Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Zhu Youjian left in a daze.

His stingy old man like an iron rooster is not only known as a good man among the people, but his reckless spending of money not only did not make the stock lose money, but also increased people's confidence in Zhili Iron and Steel Company.

Zhu Youjian really can't understand this world, all kinds of things are too magical.

Although Zhu Youxiao didn't notice Zhu Youjian, why did the emperor miss Tiqi from Jinyiwei and Fanzi from Dongchang when he traveled?
It seems that Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu are visiting privately, but in fact, there are many Jinyiwei and Dongchang fanzi around.

After these people found Zhu Youjian's trace, they also reported it immediately. The commander of Jinyiwei who was in charge of the guard, Xu Xianchun, also hurriedly reported the matter to Zhu Youxiao after receiving the report from his subordinates.

Zhu Youxiao, who was chatting with Zhou Kui about the various subjects, academic requirements, and teachers' situation of the vocational college, saw Xu Xianchun walking to a conspicuous place and understood that he had something to report.

Smiling and praising Zhou Kui, Zhu Youxiao signaled Xu Xianchun to come forward.

After Zhang Haogu caught a glimpse of Xu Xianchun, he and Zhou Kui walked aside. When it comes to Jinyiwei, it's not something Zhou Kui, a businessman, should inquire about.

Xu Xianchun stepped forward and lowered his head: "Your Majesty."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Youxiao looked very casual. Obviously, the feeling of having fun with the people in a private micro-service made him very comfortable. The fireworks of the people are much more comfortable than the cold palace.

"The people below report that His Highness King Xin has been found." Xu Xianchun said.

Zhu Youxiao tilted his head slightly: "King Xin? Is King Xin here?"

Xu Xianchun said: "His Royal Highness Xin Wang seems to have discovered His Majesty, and left immediately."

Zhu Youxiao nodded thoughtfully: "Well, go and find out what King Zhaxin did during his return to Beijing, and tell me about it when you get back."

Xu Xianchun went down quietly and disappeared into the crowd.

After Xu Xianchun went down, Zhang Haogu came over. Seeing Zhang Haogu come back, Zhu Youxiao asked, "Zhou Kui left?"

"The minister told him to go back and get busy first." Zhang Haogu explained.

Nodding his head, Zhu Youxiao turned around and walked to the other side: "Alright, the steel company, the vocational college, it adds up to a lot of things, so let him go to work, and then master tell him to let him do it well. No matter whether it is a steel company or a vocational college, if they have scaled up, I am very optimistic about him, and I will reward him if he does well.”

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "At that time, I'm afraid the officials and censors will give your majesty a piece of paper again."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help snorting coldly when he heard the words Yanguan Yushi: "Yanguan Yushi, if they are really dedicated to the country and speak out to remonstrate, I'd give them a high regard and respect them. The loyalty of the literati to the monarch and the country, the character and arrogance."

"But right now, these censors and officials, who hear rumors and gossips, all kinds of rumors and gossips are talking loudly and sowing discord, all of which are actually for party disputes and interests, as if party disputes are bigger than the sky matter."

"Sometimes I really wish I could throw these guys who are living on the imperial salary to dig coal in Xishan."

There are many bad things about censor officials. In many cases, these censor officials are not for the court or the people, but for their own interests, or simply for the sake of playing. …

When these people criticize political enemies and people who are not on their own side, they are merciless, speculating, smearing and eye-catching, and they really focus their talents on dealing with their own people.

Whether it was the Tianqi Dynasty or the Chongzhen Dynasty in the previous life, these censors and officials often gave orders arbitrarily and put pressure on the front line.

Regardless of whether the bandits rebelled or Liaodong fought against the Qing Dynasty, these censors made a lot of efforts, killing a large number of loyal ministers and generals of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and ruining good opportunities time after time.

Of course, these are also related to Chongzhen, a suspicious, capricious and self-willed emperor who wants to save face.

This one is a talkative troll, and the other is a master of micro-manipulation. The combination of these two will completely ruin the situation that Daming can still support in a few years. The rogues and Man Qing have to say hello when they see each other, and they can't wait to protect these Daming dogs. teammate.

