My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 155 Huge Harvest

  Zhu Di is very interested.

  Empress Xu just smiled and listened.

  Zhu Di was a little unsatisfied, so he simply asked someone to fetch the map.

Spreading the map on the ground, Zhu Di held a cane in his hand and said, "Although the report is not detailed, I guess they must have entered from here, and then...here...here...you see...how risky it is, they The army marched so fast that the food roads were cut off! Fortunately, they have a lot of mules and horses, so the food they brought with them should last for a few days."

"Then...the place where they will fight the Hu clan will most likely be near the Huangjiang River. The Huangjiang River is open here, which is the most suitable for a decisive battle. If it is anywhere else, the soldiers and horses cannot be deployed...The Hu clan only needs to send hundreds of elite troops. With thousands of people, one man can be the gatekeeper and ten thousand people can't open it."

Zhu Di continued enthusiastically: "It's a pity that the Hu family... obviously underestimated the enemy. His purpose is obviously to eat Zhu Gaoxu and these guys in one fell swoop. Zhu Gaoxu and these guys are stationed in Huangjiang, but he can't ask for it. Haha...but...he Absolutely did not expect... The strength of the troops in this firm has far exceeded everyone's expectations. This battle seems to be an adventure, but now that I think about it carefully, it is actually not the case..."

He paused, and continued: "On the surface, it is the Hu family who lured the enemy to go deep, but in fact... In fact, Zhu Gaoxu, a rebellious son, is also tempting the enemy to go deep. Their thoughts are the same, but it is a pity... After all, the Hu family is chess Almost there. Haha..."

  Zhu Di laughed heartily, looked at Empress Xu and said, "Is it interesting?"

  Empress Xu still smiled and said, "Interesting."

  Zhu Di said: "If it's interesting, I'll talk about it again. The terrain of the Yellow River..."

  Empress Xu looked at the sky outside the window and said, "Your Majesty... it's getting late."

  Zhu Di said: "I have nothing to do today."

  Empress Xu said: "Since that's the case, let Your Majesty speak."

Zhu Di was about to point his cane to the position of Shenglong City on the map, and he was already saying: "The most important thing in this battle is to take Shenglong, take Shenglong, not only the Annan Kingdom has no leader, but the most important thing is, This cut off the communication of all the defense lines in the entire northern part of Annan, leaving them in a situation of fighting alone, and even their supplies were completely cut off."

"That's why I think... this battle is really worth watching, and it's even more exciting than Jing Nan Shi. Even the Poyang Lake water battle between Emperor Taizu Gao and Chen Youliang was far inferior to this battle. Wonderful. So, money is a good thing. With money, soldiers can ride horses, and everyone can use mules and horses to transport luggage. Soldiers and horses can travel hundreds of miles a day, even if they go deep behind enemy lines, they can fight for a long time. Not only that , With silver, there are better weapons and more gunpowder. This lone army, the treasury did not allocate them a penny, nor gave them a grain of rice, but their battle results were the most fruitful. It can be prudent, but it is a great contribution made by a single army."

  Zhu Didao: "The so-called art of war, one is people, and the other is money and food. Our Ming Dynasty has a large population and a wealth of talents. There is never a shortage of people. The only thing we lack is money..."

  Empress Xu smiled and nodded, "Your Majesty has really explained the truth in one word."

Zhu Di said honestly: "What kind of secret is this? Anyone with a little brain probably knows this truth, but some people...know it in their hearts, but pretend to turn a blind eye. And some people...even though they know it, they still care about it As far as he is concerned, it is because some people are afraid to talk about money.”

  Empress Xu said in astonishment: "Afraid to talk about money?"

Zhu Di said: "I'm afraid that I will take their money and food! Don't look at the people in this world, everyone speaks out because of me, what goes up the mountain of swords, into the sea of ​​fire... Haha... This is just a joke. If you teach them to take money, they will I want to fight you hard."

