Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 456 People from Yunnan
After settling the fourteenth eunuch, Zhu Zhen was not idle either.

Just before the end of March, the capital welcomed a special group of guests, a huge team from Yunnan.

After receiving the news, Zhu Zhen waited outside the city in advance.

But this time it was not the Manchu Dynasty who was dispatched. Only Zhu Zhen led a team of kings to wait outside the city.

Gradually, the team arrived in front of the city gate.

When I saw the magnificent king's carriage, and even Zhu Zhen sitting on the king's carriage with his eyes closed and meditating.

"See my lord, long live Emperor Yongchang."

Countless people in the entire queue knelt down and shouted long live.

Zhu Ming then slowly opened his eyes and looked at the people in front of him with some excitement.

Gu Wen, when we parted ways in Tibet, Zhu Chu left him behind in Tibet to help Qu Neng reform and open up the Tibetan people's thinking.

Zhu Zhen nodded with satisfaction, still trusting his ability.

What's more, he is still burdened with cultivation, so there is nothing he can't bear.

But what the hell is the Immortal Monument?

Zhu Zhen smiled, didn't say much, and continued to look behind.

Yan Shitai also said excitedly: "It's my honor to bother Your Majesty to take care of me. Thank you Your Majesty for not giving up, I will do my best and die."

According to legend, Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, who lived in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, almost starved to death because Li Yuan enshrined a memorial tablet and even kowtowed three times in the morning and evening and burned incense in the morning and evening.

Zhu Xi smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Shen."

Zhu Ming was furious, wondering if he had taken it for granted? If this brat really doesn't give me any steps in the future, can I still chop him down?
"How about you change with Li Shilang (Li Shuran)?" Zhu Zhen even wanted Li Shuran to be the censor of Zuodu and Yan Shitai to be the minister of rites.

Zhu Xinxin said that I am still alive. Isn’t that for the dead?

"However, the situation in Tibet has stabilized. There is no need to drag Yunnan down in the future. In less than three years, the situation in Tibet will be greatly improved. Moreover, I have also heard about the situation in Tibet. Your Majesty, this is a great kindness to the people of Tibet. Now every household has set up a monument of immortality for you, enshrining you as the Great Bodhisattva King." Li Shuran changed his voice and began to sing praises to Zhu Chu again.

In the end, he took the hand of the last young man and said, "I have been waiting for you to come. I have reserved my position as Zuodu Censor for you."

Yan Shitai smiled and said: "Golden words."

But now he doesn't dare to accept it happily anymore, he can't bear it.

Now that Zhu Chu has ascended the throne as emperor, he still calls himself sir as before.

But only Shen Rong knew clearly that what was brought to the capital in the caravan was not a commodity.

Zhu Ming got off the carriage and went to help everyone up personally.

Qian Gui, who came with Zhu Zhen, excitedly greeted him.

Is this comparing yourself to Zhuge Liang? It can be seen that Yan Shitai is also a proud and arrogant person.

Are you trying to imitate Wei Zheng?

But Zhu Ming changed his voice and said: "But you don't want to be too capable. Remember that your task is to supervise the officials. If my civil and military officials are replaced every two days, I'm afraid it won't be a problem."

But forget it, it can be regarded as finding a spiritual sustenance for them.

But after all, Li Yuan had the luck of being a real dragon and emperor, and Qin Qiong would also be a general of the Tang Dynasty in the future. It would definitely not be good for the emperor to bow to his ministers like this every day.

"Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously," Shen Rong hurriedly knelt there and kowtowed, feeling excited in his heart.

Zhu Ming said excitedly: "Prefect Li, why are you so old?"

Now that he has returned with his trip, he has received the imperial edict and learned that he has now been canonized as Minister of War. At the same time, the affairs in Tibet have been basically completed. There is only time to wash away the suffering that the Tibetans have suffered.

"Shen Rong meets your majesty," Shen Rong also came with him, and the procession was all dressed up like a caravan.

Zhu Ming was afraid that he was too capable.

Yan Shitai could only sneer, but he didn't agree.

At least not ordinary commercial goods.

The old man was Li Shuran. He raised his head and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you have taken so many troops from Yunnan, and all the food, grass, and transportation expenses are from our side. Just settling the accounts has exhausted countless people." Mr. Accountant. And I will be responsible for the aftermath of the Tibetan area. Now that Qu Neng has your permission and order, I am tired of having to deal with everything."

