Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 42 This is the rule

It is said that in Daming, Jin Yiwei penetrated every hole.Anyone, including members of the royal family, can be arrested and interrogated behind closed doors.The famous Zhao Prison also made many people frightened.

In fact, Jinyiwei, which is engaged in reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation and other activities, is now under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, and other officials in the court cannot interfere with them at all. This allows Jinyiwei to handle major cases involving court officials and directly submit them to the emperor.

Therefore, most officials in the DPRK and China are afraid of Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei only tortures officials and scholars, so they generally do not interrogate or arrest ordinary people.The common people have only heard of the horror of Jin Yiwei.

Legend has it that some ministers drank some wine and said something at home, and Lao Zhu knew about it the next day.

It is impossible for Jin Yiwei to know everything, but their existence has indeed become Lao Zhu's eyes and ears, they can control a lot of news, and they can better supervise civil and military officials.

All civil and military officials were consciously supervised by Lao Zhu, but it was easier for Lao Zhu to know something in the deep palace.

After the death of Empress Ma, Concubine Li Shu replaced the deceased Empress Xiaoci in charge of the harem.She has such qualifications, she is the biological mother of Qin Wang Zhu Xi and Jin Wang Zhu Yu.It's just that Concubine Li Shu also passed away, and Concubine Guo Ning is now in charge of the harem affairs and acting as the queen's authority.

The crown prince's side concubine can only be disciplined at this moment, and has to go to Concubine Guo Ning's palace to set rules every day.

But Zhu Yunqi was reprimanded and went to Dabentang to study every day. In addition to this daily reading, he also had to practice horse riding and archery with the guards for an hour a day.

Obviously, Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao knew about some things that happened in the East Palace.

In their eyes, as the elder brother, Zhu Xiongying should teach his younger siblings.For Zhu Xiongying, besides supervising his younger brother's studies, he also asks his younger brother to keep fit. This is what a brother should look like.

But Zhu Yunqi didn't appreciate it, so that's not enough.In particular, Zhu Yunqi seemed to have some unsuitable thoughts, and his mother Lu Shi also seemed to have some bad thoughts, which required a severe reprimand.

When the crown prince returned to Yingtian Mansion, Zhu Xiongying didn't have anything to do in Wuying Hall, so he should go to Wenhua Hall.

Li Jinglong and Chang Mao returned to Yingtianfu to report their duties. They are now basically labeled as grandsons, and they are considered to be trained as grandsons.

Li Jinglong took out a charter and handed it to Zhu Xiongying, "Your Highness, I, the Ming Navy, should practice bows and crossbows more. I think that the small boat is fast and easy to attack, and it can also be docked for a protracted battle."

Zhu Xiongying was stunned for a moment, Li Jinglong was studying the Poyang Lake water battle, one of the key battles of the Ming dynasty.This is also the largest water battle in the medieval world. In fact, in this battle, Lao Zhu's ship was shot and almost captured. Fortunately, several ships of Jin Yiwei rushed to rescue him.

Zhu Xiongying smiled, and then asked, "Oh, the Lord of Shan State proposed to use fire attacks and catapults to burn down more than [-] buildings and ships of Chen Ni. The puppet Han suffered heavy casualties. I thought that there should be guns and cannon , The ocean is stormy, and the boat needs to be big to resist the wind and waves.”

Li Jinglong immediately said, "Your Highness, firearms have a short range, and fighting in the ocean, with strong winds and waves and heavy humidity, firearms are often useless. Japanese pirates are wandering, and it is difficult for large ships to hunt them down."

There is nothing wrong with Li Jinglong saying that. The current Japanese pirates are indeed looting along the coast, basically like rogue bandits.

Looking at Li Jinglong in front of him, Zhu Xiongying really felt that Li Jinglong was a complicated person.The current Li Jinglong can also be regarded as a leader of the younger generation. He is famous for his knowledge of soldiers. Even some veterans dare not say that they can beat him when talking about soldiers on paper.

But now Li Jinglong, although he knows the art of war, he doesn't know how to sympathize with the soldiers.And he was born in a famous family, a little proud and complacent.Perhaps it is also because his father is Qiyang King Li Wenzhong, Li Jinglong always wants to prove that he has no sons.

So at this time, training is no problem, but it seems that I don't know how to adapt.It is also a bit tough on the outside but lacks courage in the heart, mean and jealous but unwilling to accept other people's opinions.

It works, but not much.If there is no progress, maybe in the future it will be just a striker and training soldiers around.

The calm Zhu Xiongying affirmed Li Jinglong's performance with a smile, and rewarded 100 taels of gold, [-] silver, and a yellow ax as a show of honor.

This yellow Yue, that is, an ax decorated with gold, is generally used exclusively by emperors, or specially given to important officials who specialize in conquest.

