Daming heir

Chapter 455 The Age of Empire with Strong Ships and Guns

Canonizing two princes is not as good as having grandchildren?
Zhu Yunxi felt that the old man must have become more and more obsessed recently.

He couldn't help whispering: "It's the first time in this dynasty to be conferred the title of king while alive..."

"so what?"

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed a little bored, and now he only knew how to talk about the grandson of Guochaosheji in his ears all day long.After cursing and dropping a word, he turned and went to the crib.

Seeing two little people lying on the soft cotton quilt, Zhu Yuanzhang tilted his head and patted his hands gently.

"Sheng'er, be good, grow up quickly, and when you grow up, your grandpa will teach you how to read and learn martial arts. Only when you grow up strong, can you protect Poria cocos, protect our country and the people of Daming."

Is this still the murderous Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty?
Zhu Yunxi blinked, and couldn't help turning his head to look sideways at Xiaopang next to him.

Xiaopang shook his head understandingly.

He felt that the old man gradually had two faces in recent years.

One is Emperor Hongwu, who is high above and unpredictable in his sacred heart.With the emperor's word, the whole court will move, and a piece of imperial edict can float corpses thousands of miles away.

The other face is an old man guarding the village. There are several acres of fertile land that can be passed down to the family. There are several children in the house, and the house is full of children and grandchildren.Every day, I am waiting for my children to go home from farming, and talking to my grandchildren about the not-so-epic years in the past.

Who said the emperor is ruthless?

Zhu Gaochi even felt that the old man in front of him was his true nature.

The emperor who stands aloof and controls the life and death of the world is nothing more than the helplessness of the old man from the beginning, and he has become like that step by step.

Zhu Yunxi was also a little touched by the scene.

In a daze, he realized that the old man had grown a lot of gray hair and his back was bent a little.The skin on the face is no longer radiant, and the muscles and bones under the skin can be seen in the thin hands.

He is really old.

Looking at the old man, and then at his two children on the small bed, Zhu Yunxi was filled with emotion for a moment.

His heart jumped even more.

This year is the 28th year of Hongwu.

Zhu Yunxi's eyes narrowed sharply, and he stepped forward lightly, his tone has become more submissive: "A few days ago, Zhang Ergong, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, looked for his grandson and said that he had made some new things. The steam warship at the Jiang Shipyard is about to launch, and the construction of another neatly armored warship has already started. They are all novel things. If grandpa is interested, grandson will choose a day to avoid the cabinet and the court and go outside the city to see look?"

The two children on the small bed were probably tired from crying just now, and now they gradually closed their eyes and fell asleep soundly.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand, turned his head and said in a low voice, "You make arrangements, and I will know when the time comes."

Zhu Yunxi cupped his hands and nodded: "Grandson understands."

But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunxi's eyes carefully, and suppressed his voice, fearing that the two little people on the side would be surprised, and said: "The king of a county with a different surname is not allowed to attack, and he is not allowed to leave the capital without an edict. Set up a deputy general to oversee the army."

Zhu Yunxi raised his brows, it seems that the old man has already made plans.

He bowed and said, "Grandson knows, I will let the cabinet know later and make this national policy."

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed, waved his hands and said, "I'm a little tired, you can go about your own business."

"Grandson retire."

……

In Yingtian City in autumn, there is still some heat remaining, and it will gradually cool down only after the Double Ninth Festival.

The scorching day hung high in the sky, casting long shadows on everything on the earth.

In the palace, since the sons and daughters of the Taisun Mansion moved in, everyone from top to bottom has been ordered to prohibit all excessive movements in the palace, which would disturb the sons and daughters.

Zhu Yunxi clasped his hands together, as if walking around with his belly full.

Beside him was Zhu Gaochi who was also clasping his hands, but he was really walking around with his belly full.

In the surrounding area, from time to time, there would be a few palace maids or small servants walking by with their footsteps pressing down.

When they saw the two, they would bow and stand in the distance, and wait until the grandson of the emperor and Prince Yan left before moving on.

"Is your marriage to Commander Zhang Qi's daughter coming soon?"

Zhu Gaochi slowed down a little, and looked outside to Zhu Yunxi who suddenly mentioned his marriage: "The meaning of the palace is that it will be the day after Chongyang, the tenth day of September."

"It's not been a few days. I heard that Zhang's daughter is very good. She is filial and docile, which is in line with your temperament." Zhu Yunxi counted the days and said softly: "The affairs of the Central Capital have also been taken care of. It’s still quite beautiful, and it still hasn’t lost its face in terms of specifications.”

Hearing Zhu Gaochi mention Zhang Shi, the daughter of Commander Zhang Qi, Zhu Gaochi was a little shy: "I've heard it too, but I don't feel much after watching you get married and have children. When things really fall on me, it's another matter Yes. But the one from Zhongdu, he never imagined that you can be so generous."

