The journey to the heavens starts from the underground station

Chapter 239 Years ago, Zhu Di returned to Beijing

"First of all, don't talk nonsense. That's not the capital of our Mongolians. It's Beiping, and the emperor has changed it to Shuntian Mansion." The middle-aged man sighed again, with a desolate tone.

"Hmph! One day, there will still be Dadu!"

This young Mongol is Yexian, the grandson of Mahamu, the leader of Wara, and the person who is talking to him is Tuhuan, the father of Yexian, the son of Mahamu.

(In the official history, he is still a baby boy at this moment)
Also hummed unconvinced first, don't turn your head away.

Tuo Huan glanced at his son, his eyelids slowly drooping.

He understood what his son was thinking, why didn't he want to, Dadu is still Dadu, but the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really powerful!

Now that the Yuan Dynasty is torn apart, Wuliangha has surrendered under the wings of the Ming Dynasty, and Arutai in the east is almost conquered. Father, didn’t you also accept the canonization of King Shunning?
Dayuan is no longer Dayuan, and the Han people have awakened again.

Emperor Yongle was in Beiping again, which means that everyone can detect it; although there is a [-]% possibility that he will go to fight Arutai, the Wara tribe is still worried that Emperor Yongle will fight together with Wala, so Tuo Huan personally brought Cattle and sheep, as tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

One is to show the enemy's weakness and find out the direction of the Ming army's attack.If it is really going to attack Alutai, the Wara tribe might not be able to get a share.

Secondly, it is to quietly take back the leader of the Wala tribe, Mahamu!

Thinking of this, the corners of Tuo Huan's mouth could not help but twitch a sly smile.

Emperor Yongle probably would never have imagined that his canonized King Shunning, the leader of the Wara tribe, and his father Mahamu would sneak into Daming personally, infiltrate the [-] Battalion to inquire about news, and learn the tactics of the Ming army, right?
Right under the eyes of Emperor Yongle, what do the Han people call this?Oh, it's dark under the lights! ?
Ying days.

The winter month has passed, and the twelfth lunar month has entered, and the New Year is getting closer and closer.

The Chinese New Year is almost here, and the courtiers feel like day by day. After a busy year, they can finally take a good rest, from Zhengdan to Shangyuan.

Moreover, this year's salary will also be distributed. Thanks to the grandson's blessing, the household department has made a fortune. This year, you won't be fooled with Daming banknotes and pepper, right?
If this is still the case, everyone will go to the gate of Xia Yuanji's house and hang himself!

Sure enough, the ardent hopes of the ministers were not in vain.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Taisun issued an edict that the salaries of officials in Beijing will be doubled this year!Send real money!
All of a sudden, all Beijing officials, big and small, were overjoyed, especially those small officials in the Qingshui yamen such as the Imperial Academy.

Tai Sun Yingming!
For several days, officials in green robes and green robes went to the gate of Chunhe Palace to kowtow and thank them.

Literati, pay attention not to bend your waist for five buckets of rice, but you put it lightly!
Those officials who are above the fifth rank and hold real power, or those who have a lot of wealth, naturally don't have to bend their waists for five buckets of rice, but those small officials in the Qingshui Yamen and born in poverty are not so "noble"!

Forced by life!

It is not an exaggeration to say that the salary set by the Taizu is harsh to officials!What's even more deceitful is that His Majesty often compensates his salary with Daming banknotes, pepper and other real things!
If you are greedy for 60 taels, you have to peel the skin and eat grass. Although Taizu is gone, the tiger's might still exists, and your Majesty today is exactly like Taizu!
Many officials are greedy but dare not to be greedy. Many small officials in Beijing rent houses and live in a house with three meals a day.

Now it's all right, Taisun Enshang, at least this year can have a good year.

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, many civil servants in green robes received their salaries and went to the streets to buy meat. For a time, the capital was expensive.

On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Yu received the news from Shuntian Mansion.

The old man took a dragon boat down the canal and arrived in Beijing soon, bringing his second uncle and third uncle with him.

This is planning to come back for the New Year, and Li Yu sent someone to inform the Prince's Mansion about it.

Another thing is that the Oala tribute team has arrived at Shuntian Mansion to hand over the tribute. It is making Mahamu's son happy, and he will bring his son first, and will arrive at Yingtian with the old man's fleet.

This is an interesting thing!
In the Hall of Martial Ying, Li Yu leaned on the couch, gnawed a pear in one hand, and held a mansion newspaper in the other, smiling meaningfully.

Yexian, the mortal enemy of my Son of God of War!Daming actually ran away with his father.

The little wolf cub will eventually bite when he grows up, so he is here to inquire about the customs?

If I remember correctly, at this very moment, Mahamu colluded with his second uncle, under the pseudonym Haas Zhuzi, and hid in the Three Thousand Battalion, right?

I heard that this time the [-] Battalion also mobilized a part to go south along the canal and escort them along the way?I don't know if Mahamu is there.

