Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 434 Huang Ming Zong Rules
"Uuuuuu——"

"Noisy!"

During the spring boudoir period in August, in Guilin Mansion, which has beautiful scenery, Xie Jin, who was sitting in the yamen and dressed in official uniform, couldn't help but curse secretly.

The sound of the horn was the sound of the army gathering for training in the city, and it made Jie Jin, who liked to relax, noisy every day.

Of course, in addition to the army, he was also particularly unhappy with the busy Chief Envoy Si Yamen of Guangxi.

After the generals from the southwest went to Nanjing to report on their duties and discussed with Zhu Gaoxu how to counter the rebellion of the Guangxi chieftain, the entire southwest began to move.

The two major granaries of Sichuan and Jiaozhi continuously transported grain to Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, and soldiers and horses from various places were also dispatched to Guangxi.

At present, there are already as many as 120,000 soldiers and horses in Guangxi. Worried about the shortage of civilians, Muchun and others also recruited 60,000 to 70,000 civilians from Guizhou, Jiaozhi, Yunnan, Guangdong, and Huguang to enter Guangxi.

Of course, this number of civilians is simply not enough to maintain the army.

Due to the shortage of draft horses in the southwest, recruiting civilian men was the top priority of the Guangxi Chief Envoy.

The wasteland on the plains will be developed into cultivated land, and the wasteland in the hills and mountains will be opened up into future rubber forests.

Suddenly, he stood up, and several officials working with him stood up and bowed: "Excuse me, Councilor."

The book "Ancient Tang Book" alone has pushed Chinese history to the period of Emperor Yao, and further forward are the remaining books such as "Three Tombs", "Five Codes", "Ba Suo" and "Jiu Qiu" roll.

Of course, what Zhu Gaoxu paid the most attention to was the contents of his private goods.

The disadvantage of this is that it is too slow, but the advantage is that it will not trouble the people.

However, he was too forgetful, so he only glanced at her for a few times and then walked out.

"Isn't that Counselor Jie?"

They were artificially tampered with and erased, and Zhu Gaoxu also artificially revealed them to the world again.

As one of the most important basic materials for the future Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu naturally had to arrange the sowing of rubber trees in advance, and rubber trees would also become an important income for the people in the tropical areas of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, officials in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiaozhi and other places have to be busy planting rubber trees.

"Well it's him."

In the Museum of Ancient and Modern Classics, Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Gaoxu, wearing black robes, roughly explained the situation of "Yongle Dadian".

At present, the southwestern provinces are mainly urging Changshan prisoners of war in Jiaozhi to reclaim wasteland.

Regarding the promotion of various new crops, Zhu Gaoxu chose the government to take the lead in cultivation. After the people around him saw enough economic benefits, the people would naturally follow suit.

In their opinion, Xie Jin's good days are not long ago, and now they are waiting for him to make a big mistake, which will implicate a huge Jiangzuo.

Thinking of this, the two quickened their pace, but Zhu Gaoxu, who was thousands of miles away, did not set his sights on Jie Jin.

Zhao Gui snorted coldly, Xu Shuo also looked unhappy, shook his head and walked into the yamen.

His idea was good, but it was a bit frustrating for Xie Jin.

It may not seem like much, but for the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which has only a small number of words, a few thousand words are enough to rewrite a history, not to mention Zhu Gaoxu's summary of the "Ancient Tang Book", "Yu Book", "Xia Book", "Shang Shu" and other ancient books from the Tang, Yu, Xia and Shang dynasties.

The left and right councilors of the Chief Envoy often need to do the work of supervising the grain road. The so-called grain road is the yamen responsible for collecting land taxes. Normally, a political councilor and a councilor are in charge of both.

These books all record the historical materials of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period as well as some ghosts and gods. They are clearly recorded in the "Zuo Zhuan" and even the "Book of Han". However, they have been altered by nature and man in the long history. Obliterated and lost.

It has been three months since they took office, and they have helped Jie Jin wipe his ass in the past three months.

"I'm not feeling well, so I'm taking half a month off." Xie Jin said to everyone, and then walked out of the Yamen.

He asked people to compile the historical materials of these four pre-Qin periods according to the times, and then mixed them with personal information.

It is now the eleventh year of Yongle. After more than three years of assessment, Xu Shuo and Zhao Gui have been promoted one after another.

