Chapter 172: The Admiral and Eunuch of Nanjing Shipyard

Yang Refined Julei, and Wang Chengen also wanted to be Zheng He.

"Big partner, I heard it right? Do you want to be Zheng He too?" Yang Jing looked at Wang Chengen with a look of surprise.

"Report to Your Majesty, I want to share your worries for Your Majesty. Your Majesty is very reasonable. I want to support several times the same land in the Ming Dynasty? I am willing to set up a boat for Your Majesty, travel abroad, and find a place for Your Majesty and your Majesty's people to settle down." Wang Chengen was also very excited when he said this, with a pale face with a hint of flushing.

"Uh... this, let's talk about it in the future, haha, if I become strong in the future, I don't care about Dalian leading a fleet out for me. Haha, it's also a Dalian who goes out to show off for me. But now, I can't live without Dalian! Let's talk about this later. Also, this ship has not yet been settled. By the way, last time, Zheng Huaizhong, didn't he say he wanted to find an artificial ship? What's the situation? I also remember, what's going on with the Western Priests who summoned Sun Yuanhua to Beijing, and the Western Priests who recruited Sun Yuanhua to Beijing, were there any news? Yang Jing remembered that some time ago, he was going to build a large ship, recruited Sun Yuanhua to Beijing, and those Western Priests who were preparing to build Western maritime ships, and also made Zheng Huaizhong, the "Secretary of Works" in the inner court, prepare to build Chinese maritime ships. It has been a while since he has been doing so, and he still doesn't know how the matter has been implemented, so he asked Wang Chengen.

"Report to Your Majesty, I am not very clear about Zheng Huaizhong's affairs, but I heard that he has searched everywhere for craftsmen who can build ships, and even sent people to the south to search. I guess he is a little surprised. Sun Yuanhua and those Western priests, I guess it has been ten or twenty days, and it is time to be soon. Your Majesty wait, I will probably arrive in the capital soon." Wang Chengen, the steward, was very competent. He basically remembered everything that the emperor had forgotten and could not remember.

"Well, that's good, then hurry up and find Zheng Huaizhong. I feel even more anxious than a big companion." Yang Jing decided to ask himself the "Secretary of Works" in the inner court, how was the shipbuilding matter going, and he wanted to build a ship immediately.

"As for your order, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen hurriedly went to find someone.

Qianqing Palace, Warm Pavilion.

Zheng Huaizhong rushed to the Qianqing Palace in a hurry. He was even more happy when he heard the emperor summoned him. He took the right step, and every step behind him was right. Once he got the emperor's temper, the emperor summoned him every few days. He stood out from the twenty-four yamen in the inner court and became the emperor's new favorite. He was extremely proud. In the palace, he was also the one who walked sideways. The emperor tried hard to work hard, busy inside and outside, and felt very energetic.

"Long live my servant Zheng Huaizhong to kowtow to my emperor." Zheng Huaizhong looked excited and kowtowed to the emperor.

"Well, Zheng Huaizhong, get up. Last time I asked you about shipbuilding, how did you do it? I heard that I was a little surprised?" Yang Jingwei couldn't wait to build a ship. The obstacles to the navy have been basically cleared, and the rest is to keep investing money into the navy.

"Report to Your Majesty, I am busy doing your best every day. This is indeed a bit amazing. Congratulations to Your Majesty and congratulations to Your Majesty."

"Haha, don't say it's good or useless. Let's talk about the shipbuilding. What's the situation?" Yang Jingwei didn't want to listen to others' farts and talk nonsense.

"Report to your Majesty, I have found some craftsmen who can build ships. According to them, these sea ships, especially giant ships and warships, have to be found in the south. It is said that only in Fujian, Nanjing, there are ships that can be built in the north now, but only three or four hundred materials, and only seven or eight hundred materials are large. Most of these ships are merchant ships, and most of them are flat-bottomed sand ships. They are comfortable walking on the north side. However, it is not possible to walk on the turbulent ocean. Especially if we want to build our treasure ships of the eunuchs of the Three Guards of the Three Guards, we have to go to the south to find man-made ships..." Zheng Huaizhong was also willing to work hard. When it comes to shipbuilding, he was also very good at talking about shipbuilding. His understanding of shipbuilding is far better than that of Yang Jing, the young man.