So is Zhu Youxiao

The one who was cheated by these censors was different from Zhu Youjian. Zhu Youjian was cheated again and again, but he was fooled repeatedly because of his own face and his love of playing.

But Zhu Youxiao was tricked once by these censors, and he knew what kind of shit these people were.

Needless to say, these people are pure keyboard warriors, and they belong to the type of dragging their own side.

What kind of censor is this called?
Looking at who the censors in the Han and Tang Dynasties were, Zhu Youxiao sometimes asked himself late at night, what is the use of raising these people who eat dry food?

Although it is said that quite a number of keyboard warriors were sent to Huang Taiji to hold back Huang Taiji, these dog teammates did not disappoint Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu's expectations of them, and made the situation in the Qing Dynasty look like a raging fire. They are strong on the outside and capable on the inside, but there are still many people who still stay in the territory of Daming.

Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about these troublesome things, Zhu Youxiao looked at the foreigners on both sides, these foreigners with blond hair, red hair, brown hair, blue eyes and green eyes are very common on Jingshi Street , and besides these Western foreigners, there are also people from the Western Regions wearing white robes and masks, Koreans wearing Central Plains costumes, and people from the vassal states wearing the costumes of those vassal states in Southeast Asia. Occasionally, you can see a few small Japanese people .

Now it is really the coming of all nations. This is a scene comparable to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, which fascinates Zhu Youxiao deeply. This is the prosperity that he has worked so hard to build.

Zhu Youxiao is thinking, if he returns to heaven, what kind of temple name will he have? He has worked hard to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, govern the world and conquer the world.
Just as he was thinking wildly, Zhu Youxiao suddenly caught a glimpse of several dark figures, wearing a tattered sackcloth, surrounded by two blond-haired, blue-eyed, deep-faced Westerners, who were holding hands with each other. These dark figures seemed to be going to sell.

This made Zhu Youxiao a little puzzled: "Are these foreigners selling Kunlun slaves?"

It is not uncommon for Kunlun slaves to appear in Daming.

After all, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Kunlun slaves have appeared on the land of the Central Plains. From the Han and Tang Dynasties to the Song Dynasty and then to the Yuan Dynasty, Kunlun slaves were indispensable in the trade with foreigners, but most of the Kunlun slaves at that time referred to the south of the Tianshan Mountains. That is to say, there are not many purebred Kunlun slaves in India, and they are all trafficked to the east by Westerners. …

In the Ming Dynasty, the trade between the West and the East intensified, and the Portuguese-dominated fleet continued to sell Kunlun slaves to Daming.

These Kunlun slaves were sold as commodities or given as gifts to the gentry and officials of the Ming Dynasty; and the gentry of the wealthy gentry along the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty also liked to have a few Kunlun slaves as house slaves, because these Kunlun slaves were loyal, brave, hardworking and obedient. The most important thing is that his complexion is as dark as a ghost, and he doesn't look like a good man. Only by raising a few Kunlun slaves can he show his status, status and financial resources, isn't it?
Since then, Kunlun slaves have been very common in the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, such as Guangdong and Fujian, and even other places have seen Kunlun slaves.

Apocalypse Dynasty is now carrying out the new policy. It is strictly forbidden to treat the people of Ming Dynasty as slaves. People of Ming Dynasty, regardless of gender, are precious. You can sign an employment agreement to hire people of Ming Dynasty to serve you, but you cannot sign a sale agreement to buy and sell people of Ming Dynasty.

Housekeepers, slaves, tenants, and those who were of humble origin, refugees who hid in deep mountains and old forests to evade taxes, etc. were liberated one after another. The benevolent government of the Tianqi Dynasty was universal to the people of the world.

Of course, the people in this world are limited to the people of Ming Dynasty, and Kunlun slaves are not included, let alone Kunlun slaves, even Silla maidservants are not included.

Today's Daming is so arrogant, the people of the Fan Kingdom are the people of the Fan Kingdom, and the foreign barbarians are the foreign barbarians. Da Ming respects you, but you can't pretend to be the people of Daming, otherwise you will be punished.

