If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 184 100 million taels of silver

Although Zhu Zhanchun was excited to hear this long-lost voice again, what she said also made Zhu Zhanchun react instantly.

Naturally, my fat dad didn't mean any harm. He probably really wanted to see what he wanted and let him make his request.

But Zhu Di... Obviously, the old man was encouraging him to compete with his eldest brother Zhu Zhanji for the future big position.

Perhaps before, Zhu Di had been looking forward to Zhu Zhanji, a good saintly grandson, realizing the prosperous three generations mentioned by Xie Jin, and he indeed established Zhu Zhanji as the emperor's grandson.

But when Zhu Zhanchuan rose up powerfully, not only opening up territory for the country, but also bringing great benefits to the court, the good saint-grandson was not unable to give up.

Especially as the luck compass is becoming more and more important to the court, Zhu Di is also particularly concerned about Zhu Zhankun's talk about luck becoming a god. He also hopes that he can seek immortality, so naturally the balance in his heart also It began to tilt towards Zhu Zhancheng's side.

After all, since Zhu Zhanchuan woke up, from the eighth year of Yongle to the tenth year of Yongle, in these short three years, he has made too many achievements, and they are too dazzling. They are as bright as a shooting star. Zhu Zhan Key, the originally promising heir, looked bleak.

Under such a situation, although the emperor did not say that he wanted to replace Zhu Zhanji, he did not necessarily have the idea of ​​letting Zhu Zhanquan replace Zhu Zhanji.

Even at this moment, Zhu Di was regretting that he, the emperor's grandson, was granted the title too early.

But for Zhu Zhanchun, he really doesn't want to sit in that position, especially in this situation. It's definitely not a good thing if he shows his desire to fight for it.

Therefore, Zhu Zhankui's thoughts were racing, and he didn't have time to say anything to the long-lost voice in his heart. He raised his hands to the emperor and the prince and said: "Now that the Japanese country has not been pacified, my grandson begs the emperor to approve my grandson's recruitment of refugees from the Ming Dynasty to go to the Japanese country." , and set up more guard posts to consolidate the long-term peace and order of the Ming Dynasty in Japan.

In addition, due to the civil strife in the Japanese country, the Japanese kings were divided into two lines, also known as the north and the south. The throne of the Japanese kings was originally held by the northern and southern lines in turn. However, the previous Japanese kings of the Northern Dynasties, together with the powerful officials Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, disrupted the imperial court of the Japanese country and caused the Southern Dynasty to The line of Japanese kings was wiped out, and now only one woman remains to inherit the family line.

The grandson begged the emperor to make the decision for the orphan girl and to confer him the title of Japanese King of the Japanese Kingdom in the name of the Ming Dynasty Emperor to help him bring order to the chaos.

I pity his loneliness, agree to his request to marry me in the Ming Dynasty, and select a suitable candidate from the clan to be his good son-in-law. This will create a good story and make the two countries share weal and woe and become a nation of father and son! "

Whether it was Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, or the civil and military officials standing beside them, no one expected that Zhu Zhanquan would actually make such a request on such an occasion.

But this matter was of course beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. None of the top civil servants in the court had a brain that was not easy to use. Someone immediately reacted and reported to the emperor: "Let me report to the emperor. Our Ming Dynasty is a country of benevolence and righteousness, a country of etiquette. Now the orphan girl of the Japanese king in the southern dynasty of the Japanese country has no way to seek help. How can the court turn a blind eye to protect our Ming Dynasty? I ask my emperor to grant the request of King Zheng and canonize this orphan girl as the Japanese king of the Japanese country. King, and help him bring order to the chaos and regain control of the Japanese country."

This person responded really quickly, but it was obvious that what he said was too straightforward.

Another minister on the side said another way: "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is a country of benevolence and righteousness. All the surrounding countries, large and small, regard our Ming Dynasty as the country of our parents, and our Ming Dynasty also regards it as the country of our children. Now the Japanese country is in the southern dynasty. The king's family is in trouble, and his country's powerful ministers are treacherous. Please ask my emperor to provide justice for him, so that all countries can see the justice and benevolence of my great Ming Dynasty and be transformed into a king of Mu Tianen!" Although the two ministers have the same idea, but There is no doubt that the latter sounds much better.

At this time, Zhu Zhanju also took out the memorial signed by himself, Zhu Gaosui and Prince Ning from his sleeve, and handed it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di took the memorial, opened it and browsed it roughly. A playful smile suddenly appeared on his face. After putting the memorial away, he patted Zhu Zhanchun on the shoulder and said, "Today is the day when you return in triumph. Let's have a good time." Congratulations, let’s not talk about the affairs of the court today. We will discuss this matter at the court meeting another day. Grandpa has prepared a banquet in the palace today to celebrate your success!"

Seeing what Zhu Di said, Zhu Zhanquan didn't say much. He just nodded and asked Zhu Di to come forward and look at the rudely piled up mountains of gold and silver.

In this matter, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, was like a miser who had never seen money. He was lying in front of the silver mountain and kept checking it. He didn't have the slightest demeanor of a first-class official in the imperial court.

But neither Zhu Di nor Zhu Gaochi said anything about this. Xia Yuanji was the biggest steward in the Ming Dynasty. Without Xia Yuanji's "greed for money", the Ming Dynasty would not be able to support this year's consumption of Japanese conquests.

Zhu Zhanjun also greeted Xia Yuanji very politely at this time, cupped his hands and said to him: "Xia Shangshu, long time no see, is this great gift from me still to your liking?"

"It's so agreeable. This gift from the prince has been sent to my heart, Lao Xia!" Xia Yuanji's face was full of joy. After saluting Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi, he hurriedly returned the salute to Zhu Zhanyu.

But while he was asking the officials from the Ministry of Revenue to count the silver and gold, he also showed a worried expression and asked Zhu Zhankun: "Your Highness, King Zheng, have you looted all the silver from the Japanese country?"

"Where did Xia Shangshu say this? Isn't it very clear in my report to the court? There is a lot of gold and silver in the land of Japan. As long as we mine it vigorously, we can get a million taels of silver every year." Zhu Zhanqi was a little surprised. He raised his eyebrows, feeling that Xia Yuanji's worries were somewhat unfounded: "What Gu, his third uncle, and his uncle Ning brought back this time were only the production of several gold mines controlled by San Francisco in the past few months.

If the imperial court could allow Gu to recruit refugees from the Ming Dynasty to go to Japan and expand enough manpower, the output of gold and silver could be further increased.

According to the calculations of my third uncle and I, Zheng Fan and Zhao Fan together will be able to hand over 100 million taels of silver to the court every year in the future. From now on, Xia Shangshu You will not have to worry about money every year. "

What Zhu Zhanjuan and Zhu Gaosui said was that 100 million taels were handed over to the court and 50 taels were sent to the internal funds. However, the internal funds were the emperor's private treasury. This was an internal matter within the royal family, so there was no need to talk about it.

"Can it really be 100 million taels per year?" One million taels of silver per year?”

"Really, based on the amount of gold mines mined by my third uncle and I, we can indeed hand over 100 million taels of silver to the court every year." Zhu Zhanjuan solemnly made a promise.

(End of this chapter)