People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 523: Prime Minister in Tsing Yi, half a step into hell (two-in-one)

“Sister Xu’s sister said that she...she thinks that we should consider moving Spring and Autumn College here!
Master Yao is doing well at the academy, so we came over to take a look..."

Meng Yao explained with the reason she and the Xu family girl had already found, but her red face had already given her away.

"Okay! I believe it..."

Zhang Yi scraped her nose affectionately, and the looks from the people around her immediately made her face turn redder.

"We originally wanted to go to Spring and Autumn College to look for you, but since you are here, why don't you take us for a walk?"

The Xu family girl tilted her head to relieve Meng Yao's embarrassment.

Zhang Yi chuckled and said:

"Okay, I'll take you for a walk!"

He couldn't help but look at the Xu family girl up and down. He hadn't seen her for nearly three years, and the girl had grown to be fifteen or sixteen years old.

Once a person grows up, his whole person becomes different.

The girl of the Xu family knew that Zhang Yi was staring at her, and her face was slightly flushed, but she pretended not to see Zhang Yi's aggressive gaze and was just joking with Meng Yao.

"Old Mo, you go to Chen Ke first and ask him to prepare meals!"

Zhang Yi casually ordered Lao Mo, and Lao Mo went to do something.

Zhang Yi said to the two girls:

"Come on, I'll take you shopping."

The three of them stopped taking the car. Zhang Yi took his two unmarried wives and walked on the streets of Shuntian Mansion.

Shuntianfu is still considered a frontline and one of the important military towns of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Although it was the capital of the former dynasty, it was still not as prosperous as Jiangnan.

It's just that when Zhang Yi took the girl from the Xu family, he was richer than Jiangnan.

The reason is probably also because of the environment.

A new term Zhang Yi brought to Ming Dynasty was called real estate.

He was the first person who dared to fund road construction for the imperial court, but asked the imperial court for land.

At first, the officials in Zhongshu Province only felt that Zhang Yi had obtained some positions that were not central.

Who knows, he changed hands and sold it, but the price was higher than that of the house where officials lived.

The most important thing is that Zhang Yi did not go beyond the limit. He thoughtfully planned for those who bought houses. Their houses did not exceed the upper limit of the living environment for their status.

In this era where the hierarchical system was still strict, Zhang Yi's cautiousness gave them no excuse to criticize.

This large piece of developed land is right near the market.

Because businessmen traveling between China and France live in the hotel opened by Chen Ke, it is convenient to go to the market.

Over time, people like to do business here, and businessmen are willing to live nearby.

Of course, this also drives up housing prices in disguise!

The community developed by Zhang Yi became a rare place to live.

Throughout Shuntian, there are many envious people who hold high positions and make a lot of money.

The impeachment of Zhang Yi never stopped for a day.

But Zhang Yi didn't care. Anyway, his relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang, if Lao Zhu didn't want to touch him, no one could.

And if Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill him, why not kill him?

"Is this your ideal city?"

The Xu family girl walked beside Zhang Yi and asked softly.

Zhang Yi nodded silently. This city was in line with all his beautiful fantasies about the living environment in ancient times.

Zhang Yi used his own abilities to transform an ideal place of his own.

"It's been two years since I've been enjoying myself and not thinking about Shu!"

Meng Yao was young and had long been fascinated by the colorful flowers on the streets, looking at everything curiously.

With the Xu family girl and Zhang Yi walking behind, she had the opportunity to reveal her thoughts a little.

Her emotions are bland, but they can tickle people inadvertently.

Zhang Yi chuckled, and his fingers quietly hooked someone's fingers.

"Someone!"

The Xu family girl immediately blushed and moved her hand away.

Zhang Yi chuckled. Although it was just a compliment, it made him, an experienced driver, very satisfied.

In my previous life, I was used to fast food-like love, and I might have sex after only three or two outings.

And between him and the Xu family girl, they went from childhood sweethearts to now.

Changing a person's destiny with your own hands is completely different from the previous life.

Suddenly, he felt a finger gently scratching him.

He was stunned and then laughed.

It’s actually not bad to change my way of living…

Zhang Yi and the girl from the Xu family walked in a state of not revealing each other.

"Brother, little landlord, is this where we will live in the future?"

Meng Yao ran back, her eyes filled with stars.

"Yes, this is where we will live in the future!"

"This place is like a fairyland. It would be great if I could live here..."

Meng Yao's unabashed joy made the Xu family girl and Zhang Yi look at each other and smile.

“In the future, there will only be more and more cities like this!
When the Ming Dynasty's national power gradually developed, many things happened naturally..."

