The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 262 I’ll seal you a monkey

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually not angry at Lan Yu's insistence on going home to see his son.

The reason is very simple. The more you, Lan Yu, attach great importance to these two sons, the easier it is to be manipulated.

Of course, the premise is not to delay the war.

The Battle of Liaodong has just ended, and the soldiers need a rest. Whether he stays in Liaodong or not will not have much impact.

It’s a good idea to come back and take a look during the cold winter.

As long as he doesn't mind the trouble.

Therefore, everyone did not talk much about this matter, but turned the topic to the canonization of military merits.

The rewards for mid-level and low-level officers were jointly formulated by the Fifth Army Governor's Office, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, and senior generals needed Zhu Yuanzhang's decision.

First of all, it belongs to Feng Sheng. The title cannot be moved. The founding father has no title.

So Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, granted the title of marquis, and founded the country.

This is what he said to Zhu Biao: "If we seal him again, there will be nothing left to give him when you succeed to the throne."

What else could Zhu Biao say besides thanking him.

The premise is that there can be no accidents.

For example, Zhu Shou was granted the title of Marquis of Shunshang, and Zhang He was granted the title of Marquis of Hangzhou.

Both were founding generals of the Ming Dynasty. The former was mainly responsible for water transportation after the founding of the country, and the latter was responsible for exterminating Japanese pirates.

"If I can't tell you one, two, three, or four, I have to give you a title today, and I'll give you the title of champion."

Normally, this is conducive to the transition of national power.

But this credit mainly lies in ensuring the safety of water transportation. The credit cannot be said to be great or small.

After discussing the affairs of these people, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chen Jingke and said:

"Ping Gaoli is your plan, and you have a share of the credit. How about we make you a marquis?"

In this expedition to Liaodong, both of them participated and made considerable contributions.

The blue jade reward is also a treasure. Whether it can go further depends on the results of the expedition to Mobei next year.

Moreover, the backbone of Lan Yu's Northern Expedition army were basically members of the princelings.

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded: "A dog biting Lu Dongbin does not know a good heart. This title is something that no one can ask for, and you don't want it."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it again and again, and finally decided not to seal it temporarily.

On the contrary, the generals below received huge rewards.

Chen Jingke said: "I thank you for your kindness. Let's give this marquis to someone else. I will wait for my grandson to confer me a title in the future."

After packing up the official documents, he got up and returned to the East Palace.

"Hey..." Zhu Yuanzhang was unhappy: "Explain to us clearly why the good grandson can be granted the title but I cannot be granted the title?"

Both of them are core members of the princeling party and staunch supporters of Zhu Biao.

Chen Jingke waved his hand quickly: "Don't repay kindness with hatred. I still want to live in peace for a few days."

Father and son share the same team, which is conducive to the stability of the country and the continuity of policies.

Princelings.

Zhu Biao shook his head speechlessly. Well, after the government affairs were dealt with, the old man started to play tricks again.

Its purpose is self-evident.

Zhu Biao said nothing and accepted it all silently.

So Feng Shengde's benefit was financial rewards.

The only one who can still be promoted is Xun, who has been promoted from the eighth level Guard Army to the ninth level Zhuguo.

To be precise, they were the first group of people among Zhu Yuanzhang's veterans to be loyal to Zhu Biao.

"So let's suppress him a little more, and you can grant him the title of Zhuguo in the future."

With his merits, he will be sealed from now on and will reach the top in a few years.

Just as he did not give Feng Sheng the title of Zhuguo, Zhu Yuanzhang would not give him a particularly generous reward too early.

Whether or not to become a marquis is a matter of choice.

There are many similar situations. Zhu Yuanzhang has made no secret of his intention to abdicate and has promoted and rewarded many princelings.

The last time the military merit system was reformed and military merit was reassessed, both of them were made earls.

There was still a lot of things waiting to be dealt with, and he didn't have the time to spare.

……

Chen Jingke naturally knew that Lao Zhu was making fun of himself.

At this time, another identity played a decisive role.

Of course, those who are said to be princelings are actually all veterans of Zhu Yuanzhang.

It doesn't matter whether you care about the emperor's reward or not. What matters most is whether the emperor has something to reward.

Once the emperor feels that there is nothing left for you, you'd better be careful.

Either consider the probability of success of the rebellion, or retreat bravely.

For example, Xu Da is now the number one person in the military, but his position is only a fake governor.

"Fake" means temporary generation, and the governorship is a position that has been abolished.

In fact, he no longer holds any power. He relies solely on the emperor's trust to have the opportunity to consult on military and state affairs.

