Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

More than a hundred whole cattle were grilled.

Zhu Di walked in front and washed his hands with jade and silk.

The kings of Han and Zhao followed closely, followed by Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhankan.

Zhu Di held a pot of wine with a complicated expression, offered incense, offered wine, and prayed!

Sacrifice to heaven! !

"It's difficult to restrain Shi Yanran, so I'll restrain Shi Lang from staying in Xushan Mountain!"

[The Ming Dynasty hunted tiles here]

A stone tablet was erected here, and Wala who went north did not dare to enter the country for ten years.

Zhu Zhankan stood on Langjuxu Mountain and looked at the system.

[Family Achievement Mission: Family Glory]

[Mission Objective: Currently, the family is preparing for the Northern Expedition, please seal the wolf as a Xu. 】

[Reward: A spiritual spring]

[Family Achievement Task (Refresh): Success in Practice]

[Mission goal: In addition to myself, there are five third-level cultivators in the family who have refined their energy and transformed into immortals. 】

The reminder that the task was completed rang in Zhu Zhankan's mind.

The new task is completed, and the emperor's dream of sealing the wolf and living in Xu is completed.

Next it’s time to consider how to develop your practice!

After the stone tablet is carved and all placed.

Suddenly a golden light flashed across the sky! Brilliant and gorgeous.

Full of strong pressure!

"Why is the Golden Dragon of Luck here? Oh, there is great luck in sealing the wolf to live in Xu and expanding the territory!"

When the soldiers saw the golden dragon appearing on the horizon, they quickly knelt down and prayed hastily.

Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu and others who have seen the Golden Dragon of Luck will naturally not pray to the Golden Dragon of Luck.

Zhu Di stared at the Luck Golden Dragon in the sky. He didn't seem to have applied any medicine.

Why can I also see the Luck Golden Dragon?

Zhu Di stared at the Luck Golden Dragon and kept watching.

After Fei Wu was busy for a while, the Luck Golden Dragon bowed to Zhu Di and left.

Shenlong saluted their emperor, and many soldiers and generals who saw this scene were shocked!

Their emperor is indeed a real dragon coming to the world!

Chapter 109 The teacher returns to the court and the rumors about Shenlong

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven has been completed.

Naturally, he wanted to return to the court with his troops and reward the three armies.

The ceremony of sealing the wolf to Xu and offering sacrifices to heaven indeed cost more than expected.

But it's still a lot cheaper than fighting for another month.

At least the expected war costs were not exceeded.

That’s not bad!

At least Xia Yuanji felt satisfied.

Zhu Gaochi happily finished handling the zhezi and was about to eat three bowls of rice. Xia Yuanji held another stack of zhezi and handed it to the prince.

The prince's face suddenly stiffened.

"Your Highness, this is a reward message from the north."

Zhu Gaochi felt relieved when he heard that this was a reward.

"For the reward, you, the Ministry of Finance, can come up with a plan. There is no need to hand me the original memorial."

"Your Highness, this is what the Ministry of Finance has written." Xia Yuanji coughed twice.

Zhu Gaochi took the memorial numbly: "Why are there so many?"

"Because I'm short of money." Xia Yuanji spread his hands and said.

"Lack of money?" Zhu Gaochi was stunned and asked with some doubts: "How could there be a shortage of money? Your Majesty's Northern Expedition cost much less than expected, right?"

Xia Yuanji said a little aggrievedly: "Your Highness, your Majesty is marching north, and you are supervising the country. This is not the first time. We were short of money last time."

"This time, although His Majesty has prepared a sum of food funds for the Northern Expedition in advance, the court is relatively well off, but it has not solved the problem of insufficient income for the court."

Xia Yuanji stretched out his fingers and counted: "In addition, His Majesty also plans to integrate Tatar into a vassal state and open mutual trade with Tatar. In addition..."

"Wait a minute! Mutual trade? I just finished the pot of Ola today. Are the Tatars willing to trade with me, the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Xia Yuanji with a question mark on his face.

Xia Yuanji nodded and explained: "The white plague and drought have not stopped in Mobei in the past few years. They went south to grab food and cloth.

However, Oara was beaten so miserably that the Tatars did not dare to resist. They could only declare themselves a vassal state in the hope of mutual trade. His Majesty happened to be in Shaanxi, so he directly approved it. "

Zhu Gaochi carefully considered the advantages and disadvantages of the mutual trade between the Ming Dynasty and Tatar.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had mutual trade with many surrounding vassal states, such as the tea and horse trade in the west.

The most popular mutually traded product is naturally tea.

As a good thing to cleanse oil, relieve greasiness and aid digestion, tea is actually very necessary for nomads.

Logically speaking, as long as the sales of supplies such as tea are controlled, it is enough to control the lives of nomadic people.

The policy of tea-horse trade has always been an important means to maintain border stability.

It is also the only way to manage borders.

Of course, generally speaking, the Central Plains region suffered losses in the mutual market, or the money earned was limited, especially when the imperial court was not strong.

It's like spending money to buy peace and quiet.

For the Yongle Dynasty, there was no problem of peace and tranquility.

Zhu Gaochi sent Xia Yuanji away.

He is actually a little worried about the mutual market.

Through the tea-horse trade, it can indeed bring a large amount of tea-horse income to the court.

Even if the income is not much, the recovered horses can be used to train cavalry, which is considered useful.

But the tea-horse trade also brought benefits to the nomads.

Although the imperial court came forward to forcibly regulate the items and types to be sold.

However, high profits still make many businessmen take risks.

Sold some things that were prohibited by the imperial court to the north and west.

The best example is the maritime ban.

Has the maritime ban policy, which has been implemented since the Hongwu period, really imprisoned smugglers?

Obviously, it did not imprison them.

On the contrary, because the court did not intervene in the maritime trade, the smugglers made a lot of money.

Forget it, Zhu Gaochi got up and stretched his tired body.

The most urgent thing is to pay attention to the welcoming ceremony for the emperor's return.

......

A few days passed.

Outside the gate of Yingtian Prefecture, the prince was respectfully leading the ministers to wait.

Almost all soldiers or people were paying attention to the progress of the emperor's return.

"The Holy Carriage is here!!"

A loud shout broke the silence nearby.

In the distance, teams of elite cavalry, spirited musketeers, and artillerymen were approaching the military camp near Jinling City in an orderly manner.

According to regulations, the army is not allowed to enter the city at will.

Among the soldiers present, only the guards of the royal family and the emperor's personal guards can enter the city.

Zhu Gaochi greeted them happily.

The reward ceremony was held without any problems, and he was relieved.

According to the ceremony process set by the Ministry of Rites, the emperor was welcomed back to the palace.

This time the ceremony was completed.