Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 597 Vigorous Development

As Xiao Zhu's eldest son, Xiao Zhu can be considered to have inherited Xiao Zhu's genes.This is not just martial arts, but also love of history.

In fact, Xiao Zhu's history is only half-knowledgeable. It can only be said that he is not an expert and scholar who studies the history of a certain dynasty. He still knows some things in history textbooks, and even some unofficial histories are more interesting.

In this life, although Zhu Yunying is not very interested in Confucian classics, he will also go to lectures, but he is not willing to study in depth.Even when he was a child, under the care of Empress Ma, Zhu Yunying often listened to some great Confucianism lectures on history.

At most, those great Confucians have their own focus. After all, traditional Confucianism is also very concerned about history.

Little Zhu is the same now, she is always listless when listening to lectures in Dahondo, but she will also learn some history.And from time to time, little Zhu would ask his mother to tell him about history, or ask Lian Qiongqiong to tell him some stories.

Of course, Xiao Zhu also asked those officials and others to tell him about "History" in private.

The huge map of the territory of Ming Dynasty was unfolded. In the huge Qianqing Palace, many eunuchs were also holding the map, standing next to them and concentrating on it, ready to stand up at any time, so the Supreme Emperor and the emperor could not delay the lectures to the crown prince.

Zhu Yunying glanced at little Zhu, and said, "Yin'er, where is the northernmost place of our Daming now?"

Little Zhu immediately replied without hesitation, "Father, our Ming Dynasty made the Northern Expedition in the 29th year of Hongwu. After the victory, we set up the Nurgan capital. The government is located in Nurgan, hundreds of meters away from Heishui. Father heard that Heishui meanders. Like a dragon, it is named Heilongjiang."

Lao Zhu nodded with a smile, his grandson was promising, and his great-grandson was also very promising.

Little Zhu continued, "Nurgan Dusi extends to Kuye in the northeast, which was named Kuye by the emperor. It reaches the Onan River in the west, the Tumen River in the south, and the Waixing'an Mountains in the north. The people include Han, Mongolia, Jurchen, and Jiri fans. , Kuyi and other tribes mostly live by harvesting and hunting, and most of them don't know how to be kings. This place is quite remote, and most of them are supplemented by the land of Liaodong."

Zhu Yunying nodded with a smile, then asked, "Tell me again, Yin'er, why did we set up the Nurgan Dusi in this bitter cold place, and why did we send officials to manage it? You must know that there are more than four hundred people from our Great Mingwei and the Institute." .”

Little Zhu immediately said without hesitation, "Father, the Khitan people started from Huangshui and invaded Goguryeo several times. We remember that the gold built by the Jurchen is mostly the same as the residence of the Khitan. Dad, we know where Dad is." The head appoints the chiefs of various ethnic groups to take charge of the guards, to give seals, to maintain their customs, to unify their affiliation, and most of them are to be restrained."

This is also true, even though Daming now has more than 400 guards and guards in Nurgan Dusi, many of them are quite 'self-reliant', and they are all soldiers and horses of some tribes.To put it simply, Daming is also a 'recruitment'.

It's not that Zhu Yunying didn't want to bring Nurgan Dusi under the jurisdiction of the Ming court all at once, but the current level of productivity and so on really can't keep up.So under such circumstances, Daming can only rule there in name, and still have to give autonomy to many tribes living in those places. This is the reality.

Zhu Yunying understands this truth, and old Zhu also understands this truth, but little Zhu may not be able to fully understand it now.

This little thing is actually very greedy, and Zhu Yunying is actually a virtuous person, greedy for perfection, this kid may be a great talent in the future, or he may also be considered a military emperor.

Zhu Yunying looked at little Zhu, and asked with a smile, "Then, where is the southernmost point of our Daming?"

Xiao Zhu replied without hesitation, "There are two islands in the south, one is Hainan, and the other is Daliuqiu. In the early years, my great-grandfather set up the Penghu inspection department, which was also based on the Yuan system. In the early years, the great-grandfather once banned the sea. So please withdraw the Penghu inspection department, and move the rich families in Penghu to Zhangzhou and Quanzhou."

Old Zhu coughed and said, "Let's not talk about that, we used to guard against Japanese pirates. You don't know, we added guerrillas and spring and autumn flood guards in Daliuqiu, but Penghu was once a lair of bandits. Besides, you Dad can't go to Nanyang, so we love him, so we set up a guard in Daliuqiu, and also re-established the Penghu inspection department."

