Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 660 Opportunity
Zhu Yunying thought about colonizing the world, but he also knew that such a thing was very unrealistic.At least as far as the current level of productivity and technology is concerned, Zhu Yunying knows that at least during his reign, this possibility is basically invisible, so he doesn't need to expect too much.

But even if he can't colonize the world, what Zhu Yunying has to do is to lay a solid foundation.

When he was in power, he might not be able to colonize the world, and it was even difficult to have any colonies, etc., but he, the British Emperor, should be a pioneer and should lay a solid foundation for Ming's ocean civilization.

After all, many people are well aware that the Chinese civilization has always been a land civilization, and it has always been that kind of enthusiasm and persistence for the land for thousands of years.But to discover more through the ocean seems to be a little less interesting.

Although there were some ocean trades in China's history, this does not explain the greater influence of ocean civilization on China.What's more, Zhu Yunying is very clear that even now the level of productivity is insufficient, but the next step is the great geographical discovery.

If the Ming Dynasty does not seize this opportunity, then some other people will seize these opportunities.Maybe after more than 100 years, we will see Hongmaofan in Nanyang, and it is even very likely that some wars will break out.

After all, the Ming Dynasty in history also had wars with Europeans, and it was not just Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and others who had wars with the Dutch.

Zheng He came to the Hall of Martial Arts, and when he saw Zhu Yunying, he immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty is here, long live Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yunying just glanced at Zheng He and asked, "What do you think about letting you supervise the work in the shipyard these days?"

"Back to Your Majesty, this servant is only doing what His Majesty has told you." Zheng He is very responsible, although he is soaring in the eyes of some people, but he is not inflated, "It is a servant to be honored to work for Your Majesty."

Zhu Yunying became impatient and listened to too much flattery, "I don't want to hear that nonsense! I want to ask you, have you ever been tempted when you saw those big ships? Have you ever thought about going to Nanyang with our Daming navy?"

Zheng He's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately replied loudly, "The minister leads the decree!"

Eunuchs actually have ranks. For example, Wang Chengen is a fourth-rank eunuch.And these are also real eunuchs.And the other eunuchs, that is, eunuchs, their grades are not high enough, but they also have grades.

For example, Zheng He used to be just a vassal, one of the dispensable minor characters, but now he is a supervisor, second only to the young supervisor and eunuch, and successfully climbed to the third level of the seven-level eunuch system. It's a little bit of a presence.

As for what he thought of himself, in fact Zheng He really didn't have too many thoughts, he only knew how to do what His Majesty told him, and that was enough, and this was the foundation of his life.

After all, he was only a prisoner of war at first, just a spoil of war captured.This eunuch from Yunnan had never seen the sea before, and indeed he had no real feelings about the sea, and of course he couldn't talk about feelings and so on.

Zhu Yunying looked at Zheng He and said, "Next time, you will go to sea with the fleet."

Zhu Yunying was a little bit regretful, she should have let Zheng He go to Ryukyu with Shang Wuning.As one of the eunuchs in front of Zhu Yunying, Zheng He could be regarded as a bit of a status, suitable for delivering orders.As Zheng He, it is also suitable.

Although it is possible for Zheng He to catch up with Shang Wuning and others now, but this is just thinking about it, Zhu Yunying does not intend to change the order overnight.

It's not that he attaches so much importance to Zhongshan and Shang Wuning, it's simply that he intends to give Zheng He a little more experience, and Zhu Yunying plans to start giving Zheng He more opportunities.

Zheng He in history was not just a eunuch and navigator, he was also an outstanding diplomat and even a military strategist, which can be said to be very capable.Otherwise, they would not lead huge fleets to Nanyang again and again.

At this stage, Zhu Yunying naturally does not need to let Zheng He take too many responsibilities, and will not give Zheng He a huge fleet.But now it is time for Zheng He to go to sea first, no matter how rich the theoretical knowledge is, it is more appropriate to go to the sea for a while.

Carefully explained some things about Zheng He, which can be said to be some specific task arrangements for Zheng He. It is obvious that Zheng He is just a "supervisor of the army". It seems that he has certain powers, but he has no actual powers.

It is naturally very important to go to Nanyang with the fleet to learn more, but it is also to help the emperor collect some information.

Even if Zhu Yunying really knows about the separation of powers, and his intelligence system is relatively complete, it's just that he can't just listen to his ministers' one-sided words for many things, and he needs more channels to prove some things.