"Nanjing? Fujian? Zheng Huaizhong, are you talking about the place where the eunuch of the Three Guards Zheng He built treasure ships in the past?" Yang Jingwei didn't know where the eunuch of the Three Guards Zheng He built ships, but only knew that it was probably the south, maybe Nanjing. I remember there was a documentary in the past that said that Zheng He's fleet set out from Nanjing.

"Report to Your Majesty, it is, Your Majesty, you want to build a giant boat and a warship of thousands of materials. This is still in Nanjing and Fujian. As Your Majesty said, the eunuchs of the Three Guards built ships in these places. The ship was really big and said to be able to accommodate thousands of people. Standing on the boat and looking down, it was like standing on a high city, known as a giant city on the sea..." When it comes to shipbuilding, it must be related to the mission overseas. When it comes to this, Zheng Huaizhong's Harry kept flowing down and began to talk endlessly.

"Stop...! Wait, Zheng Huaizhong, I'm asking you if you are building ships in these places, and you have the same answer." Yang Jingwei was also a little afraid of this "neurotic" "Senior Minister of Works" and said something else was fine. When talking about shipbuilding and mission, it would be a little arrogant. Although Yang Jingwei had some small opinions on this, he also felt that he needed to be so crazy about shipbuilding and people going to sea to help him handle these things. If he met a guy who was lukewarm about these things, it would be unlucky. For example, those Confucian scholars and officials asked them to build ships and go overseas, which was even more uncomfortable than killing them.

"Yes..., yes... yes, I obey the order..." Zheng Huaizhong immediately stopped, only to find that his face was hot, and he realized that he was not paying attention to the object of his words, and to realize that the emperor had a good temper.

"If I rebuild the treasure ship of the three guarantee eunuchs, or giant warships, do you think it's possible?" Yang Jing has always been quite confused about this issue. When his descendants talked about this treasure ship, they said in one sentence: the data is lost and the real treasure ship cannot be made. Yang Jing is not sure how big this treasure ship is. If he says it is big, he is afraid that others will joke about it, and he will not reach the historical height. He is embarrassed at both ends. After thinking about it, he will leave this issue to "professionals" to deal with it. He is the emperor, not an engineer.

"Report to Your Majesty, how can you, how can you not? To be disrespectful, the ships that the three-guarantee eunuch Zheng He can build, the three-guarantee eunuch Zheng He can also build. The three-guarantee eunuch Zheng He can go on a mission to the West for Your Majesty, and the three-guarantee eunuch Zheng Huaizhong can also go on a mission to the West for Your Majesty." Zheng Huaizhong was determined to build a ship, and then went on a mission to the West. As soon as he spoke, he would compare with Zheng He, and he would take the words here, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor would hand him this job.

Yang Jingjiu Lei, this is another eunuch who wants to be Zheng He. After hearing this, Yang Jingjiu glanced at Wang Chengen. Wang Chengen blushed a little and stood there motionless. The two thoughts "collided".

"Can you make it? Are you sure?" Yang Jing no longer worried about this matter and decided to throw it to those who are willing to do it. Just pay attention to the progress yourself.

"Report to Your Majesty, you can indeed make it. There is no reason why things that can be made a hundred or two hundred years ago cannot be made now. Those who were born a hundred or two hundred years ago were not born! Your Majesty, do you think so?" Zheng Huaizhong was very confident.

Yang Jing nodded. This statement makes sense. There is no reason why things that could be created two hundred years ago cannot be created now. People who were born a hundred or two hundred years ago were not born.

"Since you are so sure of this, I will hand over the task of rebuilding a giant ship and a warship to you. Do you understand? I guess you don't understand it yet. I will tell you about this matter. It doesn't matter. You are also the leader of the twenty-four yamen of the inner court. I am already preparing to expedition to Ryukyu, so I will need more than a dozen warships. I will be ready to hand it over to you to build it. If you want to start construction as soon as possible, you will have to build the ship in at most one year. I need to use it urgently, do you understand?" Yang Jingwei was also preparing to be the shopkeeper who was shaking his hands. He was not going to dream back to the future and get information. I'm tired!

