The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Xiao Jing had a sad face and his voice was trembling: "I am willing to hand over the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies."

The palm eunuch was an internal official who assisted the emperor and could not remain in his hands forever.

But he didn’t want to hand it over to Liu Jin. If he wanted to hand it over, he would have to hand it over to his own people:

"Gao Feng led the court to the Golden State, and the servants thought that he would be the eunuch of the palm..."

Speaking of Gao Feng, Yan Chengjin suddenly became interested. This eunuch was very thief, easy to use and efficient in doing things. He belonged to Wang Qiong among eunuchs and was much easier to use than ordinary eunuchs.

"What Eunuch Xiao said is reasonable. I believe that Gao Feng should be made the eunuch of the palace."

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi took the map of the Golden State, looked at it for a long time, and looked at Xiao Jing next to him with displeasure: "Hand over the seal to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. As for who will print it, the new emperor will make his own decision."

When Hou Zhao grows up, he must learn to choose the right eunuch by himself.

Xiao Jing was a little embarrassed. Naturally, he shouldn't talk about such things. In his desperation, he actually forgot the rules in the palace.

Return to Dongnuang Pavilion.

Zhu Houzhao was a little happy to see Liu Jin, "Is there a special mount in the Golden State?"

If you don’t even have a horse, how can you get a mount?

Liu Jin shook his head, stared at Zhu Houzhao eagerly, and said with a smile: "Master, is this slave's handprint eunuch?"

Gu Dayong almost cried, looking anxious.

"I think it should be given to Eunuch Liu."

Yan Chengjin was a man of integrity, and if he promised Liu Jin, he would do it for him. Although Gu Dayong was obedient, he didn't have the brains of Liu Jin.

If you give it to him, he will be killed by Liu Jin sooner or later. This is for his own good.

Moreover, if Liu Jin is in power among the internal officials, it will be much easier to change the system.

Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment and said, "Liu Banpan listens to the order. From now on, you will be the eunuch in charge of the ceremony."

Liu Jin grinned and quickly knelt on the ground with his legs bent. Our dream has come true.

"Thank you for your kindness, slave, and the position of factory owner of the East Factory?"

He is a eunuch with a dream, one of the three great eunuchs in the palace, the eunuch who is responsible for the ceremony, the eunuch of the Dongchang factory, and the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the royal horse.

Today, he only manages one.

The new emperor is not allowed to be the emperor one day, and the official of the East Factory is Xiao Jing.

Zhu Houzhao touched his chin. His father didn't mention it just now, but he wanted to keep Dongchang in his hands so that he could supervise the country.

"Next time you perform meritorious service, I will reward you again."

Gu Dayong glared at Liu Jin, really pissing us off.

………

Cabinet, value room.

Li Dongyang reviewed the memorials in the imperial court, but he could not care about the affairs of internal officials.

"The imperial court wants to move the soldiers and horses from the nine sides to the southeast. How to solve the problem of forage, money and food?" Xie Qian stroked his beard with a frown on his face.

Nine sides can cultivate fields and be self-sufficient.

Most of the land in the south of the Yangtze River is civilian land and official land. Wherever there is idle land, it can only be supported by the imperial court.

Wang Qiong said with deep understanding: "Foolish brother, if we go to the southeast coast, the annual military salary will be more than five million taels, not counting the armored battleships."

Soldiers' military pay increased from six cents of silver a day to nine cents of silver.

Even the landlord's family can't afford it.

At this time, the civil servants reported that Liu Jin had entered the capital, and the princes knew that the ship to the Golden State had returned.

"How much gold and silver is there?"

"The lower officials don't know, but there should be a lot of eunuchs in charge of Liu Jin's promotion to the ceremonial supervisor."

How can he be promoted to the eunuch of the Palm with too little merit... Wang Qiong's eyes shone and he said with a smile: "I will send someone to Dongnuang Pavilion to inquire, and then arrange the household department to go to Liangxiang Wharf to settle the matter."

Li Dongyang didn't care who the emperor appointed as the eunuch of the palm seal.

But thinking about the gold and silver in the Golden State and losing the farmland in the north, the soldiers relied entirely on the money and grain shipped back from overseas for military pay.

