Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 153
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Inside the moat of the Donghua Gate of the Imperial Palace, a voice came from it, but Zhu Youjian was seen standing on the two-foot-long model, jumping up and down, causing water to splash.

He untied the sail in a strange way, and then walked to the black-covered boat next to him. Cao Huachun supported him, but Zhu Youjian pointed to six or seven young eunuchs and said:

"Will it be water?"

"Yes... Yes!" Several young eunuchs replied hesitantly, and Zhu Youjian grinned: "Then you go up and sit."

"Slave servants take orders." The young eunuchs had no choice but to board the boat and sit on it, and this long and narrow Chinese-Western cargo ship was also driven by the autumn wind to blow the ship.

"How heavy is this boat?" Zhu Youjian asked, and Cao Huachun also said:

"The boat weighs a hundred materials and can carry two hundred and sixty-seven stones."

"Long live said, if the ship is good, we can build a large ship according to the craftsmanship, and we can use the dry ship wood stored in Tianjin, Denglai and other places to build civilian ships starting from a thousand materials."

"If it's a big ship with thousands of materials, it should be able to carry two thousand five or six hundred stones..." Hearing Cao Huachun's words, Zhu Youjian thought about it, and asked again:
"There is no problem with the boat. Since there are shade-dried wood, let's use them to build a boat. Let's try to build ten large boats with a thousand materials. How much silver will it cost?"

"According to the quotations of Longjiang Shipyard and Tianjin Shipyard in previous years, it is necessary to recruit [-] boatmen and [-] civilians. If a ship has raw materials, it only takes two months to build, and the cost is [-] taels." Cao Huachun replied:

"Civil husbands can recruit local corvees without spending money. Because the raw materials do not cost money, they only need to pay two hundred and seventy-two taels of silver."

"No need!" Hearing Cao Huachun's words, Zhu Youjian frowned and said:
"Brother, please set up the Tianjin shipyard, recruit [-] boatmen, and each boatman's monthly salary is one or two yuan, and the folks can be recruited from among the water transport folks, thirty yuan a day!"

"Your Highness, this will cost a lot..." Cao Huachun wanted to persuade him, but Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said:

"There is no need to mention the corvee. In the future, the tenants under the Yumajian will not have to serve the corvee. They are required to be paid for all work. The wages vary from fifteen to thirty depending on the region."

Zhu Youjian knew the dangers of corvee service, first of all, it would delay the farming season and affect the livelihood of the people.

Part of the reason why the ancient population could not increase during times of frequent wars was related to corvee.

The labor of male slaves as civilian husbands led to a delay in farming time. During the slack season, if male males had time to work, their income would not increase, and they would look down on doctors when they were sick.

If you want to relieve the burden on the people, corvee is the most important thing.

Zhu Youjian wants to lift the corvee from the Yumajian, not only to lift it, but also to use infrastructure to drive the people at the bottom, give them copper coins, and let the economy run.

Only when the people have money can they pay taxes and spend in the imperial shop. It is impossible to just rely on the food in the fields and let them feed the whole family, right?
For example, this shipyard has thousands of people, but the monthly expenditure is only more than four thousand taels.

But it's spending like this that can make thousands of families earn more than a year's worth of farming.

If Zhu Youjian wants to go by sea in the future, the first thing to do is to solve the livelihood problem of millions of waterworkers.

It is possible to abolish the guards and farmland, but it can only support a small number of people, and most people can rely on the shipyard!

After the drought broke out, the food shortage of Daming was tens of millions of stones, or even hundreds of millions of stones.

Even with [-] cargo ships, at most tens of thousands of stones can be transported back at one time, so at least hundreds of such ships are needed to ensure the transportation of grain by sea.

Not to mention, Zhu Youjian has to open up and immigrate to the Great Liuqiu, Annan, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, and the Northeast.

Shipping by sea is the cheapest, and that requires enough ships.

Building a cargo ship with thousands of materials can allow thousands of people to survive the long winter and give them income in winter.

Well, if Daming had to launch hundreds of large ships with thousands of materials or even thousands of materials every year, let alone millions of waterworkers, the livelihood of millions of waterworkers could be solved!
Tianjin, Denglai, Jinzhou, Huaibei, Songjiang...

If a shipyard is set up in these places, the trade volume will be large enough, and a single one can solve the livelihood of tens or hundreds of thousands of people.

It is not feasible for the country to be rich while the people are weak, nor is it feasible for the people to be rich but the country is weak. It is only possible to maintain a balance, but under balance, it is necessary to make sure that it is the people who are rich, not the powerful and evil gentry!
"Tianjin's shipyards continue to look for places to expand, and it is not impossible to build hundreds of docks. Hundreds of docks must be enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people, or even hundreds of thousands of people to work."

