Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 333 Zheng He with Complicated Moods

"What do you think about the imperial examination?"

Seeing the North Korean envoy leave, Zhu Gaoxu also sat down and started talking about business.

"For the time being... let's wait a moment." Zhu Zhanhe poured a cup of tea for his father and then leaned on the desk.

"The imperial examination is indeed an efficient way to recruit talents, but to put it bluntly, it is just for selecting talents. After being selected, those talents have to go through experience, and they cannot start working directly."

After Zhu Zhanhe took control of Shuntian, and even the entire Ming Dynasty, it was inevitable that the officials in the court would be purged. After all, the three ministers in the cabinet were gone, and it was impossible for other civil servants to be fine.

Among the veteran ministers, Xia Yuanji and Hu Hui are the only ones left now.

Xia Yuanji has always had a good relationship with Zhu Zhanhe, and he is also the one who most hopes that Zhu Zhanhe will take control of the overall situation.

As for Hu Wei...

This person actually looks a bit like Yu Qian, but he is also the opposite version of Yu Qian.

Hu Hu is a generous person and should be the person who is most opposed to Zhu Zhanhe's control of the overall situation. However, this person is not rigid in his work and is very insightful.

Let’s put it this way, this person can be said to be the most stubborn conservative, but he can still make changes in the face of huge changes. After the Tumubao Incident in history, in addition to Yu Qian and Chen Xun, Hu Hui also firmly opposed Those who moved south and advocated counterattacking Wala.

In addition, Hu Hui was given the important task of finding Jianwen by Zhu Di in the fifth year of Yongle, and he did not return to the court until the 21st year of Yongle.

During this period, he can be said to have traveled all over Daming. As for the changes that Zhu Zhanhe brought to Daming, Hu Wei was the one who felt the most.

This is why he was obviously a conservative, but he was able to be retained, and he quickly took over after the execution of the previous Minister of Rites, Lu Zhen, and he took office the next day.

In addition to these veteran officials, there are also some officials in the DPRK who served before Gongyang School was established as an official school. Their stay or even their life and death depend on their performance, but they will definitely not be reused before that.

There are already some Gongyang scholars who have become officials, but relatively speaking, there are still relatively few of them. After all, it has only been a short time since Gongyang Studies was established as an official academy, and Gongyang scholars themselves are few and have little experience.

Continuing to select officials through the imperial examination is just selecting substitutes. Distant water cannot save nearby fire.

In addition, there is another most important reason: two emperors passed away in the past two years, and the imperial examination was held at this time...

"What should we do?" Zhu Gaoxu was a little anxious.

Although he did not sit on the throne, he had already put himself in it. After all, it was their family that made the final decision in Ming Dynasty.

If something really happened, he wouldn't be able to explain it to the old man a hundred years later.

"Don't worry." Zhu Zhanhe rolled his eyes angrily.

"For now, there are still many people who can use it in Ming Dynasty, and it has been eight years since Gongyang School was established as an official school."

"In eight years, excluding the time for re-learning, there are still some people who have gained experience early. I took a look two days ago and found that among these people, Xin Chouke even became an official four years ago, that is, in the 19th year of Yongle."

"People here can always pick out some. In addition, local officials are actually not very affected by this. Corrupt officials don't care, and corrupt officials don't stop them from continuing to be corrupt. There will still be no problem within three to five years." of."

"What about Xiangzhou Prefecture, Nanzhou Prefecture (Sultan of Delhi) and the Timurid Empire?" Zhu Gaoxu was obviously not relieved.

"It also needs people to govern there. Zhan Qi can manage Xiangzhou Prefecture, but the Sultanate of Delhi is a little worse. Timur's empire is too far away, and he can't reach it."

"You don't have to worry about this." Zhu Zhanhe smiled and waved his hand.

"You also said that Zhan Qi has no problem managing Xiangzhou Mansion. What's more, you left all your guards with Zhan Qi. Even if something happens, Zhu Heng will still be there?"

"As for the Mu family in the Timur Empire, isn't it? Besides, the Timur Empire has not yet been able to get over the disaster of harvest failure. The failure of harvest alone resulted in the death of more than half of the people in the Timur Empire."

"Now, the Mu family is digging a canal there according to my order. The work-for-relief approach has attracted many victims. You don't have to worry about this."

"To say the least, even if they want to gather together to resist us, they have to have a foundation, right?"

"The harvest of Timur's empire is like this. How can they have the money, food, weapons and armor to resist?"

"As for the Delhi Sultan..."

When talking about the Sultan of Delhi, Zhu Zhanhe paused.

"The Delhi Sultanate is indeed a problem, but for now, the issue of the initial payment of rights for those low-caste people will not be a big problem in a short period of time. When we solve the Sunchon side, we can turn around and solve the Delhi Sultanate problem. There’s enough time.”

Delhi Sultan is the most special existence among the areas captured by Zhu Zhanhe.

Although the population of Delhi Sudan was not as large as that of the Ming Dynasty, it was not that small. Because of the caste system, Zhu Zhanhe used the chieftain system after "liberating" them.