Zheng He didn't know what it meant to be afraid. Things like the sea might be dangerous, but he knew that only by doing something well, could he become the emperor's confidant and have the opportunity to make certain achievements.

As for using human life to continuously develop marine civilization, Zhu Yunying does not have any psychological burden, these things must be done.

It's not that Zhu Yunying is cruel or anything like that, but that someone has to do some things.What's more, going to Nanyang now, although there are certain dangers, but the Ming Dynasty is also confident enough, and the navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty is also advanced enough.

Does this mean that people go directly to the American continent without starting the great geographical discovery immediately, or crossing the Indian Ocean, the Cape of Good Hope, etc., relatively speaking, it is relatively safe.

After explaining the matter to Zheng He, Zhu Yunying asked Zheng He to make preparations. If Zheng He could not seize the opportunity this time, or because of Zhu Yunying's flapping wings of a butterfly that changed Zheng He's fate, it would be another time. It's over.

If Zheng He's performance is good, then he may have the opportunity to create notable achievements, and maybe even greater achievements.That is naturally the best thing, and this is also Zhu Yunying's expectation.

But if Zheng He failed to seize the opportunity, Zhu Yunying didn't care, he might be able to dig out and train other navigators.In Zhu Yunying's opinion, it is true that talents are rare, but the Ming Dynasty has never been short of talents, and more people actually lack some opportunities to perform, it depends on whether they can grasp them.

It can be said that the opportunity has been given to Zheng He, and now it depends on Zheng He's performance.

After Zheng He left, Zhu Yunying continued to review some memorials, and then walked towards the Qianqing Palace. Some things also need to be discussed with Lao Zhu, although this seems to be more of a unilateral notice. .

As soon as he arrived at Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yunying immediately couldn't laugh or cry, "Shouldn't you be studying and benefiting in Dabentang at this time, why are you eating and drinking at your great-grandfather's place?"

Xiao Zhu, who was eating the roasted duck leg, said with a smile, "Father, it's not that we insist on coming here, it's that our little prince has caused trouble again today, and we are here to intercede for the little prince!"

Zhu, Lao Zhu's No.20 fifth son, is also the youngest son alive.He is only 13 years old now, and he was conferred the title of King Yi not long ago.

This is a young man who is good at martial arts. He often carries a slingshot and a sword, gallops on horseback in the suburbs, and frequently attacks the people who cannot escape.Although he is not very old, the favorite thing of Prince Daming, who has not even grown his hair, is not to wear a hair in the palace, so that everyone else is also naked.

To say it's absurd, this person is definitely a licentious 'rising star' in the clan of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also an existence that gives Lao Zhu a headache.Even Zhu Yunying really didn't know how to deal with such a special existence.

After all, this is Lao Zhu's "youngest son" in name, so naturally he is Zhu Yunying's little uncle, with a special status.

Seeing that Lao Zhu didn't speak, Zhu Yunying naturally understood it, and it seemed that Lao Zhu was indeed quite heartbroken and depressed.He has quite a few incompetent sons, and now this youngest son has definitely reached a new level of lewdness.

This is only thirteen, if he grows up a bit, he might be the most lecherous among Lao Zhu's sons.When that time really comes, maybe Zhu Yunying or little Zhu will be embarrassed.

After all, it still takes a certain amount of courage to attack uncles and uncles, and it might give the clan a bad reputation for being harsh.But if it is not restrained, who knows how ridiculous these lewd clans can go to new heights, who knows how many laws they can violate? !

Xiao Zhu continued to smile and said, "Our little prince said that he saw a beautiful woman on the street. He was afraid that the great-grandfather would blame him and didn't rob him by force, but the evil slaves in the mansion followed, and they were rascals at the door of the woman's house." .”

Zhu Yunying immediately said, "Pass down the decree, and the evil slaves of Yiwang's mansion will copy and execute."

Xiao Zhu immediately said with a smile, "It's already been beheaded, and the great-grandfather of the evil slaves who were the leader was beheaded. The little prince is also under confinement, and he is not allowed to leave the house in March."

Zhu Yunying had no choice but to know that his little uncle did the absurd thing, so he could be regarded as the culprit.But Zhu Yunying can't be beheaded directly, that's really unreasonable, then he can only behead the evil slave who helped the tyrant.

This kind of routine is not only familiar to Zhu Yunying, but also the rulers of all dynasties basically have such a routine, everyone is familiar with it.

