Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 195 The First Prince of the Ming Dynasty (4k)

"A humble minister risked his life to remonstrate. You must not be crowned king. You can't do it now and you won't do it in the future." Chen Huaiyi knelt in the main hall and said sadly.

If it were Zhu Yuanzhang before meeting Yang Xian yesterday, Chen Huaiyi would have been divorced long ago.

But today's Zhu Yuanzhang has already looked at the world, and the pattern has opened up.

What Chen Huaiyi said was also a cliché, and Zhu Yuanzhang had already heard the cocoon in his ears.

He glanced at Chen Huaiyi and said, "Listen to what I have to say first. If you still have any opinions then, it's not too late to speak up."

"We have re-enacted the royal family law. The princes' title of king is an established national policy and will never be changed. But their fiefdoms are not the existing territory of the Ming Dynasty. Most of our world depends on brothers, adopted sons, and righteous sons. From the day I started the army, how many people have followed me, how many people have shed blood, and how many brothers and nephews have died. I have been keeping track of them until now. It makes no sense to just let them just rest on their merits and enjoy their blessings."

"If you want to be crowned king, you can. Then rely on your own abilities to build your own territory and open up territory for our Ming Dynasty. These are our sons and grandsons!"

Next, Zhu Yuanzhang read out and promulgated the royal family law proposed by Yang Xian on the spot, and finally said: "Therefore, we have decided to ennoble the fourth son of the emperor, Zhu Di, as the king of Mongolia. He will be stationed in Mobei, unify the elite troops of the three towns, guard the border, and ensure the security of the country. civil."

"I accept the order and thank you!" Zhu Di immediately knelt down to thank him.

The princes nearby looked at Zhu Di with envy in their eyes.

"Your Majesty's name!"

After the new royal family law and enfeoffment rules came down, the generals in Huaixi finally showed smiles on their faces, and their eyes were filled with gratitude.

Zhu Yuanzhang's words just now really moved them in their hearts, as if they had returned to the days when they conquered the world together.

The new rules for kingship mentioned by Zhu Yuanzhang are also very reasonable and make it impossible to find any mistakes.

And it seems that the emperor is going to use weapons again. When the time comes, he will still have to use their group of old brothers. There will be a lot of opportunities to make contributions.

Chen Huaiyi, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't know how to refute for a moment. He wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say.

Gradually, he was swallowed up by the voices of "the emperor's famous name" all around.

Afterwards.

"Enxiang, it's such a pity, we missed one step. We could have used Chen Huaiyi's opportunity to attack the arrogance of the East Zhejiang Party." Hu Weiyong sighed.

Li Shanchang didn't say anything. He was always thinking about the new policy of kingship proposed by Zhu Yuanzhang at the court meeting.

He didn't understand.

Based on his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely seal all his adult princes one by one this time.

But now, only one Mongolian king, Zhu Di, has been granted the title.

This is so abnormal.

What happened in this incident?

Another pair of master and apprentice.

Liu Bowen looked at Yang Xian and said, "Xiwu, the emperor's sudden change of attitude is probably because of you."

"It has nothing to do with me. Everything ultimately depends on the emperor himself." Yang Xian replied.

It doesn't have much to do with it, that is to say, it's still because of you.

Liu Bowen knew it well.

"I'm thinking that Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong must be very angry at this moment. They were originally waiting to see the emperor deal with the officials and censors who came to remonstrate with the Metropolitan Procuratorate." Liu Bowen said with a smile.

"The emperor is very angry now. What Li Shanchang and the others did is purely a villain." Yang Xian smiled and said.

"Teacher, the student is going back to Yangzhou today, so I won't go to your house to say goodbye separately."

Liu Bowen was a little surprised by Yang Xian's choice. You must know that with Yang Xian's current status, he could stay in the capital directly as long as he took the initiative.

Liu Bowen looked at his student and found that he could not see through him more and more.

After leaving the imperial city.

The master and apprentice said goodbye.

Yang Xian boarded the rail train from Beijing to Yangzhou.

On the train.

Yang Xian had a lot of thoughts.

At the time of the Ming Dynasty and Hongwu, in the current world, except for Europe, Asia, North Africa, and a few areas in the Americas, most areas had no civilization.

To be more precise, there was no birth of modern civilization.

