My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 231 Great Achievements

  Zhu Di's face suddenly turned grim.

  When the officials heard these words, they were all silent.

  Many times...some words just don't fit on the table.

  It's like the empty printing case, everyone knows about it, but everyone pretends it didn't happen.

  Zhu Di stared at Deng Jian and said: "What you said is a pirate who went into the sea."

  Deng Jian said: "Your Majesty, you are not pirates, but serious maritime merchants."

Zhu Di frowned: "If I remember correctly, when the Mongols were in the Central Plains, they brought many Semu people, and many of these Semu people gathered in Quanzhou. These Semu people in Quanzhou mainly engaged in Haimao, is it?"

  Zhu Di looked at Xie Jin.

  Xie Jin's heart was beating wildly at this time, and he never wanted to touch this issue.

  Even Xie Jin knew that this matter was too big.

But Zhu Di obviously asked him this question, so he had no choice but to nod stiffly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty. But it's not just the Semu people brought by the Mongols, there are also the local Pu family in Quanzhou who are engaged in maritime trade... "

Zhu Di said: "I have an impression of this Pu family. He is also from Semu. After arriving in Quanzhou, he was appointed by the Southern Song Dynasty court as the secretary of the city. It is said that he earned countless money through sea trade. However, when the Mongols entered the south of the Yangtze River, the Pu family took the lead to join the Mongols who were more tolerant of the Semu people. At that time, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was chased by the Yuan soldiers and fled to Quanzhou. It was the Pu family who led the people. Killed the entourage and many nobles of the exiled monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty..."

Zhu Di continued indifferently: "That's why the Pu family relied on these credits. After the Mongols took control of the Central Plains, they made great contributions. Not only their descendants have been officials for generations, but their sea business has also become bigger and bigger. When my great-grandfather, Emperor Gao, heard about this incident, he hated the Pu family so much that he decreed that all members of the Pu family would not be allowed to study and become officials for generations, and men would be slaves forever and women would be prostitutes forever. The emperor still didn't let go of his hatred, so he ordered people to dig out the bones of Pu Shougeng, who chased and killed the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty at that time, and whipped the corpse three hundred times. Is that right?"

   Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty is well-known and memorized, and my minister is far inferior."

   Zhu Di said: "I am not a man of extensive knowledge, but I was by my side when Emperor Gaozu made the decree."

Zhu Di paused, and then said: "Back then, sea trade was mostly dominated by Semu people like the Pu family. Today, all Semu people in Quanzhou and other places have been wiped out...then how come there are so many sea merchants in my Ming Dynasty? Taizu Emperor Gao once colluded with pirates because of the remnants of Japanese pirates and Zhang Shicheng. In order to prevent it, he ordered the sea to be banned. Now that the sea has been banned, only official ships and tribute ships should come and go. Where did this merchant ship come from?"

  Zhu Di said, and looked at Xie Jin again.

   Xie Jin couldn't answer for a while.

  Many people in the DPRK support the sea ban.

   It can even be said to be one-sided.

  Zhang Anshi stood aside, secretly observing everything in front of him.

  Zhu Di said with his hands behind his back: "Could it be that the Pu family has revived?"

   Xie Jin was sweating profusely, and couldn't find a reply for a long time, so he said after a long time; "Will other ships call me the Ming Dynasty Merchant Ship?"

  Zhu Di pouted, but glanced at Deng Jian.

  Deng Jian said: "One, two ships, it can be said to be false, but the servants are outside, I heard that the merchant fleet is not small."

   Xie Jin was speechless again.

   Hundreds of officials also stood holding their breath.

  Zhu Di obviously sensed something, and said coldly: "Zhu Qing is the best at talking about things. If you have something to do today, why don't you say anything?"

   Seeing that the officials still did not respond, Zhu Di flicked his sleeves and said: "Forget it, Jin Yiwei will investigate and deal with it. You will step down."

