Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 349 Wu Country
Because Zhu Changxun was involved in this matter, Zhang Qingfeng also met with Zhu Changxun.

Zhu Changxun was very interested in Zhang Qingfeng's proposal.

As a young man in his early twenties, Zhu Changxun is still very aggressive now.

His old mother wanted him to go to Tiwan Island. In fact, after reading the map, he wanted to go to Nanyang because Nanyang was much bigger than Tiwan Island.

In this regard, Zhang Qingfeng could only persuade him to take it step by step, just like the vassal kingdoms enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty, expand outwards based on Tiwan Island, and finally conquer Nanyang.

Under Zhang Qingfeng's persuasion, Zhu Changxun finally agreed to become a king in Diwan.

Being a king overseas is much better than being an imprisoned vassal in Ming Dynasty.

Soon, Emperor Wanli told the cabinet about the incident and wanted to ask the cabinet for its opinion.

When the cabinet heard the message from Emperor Wanli, it was immediately stunned.

They never imagined that after fighting for the country for so long, Emperor Wanli broke the rules and thought of such a way.

The ministers discussed Zhu Changxun's title as Overseas King for several days. In the end, Li Tingji, the head of the cabinet, believed that as long as King Fu was named Overseas King, he would not be eligible to compete for the throne of Ming Dynasty, and the position of the crown prince would be stable. The battle is over, which is a good thing.

So, after some discussion, the entire cabinet agreed to Emperor Wanli's proposal.

Zhu Changluo also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that his younger brother Zhu Changxun was going to be made overseas as queen.

In the past few years, although he has been the crown prince, he is often afraid, for fear that he will be deposed or die for no reason.

It's all right now, as long as Emperor Wanli really seals Zhu Changxun as overseas king, then his position as prince will be stable.

Because if Zhu Changxun really wanted to become the king of the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it would be tantamount to breaking away from the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty and establishing his own family.

Even if Zhu Changluo died at that time, the other sons of Emperor Wanli should succeed him, and it would never be Zhu Changxun's turn.

After obtaining the consent of the court ministers, Emperor Wanli soon issued an edict to change Zhu Changxun as King of Wu, and to carry Wandao to Wu State as Zhu Changxun's fiefdom.

At the same time, Wu State, like other vassal states of Ming Dynasty, such as Korea, Japan, Vietnam and other countries, enjoys all the rights of the king.

That is to say, Zhu Changxun has the right to establish a government, build a dynasty, collect taxes and raise soldiers in the state of Wu.

King Wu, this is Zhu Yuanzhang's title before he proclaimed himself emperor, which shows that Emperor Wanli has a preference for this son.

After Zhu Changxun was named Queen Wu, Concubine Zheng no longer had any strong intentions against Concubine Wang Gong.

Emperor Wanli also canceled the confinement of Concubine Gong and allowed her to leave Jingyang Palace freely to meet Prince Zhu Changluo.

Just when Zhu Changxun was proclaimed Queen of Wu, when the time entered December, the Duoyan tribe invaded the frontier, and tens of thousands of people fled to the capital, so Emperor Wanli ordered that tens of thousands of fugitives be transferred to Wu.

For a while, Zhang Qingfeng had to throw out a lot of money to buy food and various tools for the people who were about to immigrate to the island.

Zhang Qingfeng calculated that if all of these tens of thousands of people wanted to immigrate to Wu and make proper arrangements, it would cost at least one million taels of silver.

Moreover, Zhang Qingfeng also knew that as natural and man-made disasters continued in the late Ming Dynasty, there would be more refugees in the future, and the money spent would be a bottomless pit.

For example, in May next year, there will be floods in the lake building, causing tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, and hundreds of thousands of people will be displaced.

In June, the Gansu magnitude [-] earthquake killed and injured thousands of people.

In August, there was a famine in Xuanfu in Shanxi, floods in Jiangxi, and locust plagues in Jinan and other prefectures.

Huguang, Shuchuan, Henan, Shanxi, Guizhou and other places were hit by strong winds. (No way, the name of the province cannot be written in the novel.)
These natural disasters will cause more people to be displaced. At that time, it is estimated that Emperor Wanli will immigrate them to Tiwan Island.

And with so many immigrants, the money that needs to be spent is probably astronomical.

Emperor Wanli immigrated to Wu State for his son Zhu Changxun, so the court would not pay this money.

I'm afraid that all the money can only fall on Zhang Qingfeng in the end, who made him the purse of Emperor Wanli.

Therefore, Zhang Qingfeng still needs to speed up the speed of making money. Haimao is undoubtedly the most profitable.

Twenty years later, the Zheng Zhilong Group, with more than 20 people, has monopolized all trading channels in the entire West and Japan.

"Palm seal, His Highness said, let me follow you from now on."

On this day, a middle-aged eunuch came to Zhang Qingfeng's place.

"Well, since His Highness asked you to follow me, then you can follow me from now on." Looking at the middle-aged eunuch Zhang Qingfeng nodded.

This middle-aged eunuch was none other than the famous nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian who was still called Li Jinzhong.

In order to prevent Wei Zhongxian from developing according to the historical track, Zhang Qingfeng asked Zhu Changluo to bring him over, and planned to put him by his side to do things in the future.

"You are His Highness's servant. I will not treat you badly. You can help me take charge of sea trade from now on!" Zhang Qingfeng said to Wei Zhongxian.

"But before that, you need to learn some knowledge of navigation and firearms."

"Xiao Du, you take Li Jinzhong to the University of Science and Technology, and arrange for him to learn about navigation and firearms with the students." Zhang Qingfeng said to one of his secretaries.

For Wei Zhongxian's arrangement, Zhang Qingfeng's idea is to arrange him to do sea trade business, and at the same time, he can also do some no-cost business.

With Wei Zhongxian's talent and ruthless personality, he will definitely be at home at sea.

The time enters 1609 AD.

Zhang Qingfeng only needs to pay for the emigration, and the other matters are arranged by Emperor Wanli himself.

In order to allow tens of thousands of people to immigrate to Tiwan Island smoothly, Emperor Wanli not only requisitioned a large number of Cao ships, but also sent an army of 5000 people to protect it.

In March, Tianjin Shipyard finally built the Galen warship designed by Zhang Qingfeng after more than half a year of exploration.

After a period of sea trials, the ship was officially handed over to Zhang Qingfeng. Then, Zhang Qingfeng asked Emperor Wanli to name the ship himself, and it was called Tianjin.

Tianjin has a displacement of 46 tons, has two decks, and can carry [-] artillery pieces. It is a well-deserved giant at sea.

At the same time, the Firearms Bureau has also produced the first batch of artillery.

Soon, all these artillery were installed on the Tianjin.

When all the cannons on the Tianjin were installed, Zhang Qingfeng selected thousands of crew gunners who graduated from the University of Science and Technology and put them into sailing training.

When the time came to mid-March, a Sandong shipyard that Zhang Qingfeng had previously acquired also successfully completed the delivery of a Galen warship.

In April, another shipyard in Tianjin also delivered a Galenic warship.

For a while, Zhang Qingfeng had three Galen warships, besides Tianjin, the other two were named Luoyang and Chang'an respectively.

(End of this chapter)