After all, are you not afraid of power? So what if you are the emperor? If you are anxious, I will even fight you.

Is there any reason for words not to count?

It was none other than Yan Shitai.

So he came back.

The two were the heads of two major families in the south of the Yangtze River, and they followed Zhu Min all the way from the south of the Yangtze River, fighting in the south and the north. They had many experiences and formed a deep friendship.

This Yan Shitai is not only upright and unafraid of power, but he also hates evil and does not rub sand in his eyes.

Although this is an unofficial legend, it is full of mystery.

I just felt dumbfounded that I finally wiped out the lamas and became their great Bodhisattva King.

Kneeling there were a tall young man and an old man with gray beard and hair.

Zhu Zhen suddenly stopped talking.

Of course, Zhu Chu didn't take it into his heart. Now that he was the emperor, the civil and military officials in the court called him long live every day, and he could bear it.

Zhu Zhen rolled his eyes in anger.

However, looking at these familiar faces in front of him, Zhu Zhen was still very happy. He waved his hand on the spot and said: "When we enter the city, I have booked a restaurant in the Shen family to welcome you."

"The Shen family's restaurant?" Shen Rong was stunned. Isn't this my family's restaurant? How dare you spend money on this?

After everyone entered the city, they saw Shen Wang and a group of people waiting near the city gate for a long time.

Shen Wang didn't dare to follow Zhu Ming. He was a king, and not everyone was qualified to accompany him.

"Brother," Shen Wang shouted excitedly.

Shen Rong's eyes were also red.

The two brothers have not seen each other since Shen Rong went to Yunnan with his father. In fact, they are also very old.

Zhu Ming also felt this and said: "There will be plenty of time for reunions in the future. Mr. Shen, from now on, you should not go out to work anymore. I intend to leave the Ministry of Industry to you to take care of."

Shen Rong was happy at first, then surprised, and said: "Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. The common people are businessmen and lowly. Not to mention entering the court as an official, even if you want to take part in the imperial examination, you are not allowed."

Once you enter the lowly status, you will be sent to the eighteenth level of hell, and you will never be reincarnated.

In the Ming Dynasty, changes in household registration were not allowed unless one made great achievements.

If it weren't for Zhu Chu to abolish the lowly and slave status, I'm afraid we would have to wait until the middle and late Ming Dynasty for merchants, that is, the children of merchant families, to have a chance to be promoted.

Now, Zhu Zhen said: "I have ordered the abolition of the lowly and slave registrations, but I have not yet completed the national census and changed the national population household registration. But from now on, we, the people of the Ming Dynasty, have only one identity, and that is common people.”

"Whether it is an official, aristocratic family, or a prince or aristocrat, they are all my subjects of the Ming Dynasty. No one is more noble than the other. Officials are not allowed to be above the people, and aristocratic families and nobles are not allowed to bully the people. Even if I, the emperor, travel, There is no need for people to kneel down and worship, and there is no need to clean the streets.”

"I will lead by example. If anyone dares to violate the rules, be careful and I will chop his head off."

Zhu Zhen's domineering attitude was undoubtedly revealed.

"Okay, let's enter the city first, and then I'll take a look at my treasures," Zhu Zhen began to greet everyone.

He is obviously the emperor and the most noble one in the world. Even the Supreme Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately made way for him.

But Zhu Ming didn't take it seriously and walked with everyone cordially.

Some of these people are officials. Even if they have not officially entered the court, they were still magistrates when they were in Yunnan.

Others are children of aristocratic families, and even heads of aristocratic families.

There is also the identity of a merchant.

But when they get along, they are extremely harmonious.

Looking at such an emperor, Yan Shitai couldn't help but feel excited. Since ancient times, has there ever been an emperor who set an example and loved his people like a son?
Even he had heard that when His Majesty was the King of Dian, even his subordinates dared to joke with him.

This turned out to be true.

"It's a pity that Wu Yong and Long Qu didn't go to Beijing in person," Shen Rong suddenly sighed.

