Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 166 Heading to Guangxi
The news about Lan Xian'er was not sent back by her writing a letter.

It was information obtained from Jin Yiwei.

Now that Zhu Qi has become the commander of Jinyiwei, he naturally wants to install some people close to him in Jinyiwei.

For example, Gao Jin, who was originally the guard of the Liao Palace, has now become the commander of Jin Yiwei.

According to the rank, he is the second in command of Jinyiwei, which is a very big official.

Only Zhu Qi had the guts to directly insert the people around him into Jin Yiwei, and even made him the second in command.

Not only that, but also openly asked Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions.

Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed without even thinking about it. It is conceivable how much Zhu Yuanzhang trusts Zhu Qi.

Of course, Zhu Qi brought Gao Jin into Jinyiwei not to do evil or to cultivate his own power, but to facilitate the investigation of the empty seal case before.

After all, it is someone I am familiar with, so it is easier to use.

If there is anything, Gao Jin can inform himself immediately.

If an official is wronged or something, Jin Yiwei directly reports to Zhu Yuanzhang, kills him directly, and investigates after the event, wouldn't it be a pity?
Of course, this is just an example, and Zhu Qi is just taking such precautions.

Unexpectedly, Gao Jin even obtained information about Lan Xian'er in Jinyiwei.

However, this information is not good news, it is about a group of martial arts people from Yunnan.

In recent days, they have entered the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, and there seems to be some kind of martial arts gathering, and the purpose of their gathering seems to be to deal with a certain official.

Zhu Qi's first reaction was that the one he had to deal with was Zhu Liangzu who was guarding the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, right?
But thinking about it, something is not quite right, Zhu Liangzu seems to have nothing to do with martial arts people.

But these are not the main points. The real point is that there is actually one of these martial arts experts, and it is very likely that Lan Xian'er is.

This is also the clue given by the portrait sent by Jin Yiwei.

The portraits of the Ming Dynasty at this time are not like those shown in TV dramas, they are not painted at all.

Gao Jin happened to see this portrait in Jinyiwei, and recognized it at a glance. Isn't this the Lan girl whom His Royal Highness Liao always misses?

Moreover, the guards in Jinyi have already closely monitored these martial arts practitioners, and they may strike at any time.

Of course, because it was related to martial arts, Jin Yiwei didn't take it too seriously, and just arranged some masters.

After all, although there are real kung fu in the martial arts of this era, and they can fly eight feet high and float on the water, but Jin Yiwei is also a master like a cloud!

What's more, there are still a small number of martial arts people who yell "dog officials" and "you court eagle dogs" every day.

Most of them are sold to the emperor's family after learning the dragon slaying technique.

After Zhu Qi heard the news, he was worried about Lan Xian'er's safety immediately.

As for whether Lan Xian'er will help the martial arts people in Yunnan and deal with the officials of Ming Dynasty?
Zhu Qi felt that it was absolutely impossible, there must be some reason for this, maybe it was forced by Lan Xian'er's master, right?
Zhu Qi thought in his heart.

But no matter how you guessed it, there was definitely nothing you could do in Yingtian Mansion.

After all, Guangdong and Guangxi are so far away, and if you rely on Jin Yiwei to investigate, you don't know when the news will be sent back, let alone timeliness and accuracy.

So if you want to know the truth of the matter and save Lan Xian'er, you may really have to go to Guangxi.

If it was normal, Zhu Qi really had no good reason to go to Guangxi.

After all, he is the prince of Daming, not an ordinary businessman in Daming, ordinary people or something, he can go wherever he thinks, that is impossible.

Not to mention a frontier fortress like Guangxi, if he, the Daming prince, passed by without saying a word, he might be impeached the next day for a rebellious heart.

Otherwise, how can you explain that you, a prince, are running towards the border fortress?What do you want to do?

But now there happens to be a great god-sent opportunity, and that is the site of the tariff experiment.

Speaking of which, Zhu Qi proposed this tariff experiment site, and used Guangxi to collect tariffs for the experiment.

If the effect is good, and there is no particularly big impact, then continue to promote in a small range.

Originally, Zhu Qi wanted to be lazy, and even Zhu Di went to Empress Ma to act.