Of course, this was not in vain, because everything Xie Jin did was reported to the Chunhe Hall.

"During duty hours, you can come when you want and leave when you want... Humph!"

But even so, Xie Jin still found it very troublesome.

Only the "Eastern Classic of Great Wilderness" and "Eastern Classic of the Sea" in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" contained approximately several thousand words of private information.

Standing at the door of the Yamen, looking at Jie Jin getting on the carriage and driving away, Zhao Gui communicated softly with Xu Shuo, with some blatant disdain in his eyes.

Seeing his appearance, several officials looked at each other in confusion. As Xie Jin walked out of the yamen, he happened to run into two familiar figures.

Compared with the original "Yongle Dadian" in history, the "Yongle Dadian" before Zhu Gaoxu and others undoubtedly contains more books.

The life span of a rubber tree is generally twenty-five to thirty years. Generally speaking, rubber tapping can begin two to three years after planting, but the optimal tapping time is usually around six to seven years.

"The whole book contains sixty-seven volumes in the table of contents alone, totaling more than 23,400 volumes, more than 12,000 volumes, and about 390 million words. It collects astronomy, geography, classics, history, zi, and collections. There are 8,726 ancient and modern books on medicine, divination, Taoist scriptures, drama, crafts, and agriculture, covering books that have survived from the Central Plains for tens of thousands of years."

With Jian Yi's recommendation and Yi Shiha's operation, they came to Guangxi, which was considered to be more difficult, as they wished, and served as the chief envoy, Si Zuo Councilor, and the prefect of Guilin.

In other words, Xu Shuo and Xie Jin are of the same grade, but this is not good news.

Xie Jin was assigned to such a thing, but with his status, he did not need to go to the local inspection, he only needed to sit in the yamen and eat delicious food, and the remote control command was enough.

At this moment, he was in the "Pavilion of Ancient and Modern Classics", admiring the completely finalized "Yongle Dadian".

It is undoubtedly a boring and labor-intensive task to urge Changshan barbarians and Jiaozhi defeated prisoners of war to reclaim wasteland.

Due to the large number of matters, occasionally it is necessary to consult with the left and right to solve the problem. However, if we are counting on Jie Jin, it is better for Xu Shuo to count on Zhao Gui.

In addition to various cultural and technical books circulating on the market, new books and new content promoted by the New Deal education over the years are also included.

The events recorded above are not much different from those recorded in "Zuo Zhuan", "Historical Records", and "Shang Shu", but many small episodes will be added to the content, such as the affairs of the people of Beizhou and Dongzhou.

Once this is done, and coupled with the conflicts between Europe and Eastern Europe in the future, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to comfortably make a lot of money from the Ming Dynasty Triangular Trade, and slowly assimilate the local people through culture and commodities.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu closed the contents of "Three Tombs and Five Codes" and put the book back on the bookshelf.

He glanced at this place where all the cultural treasures of China since Yongle were stored, turned his back to Yao Guangxiao and asked:

"Master, how about the engraving for printing?"

"It's done and can be printed at any time." Yao Guangxiao stood behind Zhu Gaoxu and said softly, and then said:
"We only need to rub the copy and then have 1,500 craftsmen print it. Twenty copies can be printed in about a year."

"However, according to the calculations of the officials below, printing a copy will probably cost more than three thousand dollars."

It has to be said that the movable type printing invented by Bi Sheng is indeed easy to use, and the copper movable type printing avoids the errors of engraving fonts, but it is more difficult to make than wood.

"It's just more than three thousand strings."

Faced with the cost of rubbings, Zhu Gaoxu said without hesitation: "First print twenty copies and place them in the libraries of South Beijing and various middle schools."

After finishing his words, Zhu Gaoxu looked back at Yao Guangxiao: "Young Master, do you think I will force my father to abdicate?"

Zhu Gaoxu's words changed so quickly that Yao Guangxiao couldn't keep up.

"Does Your Highness need it?" Yao Guangxiao asked Zhu Gaoxu. After all, he had heard from Zhu Di the agreements reached between the two father and son.

In Yao Guangxiao's view, Zhu Di was indeed reluctant to give up power, but if the Northern Expedition could be maintained, then there was no need for Zhu Di to be persistent, or even cause a rift between father and son.

Zhu Di could never be cruel to these three sons.

