Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 483 The Dust Settles
After the defeat, there is chasing and killing, basically there are no other tactical actions.

This battle didn't take too much effort, Zhu Houzhao just watched from behind, and those who rushed up had no way to get in front of him.

The whole battle didn't take too much time, there was not much time to fight, and the rest was to capture the prisoners.

Seeing Zhang Yun approaching on horseback, Zhu Houzhao had no expression on his face. It can be said that the whole battle was as he expected, and there were no surprises left.

This is a boring fight.

"His Royal Highness, we captured King Ning alive." Zhang He came to Zhu Houzhao and said respectfully.

Gently nodding his head, Zhu Houzhao said, "Let's press it first."

Regarding beheading King Ning before the battle, Zhu Houzhao didn't have this kind of idea. How to deal with it is better to go back to the court and talk about it. It can be regarded as an explanation to the old man, and the rest has nothing to do with him.

"Let's go into the city." Zhu Houzhao said after thinking about it.

Now that I have arrived in Nanchang, I naturally want to go in and have a look, at least to meet those men who broke through Nanchang.

After all, they have worked so hard to fight the king, and if I don't see them, it will be easy to be chilling.

When Zhu Houzhao arrived at the city of Nanchang, it had already been cleared.

The city gate of Nanchang has been opened, and Li Renyuan, governor of southern Gansu, has brought people to wait here.

After seeing Zhu Houzhao coming, everyone's face showed joy.

Since His Royal Highness is here, the credit is naturally no problem.The most important thing is to be able to get acquainted with the prince, which is very important for future career development.

"Your Majesty, please see His Highness the Crown Prince." Under the leadership of Li Renyuan, the governor of Gannan, everyone hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Zhu Houzhao also got off his horse, and walked in front of them surrounded by the crowd, raised his hand gently and said, "My loves, please excuse me. This time, you put down the rebellion of King Ning, and you have contributed a lot. My palace I will report it to my father, and the court will definitely reward me for my merit."

"Thank you, Your Highness, the Crown Prince." Everyone bowed quickly and said.

After everyone stood up, Zhu Houzhao led people into Nanchang City, and then handed everything over to Li Renyuan, the governor of Gannan.

Basically, Zhu Houzhao didn't care about anything. He didn't plan to intervene in local civil affairs. If he needed to do everything by himself, then he wouldn't be the prince.

Two days later, Zhu Fu, who was marching all the way, also came to Nanchang City.

After getting the news that Nanchang City was breached, Zhu Fu was also happy, but when he learned that Zhu Houzhao was already catching up with King Ning, Zhu Fu became anxious.

If there is any ambush on the road, or any damage to His Royal Highness, I really can't bear it.

Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince is fine now, Zhu Fu is naturally very happy.

Zhu Houzhao handed over all the military defense of Nanchang City to Zhu Fu, and he himself returned to Nanjing with the Black Dragon Army.

For Zhu Houzhao.He didn't come to Nanjing to do these things.Now that these people have done so many things, it can even be said to have interrupted his plan.

Now that things have come to an end, he can leave all other things to his ministers to do, and he will go back to do his own things.

So Zhu Houzhao took people back to Nanjing.

After arriving in Nanjing, Zhu Houzhao immediately met Liu Jian, a cabinet scholar.Hand over all the other things after the pacification, such as appeasing the local people and readjusting the finances.

But Zhu Houzhao turned to look for his subordinates.

The subordinate Zhu Houzhao was looking for was naturally Qi Huan, the head of the Nanjing Taxation Department.

It was the time when he was supposed to show off his skills, but in the end it turned out like this.

But now that things are back on track, it's time for him to reach out and do things.And now that he has this matter, his affairs are easier to do.

King Ning rebelled, Hangzhou was in turmoil, and Zhu Houzhao killed so many people in Zhejiang. It can be said that everyone in the south of the Yangtze River was shocked.

Zhu Houzhao felt that everything could start to move forward.

"Chen Qi Huan sees His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." After seeing Zhu Houzhao, Qi Huan quickly knelt down and saluted.