   But at this time, Zhang Anshi was left behind.

  Zhu Di had already driven to Wenlou. He glanced at Zhang Anshi and said, "Where did those merchant ships come from?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "Maybe someone smuggled."

   "Smuggling?" Zhu Di nodded: "It may be possible, as Deng Jian said, the scale is not small. If the scale is not small, how can there be no rumors before?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "Could it be because of the relaxation of the sea ban?"

  Zhu Di shook his head: "You are really confused. Since Emperor Taizu Gao banned the sea, the sea ban has always been strict."

   After finishing speaking, Zhu Di stared at Zhang Anshi, and said slowly: "It seems that you, kid, also have naivety."

  Zhang An Shidao: "Please make it clear, Your Majesty."

  Zhu Di said: "I have promulgated so many decrees, and Emperor Taizu Gao has promulgated so many decrees. I came to ask you, have they been strictly implemented?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "This..."

Zhu Di said: "Let me tell the truth, some of them have been implemented, but some of them are just empty papers. For example, Emperor Taizu Gao issued a decree to strictly order the students to speak up. Come on, let me ask you, I am Daming, can I not speak up?" student?"

  Zhang Anshi couldn't hold back anymore. To be honest, the so-called silence means not letting them talk about national affairs and teaching them to study with peace of mind.

  However, according to Zhang Anshi's judgment, he has never seen the silent student.

  Zhu Di said again at this time: "It is reasonable to say that lying about state affairs is to be dismissed from fame, but I ask you, have the academics and government officials of various provinces and the edicts of various counties ever punished a student?"

  Zhang Anshi shook his head: "No... I haven't heard of it."

Zhu Di nodded: "That's it. But on the other hand, Emperor Taizu Gao promulgated a decree for the policy of banning the sea, and the implementation below is very strict. However, if there are people who go to sea or build ships without permission, they will all go to sea immediately. Arrest, quickly ask, there are not a hundred such cases on my desk every year, there are eighty, logically speaking, Xiatouzhou and County are so strictly enforced, I thought... this sea ban policy, so If it is carried out, there will be no boards going into the sea.”

Hearing this, Zhang Anshi suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand. The reason why the enforcement is so strict is because... all states and counties... all attach great importance to the sea ban, and all the people who violate the ban are severely punished. Since the people can't go to sea, How did the merchant ship come...Your Majesty...could it be..."

  Zhu Di said: "Do you want to say that the reason why the subordinates strictly enforce the sea ban is because... they don't want others to go to sea, but they... make huge profits at sea?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "This is what His Majesty said, not what I said."

  Zhu Di was angry and annoyed: "You cunning fellow."

  Zhang Anshi said: "But after all, this is just a judgment, and it may not be taken seriously."

Zhu Di nodded: "Yes, if this is the case, it would be terrible. Why has no one reported these things for so many years? Or, as Deng Jian said, such a large-scale fleet requires countless Manpower and material resources are needed, a shelter from the wind is needed, and a large number of people must be hired. This is something done under the noses of many people. It is not petty theft, nor is it some shady business...I still don't believe it, no one will report to me."

  Zhang Anshi nodded subconsciously: "Yes, it is impossible for the scale Deng Jian mentioned to remain silent."

   "Unless..." Zhu Di said, "There are many people in this state and county who have been bribed."

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "No, no, there are so many people, can they be bought? Your Majesty, don't be too pessimistic. I turn around and ask Deng Jian if there is any exaggeration."

   "Yes." Zhu Di said: "Nanzhen Fusi, come and investigate."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Follow the order."

  Zhu Di said again: "That Deng Jian looks pitiful."

  Zhang Anshi was waiting for Zhu Di's words, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, he is more than pitiful, but has made great contributions. In history, he has never been like this."

  Zhu Di nodded: "Does he have any family members in this world?"

   "Have a nephew..."