If the son of another concubine dares to speak to Zhu Di in Zhu Gaoxu's tone, then even if the bastard has great ability and power, Zhu Di will find a way to uproot him.

But facing Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di could only sigh and silently accept the outcome.

After Yao Guangxiao finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu also touched his mustache and said to him: "Young Master is extremely talented, and the court still needs Young Master."

"The poor monk is too old to be used. I only want to be with the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng." Yao Guangxiao bowed and declined Zhu Gaoxu's invitation.

This rejection was expected by Zhu Gaoxu, but he was still inevitably a little disappointed.

Obviously, Yao Guangxiao is not willing to bet on the future. After all, he has seen too many historical materials about cunning rabbits dying and lackeys being cooked.

Because of this, Yao Guangxiao did not choose anyone between Zhu Di and him, but silently ate and chanted Buddha's name at Jiming Temple.

Regarding the matters arranged for him by Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu, he did as he wished without any personal gain.

The old monk's attitude was very obvious, but Zhu Gaoxu, who cherished his talent, still felt regretful.

"After the construction of the Great Baoen Temple is completed, the young master can move there and continue chanting sutras."

Zhu Gaoxu gave an explanation and saw Yao Guangxiao bowing and retreating.

Seeing this, he also walked out of the Ancient and Modern Classics Hall and took a carriage to return to Chunhe Hall.

But on his way back to Chunhe Hall, he saw Yishiha trotting towards him from a distance with a hurried look on his face.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand to stop Bu Yu from moving forward, and then saw Yishiha trotting up to his side and kneeling down and kowtow. This move gave Zhu Gaojiu a bad premonition in his heart.

"News came from the Sixth Army Governor's Mansion that Song Sheng, the Marquis of Xining, passed away ten days ago and lived to be sixty-nine years old."

"In addition, news came from the Sixth Ministry that Yu Xin, the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, passed away two days ago with a life span of sixty-five years..."

Yishiha's panting voice kept echoing in Zhu Gaoxu's mind. He had never interacted with Song Sheng, and he did not remember how long Song Sheng lived, so he still wanted to let Song Sheng shine during the future Western Expedition.

But I didn't expect that Song Sheng couldn't even wait for so many years, so he left first.

As for Yu Xin, Zhu Gaoxu was very happy that he could survive until now. After all, he remembered that Yu Xin died in office within a few years of the Yongle Dynasty.

All in all, as a result of Yu Xin's retirement two years earlier, he lived four to five years longer than in history.

"After quitting the court for three days, he was given a funeral sacrifice and posthumously named Song Sheng the Duke of Ning. The Marquis of Xining was inherited by his son Song Xuan, with the posthumous title of Wu Xiang." "Yu Xin worked hard and made great achievements, and gave his son the rank of Zhengsanwen and prose, and he was hereditary demoted. , posthumously named Wenzhong."

After a long silence, Zhu Gaoxu revealed his arrangement.

Yi Shiha did not respond verbally, but paused repeatedly and stood up.

After experiencing what happened to Queen Xu, it seemed that the life and death of many people could only make Zhu Gaoxu feel a heavy feeling in his chest, but it was difficult to feel the sour feeling in his nose.

In fact, he had long been prepared for the old minister to gradually pass away, which is why he launched wars in the southwest so frequently.

Among the current northern generals, the oldest is only fifty-year-old Ping An, and the others are basically in their forties or thirties.

Compared to the north, the south is much worse.

Gu Cheng is eighty-one years old, He Fu and Qu Neng are sixty-seven or eighty-year-old, Li Jinglong is fifty-one, and Muchun is forty-eight...

The slightly younger ones are Fu Rang, Wang Xuan, Zhang Fu, Meng Ying, and Zhang Chun, who are in their thirties.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu had to admire Gu Cheng, He Fu and Qu Neng.

At such an age, he can still kill everyone on the battlefield. If he had been idle and rested for two years in advance, he would have lived to be eighty or ninety.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu clicked his tongue a few times, and by the way, he was ready to start arranging the south.

"Does Muchun have a son?"

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly remembered Mu Chun who died childless at the age of thirty-six in history, and couldn't help asking curiously.

"The Duke of Guizhou has a son in his old age. Now he has three children, two boys and one girl. The eldest son Mu Yi is nine years old, the second son Mu Hui is five years old, and his daughter is called Matchmaker."

