" Ah, nothing much. I was just thinking about how our Ming Dynasty can be as powerful as in the video." Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his nose to hide his embarrassment.
" Ahem, me too." Zhu Biao coughed lightly.
Zhu Chen's words woke them up from their dreams, and the two of them felt somewhat awkward.，
Zhu Chen didn't think too much about it when he saw the two of them like this. Perhaps they were not used to the environment and were not feeling well.
"If you want to be like the video, technology, military, and culture are indispensable."
"Oh? What do you mean?"
Seeing that Zhu Chen was willing to give a lecture, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly perked up.
Zhu Biao widened his eyes and pricked up his ears, afraid that he would miss a detail.
"Uh, what's the big deal? "A strong military can defeat others, a brilliant culture can make people yearn for it, and a systematic science and technology can attract the whole world to come here to learn." Zhu Chen was a bit confused.
What he said was not important, so there was no need to be so serious.
"Hmm, that makes sense!"
"Yes!"
The two of them nodded.
Zhu Chen didn't understand and shook his head helplessly.
These two people were possessed.
At this moment, large golden words slowly appeared.
polls closed
Ming Shizong Zhu Houyi VS Ming Anzong Zhu Yueyao
Ming An Sect Zhu Yueyao wins
The third act will be announced tomorrow
At this moment, in the bullet screen,
"There is no suspense. Zhu Houjin's political tactics are impressive, but he is far inferior to the Clear Peace Sect."
"That's right, he's the king of money! No matter what, nothing was as good as adding money!”
"Hehe, I'm guessing that Ming Shi Sect will get zero votes this time."
"Oh? Can the brother upstairs explain it in detail?"
"In the previous voting, the scholars were always against us."
"Hehe, Zhu Houjian is toying with civil officials like he is training a donkey.”
"Ha ha, that's true ha. Moreover, the Clear Peace Sect has raised their salary three times, so the civil officials would naturally like it more."
At this moment, in the First Primordial Great Ming World.
Wenying Hall.
"Hmph, the comments are all nonsense!”
" It's clearly because of the world peace of the Clear Peace Sect that I voted, what a foolish citizen."
"Yes, it's this group of ignorant people who want us to herd them."
"Yes, yes, yes, my colleagues are right."
Li Shan Chang looked at the civil officials boasting and couldn't even look at them.
"Sigh, as expected, the difference between Big Ming Number One and Big Ming Number Two is like a small fishing village in the countryside and the capital. There's no way to compare."
Liu Bowen sighed.
Li Shan Chang agreed.
However, he was the Prime Minister after all, so he could not speak as casually as Liu Bowen.
At this moment, Liu He walked in. He ignored the officials around him and walked straight to the compartment.
"Minister Li, Lord Liu, His Majesty invites you."
In a short while, the two of them arrived at the Hall of Heaven's Tribute.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. Your Majesty..."
"Alright, we're in a hurry. Don't do these superficial gifts.
Minister Li, let me ask you, how are the preparations for opening the sea going?”
" Your Majesty, the personnel of the Sea Trade Department have been formed. We can start once they arrive," Li Shan Chang said with cupped fists.
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction.
" Liu Bowen, how's the preparation of the tax law on your side?" Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask.
"Your Majesty, this subject has also made the statement and is only waiting for Your Majesty to review it."
Humph, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two of them with dissatisfaction.
However, there was nothing he could do!
What was it? If he didn't ask, they would always want to drag it out for a few days.
"In that case, quickly hand it over later. We can try it if we think there's no problem."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"And…"
After discussing the political affairs for two hours, Zhu Yuanzhang let the two of them leave in a refreshed manner.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the bullet screen in high spirits.
Hmph, just you wait, Number Two!
I will surpass you sooner or later!
Number Two transformed the Great Ming World.
Xu Ben followed behind Zhan Hui as the trusted aide of King Chen.
Although Xu Ben had never met the Prince of Chen, he believed that his loyalty was unparalleled.
Therefore, this trusted aide was none other than me.
"What do you think, brother?"
"Brother Zhan is right. Among His Majesty's sons, I'm afraid there's no one more outstanding than His Highness.”
"Alright, big brother, you can contact someone you trust."
"Don't worry, I'll do it."
Zhan Hui looked at his old friend's back and smiled."How is it, Old Xu? This is already the thirtieth!”
"Awesome!" Xu Ben immediately gave him a thumbs up.
Zhan Hui was quite pleased with himself.
The entire process had gone so smoothly because of his eloquence.
Of course, Old Xu also contributed a little. It wasn't much, just 10%.
Old Xu was just a tool for Prince Chen.
"Since it's going so smoothly, Old Zhan, let's keep up the good work and try to turn all the officials into the followers of King Chen!”
"Cough cough."
Zhan Hui coughed violently when he heard that.
Good fellow! King Chen's faction was really daring.
Now, almost all the people he communicated with were middle-level officials.
At the very least, the officials of the six departments were only Xu Ben, the useless minister of the Ministry of Works.
