My Daming New Empire

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However, Zhu Zhanji is not a person who cares about the love between men and women, and these news only made him happy.

"Li Liang..."

"The servant is here."

"Clean up the small building behind me and let Zhongguan Mao settle down."

"Jin Kuo."

"The old slave is here."

"Hand over the trade goods between my Ming Dynasty and the Southeast Asian countries to Mao Zhongguan, and put the silver coins and gold coins into the warehouse. Except for the gold coins, all the silver coins will be exchanged in the Southeast Asian countries."

Southeast Asia, including India, is rich in gold but less in silver.People here prefer silver as currency, because one tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, and for them, this is a profit.

For Daming, exchanging gold for silver at a ratio of ten to one seems to be a loss, because Daming's domestic gold and silver exchange ratio is still one to eight.However, low gold production and high silver production are worth it in the long run.

What's more, the current bilateral trade is more based on barter, which is a little loss, which is nothing more than a little more than ten percent less profit from the trade.But relative to a [-]% or even [-]% profit, it is worthwhile to lose a little.

In the future, Iwami Yinshan will produce billions of taels of silver, which will be a huge profit for Daming.

As long as the Nanyang countries accepted silver as a trade currency, gold from Nanyang would flow into Ming Dynasty continuously.

"Liu Wan..."

"The servant is here."

"Call the representative of Daming Bank to meet..."

Jin Kuo took the lead and brought Mao Xun to the small building arranged for him. Facing Mao Xun, he didn't need to win over him deliberately.

In terms of rank, he is the twelve eunuchs, the chief eunuch of the palace supervisor in the fourth bureau and eight divisions, and he is already the top of the pyramid in the various yamen of today's inner prisons.

Even in terms of the power of the entire eunuch, although Jin Kuo is not as good as Zheng He, Wang Yan, Li Qian and other veteran eunuch leaders, but because he is the representative of Zhu Zhanji, his power is not weak.

What's more, now he still controls the municipal departments in the southeast, and the admiral Sun Lin who is in charge of the powerful yamen of the counseling department is still his subordinate.

Mao Xun is only a mid-level official, and even though he came here on behalf of Zhu Di this time, it is still not enough for him.

When the two came to the small building, Jin Kuo sat on the wooden chair first, and then asked Mao Xun to sit down. "His Royal Highness is vigorous and resolute in Nanyang, which will inevitably touch the interests of some people. Zhongguan Mao doesn't have to report only good news but not bad news. If it is difficult to say something in front of His Highness, it doesn't matter to me."

Mao Xun clasped his fists and said: "The eunuch is too worried, Your Majesty has never seen Nanyang's interests before, even if the countries spent money to buy some relationships in Yingtian Mansion, they dare not provoke the relationship between His Majesty and His Highness's grandfather and grandson.

However, His Highness is so prominent, and those civil servants are indeed a little worried. At the recent court meeting, many people, either explicitly or secretly, said some sour things about His Highness being too prominent.

The point is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back from Beiping, and now that the limelight is in full swing, some people will inevitably make some small moves.

Now the appointment of scholars to Nanyang as officials is what these civil servants did, and it is also for the purpose of grabbing power from His Royal Highness Taisun. "

Jin Kuo knew very well that Zhu Zhanji was not only not afraid of civil servants coming to Nanyang to seize power, but was supportive of this matter.

The civil servants were afraid that His Highness would dominate the Nanyang family, but His Highness did not pay attention to the Nanyang countries at all.Such behavior by civil servants is simply not what one could wish for.

The civil servants want to use gentle means to win people's hearts, but they don't know that the religious forces here are what Zhu Zhanji is worried about. It is a good thing for His Highness that they take the initiative to attract the hostility of the Green Sect.

Of course, Jin Kuo would not say these words directly, but changed the subject and said: "Your Majesty is old, and His Royal Highness is not in good health. His Royal Highness is the hope of us people. This time we go to sea, Your Highness If we are not in the court, we still need to take the initiative to take on some things.”

Mao Xun nodded and said: "Don't worry about eunuchs, this time I'm going to sea, I have to ask for advice from eunuch Wang, Your Highness, please rest assured, this bank and industrial area, everyone will guard this bank and the industrial area for His Highness, so that no one will ruin it." .”

In addition to the navy, a bank, and an industrial zone, these are Zhu Zhanji's current power and foundation on the surface.

The navy is too powerful, and only Zhu Di can affect Zhu Zhanji's foundation, but in these two places, there are many places where others can start.

The eunuch Wang that Mao Xun talked about is Wang Yan, the No. 1 eunuch of the inner eunuch. He is the chief eunuch of the Chief Eunuch, not only the leader of all the eunuchs, but also Mao Xun's direct superior.

