The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Ying's letter, after a few days of turnover, quickly reached Zhu Yuanzhang's hands under urgent circumstances.

Looking at the grandson's handwriting, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled as happily as a child.

As far as Zhu Yuanzhang is concerned now, the disposition of the wealthy businessmen in the Suzhou area is all side matters, and the news of the great grandson is the most critical.

Joy, of course, needs to be shared.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading it, he asked Liu and Jiang Yu beside him to read it too.

Liu and Jiang Yu, who have been by Zhu Yuanzhang's side for many years, naturally understand that this is the time to praise the grandson fiercely.

After Liu He and Jiang Xie looked at each other, Liu He took the lead and said: "His Royal Highness is really doing extraordinary things, and he is not bound by ordinary customs."

"Those businessmen can only be played and applauded by His Royal Highness."

"According to what this old slave sees, it won't be long before those wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River will only look up to His Highness the Grandson."

"The hidden dangers in Jiangnan should also be gradually eliminated."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly when he heard the words.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, the Jiangnan area has always been a heart problem. Although there are not many rebellions and rebellions, Zhu Yuanzhang pays more attention to Jiangnan.

In the promulgated "Da Gao", it stipulates that scholars who refuse to serve the monarch should be punished with death.

This one is aimed at Jiangnan.

The property of a large number of wealthy people was confiscated, and many literati were persecuted.

It seems to be a problem of low-level officials, but it is actually Zhu Yuanzhang's secret instigation.

It's still the same routine, when the local people's grievances are too great, those officials who persecute literati will become scapegoats, and they will be killed by Zhu Yuanzhang to appease the hearts of the people.

However, among them, there are also many officials who are sincere in their work and have been affected.

For example, Wei Guan, the prefect of Suzhou, and Gao Qi and Wang Yi, the literati who had good friends with Wei Guan, were like this.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was fighting for territory with Chen Youliang before he became emperor, Wei Guan joined Zhu Yuanzhang's camp and was a more experienced founding hero.

He was born as a scholar. After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he served as an assistant teacher of the Imperial College, a bachelor's attendant, and the head of the Ministry of Rites.

Soon after Wei Guan retired, Chen Ning, the prefect of Suzhou, was dismissed by Zhu Yuanzhang for extorting money.

Zhu Yuanzhang reactivated Wei Guan and appointed him as the prefect of Suzhou.

After Wei Guan came to Suzhou, he abolished Chen Ning's tyranny.

Later, the imperial court wanted to transfer Wei Guan to Sichuan, and the people of Suzhou wrote to the imperial court, requesting Wei Guan to continue to be the magistrate in Suzhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think of a suitable candidate to replace Wei Guan for a while, so he agreed.

The commander of Suzhou, Cai Ben, had conflicts with Wei Guan. He wrote to Zhu Yuanzhang to attack Wei Guan, pointing out his two crimes:

One is to build a government office at the ruins of Zhang Shicheng's palace.

The second is to recruit farmers to build water conservancy projects, which did not follow Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions to be sympathetic to the power of the people.

Cai Ben said that Wei Guan did these two things because he had the intention of treason.

After Zhu Yuanzhang received Cai Ben's letter, he did not punish Wei Guan immediately.He had always believed in Wei Guan, and Wei Guan was already 69 years old at the time, so it was unreasonable to rebel.

Moreover, the army in Suzhou is controlled by the commander Cai Ben. As the magistrate, Wei Guan can't mobilize the army, so what can he do against it.

In order to find out the truth, Zhu Yuanzhang sent a censor named Zhang Du to Suzhou to conduct a secret investigation.

Zhang pretended to be a migrant worker and participated in the construction of the Suzhou government office.

Zhang Du didn't notice anything unusual at first, until Wei Guan held a beam-raising ceremony to install the girders for the government office, and invited his old friend Gao Qi, a great writer in Suzhou, to write an "Shangliang Essay".

The fate of Wei Guan and Gao Qi is doomed.

It's just that the Jiangnan area, which is constantly turbulent, has not officially eliminated the hidden dangers until now.

There is no problem on the surface, but there are dangers in the dark.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, the country he wants to leave to his descendants is a country that is as solid as gold and the world is peaceful.

This problem must be solved in the lifetime.

So the current actions of grandson are very important.

Seeing that His Majesty did not speak, Jiang Yu turned his eyes to himself after a moment of contemplation, and knew that he wanted to listen to what he meant.

After all, His Royal Highness's letter is not meant to be read in vain.

But in Jiang Yu's heart, he already had a draft.