"A few shiploads of money can't solve Dongnuan's army's urgent need for pay. How can a big ship from the Ministry of Industry accomplish anything?"

Zhang Sheng was slightly thoughtful.

The next day, it was early in the morning.

All the officials met with the new emperor. After everyone had bowed, Zhu Houzhao said happily: "When will the construction of a thousand large ships from the Ministry of Works be completed?"

Now, the second Golden State fleet has returned to Beijing.

He also brought back navigation charts and maps of the Golden State, waiting for the imperial court to send an army to the Golden State to mine.

The eyes in the hall focused on one person.

Quite blaming.

Liu Jing took a step forward, but he was cursing in his heart, "I am also anxious, but there are only 800 ships at the moment."

The eight hundred ships are all large ships and require shade-dried nanmu.

Liyu worked hard day and night, and even in three to five days, he might not be able to build even one ship. Eight hundred ships also took nearly two years.

"I'm afraid it's not enough, so I'm going to ask the court for 1,500 ships on Master Zhang's order," Liu Jin said.

"One thousand...fifteen hundred ships?"

Liu Jing jumped up and turned to Liu Jin next to him with a serious look on his face.

"To bring 30,000 field camps and 500 engineers to the Golden State to build furnaces and dig silver mines, I don't know how many slaves are needed," Liu Jin said.

It was refined into silver in the Golden State and then sent back to the capital.

It was definitely cheaper than transporting ore, so Zhang Fuhua's move made sense. However, it was difficult for the court to provide more than 800 ships at one go.

However, Yan Chengjin seems to have a boat.

"I have something to say, do you know whether to say it or not?"

Zhu Houzhao looked suspicious and looked at Yan Chengjin: "Old Gao, do you want to borrow big ships from North Korea, Ryukyu and the island vassal countries?"

"Yes, there are at least fifty large ships in a country and at least twenty pirate ships in one country. Although I haven't calculated it, I know that it is no less than during the Hongzhi period." Yan Chengjin said.

The sea ban has been in place for more than ten years, and I don’t know how many ships are on the sea.

If it can be used by the imperial court, at least two hundred ships can be made up.

Liu Jing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he suddenly realized that it made sense: "I second the proposal!"

In this way, there is no need to recruit labor.

...

Liangxiang, Science College.

Liu Jin apologized with a smile: "Master, Lord Yan, I really don't want to go to sea."

It is now June. If the monsoon and ocean current are missed, the speed of the ship will be greatly affected.

Zhu Houzhao slapped him and kicked him: "You are a dog. You want to stay in the palace and enjoy yourself after being promoted. Can I treat you badly?"

Liu Jin cried. He really didn't want to go to that hellhole in Huangjinzhou. If he went through more trouble, his whole life would be gone.

Zhang Xian looked at the imperial decree and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Lord Yan, it may be difficult to recruit a thousand engineers. They may not be willing to go to sea."

After the science subjects were added to the imperial examination, many engineers wanted to pass the examination.

Moreover, the Liangxiang workshop also needs engineers to be stationed, with a total of more than 1,800 people, and 1,000 are to be transferred...

Yan Chengjin nodded: "Let the new emperor convey his will first."

An hour later, notices were posted on the walls of the Liangxiang government office and the Science College. Engineers came over, but only a few were willing to sign up.

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and said, "I have a way, which is fair and just. The fiefdoms can draw lots, so why can't we go to Huangjinzhou?"

Yan Chengjin suddenly thought of serving in the military in a certain country in his previous life.

It was really cruel.

But, how could Zhu Houzhao have a conscience?

"Good idea, I didn't expect that there would be such a fair way."

Zhu Houzhao was so happy that he danced with joy, "I was also inspired by your method."

Zhang Xian ordered people to gather the engineers of Liangxiang in the courtyard of the Science College, and thousands of people looked at the stage.

Unexpectedly, the first engineer was caught and fainted directly.

The second and third were the same.

"Lao Gao, you didn't cast only one kind of lot, did you?"

"New Emperor, don't be so loud, the person who fainted will be angry to death."

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