Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

Military port pier.

When Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying, Xu Da and others disembarked, Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun's mother and son had already gone up to greet them.

Father, mother, Taishan...

Zhu Biao stood behind the visiting crowd and watched Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang and others talking enthusiastically.

After a brief moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others all stood aside.

The dock suddenly became quiet.

Brothers Zhu Di and Zhu Biao stood facing each other more than ten steps apart.

Zhu Yunwen stood behind Zhu Biao, feeling the pressure from the people around him and from Zhu Di opposite him, and subconsciously clenched his fists.

Along the way, everyone seemed to be isolated from his father, and he felt it.

But at this moment, it is even more obvious!

It seemed that everyone thought that his father was wrong and that he should apologize to his fourth uncle.

Why!

At this moment, Zhu Biao's heart was also very complicated and struggling.

Of course he also understood that many people, even his father and mother, thought he had done something wrong, and probably hoped that he could apologize to the fourth child.

Can……

After saying this apology.

I'm afraid that in the future, he will no longer be able to suppress the fourth child as an elder brother in front of the fourth child.

From now on, Yanhua's rapid expansion can no longer be suppressed or restricted.

After all, apologizing means that he really did something wrong.

I owe it to the fourth child!

Although, politicians will never stop because of a debt.

But once you admit this debt, no matter what you do in the future, you will always fall into a situation where the reason is not strong enough.

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Zhu Biao didn't move.

For a while, there was a stalemate and the atmosphere was a little stiff.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly.

Why!

Zhu Di sighed, then stepped forward and said with a smile: Finally, I've been waiting for my eldest brother!

As he spoke, he walked up to Zhu Biao, smiled heartily, and hugged Zhu Biao directly.

Zhu Biao's body stiffened slightly. Looking at everyone's expressions from the corner of his eye, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Compared with the generosity shown by the fourth child.

It seemed that his hesitation, struggle and fussing just now made him look petty.

An unnatural smile appeared on Zhu Biao's face. He raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, patted Zhu Di on the back, and said with a smile: I thought you would scold him immediately when you saw him...

As he spoke, the smile on Zhu Biao's face gradually became natural.

It seems that it is not embarrassing to say it.

Zhu Di let go of his hand, took a step back slightly, and shook his head: It's not that there is quarrel between brothers. In fact, in essence, it is no different from fighting when we were children. When we were children, didn't we never fight or quarrel? It's just that we When I grow up, I have more messy thoughts, such as face, self-esteem...so much so that I can noisy and careless like I was when I was a child, and I forget them soon.

Zhu Biao was slightly stunned.

Looking at Zhu Di in front of him, he seemed to have no grudge, waving, smiling and gesticulating.

yes.

When they were young, there were not always disputes between the brothers.

After the argument, they were quickly and heartlessly forgotten.

When I grow up, it seems I can never go back to my childhood.

Zhu Biao came back to his senses and joked with a smile: The noise we make now is different from when we were children. When we were children, the noise was only between us. But this time you are making noise, I, Prince Wei, led the Tongzhou temporary camp, but there are thirty Seven people were killed and injured, which is shocking!”

Yes! Zhu Di held Zhu Biao's hand, My eldest brother and I now represent countless people, holding the lives and deaths of countless people in our hands. Therefore, even if we have something on our minds, it is best not to have any trouble. , this incident has taught us a profound and painful lesson. I think the best solution for us to have any ideas in the future is to strengthen communication and be open and honest. I hope something like this will not happen again in the future...

Zhu Biao felt Zhu Di's strong palm, raised his head slightly, and met Zhu Di's gaze.

He is not short either.

But the fourth child’s size is really an anomaly in the old Zhu family.

At this moment, the fourth child seemed to be a wise, wise, and powerful man.

This muscular figure seems to block everyone's light.

As for the meaning of Lao Si's words, he also understood.

The implication of Lao Si’s words is: If the imperial court wants technology, it can talk to Yan Hua openly and honestly. If the imperial court sees Tuqiao Village as an eyesore, it can also open up the skylight and speak frankly and talk to him directly...

And these things were all the reasons why he was caught by the fourth child.

I can only nod awkwardly.

He reminded Lao Si that this was too much and caused many bloodshed and casualties.

Unexpectedly, while Lao Si admitted it, he turned around and used some seemingly wise words to eliminate his accusation of Ming's abuse of force and put him in an embarrassing situation.

Zhu Di also stopped. He changed the subject with a smile and invited: Brother, you must be tired from the long journey. Let's go back to the palace first. After breakfast, we can rest first. In the afternoon, I will take you to visit the industrial area.