Li Yu didn't intend to take this opportunity to clean up the three generations of Mahamu's ancestors and grandchildren. They handed over the credentials in a dignified manner and entered the court to pay tribute. They killed them rashly. This is the behavior of a villain and damages the dignity of Ming Dynasty.

The enemies on the prairie mowed one stubble after another and cleaned up Mahamu, but others took advantage of the situation and rose up. It was nothing more than creating temporary chaos and could not hurt Wala at all.

What Li Yu has to do is to help the old man completely conquer the grassland!
It's better to keep the three generations of Mahamu's grandparents, at least, this is an enemy who "knows the root and knows the bottom"!

Also, the eagle watches the wolf first, is there an image of a hero?Afraid that he will unify the North Yuan and entangle hundreds of thousands of troops to go south?
Hundreds of thousands of troops, how many rounds can David Crowe survive?

As for his son of the god of war, there is no need to worry.

Bringing Sun Ruowei into the harem, so what if he gave birth to the God of War?She is not a queen, and Li Yu has no plan to pass on the crown prince in the future!

If you want to pass on the throne, at least you must be a grandson!Even great-great-grandchildren are possible!

Innately, his lifespan is one hundred and sixteen. As long as Li Yu refuses to give up, the grandson will have to grow old if he wants to take over.

Twelfth lunar month 23, a small year in the north.

There is already a Chinese New Year atmosphere in Yingtian City.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, where the lights are feasting, a shop selling icing sugar quietly opened.

Within a day, it caused a sensation in Yingtian City.

Opening a shop in a place where Goulan is crowded is itself eye-catching. This shop still sells unique icing.

White sugar that is as white as snow without a trace of bitterness; crystal clear rock sugar; and various flavors of fructose and medicinal sugar. "Sugar-coated haws".

Of course, the commodities here are all expensive.

Icing sugar is not something that the poor can afford.

The Jingguan people have doubled their salaries this year, and they are also willing to buy some icing sugar for their children to eat at home; civil servants are like this, and Wu Xun, who is not short of money, flocks to them even more; Seizing the business opportunity, he bought expensive sugar products in a big way.

What's even more amazing is that in this bustling shop, the goods inside seem to be endless. Within a few days, hundreds of sugar carts pulled in, and the merchants bought them without unloading.

The nobles in Yingtian City are naturally envious of such a lucrative business.

The first ones who planned to do it were those second generation founding heroes.

Jingnan nobles entered Yingtian City, and most of these founding nobles lost their real power, so they began to indulge in pleasure; if they were rich in pleasure, they naturally set their sights on the sugar shop that had just opened for a few days.

The Jingnan honorables were also happy that they took the lead and took down the sugar shop, and they could get a share of it when the time came.

It's a pity that the actions of the founding heroes ended in a hurry before they even started.

They found out that the behind-the-scenes owner of the sugar shop is Zhang Kejian, the prince's brother-in-law and uncle of the grandson of Jian Guo!These new methods of sugar production were developed by Zhang Kejian.

This is pure nonsense!
Zhang Kejian has a fart!Does he know how to make sugar?Ninety-nine percent of this has something to do with the Prince's Mansion!I heard that the new salt on the market was created by Taisun, even the name is called Taisun Salt!
The founder of the country, who had already lost his power, went to provoke the prince, didn't he think life was not exciting enough?
Jing Nan's nobles also retreated. Those who were close to the King of Han were not so afraid of the crown prince, but in this matter, it was clear that the crown prince also had a part!
The Taisun supervised the country for half a year, and his methods... are quite similar to His Majesty!His Majesty loves him the most. I heard that even the silver of the new salt has been rewarded several million taels.

It's okay to offend the benevolent prince, but it's okay to poke the grandson?You can prepare a geomantic treasure earlier!
The 26th of the twelfth lunar month.

A dozen or so covered carts pulled into the Prince's Mansion, and after burning an incense stick, foreign ministers would never be able to enter the rear hall of the Palace of Spring Harmony.

"Oh, my shoulder hurts a lot, rub it lightly, who the hell, bring some tea, let me drink tea? I don't have any eyesight."

Zhang Kejian sat on the grand master's chair, enjoying the shoulders being kneaded by the maids in the prince's mansion.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi sat in the first place, his face full of impatience; the crown princess took a sip of tea leisurely.

"I said, hey, you're almost enough! This is a high-ranking female official in the palace, not your servant girl." Zhu Gaochi really couldn't understand his brother-in-law's arrogant behavior, if it wasn't because he was here today For the sake of giving money, I have already smoked him!But I endured half the salary, and finally couldn't help but speak.

"That's fine." Zhang Kejian nodded noncommittally, then stretched out his hand and took out a thick stack of Daming banknotes from his pocket, counting them boldly.

"This stack is [-] coins each, brother-in-law, take a look."

Snapped!Zhang Kejian patted the stack of treasured banknotes in Zhu Gaochi's hand.

"A total of 1000 million guan, equivalent to more than 40 taels of silver, this is my brother's harvest these days!"