Zhu Yunying laughed, and said to little Zhu, "Your great-grandfather didn't re-establish the Penghu Inspection Department and set up a guard station in Daliuqiu because of his love for us. Nanyang is still a little undisciplined, and we have many caravans in Nanyang. There are guards in Daliuqiu and Hainan, so they can control Nanyang."

Lao Zhu immediately glared at Zhu Yunying, but he didn't say much, which could be regarded as acquiescing.

There are some things that cannot be concealed. It is true that Lao Zhu once abolished the Penghu Inspection Department, and it was true that he was once banned.

If Zhu Yunying's fleet hadn't been doing so well in Nanyang, Lao Zhu would not have paid more attention to the Navy, nor would he have paid more attention to the Shipbuilding Department in accordance with Zhu Yunying's wishes.

Nanyang seems to be desolate, but Lao Zhu still likes the spices, gems or gold there.In fact, Lao Zhu has the character of not being able to get ahead without benefits, and he naturally became serious when he saw the benefits.

Little Zhu was very active at this time, jumped up and said, "Great-grandfather, father, we will also build big ships in the future. The barbarism in Nanyang is barbaric, but there are some good things. We don't understand. In the early years, the Silk Road The places we go are all barren lands, but they are so powerful. We will also sell big iron pots in the future."

Old Zhu was immediately happy, and said to Little Zhu, "You can't just sell the big iron pot, you have to learn from us, you have to learn from your father."

The big iron pot is indeed a strategic resource, and these things are not much better than silk and porcelain.It's just that porcelain or silk can be sold if you have money, and the quality is also high or low.

But big iron pots, tea leaves, etc., are naturally not easy to sell at will, including many iron utensils, etc., and they cannot be sold at will.Even if you do some business occasionally, you need the court's approval. Zhu Yunying will definitely care about such a technological advantage.

Old Zhu also recognized this, and said to Little Zhu, "There are inexhaustible silver mountains in Dongpu, and there should be good things in the other places. We used to look down on Nanyang and always felt turbulent. But now Look, there are a lot of spices and gold, and we remember that our Daming fleet also brought back rice from Nanyang."

Those places in the Indochina Peninsula do not look very big, but the climate is very suitable for crops.Two crops a year, these are places in the south of the Ming Dynasty, these places in the south of the Yangtze River.But in the Indochina Peninsula, three crops a year is an easy thing to do.

Not only is the climate good, but the soil is also very fertile. Growing grain and so on is nothing at all. Daming also needs food.

Lao Zhu also supports this point. Spices, gems or gold, etc., can be used by people from wealthy families.What's more, Lao Zhu also knows very well that in troubled times, food and other things are fundamental, which is better than anything else.

In troubled times, a bag of grain can save one's life.As for a bag of gold, sometimes it still doesn't have much effect.

Therefore, Lao Zhu also supports Daming's official fleet or unofficial fleet traveling in Nanyang, mainly because he sees huge benefits.Even if there is no hidden danger of grain in Daming now, but more grain is piled up in the grain depot, Lao Zhu does not have any pressure, he is just happy to see the results.

After all, Zhu Yunying wanted to use troops in Annan, and Lao Zhu knew it too.Governing the southwest, or sending troops to Annan in the future, will require a lot of money and food.Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan are all bases of Ming Dynasty, and they need more money and food.

The smiling little Zhu said, "We know that when Annan is defeated in the future, we will enshrine the clan. We will send troops, and we will also receive some benefits. In the future, we will also pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty with jewels, spices, and a lot of food. , let's give them cloth iron."

Hearing what Zhu Yunying said, both Lao Zhu and Xiao Zhu laughed, and they were very happy that Xiao Zhu knew this.

The Ming Dynasty did have a lot of money and food, and those with many soldiers and generals also had a good national power. They will definitely be canonized as the clan in the future.

There is no problem in canonizing the clan, and it is a good thing for the clan to establish a country around Daming.It's just that this is the time when there is no benefit, and these vassal states are also guarding Daming from the side, so there is no harm in such an arrangement.

Furthermore, such a vassal state, even if it seems remote, is not completely worthless, and Ming Dynasty is still profitable.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were sent to conquer the city and help found the country, but in the next few decades, it was necessary to consider the annual tribute of money, food and jewelry.Lacking some livelihood materials, the Ming Dynasty can also do some trade generously, and everyone is not losing money!