Looking at little Zhu who was still eating the roast duck, Zhu Yunying said angrily, "Since you are here to intercede for your little prince, why are you still eating here?! Tell yourself, how much flesh is on your face, this I'm afraid the belly is bigger than ours!"

Little Zhu is not considered obese, but to be honest, she is a little fat, which is also true.

As soon as Zhu Yunying finished speaking, Old Zhu became unhappy, "Why are you staring at Yin'er all day long without doing business?! Yin'er is a little bit lucky now, how about being a skinny monkey like you?"

Zhu Yunying didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and looked down, "Grandfather, since when did we become skinny? Our figure is so good, we can see that we are a strong man. It's just that we can't control our mouths, and we are afraid that he will get fat if he eats like this. stand up."

"It's a blessing, and it looks majestic!" Lao Zhu said bluntly, "Our Yin'er was so chubby when he was young, if you didn't let him work hard all day, our Yin'er would have become fat gone."

In Lao Zhu's aesthetics, the grandsons and great-grandchildren who are white and fat are the cutest, and they are also the blessings that Lao Zhu considers.

Needless to say, when little Zhu was young, he had enough nutrition and baby fat. What Lao Zhu liked was that he was reluctant to let go.But in recent years, Xiao Zhu has worked hard to exercise in the school field, so she looks stronger.

Lao Zhu still likes it very much, his precious great-grandson is the best, no matter what, it is from Lao Zhu's aesthetic point of view.However, Lao Zhu would never allow Zhu Yunying to ask Xiao Zhu to 'lose weight', or ask Xiao Zhu to eat less.

Fat is a blessing, so naturally we should encourage it.It is a blessing to be able to eat, and it is absolutely not allowed to skimp on food for the crown prince.

The proud little Zhu bit a large piece of duck meat hard, and still smacked her mouth, which was deliberately angry with Zhu Yunying.

As long as he is in front of the big backer of old Zhu, little Zhu will naturally have confidence.Especially little Zhu also knows what can be done and what can't be done, he is very smart.

Old Zhu looked at little Zhu, and he couldn't hide the doting in his eyes, "I've become a skinny monkey without the majesty of an emperor, and I'm still tossing you here! Let me tell you, if we didn't spoil you, we would With your manners, we will not pass on your seat to you."

"Great-grandfather, you shouldn't abdicate." Little Zhu, the villain, said immediately, "You should wait until we grow up, and pass the throne to us directly. Our manners are good, who doesn't say that we have good manners!"

Glancing at little Zhu who was sitting or standing, Zhu Yunying didn't plan to say anything.Because little Zhu is not like this outside, that is, little Zhu is so relaxed in front of Lao Zhu, and Lao Zhu also likes how close Xiao Zhu is like this.

Zhu Yunying looked at Lao Zhu and said, "We beat Ru Zhen today, and with his intelligence, he should know our intentions. The ministers of the cabinet, we also have some ideas in our minds, and the emperor's grandfather also looked over and gave some advice. .”

Lao Zhu waved his hand and said, "It's been a long time since we left the court. If you want to talk about important officials, how many do we remember? How many of these four or five rank officials can we remember? You decide on your own, these things Pay attention to yourself, don't leave serious troubles for your descendants."

What Lao Zhu said is half-truth and half-false. Lao Zhu has indeed been away from the court for a long time, so it is normal that many courtiers do not know each other, especially some of the lower ranks.

But why is there no old Zhu's resentment here? Old Zhu has always been displeased with the matter of the cabinet bachelor, but he also knows Zhu Yunying's thoughts, so he doesn't bother to say anything.

Since this is the case, let's not get involved in this matter, and leave it to you, Emperor Yingshi, to fiddle around!
Zhu Yunying, who had been shut down, smiled, and then looked at his son who was continuing to tear the roast duck thigh, and immediately became angry.

Stepping forward quickly, Zhu Yunying grabbed Little Zhu's face and twisted Little Zhu's ears.

"Get out!" Old Zhu became angry, and threw the teapot in his hand straight at Zhu Yunying, "You're so capable, you know how to mess with our great-grandson?"

Looking at the teapot that fell to the ground at least two meters away from her, Zhu Yunying became proud, "Grandfather, I dare not provoke you, but I still dare to provoke your great-grandson. It really made us anxious, and we want to provoke your grandson!" "

Lao Zhu got really angry at this moment, got up and said, "Get over here, let's deal with him by ourselves!"

Let's slip away first, Zhu Yunying doesn't want to be spanked.

(End of this chapter)