This means that there are countless lands waiting for Ming to occupy, countless resources waiting for Ming to plunder, and countless merit points waiting for Yang Xian to grab.

As the last feudal dynasty established by the Han people, the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly the most powerful country in the world at this time.

Whether it is military, economic, political, ideological, or cultural, from all angles, it is inferior to other countries.

The Ming Dynasty was established in 1368, and America was only discovered in 1492.Africa was not much better at that time. Compared with China, it was a world of difference.As for European countries, although they began to explore the New World at the end of the 15th century, their ships at first were nothing more than fishing boats and warships compared with the fleet used by Zheng He on his voyages to the West.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty also had the largest population at this time.

Accounting for almost one-eighth of the world's population, you must remember that this was just after the war, the post-war Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Yang Xian can't accept it even more. In the end, some small countries in Europe and beautiful countries with a history of just over 200 years will become the hegemons of the world.

China's backwardness actually began in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

It’s just that by the Qing Dynasty, the problem was too big to cover up.

In the end, it directly led to a century-long history of humiliation, causing the people on this land to suffer much pain and disaster.

So now that we have come to this era, Yang Xian wants to change everything and make the whole world become the land of the Ming Dynasty. Even if it falls apart in the end, he still wants to make the Chinese Han people the masters of this world.

Let all people be proud to learn Chinese and be proud to speak Chinese, and let this world become a world dominated by Chinese civilization.

If you are just an ordinary time traveler, to be honest, what you can do in the face of the tide of the times is limited.

But Yang Xian has the system in hand, and he is still certain to do this.

The capital, the imperial palace.

The world map presented by Yang Xian has now become the top secret.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang got this map, he has focused almost all his attention on it. After going to court, he looked at the map almost all the time.

It has even become a bit crazy.

"Father, it's time for lunch." Zhu Biao said.

"I won't eat anymore." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves and looked at Zhu Biao again. "Although the fourth child has now been named King of Meng, there are still a few years before he becomes a vassal. If you ask him to go to Yangzhou if he has nothing to do, he will ask Yang Xian how to govern the Mobei grassland. There are many memorials to the old man these days. Work harder. If you have nothing else to do, just go and have a meal, we want to study it for a while."

"Yes, Father."

Before Zhu Biao left, he took another deep look at Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was alone, looking at the world map on the table, immersed in the dream of conquering the world.

Yang Xian left Yangzhou for less than half a year during the Northern Expedition.

Yangzhou is under the management of a group of Yangzhou officials headed by Lu Mingyi, and a group of Mingji management personnel represented by Liu Kun and Lao Jin. Everything is running in an orderly manner according to the plan made before Yang Xianzong.Today's Yangzhou City has gradually taken on the flavor of modern management of later generations.

The Shenhou Mansion, which has been under construction for several years, is finally completed.

Logically speaking, now that Yang Xian was made a Duke, the plaque should be changed, but Yang Xian kept it in the end.

This Shenhou Mansion is located in the center of Yangzhou City.

Both the construction team and the building materials used are the best.

The original design drawings given by Yang Xian were completely built by the craftsmen according to the small villas of later generations.

After the large-scale development of Yangzhou, the skills of these construction teams in Mingji have become quite proficient, and the architectural style has no trace of the past.

The entire Shenhou Mansion was built, and not a single piece of wood was used before the doors and windows were installed.

Just like the construction method in the 80s, the foundation is dug first, then laid with strips of stone and concrete, and then bamboo-reinforced concrete slabs are used to build the frame of the house.After the structure is strong, the walls are built with high-quality green bricks, and the floors are laid with custom-sized prefabricated panels.

The buildings of Yang Xian Shenhou Mansion are only built to a maximum of three floors.

Without an elevator, this height is just right.

The mansion has an air-conditioned room specially designed to adjust the heating and cooling of Yang Xian's study, bedroom, living room, and several distinguished guest bedrooms.

In addition, one of the biggest features of Shenhou Mansion is that the entire windows of Shenhou Mansion are inlaid with expensive glass.

Every morning, when the sun rises, the thousands of golden lights reflected from the glass of these buildings in Shenhou Mansion make it a well-known attraction in Yangzhou.

But it is such a mansion that everyone envies.

Yang Xian was still not satisfied.

In his opinion, there are still a lot of things that are lacking, such as electric lights and flush toilets.

To build electric lights, you must first build a generator.

