"Your Majesty, Cao Jixiang would like to see you."
Zhu Jianshen nodded when he heard this and said, "Let Eunuch Cao come in."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After hearing Cao Jixiang's name, Li Xian raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yu Qian calmly.
Yu Qian, who was already quite old, noticed Li Xian's gaze and turned to look at Li Xian.
Some time ago, Li Xian had an exchange with Yu Qian.
It was about Cao Jixiang's voyage.
Yu Qian does not think that Zhu Jianshen will let Cao Jixiang continue to sail to sea in the short term. His reason is that the Ming Dynasty fought in Annan, the three southwest provinces, as the rear area, the imperial court exempted the local taxes for one year, and organized the Maritime Affairs Department. Let the merchants go out to do business, and then expanded the Ningbo Navy, Fujian Navy, Quanzhou Navy, and Shandong Waihai Navy. Although there is money in the treasury, there is only so much productivity. If Cao Jixiang is planning to go to sea, it will be huge. Building a fleet is very difficult.
But Li Xian had a different view. He believed that Cao Jixiang would definitely continue his voyage within a few years. This is just like that thing. If there is no first time, I will never think about it, but if there is the first time, I can't stop it.
Cao Jixiang went to sea once and became interested in wanting to be second to Zheng He. The young emperor also became interested and wanted to be second to Taizong. The ships in the returning fleet had been repaired and they only needed to add some for long voyages. Sea-going ships can be built by many shipping companies.
Under this situation, as a rational minister, he should try his best to stop it, but Li Xian knew that in the Ming Dynasty at this time, they could no longer stop His Majesty the Emperor from doing anything.
Although the emperor was young, he relied on Zhang Bao, Zhu Ji and others to firmly control the factory guards to act as the emperor's thugs and spies, and relied on Chen Ying, veterans Yang Hong, Guo Deng, Shi Heng, Shi Biao, Zhao Fu and others to directly control He commanded the most capable army of the Ming Dynasty, and used Xu Youzhen to control the officials and build momentum for all the things he wanted to promote.
Although many things in the country still have to be handled by Yu Qian, Li Xian and others, both of them have to admit one thing. At this time, they can only hold administrative power if the emperor trusts them. If they anger the emperor, in one sentence, the two of them will Individuals have to go home and retire obediently, and the emperor does not need to pay attention to any impact at all.
Wherever the wind blows, ordinary people cannot control it. In the court of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty was the wind.
A gust of wind blows, no matter what harm or benefit it brings to the country, it is not something that Yu Qian, Li Xian and others can stop now.
But Zhu Jianshen is still not so ruthless towards Qian. He always respects this hero, informs Yu Qian of everything in advance, and asks Yu Qian for his suggestions.
But Zhu Jianshen had never listened to Yu Qian's suggestion.
Everyone here was summoned to the Qianqing Palace, seemingly discussing the heavy snowfall in Liaodong, but Cao Jixiang returned to the capital at this time.
This was originally a matter for North Korea, and most of North Korea's affairs were military affairs. However, Taining Marquis Chen Ying and others were not present, which can only explain that His Majesty the Emperor had already discussed this matter with everyone, and now he just wanted to find someone From the beginning, Yu Qian and others were called over.
Its intention is also obvious.
Outside the Qianqing Palace, Cao Jixiang, with the help of the young eunuch, took off the purple-red cloak he was wearing, handed it to the young eunuch and asked, "Who are the adults in there?"
"Eunuch Cao, Yu Qian, Li Xian, Peng Shi, Zhu Ji and others are here." The little eunuch said quickly.
After hearing this, Cao Jixiang nodded, and then stepped into the Qianqing Palace.
Cao Jixiang walked to the center of the crowd, stopped behind the stove, then knelt down and shouted: "Slave Cao Jixiang, please bow to your majesty, long live your majesty."
Ever since Zhu Jianshen saw Cao Jixiang, a smile appeared on his face.
The three people who kicked down the door, and those who were transformed by him were all important figures who were responsible for their own affairs. This sense of accomplishment made Zhu Jianshen very satisfied.
"Eunuch Cao, get up quickly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Cao Jixiang finished speaking, he stood up.
"This journey has been tiring, and heavy snow has blocked the road in Liaodong. Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Cao." Zhu Jianshen said with a smile.
"I don't dare to tell you how hard it is to do errands for His Majesty."
"Is it still snowing in Liaodong?" Zhu Jianshen asked.