Zhu Biao nodded with a smile and said: The industrial zone is not busy. If you can, take us to see your countryside in the afternoon.

What he wanted to see most urgently was definitely the industrial area.

But in terms of industry, Ming Dynasty could not compare with Yanhua.

If anything, Ming Dynasty may not be inferior to Yanhua in any aspect.

I'm afraid only the countryside is left.

Speaking of which, the imperial court was one of the few that was ahead of Yanhua in the construction of rural villages and communities.

In recent years, with the elimination of local protection, rural village communities in Ming Dynasty have also developed greatly.

Therefore, before visiting the industrial zone which is destined to be inferior to Yanhua.

He wanted to go to the countryside first.

Look at the rural areas of Yanhua and Daming, which one is better built.

Okay! Although Zhu Di couldn't guess what Zhu Biao was thinking, he still agreed with a smile.

Everyone got on the carriage that had been prepared.

Zhu Biao, Chang, Lu and Wang Meiren rode in the same carriage.

It was quiet inside the car.

The carriage left the naval camp along the hardened road between two rows of lush trees.

Zhu Biao silently looked at the naval camp.

They discussed with each other in twos and threes, and the young soldiers studying stood at attention and saluted as they passed by.

Far away in the woods, on a green patch of land, there are warriors playing Cuju.

Queue for training...

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Wait for everything.

It didn't feel like he was in a military camp.

It's more like being in a school.

Here, there is the seriousness of a military camp, but also the sunshine and liveliness of young people.

This is completely different from the imperial military camp.

Here, there is no shouting, no shouting, no cursing about Pai Gow...

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We thought you would force your elder brother to apologize in public.

In the front carriage, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and looked at Zhu Di curiously.

Ma Xiuying and Xu Miaoyun also looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di smiled bitterly and shook his head, Father, I am indeed waiting for eldest brother to take the initiative to speak...

In fact, in his opinion, the eldest brother should not hesitate at all.

You generously took the initiative to talk to him first and even apologized, but you fell behind?

Just don’t have face?

He doesn't think so.

However, the eldest brother's performance makes him not optimistic about the future.

My father is really surprised that you can have such a pattern, and he is even more pleased. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Di with emotion and patted Zhu Di on the shoulder.

He saw in Lao Si a kind of temperament that would make him a great political figure and an eternal monarch.

This kind of temperament.

He never had it before.

This kind of bearing and temperament requires foundation.

Or the wisdom from the vast books of sages.

Or, it comes from a family with a profound heritage and is passed down from generation to generation.

Such as the First Emperor!

Tang Taizong!

The world regarded Emperor Taizong's Weishui Alliance as a shame.

But in his view, the Weishui Alliance was precisely the manifestation of Li Shimin becoming a great political figure, an eternal monarch, and a great political wisdom.

There were several more emperors.

Under such circumstances, can hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops be forced to retreat?

There were also several emperors who, after suffering such humiliation, neither became depressed nor fell into extremes.

In the Song Dynasty, there was an alliance under the city.

But what did the Song Dynasty kings do after they signed the alliance under the city?

It was Gou Jian, the king of Yue, who was said to be a man of courage and courage, although he finally avenged his shame.

But compared with Taizong Li Shimin, everything he did revealed his petty spirit!

Although Genghis Khan's achievements in opening up new territories have reached far beyond the past dynasties.

But the feeling is more of a barbaric one.

This feeling does not come from his identity as a prairie man, but from his barbaric political skills!

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Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, and shook his head with a wry smile: Father, I am actually just trying to catch up and learn from the sages.

He is a soldier.

What political wisdom there is.

In the early days, I benefited from Tuqiaocun and Miaoyun studying together and learned a lot from books.

Later he went to sea.

His identity changed and he became the leader of a team.

He continued to study and learn from the leaders of past dynasties.

In fact, what kind of attitude should I use to welcome the arrival of my eldest brother this time?

He also thought about it for a long time.

Since the eldest brother comes to Yanjing, it means that the tit-for-tat confrontation is over, and the next step is communication and negotiation.

Then there is no need for tit-for-tat.

If the eldest brother doesn't take the initiative to speak, it doesn't matter if he does.

There is absolutely no need to worry about these details.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Di's unconfident sneer, smiled, looked out the window, and said to himself: No one is born with a big pattern. Some people learn from the wisdom of books, and some learn from family heritage. In short, the pattern is all the same. It is slowly cultivated and formed in the process of seeking outside. At this point, you can move faster than your elder brother. It is easy to learn power and have a broad mind!

Zhu Yuanzhang made a comment and stopped talking.

Zhu Di pondered these words silently.

See you father again this time.

He obviously felt that his father was different.

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Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the retreating trees and sighed secretly.

