At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 310 Daming Continent?
There are two kinds of officials in the Ming Dynasty. For example, the imperial envoy who patrols the sea is not an official position, but a title.

Such a title has no rank, but it sounds resounding!
At least let those foreign countries feel very tall when they hear it.

For example, Zheng He, the former eunuch of the Three Treasures, was called "Eunuch of the Imperial Envoy".

Zhu Qizhen conferred on Peng Qing the "Imperial Envoy to Patrol the Sea", the meaning of which is obvious. From then on, he will take over the mantle of Zheng He and strive for the Ming Dynasty's maritime career all his life.

However, to go to the West, a title alone is not enough.

This time to explore the waterway, Peng Qing only brought three ships, all of which were converted from civilian merchant ships, and the entire fleet only consisted of a hundred sailors, officers and soldiers.

It will be different next time. The size of the fleet must be expanded to at least thousands of people. With the continuous expansion of the shipping route, it may even reach the scale of tens of thousands of people during the period of the Sanbao eunuch.

Such a large armed force has gone overseas, and if it wants to convince the public, the coach must have enough power.

Not only that, negotiating with countries along the way, if the level is not enough, I am afraid that they will be afraid.

Therefore, in addition to giving Peng Qing the title of Sea Patrol Envoy, Zhu Qizhen announced at the same time that he would join the cabinet!
Since Sanyang, the power of the cabinet has gradually expanded, gradually growing from a team of secretaries to a prime minister who holds real power.

Since you want to give Peng Qing enough power, then hurry up and give it directly to a cabinet scholar.

Gao Zhu, the original Dongge University scholar, was ransacked. There was no suitable candidate for this seat, so it was left vacant.

Later, Cao Nai and Zhang Yi successively recommended several candidates, but Zhu Qizhen rejected them all.

Because in his plan, Ming's cabinet will gradually develop into a parliament, and the future cabinet members will be equivalent to senators, who will hold the most real power besides the emperor.

The cabinet ministers are different from the vassal kings. The future vassal kings will go out of the country, expand the territory, guard one side, and defend the center.

And the cabinet will become the most important political hub of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen is also different from Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang has a strong desire for control, wishing that the people all over the world should strictly control when they go to bed and when they get up and work.

Because of this, he abolished the 2000-year-old prime minister system, and put the six ministries under the direct command of the emperor, taking care of major and minor matters. It is said that he sleeps less than three hours a day and is a complete workaholic.

However, not everyone is ironclad.

Even a fierce man like Zhu Di couldn't handle such a frenzied workload.

It was also from then on that the cabinet gradually gained real power.

Zhu Qizhen came from later generations, so he knew better than anyone else that with the development of the times, imperial power would one day withdraw from the stage of history.

As for whether this process is a smooth transition, or you change my life, it will be related to the fate of the people in the world.

As the emperor, as the absolute ruler of the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't go into every detail and ask about everything. When it was time to delegate power, he delegated power. The emperor did everything. What do you want the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty to eat?
The affairs of the official department should be handled by the official department, and the affairs of the household department should be managed by the household department. It is the best situation for each to perform his own duties.

The emperor's mission is to coordinate and strategize in the middle.

For example, the Yellow River has been flooding and breaking its embankment, what should we do?
What the emperor has to do is very simple, that is, to issue an imperial decree to control the river!

Next, the household department went back to check, how much labor, how much materials, and various expenses were calculated, and then the money was allocated.

The Ministry of Industry will be responsible for the specific process, who should be sent to preside over the work, who will recruit workers, and who will be in charge of logistics...

Then, the local yamen took the people to repair the embankment.

Wouldn't it be a mess if the emperor went to the scene in person, ordered people to move stones, and supervised the accountant to settle the accounts?
In fact, Zhu Qizhen acted very early.

His first step in delegating power was to train his younger brother Zhu Qiyu.

It is reasonable and reasonable for the emperor to conquest in person, leaving the vassal king to supervise the country.

However, who has ever seen the emperor sleep in the palace and let the prince preside over the early court?
If you didn't know it, you would have thought that Daming had changed!
During this period of time, Zhu Qiyu also grew up very fast. From a virtuous king who knew the book and rites, he suddenly brought soldiers and horses to Annan to fight. Included in the Ming territory.