Of course Jin Kuo knew how powerful Wang Yan was, and he also knew that apart from Wang Yan, Li Qian, Yi Shiha and others basically took refuge in Zhu Zhanji.

He nodded and said: "It is our duty to help His Highness guard the house. His Majesty wants to go west, and he will definitely arrange His Highness the Crown Prince to go out of Beijing. His Highness will be able to take charge of the power at that time. Therefore, His Highness is not here. During this period of time, don't hide your strength and bide your time, and let others think that they can do whatever they want without His Highness."

Jin Kuo's words are a bit embarrassing, even if Zhu Di loves Zhu Zhanji again, no matter how powerful Zhu Zhanji is now, the number one heir to the empire is still Prince Zhu Gaochi.

Of course, he can only say this. If Zhu Zhanji dares to say it, it would be unfilial.

Mao Xun didn't mind at all, and said with a low laugh, "Eunuch, please don't worry, even if I'm here, I'm still standing here with His Royal Highness. For those civil servants who just yell nonsense every day, our family...I'm also annoying them." Tight."

At this time, there was a loud bang outside, which made Xun Mao tremble. "What happened here?"

Before Jin Kuo could speak, there was another loud bang, and then nine bangs in succession.

At this time, Jin Kuo said with a smile: "It seems that the head of another country is here in person. These are all new gadgets invented by His Highness. They said that they used empty cannons as a ceremony to welcome foreign envoys. The prince-level visit is seven One cannon salute, the presence of a monarch in person is nine cannon salutes."

Mao Xun was speechless and said: "Fortunately, this is a new army trained by His Highness himself. If in the past, such indiscriminate cannonballs were fired, the camp would be bombed."

Jin Kuo laughed and said: "Ever since the salute was launched to welcome the envoys from various countries, all the envoys from those countries have been terrified and silent, fearing me like a tiger. If you are interested, we can go and see together..."

Mao Xun hurriedly said: "I can't ask for it... The reason why the officials are willing to go to sea is to see more of the scenery beyond Daming. Everything is good here, but the mother is too hot!"

Jin Kuo laughed and asked people to arrange horses, ready to go to the port to see the excitement.

From the port to the top of Zhongnan Mountain, leveling was carried out along the original rocks, and a layer of cement was directly laid on it to form a wide cement road.

Next to the cement road, soil was transferred from other places, and a dirt road about four meters wide was paved, which was specially tamped for horses to gallop.

Although the current horses have been shoed, the concrete road is still very harmful to the hooves of the horses, so at least in the short term, this kind of dirt road dedicated to horses running is still indispensable.

When they came to the port, the port area was busy. Seven or eight ships had already docked at the pier, but more ships were taken to other areas.

Jin Kuo didn't bring Mao Xun closer to watch the excitement. They were high-ranking and powerful, and when they arrived at the pier, they would affect the work there.

The two dismounted at the newly built stadium, let their subordinates lead the horse, and walked up the stairs to the stands where rows of stone benches had been built.

On the court below, the players and players in the competition were all training, and it seemed extremely lively. They had nothing else to do, and the bustling scene on the pier did not attract their attention.

The two came to the halfway up the mountain, where they could not only clearly see the situation of the stadium below, but also the entire bay.

At this time, the subordinates came to inform them that this was the visit of the Majapahit king in person.

The ships of their lord and entourage were allowed to enter the bay, while other soldiers could only dock at the opposite big island, which was actually the Indonesian Batam Island of later generations.

Looking at the busy bay, Jin Kuo said: "Although Nanyang is a small country, there are many islands, which are not much smaller than Daming. Moreover, there are abundant resources here, rice is grown three times a year, and there is endless food. There are many gold mines of all kinds, and there are endless big fish in the sea. For me, Da Ming, this place and my Da Ming can complement each other in many places. With this, our Da Ming will never worry about encountering natural and man-made disasters again, and the people will be happy. Displaced."

Although Mao Xun didn't know why Jin Kuo told him these things, but he knew that he would definitely not be aimless. He followed Jin Kuo's words and said: "Eunuch, I didn't know until I arrived in Xingcheng that His Highness sent Eunuch Zheng to attack a tribe. Aren't you afraid that this will cause other tribes to worry about it?"

Jin Kuo shook his head and said: "I used to be very kind to these small countries and tribes in the Ming Dynasty. I only gave favors but did not ask for anything in return, and made these small countries have no fear at all. If you want these small countries to be obedient, you must be kind." And economy.

The Bengkulu tribe who attacked this time had originally expressed their consolation to the old port. They are not big or small, and they are a direct threat to the old port of my Ming Dynasty.So using them to kill chickens and scare monkeys is really a feat. "

"My Daming will definitely win?"