Chapter 343: Born here, grew up here, succeeded here, achieved here

The Great Ming restored official ships and official trade. Taking the opportunity of going to the Moghul country to transport horses, they transported Great Ming goods to the Moghul country for sale. This was not Zheng He going to the Western Ocean, because the scale was really too small.

The loss of the Great Ming's maritime power did not start from Liu Liu Daxia hiding the old case of Zheng He. It had already been lost after the death of Emperor Chengzu Emperor Zhu Di. Zheng He, who lost support, could not do much either. The last trip to the Western Ocean in the sixth year of Emperor Xuande was the last swan song of the Great Ming's maritime power.

The contradictions in this were intricate. Clearly, the imperial court forbade the people from sailing out to sea on one hand, while making a fortune itself on the other. This triggered huge dissatisfaction and widespread opposition. Under this wave of opposition, the adjustment of the Great Ming's policy was filled with the mistakes of overcorrection and complete negation.

The Emperor Wanli opening of the sea was also very cautious. Not only did the imperial court's official ships and official trade go out to sea, but it did not forbid private ships from going out to sea either. This was the reason why the opening of the sea decree did not cause widespread opposition. The routes taken by the Great Ming's official ships were like the official post roads on the Great Ming's land, which would be safer.

Hence Hai Rui, as a person from Qiongzhou, was separated from the hinterland of the Great Ming by a sea. When the Great Ming's maritime power was strong, Qiongzhou was exceptionally stable. When maritime power was weak, Qiongzhou was full of poor people and laborers. Therefore, the first time the imperial court's horse ships headed to the Moghul country, Hence Hai Rui asked if it counted as a continuation of going to the Western Ocean.

The answer was negative. This was not a continuation of the past; it was a brand-new beginning.

The Minister of War, Tan Lun, pondered for a moment and said: "I do not agree with what the Grand Minister said. Indeed, the number and scale of the fleet going to the Western Ocean this time cannot even compare to the one in the sixth year of Emperor Xuande, but there are five five-masted combat ships and fifty three-masted clinker-built warships in this expedition. The cargo capacity, number of firearms, and number of soldiers of these 55 ships are already on par with the original ones. It is enough to promote national prestige and bring back enough profit."

"The most critical thing is the round-trip time. The round-trip time this time is only six months. That is to say, if this route can be opened, the Great Ming's official ships and official trade can make two round trips between the Great Ming's Songjiang Prefecture and the Moghul country's Surat in one year. Compared with the trips that took three or four years in the past, the turnover is faster."

When discussing the decline of the Great Ming's maritime power, people often focus on Emperor Chengzu Emperor eating alone, with the profits of maritime trade all going to the internal treasury, triggering widespread opposition; focus on the imperial court's laziness, the one-size-fits-all overcorrection; focus on the waste of money and manpower, mobilizing too many soldiers and civilians to participate in shipbuilding, protection, etc.; and focus on the wealthy households in the southeast coastal areas who clamored and opposed the wind of public opinion for the sake of private interests.

Tan Lun mentioned a point that had been overlooked: efficiency.

Zheng He led the fleet to the Western Ocean seven times, and it took at least two years to return once. The missions shouldered by the seven voyages to the Western Ocean during the Yongle and Emperor Xuande periods were really too many. They had to promote national prestige, cleanse the maritime borders, communicate with overseas barbarian countries, and run official factories. They had military missions, diplomatic missions, and political missions, while the economic mission of making money was ranked last.

After the Emperor Emperor Chengzu passed away, when Renzong ascended the throne, the activities of going to the Western Ocean, with spices constantly pouring into the Great Ming, had become a chicken rib—tasteless to eat, but a pity to discard—and even became a loss-making business.

"Each family does its own work. Military affairs are handed over to the Navy Office, foreign affairs are handed over to envoys and seal ships, and the business of making money is handed over to merchant ships. With clear division of labor, everyone performs their own duties." Tan Lun once again supplemented his thoughts on opening the sea. A fleet with multiple responsibilities could not finish everything at once, and because of one thing, it delayed all other things. Moreover, are military affairs important? Or are political affairs important? Or are foreign affairs important?

"What the Grand Marshal said is very true." Wang Wang Guoguang pondered Tan Lun's words and highly agreed with what Tan Lun said. The scale of the official ships and official trade during the Emperor Wanli period was indeed small, but it did not necessarily earn less. Because of faster turnover and faster flow of goods, official ships specifically responsible for making money earned more than those during the Yongle and Emperor Xuande periods.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng seriously pondered this. On the memorial of official ships and official trade, he summarized the opinions of all parties and wrote a floating ticket. As the Chief Grand Secretary of the empire, Zhang Zhang Juzheng agreed to further division of labor in maritime activities to improve efficiency.

