Chang Yu is now as famous as the sky, and his means are not what they used to be, when he first debuted, he was a needlepoint with the capital Xungui who was Mai Mang, so that everyone in the court shouted and beat him.

But then he changed his strategy, and his anger was much more restrained, and he shook hands with a few old nobles and even secretly started to cooperate, so that there were many fewer people who scolded him openly and secretly, and there were many fewer people who made him bad, at least in terms of public opinion, it was not as sharp and one-sided as before, and now some voices could be heard fighting for him, in addition to what he won with his record and strength, there were also those that Dongchang could buy, and of course, there were also allies from the array with him now.

Although Li Banghua, the first assistant of the cabinet, has no direct intimate relationship with Chang Yu, his impression of the little eunuch has changed again and again, although he does not agree with some of his means and strategies, but he admires his strength and ability very much, in addition to Fan Jingwen and Ni Yuanlu, etc., are Chang Yu's supporters, the voice of scolding Chang Yu in the cabinet is much less, and those courtiers are mostly rudder, only some of them have insoluble resentment with Chang Yu or are still spitting at the helm under the command of those behind the scenes.

There are some noble voices in this.

However, a few big-name nobles, such as those princes, suddenly shut up and didn't mention topics related to the little eunuch for more than a month, let alone arrange him like before, which made others feel a little inexplicable.

Could it be that Dongchang put pressure on them, if this is the case, they will find an excuse to impeach Dongchang, or if it is the emperor's pressure, then make more efforts to let the cabinet put pressure on the emperor to make a guilty edict.

Therefore, as soon as the news of Chang Yu's return to Beijing spread, various groups and forces in Beijing began to move, some people thought about how to join forces to find fault with him, some officials posted to ask for a meeting, and some people were inconvenient to show up, so they asked the housekeeper to send gifts and greet him, and make an appointment to meet.

Of course, in addition to these people, there are also some people who were taken back to Beijing by order of Jinyiwei, and they are all waiting in line at the yamen to see Chang Yu at this time.

Who knows, Fanzi came over and said: "The governor is a little tired, let's go back first."

Chang Yu has great energy, and he can't sleep for a few days, how can he be really tired, but in the backyard lobby, he is in the backyard lobby with Wu Mengming, the head of Jinyiwei, and Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, Zheng Chenggong, who has just changed his name.

During the banquet, Zheng Chenggong was very respectful and cautious in the face of the emperor's two big leaders, remembering his father's instructions before coming to Beijing, and listening less and more.

Chang Yu's eloquence has always been very good, Wu Mengming knows this best, the little eunuch's mouth was even fooled by him several times, and it took a long time to react afterwards.

But he has never seen Chang Yu boast about himself like tonight, defending from Taiyuan, blocking the enemy outside the pass, sniping in Baoding, and chasing Tartars in Qingzhou...... He said it simply and to the point, but he was confident and domineering, and in a word, Lao Tzu is very awesome and is not afraid of fighting anyone.

At first, Wu Mengming didn't understand why the little eunuch suddenly boasted about his own achievements, could it be that he drank too much, no, he didn't drink...... When I saw Zheng Chenggong, who listened attentively and was sometimes excited.

He got it!

The little eunuch is not bragging, he is showing his strength and ability, and he is not showing it to the boy in front of him, but to his father Zheng Zhilong.

That's right, this is Chang Yu's intention, he wants Zheng Zhilong to know that he is not a hypocrisy, not the hypocrisy that a random eunuch has when he was appointed by the emperor as the governor of Dongchang.

It's not that a eunuch who is promoted to be a commander can fight and win a war.

The reason why this is done is because the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty at this time is actually Zheng Zhilong, and if you think about it, those warlords from all over the world who support their own troops and respect Zheng Zhilong are actually a hair.

If you want money, you need soldiers, you want food, you want ships, you can attack the land, and you can defend the sea when you retreat.

Chang Yu showed his strength not to suppress Zheng Zhilong, there is no need, Zheng Zhilong has no ambition, maybe the pirates have an emotion for the sea that outsiders can't understand, and they have no interest in conquering the inland.

The reason why this is so is just to convey a message, we are a strong team, I am not just a Dongchang Admiral with a little power, I also have all kinds of strength and ability that you can't imagine.

He didn't have to worry about whether Zheng Chenggong could understand his intentions, because Zheng Zhilong, an old fritter, must understand what he meant, and he only needed a letter from Zheng Chenggong.

Chang Yu took the initiative to contact Zheng Zhilong, of course, not for the benefits of these hundreds of thousands of potatoes and sweet potatoes, there are greater cooperation projects between them, and Zheng Zhilong has the largest overseas trade and navy in the Ming Dynasty.

And Chang Yu has another project in his hand that no one can refuse, Daming Bank!

In this era, anyone who does business, whether it is a small business or a large business, especially the transportation and delivery of some merchants who go out to purchase or use money in other places to store is the most cumbersome and troublesome and risky.

However, Daming Bank, which can also be mortgaged and entertained at any time in different places, and covers the three provinces of Daming, Beijing and thirteen provinces, I believe that no merchant will refuse this convenience!

No one will refuse to invest in this project, and Zheng Zhilong will definitely not.

In addition, at this moment, the Zheng family has already obtained a big business from Chang Yu, buying potatoes and sweet potatoes in Fujian, first, to stimulate the economy there, and secondly, to relieve the Gyeonggi famine and promote these two crops.

In fact, this business can't be done by anyone else except him, because the Zheng family has many ships and ships, and they can quickly arrive at the production area along the coast to purchase and then quickly arrive in Gyeonggi by water.

And no one knows these two crops better than the Zheng family, which started as pirates, in fact, many foreign things were brought back by pirates at that time, such as potatoes called Dutch potatoes, as the name suggests, at least from the Netherlands to China, and at that time Taiwan was a Dutch colony, and potatoes were only grown in Taiwan and Fujian.

As for the sweet potato was introduced into China earlier, it has been planted in a large area in Fujian, in fact, Xu Guangqi has also been planted in Shanghai, but it has not been widely promoted, it is more appropriate to say that it is a test field, and there is a small range of planting in some areas of Jiangsu, until the Kangxi period, sweet potatoes began to be promoted in Henan, Shandong, and Hebei.

It was only promoted by the official in Qianlong, and the emperor personally advocated planting in Zhili, at this time sweet potatoes began to be planted in a large area, becoming the four major food crops, in 1733, sweet potatoes were transmitted to Sichuan, in 1735 to Yunnan, and in 1752 to Guizhou. Since then, sweet potato traces have spread all over the southwest. [7]

It can be said that at this time, there is no such thing north of the Yangtze River, and the main production area is in Fujian, that is, Zheng Zhilong's territory.

Zheng Zhilong didn't know the potential of this transaction, so he threw hundreds of thousands of catties and smashed the eunuch first, the purpose is self-evident is to ask for an official cooperation agreement, invest first and then make money, and besides, government projects always have to give people some kickbacks.

And the imperial court is now poor, and you need to advance money to do this transaction, which is not a small amount, and ordinary merchants really can't afford it, but it is a drizzle for the Zheng family.

So no matter from that point of view, this is a win-win cooperation, which is why Chang Yu pushed away the other guests, and pulled Wu Mengming as a companion to concentrate on delivering information to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong is not stupid, his father is so shrewd, he must have told a lot before he came, and he must have come with a lot of purposes, so he easily accepted some of Chang Yu's meanings, not to mention that many words Chang Yu said so bluntly.

This also made Zheng Chenggong excited, and after listening to several projects that Chang Yu intended to cooperate with, he couldn't sit still: "I will write a letter to my father when I go back tonight."