Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Spring passes and autumn comes.

When the people of the Ming Dynasty began to experience a new round of harvest experience.

The eight-hundred-mile-long fast ride suddenly ran along a wide concrete straight road from the northwest toward Yingtian City, the capital.

At the same time, there was also a group of fast riders rushing from Zhejiang to Yingtian City, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

"Report!"

"Li Jinglong, the general of the Western Conquest, has led an army of 50,000 to conquer the West and returned from the Western Regions..."

"Report, our fleet of the Ming Dynasty Navy has also returned from the West! The fleet has four to five hundred more ships than when we left!"

"Hahaha, good!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed and said, "Inform the Ministry of Rites to prepare to welcome my minister who has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"The army and navy of the Western Expedition are back?"

"The Ministry of Household Affairs and the officials from the Fifth Army Commander's Office went up to do the counting!"

"Three hundred big ships!"

Zhu Gaochi turned around and glanced at the Ministry of Household Official whose eyes were already glowing green, and could only sigh helplessly.

"The year-end bonuses given to officials like me will also be more..."

"Yes, if we attack a few more Timurid kingdoms, then our Ming Dynasty will have abundant treasury, and we can even build concrete roads all over the country!"

"My slave understands!"

"Three hundred large ships, all filled with gold, silver, jewelry, iron armor, swords and guns?"

"Now that we are fighting in the Ming Dynasty, we can indeed make the Ming Dynasty rich!"

"Exactly!"

Only then did all the officials remember their missions, and their expressions became bitter.

After Zhu Gaochi arranged all the matters, he returned to the capital with a group of officials and naval commanders.

The entire capital suddenly became agitated.

"yes……"

the other side.

If the navy brought them all back, those officials would definitely keep a close eye on the money and would not hand over a box of gold, silver and jewelry to His Majesty.

Yi Shiha hurriedly walked down with a happy face.

The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaochi, along with officials from the Ministry of Rites, as well as officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, and the Fifth Army Commander's Office, went to Suzhou Mansion to greet the Ming Navy.

Zheng He and Hou Duan nodded slightly.

This time, Daming is really rich!
After getting on the ship, after seeing the piles of things piled up in the cabin, the eyes of all the household officials suddenly turned golden.

And reward the Ming Navy!
At the same time, they also cleaned up the property seized by the navy.

"How many treasures do we need to bring back?"

How long will it take them to count all the gold, silver and jewelry?

This servant knows very well that all the officials in the court are eager to take out all the money from His Majesty's internal funds.

Rich!

soon.

A few days later.

"I heard that the navy's fleet is four to five hundred more than when we went there!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Therefore, the slave, Hou Duan and others secretly put the gold, silver and jewels of a hundred ships into the slave's caravan. "

Xia Yuanji hurriedly shouted, and then hurriedly led a group of household officials to the big ship.

Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes flashed,
"Exactly!"

Ahead, after Xia Yuanji came to his senses, he glared at the excited officials, "Be careful, three hundred large ships are enough for me to wait for more than half a month to count them.

Zhu Di nodded slightly again, "Whatever can be auctioned will be auctioned, and what can't be auctioned will be brought to the palace!
It just so happens that in the past few years, cement straight roads have been laid, trains have been cast, railways have been laid, and the palace funds have been exhausted! "

Hurry up and finish counting all the gold, silver, jewelry and iron tools, and report them to His Majesty! "

Zheng He said again: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that no one knows about the gold, silver and jewels of those hundred ships except Hou Duan and some of my servants' cronies!"

After listening to the introductions of Zheng He and Hou Duan, Zhu Gaochi and all the officials were stunned.

"Ok!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. The compensation that Cao Guogong demanded from Timur was about 400 large ships!

"A hundred ships of gold, silver and jewels?"

Zheng He and other members of the Chamber of Commerce fleet have also returned first.

Zheng He responded quickly.

……

"Four hundred ships of gold, silver and jewels?"

At the Shunde County Prince's Mansion, Guo An couldn't help but twitching the corner of his mouth slightly after listening to Zhu Gaochi's words.

“The Timur Kingdom is a group of good people!”

"..."

Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but nod along with some agreement.

"The teacher is right, those people from Timur's country are really a group of good people!"

Guo An added: "So, Wei Chen suggested that if possible, every ten or fifteen years of Ming Dynasty, we can send navy to attack the Timur Kingdom!"

"Every ten years?"

Zhu Gaochi opened his mouth slightly in disbelief.

