Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 200 The Wind Blows the Southwest
The capital, which was as hot as a steamer that night, finally ushered in the first rain in July.

Raindrops as big as soybeans fell from the dark sky and sprinkled in this ancient city swallowed by the night. The raindrops hit the roof of the Qing Palace and made a crackling sound.

Meow!
The little cat that was catching the mouse barked, and it was squatting on the eaves looking up at the rainy night.

This rain was very strange. The Qianqing Palace obviously had a thick roof, but Zhu Youtang and Fan Jinling seemed to be drenched by the rain at this moment.

The tip of Fan Jinling's nose was wet, her bangs were tightly pressed against her white forehead, and her eyelashes were also water-stained, even strange.

Fortunately, the candles in the room were not affected by the rain outside, and the light yellow lights filled the whole room, revealing a touch of warmth in the crackling rain outside.

Zhu Youtang was panting slightly, but fortunately his body is young now, and with the theoretical knowledge acquired in his previous life, he can be invincible as long as he doesn't overdo it.

It's just that some things can't be forced after all, even if he tosses the passionate Fan Jinling and the shy Qingyue every day, their stomachs still don't move.

But there is no need to be too anxious about things, what should come will come after all.

Fan Jinling's body was very soft and fragrant. Amidst the thunder outside, like a little vixen, she gently got under the bed, and Zhu Youtang couldn't help biting her lower lip.

The golden bell rang at night, after all, it was Zhu Youtang who showed his masculinity, and it also revealed that Zhu Youtang was actually a warlike emperor.

The next day, the morning sun rose high, and the bright sun sprinkled rays of light, and the whole world seemed to be completely new.

A lot of cotton is planted in Gyeonggi, and now it is the season when cotton is in full bloom, and cotton blossoms like white snow are blooming in the fields.

Zhu Youtang has an advance plan for spring plowing, and now it is the harvest time.

Since the emergence of the Royal Weaving Factory, the efficiency of producing cloth has been significantly improved.

In the past, the low-efficiency model that required two workers and took half a month to produce a piece of cotton cloth was eliminated. Now, the flying shuttle loom has led to a qualitative leap in the efficiency of cloth production in the capital, and the Royal Weaving Factory has a strong demand for cotton.

Due to the increase in demand for cotton, the price of cotton is also rising today, causing Wu Xun, who did not grow cotton with Zhu Youtang earlier, to regret.

Now cotton is about to usher in the harvest period, which undoubtedly solves the urgent need of the Royal Weaving Factory, and also provides fuel for the textile industry that is about to take off.

It's just that the price system of cotton cloth in the capital has not been severely impacted. After all, the first batch of cotton cloth from the Royal Weaving Factory is not intended to be sold domestically, but to trade with North Korea.

Although North Korea is also a country that lacks gold and silver, North Korea has commodities such as ginseng, fur, and Chinese medicinal materials, and even cotton that the North Korean ruling class exploits the people, which is undoubtedly beneficial to the development of Ming Dynasty.

Under the control of Zhu Youtang, the tenants of Huangzhuang will pick cotton and send it to the Royal Weaving Factory to weave cotton cloth and then send it to the newly built Daming City in Shenzhi City, in exchange for ginseng, Chinese medicinal materials and furs with North Korea. .

Although there are still many stubborn illnesses within the Ming Dynasty, under the helm of Zhu Youtang, the entire dynasty can now be said to be thriving.

Due to the torrential rain last night, the temperature dropped significantly this morning.

Gonghouyuan, a garden located in the center of the Forbidden City.

In an area of ​​[-] square meters, there are many centuries-old locust trees growing here, and now they look lush and green after being washed by rain.

Zhu Youtang came in from the Kunning Gate. There are mainly leisure pavilions here, and most of them are strange stones. Unlike the dynasty named after flowers, there are not many flowers and plants here.

This is actually related to the traditions of the Ming emperors. After all, their ancestors were famous for their diligence, so the Zhu family did not have an emperor who loved flowers and plants.

In the middle of the palace road is a majestic Qin'an Hall, which also established the main style of the Palace Garden.

Zhu Youtang didn't have the slightest intention of playing around. At this moment, he walked into the hall with a solemn expression, and in the center of the hall was the Taoist Emperor Zhenwu.

Since it was praying for rain here on the first day of this month, and it rained heavily last night as scheduled, Zhu Youtang came to worship and thank Emperor Zhenwu early in the morning.

The end of science is metaphysics, and now, as the emperor of Ming Dynasty, even if he can't ask for any favor from heaven, he should still make a gesture.

