"The emperor ordered: I will serve diligently and cultivate my duties, so my ministers are loyal to Jingxian. I will increase the order and change the reputation, and use the principles of national honor and honor. It is related to inspiration and persuasion, and righteousness begins. Therefore, the Government Affairs Council sent Wu Yong to establish the country and make great efforts to govern the country. I followed me from humility and jointly build reform. I remember that you are ill and hardworking, and I know that you are hardworking and all of you are white. I bowed and felt old, and I couldn't bear it, and I loved you very well. I specially named Wu Yong as Duke Chong to inspire future generations. I also named Wu Yong as the compilation envoy of the Hanlin Academy to maintain my future generations. I am happy to live a life and live a long life and a healthy life. I admire this!"

Wu stood at the gate of the Government Affairs Council with the imperial edict in his hand, looking around at everyone, his face pale.

The people around him were also embarrassed, not knowing whether to come forward to congratulate or comfort him. The imperial edicts were mostly praises, and even named Wu Yong as Duke Chong. However, this was the practical significance, and it was also the transfer of Wu Yong from the Government Affairs Council to the Hanlin Academy to preside over the compilation. For more than ten years, the powerful people have been away from this central government agency since then.

Everyone present was all officials of the Government Affairs Council, some were happy and some were worried. Where there were some, there were naturally competition, let alone the highest leading body of the country.

Wu Yong looked at the imperial edict again, rolled it up, held it in his arms, and stepped out of the gate of the Government Affairs Council.

None of the people around came up to chat, but they didn't know what to say to Wu Yong.

Only Li Gang stepped forward a few steps, took a serious and bowed.

But Wu Yong also quickly replied with a greeting. After all, he still didn't look back at the Government Affairs Council.

After staying at Wu Yong, he walked for a long time. A few people chased him on the side of the road and called him to stop the frame and came to see Wu Yong.

Wu Yong didn't say much about these people. Wu Yong never thought about what happened today. He always thought that he had a deep holy heart, a reliable work, and devoted himself to it. It was Wu Yong who had been thinking about Zheng Zhi for more than ten years, but he still didn't understand it thoroughly.

However, someone said, "There must be Li Gang's obstruction. Everyone knows what happened in the court this morning. If Li Gang hadn't criticized the love, why would this be so? The loveview wouldn't be better to go to the palace to see Your Majesty now and explain the matter of the nephew to Your Majesty. Your Majesty would definitely not make things difficult for You."

Wu Yong looked at the people with indignation, but shook his head and did not answer.

The other man saw Wu Yong shook his head and quickly answered: "Your Majesty relies on his kindness so much, how can you not remember some old feelings? As long as you enter the palace to see him, your Majesty will definitely take back his life."

These people are naturally Wu Yong's confidant. As the saying goes, the tree falls and the money scatters. These people are filled with righteous indignation, why aren't they afraid that the tree will fall?

Wu Yong said at this moment: "Your Majesty's decree is not that simple. You still don't understand Your Majesty. If it were put in the original state, my nephew violated the law, he would be responsible for the crime. Even if he wanted to blame me, he would be harsh. He asked me to compile it today, obviously there is no room for turning back. It is not certain whether he can get promoted again in the future. If he went to Your Majesty to express his past kindness at this time, it would be counterproductive."

Wu Yong naturally had a certain understanding of Zheng Zhi. He also knew that he could not see Zheng Zhi at this time. He could go to see him more in a few months. Perhaps things would turn around.

Then he heard someone say angrily: "Now the court is peaceful inside and outside, everything goes well. Your Majesty seized the power of the minister. As the saying goes, birds are gone, good bows are hidden, cunning rabbits die, and lackeys are cooked. This is indeed the case!"

This person's words may have put some ideas on this. The way to govern the country is ultimately an open and upright matter. When the country was founded, dark means were indispensable. However, the country was on the right track, and Wu Yong's perspective of planning was somewhat out of place with the court. On the contrary, a person with a neutral temperament like Li Gang was much more suitable than Wu Yong at this time.

Wu Yong was dismissed from office and was no longer the crime of his nephew. However, Wu Yong's dismissal also had the intention of Zheng Zhi killing a chicken to warn the monkey. He wanted to warn these vested interests that no matter how powerful the power is, there was no chance of luck in violation of the law. Wu Yong was the living example.

The first reason why he was dismissed from office was Wu Yong, perhaps Wu Yong did not think thoroughly and did not know that his method of poisoned soldiers was somewhat inconsistent with the current court. But the second reason for killing the chicken to scare the monkey was that Wu Yong could think of Zheng Zhi. So Wu Yong thought he still had a chance to get up again.

