Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 431 Goryeo, Yan and Japanese came to Beijing to report on their work
Fengtian Temple.

Hearing that Guo An actually took the initiative to enter the palace to ask for an audience, Zhu Di couldn't help but be startled, and then quickly ordered the chamberlain below: "Bring Marquis Dinghai in quickly!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Not long after the servant went down, he came in with Guo An.

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

Guo An bowed respectfully.

Zhu Di asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly come into the palace to see us?"

Guo An raised his head and looked around at the few servants in the palace.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have something important to report when I enter the palace this time!"

Zhu Di's eyes flashed and he waved his hand.

All the servants in the palace immediately and cautiously withdrew.

When the palace door closed gently, Zhu Di looked at Guo An.

"Your Majesty, Shen Zhuang recently informed me that the Fujian Huang family of the Chamber of Commerce seems to be a descendant of the Quanzhou Pu family..."

Guo An then recounted to Zhu Di what Shen Zhuang had told him without adding any exaggeration.

"Quanzhou Pu family?"

Zhu Di's face darkened, his eyes full of coldness, "What a Pu family..."

On the side, the only remaining eunuch, Yi Shiha, also shuddered subconsciously.

This family name is a taboo in the Ming Dynasty.

Guo Andao: "Your Majesty, Shen Zhuang also reported this matter. I haven't decided yet, but I feel that the matter is somewhat important, so I reported it to Your Majesty immediately!"

"We understand what Guo Qing is thinking! However, there is no smoke without fire. Regardless of whether this matter is true or false, we must find out."

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and then ordered towards Yi Shiha: "Summon Zhao Hu quickly!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Yi Shiha responded quickly and walked out quickly.

What a big deal!

In the hall, Guo An also sighed softly, hoping that the Huang family was not a descendant of the Pu family.

Similarly, Zhu Di was also frowning there, wondering what he was thinking.

About half an hour later.

Zhao Hu hurriedly walked in from outside with an anxious look on his face.

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

Zhu Di directly ordered: "We want you to take someone with you to secretly investigate the Huang family of the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce!

See if he is a descendant of the Pu family! "

"The Pu family?"

Zhao Hu's eyes narrowed. He had been with Zhu Yuanzhang for decades and knew the Pu family even more.

Therefore, he immediately nodded solemnly.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, as long as he is a descendant of the Pu family, the ministers will definitely be able to find them out!"

Zhu Di said: "Go!"

"Wei Chen retire!"

After Zhao Hu left, Zhu Di said to Guo An: "If the Huang family is really the descendant of the Pu family, we will confiscate their family and exterminate them!"

"The crime of deceiving the emperor must be punished!"

Guo An nodded slightly. In order to punish the Pu family, Zhu Yuanzhang relegated all members of the Pu family to low status and were not allowed to read or do business.

Even if the whole Huang family is a good person, as long as it is proved that they are from the Pu family, it will be the crime of deceiving the emperor.

No one will stand out if their families are confiscated and their families are exterminated.

The most important thing is that once the Huang family is destroyed, countless people will flock to the free benefits!

Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, we heard that you want the Chamber of Commerce to build another cement workshop near the capital?"

Guo An replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, the cement workshop of the imperial court alone is not enough to support the needs of the wealthy families near the capital, nor the needs of the surrounding states and counties."

Zhu Di said: "But, doesn't the cement workshop cause great harm to the craftsmen?"

Guo An nodded lightly, not surprised that Zhu Di knew this.

"Your Majesty, for the craftsmen of the cement workshop, Wei Chen plans to recruit at most [-]% of the craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty. The rest will be Mongolians, Koreans and Japanese prisoners!"

"Can!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "In a few days, Jin Zhong, Chen Shou and other Korean ministers, as well as Zhang Xing and others from the Japanese Kingdom, will come to the capital to report to us the affairs of the Yan Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom!"

Hearing this, Guo An's eyes lit up and he said curiously: "Your Majesty, the attack on Japan should be almost complete!"

The corners of Zhu Di's lips curled up slightly, "Most of the Japanese slaves in the Japanese country surrendered.

None of the remaining big landowners and nobles can hold on for long! "

Guo Andao: "In this way, our territory of Ming Dynasty will be expanded!"

"Ok!"

Zhu Di looked happy.

Afterwards, Guo An and Zhu Di chatted for a while again, and Guo An resigned.

……

In the next half month, except for the establishment of the Shenji Battalion in the capital, which caused some shocks in the capital, the capital was calm.

As the weather gradually became colder and snow began to fall, the construction of roads and workshops began to slowly stop.

Several major ministers of the Yan Kingdom and several major generals of the Japanese Kingdom finally came to the capital with more than a dozen large ships and reported to Zhu Di the affairs of the Yan Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom. "Reporting to your majesty, Yan State has 71 states and 320 counties. The tax revenue is 110 million shi, the tax revenue is 470 million 20 yuan, and the commercial tax is [-] taels of silver.

But after paying the salaries to all the officials and soldiers, only one hundred thousand shi were left for taxes and grain, another 20 taels for taxes, and 20 taels of silver for business taxes! "

Shang Kezhou was the Minister of Household Affairs of Yan State, so he reported to Zhu Di respectfully.

