Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 183 There is no such thing as this life

At this time, Zhang Yifan, who wrote the book, came over. Master Song Lian and his disciples asked Zhang Yifan directly for advice without having to argue.

So, with Zhu Biao watching, Zhang Yifan explained it to Song Lian and his apprentice again, and even wrote, drew, and calculated on the spot.

One drawback is that Zhang Yifan seems very awkward when using a brush to do calculations.

Fortunately, they all know that the son-in-law has only been enlightened for less than two years, and it is not surprising that his calligraphy is poor.

After the explanation was completed, Fang Xiaoru couldn't help but sigh: "Consort, how do you know these rules?"

Studying things to achieve knowledge is something advocated by Confucian sages.However, it is really not an easy thing to do something special.

However, this kind of not-easy thing seems to be as common as eating and drinking when it comes to the Prince Consort!This made Fang Xiaoru, known as the child prodigy, couldn't help but admire him.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan just smiled and said: "I don't know, just looking at it, I felt like this in my mind!"

Fang Xiaoru: "..."

Song Lian: "..."

Zhu Biao: "..."

Well, this is real genius!
The few of them stayed at the library for almost a day.

Zhu Biao now has a habit of waiting until evening to start writing behind closed doors and write down what he has learned today.

He has been in Xiangshan County for almost ten days and has really learned all about Xiangshan County.

Originally, he had planned to return to the capital.However, under the persuasion of Zhang Yifan, Zhu Jingjing and the Crown Princess, they prepared to rest for two days and have a so-called balance of work and rest.By the time he reaches the capital, his life will be over.

Zhang Yifan also had an excuse not to deal with official duties, and stayed with Zhu Biao for a few days to rest, and by accident, he really learned how to swim.

Just when Zhu Biao was about to return to Beijing, the fleet sent to Nanyang at the beginning of the year came back.

The main purpose of this fleet heading to Nanyang was to inspect the agricultural conditions there and see if Nanyang could become the granary of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Zhu Biao was also very concerned, so he went with Zhang Yifan to listen to the report.

The result of the investigation is that Nanyang is indeed rich in products, but the locals are very lazy and can only eat enough, and the level of farming is backward.If we could farm like the people of the Ming Dynasty, there would definitely be a lot of food.

After hearing this, Zhu Biao said to Zhang Yifan: "In this case, I'll go back and talk to my father, and let them pay more tribute."

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he quickly said: "It's not cost-effective to pay tribute. Do you think it can be like this? We liberalize our business with Nanyang. If grain is shipped from Nanyang, we can charge less or no tax and sell it to Their porcelain, tea, etc.?”

Zhu Yuanzhang had a problem. He applied some interpersonal relationships to the relationship between countries. For example, to save face, if the heaven came to the country, and the vassal country paid tribute, he had to repay the tribute several times, so that the vassal country came. Pay tribute once and earn once.

By the Hongwu decade, many countries in Southeast Asia, including Annan, had established tributary relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhang Yifan doesn't want to pay tribute, he might as well do business and make money from Nanyang!
Zhu Biao was very satisfied with everything he saw in Xiangshan County. After hearing his words, he said to him: "Actually, didn't my father promise you to handle special things in Xiangshan County? In this case, you want to make peace with Nanyang Doing business is naturally possible. You can try it and see, my father will definitely not stop it."

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan immediately agreed: "Okay, I will handle this matter!"

Afterwards, Zhu Biao stayed in Xiangshan County for more than 20 days, and when the time came to the first ten days of October of the tenth year of Hongwu, he set off for Beijing.

At this time, basically the news that the prince came to visit relatives in Xiangshan had finally been spread privately.

Therefore, when Zhu Biao left, there was a huge crowd of people who came to see him off.

People here in Lingnan may have only one chance in their lives to see with their own eyes what the prince looks like. This is the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

In addition, the prince's visit to Xiangshan County did not change anything at all, and did not even publicize the matter. From a certain point of view, this confirmed everything about the prince's stay in Xiangshan County, and made people here in Lingnan even more optimistic. The future of Xiangshan County.

The He family in Dongguan actually knew the news of the prince's arrival when Zhu Biao first arrived, and had been observing secretly for a long time.

