Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 224

Zhu Yuanzhang is a man of action. Since there are such good seeds in front of him, it is obviously unrealistic not to plant them.

You must know that such a good thing as cotton was promoted and promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang, and only then did cotton be planted nationwide.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang planted cotton was naturally because the army needed a lot of cotton clothes to keep warm so that they could go north to attack Beiyuan.

But now that food output can increase, there is no reason not to grow corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are the three treasures of civilization.

It is suitable for planting all over the country, and there is no special requirement for land.

Coupled with the fact that these three crops are rich in starch, the taste is still very good, at least much more delicious than those bran swallowed vegetables.

And corn is a kind of food that is very easy to preserve, not to mention potatoes and sweet potatoes.

It is also very simple to cook, and the sweet potatoes are so fragrant when they are cooked.

Zhu Yuanzhang also personally tasted the three new foods sent by Zhu Qi. Both the taste and texture were brand new experiences.

And it has never been sweeter, which is definitely a boon for ordinary people.

However, it is not something that can be done in a day to promote these three crops.

Zhu Yuanzhang is also a very cautious person. The first thing to do is to conduct experiments. According to his third son Zhu Qi, these three crops are very suitable for planting all over the country.

However, in places like Jiangnan, where there is water, fish and rice, it is obviously a bit wasteful to grow corn.

Such fertile water conservancy and land must be more suitable for growing rice.

And the wild and cold places in the northwest are perfect for growing corn and potatoes.

Therefore, the first place to carry out experiments and promotion is the area in the northwest. During the Ming Dynasty, the northwest was already arid, with little water and barren land.

I didn't know what to plant, but now there are corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes planted in the northwest region, which can not only solve the problem of low food production, but also take this opportunity to experiment with the new crops.

Soon a group of imperial farmers were recruited, and these people were originally engaged in agriculture full-time.

I have a lot of research on farming, and headed towards the northwest with the seeds.

And to come to a conclusion, at least half a year will be needed, but Zhu Yuanzhang can afford to wait.

However, this kind of sub-experiment will have to wait for more than half a year, and Zhu Yuanzhang really can't wait for the reward from Zhu Qi.

The other ministers were stunned for a day, why should His Royal Highness King Liao be rewarded again, isn't it just rewarded before?

He has more than doubled the size of his guards, so what is the reward this time?
Those ministers were more nervous than each other, and after Zhu Yuanzhang announced the content of the reward, they immediately exploded.

The content is nothing more than handing over the management of the entire Liao land to Zhu Qi.

Not only that, but the continent called America on the other side of the ocean also gave Zhu Qi the right to manage the American continent.

That is to say, Zhu Qi's current Liaowang is not only the prince who controls the Liao land, but also the prince who controls overseas territories.

Good guy, this is to be the king of the word side by side!
Zhu Yuanzhang obviously didn't know how big America was, but he had heard Zhu Qi talk about it many times.

And now, there are such good things as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes on the American continent, and according to what Zhu Qi said before, there are not only these in America, but also many other treasures that have not been discovered yet.

In addition to these crops, there are countless mineral resources and so on. I heard that there are things like gold mines, but more importantly, it is the vast land of America.

Although Zhu Qi has already described in detail how big the American continent is, but for Zhu Yuanzhang, it is obvious that he still does not have a specific understanding in his heart.

And this time, the overseas territory of the Americas was directly rewarded to Zhu Qi, also for the convenience of Zhu Qi to manage.

Those ministers have no specific impression of how big America is.

It's just that when he heard that the entire Liao land was rewarded to the Liao king Zhu Qi, it was clear that he wanted to establish a country within a country.

In those dynasties such as the Han Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, if someone separatized the power, it would cause turmoil, and these ministers could not allow it anyway.

Immediately, one by one started to yell. As for the reward of America to His Highness King Liao, this has no objection to the ministers.

After all, America is nothing more than a small island hanging overseas in their eyes, and they don't even have a concept.

