Chapter 448 The Heavy Loyal of Changes in History

After talking about the reunion, Yang Jingang put aside his mind and talked to Zheng Zhilong about more about the sea.

The carriages also jingled through the streets and alleys of the capital.

Although Zheng Zhilong was mentally prepared for the emperor to know overseas affairs, when he talked to the emperor about overseas affairs, he realized that the emperor's understanding of overseas affairs was far beyond his imagination. The overseas products, climate, geography, human feelings, and the emperor even knew better than the pirate leader who claimed to be proficient in overseas affairs. The more he talked to the emperor, the more shocked Zheng Zhilong felt. Fortunately, he was wise and fortunately he was with the emperor. If he followed his previous ideas, wouldn't it be a dead end?

"Your Majesty is really knowledgeable. You know so many things, so the people are really envious!" Zheng Zhilong wiped his sweat repeatedly. At the beginning, he could still talk to what the emperor said and talked about, but the more he talked about it, the more confused he became and the less he could understand it. What the emperor said was beyond his understanding.

"Haha, don't be embarrassed anymore, you are so arrogant. Now you have received my help. You can be respectful to your subordinates when you work with me. I will discuss with the cabinet in two days to see what position you give me. Don't despise a small official position. Some people will have the opportunity to be promoted in the future." Yang Jing corrected.

"I understand, but... Your Majesty, I want to ask, is Africa really a black and white horse as His Majesty said? And a bird as big as a horse? What is the deer as tall as a two-story building?" Although Zheng Zhilong claimed to be proficient in sea affairs, he still had a very lack of understanding of things outside of South China Ocean. When he chatted with the emperor, he gradually changed from a chatter to a listener.

"Haha, yes, there is indeed such animal, which is completely different from the species on the land of the Ming Dynasty. A official may want to ask me how I knew it... Haha, it's actually very simple. A official should have heard of Zheng He's voyage to the West, and he has arrived in these places and recorded the local properties, customs, etc. on the record. Therefore, I will know so clearly." Yang Jing said with a smile. If you talk about the South China Sea with Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong could say a few more words and expand outward, Zheng Zhilong would not be able to say anything. Thanks to the fact that you often look at the animal world before traveling through time and fool Zheng Zhilong, there is no problem. This may be the biggest advantage of modern people over ancient people, and the amount of information is no longer on the same level.

"The world is so big, everything is strange! I am like a frog in a well. Today I have opened my eyes." Zheng Zhilong sighed, verifying that the emperor said it was obviously what he saw with his own eyes. If we only understand these things from the text, it is obvious that it is impossible to be so detailed, so sure, and so coherent, and so integrated. Zheng Zhilong looked at the emperor and became even more awe-inspiring. Zheng Zhilong is now more and more convinced by the legendary emperor. Zheng Zhilong believes that the emperor must have visited these places and seen these things in person, but think about it, it is tens of thousands of miles away. What else can he say besides having a professor of gods in his dream?

The carriage still walked forward jingling, passing through countless streets and alleys.

A tall building appeared outside the carriage window. It was surrounded by relatively open open space, with round buildings and some windows on the second floor, with green tiles on the top. Yang Jiewei already knew where he had been.

Yang Jingwei said: "Can you have been here? Can you tell me what this is?"

"Your Majesty, I have been here before. Lord Lin led me to come. This is the Grand Theater." Zheng Zhilong's expression changed a little when he saw this building.

"It has another name, can the official know?" Yang Jingang asked.

"When you go back to your Majesty, you know that it is called Tulou, also known as Hakka, which is the house where Hakka people in the Fujian Province live." Zheng Zhilong said here, his expression became much quieter.

"Do you know why Hakka Building is built like this?" Yang Jie asked.

"Your Majesty is to guard against bandits, beasts, and Japanese pirates." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Is a Hakka?" Yang Jie asked again.

