Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 253 Preventing problems before they happen, Li Xiao's strategy, Sinicizing Jurchen!
East Palace.

"Sister, I didn't pass the exam in my country."

Zhang Kejian, brother-in-law of Prince Zhu Gaochi, is pestering Mrs. Zhang with a sad face at this time.

In this national examination, it is reasonable to say that Zhang Kejian is not qualified to take this examination.

So Zhang Kejian licked his face and approached Li Xiao, hoping to find an official position.

Li Xiao is also very embarrassed. Although he is impartial and selfless, he pays attention to fairness and justice in doing things.

But this relationship
Zhang Kejian's brother-in-law is the prince anyway.

After hesitating for a while, Li Xiao still opened a back door for him and asked the principal of the high school to issue him a high school graduation certificate as a special case to qualify for the national examination.

As a result, the total score was 35 points.

"Ke Jian, don't worry about it." Mrs. Zhang was also helpless to this younger brother, and persuaded: "Wouldn't it be better to do a small business with peace of mind?"

"Then sister, you can give me some money and I can do business."

Zhang Kejian said in shame: "The last time I opened a restaurant, I lost 3000 taels of silver. Now my brother, I have no capital."

"The 3000 taels of silver are gone again?"

Mrs. Zhang frowned and said, "How can you lose money? Didn't the national teacher give you two formulas of eight great shovels?"

Zhang Kejian sighed: "Sister, you don't know how fierce the competition in the catering industry in Beiping City is now. This business is not easy to do now, it's the Red Sea."

Mrs. Zhang said helplessly: "Sister is having a hard time now. Last time I gave you 3000 taels of silver without telling your brother-in-law, but you haven't told your brother-in-law yet. Forget it, you can stay at home peacefully and stop doing business. I See you don't have that brain."

"Who said that? The national teacher said that failure is the mother of success."

Zhang Kejian pleaded: "Sister, please help my brother one last time, I am your real brother."

Zhang didn't want to help this younger brother at first, but she was soft-hearted. Thinking of what her parents told her before they died, she must treat her younger brother well, she felt compassion again.

"Okay, let me help you one last time."

Mrs. Zhang sighed and said, "Tell me, how can I ask my sister to help you? I really can't get the money out."

"Sister, I need your help this time. Brother, I will definitely make a lot of money."

Zhang Kejian vowed that he had worked hard this time.

He found that he always lost money in business because he was not an exclusive business, had no barriers, and had too much competition.

And now, he's found an exclusive business.

"What's the matter?" Zhang asked.

Zhang Kejian said: "Sister, have you heard? Now the glass factory in Beiping City has developed glass. The glass factory is a state-owned enterprise, isn't that our company?"

Mrs. Zhang said angrily: "What about our company? I know that it belongs to the imperial court. Do you want to do glass business?"

Zhang Kejian said excitedly: "No, it's a business that is more profitable than the glass business. Hey, you don't know yet. The National Teacher has built a new railway, which has been opened to traffic not long ago. The railway leads to Tianjin, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao, and Shanhaiguan. Brother." I found a big business opportunity!!"

Shanhaiguan is located at the east end of the Ming Great Wall. It is a small city. The entire city is connected to the Great Wall, and the city is the gate.It is the only place where the Ming Great Wall intersects with the sea. To the north is the west section of the Liaoxi Corridor, which is the northeast starting point of the Ming Great Wall. Outside the pass is the Jianzhou Haixi Zhuwei.

After discussing with Zhu Di, Li Xiao finally decided that Daming's second railway was built here because of his own considerations.

In the first year of Yongle, Aha, the chief of the Huli Reform Department, came to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming court set up guards under his troops and attacked Jianzhou, so it was named Jianzhou Guard. In the fourth year of Yongle, because Aha was recommended, the Ming Dynasty appointed Meng Timur was the commander of Jianzhou Guard.

There are now mainly three parts: Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, and Donghai Jurchen.

