Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 267 Zhu Di Comes Back
Wait until all the gentry leave.

Guo An had just sat down, and before he had read a few pages of account books, another clerk came in to report.

"Report to Guo Changshi, there are a group of gentry and wealthy businessmen outside!"

Guo An asked, "Are you also a gentry and wealthy businessman from my Beiping Mansion?"

The scribe quickly responded, "Exactly!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "So, let them come in!"

"Yes!"

After a while, more than 20 gentry and wealthy businessmen walked in with flattering expressions.

When seeing Guo An, he greeted him directly.

"The villain Qinghe shop Bian Cong first see Guo Changshi!"

"Old Yuan Zhongda sees Guo Changshi."

"The villain Yu Chong..."

"Everyone, what's the matter here?"

"Guo Changshi made more than a dozen of my candidates in Beiping Mansion all be named on the gold list, and won the title of Jinshi. They are great heroes of Beiping Mansion. I came here specially to thank Guo Changshi!"

"Exactly, for Guo Changshi's great achievement, I'll wait..."

Guo An waved his hand directly, he was not interested in listening to the flattery of these gentry.

"It's a trivial matter, Huang Yuanwai and Zheng Yuanwai, they have already thanked this officer!"

All the gentry's faces froze, and then they were all filled with remorse.

In fact, after they heard that Huang Boqian of the Huang family was first Hui Yuan and second in the list, they repented and slapped themselves twice.

If they had obeyed Guo Changshi's orders last year without conscience, then the children in their family could have passed the Juren examination first, and then the Jinshi examination.

The dragon leaps over the dragon's gate, and the title of the gold list.

In this way, their family status will definitely be promoted directly, and it is not impossible for the family to have a chief envoy or six ministers!

Even if they can't become high-ranking officials, but become a mansion, then their gentry families will immediately become different.

Thinking about it, all the gentlemen looked at each other, and then gritted their teeth fiercely.

"Guo Changshi, it's me who has eyes but no eyes, and we will definitely follow your lead in the future!"

"That's right, Guo Changshi has an order, even if we spend all our wealth, we will never back down!"

"In the past few days, we have built two brick kilns in each family..."

Guo An's expression was startled, and he asked in surprise, "What are you all doing?"

Seeing that Guo An was pretending to be stupid, these gentry couldn't hold back anymore and directly pointed it out.

"Guo Changshi, we are all here too, and we want to ask for a place in the small class of the academy for the heir of the family."

Guo An was taken aback for a moment, then smiled lightly and said, "So that's how it is."

"Don't worry, I will treat the students of the academy equally. As long as the children in your family can pass the exam, they can enter the small classrooms of the academy!"

Hearing this, a gentry hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "May I ask Guo Changshi, since there is already a small class for Jinshi, is there a small class for raising people?"

Guo An's eyes widened, and he stared at the gentry for a while, with a helpless expression on his face.

"Everyone, do you think that if my Palace of Prince Yan wants to let a few scholars pass the examination, do we still need to work hard to set up some kind of school?"

All the gentry couldn't help but widen their eyes and smile all over their faces.

Indeed, according to King Yan's power, those officials in Beiping Mansion dared not give face to King Yan if they wanted a few candidates.

Thinking about it, the eyes of these gentry couldn't help but brighten, and they looked at Guo An expectantly.

"Guo Changshi, I don't know if I'm waiting for my son..."

Guo An interrupted directly, "Everyone, stop thinking about it, the imperial examination is to select truly talented students.

What would happen if His Royal Highness King Yan gave you the back door, or opened a small class? "

"Besides, there is already a small Jinshi class, if there is another small class for raising people, do you think His Majesty can let my academy go around like this?
Or do you think that the matter of the small classroom will not be known by southern scholars?

Or, would my Beiping Mansion or even the entire Northern Confucianism agree to such an unfair thing? "

All the gentry could not help but remain silent.

"In addition, everyone should build less brick kilns, and have a limit in everything. If you build too many, you won't make money..."

Not long after the group of gentry left, Huang Yuanwai and Zheng Yuanwai and other gentry who had just returned home also knew about it.However, they just smiled sarcastically and confidently. How can the icing on the cake compare to the timely delivery of charcoal?

Moreover, they are the family of Jinshi.

As for Guo An's life, it returned to calm.

Every day, in addition to checking the account books, I took Zhu Gaochi to the farm or to various workshops to inspect.

Then, draw a few blueprints for Tao Yiping, Yang Ting and others, or give them ideas and inspirations.

As a result, the Gunpowder Workshop is like a behemoth swallowing gold every day.

Furthermore, Guo Bingyong, Guo Zhi and others are invited to take care of the orchard in his Guo Mansion!
……

During this period, Lao Zhu even made a decree that in order not to increase the burden on the people, he should use the military guard battalion to let the soldiers all over the world learn crafts.

Each guard set up a battalion bureau, and each hundred households selected four soldiers, and at the same time let some weak people in the army learn their own skills, and they had to learn something within one year.

At the same time, the government also provided these military camps with materials such as silk, iron, chopsticks, horns, leather, and paint.

However, with the example of Beiping Mansion, more than half of the world's commanders and envoys are very happy.

Hearing this, Guo An couldn't help being surprised, Lao Zhu was really a coward.

Simultaneously.

There are also good news from northern Xinjiang.

King Zhu Di of Yan led an army to inspect Daning, and met Wuliangha's army in Laoha River.

The army pursued, Wuliangha's army fled and surrendered.

The imperial court ordered that Taining, Fushe, and Duoyan be placed in Wuliangha's army as three guards.