  Zhu Di pondered and said: "Give his nephew a hereditary thousand households and send him to a government school to study. As for the rest of the ship, the dead will be compensated and the injured will be resettled. I will never teach them to suffer."

   Isn't that a disadvantage?

   Zhang Anshi heard Zhu Di's stinginess when he heard the word hereditary thousand households.

   Seeing that Zhang Anshi was silent, Zhu Di asked strangely, "Why didn't you speak?"

  Zhang Anshi had no choice but to spit out four words: "Your Majesty is wise."

  Zhu Di scolded: "You mother, can you be more straightforward."

  Zhang Anshi said: "If you are more straightforward, you will kill your head."

  Zhu Di held back his anger and said, "I won't kill your head."

  Zhang Anshi felt that there was still no guarantee, so he said: "It can't be castrated, the family can't be exterminated, it can't be hanged, it can't be sentenced to death, it can't..."

  Seeing Zhu Di seems to be about to erupt.

Zhang Anshicai said honestly: "Your Majesty, what Deng Jian brought back this time was more than just a pioneering feat. What he brought back was a priceless treasure. With these treasures, my Ming people, within a hundred years, there will be no more Hungry."

   Zhu Di listened and asked, "What is it?"

   "Of course it is the seeds of grain." Zhang Anshi said: "I have made a plan. I want to open a farm in Qixia, and I want to plant a thousand catties of grain per mu."

   Zhu Di couldn't help laughing when he listened.

  The so-called thousand catties and ten thousand catties are like flying down three thousand feet. For the ancients, they more meant to express the false and the real.

  For example... an army of 300,000 troops, an army of 800,000 troops, and a million armored troops actually mean the same thing.

  Zhu Di teased: "Don't say a thousand catties, but five hundred catties. I will also give you a duke. As for Deng Jian, at least I will give you a uncle."

  After Zhang Anshi heard it, he was immediately happy, and immediately said without hesitation: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

  Zhu Di: "..."

  At this moment, Zhu Di suddenly had a strange feeling, and couldn't help but said, "Can you really grow a thousand catties of grain?"

   "No, no, no." Zhang Anshi immediately said: "I just said it casually, and I may not be able to take it seriously. This...hasn't been written yet."

This is what His Majesty said himself, five hundred catties... Now if he behaves more confidently and turns his head, with His Majesty's temperament, he may break his promise and lose weight, saying that he was just joking, and I will give you a new small goal, mu yield A thousand catties.

  Of course...a thousand catties per mu...Zhang Anshi is actually not sure.

  It can be five hundred catties, but the chance is great.

  No matter what, the sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes and other things brought from America, it is impossible to grow this output.

  Seeing what he said, Zhu Di thought that Zhang Anshi regretted his bragging just now.

   It was Zhang Anshi who took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, please give Qixia some land. I'm going to build a farm here, I'm afraid the land will not be enough."

   Zhu Di was generous about this, and said without thinking too much: "It's easy to say, just give you tens of thousands of acres."

  Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

   After a few more gossips, Zhang Anshi left.

  Yi Shiha stood aside, like a wooden stake, waiting for Zhang Anshi to leave, Zhu Di said: "Tea."

  Yi Shiha poured tea.

  Zhu Di took a sip of tea slowly, and then said: "Send a note to Ying Tianfu, and give Qixia a piece of land."

  Yi Shiha said: "The servant obeys the order."

  Zhu Di remembered something, and said, "Which piece of land is more desolate?"

   "Ah..." Yi Shiha glanced at Zhu Di, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

  Zhu Di calmly said: "Just give me a piece of wasteland."

  Yi Shiha really didn't understand, and said: "Your Majesty means..."

"This guy." Zhu Di muttered: "It's not good to do business for me and make money, but now I want to cultivate the land. I didn't reprimand him face to face, because I was afraid that he would be discouraged. The child grows up, and he can't grow up. He scolds me every day. But when he sees the land I gave him, he will understand in his heart, and then he will obediently give it to me to do business."

