my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 420

Zhu Di couldn't help being furious.

Because these booklets were also sent to the palace through Dongchang.

He is a little aware of King Zhao's little moves.

My son is too old to care about it.

But these brothers and sons obviously also know that they have done some unkind things.

So, in order to appear innocent, I decided to attack others.

Yes, the best way to improve one's morality is to criticize others for their low morality.

Zhu Di looked at the memorials and couldn't help being speechless.

At this time, he invited Zhang Anshi to meet him.

Pointing to the memorial, he said, "Do you know about the affairs of the feudal lords?"

Zhang Anshi said honestly, "I know a thing or two."

Zhu Di looked up at Zhang Anshi, and said with a serious face, "One is one, and two is two!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Anshi said in embarrassment: "I know that all the feudal clans want manpower, so they have taken some measures, and they have spent some time trying to compete for manpower."

Zhu Di sighed, "Then what do you think?"

"This is a good thing." Zhang Anshi said: "This at least shows that all the vassals are now focused on managing their own vassal land. They are really determined to be the pioneers of the king. This is to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty. Why not?"

Zhu Di said, "It's just..."

Zhang Anshi seemed to understand what Zhu Di wanted to say, so he said, "The problem of manpower is also known to me. My Ming Dynasty's greatest advantage over the natives lies in firearms. Besides, I also have the support of Your Majesty. But if there is no manpower, how can we digest it?" What about your own land?"

"But if you want to let the people leave their hometowns and go to places thousands of miles away, I'm afraid it's not easy. It's also because of this that each vassal has its own special skills. I think... as long as your majesty entrusts the vassals outside the territory, it will be easy. There must be such a problem."

After hearing this, Zhu Di nodded, "Well...it's not unreasonable."

Zhang Anshidao: "In fact, I think that to solve this problem, the imperial court and all the vassals need to work together."

"The imperial court?" Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise.

Zhang Anshidao: "The reason why the vassals have to use this method to absorb the people is that compared with the Ming Dynasty, their current vassal land is really slow to develop and more difficult, and the factors of native harassment and disease also make the people It’s daunting. This problem can only be solved by continuing to manage better and developing the feudal land. Other means are only treating the symptoms but not the root cause.”

"If the feudal land can really make good use of the local fertile land and inexhaustible mineral deposits, why worry about no people willing to beg for a living? The most people in my Ming Dynasty are the people. If I want to increase the population, one of them is to expand the border for immigrants. , The second is to increase fertility, but the issue of fertility is not a concern. Now I think that the most worrying thing is disease. This disease has caused too much damage to the population."

Zhu Di frowned slightly, but still nodded.

When it comes to having children, in fact, in this era, everyone is a master at making babies. For the sake of blood inheritance, even the poorest tenant farmers are willing to have six or seven children as long as they can marry a daughter-in-law.

However, having said that, in fact, there are not many adult children.

Because the fatality rate in this era is too high, very scary.

Not to mention ordinary people, even the royal family, it is actually a matter of luck for these aristocrats to live to adulthood.Even many emperors may have given birth to ten or eight children, but in the end they can survive four or five, which is considered a pass.

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Must Zhang Qing have her own thoughts when she said these things?"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "So I think that the most important thing is that the various feudal towns must prosper. Only in this way can the feudal feudal clans gain a foothold in all parts of the world, and the policy of enfeoffment... is of great benefit to the imperial court. There is no harm, but if the vassal kings are in the vassal, internal and external troubles, and even some vassal kings will be invaded and destroyed by the natives in the future, then in the future, who will be willing to be outside the domain of your Majesty's descendants?"

After a pause, he continued: "On the other hand, now Taiping Mansion..."

Hearing this, Zhu Di opened his eyes suddenly. He faintly felt something, and said solemnly: "Speak carefully."