The exchange of Daming banknotes for silver has dropped by half a cent. On the market, 21 Erguan banknotes have been exchanged for money, which is one tael of silver.

This is the reason why Li Yu has stopped printing banknotes this year since Li Yu supervised the country, otherwise, the depreciation will be even greater.

"The dozen or so carts of copper coins pulled over today are almost 8 to 50 taels. Even with the treasure bills, is it enough for 10?" It is regarded as the interest of the profit."

Zhu Gaochi pursed his lips and didn't answer; he stood up, handed the banknote to Zhang Yan for safekeeping, then picked up the enamel Ruyi that Zhang Kejian was quite familiar with from the shelf, and sat back with a sneer.

Zhang Kejian trembled: "Brother-in-law, what do you want to do? Reach out and don't hit the smiling face. I'm here to give money today."

"Send money?" Zhu Gaochi snorted coldly: "You think that I don't care about my business these days and stay in the mansion to maintain my health, so I don't know what's going on outside?"

"How did this money come from, can I not know?"

"Take my son's money and say he's here to pay it back? Do you think I'm stupid?"

"Tell me honestly, how much did you earn selling sugar these days?"

"Sister, look at him..." Zhang Kejian deliberately asked Zhang Yan for help with a sad face, but unfortunately, Zhang Yan, who was counting the treasures, raised her head and glanced at her younger brother, then lowered her head, pretending not to see him.

This couple lost money!Zhang Kejian snorted depressingly, and rolled his eyes: "Brother-in-law, it's not much, only seven or eight million, and the rest will be sent to my nephew."

"Hmph, do you think I believe it or not?"

Zhu Gaochi raised his hand to strike, but Zhang Kejian flinched.

"I made 170 million taels! Really!"

"What about the money?"

Zhang Kejian betrayed Li Yu without hesitation: "According to the agreement between the nephew and me, [-]% of the money is mine. According to the order of the nephew, the copper coins and banknotes were sent to the prince's mansion, and the remaining gold and silver were all It was sent to the treasury of the grand nephew!"

"My son made another million taels in just a few days?" Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up, and he admired his son's means of making money.He pondered for a while in silence, then suddenly raised his head.

"How can icing make such money? In just a few days, the profit was nearly 200 million? Didn't that year..."

"Brother-in-law, it's not how you calculate the bill." Zhang Kejian interrupted Zhu Gaochi's imagination with a wry smile: "These money is earned by the merchants who purchased a large number of goods these days, and the shop can't earn so much by selling pieces. The eldest nephew said that the business of icing sugar would make a profit of ten million taels a year, which would be the sky's the limit."

"How to make this new sugar?"

"Brother-in-law, don't worry, the workshop was built in Huangzhuang, Zhongshan. From the stewards to the craftsmen, they are all domestic slaves. They have the names of the emperor's grandson, and the Dongchang fans sent by Wang Zhong are watching. Nothing will happen! "

"That's good." Zhu Gaochi nodded, then looked at Zhang Yan tacitly, and smiled maliciously on his fat face.

"You still have 17 taels in your hand, right? Keep 2 taels, and I'll send someone to get the rest later!"

"Ah? No! Brother-in-law, didn't you beat... sister? Help... Hey? You two come back! I...do it!"

At the same time, in the Hall of Martial Arts, apart from Song Li, the minister of the Ministry of Industry who went to the north to supervise Shuntian, the other five ministers, together with the cabinet Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu, had different discussions.

Tomorrow, His Majesty's boat will sail to Yingtian, and the ministers will go out of the city to meet him.The important ministers discussed how to greet the driver.

Is it with great fanfare, or with ease and simplicity.

With great fanfare, I am afraid that the emperor will not like it; if I am light and simple, I am afraid that your majesty will mistakenly think that the prince is dishonest.

After arguing and fighting, there was no idea. In the end, Li Yu tried his best to ask his father for instructions and made up his mind.

The next day, at the riverside pier.

The prince and grandson, together with the important officials in the court and the emperor's guard of honor, went out of the city early to wait.

At noon, the Tianzi Fleet, which was traveling upstream, appeared at the riverside wharf.

Zhu Di doesn't like extravagance, so this time he just returned from a short stay in Shuntian, so naturally he won't show any great etiquette.

Sure enough, this simple welcome won the sacred heart. After Zhu Di got off the boat, he smiled and praised Zhu Gaochi.

Afterwards, the King of Han and the King of Zhao disembarked one after another, and the accompanying troops also entered the Beijing camp to rest under the command of the governors of the five armies.

The emperor was received by the prince himself; Li Yu took the time to search among the people who disembarked one after another, and after a while, he found a group of Wala people in alien costumes.

The leader has a slight beard and talks and laughs happily. He should be Tuo Huan, the son of Mahamu; he follows Tuo Huan closely, his eyes are rolling around, looking at the prosperity of the river, but his eyes are full of wolfish ambitions, and he looks quite young The Mongols should be the first.

Li Yu looked intently, and his eyes happened to collide with those who were looking around first.

(End of this chapter)