Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 155 Conversation with Yao Guangxiao

Although this Huang Zhuang was built outside the city, the regulations did not decrease at all.Pass through a series of hanging flower doors, and then out of the back porch, you can reach the stables in the mansion.

From far away, Zhu Su heard the hissing of horses.After turning around the gate of the stables, he saw a horse tied up on a rack, with blood dripping between the legs of the two horses.A groom with a bright forehead was holding a castration knife in his hand. When Zhu Su came, he saw him put the castration knife back on the table, then turned around and picked up the medicine powder handed by someone beside him and applied it to the horse's affected area.The horse's eyes were filled with tears and mournful, as if all thoughts were lost.

Surprised, Zhu Su felt a chill in his lower body, and quickly turned his head away. The bald groom had already seen Zhu Su who turned into the door from the corner of his eye. "Your Highness, the little monk did not greet him from afar. It's a sin. Please wait a moment, wait until the little monk has applied the wound medicine to this beast before entertaining him." It was Yao Guangxiao.

Zhu Su was waiting at the side.When Yao Guangxiao came back after cleaning his hands, he couldn't help laughing and teasing: "Since the monk has entered Buddhism, he still does bloody things like fanning horses. Aren't you afraid that the Buddha in the sky will blame you?"

"Amitabha, the way of heaven is inherently permanent, how can we blame others for such trivial things? It is the wisdom passed down from ancient times that horses can be commanded like arms after they are castrated, and cavalry can be used for combat. If I understand that people are How can you compete with Bei Yuan if you talk about Buddhism without fanning your horses? Wouldn't it be the Buddha's fault to lose troops and generals?" Yao Guangxiao replied calmly.

"Heaven's actions are permanent" comes from the Confucian great sage Xunzi, who said: Heaven's actions are permanent, neither exist for Yao nor perish for Jie.Zhu Su knew that Yao Guangxiao studied Taoism as well as Buddhism, but he didn't expect that even Confucian allusions were so easy to read.I couldn't help complaining in my heart that this monk is so snobbish, he will use whichever theory is beneficial to him.Regardless of sectarian views.

The servant next to him who was passing the medicine powder just now nodded his head, admiring Yao Guangxiao's words as if he had drunk wine.Zhu Su glanced at him, but was surprised to find that this young man was also an acquaintance. He couldn't help being surprised and said, "Tie Zhu? Why are you here!"

"Amitabha, it was this little monk who had the audacity to ask King Jingjiang to come and help him. King Jingjiang has a big heart, and he doesn't dislike my humble status and is willing to make friends with this little monk. He is really a rare virtuous king in the world." Yao Guangxiao bowed to Buddha for Zhu Shouqian replied.

It is true that Xiangdeng reported that Zhu Shouqian and Yao Guangxiao's friendship has gradually deepened, and there is a tendency to form a long-term friendship.I thought it was because Yao Guangxiao often went looking for Zhu Shouqian to take advantage of the situation, but he didn't expect that Zhu Shouqian would come to the stable to help Yao Guangxiao do such dirty work.Thinking of that brat who was awkward on the street a few months ago and was standing next to Yao Guangxiao in plain clothes today to help him fan the horse, Zhu Su just wanted to sigh how wonderful this world was, what kind of ecstasy did Yao Guangxiao give Zhu Shouqian? .

"... Fifth Uncle." Seeing Zhu Su and Zhu Shouqian, although his face was a little unnatural, he still bowed his hands honestly.After an embarrassing silence for a while, he seemed to pluck up his courage and said to Zhu Su: "The Fifth Uncle, Master Daoyan, has the talents of the heavens and the earth. Letting him work as a groom in the stable is a bit insulting to a sage. Now that the Fifth Uncle is employing people, why not accept the Master as his staff , so that the master can display his talents and learning."

Let Yao Guangxiao show off his talents?Isn't this cheating?Zhu Su slandered in his heart, but said to Zhu Shouqian calmly: "Understood. You can avoid it for a while. I have something to say to Master Daoyan."

Zhu Shouqian murmured and withdrew.As soon as Zhu Shouqian left, Zhu Su stared at Yao Guangxiao with extremely wary eyes: "Monk, you better not make any wrong decisions. Tie Zhu came from a miserable background and is loved by my father the most. Among my nephews, he is the only one who has been crowned king." If the monk hits his attention, he needs to think about whether he can stand my father's thunderous anger."