Now that the prince is gone, nothing has changed. That means the dust has settled, which shows that the prince recognizes everything in Xiangshan County.

So He Zhen spoke and said to his sons: "I have always taught you that when dealing with the world, you must assess the situation. Only in this way can you protect yourself wisely, and even take advantage of the situation, follow the trend, and go further."

When he said this, he had a serious expression and stared into the eyes of his sons to make sure that he was speaking correctly and that none of his sons were perfunctory.

"Now, no matter what the fight in the court is like, the emperor will definitely have the advantage, and the prince will be the future emperor. I am already old. In the future, your generation must also make a difference when the prince becomes emperor. This can be guaranteed Our He family is still prosperous. And now it seems that the prince consort is very important to the prince. Therefore, the attitude of our He family needs to change. "

The He family grew up in the hands of He Zhen, and his words were true in this family.Not to mention, he usually emphasizes the subordination relationship between father and son, master and servant.

Therefore, even if his sons disagreed with what he said, none of them dared to object.

At this time, I heard He Zhen talking alone: ​​"When I turn around, I will write a letter to the emperor and inform the emperor that your son will go to the East Palace to serve. I believe that the emperor will be happy with our He family's statement."

Having said this, he looked at his eldest son He Rong and said: "As for you, you must get in touch with the prince-in-law, have a good relationship with him, and support everything he does in Xiangshan County."

"Are you going to stick it up now?" He Rong couldn't help but question after hearing this.When He Zhen heard this, he sighed and said, "Indeed, posting it at this time is actually just icing on the cake, and the son-in-law may not care much about it. If the son-in-law had clearly stood in line when he first arrived, and even helped him clean up the original history, If we deal with those pirates, it will be a timely help, and our relationship with the Prince Consort will be completely different!"

Having said this, he shook his head again, showing a wry smile and said: "But who would have known that the prince-in-law would be so capable at such a young age, otherwise, he would not have missed the opportunity to provide help in times of need!"

After hearing this, He Rong was a little unwilling and asked He Zhen: "Dad, that means that the things that the prince-in-law did in Xiangshan County, such as the distribution of grain fields to the public, and the salt government monopoly, etc., will be used in other places. Already?"

He Zhen knew that his son said this because he was not reconciled to the loss of the family.So, he put on a serious face and emphasized: "The current emperor is not an ordinary emperor. Even in history, emperors with this ability are absolutely rare. Once he decides that the matter of the son-in-law is really beneficial to the Zhu family, who would dare to stop it?" It will definitely not end well!”

Speaking of this, he gave an example: "The Marquis of Yongjia is an example. When the prince came to Xiangshan County, he also used the low-key name of visiting relatives, and when he left, it could be seen that he had a good relationship with the consort. All these things basically It can be confirmed that the emperor and the prince are satisfied with what the consort has done in Xiangshan County. If it doesn’t work, you can take a step back and think..."

He Zhen pointed to his son and said: "You take the emperor's position yourself. Don't look at everything in Xiangshan County from your He Rong perspective. Do you also think that the prince-in-law has done a good job? What was Xiangshan County in the past? You must be aware of this, and what Xiangshan County is like now is obvious to all!"

When He Rong heard this, he tried to put aside his prejudices and do what his father said. Suddenly, his expression changed.

Seeing this, He Zhen said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that the prince-in-law managed Xiangshan County so well in just over a year at such a young age. There has never been a talent with such achievements in all dynasties. What a famous minister, he will be ashamed when he comes to the consort's side."

He has read a lot of books and knows everything about ancient times and modern times, but he can't think of a famous official in history who can be as good as the Prince Consort!
After sighing again for a while, his expression became serious. He looked at his sons, especially the two most promising sons, and said: "As long as the emperor has achieved great results in Xiangshan County, he will be in the Hongwu Dynasty in the future, and even the prince will ascend the throne in the future." After that, even if he lives longer, after the prince's prince ascends the throne, he will have an important position in the court."

"Let's just talk about the Hongwu Dynasty. In the past, some people might have thought that the prince-in-law was young, hairless, and insecure in his work. No matter how reasonable his words were, some people might not take his words seriously. However, after three years, When I go back later, no one will dare to underestimate or ignore what he said!"

