Daming: I asked you to supervise the country, Daming is all crazy?

Chapter 104 Zhu Zhanji: The Zhu family does not lie to the Zhu family! ! !

"I heard that a few days ago, my third uncle secretly returned to Yingtian and stayed at the Hualian Temple in the south of the city. My nephew was busy with government affairs and was negligent. Just when I was free, I found that my third uncle hurried north again. This time I came back Now, third uncle has to stay well, and must not leave in a hurry like last time, after all, my nephew still has many questions that I want to ask third uncle."

Zhu Zhanji smiled, paused, and added: "By the way, Uncle San is now a commoner, and according to Grandpa's order, Uncle San should belong to refugees now. It just so happens that the refugees in Yingtian are all arranged in a unified way. It's time for me to ask someone to arrange a better place for third uncle!"

Zhu Gaosui's face turned dark.

This eldest nephew is planning to resettle him with other refugees?
But he still couldn't say anything, after all, his old man really said so, he felt a little depressed,
Glancing at Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Gaosui thought about it, then suddenly laughed again, and said, "The eldest nephew must arrange a safer place for the third uncle. I heard that the eldest nephew was assassinated some time ago. These rebels are now I don't know where I went, if I find your third uncle, it will be bad!"

Hearing Zhu Gaosui's words, Zhu Zhanji's heart moved. He glanced at Zhu Gaosui thoughtfully, and then asked, "Does Third Uncle know who the person who assassinated me is? And who is the mastermind behind this?"

Zhu Gaosui's eyes flicked across Zhu Zhanji's body slightly, a thought flashed in his eyes, and then he turned his eyes and said: "If you say you don't know, you must not believe it, nephew, but I don't know much. People have something to do with Jianwen's remnants, but it's a pity that your third uncle and I were not in Yingtian at the time, otherwise I would have to arrest these people for you, eldest nephew, and flay them as grass!"

"is it?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled slightly, and then said: "But I heard that these people have something to do with the second uncle, but I don't know if it's true?"

"Heh...hehe!" Zhu Gaosui showed a dry smile on his face, and couldn't help saying: "I don't understand what my nephew just said, your third uncle, how could your second uncle have anything to do with Jianwen?!"

"It's okay if you don't understand!"

Zhu Zhanji took a sip from the teacup, paused for a while, and then smiled and said: "Uncle San is a smart man, but sometimes he has to keep his eyes open, who should be believed and who should not be believed, Third Uncle should have a solid foundation in his heart, otherwise he would be mistaken for his cleverness."

"For example, something like sharing the world, sometimes it's good to listen to it, just like grandpa back then, grandpa was kind, and King Ning saved his life anyway, but what if it was done by someone else..."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head while talking, and when he looked at Zhu Gaosui, he showed a playful expression on his face, and said with a smile:

"Third Uncle, tell me, if Second Uncle told you to share the world one day, would you believe it? If you believed it, guess who would end better between you and King Ning?"

"you………"

When Zhu Gaosui heard Zhu Zhanji's words, his heart jumped a few times in disappointment.

Subconsciously, I almost shouted "How do you know!"

Fortunately, it was stopped in time.

But even so, his heart was still a little overwhelmed.

There is an inner ghost around Hanwang!
This idea came to Zhu Gaosui's mind immediately.

He can be sure that his eldest nephew is definitely insinuating that Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu told him about the common world that day.

But when he thought about it carefully, he was very sure that the only person present that day was Zhu Gaoxu himself, and there was absolutely no third person present.

Zhu Gaosui looked at Zhu Zhanji with some doubts.

The unknown is what worries us the most.

If someone was there at the time and Zhu Zhanji got the news, he would be calmer.

After all, they belong to the prince's son and grandson anyway, who wouldn't guard against whom, who wouldn't raise a few undercover agents?

But the problem is that this undercover agent can clearly hear the conspiracy between him and Zhu Gaoxu, which is very scary.

In this way, when he talks to Zhu Gaoxu next time, where will there be any secrets?

At the same time, he couldn't help being a little silent about the meaning of Zhu Zhanji's words.

The matter between my old man and King Ning is not a secret, everyone who knows it knows it.

Not only did the old man fail to fulfill his promise, but he also conferred the original fiefdom of King Ning to Duoyan Sanwei.

King Ning promised to let King Ning choose his fief, but Suzhou didn’t give it to him, and Qiantang didn’t give it to him. Whenever King Ning wanted something, he would find a reason to prevaricate it. In the end, Nanchang was sealed off, and even let him use the official residence of the chief envoy as his palace. , Not even expansion is allowed!
How does my second elder brother look like my old man?

And this time he was demoted as a refugee by Zhu Di, which made him see Zhu Gaoxu's face clearly.

My second elder brother is not someone who shares weal and woe.

I was demoted twice, and it seems that the reason is that Zhu Gaoxu asked himself to make it easier for Jianwen's remnants.

As a result, when I had two accidents, the second brother just begged for a little bit, like a cutscene, and then ignored it.

