"It will be good if Father comes back, it will be good if he comes back..."
Xu Youzhen and Cao Jixiang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing such conciliatory words. It seemed that His Majesty was not too angry.
That little life was saved.
Zhu Jianshen glanced at Zhang Bao thoughtfully. Zhang Bao felt guilty and lowered his head. Then Zhu Jianshen looked at Xu Youzhen, and Cao Jixiang said slowly: "Censor of Xudu, you are a foreign minister, and this matter is in charge of the Taibao. In order to prevent me from venting my anger on the Taibao, you concealed something from me, which is also true. For the sake of enlightenment, I don’t blame you, you should get up first.”
"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty." After hearing this, Xu Youzhen's heart kept beating and she slowly stood up.
Cao Jixiang, who was kneeling on the ground, was a little confused.
Why don't you talk about me.
Xu Youzhen is the foreign minister, and I am the inner minister. He does not need to die, but I am going to die, ah, I am going to die, I am going to die...
If I had known better, I shouldn't have played with such stubborn people. They were foreign ministers, but I was a servant of the royal family.
"Cao Jixiang, you are different from the censor of Xudu. You dare to hide something from me. Do you think you are guilty?"
After hearing this, Cao Jixiang hurriedly shouted: "I know my crime. I know my crime. I hope your Majesty can forgive me for once."
"Okay, since you sincerely plead guilty, I can forgive you..."
Cao Jixiang did not expect Zhu Jianshen to say this, which made him even more confused. Not only Cao Jixiang, but also Zhang Bao and Xu Youzhen.
What medicine is your Majesty selling in this gourd?
"I can forgive you, but you have to make meritorious service..."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness. I will certainly do meritorious deeds for my crimes." Cao Jixiang said hurriedly, kowtowing continuously.
"I want you to go to sea and find something for me..."
Cao Jixiang suddenly raised his head.
I just came back, are you going abroad again?
"Your Majesty, go out to sea?"
Zhu Jianshen nodded and said: "I want you to follow Zheng He's example and go to sea..."
After listening to His Majesty's instructions in the Qianqing Palace, they were asked to go down to rest. They would be summoned to the palace two days later to give instructions on the specific details of the voyage to the West.
The shipbuilding matter also required Xu Youzhen's mediation.
When the two of them left, Zhu Jianshen repeatedly warned not to tell outsiders. I know that my father is in the Ming Dynasty. We all keep it secret and don't make any announcement...
In this way, Cao Jixiang followed Xu Youzhen and walked out of Qianqing Palace.
Cao Jixiang looked at Xu Youzhen with a smile on his face, feeling inexplicably irritable.
"Eunuch Cao, I really envy you. You can go to sea on official business and be on par with the three treasure eunuchs." Xu Youzhen said with a chuckle.
Cao Jixiang glanced at the happy Xu Youzhen, felt uncomfortable, and said with a sneer: "If Xu Du Yushi is like this, then let's go back, find your Majesty, and give this opportunity to Xu Du Yushi."
"Hey, Eunuch Cao, how can a gentleman win someone's love? Besides, Mr. Xu is not an eunuch. Even if he wants to imitate Zheng He, he is neither fish nor fowl." Xu Youzhen waved her hands quickly and said.
"Huh, that's even easier. Censor of Xu Du, come with me. I will personally perform the surgery on you and guarantee you a painless castration..."
After hearing what Cao Jixiang said, Xu Youzhen was not angry. She laughed loudly, patted Cao Jixiang on the shoulder and said, "Does Eunuch Cao really not want this opportunity? Zheng He is not that easy to be, Eunuch Cao." We should take good care of it and first look at the Fujian Navy. If anyone is good at long-distance navigation, we will quickly recruit him."
Cao Jixiang nodded helplessly.
To be honest, he was indeed a little excited, but he couldn't get excited about the confusion about tomorrow...
After the lost Cao Jixiang separated from Xu Youzhen, he went straight back to his residence.
Just entered the room.
A pretty palace maid rushed over in a hurry. She hadn't seen him for a long time, but she missed her governor very much.
When Cao Jixiang made it clear that he was not very interested and casually dealt with the palace maid, he let her go first and asked for some quiet time.
This palace maid was quite dissatisfied. When she was in a hurry, she called herself Xiaotiantian. Now that she was done, she just wanted to be quiet. As expected, even men without balls are still bad men...
Although she was disapproving in her heart, the palace maid still did not dare to go against Cao Jixiang's words. After getting dressed, she left the room.
Cao Jixiang, with his upper body exposed, lay on the bed and sighed heavily.
Ever since he entered Zhu Jianshen's sight, Cao Jixiang has never been at ease.
In the sixth year of Chenghua, I went to North Korea and Liaodong, and spent most of the year running around.
At the beginning of the seventh year of Chenghua, His Majesty asked himself to go to sea.
Find something called a sweet potato.
By the way, once again promote the majesty of Ming Dynasty.
It all looks good.
But it's not too dense.