In the late Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi rose up here, unified the Jurchen tribes, plundered in the Ming Dynasty, established the Houjin Dynasty, and then Huang Taiji invaded Shanhaiguan, and the Ming Dynasty perished.

In fact, Zhu Di had the idea of ​​sinicizing Jurchen, but it has never been realized.

Li Xiao wanted to prevent problems before they happened. The purpose of building this railway was to speed up the circulation between the two sides, so that the Northeast region could be slowly sinicized.

Now that is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Manchu Li Xiao doesn't like it very much, as long as the layout is made in advance, it will be gradually Sinicized in two years, and that kind of thing will not happen.

In addition, if there is a real rebellion, then the railway will be able to transport troops quickly.

So this railway came into being, and it started trial operation not long ago.

Many businessmen have done business in the past and made money.

This piece of Kejian smelled it.

But Mrs. Zhang was puzzled and said: "After the railway is connected, what good way do you have to make money?"

"Of course there is."

Zhang Kejian analyzed: "The life of the people in Beiping City is better now, and their spending power is good. I see that the dairy products brought back by many businessmen there are quite popular. Brother, I thought of an exclusive way to make money, which is absolutely unique. "

Mrs. Zhang also became interested, and said, "Let's hear it?"

When Zhang Kejian saw that his sister was relieved, he hurriedly said: "Sister, you can ask the national teacher to approve a note for me to contract two train skins. Brother, I will go to the glass factory to produce a batch of glass bottles. If you bring fresh milk back and sell it, you will definitely make a lot of money!"

Jianzhou is still a production method of fishing and hunting, and there is a Duerbert prairie with flocks of cattle and sheep. The milk of cows and goats there is endless. The main way to make money is to sell fur to the Central Plains.

"what"

Hearing this, Zhang's eyes lit up and said: "It seems to be a good idea, can you come up with such an idea with your brain?"

"hey-hey."

Zhang Kejian said: "No. You really treat me as a younger brother, can't I be a fool?"

Mrs. Zhang felt that this method could make money, and asked, "How much capital do I need?"

Zhang Kejian raised three fingers, "Sister, only 3000 taels of silver is enough, and within half a year, I can earn at least 1 taels of silver a year. At that time, the 3000 taels of silver my sister gave me, my brother and I Pay you back double."

While talking, Zhu Zhanji came out from nowhere, and said with a smile, "Uncle is here to cheat money again?"

"Go, go." Zhang Kejian waved his hand angrily, "What do you mean by cheating money, uncle is helping your family get rich."

"Zhanji, how much did you score in the national exam?"

Zhang looked at Zhu Zhanji with a smile and asked.

"More than 300 points, among the best, but unfortunately I am the emperor's grandson, otherwise I have to earn an official position." Zhu Zhanji said proudly.

"." Zhang Kejian felt his nephew slapped him in the face.

As soon as Mrs. Zhang was happy, she rewarded Zhu Zhanji with some money and asked him to play by himself.

Zhu Zhanji was elated, and went to buy crickets with the money.

"sister"

"Okay, got it, one last time."

Mrs. Zhang still decided to help this younger brother, mainly because the idea was not bad, so she gritted her teeth and took out 3000 taels of silver from her private money, and then took Zhang Kejian to the Duke's Mansion in person.

Not long after, the two came to Yongle Duke's Mansion in a carriage.

After Zhu Ningyun heard the news, she kindly welcomed Mrs. Zhang and Zhang Kejian inside.

Generally, those who want to find a relationship cannot enter the Duke's mansion, but with the Crown Princess leading the way in person, it is different.

Zhang Kejian brought many gifts, but Zhu Ningyun accepted them all with a smile.

After exchanging pleasantries, Mrs. Zhang cut to the chase and said, "Sister, you must help me with this. I am just such a younger brother. He is honest and honest."