Of course, the identity of the prospective dowager's biological father is also very important.

Otherwise, there is a high probability that he will have the honorary title of Three Officials and Three Masters and retire in Yingtian.

If Chen Jingke does not want to face this day prematurely, he cannot be knighted prematurely.

At least he had to wait until Zhu Biao came to power before he would have the chance to be ennobled. If he wanted to become a powerful minister, he could only wait until Zhu Xiongying became emperor.

This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the two parties.

After handling the government affairs for the day, Chen Jingke returned home and wrote a letter to Fang Xiaoru.

After a brief polite reminiscing, we went straight to the topic.

He expressed his approval for tracing the origins of the Joseon Dynasty, and at the same time, he vaguely reminded him not to lose his temper.

After that, I asked him to clearly understand the humanistic changes in Liaodong and the peninsula and record them well.

Then she told him to take care of himself and looked forward to his return.

Writing history is a very troublesome thing, especially since Korean written records are incomplete and very old.

A lot of history can only be found in the history books of the Central Plains... It is impossible to achieve results without three to five years.

It's not that he can't come back during this period, but he can't come back often.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang gave him an official title, and he had gained seniority in the past few years.

When the history of North Korea is written, we will truly return with honor.

It is not a problem to directly enter the center and become an official.

Of course, it also depends on whether he is willing to be an official.

This is really hard to say.

Fang Xiaoru is a person with great ambitions and has never lacked opinions.

Once you make up your mind, even ten cows will not be able to pull you back.

Even for Chen Jingke, it is difficult to force him to do something he doesn't want to do.

Of course, this is exactly why Chen Jingke chose him.

If he was only obedient, how could he bear the heavy responsibility of digging the grave of Cheng and Zhu Lixue?

In fact, what Chen Jingke didn't know was that Fang Xiaoru really had his own plan.

Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty was too strong, and the resistance to launching New Confucianism was too great.

Even with the support of the court, it would be difficult.

Although North Korean literati also admired Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, they were far less obsessed and domineering than those in the Central Plains.

He wanted to gain a foothold among North Korean literati first, and it would be better if he could become a banner figure.

When the time comes, he will promote his own New Confucianism there.

Then he took his disciples back to the Central Plains and competed head-on with Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

Writing the history of Korea is the best time to establish your prestige.

If Chen Jingke knew his plan, he would probably only sigh.

As expected of someone who dared to shout, "It doesn't matter if you kill my ten tribes." How could he become a pawn at the mercy of others? In the next period of time, Chen Jingke formulated a plan for a commercial capital under the framework of the new vassal system.

The institutional framework of Temasek has been roughly determined.

"The most important thing in business is efficiency, so we must simplify the work process and improve administrative efficiency..."

"Stability and order are also particularly important, and Ming must ensure the stability of Temasek."

"We also need to establish a relatively fair and just social order."

"This requires the government office to be honest and law-abiding, so it is necessary to establish an independent supervisory agency..."

"Business order must be established well, and there cannot be a situation where no one can be found to handle things if something goes wrong..."

"Regulations must also be put forward for businessmen, those who abide by the law will be protected, and those who violate the law will be severely punished."

"If you want to do business here, you must register with the Yamen and specify the scope of business."

"Operating beyond the scope is considered illegal and corresponding penalties can be imposed in accordance with the articles of association."

Chen Jingke told Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao one by one his thoughts, mainly to Zhu Biao.

The result was naturally no surprise, passed.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's idea is very simple. Let's not say whether it will work or not. Let's give it a try first.

Anyway, it's a small island in Nanyang. If it doesn't work, it can be abolished, as long as it doesn't affect the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that Temasek be set up as a prefecture of the Ming Dynasty and appointed the first prefect.

The candidate was a bit unexpected, Fu An, an official of Honglu Temple, was appointed.

Fu An was originally a seventh-rank official. Last year, he was sent to Korea as the deputy envoy of the Thousand-member Envoy. His outstanding performance attracted Zhu Yuanzhang's attention.

Before people returned to Beijing, they were promoted one after another.

This year he returned to Beijing with the triumphant army, was once again promoted exceptionally, and directly served as the governor of Temasek.

But this appointment did not arouse the envy of other bureaucrats. On the contrary, it aroused everyone's sympathy.

Temasek, there isn’t even a country on it, it’s a complete wilderness.

It is said that he is going to be a prefect, but in fact he is going to open up the wilderness, which is no different from being assigned to a job.

Due to the harsh conditions there, it is unknown whether he can come back alive.

Fu An himself didn't want to go, let alone the wilderness, mainly because it was too far from the center.