As for the new army, it is even more impossible to have Kunlun slaves.

Today, the main body of the new army of the Ming Dynasty is the children of the good families of the Ming Dynasty.

Mongols and Jurchens are also part of the new Ming army. After all, Monan Mongolia is now
They are the people of Ming Dynasty, and many of the daughters of Liaodong, who were forced to live by the high-pressure policy of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, could not live without care, and many of them went to southern Liaoning to serve as soldiers.

These are the members of the new army of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for foreigners to join the new army.

Whether it is Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Haogu or other generals of the new army, they are all intentionally or unintentionally maintaining the purity of the new army, not to mention the fact that the Ming Dynasty is so powerful today, how can they think highly of these foreign barbarians.

However, it is interesting that there are several Kunlun slaves in the capital. Zhu Youxiao is rarely interested, so he ordered: "Wei Banban, go and ask those two Westerners, which country are they from, and where do these Kunlun slaves come from?" of."

Eunuch Wei who was waiting on the side immediately ran over to ask.

When the two blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners saw someone asking, they also responded enthusiastically. After getting the answer, Eunuch Wei ran back: "Hui Huangye, these two Westerners are Portuguese, and they came to Ming Dynasty to do business." As for the Kunlun slaves they sold, they got them from some tribe in Africa. According to them, the entire African continent is full of such barbarians, where gold, silver and precious stones are everywhere, but these barbarians are extremely ignorant because they don’t do production. .”

"And there were so many barbarians on that continent that they couldn't catch them all, so they caught them and sold them everywhere. According to what they said, these Kunlun slaves were also very popular along the coast of Daming."...

Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised when he heard this: "Gold, silver and precious stones are everywhere? These Kunlun slaves have so much wealth but they don't do production or development?"

Eunuch Wei said: "Isn't it my lord, the two Portuguese said that these Kunlun slaves sit lazily waiting for the pie to fall from the sky every day, so that they can feed a large family, and what's more, they use weapons made of stone and bones. , extremely barbaric. And there are a lot of good mines, copper, gold, silver, precious stones, and more everywhere, and these Kunlun slaves even used them as decorations for the village.”

Zhu Youxiao nodded thoughtfully: "Master, you said that when the old man Chengzu sent the Sanbao Supervisor to go to the West, he encountered such a situation in Africa?"

"It's no wonder there weren't so many people in Ming Dynasty at that time. Daming still had an income of more than 3000 million taels a year. It's really profitable to travel to the West."

Zhang Haogu knew that Zhu Youxiao was moved: "Your Majesty, if you want to know the situation in Africa, you might as well ask those two Portuguese to come to the palace and explain it to you in detail. It will be convenient for us to make money then, won't it?"

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "When I was free to look through the archives in the palace, I found out that during Sejong's time, there was a fleet of imperial courts going to the West to do business. It seems that they were doing this Kunlun slave business with foreigners and made money for Sejong. A lot of money. Now that the Ming Dynasty has banned the sea, if this business can be done, the imperial court will naturally want to take a look.”

Between the two of them, some decisions were made. As for the thoughts of the Kunlun slave, no one cared.

After receiving Zhu Youxiao's order, Eunuch Wei asked a young eunuch beside him to lead the two Portuguese into the palace.

And these two Portuguese, that is, Angel and his partner Del, who came to see Mr. Daming Jing, were curiously watching the old man who came to him to ask the price of the Kunlun slave just now, ran to the two young people and said something According to Angel's experience, that white-faced and beardless old man should be the housekeeper of those two young people. These two young people are definitely either rich or noble.

This point was judged by Angel from the many guards around the two young men.

Speaking of arriving in the capital of the Ming Dynasty these days, Angel and his partners were busy playing around, and there were still a batch of Kunlun slaves in their hands that had not been sold. I planned to try my luck at the market this afternoon, but I didn’t expect such luck. It didn't take long to meet the buyer after taking the Kunlun slave out of the stable behind the inn.

But what made Angel a little puzzled was that the two young men who looked either rich or noble pointed at their Kunlun slave and left.