"Thank you for your trust. I will do my best to build a giant ship like Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Guards, and it will definitely not miss Your Majesty's affairs." Zheng Huaizhong agreed to this matter without thinking, without considering whether the time of this year was enough.

Yang Jie was also frightened by this guy. He just said it casually for a year, and he didn't know if it was enough. Unexpectedly, this guy was so brave and agreed immediately.

"Zheng Huaizhong, aren't you lying to me? You can build a giant warship in just one year? If you can't build it, it's just that the military law is broken. At that time, there will be military law to deal with it."

"Report to Your Majesty, I have certainly confidence and reason for saying this. Since the last time I got the instructions from Your Majesty to ask me to find craftsmen who can build ships, I have been careful. I have already sent people to the south to search for ship craftsmen who can build ships for Your Majesty. I have saved a month's time. Besides, I have asked the shipbuilders on the beach carefully. They said that this shipbuilding is the best in Nanjing and Fujian. According to me, I would definitely be able to build ships at the fastest speed. If you cannot complete your Majesty's orders, I will have no face to see Your Majesty again. If you can't build it at that time, your Majesty will only be responsible for military law." Zheng Huaizhong explained his reasons.

Yang Jingwei was also sweating wildly. Unexpectedly, this guy was also a "novice" and didn't know much about shipbuilding. He said for a year, but he agreed without thinking. If he said for half a year, he would probably still agree without thinking. In his opinion, there is nothing he could do to gather the skilled craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. Is this guy still a eunuch? A fanatic! Yang Jingwei was a little worried that his shipbuilding would be ruined.

Yang Jing was still worried about whether his shipbuilding plan would be ruined, but Zheng Huaizhong was still talking: "Your Majesty, this is to build a ship, especially a giant ship, and it is still built in the south. Then the craftsmen will not talk about it. The main thing is the wood and materials for the shipbuilding. Because there are many shipbuilding yards in the south, the ready-made materials are also complete. If Your Majesty wants to build a ship quickly, he must go to the south, either recruit or purchase ready-made wood from those shipyards... No one looked at this shipbuilding and urged them, and the craftsmen would not be anxious and cheated. Therefore, I beg Your Majesty to let me go to the south to supervise the construction of warships. I will definitely build a warship for Your Majesty to expedition to Ryukyu within one year..."

Zheng Huaizhong, a fanatic who "sails", actually wanted to run to the south to supervise the construction of warships. Yang Jingwei was also surprised. Is this eunuch taking gunpowder? So fanatical, excited?

"Oh! You are right. You have to build a ship and work hard. I am afraid that no one will supervise it. I am afraid that it will not work. Zheng Huaizhong, do you really want to go to the south to supervise the construction of warships? And guarantee it will be built in one year? Is there no place to build a ship in the north? You must go to the south?" Yang Jing felt that this guy was right. This matter was afraid that it would not work if no one looked at it. Otherwise, his plan to expedition to Ryukyu would be ruined. There is a lot of wood in the south, so I bought it nearby and built it nearby, which can save time and cost. However, Yang Jing thought about building it in the north.

"Report to Your Majesty, I am willing to issue a military order for Your Majesty. I will definitely build warships within the specified time. However, I would like to ask Your Majesty to allocate the cost of building ships to allow me to use the skilled craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. Are these shipyards in the north? There are also some, but they are far less famous than the several shipyards in the south. Today, the Qingjiang Shipyard only builds canal ships, and it cannot build giant boats and warships at all? Your Majesty..." Zheng Huaizhong was stupid. If he built a ship in the north, when would he have to go? There was no equipment and place to build a large ship, no technology, and no raw materials. The raw materials for purchasing them were for a while, let alone a year, not to mention two years, it was not necessarily possible to build them. At that time, his head would roll on the ground.

"Then I can only go to the south?" Yang Jingwei is also a novice in shipbuilding knowledge.

"Your Majesty, there are many shipyards in the south and there are huge reserves of wood. This shipbuilding wood is convenient for purchasing nearby and recruiting! This shipbuilding speed is fast, and it is also said that this shipbuilding dock is suitable for it. I beg your Majesty to let you use the Longjiang Shipyard used by the eunuch of the Sanbao Eunuch Zheng He..."