  Yi Shiha looked embarrassed, so he could only say: "Yes, but, Your Majesty...he said that the yield per mu is five hundred catties."

Zhu Di said: "The yield per mu is five hundred catties... I haven't heard of it, but local officials often report auspicious signs. It's not uncommon for some places to grow grain with a higher yield per mu. A few days ago, didn’t there be a chief envoy in Yunnan who reported that he had planted an acre of land with a yield of 524 catties? But what’s the use of it? If the report is auspicious, it will appear that I’m a sage, so even the heavens favor it Did you care for a bird, don’t you know what kind of virtue I have? If you take it seriously, you probably won’t like me, and I know it.”

  Although Zhu Di said this himself, Ke Yishiha was too frightened to speak out.

   Zhu Di said again: "Have you found Zhuangzi's wealth at Zhongshan?"

Yi Shiha said: "Your Majesty, I have discovered the entrance of the cellar. Below... there is a cave. It turned out to be that Ji Gang. He knew that there was a cave there. In addition to hiding wealth, he built a Zhuangzi there... Now the inner city The household office has mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources, and is conducting a thorough investigation..."

  Zhu Di nodded and said with satisfaction: "That's very good."

  ………

   At this time, in the largest brothel in the capital, countless women are singing and dancing. This place is not open to ordinary people, and even wealthy merchants are not allowed to enter.

   But there are still a lot of cars and horses parked in front of the gate here, because it is next to the Qinhuai River, and there are hundreds of prostitutes along the Qinhuai River. Compared with other places, at least the appearance of this place is not luxurious.

  It’s just the decoration inside, which is obviously superior. Small bridges and flowing water, fake stone pavilions, can be described as one step at a time.

  Women dressed in enchanting clothes shuttle among them, and the benefactors they serve are often rare.

  Someone took off their shoes and came out naked, and many Yingyingyanyans surrounded them.

  The man laughed loudly and said: "Go away, go away, I have already been sucked dry by you, and I am tired of seeing you, so bring the few men I was looking for."

  The girls all showed disappointment. They are all beautiful and beautiful, but in the eyes of this person, they are like weeds and they don't care about them.

   No matter how beautiful the country is, even if countless people fall under its pomegranate skirt, even if they are romantic ghosts, they still have to kiss her.

   But in the eyes of this person, it is nothing more than dung, just like the object that was manipulated at will.

  This person has a hooked nose, deep eyes, and thin lips. He looks defiant, with a unique arrogance.

  Someone took a cloak and put it on him.

   Not long after, the man didn't bring it, but someone came in a hurry, whispered a few words in the man's ear.

   "What?" The man's face suddenly turned angry, and his deep eyes became even more frightening: "When did it happen?"

   "Chen Shi..."

   "Who played the report?"

   "Deng Jian."

  The man thought about it seriously, then frowned and said: "Among the ministers, why haven't you heard of this person?"

   "It's an **** who sailed to the west with Eunuch Zheng."

  The man took a deep breath, squinted his eyes, and said coldly: "Oh... so what if you know? It's just a praying mantis blocking a car and a mayfly shaking a tree. If he knows it, he will know it."

   "But the palace has secretly ordered Nei Qianhu to conduct a thorough investigation."

   "Do they really dare to investigate?" The man sneered with arrogance, "Do you have the guts? If they really investigate, they won't be able to stop it, so don't... worry about it."

  The person who came came worried and said: "This inner thousand households is not the former Jinyiwei, so you should be careful, in my opinion, it is still..."

   This person obviously wasn't panicking at all, and calmly said: "It's okay, someone is more anxious than us, and someone will help us solve it."

   After a pause, the man said leisurely, "Let's see who will die first."

   As he spoke, the man smiled coldly.

  At this time, someone had already brought some frightened men here.

The headed woman had heavy makeup on her face, and said with a smile at this time: "They are all collected from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and all of them have read books, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and are proficient in everything. a talent."

