I'm really not doing business

Chapter 502 The incomprehensible style Zhu Yijun

Zhang Juzheng used a honey trap against the emperor twice. He spared no effort to make the emperor a talented person.

The first time was to send Wang Yaozhuo to the palace. The purpose was to cultivate the emperor's sense of responsibility. The people of Ming Dynasty were all his subjects, and they were still suffering. As an emperor, he should know the difficulties of the people of Ming Dynasty, instead of being immersed in the flowers and flowers of the courtiers. Lost in the memorials, the emperor himself could not slack off and must make continuous efforts to revive the Ming Dynasty.

As time passed, Zhang Juzheng also discovered that His Majesty's sense of responsibility did not need to be deliberately cultivated at all.

The second time was when a woman named Ran from Yunnan, Concubine Ran Shu, entered the palace. The emperor mentioned it casually during the banquet (Chapter 96), and Zhang Juzheng really found a woman named Ran from Yunnan to enter the palace. This time the beauty trap The purpose is to tell the emperor that the terrifying power of imperial power in the Ming Dynasty can be found even by just mentioning it casually.

The emperor, who had experienced the assassination of the king and the burning of the palace, was very aware of the dangers of weak imperial power.

Then the emperor, who experienced Concubine Ran Shu entering the palace, also understood the terrifying power of his imperial power.

Zhu Yijun has only one attitude towards this kind of beauty trap, the more the merrier, more of it!
But for beauties from all over the world, it is insensitive to thank them. If there is a fierce power struggle and the emperor is left with only a bunch of people, is it like the British to let Indians rule? Isn’t that a joke in the Ming Dynasty joke collection?

The emperor's bloodline still needs to be protected.

"Cotton, is the Queen Mother of France interested?" Zhu Yijun asked Gillian with a smile, looking quite gentle.

Queen Mother Catherine obviously understands men very well, because Gillian's cold appearance can easily arouse the instinct and desire to conquer deep in the upper body.

"The Ming Dynasty can escape from the quagmire. Such a huge empire can actually do it. What an amazing miracle. I sincerely hope that the Ming Dynasty can point out a clear path for France."

She knew very well that the purpose of this visit was to let the Ming Emperor pay more attention to France. The Bourbon family was encroaching on France's domestic and foreign affairs step by step, and would soon encroach on the throne.

Jillian invited the emperor to learn foreign languages. As for where to learn, how to learn, and what to learn, it depends on the emperor's wishes. Jillian will definitely cooperate.

This was Gillian's plan. She was so confident that she spent a year planning the trap, but after going around and around, it ended up in cotton again!

Gillian, a cold beauty, said with some hesitation after hearing this: "Dear Your Majesty, your Latin is very standard, but I still heard some areas that need improvement. I can always be by your Majesty's side to serve your Majesty. I will work hard to learn Latin, and please give me this opportunity.”

"If we are not talking about state affairs, then please come back." Zhu Yijun's smile gradually faded, and his tone became a bit colder.

Feng Bao and Zhang Hong looked at each other. They didn't know anything else, but they could tell that His Majesty really wanted to sell cotton cloth to Taixi.

Zhu Yijun continued: "Cotton cloth, when the Queen Mother controls enough cotton cloth and becomes a monopoly, wouldn't it be easy to use the monopoly of cotton cloth to gradually take back the financial power? With the help of financial power, gradually take back the power?"

Jillian showed no weakness at all and immediately said: "There is a huge distance between Ming Dynasty and France. Even if they reach an agreement, it may be broken at any time because of the distance. A negative distance bond can make each other trust each other more. , This is my idea, your wise Majesty will definitely understand my concerns. "

Zhu Yijun shook his head again and said: "Unfortunately, Ming likes to use force to open borders. Marriage to open borders is unique to Western Europe. This is a cultural difference. Claims are useless to me, Ming. If I want to get it, I will use force to get it. I disappoint you. "

"Cotton is what France needs most!"

cotton?

"Daughter? Isn't it a maid?" Zhu Yijun was stunned.