Zhang Kejian on the side was very nervous, showing a well-behaved appearance, for fear that the princess would not agree.

"You want to buy glass bottles, and then go to Jianzhou to buy milk and ship it over for sale?"

After hearing the intention of the other party's visit, Zhu Ningyun was slightly startled.

She thought it was a good business idea.

"Yes, drinking this milk is good for your health."

Zhang Kejian rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Princess, if you agree, I, Zhang Kejian, will take care of the milk from the Duke's Mansion from now on."

"It doesn't have to be."

Zhu Ningyun thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Normal business is welcome. Normally, if you want to contract the train skin, you need a qualification review, but since the princess is speaking, we are also considered relatives, so there is no need to be so troublesome. "

Zhu Ningyun didn't think too much, and called someone to bring a pen and paper, wrote the note with her own hands, and stamped it with the fire-roasted seal of the mansion.

With this piece, you can go to the railway company to contract two train skins for commercial transportation.

Although this railway company has now become a state-owned enterprise, and all the money it earns has been handed over to the court, the main manager is still owned by Li Xiao, and the others can't play it at all.

"Thank you so much!" Zhang Kejian was overjoyed.

He knows how difficult it is to contract train skins.

Many businessmen are looking for connections everywhere, run the program, and even if they break their legs, they don't necessarily win a car, but they take two at once. Selling milk in winter and leather in summer, isn't it a lot of money?

"Then thank you, sister." Mrs. Zhang thanked endlessly.

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Ningyun smiled.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Zhu Ningyun sent the two of them outside the mansion.

"By the way, sister."

Before leaving, Mrs. Zhang pulled Zhu Ningyun and said in a low voice: "Sister, I live in the palace all year round, so I can get some information about that Princess Baoqing, right?"

Zhu Ningyun nodded: "I know, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Zhang said mysteriously: "They are all women, I can tell, I am afraid that Princess Baoqing is interested in Li Xiao, I am not very good at saying that, you have to be careful."

Originally, it was not appropriate to say these words, but after Zhu Ningyun helped him so much, Mrs. Zhang had to find a way to repay the favor, so she still said it.

"This..." Zhu Ningyun was a little confused.

Mrs. Zhang regained her calm expression again, and said: "That's all for now, sister, sister will leave first."

"Sister, go slowly."

After Zhu Ningyun bid farewell, she also returned to the mansion, and murmured as she walked: "My husband is so charming. Even my aunt likes it. But, I believe in my husband."

Zhang Kejian, who got the approval, immediately called friends and friends to show off after returning home.

Then I started to customize glass bottles and went to Jianzhou to buy cow and goat milk.

His way of doing business is also very simple. He gives the bottle to the herdsmen over there, boils the milk and puts it in the bottle every day, then sends someone to fetch it, and takes it back to Peiping by train, which can go back and forth every day.

They also spent money to advertise in newspapers, and the milk was really popular, and many rich people ordered it one after another. This milk became a luxury for the rich for a while.

After drinking the glass bottle, the empty bottle will be recycled the next day, and then continue to be sent to the herdsmen, and the cycle will continue.

A bottle of milk is priced at half a penny, but the purchase price only needs a copper coin, excluding the round-trip travel expenses and labor costs, it is really a fortune.

As for the herdsmen, they have also tasted the sweetness. They don't know that the cow and goat milk can be sold at a high price of half a penny on the table of the rich, but they think it is very profitable to sell a bottle of milk for a copper coin. People living outside the pass live by grazing cattle. They are very poor. They can’t keep the dairy products if they can’t drink them all. It’s money picked up for nothing.
It didn't take long.

Li Xiao was surprised to find that his breakfast had an extra bottle of milk.

Tasted it, very fresh!

The milk is full of fragrance, and there is a layer of milk cover on it. This is the real fresh milk.
"what?"

One day, Li Xiao who got up to eat was surprised and said, "Where did this fresh milk come from?"

