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222 The White Crane Lost the Brake

Yu Qian was secretly ruthless in his heart. He must go to Guangdong in person and explain it clearly to Bai Minghe in person.

The white-famous crane is already a little lawless.

Zhu Qiyu still had ten letters in his hand. He was the emperor and he also had his own plans and ideas in his mind. After flipping through the ten letters in his hand, Zhu Qiyu signaled that the number of people in the small court meeting tomorrow would be reduced, as long as the six ministers of the ministers, the chief assistants of the cabinet, and the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Personnel were present.

That night, Zhu Qiyu summoned Jin Ying and Cheng Jing into Nan's study.

"The white-famous crane needs ten thousand monks, ten thousand Taoists, and ten thousand Confucians. The reason is to educate the people of the small country and spread truth, goodness and beauty. The real reason is to annex the Little Luzon. It is planned that the Little Luzon will be included in the Ming Dynasty within fifteen years. Tell me what you think." Zhu Qiyu needs someone who can be negotiated, and Jin Ying and Cheng Jing are the most suitable candidates.

Before the two of them could answer, Zhu Qiyu asked Eunuch Cai to explain in detail what Yu Qian had just happened here.

Finally, Zhu Qiyu said: "The officials in the court will definitely not support me. Even Yu Qian thinks that the white-name crane is a robber, and a gold mine cannot arouse the greed in his heart, but I think that the white-name crane is not wrong."

"Long live, Lord Yu is noble and honest, and is a pillar of the Ming Dynasty. He is right. But this matter is a bit low, so he does not see the distance. No matter which dynasty or the other, it is an unparalleled merit. I think Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Tang Emperor, Song Minister, and the wind and flowing figures still look at the present day!"

Cheng Jing quoted a sentence from the white-famous He who recited the poem.

"Jin Young, Yu Qian requests to go south. You are old, but I can't choose a more suitable person." Zhu Qiyu still respects Jin Ying a few times. Although Jin Ying is a slave of the royal family, he is an old slave of the four dynasties after all. Moreover, he has made great efforts to take the throne, not to mention that Jin Ying is a rare talent.

Jin Ying knelt down: "Long live, although the old slave is old, he can still be loyal to him. This time, the old slave thought that he would either set off immediately or postpone it until after the New Year. But in the New Year, he would summon Baiminghe to Beijing and then go south again after the New Year."

“What’s the difference?”

"Leave early and let all the officials in the capital guess. Leave late and make full preparations. Old slave is preparing to help Bai Minghe with one hand. If the old slave is not guessing wrong, Bai Minghe should have plans."

At Zhu Qiyu's instructions, Eunuch Cai sent Bai Minghe's other ten letters and the copy of Yu Qian to Jin Ying and Cheng Jing.

After reading one letter after another, Jin Ying and Sung Jing looked almost the same. They said in unison: "Bai Minghe is a cruel person."

"What do you think?"

"Long live, Bai Minghe is a plan to destroy Japan. I am afraid that he would do this if he wanted to destroy Japan. This move will not harm the Ming Dynasty. Even if he is known as a military force, I would like to ask Long live, you will expand your army according to the plan!" Jin Ying and Cheng Jing had a rare agreement.

After Jin Ying finished speaking, Cheng Jing added: "I thought I would go south quickly. I conquer 20,000 elite troops from the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces and transfer the troops south."

"Okay. OK!" Zhu Qiyu slapped the table hard.

Jin Ying and Cheng Jing are his think tanks. Originally, Zhu Qiyu was tempted by the white-known crane and was tempted by the white-known crane. Now, if you think about the white-known crane, you will have one set of things. After the Datong side is pacified, your combat power will double. In addition, the remnants of the Tumu Fort Incident have added about 100,000 military strength to the Ming Dynasty. It is no problem to withdraw 50,000 people from the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

It seems that the white-famous crane is very ambitious.

Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with what Bai Minghe did this time. He would start implementing the next day at Xiaochao.

The next day, the small dynasty meeting was held in the Nanshu. Apart from the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of ten years of officials. Six ministers, two auxiliary ministers in the cabinet, Chen Xun, Gao Gu. Even Yang Ning and Shang Lu were not allowed to attend. Instead, the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Personnel came over.

"Don't report any matters of big and small today unless they are very urgent." Zhu Qiyu spoke very much.

The ministers looked at each other and understood that they were afraid that something would be said today, and they had to report some things, but none of them was a very urgent task. Not to mention delaying for one day, it would not affect the delay for ten days and half a month. At present, everything in the Ming Dynasty is on the right track.

"Let's start!" Zhu Qiyu leaned back.

With the order from Eunuch Cai, twenty eunuchs came in with several cases, and then the eunuchs and palace maids entered one by one.

Each minister had a chair, a few tables, and then there were tea, snacks, and four treasures of the study. After the arrangement was made, the eunuchs and the palace maids all withdrew. Only a few confidant eunuchs with responsibilities were left here, sitting at the small table next to them, responsible for recording today's conversation.

"Introduction to the fortune in the sky..." Eunuch Cai took out an imperial edict and read it in one breath. The content of the imperial edict was Hetao, Datong, Xuanfu, two governors and three governors led their troops to sweep the desert and took down the ancient surrender city, with countless spoils and countless prisoners of war. Five officials jointly wrote a letter to launch troops in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Hetao was invincible ten months ago.