"I'm afraid, after the efforts of several generations of emperors, I don't know if the emperors of the Ming Dynasty will still have the heart to work hard!"

“This kind of thing cannot rely on the will of the emperor himself. What is truly reliable is the development of productive forces!
When the emperor discovers that developing infrastructure is useful for stabilizing the world, only then can the country be pushed in a good direction..."

Zhang Yi's answer was very honest. He never expected that the emperor of his family would really cooperate with him to change the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a wise emperor and a good emperor who cared about the people.

But this does not mean that he can put the common people and the Zhu family in the same position.

What drives the development of the world is never a person's emotions, but common interests.

Just like the Xin Shuntian he built, if not for the development of Ming Dynasty during this period, Lao Zhu tasted the sweetness of development.

Will he backhand himself to build Shuntian Mansion?

But then again, Zhang Yi made Shuntian like this, to a certain extent.

He was also creating a model for the rulers of the Central Plains.

Only by letting them truly feel the benefits of development will they be motivated to change everything...

"everything will be fine!"

The Xu family girl looked at Zhang Yi with a hint of admiration.

"Let's go, I'll take you to have some fun, and then we'll go back to the capital together..."

Zhang Yi told the Xu family girl the news Zhou Tong told him.

"Did we conquer Japan?"

The Xu family girl was also happy when she heard this.

The Xuanwu Eastern Expedition more than two years ago was the second largest move in the entire Ming Dynasty, second only to the Northern Expedition.

Unlike Mobei, which cannot be saved once and for all and can only slowly be consumed by the nomads in the north, it is not surprising that Japan, a small country, was destroyed.

"Those who are small but do not feel humble, who are weak but do not fear the strong, who are rude and insult their big neighbors, who are greedy and ignorant of friendship, will perish! Japan has its own fate, and it can only be said that it is the fault of itself!

The failure of the Mongolian fleet made them arrogant. In recent years, their pirates have invaded the borders of our country, the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor's maritime ban also made them mistakenly believe that our Ming Dynasty can only passively defend..."

Zhang Yi pointed out the source of Japan's arrogance. In fact, from the perspective of Japan's rulers, this is not wrong.

The only thing they didn't expect was that the appearance of Zhang Yi, an anomaly, completely changed the situation in which Chinese people only like to live on one-third of an acre!
After capturing Japan, China's situation suddenly became clearer!
As long as it takes a few years to digest Japan, Ming's fleet can go to America again and establish effective rule.

Of course, it is different from Zhu Yuanzhang’s beautiful vision.

Zhang Yi is almost sure that after the Chinese regime is established in America, the Ming Dynasty may not be able to stably control North America in the future because the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. But what does it matter?
What Zhang Yi cares about is whether the influence of the Confucian cultural circle can spread throughout the world.

The gains and losses of the Ming Dynasty were not actually in his eyes.

"We just arrived and you were going back. If I had known..."

The Xu family girl was slightly angry, but she couldn't help but laugh first.

"When the time comes, let Yao Guangxiao take over from me. The Spring and Autumn College of Shuntian Mansion cannot be left without someone watching..."

When the empire moved its capital, many institutions also had to move there.

This is a huge project. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang said that Hongwu would be moved in 11 years, it would not be that easy to actually move the capital here.

Zhang Yi estimates that it is considered good to be able to complete this work in Hongwu 14 years.

Their Spring and Autumn College naturally had to move with them, so Zhang Yi took advantage of him to do this while he was being exiled to Beijing.

Copy what Chunqiu Academy does and start cultivating talents!
The supervisors of most of the infrastructure in Shuntian Mansion are his students.

After getting to know Zhu Yuanzhang these years, one of the most meaningful things to him is the students he has personally trained.

Although they had no way to take part in the imperial examination and become officials.

But they played a huge role in the specific affairs of the court.

Officials, officials.

The reform of official administration is already the next issue for the emperor to think about.

The imperial power does not extend to the county. Strictly speaking, even in the county town, three classes and six houses may not be controlled by the county magistrate.

With the development of industry and commerce and the emergence of new production relations, there will inevitably be more demands for court management.

These students, like him, are people who have risen with the wind under the background of the development of the great era and have naturally integrated into the era.

Maybe they are still restricted by the rules of the old days.

But these people will become the mainstay of Ming Dynasty sooner or later.

"Speaking of which, there are some people in Spring and Autumn College who have been promoted to officials by His Majesty..."

The Xu family girl squinted her eyes and smiled:
"Maybe in the future, there will be a faction in the imperial court, coming from Spring and Autumn College!"

It has been almost three years since I started at Spring and Autumn College.