Well, the shipyards in the north are used to build canals, that is, to build small boats in the canals, the material reserves in the south are sufficient. If you can, you can go to the south to build ships. Yang Jingxie has figured it out.

Yang Jing knocked the chair regularly with his fingers, thinking. In the Ming Dynasty, there were not many people who could trust him. This guy was still a little capable and was a little familiar with him. He was so enthusiastic about building ships and sailing, and he wanted to be Zheng He's second place, so he could consider it.

After thinking about it, Yang Jingjie said: "Zheng Huaizhong, go to the south to supervise the construction of warships. What I need is 100 or 20 warships. The combat personnel may be two or three thousand. As for those warships to be built, I have to discuss this. You go to the south first, first gather craftsmen, clean up, build a dock, and wait for my order. The money for the construction of the ship is my private money. Don't be greedy. In addition, be careful not to let others greed. My money is not easy to come! Do it well for me.

Things, your thoughts, I understand that when my fleet grows in the future, you will definitely have a contribution. In the future, you will have the opportunity to go on a mission to Southeast Asia and voyage to the West. The key is not to mislead my affairs and be my caring person. Do you understand? In the future, it will be famous like the eunuch of the Three Guards Zheng He, which is not difficult. After a hundred years, I will find a place for you in my cemetery and will never treat you badly... You were alone in the past, and you may not be able to plot against others. You are a big companion. Choose from the Nei Shu Hall.

Some arithmetic, smart, diligent and sensible people follow Zheng Huaizhong to help Zheng Huaizhong, learn how to manage shipbuilding, and expand the shipyard in the future, which is useful... In addition, don't let people deceive me. Zheng Huaizhong, I want to build a ship, and I want to be cheap and cheap. Do you understand? If you want to add silver or increase the price every few days of building a ship, don't make it for me. You should bring 100,000 taels of silver to do this before, and do this to gather craftsmen, build a dock, discuss ship type, and prepare for shipbuilding.

A month or two later, I will send you the shipbuilding expenses and tell you which ships to build. The cost will be reimbursed. I will send an account to the "accountant" to supervise the use of the money. You should pay attention to the accounts of the money entering and leaving. Do you understand this?... By the way, also, you should be better for the shipbuilding craftsmen. Don't treat them badly and ruin my reputation. As long as they are sincere and concentrate on building ships for me, don't let go of money, do you understand?" Yang Jing said a lot.

Yang Jing also thoroughly figured it out. He was not a small warlord, nor did he start from scratch. He had to work hard to develop his own skills, find people, open his own territory, and conquer the world. He was the emperor, and the emperor had to do the emperor's affairs. It was okay, so he had to issue an imperial edict to let the people in the world do it for him. While repeatedly using this future glory to bind Zheng Huaizhong, promising him to let him go to the West in the future, promising him to become famous in history in the future, promising that when he dies in the future, he can build a place in his own imperial tomb with him. The purpose of these things is to let Zheng Huaizhong do his job sincerely. Yang Jing also took great pains to tie Zheng Huaizhong up to do his job.

Zheng Huaizhong heard it and was almost crying and sobbing. The emperor promised a lot of things to come, and each thing was touching. The thing that moved Zheng Huaizhong the most was that the emperor could find a quick place in the imperial tomb. Zheng Huaizhong felt that the sky was about to collapse, and the emperor was so kind to him. He cried "woo".

Wang Chengen stood aside. He had already made this promise and was not interested in it. He had already received the emperor's promise and would definitely have a piece of land in the future. It was much better than Zheng Huaizhong's investigation, so he was happy that he was valued by the emperor more.

"Okay, don't cry anymore, let's prepare now, the faster the better. Time doesn't wait for anyone, do you understand? Da Pang, please ask yourself about the following in the Silijian. What position will you give me?"

"Report to Your Majesty, this shipbuilding is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works, and the Department of War of Nanjing is also in charge of some of the chariots and chariots of the Ministry of War of Nanjing, but they do not have any official positions suitable for our Inners. The previous chores of the Inners were all directly dispatched by Taizu and Chengzu when they were Chengzu. Later, they were not allowed to go to the West. The Inners never intervened in the matter of shipbuilding. If they asked for ships, they would directly order the Nanjing Inners and War of War of War to build it." Wang Chengen thought for a long time, but he could not think of any position he would give.