Zhu Di sighed, and said again: "There is only so much money and food in the world. If you squeeze the people, the people will rebel. If you take it from the gentry, the gentry will complain. If you want to take advantage of merchants, these merchants... are not easy to use. , Zhang Anshi is better, Zhang Anshi pointed out a way for me to make money, and because of this, I can be regarded as elated this time."

  Empress Xu nodded and said with a smile: "This is not because His Majesty treats him well on weekdays. He is so grateful, it can be seen that His Majesty still has vision."

Zhu Di was even happier, and laughed loudly: "You can't say that, the most people in the world are unfamiliar wolves. Didn't I give them generous gifts for all the officials? My court of the Ming Dynasty, because scholars will Write a few stereotyped articles, let them become officials, and teach them to honor their ancestors, but among these people, how many people are not beautiful in their mouths, but actually have their own thoughts in their hearts? So, they are still reliable."

Empress Xu was thoughtful: "Your Majesty, in fact, the victory is not great. This is a matter of the foreign court. The concubine is a woman and doesn't know much. But when it comes to Zhang Anshi, the concubine is surprised...he didn't hold any grudges. Gao Xu came up with this idea instead, and now...Gao Xu is outside, and he has made some contributions, which can be regarded as clearing his sins, and as a mother, I can rest assured."

  Zhu Di seemed to be very touched when he heard this, he paused, and said: "I intend to restore his prince, how about it?"

Empress Xu shook her head and said: "He is already a commoner. He should be rewarded for whatever merits he has made. How can he be crowned king in a single battle? If he is crowned king, it will be for Zhang Anshi, Zhu Yong, Zhang Fu, Qiu Song, and Gu Xingzu. How many people are there? Your Majesty must not do this."

   Zhu Di listened and nodded: "That makes sense, this son of a bitch..."

  Speaking of this, Zhu Di paused, and then said: "This guy...has taken the shares of Zhang Anshi and I, and gave him nearly 10% of the shares, what else?"

   Just as he was talking, Yi Shiha walked in quickly, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the report is here."

   Originally, it was an ordinary **** who sent the newspaper to the residence, but today is a bit unusual, and Shiha personally sent it.

  Zhu Di hummed, took the residence newspaper, and saw that it was an article, which was about Kublai Khan's failure in the second conquest of Annan.

   Immediately after that, it was Da Ming's attack on Thang Long's Di Bao.

  In it, there are words like praising His Majesty's sages and the bravery of the three armies.

   These are actually bureaucratic articles. Zhu Di used to feel bored reading them, but today he reads them word for word, very seriously.

  After that, there are some decrees of the imperial court in the past few days, and some places have sent up public reports.

  The second edition is about Xie Jin's letter, requesting strict orders to prohibit ministers and scholars from making rumors and making troubles.

  Zhu Di suddenly raised his head: "Yi Shiha."

   "The servant is here."

  Zhu Di said: "Have Xie Jin visited the prince in the past few days?"

  Yi Shiha then said: "These days, he has very little contact with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

  Zhu Di nodded, got the answer, and didn't seem to want to ask any more questions.

  Yi Shiha said: "Indeed... the last time he and Chen Ji talked about a cup of tea when the court was scattered, the two of them looked sad at that time."

  As soon as this remark came out, Zhu Di was silent for a moment, and said, "What do you think of him?"

  Yi Shiha said: "This servant feels that Xie Gong has a great talent, and the articles are excellent."

  Zhu Di looked straight at him and said, "What's next?"

   "There's nothing left behind." Yi Shiha: "A servant who is a servant, what can he know, how dare he talk about the minister."

Zhu Di smiled: "Yeah, how dare you make unreasonable remarks... These four words are well said, but some people... are just arrogant, think they know everything, and always want to say a word or two about everything. How many people dare to say that they know everything.”

   As he spoke, Zhu Di shook his head.

  At this moment, someone came to report again, and after a while, the General Secretary brought a huge burden, came in panting, and said, "Your Majesty, Annan has a performance."

