Daming heir

Chapter 289
Xie Jinzhi faltered and said nothing.

Zhu Yunxi smiled, and took the initiative to say: "Since Brother Dashen doesn't say anything now, then I will talk about what I think after returning to Beijing after this incident."

After he finished speaking, he glanced across Xie Jin's face with vague eyes.

Xie Jin nodded: "Your servant will be all ears."

"Now there are clan kings guarding the nine borders, and the vitality of the past has been exhausted. It is absolutely impossible to go south for more than ten years."

Taking nine sides into the question, this is to comment on the current situation of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji immediately adjusted their sitting postures, sat upright, and listened to orders.

Zhu Yunxi continued: "The army of Zhenwa has been in the country for three years. The mining and smelting of the silver mines in Ishimi are becoming more and more mature, and the output is stable. The gold and silver mines on Sado Island have also begun to be mined and smelted. In the territory of the country, the northern and southern dynasties are now occasionally fighting. With Tie Xuan's operation, it is absolutely impossible for the two dynasties to unify, and everything is under our control."

"With the conquest and establishment of the Jiaozhi Road, the vast and fertile land in the south has become a fruit that Ming can only pick. The grain, stone, timber, minerals, spices, gemstones and other products in the south are as sufficient as the Central Plains place."

"Similarly, because of the new conquest of Jiaozhi Road and the layout of the Japanese kingdom, the Japanese invaders that have plagued my southeast coastal areas all the year round have rarely been heard."

Xia Yuanji cupped his hands and raised his hips slightly, bowed his head and bowed his head, respectfully: "Your Majesty is wise, the crown prince is wise, and Your Highness is brave, as can be seen in the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. These are all the merits and virtues of our Great Ming Monarch. It is only now that the current situation of smooth government and harmonious people and the peace of the people of the world are here."

Zhu Yunxi shook his head and looked at Xia Yuanji.

This thing is becoming more and more reasonable now.

He silently shook his head and said: "There are still many things to do in the world, and we still need to work hard and forge ahead together."

Xie Jin, who had been silent all this time, immediately straightened his waist: "Your Highness has come to know the way of intercourse, but you have already realized it, and you want to implement it in the court?"

Something is wrong with Xie Dashen!

very wrong!

Zhu Yunxi looked at Xie Jin who had swishing eyes, then turned his head and silently looked at Xia Yuanji who was aside.

Xia Yuanji let out a long sigh: "Brother Dashen thinks he can't find a clue now."

"Can't find a clue?"

Zhu Yunxi murmured in doubt, then turned to look at Xie Jin who blushed after being pointed out by his good brother in public.

After looking at it twice, Zhu Yunxi laughed lightly.

Back then, on a whim, I asked Xie Jin, Xia Yuanji, and Tie Xuan to walk in the Wenhua Palace and participate in political affairs.

However, the actual positions of the three of them have not been adjusted or changed.

Xia Yuanji is still doing his old business in the Ministry of Finance, and now even under the circumstance that Yu Xin is keeping a low profile and ignoring the affairs of the Ministry, there is a faint meaning that the Ministry of Accounting is in charge, and the business matters are enough to make him shout every day I am too busy.

Not to mention Tie Xuan, from the original Ministry of Rites, he went directly to the Ministry of War, and then went to the country of Wa with Li Jinglong and led the army to suppress the Japanese.Now the imperial court's financial resources of millions of gold and silver every year are all obtained by Tie Xuan.

Not to mention, every year, accompanied by a boatload of gold and silver, there are countless Japanese people who can no longer survive in the country. They are sent to Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places on sea ships of the Ming Dynasty to welcome and embrace their "beautiful" 'Daming life.

Only Xie Jin.

Only he has never moved from his seat in the Imperial Academy, except for a book and newspaper office created by Hongwu in 25 years, after a period of turmoil and twists and turns in the first day of junior high school.

Today's Book and Newspaper Bureau has completely become the birthplace and dissemination place of Daming's philosophy of mind.

There are countless supporters.

The newspaper, which was published once every ten days, has now become a weekly publication.The number of pages has also changed from a few thin sheets at the beginning to a thick one for each issue today.

Xie Jin wanted to do something.

That's why he acted like this today.

Zhu Yunxi silently looked at Xie Jin, who had been teased out, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, after returning to Beijing this time, there are a few things that need to be taken care of by Brother Gentleman."

As soon as I heard that I could finally have a job.

Xie Jin immediately regained his spirits, straightened his waist and chest like Xia Yuanji beside him: "The minister takes orders, and he must do his best and dare not slack off."

Zhu Yunxi couldn't help laughing again and again.

"Brother Gentleman, I haven't said what I'm going to do."

