Without the people who make trouble, the air in the capital seemed to have improved. When the governments completed the wedding and white wedding, it was the twelfth lunar month. Master Yan Si and Princess Nanping returned to the capital the day before the Laba Festival. Then Master Yan Si was appointed as the crown prince's tutor by the emperor.

On the 20th day of the 12th lunar month, King Gong Tang Zhi, who had been wandering for several years, returned to Beijing, and there were two blonde and blue-eyed foreigners around him. At this time, everyone knew that Tang Zhi had not been in Jingguo for the past few years, so he had gone overseas.

Tang Zhi went to the palace to accompany Queen Chen for one day. The next day, he brought a car of treasures he had plundered from overseas to Duke Anguo's mansion as a guest. Yan Hu saw that Tang Zhi was maintaining a good figure, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Nie."

Nie Changzheng smiled and said, "The responsibility is not hard."

"Xiaoxiao, come and see, this little man, twist this, she will dance." Tang Zhi showed off the clockwork doll he brought back from overseas.

"Xiao Tanzi, how could you go out to sea?" Yan Huo is no longer a child and is not very interested in children's toys.

Tang Zhi smiled and said, "It's you who said that our journey is the sea of ​​stars. I can't fly up the stars without wings. The sea can still be conquered. That day I was eating seafood by the sea. A big ship was going to go out to sea, so I told the ship owner that I would take a boat. The ship owner asked me what goods I sold? I said I didn't sell goods, so I wanted to go out to sea to play. The ship owner didn't agree and insisted that I take the goods. I bought some bowls, dishes and so on and took them on the boat. Xiaoxiao, guess what?"

Yan Huo thought of the past life, the English translations of China and porcelain were china, with the same meaning as the word "the bowls and plates you brought with you were very popular, and they sold them at a good price and made a lot of money."

"Xiaoxiao, you are the smartest." Tang Zhi praised.

"Of course." Yan Huo said proudly.

Tang Zhi talked to Yanhu about his overseas experiences and the watercres that were completely different from Jingguo. Listening to his narration, Yanhu inexplicably reminded him of a person who had voyages to the West for seven times. So she said: "Little Tanzi, you can form a fleet of long-distance voyages, bringing the unique jewelry, jade, porcelain, silk, tea, etc. of Jingguo's unique jewelry, jade, porcelain, silk, tea, etc. to small coastal countries, conduct trade activities, exchange them for ivory, spices and other specialties, and spread the civilization of Jingguo. By the way, you can also load some gifts and give them to the kings of those small countries to deepen friendship, and encourage them to come to court every year and pay tribute every year."

"Xiaoxiao, how could you come up with such a good idea? Why didn't I expect it?" Tang Zhi had no ambitions, and he didn't want to be an emperor, but he was a prince, so he was afraid that some people would take advantage of this.

Tang Zhi's unwillingness to stay in the capital. Staying away from the center of power shows that he has no ambition to seize the throne, but he is not mud, and he does not want to live a life of chaos. But he can't figure out what he should do, and he is very confused.

Yan Hu's words were equivalent to giving Tang Zhi a way out, "Xiaoxiao, let's talk about this long-distance fleet in detail."

"I have to think about it." Yan Huo had limited knowledge of Zheng He's voyage to the West.

"You want, don't worry." Tang Zhi chewed the apple.

After Tang Zhi finished gnawing the apple, Yan Hu remembered something, "Since it is a fleet, there must be no ships. At least twenty or thirty ships, and they must be large ships that can accommodate thousands of people."

Tang Zhi was about to take another apple, but when he heard this, he paused, "Xiaoxiao, this is too big."

"How do several small boats show the style of a great power in the Celestial Empire? Besides, the sea is full of wind and waves, the boat is unstable, and the bumpy ones are very strong. Do you understand?" Yan Huo gave him a glance.

"I understand." Tang Zhi nodded honestly and continued to chew on the apple.

