Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 216 Chapter 216: Model worker Zhu Yuanzhang also wants to form a cabinet!

Yao Guangxiao was a little confused!

Life extension pill?

That is something that is only recorded in some fragments of ancient books, and only one name is recorded. There is nothing about the prescription and refining method of the longevity pill that has been spread to the world!

In other words, ancient books only mention something like the Life-Extension Pill. Whether it really exists or not is unknown!

If the Life-Extension Pill really existed in this world, how could the emperors of all dynasties not know about it?

They will definitely try their best to get it!

Thinking of this, Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhu Di. He felt that he should not have made a mistake!

Zhu Di shouldn't be a dim-witted person. Why would he believe that there is such a thing as a life-extending pill in the world, and why would he search for thousand-year-old ginseng with great fanfare?

"Your Highness, where did you learn about this longevity pill?"

It took a long time for Yao Guangxiao to come back to his senses, and his intuition told him that it must be related to Zhu Di's trip to the northwest!

Could it be that Zhu Di was deceived by that boy King of Han?

"It is not convenient for me to reveal the specific details. In short, this thousand-year-old ginseng is very important to me. Please help me identify it, master!"

Zhu Di didn't explain much about the Life-Extension Pill. He might have had the idea to ask Yao Guangxiao to crack the formula for the Life-Extension Pill before, but after traveling back in time, he gave up such an idea!

It is better to do your own thing honestly. After finding the thousand-year ginseng, Lao Jiu will naturally not be stingy about giving himself a few life-extending pills!

If I do something secretly in private, and Lao Jiu finds out about it, it will definitely affect the relationship between the brothers, and that would be more gain than loss!

And the most important thing is that Yao Guangxiao is a true rebel. He has now made up his mind not to compete with Lao Jiu for the throne. Some things must be hidden from this old boy!

Yao Guangxiao never imagined that after Zhu Di went to the northwest, there would be a gap between the master and the servant!

"Thousand-year-old ginseng is rare. I'm afraid His Highness will be disappointed!"

Yao Guangxiao also realized that Zhu Di must be hiding something from him, but Zhu Di refused to tell him, and it was difficult for him to press him. However, he also knew that the existence of thousand-year-old ginseng was extremely precious, and it could not be found just by looking for it. of!

"There are so many aged ginsengs, but none of them are over a thousand years old?"

Zhu Di directly placed all the ginseng collected in the past two days in front of Yao Guangxiao, and asked with some disbelief.

"For more than four hundred years..."

"More than six hundred years ago..."

"For more than seven hundred years..."

"For more than five hundred years..."

"..."

Yao Guangxiao quickly divided all the ginseng into several groups according to the year, and he didn't even look at some of the other parts!

"Where are these?"

Zhu Di looked at the ginseng that Yao Guangxiao had not seen yet and continued to ask.

"It's just a radish root..."

After Yao Guangxiao finished speaking, Zhu Di's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot!

Well, let’s forget it’s just a fake thing. Even radish roots can be mixed into ginseng?

There is also a lot of inventory in Prince Yan's Mansion, which are gifts sent by some big families or wealthy businessmen over the years when they came to curry favor.

And these radish roots are basically sent by some aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen, but they look almost the same as ginseng!

What the hell...

If I want to settle the score after the fall, I don’t even know who sent it!

Zhu Di never thought that it would be so difficult to find a thousand-year-old ginseng. It seems that he took it for granted!

But when I think about it again, it seems to be a matter of course!

If Millennium Ginseng is really that easy to find, Laojiu’s Millennium Ginseng can be wholesaled!

"Does your Highness have anything else to do?"

"If nothing happens, monk, I will continue to go back to Qingshou Temple to chant sutras and worship Buddha!"

Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhu Di who looked disappointed and asked slowly.

"Master, please!"

Zhu Di nodded helplessly.

Although Yao Guangxiao was full of questions, Zhu Di was obviously unwilling to say more, so he could only leave temporarily. However, he did not go back to chant sutras and worship Buddha, but planned to retreat and pry into the secrets of heaven!

Zhu Di refused to say it, so he had no choice but to do it himself!

Looking at Yao Guangxiao's leaving figure, Zhu Di's brows knitted into knots.