"As for the number of civilian ships, first build ten ships with a thousand materials, three ships with a two thousand materials, and one ship with a three thousand materials. It is not required that all of them are successfully launched and sailed, but at least they must accumulate experience."

Zhu Youjian put down his harsh words, and the reason was because he found out after learning about it that it was really cheap to build wooden boats in the Ming Dynasty...

Even if it is a large ship with thousands of materials, plus the wages of hundreds of peasants and craftsmen, the raw materials are only fourteen five hundred taels.

Although after conversion, it is only a cargo ship of more than [-] tons, the price is still acceptable.

As for the two-thousand-material and three-thousand-material big ships, they are only two or three thousand, or four or five thousand taels.

Build enough cargo ships, and the accumulated experience can be used on sailing battleships.

Zhu Youjian has even thought about it. When the Dutch came from afar and thought about invading, they encountered the suffocation of the Great Tomorrow Fleet head-on.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help showing a cruel smile on his face, which made Cao Huachun beside him get goosebumps.

"Okay! You can arrange the affairs of the dock." After finishing speaking, Zhu Youjian said to the eunuch who was shaking the oars: "Go back to the palace!"

The boat returned to the shore under Zhu Youjian's call, but before the boat docked, Zhu Youjian saw Li Ruolian standing on the shore, which made him realize that something was wrong.

"Your Highness, there is news from Southwest."

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Youjian came ashore, Li Ruolian handed out a military newspaper with the first grade written on it.

After receiving it, Zhu Youjian took it apart, and his originally nervous mood suddenly sank after seeing the contents of the letter.

The content of the letter was mainly information about An Bangyan and Song Wanhua, and the content of the intelligence was something that the chieftain in southern Guizhou had secretly responded to.

"Thirty-two families, big and small, headed by Aminon, with about [-] troops..."

Looking at the content of this letter, it is basically confirmed that the current number of rebels will be at least [-]. The only thing that is uncertain is whether other chieftains in Guinan will continue to respond secretly.

"Continue to monitor, especially to get the time when the rebels raised their troops. First find out the hundred households and thousands of households when the army started, and reward three thousand taels of silver!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Youjian ordered Li Ruolian with a sullen face, and Li Ruolian also bowed in response.

"I have to tell Brother Huang about this matter, you should step down first, I will go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation now."

After all, Zhu Youjian walked away, and when he walked through Donghua Gate and hurried to Wenlou, this appearance happened to be seen by the officials of Wenhua Palace.

Looking at Zhu Youjian's face, the officials immediately entered the hall to tell Ye Xianggao.

"This Du Wenhuan, like his uncle Jun, is a guy who does things regardless of the consequences!"

In the cabinet, when the officials came, they only saw Yao Zongwen who was cursing.

After Yao Zongwen finished cursing, he reluctantly handed the memorial to the Hanlin in the cabinet, and they forwarded it to Ye Xianggao and Liu Yixiu.

Both Liu Yixiu and Ye Xianggao saw Yao Zongwen's yelling, but they were just curious about what it was.

When they looked at the content of the imperial censor's impeachment memorial, they frowned instantly.

[July [-]th, Yansui (Yulin) General Du Wenhuan sent troops out of Hetao to smash nests and even invaders.All the ministries hated, went deep into Guyuan and Qingyang, surrounded Yan'an, threatened to bind Du Wenhuan, and plundered for more than ten days before leaving. 】

Well, it turned out that Du Wenhuan, the nephew of Juniper, sent troops to Hetao. After making nests, he was retaliated by the northern captives of Hetao, which directly caused the northern captives of Hetao to knock down the pass from Guyuan Town, and then plundered Qingyang and besieged Yan'an.

In the end, he uttered a cruel word and led the people to run away.

In this memorandum, Guyuan General Soldier should be blamed for not sending troops, but Du Wenhuan should be blamed even more.

Since you are rushing to dig a hole, you have to dare to deal with them when they come, but in the end, they besieged and looted Yan'an for more than ten days, and you are so late?

Thinking of this, Liu Yixiu opened his mouth and said, "Resign and wait for investigation."

"Hmm..." Ye Xianggao also nodded slightly, and agreed to dismiss Du Wenhuan, a brave general, at any time.

After finishing the matter, he picked up another memorial, opened it and frowned even more.

[Guiwei War Department reverted to the governor of the Beijing Camp, Chen Liangbi, said that the original three battalions had [-] horses, but in the [-]th year of Wanli, [-] horses died, check...]

This memorandum is to impeach the Beijing camp for raising and selling horses indiscriminately, and the content of it made Ye Xianggao frown.

"Leave it to Long Live." Ye Xianggao knew that King Qi's four cavalry guards were short of horses right now.

Once this memorial is handed over to the emperor, I am afraid that all the horses in the Beijing camp will also be transferred away.