Zhu Ningyun smiled slightly and said: "It's not the railway you built, the fresh milk from the herdsmen outside Shanhaiguan was able to be transported. The bottle will be collected later, and it will be delivered tomorrow."

"Which clever idea came up with?"

Li Xiao was slightly delighted. Sure enough, now that he encourages business, many people can come up with ideas to get rich based on the existing conditions. Isn't this the "prince's milk" model?

It seems that in the future, in terms of business, I don't need to worry too much, just let it develop freely.

"That's Zhang Kejian." Zhu Ningyun said.

"Zhang Kejian??" Li Xiao was taken aback for a moment, "With his brain, can he come up with such a good idea?"

Zhu Ningyun said: "It seems that he came up with it."

Li Xiao nodded slightly: "Before this guy opened a restaurant, I gave him two recipes of eight big shovels, and he was able to lose money. It seems that people will be enlightened one day. It's also very good, this cow and goat milk is a long-term consumable , is good news for the herdsmen, and can make more money.”

Thinking of this, Li Xiao said again: "Well, Ningyun, you ask the newspaper to give him a free [-]% discount advertisement, calling it a cup of milk every day, to strengthen the Chinese people, and give more space to make the milk more popular."

Li Xiao wants to promote the trade between the two sides more, so as to speed up the process of Sinicization.

How can Zhu Ningyun not know what her husband means. He has always been committed to national unity and wants everyone in the world to live a good life. His broad mind and grand layout are unmatched by anyone.

"Leave this matter to me." Zhu Ningyun nodded with a smile, set up a dumpling and put it in Li Xiao's mouth, and said with a smile: "My husband really cares about the world."

"Brother-in-law!"

At this time, Zhu Gaosui ran over again out of nowhere.

This is the fifth time Zhu Gaosui has come to visit recently.

Just seeing the scene of the two loving each other, I couldn't help coughing twice.

"Gao Sui"

Li Xiao frowned slightly and said, "You've been running this way recently, do you have something to say?"

"It's nothing." Zhu Gaosui smiled, sat down, picked up the steamed dumplings on the table and ate them, and then sighed when he saw the milk.

"Why are you sighing?" Zhu Ningyun asked.

"Don't mention it." Zhu Gaosui said with displeasure on his face, "Isn't that Zhang Kejian got the business for this milk?"

"Yes." Zhu Ningyun looked at Zhu Gaosui suspiciously.

Zhu Gaosui flicked his greedy fingers, "This kid, relying on himself as the brother-in-law of the elder brother, has now made a lot of bad money. He looks very arrogant and doesn't take other people seriously at all."

Zhu Gaosui went to Zixiang Pavilion to participate in the auction house last night, and he saw a calligraphy and painting. Zhang Kejian suppressed how much money he paid, and he felt angry in his heart.

But this person's status is not ordinary, he can't deal with it casually, so he is very angry.

"Gao Sui, do you want to start a profitable business?"

How could Li Xiao fail to hear that there was resentment in Zhu Gaosui's words.

Obviously complaining that he didn't give this business to his brother, but to outsiders, but this youngest doesn't like to speak directly, and always likes to make side-stepping remarks.
In April of the second year of Yongle, Zhu Gaosui was granted the title of king of Zhao and set up three guards of the Zhao family.The Pengcheng Guard was the guard of Changshan, the Yongqing Left Guard was the left guard of Changshan, and the Yongqing Right Guard was the right guard of Changshan, but the land was not granted.

At the same time, Zhu Di ordered Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui to live in the capital and take charge of Jinyiwei and the Fifth Army Battalion. Together with Zhu Gaoxu, he was the highest military and political leader in the actual sense.

Zhu Gaosui has Prince Zhao's Mansion in the capital, but Li Xiao didn't make him rich all these years, so he lived on the prince's salary issued by the court.

Zhu Gaosui did many things for Zhu Di, but he didn't have a fief, so Zhu Di gave him a grain salary of [-] shi a year.