Judging from the dossiers conveyed by Jin Yiwei, Jiang Yu has a deeper understanding of the actions of His Highness the Grandson.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I feel that His Highness Taisun may have a more ambitious goal in setting up a shipyard in the south of the Yangtze River."

As soon as these words came out, it naturally attracted Zhu Yuanzhang's attention.

"tell me the story."

Jiang Yu clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that His Highness Taisun seems to be building a shipyard in the Jiangnan area, as if he is engaged in business affairs, but in fact, in my opinion, His Highness Taisun's goal should be far overseas. "

"If His Highness Taisun wants to improve business, there are actually many choices in the south of the Yangtze River. The brewery, garment factory, textile factory, icing factory, and porcelain factory in the capital can't open up business for His Highness."

"His Royal Highness, however, only chose a shipyard that has never been opened before."

"This is naturally related to the reason why the sea ban was recently lifted. However, in fact, His Highness Taisun thinks that he wants to take advantage of the sea trade to transfer the wealthy businessmen in the entire Jiangnan region to a kind of sea migration."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes suddenly became serious.

Zhu Yuanzhang has always attached great importance to the shipyard.

Although in order to prevent overseas intrusion, a strict sea ban policy is implemented, stipulating that "slabs are not allowed to go to the sea", and "those who dare to go out of the market in private must be severely punished."

However, in fact, while the "maritime ban" was implemented, the "tributary" trade was still going on, and it was more prosperous.

And shipyards around the world have also been established one after another.

On the outskirts of the Japanese capital, Shangxinhe established a "treasure shipyard", and the ships built were called "treasure ships".

Those built in Fujian are called "Fuchuan", and those built in Guangdong are called "Guangzhou Ship".

The "Guangzhou ship" is characterized by "iron chestnut wood, and Fuchuan is especially huge and strong".

The material is excellent, using iron chestnut wood as hard as iron, the hull structure is firm, the scale is huge, and the sailing power is strong.

The ocean-going ships in Guangdong were all built by rich merchants.

They colluded with officials, bought goods, and smuggled them out to sea.

"The defense of the giant ship is 120 steps square, with a capacity of 2000 people. The wood is the city, the building is a scull, and there are four doors on it, and horses can travel."

It can be seen that in smuggling, the profits are huge and the relationship is complicated.

"You mean, Dasun's idea is to introduce all the big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River into the sea trade, and compete with the smuggling sea merchants in Guangdong and Fujian."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

This is a good idea. Looking at it this way, when Jiangnan merchants start shipping by sea, they will naturally weaken in water transportation.

It will be easier to control the rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

The most important thing is that when the fleet is formed, the background of these wealthy businessmen will gradually be revealed.

"Your Majesty has a good opinion, but I feel that His Royal Highness, Grandson, should still have the intention of relocating a big family in the south of the Yangtze River."

"It's like the Japanese country."

Jiang Yu said in a low voice.

This is a bit strange at first, but Zhu Yuanzhang can understand it.

Because Da Sun had already revealed such thoughts before.

Instead of using the word migration, in fact, foreign colonization is a better interpretation.

Breeding means reproduction and reproduction.

Colonization refers to the immigration of a powerful country to the area it conquered and plundering the interests of the original local people.

It is the process by which a great power seeks and obtains possession of economically, politically and culturally underdeveloped regions abroad.

The main manifestations are overseas immigration, pirate robbery, slave trade, capital export, commodity dumping, and raw material plundering.

As for these, the current Ming Dynasty met almost all the needs of colonization.

When Zheng He sailed to the West, the fleet of 2 people had the power to destroy many Southeast Asian countries. The strong military power and the self-sufficient material conditions of the fleet did not promote the development of a large number of colonies. Zheng He used a completely different, ancient The way to deal with the relationship with those earth kings.

The establishment of a large number of tribute countries and the establishment of diplomatic relations with friendly countries replaced armed colonization, while the American colonization caused by Columbus’s great geographical discovery brought huge wealth, but it caused a leap in Western politics, military and science. The non-colonial policy of the Ming Dynasty was even regarded as It has become a turning point in the transformation of the situation between the East and the West in history.

So in ancient and modern history, except for the Mongolian Yuan who liked to expand abroad most, other dynasties almost never had the idea of ​​colonization.

It's mainly a cultural issue.

In Chinese culture, self-confidence in one's own sense of superiority has caused the common people to regard other regions as wild areas, and those who leave their hometowns are those who really cannot gain a foothold.

After death thousands of miles away, there is no way for a leaf to return to its roots. It is simply a sentence of exile, which is most incompatible with Confucian culture.