Zhang Anshidao: "Right now, the Taiping Mansion is indeed in a downturn. Although I have tried my best, but after all... after the last heavy damage, the soldiers and civilians still have no confidence. Since the railway construction projects in various provinces The matter has been shelved, so why not use the feudal towns...to increase trade on the sea to strengthen the development of Taiping Prefecture and even Zhili?"

With his hands behind his back, Zhu Di frowned slightly and said, "Thousands of miles away, you can also..."

Zhang Anshi smiled calmly and said: "Why not? The feudal lords have great demand for various commodities from Zhili, and the entire Taiping Prefecture can also use the special products of the feudal towns to distribute them all over the world. In addition, it can also guide merchants to The ports of the feudal towns invest in and build ships to communicate with each other and enhance the exchange of commerce and personnel."

"In addition, there are armaments and firearms, which are in great demand now, and can be sold on a large scale. After obtaining this, the feudal clans can expand their borders, increase their population, and grow more agricultural products, such as cotton. , such as rubber, and various minerals. I have calculated that the routes of the various feudal states are to the Songjiangkou... line, and then from the Songjiangkou to the Taiping Mansion along the Yangtze River, and back and forth, it takes three months at most. At least one month, and the sea area in this area is still calm, and the risk is not high."

"In this way, shipbuilding, shipping, port construction, firearms manufacturing, agricultural tools, steel, smelting, etc., can all benefit from it. As for the imperial court, taxes have also been increased. For the various vassals, they have closer ties with Daming , you need to rely on His Majesty even more. What does Your Majesty think?"

Zhu Di put his hands behind his back habitually, paced back and forth, lowered his head slightly and began to think carefully.

After a while, he nodded and said, "Is this your so-called theory of creating demand?"

Zhang Anshi said embarrassingly: "I can't do anything else, I only know a little bit about this."

Zhu Di said: "This is feasible."

Zhang Anshi said: "I plan to take Qixia Trading Company as the leader, how about it? Merchants are like this. They didn't dare to try it at first, but once someone tried it and got the sweetness, they were willing to flock to it."

Zhu Di seemed to have heard what he wanted, looked at him with piercing eyes and said, "It won't be a loss, will it?"

"Absolutely not." Zhang Anshi said confidently: "I have made up my mind. In the name of Qixia Trading Company, I will sign business cooperation contracts with various feudal clans to jointly operate some waterways, invest in ports, and mine mining and crop distribution, etc. Waiting for the sale, such a large-scale business cooperation, will definitely produce a lot of profits."

Zhu Di said with satisfaction: "Then it's settled."

Zhang Anshi suddenly said: "The minister thought again, the problem of population, dealing with diseases is the most important thing..."

Zhu Di said: "Aren't you very good at this? You are a famous doctor..."

Zhang Anshi chuckled: "What is a minister alone! What's more, I don't have three heads and six arms, this matter..."

Zhu Di interrupted him and said, "You should think about money first."

Zhang Anshi then resentfully said: "Yes, yes."

Zhu Di suddenly said, "Why did Wang Zhao and Xie Jin partner up?"

This sudden sentence caught Zhang Anshi off guard.

Obviously, Zhu Di originally thought that letting Xie Jin do this long history was essentially exile.

It's just... Xie Jin is a bachelor after all, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that he is guilty, so he uses the name of Ren Changshi.

But who knows, this guy seems to be flourishing, in this capital, he talks with a group of scholars every day.

Although... there is a report from Dongchang, it is suspected that Xie Jin and Zhao Wang seem to be deceiving scholars.

But Zhu Di thinks that Xie Jin is a bad guy, and he seems to get along very well with Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui. Will this Xie Jin teach his son badly?

Of course, in good conscience, although Xie Jin is cunning, he is nothing compared to Zhu Di's son.Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui, that is a guy who has always been so vicious.

It's just that as a father, I can't help but feel that my son is not bad at all. Even if he is bad, he must have been deceived by others and made bad 'friends'.

Zhang Anshi said: "This matter about King Zhao, I think it's better for the court not to intervene."

Zhu Di said depressedly: "What King Zhao, that is my son."