This is like an obedient and obedient child who loves to study since childhood. One day, he suddenly picked up a knife from the kitchen, then went out to fight with gangsters, and chopped down three at once...

The vassal king of Ming Dynasty has entered the mode of raising pigs. As a result, everyone saw that there was a pig that did not enter the pen and lived very smartly outside. How could they not be tempted?
Those who moved quickly, such as King Xiang, had already expanded their territory outside.

Others are also eager to try and are making preparations.

Zhu Qizhen believes that in the not-too-distant future, building a Ming Dynasty on which the sun never sets is not a dream.

The key now is to sail to the West.

Although Ming has already controlled the South Seas, there are still vast oceans and continents in the world.

On that map, there is still a huge landmass missing, the Americas.

However, in this world, that continent is likely to appear under another name.

For example, Zhu Qi Zhenzhou, or... Zhu Zhou?
Or call it Peng Qingzhou, Zheng Hezhou, Zhu Yuanzhangzhou, Damingzhou...

It doesn't seem to sound good...

In short, one thing is certain, it will not be America.

Regarding the naming of America, we have to start with Columbus.

Because this continent is isolated overseas, when the level of navigation was not developed, in people's cognition, there were only three continents in the world: Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Among them, Europe and Africa are separated by the Mediterranean Sea, and North Africa can be reached by sailing from southern Europe, while the most mature route from Europe to Asia is to cross the Bosporus Strait and enter West Asia and the Middle East through Asia Minor.

Later, the rise of the Ottoman Empire blocked this route. With the fall of Constantinople, the Ottomans began to impose heavy taxes on passing European merchants. Therefore, the Europeans had to open up new routes by sea.

There are roughly three routes from Western Europe to East Asia. The first is to enter the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar, and then enter the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal. It was not opened until 300 years later.

The second route is to go south along the west coast of Africa, bypass the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, enter the Indian Ocean, and finally sail to India or East Asia. This is the route chosen by the Portuguese back then.

The third is to go straight west from Europe, cross the Atlantic Ocean, reach the West Indies, then pass through the Panama Canal, cross the Pacific Ocean, and finally reach East Asia.

At that time, the third route existed only in theory, and no one tried to verify it.

Because the premise of the existence of this route is to admit that the world under your feet is a ball.

In the [-]th century, the debate over whether the world is a sphere or a plane had been settled in the West. If so, then all the way westward from Europe must be able to reach Asia. Although many people agree with this theoretical statement, it is still No one dared to venture out to sea until Columbus appeared.

Regarding this person's growth experience, there is no need to repeat, the important thing is that he opened the third route.

When Columbus's fleet went through untold hardships and finally managed to reach India, they saw many native people and called them Indians.

At this time, people did not know that there was an American continent.

The news that Columbus sailed westward and successfully arrived in India was sent back to Europe, which immediately caused a sensation, and the Western Age of Discovery officially kicked off.

However, a navigator named Amerigo Vespucci realized that the "India" discovered by Columbus was not really India, but a new continent, and he drew a map of the new continent.

Because the names used by other continents are feminine Latin, from then on, this new continent has a new name, America.

Zhu Qizhen's thoughts came back from the Americas. As for how to name this new continent, let the Ministry of Rites consider it later, they are professionals.

Peng Qing slowly bowed down: "I thank you for your grace!"

Above the main hall, it was surprisingly quiet.

Cao Nai looked at Zhang Yi, the two exchanged glances, and immediately understood what the other was thinking.

Peng Qing joined the cabinet, but the emperor did not inform him beforehand.

This decision may have been made on a whim, or it may have been deliberate.

It's hard to guess what the emperor's mind is, if he thinks of it, he will even launch a surprise attack, sneak attack on the old comrades, and don't talk about martial arts.

However, there is absolutely no problem with Peng Qing's entry into the cabinet.

There are three people in the current cabinet, only Yu Qian runs around every day and hardly stays in the capital, all the burdens are on the two of them.

If it was before, forget it, just be tired if you are tired, but what era is it now, the New Deal!
Under the New Deal in full swing, new problems emerged.

Moreover, there are all kinds of problems, which emerge one after another, making people feel exhausted and even powerless.