That's fine, anyway, it's useless, and taking so many horses is also a waste.

Ye Xianggao put the memorabilia aside with peace of mind, and at this moment, the official who watched them deal with the matter walked over quickly, then walked to Ye Xianggao, bowed down and said in his ear:

"Elder Ge and King Qi went straight to the Hall of Mental Cultivation just now, their faces were not very good-looking, it seems that there is something important..."

"..." Hearing the news, Ye Xianggao immediately frowned, and then said to Liu Yixiu next to him:

"Liu Gechen, these memorials are almost piled up, and it happens that the old man wants to discuss with Wansui again, why don't we go together?"

"Ge Lao, please..." Liu Yixiu and Ye Xianggao have been partners for a while, and they also know that it is inconvenient to talk about something here, so please go out and talk about it on the road.

He got up immediately, walked out the door side by side with Ye Xianggao, and walked towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Behind them, followed closely by two officials holding memorials that needed to be dealt with, and Ye Xianggao also said:

"King Qi finished rafting and then went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He looked very anxious, presumably something important happened."

"Hmm..." Liu Yixiu frowned when he heard that it was Zhu Youjian's movement.

Zhu Youjian basically seldom interfered in political affairs, and mainly focused on the abolition of guard posts and border towns, as well as military equipment.

If you make Zhu Youjian anxious, then something must be wrong...

Therefore, after the analysis, Liu Yixiu and Ye Xianggao hurried to the Hall of Mental Cultivation in Qianqing Palace.

While they were on their way, an eunuch walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation and whispered to Wei Zhongxian at the door:

"Palmprint, King Qi begs to see Long Live, and he is listening to the announcement at the gate of Qianqing Palace. He looks a little anxious."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian, who was still thinking about how much money he had made recently, suddenly came back to his senses and quickly replied: "Just announce it, don't neglect King Qi."

"Yes..." Hearing this, the eunuch turned around and called out, and Wei Zhongxian also turned around and walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao was not dealing with the memorandum, but folded his hands on his chest, touched his chin with one hand, and looked puzzled at the big water basin on the table in front of him.

This water basin is circular in shape, six feet in diameter and one foot high, just like a big bathtub.

It's just that on this bathtub, one is more than one foot long, exactly the same as the sailing battleship painted by Zhu Youjian, floating quietly on the water.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian could only go forward and bow to him and said: "Long live, King Qi is asking to see you at the palace gate, he looks a little anxious, there should be something urgent."

"Huh? It's pretty good. I just asked my younger brother how this model is." Hearing that his younger brother was coming, Zhu Youxiao's originally frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and a smile appeared on his face.

At this time, Zhu Youjian was also summoned, and strode into the Palace of Qianqing and the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the big bathtub and the ship model, which made him a little surprised, but the more important thing was to talk about things.

So he picked up the calligraphy in his hand, and said to his royal brother who greeted him with a smile:
"Brother, you need to look at this."

"Huh?" Zhu Youxiao was still thinking that his younger brother was a little cold today, but he didn't want to see Zhu Youjian's nervous appearance.

He took the handwritten letter by chance, and after reading the above information at a glance, his pupils couldn't help constricting.

Immediately, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "With the current strength of the Southwest, can we keep the Southwest safe?"

Seeing his royal brother's inquiry, Zhu Youjian also resolutely replied: "I have transferred Ma Xianglin and the [-] white soldiers who just came out of Sichuan to help back, plus them, and the [-] new recruits that Mrs. Qin just recruited. Together with Sun Chuanting, they have more than [-] soldiers and horses."

"Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan have more than [-] guards, but they can't be used. It still depends on the local soldiers of the propaganda and comfort divisions and chieftains."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian looked back to the chieftain who was more loyal to Daming in the southwest and was more powerful, and then continued:

"Right now, the Mu clan Mu Changzuo and Mu Qiyuan, who are in charge of the Duke of Guizhou's mansion, lead troops to the Qujing mansion to station, and then order them to lie about long live and give wine, and call all the consolation envoys in Yunnan to go to Qujing for a drink and talk."

"In addition, ordered Mu Zeng, the magistrate of Lijiang Prefecture, to summon soldiers and horses. According to the order of the imperial court, Wusizang, Duogan and other places were ordered not to meet with soldiers. Moved to Beitengzhou, Yunnan!"

Zhu Youjian rarely mentioned a place where officials of the Ming Dynasty would not be transferred, Wusizang.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not send troops to Wusi Tibet, since the Chenghua period, under the emperor's instruction, Lijiang Mu's chieftain deliberately opened up the eastern part of Wusi Tibet, stationed troops in the area of ​​Qamdo in later generations to dig mines, and supervised Wusi Tibet. Si Zang.

This chieftain of the Mu family is the most important thing that Zhu Youjian wants to mobilize.

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