Chapter 1354： Looking at the world outside (32)

  Qi Wenjin was newly married to Yan'er, and he was very satisfied. After he sent his brother-in-law to the academy, he didn't get involved much in the Lu family's affairs.

Since the lady wanted to do it herself, he naturally wanted to fulfill her wish.

Little Leopard and Xiaofu saw his smug face, and obviously they had forgotten their agreement, so they came to the **** one after another, "Brother, when will you intercede for us?"

Qi Wenjin then remembered the deal with his younger brother, he coughed lightly and said, "It's easy to intercede for you, but I guess most of them won't agree, at least they won't let go until you get married."

"But everyone in our family is getting married late, and none of your brothers are married yet. When it's your turn, the daylilies will be cold."

Little Leopard and Xiaofu looked at him pitifully.

"So I thought of a better way. Don't be mad at young people. Your eldest brother, when I was seven or eight years old, I also said that I would step on the Western Ocean, and I would not allow them to come and plunder. Since you have this grand goal, I will naturally help you make it happen."

Xiaofu looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What's the best way?"

Qi Wenjin stepped forward and put his arms around the shoulders of his two younger brothers and taught them with a smile, "Although there are occasional frictions between Daqi and Western Europe, we are generally friendly. Those Westerners are not as openly rebuked as we are. Pirates? That's why you can't just go to the Western Ocean and yell and kill, we have to be friendly with them, you know?"

Xiaofu passed him and looked at the little leopard on the other side, and said, "I think this is very similar to what my elder brother said."

Qi Wenjin patted him on the head and said, "Nonsense, this is obviously what I said, and I also thought of the method. Your elder brother just helped me improve it."

Little Leopard asked impatiently, "What is the solution?"

Qi Wenjin said word by word: "On an envoy to the West!"

He shook his head and said, "You two, as envoys of Daqi, go all the way to the west. Whenever you come across the mainland, you will go up and go around. If there is a country, go up to say hello, exchange credentials, and record the products and customs of their country. There are many countries. After you land, you should learn more about their relationship with each other. You can talk to them and promote the relationship between the two countries. Didn’t Hutou say that Joao was in prison for fighting for the throne? Let’s see if you can put the If someone fishes out to support him, even if he can't become an emperor, he can build a power of his own. Through him, I can be considered to have some political power in the Western Ocean."

The Central Plains has a history of more than 2,000 years. Qi Wen has been familiar with history books since he was a child. Even if he does not think much, he still understands these things.

Qi Wenjin patted the heads of his two younger brothers and said, "Our Daqi now only has economic relations with the West and has no influence on their politics, so everything is like starting from scratch. Don't worry, take your time, and don't explain yourself. Just be there."

The little leopard touched his chin and said, "Will your parents agree?"

Qi Wenjin said with a gesture: "Sixty percent sure."

Xiaofu rolled his eyes and said, "What if you add the prince's elder brother and my elder brother?"

Qi Wenjin glanced at him and said: "It's all counted, even the way your brother tiger head and brother little lion roll around, we are only 60% sure."

Little Leopard and Xiaofu were still excited even though they were disappointed, they clenched their fists and said, "The confidence of 60% is also very high, eldest brother, everything is up to you!"

So, after the family had dinner in the evening, Xiaoxiong mentioned to his parents with consideration: "Father, mother, Xiaobaozi and Xiaofu are not too small. These two boys are thinking about going to the West every day, and they don't have the heart to study at all. I don't think so. Let them go to the West on behalf of the imperial court."

The little lion immediately said, "Yes, the messengers from the Western countries have all come to my Daqi, but our Daqi officials have never been to their country, just relying on the few words sent back by the merchants are superficial, it is better to let them go. Let’s see what the Western countries are like.”

Hutou immediately read according to the script: "The banner of our Daqi along the road, and let other countries see the majesty of my Daqi, this is a grand event, and it will definitely be famous for the ages."

Isn't this a typical Zheng He's voyages to the West?

Just as Mu Yangling was about to educate them about frugality, he heard Qi Haoran say lightly: "Okay, but the treasury has no money, and your mother and I will not pay, what national treasures are you going to use to make other countries surrender? Also, how many ships, how many supplies, and how many people do you plan to bring in the fleet?"

Xiao Xiong was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect his father to agree so quickly. Then he reacted immediately and said quickly, "Don't worry about this father, we will definitely not spend too much money on the national treasury."

Hutou excitedly replied: "Yes, yes, there are many treasures in the foreigners that you don't know, let alone the things in your private library with Uncle Huang, just take one out and it's a treasure."

Qi Haoran jumped up, "You have the idea of ​​hitting our booty, which is passed on to future generations. If you want to show it, there is no way."

After    finished speaking, he continued, "There is no window!"

Lu Deyin stared at Wangye's family in astonishment. She didn't expect Wangye's family to get along like this.

The little lion immediately persuaded his father deeply and righteously, "Dad, we are also doing this for the good of Daqi, you think, our ship goes out for a circle, the whole Daqi is famous all over the world, won't it be better than the Tang Dynasty when all countries come to court? Still prosperous?"

"The prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty has not been reached for even a hundred years," Mu Yangling said coldly: "If you are so happy, Daqi probably can't even match the Tang Dynasty."

Xiaoxiong scratched his head in distress. He didn't expect his mother to be the one who opposed the most fiercely, and asked, "Mother, haven't you always encouraged us to go out, how long is your vision?"

"Yes, I'm not stopping you now, but I don't want you to go out extravagantly and wastefully. You may think that you don't waste anything, but if you take so many ships to go out just to promote national prestige, I don't think it's worth it. "

"But the Westerners came out to us, and you asked us to learn from them."

Mu Yangling knew that he didn't understand what she meant, and emphasized: "I don't mind if you want to go to the West now, but the premise is that the national treasure is not around the world, and the officials in the West don't spend a lot of money. Do you know why?"

Hutou immediately raised his hand, "I know that they came out with a merchant ship, and their ship was also full of goods. When they got there, they sold it to make money and bought local products to continue their journey."

Mu Yangling nodded, "That's right, but Daqi officials don't look down on businessmen, let alone the same boat, I'm afraid it will make them uncomfortable, let alone doing business, I'm afraid that the jewelry will be taken on board and distributed to various countries. ."

"Each voyage takes three or four months, or even half a year. Dozens of ships are dispatched. The boatmen above, the officials, soldiers, and the servants they bring, you have calculated how much supplies you will bring. Is it?" Mu Yangling said: "I don't object to you sending envoys, but first of all you have to settle this aspect first. Daqi will provide you with ships, boatmen, officers and soldiers, and a certain amount of materials. Even our private I can give you some of the treasures in Curry's collection, but you can guarantee that you can travel the world with only these things?"

Qi Haoran pulled Mu Yangling to his feet, looked at his sons faintly and said, "The best way is to convince the imperial court to let the fleet of envoys do business, but based on your father's many years of experience, this is better than the sky. It's still difficult."

Fan Zijin is often despised privately by some officials because he loves to do business, believing that his behavior has lowered his status.

Therefore, it is almost impossible to get the officials to agree that they are self-sufficient like the Western missions, and it is impossible for them to be fully funded by the state treasury, given the thrifty temperament of the emperor and the stinginess of the household.