After saying so much in one breath, He Zhen said earnestly: "The future of the prince-in-law, as long as he doesn't make big mistakes, will be limitless. So, let go of your previous prejudices. It's just those grain fields, don't take it to heart. Don't worry too much about the losses. If you make good friends with the consort, you can get greater benefits. It is absolutely unwise to continue to look down on the consort and go against him. It may also lead to the end of the family and the death of the family. I have said so much, it should be It’s clear enough, have you taken it to heart?”

He Rong, He Gui and others looked at each other and finally agreed to listen to their father's teachings.

Among them, He Rong, as the eldest son, asked He Zhen: "Dad, what should we do next to make a good friend of the consort?"

He Zhen had obviously thought about this question, so he immediately answered: "Now it's just the icing on the cake. It's half the result with twice the result, but we have to do it. Let's go to Xiangshan County to see what the prince consort wants to do, and what is missing. It's within our capabilities. If you are within the limit, try your best to satisfy him, hoping to be able to fall into his eyes and give our He family a chance!"

The so-called ginger is old and spicy. For ordinary people, Zhang Yifan and the He family would definitely be at odds with each other if they had such a big conflict of interest.

However, He Zhen was able to adjust his countermeasures in time and immediately changed his attitude when he saw that nothing could be done. It must be said that he was indeed a man worthy of being the King of Lingnan!
It's just that he was born at the wrong time, and in the troubled times, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was more powerful than him, rose up, so he had to judge the situation and submit to Zhu Yuanzhang.

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Zhang Yifan naturally didn't know about the change in the He family's attitude.At this time, after sending Zhu Biao away, he began to set up research groups in various workshops.

Moreover, he felt that the name of the workshop was too stingy, so he thought of changing the name.

At the beginning, he thought of classmate Zhu Di's Dongchang, and he had the evil intention to rename several of his government-run enterprises to Dongchang, Xichang, South Factory, and Beichang, leaving Zhu Di with no name to use.

However, this was just a thought after all. In the end, he decided to rename the cement workshop to Xiangshan County Government-owned Cement Factory, which was divided into departments, namely production department, purchasing department, research department and sales department.To set up a product trademark is to mark all products with the word "香".

The research department mainly studies the improvement of cement firing, especially the trial production of different formulas.

The fish floss workshop was changed to a Xiangshan County government-owned fish floss factory, and a research department, a production department and other departments were also set up internally.The research department mainly studies the formulas and methods of different fish species and different flavors.Increase the diversity of fish floss.

In addition, Zhang Yifan separated the fishing fleet from the Yusong Factory and established the Xiangshan County Government-owned Shipyard.The shipyard is divided into departments including fishing, sales, and fleet repair and refinishing.

The engineering construction team was renamed as the Xiangshan County Government-owned Engineering Construction Team, and was divided into the housing construction department, the water conservancy and bridge construction department, and the research department according to different directions.

Among them, this research department naturally studies how to build buildings, repair bridges and pave roads, etc.

The Qianzhuang, Xiangshanju, and rental houses have not changed and will remain as they are for the time being.

In addition, according to Zhang Yifan's promise at the beginning, the Xiangshan County Agricultural Research Institute was established to recruit talents to conduct research on crop planting and poultry breeding on the basis of the farming experience collected from previous rewards.

This is easy to say, but difficult to do.

First of all, it is talent, and Zhang Yifan lacks this talent.Although he offered a high price, there were still very few talents who could satisfy him.

In the end, Zhang Yifan had to go into battle personally and spend more effort on the Agricultural Research Institute, such as introducing some future generations' breeding experience and concepts such as circular economy, so that they could do what he said.

But in the short term, all factory research, including research at the Agricultural Research Institute, is expensive.Only input without output.

For this reason, Zhang Yifan had to start opening a new factory to make money. That is to say, he had promised to purchase sugar cane in advance. It was already late autumn and it was time to put it on the agenda.

While Zhang Yifan was busy with these things, Prince Zhu Biao went all the way north and finally returned to the capital safely.

This trip south to visit relatives took Zhu Biao almost three months, including the expenses consumed on the road.

By the time he returned to the capital, the weather was already very cold.

Just like when he arrived in Xiangshan County, as soon as he arrived in the capital, he didn't care about rest and immediately went to find his father.

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(End of this chapter)