   Seeing that Annan had a performance, Zhu Di immediately stood up, put down the mansion newspaper, looked at the baggage, and said, "Who is this... who is full and has nothing to do, and moved such a thing to play?"

  If it is full of memorials, I am afraid that there will be hundreds of thousands of words.

   Zhu Di felt that someone deliberately insulted him, thinking he was uneducated.

  Yi Shiha hurriedly went to fetch the bag, it was really heavy, he desperately gritted his teeth and put the bag on the side table.

  After Zhu Di tore off the sealing paint, he opened the package, but inside... was a pile of accounts, and on the accounts, there was a memorial, but the signature of the memorial was not Zhu Gaoxu, but Gu Xingzu.

  Annan's accounts?

  The expression on Zhu Di's face suddenly changed, and he suddenly became interested.

  To be honest, he was only immersed in Annan's great victory. After all, this military victory has already made him overjoyed.

  It was only then that I remembered...it seems that the company's trip to Annan...is not just as simple as the military.

  At the moment, he opened the memorandum with great interest, read it carefully, and then... showed ecstasy: "Decree will be delivered tomorrow, and Zhang Anshi will be invited to attend."

  Yi Shiha doesn't know what His Majesty's intention is, the palace said that it was the ministers teaching the emperor, Zhang Anshi is not a civil servant after all, so he really shouldn't join in the fun.

   But since it was His Majesty's order, he dared not neglect it, so he hastily complied.

  …

  Zhang Anshi finally walked out of the study at home.

  Now with guards, walking around the streets loudly, very unhappy.

  Annan has already made a decision, and now he is worried that...the Chinese army or the Mu family...will also take this opportunity to enter the army and take away the benefits of the business.

  So he wrote a letter overnight, and asked someone to send it to Annan, and told his brothers to guard against the Chinese army and the Mu family.

   Immediately afterwards... Zhang Anshi summoned Zhu Jin and others!

   After taking down Annan, how to seize wealth is the most important thing. Since it is a commercial firm, it still has to focus on profit.

  The reason for using this method is of course not just for the sake of money. After all, Zhang Anshi doesn't love money very much, and has no interest in money.

  What he thinks about is that when many empires were strong, they always failed in the military occupation of various places in the end. The reason is that the consumption of military occupation is far greater than the occupied land. Over time, once there is a financial crisis, they often choose to withdraw their troops in the end.

  Annan has belonged to the Central Plains since the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the language, characters, and customs are almost the same.

Now that it has taken it this time, we must put an end to the fact that Da Ming took Annan in history. Finally, during the Xuande period, that is, when Zhu Zhanji, the prodigal bastard, was in power. An excuse to retreat.

  The Annan people were overjoyed when they saw Ming retreating, and issued a so-called "Ping Wu Dazhao".

  If the problem of profitability is not solved, then the so-called Dingannan is actually meaningless, and in the end it may be futile after decades.

  So, after two days of stuttering, Zhang Anshi settled down, and shut himself up obediently.

   Concentrate on planning for the future of the future firm.

   You know, this Annan is a good place, rich in grain and resources, and most importantly, it has a unique coastline and countless natural ports.

  It’s just such a place...the Ming Dynasty in history can still lose money on this, Zhang Anshi has to doubt the governance ability of these ministers.

  Of course, it's not that these people are incapable.

   The root cause is lack of motivation.

   Fortunately, now that we have a firm, we can take this opportunity...

  So Zhang Anshi ordered Zhu Jinlai to be found again.

  Seeing someone, he said, "How about what I taught you?"

  Zhu Jin said: "What kind of thing did Uncle say?"

  Zhu Jin also heard the news from Annan. In fact, it has spread all over the streets and alleys.

  The vast majority of people still have simple wishes and are happy for them.

   Of course, there are also unhappy people, and there are quite a few of them.

  Zhu Jin ignored the gossip outside.

  Zhang Anshidao: "Let you call those failed Juren and scholars."

  Zhu Jin said: "I have been called, but... not many people are willing to come, only a mere one hundred and thirty-three people."