He could almost imagine that if one day, this second brother took that position.

What kind of ending will it be?

He ended up like King Ning, in the words of his eldest nephew, Zhu Gaoxu was kind.

It can't be said that a lifetime of confinement is his final outcome.

Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Gaosui with a somewhat complicated face, and was a little funny. The reason why he told this matter was naturally to scare the third uncle, and then by the way, separate the relationship between the third uncle and the second uncle .

This third uncle has no guts and only dared to make small reports, but when he united with his second uncle, he just made up for this shortcoming.

It is purely one who dares to speak and one who dares to do.

In the past, he often made things difficult for his stupid father, and from time to time he liked to go to his grandfather to sow discord.

Zhu Zhanji just repaid him in his own way.

It would be nice if the relationship between the third uncle and the second uncle could be made worse.

But this kind of thing can't be said too much, it can only be stopped.

Too much and it will look deliberate.

When Zhu Zhanji saw the complicated expression on Zhu Gaosui's face, he immediately changed the subject and talked about the business of meeting this third uncle, saying:
"By the way, third uncle, do you still remember Ma Bao?"

Zhu Gaosui was still thinking about King Ning's lessons learned.

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, he said, "Of course I remember. I don't know what the eldest nephew suddenly mentioned about Brother Ma Bao?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "In November of the tenth year of Yongle, my grandfather ordered Ma Bao, Wang Jinghong and others to lead an army of more than [-] people, and sent envoys to small countries such as Manga, Java, Champa, and Sumatra. , the fleet set off last year, counting the time, the fleet should be returning home soon."

Seeing Zhu Gaosui's puzzled expression, Zhu Zhanji continued: "Once Ma Bao returns home and takes a short rest, the next voyage to the West is just around the corner. After Ma Bao returns, I will be fully responsible for the next voyage to the West."

"What do you mean, big nephew?"

Zhu Gaosui frowned, more puzzled, some did not understand why Zhu Zhanji suddenly mentioned the voyage to the West.

He is not very interested in voyages to the West. In his opinion, those countries in the southwest of Ming Dynasty are poor and weak, and there is nothing worth noting at all.

If it weren't for the large number of countries, it can be said that there is almost no benefit for Da Ming to gather the number of nations coming to the court and reflect the status of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Taking charge of this matter is completely a thankless task.

So I was even more puzzled, wondering what Zhu Zhanji was planning to do when he suddenly mentioned this matter.

Hearing Zhu Gaosui's words, Zhu Zhanji explained unhurriedly: "I mean, I want my third uncle to go out with Ma Bao for a walk, to see the world outside Daming."

"The world outside Daming?"

Zhu Gaosui frowned when he heard this, and fell into deep thought.

My eldest nephew is too troublesome.

He actually wanted to send him to the West, who knew what would happen along the way?

You must know that sailing to the West is not a foolproof thing.

Not to mention some disasters at sea, those small countries with few people, some people with little knowledge, it is not uncommon to see the Deming Fleet looking for money.

Because of this incident, Zheng He's voyages to the West did a lot of things to destroy the country.

Many times it was even more dangerous. I was a majestic prince, and I didn't wait for Daming to go to those places. Isn't this sick?

Those small countries are not like the Oirat Tatars. They defeated the Oirat Tatars, and they can still get some credit.

Defeated those small countries?There is no bullshit, even if he captures the king of a country, his father, it is at best a consoling compliment.

What bullshit is the world outside Daming? In his opinion, the world outside Daming is only the north. As for the south, what can there be in the south of Daming?
So after hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Gaosui just thought about it, then shook his head without hesitation and said, "I said nephew, aren't you torturing your third uncle? Let your third uncle go to the West with Ma Bao? Then On the sea, don’t go in front of the village and don’t go back to the store, if something bad happens, I will explain to your third uncle, don’t go, no matter what I say, I won’t go!”

Are you kidding me?
If there are no benefits, there are still a lot of dangers. Even if it is a dog, a dog wouldn't do this kind of thing, right?
Zhu Zhanji was not surprised when he heard Zhu Gaosui's words, he smiled, and said without a word: "I heard that some time ago, the third uncle arranged for someone to inquire about Xinyan?"

"Cough cough!"

Zhu Gaosui's face changed when he heard the words, he coughed dryly, and denied without hesitation: "Impossible, I did not do such a thing, nephew, you can't talk nonsense and slander your third uncle's innocence out of thin air. Let your grandpa know, your third uncle will not be well, and certainly not you."

Zhu Zhanji was a little funny when he heard that the third uncle denied Sanlian without hesitation.

Regarding this matter, he frightened the third uncle away last time, and then asked Zhang Mao to find a reason to arrest the abbot of Hualian Temple, and tortured him with a few monks.

In fact, he admired this third uncle quite a lot in his heart. Even he, the inventor of the new salt, only dared to take [-]% of the salt tax in addition to the salt tax. He dared not touch the salt tax. Even if it is the final benefit, [-]% of the big head has to be allocated to Zhu Di.