Yanhu continued: "The ships in the fleet cannot be one, but also have a type, size and purpose. Some are used to carry cargo, some are used to transport grain, some are used to fight, and some are used to live."

Tang Zhi nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and his eyes were full of admiration in Yan Huo's eyes. Xiaoxiao was so awesome!

Yan Hu told Tang Zhi everything he knew. Tang Zhi went to the East Palace and told the prince what Yan Hu said. The prince opposed it, "It is impossible to take a boat and walk on horseback."

"Brother, this is what I want to do. You must support it. Do you want to support it..." Tang Zhi's eyes turned, "I'll go on a hunger strike."

Under the entanglement of Hu Jiuman of Tang Zhi, the prince let go and summoned his aides to discuss with Fu Zhixing and others. Tang Zhi wrote a memorial to present it.

On the morning court, Tang Zhi left the list and said, "Father, the son-in-law went out to sea with the boat. Not only did he see the scenery of foreign countries, but he also found that people from small countries liked our country's silk, porcelain and tea. The son-in-law had stated in the memorial that he also asked the father to read it and allowed the son-in-law to establish a fleet. The son-in-law was willing to take the fleet to the West to demonstrate his national prestige."

The emperor laughed, "I can see it."

"Thank you for your father." Tang Zhi retreated to King Su.

As the end of the year approached, there was nothing major in the court. After the emperor retreated, he carefully read the memorial of Tang Zhi, and discussed it with the prince. Then he agreed to Tang Zhi form a fleet, and the Ministry of Works summoned shipbuilders to build a long-distance sea ship.

In order to ensure the safety of Tang Zhi's navigation on the sea, it took a full year and a half to build a total of 62 ships, the largest of which was a four-story ship, nine masts and twelve sails, forty-four feet long and eighteen feet wide, and could accommodate thousands of people.

In addition to this main ship, there are twenty warships escorted, and the warships are divided into two types. Eight small ones, three masts and three sails, twenty-six zhang long and ten zhang wide, and can accommodate three hundred soldiers. Twelve medium-sized ones, five masts and nine sails, thirty-two zhang long and fifteen zhang wide, and can accommodate five hundred soldiers.

Ten horse ships, ten grain ships, and the rest were all cargo ships. The emperor appointed King Gong Tang Zhi as the chief envoy, the Secretariat Senate as the left deputy envoy, the Department of War as the right deputy envoy, and Nie Changzheng as the commander of the guards, leading 10,000 soldiers and 600 followers to the West. Among the followers were five imperial physicians and three cooks.

Before Tang Zhi left the capital, Empress Shen told him, "You want to go to sea, but the queen does not object, but you must remember that you must never marry a barbarian woman." Empress Shen did not want a foreign daughter-in-law at all. Except for the Celestial Empire, barbarians from all over the world.

"My mother, please rest assured, my son will not marry a wife casually." Tang Zhi replied seriously.

Queen Shen sighed inwardly, not that she would not marry a wife casually, but that she would not marry at all. The Tang family has few infatuated lovers, but her son is a rare infatuated lover.

Queen Shen was silent for a moment and said, "The wind and waves on the sea are strong, so you must take good care of your health."

"My son will do it, please take care of your mother." Tang Zhi knelt down and kowtowed to Queen Shen.

After coming out of the palace, Tang Zhi went to the Duke of Anguo's mansion and said goodbye to Yanhu, "The overseas scenery is really good, but it's a pity that you can't go."

"If you have the chance, when you get the route well, I will convince Wujiu to go out to sea with you." Yan Huo said with a smile.

"A word is determined." Tang Zhi smiled.

On September 12, 16th year of Changning, Tang Zhi and others left Beijing and began his first journey to the West. In the next thirty years, he sailed several times and visited more than 30 countries and regions. In the history of later generations, King Gong Tang Zhi was a famous navigator and diplomat.
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