  Zhang Anshi sighed: "There are so many guys who failed the rankings in this world, why are there some of them?"

  Zhu Jin explained: "After all, we are a business firm, and scholars look down on us. Just these people, they are not very happy."

  Zhang Anshi then ordered: "Let them practice for a while, and send them to banks, workshops, and our boats..."

  Zhu Jin smiled wryly and said: "In fact, some people found out that they were going to work in workshops and banks, and several people left, saying that they disdain to be with us."

  Zhang Anshi is not angry, the ethos of a scholar is like this, he is aloof and looks down on worldly affairs.

   You said that he is really pure and noble, and he has no utilitarianism, but their purpose is to gain fame.

   Thus, such a group of freaks were born.

  Even if they are scholars who have failed, they are also officials in spirit. They look down on this and that. To put it bluntly, it is the kind of person who is born with a delusion that he can earn fame, fortune, and money by himself by reading the Four Books and Five Classics.

  Zhang Anshi said nonchalantly: "Just do what you want, there will always be people who are willing to do it, and when these people have almost experienced, give me the roster of these people."

  Zhu Jin couldn't help wondering: "Is there any great use for uncle?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "I plan to send a group of people to Annan."

   "A parent officer?"

  Zhang Anshi shook his head: "Parents are responsible for Annan's scholars, and they only work in Annan's business."

  Zhu Jin said with hesitation: "If you go to Annan, if you still go to a trading company, I'm afraid they may not be willing to go if the mountains are long and the rivers are far away."

Zhang Anshidao: "Although they can't be parents' officials, they can be their parents' parents. However, I have another idea after you say that. It's a good name."

   As he said that, Zhang Anshi actually ignored Zhu Jin, and excitedly went to perfect his plan.

  …

  The so-called 筳 talk, in fact, in the 15th year of Hongwu, a minister named Shi Guiyan petitioned to put more emphasis on the economic 筳 system.

  At that time, he asked to standardize this system, and to give lectures on the first day of each month and the middle of each month. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang did not adopt it.

   During the Jianwen period, 筳 lectures began to be frequent.

  After Zhu Di entered Nanjing City, he began to get tired of talking about rice dumplings again.

   Even in many cases, Zhu Di always canceled the time that was originally planned to speak in advance.

   After a hard time today, Zhu Di came.

   This lecture is not only attended by the Wenyuange University Scholars Association, but also the attendants and attendants of the Imperial Academy.

  When there are many people involved, there are hundreds of ministers, and when there are few people, there are also thirty or forty people.

   This time, Zhu Di even ordered someone to call Chen Jiyi, the right servant of the Ministry of War, to attend.

  Originally, Chen Ji, as a minister of the Six Departments, should not have appeared, which made him somewhat puzzled by His Majesty's thoughts.

  So when he entered the Wenhua Palace, he saw Xie Jin's figure, and approached him quickly, and asked Xie Jin cautiously: "Mr. Xie, do you know what your majesty called me for?"

  Xie Jin said: "The holy will is unpredictable, how does the old man know."

  Chen Ji was a little worried and said: "If something is abnormal, you will be a demon. Hey... Could it be that I have spoken out righteously and offended His Majesty?"

   Xie Jin turned his head and glanced at Chen Ji: "If you speak uprightly, you will not offend Your Majesty."

   Paused, Xie Jin said again: "But if it is the two ends of the first mouse, it may not be."

  Chen Ji listened, his eyes opened slightly, and he took a deep breath.

   These words obviously have deep meanings, and they are telling Chen Ji that since he has already spoken up, he must not be cowardly, and it is better for me to go up to the dark one by one, which is better than going to both ends of the first mouse.

  Chen Ji did not suspect that Xie Jin wanted to harm him. In fact, he also knew that His Majesty is a mild-mannered person, and he looks down on despicable people the most.

  So he smiled and said in a low voice, "Mr. Xie has a high opinion."

