The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 114 Killing Chess

Zhu Gaochi thought that this matter had nothing to do with him, until Zhu Di approached him, and then he realized that he was naive.

Zhu Di wants to repair the relationship with the second brother and the third brother.

How to fix it?

Let profit.

What is the benefit?steam engine.

"Boss, you have to know one truth, the world is the most important thing." Zhu Di emphasized heavily.

"My son doesn't understand."

Zhu Gaochi couldn't keep up with Zhu Di's train of thought.

"Mr. Liang must be expelled. Based on what we know about your grandpa, your grandpa's temperament cannot tolerate Lanyu."

"Furthermore, with Duke Liang's behavior, no one can subdue him."

"Uncle Ni died of illness, but your grandpa did not issue an edict to the vassal king to enter the capital, which has already shown your grandpa's thoughts, to choose from among your uncle's heirs."

"The princes are mostly important officials of the court. Your grandfather needs to be stable and super class, but Wu Xun is a little out of control under the influence of Liang Guogong."

"Grandpa Huang wants to attack Lan Yu. It's nothing to do with us. We still need my father and king to make good friends with my second and third uncles."

It is not impossible for others to imitate the steam engine.

But you want to profit.

How to make a profit, Zhu Gaochi is still thinking.

In fact, it is also beneficial to look at it from another angle.

Because of King Qin and King Jin, they didn't live long.

Although King Jin had some conflicts with his father, it was only in private, and they still kept in touch with each other on the whole, and they were respectful to each other.

Moreover, Shanxi is the main production area of ​​coal mines, which can be said to be the most important part.

If we can cooperate with King Jin's Mansion, we will expand the market first, and after King Jin's death, wouldn't it be cheaper for King Yan's Mansion in terms of the right to speak.

Only relying on Zhu Di's status as the elder, King Yan's Mansion can suppress King Jin to death.

The king of Qin is the least contactable and the most ambitious.

However, Shaanxi's coal resources are not as important as Shanxi's, and the profits of steam engines are far less than Shanxi's.

Moreover, King Qin died early and could not live for three years.

King Qin's Mansion is currently weak in power, and once King Qin dies, King Yan's Mansion will have the final say in terms of business.

And there are many other benefits.

Compared with Shandong.

Shanxi and Shaanxi are in the west of Beiping, far away from Yingtianfu.

During the Battle of Jingnan, neither of these two places contributed much to the imperial court. In the Battle of Jingnan, the south was the biggest source of strength for Yingtianfu.

Provided countless supplies and troops to Ying Tianfu.

Then, can I use business matters to draw the strength of these two places in advance, so that these two places, which have maintained a neutral attitude for most of the history, will end up helping the Yan Palace.

Not impossible.

If the power of Shanxi and Shaanxi can be brought together, the situation will change drastically.

The battle of Jingnan would not have been so difficult that it would hurt Daming.

Compared with Shandong, Shanxi is more favorable than Shandong.

Moreover, although Shandong is the coal and iron center in the north of Ming Dynasty, the coal mining industry is not developing well, it's just that the rest of the area has not developed.

For example, the coal industry in Beiping did not start to develop coal until the forests around Beiping were cut down and they were driven to a dead end.

in later generations.

Shandong accounts for more than half of coal wells with a depth of more than [-] meters across the country.

The coal seams in Shandong are deep, mining is difficult, and safety hazards are high. It is the area most threatened by natural disasters such as water, fire, gas, and rock bursts in later generations.

Among the several areas that mainly produce coal, the mining conditions in Shandong are not good, even the technology of later generations is the same, let alone today's Daming.

In the past, he was concerned about the King of Jin in Shanxi and the King of Qin in Shaanxi.

The power of the landlord class in the early Ming Dynasty, whoever dared to imitate his own business, Zhu Gaochi dared to show up and fight one by one.

It is no problem for one person to fight ten.

But if Qin Wang's mansion and Jin Wang's mansion end, Zhu Gaochi can only be anxious.

That's why Zhu Gaochi gave up Shanxi, which has richer coal resources, and chose Shandong, which has relatively inferior coal mines.

Now that Zhu Di wants to restore the relationship with the second king, the situation has changed, so naturally he has to reconsider.

If the relationship is restored and reconciled, the eating habits of each family must be civilized.

As long as the regulations are set at the beginning, no one will default on the contract later.

"National affairs are not as simple as you think. What if Lan Yu leads the army to rebel at the front line?"

"Do you want Southwest? Even if Sapphire is calmed down, what a loss we, Daming, will have to bear."

If the opponent is Lan Yu and the elite army he leads, Zhu Di actually doesn't have much confidence.

"He dares to rebel? Can the army listen to him?"

Zhu Gaochi was a little skeptical.

Zhu Di didn't answer.

Some things, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

If the royal father wants to cut off Lan Yu, he will definitely be fully prepared, and will not give Lan Yu a chance to find out and fight back.

"There is no rush on this matter, you should think about it carefully." Seeing the eldest son's attitude, Zhu Di thought that the eldest son was unwilling.

"Son agrees." Zhu Gaochi asked, "Don't you just hand over the steam engine to someone else?"

Zhu Di shook his head.

"It's friendship, not flattery."

"According to what you said, business matters, according to business rules, in Shaanxi you can share with your second uncle, and in Shanxi you can share with your third uncle, and everyone can earn money together."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi became happy instead.