Moreover, these ministers have a very deep-rooted concept of Huayi. For them, only the traditional Han land and Kyushu are the world. As for other places, they are all barbarians. They only need to be subdued and not controlled.

A place like America, which I have never heard of before, is naturally a barbarian among barbarians, and has no value of control at all.

It is also in their interests to let His Royal Highness King Liao go down to rule the Americas, which is equivalent to sending people to Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty.

Although Yunnan is picturesque now, in the Ming Dynasty, Yunnan was an out-and-out border area.

Sending it over there is equivalent to exile, even if the prince is sent there, he is still an unpopular prince.

And Zhu Qi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the news. Originally, he was already the king of Liaodong in Liaodong, but now he actually shared the large area of ​​Liaodong outside Liaodong with him, so that he could unify his jurisdiction. This matter made Zhu Qi feel quite embarrassing. done.

It is not a problem to let him rule the Americas and become the commander of the Americas. Anyway, the Americas are now only indigenous tribes, and there are no people of Ming Dynasty.

It is said to be ruled, but in fact there is nothing to manage.

You can't go to those aborigines to collect taxes, they don't have any money.

As the leader of the Americas, no one knows America better than me.

And he was only receiving a false name, so Zhu Qi quickly wrote a letter stating that he could not be the commander of the Liao region, but he could indeed be the commander of the Americas.

And the reason is that governing the Americas already consumes all of your energy, if you go to rule the Liao land again.

My energy is obviously not enough, although I don't know if Zhu Yuanzhang will agree to my request, but my attitude must be said.

Zhu Qi who received the imperial edict also sighed silently, his reputation in the court is estimated to be getting bigger and bigger.

I don't want my elder brother Zhu Biao to have any prejudice against me.

And after Liu Bowen heard this, he also stroked his beard and laughed, teasing why Zhu Qi refused such a large area in Liaodi, wouldn't it be better to just take it?

Zhu Qi also rolled his eyes, knowing that Liu Bowen was joking with him.

He doesn't have any ambitions, he just needs Liaodong.

If you take down the entire Liao land, that's okay. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang is relieved, his future emperor may not be relieved.

Moreover, most of the Liao land is still in the hands of Bei Yuan. If Zhu Yuanzhang gave Liao land to himself, wouldn't he want to continue to fight?

The matter of recovering the Liao land is naturally to be done, but let the professionals do it.

Moreover, Zhu Qi is not very good at managing the territory. Now it is because Liu Bowen is by his side to assist him, so he doesn't have to worry about so many things.

If Liu Bowen wasn't around, he didn't know what the chaos would be like, so Zhu Qi pushed away the position of chief executive of Liaodi for this reason.

It was only a few days later that Zhu Yuanzhang sent back a reply letter, which naturally rejected Zhu Qi's Qingqiu.

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and the others, Zhu Qi is showing humility again. As far as Zhu Qi's current ability is concerned, he is not only in charge of the Liao land and the Americas, even if he is given most of China, he may be able to manage it very well.

At least that's what Zhu Yuanzhang thought in his heart, and he even said this to others:

"My third son is capable. If it weren't for the boss, he would definitely be the emperor very well."

Of course, this is just a rumor from others, as to whether it is true or not, I don't know.

And when Zhu Qi heard this sentence, he was also taken aback, since it was spread from Yingtian Mansion to Liaoyang, it must have spread in other places.

I just hope that someone didn't do this on purpose, if it was really done on purpose, then it's clearly trying to sow discord, Zhu Qi was flustered in his heart.

Fortunately, even after waiting for two or three months, I didn't hear anything further.

And Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to have much reaction to this rumor, which made Zhu Qi heave a sigh of relief.

If the old man misunderstood that he deliberately spread such words and deliberately tried to seize the throne, it would be terrible.

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Hongwu 12 years.

The entire 12 years of Hongwu was spent in a storm.

For Zhu Qi, the memories of the whole year are wars, and wars are still wars.

As for the common people, after experiencing the chaos at the beginning, they soon ushered in a very happy development period.

His Royal Highness Liao Wang is obviously a good prince who cares about people's livelihood. Since His Royal Highness Liao Wang came to Liaodong, all the original exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes have been cancelled.