For flush toilets, great efforts must be made to build an underground pipe network.

The former is currently unrealistic, while the latter would require too much energy.

In ancient times, many services that modern people can enjoy can also be achieved through human factors.

Like the toilet.

Ministers like Yang Xian don't even have to do the whole process of going to the toilet themselves, and they don't smell the smell.

Every time the toilet is delivered it will be brand new.

For example, when it's cold at night in winter, two maids will go to bed to warm the bed.

Wait, there's more.

Having just returned from the Mobei grassland, he had experienced the turmoil of the feudal kings in the imperial court, and now Yang Xian was exhausted physically and mentally.

I just want to take a good rest for a while and I'm too lazy to bother with it anymore.

But during this period of rest, Yang Xian had no time to spare. From time to time, officials from the capital would visit.

After all, Yang Xian's identity is different now.

Most of these officials did not belong to the eastern Zhejiang and Huaixi parties, and their purpose of coming to Yang Xian was very clear. They wanted to seize Yang Xian's thigh and create a third force in the court.

Yang Xian was so annoyed that he finally closed the door and thanked the guests.

These officials were rejected and did not dare to complain at all.

At this time, a manuscript sent from the capital caught Yang Xian's attention.

The manuscript was sent by Wang Yuemin.

When talking about Wang Yuemin, we have to mention his brother Wang Baobao.

Naturally, the original title of King Qi could no longer be given, after all, it was granted by the Yuan Lord.

Zhu Yuanzhang granted Wang Baobao the title of Marquis and Marquis of Qi.

He stayed in the capital and currently serves in the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

Compared with other Northern Yuan royal families, Wang Baobao's ending was good enough. This was also related to the fact that after he surrendered, he provided a large amount of information about the Yuan army to Yang Xian.

And next, the remaining forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty that are fighting in Liaodong and Yunnan may also be useful to him.

Wang Yuemin remained the same as before, still serving as the second shopkeeper of Mingji Trading Company.Now that Beiyuan has destroyed the country, Wang Yuemin has become much freer.

"The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away all the heroes. Right and wrong, success and failure are all in vain." Yang Xian opened the manuscript, and as soon as he took a first look, he squirted out the tea he had just drank in his mouth.

Coincidence?

Yang Xian continued to read a few paragraphs, and finally dispelled the last trace of doubt.

The novel manuscript in his hand was none other than the famous "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in later generations.

Luo Guanzhong seems to be indeed a person of this era.

The purpose of Wang Yuemin's letter was to ask Yang Xian if this novel could be published. After all, she had no ability to appreciate literary works, and her opinions were only about whether they were good-looking or not.

In Wang Yuemin's view, since Yang Xian can write a best-selling book like "A Dream of Red Mansions", he must be an expert in this field.

Yang Xian pondered for a moment. He thought that compared to novels, themes like "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are more suitable as storytellers.

Yang Xianben had previously wanted Mingji Trading Company to expand its business in this area.

Moreover, novels can now be serialized in newspapers to increase sales of Ming Daily.

Compared with these two, directly publishing story-telling novels is the least important thing.

It is also time to start the work of arranging public opinion channels. As military strength increases, this work cannot be left behind.

Yang Xian made a decision immediately and wrote back a letter to Wang Yuemin, asking Wang Yuemin to buy the copyright directly from the author of the novel. It would be best to directly recruit the author himself.Now Yang Xian happens to still lack some excellent pens.

At the same time, Yang Xian asked his subordinates to look for storytellers everywhere.

"Sir, His Highness King Meng is here."

At this moment, the housekeeper from the mansion came to report.

Yang Xian put down the manuscript in his hand and went out.

"I have met His Highness King Meng." Yang Xian saluted.

During the Northern Expedition, Yang Xian was the commander-in-chief and Zhu Di's boss, but at this time, the identities were reversed.

"Mr. Yang Guogong, what are you doing? Don't talk about these false etiquettes between you and me." Zhu Di said with a smile.

"The proper etiquette must be maintained, otherwise the censors will gossip about you." Yang Xian also had a smile on his face.

"Then salute when outsiders are around. I heard that Yang Guogong and my eldest brother have never been so polite and quarrelsome. If I have so many false courtesy in private in the future, I will look down on me, Zhu Di." Zhu Di said.

(End of this chapter)