Xie Jin looked up at Zhu Yunxi, blinked, and expressed his thoughts clearly without opening his mouth.

You just take orders, and our old solution just takes orders to do things.

Zhu Gaochi on the side looked curiously at Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji. Since Hongwu 25 years ago, he followed his father back to Beijing, and then stayed in Yingtian to study, and was tricked into going to Jiaozhi Road.

He didn't have much communication with the officials in Beijing, and even Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji, who belonged to the confidantes of brother Xing, didn't have much understanding and communication.

At this time, Jian Jin actually asked to do something on his own initiative, which surprised Zhu Gaochi.

Do people who are officials really take the initiative to ask for things to be done?
Do more and make more mistakes, do less and make fewer mistakes, and do nothing without mistakes.

This is the true meaning of standing in the officialdom.

Zhu Yunxi gave Xie Jin a calm look, and then said slowly: "This time when I return to Beijing, I will stop at Hangzhou Mansion for supplies. There is news in Beijing that the craftsman Zhang who will be the prisoner is about to die. Complete a matter I explained before I left Beijing and went south. Now, the follow-up of this matter can be handed over to Brother Dashen."

Xie Jin frowned: "Dare to ask Your Highness, what's the matter?"

After asking, Xie Jin's mind had already given birth to infinite reverie.

Tie Xuan is now doing millions of taels of gold and silver every day.

Xia Yuanji is also doing the taxation of the fields related to the world.

However, Zhu Yunxi played tricks: "Wait for me to take care of everything in Beijing in the past few days, and go and see with my own eyes where I am now, and then make a decision."

Seeing that Jin was already anxious, Zhu Yunxi immediately raised his hand to stop him.

"Brother Gentleman, don't be impatient. As long as you handle this matter well, it will benefit the country and the people, and the merits will last forever. The Ming Dynasty will let you take it."

Take it from the Ming Dynasty Hall?
Naturally, this does not mean to give up the throne of the old Zhu family to Xie Jin, but this sentence actually shows that as long as Xie Jin can do this well, he can become the most powerful official in the Ming Dynasty. .

Zhu Yunxi didn't say the details of the reason, but gave such high expectations, and instantly mobilized the curiosity of the three people in the small study, including Zhu Gaochi.

But he just smiled without saying a word.

cement.

At the beginning, after the craftsman Zhang who was the supervisor and himself completed the bet on 1 new looms in Zhejiang Province, he became the first No. [-] in the Ming Dynasty to change from a craftsman to an official.

Although it is only a small official from the eighth rank, it is enough to make craftsman Zhang feel grateful, and it also makes the craftsmen in the world have a wish that is far greater than making their own family live a better life.

After that, Zhu Yunxi handed over the cement manufacturing process to Mr. Zhang.

Now, two years is enough for him to turn a piece of craft record on a piece of paper into a real product.

And as Zhu Yunxi wanted to communicate with the world's freight, so as to promote the circulation of wealth in the Ming Dynasty, instead of stagnating in one place and being hidden at home by local gentry, the road must inevitably need to be improved.

If you want to get rich, build roads first.

This is the standard that Zhu Yunxi has engraved deeply in his mind since he was very young.

And, this is also his personal experience.

When a dirt road that is full of dust and turns into mud in rainy days is paved with stones of different sizes, the villages with earthen walls and thatched roofs become new villages with brick walls and tile roofs.

When the stone road that can scratch and pierce the bottom of the car becomes a flat concrete road that is not afraid of wind and rain, the village is full of two-story red brick buildings.

The villagers saw more and more strange faces, and the small red brick buildings were built higher and higher.

The house, from the very beginning of living, has become a higher, better and more beautiful development.

Finally, large buckets of recycling garbage appeared on both sides of the road.The dry toilets on the side of the road have also become brand new public toilets without any peculiar smell.

The village guards have become the health and safety officers in the village.

The change of a road allows the ambitious people in the world to get out of the mud, and also allows the merchants who can discover all values ​​to find a place of wealth that has never been found in the past.

And when road repairs are good enough, it will automatically become something that can provide assistance to the country's politics, economy, and even the military.

Bazhang is smooth and can fly to the sky.

Daming needs smoother roads, trucks with greater carrying capacity, and needs to transport materials from all over the world to where they need to go.

It is also necessary to transport millions of heroes to the designated place at the designated time.

And under the specific matter of road construction, there is a deeper layer of influence hidden.

The imperial power that has lasted for thousands of years does not go to the countryside.

When the central court of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing can issue government orders to the most marginal and grassroots cottages in a shorter time, the imperial power will replace the power of the gentry.

Making the common people of Ming Dynasty rich is Zhu Yunxie's most fundamental pursuit after returning to Beijing this time.