In the spring and autumn of three years, the first batch of students were trained and entered into the production division of society.

Zhang Yi originally trained these people mainly because he wanted to leave the seeds of natural science for China.

Most of them were rehired by Zhang Yi and became his employees.

Some of them were absorbed by the imperial court and became affairs officers according to their original trajectory.

Although they are not serious officials, they have many professional skills.

Lao Zhu used these people for a while and quickly discovered their usefulness.

Officials themselves are divided into technical officials and political officials.

Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that some people actually had good political emotional intelligence, so he promoted them to real officials.

A group of officials emerged who were not educated in Confucianism.

In Ming Dynasty's officialdom, it did not cause much turmoil, but Zhang Yi understood its importance.

Perhaps in the future, the imperial examinations will gradually become less Confucian.

In other words, de-rationalize!
As for the fact that most of the students at Spring and Autumn College are criminals, there is actually no need to worry at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang also beheaded Fang Xiaoru's father. Did he delay his training of Fang Xiaoru?

"Don't worry about this. I have no plans to become an official in the court. These connections and resources are actually a burden rather than a blessing!"

"However, people in Yingtian Capital are now spreading rumors that you are the third prime minister of the Ming Dynasty...the Qing Yi Prime Minister."

The Xu family girl's words aroused Zhang Yi's vigilance.

"Who said that?"

"I don't know, but there are rumors among the people!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yi stopped smiling.

This kind of rumor is not good news for him personally.

Over the years, Lao Zhu has indeed given him a lot of power, and gradually revealed things that he had concealed before.

Behind every reform, there is the Taoist priest Zhang Yi.

Zhu Yuanzhang did this for two reasons. First, it was to promote and isolate differences.

Secondly, it is paving the way for him to become a national master!
The things he has done deserve the title of Prime Minister in Tsing Yi.

In history, there was indeed one person who received this title, and that was Yao Guangxiao.

But Zhang Yi could only smile bitterly at this title.

He can be Yao Guangxiao, but Zhu Yuanzhang may not be Zhu Di.

In his ideal, hiding behind the scenes to promote things, or always keeping a certain distance from the court, is the best model.

But some people seem to want to praise and kill him!
"No matter what, after I fulfill my father's wish, I will find a chance to stay away from the court..."

Zhang Yi has a natural intuition for danger.

Taking Hongwu's 11th year as the limit, before his father may die, see if he can fulfill his expectations.

"When you return to the south, would you like to accompany me for a walk to Longhu Mountain?"

Zhang Yi asked the Xu family girl, Xu Miaoyun's face suddenly turned red.

Although they are engaged, the ancients would not like the behavior of parents in future generations.

Strictly speaking, she would be criticized for showing up like this.

In recent years, with the beginning of business reform, many concepts have undergone subtle changes due to changes in productivity.The Neo-Confucianists were saddened and cried out loudly.

But if the court deliberately lets it go, coupled with the productivity released by the people, the people will indeed benefit.

The superiors do not care and the subordinates do not listen.

After realizing that I was lonely, many concepts gradually became only in name only.

"Um……"

Xu Miaoyun's voice was as thin as a mosquito's silk. If Zhang Yi hadn't listened carefully, he wouldn't have been able to tell that she had agreed.

"what is that?"

The group of people walked up to a magnificent building.

This is a high-rise building with a height of five floors.

A five-story building was not considered the tallest building in ancient times, but in the Ming Dynasty where the steel bars were not up to standard, this was already the limit of what Zhang Yi could do.

There are certainly buildings with higher floors than here, but buildings with wooden structures and concrete structures are not the same track.

The tall house satisfied the curiosity of the ancients.

It may not be suitable as a residence, but as a hotel where people can stay temporarily, it is excellent.

Moreover, Zhang Yi taught Chen Ke many concepts about hotel management.

Chen Ke changed it according to his own understanding, and it turned out to be very useful.

His business in Shuntian Mansion was even better than in Yingtian.

Now that the Shuntian branch of the Sun and Moon Times has been established, plus his own hotel, it is a natural place for collecting information.

Chen Ke is very satisfied with his current life and is extremely grateful to Zhang Yi.

"This is shopkeeper Chen's business, the hotel, Pindao will arrange for you to stay here!

Spring and Autumn View has not yet been fully integrated, so it is inconvenient for you to live there! "

Several people walked to the door of the hotel, and the two girls were amazed by the magnificent decoration inside.

Fatty Chen, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, trotted over and looked respectful.

"It turns out that two young ladies came to the capital. I'm rude!"

Chen Ke's face is full of youth. When people come, laughter comes first.

"Shopkeeper Chen's!"

