Zhu Qiyu walked all the way to the door, and when he saw that no one was stopping him anymore, he turned around and ordered: "Xingyi, after you have drafted the decree, you can go to Mr. Cheng's house to deliver the decree in person."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu hurried home.
All the ministers looked at He Yi with envy.
I have to admit that Zhu Qiyu really has nothing to say to his cronies.
When it was his turn to reprimand such a "bad job", Zhu Qiyu would be keen to avoid it for his cronies. When there is a real good job like conveying an order to Cheng Jing, Zhu Qiyu will immediately pave the way for his cronies.
He went to deliver an edict to Cheng Jing and got a favor for free. With Zhu Qiyu's special support, He Yi accumulated contacts quickly.
This set an example for the new scholars, so that most of them were eager to try and hope to join the ranks of the emperor's confidants.
After ten years of hard work, selling goods to the emperor's family is the ideal of every Jinshi.
Just as the emperor himself said: The good wind sends me to the blue clouds with its power.
But these are all things for later. Zhu Qiyu returned home, lay down on the bed, and never moved again.
Qianxue and Su Xi sat next to Zhu Qiyu, one on the left and the other on the right. While undressing and taking off their belts, they asked curiously: "What evil have the ministers done again? Why did your husband become like this just after going out?"
Zhu Qiyu raised his arm vigorously, made a victory gesture, and explained with a smile: "Your husband has passed three levels in a row and succeeded in them all.
It went smoothly, but it was a bit tiring to compete with the ministers. "
Hearing this, Su Xi gently opened her lips and took it in her mouth.
Qianxue looked admiring and attentive, smiling as she listened to Zhu Qiyu showing off.
Seeing that his women were so well-informed, Zhu Qiyu felt particularly comfortable, so he continued to brag: "I arranged for Mr. Cheng to be a doctor in the Ministry of War, and no one stood up to object.
It can be seen that my authority is already considerable. Moreover, the existing important ministers in the court are either my close confidants, or they have temporarily attached themselves to me, and the future will be much better.
When you sisters finish giving birth to the children you are currently carrying, I can concentrate on reform.
Another thing is that I have officially identified Sanyang, and through trial, I have colluded with Sanyang for smuggling, and I will soon be able to publicly convict Sanyang.
Still no one from the ministers objected. This was the second hurdle I passed today.
The most important thing is that I appointed Nian Fu as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, responsible for establishing the Fujian Navy and preparing for the voyage to the West. The ministers still had no objection.
This is the most important level I have passed today.
Unexpectedly, the ministers really adopted a tacit attitude towards resuming the voyage to the West.
In the next few years, apart from destroying the Buddha and abolishing the Queen, there would be no possible conflicts between me and my group of trusted ministers. "
The woman was still more concerned about the word 'queen', Qianxue asked curiously: "Queen? Which queen do you want to depose?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "You guess? There will be a reward for guessing it right."
"What reward will you give me first, husband?"
"Hey, you two can speak for yourselves."
"If I guess correctly, I will punish my husband to lick our feet."
Qianxue replied decisively without thinking.
Zhu Qiyu pointed at the two of them and smiled angrily: "Sooner or later, I will sell you both."
Qianxue smiled and asked tentatively: "Queen Qian? Impossible. Empress Zhou? It's also impossible. Does your husband want to abolish the Queen Mother?"
Zhu Qiyu pretended to be surprised and nodded: "The little girl is so smart, have you noticed all this?"
Qianxue made a face arrogantly, and then continued to ask: "But in all dynasties, few emperors have deposed the queen mother. The slave family is curious about how the husband deposed the queen?"
Zhu Qiyu still said the same thing: "The eunuchs Cao Jixiang and Xing'an were instructed by the Empress Dowager, colluded internally and externally, and raised troops to rebel, intending to support the restoration of Emperor Gongrang.
After the defeat, Cao Jixiang and Xing'an Lingchi destroyed the three tribes.
The empress dowager was deposed as a commoner and lived in seclusion in the cold palace. He respectfully asked the emperor to stay in Nangong and think about his mistakes behind closed doors. "
After all, Zhu Qiyu still insisted that Cao Jixiang would rebel.
To Zhu Qiyu's surprise, Qianxue not only didn't smile, but nodded with admiration.
Zhu Qiyu was so frightened that he quickly touched Qianxue's forehead: "I don't have a fever either. Why didn't you laugh when I said there would be eunuchs revolting?"
Qianxue replied: "As long as my husband no longer accepts new women, I will believe whatever you say."
Zhu Qiyu nodded repeatedly, she is such a good woman.
Qianxue handed her cherry lips over with a smile, and while Zhu Qiyu tasted it carefully, he thought of something on his mind again.
Why do today's ministers adopt a tacit attitude towards establishing the Fujian Navy and restarting Western trade?
Although Zhu Qiyu has spoken out several times before, they were all talk with red lips and white teeth.
Today, when it came time to make the specific arrangements, not a single minister stood up to object, which surprised Zhu Qiyu.
Especially when Wang Ji, Chen Mao, Yu Qian, Jin Lian, Shi Pu and others were all present, the result was unexpected.
This is really worthy of careful consideration. There are generally two possibilities: one is that the ministers really do not object, and the other is that the ministers are thinking of changing the emperor in a few years.
If the ministers firmly believed that the emperor could be replaced within ten years, then it would not matter whether they opposed the voyages to the West.
There are several options for changing the emperor: support Zhu Qizhen's restoration, support Zhu Jianshen, and support Zhu Qiyu's eldest son.
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Qiyu changed his mind: Maybe the ministers didn't have that much thought, and they just simply didn't object to the voyage to the West.
In today's Ming Dynasty, the most important asset is still land.
These civil and military officials are essentially landlords, and it is impossible for everyone to go to the beach to engage in smuggling.
Therefore, what ministers are most afraid of is, first, the emperor's land reform, and second, the emperor's rectification of officialdom.
Zhu Qiyu had reached a tacit agreement with the ministers not to engage in land reform and to rectify officialdom.
So the emperor made concessions, and the ministers reciprocated, acquiescing to the emperor's restart of Western trade.
Zhu Qiyu felt that his analysis made some sense. The behavioral logic of the ministers was probably like this: Rather than objecting to this and that, and finally forcing the emperor to jump over the wall to carry out land reform, it would be better for the emperor to focus on collecting Jiaozhi and Xiamen As for Western matters.
The lesser of two evils.
Abandon his soldiers and save his chariots.
After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu gained confidence in himself and his important ministers again.
Everyone just reached a consensus.
Zhu Qiyu really has no interest in land reform.
If we engage in land reform, we will have to work hard for most of our lives, and the additional income of 10 million taels for the court every year will be enough.
If you have that spare time, you can dig down Japan's Nagami Silver Mine. The effect will be the same, but the difficulty will be more than ten times lower. Moreover, you can still be loved by the people and praised by officials.
(End of chapter)
