Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 217 Daming's Back Garden
After resigning at noon and packing their things at night, Zhu Gaoxu and his son ran away early the next morning with officials from the Ministry of Revenue.

Oh, by the way, officials from the Ministry of Revenue followed him to Yunnan for the wool matter.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe is not disgusted with wool, and even welcomes it.

He didn't want to say it before, mainly because he didn't want to say it behind his cousin's back. That would make him appear to be ignorant and not save face for Zhu Zhanji.

Later, when his father spoke up, Zhu Zhanhe was actually happy because wool was a very profitable thing for him.

If you want to treat wool, you must use a chemical, which is sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda.

Caustic soda was in short supply before the [-]th century. It was not until after the [-]th century, and at the end of the [-]th century, that the chemist Lublan succeeded in producing caustic soda cheaply by electrolyzing salt.

Before this, there was only one way to refine caustic soda, which was to first make soda ash from plant ash, and then use the soda ash to make caustic soda.

When we talk about plant ash, we know how difficult it is and how low the yield is. Processing wool is not a one-time deal. It has to be done every year, and the quantity and output will increase year by year. Soda ash is produced from plant ash and then Doing caustic soda is very tiring.

Therefore, you have to use the second method, which is similar to sun salt.

On the planet beneath our feet, there are three, and only three, alkaline lakes.

One is Lake Texcoco in Central America, the other is Lake Chad in Africa, and the last one is Lake Chenghai in the flower garden.

Coincidentally, Chenghai Lake... is in Yunnan.

This means that if you want the wool trade to continue, you must continuously produce caustic soda. However, the method of producing caustic soda from plant ash is too troublesome and the yield is low, so it can only be done from Yunnan.

In fact, besides Yunnan, there is another place where you can get caustic soda, because in addition to alkaline lakes, there is also a kind of lake called saline-alkali lake.

However, the salt-alkali lake of the flower growers was Dabusu Lake, which is located next to the current Nuergandusi.

The salt-alkali lake is used to dry salt in the summer and collect alkali in the winter. In the early winter of the Little Glacier...

Tsk tsk, the price is too high, so don’t mention it.

Ever since the showdown with the old man in the eighth year of Yongle and the ninth year of Yongle's departure from Beijing to become a vassal, everything Zhu Zhanhe did for Yingtian had an element of profit in it.

Either it was to expand the scope of control of his family like what happened with Chen Jikou, or it was for personal hatred and minerals like the Japanese state. Nothing was done in vain.

This time, too.

It's just that Zhu Zhanhe felt a little uncomfortable with this person from the household department, because his name was Chen Xun.

But that was before. Now Zhu Zhanhe only remembered who this person was after chatting with Chen Xun.

In fact, it is not his fault. Zhu Zhanhe was originally very hostile to civil servants, because fundamentally speaking, there may be many, many other factors in the demise of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, but corrupt Confucianism is absolutely There is no escape.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe had a deep hostility towards civil servants from the beginning, but in fact, not all civil servants were bad people.

For example, Xia Yuanji now, and Yu Qian in the future.

And this Chen Xun is actually a person who can be compared with Yu Qian, because they both lived in the same period, and their ideas and ways of doing things are also very similar.

Many people know that after the Tumubao Incident, many civil servants tried to get the Ming Dynasty to move its capital and gave up the move of Shuntian Prefecture to the south in response to Tianfu. Only Yu Qian had a tough attitude and rejected the idea of ​​moving to the south and insisted on sticking to Shun Tianfu. Oh my god, this was how the subsequent Battle of Peiping came about.

Such records made many people think that Yu Qian was alone and that he single-handedly reversed the situation of moving south and defended Shuntian.

But in fact, Yu Qian is not the only one who has this awareness, Chen Xun also has it.

Chen Xun in history became an official in the 13th year of Yongle, and was awarded the title of Compilation and Compilation by the Hanlin Academy. In the 22nd year of Yongle, he was promoted to the rank of lecturer of the Hanlin Academy. In the fifth year of Xuande, he was promoted to the rank of bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. The right minister of the department.

In the first year of Jingtai, Chen Xun reached his peak and became the chief minister of the cabinet. He was favored by Zhu Qiyu, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, Chen Xun was partly responsible for the achievements during the Jingtai period.

However, with the subsequent coup, the God of War of the Ming Dynasty killed Yu Qian, who was regarded as a treasure by the four emperors Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande and Jingtai. Chen Xun, as a supporter of the original defense of Peking, was also liquidated.

Although he was not beheaded, he was removed from his official position, given a hundred imperial staffs, demoted to the Tieling Guard, and reduced to a civilian status.

Therefore, Baozong's fault was not only killing Yu Qian, but also losing Chen Xun.

"You said that you, a civil servant, don't want to stay in Yingtian Mansion and work your way up to become the chief minister of the cabinet or something. Why do you have to go to Yunnan with me?"

Leaning on the side of the boat, Zhu Zhanhe looked at the river surface blown by the breeze, and he was full of disgust when he opened his mouth.

However, this is only superficial. After all, Chen Xun is a talent. Zhu Zhanhe is still very happy to get such a talent.

"The official has already said that in this world, only martial arts can be safe."