"Well..." After hearing Yi Shiha's words, Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said:
"Does Mu Yi stay with Mu Chun all year round, or does he stay at home in Kunming?"

After several exchanges, Zhu Gaoxu also roughly knew what kind of person Muchun was. Like his father, he was very loyal and upright, unlike his brothers who each had their own little Jiujiu.

The main reason why Mu Chun is like Mu Ying is that Mu Ying has always kept Mu Chun with her, while Mu Sheng and the others were raised by their female relatives.

The Mu family is based in Yunnan. If there are a few more people like Mu Ying and Mu Chun, it will reduce the court's efforts.

Historically, if Muchun had been in charge of Yunnan, Zhu Di would not have expended effort to check and balance the internal situation in Yunnan.

Muchun could open up 300,000 acres of cultivated land and distribute every acre to the people, but Mu Sheng could not.

The Mu family's misappropriation of cultivated land started with Mu Sheng.

"He was raised by his female family members before he was five years old. Later, the Duke of Guizhou took care of him for two years. Now it seems that because of the incident in Guangxi, he has to be returned home to be taken care of by his female family members."

Yishiha told Zhu Gaoxu everything he knew. After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said:

"Let's do this. You pass on my teaching and say that I want to keep Mu Yi and Mu Hui by my side to accompany the emperor and grandson. You ask Mu Chun if he is willing. If he is willing, bring him. If not, forget it. ”

Zhu Gaoxu wants to take good care of Mu Yi and Mu Hui, which will make it easier for Ming Dynasty to further control the Indochina Peninsula in the future.

However, whether this matter can be accomplished depends on whether Muchun himself is willing or not.

Based on Zhu Gaoxu's understanding of him, he should feel a little uncomfortable, but he would not resist the court's arrangements.

"Okay, let's drive back to Chunhe Hall and summon all the emperor's grandchildren to Chunhe Hall."

"Yes..." Yi Shiha was a little dazed. He remembered that Zhu Gaoxu, except for Zhu Zhanhe and Zhu Zhanqi, cared little about the other younger sons, mainly because he didn't have so much energy.

It can even be said that even Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Zhanqi and Zhu Gaoxu didn't care much.

Now Zhu Gaoxu suddenly summoned all the emperor's grandsons, which left Yishiha a little confused.

After he agreed, he quickly ordered people to do things.

All of a sudden, the princes and grandsons of the East Palace both inside and outside the palace got the news and rushed to the Chunhe Hall one after another.

Among them, Zhu Zhanhe and Zhu Zhanqi, who were naturally wandering outside, were the most nervous.

Eleven-year-old Zhu Zhanhe and seven-year-old Zhu Zhanqi hurriedly took out books and looked through them on the carriage back to the palace. They thought that their father was going to test them, so they hugged the Buddha's feet temporarily.

But when they arrived at Chunhe Hall, the situation inside the hall immediately stunned them.

Zhu Gaoxu did not only have two sons, Zhu Zhanhe and Zhu Zhanqi. Since the first year of Yongle, he had given birth to five sons and two daughters with the ministers of the inner court.

From Zhu Zhanhe to Zhu Zhanqi, and then to Zhu Zhantan, Zhu Zhanyu, and Zhu Zhanyu, the ages from oldest to youngest are eleven, seven, five, and two four years old respectively.

The daughters are the nine-year-old eldest daughter Zhu Ruiying, and Guo Yansheng’s two-year-old daughter Zhu Huiyu.

Standing in the Chunhe Hall at this moment are Zhu Zhanhe and Zhu Zhanqi's three younger brothers.

The children are not very old, so they are very confused now.

Zhu Zhanhe was a brat. Before entering the palace, he glanced at the eunuch on duty and saw that the eunuch on duty had no expression. Then he walked into the palace with confidence and bowed to his father who was handling the memorial in the palace with Zhu Zhanqi.

"Father……"

The two boys bowed and opened their mouths. Zhu Gaoxu hummed, then put down his pen and looked at the five boys standing in a row.

"I called you here not to take exams, but mainly to talk to you about something."

Zhu Gaoxu leaned on the chair and relaxed a little. When Zhu Zhanhe saw this scene, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are also old. People say that the eldest brother is the father. Hey, you are also eleven years old. You will graduate from elementary school by yourself in half a year."

"At the end of the year, you come to Chunhe Hall to take the big exam, and I will spare three days to supervise you."

