A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 93 Layout in Luzon
In fact, although the aristocratic families are selfish, we can also see that in many families, there are also people who devote themselves to the court. Even those who are not very loyal and serve as officials only for self-interest, although they are somewhat biased towards themselves. family, but also respectful to the court.

However, Yan Ling was different. He didn't seem to take the emperor seriously.To him, the imperial court seemed to be just a protective umbrella for the Yan family before they truly grew up. There was never any respect for the emperor in his words.

"It goes without saying that my father has been enlightened by the immortals and has already transcended the world. How can a secular emperor have the same discernment as his father?"

Yan Ya actually had such doubts, but he quickly found the reason for himself and explained to his brother.

Yan Keng suddenly seemed to have a sudden realization.

"You're right. As a father, you can meet an immortal and receive immortality. A mortal person, even if you are the emperor, is just a mortal who has been granted the throne by an immortal. How can it be compared with receiving immortal grace as your father?"

Yan Ling nodded and said lightly, looking enigmatic.This kind of pretentiousness is still very useful sometimes. He saw the admiration in the eyes of his two sons becoming even stronger.

"More importantly, the Zhu family can sit in this world, but my Yan family can't, why can't I? I am infinitely nobler than that man, and my descendants deserve this position!"

"But at this time, when the Ming Dynasty was first established and luck was booming, I couldn't fight against the destiny."

"The dynasty will eventually come to an end. When Zhu Ming's energy is exhausted, it will be the time for my Yan family to ride the horse and compete with the deer. Then I will help the younger generation capture the dragon!"

"Don't think it's impossible."

"How could the young general who snatched the overlord's body in the past have imagined that his descendants would build a huge empire thousands of years later?"

Facing the shocked and unbelievable looks in his two sons' eyes, Yan Ling slowly revealed his true feelings.
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Since that day, the sons have obviously changed a lot, which is gratifying to Yan Ling.

Of course, the biggest contributor to this was the deception of his "immortal". Even after he said such words, his two children were shocked and became not fearful, but enthusiastic.

My father is an immortal who has received the gift of immortality!There is no truth to what he said!
They may have been a little dissatisfied at first, thinking that they had grown up and did not need their father's command (you must know that there are countless cases of father and son killing each other for power), but from that moment on, they truly followed Yan Ling's orders. from.

And Yan Ling will really start to develop his own family.After all, he has done so much, just as a prelude to the prosperity of the family.

In fact, he still hasn't figured out whether he traveled through time into the game or whether he brought the game panel to history.

But this is not important. In this world, he has three advantages: understanding the history, having experience in running a family, and having the panel.

What he used next was his familiarity with history.

In the drawer of memory, he took out a box.Then, he turned his attention to Nanyang.

During the years of war, a lot of things actually changed.

For example, sea ban.

It has begun to loosen up. Since the death of Hongwu, Jianwen's control over the coast is not as strict as before, and smuggling has quietly begun to rise again.

In the original time and space, Zhu Di once issued an edict: "In recent years, the people of Yunnan and others have often made private visits to foreign countries and communicated with foreign countries. They are not allowed to do so in the future. Therefore, we will strictly follow the example of Hongwu."

It was mainly to maintain the tribute trade system, but it can also be seen that smuggling had already begun at that time.

It was strictly prohibited for a period of time.

But after seven trips to the Western Ocean, I felt relaxed again.Generally speaking, during Zhu Di's reign, the coastal ban was actually very lax. To be precise, in the Ming Dynasty, only Hongwu strictly implemented the sea ban. Although the rest were named sea bans, they were not strict in fact.

Because this is unbearable.

How do you say that? "Once there is an appropriate profit, capital will become bold. With a profit of 50.00%, it will take risks; for a profit of [-]%, it will dare to trample all human laws; with a profit of [-]%, it will You dare to commit any crime, even risk being hanged."

Sea trade is huge profits.

The seven voyages to the West made too much money, and even supported Zhu Di to complete a series of great achievements without collapsing like Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. Later, Xuanzong, Yingzong, and Xianzong all had the idea of ​​​​going to the West. This was the reason.

But Lao Zhu's family always wanted to live alone, and Zhu Di banned the sea while sailing to the West. This was the reason for his mentality.

The fundamental contradiction was buried, so that after the death of the powerful emperor, the following emperors could not suppress it. In addition, the use of spices and other things to pay wages was too much for Cao Dan. The civil servants simply worked together to stop the expedition to the West. stopped, and started the prelude to large-scale smuggling in the Ming Dynasty. (What’s more outrageous is that Zhu Di seems to be using pepper and other miscellaneous things to pay the army...)
Yan Ling, as one of thousands of families in the southeast, was of course unwilling.

However, Zhu Di is currently in power, and he is still a strong emperor. He has nothing to do, but fortunately, he is better than Zhu Yuanzhang.

He also has his own methods.

Luzon is located on the transportation thoroughfare of the South China Sea. Like Malacca, it has an important geographical location.

Yan Ling decided to take over this place first because in history, Zhu Di would officially appoint the richest man in Luzon as the governor of Luzon in four years.

If you can get this position, even though there is neither a garrison nor a government, it can be regarded as having the endorsement of Ming Dynasty.Once the trip to the West by the Sanbao eunuchs is over, they can expand in Nanyang with peace of mind without worrying about interference from the court.

He returned to Ningbo Mansion and found the newly promoted leader of the clan soldiers.

The former Shengjiu has grown older and has changed his job to become a training instructor. The current leader is a strong young man named Shen Zhen.

He found him and, as the steward appointed by the Duke of Yue with full authority, ordered him to select some of the strongest people in the clan and those who were good at doing business.

Ships are not difficult to find. In recent years, the imperial court has been fiercely fighting, and the families along the coast have not stopped. They are building ships in private. Especially when some people come back safely after smuggling and bring huge profits, this becomes even more uncontrollable.

night.

Yan Ling stood on a simple pier and watched the departure of three sailing ships.

It was loaded with dozens of people from the Yan family who were good at business, as well as a hundred clan soldiers and [-] young men, as well as a large amount of grain, silk, ceramic jewelry and other items prepared for trading. Of course, there was also the most indispensable - -silver.

That was the first step the Yan family took to the outside world.

Seriousness also stood on the bow of the ship, silently looking at the mainland.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Sanbao eunuchs who would pass by here in the future, which would arouse the emperor's suspicion and suppression, Yan Ling asked him to change his name after arriving in Luzon.

In other words, from today on, he and his people have lost their ancestral surname.

He knew that he might have to use another name that had nothing to do with his ancestors for the rest of his life.

I hope that future generations will one day be able to have their original names restored by their owners.

Serious sighed softly.

I don’t know if my bones will have a chance to be brought back to the land and buried in the ancestral land.

(End of this chapter)