Azha Shili, King of the Yuan and Liao Dynasties, was the commander of the Taining Guard, Haisanan Daxi was the commander of the Fushe Guard, and Tuolu Huchaer was the commander of the Duoyan Guard.

The three guards belonged to the Peking Metropolitan Division and were under the control of the Peking Metropolitan Command Division.

It was a few days later.

Zhu Di led his army back in triumph.

The entire Yan Palace was full of joy.

After Zhu Di finished celebrating, he approached Guo An and asked, "Guo Qing, is there anything wrong with Goryeo?"

Obviously, Zhu Di was still a little worried about the abilities of Jin Zhong, Chang Guoting and others.

"Returning to Your Highness, Goryeo is fine.

It's just that a group of Japanese pirates who don't know where they came from invaded Ganghwa Port every few days..."

After Guo An explained the Japanese pirates in detail, Zhu Di snorted coldly.

"Chen Shou is a bit arrogant, those Japanese pirates obviously tested my Jianghua Island's defense time and time again, and he actually allowed those Japanese pirates to invade again and again.

Those Goryeo barbarians also harbor evil intentions..."

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An said again: "Therefore, after the minister reprimanded the nobles of Goryeo severely, he changed Kaesong, Ganghwa Island, and Yan'an County into the Kingdom of Yan.

All plaques use my Ming characters.

Encourage everyone to speak my Ming language...

They also asked Jin Zhong, Chang Guoting and others to deliberately win over some Goryeo officials, and let these Goryeo officials govern the people of our country of Yan..."

"The concept of the Korean people has long been deeply ingrained in the hearts of those people. Is Guo Qing's method feasible?"

Zhu Di also looked skeptical about Guo An's approach, but he didn't stop him.

Guo An smiled lightly, "Your Highness, this society is in the Yan Kingdom of Korea, and six thousand children of my Daming have already been born."

"Six thousand?"

Zhu Di's eyes widened suddenly, "Where are there so many children..."

After reacting, his face was filled with joy.

"Those bastards are really capable, hahaha, within 20 years, my Koryo Yan Kingdom will have tens of thousands of my Ming people."

Guo An: "..."

"Your Highness, I'm going to let the gunpowder workshop make another batch of grenades and incendiary bombs..."

"Right now, Koryo's shipyards can produce large ships. When the autumn harvest is completed, winter will be approaching, or next spring, I suggest that I, Yanshan Wei, take some Koryo troops to attack the Japanese country."

"Attack the Wa country?"

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, "Wa is richer than Goryeo?"

Guo An nodded heavily, "Your Highness, Wa is richer than Korea."

Zhu Di said: "After the autumn harvest, Yanshan Guards can send [-] troops, and Goryeo can send [-] troops. Can the Japanese be conquered?"

Guo An shook his head slowly, "Your Highness, I don't like those Korean generals!"

Zhu Di wondered, "Then why did Guo Qing go to attack?"

"Practice!"

Guo An said: "His Royal Highness, the soldiers of the Yan Palace alone are not enough to take down the Wa Kingdom.

And His Majesty, it is impossible to send troops.

Therefore, only the Goryeo soldiers can be the biggest help for our Yan Palace to attack the Japanese country.

Moreover, the people of Goryeo have been robbed by Japanese pirates for so long, and the Goryeo soldiers hated the Japanese country even more. With the help of Goryeo soldiers, it will get twice the result with half the effort. "

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An strangely, "Why do we think that Guo Qing hates Japanese pirates even more than those Koreans?"

Guo An said with a straight face: "Don't your Highness hate those Japanese pirates from Daming who often come to rob me?"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We really hate it."

Guo Andao: "The same is true for my humble minister."

Zhu Di asked again: "But why did Guo Qing go to attack Japanese pirates after winter or spring?

At that time, the weather was cold and it was not the time to send troops. "

Guo An said: "His Royal Highness, every summer, there will be heavy storms around the country of Wa, which will last until after the autumn harvest.

This is also the reason why the Bei Yuan sent troops to attack the Wa country twice, but they both encountered strong winds and had to retreat! "

"Is that so?"

Zhu Di was startled.

"Exactly!" Guo An nodded slightly.

Zhu Di said: "In this case, I will follow Guo Qing's will. Anyway, they are all Koreans. Tens of thousands of deaths will be more beneficial to my Yan Palace!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An's face brightened.

Subsequently.

Zhu Di thought of something, and asked again: "Guo Qing, now the emperor has ordered soldiers from all over the country to learn crafts. We have only been back for a few days, and someone has come to the door, wanting some skills from our house, especially wool fabrics. And cement skills, Guo Qing thinks it can be sold?"

"Absolutely not!"

Guo An's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly refused.

"Your Highness, the imperial court also has woolen fabrics and cement skills, they can just ask His Majesty or His Royal Highness the Prince.

Your Highness is just a vassal king, you should keep a distance from those generals in the army..."

"keep distance?"

Zhu Di thought for a moment, then got angry, "We are King Yan of Ming Dynasty, why should we be so cautious?"

"Your Highness, calm down!"

Guo An quickly pleaded guilty.

"Okay, okay!"

Zhu Di waved his hands irritably, "We can just reject those generals..."

"Your Highness is wise!"

……

For the next period of time, nothing major happened in the entire Beiping Mansion.

And Zhu Di is a person who can't stay idle.

Naturally, Guo An wanted to be free, but he couldn't.

Therefore, less than a month after Zhu Di came back, he dragged Guo An again and went to Korea.

This time, Zhu Di actually brought Zhu Gaochi with him.

Zhu Gaochi was very excited when he went to sea for the first time. Along the way, he asked all kinds of questions. Before arriving in Korea, Guo An already suspected that Zhu Gaochi could be the chief steward of the ship!
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(End of this chapter)