  The man laughed happily and went back to the room immediately.

  …

   "Wicked, wicked..."

  Zhang Anshi cursed in his heart, and beat the horse to the 10,000 mu of land handed over by Yingtian Mansion. On the surface, Zhang Anshi looked like a spring breeze, but in his heart, the pot was already exploded.

That's it?

   Wasteland!

   You know, the Jiangnan area has already been greatly developed.

What does it mean? However, any land that can grow some grain has already been exploited.

  The rest are either mountains and forests, or the land with too low yield.

   What does it mean to give him such a piece of land now?

   Don't want to give the duke?

  Or...don't want him to grow food?

  Deng Jian followed behind Zhang Anshi, sticking out his tongue cautiously.

   Now he is full of food and drink, and he also put on new clothes. After visiting the prince and princess, he came to Qixia.

   "What does your Majesty mean?" Deng Jian couldn't help asking.

  Zhang Anshi said angrily: "I don't know. But... even if he gives me such a land, I will grow food."

  Deng Jian looked at the ground in front of him and said uncertainly, "Can it work?"

  Zhang Anshi puffed his cheeks and said: "Buddhas fight for a stick of incense, and people fight for breath. Eunuch Deng, you have worked so hard to earn a hereditary thousand households for your nephew. Are you not angry?"

  Deng Jian grinned: "I'm not angry, I'm not angry, I'm very happy. After all, it's a future. My nephew is doing somersaults with joy."

  Zhang Anshi: "..."

  Zhang Anshi really wanted to scold Deng Jian for his lack of ambition.

  But in the early Ming Dynasty, the management of eunuchs was still very strict, unlike the middle and late period, when eunuchs gained power and chickens and dogs ascended to heaven.

For Deng Jian, if he can earn one for his nephew, there will always be someone to take care of him in the future, and because he is a world official, if his nephew's descendants want to take over his post, he must place a memorial tablet for him in the mourning hall. No matter how you look at it... It seems to have reached the pinnacle of eunuchs.

  Even Grand Duke Yishiha couldn’t earn this benefit. The adopted son he adopted and used to provide for the elderly was just a thousand-household official, not a nephew.

Zhang Anshi couldn't help but hate iron and steel and said: "You are so confused, do you know the gold content of our global travel? The more you see the world outside, the less knowledge you have! No matter what, I will fight for you again. fight."

   "Ah..." Deng Jian said in surprise: "Isn't it for the Marquis that you... earn a duke?"

  Zhang Anshi's eyes widened, and he shouted: "What kind of person am I? I am no longer what I used to be. Now I only have others in my heart, not myself."

  Seeing Zhang Anshi's upright expression, Deng Jian nodded suspiciously.

Zhang Anshi said again at this time: "Anyway, this land needs to be planted. In the future, everyone in the world will know the reputation of your Eunuch Deng. Eunuch Deng, you watched me grow up, and we share weal and woe. .”

   Deng Jian nodded desperately again.

  Zhang Anshi continued: "You can't bother others with this matter, you come and watch."

   "Ah..." Deng Jian said, "I want to go back to the East Palace to serve His Highness the Crown Prince and..."

  Zhang Anshi gritted his teeth and said: "Brother-in-law, who can't serve him? Besides, in the past two years, he has already had someone around him. If you go again, you won't be used to it."

  Deng Jian couldn't hold back anymore: "..."

  Long Jiu: "When we first went to sea, Hou Ye, you patted your chest and promised that you would wait for us to come back..."

  Zhang Anshidao: "Didn't you just say that? The me I used to be is no longer the me I am today. I am no longer the me I used to be. How can what I say count?"

  Deng Jian’s body shook, tears flowed like springs, and he said heartbrokenly: "We have been looking forward to it for two years, looking forward to it... nothing."