It stands to reason that the prince distributed a salary of five thousand shi for grain a year, and he paid 1 shi, which would be [-] taels in silver, which is not a lot.

But after all, is he a prince? It's a big show, and it costs a lot.
Which prince doesn't start his own business in private?

But Zhu Gaosui thinks that the business is relatively busy, and there is no industry yet.
"Brother-in-law, look at what you said, you misunderstood my brother."

Zhu Gaosui chuckled and said, "What makes money or not? Isn't money just dung? It's just that I have a wife and brother, and I really don't have much to do. I can't let him idle, right? Look, what kind of business is it?"

Naturally, Zhu Gaosui would not go into business in person, but when servants in the family, relatives, etc., seek a profitable business, he will get a bonus, and he will have face if he earns money and goes out.

"So it's about this, Gao Sui, it's because your brother-in-law understands you."

Zhu Ningyun chuckled: "No wonder you run here every day, but you just said it, how can your brother-in-law treat you badly?"

Li Xiao said, "Gao Sui, I'll approve a train skin for you."

Zhu Gaosui said, "One."

Li Xiao said: "One is enough. You can also bring milk back, but don't compete with Zhang Kejian for business. My brother-in-law will teach you a new product, pearl milk tea! Once this product comes out, it will definitely impress the noble ladies in Beiping city." They are flocking to you, and you will make a lot of money!"

Zhu Gaosui said: "Pearl milk tea. It sounds very good. Are there pearls in it?"

Li Xiao said unhappily: "Of course I don't put pearls in. If you want to drink dead people, you just boil it with milk and tea, then add taro balls, ice powder, tortoise jelly and so on."

After speaking, he touched his chest and took out the formula from the system warehouse.

This milk tea recipe will be automatically synchronized into a product that conforms to modern technology, and naturally there are no additives or other things that cannot be produced.

"According to this formula, you go and let your brother-in-law open a milk tea shop and make money for you." Li Xiao vowed.

Seeing Li Xiao take out the recipe from his chest, he thought it was prepared in advance, Zhu Gaosui felt warmed up, it turned out that brother-in-law knew about it a long time ago, and didn't say it was because he was researching the formula of this milk tea. Brother-in-law was too kind to me.
Zhu Ningyun thought to herself. Husband took something from the future again. When I was visiting Happy Valley, I saw milk tea shops everywhere. It turned out that it was made of milk and tea leaves.
Li Xiao thought to himself, reject the imperial examination and hard work, and start from Daming.
"By the way, Gao Sui, is there anything else you need to come to see me today?" Li Xiao drank the milk in one gulp, and then ate a few mouthfuls of the leek box.

"Don't tell me, I almost forgot." Zhu Gaosui said with a smile: "It was dad who asked me to call you, saying that you haven't been in court for a few days, and I miss you."

For Li Xiao in the morning, it was the gate of the vegetable garden. He could go there if he wanted to, and he didn’t go if he didn’t want to. ".

"Oh" Li Xiao smiled helplessly, it seemed that it would be difficult to be clean for a few days.

"Then I'll go to the palace."

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Ningyun and got up and said.

"Yeah." Zhu Ningyun got up and helped Li Xiao tidy up her clothes, and said with a smile, "Husband, I'm going to the palace, remember not to do anything out of line."

"????" Li Xiao felt question marks all over his head, not knowing what to say.

What can you do out of the ordinary?

Not long after, Li Xiao went out and headed towards the palace in a carriage.

Zhu Gaosui had breakfast at the Duke's Mansion, and said while eating: "The food in the Duke's Mansion is really good, and I will come here often in the future."

"Gao Sui." Zhu Ningyun looked at Zhu Gaosui and said, "I have something for you to do, keep an eye on your brother-in-law."

"Sister, what's the matter? Brother-in-law has a problem?" Zhu Gaosui said strangely: "Brother-in-law should be fine, so don't worry."