Glancing at Qi Huan, Zhu Houzhao nodded with a smile, and then said, "Aiqing, let's go down."

After Qi Huan stood up from the ground, Zhu Houzhao continued to speak: "Now that everything has settled down, let's continue with what Ai Qing should do."

Of course Qi Huan knew what Zhu Houzhao was talking about, so he quickly said, "His Royal Highness, I have not been idle these days. I have already brought people to visit various places in the south of the Yangtze River and arranged manpower. Now as long as His Royal Highness gives an order , all localities can immediately start to check the land.”

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Qi Huan approvingly.

Although this person is an official fan, he really does not procrastinate in doing things. It can be said that he is very, very responsible. Such an official is obsessed with being an official, but he is a useful subordinate.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and said, "Then let's start."

So Jiangnan vigorously started the land inventory, and all the land was re-registered.

Because of the cooperation of Qiyizhai and Jinyiwei, the progress was very fast, and the hidden land was dug out in pieces.

Because no one dared to stop it, and no one dared to make small moves, so the progress was very fast.

After arranging these things, Zhu Houzhao went to another place, which was the Longjiang Shipyard.

King Ning has already started to do sea trade, and Zhu Houzhao will naturally start to do it too.

It is imperative to establish a shipping department and promote maritime trade.

Because after the re-examination of the land in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhu Houzhao will implement the integration of officials and gentry.

This will cause all landlords to start raising land rents, and people's lives will become difficult again, or even harder than before.

I need to find a new way out for the people, and going to sea in the south is naturally the best choice.

With extensive overseas trade, production can be stimulated, and more factories will come out in various places, which can absorb more labor, which will form a virtuous circle.

Then you need a ship for sea trade, and you need a navy to escort it.

Originally, Zhu Houzhao wanted to see if the Longjiang Shipyard could still be used. As a result, after arriving there, except for killing a large number of corrupt officials, the harvest was not very great.

Because a lot of technology here has been lost, and the site that could have been used to build large ships can no longer be used. It is basically a semi-abandoned shipyard.

There is no problem in building a small boat for the inland water industry, but if you want to build a big boat, especially if you want to reach the level that Zhu Houzhao wants, it is simply impossible to achieve.

So Zhu Houzhao basically left in good spirits and returned in defeat.

It was only possible to rebuild a shipyard and start over.

That being the case, there is no need to waste time on this place.Go back to Beijing and do it. As for the shipyard, it can be placed in Tianjin Port, or even Bohai Bay. Shipbuilding there is also very good.

In terms of maritime trade, we can start from the northern line and extend our hands to North Korea and Japan first.At the same time, you can start to organize people and continue to expand northward.

Because the income of the imperial court will increase significantly, even if the officials and gentry do not pay the grain together, the taxation of the imperial court will also increase explosively if so much land is found out this time.

In addition to the taxes paid by the previous nobles and the royal family, the land tax of the Ming Dynasty has almost been collected by itself.

The next step is commercial taxation, which still needs to be studied carefully.There is no way to do it here in Nanjing.

So Zhu Houzhao's return to Beijing was put on the agenda. After all, there was no need for him to stay in Nanjing, and he was no longer needed here.

Originally, he came to Jiangnan to solve the problem of local officials' confrontation with the central government.

In fact, this kind of thing did happen, but without Zhu Houzhao's action, the matter had been wiped out in the bud.

It is really that the current authority of the imperial court is too heavy, or that I put too much pressure on these people in Nanjing.

After all, King Ning's rebellion had just been put down, and many people were killed in Hangzhou City, and no one came out to commit death for a while.

Liu Jian, a cabinet scholar, can't leave for the time being, and Zhu Houzhao is relieved to leave the matter to him.

After a brief tidying up, Zhu Houzhao took his team and prepared to leave Nanjing and return to Beijing.

Zhu Houzhao also arranged for people to do the military reform in Nanjing.The person in charge of overall planning is naturally Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu.

As for the person who will follow him and be responsible for the execution, Zhu Houzhao kept Zhang Biao.