Zhang Anshi sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a sigh: "Listen to me, do this, you have a future, you have to be ambitious, what's the point of serving people, you can make great things by serving crops. And you serve people like this Well, gold will always shine. In the future, if you take care of these crops, they will definitely be successful. You watch me grow up, you are a temper, and I don’t know? Only you are so careful and diligent about such an important matter. , it can be done.”

  Deng Jian had tears in his eyes. He had a feeling that he made a wrong step.

  Opened his mouth to scold something, but saw Zhang Anshiyu's earnest expression, as if he was thinking of him everywhere, making him unable to escape the obscene words he was about to utter for a while.

  I saw Zhang Anshi said again: "Eunuch Deng, between us, we are different from others..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Anshi lowered his voice, glanced at Zhu Yong in the distance, and said: "We are friends in need, we are in the same boat, this is true love, can I still harm you? Trust me, in the future... It will become a great weapon."

   "We don't want to become a big weapon, we want to..." Deng Jian lowered his head, wiped his tears, twitched his body, and cried to the point of sadness.

  Zhang Anshi said: "Forget it, don't think about that, anyway, the deal is done, the raw rice has been cooked, you just go with it."

  Deng Jian looked blank.

   It is not easy to plant the grain seeds brought from thousands of miles away.

  The first thing to consider is actually the problem of grain degradation.

  Because of the different environments, seeds and seedlings are prone to species mixing and biological mixing.

   Therefore, the selected land must be isolated from other crop seeds and even pollen.

  In addition to isolation, it is selection.

   Fortunately, Deng Jian is still very capable in his work. The seeds he selected look like Zhu Yong at first glance, very strong.

  In addition to this...it is to raise seedlings and prepare the soil in an isolated environment.

  Different crops require different methods.

  Zhang Anshi asked Deng Jian to write down a few key points, and then... began to ask people to dig ditches to divert water for irrigation, and at the same time fertilize the barren soil.

  A farm, quickly set up.

  Deng Jian didn't like it at first, but soon he had to get used to it.

   Taking care of crops here is better than going out to sea.

   You can bear the hardships of going to sea, and there is nothing you can’t bear.

  The only fly in the ointment... What do we plan?

  Of course, the construction of spiritual civilization is of course very important.

  Zhang Anshi specially sent some inspirational books to Deng Jian, such as "Spring and Autumn", "Historical Records" and so on.

  There are a lot of heroic deeds recorded in the search, which can make Deng Jian grow up spiritually.

  But at this moment, news came from Chen Li.

  " Lord Hou, Lord Hou...I found it, I found it." Chen Li danced happily.

  Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "What did you find?"

   "Ningbo Mansion...there have indeed been a large number of ships coming and going in the past few years." Chen Lidao: "It seems...these people came and went from the coast of Ningbo."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Then what are you waiting for, go to Ningbo immediately to get someone."

   "No, the person who wants to take it is in the capital." Chen Li said.

  Zhang Anshi with his hands behind his back: "In the capital, what does this mean?"

"In the past few years...the prefect of Ningbo, Chen Hui, has just been promoted to be a servant of the Imperial Academy. Don't you think it's a coincidence? As for the new prefect, it's useless to check. He just took office, and even if there is collusion, the collusion is not deep. .”

  Zhang Anshi was in high spirits at this time. His Majesty was only guessing about the maritime business, but he never expected that the fox's tail would be exposed all of a sudden.

   "Very good." Zhang Anshi said: "Damn it, get me some manpower and go to the Imperial Academy immediately to get someone. This matter is of great importance. Once you get something, it will be a great achievement."

  Chen Li screamed excitedly: "Yes."

   Hundreds of thousands of school captains gathered.

   mighty, until the Imperial Academy.

   The guards of the Hanlin Academy saw that it belonged to the Neiqianhu Office, but no one stopped them.

  There was only one person, and he said with a smile: "I don't know what's going on, can you please..."

   "Get out!" Zhang Anshi said.

   Without saying a word, this person ran away without a trace.

  (end of this chapter)