Inside Kunning Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang rarely found time to spend time with Empress Ma and his children today.
"Sister, you don't know. We had sharp eyes and could tell at a glance that there was something strange about Li Jin."
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the main seat, surrounded by Queen Ma, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Yuanzhang's other children.
Zhu Yuanzhang was bragging to his children about his Ming Dynasty navy and its ability to sweep across the sea.
Since he wanted to brag about naval battles, he couldn't avoid Li Jin, so Li Jin became a genius who Zhu Yuanzhang himself had a unique eye and could spot at a glance.
It was precisely because of Zhu Yuanzhang's support that Li Jin had the opportunity to display his talents and become Huo Qubing on the sea.
Now Li Jin is directly leading the warships to the Japanese island. Isn't it more impressive than Wei Qing and Huo Qubing back then?
"Now our Ming Dynasty navy is unstoppable across the sea, clearing the world, and beating the Japanese pirates until they cry for father and mother. This is all due to us."
"In the future, history books will also record that what the Yuan Dynasty failed to accomplish back then was accomplished by Zhu Yuanzhang."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyebrows were full of joy and he was very pleased with himself. In these days, the good news coming from the Japanese front line made Zhu Yuanzhang greatly relieved.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang's beard curled up happily, indicating that Zhu Yuanzhang was in a happy mood at the moment.
In front of his children, Zhu Yuanzhang rarely lost his temper like this, but the success of the Japanese war made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a little embarrassed.
The Jin Yiwei placed in the navy can be said to be very competent. Basically, there are fast ships sailing from Shijian Port every day to Daming to report the latest war situation in Shijian Kingdom to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew that Li Jin and Xu Da occupied Shijian Kingdom and Shijian Yinshan respectively.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy. After all, the strategic goal agreed upon by several people before was to capture Shijian Country and the port, then occupy Shijian Yin Mountain, secretly mine silver mines, and fill the Ming Dynasty's treasury.
Now that everything is going according to plan, Zhu Yuanzhang even feels that he will no longer worry about money soon.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang being so arrogant, Queen Ma next to her curled her lips and said in a disconcerting manner:
"I don't know who was calling for beating and killing. They insisted on saying that Li Jin was a corrupt official who wanted to ransack other people's homes and chop off their heads."
"As a result, now I see that he has made great achievements and turned into a bole, and he regards Li Jin as a thousand-mile horse."
"So shameless!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's old face was a little embarrassed and his face turned slightly red.
After all, it was his own sister who took part in the trouble and personally participated in it. When Zhu Yuanzhang started shouting about beating and killing, Queen Ma was right next to him.
If Empress Ma hadn't stopped him, Li Jin would have been sent on the road by Zhu Yuanzhang countless times.
"Look, look, sister, can you stop making trouble for us?"
"Then...then we gave Li Jin's shipyard to him, right?"
"If it weren't for our shipyard, he would be able to kill everyone in the sea and beat the Japanese pirates until they cry for father and mother?"
Princess Qinghe on the side heard this, covering her mouth with her right hand, her eyes narrowed in laughter, looking extremely cute.
Empress Ma was not used to Zhu Yuanzhang, so she rolled her eyes at him angrily and said:
"You have the nerve to say that there are only a few broken nails in a shabby shipyard, but it ended up being sold to someone for millions of taels of silver."
"Are you giving it to someone else's shipyard? That's blackmail. If you weren't a relative of the emperor, you would have been imprisoned by Li Jin."
Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned a little red. It was true that what he did was not very authentic, but it was also because Li Jin had embezzled in front of him, which made him feel that Li Jin was a corrupt official.
Zhu Yuanzhang would naturally use all possible means to deal with such corrupt officials.
However, when Empress Ma mentioned such an unreasonable thing in front of her children, Zhu Yuanzhang always felt a little embarrassed, so he simply stopped bragging, lowered his head and ate the steamed bun in his hand tightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to say, but Princess Qinghe was very curious. She stared at her big watery eyes and asked:
"A relative of the emperor? Isn't my father the emperor? When did he become a relative of the emperor?"