The opening of the sea new policy under the support of the Great Ming Emperor was still being promoted continuously. The Emperor's new policy and Zhang Zhang Juzheng's new policy together constituted the Emperor Wanli New Policy. These two new policies were in different directions, led by different people, and were complementary, not opposite.

"The Ministry of Revenue submitted the accounting volume, summarizing the money, grain, and taxes of the sixth year of Emperor Wanli. Six items of agriculture, totaling 20.802 million silver, including 3.378 million silver, 20.733 million *shi* of rice, 5.876 million *shi* of wheat, 14.142 million bundles of forage, 25.19 million catties of charcoal, 22.59 million catties of coal, etc. Five items of commerce, totaling 2.238 million silver, 3.487 million in miscellaneous colors, totaling 26.526 million silver. Agriculture's six items account for 78.4%. In addition..." Zhang Zhang Juzheng took a memorial and took a deep breath: "Last year, the capital's woolen official factory, West Mountain Coal Bureau, Li Zhizao, Maritime Trade Bureau, Tax Inspection Bureau's arrears collection, etc., paid a total profit of 7.694 million silver."

In addition, the attached table was a separate accounting, which was not counted in rice, wheat, silk, cloth, land reclamation, horse administration, labor, imperial manor, tax classes, horse administration, salt, tea, metallurgy, ship tax, miscellaneous colors, etc. That is, the main income of the new policy presided over by the Emperor, which was the direct profit handed over to the national treasury, after deducting the share for the internal treasury. It was the cash silver that reached the Taicang, which could be directly used to press silver coins.

"Your Majesty is holy." Wang Wang Guoguang and Zhang Zhang Xueyan, on behalf of the Ministry of Revenue, took the lead in singing praises for the outstanding contributions made by His Majesty. The numbers were not complex. The net profit of the new policy presided over by the Great Ming Emperor accounted for 22% of the national treasury's total fiscal revenue. This number was enough to be astonishing. It could be said that more than one-fifth of the Great Ming's national affairs were supported by the Emperor personally.

"Your Majesty is holy." When Wang Wang Guoguang took the lead in singing praises, the court officials immediately followed and bowed to praise him.

Wang Wang Chonggu knew this account so clearly for the first time. He still boasted that he was the number one wealthy household in the capital. His family's annual profit was only a fraction of this net profit, that is, 700,000 silver, which would require hanging a 10,000-sound firecracker to celebrate.

Zhu Zhu Yijun had already read the accounting volume of the sixth year of Emperor Wanli until it was rotten. This account book was made in the twelfth month. The eunuch Cui Min of the internal treasury took the abacus players in the palace to check it several times. He had already read it many times. He waved his hands and said: "Ten thousand people with one strength can be invincible. This silver was not earned by me; it is the result of the Great Ming's sovereign, ministers, and people working together. How can I claim the credit for myself?"

The financial report of the sixth year of Emperor Wanli would be published in the *Di Bao* (Imperial Gazette) in the third month of the seventh year of Emperor Wanli. It was mainly because checking and verifying accounts in this era was done by hand, so it took so long.

Zhu Zhu Yijun did not think this was entirely his own credit. It was the result of the Great Ming's strong national power and the sovereign, ministers, and people working together. He was just an independent individual and could not count all this credit on his own head.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng, after hearing what His Majesty said, bowed again and led the group of ministers to call him holy again.

Claiming the credit for oneself—who is this "heaven"? This "heaven" is the collective of the Great Ming. But this "heaven" is not concrete or clear. Who represents this "heaven" and exercises power? Naturally, it is His Majesty, so the credit is naturally His Majesty's own.

Just like when Wang Wang Xijue was in prison and met the Emperor, he loudly questioned the Emperor: Where are the people? Where are the common people?

The one responsible for decision-making is His Majesty, the one responsible for power struggle is the court officials, the one managing the officials of the world is the capital, and the one fulfilling the imperial court's decrees is the officials of the world. And it is said that the people are the foundation of the country, but where are the specific people? Where are the specific common people?

Zhu Zhu Yijun used actions to tell the court officials the answer to this question: Where are the common people? They are right above their heads. The heaven above the heads of all the individuals contained in the Great Ming collective is the common people.

