Zhu Zhi lowered his head, waiting for Zhu Yunwen's punishment.
Beating the censor is a serious crime.
These censors were officials who spoke out and gave advice. Even the emperor did not dare to punish the officials easily.
Nothing else.
Once the public officials are dealt with, problems will arise in the way of speech in the court, and what follows will be a court that "listens only to the dark".
Although some officials are assholes.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Zhi. This man was not impulsive. His actions were obviously premeditated. The evidence was the wat board he pulled out of his sleeve.
He would definitely not bring a wat tablet with him when he went to Nanyang. As soon as he arrived in the capital, he went to the palace to present it. He had no time to go home and take a shower and change clothes, let alone find a wat tablet to stuff into his sleeves.
The most likely thing is that he asked someone for a wat board along the way...
The dignified vassal king acted like a reckless man and beat the censor in front of himself and all the civil and military officials. This was very offending, at least it offended everyone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
but!
Zhu Yunwen looked at Shen Yiyuan, Huang Facai and others. These people looked at Zhu Zhi with more respect and gratitude.
Do you want to gain the heart of a businessman?
Zhu Yunwen didn't wait for Lian Zining who came out to speak, and then scolded: "As a dignified prince, how can you be so rude? I miss you when you first returned from Nanyang and were overworked, so I will not punish you for your offense. But Gao Xiang Yushi's medical expenses , you still need to bear it, and you will be fined another half a year!"
Lian Zining turned to look at the choked Gao Xiang. This guy had a lot of teeth knocked out and his speech was leaky. He probably won't be able to be a censor in the future...
Forget it, this person has been disobedient for a long time, let him go.
But the face of the Metropolitan Procuratorate still needs to be maintained.
"Your Majesty, if you spare the King of Liao so easily, wouldn't you be violating discipline? Gao Xiang just said that Three Season Rice was false. Even if it is wrong, he should not be treated like this. I request that the King of Liao be banned."
Lian Zining shouted angrily.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Lian Zining and asked with a cold face: "I have repeatedly ordered that what officials say must not be heard or false. You knew that Gao Xiang's words were wrong, why didn't you come out to correct them? As the chief officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, , Indulging the censor to talk nonsense, is this the emperor’s official speech?”
Lian Zining suddenly felt bad. The fire seemed to have turned and burned his feet.
Zhu Yunwen said solemnly: "In Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places in the Ming Dynasty, reripening rice is the main food. In the land of Nanyang, the climate is hot and the rain is abundant, so it is not uncommon for three-crop rice to appear. As early as Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, there was the practice of occupying rice. Chengcheng rice is promoted on Jiangnan East and West Roads and Liangzhe Road. The so-called Champai rice can be harvested twice or three times a year."
"Even the common people in the countryside have heard about this. As a censor, Gao Xiang has visited the prefectures and counties many times, but he has never heard of such news, which shows that he has not penetrated into the people. He is in the court and does not worry about the people. Such a person What did the speaker do?"
Lian Zining quickly apologized, but Gao Xiang didn't care about the pain in his face and knelt down to beg for mercy.
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and said to Shen Yiyuan: "In my opinion, the rice you brought is better for food than for seed. Just imagine, if there are some areas in the Ming Dynasty where three-season rice can be planted, wouldn't the rice obtained be as good as More?"
"I am willing to lead the Ministry of Household Affairs to promote three-crop rice."
Huang Zicheng left work.
In this era, food means human life.
Although the Ming Dynasty has fewer people and more land, there is never enough food to eat. Famine is still happening in many places, and most of the population can barely survive starvation.
If three-crop rice can be widely used, it will be a great achievement.
The Ministry of Accounts has unshirkable responsibilities.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Huang Zicheng with admiration and said: "Three-season rice is worthy of promotion, but it should not be done rashly. The reason why three-season rice is harvested three times a year is related to the weather.