In fact, the people of China don't really ask for much. They need to have their emperor in their hearts all the time, even if the emperor only makes a gesture, then they are willing to support him.

It's a pity that this dynasty has too many officials who are greedy and greedy. Although they have already lived a life of ample food and clothing, they still think about the prosperity and wealth of future generations.

Xu Pu's home in the capital has been searched. Although the list of Xu's party was not found, it was found that the filial silver received by Xu Pu reached as much as 10 taels.

Compared with the big greed behind, 10 taels is actually not much.

It's just that Taizu clearly stipulated that eight hundred guan can be beheaded, and he has not been fooled to cancel this law, so he doesn't know how many times Xu Pu can be beheaded for the 10 taels.

If you don't expose their masks, it seems that everyone is a good minister of Hongzhi Zhongxing, but after all, you still don't want Huaxia to live in false prosperity, and you are more willing to lead Huaxia to overcome obstacles and take a real road to prosperity.

"Your Majesty, the weather is fine today. Would you like to go to the Yujing Pavilion above to enjoy the scenery of the Forbidden City!" Liu Jin suddenly suggested when returning.

Zhu Youtang raised his head and glanced at the Yujing Pavilion above, but he knew that the palaces under the blue sky and white clouds were really pleasing to the eye, but he shook his head slightly and said: "Today is not the new moon, we will go to the Yangzi Palace immediately. Heart Palace!"

Not to mention that there are still various cancers in this dynasty that have not been eradicated, and there are a lot of government affairs to be dealt with every day, but it is not time to relax.

Especially after these days, he has a deep understanding: the more diligently you deal with government affairs and nip problems in the cradle as soon as possible, on the contrary, government affairs will become less and less.

That's the case, he doesn't want to waste the previous efforts, now as long as he works hard for half a day, he can spend half a day fishing, why not do it?

"Obey!" Liu Jin was actually afraid that Zhu Youtang's body would be overwhelmed by hard work day and night. Seeing that Zhu Youtang was diligent in government affairs, she bowed her hands in a polite manner.

The sky after the rain seems to have been washed, and everything looks so beautiful.

As usual, Zhu Youtang took the Dragon Chariot out of the Xihua Gate, then entered from the opposite Xiyuan Gate, and arrived at the Xiyuan Mental Cultivation Hall where government affairs were handled.

Zhu Ji, the commander of Jinyiwei, came here to guard, while Han Niu and Feng Ma, the eunuchs in charge of the army, came to serve as Zhu Youtang's bodyguards.

Although the early court has been reduced, the efficiency of each yamen has obviously been greatly improved.

Before Zhu Youtang came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, both Wan An and Liu Ji would arrive one step earlier.

Although Wan An is older, he is better than Liu Ji in terms of attendance. He comes here every day regardless of the weather.

Although he is getting old, he is becoming more and more proficient in handling government affairs, and Zhu Youtang can adopt many of his proposals.

The document room receives memorials from the two capitals and thirteen provinces from the Secretary of General Administration early in the morning, and sorts these memorials into categories. Important memorials will be sent to Zhu Youtang, while some less important memorials will be sent directly to the cabinet.

Zhu Youtang usually gives priority to urgent cases, but knowing that Datong has not delivered the report, he knows that he is impatient, but he still hopes that Datong can send the results as soon as possible.

It's just that there is no news of peace talks in Datong, but the situation in Guangdong is constant. There is news that the pearl fishing boat was murdered and burned by pirates again.

When the Shendian Guard, who was patrolling nearby this time, rushed there, they only saw a burned-out main ship, and there were still no survivors on the main ship.

Judging from all the traces, and fleeing towards Annan every time, it all proves that this incident is a kind of revenge by Annan against Daming.

If it was only once or twice, it might be a small revenge from Annan's side, but now they have repeatedly burned the boat, then they may think that Daming is a soft persimmon that is easy to bully.

Zhu Youtang was actually disappointed in his heart. Although the censor of Guangdong's memorial guessed that it was Li Chao's work, it was ultimately a guess without factual basis.

The evidence is not enough now, if the military is used now, it will damage the image that Daming has always created, and it will also make many countries take precautions against Daming.

So now he has to endure it a little longer, but he is waiting for a reason that is enough to launch an action against the Li Dynasty to destroy the country.

Bastards, you have to live up to it!

Zhu Youtang looked at Guangdong's chaotic memorials, and seemed to hate iron and steel.

Originally, he wanted to directly replace the Commander of the Divine Electric Guard, but he held back.

After all, he is thousands of miles away from Guangdong, and he doesn't want to blame the commander of the Shendian Guard for his current mistakes. Maybe he needs to give him a little more patience and trust.

