Chapter 389 Not enough

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 389 Not enough

The greatest progress in agriculture is not intensive farming or cultivating excellent seeds based on the existing ones. The greatest progress is the emergence of a brand new crop with excellent quality. This is the top priority.

The discovery of crops native to the Americas has definitely left a mark in the history of human agriculture, and it is also the most important one.

To the Ming Dynasty, these native crops of the Americas were One Piece. As long as they were found, it meant gaining fame, fortune, and a lifetime of achievements.

Want to find it? Go to sea.

Let's go to the West.

Xia Yuan boasted so much, and even pulled Zheng He, who had never been to Europe, to endorse him. The purpose was to break the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban and open an era of great navigation for the Ming Dynasty.

It is now the sixteenth century, and the battle for the supreme civilization of mankind is not on land, but on the sea.

The great voyage of the West is already in full swing, but China and the Ming Dynasty clearly started their journey to the stars and the sea during the Yongle period, leading the West, but they were shelved due to various reasons.

One step slower, one step slower, now it is still too late to catch up or even overtake.

Go to sea, restart the Western Ocean, and even completely lift the maritime ban, allowing private citizens to carry out maritime trade.

This is Xia Yuan's fundamental purpose. In this world, no one knows what the ocean means better than him. As long as he controls the ocean, it means controlling the hegemony of the future world.

Whether he takes advantage of the situation or takes action later, the reason why he attaches so much importance to sweet potatoes is not only the high yield of this crop, but more importantly, it is true that he wants to start a great voyage.

To persuade the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Only by letting this crop really appear in front of our eyes and letting the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty see the high value of sweet potatoes. At this time, they will talk about and brag about crops that are thousands of times stronger than sweet potatoes.

Only when you are tempted will you want to go to sea to look for it.

At this time, Xiao Jing first proposed to go to the West. Xia Yuan looked over and saw how the old eunuch liked him.

When the monarchs and ministers in the palace heard this, they all knew that the current situation was obvious. If you want to get this crop, whether you are looking for the overseas fairy island or the Folangji, you need to go to sea and set sail.

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, I think what Eunuch Xiao said is right. I, the Ming Dynasty, should supervise the construction of large ships, imitate the three treasure eunuchs who set sail, take the sea chart and search according to the map, first look for traces of the Folangji Kingdom, and then go

Searching for the whereabouts of this overseas land."

"Your Majesty, this matter is related to the future of our Ming Dynasty. We should step up supervision."

Ma Wensheng, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, even said: "According to what Xia Zhanshi said, the people in that overseas place are being massacred by the Folangji Kingdom. Such evil deeds cannot be tolerated by heaven. We, the Ming Dynasty, should punish the people for their crimes and relieve all the people.

Hanging upside down!”

Hearing this, many people in the palace also sighed and echoed, and some even looked pitiful, as if they had seen their own family members being massacred.

However, this is indeed very consistent with the philosophy of Chinese people.

Everything in the world is the land of the king, and the shores of the land are the king's ministers. No matter whether this place belongs to China or not, it is the territory of China.

It doesn't even matter whether you have been to this place or not, and it doesn't matter whether you know where it is. Anyway, they are all subjects of the Chinese Emperor.

When the people are suffering, how can we not rescue them?

Of course, it is appropriate and appropriate to take some of the people's crops by the way.

In short, this expedition to the West has been fully approved by these ministers. Their achievements and their long-lasting names in history all depend on this.

Moreover, their current voyage to the West was different from Zheng He's seven voyages to the West. Although Zheng He's voyages to the West gave the court a somewhat false reputation, the emperor's vanity was greatly satisfied when all the nations came to visit him.

But nothing substantial was obtained, and it also brought a heavy financial burden to the Ming Dynasty.

Every time he went to sea, he brought a large number of rare treasures with him and gave them to the surrounding small countries along the way.

In a word, Zheng He's voyages to the West wasted people and money, but they had a sacred and noble purpose.

The purpose is to cultivate this kind of crops that are like immortal seeds, and to reproduce the reign of the three dynasties of sage kings Yao and Shun, or even surpass the rule of the three dynasties.

Emperor Hongzhi was also inexplicably excited, as if the prosperous age of the Ming Dynasty was just around the corner, and this prosperous age would be created in his hands. The reign of Emperor Hongzhi would be comparable to Zhenguan, far beyond Zhenguan, and become a glorious existence for eternity.

Among the monarchs and ministers in the palace, only Han Wen, the minister of household affairs, remained silent and seemed not excited at all. At this time, he must hold back.

Soon, Emperor Hongzhi looked over and asked, "Han Qing's family, the summer taxes were just collected a few days ago. How much money does the national treasury have now?"

coming.

Han Wen cheered up, went to work, and said: "Your Majesty, although the summer tax has just been collected, the deficit last year was too big, and all kinds of holes that need to be filled are smashed, and it has already cost seventy-seven."

Eighty-eight, these are all clearly documented.

Currently, there are about 600,000 yuan left in the national treasury."

There is another sentence that the Korean language did not say. I am afraid that more than half of the 600,000 in savings came from the sale of cement and stamps this year.

Otherwise there will be very little left.

The amount of more than 600,000 yuan in silver was like a bucket of cold water poured on the monarchs and ministers in the main hall, and everyone calmed down.

Restarting the voyage to search for immortal seeds is a must-win among the monarchs and ministers, but when it comes to actually doing it, the first obstacle they face is the consistent problem of the Ming Dynasty, poverty.

There are only 600,000 taels left in the treasury. Before the autumn tax is collected, these silver taels still need to be used to pay monthly salaries to officials all over the world. Even so, it is not enough.

Where can I get the money to build ships and sail?

At this time, everyone was thinking about this issue. The ministers in the palace were thinking, and Emperor Hongzhi was also thinking. After a moment, he seemed to notice something. When he raised his eyes, he saw that all the ministers in the palace were looking up.

Looking at him, with that kind of gaze falling on him, Zhu Youtang felt a strong hint.

Internal money.

Money comes from the internal funds.

Even though Emperor Hongzhi was the eldest, he was reluctant, but he knew that the money would still have to be paid, and the expedition to the West would not be started until this was done.

"This matter is related to our great Ming Dynasty and the livelihood of the people in the world. Since the national treasury is in short supply, we will use money from my internal funds to supervise the construction of ships and train sergeants according to the methods of the Sanbao eunuchs in the past."

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a moment and said: "Just allocate 800,000 taels."

In the face of such things, silver and money are just trivial matters. As long as we bring this crop back, it will be an eternal achievement.

It's just whether you should feel distressed or not. It has nothing to do with right or wrong, it's just instinct.

Seeing Emperor Hongzhi take out the money, the ministers in the palace were all happy and praised: "My emperor is as benevolent as heaven, and I will obey the imperial edict respectfully!"

However, at this moment, a slow voice said: "Your Majesty, if you want to sail to the West, 800,000 taels may not be enough."
Chapter completed!