This move should be foolproof. The Ming Dynasty is also a traditional land-based empire, and it likes to be a father to others. The Ming Dynasty is surrounded by vassal states, and it has even been granted to Portugal in the West. In Gillian's mind, the Ming Emperor There is almost no difference from human gods.

An uncultivated market is waiting for merchants from the Ming Dynasty to flock to it.

There is no need to declare that in a world of great strife, the strong will become stronger and the weak will perish!

Is cotton so important?

This is something Gillian has seen with her own eyes since she arrived in Manila. Even in Davao, Mindanao, everyone talks about the emperor. Gillian has heard about the emperor's achievements along the way. Taking the trouble to start from the most proud place is the core of the beauty trap.

Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up, he sat up straight, looked at Jillian and said with great conviction: "Cotton! As long as you buy cotton from Ming Dynasty, you can break the situation and make France great again!"

There are many conflicts between France and Spain in the West, mainly over religion, so if they can step on one another, they will never let it go.

The Ming Dynasty is building a new ocean-going trading fleet. The five major ocean-going commercial banks are joining forces to conduct trade with the West from the proven routes. The Ming Dynasty needs more silver to flow in. This is the consensus reached by the Ming Dynasty after the opening of the sea, and the West is still There is an extensive stock of silver, waiting for the Ming Dynasty to go and get it.

Of course, looks and figure are the prerequisites for a beauty trap. The most difficult thing to guard against in a beauty trap is the bond of the soul, the kind of "I understand you, you also understand you" and it's too late to meet.

Gillian said with certainty: "A cheap gift is a humiliation to His Majesty. Felipe II sent a saint to the Far East, which is a humiliation to His Majesty."

In this communication process, the two hearts came together little by little. This was the script she had already written in her heart.

"No matter what, your Majesty will not suffer a loss by accepting a gift. If you give birth to a prince, you will have the right to inherit the king of France."

When Jillian left Tonghe Palace, she was still a little confused. She dressed up and tried her best, but the Ming Emperor only wanted to sell cotton!

"You heard me right! Cotton is a knife that pierces the corruption of the upper class of France! Cotton can completely break the situation, just like Felipe II used silk to take back the silver and do whatever he wants!"

claim? The Ming Dynasty has no shortage of claims.

"The Queen Mother Catherine de' Medici comes from the Medici family, which is an artistic family in the Renaissance, and I am the Queen Mother's daughter. I am good at music and opera. I believe that with my help, Your Majesty's Latin, even a pure Roman would exclaim pure when he heard it.”

"Please also ask your wise Majesty to show France a way forward."

What was the Ming Emperor most proud of? It is governing the country.

With the advent of the Age of Discovery, claims have become dispensable, because more barbaric violence has become the first element to expand and maintain territory. This is completely different from the past. The greater benefits generated by maritime trade have made morality is declining rapidly.

The Ming Emperor who doesn’t understand the style and has no romance!

The beauty trap has never been about being good-looking and having a good figure. To attract people by posing and using beauty to please them. That seems too cheap and is simply what prostitutes do.

When Zhu Yijun became cold, Jillian immediately became cold as well, like a proud white swan, holding her swan neck straight and looking a little unbeatable.

The cotton spinning industry is the biggest driving force for the vigorous development of steam engines. As long as cotton cloth is sold everywhere, the cotton spinning industry will have scale, forcing steam engines to continue to improve. Similarly, the Ming Dynasty needs more cotton planting land, and the Western Regions Long sunshine is the best choice. Selling cotton is really important to the empire.

That's why Zhu Yijun spared no effort to promote cotton.

Gillian immediately became confused. The superiors all like to be fathers and dictate to others. Jillian followed Queen Mother Catherine and met too many superiors. When Jillian asked in a humble manner, When the emperor was giving advice, shouldn't the emperor ask about the situation in France, then make an evaluation and give his own solution?

"It's really a pity." Gillian exhaled and looked quite disappointed. The only trace of her charm disappeared, and she said doubtfully: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, the corrupt situation in France, what can your Majesty provide?" Any help? France has lost its way, and the corruption at the top has made its vast territory and population feel like it is in hell, while Ming Dynasty, under your majesty’s management, is like the Kingdom of God on earth.”