He didn't dare to contact anyone else.
This kind of thing must be kept confidential!
As for that old friend from before, they were friends who had given their wives and children, so he was naturally worthy of trust.
However, it was not so easy to communicate with the other five high-ranking officials.
After all, not everyone was as silly as Old Xu.
" Then what should we do?" Xu Ben was anxious.
"You're asking me? Old Xu, you're also a high-ranking official of the Six Ministries, and I'm a censor. You're closer to them than I am!”
"Uh..."
Xu Ben was a little embarrassed. Old Zhan was right.
His Imperial Censorate had never been on good terms with the six ministries.
But... Should he convince the other ministers?!
Drink up!
This job must be done by me, Xu Ben!
Everything was for His Highness!
In an instant, Xu Ben seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. He dragged Old Zhan and walked towards the office area of the sixth department.
"Hey, I can't go, Old Xu!"
"Hehe, you have to go. This time, you're the trusted aide of His Highness!”
Zhan Hui was stunned.
Oh no! I've become a tool!
At this moment, in Prince Chen's mansion.
The video comparison had just ended.
"Your Highness, the visiting card from yesterday needs to be dealt with today!”Yang Shiqi came to report.
Zhu Chen looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.
"Your Majesty, I don't think you were in the mood to see Quanzhou yesterday. Why don't you go and have a good tour today?
Especially the merchant area, it's worth a look."
Although Zhu Chen's words were full of hidden daggers, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care.
"Yeah, that's what we're planning to do. Boss, you don't have to follow me today, just follow Chen 'er and have a good look."
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and gave Zhu Biao a look. Then, he led a few guards out of the palace.
Seeing this, Zhu Biao was slightly embarrassed.
Zhu Chen just smiled.
Old Zhu's intentions were not hidden from him, so it was considered wise.
"Let's go, big brother. Follow me to deal with some government affairs first. Then, I'll bring you to a fun place."
"Alright, I'll listen to Brother Chen's arrangement."
On the other side, Zhu Yuanzhang walked out of the palace and a black car immediately came over.
"Master, we meet again."
Zhu Yuanzhang took a look and saw that it was the person from yesterday.
"It's you again. What are you doing?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him in surprise.
"Hehe, His Highness ordered me to be your exclusive driver."
"Oh, I see. What's your name?”
"I'm Wang Wu."
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his forehead. He was really old. He had asked before.
"In that case, bring us to the residents."
Hmph, that brat told me to go to the merchant district, but I refuse!
"Alright, Master, get in the car!"
The stable black car quickly drove to the residential area.
"Master, if you ask this, I won't be sleepy.
Back then, the scene was really crowded. Ten to twenty thousand people came to Quanzhou on their own.
"At first, General Zhang thought that the people were attacking the city," Wang Wu said excitedly.
"Oh? Is that true?"
"Of course!" Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe him, Wang Wu was anxious.
"Old Master, I'm not bragging. If you don't believe me, just pull someone from Quanzhou. They all know about this."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and smiled,"I believe you. There are so many commoners here. They must have spent a lot on food and drinks."
"Hehe, it's all the food that the commoners brought. Your Highness only provided the water."
" Hmm, then why did I hear from your prince that he spent a lot of money?" Zhu Yuanzhang put on a puzzled expression.
Wang Wu was stunned.
Then, he said,"Did His Highness tell you this while drinking? I'll tell you."
As long as it was a resident of Quanzhou, there was no one who didn't know.
Our prince has a problem, and that is that he likes to brag when he drinks.
I reckon that wangye is thinking of something else."
"Oh, that might be the case."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded his head in satisfaction. It seemed that the brat was not lying.
Even though Erhu had already reported it one morning.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang still had some doubts in his heart. Now that he asked, he finally understood.
As expected, that brat didn't lie to him.
Very soon, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to pull down the residential area.
" Master, the road in the middle is called Yunchuan Street. There are more than ten streets on both sides," Wang Wu explained incessantly.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen to a single word.
He was completely shocked by the scene in front of him.
Zhu Yuanzhang had been to countless cities, but he had never seen a city where the residences of ordinary people were so clean and tidy!
Every house was made of green bricks and white tiles, and there was a small courtyard in front of each house.
They even extravagantly used iron as the door.
In front of the door was a small flowerbed of equal intervals, with colorful flowers blooming in between.
A small bridge crossed the drainage channel and led to the main road.
This was…This completely shocked Old Zhu for sixty years.
He had never thought that there would be a residential house like this.
This was not a house that ordinary people could afford to live in.
It was more like the residence of a local gentry!
"Amazing!" Zhu Yuanzhang muttered.
How many years had this brat been in Quanzhou? He had already managed to govern Quanzhou to such an extent!!!
Hehe, no matter how powerful he is!
He is also our son! Humph.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.
At this moment, he did not look like Emperor Hongwu who ruled the world. Instead, he looked like an old father who wanted his son to become a dragon.
"Stop!"