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "Ten years should be enough for those of Timurid to save some gold and silver jewelry, and they can also use them to train my army for the Ming Dynasty!"

"..."

Zhu Gaochi stared at Guo An for a long time and said slowly: "Teacher, what kind of excuse should I make?"

Guo An smiled lightly, "Your Highness, there are at least ten years left.

Ten years later, the situation has changed rapidly. This issue should be left to the officials and generals behind! "

Zhu Gaochi smiled and said: "Ten or even fifteen years later, my father is still strong and strong, and my teacher is still my pillar of enlightenment.

You may need to trouble the teacher about this! "

Guo An: "..."

"but……"

After a while, Zhu Gaochi thought of something, and sighed slightly, "The Western Expeditionary Army has asked for so much compensation from Timur's country, which is enough to prove that the barbarian countries overseas are very wealthy.

Maybe in less than ten years, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to bear it anymore. "

"Too!"

Guo An thought for a while and nodded slightly.

"Perhaps, from this year onwards, as long as the Ming Dynasty's princes have an heir to lead troops in war or guard the palace, these princes will be eager to go to Southeast Asia!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly and said with some worry: "I hope these uncles will not mess up Nanyang!"

Guo Andao: "Your Highness, this is better than these vassal kings focusing on the Ming Dynasty!"

"What the teacher said is absolutely true!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded in agreement.

Only the Ming Dynasty is the territory of their old Zhu family.

As for the barbarian countries outside, they have nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, regardless of the floods or the change of dynasties!
Then, thinking of the railway outside, Guo An couldn't help but remind him: "Your Highness, the railway is reopening, and there will inevitably be a lot of dirty things. You need to send more confidants to monitor it."

Zhu Gaochi looked solemn and said, "Teacher, don't worry, I not only arranged for my confidants to monitor you.

Even his father sent the royal guards to watch! "

"That's good!"

Guo An was finally relieved.

……

Under the eager anticipation of all the courtiers in the court, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue worked day and night to finally count the gold, silver and jewels on the more than 300 ships brought back by the navy.

Various gold armors, forks, bracelets, bowls and chopsticks, as well as various gold bricks and gold ingots, a total of two thousand stones!
All kinds of silver armor, silver forks, silver bowls and chopsticks, silver ingots, twenty-three thousand stones!
There are about 30,000 stones of various kinds of armor, swords, guns, and iron tools!
There are also various pearl treasures, four thousand boxes! As for the remaining grain, or some specialties from the Western Regions, there are countless.

Upon hearing the news, the entire court was stunned.

Why so many?
The eyes of all the officials have changed!

And this time.

Cao Guogong Li Jinglong also led an army of 50,000 to conquer the west and returned to the capital along the cement straight road.

Prince Zhu Gaochi and his officials once again greeted Li Jinglong and other troops marching to the west at the city gate!
With the return of the army that conquered the west, Zhu Di discussed his merits and rewarded them in the court hall.

And this time.

Regarding Zhu Di's reward for a group of soldiers, the opposition from the officials in the court was much smaller.

With so much gold, silver and jewelry, these generals are worth it.

However, many officials adhere to the idea of ​​giving more rewards and less titles.

But despite this, Ming Dynasty gained a group of viscounts and earls!
And all the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were also beginning to make moves.

The memorials to Nanyang also flew into the palace one by one.

In this regard.

Zhu Di also approved everything.

In less than a month, there were hundreds of large ships, carrying thousands of Ming vassal kings and soldiers, sailing to the South and West Oceans.

……

Shunde County Prince's Mansion, inside a pavilion.

Guo An, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, and Guo Shen were sitting together.

Next to it, there is a small oven.

Inside, there were four huge sweet potatoes. The skin of the sweet potatoes had begun to change color, and they also exuded an alluring fragrance.

"Guo Shen, you are already sixteen this year!"

Guo Shen, who was staring at the stove, suddenly became alert when he heard Zhu Di's question and quickly replied with a respectful face.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen is sixteen this year!"

"It's time to get married!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly and continued: "I think back then, when we were sixteen, we got married to the queen!"

Guo An said respectfully: "I will obey your Majesty's instructions!"

At this time, Zhu Di couldn't help but glance at Guo Shen, "Why are you so different from Guo Qing?"

Guo Shen didn't know how to reply to this sentence!

Guo An smiled softly, "Your Majesty, I am also worried. These boys read those sages' books all day long and have been bound by various etiquette and have become nerds.