"After the college entrance examination, I will arrange for you to enter Jiangning Middle School in Yingtian Mansion next year. Don't cause trouble."

"If you do well in middle school, I can allow you to attend a military academy after graduation."

Zhu Gaoxu made an offer that Zhu Zhanhe could not refuse, which was to attend a military academy.

Military Academy is the abbreviation of National Defense University. After all, there is only one military academy in the entire Ming Dynasty, so it is usually referred to as Military Academy.

According to Zhu Zhanhe's age, he was only seventeen when he graduated from middle school and was admitted to the military academy. After four years of training and training, he would go to the battlefield for one year, and he would be exactly twenty-two years old after graduation.

By then, he will work as a grassroots official for three years. After understanding the real rural environment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu can feel at ease and let him help him manage politics.

It can be said that Zhu Zhanhe's path in the next fourteen years has been clearly arranged by Zhu Gaoxu.

It can even be said that such a path will also be the path of all his children.

With cinchona bark, if quinine can be extracted in the future, the Ming Dynasty will be able to enter the Indo-China Peninsula and Southeast Asia.

Judging from the population growth of the Ming Dynasty, the current three announcements and ten consolations must be fully controlled.

If you want to take actual control, in addition to changing the vassal title, you must also consecrate a new border vassal king.

Zhu Zhanqi and the others were the vassal kings that Zhu Gaoxu would send to deliver three announcements and ten consolations in the future.

Therefore, they must not only be able to deal with local public sentiments, but also learn to lead troops in war and be able to lead the palace guards to counter rebellion.

Of course, it was his idea to canonize all his sons except the eldest son to the Three Annals and Ten Comforts, but in practice, it still had to be based on their abilities.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu admired the method of "Qin people selecting the strongest", but this method was not conducive to the stability of a dynasty.

However, it is still feasible to choose strong forces to defend the border.

"You will be just like your big brother in the future, so don't waste your studies, do you understand?"

Zhu Gaoxu came out of his thoughts and gave low instructions to Wu Zi, who nodded quickly.

Before Zhu Gaoxu could say anything more, the eunuch on duty outside the palace seemed to have seen someone. After saying a few words, he turned around and walked towards Zhu Gaoxu inside the palace.

Zhu Gaoxu remained unmoved. It wasn't until he came to his side and bowed down that Zhu Gaoxu turned his attention to him.

"Your Highness, news came from Xichang's Qianhu Station in Guangdong that the King of Qi was raising assassins and recruiting strange sorcerers to curse..."

The eunuch on duty carefully told the news he had just received. When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he clenched his fists and was filled with anger: "Who is he cursing?"

"Curse..." The eunuch on duty did not hesitate and said directly: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi cursed Xia Yuanji, the official secretary, and Sun Cheng, the left minister of the household department, and said that the treacherous officials were chattering and trying to follow Jian Wenshi's example! They would all be executed. This generation."

"Idiot!" Zhu Gaoxu cursed secretly. He thought Zhu Fu would directly curse him. After all, he was the one who ordered him to be banned. However, he didn't expect that the people Zhu Fu would curse were Xia Yuanji and Sun Cheng.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu felt speechless and said at the same time: "Has he left the house?"

"I don't dare." The eunuch on duty responded to Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaoxu was so unruly but still did not dare to disobey Zhu Gaoxu's orders, which shows that Zhu Gaoxu was majestic in the hearts of the vassal kings.

"The missionary order is to punish the King of Qi for thirty years with a stick. If he offends again, he will be deposed as a commoner."

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth to destroy the common people, and even tortured Zhu Shu. This approach made the eunuch on duty thirsty, so he could only respond, turn around and walk out of the palace.

The conversation between the two was not too quiet, so everyone heard what Zhu Su said clearly.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw the eunuchs on duty leaving, he frowned and looked coldly at his five children and said in a deep voice:

"People say that throughout the ages, the world has always been about the family, but families also have family rules."

"Although you are orphaned children, it does not mean that you can do evil."

"From now on, if any of the princes, grandsons or vassal kings commit any crime, they will be severely punished according to the "Zong's Rules"!

After his words fell, everyone knelt down and kowtowed, even Zhu Zhanhe and the others were no exception:

"I, my ministers, will respectfully obey His Highness's orders..."

(End of this chapter)