It's just that there is an extra customs department, which is specially used to deal with foreign trade and collect taxes.

But the common people are not very clear about these things, and they don't care much, and they don't go out to do business, so naturally it doesn't matter.

As long as you don't worry about what to do next month's tax payment all day long.

In addition to a lot of relaxation in taxation, His Royal Highness King Liao also distributed a lot of very good quality farm tools to them, so that they can open up wasteland and reclaim more farmland.

In addition to reclaiming the land, the imperial court also gave a lot of seeds for them to plant.

In addition to cotton, there are seeds called corn potatoes and sweet potatoes.

It is also the first time they have encountered these new seeds, so it is not very clear what good things can be planted.

Anyway, it is definitely right to grow cotton. The imperial court pays the bottom price every year. As long as the cotton grown can be sold to the imperial court, corn potatoes and sweet potatoes also have a very good policy.

That is the first season of planting, and the people who plant these things do not have to pay taxes.

Good guy, once this policy comes out, the common people will be really happy.

As long as the planting can produce food for food, as for the output, these ordinary people are actually not very concerned.

Because of the current level of agriculture in Liaodong and the climate and environment, there are not many lands that can produce a lot of food.

Only the West Liaoning Corridor, which is close to the coast and has a warm climate, can produce more grain.

In other places, the output of many grains is very low. Even if the output of corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes is low, how low can it be?

As long as you don't pay taxes, the big guys won't starve to death, and at most they can go up the mountain to do some wild things.

So in the entire Liaoyang and Liaodong Peninsula, many common people have set off a collective planting of corn, and the craze for potatoes and sweet potatoes has come, and naturally more corns are planted.

The main reason is that there are so many seeds in corn.

However, those ordinary people who want to obtain seeds cannot take them casually, and each household has a limited quota.

Because Zhu Qi also only planted corn for more than a year, and he didn't have many seeds in his hand for sweet potatoes and potatoes.

If everyone can take it without limit, then the seeds on hand will be used up quickly.

And even if the quota is set, in just two or three months, the seeds have almost been distributed.

He still kept some seeds in his pocket as a backup, and just as Zhu Qi was waiting for everyone to start farming in a prosperous manner and to harvest a good harvest in autumn, another great news came.

Wang Chuanqi's fleet is back.

This is Wang Chuanqi's fourth sea adventure.

Counting the time, four years have passed since the first time I met Wang Chuanqi.

And Wang Chuanqi went outside to expand the territory for Daming every year. Although he himself was not conscious of this, Zhu Qi knew that he was doing something amazing.

So when he knew that Wang Chuanqi was about to return from the voyage, Zhu Qi still waited for Wang Chuanqi at the port with Liaoyang officials of all sizes.

This kind of treatment surprised all the officials, even Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu, who were popular around him, brought them over to greet him.

Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu are naturally celebrities in history, and they are also very capable. For other officials, it is only natural that these two generals can win the favor of His Highness King Liao.

And this Wang Chuanqi, when many people have never heard of Wang Chuanqi, occasionally some people who have heard the rumors next to him will say, isn't this the pirate from before?
Words like this will naturally make people feel contemptuous.

But before they had time to underestimate it, someone quickly told about Wang Chuanqi's deeds.

It turned out that when the Beiyuan navy was attacked, Wang Chuanqi led the pirate navy to join the camp of His Royal Highness King Liao.

Then he achieved an earth-shattering record.

Not only that, but when the Liaodong Peninsula was captured later, Wang Chuanqi also took the lead and was the commander of the entire Daming Navy.

Then it was five trips to the East and found the legendary America.

They also brought back corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes, the seeds of these three godlike crops. The local officials in Liaoyang didn't know that the Three Treasures of Civilization were powerful things.

When they heard that the Three Treasures of Civilization were actually brought by this Wang Chuanqi, they were all stunned, and at that moment, infinite admiration arose in their hearts.

This person will be famous in Qing history in the future

(End of this chapter)