So what if you make a contribution? Can the court see it or what?
But the emperor's order cannot be disobeyed.

And how easy is it to get an exceptional promotion?

If it weren't for Temasek being too remote, I probably wouldn't have been able to be the prefect.

Just when he was preparing to take office, the official department informed him that he would first receive a period of training.

This made him even more confused. Does this matter still require training? Never heard of it.

I came to the training location out of curiosity and found that there were more than 20 other officials receiving training at the same time.

Among them is his future partner, fellow Temasek acquaintance Xu Chailao.

He didn't know much about Xu Chailao.

I only know that he was born in a merchant family, and later helped the Nanyang envoys to destroy the Luzon rebellion conspiracy, and was recommended to Beijing.

Because he was familiar with the situation in Southeast Asia, he was awarded the position of Temasek Fellow.

Fu An was naturally quite critical of this partner.

First, his family has been a scholarly family for generations, and he lacks a good impression of businessmen.

Secondly, Xu Chailao was born into a giant family in Nanyang. Although he has been expelled from the family, the relationship between him and him is still there.

What's more, now that he has returned with great momentum, the Xu family will probably beg him to re-enter the family tree.

It's hard for him to be a prefect with such a local gangster under him.

With such worries, he started his first day of study.

What he didn't expect was that the person teaching them would be the legendary grandson's companion, Chen Jingke.

As a former deputy envoy of Goryeo, Fu An was very aware of the conspiracy.

He was also full of awe for Chen Jingke, who had made the overall plan.

Chen Jingke looked at the more than 20 officials in the audience and was also very excited.

This is the seed of the empire plan.

Ten of these people were selected by Zhu Yuanzhang, and ten were selected by him from the geometry class.

Including Xu Chailao and others, there are a total of twenty-four people.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Jingke issued the new vassal system and Temasek institutional framework:

"Temasek will be an unprecedented new city, and it will be the core fulcrum of Ming Dynasty's Nanyang strategy..."

"I hope you can put aside your inherent perceptions and think carefully about what to do."

Everyone was a little disapproving, Xincheng? What new law?
They had known about the new vassal system for a long time, so there was nothing surprising about it.

When they saw Temasek's institutional framework, they all showed shocked expressions.

what's the situation? Do you want to create a harmonious world?

Also, why are there so many words for 'Shang'?

Don’t you want to build a commercial city?

Fu An was also very shocked and thought for a while that he had seen it wrong.

To raise business to this level, what does Chen Bandu want to do?
No, I should say what does the court want to do?
Xu Chailao was very excited. No one knew better than him what the businessman wanted most.

An orderly business environment.

And this Temasek institutional framework is to create such an environment.

He can already foresee how prosperous Temasek's business will be in the future.

Chen Bandu is indeed a wise minister who answers his orders, daring to think and act.

Your Majesty is also a wise king, and he dares to try such a strategy.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Chen Jingke was very satisfied and said:

"The purpose of all this done by the imperial court is to promote treasure banknotes. Only commerce can make treasure banknotes flow."

"Once all vassal states use Baoqian, they will no longer be able to escape Ming's control."

Everyone suddenly realized.

No matter how stupid you are, you all know what treasure money is.

Although some people are unable to realize how great the specific benefits are, they also know that when all vassal countries use treasure banknotes, it will be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty.

If nothing else, just print and buy.

Fu An naturally understood this truth, but he was still confused.

Why not just order the vassal country to use treasure money instead of using such troublesome means as commerce?

There are many others who have the same idea as him.

It can only be said that they don't understand currency, or they are used to using the simplest and crudest way to solve problems.

But alas, business is far from that simple.

Chen Jingke also knew that he couldn't explain this problem to them by talking, so he could only let them see it in person.

"I know many people can't understand it, but some things involve court secrets and I can't tell you for the time being."

"What I can only tell you is that Temasek is very important to the court and is related to the success or failure of the court's next strategy."

"So, whether you understand it or not, you must build Temasek well as required."

After hearing this, everyone showed their original expressions and no longer asked curiously.

Let me just say, it is impossible for the imperial court to build a commercial city for no reason. There must be a deeper plan behind it.

He even showed an expression like 'If you had said so earlier, wouldn't it be fine?'

What can Chen Jingke say about this, except that imagination is the most deadly.

But no matter what, the ideological problem was finally solved, and the rest became simpler.

No one who does it is a fool, and there is no problem with their understanding.

Soon I had a certain understanding of Temasek’s institutional framework.

And at this moment, Chu King Zhu Zhen rushed to the sky in a dusty state.

(End of this chapter)