Chen Xun stood behind Zhu Zhanhe, feeling the majesty of the river with a calm expression.

"In Yingtian, I can't see the hope of An Tianxia, ​​but it's you, Your Highness, who has made me see it."

"Me?" Zhu Zhanhe pointed at himself in surprise. This was the first time he heard such a level of evaluation.

"I'm a rough man who only knows how to fight and kill. I don't have a million dead souls in my name. You actually think of me like this?"

"But, it's very effective, isn't it?" Chen Xun met Zhu Zhanhe's gaze without any retreat.

Zhu Zhanhe was stunned for a moment, looking at Chen Xun with a firm expression, he seemed to understand.

Being able to choose to defend Shuntian in the face of the invasion of Oaranan, this kind of person's character is not cultivated, but is born with a kind of determination that others do not have.

In the current general environment, civil servants will only become more and more rotten, because those who are close to black are black, and the people around them are infecting them all the time.

It must be natural to want to emerge from the mud without being stained and not rotten along with others.

"It's up to you." Zhu Zhanhe sighed softly.

In fact, what people need most is not him, but Ying Tian, ​​the future Emperor Jingtai.

Zhu Zhanhe himself is already the top in this field. Even Chen Xun cannot reach his level, so Chen Xun can only be a good assistant to him, but for Emperor Jingtai, Chen Xun It's at the right-hand level.

One is the icing on the cake, and the other is a timely help.

"I will go to Japan with the British Duke first. Do you want to go with me?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at Chen Xun and decided to give Chen Xun a chance and let himself see where Chen Xun was.

"Since His Highness requested it, I will naturally follow you."

Chen Xun's eyes were all clear and firm, without any confusion.

……

In front of Zhu Zhanhe, or rather in front of the boat he was riding on, Zhang Fu stood at the stern, watching Zhu Zhanhe and Chen Xun chatting happily.

He is the Dinghai Shenzhen of the Ming Dynasty who is guarding the Japanese country. This time he returned to Beijing on New Year's Eve to add icing on the cake to the New Year's Eve dinner, because if there were not so many envoys coming to pay tribute this year, he would probably let Chen Mao come back.

In the end, it was for the sake of face. After all, the number of people who came to pay tribute this year could be said to be the largest in the history of the Ming Dynasty. He had to come back to build up this face.

In fact, Zhang Fu planned to return yesterday. Although Chen Mao was considered an outstanding general in the Yongle period, it was not enough overall.

The current Japanese country needs a person with courage and weight, and Chen Mao is not good enough at this point.

So he had to go back as soon as possible, but Zhu Zhanhe suddenly decided to go to Japan, which forced Zhang Fu to postpone his departure for one day.

In fact, Zhang Fu really didn't want Zhu Zhanhe to go to Japan, because he knew that every time the prince of Wu appeared outside the Ming Dynasty, it would only bring about one situation.

This situation is usually something that most people don't want to see.

However, Zhang Fu is really not qualified to speak.

Not to mention that Zhu Zhanhe was the eldest son of the King of Wu and a relative of the royal family. Even if Zhu Zhanhe was not, this Japanese country was conquered by Zhu Zhanhe and had nothing to do with Zhang Fu.

He, Zhang Fu, went to the Japanese country after Zhu Zhanhe pacified Ping'an Jing. To put it mildly, he went to give Zhu Zhanhe a top position, so that Zhu Zhanhe could free up his hands to busy himself with Yunnan's own affairs.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Fu just went to eat ready-made food.

When Zhang Fu went there, more than half of the land of Japan had been pushed over by the Ming army, leaving only the vast and sparsely populated areas in the north and Ezo.

In addition, with Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng on Sado Island, even if some Japanese wanted to resist, Sado Island would be the first to be impacted, and it had nothing to do with Zhang Fu at Iwami Ginzan.

If he goes, he will just sit back and enjoy the results. Although the credit will not be great, the hard work will definitely be there, and he is still far away from the Ming Dynasty. The reward will not be less when the time comes.

What qualifications does he have to point fingers at Zhu Zhanhe?
Thinking of this, Zhang Fu sighed deeply. He didn't know what Zhu Zhanhe's arrival would bring to the Japanese country. He only hoped that Zhu Zhanhe could restrain himself a little, because miners are becoming increasingly difficult to find. .

……

In Liujiagang, Taicang, Zhu Zhanhe said goodbye to his father.

He was going to visit Japan, while Zhu Gaoxu was going back to Yunnan.

Although Yunnan is supported by the Mu family, the Mu family now is no longer the Mu family before. Zhu Gaoxu is gradually becoming the official leader of Yunnan and cannot leave for too long.

Because the implementation of the new tax system has brought great benefits to the people of Yunnan, and the Mu family's previous approach was to please the chieftain and stabilize the situation in Yunnan as soon as possible, the people became more inclined to Prince Wu's Mansion after they figured it out. up.

Now the Mu family can basically only convey orders to Prince Wu's Mansion. If they were allowed to make their own decisions, the people might listen, but there would definitely be strong resentment.

Seeing his father's ship getting further and further away, Zhu Zhanhe also ordered to set off towards the Ryukyu Kingdom, preparing to go to what is now the back garden of the Ming Dynasty.

Japanese country.

(End of this chapter)