Your Majesty is prepared to give France half a million bolts of cotton per year. It doesn’t matter if France doesn’t have a ship. Daming can deliver the goods to your door. Gillian only needs to tell the Queen Mother Daming’s decision.

Zhu Yijun was not interested in whether France would get out of the quagmire. Even if the Queen Mother had the monopoly rights of cotton cloth, she could not take back the financial rights because the Queen Mother did not control violence. Charles IX had a head-on confrontation with Spain because of religion, which eventually led to Military power declined rapidly, and the troops loyal to the king disappeared.

Under the feudal system, the only violence was the army. There was no way for France to get out of the quagmire. Even having a five-masted transoceanic ship was of no avail. Unless Zhu Yijun sent a regiment to go there, the French royal family could only stand aside. This was a destined fate.

Gillian was simply not worth the price, and neither was the exclusive rights to French cotton.

Selling cotton cloth is only for the Ming Dynasty. It doesn't matter if France doesn't want it. It can be dumped to the English, Belgians, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Holy Roman Empire, or even sold to the Ottomans.

Feng Bao looked at Gillian's leaving figure and said with a sneer: "This envoy from France thinks he is very smart. He is just a small trick. He wants to bewitch Your Majesty, and he doesn't even look at himself in the mirror."

Feng Bao, the flower and bird envoy, can present 108 beauties and 72 beauties from all over the world to His Majesty at one time. This Gillian is playing tricks on His Majesty the Emperor and does not overestimate her capabilities.

"Oh? What's she trying to do?" Zhu Yijun was stunned.

Feng Bao explained Gillian's pretentiousness and perseverance, and then he flattered a large number of people, praising His Majesty for not being deceived by beauty.

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said, "Ah, that's it. Actually, I think she is ugly."

"Ugly, this French envoy is indeed ugly, your majesty has a sharp eye!" Feng Bao said immediately, how could he let his majesty's words fall to the ground? No matter what Jillian looks like, His Majesty has decreed that she is ugly, so that’s how ugly she is!
Jillian is the kind of thin and cold woman. Zhu Yijun actually doesn't like beauties who are too skinny. At the beginning, Zhu Yijun also said that Wang Yao burned bean sprouts. Of course, after the wedding, Zhu Yijun took back his evaluation. Who knows how fine it can be? What about bearing fruit?

Zhu Yijun continued to deal with secret memorials. These were secret memorials for governors from various places to inquire about the holy will.

For example, Pan Jixun, the governor of Suiyuan, asked the guards to continue to clear out the banditry left in Suiyuan, and to further clean up the Hetao people who had been difficult to deal with in the previous Beijing camp, because there were a large number of Han people in Hetao who followed the Tatars into the customs. Pan Jixun had only one opinion on how to deal with the traitors of the Ming Dynasty who looted. There was a shortage of people in the mines.

For example, Liu Shizeng, the governor of Yunnan, asked His Majesty if Mang Yinglong's son, Mang Yingli, could attack the Ming Dynasty. Even if the remnants of the Malacca Strait were not solved, Mang Yingli must be taught a lesson first.

Zhu Yijun gave positive approval.

"Here?" Zhu Yijun put away the secret box, put it in the secret box, burned it with fire paint and sealed it, and looked at the door of the Imperial Study Room.

Wang Yaozhuo stood in front of the door, waiting for His Majesty to seal the secret door, and then walked in without hesitation.

When the spacing is open, no one can stand around. Of course, if the emperor wants to show it to others, the local governor has no way to blame the emperor, and the spacing system must also be used. Density is by no means a road trip, it belongs to the category of conspiracy. Whether it can be used well depends on the emperor himself.

The emergence of MiShu was for the purpose of official governance. In the MiShu of various governors, they asked whether the bloat could be drastically improved, and Zhu Yijun all gave a positive answer.

The bloat has caused a deficit in the local government treasury. Often the money and food have been allocated before they are even put into the treasury. As long as the local government wants to do something, it is unable to do anything.