With Peng Qing's entry into the cabinet, he can at least share the cost of going to the West.

Otherwise, such as maritime trade, nautical academy, steamships... especially steamships, whenever they saw memorials in this regard, the two of them could only stare wide-eyed.

Because... I don't understand!

The two of them still can't understand why a piece of iron can float on the water?
Not to mention the steam wheel, power transmission, anti-rust and anti-oxidation...

Whenever I saw these memorials, I had no choice but to ask people from the Academy of Sciences to help.

Even the two of them had plans to simply pull Belin into the cabinet.

Otherwise, people would think that our cabinet doesn't understand anything!
Well, it seems that I really don't understand...

It's all right now, with Peng Qing, let him do the tossing, the two of us can save some snacks.

Since the cabinet has no opinion, others have no opinion.

Behind everyone, Hanlin Bachelor Tang Xiaozhong lowered his head, his face was pale, full of annoyance.

This is the cabinet!

Also going to sea, I have put in no less hard work than him, and almost put this old life into it, but the results of the two people are completely different.

Good news from the delivery room, she gave birth!

But I will never be able to lift my head. If someone remembers, they will only point at the back and laugh at how stupid I am.

Hey, I won't have the face to see people in the future...

Naturally, Zhu Qizhen didn't know that there was such a person in the corner of the hall.

He is in a good mood now, and the vastness of the world is on this map.

"The Qing family has made great achievements in the court, but it also has a long way to go. The farthest point that the Ming Dynasty reached was the Kunlun Continent. The bones of the bones are all tied up, so the next time you go to the West, it will not only go to the Kunlun Continent, but bypass this place and go to the deep sea to find it. A new continent!"

With some doubts on his face, Peng Qing asked, "Your Majesty, there is a new continent to the west of Kunlun Continent?"

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said: "If you don't look for it, how will you know?"

Peng Qing nodded thoughtfully, saluted and said: "I have made a note!"

Zhu Qizhen was full of ambition at this time, and suddenly said: "Prince, come closer!"

Zhu Jianshen, who was only five years old, was also in the hall. At this time, he was at an ignorant age. When he saw his father waving his hands at him, he walked over.

"Father..."

Zhu Qizhen held him in his arms and said: "You have to remember what I said just now. If I am old and gone, the exploration of the Western Seas must not be interrupted. The regret of the Sanbao eunuch is a lesson for the past. We can't do it again." Leave regrets for future generations!"

"Yes, son... obey the order."

Zhu Jianshen's voice was very immature, maybe he didn't understand what these words meant at all.

Even if he understood, he still couldn't understand why his father had to explain his funeral at such a young age.

Zhu Qizhen is very clear, even if one day, in five or ten years, the Ming fleet arrives in America, so what?

It is thousands of miles away from the mainland of Daming, at least it needs to establish trade and settlements along the coast, and then migrate a large number of people, and slowly go deeper.

This is a long process, which may take decades or hundreds of years.

However, that piece of fertile land is enough to feed countless Han people.

At that time, Daming will open a new door.

At this time, Peng Qing said calmly: "This time I went to sea, I found countless rare treasures in the world, and I came here to present them to the emperor."

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help being happy, and said: "Okay, take a few samples and show me!"

"Yes!"

Peng Qing gave orders, and after a short while, countless treasures were moved here.

There are huge ivory, half-human-high coral, and fist-sized pearls, which make people overwhelmed to see.

These pieces, piles of treasures, whatever they take out, are priceless in Daming.

All the officials present were dumbfounded. They were all people who had seen the world, but they still felt extremely shocked in front of such rare treasures.

Peng Qing picked up a few precious treasures and introduced them briefly, and then said: "These treasures were all brought back by the minister and dedicated to the emperor. I wish the emperor a long life and wish the Ming Dynasty prosperity forever."

"Okay, I accept this great gift!"

Zhu Qizhen was very excited. He was not greedy for these treasures, but mainly because of the influence of these things.

When others see these rare treasures, would they think that these things are priceless and extremely rare in Daming, but they are easily available overseas. In this way, will everyone's desire to go to sea become stronger?
If all the subjects in the world were like the One Piece King, why would Daming not be strong?
(End of this chapter)