The court discussion continued. Most of the time, Zhu Zhu Yijun followed the results discussed by the court officials. It was as if the Emperor's listening to government at the gate had no use at all. The Great Ming Emperor only needed to take some time every day to stamp the seal, and the Great Ming could operate stably.

But as long as Zhu Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair on the moon platform, the direction of the court discussion would not deviate significantly, and the court officials' butts would not sit openly on the side of the wealthy households.

"This Sun family in Songjiang actually paid 270,000 silver in taxes last year? And Sun Sun Kehong also donated 130,000 silver to the Songjiang Li Zhizao?" Zhu Zhu Yijun noticed the terrifying tax amount of the Songjiang Sun family. This was not the tax paid by the Songjiang Ocean-going Trading Company, but the tax paid by the Sun family itself.

Zhu Zhu Yijun opened the tax book of the Songjiang Sun family in detail. The Maritime Trade Bureau's share accounted for 60%, the painting boat business accounted for 30%, and 10% was his family's land. Zhu Zhu Yijun closed the tax book and said with emotion: "If all the wealthy households in our Great Ming were like the Sun family, why would I need to run the Tax Inspection Bureau and make people complain?"

Zhang Zhang Juzheng exhaled a turbid breath and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, if all the wealthy households in the world were really like the Sun family, they wouldn't be wealthy households anymore."

"It's my greed." Zhu Zhu Yijun recognized what Zhang Zhang Juzheng said. It was not that there was a Tax Inspection Bureau urging payment; these wealthy households really wouldn't pay a cent, and even wanted the imperial court to give them some.

"However, Sun Sun Kehong's memorial is very interesting. The content is very long. The general meaning is that without the Great Ming, there would be no Sun family." Zhang Zhang Juzheng took out a memorial from Sun Sun Kehong. The Great Ming Songjiang Ocean-going Trading Company was a trading company under the jurisdiction of the Songjiang Prefecture government, which was a league of guilds. The merchant chief was appointed by the imperial court, so Sun Sun Kehong was qualified to submit a memorial.

Sun Sun Kehong's memorial was long-winded, mainly singing praises and expressing gratitude.

Sun Sun Kehong believed that if it weren't for the Great Ming navy capturing Manila and obtaining the Western ship method, the Great Ming's shipbuilding technology would still be the technology of the Yongle period 170 years ago. Similarly, if it weren't for the Great Ming imperial court building shipyards, mobilizing civilians and shipwrights, and raising funds for shipyards, their Sun family would not have so many three-masted clinker-built warships. Similarly, if it weren't for the Great Ming navy showing off its power in Ryukyu and Japan, and if it weren't for the Marquis Sishui Earl Guo Cheng and the Marquis Yingyang Earl Zhang Zhang Yuanxun conquering Luzon and the Ten Thousand Mile Sea Pond, the three-masted clinker-built warships would not be able to do business safely at sea. Similarly, without the deterrent existence of the Great Ming navy, the painting boats would not have so many beauties from all over the world.

In short, born in the Great Ming, grew up in the Great Ming, succeeded in the Great Ming, achieved in the Great Ming. Without the Great Ming, there would naturally be no prosperity of their Sun family.

Without the Great Ming, would their Sun family really be this prosperous? The answer is negative. If Sun Sun Kehong and Sun Sun Keyi were in Mombasa, Africa, they would still be baring their teeth at gorillas and fighting with lions for prey.

But when people evaluate the rise and fall of a family, they often only emphasize personal effort and ignore the objective environment.

If the wealthy households all had this idea of Sun Sun Kehong, the Great Ming imperial court would not need to disregard its dignity to accumulate wealth and promote profit, and the Great Ming would have already risen again.

On the 17th day of the third month of the seventh year of Emperor Wanli, the Moghul special envoy Shah Mamaiti returned to Songjiang Prefecture by a trimaran hydrofoil sailboat. He did not stay in the new port but took a boat directly to the Southern Southern Yamen of Yingtian Prefecture. In the Southern Southern Yamen, he saw the Porcelain Tower of the Great Bao'en Temple that Li Li Yashi had repeatedly mentioned. When the magnificent Porcelain Tower shone in the sun, Shah Mamaiti could truly understand why Li Li Yashi wanted to stay in the Great Ming.

This is a country of civilization, a state of etiquette, and this Porcelain Tower of the Great Bao'en Temple is a lighthouse in the ignorant ocean.