Zhu Ming looked back at the caravan behind him. On the surface, it was the Shen family's caravan, but it did not go to the Shen family. Instead, it was led by several Jinyi guards to the main camp in the city. "A hundred thousand guns and millions of bullets. Wu Yong and Long Qu asked me to tell you that they will fulfill their mission." Shen Rong clasped his hands and bowed to the end.

This is for the words and courtesy of Wu Yong and Long Qu.

Zhu Ming also said excitedly: "They really did not disappoint me."

This batch of guns was finally made, and they were not fire guns, or even bird guns (matchlock guns) or flintlock guns, but directly leapfrogged to the level of bolt-action rifles.

Although it is still far from the efficient firing frequency of automatic or semi-automatic, coupled with the limited level of technology caused by the limitations of the times, the range and lethality are also very limited.

But this is already a transcendent weapon. You must know that bolt-action rifles would not be fully popularized until World War II.

Including the well-known 98K, and the 38 Dagai, they are actually bolt-action rifles.

If you think about the lethality of this kind of firepower on today's battlefield, you can know what these 100,000 guns will mean.

Zhu Ming was very excited. With these weapons sent to Yanjing and Daning, there was no need to worry about the Northeast battlefield.

Li Chenggui and the Jurchens are just waiting to kneel down and sing conquest.

So after arriving at the restaurant, Zhu Zhen happily drank a lot of wine, which made the emperor and his ministers happy.

At the same time, Shen Rong also brought more than this good news.

First of all, Yunnan's agriculture and animal husbandry have developed greatly, allowing every household to live a prosperous life.

Especially Curie House, it is said that it has done a good job in agriculture. Although it has not yet developed more advanced technology, as glass begins to become more popular, and Zhu Zhen once mentioned it, a greenhouse effect has been created, and glass houses are ready to be built. room as a shed.

Once successful, it will not be of much help to Yunnan, but what about the north?
There is only one harvest in the north, and in winter it is freezing temperatures.

If greenhouses can be built, vegetables can be grown in the north even in winter.

In today's era, this is also a good strategy that benefits the country and the people.

There are also many fruit seeds, and Curie House is also leading his group of tribesmen to study how to transplant them to Yunnan.

Even peppers have begun to be grown, as well as cotton.

Cotton fabrics have not yet spread throughout the country, but in Yunnan, cotton fabrics are no longer new. The soft and comfortable fabrics are very popular among the people.

The key is that this is grown, rather than skinned from animals, so it's cheaper.

There has been no such thing as being naked in Yunnan. It has only been a few years. It is completely different from the time when the chieftains were controlling them.

In addition to these, other technologies have also made considerable progress.

It was still glass. Shen Rong mysteriously took out a long copper tube, pulled it gently, and motioned to Zhu Zhen to take it and look into the distance.

Zhu Ming said happily: "A telescope? I finally got it. It seems that the microscope is not far away."

When Zhu Chu was working on glass, he actually had a lot of plans. In the early days, it was just a trivial matter to make money using the strange mentality, but the development of many aspects brought about by glass was the main purpose.

For example, concave-convex mirror technology can not only make telescopes and even sighting scopes, but also magnifying glasses and microscopes.

Telescopes and scopes are naturally strategic technologies, while magnifying glasses and microscopes can help medical research and development.

These are important.

It’s just that the previous glass technology was not up to par and could not develop these.

As Shen Rong silently continued to improve this technology over the years, it was finally developed.

There are many, many things. Shen Rong and others are talking about it, and Zhu Zhen is listening.

Obviously it hasn't been more than a few years, but because Zhu Zhen has been fighting in the north and south in the past few years, never stopping.

The result was a bit shocking, as if more than ten years had passed, or even a century.

Zhu Ming smiled at last, it turned out that only so many years had passed.

Everyone looked confused, what happened to Your Majesty?
"With my efforts in one life, I will make achievements for hundreds of generations. With all your beloved ministers helping me, why should the Ming Dynasty be unhappy? Come, come, fill this cup, I want to respect you." Zhu Ming became more interested and started to feel a little better. .

"Your Majesty, are you drunk?" someone asked.

"Nonsense, then play music and then dance."

Sure enough, you drank too much?

In fact, everyone will get drunk even if they are not drunk with wine, and Zhu Zhen couldn't help but feel a little intoxicated.

Because he was not the only one carrying the burden forward, and not all civil and military forces in the dynasty were against him.

