reason why Chu Yi paid attention to Zheng He's treasure ship was precisely because later generations tried to reproduce the old Zheng He's treasure ship, and it was noisy for a while, and it was at that time that Chu Yi learned more about Zheng He's treasure ship.

However, in the eyes of later generations, Zheng He's treasure ship, which was considered a miracle, was even difficult to find in later generations. In later generations, there are many legends about the disappearance of Zheng He's treasure ship drawings.

Among them, the most famous one is that during the Chenghua reign of Emperor Xianzong, when Xianzong was instigated by an internal supervisor, he wanted to go to the West to find treasure, so he sent someone to the Ministry of War to ask for the drawings and materials of Zheng He's treasure ship.However, Liu Daxia, who was the minister of military affairs at the time, and others secretly burned the blueprints of the treasure ship to cut off the idea of ​​the emperor.

This is one of them. In addition, there are scholars who have verified that the information on Zheng He's treasure ship was not destroyed in the Ming Dynasty, but was destroyed by the hands of Qianlong.

As we all know, Qianlong imitated the Yongle Great Ceremony to repair the Siku Quanshu, but the purpose of Qianlong’s repair of the Sikuquan was to repair the book and destroy the history. According to records, nearly [-] million official documents and archives of the Ming Dynasty were burned and destroyed, and as many as three banned books were seized. Thousands of books, more than [-] books, and more than one million books were burned, even more than the books collected by Siku Quanshu.Some scholars have said that the ancient books were lost after the Qing repaired the Siku Quanshu!

Later generations once said that "Siku Quanshu" is actually a defective or even waste product with "four imperfections".What are the "four imperfections"?Because in the process of editing, a staggering number of books have been burned, deleted, tampered with, and misunderstood, all deliberately.

Because of this, some people blamed the loss of Zheng He's treasure ship information on Qianlong's repair of the Siku Quanshu, and burned all kinds of classics.

However, these are not important to Chu Yi. Emperor Chenghua has been in heaven for more than [-] years, but the old court people are still there, not to mention the others, such as Chen Du and Han Dynasty in front of them. They are nearly sixty years old. Thirty years ago, it could be said that he was in his prime, and perhaps he knew something about the blueprints of Zheng He's treasure ship.

Chen Du narrowed his eyes, looked at Chu Yi, and said in a low voice, "The supervisor does not want to imitate the inner supervisor during the reign of Emperor Chenghua and persuade His Majesty to open the sea ban and build a treasure ship to go to the West!"

Even Han Chao on the side stared at Chu Yi, with a strange glitter in his eyes. When he mentioned Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, he was simply an idol admired and worshipped by many eunuchs. It can be said that this is the representative of their eunuchs. It has truly achieved a name in the history of history and passed it on to all ages.

Thinking that Chu Yi might want to persuade the emperor to go to the Western Ocean, both Chen Du and the Han Dynasty couldn't help but feel excited. In the past, Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Ocean were famous all over the world.

Chu Yi could guess what Chen Du was thinking just by looking at their reactions, but the corners of Chu Yi's mouth were slightly raised. He was looking for the blueprints of Zheng He's treasure ship, not just to imitate Zheng He's voyages to the West!

Chapter 31 A Confidential Letter [Thanks to the leader of "Tiao Dan Mu You Xiao Ji Ji"]

However, Chu Yi will not tell Chen Du and the others what he thinks at this time. He just has a smile on his face, but Chu Yi is so that Chen Du and Han Chao are born out of their own masters. the idea came.

Sure enough, the power of role models is boundless, especially the influence of Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Guarantees. Chu Yi underestimated the importance these eunuchs placed on their names.

After all, looking at the history of the past, those who have shined through the ages are all civil servants and military generals, but there are very few people in the group of eunuchs.

Of course, it doesn't mean that there are no, but most of them are like Zhao Gao, Zhang Rang, Li Fuguo and even Wang Zhen.

Chen Du and Han Chao endured their inner excitement and recalled their memories of Zheng He's treasure ship drawings.

The incident during the Chenghua period was not a small one. After all, the emperor personally sent his confidant and valet to the Ministry of War to ask for the blueprints of the treasure ship, but was directly returned by the Ministry of War. burn.

Decades have passed, and most of the old people in the court have been scattered. After all, the replacement of the court is much faster than the replacement of the inner court.

Perhaps there are not many ministers among the courtiers who still remember what happened back then, but as servants in the palace, Han Chao and Chen Du have not forgotten them.

Chu Yi was not in a hurry, and he did not expect to find the blueprints of the treasure ship immediately. Even if there was no fire to burn it, in order to avoid the idea of ​​​​opening the sea to build ships by the civil servants in the court, in order to avoid the idea of ​​​​building a ship in the future. It will definitely hide the treasure ship blueprints.

A bright light flashed in Han Chao's eyes and said: "Master, I thought of it, it seems that there is a record about the treasure ship in the Yongle Grand Ceremony."

When Chu Yi heard this, he suddenly stood up and said with a bit of surprise on his face, "Is there anything else?"

At this moment, Chen Du also nodded and said: "If there is no accident, there must be some in the Yongle Grand Ceremony. Even if there is no detailed record, at least there is general information."

Chu Yi couldn't help but think of the Yongle Encyclopedia, which is known as the largest encyclopedia in China. This book was written during the Yongle period, when Zheng He went to the Western Ocean seven times. For such a big event, Zheng He's fleet almost represented the top navy of the Ming Dynasty at that time. Equipment, it is impossible to say that there is no record in the Yongle Ceremony.