When Wu Yong heard the man's angry words, he looked angry and scolded: "What are you talking nonsense? How dare you talk about the holy intentions like this? You are really tired of living. Get out of here!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. The man who had just said something like "The cunning rabbit died and the dog cooked it". He was even more shocked and rolled out of the car. The frame was still walking, but he didn't stand firm when he got out of the car, and he staggered to the ground in his official uniform.

Wu Yongzhi was cautious and always so cautious. Even the man was too polite. He only thought he was Wu Yong's confidant and said unfair to Wu Yong, thinking that he was flattering. But he didn't want Wu Yong to be so angry.

Cangzhou Harbour is now very different from before. At first glance, the towering sails are endless. Not far away, there are military ports, large ships and giant cannons, all in rows.

There is a wharf at the port, which is more than two or three hundred steps away. Even the wharf dedicated to the Zhu family in Dulonggang is quite expensive in one year. The rent collected by the Cangzhou Government Office in this big port is uncountable. It is not an exaggeration to describe the income from customs as a daily wage of money.

Although this section of the wharf is a dedicated wharf of the Zhu family, it also has shareholders, including the Hu family of Dulonggang, Li family, and all have shares. 30% of them are Royal shares.

The armed merchant ships on the pier are of different sizes, and there are more than a dozen anchored here. There are more than forty sailing on the sea.

Zhu Biao arrived here in person today, and the one who waited for Zhu Biao at the port was Hu Cheng. Hu Cheng, the heir of Hu Cheng, who originally served in the army, left the army, retired and returned home to manage the family business.

After the wharf, there is a commercial area. Originally, after the wharf, there are more and more warehouses. Now, more and more warehouses are built, and a little further away from the warehouse has become a commercial area.

Zhu Biao waited in a top teahouse in the commercial district for a long time, and Hu Chengcai rushed over.

Then Hu Cheng said, "Brother Zhu has been waiting for a long time. Just now, the people from the Taxation Department went to the warehouse to inspect the goods. I am sorry for the delay."

Zhu Biao just smiled and said, "It's okay. Now the Customs and Taxation Department is becoming more and more powerful and more difficult to deal with."

When inspecting goods, you naturally need to compare the valuation. Only in this way can you collect taxes effectively.

Hu Cheng heard this and said, "If it weren't for the Cangzhou Customs Office in front of him, the tax department wouldn't have been so difficult to deal with. The inspection department is a good method. The tax department was easy to deal with, but it caused the court to lose a lot of income. Now after cutting a few people, no one dared to do anything randomly, but I don't know how many years it will take to manage it."

Obviously, Hu Cheng didn't care about paying taxes to the court, and he was a little worried about the country and the people.

Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Look, someone dares to do anything randomly, and someone comes to behead his head."

Hu Cheng nodded when he heard this, but he felt that Zhu Biao was right. Now the court has so strict laws and regulations that are rare in history. So he asked, "What's wrong with Brother Zhu coming to Cangzhou this time?"

Zhu Biao also became serious and asked, "How many ships have not returned on the Japanese island?"

"There are more than forty ships."

Zhu Biao heard this and said, "I will not go to the Japanese island after the ship is back this time. Now I heard that all the ships in Jiangnan are heading to the South China Sea. There is a big business there, so we should also get a share of the pie."

Hu Cheng was puzzled when he heard this: "What big business is there to make money by shipping money to the Japanese island?"

There has never been much production in Japan. Therefore, the Daxia Dynasty did not occupy Japan's land, but occupied several ports with good ports. However, Japan has a specialty, Ishimi Yinshan, which was unknown before. A few years ago, the silver mountain was suddenly found by those who were interested. So each ship of silver was transported back in this way. The court made countless profits, and the people flocked to it. However, the people always drank some soup, mainly because the court officials received the big profit. However, like the Zhu family, they could drink soup even if they drank soup.

Then Zhu Biao replied, "There are not many people in the north who know about this, but my elder brother told me the letter from Hejian. To the south of the South China Sea, crossing the equator, there is a huge land with few people and a lot of fertile land. There are many archipelagos on the way, and there are also borderless lands. Now many fleets in the south are going wherever we go. We should go quickly, if we go late, we may not be able to drink the soup."

As Zhu Biao said, the huge land is naturally the so-called Australia in later generations. The countless archipelagos along the way are the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and other places.