Another major problem in the Ming Dynasty was the bloated administration of officials, and it was exploring ways to solve it.

If you want to be healthy, you really need to find ways to lose weight.

"My husband really has a lot of things to do. Apart from being busy and hardworking, he still has time to take care of his concubines. It is really suitable for him to work hard and relax." Wang Yaozhuo threw himself into Zhu Yijun's arms with a gust of fragrance, half-raised his head, and looked at It contains autumn water, contains tenderness, and is watery with some grievance and pity.

Zhu Yijun was stunned and said, "Who broke my wife's jealousy?"

"Who else can it be? Isn't it your husband? I heard that two more sisters have come to the palace. Well, after ordering the people, I have become a hands-off shopkeeper and ignored them. I, the head wife, have to go and arrange things for my husband." Concubine!" Wang Yaozhuo leaned into Zhu Yijun's arms, looking a little dissatisfied.

Zhu Yijun hugged Wang Yaozhuo and said: "Mother has issued an order to the cabinet. The matters to be handled by the Ministry of Rites in the next chapter can be regarded as ancestral laws. We have been delaying it for a year. If we don't do it, mother will blame the Ministry of Rites again. "

"Take a look, what is this."

Zhu Yijun shook his sleeves and took out a jadeite pendant. The pendant was only an inch long, but the carvings on it were dragons and phoenixes showing auspiciousness. This was a Cuisheng stone sent from Yunnan. It was given to Guizhou by Pan's merchant family in Yongchang. The ones from the Duke's Mansion have now been sent to the capital. After a month of carving, they were polished and shipped yesterday.

Many people from Yongchang (now Baoshan, Yunnan) went to Burma to look for jasper or jadeite. This stuff is regarded as a kind of gemstone, with high hardness and difficult to process.

The theme of dragons and phoenixes appearing auspicious is naturally no problem and can be used.

Moreover, after Zhu Yijun was polished and shipped, it was extremely moist. The Duke of Guizhou also got good things before sending them to the capital. The labor cost for processing one piece of Cuisheng Stone among the people is one or two and five yuan, and a boring machine is needed. Zhu Yijun spent twenty-four taels of silver on the work alone, mainly the dragon and phoenix auspicious patterns, which are quite complicated. The high labor price brings lifelike details.

Zhu Yijun is indeed infatuated with Jillian, and his romance is given to his wife.

"It's beautiful." Wang Yaozhuo looked at this beautiful object and couldn't put it down. After playing with it for a while, he put it in a sandalwood box for preservation.

Things are really rare. After all, Burmese Cuisheng Stone has not yet entered the stage of widespread mining. The carvings are very exquisite, but Wang Yaozhuo doesn't really care whether the things are valuable or not.

Judging from the theme of dragons and phoenixes presenting auspiciousness, the emperor had prepared it early. He obviously knew that the queen would like the taste and prepared objects to coax. This is the heart. The heart is more important than the objects. His Majesty can take his mind away from state affairs. Come on, that's enough.

"The dragon and the phoenix are auspicious, but I drew them myself. Look again, look again." Zhu Yijun said with a smile on his face: "Are you not angry now?"

"I'm not angry at all, it's just a little tasteless." Wang Yaozhuo shook his head. There is no anger when you are angry. Your husband is the emperor, and an emperor without heirs is nothing! Which one of Song Renzong and Ming Wuzong was not tied up because they had no heirs?

Taking in a concubine is an ancestral law. What Wang Yaozhuo wants is her husband's favor. Although she is already the favorite in the harem, who doesn't want to be favored a little more?
She hugged Zhu Yijun's neck and whispered: "Husband, it's late at night, please rest."

"Is this really a rest?" Zhu Yijun hugged Wang Yaozhuo and asked in a low voice.

Wang Yaozhuo said cheerfully: "Then I won't sleep. Anyway, I don't have to go to the Royal Gate of Wenhua Palace to listen to politics tomorrow. I can sleep as long as I want and fight until dawn!"

"Yeah! It hurts."

"It's against you."

