Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 54 Silver Mine
Lao Zhu gave Tang He 300 taels of gold, 2000 taels of platinum, 40 ingots of paper yarn, and more than [-] sets of colored coins. He also gave Tang and his wife Hu Shi the same amount of items. He compares.

Because Tang He is very acquainted, he found an opportunity last year to retire and return to his hometown. This is what Lao Zhu is looking forward to.

So Lao Zhu gave Tang He face, and built a mansion for Tang He in Fengyang, the central capital.After Tanghe inspected Haiphong and was ordered to build a city, he can now return to his hometown.

Song Lian and others were envious and wanted to cry, of course Song Lian is now dead.But in Daming, the military generals resigned and returned to their hometowns. Lao Zhu was happy to see the success and gave him encouragement, because he wanted to take back his military power.

Forget what the civil servant said, and don't even think about leaving the court until the last drop of oil is squeezed out.

It is the dream of many literati and bureaucrats to achieve success and fame, to return to their hometowns, to live under their grandchildren, to live in the countryside, and to spend their old age in peace.

But when Lao Zhu ascended the throne, it was stipulated that he needs to reach seventy to become an official.In the past two years, Lao Zhu felt that seventy was still too young, and he had to be more than seventy.And even if you want to become an official, you need to go to the capital to perform in person, and you are not allowed to leave without the approval of the Ministry of Officials.

In fact, in the final analysis, it still depends on Lao Zhu's thinking. What he needs is useful people.Those who are useful will naturally stay in the court, and those who don't want to stay, it is not bad to complete a good story about the relationship between the monarch and his ministers.

Tang He retired and returned to his hometown, and Feng Sheng was basically idle for the past two years, without too many important responsibilities.In fact, in his hometown in Fengyang, Lao Zhu is also building a house for Feng Sheng, and Feng Sheng is getting closer and closer to retiring from his old age and returning to his hometown.

So Lan Yu and Fu Youde, they became important ministers of the imperial court, and they are now the two most important military generals in Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xiongying is still busy with his navy, occasionally going to the Ministry of Industry to summon some craftsmen.In addition to studying big ships, they are also studying current firearms.

He needs more reliable gunpowder, preferably with a higher power and less affected by rain.It is also necessary to improve the reliability of firearms. Whether it is artillery or firecrackers, the chamber should be blown as little as possible. Zhu Xiongying still wants to form the famous Shenji Battalion.

Chang Mao set off. The nobles of the Ming Dynasty, headed by Zheng Guogong Chang Mao, went to Beiping in the early spring of Hongwu 22. This was also the first group of people. Even if these people had some complaints in their hearts, they dared not Say more.

Zhu Xiongying still didn't go to court, he just cared about his navy and the Ministry of Industry, and was just studying his Siyi Pavilion.

The old feudalists like Song Na are gratified. The emperor's grandson is good at martial arts. This is something that many civil servants are worried about.But it’s different now, the emperor’s grandson also seems to be very concerned about martial arts, and wants to let Si Yi know about Daming’s martial arts.

Misunderstandings are misunderstandings, Zhu Xiongying doesn't care about these misunderstandings at all, as long as it is beneficial to his plan.These foreign barbarians, they need to get lost in Daming's civil rule, they need to get lost in Daming's prosperous civilization.

If one day they return to their homeland, these people should help the Daming king to fight against dissidents and manage those barbarians who don't know how to be king.

It is also very good to cultivate a group of leading parties, not to mention that these people are to be translators, and they need to slowly tell all about the local customs or national conditions.

It doesn't matter even if it is not necessarily accurate, these early intelligence accumulations are very important.What's more, those who can come to Daming to study abroad, these people will not be civilians, they are either born in rich families, or the families are powerful, and they have a lot of information.

Zhu Xiongying considers himself to be a pragmatist, so naturally he won't do things that are thankless.Even if you are doing some business that seems to be losing money now, it is still a long-term fishing for big fish, with a strong purpose.

As the grandson of the emperor, one thing that has attracted a lot of attention is naturally that the candidate for the concubine has been clarified, and the second daughter of the king of Zhongshan will become the concubine.At the same time, Ning's daughter, the son of the Hanlin Academy, will become the grandson's side concubine.

It seems that the royal harem is finally going to have a "hostess" who is "married by the media".

Concubine Guo Ning is now taking care of the emperor's harem, but she is not someone who entered the old Zhu's family temple.After the death of the crown princess, the Lu family was taking care of the affairs of the East Palace, but her identity had always been that of a side concubine.