"When you go back to your Majesty, I must be considered at least half a Hakka." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Can you know what a Hakka person is?" Yang Jie asked.

"Your Majesty, I am the one who moved from the Central Plains before. When I arrived in Lingnan and left my hometown, I called myself Hakka." Zheng Zhilong was born in Quanzhou, Fujian, so he naturally knew the origin of this Hakka.

"Do you know why Hakka people stay away from their hometowns and go far away to the current Bamin?" Yang Jingwei asked.

"When you go back to Your Majesty, I heard my father say that in order to avoid the war, eight major surnames entered Fujian and crossed south, and called them the Eight Min. The Zheng surname of the minister is also one of them, so I know this." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Yes, it's just to avoid the disaster of war that your father is knowledgeable." Yang Jingwei praised.

"When you go back to your Majesty, my father was a minor official in Quanzhou Prefecture during his lifetime." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Haha, right, a person who does not forget his history is a good person... One official can tell that now, my Ming Dynasty is also in trouble inside and outside. If I don't try to change, the Han family's world and the clothes of this Han family will probably be destroyed and extinct. In the past, I could have fled south, but now I am afraid that there will be no chance to cross the south..." Yang Jing sighed worriedly.

"Your Majesty, this... shouldn't be! I think your Majesty has governed the world well enough, and the people are grateful to your Majesty." Zheng Zhilong was shocked to the emperor. This was too terrifying. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a country that will be destroyed!

Looking at Zheng Zhilong with a horror look, Yang Jing smiled and said, "One official is no longer at my level, so naturally I can't see many things. Now it seems to be a clear country, but has the official thought about it? If it weren't for my tens of millions of taels of silver to provide disaster relief, if it wasn't for me to empty the treasury and support the Liaodong War, what would happen to my Ming Dynasty?"

"This!..." Zheng Zhilong painted a terrifying scene for himself! Outside the pass, the Ming Dynasty was still losing money, losing its troops and losing generals, and Shaanxi was a large-scale peasant rebellion. I won't talk about smaller disasters in other places. For example, he suffered such a big disaster in Fujian, but he couldn't rank in the Ming Dynasty. This is a real end of the world! Not to mention anything else, just talk about him. If he hadn't met the emperor, he would probably have fought on the Ming government and made plans for trade, free and easy. There is such peace as the emperor like now.

"Oh, there are strong enemies outside and the sky is continuous inside. It is hard to be the emperor of me! If you are not careful, the Han world that has finally been taken back from the Hu people will be destroyed in my hands." Yang Jie sighed.

"Your Majesty, I think that the Eastern Captain is just a minor problem, and it is not worth mentioning to me as a whole Ming Dynasty!" Zheng Zhilong said this to him, as if he was a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, which made Zheng Zhilong feel the pressure. What's wrong with the emperor? He is too arrogant, right? He is just a pirate leader. Even if he is more capable, he is still a pirate leader. It is a great favor to be able to meet the emperor, but he never expected that the emperor would talk to him like this.

"A small problem? Don't be afraid to tell an official that this year, I spent a lot of money on the Donglu. I still think that the Donglu is a small problem?" Yang Jingwei said with a smile.

Tens of millions of taels? Zheng Zhilong was so surprised that he couldn't stop looking at the emperor, looking like he was incredible. He thought he had a lot of pressure to build a ship with one million taels of silver every year, but now the emperor told him that in addition to tens of millions of silver to provide disaster relief this year, he also spent tens of millions of taels of silver on the Donglu. A small Donglu is really so powerful? Also, wouldn't it mean that the emperor has spent twenty million taels of silver this year? This is too much. All kinds of unexpected, incredible, and surprises made Zheng Zhilong stunned.

"Do you know why I want to tell you about the Hakka? To deal with the Donglu, you need to consume a huge amount of silver and money every year, plus the huge expenses required for immigration. Even I feel that the pressure is very heavy. Where does this money come from? Don't be afraid of a joke about it... My annual gold and silver is only one hundred thousand taels. If you are not careful, you will lose all your efforts and will never be restored. If you can't take out the money to deal with the Donglu that day, the defense line in the north will immediately be in defensive.

