Jinyi champion

On the fourth day of February, Huang Zan's transfer to the Minister of the Household Department was completely settled.

No one in the court thought it was so strange.

A cabinet elder who used to discuss etiquette as a Hanlin scholar has no hope of being the chief assistant. No matter how good he is in the cabinet, he is still not as powerful as the Hubu Shangshu. Previously, Huang Zan could not be transferred to Beihubu Shangshu mainly because of the powerful Sun Jiao. Obstacles exist.

However, Qin Jin, the former Minister of the Household Department, was not recruited as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but continued to go back to be his Minister of the Ministry of War.

Li Yue, who had just been promoted to be Minister of the Ministry of War, was directly assigned to be Minister of the Ministry of Households in Nanjing this time...

This surprised the North Koreans.

Because Li Yue was formerly a member of Yang Tinghe, although he did not clearly side with Yang Tinghe during the military power struggle in the Northwest, but later Li Yue was mostly regulated by Peng Ze. This time he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War.

Now all the ministers know that Li Yue was just digging a hole to be Minister of the Ministry of War. In fact, it was more to humiliate him. Nanhubu Shangshu estimated that Li Yue would not last long.

After going around for a while, Qiao Yu still stayed in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Even he himself felt that he had been doing this job for too long, and he wanted to retreat. He didn't know what the emperor thought. He, once a staunch ally of Yang Tinghe, is the head of the most eye-catching six departments.

However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this Minister of the Ministry of Officials is actually prepared for Yang Yiqing. Although the matter of Yang Yiqing's return to the court has not been finalized, if Qin Jin or Huang Zan is transferred to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials before Yang Yiqing agrees, it will be a big deal. It was a humiliation to Yang Yiqing, not done by a wise man.

Yang Yiqing succeeds Qiao Yu, this kind of rotation will be more reasonable.

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Anyway.

Huang Zan finally returned to his familiar position. Immediately after taking office, he was faced with the problem of money and grain allocation in the northwest region after the beginning of spring, and Su Xigui, who lived in Xishan, was finally going to get busy.

The first thing Su Xigui did was to go to Zhu Hao and express his "thank you" to Zhu Hao. His method was not rigid, and he directly ordered 3 taels of silver notes, ready to give them to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao asked with a smile: "Su Dongzhu, is a household secretary only worth 3 taels?"

"Eh? How much is that?"

Su Xigui didn't seem to have a clear idea of ​​the price tag.

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Haha, I won't accept you no matter how much. I asked Huang Gong at the beginning, he chose to become a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and then joined the cabinet. It’s just changing from Nantobe Hall to Beitobe Hall, there’s not much difference.”

"Great difference."

Su Xigui shook his head again and again, and said, "It's almost a world of difference."

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "That's because he has the ability. Otherwise, why didn't the court even have the slightest objection after His Majesty announced the matter?"

"Ha ha."

Su Xigui is quite proud of this.

Huang Zan can't do anything else, but he has many years of experience in managing money and food, and he is second to none in the court.In addition, at the beginning Huang Zan started his business by relying on Zhu Hao's method of drying salt, and most of the officials in the household department obeyed his words.

Zhu Hao was standing on the newly repaired tower at this time, looking at the group of people going away.

"Did you see them?"

Zhu Hao pointed to the long queue of convoys and people in front of him.

Huang Zan said: "I heard that they are all going to Juyongguan to build the railway, and the north is gradually thawing, and the road construction should be vigorously promoted... Could it be that the little master thinks that the funds are not enough and wants me to pay more?"

It seems that whatever Huang Zan said, he would mention silver in a few words.

Zhu Hao shook his head: "Money is second. What I'm thinking about now is not how to build the railway, but the shipyard in Tianjin. I wonder if I can recruit a group of people to go overseas with the newly formed fleet! It is best to have A man with extensive sailing experience."

"what?"

Huang Zan was stunned.

I tell you west, you tell me east?So do you want the 3 taels of silver?Too little?Or are you going to cash in another way?

Zhu Hao said: "Su Dongzhu, have you heard of Frangji?"

"Uh……"

Huang Zan was startled, then shook his head and said, "I heard that they are the red-haired pirates along the coast. Originally, they had paid tribute to Daming, but then there was a lot of trouble. There have always been rumors of them doing business with pirates in the southeast. , doing business with Daming... with a variety of means."

Zhu Haodao: "I want to find a group of Frang Robots as guides to start a great voyage."

"Huh? Will they... listen to us?"

Su Xigui looked puzzled.

He can understand the recruitment of people, but it is beyond Su Xigui's ability to figure out what kind of Frangji people to find.

Zhu Hao knew very well that Columbus had already discovered the New World at this time, and that magical and vast land was no longer a mysterious and primitive wild land. A piece of jade in the rough, untouched by humans.

The Francobots have new European firearms and experience in large voyages. At the same time, they are also very good at dealing with the natives on the island.

Although this group of people is bloodthirsty and cruel, Zhu Hao believes that there is a smarter way to force them to provide guide errands, allowing Da Ming's fleet to cross tens of thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean and enter the sea without navigation. to the west coast of America.