There is no corresponding position in the inner court. Yang Jing also wondered, isn’t his inner court quite awesome? Why doesn’t there be a corresponding shipbuilding department?

Well, since I haven't had it before, for the sake of my inner court, I'll have one from myself and said, "No? Then I can set one. What's better to set up with a big companion?"

Wang Chengen didn't agree with it and said, "Your Majesty, this should be the governor and eunuch of Nanjing Shipyard. Your Majesty, this rank, I don't know how many ranks should be given?" Wang Chengen quickly gave up an official position.

"Well, just call this one, it's not bad. Even if this is the yamen in the inner court that specializes in shipbuilding, is it a rank? Just like the twelve priest, Zheng Huaizhong is also a eunuch in the twelve priest, and in the past, it was not a loss." Yang Jing had the seven orifices of this official's rank and official position, and he had no idea, so he had to listen to Wang Chengen's advice and "mobilize" Zheng Huaizhong at the same level.

"I obey the order, let's draw an edict." Wang Chengen agreed. After this imperial edict, the new yamen in the inner court came out, and the official position of "Guangdong Eunuch of Nanjing Shipyard" came out.

Yang Jing wanted to have countless warships immediately, sweeping across the seven oceans and colonizing the world. Only in this way can the peasant problem in the late Ming Dynasty be completely solved. Otherwise, even if you rely on your countless gold fingers to make money, even if you can support hundreds of thousands of elite troops, and even if you can forcibly suppress the peasant uprising, it would not be a positive solution to the problem in the late Ming Dynasty. It was extreme and bloody. The total number of people supported by the northern land was "killed" until the land could support it. In this way, the northern population would probably have tens of millions of casualties. Only in this way can it survive the long and continuous famine. Yang Jing was not so heartless.

The problems in the late Ming Dynasty were actually the problems of farmers. They could not solve the problems in the late Ming Dynasty, and they could not solve the problems in the late Ming Dynasty. The peasant uprising army led by Li Zicheng was really overthrowing the Ming Dynasty. It was not the wild boar skin that overthrew the Ming Dynasty. The wild boar skin was able to enter Beijing because of a series of coincidences, coupled with good luck. In the late Ming Dynasty, it was not the defeat of wild boar skin, but the problems in the late Ming Dynasty were solved. If in general, peasant uprisings were the major event that determines the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, and the key to the survival of the Ming Dynasty. Wild boar skin was just a problem of scabies.

Outside the Ming Dynasty, there were not many nations and tribes that had risen, and even powerful figures, in history, that had risen, and even powerful figures. However, as long as the Ming Dynasty was not in chaos, the Ming Dynasty would lose sight of one thing for a long time, even these tribes and nations that could rise for a while, and even some outstanding figures would not escape the result of being wiped out by the Ming Dynasty.

The farmers' problems, to put it now, are the "three rural issues". Modern "three rural issues" discuss and study farmers' income growth, agricultural growth, and rural stability. Now, in the late Ming Dynasty, there are still these three problems.

The key to the stability and unstable rural areas in the late Ming Dynasty was to look at food, and those who didn’t eat would definitely be unstable.

The problem of agricultural growth. If you want to raise people several times of the same land, the agriculture will not grow, and there will be no more food in the same land. How can this solve the problem of more and more people eating in rural areas? There will definitely be a day when the upper limit of land supply is lost. It is also a problem of food.

The problem of increasing farmers' income is actually to find another way out, not letting farmers hang themselves on a tree, and increasing their ability to resist natural disaster risks. For example, going to the city to work, planting cash crops, breeding others, etc., is also a matter of food.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to solve the problem of peasants, the way out and key was to give more land for cultivation. Where is this land? It is overseas. Yang Jing believed that it would solve or solve the problem of some farmers eating in the late Ming Dynasty. His own country could be firmly settled without having to hang himself on the coal mountain. Therefore, he would definitely support his going to sea and make every effort to build warships, colonize overseas, a series of overseas trade, overseas garrisons, colonies, colonies, and huge naval fleets were necessary.
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