Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 345 Unfortunately, it hits the mark again

  Liu Jian felt dizzy, and after trembling, he almost fell down.

  The destruction of the fleet is a major event, and the casualties of hundreds of people seem to be a major event.

  But in the Ming Dynasty, in fact... it was a trivial matter.

  Because Daming is still strong in national power after all, there are few sea-going ships, but as long as they are willing, they can build thirty or three hundred ships. What are a few sea-going ships in the district?

  The death and injury of hundreds of people is nothing more than a drop in the ocean for Daming with tens of millions of households.

  This kind of thing can actually be big or small, Dali said, such a serious accident is enough to shake the government and the public, enough to trigger His Majesty's fury.

   It can be said in a small way, in the face of countless major events, it is actually not worth mentioning.

   But what really made Liu Jian dizzy was one thing, that is...all the information on the voyages to the West had been turned into waste paper.

   What a terrible thing this is.

  The national policy of sailing to the West has been determined.

  This cannot be changed anymore. In order to find the legendary good breed, Daming must go to the vast ocean and follow the example of the Sanbao **** back then, leaving his footprints in countless seas and lands.

But... there is no shipping route and no hydrological data, so it is necessary to open up again. The so-called seven voyages to the West are actually opening up routes again and again. The fleet travels farther each time. With the experience of the previous voyages, Only once can they sail thousands of miles, and for these seven voyages to the West, the imperial court has prepared for decades, spent countless manpower and material resources, and hundreds of thousands of people were requisitioned for it.

  If you lose these, you have to start from scratch. It will take decades of painstaking efforts to reach the waters you arrived at when you sailed to the West for the first time...

what is this?

   This will be the blood and sweat of countless people, and it needs the painstaking efforts of successive kings to create it.

   This is silver, food, and manpower!

  What the cabinet does every day is to do the biggest thing with the least amount of money. Over the years, saving one province here and another province there!

  Now, just because of this memorandum, the court has saved grain for a hundred years, and the little money that was collected from the household department may not be enough to be squandered in the future.

  Liu Jian's face was bleak, and he sat down slumped, and said with sorrow: "You...you missed the old man."

   Ma Wensheng's face was as pale as paper, and he didn't even dare to raise his head!

  At this moment, he must not pass the blame on to his predecessor. He knows very well that the more he shirks the blame, the more disgusting he will be. He, the Secretary of the Ministry of War... has to bear the blame.

   Ma Wensheng said: "The young official is old and dim-sighted, unable to bear the heavy responsibility, and has failed His Majesty's kindness. In this matter, the lower official would like to take the blame and resign as a soldier, and return to his hometown."

Liu Jian glared at him viciously, and said sharply: "To a scholar, to a scholar... Do you think that you are innocent if you are a scholar? You can feel at ease if you are a scholar? What is the use of being a scholar? This memorandum, Immediately submit it to Your Majesty. You should know what will happen after Your Majesty reads this memorial. You are worried about your humiliation! You have to think of a way, and you have to think of a way. , Replenish your life? Negative picture, you should grow up a little bit, you are a minister, not those officials and censors, not Liu Ke's scientific way, what can you do with these useless words? What is the solution? You have the solution Come out, you are the Minister of the Ministry of War after all..."

  Xie Qian and Li Dongyang understood.

  They also never imagined that the voyage to the West, where all the plans had been made, would make such a big mess at this time.

  Many civilians have already begun to confiscate, and the timber of many large ships has also begun to be harvested and treated with antiseptic treatment. The Ministry of Households has allocated countless money and food!

   As a result, your Ministry of War told everyone that there is no sailing route, and all the information, customs and customs along the way, and all hydrological data are clueless.

  The impatient Xie Qian wanted to find a knife to chop Ma Wensheng.

Xie Qian said angrily: "Didn't the Ministry of War swear by it at the beginning? Negative map, don't be kidding, Nanzhili, Fujian Chengxuan, and Zhejiang and Guangdong have enlisted hundreds of thousands of people to practice, build ships, and log; There is also the money and food from the Ministry of Households, which has been distributed, and it is a lot of money, and now it is hard to collect, this is the money and food we have saved from our teeth on weekdays."

   How could Ma Wensheng not know the seriousness of the problem? He bit his lip and trembled.

A person who has reached his level has experience. At the beginning, Ma Wensheng managed Ma Zheng, but he personally restrained those Qiuba in the border town. Such a person, now at this point, knows that the seriousness of the problem has completely surpassed him. He couldn't bear this responsibility beyond his imagination.

  But at this moment...

   "Yes!" Ma Wensheng said abruptly.

   "What?" Liu Jian and others glared at Ma Wensheng.

   Ma Wensheng actually wanted to cry, even...he wanted to die.

  When he got to this point, he really wanted to die.

  He took a deep breath and said, "Have you forgotten, gentlemen? There is another fleet sailing to the west. Fang Jifan's disciple...Xu Jing!"

   "..."

   Xie Qian has already started to search around, looking for a weapon that is handy.