Hearing what little Zhu said, Zhu Yunying smiled very happily. It seems that some of his education still have some effect.Some of little Zhu's insights can indeed be regarded as "high and far", compared with many ministers in the court, they have some foresight.

For a long time, Chinese civilization has been a farming civilization, and they are not really keen on the ocean.Even though the maritime trade of the Tang and Song Dynasties seemed to be very developed, they did pay more attention to farming.

Looking at little Zhu, Zhu Yunying said, "Yin'er should also understand that the three armies will go first before moving food and grass. We will send troops to Annan in the future, and places like Fuguang are naturally extremely important. Then Yin'er, how did Fuguang come here? "

Little Zhu thought about it carefully, and said, "It seems that the Fujian Economic and Strategic Envoy was only available in the Tang Dynasty. It used to be a land of Baiyue, probably Minyue. In the early years, Minyue rebelled, and Han Wu sent troops to quell the rebellion. Soochow did not It is rare to govern these places. The land in the south of the Lingnan was full of miasma in the early years, and it was also barbaric. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, it has become more and more stable."

Zhu Yunying couldn't help laughing, very happy, "Yin'er has this insight, we are very happy. Don't talk about Fuguang, those places used to be Lingnan, and many people looked down on them. Don't talk about those places, they are ours. The current Yingtian Mansion was not favored by many people before. This is all about developing slowly, just like the current Jingxiang."

Large-scale development takes time. It is not a matter of one or two years, nor is it something that can be done well in one or two generations.

Little Zhu could be said to be a little confused, but to Old Zhu, this was clearly understandable.Maybe there are some things that everyone is unwilling to think about, but if you think about it carefully, it will be very interesting.

It is said that the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, even in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the land in the south of the Yangtze River can be regarded as "prosperous".But many people know that the main force of Chinese civilization at that time was still in places like Guanzhong, and this was the real focus of the struggle for the world.

In the past, Lao Zhu was also bigger than the world. He knew that the land of Jingxiang was considered a treasure, but it was definitely not enough to compare with Jiangnan.

But in these years, Zhu Yunying has been busy moving some people to Jingxiang from the very beginning, and dispatched some guards in the fields to Jingxiang, and is vigorously developing Jingxiang.

I used to think it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, but as more and more land was reclaimed in Jingxiang, and more and more grain was produced there, Lao Zhu felt more and more that his precious grandson was very far-sighted, and he deserved to be Personally chosen successors.

Thinking about it again, in the early years, Chen Youliang and those people were entrenched in the land of Jingxiang, but the land of Jingxiang at that time was not as prosperous as it is now.

Zhu Yunying once mentioned that the land of Jingxiang would become the next rich land of fish and rice, Lao Zhu still had some doubts, and also felt that Zhu Yunying was exaggerating.But thinking about it now, the land of Jingxiang really has extraordinary potential.

Huguang is familiar with the world, and this has always been something Zhu Yunying has been looking forward to.And this situation only existed in the middle and late Ming Dynasty in history, and it was only in the Qing Dynasty that it really matured. Now Zhu Yunying is vigorously developing it with countless resources.

Zhu Yunying also understands that it is basically impossible to complete this matter through his own efforts, but he has laid a more solid foundation.As long as Little Zhu works harder, he can basically see a prototype.

At that time, let alone whether the emperor has foresight, the courtiers in the court, and even the common people in the world, will make choices with their eyes closed.

After all, places like Jingxiang have great potential, and there must be more and more affluence there, so it is normal for people to migrate there naturally, and there is no need for official relocation from the imperial court.

Zhu Yunying and Lao Zhu looked at Xiao Zhu with a smile. Perhaps in the eyes of some Confucian scholars, the crown prince is not particularly talented in literature, and he is indeed not proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics.

But in the eyes of Zhu Yunying and Lao Zhu, they are very satisfied with Xiao Zhu's performance.Little Zhu's knowledge and cognition are more in line with the requirements of an emperor, and he should not be just a Wen emperor.

Looking at little Zhu, Zhu Yunying asked again, "Yin'er, this land of Jingxiang is about to become the next Jiangnan, and it will become the granary of our Daming. Tell me, how many granaries does our Daming have now?" ?”

The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, but it also had a large population, and some places may not be the most suitable for growing food.It is related to food security, which is naturally related to the country and the country, and naturally requires more efforts, and these things really cannot be sloppy.

No matter how many granaries, no matter how much food you hold in your hands, you will not panic. This is what Zhu Yunying has been working hard for all the time.

(End of this chapter)