Shah Mamaiti went to Nanjing to pay respects to the Porcelain Tower of the Great Bao'en Temple, and then took a detour to the Longjiang Shipyard. That afternoon, he happily took a boat back to Songjiang Prefecture. After resting for a day, on the 18th day of the third month, Shah Mamaiti planned to set sail.

"Time was too hurried. I thought the Great Ming shipyard only had time to remove the Red Cross flag. I didn't expect that even the Lion and Sun emblem flag would be made so perfectly." Shah Mamaiti praised the efficiency of the Songjiang Shipyard again. He looked at the eleven five-masted ocean-crossing ships placed side-by-side and was stunned for a moment: "I can no longer find which ship I came on."

Eleven five-masted ocean-crossing ships, six of which flew the Lion and Sun emblem, and five flew the Great Ming Seven-Star flag. These eleven five-masted ocean-crossing ships would head to the Moghul country to transport the warhorses and bring them all back.

The Songjiang Shipyard made a lot of matching items, flexible dressing. Last time, there was no experience, so the big client had to wait for a few days.

Guo Guo Rulin said quite solemnly: "The ships have been sailing at sea for half a year and must have left traces. Our craftsmen have really tried their best to repair them."

Guo Guo Rulin was somewhat dissatisfied with the Westerners and Moghuls sailing the ships. They did not cherish the ships. When Shah Mamaiti's ship returned to the Songjiang Prefecture Xingang, one of the watertight compartments had actually been used, and it was scarred!

"Respected General Manager is too polite!" Shah Mamaiti was in a great mood. He felt that his money bag was not enough, so he asked people to bring four money boxes. He gave the money boxes to the craftsmen who cleaned and repaired the ships for him and said with a smile: "Take these to buy tea for everyone."

"Special Envoy Shah has already given it once." The craftsman responsible for cleaning and repairing felt a bit embarrassed to take these money boxes. Great Ming port service, cleaning ships is free, mainly to prevent insects and rats from bringing epidemic energy to the Great Ming. After cleaning, it is hygienic and clean. At least there won't be big rats longer than an arm running on the ship.

Special Envoy Shah had already given tea money once, and the shipwright did not want to accept it.

"I will come again next time." Shah Mamaiti smiled and said: "I won't give so much next time."

After the craftsman accepted the tea money, Shah Mamaiti's mood became even better. The Great Ming craftsmen were dutiful and exceeded Shah Mamaiti's expectations. The results of this mission also exceeded Shah Mamaiti's expectations.

According to the rhetoric of the Great Ming Ministry of Rites, the Great Ming Emperor granted tribute trade twice a year. Besides the tribute ships, the Moghul country also obtained 100 ship permits, which could be used for Moghul merchant ships to trade at the Great Ming Maritime Trade Bureau.

The Great Ming's tribute trade now is very different from the tribute trade during the Emperor Hongwu and Yongle periods. Now, the Great Ming's tribute trade, the tribute ships are more like a bridge to connect and communicate. Merchant ships are the main body of the transaction. As long as they are not hostile, they can generally obtain the Great Ming's merchant ship permits. But some countries do not have merchant ship permits, such as Japan, which does not have the Great Ming's ship permits. If their ships approach the Great Ming's sea area, they will be treated as pirates.

Shah Mamaiti placed an order for 51 three-masted ocean-crossing ships at the Songjiang Shipyard, Longjiang Shipyard, and Fujian Shipyard, to be delivered within three years. It was not that he did not want to buy more, but the Great Ming shipyard's production capacity had to be supplied to domestic demand. Even if Shah Mamaiti added money, he could not buy more ships.

Shah Mamaiti looked at the vast sea and the clear sky, and walked onto the gangway leading to the five-masted ocean-crossing ship. When he was about to board the ship, he expressed his apology to Guo Guo Rulin: "I am very terrified. I have caused trouble for the Songjiang Shipyard. After all, these ships should have been delivered to Philip II of the West on time this year."

"If Philip II is willing to add money, the Songjiang Shipyard can also expand production." Guo Guo Rulin was full of smiles. Just these five ships, the Songjiang Prefecture Shipyard could make 250,000 profit this year. According to the ratio of three to seven, it could pay 175,000 silver in profit this year, which was exactly equal to the profit of the Yongding Woolen Official Factory.

The Great Ming is different from the West. In this land of the Great Ming, power is the most important, and money is easy to find. At worst, they can confiscate a few wealthy households to find the silver hidden in the pigsty. This political achievement is not so easy to fish.