   Xie Jin didn't like this time, Chen Ji followed behind him, so he quickened his pace and rushed to Wenhua Palace.

   But Chen Ji seemed to have found a bosom friend at this time, always sticking behind him, like a follower.

   After walking for a while, Xie Jin saw Zhu Gaochi in front of him, supported by Zhang Anshi, walking towards the Wenhua Hall step by step.

  They entered the palace first, but walked slowly, but were caught up by the ministers behind.

  So Xie Jin, Chen Ji, and other Hanlin ministers all quickened their pace, and when they got behind Zhu Gaochi, they saluted and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

   Zhu Gaochi turned his head, glanced at everyone lightly, and nodded to Xie Jin first, but said nothing.

  When his eyes fell on Yang Rong, Zhu Gaochi said: "Master Yang, just now An Shi happened to talk about you with Bengong."

  Yang Rong suddenly became the target of public criticism, seeing countless people looking at him.

  It is not a good thing to be asked by Zhang Anshi, but fortunately Yang Rong was very calm, with a slight smile on his face and said: "I don't know what is going on?"

  Zhu Gaoxu said in a gentle way: "An Shi knows that you have a good writing style, you know well about the past and the present, and you are also a prudent person. It just so happens that there needs to be an article about Annan's past life and present life in the mansion newspaper. I hope that Master Yang can write it for you."

  Yang Rongdao: "Your Highness, Mr. Xie has the highest talent and learning, and this minister is far inferior..."

He wanted to refuse. After all, Xie Jin is here, and Xie Jin is very conceited in articles and classics and history. Yang Rong doesn't like to show off his articles. people pay attention.

   Xie Jin was very embarrassed at this time, saying nothing, so he stood silently.

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Master Xie is busy with affairs. He is in Wenyuan Pavilion and at the same time he has to edit the "Document Dacheng", so don't refuse. This matter, I have promised An Shi on your behalf. In two days, Anshi will ask you for advice."

  Yang Rong glanced at Zhang Anshi who was looking at him with a smile, and sighed silently in his heart.

  That guy...finally killed the old man.

  Of course, Yang Rong still looked unfazed: "Since this is the case, then the subordinate officials have no choice but to be respectful rather than obedient."

  Zhu Gaochi immediately, supported by Zhang Anshi, continued to Wenhua Hall.

  Everyone was walking like flying, but now that the crown prince is at the front, the ministers behind had no choice but to slow down, and followed Zhu Gaochi one by one to Wenhua Hall.

   At this time, Zhu Di was very interested. He was seated here early, waiting for the officials to come.

  After the ministers entered, they made a big salute.

  Zhu Di laughed and said, "Haha...you don't have to be polite."

   After finishing speaking, he said to Zhu Gaochi with a pleasant face: "It's been a long journey, you've worked hard, come and give the crown prince a seat."

  Zhu Gaochi wanted to refuse at first, but after all his legs and feet couldn't be controlled. When the **** brought Jindun, he also bowed down and sat down graciously.

  Zhu Di immediately said, "What are you talking about today?"

  The lecturer on duty hurried forward and said, "It's about Zi Zhi Tong Jian's "The Chronicles of the Later Han Dynasty."

  Zhu Di smiled and said, "Why don't you talk about Cochin."

  The so-called Jiaozhi is actually Annan!

  Since the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty included Jiaozhi, which is now Annan, into its own territory. Since then...many dynasties have had records of ruling here.

  The lecturer could no longer maintain his calm expression, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty... I have always followed the scriptures..."

  Zhu Di said indifferently: "You are all erudite and talented people. Do you have to preach according to the book, and what you talk about every day is not the Four Books, or "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"? Is this the only knowledge in the world?"

  The lecturer was very hesitant: "This..."

   Zhu Di quickly set his eyes on Chen Ji.

   Obviously, he was targeting Chen Jilai today.

  Zhu Di said: "Chen Qing's family, you know a lot, so tell me."

  Chen Ji: "..."