……

Wang Yaozhuo was really sleepy, and the emperor got up earlier than Mr. Bayi's donkey. Zhu Yijun got up lightly and rushed to the Wenhua Palace to go to the court.

Zhu Yijun yawned and came to the Wenhua Hall. Feng Bao directed the small yellow gate to ascend his seat and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, why don't you let the courtiers wait for half an hour, and your Majesty can take a moment to relax?"

The emperor was in a bad mood and yawned, so Feng Bao made a very reasonable suggestion.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Ascend to the throne and go to court."

Standing in front of the Wenhua Hall, Zhu Yijun turned around and saw the black tiles of Wenyuan Pavilion and the continuous houses outside the wall.

Zhu Yijun is the emperor, and it is inevitable to be diligent.

He needs to be responsible for history. Rome has died and there is no sign of its lightning return. China has died once and returned once. Why can China come back twice? Why do all good things happen to your family?
Zhu Yijun, a big flapping moth, flapped his wings rapidly. The future has changed, so he must be responsible for the historical process.

"Wang Yi'e, the governor of Shandong, completed the census of six prefectures, fifteen prefectures and eighty-nine counties in Shandong in just three months after taking office. Of course, this is because Lingbutang has laid a solid foundation in Shandong. The census of Dingkou was completed quickly, and the elders of various major houses in Shandong jointly submitted a letter to the Lingbu Hall. The future is bright. "Zhang Juzheng said the first thing.

Shandong completed the census of Dingkou last year and was the first to complete the census of Dingkou in June 2010.

The elder wrote a letter of congratulations, and the main content was to congratulate Ling Butang on his promotion from governor to governor. This overtly and covertly meant the same thing: if Ling Butang was promoted, he would never return to Shandong again! It’s best not to even look at Shandong! Everyone will definitely actively cooperate with the imperial decree. Ling Yunyi is really a bit too scary.

In fact, they didn't kill many people, mainly thieves. A traditional big family like the Jimo Zhang family, in cooperation with the imperial court, Ling Yunyi didn't take any action. If he hadn't participated in the boat baiting hype and was cut off by Wang Qian, the Jimo Zhang family would also have fallen. No, he is still the general manager of the Michigan Ocean Trading Company.

But with a knife hanging on his forehead, he was always afraid.

With the active cooperation of powerful right-wingers, Shandong completed the census at the fastest speed. Shuntian Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture only have one prefecture, but Shandong has six prefectures, fifteen states and eighty-nine counties. The fastest It is jaw-dropping, and the abolition of slave status can be completed before September this year.

If the abolition of the status of slaves can be successfully completed in September, then Wang Yi'e will be the first to conduct a census of the population and abolish the status of slaves, setting an example for all chief secretaries in the world.

Zhu Yijun asked about the details of the Shandong census. The total number of Dingkou in the six prefectures was 987.4 million, an increase of 525% compared to the 87 million in the Yellow Register in the th year of Hongwu. Shandong Prefecture had repaired the Yellow Register and had been escorted to Beijing. The Department of Liuhu, archived in Tongjiku and Tonghe Palace in ancient and modern times.

"I retract my previous judgment of Governor Wang. Governor Wang has a heart of loyalty to the emperor and the country. It is my villain's heart to judge the heart of a gentleman." Zhang Juzheng said very solemnly in the court hall that he had made an apology for preventing Wang Yi'e from going to Shandong to take up his duties. An apology is a public statement and will be published in the Di Di newspaper.

In this matter, Zhang Juzheng was too cautious.

The people in Zhongshushe were a little confused. Should they remember it or not? Zhang Hong didn't even reach out.

"Sir, there is no need to worry about it. Wang Yi'e knows where your husband is in difficulty." Zhu Yijun smiled and smoothed things over. Zhang Juzheng should be cautious. He was the chief minister of the empire and the minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Wang Yi'e was really worried about Xu Jie's death. Ling Yun The foundation laid by Yi in Shandong has been wasted, and Shandong is still in mud.

Caution is right.

