open sea

Chapter 549 Legacy
Chen Mu didn't expect that Zhang Juzheng came to the overseas arrangements so quickly. The main purpose of the banquet was not to discuss the strategy of Northern Cyprus, it was just an appetizer.

Courtiers are much clearer about the country's pros and cons than Chen Mu imagined. They know what is good for Ming Dynasty, and the overseas market is too big. The impact is no longer on the obvious class distinctions of officials, merchants, and common people, but on the entire Ming Dynasty. There are huge benefits from top to bottom.

Even those who were originally influenced by Chen Mu Kaihai, the benefits they can reap today are greater than in the past.

Ming Dynasty is still not an ocean-oriented country, and its main focus is still domestic. However, letting the country dominate the ocean interests is like a giant blowing sand. It doesn't even need to put five fingers together. As long as the little sand leaks from the fingers, it is better than a child. Put your hands together and raise them a lot.

This is the follow-up to the Nanyang Military Mansion's report, or in other words, this is the real report, not the sincere and fearless feelings towards Xu Daxiang, nor is it a report on the little emperor's similar audience.

This is only about imperial interests.

The six important ministers are all present, and the Nanyang Military Mansion's four-year income has been roughly disclosed in the court meeting, and the ministers who did not mention it were also known in the letter earlier.

Zhang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, first asked the question, saying: "The development of the Nanyang Military Mansion is obvious to all. The land under its jurisdiction has brought wealth to the court. Playing the first hand, I asked the imperial court to assign vassal kings to guard the various places, and there will be vassal states in the future, and Chen Shuai must have made a conclusion in his mind about the gains and losses in the past four years."

Zhang Han is also old. He is older than Tan Lun, and his official position has been promoted, but he is more cautious in his words. He bowed to Zhang Juzheng, and then said: "The cabinet believes that the Nanyang military government is no longer enough to govern the huge land. Reorganization is imminent."

Although the old boss spoke harshly, he kept looking at Chen Mu with gentle eyes. The Nanyang Military Mansion was brought up to the current situation by Chen Mu. It is not surprising that the court has this idea. In the land of Ming Dynasty, regardless of whether it is worry or efficiency, there will be considerations.

But obviously, the old man cared more about Chen Mu's thoughts. Everyone, including Zhang Juzheng, was also looking at Chen Mu, wanting to know what he thought.

Zhang Han believes that Chen Mu is most likely to show a helpless look and reluctantly agree with the court's idea.

Unexpectedly, Chen Mu raised one hand, made a gesture of raising his hand, and said straightforwardly: "I agree, I think not only the Nanyang Military Government needs to consider this issue, but also the court. Jing wants to discuss with the humerus of the imperial court!"

"Ge Lao." Chen Mu cupped his hands to Zhang Juzheng and said, "I need a map of the world, can I?"

Zhang Juzheng was quite satisfied with Chen Mu's performance of delegating power, he nodded and waved his hands, and said: "Chen Shuai can speak freely, I wait for the veterans to be detailed about domestic affairs, but overseas are not as good as you."

Chen Mu smiled and complimented everyone: "It's just that I am honored to go to sea by the emperor's order. If you are a prince, you will have a higher understanding!"

He thought that the servants in Zhang Juzheng's mansion would push a pair of hanging maps, but he didn't expect that after You Qi entered the room to salute, a group of servants filed in and brought six vertical screens with a width of about two feet and put them together to form a pair. The map of the world, Zhang Juzheng introduced with a smile: "This is the ink seal of the map of the world in the Nanjiao Wutang in the first year of Wanli. It is said that it has become popular in the south of the Yangtze River."

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he asked someone to clean up the banquet, and then re-arranged the tables, closer to the map, in case they could not see clearly. There were no hot dishes on the table, and they replaced them with melon and fruit refreshments. There are still many dishes on the menu.