This contribution was made by Yu Qian's command and arrangement. The rewards from the military generals were settled and then calculated after the Hetao were pacified. Yu Qian was rewarded with an annual output of 100 stone gold mining area.

Yu Qian's face was pale and said nothing, and he made an example to thank the emperor for his kindness.

The Hetao victory is a great event. It can produce 100 stones per year...

When I heard the concept of 100 stones, everyone thought of the white-name crane without exception. Because of gold, even the treasury records of the Ming Dynasty were calculated based on two. Only the white-name crane used stones to calculate gold. One stone is 1,600 taels, and one hundred stone is 16,000 taels of gold.

This is gold, not silver. This number is above the taxes of a province.

Who is Yu Qian? Even the political enemies present would say that Yu Qian is upright and honest. But Yu Qian has taken over this gold mine, and there must be many strange things in it.

"Bai Qing, the left-ranking Censor of Fujian, was transferred to the fourth-ranking inspector of Manila Port, and Mao Sheng, the left-ranking governor, was transferred to the commander of the fourth-ranking Lavag Qianhu." Zhu Qiyu quickly told the two appointments carefully selected by Bai Minghe.

What? The nine officials present were dizzy. Is Bai Qing a second-ranked official? Mao Sheng is also a second-ranked official? Is there a reason for demotion?

"Long live my memory. What a mistake these two people have made? I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public after being demoted to the fourth level." He Wenyuan, the Minister of Personnel, stood up first. According to his idea, you can't do it by your own nature, just be the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu just smiled indifferently.

Yu Qian sighed softly and walked out: "Dear officials, let me explain it. They are being promoted openly and secretly. Bai Qing's actual position is governor. Mao Sheng's actual position is governor. The Port of Manila is just a city in the port of Little Luzon. But here, Bai Minghe controls about two thousand islands in Guangdong Province, and about two sea areas of Guangdong. Long live the gold mine that is rewarded to me. It is on the Little Luzon Island in the north."

"Long live, we have launched foreign troops but have no intention to fight?" He Wenyuan was in an instant.

But the other nine people looked at it quietly, even Yu Qian agreed, what is the point of saying anything at this time?

"There is no war, so there is no need to ask more about this matter. Now we will only talk about taking over. Of course, Bai Minghe wrote a letter to educate the barbarians, asking for ten thousand Confucians and ten thousand Taoists. Ten thousand monks went to the thousands of islands of Luzon to educate the people. Studying government, monks and religions, and other officials must select reliable candidates. All matters in Luzon will be subject to the Bai Minghe!"

Bai Minghe was a sixth-rank official, but now he became a senior official.

At the end of this, Zhu Qiyu added: "Go to the post next year. Go to Guangdong first to get familiar with Little Luzon!"

"Long live my life, what's the Luzon Islands? All the residents are barbarians and barbarians who are not educated. Is this worth doing it?" Hu Yi was afraid that he had already agreed with the decision of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, but at this time, as the oldest and oldest minister of the four dynasties, he naturally had to come out on behalf of everyone to ask questions.

Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but smile when he thought of what Bai Minghe wrote in a letter to him.

Hu Yi didn't say anything, but gave another gift, which was to hint that long live, you should always give a reason, even if it's an excuse. You always have to give this matter a step further.

In other words, what are the benefits of this matter to all officials?

"I also asked Bai Minghe this question, but Bai Minghe asked me back, hoping to get which answer. What kind of answer is the official answer, or the most practical answer. Which one do you want to hear?"

"Of course I want to hear it!" Hu Yi wanted to hear it. Another reason was that he wanted to know what Bai Minghe would say.

"The answer on the official side is that as a country above the Celestial Kingdom, educating the uncivilized people to understand ethics. This is a task given to us by God and also the obligation of the Ming Dynasty as a country above the Celestial Kingdom. I wonder how Mr. Hu evaluates this answer?" Zhu Qiyu called Mr. Hu, which is a kind of respect for old ministers of the four dynasties.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was not the emperor who was arrogant and enslaved all officials.

Hu Yi did not answer immediately, but communicated with Chen Xun for a few words before saying: "Long live, I think Bai Minghe is a rogue who is proficient in Confucianism. A word that Bai Minghe once mentioned in front of me is, academic rogue! These words are high-sounding, but they cannot conceal his behavior like a demon fox."

Zhu Qiyu laughed happily: "I like Mr. Hu's comment on Bai Minghe."

"Long live, please tell me, what about the good answer?"

"The white-known crane has taken a fancy to the gold mine of hundreds of thousands of stones and the copper mine of tens of millions of stones. As well as the inexhaustible resources of abaca and coconut fruits. The fleet of the white-known crane is constantly expanding day and night, and the port of Fujian is constantly expanding. In order to achieve the goal of 50,000 stones of daily cargo required by the white-known crane by the end of the year, tens of thousands of craftsmen are working day and night."

50,000 stones a day, which is an amazing amount. The total transportation volume of the Grand Canal in Beijing and Hangzhou is less than 30%.

"Old Mr. Hu commented one or two!"

"Long live, is there any information about Fuzhou Port in the palace? As my ministers think, the income of the people, merchants, and soldiers there will inevitably surge, at least ten times the previous one."

"The August calculation of commercial tax in Fuzhou is already a hundred times that of last year." Zhu Qiyu smiled faintly.

Hu Yi understood that he could not stop it. No one could stop this matter, only support, and it was terrible to cut off the livelihood of millions of people. (To be continued...)

ps: Shrimps and others have been raised in realgar water, this is one.
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