Cao Jixiang also hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, when I arrived at Shanhaiguan, the snow had stopped. The most serious place was Liaoping Prefecture. Although the entire Liaodong was covered with heavy snow, it was still passable, from Liaoping Prefecture to Guangzhou. The road was a little more difficult when we were in Ningcheng."
Zhu Jianshen nodded when he heard this, and then asked about sweet potato cultivation and yield.
And Cao Jixiang also knew what His Majesty the Emperor was thinking, because Cao Jixiang had written clearly in the memorials about the fields he planted and the amount of output. But now that the Emperor asked again, it was not for him to listen, but for him. These ministers in the Qianqing Palace listened.
Cao Jixiang paused for a moment, organized some words and then spoke eloquently: "Your Majesty, this depends on the season. The planting time in the capital is different from that in Liaoping Prefecture, and the yield is also different. "
"Usually there are two seasons in the capital, one for spring potatoes and one for summer potatoes. The yield of spring potatoes can reach more than 2,000 kilograms per mu, while the yield of summer potatoes can reach 2,500 kilograms per mu."
"In Liaodong, the geology is fertile, but because of the extremely cold winter, only spring potatoes can be grown now, but the yield is extremely amazing. One acre of land can produce 3,500 kilograms. In the 13th year of Chenghua, in Liaoping Prefecture With the help of others, a total of 100,000 acres of fertile land were reclaimed and planted. After 180 days, a bumper harvest was obtained. Moreover, not only the fruits buried underground can be used, but the vines on the ground can also be used as a vegetable. And the taste is very good. There are millions of sweet potatoes stored in the warehouse in Liaoping Mansion. In time, Liaoping Mansion will be self-sufficient."
The data mentioned by Cao Jixiang are only exaggerated in terms of the number of acres, but the other data are real.
After hearing this, Yu Qian and others in the Qianqing Palace were all shocked. Lao Tie said, "What kind of output is this? I have never seen it before. It really opened my eyes."
Although they have eaten it, they don't know anything about cultivation and yield.
If this thing really had such a large output, Liaodong alone could feed half of the Ming Dynasty.
After Zhu Jianshen listened, he nodded with satisfaction.
Although sweet potatoes are good, you should not be greedy. Grains and grains are still the staple food of the people. Sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes can only be used as a non-staple food. But with such a large output of sweet potatoes, it can promote the development of family animal husbandry on the other hand.
According to Zhu Jianshen's understanding, there is no pressure at all when feeding sweet potatoes to chickens and ducks. Feeding pigs will cause some diseases in piglets. If they can be mixed with some grain and fed, there will not be any big problems. With the rise of animal husbandry, the price of meat will naturally increase. If it falls, it can also be used as a hedge against the large amount of silver entering the Ming Dynasty from overseas in the future, so the lives of ordinary people will not be affected.
When it comes to pigs, I have to mention that the ban on pigs in the Ming Dynasty was not an exaggeration as spread to the world.
Emperor Taizu and Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang came from a poor family, so how could he have this taboo.
In fact, the ban on pigs was initiated by Zhu Jianshen's naughty grandson Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty. Before Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, people could call pigs pigs. Not only could they bark, they could eat them as much as they wanted, and kill them as much as they wanted. Only in the Ming Dynasty During the reign of Emperor Wu Zong, people could not bark at will, raise animals, or kill him. The reason was that Zhu Houzhao was born in the year of pig. However, he received too much backlash from the people.
In order to oppose the pig ban, people dyed pig heads green and threw them in front of the emperor to express the dissatisfaction of the people. Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear it anymore. He only implemented the pig ban for three months and announced his withdrawal from the stage... …
"Eunuch Cao has worked hard and made great contributions. Yu Taibao, does the court want to reward Eunuch Cao?" Zhu Jianshen said and looked at Yu Qian. biquge.biz
Yu Qian stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, the sweet potatoes planted by Eunuch Cao are indeed an important weapon of the country and should be rewarded."
After Yu Qian finished speaking, Zhu Jianshen looked at Cao Jixiang again: "Eunuch Cao, tell me, I will agree to whatever you want."
"Your Majesty, I don't want any reward. I just want to go to sea once. But this time, I want a larger fleet and more manpower. In that place, it is extremely vast. There are barbarians, but there are also people. With a lot of wealth, I have discovered a big gold mine. I want to go there again while I can still move, mine the gold mine, and bring all the gold to the Ming Dynasty to fill the national treasury..."
After listening to Cao Jixiang's words, Li Xian sighed silently in his heart. The master and servant acted together in front of us...
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