All the ministers are worried that this boy will be bullied by others in the future! "

Zhu Di couldn't help but glance at Guo An, "Now, in the entire Ming Dynasty, who else dares to bully your Shunde County Prince's Palace?"

Guo An slowly shook his head, "Your Majesty, on the surface, the minister is the king of the Ming Dynasty. His status is respected and no one dares to offend him.

However, this is because His Majesty trusts the minister.

If the prince of Shunde County, a minor minister, is not favored by His Majesty, I am afraid that the officials will jump out one by one to attack and annihilate the minor minister..."

Zhu Di's eyes widened, "How can we be such indifferent people?
Also, how could the prince be such a coward? "

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, I did not mean this!"

Guo An's face changed slightly, and he quickly explained: "Wei Chen means that the glory and wealth of Shunde County and Prince's Palace are all dependent on His Majesty's favor, and he has no prestige in the court.

Those officials in the DPRK are best at making small moves in secret.

When Wei Chen was alive, he could still suppress those civil servants.

If Wei Chen is gone, Guo Shen, a bookworm, might be bullied by those civil servants! "

"..."

Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, and Guo Shen were all speechless.

After a long while, Zhu Di said slowly: "Guo Qing is worried too early!"

Guo Shen couldn't help but nodded slowly.

"Who makes this kid look like a nerd all day long?"

Guo An couldn't help but glare at Guo Shen, and then didn't continue the topic.

"Your Majesty, after such a long time, the sweet potatoes should be roasted!"

"Sweet potatoes?...Yes, yes, the sweet potatoes should be ripe too!"

Zhu Di was stunned, and quickly picked up an iron clip on the side and picked out a sweet potato.

Then, regardless of burning it, I pinched it a few times with my hands.

"It's done, it's done!"

After saying that, he peeled the sweet potato open with his hands with excitement, revealing the golden sweet potato flesh inside, and the aroma was overflowing.

"The roasted sweet potatoes are really delicious!"

Zhu Di praised it and started eating directly, breathing in the heat while eating.

Seeing this, Guo An, Zhu Gaochi, and Guo Shen on the side each picked up a sweet potato and started eating it.

After eating a sweet potato, several people felt their stomachs full again.

Looking at the remaining dried sweet potato skin at his feet, Zhu Di couldn't help but admire it.

"I have this sweet potato in Ming Dynasty. It's really good! Just put it on the fire and roast it for a while. No need to add any condiments. It is the sweetest delicacy.

Moreover, after one meal, I was still a little full.

This sweet potato is a delicacy to thousands of people in the Ming Dynasty! "

"What your Majesty said is absolutely true!"

“This year’s sweet potato harvest is another big one. Those who received the sweet potatoes last year, after returning the sweet potatoes, the sweet potatoes at home can still fill a warehouse.

Next year, wait until next year, all the people in Ming Dynasty can grow sweet potatoes! "

"Your Majesty, there won't be any wars in our Ming Dynasty next year. Corn and potatoes can also start to be promoted, and the people's lives will be even more prosperous!"

"Yes!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up.

"My Ming Dynasty will definitely prosper!"

Guo An added: "Not only do the people of Ming Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment, they can also earn more money from the barbarians in the West and Southeast Asia.

The Ming Dynasty governed by Your Majesty will definitely be more prosperous and prosperous than the Tang Dynasty! "

"Hahaha……"

Hearing this, Zhu Di was even more happy.

"Our Ming Dynasty was severely harmed by the Mongolian Tatars in the BC Yuan Dynasty. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we should let our land of China prosper again!"

"Your Majesty has done it!"

Guo An nodded and said.

Then, he said with a serious face: "However, Wei Chen feels that just expanding the territory and building the Ming Dynasty and making the Ming Dynasty prosperous are still somewhat insufficient!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, and Guo Shen immediately looked at Guo An closely.

"What do you think, Guo Qing?"

However, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were full of curiosity and expectation.

Guo Shen, on the other hand, was a little worried.

Guo An thought deeply for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, every generation of wise kings should have civil and military skills.

Your Majesty is now unparalleled in martial arts, but in civil and political affairs, I think it's not that interesting! "

Guo Shen's eyes were even more horrified, Dad, why are you so bold?

Zhu Di's expression also became solemn: "How bad is it?"

Guo An slightly cupped his hands and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I feel that your Majesty still needs a Hongding Ceremony. This ceremony can not only benefit future generations, but also demonstrate your Majesty's civility!"

"Hongding Ceremony?"

Zhu Di looked even more curious, "Guo Qing, what is this?"

...(End of chapter)