Zhu Yuanzhang also had a hard time, allowing himself to only be responsible for handling the affairs of the tax bureau, and he didn't have to deal with customs matters.

But looking at it now, it’s okay for me to ignore it, because only for this reason can I let myself go to Guangxi.

Zhu Qi also lamented silently, it seems that he is just a hard worker!
So Zhu Qi could only bite the bullet and go to Zhu Yuanzhang to ask for orders to go to Guangxi to deal with the tariff.

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally didn't know that Zhu Qi wanted to go to Guangxi because of Lan Xian'er, so he was very puzzled and said to Zhu Qi:

"Third brother, didn't I tell you to take a good rest these two days, as long as you are in charge of the tax bureau. Don't worry about Guangxi, I have already arranged a suitable candidate."

Zhu Qi knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would not allow himself to continue working so easily. After all, Empress Ma made a lot of trouble in the harem, but Zhu Qi had been prepared for a long time. At this time, several tears were squeezed out of his eyeballs, and then he said :

"Father, my son wanted to take a good rest as you said, but I had a dream last night. I dreamed that the tariff was not fulfilled, and I lost millions of taels of silver every year for no reason.

Moreover, when I woke up from the dream, I was sweating profusely, with tears in my eyes. No matter what, I couldn't let this kind of thing happen in front of my son. "

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled when he heard that Zhu Qi opened his mouth to receive millions of taels of silver a year. Now the entire treasury of Ming Dynasty may not have so much income in a year, and this small tariff can collect so much.

Zhu Yuanzhang still underestimated the customs duties, but he was extremely shocked in his heart, and on the surface he was still very relaxed and freehand. With his hands behind his back, he said to Zhu Qi:
"Third brother, don't worry, the people I arrange are definitely capable."

Zhu Qi also said:

"The man arranged by the father is naturally impossible to question his ability, but this tax has a lot to do with mathematical taxation.

As for taxation, I believe that there is no one in the entire Ming Dynasty who is more familiar with it than Erchen. "

At this time, I can no longer continue to be humble, I can only show my cards, to be honest.

Zhu Qi is not bragging about his talent in mathematics.

No one in the entire Ming Dynasty can compare with me, especially in terms of taxation, who can be better than me?
And Zhu Qi's words did not sound like boasting to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, Zhu Qi led a group of Guozijian students before, and in just over a month, they calculated all the taxes recorded in the yellow books all over the country. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

Fortunately, the economic scale of Daming is not particularly large now, and the yellow book system is also very complete, and it is not as slack as it was in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, more than a month really can't be counted.

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, he was already in tears, and when Zhu Yuanzhang saw the youngest's dedication, his eyes were full of tears, then he patted Zhu Qi's shoulder, and said with emotion:

"My Daming has a prince like you, and I, Zhu Yuanzhang, have a son like you. It's really..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was also so moved that he was speechless, and then he said to Zhu Qi:

"Okay, okay, since you have said so, third child, then I also agree. You set off for Guangxi immediately, and I will leave the customs duties to you. As long as the customs duties in Guangxi are properly arranged, I will definitely have a lot of troubles." reward."

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's order this time, Zhu Qi immediately knelt down to accept the order, and then prepared to leave.

But Zhu Yuanzhang quickly stopped Zhu Qi again, then took out the token from his waist, and said to Zhu Qi.

"This is my waist card. This Guangxi is no different than the Central Plains. There are many chieftains there, and there are also some generals who followed me in the north and south in the early years.

They are generally arrogant and stubborn, and may not necessarily listen to you, but you can order them to move with this. "

Isn't Zhu Yuanzhang talking about Zhu Liangzu?It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang also knows a little about Zhu Liangzu. He knows that although this general has some skills, he is arrogant and generally looks down on other civil servants and generals.

Although it is also possible to refer to other generals.

No matter what, having the emperor's waist card in hand now must be a big guarantee.

Although Zhu Qi is His Royal Highness King of Liao, when he arrives in Guangxi, people really don't necessarily like him.

It's just a prince, not His Royal Highness, what are people afraid of?

Zhu Qi took Zhu Yuanzhang's token, hurriedly withdrew, and then went to find his eldest wife Xu Miaoyun, and told him about his business trip to Guangxi.

