Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 370 Xu Xiang returns from Japan

"Your Highness..."

Guo An thought seriously for a long time and said with a serious face: "In my humble opinion, Your Highness does not need to consider matters five years from now!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's expression froze, "What does Guo Qing mean?"

Guo Andao said: "Your Highness, five years is too long. According to that person's fear of Prince Yan's Mansion, there will definitely be great changes within five years.

Moreover, within such a long period of time, our country of Goryeo and Yan will definitely be in great power.

The children of the wealthy families in our Beiping Mansion will have children from each family who will become officials of the Goryeo State of Yan in our Prince Yan Mansion.

These wealthy gentry households would inevitably start their own businesses in the Goryeo Kingdom or among the Japanese pirates. "

“Moreover, most of the wealthy households that Your Majesty moves to are those with more than [-] acres of land in their homes.

However, now I, the powerful and wealthy households in Beiping Prefecture own so many fields..."

As he said that, Guo An's expression became a little strange.

Zhu Di's heart moved, "Guo Qing's family's fields, as well as the Guo family's and Liu's families' fields, must be more than a thousand acres!"

Guo An nodded slightly: "Your Highness is wise!"

Zhu Di said with a teasing smile: "Don't worry, Guo Qing, the powerful and wealthy people my father suppresses are all powerful and wealthy people who like to bully the people.

We still understand the family tradition of the Guo and Liu families, and we will definitely appeal to our father for mercy when the time comes! "

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An quickly thanked him.

I just hope that in the future, you will not suppress the Guo and Liu families!
Another two days later.

Guo Anzheng and Zhu Di were discussing some government affairs of Prince Yan's palace in the hall.

Liang Hu hurriedly walked in from outside, followed by an official holding an edict.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has an edict to deliver!"

Seeing Zhu Di, the official said solemnly: "Your Majesty has an edict!"

"Zhu Di accepts the imperial edict!"

Zhu Di, Guo An and others quickly accepted the edict with respectful expressions.

“King Zhu Di of Yan, although the Tatars in the north are weak, they hide deep in the desert all day long, and they are still like a secret poisonous snake to our Ming Dynasty.

Since you have the responsibility to secure the border carefully, you must secure the border well.

Now I will teach you ten things to prepare for the border:
[-]. Be careful to criticize the enemy, deploy it widely, be careful and considerate, and try to take precautions.

[-]. Someone must be selected to lead the elite cavalry to lurk and look out.

[-]. Set up ten roads to guard the fortress and wait for news.

……

[-]. Inspect military pay. "

"My son accepts the imperial edict!"

After listening to this very straightforward edict, Zhu Di and Guo An were not surprised at all.

Because this is the edict that Zhu Yuanzhang can write.

After handing the edict to Zhu Di, the envoy took out another book and handed it to Zhu Di respectfully.

"Your Highness, this booklet contains some detailed strategies and specific measures for border preparation written by Your Majesty. I hope Your Highness will read it carefully!"

Zhu Di said solemnly: "Since it was written by my father, we will read it carefully!"

When the angel left, Guo An handed over to Zhu Di with a happy face.

"Congratulations to Your Highness, it seems that Your Majesty still relies on Your Highness very much!"

Zhu Di sneered and said: "What a pity, that boy Zhu Yunzhen, now he wants to let his father kill us!"

Hearing this, Guo An was also filled with doubts.

He couldn't figure out why Lao Zhu still had to burden Zhu Di when he was already in this situation!
Moreover, he did not try to persuade Zhu Di and Zhu Yunzhen to make peace?
Zhu Yunwen's intention of undermining the feudal vassal had been exposed in advance. Who else in the entire court didn't know?

Could it be that he had to wait until after his death, all the vassal kings in the entire Ming Dynasty would start a war to expose Zhu Yunwen?
However, Guo An only thought about these doubts in his mind and did not say them out!
……

the other side.

Zhu Gaochi, who Guo An had never paid much attention to, was making very smooth progress in recruiting fifty scribes for Prince Yan's Mansion.

Zhu Di also personally tested the fifty scribes he recruited.

At least, these scribes knew something about craftsmanship, water conservancy, roads, farming and other matters.

There are even a few who are considered proficient.

In this way, it is enough.

The most important thing is that these are enough to prove that the crown prince Zhu Gaochi can handle some government affairs alone.

After the fifty scribes were settled, Zhu Di asked, "Guo Qing, what do you think the prince should be responsible for?"

"Chang Shiji!"

Guo An said without thinking.

"Ok?"

Zhu Di was stunned, looked at Guo An with some doubts, and asked: "Did Guo Qing have already thought about this matter?"

Guo Andao: "Your Highness, I just feel that Zhu Changshi is a little too old. In addition, now that Prince Yan's Palace Chief Shi Division is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more government affairs that need to be handled. Zhu Changshi has also dealt with some of them." Don't come.

Just in time, you can ask the prince to go to the Changshi Division to help Zhu Changshi handle some government affairs, and you can also have a thorough understanding of all the affairs of our Prince Yan's Mansion! "

Hearing this, Zhu Di nodded slightly, "What Guo Qing said makes sense! In this case, let the prince go to the Changshi Division!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An said quickly with a happy face.

On the side, Zhu Gaochi also saluted Zhu Di with a face full of joy, "Please rest assured, father, I will definitely handle the affairs of the Chief Minister!"

"Humph!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but glared at Zhu Gaochi helplessly and said, "Do you think your teacher really cares about Zhu Qing?"