"There is no problem with the son. Whenever the father reconciles with the second uncle and the third uncle, the son will send someone to talk about it."

……

Ying Tianfu.

In just a few months, the old man in the palace seemed to have aged ten years.

He can feel it.

The energy of the body is draining, and the processing time is getting slower and slower. At night, it is already difficult to hold a candle to work, and I often yawn.

Just like his most beloved wife left him, Zhu Yuanzhang remained unchanged after the eldest son who had devoted his whole life to training left him, and he continued to cultivate state affairs unchanged for decades.

"Sapphire, why did you become like this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's old eyes fell into confusion.

For this beloved general, he also gave many opportunities and cultivated him.

Sapphire did not disappoint him either, and made great military exploits for the country.

But I gave him many opportunities and asked him to lead the army countless times, but in the end he quietly created a group of adopted sons and generals who followed his lead.

He ordered to attack the pass, but none of his generals persuaded him, so they carried out the military order without hesitation.

What does he want to do.

"Oh." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

Lan Yu failed to live up to her trust and training in him, and also missed the good stories of the emperor and ministers through the ages.

He shouldn't have handed over the Southwest War to Lan Yu.

Unexpectedly, he was so courageous that he dared to embrace the army and force him to establish a grandson. He was no longer the likable young general he was back then.

I am indeed thinking about setting up the emperor's grandson. Although the princes are the subjects of the East Palace, they are also important officials of the court.

For the sake of the stability of the country, I can't think about my sons anymore.

Do you want the second child to be the prince?For the second child, Zhu Yuanzhang has long been discouraged.

Don't set up the second child, set up the third child?What did the fourth child think?What about the crown prince, and the court officials?

Only Li Huang Taisun is the best.

But Lan Yu couldn't force her to set up the emperor's grandson.

"Sapphire."

Zhu Yuanzhang murmured.

Who is Sapphire's opponent?

Those nobles, how many of them are partial to sapphire, and how many of them still have their hearts toward the imperial court?

What happened to Lan Yu made Zhu Yuanzhang no longer trust Xungui.

Lan Yu can have today's arrogance, has his character, and can't do without the words spoken to him by the honorable generals, which gave him the confidence to be arrogant.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

It can only rely on the sons, but the second child is a waste, and the third child has eyes above the top, and is also a waste, only the fourth child can handle it.

But it's hard to support alone.

The three sons have long been not as close as they were when they were young. Over the years, they have disrupted each other and their relationship is not harmonious.

The second child was not convinced.

See no one is pleasing to the eye.

The third child has a lot of petty tricks. He either speaks ill of the second child or the third child in front of the boss, thinking that no one else knows.

Thinking of his sons, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the queen again.

When the wife was alive, she said with dissatisfaction: "The head of the eldest child is a bit too big; the bridge of the nose of the second child is too concave; the fifth child is even worse, with silly eyebrows and eyes; only the third child and the fourth child have attractive looks."

But the third child is useless.

I had high hopes for him, supplied him with countless supplies in advance, ordered him to lead the army to fight, and arranged for him to be escorted by a general.

With such favorable conditions, even an inch of merit has not been achieved.

Not even a small victory.

Can't count on him.

The fourth child.

Thinking of Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang asked someone to fetch the secrets from Peking.

After reading a few books, when I read the latest one, I couldn't help laughing.

"The fourth child is still a master, and knows what to focus on."

"I have the ability, and I have attracted a group of wise talents around me. It depends on how he eases the relationship with his two brothers."

Zhu Yuanzhang knew all about the secrets of Prince Yan's mansion.

Who in the end leaked it to him?

or.

What method did the Jin Yiwei in the Prince Yan's mansion use?

Not to mention all kinds of things, Zhu Yuanzhang put down the secrets, and according to the plan of the fourth child, he also came up with a plan.

Beiping-Shanxi-Shaanxi.

Catch it all in one go.

It's time to reward the Beiping guards.

Zhu Yuanzhang's brows relaxed, and he no longer bothered about Lan Yu's affairs.

August.

It was decreed that Song Guogong and a large number of nobles went to the local area to recruit people as soldiers and set up guards to farm the fields. Such a good thing, naturally all the nobles went enthusiastically.

September.

Zhu Yunwen, the son of the prince Zhu Biao, was made the grandson of the emperor.

end of october.

Sapphire led an army to besiege Yuelu Timur's allied forces.

Feng Sheng, the Duke of the Song Dynasty, was established as the prince and grand teacher.

Lan Yu, the Duke of Liliang, is the crown prince and Tai Tuo.

……

Early November.

Sapphire completely quelled the rebellion and led the captured chieftains back to the court.

Subsequently.

An imperial edict was issued to all the nobles to enter Shaanxi.

Patrolling guards, training recruits, setting up guards and farms...

All the incidents seemed irrelevant, no one of the Wu Xun was suspicious, they thought it was the emperor's trust and the matter of King Qin of Xi'an, so they were asked to replace King Qin.

Jin Yiwei commanded Jiang Xian to enter the palace.

"Duke Liang was not satisfied with the saint's reward. He told his cronies in public that he couldn't be a grand master."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

He was unwilling to give Lan Yu another chance.

(End of this chapter)