I don't know how many civil and military ministers are worried, the queen is fine, the crown princess should also help the Lu family, or let the crown prince remarry a crown princess.

It's just that there has been no movement for so many years. No matter what the civil and military people suggest, Lao Zhu and Da Zhu ignore it. They think that the current situation is quite good, and they are not in a hurry to "continue".

As the grandson's team, Li Jinglong came to Zhu Xiongying again, "Your Highness, there is an urgent report from Dongying."

Zhu Xiongying took the letter, carefully looked at the seal, and then opened the envelope.Although he is usually calm and his expression is hard to figure out, but this time it is different.

"Cousin, go to train immediately and count all the warships of our Daming Navy!" Zhu Xiongying was very excited, and said to Li Jinglong, "This matter is the most important, and it will be handled by you and Wei Guogong personally, and there must be no mistakes!"

After saying this, the beaming Zhu Xiongying was about to get up.Just remembered something suddenly, Zhu Xiongying said, "You go and wait, Grandpa Huang will have a decree soon."

In front of Lao Zhu, Zhu Xiongying is a little out of touch now.But in front of other people, this has always been a very polite and graceful grandson of the emperor, and often looks as gentle and elegant as a crown prince.

Only this time, Wang Chengen and others followed, panting.They didn't have time to send a message to Zhu Xiongying in advance, or to remind Lao Zhu's concubines along the way.

After all, Zhu Xiongying is not young anymore, and Zhu Xiongying usually doesn't run around in the palace.Even if they want to travel, eunuchs and maids will 'drive away' the concubines along the way in advance to avoid collisions.

Fortunately, Lao Zhu's concubines usually live in the sixth east palace and the sixth west palace, so the possibility of collision is not particularly high.

But the princes were surprised, the emperor's grandson was running all the way, what happened to make the emperor's grandson so rude.

The guards guarding the Qianqing Palace didn't dare to stop them at all, and there was no need to stop them. It was too late for the eunuch to report in advance, because Zhu Xiongying rushed straight into the Qianqing Palace like a gust of wind.

"Ying'er!" Zhu Biao was a little unhappy, and glared at Zhu Xiongying, "I'm not afraid of the officials if I'm so disrespectful."

Zhu Xiongying immediately knelt down, held up the envelope in his hand, "Qizuo Your Majesty, Sun Chen leads the navy, suppresses Japanese pirates, and defeats no ministers! Now, Sun Chen"

Lao Zhu slammed it with a memorial with a smile, and said, "You bastard, if you want to please, go to the court. Now you are in front of us, what are you pretending to do!"

Zhu Xiongying felt aggrieved, and got up with a smile, "Grandfather, this is a great joy! If it is true, our Daming will no longer have to worry about money. By then, our Daming will not need to ban copper, gold and silver." Enough!"

This time Old Zhu became serious, Zhu Biao walked over quickly, and took the letter from Zhu Xiongying's hand.Before he had time to look at it, Lao Zhu snatched it away.

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said, "Grandfather, Father, I said before that Dongying's money seems to be inexhaustible. In the past few years, my grandson has sent people to sneak in and recruit those poor warriors in Dongying. With all my efforts, I finally found a clue!"

Lao Zhu and Da Zhu looked at the letter, and their expressions quickly became ecstatic.

According to the report in the letter, Jinyiwei, who had gone to Dongying, continued to infiltrate and sort out news, and also recruited some personnel from the local area.

It is said that a hundred years ago, Ouchi Hiroyuki, the famous Japanese master, visited Ishijian country when he paid homage to Beidou Miaojian Bodhisattva.In fact, there has always been silver there, and it is also mining, but the efficiency is relatively low.

Silver Peak Mountain, in the so-called Shi Jian Country!
Now Fanzi and craftsmen have gone to investigate, and there is a huge silver mine there.Now the scale is difficult to measure, and I want the court to send people to investigate and study it quickly.

Old Zhu laughed out loud, looking forward to it, "I think there will be reports coming back in the next few days. Biaoer, you are in charge of the affairs of the court. We have to take charge of this matter personally. Come back, we have to raise our troops!"

Zhu Xiongying suddenly had a bitter expression, and found a huge silver mine. I should be reused and rewarded generously.Why is it that I have worked so hard to save some of the navy's team, and it is about to be snatched away?
Forget it, anyway, it will be mine sooner or later, first lend it to Grandpa Huang for use!
(End of this chapter)