"That Princess Baoqing, like" Zhu Ningyun.

"Oh, you said this, I have already inquired about it, and the things in the palace can't escape my ears."

Zhu Gaosui said with a mysterious smile: "Sister, now that I know, I will secretly tell you that Princess Baoqing misses her brother-in-law day and night, and has already asked the emperor's grandfather for instructions, saying that Li Xiao will not marry."

Zhu Ningyun asked nervously: "Ah? What did the imperial grandfather say?"

Zhu Gaosui said: "Grandfather said. It's not impossible, as long as Li Xiao is willing."

Zhu Ningyun: "????"

With the end of the national exam, the 2000 people who passed the exam then underwent a three-month unified ideological education. The content of the training was the study of the mind, and the great scholar Kong Maoxue gave lectures in person.

In addition to cultivating mind learning, Li Xiao also invited many dormitory chiefs stationed at the grassroots level to share experience and case analysis, including dispute mediation, land division planning, helping villagers grow rich, planting cash crops, starting village enterprises, etc.
In the future, most of these people will be officials who will be used to take root in the countryside. They must learn some books so that they can serve the court in the future, make arrangements for the world, completely eliminate moths like landlords, reduce the gap between rich and poor, and prevent land annexation.

These are the foundations that make the dynasty stand for thousands of years!

To put it simply, it is to vigorously cultivate grassroots talents, rather than to cultivate court officials.

However, there were too many scholars who participated in the national examination this time, a full 10 people, and only 2000 people passed the exam, so many remaining scholars did not pass the exam.

Of the 10 people, half of them returned to their hometown, and the remaining half were stranded in the capital with a total of 5 people.

Lai stayed in the capital and refused to leave. Some were not reconciled. After all, they finally had the opportunity to eat the imperial food, but they failed to pass the exam. They were not reconciled.
Most of them don't even have the travel expenses to go back, and they are really poor talents.

Fengtian Hall, above the early dynasty.

Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair.

Recently, he has also had a headache about this matter.

Because the Supreme Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang directly ordered to cancel the salaries of all scholars.

"Your Majesty, now the capital has gathered [-] scholars, and now the monthly salary of the scholars has been cancelled, and these people have not passed the exam. Now that so many people are stranded in the capital, please be sympathetic to the scholars all over the world, keep the original policy unchanged, and let these Talented people can return home with money.”

Zhang Shaoqi, the servant of the household department, suggested in the hall, clasping his hands.

His proposal can be described as a trial.

The abolition of the scholar's salary is only the first step, and other preferential treatments may be gradually abolished in the future.

This undoubtedly made the landlords all over the country a little flustered, and they began to operate one after another, hoping that the officials of the court could persuade the Holy Majesty to take back his order.

However, it is impossible to cancel the cancellation. How can Jinkou Yuyan change it?

Zhu Di remained silent.

Another speech officer stood up and cupped his hands and said: "At the beginning, the Supreme Emperor wanted to let the scholars of the world study at ease, but now they have studied, but it is difficult for them to be admitted to officials, and they have no means of making a living. These people must have a way to deal with it. "Don't chill the hearts of the students."

Immediately afterwards, many officials spoke one after another.

But there has been no discussion on a proper way to deal with it.

When the main hall was in full swing.

A familiar voice sounded outside the hall.

"Give them an errand, won't it be solved?"

Everyone looked around, halfway through the early morning, but this Li Xiao walked in swaggeringly, walked to the front, and slightly cupped his hands: "I have seen the Holy One."

Li Xiao's version is arrogant, but no one dares to impeach him, after all, he is still a saint, who dares to impeach a saint, not afraid of eternal infamy?
As soon as Zhu Di saw Li Xiao coming, his face turned cloudy immediately, and he said excitedly: "Master, tell me, there are more than 3 people who have arranged errands, how can we arrange them?"

(End of this chapter)