That touch of green reminded Chen Mu of Emperor Longqing who led him to visit the Goose Gray Pond a few years ago, broke open the cucumber and sniffed it lightly.

Chen Mu has been looking at this map, the most detailed ones are Guangdong and Nanyang, the country is a little simpler, the northern part and Central Asia are very rough and only have a rough outline, but the European countries are more detailed, that is, they obtained European countries from Portuguese merchants. A number of maps of different years were selected and the details were copied and copied.

The Jiangwu Hall has a consensus on the maps of recent years. No matter when the maps were made, they are not accurate in places other than Guangdong and Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty. They can only be used as a reference.

Xinming Island and Guinea, the two huge islands are only a little bit on the map, and they are not even as large as the military guards on Mindoro Island in the past. From here, we can see the workload of Yang Zhaolong—everything Where he walked, people were sent to the military mansion, and the military mansion submitted it to the lecture hall, and the research of the map department would be added to the world map according to its map scale.

Where there is doubt, there are shadows.

This was also one of his original intentions when he returned to the country to discuss matters with the courtiers. Daming still had great potential to expand overseas, and he alone was not enough to stimulate this potential.

He bowed to everyone, and then said: "Everyone already knows the benefits brought by overseas trade. There is no doubt that Guochao will continue to expand overseas. In the past four years, I have served as the Minister of Nanyang. The original intention was to find a new way for the country and the country to use it overseas.”

"Then Chen's job is done now, and the next thing is to rely on the princes in the court."

"First of all, let me tell you about the current overseas environment. Our opponents are on both sides." Chen Mu stood up and pointed to the territory where the European countries gathered together on the map, and said, "Take this picture as an example. To the east, the countries of Europe are separated by the sea; to the west, the land and sea are connected to form the countries of the Western Regions."

"Our opponents are all in the east, the countries of Europa. They are fundamentally different from us, not in the color of skin and face. All of them believe in religion. In the past, there were two great civilizations in this world, one was our Chinese civilization, and the other was the Arab civilization. Europa The various countries formed the Crusades, apparently for the sake of glory, but actually launched the Eastern Expedition for the sake of wealth. They absorbed the excellent culture of the Arab civilization during the war, and a third civilization emerged during the absorption process, and the poor people in Europe made technological progress.”

"Puyi, everyone knows that they arrived at Daming decades ago after crossing the ocean, and stopped at Haojing. Because they were poor and weak, they were the first country to launch a voyage in Europa, and they were not the opponent of Ming."

"There is only such a thing as Portugal and Yi, which exploded with extraordinary potential in the voyage, from an extremely poor country to an extremely rich country. When Ming Dynasty encountered it, it had already declined. They had almost no colonies overseas, because When it went to sea, it had no opponents in the world, and its national strength was not enough to support a powerful invading army, so it devoted itself to opening commercial stations, and its national policy was to master the east-west trade."

"For a period of time, they did it. They completely mastered the oriental spice and silk trade, opened business stations all over the world, and were controlled by multiple governors. The closest to Ming Dynasty was its governor in Goa, India."

"However, after being poor for a long time, the nobles of the country only know how to squander, the landlords don't cultivate the land, and the people don't work when they have jobs. They all yearn to compete for wealth and honor at sea. As far as I know, the country has a huge debt of 300 million gold coins. It borrows from bankers in the Netherlands, Spain, and bears [-]% of the interest. Its merchant ships are not allowed to enter its capital, Lisbon. Instead of trade, go to the Netherlands to trade."

"Malacca and the Lion Kingdom are exchanged for less than 5 taels of silk and other goods from the Governor of Goa. This country is our experience and lesson. It only knows how to conquer but not govern. It only cares about the immediate wealth and disregards local development. It is bound to fail."

"Daming is a good friend of Portugal. We can't just watch it decline and perish and do nothing."

Chen Mu blinked and said with a smile: "Da Ming has the obligation and responsibility to receive all its overseas heritage!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)