It seems that His Majesty doesn't even want to serve him in front of him.
This is not a good sign.
Here Cao Jixiang is worried, and Zhu Jianshen is also thinking about sweet potato in Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Jianshen has always been thinking about this matter.
But there has never been a suitable person to do it.
It would be more appropriate for Zhu Jianshen to look at Cao Jixiang now. Xu Youzhen is now on his own ship. If he jumps off, he will die. Shi Heng is still in Liaoping Mansion and will not be able to stay for more than a few days once he comes back.
Cao Jixiang was the only one left in the trio who kicked out the door, and he couldn't control it.
Since I haven't completely figured it out yet, I feel a little uncomfortable watching him wandering around in front of my eyes. Let's just let him go to sea. Out of sight, out of mind, there will be gains.
If Cao Jixiang can find sweet potatoes, it will help him leave a good name in history.
Sweet potatoes entered the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period, but were only grown in Fujian and other places.
It was only during the Qing Dynasty that sweet potatoes began to be promoted on a large scale.
Some people say that the so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong was the prosperous age of sweet potatoes.
A large number of American crops were spread out, giving people more space to use their land.
Zhu Jian rubbed his forehead deeply, closed his eyes, thought carefully, and tried hard to figure out the origin of sweet potatoes.
Columbus of Spain discovered the American continent, and then began the Columbian species exchange. Corn, sweet potatoes, and tomato crops all appeared on European tables.
Then, the Spanish brought the crops discovered in the Americas to the Philippines in Asia, which is now known as Luzon in the Ming Dynasty.
Then he was brought in by Chen Zhenlong during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Zhenlong was a scholar. At that time, the population of the Ming Dynasty was growing too fast, and it was already difficult to achieve success in the imperial examination.
He went to sea to do business, started business with the Spanish, and discovered sweet potatoes on Luzon Island.
Through his observation, he found that this sweet potato does not compete with grains for geographical advantages, has very low requirements for rain and soil, and most importantly, has a high yield.
No matter where I go, I can't change my Chinese heart...
Although Chen Zhenlong is just a businessman, he does not hesitate to give in to his family and country.
He knew that his hometown was surrounded by mountains and seas, with barren soil and poor people. It received little rain, but there was constant famine. It occasionally suffered from bad years and wailed for food.
This high-yielding country's food had a great attraction for him.
As long as they are brought back, the villagers can survive the disaster.
He secretly learned how to grow sweet potatoes.
The Spaniards "treasured the seeds and refused to give them to the Chinese." They set up strict customs inspections, but Chen Zhenlong fought tooth and nail to bring them back.
In the same year, the Ming army general Li Rusong defeated the Japanese army in Pyongyang, and finally drove Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army into the sea. He left a great achievement in history, but Chen Zhenlong, who brought sweet potatoes to the Chinese nation, was not well-known...
During the Wanli period, due to the decline in execution ability of local officials, the sweet potato was not promoted on a large scale. From the time it entered Fujian during the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, sweet potatoes were not really utilized.
Instead, Manqing was allowed to pick peaches...
Zhu Jianshen smiled bitterly, feeling very embarrassed now.
Columbus is less than three years old now, seven years younger than himself. It is really difficult for him to find America.
Do you want to force Cao Jixiang...
Let his name go down in history.
Zheng He's voyages to the West and his auspicious voyage to the Americas are also a good story, isn't this?
From then on, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty became the originators of navigators, giving future generations bragging rights in the global village.
Yes, force Cao Jixiang. If you don't force him, he doesn't know how good he will be.
Regarding shipbuilding technology, Zhu Jianshen is not worried, because although the Nanjing Treasure Ship Company of the Ming Dynasty is at a standstill and the blueprints have been burned, the Ming Dynasty still has a group of shipbuilding technical backbones. It is not difficult to build a giant ship with the ability to travel long distances. .
In this era, Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding technology was one of the best.
Now we have to explain to Yu Qian and others...
Zhang Bao looked at Zhu Jianshen quietly from the side, laughing out loud for a while and frowning for a while, but he was worried.
"Your Majesty, do you really want Cao Jixiang to go out to find some sweet potatoes? How did you know that there is this sweet potato outside?" Zhang Bao asked in a low voice.
Zhu Jianshen glanced at Zhang Bao and replied softly: "I read it in a book."
"Which book?"
"Jin Ping Mei..."
"Jin Ping Mei, why haven't you heard of this book slave?"
Zhu Jianshen glanced at Zhang Bao: "I have read a lot of books. You must have never heard of the title of the book I mentioned. The so-called Jin Ping Mei is the name of three women, Li Ping'er, Pang Chunmei, and Pan Jinlian. The title of the book tells the story of the three of them carefully growing sweet potatoes, and it was written by a sage."
Zhang Bao nodded thoughtfully. This name seemed so familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before...
The novel Jin Ping Mei was compiled in the Longqing era. Zhu Jianshen said it casually, but Zhang Bao certainly didn't know...
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