In fact, it is also a kind of helplessness of the emperor. At some point, he is really a "blind man".

July is a good time. The dark clouds over Datong have dissipated, and the whole sky is clear, and the white clouds in the blue sky are like cotton candy.

As a mighty team returned to the city, a Tang soldier rode away from the east gate of Datong Fucheng, carrying a Tang newspaper stuffed in a cylinder and galloped along the post road towards the capital.

Tuk Tuk Tuk…

Horseshoes stepping on the post road and rushing forward. Although it is not as magical as a horse riding a flying swallow, it is still like a sharp arrow piercing the air.

Due to the introduction of the attendance mode of later generations of takeaway staff, the repeated calculation of the normal delivery time of each Tang soldier, and the establishment of a reward and punishment system at the same time, the current delivery speed of the Tang newspaper is very amazing.

Every link is closely coordinated, so that the pond newspaper system has become a powerful weapon for the Ming Dynasty to lead the Quartet.

In just half a day, a Tang soldier came to Fucheng Gate with a Tang newspaper on his back, and entered Beijing just before the city gate closed.

Fortunately, the closing times of the city gate and the palace gate were not the same, and the "Tangzhan" in the capital sent the latest military information into the Forbidden City before the palace gate closed.

In fact, the military situation is not accurate, because what was sent was the result of the third round of peace talks just now.

In the end, Manduhai finally agreed to the conditions listed by the Ming court for the benefit of the whole Beiyuan and her dream of unifying Mongolia.

They Beiyuan no longer regarded themselves as "Dayuan" to Ming Dynasty, and Dayan Khan was not the emperor of Dayuan, but became the king of Beishun conferred by the Ming court, and Manduhai was conferred the concubine of Beishun.

As for Yi Kexi, the more accurate name now should be Princess Yi Kexi, who became the sacrificed object of the marriage between the two countries this time, and will be accepted as the noble concubine by Zhu Youtang.

Manduhai also got the opportunity she valued most in the mutual market. Although she couldn't directly trade weapons from Daming, she also won the iron pot to become a trade product in the mutual market.

In this peace talks, there are no real losers.

Although Manduhai sacrificed his daughter and made Dayan Khan give up claiming to be the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, he successfully exchanged tribute with the Ming Dynasty.Especially in the exchange market, she can use the horses of the various tribes under her command to obtain supplies from Daming, thus solving the livelihood of the tribe.

In addition, with the supply of materials from Daming, she will have the confidence to drive Oara to the coldest place in the west, and she can also start to slowly solve the Miekli Ministry that has been hostile to them.

As for Daming, after they have the Ikexi card, they can make Manduhai, who really ruled the Northern Yuan, cast a slap in the face.

With this peace talk, Ming can ensure that the border residents of Datong will not be disturbed by the Mongolian cavalry, can also allow the Datong army to recuperate, and at the same time can promote the economic development of the northwest frontier.

When this pond report was delivered to the palace, Zhu Youtang was eating crucian carp tofu soup he had caught.

He originally wanted to fight Mongolia to the end, after all, only by killing them all can solve the problem from the root, but after all, their preparations are not enough, and the external situation is too turbulent now.

The Jianzhou Jurchen in the northeast needed to carry out the late emperor's last wish by themselves, and the Li Dynasty in the southwest needed to finalize it even more, so they sighed secretly at the result of this peace talk.

Now that Datong is stable, he can concentrate on dealing with the issues of Jianzhou Jurchen and Li Dynasty.

Liu Xuan did a great job when he took office in Liaodong. Perhaps his military talent was not outstanding, but the governor who walked out of the stables was indeed very pragmatic.

He seemed to have been inspired by Wang Yue's actions. After he became the governor of Liaodong, he directly attacked the group of salt merchants and investigated and dealt with several illegal salt merchants who took the lead.

After the problem of Liaoyan was completely cured, he immediately restarted the opening method in the early Ming Dynasty, and used Liaoyan Yin to tamp the already empty Liaodong granary.

After all, the road has to be taken step by step. Once the granaries in Liaodong are sufficient, no matter whether it is the Jianzhou Jurchen, the stronger Haixi Jurchen, or the Jianzhou Jurchen, they will all be a bunch of chickens and dogs.

As for the Southwest side, Zhu Youtang still chose to wait, hoping that the Guangdong side could catch the so-called pirates, so as to have a reason to send troops to Annan.

Just when things were on the right track, the latest news came from Huguang, which shocked Zhu Youtang and said, "Wang Zhi rebelled?"

(End of this chapter)