Queen Ma explained:
"Your father called himself Huang and said he was a relative of Zhu Yuanzhang."
"Li Jin was fooled by him, and he still doesn't know the identity of your father!"
Princess Qinghe's eyes widened in shock. She didn't expect that there was such a relationship, but she became even more curious about Li Jin.
Just as the family was enjoying the reunion dinner happily, suddenly a young eunuch hurriedly walked into the palace, bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"Your Majesty, there is a letter from the East China Sea."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and then he said:
"There is news from Li Jin. We have to go and take a look. You guys eat first. We will stay at Qianqing Palace tonight, so you don't have to wait for me."
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's hurried look, Queen Ma shook her head. She didn't know when Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more interested in the sea.
I feel like I am not as concerned about the sea as I am when dealing with Mongolia.
Empress Ma didn't understand matters at sea, so she couldn't intervene. After all, it was Li Jin who proposed the Ming Dynasty's maritime strategy.
If anyone in the Ming Dynasty knew the sea best, Queen Ma felt that it must be Li Jin.
We can only hope that Li Jin’s judgment on the ocean is correct, otherwise we really don’t know where the Ming Dynasty will go in the future?
When Zhu Biao saw Zhu Yuanzhang getting up and leaving, he also stood up hurriedly. After bidding farewell to Queen Ma, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, only he and Zhu Yuanzhang knew about Shi Jian Yinshan. None of the ministers in the court knew about it, not even Queen Ma.
Now that Li has come in to write a letter, it must be about Iwami Yinshan.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao both attached absolute importance to this silver mountain, because Li Jin once said that the reserves of this silver mountain are as high as 500 million taels of silver.
If this is true, then this silver mountain will become a national treasure and can be used throughout the five hundred years of their Ming Dynasty.
This is a very scary number. You must know that China has not had a dynasty for three hundred years since the Zhou Dynasty.
If the Ming Dynasty occupied such a silver mountain, the country's finances would be greatly relieved within five hundred years.
Zhu Yuanzhang even felt that this silver mountain could continue the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years.
Therefore, after hearing the news about Li Jin, Zhu Yuanzhang was so out of his mind that he even ignored the banquet and returned directly to the study to prepare to deal with the matter.
When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao rushed to the study, they saw Mao Xiang and an envoy already waiting in the palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang walked into the palace and asked the envoy to bring out the memorial without even sitting on the dragon throne. He couldn't wait to see if this silver mountain was worthy of its name.
When Zhu Yuanzhang opened the secret letter, he began to read it carefully, for fear of missing a word.
After Zhu Yuanzhang saw clearly the reserves reported by Li Jin, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly bulged, his face turned red, and his whole body even trembled slightly.
Zhu Biao on the side noticed something strange, and hurriedly went up to help Zhu Yuanzhang, and asked with concern:
"Father, what's wrong with you?"
But Zhu Yuanzhang seemed unaware, and finally murmured:
"Eighty...eighty...eighty million?!!"
Zhu Biao was a little confused and didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.
But Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked at the envoy and asked loudly:
"The letter said that a miner followed him back. Where is that miner?"
The messenger hurriedly handed over his hands and replied:
"Just outside the palace."
"Mao Xiang, bring that person over immediately. We have something to ask them."
Zhu Yuanzhang's anxious look made Zhu Biao very curious, like a cat scratching its claws, wanting to know what could make Zhu Yuanzhang so excited.
After finally taking the memorial, after Zhu Biao saw the reserves on it clearly, he showed the same expression as Zhu Yuanzhang and said with great joy:
"Father, we have enough money to conquer Mobei in the future."
"Money for disaster relief is also available. We, the people of Ming Dynasty, will no longer be homeless and starved of food."
"Our court can help these people and let them live and work in peace and contentment."