Zhu Yunxi chuckled lightly: "He even asked Duke Xin to send me a letter."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but think of that day when Tang Li received a letter from the Imperial City of the Central Capital.

Zhu Yunwen wrote a letter to himself.

Under the thin envelope, there is only a piece of paper.

The paper is blank, only the word Mingxie.

It seemed surprising and interesting.

Zhu Gaochi walked faster, followed Zhu Yunxi who was walking ahead, and the two walked side by side: "What did he say?"

Zhu Yunxi looked sideways at Xiaopang, and smiled slightly: "He said, try to give birth to a baby before you."

A big white eye was given to Zhu Yunxi intact by Zhu Gaochi.

This man can't tell the truth.

Sighing lightly, Zhu Gaochi checked the direction and asked, "The tax office still has something to do, and I have to deal with it. Should we go there together, or go somewhere else?"

Zhu Yunxi stopped in his tracks and waved his hand casually.

Several palace maids and servants in the distance immediately speeded up their pace and disappeared.

"You should keep an eye on the affairs of the tax office. The second uncle is in the front to handle the affairs of the stalls and the local officials in Beijing. The tax office under your hand must follow closely, and don't give the local a chance to breathe."

Zhu Gaochi nodded and said: "The problem is still insufficient manpower. The tax soldiers only need to select the sons of good families who have no faults within three generations, and even the heads of the lowest tax offices in the countryside can also be promoted by the tax soldiers. The person in charge of the branch of the tax office in a county still has to be selected and appointed. It is still a bit slow to rely on promotion from the tax soldiers."

This is the wrong way of thinking.

Zhu Yunxi glanced around, walked towards the steps under the shadow of the palace wall, and sat down.

Then he waved at Zhu Gaochi again.

Zhu Gaochi stepped forward and sat down: "Is there another way?"

"You still regard the tax office as an ordinary government office." Zhu Yunxi looked at the frowning chubby, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder: "What is the original purpose of the tax office? Tax soldiers?"

Zhu Gaochi frowned more and more.

The original intention of the establishment of the tax office was to weaken the power of the local gentry, to cooperate with the distribution of the land into the mu, and to truly control the national tax revenue directly in the hands of the imperial court.

The country does not take profits from the people, but it does not allow local tyrants to control and steal power and tax benefits.

This is what the tax office means.

The tax soldiers who can be equipped with crossbows and even firearms are to ensure that the tax office itself has enough force to carry out the original intention of the tax office.

and so……

Zhu Gaochi said in a low voice: "So, you have never regarded the tax office as a government office."

"The tax office is not a yamen, but a sword in the hands of the court. It is a sword that cuts at those local gentry and clans who dare to exploit the people and take profits from the court."

Zhu Yunxi's words were sharp, pointing directly to the essence of the tax office.

Zhu Gaochi was silent.

"The role of the tax office is to kill anyone who dares to take advantage of the court. This is the biggest and only role of the tax office!"

Zhu Gaochi sighed lightly: "If that's the case, then the tax office doesn't have any major problems now."

However, Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said: "The supervision system is still indispensable. The tax office has imperial supervision, and the tax office also has its own supervision.

The tax office should set up an internal tax supervision department to regularly inspect whether the branch offices of the local tax office are concealed and whether they are filling their pockets.

This year's public examination is about to start. Later, you will organize the regulations, report the number of people required, and submit it to the cabinet for approval. "

Just then.

There was a sound of footsteps in the distance.

This is very inconsistent with the common sense in the palace recently.

Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi followed the sound and looked over.

The sound of footsteps came from the direction of Qianqing Palace, and when the owner of the footsteps appeared in front of the two of them, Zhu Yunxi and the two discovered that it turned out to be Sun Gouer, the head of the 24 yamen of the Inner Palace.

Zhu Gaochi whispered beside Zhu Yunxi: "Why is Sun Daban here?"

Sun Gou'er was also a little surprised. His Royal Highness and Yan Shizi had already left the Qianqing Palace, but they didn't expect to meet here again.

He immediately stepped forward with the little servants behind him: "Your Majesty, I have seen Prince Yan."

Zhu Yunxi glanced at it, seeing that Sun Gou'er seemed to be leaving the palace, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Sun Daban is going to leave the palace?"

Sun Gou'er nodded, and even directly stated the reason: "Your Majesty has a decree to pass the news to Xiaochaotang and publish the mansion newspaper. Your Majesty will give Pan Deshan, Minister of the Governor of Rivers, the title of Minister of Processing."

Zhu Yunxi was taken aback for a moment, and looked sideways at Zhu Gaochi, only to see the same surprise in the other's eyes.