First, the lower castes know better what the lower castes need and can manage better, allowing the Sultan of Delhi to be in absolute peace in a short period of time.

Secondly, he really didn't have many people available at that time, and Chen Xun alone couldn't manage it.

However, most people in this world are the same. Even if they are of low caste, after tasting the taste of power, most people will be corrupted by power.

But it’s not a big problem. It will be good if we can change our ways and return to the current situation again. Even if those who were once at the bottom have been corrupted by power, the others will still be at the bottom. In addition, they have experience before and they can change their ways and return to the current situation. The difficulty is not great.

Maybe there is no need for Zhu Zhanhe to take action, and those low-caste people will solve the problem on their own. After all, they have already had experience before, and what they lack is a backer who can stand behind them.

"Then what are you going to do next?" Zhu Gaoxu was relieved after hearing this and changed the topic, trying to elicit what he really wanted to say.

"I plan to send some people to Nuergandusi."

"Nu'er Gan Dusi?" Zhu Gaoxu's brows instantly wrinkled.

"Yes." Zhu Zhanhe nodded.

"This time we took over Yingtian, and many officials were taken down, but not all of them can be dealt with like Yang Rong and others. They and their families need to have a suitable way to deal with them."

"Exile, for example."

"You want them to go to Nuergandusi?" Zhu Gaoxu understood instantly, but at the same time new doubts arose.

"But what did you ask them to do? It's freezing there, and there's nothing to do, right? Or do you just want to get rid of them?"

"Weren't you still worrying about not having young men to go mining, and why did you bring slaves from the west? Isn't it better to let them go mining than this?"

"No." Zhu Zhanhe shook his head.

"It's true that it was freezing cold there, but if they hadn't been deliberately killed, they would still have survived."

"We have cotton clothes and wool, and if we let them build a house for themselves before they go, they will have no problem surviving."

"Then what did you ask them to do?"

"Cut down the tree." A smile appeared on Zhu Zhanhe's face.

"Cut down a tree?" Zhu Gaoxu said he couldn't understand his son's smile.

"En." Zhu Zhanhe nodded, and at the same time pointed to Zhifang Fang.

"Don't forget, Delhi Sultanate is okay, after all, it is close to Xiangzhou Prefecture, but Timur Empire is not, and the sea route is still the most important way."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded with deep understanding.

Yes, Zhu Zhanhe had been thinking about building ships before, but he had no way to make treasure ships, so in the end he had to settle for the next best thing and use ordinary ships to ensure supplies during the expedition to the Golden Horde.

Now that my family has obtained the control of Shuntian Mansion and even the entire Ming Dynasty, the Shipbuilding Department is no exception, and the blueprint of the treasure ship has also been successfully obtained.

After getting the drawing that he had been thinking about, Zhu Zhanhe naturally wanted to do something big.

"You haven't been there, so you don't know. Those people in the north of the Golden Horde are not good people. They are not like us. They have no sympathy for the war."

As Zhu Zhanhe spoke, he narrowed his eyes, with a sinister light shining in his eyes.

"Slaves are the most common thing among them. Even their own people will hunt each other. And after they win a war, looting is the most common thing they do, and it is looting without any bottom line."

"With the treasure ship, we can allow Zheng He to continue to travel across the ocean. Coupled with the canal I asked the Mu family to dig, we can go directly to their hinterland and understand their situation through cooperation, commercial exchanges, etc."

"Even weakening their strength through other means."

Having said this, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly raised his head.

"Zhu Ling, is Zheng He here?"

"Back to Your Highness, Zheng He is already here, but I asked him to wait outside."

Zhu Gaoxu was discussing things with Zhu Zhanhe and kicked everyone out. Naturally, Zhu Ling would not disturb them, even if Zheng He summoned by Zhu Zhanhe came.

"Let him in."

"Yes!"

……

Within a few breaths, Zheng He entered the Renshou Palace and knelt down to salute in a formal manner.

"Zheng He pays his respects to His Royal Highness King Wu, and His Highness His Royal Highness."

"Get up."

"Yes."

With Zhu Zhanhe's permission, Zheng He stood up and raised his head.

After raising his head, Zhu Zhanhe saw a face full of complex emotions.

Zheng He really didn't expect that only two years after he returned from his last overseas trip, first Emperor Taizong, who had strongly supported him, passed away, and then Emperor Hongxi, who had just been on the throne for a year, passed away.

Before the Ming Dynasty got over the gloom of the death of two emperors, Zhu Zhanhe decided to return to Shuntian. In name, he went to Changling to worship Emperor Taizong, but in fact he quickly took over the Ming Dynasty with thunderous momentum.

From that day on, Emperor Xuande was under house arrest in Qingning Palace, and no one could see him except the Empress Dowager.

How many years?Counting from the seventh year of Yongle, it was already 16 years. At that time, Zhu Zhanhe placed people in the Shibo Division. Zheng He had dealt with Zhu Zhanhe, although he had never met.

But Zheng He never thought that the young man back then would reach this level today.

　Make up for yesterday’s missed updates.

　
(End of this chapter)