The Ming Dynasty was a feudal dynasty that traditionally attached importance to agriculture, and its expansion of territory was also governed by traditional garrisons and officials.

Especially for the centralization of the royal family.

In the administrative system, the jurisdiction of the colonies is thousands of miles away, and there is a strong conflict between its ideas and centralization.

The change of dynasties and the circulation of the five virtues are China's own culture.

Qin Shihuang established the basic territory of China a long time ago. The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and many places have the potential to continue to be cultivated during the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of land and food production, Ming Dynasty did not have the will to open colonies, and the food was transferred from the colonies. The cost of logistics greatly exceeded the food itself. From the perspective of agriculture, it is extremely absurd to open colonies.

But as far as Zhu Yuanzhang is concerned, there are many differences.

Because of interests.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this is not considered colonization, but the exile of all the wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River.

Let them be there and become an indirect transmission of the Ming Dynasty.

This is almost the same as the current Dasun's policy towards the vassal king.

Zhu Yuanzhang also felt this very well.

You know, the descendants of Lao Zhu's family will naturally flourish and spread out.

As far as the current situation is concerned, there are already many descendants of the Zhu family. It is conceivable that in one or two hundred years, there may be tens of thousands of descendants of the old Zhu family.

As for the arrangements for the descendants, it became a problem.

According to the current system, it is natural for the royal family to support and receive a salary.

But who would wish that his descendants would all be mediocre mediocrities who only know how to inherit and reproduce.

On Dasun's side, he opened up a very good path.

Let the wealthy businessmen first develop and expand, and when the time comes, let the children and grandchildren inherit it.

In this way, the territory of Ming Dynasty will only become wider and wider.

Even if it is out of jurisdiction, it doesn't matter much.

After all, the meat rotted in the pot.

On the Suzhou City side, in just ten days or so, the construction of the shipyard has already begun.

For the current Daming, this is an incredible speed.

Normally, the opening of the shipyard takes only half a year, and it is almost impossible to say that there is any movement.

In fact, this has little to do with the Ming Dynasty. No matter in the past or in the future, the government has always followed a charter when doing business.

Submit reports layer by layer, and then batch down batches.

This is unavoidable.

In addition to the current communication time of Daming, the shipyard can be opened in half a year, which is considered to be very fast.

But all of this has become extremely simple with Zhu Ying.

On Yang Youwen's side, after Zhu Ying appeared, the truth came to light.

After all, she is the grandson of the emperor, and Zhu Ying is not interested in playing hide-and-seek games. After finding out the details of Suzhou City, what she wants is a quick knife to cut the mess.

These big businessmen in Suzhou were caught off guard.

Master Li didn't close the door for two days before he was released.

And he also successfully invested in a layer of dry stocks in the shipyard.

It's just that Master Li's mood has not become easier because of this.

"Brother Shuming, this time, I'm afraid there is no other way to go. Who would have thought that it would be the rumored His Royal Highness Grandson visiting Suzhou in person."

In the Suzhou restaurant, fellow acquaintance Song Xin said helplessly.

When he saw His Highness Taisun at the Yamen of the Public Security Department and learned of his identity, he was already in despair.

It even feels like there is a possibility of losing the Usha on his head.

However, His Highness Taisun's next words were beyond Song Xin's expectation.

At this moment, the corners of Li Shuming's mouth were bitter.

"I have been in Jiangnan all my life, even though I have achieved the fame of a scholar, I didn't want to be an official. Instead, I started a lowly career that others looked down upon."

"After so many years, I really didn't expect that such a thing would happen now."

"Since His Royal Highness is willing to spare my life, at this point, I can only bite the bullet and go up."

Li Shuming picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp, as if what he swallowed was not wine, but sorrow.

Naturally, Zhu Ying would not say that Li Shuming, the leader of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, would stay in Jiangnan.

There is only one condition for releasing it, and that is to open up a new territory for Ming Dynasty.

Or rather, colonization.

In Li Shuming's view, it is naturally exile.

Song Xin took over the words: "Brother Shuming, there is no need to worry too much. Going to sea is also a way of life. It is better than losing your life."

"Furthermore, His Royal Highness Taisun also said that as long as Brother Shuming makes enough contributions, he will allow the fallen leaves to return to their roots."

Having said that, Song Xin raised his wine glass:
"Brother Shuming is going to Nanyang, take everything seriously."

"If you can really make a contribution, maybe there will be a strong contribution from brother Shuming in the history."

After saying this, Song Xin suddenly felt a little envious.