In the library of the Emperor Shizhen, facing the dense row of bookshelves, tens of thousands of classics were neatly arranged in different categories.

Han Chao pointed at one place and said, "Master, found it!"

As he said that, he took down a volume of books from the bookshelf, and Chu Yi glanced at it. It was the record of Zheng He's voyages to the West.

Opening the booklet, the first introduction was about Zheng He's voyages to the West, and then a reduced but accurate scale chart appeared in Chu Yi's eyes.

Just by looking at this chart, Chu Yi can confirm that this is the various countries that Zheng He traveled to the Western Oceans seven times. The most important thing is the sea roads marked in detail on this chart.

The sea is mysterious and full of crises. For sailing at sea, the most important one is the means of sailing, that is, the big ship, and the second is the sea route, which is the safe navigation route at sea.

These safe navigation routes can avoid countless dangers in the sea. It can be said that countless sailors explored with their lives little by little, and they were marked by later generations and drawn into a map, that is, a nautical map.

The ship and the nautical chart can be said to be the biggest guarantee for Zheng He to be able to sail smoothly to the Western Ocean. Although the ship has not been found now, the nautical chart was found by Chu Yi.

When Chu Yi's eyes fell on the nautical chart, Han Chao and Chen Du, who were next to him, also saw the chart and were able to take charge of the imperial history. If Han Chao and Chen Du talked about erudition, I'm afraid that even those great scholars in the DPRK may not be able to match them.

Even a foolish person who stayed in a place like Huangshiyuan for decades would be full of talents who would be nurtured.

Therefore, South Korea and Chen Du are very clear about what the nautical chart means.

After finding the nautical chart, Chu Yi naturally expected to find drawings and information about the treasure ship in this Yongle ceremony.

However, this is indeed recorded, but it is simply mentioned. It is simply unrealistic to rely on this record to build a ship.

You must know that a treasure ship is involved in all aspects. If its manufacturing materials are on the paper of a book, if piled up, it is afraid that it can fill a room.

Putting the book down carefully, Chu Yi sighed softly: "It is recorded that the drawings and materials about the manufacture of the treasure ship are stored in the Ministry of War."

I'm afraid that the Emperor Yongle of that year never dreamed that his later courtiers would be able to burn the treasure ship information in order to restrict the emperor and forbid the emperor to open the sea.

Seeing that Chu Yi's expression was a little gloomy, Han Chao said in a low voice, "Master..."

Chu Yi took a deep breath and said to Han Chao and Chen Du, "The two of you will copy this chart and the introduction to the treasure ship to me. Especially the chart part, it must be exactly the same!"

The two responded.

Following Chu Yi, Wang Zheng said, "Professor, are we going to the Ministry of War Yamen?"

Chu Yi glanced at Wang Zheng with a strange look and said, "Why do you want to go to the Ministry of War Yamen?"

Wang Zheng wondered: "Isn't the Governor looking for the blueprints of the treasure ship, we can still..."

Chu Yi shook his head slightly and said, "Go back to the East Factory first."

Although he was puzzled, Wang Zheng had always obeyed Chu Yi's orders, so he naturally followed Chu Yi back to the East Factory.

As soon as he returned to the East Factory, he saw a foreman eunuch come forward, but he was one of Wang Zheng's confidants in the East Factory.

The foreman eunuch handed a secret letter to Wang Zheng, whispered a few words, and Wang Zheng's expression changed slightly.

At this moment, Chu Yi was sitting on the Taishi chair with a portrait of Yue Fei behind him. Seeing Wang Zheng approaching quickly, he put down the teacup and said, "What's the matter?"

Wang Zheng put the letter in his hand in front of Chu Yi and said, "Professor, this is a secret letter sent by someone from the pavilion not long ago."

Chu Yi raised his brows. When he chose to subdue Jiao Fang, he really made a good move. Even Liu Jin never dreamed that Jiao Fang, whom he trusted as a confidant, would actually belong to Chu Yi. It can be said that Jiao Fang was there. Every move of Liu Jin Group is under Chu Yi's control.

Sometimes Liu Jin made a small move to deal with Chu Yi, and even without Chu Yi's action, Jiao Fang alone could easily settle it.

Not to mention, just like Liu Jin failed to recruit Chu Yi before, Jiao Fang changed the form with just a few words, allowing Liu Jin to turn his attention to Gu Dayong again.

Although it is said that even if Liu Jin is to deal with Chu Yi, it is impossible for Chu Yi to cause much trouble for a while, but after all, it is trouble, right?

"Oh, it's already night, and the old-fashioned Jiao Ge sent a secret letter. Could it be that there is something important?"

While speaking, Chu Yi opened the secret letter, and with a flick of his hand, he spread out the letter, and when he glanced at it, he saw a bright light flashing in Chu Yi's eyes, and a smile gradually spread across Chu Yi's face.

[Well, thanks to the leader for the reward, this leader is a low-key person, and he didn't want to reveal his real name, so he chose such a shameful name, um, sure it's really low-key!What can I do, I am desperate. 】

Chapter 32 To make it dead, make it crazy! 【Tickets】

The letter explained that he gave Liu Jin an idea and opened an expert factory today, and emphasized that Liu Jin had sent Jin Yiwei to intercept Wang Yangming.