The Xu family girl and Meng Yao also greeted Chen Ke.

“I arranged for the best room and ordered a table of wine and food!
Please give me a compliment from the two ladies! "

"You're welcome, Shopkeeper Chen, it's us who are troubling you!"

"How can I say it's troublesome? Let's not mention that I already admire General Xu and have received his care in Shuntian!

Even Master Zhang has had a life-long friendship with me!

Ladies, it's cold here, why don't you follow me to the room first? "

Chen Ke looked at Zhang Yi and asked for his opinion.

Zhang Yi nodded silently, and Fatty Chen led the way into the Tang Dynasty, and then passed through the building. The two girls followed Chen Ke, and the Xu family girl saw a long queue of people not far away.

"what is that?"

"They are farmers who save their lives and participate in construction work! Now that the farming season is slack, many people will look for casual jobs!"

Chen Ke said:
“After the tenants were brought into the land, the burden on the people became lighter, and this time the city construction, as well as the houses built by Master Zhang and me in partnership, require a lot of manpower!

The wages we pay are pretty good, and we provide two meals a day. These jobs are all done by rush..."

The girl from the Xu family was thoughtful. He remembered Zhang Yi saying that since ancient times, infrastructure construction has been the easiest way to create employment.

Shuntianfu built a large city.

This attracted a large number of people.

If it weren't for Shuntian's proximity to the border, there would probably be even more people coming.

With employment, the north is gradually showing signs of revival.

The Xu family girl looked back at Zhang Yi. The policies he promoted were indeed changing the world in a subtle way.

The room Chen Ke arranged for the Xu family's girls was more like a villa courtyard than a room.

The small courtyard on the second floor is very exquisite.

After Chen Ke brought the person here, he very considerately found an excuse to leave.

There were only three people left in the house.

They hadn't seen each other for a long time, so the three of them naturally had endless things to talk about. It was still early for dinner, so the two girls either listened to Zhang Yi's words, or they told Zhang Yi about the changes in Nanjing.

Things about Spring and Autumn College, about the transformation of monks and Taoism.

"According to the method you mentioned, we conducted a social survey!

Now the literacy rate near Yingtianfu has increased by 300%..."

Zhang Yi nodded slightly, doing research was the method he taught the girls of the Xu family.
With the help of the identity of the Sun and Moon Times, this was done smoothly.

These data matters will be fed back to Jinyiwei.

Jin Yiwei provided news information to the newspaper, which in another way provided consultation and policy implementation for the imperial court.

This intuitive, data-based research method.

Lao Zhu likes it very much.

If it weren't for the feudal dynasty in Jia Tianxia and the inconvenient transportation, Zhang Yi would have led you to want to set up a specialized consulting company.

And now, social research.

It is also a very important task for the Sun and Moon Times.

With the help of this name, Zhang Yi reasonably allowed the journalist profession to appear in the Ming Dynasty.

After a while, Chen Ke came over to invite the three of them.

In the VIP room of the hotel, he personally washed the dust of the two of them.

"Speaking of which, this time when the real person goes back, he should get married to the two young ladies, right?"

During the dinner, Chen Ke remembered this matter and took the initiative to mention it.

Xu Miaoyun and Meng Yao's faces immediately turned red and their ears prickled, while Zhang Yi chuckled.

He did have this plan when he went back this time.

Zhu Di's children were all born, but he was still alone.

Although, the Xu family girl and Meng Yao are still young in his opinion.

But in the eyes of others, they are almost turning into old maids.

If Zhang Yi was allowed to choose, he would probably wait two more years, until the tenth to eleventh year of Hongwu.

It's a pity that he can wait, but he has to take care of other people's feelings.

Especially dad...

Mentioning Zhang Chenggong, there was a hint of worry on Zhang Yi's face.

"Get ready for this when you get back!"

"Master, please inform me in advance. Don't forget our brothers in the north..."

When the marriage was mentioned, the Xu family girl and Meng Yao became quiet.

During the dinner, only Zhang Yi and a few acquaintances were drinking together.

When night fell, Fatty Chen had collapsed. Zhang Yi stood up unsteadily, and Meng Yao and the Xu family girl took him to the room.

Men and women are not close to each other, so he shouldn't go there.

However, everyone seems to have acquiesced in this matter, and since we are all our own people, there is nothing wrong with it.

"Sober up?"

Zhang Yi sobered up quickly, but woke up after a while.

"This Chen Ke sent me to you?"

He looked around and found that Meng Yao was lying on the table and was already drunk. The Xu family girl was better than her. Apart from her face being a little rosier, at least she was not drunk.