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but be stunned.

Zhu Di said: "He is worried that in the past few years, Zhu Qing will become older and older and will no longer be able to handle the administrative affairs of the Chief Secretary. He can just leave it to you, saving him the trouble of having to deal with the trivial matters of the Chief Secretary!"

Zhu Gaochi immediately realized what his father said was absolutely right.

"Dad, the teacher has a lazy temper and cannot handle these government affairs calmly. It just so happened that the child went to the Chief Secretary to share the worries between the father and the teacher!"

Guo An quickly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

These days, the key is to be reliable as a disciple.

Zhu Di snorted angrily and said nothing more.

But to be honest, Guo An's lazy temperament, who spends three days fishing and two days drying nets, only met Zhu Di, the King of Yan, who likes to employ people in an eclectic way, so that he can avoid being deducted from his salary or even fired. .

……

The weather in Beiping Prefecture is getting hotter and hotter.

In such a hot weather, if you stand outside for an hour, I'm afraid everyone will be cooked. 39 or forty?
Guo An sat on a chair and looked out of the hall with a bored expression.

Beside him, Zhu Di also looked paralyzed.

Ever since Zhu Gaochi was left in the Changshi Division, there were basically very few things he could handle.

Often, nothing happens for two or three days.

Therefore, Zhu Di and Guo An lived in the palace of Prince Yan with peace of mind.

In addition, the entire Beiping Mansion is like a steamer, extremely hot, and it can easily make people lazy and not want to move.

Sometimes, Zhu Di and Guo An could sit so blankly in the hall without moving for two hours.

If the two of them start to move, it means the sun is shining through and they need to move.

On the side, Ma He and other chamberlains were already accustomed to this kind of scene.

Suddenly, remembering something, Zhu Di weakly raised his head, looked at Guo An beside him, and said: "Guo Qing, we still remember you said before that the clouds in the sky are made up of small water droplets on the ground.

If you are prepared, you can also perform artificial rainfall.

In this extremely hot weather, can you give us a heavy rain in Beiping Prefecture?
If there is no rain, the crops in the fields will be ripe! "

"Artificial rainfall?"

Guo An's eyes lit up, he immediately reacted and lay down again with a look of helplessness.

“Your Highness, artificial rainfall requires dry ice, and artillery that can shoot that dry ice into the sky.

We, Prince Yan’s Mansion, can’t produce these yet! "

Zhu Di asked curiously: "What is dry ice, but a dry ice cube?"

Guo An slowly shook his head, "Your Highness, dry ice is a kind of white ice that can release white fairy energy, but it is very different from ordinary ice."

"Fairy?"

Zhu Di was even more curious and sat up directly.

"Guo Qing, how to make dry ice?"

Guo Andao: "It needs to be frozen with carbon dioxide..."

Zhu Di asked again: "What is Eryang Carbon?"

Guo An: "..."

However, Zhu Di obviously didn't realize that Guo An didn't want to say anything anymore.

Still continued: "Guo Qing, how did you know about these strange and unheard-of things?"

"Is it possible that you researched these objects?"

"But if you researched it, why can't you make it?"

"..."

Guo An immediately woke up and spoke more.

"Guo Qing?"

After finally catching an interesting thing, Zhu Di obviously didn't want to let it go so easily.

Guo An explained with some helplessness: "Your Highness, the carbon dioxide and dry ice were all studied theoretically by Weichen, and we haven't been able to study the actual objects yet!"

"theoretical research?"

Zhu Di looked suspicious.

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded sincerely.

"It's an object that Weichen thinks is feasible through repeated simulation and research in his mind..."

"I see!"

Zhu Di nodded in disbelief and said, "Isn't that just a fantasy? Let's just say that dry ice and those two sheep turned into charcoal, how come we have never heard of it..."

"Rumble..."

Suddenly, a thunderous sound sounded directly.

Zhu Di: "..."

Guo An: "..."

In the main hall, the atmosphere immediately became strange.

After a while, Guo An seemed to have just woken up, stretched out his head and looked up at the sky.

Over the main hall, a huge dark cloud appeared at some point.

In the dark clouds, there is lightning and thunder!

Guo An grinned and said with a happy face: "Your Highness, you are indeed the destined wise king of my Beiping Mansion. If you want it to rain, the sky in Beiping Mansion will send you heavy rain!"

Zhu Di: "..."

"Crash..."

The heavy rain fell directly.

In the entire Yanwang Palace, although everyone was walking in a hurry, their faces were full of joy.

I do not know how long it has been.

A Yanshan Guard soldier walked in quickly from the gate of Prince Yan's Palace.

"Your Highness, Xu Qianhu is back!"

"Xu Xiang?"

Zhu Di's expression froze.

"Where are you?"

The soldier quickly reported: "At this moment, we are coming from Zhangjiawan Pier to Yanwang Palace!"

"Why did Xu Xiang come back suddenly?"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An with some doubts.

Guo An slowly shook his head, he couldn't guess.

Half an hour passed.

Xu Xiang, who was all wet, strode in from outside.

"The last general sees His Highness!"

"Meet Guo Changshi!"

Zhu Di asked hurriedly: "Xu Xiang, why did you come back suddenly?"

Xu Xiang said: "Your Highness, the general is here this time to transfer some officials to the Japanese country!"

Zhu Di's face darkened, "Huh? What happened? But those officials who were exiled in the past, how dare they not listen to your orders?"

……

(End of this chapter)