Li Jinglong was very excited, gold, silver and so on, this is nothing to Li Jinglong.Huang Yue's reward can only explain his status in the eyes of the emperor's grandson.The most important thing is that Li Jinglong understands that even if the emperor's grandson is satisfied, things like Huang Yue cannot be used.

This is obviously a reward from His Majesty the Emperor through the hand of the Emperor Taisun!
After Li Jinglong left, Zhu Xiongying asked with a smile, "Uncle, going to the coast to train troops is quite hard work, do you intend to transfer back to Tianfu?"

Chang Mao shook his head immediately, and said firmly, "Your Highness, I don't feel hard work! It is my duty to share your worries for Your Highness!"

Zhu Xiongying thought for a while, and then said, "Uncle will drink less in the army in the future. I know that uncle has a high status, but he can't rule the army without military orders and discipline in the army."

Chang Mao immediately began to feel chills on his back, because his father is the king of Kaiping, his sister is also the princess, and his father succeeded to the Duke of Zheng.Chang Mao can definitely be regarded as born with a golden key in his mouth. His starting point is a threshold that countless soldiers can hardly touch in their entire lives.

In fact, Chang Mao was like this when he served under his father-in-law Feng Sheng's account. He was arrogant and unaccustomed. Because of his high status, Chang Mao was not restrained in the army. Drinking and so on were trivial matters.

Regarding this uncle, Zhu Xiongying has nothing to do now.Originally, I still wanted to cultivate and cultivate, but I remember that in the storytelling, it was said that Chang Mao claimed to be the Lord Mao, so that King Yu had the courage to be undeserved.

The brave general is real, but this uncle also feels a bit foolish.It's no problem to charge into the battle, but there are some problems in counting on him to lead the troops.The most important thing is that Chang Mao has a special status. No one dares to punish him in the army. This Chang Mao himself has no self-consciousness.

Zhu Xiongying continued to ask, "Uncle, have you ever found out the details of those Japanese pirates?"

Chang Mao immediately took out a memorial and said, "Your Highness, Japanese pirates harassed Koryo a lot before. Now that the Northern Dynasty of Dongying has wiped out the Southern Dynasty, many warriors, politicians and ronin of the Southern Dynasty were forced to wander on the sea and occupy the island. The real Japanese really Yes, but Zhang Ni’s remnants and unscrupulous merchants often collude with the Japanese pirates, and do rebellious things in the name of the Japanese pirates.”

Zhu Xiongying nodded, and Chang Mao continued, "East Ocean Forbidden Sea, it's just that the merchants in the East Ocean need my Ming's items. These merchants and merchants are the same people. If the market is popular, the merchants will turn into merchants, and if the market is banned, the merchants will turn into robbers!"

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said with a smile, "What uncle said is also true. These merchants and pirates should be dealt with. It's just uncle, do you think we should use small boats or big boats."

"Lou Chuan and Fu Chuan should be used naturally. I have a large ship in the Ming Dynasty and can cross the ocean!" Chang Mao said immediately, "Small boats can suppress Japanese pirates in the coastal waters. Exhausted, inexhaustible!"

Zhu Xiongying nodded, and then said, "Uncle, if you are asked to lead people to kill those sea merchants and salt merchants who have been linked with Japanese pirates, what do you want?"

Chang Mao nodded immediately, looking a little excited, "Your Highness, those Japanese pirates should be killed! Only those businessmen who seek profit and break the law should also be punished!"

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court provided salt according to household registration, that is, according to the population of prefectures and counties and other needs, the actual production quota and marketing of salt were determined.

The supply of table salt is also determined according to the sales volume of salt, and the demand determines the scale of salt production, and the salt-producing areas of the country will be determined.It is divided into several large areas, and several salt fields are set up under the large areas. The salt produced by each salt field is strictly regulated to be exclusively supplied to the salt-eating people in several states and counties.

In fact, in Daming, there is also a method of opening Chinese.

The main reason is the government's method of using salt and tea as an intermediary to recruit merchants to transport military rations, horses and other materials.The main reason is that there is an urgent need for military rations in the border areas. The government recruits merchants to transport grain in exchange for salt imports, and leads the sale of salt to designated areas.

Therefore, when official salt is difficult to buy, private salt is available, and it has been banned repeatedly.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Chang Mao and said, "If you encounter a salt merchant who violated the law, you can punish him as you like. If you confiscate the proceeds, those who should enter the government will be confiscated, and those who should be fined will be confiscated. But uncle remembers, keep some, and allocate it to others." Shipyards, ordnance supervisors."

This is simply treason, the grandson of the emperor wants to raise soldiers!
It's just that Lao Zhu doesn't care about such things.Crown Prince Zhu Biao probably wouldn't care too much.In the final analysis, it was Lao Zhu who had given him some acquiescing authority long ago. It didn't matter that Zhu Xiongying had contact with military power. Small-scale contact was completely fine.

(End of this chapter)