Shah Mamaiti is a walking political achievement.

Amidst the melodious horn sounds, the sound of the barge's chant, and the cries of seagulls, the joint fleet began to move slowly. The sail surface was like clouds rising one by one, floating slowly on the sea. The sea breeze whistled past, blowing the waves against the shore, and also took away the sorrow of people when they parted.

A hundred boats competed for the current, and a thousand sails set off.

"The thing Shah Mamaiti is holding in his arms is the Mazu statue he asked for from the Longjiang Tianfei Palace!" Zhao Li Shizhen frowned, looked at Shah Mamaiti's ship, and asked Guo Guo Rulin with furrowed brows.

Guo Guo Rulin took the telescope, looked closely, and it was indeed the Mazu statue!

Tianfei is Mazu, the Goddess of the Sea. The Longjiang Tianfei Palace is in the Southern Southern Yamen of Yingtian Prefecture. This Tianfei Palace was built by the imperial decree of Emperor Chengzu Emperor Zhu Di in the fifth year of Yongle. Starting from the second voyage to the Western Ocean, Zheng He would go to the Longjiang Tianfei Palace to offer sacrifices before and after sailing. With the Great Ming's ban on the sea, the incense of the Longjiang Tianfei Palace was no longer prosperous. In the third year of Emperor Wanli, Li Le, as the Assistant Prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, repaired the Tianfei Palace, and the incense became prosperous again.

Sure enough, this Shah Mamaiti went to the Southern Southern Yamen not only to see the Porcelain Tower of the Great Bao'en Temple, but also secretly asked for a Mazu statue to take back!

"He is a Hui, don't they have a Sea Goddess in their family!" Guo Guo Rulin put down the telescope, somewhat annoyed. Each family should worship their own god!

After the ship sailed away from the Songjiang Prefecture Xingang and the barge's hook was removed, Shah Mamaiti carefully placed the Mazu statue in the captain's cabin and fixed it. As long as the ship did not sink, the Mazu statue would not be damaged.

Shah Mamaiti offered incense quite sincerely. After pondering for a while, he took out a silver bag from his arms and placed it in front of the altar before he felt a little more at ease.

Zheng He had to worship Tianfei when going to the Western Ocean. The Western captain Antonio also asked for a Mazu statue from the Tianfei Palace and placed it in the captain's cabin. Faith is to seek peace of mind. Shah Mamaiti also hoped that everything would go smoothly.

Shah Mamaiti saw a five-masted ocean-crossing ship flying the Great Ming Seven-Star flag and also a flag with a copper coin, which made Shah Mamaiti a little curious.

"Special Envoy Xiao, what kind of ship is this?" Shah Mamaiti asked Xiao Xiao Chongye, the special envoy sent by the Great Ming to the Moghul country.

Xiao Xiao Chongye went to Ryukyu in the fifth year of Emperor Wanli to confer the title of King of Ryukyu, Shang Jiu. This time, he was the envoy to the Moghul country for a period of six months.

Xiao Xiao Chongye looked at the ship, thought for a while, and said: "Copper ship."

"Does the Great Ming need a lot of copper?" Shah Mamaiti asked somewhat puzzled. The Great Ming has a large influx of silver, why do they still need copper? Using a five-masted ocean-crossing ship to transport copper shows its importance.

Xiao Xiao Chongye briefly explained that the Great Ming's copper is mainly used to cast copper coins, and copper coins are generally used by poor people. While the Great Ming attaches importance to the influx of silver, it also attaches great importance to the influx of copper.

Shah Mamaiti is a noble, and a noble in the true sense who can kill the lower class without paying any price. He could not understand why the Great Ming would attach such importance to copper.

The person responsible for escorting the copper was Deng Deng Zilong, the Great Ming's Commander of the Luzon Barbarians. The Great Ming's process of collecting payment overseas was very stable, and this time Deng Deng Zilong escorted 3.5 million catties of red copper back to the Great Ming. This batch of red copper would be used entirely for casting Emperor Wanli Zhiyuan Tongbao.

Deng Deng Zilong returned to the Great Ming with the purpose of asking the Emperor to deploy two more five-masted ocean-crossing ships to Luzon to deter the many small countries in the South Seas.

Originally, the "Guoxingye" (National Surname) Yin Yin Zhengmao wanted to return to the capital personally, but Yin Yin Zhengmao could not leave because of urging payment and recovering many plantations in the South Seas, so he let Deng Deng Zilong return to the capital.