"Dell, do they think the quality of our slaves is not good?" Angel was a little puzzled.

Del shrugged: "I have already said, don't lock these slaves in the stables. Ming people pay great attention to hygiene and cleanliness. These slaves are tattered and lack energy. Ming people will think they are sick."

The two of them were talking when they saw the two young men coming out of the guards just now.
A few people came straight to him, and Angel looked very happy: "Hey, Del, God bless, they still have their eyes on our slaves."

These people walked up to Angel and Del, and the leader glanced at the two Portuguese with a haughty expression, but Angel had long been used to the pride of Ming people and didn't care: "Several, yes Want to buy our slaves?"…

The leader cleared his throat: "Your slave, our master wants it, and our master is a little interested in your experience, come with us."

Angel was stunned, interested in his own experience?
Those two young people who are either rich or expensive, do they want to invest in their own business?
Although a little puzzled and wary, Angel still left with these people. When Angel and Del were taken to a remote yard, they thought they had been robbed.

Unexpectedly, there were two large wooden barrels filled with hot water and some clean clothes in the room.

"Hurry up and take a shower, put on clean clothes, and keep clean when you meet the master."

Angel and Del were a little excited when they realized that they were about to meet the big man. They took a quick shower, but they were a little at a loss for Daming's clothes. It was the little eunuch who asked someone to help them dress, and then arranged for them to enter the palace in a carriage. Well, as for the few Kunlun slaves, other people will make arrangements for them.

On the way to the gate of the palace, looking through the curtains on both sides at the red walls and golden tiles, the tall and majestic imperial city and the fortified guards, and the Ming banners flying side by side, Angel's heart suddenly thumped. He looked at Del beside him: "Hey! Dude, it seems like we're going to meet some really big shots!"

Del was also dumbfounded, swallowing his saliva constantly: "Yeah, we're going to meet the real big shot."

The carriage stopped at the Meridian Gate, Angel and Del got out of the carriage, followed the guard's supervision and followed the little eunuch into the Meridian Gate. The high red walls on both sides blocked the sunlight, and the guards on both sides were solemn and silent. Walking up and down, Angel and Del were also filled with awe and bewilderment.

Along the way, there were banners fluttering and iron armor everywhere, and soldiers in armor stood on both sides of the road. In the distance was the tall and majestic imperial city building, which impregnated the majesty of the Ming royal family in the hearts of the two foreigners.

The two followed the little eunuch all the way to the front of the Hall of Martial Arts, and then entered the hall after being checked again. At this time, the two of them were already numb.

Along the way, they went through seven interrogations and five inspections before finally arriving at the Hall of Martial Arts without seeing anyone.

The little eunuch ordered: "You two stand here and wait."

As he spoke, the little eunuch hurried in: "My lord, those two Portuguese brought it here."

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Call them in."

After receiving the instruction, Angel and Del were able to enter and met the acquaintances they had seen before. Angel and Del remembered the rules taught to them by the little eunuch along the way, and obediently knelt down on one knee: "See you, Daming Your Majesty the Emperor, long live the Great Emperor, long live, long live."

Although speaking Chinese with an accent is a bit awkward, at least it is very fluent.

Zhu Youxiao raised his hand: "Let's get down, and give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Great Emperor."

What they saw and heard along the way filled the two with awe of the majesty of the Daming Palace, so they were very restrained, and they sat with half of their butts next to the bench in a well-behaved manner, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care about this either. He flipped through some previous records and asked casually, "Do you Portuguese often go to Africa to do business?"

Angel said: "Yes, His Majesty the Great Emperor, since we started exploring the sea, we have often ventured to Africa."

Taking risks, Zhu Youxiao glanced at Angor thoughtfully: "Africa, what exactly is it, tell me in detail."

Angel thought for a while and said:

"Africa is a very complicated situation. Africa is huge, vast and boundless. There are countless tribes living on it. They have a lot of wealth and poor military power. They don't even have their own civilization or writing."

"Interesting!" Zhu You

The principal smiled: "Zhen, I want to see and see!"
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