Zhu Di smiled with satisfaction and said, "There is still food and money reserved? Thank you for your hard work, everyone!"

On the side, Zhu Gaochi and Guo An also showed satisfied smiles.

Although there are so many states in Goryeoyan, they are just in name.

The current population of Yan State is more than 200 million at most.

Then, Jin Zhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel of Yan State, and Chen Shou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, continued to report to Zhu Di.

After the Yan Kingdom, it was the Japanese Yanshan Guard who commanded Qian Shi, which was equivalent to the chief general of the Yan King Guard in the Japanese Kingdom. Zhang Xing glanced at Chen Shou with a proud look on his face, and then respectfully reported to Zhu Di.

"Reporting to your majesty, the Japanese country does not have much tax and grain, so the general can only bring 650 million taels of silver when he comes this time!"

650 million taels of silver? "

Zhu Di's face was filled with joy, but not much surprise.

As for Jin Zhong and Chen Shou, their eyes widened.

"Zhang Er was stunned, how could your Japanese country dig out so much silver this year?"

"You Chen Tiedan, I envy you to death!"

Zhang Xing proudly showed off to Chen Shou, and then explained to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the general and others heard that your Majesty came to the throne and were worried that your Majesty was short of money, so they dug a few more mines and recruited more than 1000 people. Japanese slaves, let them work harder to mine silver!"

Hearing this, Chen Shou's eyes turned red with envy.

Compared with this amount of money, his Minister of Punishment of Yan State is nothing!

Zhu Di was very satisfied with Zhang Xing's attitude. He was really short of money this year.

"I am very pleased that Zhang Qing is interested!"

"It is an honor for the general and others to share your Majesty's worries!"

Zhang Xing bowed with joy on his face.

Zhu Di laughed and said directly: "You have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty by guarding the Yan Kingdom and conquering the Japanese Kingdom. We will hold a banquet in the palace today to welcome you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am extremely honored!"

Jin Zhong, Zhang Xing and others quickly said with joy on their faces.

On the side, Guo An was speechless.

How could these people learn to be so shameless?

On the contrary, Zhu Di was even more pleased with the attitude of Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others, "Yi Shiha, go tell the imperial chef to serve us meals!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Following Yi Shiha retreated.

Below, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others were full of expectations.

It's been a long time since they had such a grand banquet with Zhu Di.

While waiting, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others, under Zhu Di's questioning, couldn't help but tell some interesting stories about the Yan and Japanese countries!
"Your Majesty, you don't know that since those Goryeo aristocratic children who returned from Beiping Academy have directly praised Beiping Mansion as a fairyland on earth.

As a result, now, all of the Goryeo nobles want to go to Peking Academy, and two Goryeo nobles even accidentally died because of this incident! "

"Hahaha, what an unexpected death..."

"Your Majesty, in the Japanese country, the relationship between the big landowners and the nobles is even more chaotic.

Once, when the general led his army to attack a big landowner, the youngest son of the big landowner actually killed his father and ushered in our army..."

"You are indeed worthy of being a Japanese slave..."

"Your Majesty, there is also, in the Goryeo Yan Kingdom..."

However, a long time passed. Instead of waiting for the banquet, a few people were waiting for an uninvited guest, Yu Xin, the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty!

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

Seeing Yu Xin, Zhu Di felt something bad in his heart, "Yu Qing came to see us, but what's the important matter?"

Yu Xin glanced at Zhang Xing, Chen Shou and others, and said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that my Ming army in Japan has brought back all the silver extracted from the silver mines in Japan!"

Zhu Di's face darkened.

"What does Yu Qing mean?"

Yu Xin said directly: "Your Majesty, this year the court has spent money on everything including disaster relief, rescuing people, and construction. The national treasury is already empty, and all the humble ministers are eager to spend every penny they have.

In addition, His Majesty has increased the salaries and year-end bonuses of Ming Dynasty officials. Wei Chen and others must be very happy.

However, as the New Year approaches, the treasury has lost even a penny.

Although His Majesty has increased commercial taxes, those commercial taxes will not be collected for a while, and water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the near!
Wei Chen has been extremely worried these days. Unexpectedly, the silver from the Japanese country was delivered to the capital.

As long as this silver is returned to the national treasury, it can solve the urgent needs of our Ming Dynasty! "

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "Is Yu Qing here to steal money from the Japanese country?"

Yu Xin held his head high and said confidently: "Your Majesty, the Japanese country is also the territory of our Ming Dynasty. The money from the Japanese country will naturally belong to our Ming Dynasty and should be returned to the court!"

Zhu Di was furious and stared directly, "Both the Goryeo Yan Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom belong to the Yan Palace. This matter was decided by Emperor Taizu!
Those silvers naturally belong to Prince Yan’s Mansion! "

Guo An: "..."

Yu Xin continued: "Your Majesty, the world under Pu Tian is not the king's land. That Japanese country was conquered by your Majesty when he was King of Yan.

Now that His Majesty has ascended the throne as the Ming Emperor, the Japanese country belongs to His Majesty! "

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(End of this chapter)