In the first half of his life, he was pragmatic.

For survival.

To get ahead.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they were worried about the stability and inheritance of the Ming Dynasty.

There was very little time left for him to really study.

When you understand this clearly and have this pattern.

Already in his twilight years.

Worried about not having enough time, I no longer dare to do anything.

In terms of achievements in his life, including expelling the Tartars and restoring China, he should be comparable to Li Shimin.

Let’s talk about the political landscape.

He can't compare.

This is determined by the origins of both parties.

However, the fourth son of his family may not be able to surpass Li Shimin in terms of achievements and political structure!

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After a grand breakfast.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others rested all morning.

Afternoon.

After the hottest period.

A group of people took a carriage and came to a rural area on the outskirts of Yanjing.

Wearing hats to protect the sun, everyone got off the carriage.

Standing at the entrance of the village.

Zhu Biao looked at the endless green rice fields in front of him.

On the edge of the fields and in the middle of the fields, cement-poured water channels crisscrossed each other, sparkling in the bright afternoon sunshine.

The wind blew.

The fragrance of the seedlings hits your nostrils.

Zhu Biao quickly came to the water channel, squatted down, touched the smooth cement surface, and looked at the fish and shrimp swimming in the clear water channel.

Startled and lost in thought.

Fang Xiaoru saw Zhu Biao's thoughts and asked on his behalf: Your Majesty, do all the rural areas of Yanhua have such canals?

Zhu Di nodded, This is true for all rural areas that are suitable for transformation and construction of farmland and water conservancy. Comprehensive construction of farmland and water conservancy is the goal to be achieved in our first rural five-year plan. From the 18th year of Hongwu to the 23rd year of Hongwu, with the Steam engines were put into use, and some villages that were not suitable for farmland water conservancy construction were gradually built. Steam water pumps pumped water over long distances, and farmland water conservancy projects that lifted water from low to high ensured farmland irrigation during the dry season.

Zhu Biao caught a small fish from the water, stood up, and asked with a smile: These fish and shrimps are artificially raised, right? Your Yanhua sea fishing is very prosperous, how can the people still raise fish?

Zhu Di pointed at Zhou Chao, Let Zhou Chao explain this issue.

Everyone looked at Zhou Chao who was accompanying him.

Zhou Chao smiled and said: Prince, the prosperity of fishing at sea has indeed led to the very low price of aquatic products such as fish and shrimp in Yanhua. However, using canals to raise fish and shrimp in rice fields also has many benefits. First of all, fish and shrimp are grown in farmland. It feeds on various putrefactive substances and microorganisms. There is no cost in the breeding process. At the same time, the excrement of fish and shrimp can fertilize farmland.

Secondly, these fish and shrimps can be eaten by the people themselves, and it does not matter if the selling price is low. People can use the fish and shrimps, add various tender grasses, and use them to raise chickens, ducks, and pigs. The fish and shrimps are feed, and these low-cost The feed can be converted into poultry and livestock such as chickens, ducks and pigs, which have a broader market and higher value.

Not only can it satisfy the people's demand for meat under Yanhua's rule and enrich the people's dining tables, but it can also be made into various pickled cans for trade. Outside of Yanhua, all surrounding countries are interested in low-priced food. The demand for meat products is actually very huge...

Zhu Biao looked at Zhou Chao and talked enthusiastically.

I feel very emotional inside.

He believes that rural areas have the best opportunity to compare with Yanhua.

The imperial court seemed to be lagging behind as well.

He knows Yanhua's meat pickled products.

The north is ruled by the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone.

In the south, Yanhua meat and preserved products rule.

This is the reason why Yanhua deliberately does not develop to the north.

Yanhua purchased a large number of fired jars from the Central Plains. This kind of jars do not need to be too fine in workmanship.

Of course, Yanhua can also make such jars himself.

However, Yanhua is unwilling to do this kind of low-profit business because of its insufficient population and insufficient labor force.

After these jars were transported back to Yanhua, they were filled with half-cooked meat products watered with animal fat and salt.

A lot of salt is added to it.

The people of the imperial court were very fond of this kind of meat products marinated in Yanhua.

Because it’s not just meat products that are cheap.

It's also because buying Yanhua's meat products is equivalent to buying salt. When cooking, you only need to scoop out a small amount of fat and marinate the meat. I heard that there is no need to add additional salt.

for this matter.

The salt merchants also complained a lot.

If not, the price of pickled products was not as low as the price of salt, and people would not be able to use pickled products to replace table salt.

I'm afraid, the salt merchants don't have a lot of complaints!

However, the price of salt in Laosi Yanhua is really low!