Could it be that I was really too anxious?

No matter, the longevity pill is not available for the time being anyway. There are still so many years to go. The thousand-year-old ginseng is slowly being found. One day it will be found!

After leaving the task of finding thousand-year-old ginseng to his subordinates, Zhu Di began to focus on the construction of Beiping Mansion!

The cement factory and red brick factory must be built as soon as possible. The development and construction of Beiping Prefecture requires these basic resources even more. It is far more convenient and more cost-effective than going to the northwest to bring them back!

Although the price of buying it in the northwest is very cheap, the cost of transportation back is huge, and this cost can be completely ignored after Beiping has a cement factory and a red brick factory!

In fact, this is also the general trend!

Zhu Yue had no intention of keeping the basic resources of cement and red bricks in hand. He wanted to develop the entire Ming Dynasty. Not to mention that all parts of the country had to go to Hanzhong to buy cement and red bricks. Cement factories and red brick factories are not that big!

Therefore, these two factories will inevitably bloom all over the Ming Dynasty in the future!

Not only must it be given to King Yan, but also to other vassal kings. Firstly, it can gain the favor and support of all vassal kings. Secondly, it can be regarded as spreading the resources of cement and red bricks across the country. !

People who need these two materials can buy them nearby. It is more convenient than everyone running to the northwest!

Zhu Di planned to finalize the affairs of these two sites first, and then go to the northwest after the first batch of cement and red bricks can be produced by himself!

I guess it will be at least a few months later!

He also needs to carefully plan the next construction plan of Beiping Mansion. Using Xi'an Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion as a reference can also save him a lot of detours!

Next time he goes to the northwest, he is going to work with Lao Jiu to start a more in-depth and profitable business!

After all, the economic development of Beiping Prefecture cannot be achieved by relying on cement and red bricks alone!

He also believes that Lao Jiu will definitely help him. After all, this is also developing Beiping, and it can be regarded as making a wedding dress for Lao Jiu. Lao Jiu has no reason to refuse! In addition, Beiping Mansion has to plan in advance a large area of ​​open space, which is basically a large area based on the Yuan Dadu Imperial Palace. It will be built as the Forbidden City in the future, so naturally it must be reserved in advance!

This was something he had discussed with Lao Jiu before!

Therefore, the construction of the entire Beiping Mansion requires huge financial support, and he must also get enough profitable business from Lao Jiu to sustain these construction expenses!

Of course, Zhu Di is not exactly working for Zhu Yue, and the benefits are obvious!

On the one hand, it is to accumulate experience. Even if he arrives in a new fiefdom in the future, he will have the ability to quickly develop his fiefdom!

On the other hand, the business that he originally cooperated with Lao Jiu will not be interrupted because of the change of fiefdom. The business that should be done is still being done, and it will not be a big advantage for him!

It’s nothing more than changing places and starting from scratch!

After thinking about this, Zhu Di can be said to be very motivated and has become a happy worker!

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Xi'an Mansion.

The final work of moving the capital is still proceeding step by step!

After the imperial court in Xi'an began to function, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was moved to Xi'an!

This will undoubtedly usher in a new round of rapid development for the economy of the northwest, especially Xi'an!

The economic benefits that the shift in the political center can bring in the short term are obvious!

Among all the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty, which one of them had a great family and a great career?

The whole family is moving to the northwest, which is equivalent to bringing a lot of wealth to the northwest. The population has also increased by about 200,000 in a short period of time!

Fortunately, Xi'an Prefecture is large enough, and the increase in population will not affect the entire Xi'an Prefecture!

It is worth mentioning that even though Xi'an Prefecture has become the capital of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the imperial palace, the development and public security of the entire Xi'an Prefecture is still responsible for the prefect of Xi'an, and the prefect only needs to answer to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and Zhu Yue. Three people are in charge, and no matter how high your official position is, you can't command the others!

This also caused some people in the imperial court who were still thinking about making trouble in Xi'an after moving the capital to completely stop thinking!

All the rules and regulations of the Xi'an Mansion follow the rules of the Han Dynasty. Even the emperor and the prince support it. Who dares to have a temper?

Zhu Yue wanted the same effect.