Qi is related. In my opinion, I chose to promote three-season rice in Hainan, Guangdong, all of Guangdong, southern Guangxi, southern Yunnan and other places. "
Huang Zicheng was a little surprised. Didn't the Song Dynasty promote Champa Rice? Why didn't it continue to be promoted?
This is not because Zhu Yunwen doesn't want to do it, but because it is unrealistic.
At the beginning, Champa rice was introduced to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, and it did have many effects, and even achieved "three crops" in some areas. But the problem is, looking back on history and later generations, two-crop rice still dominates.
In addition to climate reasons, the decline of water resources and land fertility is also a problem.
When it comes to property, it depends on the sky and the earth.
Zhu Yunwen said to Shen Yiyuan and others: "How do you feel about going to Nanyang this time?"
Shen Yiyuan secretly clenched his fist, then loosened it immediately, raised his head, with a determined expression on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, we and other merchants have seen countless wealth from Nanyang. The common people think that if the imperial court lifts the sea ban, permission By trading merchant ships, the wealth of Southeast Asia can be used for national purposes, enriching the country and its people, and improving the country's fortunes."
"presumptuous!"
Mao Taiheng, the minister of civil affairs, came out with an angry look on his face and shouted: "How dare merchants talk about the ancestral system! Your Majesty, the sea ban is an express order of Taizu, and no one is allowed to go to the sea. Now the businessmen are eager to make profits and want the imperial court to impose a sea ban to implement it. Self-interest, please ask the emperor to clearly understand it."
"I second the proposal."
Yan Zhen from the Ministry of Industry went straight out of work.
Suddenly, a dozen more officials walked out.
What was a bit surprising was that the chief officials of the six departments and the cabinet were unmoved and stood in the front without saying anything.
"Shen Yiyuan, some people say that the sea ban is just to open the door to convenience for businessmen. What do you say?"
Zhu Yunwen asked easily.
Shen Yiyuan knelt down solemnly and shouted loudly: "The establishment of a sea ban is definitely not to facilitate businessmen. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is possible to enrich the country by the sea. Your Majesty, my lords, if the sea ban is established, there will be boats going south, and people will sail and build ships. It will surely prosper, and the residents along the coast can also use it to work, and the increase will be abundant."
"The imperial court can set up a municipal shipping department to be responsible for the control of passing ships. The income will be huge. With the opening of the sea ban, ships from all over the country will come and go. Thousands of ships and sails will bring countless goods. When the goods enter our country, they will be used by the people, and our country's goods will be filled. If you go to the sea, you can get countless rare and rare things."
"There is still countless rice overseas. If we can organize a large fleet to go south and transfer the rice north, wouldn't it solve the food supply problem in the border areas? It will be beneficial to the court, the people, the army, businessmen, and all the people. Being trapped in the ancestral system and not daring to do anything, wouldn’t it be like drawing the ground as a prison and constraining one’s hands and feet?”
"We are waiting to lift the sea ban because we are worried about the country and not for personal gain!"
Shen Yiyuan kowtowed violently.
Huang Facai and others also knelt down to support Shen Yiyuan with actions.
Zhu Zhi stepped forward, lifted up his clothes, knelt down, and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, open up the sea to enrich the country and rejuvenate the country's destiny. Banning the sea and sealing the people will harm the country's destiny. I ask the emperor to break the ancestral system and unblock the sea."
Zhu Yunwen looked at the people kneeling in a row. These people had reached an agreement.
Coincidentally, the changes in the world's national destiny seem to have something to do with the closure of the sea.
After the sea was closed, the East began to decline and the West began to rise.
And when the sea opens, it is like the purple air coming from the east, and the east becomes the center of the world again.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xie Jin.
Jie Jin came out and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I think it is beneficial to impose a sea ban. The ban on the sea during the Taizu period was related to the chaos of the sea at that time. However, at that time, at this time, the southern sea area was leveled by the navy. Most of the Chen Zuyi pirates and other forces have been wiped out, and it is possible to impose a sea ban."