It will collapse, and the Han family will fall immediately. It is not impossible to destroy the country and destroy the genocide. This is also the reason why I asked an official to visit Shanhaiguan. Once the Hu people entered the Central Plains, it was when my Han family crossed south again. No, it should be said that there would be no chance to cross south again. Now Bamin is already by the sea. Going south further south, it is the sea. So, I could still cross south back then, but now, there is only one way to destroy the country and destroy the genocide..." Yang Jingwei said.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the emperor in a daze, not knowing what to say, not knowing why the emperor told him this. The emperor looked at him too high and placed his high hopes on him was too deep, so high that he felt terrible. He felt so deep that he was scared. He was just a pirate leader.

"Therefore, I have the determination to unify the sea. The maritime trade makes a lot of profits and can get millions and tens of millions of taels of tariffs every year. With this money, I can deal with the Donglu and support immigration. In this way, can an official understand my heart?" Yang Jingwei said.

"I understand..." Zheng Zhilong breathed a long sigh of relief. It turned out that there was such a deep reason here. No wonder... No wonder... It turns out that the emperor has always been interested in the rich profits of maritime trade. No wonder his plan is not true. The emperor has such a great determination, how could he let himself be an official while dominating maritime trade? Sure enough, he can only choose the same choice, and he can only choose the official! According to the emperor, the emperor's determination to deal with the pirates in the sea and the barbarians can be compared with the extinction of the country. Fortunately, he defected to the emperor, otherwise he would become one of the emperor's many pirates.

"I told you about this to an official today, just to think that an official can understand my heart, understand my difficulties, and share some burdens for me..." Yang Jingwei said.

"I am uneasy... What Your Majesty said is too heavy. I am meager in ability and may not be able to complete what Your Majesty has assigned. I am afraid that I will let down Your Majesty's high hopes. I am deeply frightened..." Zheng Zhilong said seriously. The emperor looked up to him so highly, told him such a serious matter, and had such a low attitude to talk to him, which made Zheng Zhilong feel huge pressure and great fear. Can Zheng Zhilong be associated with the destruction of the country and the extermination of the race? What the emperor said was too outrageous.

"It's okay, although this matter is difficult, but if I give you guidance and shelter, I believe that you can do it. I believe that the ability of an official is, and don't underestimate himself. Believe in me, my vision will not be wrong." Yang Jing encouraged Zheng Zhilong, and he was indeed a bit heavy. He put the burden of saving the nation and extermination on a pirate leader. Who believes this? Who is not afraid? However, history just shows that this burden has indeed fallen on this pirate leader and his son.

"I received the order!" Zheng Zhilong then breathed a sigh of relief, his face looked better. The emperor said it was too scary. Of course, if he followed the emperor, he wouldn't care.

"I know that an official is the leader of Quanzhou merchants. I don't let one official do business. The official also understands why. I give Quanzhou merchants a promise that in the future, as long as my navy goes, they can go wherever my navy goes, and they are protected by me. If someone is against them, it is against me." Yang Jingwei said again.

"I received the order, and I will definitely bring your Majesty's words to you." Zheng Zhilong agreed.

Yang Jie looked at Zheng Zhilong. This was a person who could change the fate of the late Ming Dynasty. He was so "extra-high-standard" and talked to him with a heart-breaking experience. He didn't know how much effect he could have. Maybe he told Zheng Zhilong too much, maybe he revealed too many secrets. However, as a person who can change history, he really needs to raise him to the height of history, and it is indeed necessary to have a face-to-face and deep-seated conversation with him. He gathered this person and let him voluntarily do things according to his own wishes. If this is not the case, I am afraid it won't work... I don't have much time left and I don't have time to slowly cultivate talents. Yang Jie looked at the sky outside the window and prayed that he did it right, and prayed that Zheng Zhilong could do what he wanted.