After the Gong Gong princes in the court have adapted to the various reform systems of Xi'an Mansion, it will be a matter of course for them to be implemented throughout the entire Ming Dynasty in the future!

This is also the most reasonable way!

After Zhu Yue arrived at Xi'an Mansion, he was not in a hurry to return to Hanzhong immediately. Instead, he stayed here for a few days and discussed with Zhu Biao about shipbuilding in Yingtian Mansion!

In fact, there is a large shipyard near Yingtian Mansion, but it has been abandoned for a long time because of Zhu Yuanzhang's previous sea ban!

But the foundation is still there, and it won’t be too difficult to restart!

In addition to the Longjiangbao Shipyard in Yingtianfu, Zhu Li also plans to build another large shipyard on Chongming Island at the estuary of the Yangtze River!

Longjiang Bao Shipyard is mainly responsible for developing various shipbuilding technologies. After the first ship is built, the task of streamlined production will be transferred to the new shipyard!

Such division of labor and cooperation is the most reasonable!

Although the key technologies for thermal power generation are still under research, the steam engine has been conquered long ago!

Zhu Li already has a complete set of technologies and researchers capable of producing steam engines. This step is naturally very important for the shipbuilding industry!

Steam-powered ships definitely have more power advantages than traditional capsized ships and are less affected by weather!

However, the current technology can only allow Zhu Li to build a paddle-wheel steam engine ship, that is, installing steam-powered wheels on both sides of the hull!

For example, the propeller hidden at the bottom of the ship is mainly due to technical problems and there is no way to produce such a propeller that meets the requirements!

In terms of steelmaking and ironmaking, it will take a long time to develop before it is possible to achieve a breakthrough in this area!

After all, even if Zhu Li has the most scientific propeller design, being able to manufacture it is another matter!

But even a paddle steam engine ship, for this era, is already a dimensionality reduction attack!

After discussing shipbuilding with Zhu Biao, the father and son got together again to discuss another important topic!

That’s the cabinet system!

"The New Deal reform cannot be led by just the three of us!"

"We have also considered this issue in the past few days and feel that it is best to involve some reformist ministers!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, he directly expressed his thoughts.

This was also the time when Zhu Yue came and emphasized some problems with the current reform, that is, the royal family and the ministers seemed to be on opposite sides!

In other words, the reform is completely led by the emperor and the prince. The resentment and anger of the ministers are also directed at the emperor and the prince. This is not a good thing!

Zhu Yuanzhang's desire to establish a cabinet at this juncture is tantamount to setting up several targets for the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to share the pressure on the emperor and the prince!

This is also something that accomplishes multiple things with one stone!

First of all, if the cabinet can be run, the work pressure of the emperor and the prince will be greatly reduced immediately, and they will no longer have to treat the emperor and the prince like donkeys!

Secondly, letting a few important ministers take the lead in the reform and making them the direct beneficiaries of the reform will also increase the number of ministers in the court who support the reform, creating a general trend!

In the end, even if the ministers oppose the reform, they must first confront the reformist cabinet members. The emperor and the prince only need to provide guidance behind the scenes!

You can also use checks and balances to keep the reformists and conservatives in check, and prevent the reformists from developing too fast and beyond their control!

The cabinet system is exactly what Lao Si’s family calls it. When Lao Jiu is the emperor, he should be called a secretary, not a cabinet minister!

The reason why it is called a cabinet is entirely due to Zhu Yuanzhang's pride.

He also wants to leave his own mark in this era, and it would be best if Lao Jiu can continue the cabinet system!

The premise is that the role of the cabinet is the same as the secretariat created by Lao Jiu!

In this case, the credit for the reform must be attributed to Zhu Yuanzhang, right?

"It is indeed necessary to establish a cabinet. I originally thought about it and proposed it for a while, but you have already thought about it so quickly before I got there first!"

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's proposal, Zhu Yue thought it was because Zhu Yuanzhang realized the importance of the secretariat in history after his time travel, so he also created a cabinet system in a novel way!

As for some of the old man's thoughts, he naturally knew it, and he didn't even try to point it out!

The old man just wanted to achieve more political achievements during the Hongwu period!

(Dividing line!)

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