But Hu Cheng still disagreed when he heard this: "The land without a master is everywhere, and I can't make money. What's the point of taking up? It's better to transport silver to the Japanese island."

Zhu Biao smiled when he heard this, and said with a mysterious and mysterious look: "You don't understand this. The people in Jiangnan are so smart that they can grow grains and they can grow anything. Now someone has caught a large number of yellow slaves and black slaves, and they have enough people. Do you think this land is worth it?"

Hu Cheng's eyes lit up and said, "The imperial court has strict orders, and it is not allowed to keep slaves in the country. I didn't expect that the people in Jiangnan were so smart that they captured all these slaves elsewhere. There were cheap laborers, and I thought there were many workshops in Jiangnan who were going to move out, so I really wanted to make a fortune."

Zhu Biao smiled even more and said, "Is it better to make money than going to the Japanese island to plunder the silver stolen by the Japanese? Even if you find a place to raise livestock, you can make a fortune. Now the price of this livestock is rising every day. We have to go quickly. I heard that the court may have to send a few governors out this year, and the yamen will go over to control it. At that time, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to occupy the territory."

The price of livestock is really rising higher and higher. The price of horses is needed by the imperial army and ordinary work and life. Even with grasslands, the price of horses cannot stop rising. The same is true for other livestock. Who says that there are more ways to make money now, and the people will eat better. To eat meat, it is rigid demand, and the price of meat will rise sharply. All the truth is that countless money has poured into the country in recent years. The court can make money, and the people can naturally make money.

Hu Cheng also knew the importance of it. When he had a yamen, everything was decided by the yamen. It was impossible to occupy land privately. But before the Governor's yamen arrived, it was an opportunity. He hurriedly said, "Brother Zhu, I will make arrangements now. I will take a few more boats today. Hurry up and stop them. All of them will go south."

After saying that, Hu Cheng had already stood up, Zhu Biao also stood up quickly. The two of them quickly walked towards the dock, and the ships that were about to set out to continue to go to the Japanese island could not leave. All the ships had to be kept for transporting people, transporting supplies, and even transporting slaves. The archipelago was mostly savages, called Huang Nu, and the Indian Peninsula was also called Huang Nu. There was no need to say much about black slaves. After passing the Indian Peninsula, when landing, it was the vast black land. This waterway had been through seven or eight years, but it was only two or three years before the waterway across the equator in the south.

However, when the court was founded, it was strictly ordered that the country was not allowed to keep slaves. No matter what kind of slaves they were, they were not allowed to keep them. Family or workshops hired helpers or servants, and they must strictly follow the law, with black and white words, and abuse or insults. Otherwise, it would be a serious crime, which would be a basic human rights protection.

As for the fact that the slaves of other races are not allowed to be kept, it is not a human rights issue that is separated from the times. Even Zheng Zhi was foresighted and did not want to see that in the next few hundred years, a large number of other races and Chinese people would live on this unique land.

With such policies, there are naturally countermeasures. The slave trade industry was impossible to avoid in this era. After all, it was free labor. The solution was to go to a foreign land to store. It was originally a place in Qiongzhou, but later the government did not allow the place in Penghu, Qiongzhou, to do so. So I had to find other places. The land of the archipelago became a good choice.

Interests are always the most fundamental driving force for all human affairs.

So with the interests, a fleet had been set off from Cangzhou for more than two months. The fleet was a special mission of the imperial court, with a large scale, and the soldiers were led by more than 4,000 soldiers. The leader of the fleet was also Ruan Xiaoqi.

The direction of the fleet is to go east. If the vast Pacific Ocean can be crossed, that continent will be a truly rich place. What there will also directly change the country.

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, etc. are all there, and these crops are simple to plant and produce huge production. With these things, you will no longer be afraid of natural disasters. Sufficient food is the real foundation of a country's stability.

However, the Pacific Ocean is too wide. Zheng Zhi had long planned to send people to cross the ocean, and it has been delayed until now, and it has been ready. Because the Pacific Ocean is much wider than the Atlantic Ocean, if there is no mature sea route and there are supply points one by one, it will be even more difficult to cross it.

Ruan Xiaoqi’s task is to open up a mature sea route, and the islands on this road are the focus of the plan.

Therefore, the fleet led by Ruan Xiaoqi is extremely large and sufficient supplies are the guarantee of this trip.

Even Zheng Zhi was looking forward to Ruan Xiaoqi's smooth return. At that time, Zheng Zhi had truly laid the foundation for the plan in his mind.

The basic plan is the other end of the Eastern China Ocean, the southeast, west and northeast.
Chapter completed!