There are also bison in the Americas, but the price of taming is that the belly is pierced by their sharp horns, so the Americas have remained at a very low level of civilization, and arable land, commerce, and transportation have not developed until Columbus discovered the New World, and the Indians are still in a primitive society.

This is the restriction of biological resources on civilization, and the Central Plains is rich in products, and it is not stupid not to like maritime trade, but there is really no necessity, especially before the Ming Dynasty, do you go to the Americas to catch alpacas or Africa to catch lions?

Alpacas are good to say, taming lions is Manjushri's job, of course, now Zhu Biao is naturally going to develop maritime trade, the Central Plains paper, ceramics, jade, silk, tea, all kinds of good things can be exchanged for the Central Plains scarce resources from those backward areas, such as gold and silver.

This kind of precious metal is scarce at any time, and the era of the silver standard is about to begin, Zhu Biao and others will start planning after settling down the relocation affairs, and now the Ming Dynasty is still used to using copper coins, which is inevitably a little too troublesome.

The reason why we don't do it now is that people's livelihood has not yet recovered, and it is not yet time to stimulate commercial development.

Zhu Biao sighed, turned around and went back to take a comfortable bath, and then fell asleep, it was too hot recently, so he didn't let Nuan Yu sleep with him.

Early the next morning, Zhu Biao got up and washed up and waited for Jiang Side in the Wenhua Palace, and after a while, he walked in after Liu Jin's briefing, and first knelt down at Zhu Biao and saluted: "The minister sees His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness is a thousand years." ”

Zhu Biao glanced at him and let him get up, this person is in his thirties, he has a beard and looks like he has nothing to say, and his gestures are also very personable, and he is from a big family at a glance.

The ancients ate this set, of course, Zhu Biao was also very satisfied, after all, the envoy to the vassal country also represents the face of the Ming Dynasty, and it is natural to choose a good-looking one if you can look good.

Zhu Biao looked at him and said, "Do you know what this palace wants you to do?" ”

Jiang Side was not frightened, bowed slightly and said: "Sending an envoy to the vassal country of Goryeo, showing the prestige of my kingdom tomorrow." ”

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "You must have heard of the current situation in Goryeo, Liaodong has not yet been recovered, and they are now far away from the emperor of Tiangao, so they may not have much respect for you, and it is possible to be detained and humiliated." ”

Jiang Side said with a smile: "The minister's back is to bathe the emperor's grace with his back to the Ming Dynasty, how dare he be cowardly before fighting because of his personal honor and disgrace, please give an order from His Royal Highness, and the minister will obey!" ”

Zhu Biao nodded with satisfaction: "Goryeo is just a small land, and there is no need for talents like you, but this matter is related to the future deployment of my Ming Dynasty, so I need you to take a trip." ”

Jiang Side bowed down and clasped his hands in front of him, indicating that he was listening respectfully, and Zhu Biao said slowly: "You have to stay in Goryeo for a while, contact those people who are swaying from side to side in Goryeo, and allow you to make some promises to them." ”

Jiang Side's eyes lit up after hearing this: "The minister understands, and he will live up to His Highness's trust." ”

This matter is undoubtedly a good opportunity to ascend to the sky in one step, he did not follow the dragon's skills, and he is not a disciple of Huaixi, he can do the six books of Shangshu is the top of the sky, and there is no chance of entering the Zhongshu Province, but after this incident, he will be regarded as a person of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the future can be expected.

After saying that, Zhu Biao let him out, Jiang Side can rely on himself to be the head of the household and get the favor of Li Shanchang, which shows his ability, and his task is not too difficult in the early stage, and it is estimated that in the later stage, with the reaction of the King of Goryeo, he will be under house arrest for a period of time.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the Ming side has a tough attitude, Goryeo will not dare to harm the Ming mission, and the most critical monk Xin Yu is in charge of Yao Guangxiao, and Jiang Side is just a target on the bright side.

Zhu Biao went to eat after seeing Jiang Side, and then walked a few laps in the courtyard, and after a while Liu Jin came over, Zhu Biao glanced at him and said directly, Liu Jin bowed slightly and said: "Today, the court will play the impeachment of Yang Xian, the left minister of the Chinese book, saying that he is nepotistic, and the recent promotions are all his old ones. ”

Zhu Biao nodded after hearing this, once a son of heaven and a courtier, it is the same as being an official, it is normal to promote the old when he is on the throne, there is no henchman in the lineage, Yang Xian's order cannot be out of Zhongshu Province, so what does he mean by being quite a Zhongshu left,

Yang Xian is in the limelight, it is impossible to fall because of this little thing, the official department is the eldest of the six departments, known as the name of the heavenly official of the ministry, and is in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the heavenly officials, examinations, promotions, honors, transfers and other affairs, which can be described as a big man in the court.

Now this official of the Ministry of Heaven is a native of Huaixi and a person of Li Shanchang, and he is now standing up to attack Yang Xian just to show that he is not a person from the same road as him, so that after Li Shanchang retires, Zhu Yuanzhang will also have to use him to check and balance Yang Xian.

Yang Xian is probably also stealing fun, the official book is good, this matter is a win-win situation, Yang Xian knows what he relied on to suppress Li Shanchang's family, isn't it just with Zhu Yuanzhang's support?

Li Shanchang's energy is too great, sixty percent of the officials in the court are his disciples, and even the officials of the Ministry of Heavenly Affairs are his henchmen, such power is too much, Zhu Yuanzhang will not allow Li Shanchang to have it, and naturally he will not allow him Yang Xian to have it.

After Zhu Biao heard this, he asked Liu Jin to go to the harem to send some gadgets to his sister, and he didn't have to take care of the affairs of the court, and the courtiers couldn't turn the sky in the hands of Lao Zhu.

Early the next morning, Zhu Biao put on a dragon robe and wore a crown and walked to the Enke examination room.

There was a bit of noise outside the door, and the scholars of the scientific expedition began to enter, first to check their identities, after all, in this era, fingerprints cannot be verified, and someone must vouch for them, and then after a strict inspection, to ensure that these people are not carrying any notes.

There are three exams in three days, and they are not allowed to leave the tribute courtyard in the middle, that is to say, the candidates have to stay in their own house for nine days, eat, drink and Lazar are all in the tribute courtyard, and they have to prepare their own food.

After everyone came in, the examination hall locked the door, unless the Jingshi was about to be captured, everything in the outside world has nothing to do with you for the time being, in order to ensure fairness and rigor, no one can go out except Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang.

After all, a prime minister and the crown prince really have nothing to buy them to cheat, and these two people also have a lot of official business, this time it is for the first imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty to let the two of them go through the motions, in order to show the importance that the Ming attaches to the scholars.

In the crowd, two of Wu Bozong's friends elbowed him several times, and they recognized Song Lian and the young man in the dragon robe from the moment they entered.

His Royal Highness the Prince, last time Wu Bozong went back, he only told them Song Lian's identity, and they thought that the young man with extraordinary bearing was just Song Lian's nephew, but now that they see the dragon pattern, there is nothing they don't understand.

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