"I request an order to restore the shipping departments of Taicang, Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Mingzhou.
, practice Taizu's system of "connecting with China and foreigners, and moving goods that are not available" to promote maritime transportation and benefit the people. "
Zhu Yunwen nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and was about to agree, but Tie Xuan, the Minister of War, stood up and openly objected: "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to impose a sea ban at this time!"
"Who, who?"
Jie Jin quickly turned around and looked at Tie Xuan a little depressed.
No sea ban?
Look at how many good things these businessmen bring back. Do you know how much profit they make?
The emperor even included the immigration money into the commercial taxes of this group of people. It was enough to transfer 500,000 people. How much was the value of the goods?
Although I can't go to the sea to fish, I can at least arrange for a few guys to go out to sea and catch a few bastards back. It's a good thing...
No sea ban is allowed, no bastards, no jewels, no corals. How different do you think we officials are from beggars?
Xie Jin was very unhappy.
Ru Yun was also a little depressed. Tie Xuan was really capable, but he was a bit stubborn. If he opened the sea ban, whose money bag would he open?
merchant?
No, that's just what the world sees.
What is really opened is the official's wallet.
Not to mention that the money of the Shipping Department is related to the interests of officials, but once the maritime ban is lifted, how many civil and military officials will arrange for people to go to sea to get a batch of exotic goods and rare treasures from overseas?
Li Jinglong left a group of men in the South China Sea, ready to go to Nanyang at any time.
I heard that several private shipyards have appeared in Jiangxi, and they are probably building sea-going ships. As for who is behind these shipyards, it is hard to say. Anyway, Xie Jin’s household registration is in Jiangxi, and Yang Shiqi’s household registration is also in Jiangxi...
Now that you, Tiexuan, are against the sea ban, you are not against the emperor, but against everyone's way of getting rich.
Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents, Tiehyun, do you still want to hang out?
Zhu Yunwen stared at Tie Xuan and said, "Tell me your reasons."
Tie Xuan's face was serious, and he was not afraid of the vicious eyes of some officials. He said: "I think the sea ban should be lifted, but not at this time. At present, the Japanese pirates are rampant in the East China Sea, and the sea is in constant danger, and Chen Zuyi in Nanyang has not been awarded the title of head. It is difficult to protect the sea ban if it is opened in a hurry. No surprises.”
"The current strategy is to only open the sea ban on a small scale, and still focus on naval escort. When the sea area is cleared and the number of bandits is reduced, the sea ban can be fully opened."
Xie Jin, Ru Yu, Yu Xin and others all took a deep breath and looked at Tie Xuan in surprise.
This person is by no means a pedantic person. He divided the opening of the sea ban into two steps, taking a small step first and then a big step.
But his small step won the hearts of the people, no, the hearts of the officials!
Naturally, the scale of naval escort cannot be too large, and under a limited scale, the interests of a few people will be protected. Last time, the few people were businessmen, and next time, the few people should be officials and businessmen...
It is precisely because it is Xiaobu that it excludes other people from participating.
All the profits go to me.
The proposal of this idea fully proved that Tie Xuan was an extremely smart man. He saw through Zhu Yunwen's intentions and the intentions of the officials. Even when the officials were eager for huge benefits, he maintained absolute sobriety. dangers taken into account.
"I second the proposal."
Ru Yu stood up to support her subordinates with a proud look on her face.
"I second the proposal."
Officials such as Xie Jin, Yu Xin, and Huang Zicheng expressed their opinions one after another.
Zhu Yunwen stood up, looked at the officials and merchants, and said: "In that case, according to the words of the Iron Minister, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army must clear the two sea areas in the east and south this year, and the Ministry of Industry will rebuild the Shipping Department. Once the time is right, lift the maritime ban and allow trade to spread all over the world!”