"We previously estimated that the population of Ding in the entire Ming Dynasty was about 1.2 million. Now it seems that it is about million. There are too many Yin Ding." Wang Guoguang, the Minister of Household Affairs, said, underestimating the size of Yin Ding. He underestimated the size of Yin Ding. The Ming Dynasty had a huge population.

According to the population and growth scale of Shandong, it is not a problem for the population of Ming Dynasty to approach 1.2 million.

The population of Shandong is almost the same as half of Great Britain, slightly less than France. This is the terrible population of Shandong.

Zhang Xueyan looked through a heavy accounting record in his hand and said: "The merger of Shandong is too serious. Before the land clearing in Shandong, a total of 36.58 hectares, or 3658 million acres of farmland, was cleared, totaling 116.69 hectares of farmland. Such mergers and deceptions have resulted in The population growth is extremely slow, but the scale of Yinding is still so astonishing.”

What Zhang Xueyan means is that there is still potential for population growth, and it is easy to exceed the population limit accidentally.

After the Qing Dynasty, the census of Dingkou, the abolition of slave registration, the establishment of engineer regiments, and even the return of land one day in the future, the growth rate of the population will further increase. Zhang Juzheng is worried that the population will reach the land limit of the Ming Dynasty. It is not impossible. occur.

How many people were there in the Ming Dynasty? The court had previously guessed that it was 1.2 million, but now it seems that the estimate of million is still conservative.

"There is no such thing as a population exceeding the upper limit of the land, at least for the Ming Dynasty. We are expanding now." After Zhang Juzheng discussed the issue of the upper limit of the population with His Majesty, he denied his opinion of the upper limit of the population and said in the court He told other courtiers that the issue of population limit was not a problem for Ming Dynasty and there was no need to worry about it in the future.

Build more ships, expand more land, and migrate more people. The world is so big and there is not enough main population to support it. How can we expand?
Zhu Yijun held the memorial in his hand and said: "Wang Yi'e said in the memorial that the iron-making official factory in Linzi during the Han Dynasty was more than five times that of Kaifeng, Henan. Among the 48 iron officials in the Han Dynasty, 13 were in Shandong, while in the Tang Dynasty, In the Ming Dynasty, Shandong was a mining and metallurgical capital. Only in Laiwu there were 18 iron smelting sites and 315 copper smelting sites, which provided the necessary conditions for the establishment of official factories and groups. In the early years of Hongwu, Shandong official factories produced million kilograms of iron per year. Yi E asked for an order to establish an official factory regiment and an engineering regiment camp. "

Zhu Yijun talked about the situation on the ground in Shandong. There were eighteen official factories in the Han Dynasty, and the scale was even larger in the Tang Dynasty. By the Ming Dynasty, there were no official factories.

Moreover, the huge population and sufficient acres of land can also support the prosperity of official factories.

"Your Majesty, I think it's okay." Wang Chonggu was the first to express his agreement, and then Zeng Xingwu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wang Daokun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, immediately agreed.

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't think there is any need to be too hasty. Please wait for the news from Henan. If Ling Butang can succeed in Henan, there will be examples to follow."

The conservatives, represented by Zhang Juzheng, are still opposed to the engineering regiment and battalion. They are opposed to exaggerating too quickly and should be slower and more steady. The Ming Dynasty's national strength has just recovered a bit and there is capital for trial and error, but it should also be prudent.

This time among the conservatives, the Minister of Revenue, Wang Guoguang, was a little hesitant.

"Why don't we first form three engineering regiments and battalions and go hand in hand with Henan? Anyway, Ling Butang is the governor of Shandong and Henan. If there is really something in Shandong, Henan can provide support." Wang Guoguang stated his opinion, but he jumped back.

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng.

"Let's wait a little longer. It's better to build the Ten Kings City first, and wait until the vassal kings in Henan Province move back to the capital." Zhang Juzheng found that he was rebelling against everyone, and even the conservative Wang Guoguang was rebelling because of the official factory. Huge profits.

"Just as Mr. Wang said, wait until the Ten Kings City is built." After careful consideration, Zhu Yijun chose to agree with Zhang Juzheng's opinion.

(End of this chapter)