Chapter 310 Damingzhou?

Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

Chapter 310 Damingzhou?

There are two types of officials in the Ming Dynasty, such as the imperial envoy who sent the Hai Zheng Envoy, which was not an official position, but a title.

Such a title has no grade, but it sounds loud!

At least, when those small foreign countries hear it, they feel very noble.

For example, Zheng He, the former eunuch of Sanbao, was named "the eunuch of the Imperial Envoy" at that time.

Zhu Qizhen awarded Peng Qing the imperial envoy to "the imperial envoy to inspect the sea" with obvious meaning. From then on, he would take over Zheng He's mantle and fight for the Ming Dynasty's maritime career for the rest of his life.

However, it is not enough to go to the West to rely solely on one title.

This time, Peng Qing only brought three ships, all of which were transformed by civilian merchant ships. The entire fleet was only a hundred sailors and officers and soldiers.

The next step is different. The fleet size must be expanded to at least thousands of people. With the continuous expansion of the route, it may even reach the scale of tens of thousands of people during the Sanbao Eunuch period.

Such a huge armed force goes overseas and wants to convince the public, the coach must have enough power.

Not only that, if you negotiate with other countries along the way, if you are not at the level of your ability, you will be afraid of your actions.

Therefore, in addition to giving Peng Qing the title of envoy of the imperial envoy of the imperial envoy, Zhu Qizhen also announced that he would enter the cabinet!

Since the Three Yangs, the power of the cabinet has gradually expanded, and has gradually grown from a secretarial team to a prime minister who holds real power.

Since you want to give Peng Qing enough power, please feel free to give it to the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet directly.

The original Dongge Grand Secretary Gao Gu was confiscated, and there was no suitable candidate for this seat, so it was vacant.

Later, Cao Nai and Zhang Yi recommended several candidates one after another, but they were rejected by Zhu Qizhen.

Because in his plan, the Ming Dynasty's cabinet would gradually develop into a parliament, and the future cabinet members would be equivalent to senators, and they were the ones who held the most real power except the emperor.

The ministers are different from the vassal kings. The future vassal kings will go abroad, expand their territory, guard one side, and guard the central government.

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

Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Yuanzhang are also different. Zhu Yuanzhang has a strong desire to control and wishes that the people of the world should strictly control what time to go to bed and get up every day.

It is precisely because of this that he abolished the prime minister system for two thousand years, and the emperor directly led the six ministries, taking care of big and small matters. It is said that he had less than three hours of sleep every day and was a complete workaholic.

However, not everyone is a stubborn person.

Even a strong man as strong as Zhu Di cannot withstand such a crazy workload.

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

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

As for whether this process is a smooth transition or your destiny, it will be related to the fate of the people in the world.

As the emperor, as the absolute controller of the Ming Dynasty, we cannot ask about everything in detail. We will delegate power when it is time to delegate power. The emperor has done everything. What should the civil and military officials in the court do?

The best situation is to do the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel, and the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue, and to perform their duties.

The emperor's mission is to coordinate and plan in a central manner.

For example, the Yellow River has been flooding and breaking the dam, what should I do?

What the emperor needs to do is to give the next imperial edict to govern the river!

Next, the Ministry of Revenue went back to verify how many labor, materials, and various expenses were calculated, and then allocated the money.

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

Then, there is the local government office, who takes the people to build the river embankment.

If the emperor personally ran to the scene, directed people to move stones and supervised the accounting department to settle accounts, wouldn’t it be a mess?

In fact, Zhu Qizhen took action very early.

The first step for his delegating power was to train his younger brother Zhu Qiyu.

It is reasonable that the emperor personally led the army to the vassal kings and ruled the country.

But who has ever seen the emperor sleeping in the bedroom and ask the vassal kings to preside over the morning court?

If you don’t know, you will think that the Ming Dynasty has changed!

During this period, Zhu Qiyu grew up very fast. He suddenly brought his troops to Annan to fight, conquered Annan, Chameng and Luzon, and included the entire Nanyang into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

This is like a good boy who has been studying since childhood and is obedient. One day, he suddenly picked up a knife from the kitchen, then went out and went to find a hooligan to fight. He cut three of them down...

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty have entered the pig farming mode. As a result, everyone saw that there was a pig that had not entered the pen and lived very casually outside. How could they not be moved?

For example, King Xiang and others are moving fast, they are already expanding their territory.

The others were eager to try and were preparing.

Zhu Qizhen believes that in the near future, creating a bright future that never sets is not a dream.

The key point now is to voyage to the West.

Although the Ming Dynasty had already taken control of the South China Sea, there were wider oceans and continents in the world.

On that map, there is still a huge land, America.

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

For example, Zhu Qi Zhenzhou, or... Zhuzhou?

Or it is called Peng Qingzhou, Zheng Hezhou, Zhu Yuanzhangzhou, Damingzhou...

It doesn't seem nice...

Anyway, one thing is certain, it will not be America.

The naming of America starts with Columbus.

Because this continent is alone overseas, when the navigation level has not developed, in people's perception, there are only three continents in the world, namely Asia, Europe and Africa.

Among them, Europe and Africa are separated by the Mediterranean Sea. You can reach North Africa by sailing from southern Europe. The most mature route from Europe to Asia is to cross the Bosphorus Strait and enter the land route through Asia Minor to West Asia and the Middle East.

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

There are roughly three routes from Western Europe to East Asia. The first is to cross the Strait of Gibraltar and enter the Mediterranean Sea, and then enter the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal. This is the most convenient and fastest passage. However, of course, Europeans cannot take this route, because the Suez Canal was not opened until three hundred years later.

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

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

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

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

In the fifteenth century, the Western debate on whether the world is a sphere or a plane has been settled. Since this is the case, it is certain that it will be possible to reach Asia from Europe all the way west. Although many people agree with this theoretical statement, no one dared to take the risk of sailing until the emergence of Columbus.

There is no need to say more about this person’s growth experience. What’s important is that he has opened the third route.

When Columbus' fleet went through a lot of hardships and finally arrived in India, they saw many natives and called them Indians.

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

The news of Columbus sailing westward and successfully arrived in India returned to Europe, causing a sensation immediately, and the Great Age of Discovery in the West officially kicked off.

However, a navigator named Amerigo Vespussi realized that the "India" discovered by Columbus was not real India, but a new continent, and mapped the new continent.

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

Zhu Qizhen's thoughts were taken back from America. As for how to name this new continent, let the Ministry of Rites consider it. They are professional.

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

Above the hall, it is surprisingly quiet.

Cao Nai looked at Zhang Yi, and the two exchanged glances and immediately understood the other person's thoughts.

Peng Qing entered the pavilion, but the emperor did not inform him in advance.

This decision may be a whim or intentional one.

The emperor's thoughts are still difficult to guess. When he remembers that he would even make sudden attacks and sneak attacks on old comrades without moral integrity.

However, there is no problem with Peng Qing entering the cabinet.

There are three people in the cabinet now, but Yu Qian runs around every day and hardly stays in the capital. All the burdens are on the heads of the two.

If it were before, it would be fine, just be tired, but what era is now? The new policy!

Under the in full swing of new policies, new problems arise.

And there are all kinds of problems, emerging one after another, making people exhausted and even weak.

When Peng Qing entered the pavilion, he could at least divide the voyage to the West.

Otherwise, like maritime trade, nautical academy, steamships...especially steamships, whenever they see memorials in this regard, the two of them can only stare at each other.

Because... I don't understand!

The two of them still can't figure out why a piece of iron can float on the water?
To be continued...