"One official! Take your son back in Japan. It's not too young. It's time to enlighten me. Staying in barbarians is not conducive to the growth of children. After taking him back, I will send him to the palace. I will send a great scholar to teach you well. When you get older in the future, I will be my servant and become a general for me in the future. How about?" Yang Jingwei said again, since Zheng Zhilong has been conquered, how can Zheng Chenggong let go? Or a child? It doesn't matter, he will be a slowly cultivated since he was a child.

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" Zheng Zhilong immediately knelt down and kowtowed, with a smile on his face that was already happy. The emperor said that he would protect the wealth of the Zheng family. It seems that it is quite reliable. His son has followed the emperor since he was a child. How can he be less wealthy when he grows up? The saying of protecting his wealth is not empty talk.

Because this theater is a Hakka earthen building, the southern Fujian people who come to Beijing to do business, become officials, and study abroad will come here spontaneously, burn a stick of incense and worship it. This earthen building has gradually become a place of sustenance in the minds of Hakka people in the Fujian.

Yang Jie got off the carriage and burned an incense stick, praying that Zheng Zhilong would truly submit to himself as he wished, clear the sea for himself, and receive enough tariffs. His salary emperor was almost vomiting blood.

Zheng Zhilong waited for the emperor to burn incense and lit a stick of incense. As for what he prayed, only Zheng Zhilong himself knew.

...

Yesterday, Zheng Zhilong was recruited. Yang Jie was in a great mood and felt particularly comfortable when sleeping.

I woke up early today and was much better than before.

"Big partner, who will meet today?" Yang Jie asked while dressing. The enthusiasm for this work has returned and is no longer a painful thing.

"Your Majesty, it's time to meet the Imperial College Priest Master Lin Zhenlin." Wang Chengen said quickly. The emperor's job of meeting people was full. In order not to make people suspicious, they were all mixed together, not all of them.

"Lin Qiong! OK, then let's see." Yang Jing recruited Zheng Zhilong. According to the agreement at that time, he had to fulfill his promise. Yang Jing did not mind fulfilling his promise to Lin Qiong, and was even more prepared to win over Lin Qiong. Lin Qiong represented a group of relatively neutral bureaucrats, many of whom were "educators". Although these people also enjoyed the privileges of the bureaucrats, many of them still regarded teaching and educating people and spreading sages as their ideals and subdividing them into their own. They were still different from those bureaucrats who were devoted to their own interests. They were worth treating differently and worthy of winning.

Lin Qiong entered the warm pavilion and saw an energetic emperor, and quickly saluted.

"Forget it, sit down." Yang Jie smiled and signaled.

Lin Qiong looked at the side and saw a round stool. He said, "Thank you for your kindness." After thinking for a while, he sat on it, leaned forward slightly to show respect for the emperor.

"I promised Shifu's library to be built." Yang Jie said first.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Qi stood up again. For these two library pavilions, he gave up his identity and did his best to receive Zheng Zhilong, the pirate leader! Now, it finally came true.

"No need to thank me. As soon as I did, I will naturally fulfill my promise." Yang Jinghui said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, is Zheng Zhilong recruited?" Lin Qiong asked.

"Well, I've been recruited, Shifu's contribution is of great significance!" Yang Jie sighed. Zheng Zhilong, a person who can change the history of the Ming Dynasty, deserves such a high-level admonition and such a high-level treatment. As for why, as for the reason, I'm afraid that it's only me who is a latecomer who knows it.

"I am ashamed of not being able to take responsibility. It is my duty to serve Your Majesty. I am already worried when I cheated your Majesty's two libraries. Your Majesty said that I have made great contributions, and I am really frightened!" Lin Qien was an honest person. Although those two libraries were very attractive to him, he still felt that he was suspected of cheating the emperor and became uneasy.
Chapter completed!