But he also will never allow the fruits of victory to be stolen by those gentry who are far away from the imperial court and have unparalleled power to speak and rule over the villagers.

Xie Jin was keenly aware of the change in the emperor's grandson's mood.

Immediately, he said in a low voice: "The Bureau of Books and Newspapers has achieved remarkable results recently. I think it is possible to set up branches in various places in the world, and send personnel from the Bureau of Books and Newspapers in Central Beijing to preside over the distribution of local literature and periodicals and collect local events."

Zhu Yunxi did not talk about this matter for the time being, but asked: "How is the current situation of the Book and Newspaper Bureau? This time when I return to Beijing, I heard that many people are already publishing books and newspapers."

Xie Jinti opened local branches not just because of the increasing business volume of the Book and Newspaper Bureau.

Xie Jin was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "There is still only one Book and Newspaper Bureau in Zhili. But Jiangxi Road and Huguang Road, just these two roads, there are now more than a dozen publishing books and newspapers... the other roads, too. Somebody is doing it."

Zhu Yunxi smiled: "It's those Neo Confucianists."

Xie Jin raised his head, and explained in a rare way: "It is true, but they have not caused trouble again, but they have been inviting the world's Confucianists to write articles and expound on the classics of sages."

Wen Dou.

Psychology and Neo-Confucianism, each school promotes its own ideas and promotes its theories and ideas.

This is the orthodox situation of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty today.

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "There is no reason for the imperial court not to tell people to speak up. Since it is only writing articles, the Book and Newspaper Bureau should write better articles. Let's arrange the establishment of additional branch offices."

Xie Jin nodded and accepted the order. Nowadays, due to the circulation and reading volume, the Book and Newspaper Bureau has already started to undertake the business of publishing advertisements from local merchants. Although it is not completely self-sufficient, it is within the scope of its ability to set up additional branches in various provinces. within.

In addition to the few outlines left by the grandson, the Bureau of Books and Newspapers has been serializing several story books at the same time in the past two years.

In order to open source, Xie Jin has already started planning to take out the rest of the script outline separately, print and sell it separately.

Moreover, because the Bureau of Books and Newspapers continues to expand its printing capacity, it can also undertake the business of printing books externally.

Satisfying self-sufficiency while expanding influence is Xie Jin's minimum requirement for today's Book and Newspaper Bureau.

The thing about becoming a sage of mind?
Xie Jin rationally believes that he is not enough to become a saint at the age of twenty Lang.

After the matter of the Book and Newspaper Bureau is settled.

Xie Jin changed his subject and said, "Enke has already started this year."

Zhu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "It's another year when Enke arrived..."

The study of the mind is spread among the people, but the court also needs a master of the study of the mind to hold power.

This is the consensus of those present.

It's just that the official position of the court and even the important weapon of the country cannot be clearly stated.

Zhu Yunxi turned to look at Xia Yuanji: "I heard that brother Wei Zhe is now dealing with those barbarian merchants?"

As soon as Taisun mentioned the barbarian merchants in Yingtian City, Xia Yuanji suddenly felt helpless.

Xia Yuanji arched his hands, and began to instill his troubles in the household department in the past two years to the grandson: "Your Highness, you don't know, those barbarians are all greedy people. There have been such people."

"Oh?" Zhu Yunxi looked suspicious and asked curiously, "What did they do?"

Xia Yuanji smiled wryly and shook his head: "Last winter, a group of Flangji businessmen landed in Guangzhou and lobbied the local government. They wanted to buy land in Guangzhou as a place to stay when they came to Ming Dynasty. build houses and storerooms on the ground, and leave manpower to manage them.”

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but frowned, and there was an uncontrollable haze in his heart.

Xia Yuanji saw the change in Taisun's face, and immediately said in a deep voice: "At this time, report to the Secretary of the General Administration, and the minister negotiated with Zhan Shangshu and others at that time, ordering Guangzhou Mansion and other places to never sell land to those barbarian merchants. "

Bang.

In the small study, Zhu Yunxi slammed his fist heavily on the tea table in front of him.

The sudden change made the three present frowned and looked at him.

Among the doubts of the three.

Zhu Yunxi's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Every land of our Great Ming is the foundation of our ancestors, it is the land of all people in the world, there is absolutely no possibility of giving up an inch to outsiders!"

Zhu Gaochi blinked and poured a cup of tea for the empty teacup in front of Zhu Yunxi.

Xia Yuanji nodded and said: "I have taken orders, I will discuss with the six ministries today, and I will report this matter to the court, and then I will let the local people know."

It is just to inform all the officials in advance that there is no possibility of selling or transferring the land of the Ming Dynasty to outsiders.

However, Zhu Yunxi felt that this was not enough.