Zhang Anshi knew that Zhu Di had always been tolerant towards him, so he was a little more casual, and said with a smile: "But my son has grown up and has his own opinions, not to mention being thousands of miles away... Your Majesty... What do you want to do with him. The imperial court Between the vassal state, I think that there are still some borders. If they manage everywhere, it will inevitably be alienated. Now that they are entrusted thousands of miles away, the court cannot understand the real situation of many things, so it is better to trust them... …teach them to do their own thing.”

Zhu Di nodded: "What you said makes sense. Then... the business of Qixia Commercial Bank seems to be not a small matter. Since it is necessary to sign a contract... you might as well..."

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Maybe you might as well call the kings to come to the capital... Speaking of which, at least for now they are still standing, once they come... teach them to enter the capital, worship Xiaoling, so that they will not forget the kindness of their ancestors. Second, how to draw up a commercial agreement, it is better to have an explanation in person.”

After Zhang Anshi listened, he secretly glanced at Zhu Di in surprise.

Zhu Di's side face at this time has deep texture at the corners of his eyes.

Zhang Anshi suddenly realized that after all, His Majesty... missed his son.

Although sending these brothers and sons out is a harmless way for the emperor.

But after all, Zhu Di is still a man of flesh and blood, and it has been six or seven years, and he can't help but think about others.

Zhang Anshi also understood Zhu Di's mood, so he followed Zhu Di's words and said, "Your Majesty has considered everything carefully, and it is safest to discuss in person."

After the monarch and ministers agreed, Zhu Di immediately issued the decree.

Zhang Anshi also went back to his palace.

This time when the kings came to the capital, he could already imagine what an unprecedented event it would be.

This matter has to be handled in a big way. The Taiping Mansion will eventually need to go to the ocean, but this is the best opportunity. With the help of the commercial agreements of the various feudal princes, it is enough to create the broadest market.

This is tantamount to using the whole world to nourish a Taiping Mansion, and when it is really nourished, then look back and see the countless counties and prefectures that are still reporting for warmth. We can see the difference.

After returning to the palace, Zhang Anshi did not rest for a while, and immediately ordered Yu Qian to summon Zhu Jin, Chen Li, Gao Xiangren and others to see him.

He roughly talked about today's match with His Majesty, and then said: "Jinyiwei needs to summarize the information and situation of the various feudal clans. The commercial side needs to make statistics and draw up various possible cooperation plans. And This Taiping government office must be prepared to entertain the kings..."

"This sea trade is no longer a small and scattered fight, but to teach the Taiping Mansion to use the world's feudal vassals as a market, and exchange needs with each other...you can...see all Fan is the commercial territory of Taiping Prefecture, understand what I mean?"

The three of them obeyed and went to work in a hurry.

Of course, Zhu Di's will did not cause too many waves.

Only Xie Jin knew that King Zhao was about to enter Beijing, but he seemed to notice something was wrong.

He frowned silently, appearing preoccupied.

Seeing Jin's reaction, the envoy who came along couldn't help but be concerned: "Isn't it a good thing for Xie Gong... Your Highness to come to Beijing?"

"Hey..." Xie Jin shook his head and said, "The old man missed a move, but was still fooled by Zhang Anshi."

The envoy was confused when he heard it, and he said strangely: "This...what does Xie Gong mean...can you explain it clearly?"

So Xie Jin said: "Our plan is to cooperate sincerely with Zhang Anshi, and use the cooperation between Zhao Guo and Qixia Commercial Bank to bring wealth to His Royal Highness Zhao Wang! In addition, we can also borrow scholars to enrich our personnel. In this way, our country of Zhao will have a prosperous population and great national power, and then take this opportunity to take down the entire Java Island in one fell swoop, and then cannibalize other islands, so that our country of Zhao can become the head of all feudal lords in the world."