The five-masted ocean-crossing ships deployed in Luzon also had to return to the Songjiang Prefecture Shipyard for a major repair. The five-masted ocean-crossing ships that had been fighting in the South Seas for four years were covered in wounds.

After staying in Songjiang Prefecture for two days, Deng Deng Zilong set off for the capital.

On the 27th day of the third month of the seventh year of Emperor Wanli, Deng Deng Zilong successfully arrived at the capital's Guild Hall. After handing over at the Ministry of War, Deng Deng Zilong met the Emperor the next day.

Zhu Zhu Yijun met the returning Deng Deng Zilong in the Imperial Study of the Wang Wang Xiyuan. The Wang Wang Xiyuan was a place that even some court officials had never entered. Different meeting places represented different levels of closeness.

"General, you have worked hard all the way. Please rise." Zhu Zhu Yijun helped Deng Deng Zilong up and looked at him. He was a military general, looking big and burly, with a fierce face.

"General, regarding your deployment of two five-masted ocean-crossing ships in Luzon, the Ministry of War has already been notified. At the latest, they will arrive in Manila this September." Zhu Zhu Yijun first told Deng Deng Zilong about the matter he had memorialized. The result of the court discussion was that the Great Ming's deployment of five-masted ocean-crossing ships was to ensure the safety of the Great Ming's maritime borders.

The Luzon Governor's Office was the Great Ming's first overseas Governor's Office. The imperial court was extremely cautious in dealing with it. Even if the "Guoxingye" Yin Yin Zhengmao really rebelled, the red copper brought back by Luzon in the past two years was enough to pay for the ship's cost.

"Your Majesty, I heard in Mindanao that there is a change in the West. This year's large sailing ships may not be able to arrive at the port on time." Deng Deng Zilong came to the capital personally not only for ships, but also for a piece of intelligence.

"What is the change?" Zhu Zhu Yijun frowned. The large sailing ships involved the issue of the Great Ming's silver influx, which was a big matter.

"The Portuguese King Henry is seriously ill. Captain Antonio is seeking the throne. Spanish King Philip II and Captain Antonio have completely broken up. The news that the tyrant and the captain who brought him wealth have completely broken up over the Portuguese throne has spread throughout the New World." Deng Deng Zilong explained the intelligence and the source of the intelligence.

Henry was a cardinal and had no marriage or heirs, so there was no successor. Both Philip II and Antonio had the right of succession. With the worsening of Portuguese King Henry's illness and the strengthening of Antonio's strength, it finally reached the point of having to break up.

As long as they could maintain superficial peace, Philip II could not break up with the captain. Antonio was Philip II's money bag.

"Is it possible for the Great Ming's ships to go to the New World themselves to transport silver?" Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Deng Deng Zilong and said quite seriously: "This is a good opportunity. The Great Ming's ships can cross the ocean. The five-masted ocean-crossing ships were designed to cross the ocean from the beginning."

"Your Majesty, the reason why the large ships cannot arrive at the port this year is that Philip II cannot find a suitable captain." Deng Deng Zilong's words were relatively tactful. Philip II knew that Antonio would become an enemy, and it was not that he did not want to change people, but he really could not find a suitable captain to lead the fleet to the Great Ming. This route was full of too many dangers.

"It is indeed very dangerous. Then don't rush. Anyway, the one who is anxious is not me, but Philip II. His silver cannot reach the Great Ming, but the silver from Japan and the silver from the western route can still reach the Great Ming." Zhu Zhu Yijun pondered very seriously and made a decision.

Since it is dangerous, there is no need to do it now. It is not that we won't do it, but wait until the Great Ming knows more about the ocean before exploring.

Deng Deng Zilong was stunned. The original routine was for him, the minister, to talk about difficulties, and for the Emperor, the sovereign, to ask if he could lead the team to take risks, and then he would answer that he would go through fire and water without hesitation.

But the Emperor did not play by the rules at all. As soon as he heard there might be risks, he immediately decided to stop for a while.

Zhu Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "The Great Ming's silk, cotton cloth, porcelain, tea, and ships all have sales destinations. The soldiers have fathers and mothers. Unnecessary risks do not need to be tried."

The Great Ming Emperor Zhu Zhu Yijun, 17 years old, still had a lot of time. He could afford to wait.

"Your Majesty, actually, we can try." Deng Deng Zilong hurriedly said.

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