Then he continued to say in a deep voice: "The land must not be surrendered, and the people must not be lost. This is an eternal rule."

The weight of these words is a bit heavy.

It's just that Zhu Yunxi's current status as the grandson of the Emperor Jian Guo is speaking, but it doesn't fit his status.

Xia Yuanji and the others looked at Zhu Yunxi silently, not knowing why he had such a big reaction because of a matter that had already been dealt with.

However, Zhu Yunxi changed his mouth and said: "Is the tax collection of barbarian business done according to previous discussions?"

Xia Yuanji immediately replied: "Returning to Your Highness, since His Highness left Beijing, all barbarian merchants entered the court to do business, and the Ministry of Households collected [-]% of the business tax, which has never been changed."

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "I have informed the people below, don't lower the price of the goods of the barbarian merchants just because they took the few taels of silver from the barbarians. As long as they can levy [-]% and settle the settlement every year, the imperial court will automatically Based on this calculation, there are other rewards."

Xia Yuanji's frown gradually relaxed.

No need to ask, His Highness just doesn't like those barbarian people.

Anyway, now barbarian merchants come to Daming just to spend money to buy things, but not many things are actually sold, it’s because they are begging Daming.

Zhu Yunxi also thinks the same way. Today's Daming is a place with countless good things for the barbarian merchants from Europa. When they come to Daming, buying things is far more important than selling things.

The only way to make them really rich is to bring back Daming's stuff.

Daming still doesn't like the things they brought.

Of course, if there are more advanced navigation technology, industrial technology, etc., Zhu Yunxi will naturally treat them differently.

Then, he asked: "What else do those barbarians want?"

Xia Yuanji thought for a while and said: "After many barbarians entered Beijing, they hoped that the court would allow them to go deep into the interior and do business on their own."

Zhu Yunxi didn't even think about it, and said directly: "At this time, it is not allowed at this time. The things brought by the barbarians and the things they want can only be carried out through the Ministry of Households."

Grandson Ben himself hasn't figured out what's going on in the world, how can he let these white-skinned ghosts figure out the situation at home first.

There will never be a day when my great-grandson will take the map drawn by the white-skinned ghost and drive on his own land!

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yunxi took out a stack of paper wrapped under a cowhide tarpaulin from his arms, and placed it in front of Xia Yuanji.

When Zhu Yunxi took out the folded paper from his arms, Zhu Gaochi who was sitting by the side immediately raised his butt.

He could see clearly that these papers were all drawn by Brother Xiong while he was hiding in the cabin on the boat back to Beijing, and they were filled with various descriptions.

It's just that he always wanted to find out, but he never succeeded.

At this time, Xia Yuanji watched the grandson bring the stack of papers in front of him, took the papers, flipped through the colored graphics and text on a few sheets of papers, and said puzzledly: "The things drawn by your highness, my minister I have never heard of it before, so I don’t know what His Highness wants you to do?”

Zhu Yunxi stretched out his fingers to the stack of papers: "A reward is offered. Anyone who finds one thing on these papers and brings it to Gu will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold. If all three are found, Gu will be named a prince!"

Golden thousand taels!

Not daughters, but gold.

This is the real deal, not real gold and silver replaced by copper!
Xia Yuanji quickly exchanged thousands of taels of gold into silver in his mind, then into Hongwu Tongbao, and finally into treasure banknotes.

Then he opened his mouth wide.

That's a huge number.

It is enough to make a small person in Shengdou become a rich family in Ming Dynasty, and his descendants are obedient, and they can be rich for several generations.

Not to mention, as long as three things are found, the grandson of the Emperor Jian Guo of the Ming Dynasty will personally ask for the title of Duke for this person.

Xia Yuanji recalled it carefully.

None of the princes and dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty today were exchanged for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, either by charging into the battle and killing thousands of enemies to death, or by establishing the auxiliary state.

Now if you find these three items on the paper, you can exchange for a prince.

This is a sky-high reward.

Tai Sun is crazy!

Zhu Gaochi who was on the side also felt that Brother Xie was crazy.

I couldn't bear it any longer, and snatched the blueprint from Xia Yuanji's hand.

Then frowning and flipping through them one by one.

"Potato?"

"Sweet potatoes?"

"corn?"

"chili?"

"..."

"What are these? Are they all for food?"

Looking at the unfamiliar images on the drawings and the descriptions next to them, Zhu Gaochi became more and more puzzled.

"Yes!" Zhu Yunxi was full of anticipation and a smile: "It is these things, as long as you can find these things, you will be ten thousand taels of gold, and I am willing to reward you even if you are alone!"

"As long as I have these things, my Ming Dynasty will truly coexist with the sun and the moon!"

(End of this chapter)