"Your Highness, if there is nothing wrong, the servants will go to deliver the message first."

Zhu Yunxi blinked and nodded: "Sun Dacompanion to go."

"The slaves retire."

When Sun Gou'er led the people all the way out of Fengtian Gate, Zhu Yunxi turned his head and looked at Zhu Gaochi who was beside him.

He couldn't help laughing: "Look, this is our grandpa emperor. When did the affairs of the court really get left behind?"

Zhu Gaochi was a little funny: "But Wang Jun probably won't be able to sleep today."

"That's because he's stupid." Zhu Yunxie directly commented on a minister in the court: "If it wasn't for the balance of the court, or the farce at the Meridian Gate, he would have to suffer. The matter of the officials begging for bones later, He can't escape the relationship.

It is the imperial court that needs to be stable and have different voices, so as not to allow any one party to dominate, so he is retained.

A majestic Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who doesn't even know about the replacement of naval warships with new artillery, is so stupid. The emperor's grandpa might spare him a crime of dereliction of duty. "

Zhu Gaochi had a smile on his face. After the great turmoil in the court this year, the fate of a minister is no longer a big deal.

He said softly, "So, when the Yellow River is under control, Pan Deshan will return to Beijing to take up the Ministry of Industry?"

Now the old man just gave Pan Deshan, governor of the river channel, the title of minister of the Ministry of Industry, not the actual award. This is the practice of the imperial court all the time, to show his trust in a certain courtier.

"If Pan Deshan has managed the Yellow River well, he will enter the cabinet after returning to Beijing." Zhu Yunxi did not hide anything, and directly stated Pan Deshan's future future, and then said: "Zhang Ergong will be appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. It is people who make the best use of it, and the Ministry of Industry really has the appearance of the Ministry of Industry."

"For a craftsman, to be an official and then sit in the Ministry of Industry is the only thing in a thousand years."

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help sighing.

But he has a good impression of Zhang Ergong, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry who is always covered with stains and has wrinkled hands.

It seems that such officials are real officials.

……

Autumn is high and fresh.

When the sunlight breaks through the fog and heats up the earth, in the fields in the south of the Yangtze River where the autumn harvest has been completed, there are layers of birds, falling from time to time, searching for the rice and insects left in the soil.

A small team of dozens of people marched in the west of Yingtian City at a leisurely pace.

The team left the outer city from Jiangdongmen and headed north.

To the north is the Longjiang Shipyard in Linjiang.

The original location of the Longjiang Shipyard was well chosen, with Yingtian City on the east side and the Yangtze River on the west side.On the other hand, there is an island in the middle of the river, which leads to the shipyard through the Jiajiang River. The current is not urgent, but it allows the newly built ships to be directly launched into the Yangtze River.

"I remember this thick smoke, but I had never seen it in Longjiang Shipyard before."

It was rare for Zhu Yuanzhang to ride a horse, disguised himself to conceal his identity, held the reins in his hands, and looked at the Longjiang shipyard not far away with thick smoke on his face with a relaxed face.

Zhu Yunxi said: "I think it should be the steam warship lighting the stove."

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood, and he said catchily: "Zhang Ergong is a capable minister. Back then, the steam engine could drive the carriage on land. I heard that now he has tossed out the one that can use the steam engine to pull more goods... "

"Grandfather, it's the train."

Zhu Gaochi whispered a reminder from the side.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded immediately and said: "Yes, it is the train. I heard that Zhang Ergong boasted in front of you, the grandson of the emperor, that he wanted the train to be able to pull heavy loads of [-] or hundreds of thousands of catties? "

Boom boom boom.

A roar came from the Longjiang shipyard. The huge roar startled groups of birds that landed on the wilderness looking for food.

A thick smoke spread over the river on the northwest side of Longjiang Shipyard.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "Is this the sound of artillery?"

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Today is the last day for Zhang Ergong and the others to test the ship. First, they need to test the accuracy of the steam warship on the new artillery, and then they have to go for a couple of laps on the river."

Zhu Yuanzhang was already beaming with joy just listening.

He let out a long cry, and then happily said: "Sturdy ships and sharp guns! My Ming Dynasty not only has a territory of thousands of miles, but also a sea territory of thousands of miles in the future."

Zhu Yunxi smiled subtly.

Where is this?
The empire era of strong ships and powerful guns belonged to the Ming Dynasty, but the present is not enough.

He said softly, "Grandpa, it's better to go to the shipyard earlier to see it clearly."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded immediately: "Go quickly!"

After finishing speaking, the old man was already in the lead and rushed to the front of the team on his horse.

Zhu Yunxie and Zhu Gaochi, who were left behind, had their backs numb in shock, and hurriedly led the imperial army who had changed their armor to catch up.

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