Zhu Yuanzhang saw an old man in his fifties lying in a rocking chair in front of the door, sunbathing.
Therefore, he quickly asked Wang Wu to stop the car.
He quickly walked up to the old man.
"Old man, lie down."
"Hmm?" The old man opened his eyes in a daze and saw an old man in gorgeous clothes appear in front of him.
"And you are?"
"This is a distinguished guest of the Imperial Residence!" Wang Wu hurriedly explained.
The Imperial Residence!
"Esteemed guest, please take a seat. My dear granddaughter, quickly brew a pot of tea."
" Yes, Grandpa." A reply came from inside the house.
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said,"Old man, don't worry. I have something to ask you."
"Please ask, please ask."
"Did you build this house yourself?”
The old man smiled.
"Hai, we don't have this ability. This was built with the money of the wangfu.
Wangye said that when we helped him build the wangfu, he helped us build the houses.
Wangye is a very good person!"
"Oh? So it's like this. The Imperial Residence paid for it, but you didn't spend a single cent?”
Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled.
This wasn't right!
This was not the way to govern the people!
If he gave too much kindness, if he did not give it one day, the people's resentment would probably boil even more.
"Of course not. We helped wangye build wangfu to thank wangye for never collecting taxes.
"Of course I have to pay for this house. It's a separate matter," the old man argued.
"I see. How much did you spend?"
The old man looked at Zhu Yuanzhang strangely.
Was this person sent by the Imperial Court to investigate His Highness?
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many problems.
With this thought in mind, the old man couldn't help but speak cautiously.
"Honored guest, we actually didn't spend any money."
"Hmm? You just said it wasn't free."
"Hehe, listen to my explanation, honored guest. The prince's mansion sent someone to say that we need to work for this house to pay off the debt.
It will only take more than ten years to pay it back, but we can also earn a lot of money by working.
From the looks of it, this house has become a gift to us for nothing."
well
Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled.
He said he would work to pay off the debt, so why would he still give him monthly money?
Wasn't this a loss?
No!
That Zhu Chen kid definitely wouldn't be so muddleheaded!
There must be something that I haven't seen clearly!
Ask again!
Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind and continued,"Is there such a good thing in the world?"
"Who says it isn't? Otherwise, why would I say that wangye is a very good person?"
"Hehe, how much is the old man's monthly salary?"
"Three silver coins a month. The sons and daughters-in-law work for a month.
"It's enough for two months of expenses. We can save quite a bit after working for a year." The old man smiled.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the old man's smiling face and knew that it was definitely a sincere smile.
However, what was this silver coin? Similar to Hongwu Tongbao?
"Old man, can you let me see that silver coin?"
" Alright, honored guest." The old man was not afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would snatch his money, so he handed over a silver coin.
Zhu Yuanzhang took it and his eyes lit up.
It was exquisitely crafted!
It felt hard, not pure silver.
On the front was a coin, and on the back was a portrait.
Hmm?
It was a portrait of that brat Zhu Chen.
Wait a minute!
How did this person carve it?!
Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils instantly constricted.
This was…It was unbelievable!
Zhu Yuanzhang turned it over and over again. No matter how he looked at it, this person seemed to grow on it.
He asked for another one from the old man.
The two of them compared each other.
Some differences were not exactly the same.
However, this difference was nothing more than some parts that could not be adjusted.
If one didn't look carefully, one wouldn't be able to tell.
But even so, it was much stronger than his Hongwu Tongbao.
Just by looking at their appearances, they were worlds apart!
When he returned, he would ask this brat properly.
After making up his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang returned the coin to the old man and then took his leave.
"Master, where are we going now?"
"Let's go to the merchant area and take a look."
Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes. This Quanzhou City was really worth seeing.
In the guest hall of the Imperial Residence.
"Your highness, then this lowly one will go back and prepare?”
"Okay, I'll wait for your news."
" Aye, thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Your Highness." The merchant thanked him as he left.
"Old Yang, this is the last one, right?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zhu Chen stretched his body and said to Zhu Biao,"Let's go, big brother. I'll bring you to see something fun!”
Zhu Biao nodded and said," Brother Chen, that merchant's ship is obviously above the market price. Why do you still want to buy it?"”
"Yes, it is indeed 10% more than the market price.
But that's not what I value."
"What is that?" Zhu Biao asked in confusion.
"It's their family's craftsman. Big Brother, didn't you hear him say that after selling the boat, he will send craftsmen over to repair it.
"As long as the craftsmen come to me, they are all mine. The craftsmen who come to Quanzhou don't want to go back," Zhu Chen said confidently.
"Congratulations, Brother Chen. But why are you building so many ships? Moreover, I saw that the blueprints are different from the Guangchuan and Fuchuan ships."
"The type of ship, it's specially used for long-distance trade."
Zhu Chen explained patiently.
If they could pull Zhu Biao into their camp, they would not be far from letting Old Zhu become the Retired Emperor!
"As for the purpose, it is naturally to go out to sea. Big brother, at this time, all the wealth is on the sea."
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