"Monk Angan." Yao Guangxiao smiled wryly. "Your Highness is so vigilant against the monk, how can I kill myself. It was because I saw King Jingjiang's miserable face that day that I seemed to have a knot in my heart, so I spoke out to enlighten him. Who knows that King Jingjiang fell in love with him by mistake, and since then So I often come to find little monks to discuss Buddhism."

Zhu Su believed this.Zhu Shouqian has become a lot more Buddhist these days, and he is no longer as extreme as before.Zhu Su was also happy to see such a change.After all, Zhu Wenzheng was already a heartache in Lao Zhu's heart. If Zhu Shouqian could relieve his hatred for Lao Zhu because of Yao Guangxiao's relief, that would be a merit.

"Monk, don't try to mislead Tie Zhu. My father is not as indecisive as I am. If he knows what you have learned, he will kill you with the power of the world Your Nine Clans." To give Yao Guangxiao another layer of insurance, Yao Guangxiao smiled wryly and kept daring, so Zhu Su stopped threatening. ,

Just about to talk about Hu Weiyong's matter, Yao Guangxiao didn't want to speak first: "Your Highness said earlier that if this little monk can guess what the strategy of 'sheep cannibalism' is, I will use this little monk. Now I have a clue. Your Highness, do you have time to listen to this little monk?" Say?"

"Huh? Did you guess it?" Zhu Su wondered. "Then tell me."

"The so-called 'sheep cannibalize people' is undoubtedly to crowd out the living space of people with sheep." Yao Guangxiao said. "Earlier, His Highness sent Wu Er to the northern border. When he said that he wanted them to collect more wool from the herdsmen, the little monk had some guesses. Did His Highness want to use the benefits of wool to lure the herdsmen who used to herd horses to herd sheep instead?"

"After all, the grassland is bitter and cold. If they can feed their families with wool, the herdsmen will definitely abandon their horses and choose to herd sheep. Unlike horses, sheep cannot be ridden. If the herdsmen on the grasslands all herd sheep, then the great northern border will no longer be a threat to Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Su nodded, it was already remarkable to be able to guess these things.But still floating on the surface.However, Yao Guangxiao continued: "However, it is extremely difficult for Your Majesty to make this strategy work. Otherwise, the dynasties and dynasties would have been in trouble in the northern border forever. From my point of view, at least three conditions are required to achieve the effect of sheep eating people." He raised his head three fingers.

"Just tell me." Zhu Su was very interested.

"That little monk will talk about it briefly." Yao Guangxiao said. "First, a huge amount of grain and grass needs to be continuously transported to the northern border for trade. Now we are also short of grain in the Ming Dynasty, and this will cost a lot of money. I'm afraid the court can't do it."

"If the imperial court can't do it, it doesn't mean that the merchants can't do it. The prosperity of the world is all for profit. As long as it is profitable to make profits, some merchants are willing to travel thousands of miles to northern Xinjiang to buy wool." Zhu Su said.

"Young monk also thought of this." Yao Guangxiao nodded. "So I thought of the second. The second is that the wool needs to be profitable so that it can attract businessmen from all over the world. But the little monk thought hard, and the wool can only be made into felt like the Mongolian herdsmen. And the felt is rough and smelly. It has always been disdained by the people of the Central Plains. How can Your Highness turn this wool into treasure?"

"Of course there is a way." Zhu Su grinned. "What do you think if wool can be spun and weaved?"

"Weaving clothes!" Yao Guangxiao was startled and couldn't help standing up. "If we can weave clothes, it will make cloth merchants in Jiangnan flock to it!" After thinking for a while, he added: "But the grassland is huge, even if wool can be spun, it will take countless manpower."

"It doesn't matter. I have a method, only one person can spin a lot of wool in one day." Zhu Su said.The power of the Jenny machine is enough to promote the industrial revolution, so why worry about the problem of insufficient labor force?

"In this case, the second question is fine." Yao Guangxiao nodded, and continued: "There is also the third question."

"There are heroes in the prairie. Those people will definitely not sit back and watch my central plains plot to reduce the power of the prairie! If a large army comes and disrupts the transaction, how will Your Highness respond?"

"What else is there to ask?" Zhu Suha smiled. "Hands to chop hands, legs to chop legs, he dares to raise troops, don't we have any hot-blooded men in Huaxia? Just like the former champion Hou Huo Qubing, first confine the wolf to the Xuxu, control the grassland, and then use this to plan it. "

"It's enough to calm our border troubles in the north of China forever!"

(End of this chapter)