The third uncle is lucky, he directly came up with the idea of ​​a new salt mine in private, not to mention whether it can be done, if it does, the profit of the new salt will drop sharply by then, and his grandpa will probably lose it in an instant Flip.

Zhu Zhanji guessed that this time there was no need to wait for the end of the Northern Expedition to restore the identity of the third uncle. The third uncle could choose a cemetery with good geomantic omen.

However, Zhu Zhanji didn't say this to scare the third uncle. When he heard the third uncle's denial, he just smiled and said: "Whether there is such a thing or not, it seems that the third uncle should be Are you short of money?"

Zhu Gaosui: "..."

"I heard that the woolen yarn and the new salt were made by my elder nephew. Your grandpa even handed over the internal money to you, and let you spend it as you like. Now the elder nephew can stand up and talk without pain in his back. Your third uncle doesn't have you." Such good luck, look at your third uncle..."

As Zhu Gaosui spoke, he tugged at his tattered clothes, and then laughed at himself: "Your third uncle is a refugee now, let alone money, even if he is eating, he probably won't be able to eat warm food."

You did it yourself!

Looking at Zhu Gaosui with a self-deprecating face, Zhu Zhanji curled his lips, a little contempt in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, so he pointed out:

"Since the third uncle is short of money, I think it's better for the third uncle to go and have a look on this trip to the West."

"No, I won't go even if I don't have money!" Zhu Gaosui shook his head without thinking.

Zhu Zhanji smiled: "What if I say that gold is everywhere overseas? As long as there is a boat, the profit from the next trip to the West can even be several times the profit from the new salt. Doesn't the third uncle want to go?"

"I won't go, I won't go even if there's gold everywhere!"

Zhu Gaosui subconsciously refused, and after finishing speaking, he paused slightly, looked at Zhu Zhanji with some doubts, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked:

"Eldest nephew, that... what did you just say is several times more beneficial than new salt?"

Zhu Zhanji: →_→

Glancing at Zhu Gaosui who was blinking and seemed a little unresponsive, Zhu Zhanji repeated lightly again: "I said, as long as there are enough ships, the profits from sailing to the west will be several times that of Xinyan. This time, third uncle Can you hear me clearly?"

"really?"

Zhu Gaosui's eyes lit up, and then he stared at Zhu Zhanji suspiciously and said, "Nephew, don't fool your third uncle, if you can make money by sailing to the West, the people from the household department will write to your grandfather every day Stop voyages?"

"Third uncle, it seems that your news is a little behind!"

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "The Household Department's objection to voyages is not because voyages can't make money, but because they don't make money."

Zhu Zhanji made a nonsense casually, and then continued: "Now grandpa has entrusted me with the voyage to the West. After Xia Yuanji heard about it, he immediately invested 500 million taels of silver in it, just to take advantage of the voyage in the voyage to the West." Third Uncle, do you think that with Xia Yuanji's shrewdness, he will make a loss-making business?"

"That won't!"

Zhu Gaosui knew a little about Xia Yuanji.

This Minister of the Household Department is notoriously stingy. He wished that one tael of silver would be divided into two halves. Let him invest 500 million taels of silver and only take part of the profit. Obviously, this part of the profit far exceeds the 500 million taels of silver. It is!
It's just that he doesn't know whether Zhu Zhanji is lying to him.

Moreover, his relationship with Zhu Zhanji is not good. Will this elder nephew give him such a good thing?
This made him have to doubt the motives of this eldest nephew.

Seemingly seeing Zhu Gaosui's thoughts, Zhu Zhanji just smiled and said: "Of course, as I said just now, if the third uncle chooses to follow Ma Bao to go to the West, he must give up the money he earned. They are clearly recorded, and after the third uncle comes back, the third uncle will convey them to the vassal kings one by one!"

"Do you want all the vassal kings to go to the West?"

Zhu Gaosui was taken aback when he heard the words, and then understood the meaning of Zhu Zhanji's words, but at the same time he looked at Zhu Zhanji with some puzzlement, completely confused, what would Zhu Zhanji get by doing this?
Because no matter how you look at it, even if those feudal lords really went to sea at that time and made a profit, it seems that it has nothing to do with this eldest nephew.

These vassal kings are not easy to get along with, and he doesn't believe that this eldest nephew can make these vassal kings spit out the meat they eat in their mouths.

Zhu Zhanji didn't bother to explain so much. Hearing the third uncle's question, he said: "The other third uncles don't need to ask more questions. The third uncle can give me an answer. Next year, the third uncle will go to the West." go?"

Zhu Gaosui was a little hesitant when he heard the words. He always had some doubts about Zhu Zhanji's words. Looking at Zhu Zhanji with a calm face, he couldn't help asking again: "Nephew, tell third uncle what's on your mind. Can earn so much?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Of course it is true!"

Seeing that Zhu Gaosui was still hesitating, Zhu Zhanji curled his lips and added:

"The Zhu family will not lie to the Zhu family!"

(End of this chapter)