Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 325
A letter from Yang Yiqing?

Hearing the news, Zhu Houzhao suddenly became excited. He had been waiting for a day for a long time, so he quickly said to Liu Jin, "Quick, bring it here!"

Naturally, Liu Jin didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly presented the letter in her hand.

After receiving the letter, Zhu Houzhao first checked the mud seal to make sure that no one had touched the letter, then Zhu Houzhao tore open the envelope and took out the letter from inside.Picking up the letter and looking at it, Zhu Houzhao's mood suddenly improved. He knew that his business was over, and his father would definitely be shocked, and he might really regret it.

This letter was not about anything else, but about the betrayal of the Liaodong Grassland. Yang Yiqing had reported this matter before, but at that time it was only a progress report, which was different from this time. This time it was a result report.

In the first half of the letter, Yang Yiqing wrote about the grand occasion of the pasture auction, and the latter part wrote about the silver from the pasture auction.Seeing that Yang Yiqing auctioned the pasture at six taels of silver per mu, Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to say.The land in Liaodong is not so expensive, but the land in Liaodong is not as productive as these pastures.

Surrounding Daning City, Yang Yiqing sold a total of 12 mu of grassland and got 770 taels of silver.

This figure is really staggering. According to the price of pastures, Zhu Houzhao estimates that the price of wool products will not drop in a short time.

In addition to this, Yang Yiqing also introduced some trade conditions in Liaodong to Zhu Houzhao. Wool products are very popular in North Korea. Although the production has been expanded three times, the supply is still in short supply.The population of Liaodong grew so rapidly that Yang Yiqing even asked the imperial court to allow merchants in Liaodong to recruit workers from other provinces.

You must know that the household registration management in this era is very strict. If you want to leave your place of origin, you need to issue a guide, otherwise you will be fleeing.

In addition, Yang Yiqing is also planning to organize large-scale soybean planting in Liaodong. The winter is too long and the weather is too cold. The crop that can perfectly adapt to the Northeast is soybean, which has a short growing season and is suitable for farming.

Yang Yiqing didn't ask for money, but for people and policies. Zhu Houzhao put the letter at the back of the letter. Yang Yiqing had already written it clearly and sent a memorial to the emperor.This is what it should mean, it is impossible to just write a letter to the crown prince without submitting a memorial.After reading the letter, Zhu Houzhao knew that his father was probably coming to find him.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Houzhao put down the letter, He Neng walked in from the outside with flattering smiles on his face.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty summoned you." After greeting Zhu Houzhao, He Neng said hastily. Obviously, the summoning this time was also in a hurry.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then turned around and walked out, and rushed straight to Qianqing Palace. When Zhu Houzhao came to Qianqing Palace, many people had already come here.Several Cabinet Scholars, Ministers of the Ministry of Households, Ministers of the Ministry of Officials, and Minister of the Ministry of War, Liu Daxia, were also there. Obviously, what happened this time had something to do with them.

When Zhu Houzhao walked in, several people were passing around the memorial, and they knew without thinking that this memorial must be Yang Yiqing's.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao walking in, the ministers looked at Zhu Houzhao differently. This His Royal Highness is so amazing.

Not to mention wars and military training, but in terms of making money alone, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very remarkable. Whether it is the salt administration or the payment of farmland taxes, this time it is Liaodong again. Who would have thought that the grasslands of Liaodong could sell so much? money?That's more than 700 million taels, which is too eye-catching. Many people are wondering how to spend the money.

At the same time, someone also thought that the pasture is so valuable, why not dig up a little more and sell it all?

Zhu Youtang was a little embarrassed when he saw Zhu Houzhao, because he had just finished talking with his son, and he didn't care about the affairs of the northwest. He asked himself to get money, and all the money in Liaodong was given to his son.But seeing this memorial now, Zhu Youtang knew that he was afraid that what he said this time would mean nothing.Thinking of this, Zhu Youtang turned his head directly and stopped looking at his son.

"My son has seen the father." Zhu Houzhao saluted his father calmly, and then stood aside obediently.

The ministers turned around and saluted Zhu Houzhao: "Your Highness, I will see you."

After the etiquette was completed, the matter shifted to the Liaodong issue. It was Zhu Youtang who spoke first, and said directly: "Everyone who loves me has read the memorial, and everyone must know about Daning. No one objected to rebuilding the Great Ningwei, right?"

During this period of time, many people have petitioned the imperial court to revoke the Great Ningwei for many reasons, basically because the Great Ningwei cannot make ends meet.You must know that the Great Ningwei was abolished during the Yongle period, and the reconstruction now has no benefit except to increase the burden on the court.Now that Zhu Youtang has the confidence to say this, he sold the grassland for so much money.

"Your servant is ashamed!" Liu Jian bowed his head, showing no embarrassment on his face, with a calm look on his face.

Xie Qian also stood up at this time. Instead of facing Zhu Youtang, he said to Zhu Houzhao: "His Royal Highness, immigrating to the northwest, and His Royal Highness is also planning to follow the Liaodong example?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "When I went to the northwest to suppress the fire sieve, I found that the Hetao grassland was unusable. It was impossible to reclaim the fields, but grazing was still possible. However, there is also a place in the northwest where not only can you build a city, but also You can also reclaim some fields, this place is Fengzhou Beach."

"Father, my son, please map." Zhu Houzhao turned his head and bowed to his father.

"Sure!" Zhu Youtang nodded.

Soon the map of the northwest was brought over, and Zhu Houzhao pointed to Fengzhou Beach and said: "If Daming builds a city here, the entire Hetao will fall under the control of Daming, and Daming can graze here, and the grasslands around Fengzhou Beach can become the land of Ming Dynasty. The horse grazing land. To the north can contain Dayan Khan, and to the west can contain the west."

"My palace plans to build a wool textile factory in the northwest, and send troops to the west from Guyuan to clear the Tartars, and then occupy this generation." Zhu Houzhao drew a circle on the Kanyu map, which basically represented Inner Mongolia for later generations. Most of them were drawn: "The Liaodong side marched north and west to occupy this generation."

"Move the Xifengkou of Xuanfu and the Datong line forward, and occupy this grassland." Zhu Houzhao said confidently.

"In this way, the entire Monan Mongolia is my territory." Zhu Houzhao said here with an excited look.

Everyone looked at Zhu Houzhao, and they were all amazed at Zhu Houzhao's generosity. In this way, the entire Monan Mongolia would be the territory of Ming Dynasty. This is an expansion of territory!The key here is not a useless place.

(End of this chapter)