"Ma Wensheng, Ma Wensheng, you are really ashamed of the court. What did you say at the beginning, you said that people like Xu Jing are just messing around, is that what you said? It was you at the beginning... You kept saying that Xu Jing was a scholar in the Imperial Academy Gentleman, just go to a few broken ships, and it won’t be long before they return to the voyage in disgrace, and you still say... Forget it, don’t talk about it! Well, now you actually want to take the entire Daming, hundreds of thousands of manpower, countless Money and food, as well as this national power, bet on a mere sage and a few broken ships..."

   "I..." Ma Wensheng was speechless, as if he had picked up a big rock and smashed himself in the foot.

   But it seems that this is his last hope, otherwise... he, Minister of the Ministry of War, has really become a heinous sinner.

  Liu Jian was already lying on the chair, panting heavily, too lazy to speak.

  But at this time, an **** hurriedly came outside and said, "Where are Liu Gong, Xie Gong, and Li Gong... Your Majesty has a decree to call you to the Nuan Pavilion for an audience."

  Liu Jian was taken aback, but now he was not interested in anything, sighed, and said weakly: "It's time to see His Majesty, let's go, go and see."

  He stood up with difficulty, then glanced at Ma Wensheng who was lying on the ground, shook his head and said, "Let His Majesty decide the punishment, Negative Figure, you can also enter the palace with us."

   Ma Wensheng stood up in silence, he had already prepared for the worst.

  ………

  In the warm pavilion like spring, Emperor Hongzhi is staring at Zhu Houzhao. In fact, this gesture has been maintained for a long time.

  Zhu Houzhao was extremely courageous today, and also stared at Emperor Hongzhi in the same way.

  Fang Jifan's eyes were a little erratic, but in fact he was swaying in his heart. He looked at Emperor Hongzhi, then at Zhu Houzhao, and finally decided not to get involved in their affairs.

   After much difficulty, Liu Jian and others finally arrived.

  The faces of Liu Jian and the others looked livid. At first glance, they were in a very bad condition. Emperor Hongzhi also saw Ma Wensheng, and he couldn't help being slightly taken aback: "Why is Ma Qing's family here?"

   Ma Wensheng bowed down, gritted his teeth and said, "I will die."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked puzzled and looked at Liu Jian.

   Liu Jiandao: "Quanzhou... There is a report, please read it first, Your Majesty."

  Emperor Hongzhi was rushing to read Zhu Houzhao's documents, but when he saw the seriousness of the situation shown by Liu Jian and others, he said decisively: "I'll take a look."

  The memorial was in the hands of Emperor Hongzhi, who opened it, glanced at it, and fell silent.

  Emperor Hongzhi's complexion was obviously not good. After a while, he suddenly looked at Fang Jifan and said, "Fang Jifan."

   "The minister is here." Fang Jifan was at a loss.

  Emperor Hongzhi said sternly: "Not only are you a crow's mouth, even your disciple Xu Jing is also a crow's mouth."

What?

Fang Jifan was even more puzzled, and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, although Xu Jing, my disciple, is unbearable, among the disciples of my minister, he is far inferior to me in terms of ability and morality, but Your Majesty...why blame him ? Is he still...or..."

  Fang Jifan wanted to say that he was still a child, but when he thought about it carefully, no, this guy is already thirty years old, he can almost be his own father, and he is a child.

  Therefore, Fang Jifan quickly changed his words: "He has just entered the official career, I don't know what happened, please Your Majesty..."

Emperor Hongzhi closed his eyes in pain, and said in his mouth: "What else can happen, the fleet of the Ministry of War is destroyed. You and Xu Jing are both right. The charts and documents left by the Sanbao **** have many mistakes. It has no effect! Regarding the voyage to the West, I have issued 23 imperial decrees in a row, ordering each to announce the envoys to recruit civilian husbands, ordering the Ministry of Households to allocate money and food, and ordering the Ministry of War to transfer the backbone of the guards to practice, and ordering people in Quanzhou and Guangzhou A port was built along the way, and now..."

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head, his face showed a bit of powerlessness, as if he had aged several years suddenly.

  The consequences were dire.

The money was spent, but you told me that after entering the sea, the Ming fleet would be blind and deaf, unable to tell the difference between east, west, north and south, not to mention searching for the legendary country, even a sailing line, or even a basic None of the sailing experience.

   "Zhen... Should I say that you and that Xu Jing are like gods, or should I say that the two of you can't spit ivory?"

  Fang Jifan thought for a while and said, "I hope it's the former."

  In fact, Fang Jifan was shocked when the entire fleet of the military fleet was destroyed.

  He did not expect that the consequences would be so serious.

He believed that there were problems with the route and hydrology left by the Sanbao eunuch, because he believed in Xu Jing, no matter how scumbag Xu Jing was, he was also his disciple, and he knew him well. Apart from his poor moral character, he loves flowers He's a troublemaker, he's a bit lacking in knowledge, in fact... he can almost be called a qualified student.

   But even if he chose to trust Xu Jing, what he never expected was that the Ministry of War's navigational data would be so wrong.

  The fleet was destroyed shortly after setting out to sea, what a pitfall.

  (end of this chapter)