Xu Miaoyun was naturally reluctant to part, and Zhu Qi also looked like he would sacrifice his life for the sake of the country's righteousness.

Of course, Zhu Qi is also very reluctant, but there is no way, the palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the hand is also meat, neither side can be given up.

What's more, Lan Xian'er is still in danger now, if he doesn't save her, is he still a man?
Of course, before he left, he had to spend time with his fat son. Now that his fat son was six months old, he was quite proficient at turning over and crawling.

It's so cute and cute, it melts my heart watching it.

Zhu Qi also makes some deep-sea products for his fat son every day, mainly to supplement cod liver oil and some trace elements, which are good things that can promote brain development.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, there were no special medicines for supplementation, and it was the same for eating deep-sea products.

Only the royal family can afford it, how can ordinary people afford it?
Even at the seaside, it is not so extravagant.

But no matter how reluctant, Zhu Qi still stayed in Hongwu for ten years, and in mid-November, he set off for Guangxi.

When Zhu Qi left, most of the officials in the entire officialdom went to the outside of Yingtianfu City to see Zhu Qi off with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

There were tears in everyone's eyes, they did not expect that His Royal Highness King Liao would be such a model worker.

I have been working for a long time before, and I can see the hard work of His Royal Highness Liao Wang every day, and now I have volunteered to go to Guangxi for business?

As for what to do, everyone is actually not very clear, but Guangxi is so far away, and it is still such a remote place.

Generally, only officials who have committed crimes will be sent to Guangxi to reclaim wasteland. His Royal Highness King Liao did not know if he would be able to eat enough and wear warm clothes along the way.

Thinking of this, many people have already shed tears of emotion.

His Royal Highness also sighed with emotion, and then remembered a letter from Lan Yu that he had received not long ago.

In the letter, Lan Yu, of course, said that His Royal Highness Liao Wang's city is very deep, so that His Highness the Crown Prince must be careful about what His Royal Highness Liao Wang said.

After all, Sapphire had also come into contact with Zhu Qi once before, although Zhu Qi was completely lying on the ground like a salted fish.

But in Lan Yu's view, no matter what Zhu Qi said to him, or invited him to a banquet, or handed over all the military power to him, it was all to win him over.

Why do you want to win over the generals at the border?Does that need to be said?He must have had a lot of ideas about that position to do such a thing!

Prince Zhu Biao naturally didn't believe in this letter, he had always trusted his younger brothers very much.

This is naturally also part of Prince Zhu Biao's personality charm.

But now that Zhu Qi was busy running around for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't believe what Lan Yu said.

Zhu Qi didn't know that General Lan Yu was speaking ill of him behind his back, and he already regarded himself as the most powerful enemy at the moment.

He is now rushing towards Guangxi without stopping, hoping to get there before the gang of martial arts figures gather.

And Zhu Qi also used his status as the commander of Jinyiwei to directly ask these Jinyiwei to send more people to Guangxi to pay attention to this matter.

Anyway, Jinyiwei still has plenty of manpower, and the empty seal case has come to an end.

Most of the Jinyiwei who had previously investigated across the country had already freed up their hands.

Except for those Jinyiwei who continued to search for intelligence all over the country, most of the remaining Jinyiwei Zhu Qi transferred to Guangxi.

And this is also what Zhu Yuanzhang meant. After all, Zhu Qi had encountered an assassination operation before, and Zhu Qi's safety could be guaranteed only with the protection of these Jin Yiwei.

From Yingtianfu to Guangxi, it will take about a month to advance by land and water. On the way, there is no shortage of vehicles and horses.

Even though Zhu Qi had stayed in Daming for many years, it was still wobbly and bumpy, and he dared to faint.

Fortunately, I still have my little wife by my side.

This Bai Tang Yu'er is naturally a standard equipment for traveling, and there are many benefits that need not be mentioned.

But hearing that Zhu Qi went to Guangxi for another woman, Bai Tang Yu'er didn't say anything, but her body was very honest.

This month's days... don't mention it, the old cow has become beef jerky.

In the tenth year of Hongwu, at the end of December, Zhu Qi finally arrived in Guangxi under the ravages of the cold and humid weather in the south.

(End of this chapter)