"She wants to take care of you, but she has never drank..."

The Xu family girl pointed at Meng Yao and smiled helplessly.

Zhang Yi laughed, then walked over, picked up Meng Yao, and put him on his bed.

"Let's go out and talk..."

"Ok!"

Zhang Yi walked out of the room. He didn't care much about the autumn chill.

Although he has not developed any skills in martial arts novels after practicing Tai Chi for many years, his physique is very good. Even in the snowy winter, he can survive in single clothes.

Therefore, in Yingtian, the people of Shuntian also know the little real person who wears a blue Taoist robe when it comes to winter.

However, the girl from the Xu family gently wrapped her fur around him, making him feel warm.

Maybe after this year, he will have a home in this world!
"If you wear these clothes, your body is not in good shape!"

Zhang Yi remembered the original fate of the Xu family girl and put the fur on her body with his backhand.

When the Xu family girl put clothes on Zhang Yi, she stood behind him, and Zhang Yi turned around to put clothes on her. The two of them were facing each other.

The two of them could hear each other's breathing.

"I thought you would be different from others?"

Zhang Yi took advantage of his drunkenness to flirt with the woman next to him.

The Xu family girl glared at him, but suddenly felt the cold touch on her lips.

Her whole body was frozen there, her usual calmness having no effect at this moment.

The girl from the Xu family was about to cry. Why did he just calm down like this?

Zhang Yi is like a dragonfly touching water, and it is divided at the first touch.

The Xu family girl lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Zhang Yi.

Her hand was naturally held by Zhang Yi, and she walked in the small yard at night.

Neither of them spoke, feeling the silent understanding of each other.

Zhang Yi was better than the girl from the Xu family. He could feel the girl's muscles that were stiff due to tension.

"My father, if nothing unexpected happens, he only has two years to live..."

Zhang Yi stopped, he believed it for a while, and finally told what he was hiding in his heart.

"what!"

The Xu family girl was stunned for a moment, and then said nervously:
"What happened to uncle?"

"Nothing, I just saw his destiny in the heavenly book..."

When Zhang Yi talked about this incident, he was very calm, but there was an indescribable sadness.

He has changed the lives of many people, whether Chang Yuchun, Zhu Biao, or even the girls from the Xu family around him, Zhang Yi feels that he has a lot of confidence in extending their lives.

But only Lao Zhang could not think of any solution.

After all, he is not a god, and the cause of Lao Zhang’s death is not clear!

If he didn't happen to encounter a disease that he could handle, it would be difficult to save his life.

In other words, no clue.

He couldn't do anything, so all he could do was see if he could fulfill his wish.

“If we return from this trip, the rest of the journey may be very dangerous!
In fact, the things I have done over the years may have better results if I take them into consideration slowly, and the conflicts caused will not be too great!
But every time I think that he may only live for two years, I always want to go faster and fulfill his biggest wish in this life as soon as possible! "

Maybe it's because of drinking, maybe it's because the person you trust the most is by your side.

Zhang Yi talked about his thoughts in the cool breeze.

He didn't feel it when he first met Zhu Yuanzhang, but looking back over the past two years, he found that although he tried not to be contaminated by power, he had long been inseparable from it.

"Pindao always thinks that as long as I remain an outsider, power will always be some distance away from me!

It was only when I heard you talk about Qingyi Prime Minister today that I realized that I had long been the most powerful official in the Hongwu Dynasty.

The so-called Taoist priests and so-called outsiders always deceive themselves and others.

And if we continue on this path..."

Zhang Yi was aroused by the cold wind and woke up from the wine. He did not continue what he said next.

When the reputation of Prime Minister Tsing Yi spread, he felt for the first time that his position was not very safe.

Instead, he should be on thin ice than everyone else.

At this time, the Xu family girl silently hugged Zhang Yi from behind, and the warmth was transmitted to Zhang Yi, making his heart gradually calm down.

Zhang Yi took a deep breath and turned around.

The Xu family girl looked at him and stood on tiptoes.

A kiss like a dragonfly was just normal to Zhang Yi, but it also used up all the strength of the other party.

"No matter where my husband goes, Miaoyun will stay with him and never leave him!

If your husband wants to fulfill your father-in-law’s wish, just go ahead and do it!
It is not a husband’s temperament to look forward and backward!

If you go to heaven, I will go with you; if you go to hell, I will still follow you! "

The Xu family girl's voice was clear and light, but very firm.

Zhang Yi laughed loudly when he heard this and hugged her tightly in his arms.

"Besides, the person you think about may not be who you think..."

The Xu family girl whispered in Zhang Yi's ear.

(End of this chapter)