My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 294 Enthusiasm for Sailing to the West

Hearing that Zhu Yong and Xu Jingchang came together, Zhu Zhanhe was also a little surprised.

Although Zhu Yong and Xu Jingchang are both princes of the state, their relationship is not very good. They are about the same age, and they have had temper tantrums since they were young, and they often had conflicts when they grew up.

In the past, Zhu Zhanhe helped Zhu Yong and had several fights with Xu Jingchang, so his relationship with Xu Jingchang was not very good, and there was no psychological pressure to cheat the other party.

But today Zhu Yong and Xu Jingchang came together, which is really a miracle.

So Zhu Zhanhe, full of curiosity, hurried to the main hall of the palace, and saw Zhu Yong and Xu Jingchang sitting opposite each other, besides them, there were Wu Chenghou Wang Li, Peng Chengbo Zhang Chang and others.

"Yo? The big guys are all here today?"

Zhu Zhanhe entered the hall, glanced at the crowd and said with a smile, he was even more curious in his heart, after a cursory look, it seemed that all the nobles with surnames in the capital had arrived.

"Zhan He, I didn't want to come, but they forced me to come here, saying that I want to discuss with you about voyages to the West!"

Zhu Yong didn't go around the bush, and directly explained the purpose of these people.

"Going to the West? Isn't that a matter for the Pearl Hairpin Association? Why, you want to preempt the affairs of the wives?"

Zhu Zhanhe was taken aback for a moment, then joked.

"My lord, we are not joking, we are really looking for you for the voyage to the West."

Unexpectedly, Xu Jingchang rarely said with a serious expression at this time.

"Is it really for sailing to the West?"

Zhu Zhanhe was very surprised when he heard the words, part of the fleet from the voyage had just returned, and each family divided the money again, why did they find themselves for the voyage again?

"Zhan He, let me just say it straight. Some of the fleets that sailed to the West before came back, and each family got a lot of money. As a result, these guys are not greedy enough, and they want to go to the West again!"

Zhu Yong couldn't stand Xu Jingchang's whining, so he spoke first again.

"Zhu Yong, don't speak so harshly. What do you mean by being greedy? We see that it is a waste to return the ship empty, so we want to take another batch of goods to Nanyang, so that it may be another income at the end of the year."

Xu Jingchang pointed at Zhu Yong angrily and said angrily.

"Isn't that what I said?"

Zhu Yong also exposed Xu Jingchang unceremoniously.

"I understand!"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't want the two to quarrel, so he interrupted with a smile.

"You want to send the returning fleet out again, but have you ever thought about it? This time there are no official ships sailing to the West, and you can no longer sail to the West in the name of the imperial court. This is a violation of the sea ban?"

"That's why we came together to beg to see the crown prince. I would like to invite you into the palace to discuss with His Majesty. As long as His Majesty nods, then any sea ban will not be a problem!"

The most impatient Zhang Chang jumped up at this moment and said.

Compared with others, Zhang Chang's family background is the weakest, and he was cheated by Zhu Zhanhe several times before, and almost lost his fortune. Fortunately, the return of the fleet from the Western Seas gave their Zhang family a sigh of relief, so he I am more anxious than anyone else to sail to the West again.

"This can't be done. The last time all the nobles went to the West, it was in my name. Now I have just seen the benefits. If I ask the emperor to go to the West alone, it will be too greedy."

Zhu Zhanhe directly waved his hands and refused.

Just kidding, when it comes to earning money, everyone earns it together, but when something happens, you let yourself take the lead alone, Zhu Zhanhe will definitely not agree to such a thing.

"Your Majesty is serious, we did not let the imperial court do nothing for our voyage to the West. We paid hundreds of thousands of guan in taxes alone, and we also donated a lot of money to build three halls in the palace. These are all sailing fleets to the West. Bring it back!"

Seeing that Zhu Zhanhe disagreed, Xu Jingchang immediately persuaded him anxiously.

"That's right, the matter of the voyage to the West was facilitated by you, my son. If you don't come forward, then we people can't make it happen!"

At this time, Wu Chenghou Wang Li and others also spoke to persuade.

These people had obviously discussed it long ago, so they came to Zhu Zhanhe together, begging him to help enter the palace to persuade Zhu Di, but they didn't expect that Zhu Zhanhe would not agree.

"You cowards, you want to make money but you don't dare to make it yourself, and you always want Zhan He to help you out, it's just unreasonable!"

Before Zhu Zhanhe could speak, Zhu Yong couldn't listen anymore, and immediately slapped the table and said angrily.

Zhu Yong didn't want to come, but he was afraid that Zhu Zhanhe would not be able to stand up to the persuasion of Xu Jingchang and his group, so he came to help Zhu Zhanhe stand on the platform, at least there was someone who could speak for him.

"Brother Zhu, don't be angry!"

Zhu Zhanhe persuaded Zhu Yong with a smile, and then he glanced at the people in the hall, making everyone quiet.

Only then did Zhu Zhanhe speak again: "Everyone, I am very supportive if you want to go to the West again, but I can't be the only one in charge of this matter!"

"Then what do you mean..."

Xu Jingchang was also delighted to hear Zhu Zhanhe's previous words, and then asked anxiously.

"You all enter the palace with me, let's go to beg Grandpa Huang together, after all, there are many people and strength is great, I'm afraid it will be difficult to persuade the old man with me alone!"

Zhu Zhanhe spoke out his thoughts.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe is very happy to see the situation in front of him, because it means that his goal of sailing to the west has been achieved. The enthusiasm of these nobles was mobilized by wealth, and they began to actively look for opportunities to break the sea ban.

"This one……"

Xu Jingchang and the others also showed hesitation when they heard the words. To be honest, they were all quite afraid of Zhu Di, especially Xu Jingchang, even though he was Zhu Di's nephew, but if he made a mistake, he would still be scolded, such as The last time Xu Yingxu rebelled, Xu Jingchang was implicated and almost scared him to death.

"I think Shizi's words make sense. Going to the West is everyone's business. We can't just let Shizi stand alone!"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Peng Chengbo Zhang Chang was the first to stand up and express his opinion.

Zhu Zhanhe was also taken aback when he saw him, but then he realized that Zhang Chang was more anxious than anyone else to go to the West, so he was naturally more active than others.

"That's right, I also agree with the son's words. It is better for us to enter the palace and beg His Majesty together than the son alone!"

Cheng Anhou's eldest son, Guo Sheng, also stood up and agreed.

"That's what makes sense. If you want to go, go together. Now who doesn't know how to make money by sailing to the West, if you don't want to go, maybe other people will rush to go first!"

Zhu Yong also yelled at this time.

The nobles who participated in the voyages to the West before accounted for only a small half of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and more than half of the rest were not on board at all. They saw that Xu Jingchang and others made a lot of money, and they were all jealous and holding back Jin wants to find a way to participate in the voyage, maybe he really dares to beg Zhu Di first.

Hearing what Zhu Yong said, the others couldn't sit still anymore, they all jumped up and shouted to enter the palace.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Zhanhe finally nodded in satisfaction. When he sailed to the West, he spent so much thought that it was not in vain.

(End of this chapter)