The second phase of "Talking about the Past and the Present" was launched to the market and immediately caused a sensation in the city.

First, it was Li Yunhu's group of booksellers who shouted hard and secretly fanned the flames; Second, the content does have depth and entertainment elements, which can stand the test of the market.

Not only scholars and officials, but also many wealthy businessmen who like vassal elegance will also buy a copy, and even carefully understand the contents inside. At least in these days, "Shu Contempt Erdao" has become one of the topics talked about by many wealthy businessmen.

It's just that as the initiator of the incident, Lin Haoran is like an outsider. did not inquire about how popular the sales of "Talking about the Past and the Present" were, nor did he participate in the discussion of the topic of "Talking about the Past and the Present", and returned to the life of an ordinary historian.

A cup of fragrant tea and a history book can make him live a day.

Although Lin Haoran was not interested in Wu Shan, he agreed with his views. This Hanlin Temple is a holy place of self-cultivation, and only after the baptism and tempering here can a real transformation be carried out.

In particular, the unexpected popularity of "Talking about the Past and the Present" also made him know that the readers of this era seem to only have four books and five classics in their heads, and they don't read history at all, and even thought that Sima Qian was a historian of the Hanlin Academy, and he was born as a first- and second-class jinshi.

It was for this reason that he felt that it was necessary for him, as well as other scholars, to stay here for a while. And now that I have free time, I also focus on the history books.

April is a rainy season, and a cloud rolls in from the east, dyeing the sky a pale inky color. Immediately, the rain fell down, beating the flowers and plants in the courtyard of Hanlin Courtyard to wilt.

Lin Haoran smelled a hint of earthy smell coming from the courtyard, sat quietly in front of the public seat, carefully flipped through the materials related to Ming Chengzu, and continued to understand this period of history.

Ming Chengzu is undoubtedly a tossing temperament, after snatching the throne of his nephew, he not only rebuilt the city of Beijing, but also conquered Mobei five times, and promoted the famous voyage activity in history - Zheng He went to the West.

Later generations have undoubtedly had a very high evaluation of this voyage. Anyway, Lin Haoran remembered that when the history teacher explained this matter, he was foaming at the mouth with excitement, which was simply that Da Ming had stood on top of the world.

But Lin Haoran flipped through the historical materials, but he was more helpless.

This costly sea voyage not only failed to find a new way of wealth for the Ming Dynasty, but also continued to introduce a money-losing trade - tributary trade.

Tributary trade is a state-to-state trade, but due to the political system, more often than not, it is the Ming Emperor who purchases luxury goods from other countries to satisfy the emperor's selfish desires.

The Ming Emperor is undoubtedly an absolute tyrant, and he is extremely generous, often buying it for ten times. These small countries seem to be sharks that smell blood, saying that you don't need to send Zheng He to pick us up, we will send you goods every year, and become a nominal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that although Zheng He went to the West to bring back a large number of rare treasures to Zhu Di, he failed to find a source of wealth for the Ming Dynasty, which aggravated the financial burden of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di's imperial successor, Zhu Gaochi, is a good emperor who is sympathetic to the people, and even has an account of personally pulling a plow to experience the hard work of the people. He issued a number of orders in his enthronement edict, the first of which was to stop sailing to the West.

Due to the high maintenance cost, all the treasure ships that went to the West were burned, the more than 20,000 experienced seafarers returned to the army, and Zheng He was left behind in Nanjing.

In the ninth year of Chenghua, Liu Daxia, an official of the household department, took a clear stand to prevent Ming Xianzong from going to the West again, hid the navigation charts left by Zheng He, and burned Zheng He's navigation materials.

Facing Ming Xianzong, who came to Xingshi to ask for his guilt, the official asked confidently: "Three guarantees to go to the West, spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in money and food, soldiers and civilians die and tens of thousands, even if they get a strange treasure and return, what is the benefit to the country?" ”

In the end, Daming's voyage investment ended in nothing.

If Zheng He had brought back gold at that time, instead of the royal families and treasures of those small countries, I am afraid that the history of the Ming Dynasty would have to be rewritten, and the history of the world would have been a new chapter.

It's a pity that Zhu Di didn't have the idea of "making money" at all, nor did he have the idea of expanding the country's territory, so that Zheng He's trip to the West was like a child's game.

Ay!

Lin Haoran sighed lightly and shook his head bitterly.

In the face of those small countries that can be manipulated at will, you are not required to plunder as savagely as Western countries, but it is okay to bully moderately, but you just play a money-losing tributary trade with others, how can this kind of voyage continue.

said that this feudal dynasty was cruel, but he was so friendly to his friends; It is said that this feudal dynasty is friendly, but it is so harsh to the people, even enslaving millions of people to build a palace.

The book has been turned over, and the rain has stopped.

Lin Haoran's eyes flashed with a touch of loneliness, and he looked at the courtyard outside the door, like a sentimental poet. His eyes were blurred, and a man suddenly walked in outside the door.

As this man returned, the hall of the historian suddenly became noisy, some people followed the man to congratulate, some people said some flattering words, and some people made jokes

Lin Haoran looked towards the man, it was none other than his potential rival Zhang Juzheng, a handsome-looking young man with a faint glint of excitement in his eyes.

But it is no wonder that Zhang Juzheng was summoned to the palace. Although it is not clear what the emperor is looking for him for, it must be a good thing, and it is very likely to be related to his article published in the journal "Talking about the Past and the Present".

In addition to envy, many people are also secretly determined to compete for the quota of current affairs next time. At the same time, his eyes also looked at Lin Haoran, and his eyes showed a flattering look.

"Silence! What kind of system do you make noisy and noisy, and do you have the cultivation that a Hanlin official should have! But at this moment, a cold voice came.

Everyone looked up, but it was Zheng Yuanping who stood up and was staring at everyone with those fierce eyes. According to his usual style, whoever has a big statement will be glared at.

In fact, this group of historians are all highly educated people, and if there is nothing to do, they rarely say anything. Now it's mainly because I see Zhang Ju Zhengsheng returning, and I'm just a little overexcited.

"What's wrong with what we're saying here? Is there a rule in Hanlin Temple that you can't talk here! Tao Dalin watched him staring at himself, but said without any fear.

"We don't cultivate after a few words, but you have cultivation with a bull's eye?"

"You're a Hanlin cultivator, that's right! But it's too much to be the boss here! ”

"Even if you want to be our leader, it won't be his turn, I remember when "Talking about the Past and the Present" was launched, someone even made a small report!"

……

The historians present were surprisingly united, and they all spoke out in support of Tao Dalin, and also sneered at Xu Yuanping.

Now, if there is a faction in the repair and inspection hall, it is Lin Haoran's faction, and the remaining Xu Yuanping and Cao Dazhang are their own faction. If Lin Haoran spoke, they would definitely have no objections, but it was this self-righteous Xu Yuanping.

Xu Yuanping was so angry in his heart!

This kind of scene is completely different from before, there were only two or three thorns at most, but now there are fearful eyes everywhere, so that he doesn't know who to stare at.

But he laughed angrily, pointed at everyone and said fiercely: "You all remember it for me, I want to see it...... Wait a few days, and any of you will come to me! ”

Hey?

Lin Haoran was just watching the play on the side, but observing Xu Yuanping's momentum, especially he glanced at himself proudly, and he clearly looked a little confident. It's just that I don't know what small moves this thing is going to do.

When he reopened the book, he felt a little uneasy.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"

A sharp voice suddenly came from the courtyard, which made the hearts of the historians present also lift, but they didn't know who the emperor was going to summon this time.