Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1564, Xie Qian retired

Xie Qian was extremely unwilling to admit it.

He is a person of traditional Confucian background, with profound knowledge, and naturally believes in Confucian things.

But as a cabinet minister, he clearly knew what Daming had experienced in these years.

In the former Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi did exactly what his civil servants arranged. He was very diligent and loved the people like his own son. He was far better than his father Ming Xianzong.

But Daming is still the same Daming, and he didn't say how much stronger he was than when Ming Xianzong was, on the contrary, he became weaker.

During the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, at least the frontier defense was guaranteed. The Tartars could not go south to plunder the border people every year. The emperor could sleep well during the Chinese New Year.

But in the Hongzhi Dynasty, what should be paid for grain was opened for silver. The food demand of the frontier army could not be guaranteed, and the frontier defense was empty. The Tartars went south to loot and seize customs every year.

When there was a famine, the imperial court had no money or food to relieve the disaster. As a result, the land was full of hunger, children were replaced by food, and bandits arose everywhere.

The Japanese pirates on the southeast coast have repeatedly violated the frontiers, and the chieftains in the southwest are very dishonest, which can be described as internal and external troubles. However, everyone still has to sing praises to Emperor Hongzhi and praise the so-called Hongzhi Zhongxing.

Looking at the current Daming, there is already no worries. The vast grasslands in the north have become Daming’s horse farms and meat warehouses.

The people are rich, the imperial court is rich, the Ming army is powerful and sweeps all directions, all nations come to court, and all the rich lands in the four directions come into my Ming Dynasty and become the cradle of my Chinese descendants.

Such a huge contrast and comparison also made Xie Qian often think about what went wrong?
Why did the set of things that I have always believed in not only fail to achieve the effect of enriching the country and strengthening the people, but the set that Liu Jin implemented made Daming rich and powerful, unprecedentedly powerful and wealthy.

"It's time to go home and retire."

Xie Qian sighed and withdrew his thoughts.

"Father~"

At this time, Xie Qian's sons Xie Zheng and Xie Pi walked in.

"Any news?"

Xie Qian looked at his two sons. Xie Qian had six sons in his life, and the six sons were all very promising, especially the second son, Xie Pi, who was Tanhua in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi. There are only four cases, and the first case is Wang Hua and Wang Shouren's father and son.

"Father, I have already made a clear inquiry. Today, the Holy Majesty summoned the elders of the cabinet Liu and Li Erge, the British public Zhang Mao, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Liu Jin, for a private visit together."

Xie Zheng replied.

"Ah~"

"It seems that if you don't want to go home for the elderly, you have to go home for the elderly."

Xie Qian sighed after hearing this, and said helplessly.

"Father, you are the current cabinet minister after all, how could the Holy One treat you like this~"

Xie Pi seemed very angry, Xie Qian is still the elder of the pavilion, and Emperor Hongzhi would always bring Xie Qian with him for anything in the past, it must be indispensable.

Whether it was a small meeting in the Shangshufang or a private visit with Emperor Hongzhi, Xie Qian would always be by his side. This has been a habit for many years.

This has been the case since Xie Qian was appointed as a lecturer in the early years of Hongzhi, and it has not changed.

But now, Emperor Hongzhi went out for a private visit, and the three cabinet ministers brought two of them, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin, but they didn't bring you Xie Qian, how embarrassing Xie Qian was.

"You can't blame the sage, I let the sage down."

Xie Qian shook his head slightly, he clearly knew why Emperor Hongzhi didn't take him with him.

"The way of governing the country that I have always believed in is completely contrary to the path that Daming is taking today. It is incompatible, and it will be a matter of time before the emperor doesn't like it."

"But fortunately, you are still young, as long as you study hard and do it well, you may not be able to leave your name in history in the future."

Looking at his son, Xie Qian was rarely relieved.

His six sons are all very promising.

Historically, his eldest son Xie Zheng was a member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang, and his second son, Xie Pi, was an officer of the Ministry of Rites.

The third son, Xie Dou, went to Dali Temple as the left assistant, and the fourth son, Xie Gen, passed on to his younger brother, Xie Di. The left army of the Metropolitan Bureau, the fifth son Xie Zhiguan went to the magistrate in Wudingzhou, Shandong, and the sixth son Xie Laiguan went to Tongzhi in Jiaozhou, Shandong.

It can be said that the Xie family is a real family of officials, extremely dignified, and all the children are very promising, and there are no dogs in the Humen.

In contrast, Li Dongyang was much more miserable. He gave birth to several sons and died young, and he had to adopt his son from his brother. As for Liu Jian's son, he was also useless. Zhongshu Shelang, the second son died early, the third son was ineffective, and even none of the grandsons were successful.