  Zhu Di said: "Come here, give Chen Qing a seat."

  Where did Chen Ji dare to sit? He secretly glanced at Xie Jin, but said: "Your Majesty...compared with Zhu Hanlin, this talent is really not worth mentioning."

  Zhu Di smiled, but the smile obviously didn't reach his eyes, and said in his mouth: "Although you are the right servant of the Ministry of War, you are also proficient in money and food, and you know how to govern the people. How can it be... don't you know classics and history?"

   Zhang Anshi, who was standing upright, couldn't help but said in his heart: Your Majesty is very vengeful. How many days ago did this happen, and he even deliberately brought someone here to mock him.

  Chen Ji was very uncomfortable, but he also knew that if he refused again at this time, he would not know how to flatter him.

  Simply, he said: "Then let me talk about it. The four counties of Jiaozhi were ruled by the Qin general Zhao Tuo in the early years. After that, Nanyue was swallowed up by the Han. The four counties of Jiaozhi, naturally, became the land of the Han."

He paused, and then said: "It's just... not long after, the four counties of Jiaozhi rebelled again and were cut off from China... In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han general Ma Yuan was ordered to go to the four counties to quell the rebellion. It's just that this battle was extremely exhausting. Great, the Han army suffered many casualties."

"Not only that, during the occupation period, the local soldiers frequently attacked the Han army. Even Ma Yuan, the famous general, saw the ferocity of the local people in the four counties of Cochin, so he erected a copper pillar to shock people's hearts. The content on it is exactly It is: "The copper pillar is broken, and the Jiaozhi is destroyed."

   "This is what happened thousands of years ago..." Chen Ji paused, and then continued: "But does your Majesty know where the copper pillar on which the "copper pillar breaks and cross-toe disappears" is located?"

  Zhu Di didn't speak.

Chen Ji continued: "This copper pillar has long since disappeared. The prestige established there by the Han Dynasty has long since disappeared. Back then, no matter whether it was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty or Ma Yuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the conscripted soldiers entered the four counties of Jiaozhi. , the bones are scattered all over the four counties, but now...where are they? On the contrary, in the process of conquest, the imperial court spent countless money and food, and the soldiers continued to bleed in Annan, and finally...caused this regrettable thing through the ages .”

   Hanlins, you look at me, I look at you.

  Everyone is a smart person. In fact, they all know what Zhu Di wants Chen Ji to say, but Chen Ji is very tough, directly satirizing the great regret caused by the war between the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties. "

  Zhu Di said: "In this way, the Qing family thinks that the gains outweigh the losses by conquering Annan?"

  Chen Jidao: "Exactly."

  Zhu Di said: "Since the Qing family thinks so, then..."

  Zhu Di jumped up suddenly: "Then it would be best, come here... to fetch the memorial."

  As soon as this remark came out, it seemed that it had been prepared for a long time. A group of eunuchs filed in from the side hall, holding notebooks one by one.

Zhu Di stood up, with his hands behind his back, staring at Chen Jidao: "Do you know what this is? This is a memorial sent by Zhu Gaoxu and others. This is what they found in the Annan government treasury. Zhang Anshi, you can read a lot, so read it to him."

  Zhang Anshi came to the spirit: "Yes."

  Therefore, Zhang Anshi went forward, took a report, bowed his head, and said: "I will skip the previous words. I know everyone is impatient, so I will report the number directly."

   Zhang Anshi stared at the report, but he himself felt it was incredible, and then said: "I got food today... 2.33 million stones..."

  As soon as this remark came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.

  Everyone showed incredible looks.

   What is the concept of 2.33 million stones?

  Daming’s grain grain, that is, the grain collected every year, is the richest in Nanzhili. The annual grain income is about one million shi, followed by Zhejiang, Shandong, and Jiangxi, all of which are around 600,000 shi.

  The three provinces in Beijing alone account for half of the grain in the world.

   Now, Annan is just a mere Annan, where did more than two million stone grains come from?

  (end of this chapter)