Jinyiwei reported that Yanhua used seawater to dry salt. For the Central Plains, salt was one of the main pillars of the national treasury under the control of the imperial court.

In Yanhua, salt is an ordinary consumer product that is fully competitive among private merchants under the supervision of the Yanhua regime.

It is said that Yanhua's salt has completely occupied the markets of Champa, Ava Dynasty, Southern Dynasties, Srivijaya and the subcontinent.

If the salt from Yanhua were invested in the Central Plains, I am afraid that the salt policy of the imperial court would also collapse.

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di smiled and made an invitation gesture, Father, brother, let's go to the village and have a look.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

As Zhu Biao walked, the roads in the village were paved with small gravel and sand.

Looking at the methane street lamps on both sides, I felt thoughtful.

After Zhu Di noticed it, he explained to everyone: This kind of triple soil is covered with sand, gravel roads, and a biogas lighting system. This is the content of our second five-year plan for rural areas.

The main reason is that the cement firing output of the factory is too large, the sales market is temporarily saturated, and the current finances are relatively abundant, so the second five-year plan was launched.

In rural areas, build biogas digesters and lighting systems...

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When the second five-year plan is completed and we have the ability to launch the third five-year plan, we will take the final step and completely repair the road into a cement-hardened road.

Zhu Biao frowned, Your finances are so generous? Can such a large investment recoup the cost?

Talking skills.

We have arrived at the village biogas pool layout area.

Zhu Di walked to the sealed cement cover of the biogas tank, pointed and introduced: According to our estimates, within five years, the cost will be gradually recovered. Just like this biogas tank, rural lighting will not generate much of a nighttime economy. At best, it will only It can only be guaranteed that a village-run factory can produce for a short period of time at night, but the fertilizer produced by the biogas digester is of high value, and the fertilizer has a very significant effect on increasing food production.

In the past, rural areas could only purchase fertilizer from biogas plants in Yanjing.

But as the second five-year plan advances.

The biogas digesters designed by the Yanhua government for the people according to the village's land holdings are fully capable of meeting a village's demand for fertilizer.

There are even wealthy enough to be able to sell.

It also benefits from the rural economic model of rural village cooperatives.

If it is a decentralized small-scale peasant economy.

Even with official support from Yanhua.

There is also a high probability that this kind of biogas project will not be possible.

In the traditional small-scale peasant economy based on the family unit, even if the court provides money to build a biogas digester for each household, how much energy do the people have to go to the weeds and dig out the biogas slurry? But it is different when we build a rural village community. Now, hundreds or even thousands of people in a village can be gathered together and used effectively and efficiently, giving projects such as biogas a foundation to take root in rural areas.

After we control the people's demand for fertilizer and can satisfy it themselves, the fertilizer produced by the Yanjing biogas plant can be sold to surrounding countries. This alone can create an additional profit of up to 300,000 taels per year.

In addition, with the increase in our grain production, it is not difficult to recoup our costs and make a profit.

As for road construction, there are now a large number of village-run factories in rural areas under Yanhua's rule. The roads are easy to navigate, which has a very obvious role in promoting the external sales of rural industrial products. The transportation costs are reduced, and the competitiveness of rural industrial products has increased. Competition The advantage is even greater.”

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Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Di talking enthusiastically.

He now understands why, for the same product, the products produced in the countryside of the imperial court cannot compete with Yanhua in terms of price.

It also suffers from rural handicrafts like homespun cloth.

Yanhua's rural areas don't do it.

There is not much direct competition on a large scale.

Otherwise, I'm afraid they really won't be able to compete with the farmers of Yanhua.

At the end of his words, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Biao and said, Brother, there are many benefits to insisting on rural village communities. If a project like a biogas digester is decentralized and a family-based small farmer economy has limited human resources, it will not be able to develop at all. , I believe that in the future, there will be more things like biogas, which will be slowly explored and developed by people.

But if, by then, the imperial court turns into a family-style small-scale peasant economy again, even if the imperial court wants to promote it and has the financial resources to invest, it will not be able to do it.

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Everyone understands.

At this moment, Zhu Di was persuading everyone here in Ming Dynasty.

It doesn’t matter whether we implement the employment share system or not.

But we must stick to rural village communities.

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Di blankly. The fourth child was worried that he would regress to the traditional small-scale peasant economy in the future.

Although a little uncomfortable.

But I have to admit it.

The rural village community in Yanhua taught him a solid lesson.

Indeed, he also knew very well that a project like biogas could not be implemented by a traditional small-scale farmer economy and a single family with limited labor force.

I haven’t seen Yanjing Industrial Zone yet.

I thought it could be compared to rural areas.

They were all completely defeated by Yanhua!

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