So looking at his son, Xie Qian felt that he was still stronger than Liu Jian and Li Dongyang. Not only was he the champion, but his son was also much stronger than them.

The only regret is that I am afraid that I have no hope to go further, and now I have to resign and return to my hometown for retirement.

It's just a pity in life that I went home to take care of the elderly when I was only in my [-]s, and I couldn't go any further.

"Son must remember~"

When Xie Zheng and Xie Pi heard this, they quickly said seriously.

"Is there any news from Xie Zhi overseas?"

Xie Qian nodded in satisfaction, and randomly asked about the fifth son.

The fifth son had no intention of studying literature since he was a child, so he was simply asked to learn martial arts. With the rapid development of Daming's overseas expansion and colonialism, the Xie family, as a noble family in Daming, naturally wanted to develop overseas, so the fifth son, Xiezhi, decided to He simply resigned and went overseas to work hard.

"Father, the fifth brother just received a letter. He has seized a colony in West Africa, but the situation in West Africa is turbulent."

"The Spaniards are constantly fighting with the Koreans and the Ottoman Empire to snatch the colonies. At the same time, the pirates are rampant and extremely arrogant. The Japanese are also colluding with the Spaniards to stir up the situation in the entire West Africa."

"In addition, King Xing in West Africa, the Xingguo established by today's younger brother is also aggressively expanding abroad, and it seems to be facing the Spaniards."

"This made the Spaniards who didn't offend our Ming people start to target our Ming people, so our colony is now in danger."

"He hopes that we can support him with more manpower, ships, and weapons in the past. In addition, he needs more funds to run the colony."

Xie Zheng took out a letter and handed it to Xie Qian, explaining Xie Zhi's overseas situation in detail.

"It's still too late for us to go overseas. The good places have been occupied first. Now we can only compete for such a small colony in West Africa, and we have to deal with the complicated situation."

Xie Qian quickly read it and sighed.

"How much silver do you have at home?"

"There are less than half a million taels of silver left."

"Only five hundred thousand taels of silver?"

"Yes, father, last year our family and some big families in the south of the Yangtze River opened a bicycle factory in Songhu. Who knew that this bicycle factory invested a lot, and because of the lack of rubber, our bicycle factory has never been closed. It can make a profit, but a lot of money has been invested and cannot be returned in a short time.”

"In addition, the Nanyang plantations have been converted to rubber, and a large amount of money has been invested in the purchase of rubber saplings. This is also a large sum of money. Now our family really doesn't have much money."

Xie Zheng answered quickly, listing the major expenditures in detail.

"[-] taels of silver is too little, there are too many places to spend money overseas, and weapons and equipment are very expensive, not to mention buying a ship."

Xie Qian frowned after listening.

Like other bigwigs in the direction, the Xie family also participated in the interest in capitalism, started textile factories, cement factories, etc., made a lot of money, and then invested in new factories, businesses, plantations, Manors, Colonies and more.

After this stall is spread out, there will be a shortage of silver, and there will be a need for silver in every aspect.

"We can only send the five hundred thousand taels of silver first, and then we can find a way to raise money."

Xie Pi thought for a while and said, "Now the wages of the workers are paid on a monthly basis. Otherwise, we could easily raise hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."

"That's the only way to go. Write a letter to Xie Zhi and tell him to try his best to be self-sufficient. In addition, I will write to the Governor of South Africa, Taipinghou Du Mingen, asking him to take care of him."

Xie Qian nodded slightly. He couldn't raise enough money in a short time, so he could only let Xie Zhi think of a way first.

"Tomorrow morning, I am going to ask the emperor to return to his hometown for retirement. From now on, you must be more careful and prudent when doing things in the court."

Then Xie Qian took out his written request and said to his son.

"Father, have you really reached this point?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Pi hurriedly asked.

Even though he knew that his father wanted to retire, he hadn't reached the point where he had to retire before, so he was able to continue.

And with the big tree of Xie Qian, their brothers can be more successful in becoming officials in the court.

Now that Xie Qian is going back to his hometown to go back to seclusion, it means that Xie Qian will not be protecting them from the wind and rain all of a sudden, and it will not be so easy to get promoted in the future.

Although there are still many old friends of Xie Qian, all over the government and the public, who doesn't know the reason why people take tea to cool down?
"Yes, father, please think again. You are only in your early sixties, and your body is very healthy. You can continue to do it, and you are expected to make further progress."

Xie Zheng also said anxiously.

"There is no room for maneuver. I just asked you to inquire for confirmation. This has lost the trust of the Holy One. There is no need for me as a cabinet minister to continue."

"I've made up my mind, don't try to persuade me again."

(End of this chapter)