"At the beginning, I carefully drew up these cooperation plans. I thought it would be foolproof. At least that kid Zhang Anshi would not object. But who would have thought that this kid Zhang Anshi would be inspired by it... By inference, he actually used our plan After making a draft, I actually planned to conduct a comprehensive business cooperation with the kings."

"You have to know that if Zhao Guo and Zhang Anshi make an independent contract, Zhao Guo will have a huge advantage, that is, there will be more price tags to negotiate, and... it will also form the monopoly of many commodities. The entire Qixia Commercial Bank will only distribute The sulfur, sucrose, and rubber from my country of Zhao, think about it, how beneficial are these?"

"But once the interests of other countries are equally shared, the profits of the Zhao Kingdom will be greatly reduced. In the past, Qixia Commercial Bank and our Zhao Kingdom may have divided the interests, but now it has become the leader of the Qixia Commercial Bank, and the other feudal clans. Relying on Qixia Commercial Bank to share the big pie. Whether it is profit or status, it has been greatly reduced and lowered. Sigh... I knew that Zhang An Shi was cunning, but I didn't expect him to be so cunning."

The deputy envoy still didn't quite understand, so he said, "Your Majesty just summoned the kings to Beijing, and didn't seem to have mentioned... business cooperation with other countries."

Xie Jin said: "You have never worked in a temple before, so you naturally don't understand the mystery. What you do in the temple is to be famous, and what you say on the surface is all high-sounding things, but what you really want to do is nothing. It is hidden behind this grandeur. Calling the kings to Beijing this time is a cover, and the agreement is the truth."

Then the envoy showed a look of sudden enlightenment, and then he frowned and said: "I have been taught, then... Xie Gong... If so, how can this be broken?"

Xie Jin fell silent for a moment. He pursed his lips, thought about it seriously, and said: "Go to Zhang Anshi, go talk to him, and continue talking about our sugar and sulfur. For other business, you can talk to the kings for the time being." Take a share, but these two things at least require Zhao Guo to be able to monopolize them. People need face, let Zhao Guo talk about it first. We have to negotiate a result before they enter Beijing."

Speaking of this, he sighed, and then said: "At this time, don't worry about face. At that time, since this is my Zhao Guo's first initiative, Zhang Anshi will not give a little bit of benefits and sweetness. Zhang Anshi This person has a thick skin... In the words of a scholar, it is called shameless! But no matter how shameless a person is, he still needs to get something to cover his shame, and he can't really lose his face..."

Xie Jin paused, looked at the envoy seriously, and said, "In my name, deliver the name card, invite him to a banquet, and invite him to drink."

The deputy envoy said uncertainly: "I'm afraid he won't come."

Xie Jin smiled, shook his head and said: "You don't understand this! It's not good for him to come, but if he doesn't come, then invite him again and again. We must show a gesture of hospitality, as long as the gesture can He has done enough, and he has repeatedly refused, but in fact, he has already lost the upper hand in terms of reason. At that time... there is a possibility of giving in instead. "

The deputy envoy's eyes lit up, and he said immediately: "Understood, then I'll go down to make preparations."

After all, the envoy was about to turn around and leave, but Xie Jin stopped him and said cautiously: "Remember, the famous post should be more humble, just say that after the end of school, Xie Jinfu invited the king of Wuhu County to condescend, and this feast drink."

"Yes."

Xie Jin stood up, and then said: "There are still those brochures, they can't just be circulated in the capital, they should be printed more, the money is still affordable, find a way to send it to various states and counties... ..."

"Many states and counties, many families have land, and there is no new policy there..."

Xie Jin said: "Then let people spread some rumors, saying that Zhang Anshi has secretly obtained the secret decree, and wants to attack the states and counties, saying that the model camp is ready to enter the states and counties."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, and then said: "Oh... I am more familiar with that place in Jiangxi. The folk customs here are the most conservative, and there are many scholars. The previous time, many people died. Jiangxi chief envoy... find a way... to deliver more. Jiangxi people are honest and safe, if they can go to Java, they will definitely help His Highness achieve great things."

"Here!"

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