In fact, in the establishment of the Ming army, Zhu Houzhao still followed the old method, that is, the central government maintains a strong combat power, and the local government retains the original troops.

Zhu Houzhao also didn't think about training all the troops into elite soldiers. First, it was too difficult, and second, it was too much investment.

The most important thing is that after spending so much money, there is no need for such an army, because they are not responsible for foreign wars, but for local guards, so as long as there is strict discipline.

The army in these places is different from the frontier army, so Zhu Houzhao is also relieved to let Zhu Fu do it.

After arranging everything properly, Zhu Houzhao set off to leave Nanjing.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace,
Zhu Youtang looked at the question book in front of him, the expression on his face didn't change much, unlike the previous few days when he was very angry.

Things in the court are relatively stable these days, and things in Nanjing have already been settled.

King Ning's rebellion seemed to be very powerful, but it was put down by the prince without any trouble at all.

Originally, the imperial court was still very worried. After all, it was half of the country in the southeast that was shaken. Once Nanjing was occupied by King Ning, things would be very troublesome.

But now this situation does not exist at all, King Ning is finished.Everyone is on their way to Beijing.

At this time, the old eunuch Yang Peng walked up to Zhu Youtang's side, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the empress has just sent someone over, saying that they cooked some seafood sent by His Royal Highness, and asked Your Majesty Didn't you eat in the past?"

Hearing Yang Peng's words, Zhu Youtang smiled, his son always likes to do these things.But after all, it is filial piety, and I have no way to say anything.

Since the queen wanted to go back to eat by herself, she naturally wanted to go back.Because he will go back every day, it's just a matter of time.

Sometimes I am busy and late, so I eat here.Now the queen asked herself to go back to eat, so go back early.

Reaching out and throwing the test book on the table, Zhu Youtang said with a smile, "Let's go now."

When Zhu Youtang returned to Kunning Palace, he found that it was really lively here.

In addition to the noisy little daughter, the princess is also here.But he was not too surprised, because since his son left, the queen often called the princess over.

Zhu Youtang also knew the intention of doing this, the queen was afraid that the princess would feel lonely.

After all, when did the prince run around like this?

From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, only his own son has done this.

So Empress Zhang felt a little sorry for the Crown Princess, and loved her quite a lot. In addition, the Crown Princess was also quite sensible, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got along fairly well.

Seeing Zhu Youtang approaching, everyone quickly saluted.

After waving the greetings to everyone, Zhu Youtang smiled and walked to Empress Zhang and sat down, and then said: "Seeing that everyone in the palace is very happy, is this a happy event?"

Before Queen Zhang could speak, the most beloved princess of the Ming Dynasty had already thrown herself into Zhu Youtang's arms, and said with a smile, "Father, Father, I know!"

Seeing the little princess with a baby voice, Zhu Youtang's heart almost melted.

Stretching out his hand to hold her on his lap, Zhu Youtang asked with a smile, "Then tell me, what is the happy event?"

"Brother Huang is coming back." Princess Yongning said with a smile.

"You're so smart." Zhu Youtang praised with a smile, then raised his head to look at Queen Zhang and asked, "Is it the prince's letter?"

Empress Zhang nodded, and said with a smile: "It is true that someone sent a message, saying that he will be back in a few days. He also said that he brought a lot of good things from Jiangnan, so she will miss it?"

With that said, Empress Zhang glanced at her daughter dotingly.

People say that a daughter is the little padded jacket of the parents. Although this is a folk saying, it is more applicable in the royal family.

My son has grown up, running around all day, he is not so cute anymore; on the contrary, this little man, who stays with him in the palace all day, makes people love him so much.

So Empress Zhang looked at Princess Yongning with pampering eyes.

Princess Xia's face was also full of smiles.

It would be a lie to say that they don't want the prince, after all, the two are newly married, and the prince has already left Beijing before getting tired of it.

What's more, it was a newlywed, and the yearning couldn't be hidden like the tide.

Now that the person in my heart is finally coming back, how could he be unhappy?

"It's too disgraceful, I didn't send the test book to the court." Zhu Youtang said with a sullen face.

(End of this chapter)