"Don't Master Su try to help me? You don't need to spend any money. Didn't you always have business in Nanjing? It shouldn't be difficult to find a few Frangji people, right? Besides, after the new emperor ascends the throne, they can No tribute has been delivered."

What Zhu Hao meant was that he could have a courtesy contact with Frangji.

After deceiving people to the capital, how to deal with them is up to these people to decide. Zhu Hao has plenty of ways to make them submit.

It can be coercion, inducement, or both.

Su Xigui smiled bitterly and said, "Then I will try it."

"Ah."

Of course Zhu Hao wanted to try, and he couldn't go away now, he couldn't find the Frang robot with sailing experience in person, so he had to ask Su Xigui to come forward on his behalf.

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Sun Lan has always lived in Xishan and never returned to the capital.

In addition to visiting the scenery of Xishan, she usually goes to some workshops. There is also Zhu Hao’s weaving workshop in Xishan. Just like it doesn't cost money, the loom is bigger and the cloth woven is wider.

And there are all kinds of cloth, and Sun Lan even wants to move his family to Xishan.

Zhu Hao is basically busy during the day, and he only spends time with Sun Lan at night.

Zhu Hao was busy in the laboratory that day, but he had to meet an "uninvited guest" who was Zhu San who had been granted 1 taels of silver by Zhu Si and was allowed to go to Xishan to practice Taoism.

As for what the siblings are going to do, Zhu Hao doesn't know, but there is one thing Zhu Hao knows, Zhu Sanzi's intention is not in the Taoist temple, but in him.

Sure enough, Zhu San chose the location to build the Taoist temple, asked people to pitch the tent, moved a chair and sat at the door of the tent, waiting for Zhu Hao to come to the door, and beside him stood Lu Bing with a bitter face... He had the opportunity to follow The road construction team went to Juyongguan, but was blocked by Zhu San because of the two-day delay.

"A Bing, look, that heartless person is coming!"

Zhu San intentionally used the tone of an old lady, with strong resentment in his tone, which made Zhu Hao feel that this woman was difficult to deal with.

Although Zhu San is considered an "old leftover woman" in this era, she was only born in the first year of Zhengde, no matter how talented she is, and she has not even passed her birthday, so she is a minor.

When Zhu Hao saw Zhu San's appearance, he felt that this woman must be a bit of a demon.

"Princess, what are you doing? Come to Xishan to build a temple?" Zhu Hao walked over and waved his hands, meaning to tell Lu Bing to leave quickly, so as not to be entangled by Zhu San again.

Lu Bingru was pardoned, and was about to run away, but was stopped by Zhu San: "I didn't let you go, how dare you move?"

Lu Bing said: "Princess, can you leave me alone? I... I don't know anything. Besides, my father has already promised me a marriage, and we will get married in two years..."

Lu Bing was not dull at this time, he knew very well that Zhu San was a hot potato, and he also knew that Zhu San only had Zhu Hao in his heart.

Of course, Lu Bing was also afraid of being bullied by Zhu San. If Zhu San couldn't think about it and insisted on marrying Lu Bing...then things would be terrible.

Zhu San was annoyed: "Is this the princess who scares you so much? What about a marriage promise... You are only a little kid, and you really think you are an adult when you wear a brocade uniform?"

Zhu Hao ignored Zhu San's threats, and directly ordered: "Lu Bing, you still have something to do in the camp, so do it now! This is a military order, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Order!"

Lu Bing didn't look back this time, and went straight.

Anyway, the responsibility is on Zhu Hao, if Zhu San is not satisfied, just ask Zhu Hao to settle the score.

The key is……

Does Zhu San have the ability to settle Zhu Hao's account?Even Lu Bing felt... very nervous.

What about the princess?

Or do you want to marry, but others don't?
After Lu Bing left, Zhu San's followers were all hiding in the distance. When Zhu San was alone with Zhu Hao, her expression was not as strong as before. She probably knew that compared to a lady like Sun Lan , her biggest disadvantage is that she is unruly and willful.

"I know, she... has been here all along, hasn't she?" Zhu San asked.

Zhu Hao said: "Are you talking about your wife? She's been here all this time, and we get along very well, and the husband and wife treat each other like guests!"

"you……"

Zhu San felt that what Zhu Hao said was deliberately poking at the most vulnerable place in her heart.

Zhu Hao put on a posture of "what else do you want to hear", meaning that as long as you ask, I can continue to talk about Sun Lan's goodness and the sweetness of our life.

Zhu Sandao: "I know that your husband and wife love each other, but... I can do it too. And... I don't mind..."

"You don't mind what?"

Zhu Hao asked.

Zhu San pouted and said, "I don't mind being small."

Zhu Hao said angrily: "Your Highness, although you are not the daughter of His Majesty, you are also the eldest princess of Daming. Don't say that you are not qualified to be a concubine with others. Even if you really want to, I dare not accept it. I am just a courtier of Daming , I also have to take into account what the courtiers think of me. Please take back these words, there is no possibility between you and me."