He also has so many devoted followers, as well as the help of all the kings and brothers, and now he has the nephews of the Fourteenth Taibao who are keeping the secret.

Seeing that everything was going in the direction he envisioned, it was gradually getting on track.

Zhu Chu was naturally happy.

After being happy, in the afternoon of that day, since the reception banquet lasted until the evening, Zhu Chu went back to the palace and didn't care about it for the time being.

The next day, Zhu Chu summoned Gu Wen, Li Shuran and Yan Shitai in the morning. Even Shen Rong was told to wait outside the palace gate in advance.

Zhu Ming was also unambiguous and began to describe the achievements of these few people in front of the civil and military officials.

"Li Shuran has been in office for many years. He has been working hard and not slacking off at all. He has managed Dali in an orderly manner so that the people live and work in peace and contentment. There is no friction and struggle among the various ethnic groups. He is specially appointed as the Minister of Rites."

"Yan Shitai, when he was the magistrate of Liyang County, dared to fight against the vicious thugs without fear of power, and even offended the Zhang family, so he was exiled by the evil dark forces. Many people in the court should have heard about this matter. As I said, there are many people who deserve to die, but let’s not pursue this matter for now. The world is full of words."

"Gu Wen, the head of the Gu family in Jiangnan, is from a prominent family. When Suzhou was devastated by the war, it was the Gu family who spent money and effort to rebuild Suzhou's infrastructure and provide housing for the people. My father, Emperor Hongwu, also felt the kindness of the Gu family, so he I gave most of the land deeds in Suzhou to the Gu family and subsidized their use by collecting rents. Now Gu Wen has followed me, making plans in the southern and northern wars, and has made many contributions, so I have made him the minister of the Ministry of War."

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, and most of the officials from the previous six departments have been purged, who cares whether the normal procedures are followed.

Among the three people, Gu Wen, who was previously wearing white clothes, could be said to have rocketed directly into the sky.

But if you have money and precious gems in front of you, no one will say anything.

The three people immediately knelt down to thank them.

"Thank you Lord for your kindness."

Although shouting like this, it seems humble and flattering.

But after all, they were Zhu Chu's old ministers before, which is understandable.

Then, Zhu Ming shouted to the outside of the palace: "It is said that Shen Rong, the son of Shen Wansan, is here to see you."

Zhu Ming even had to shout it himself.

Then Xiao Baozi, the chief eunuch, shouted: "It is said that Shen Rong, the son of Shen Wansan, is here to see you."

Then the imperial guards outside the palace gate continued to chant in relay.

The sound of the announcement reached all the way outside the palace gate.

With the reputation of Uncle Shen Rong, at least in this Jiangnan area, he is also a celebrity.

Many people were puzzled when they saw the merchant actually going to the palace.

Just listen to Zhu Ming say: "Shen Rong has meritorious service. His merits are so great that it is difficult to describe them one by one. All you need to know is that the reason why I succeeded in pacifying the Tatars in one fell swoop the year before last was all due to the news brought back by Shen Rong. The dynamics of the countries in the Western Regions. In addition, it also includes the development of all aspects of Yunnan, including agriculture and industry. Therefore, I have granted permission for Shen Rong to become an official in the Ministry of Industry. "

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty exploded directly.

"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. Although Shen Rong has a reputation as a virtuous man, he is a merchant and is not allowed to serve as an official in the court."

"Your Majesty, we can compromise no matter what you did before, but this matter will not be discussed."

The ministers suddenly became excited, and some of them would rather die than surrender and would never compromise.

"Why are you so arrogant? I will replace you all sooner or later," Zhu Ming curled his lips.

Since the government was discussing politics, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally there, and he couldn't help but twitching his lips.

Are you really overbearing? You have to replace all the ministers in the dynasty just because they don't suit your liking?

Don't you want to listen to other people's opinions?
Seeing that the whole court was about to protest, Zhu Chu sneered and said: "Shut up, everyone, who is the emperor has the final say. Let me ask you, who is the emperor?"

Of course it's you.

"It's hard to explain clearly the merits of Shen Rong. Otherwise, I will take you to see some good things, and you will know about it then," Zhu Zhen said and stood up, and what he said was naturally referring to Congsi. That batch of firearms sent by Modian.

(End of this chapter)