Based on Wang Xiao's understanding of Zhu Di, the fact that he sent troops to send the descendants of the Chen family back to Annan was more like killing people with a knife.

killed the Chen family of the previous dynasty, and the current Li family is rebellious again. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty naturally accepted the initiative of the local people, and turned Annan into a political secretary with 15 state capitals and 3 million people.

This is the fourth time in history that Annan has been included in the Central Plains.

However, it is a pity that after more than 20 years, Yang Shiqi requested the withdrawal of troops on the grounds that the garrison was lavish on military salaries and the locals did not accept the indoctrination.

Then Xuanzong, also known as Zhu Zhanji, thought that the annual cost of the garrison was two or three million taels, but the income was pitiful, so he agreed.

Such a good place, I actually gave up for the sake of just two silver.

Now that Wang Xiao is here, he will never give up this land.

Giving up the skill of land, Wang Xiao has never learned.

Wang Xiao took the map and spread it in front of Zheng He: "There is an island in Fusang, and it is said that this island is a huge mountain of gold. ”

Zheng He looked up in surprise, and instantly understood Wang Xiao's painstaking efforts.

Wang Xiao's finger pointed to a mountainous area to the west of Fuso: "This mountain called Iwami is a huge silver mountain. The output of one million taels a year is no problem for more than 100 years. ”

Zheng He's expression was solemn, and he suddenly felt that the country that Taizu had set at the beginning was just a joke after getting drunk, and he didn't need to take it seriously at all.

"Don't look at the mountains here, but it is rich in rice, and it is not a problem to produce 10 million stones a year. You said it would be better if it could be used by sea to supplement the lack of food in the north. ”

Zheng He immediately got up and waved his fist: "What the prince said is very true. This is a place we have to go! ”

"But without the Holy Decree, the fleet is not easy to dispatch."

"The Divine Decree will do." Wang Xiao's finger fell on the map, "You can send a ship over to carry out commerce and trade first, and do a good job of preliminary investigation." You don't need a decree, does it? ”

Zheng He, who had a sense of mission, stood up and saluted: "Weichen, let's do it." ”

At this time, Fuso was in the Ashikaga shogunate period and was a typical serf manor society. Whether it's coercion or inducement, it's not difficult to deal with them.

Gold, silver, and rice, the three favorite things of the Ming Dynasty, they all accounted for them.

Of course, this is to have a friendly exchange with the people of Fuso.

The one who speaks well is a friend. I will sell you a little iron hoe, iron sickle, silk and satin linen clothes, yellow runes, peachwood swords, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, all kinds of books in exchange for your gold, silver and rice.

If you don't talk well, you'll be embarrassed. You have to know what the sword in the hands of the Ming soldiers looks like. Whether they are sharp or not, you have to feel it to know for yourself.

As for the seizure of Sado Island and Iwami Ginzan, it is not too easy to find some spokespersons in the local area to support them and then lease them for 99 years or something.

In the ninety-nine years, a large number of local people were hired as coolies. I guess it's almost dug up.

Settle Fusang and settle in Annam. After that, it's time to go to the West.

Wang Xiao stayed in Yingtianfu for several months, and only left the palace twice during that time.

One time was to go to Fengyang to worship the ancestors, and the other time was to go to the treasure shipyard in the Sanchakou Straw Shoe Gorge to watch the construction of ships.

Wang Xiao's signal to the outside world when he went to the treasure shipyard was that unlike Emperor Hongxi, who was unwilling to spend a lot of money to go to the West, Wang Xiao supported the voyage.

It was not the emperor who wanted to sail and not go to sea, but the local squires and the court.

Different from the conjectures of later generations, Zheng He's trip to the West actually made money, and he made a lot of money.

Every time I go to the West, there are hundreds of large ships of eight or nine hundred or even more than 1,000 tons, carrying silk, tea, and porcelain to distant overseas. In exchange for a large number of ivory, jewelry, spices, sandalwood, coral, pearls, medicinal herbs, rhinoceros horn, precious wood and other valuable materials, all of which are sold are a huge amount of income.

Zhu Di's five expeditions to Mobei, three visits to Annan, the rebuilding of the Grand Canal, the expansion of Shuntianfu and the relocation of the capital, the construction of the Great Wall, the compilation of the Yongle Ceremony, etc., did not cost a lot of money.

He fights wars almost every year, which time did he not start with a military expenditure of several million taels?

With so much expense, it is certainly impossible to support it with the income of the imperial court alone.

The reason why these major events can be completed also left a foundation for Zhu Gaochi and Wang Xiao to be prosperous in the world. The source is that Zheng He went to the West six times, and each time he brought back a huge amount of money.

Zheng He went to the West, and it was the royal family who got the wealth, the people who benefited the world, and the eunuchs who became famous.

But the civil officials who control the government and the turbans have no benefit of a dime.

Thinking about how many Tan officials Zhu Yuanzhang killed during the Hongwu period, they couldn't stop their desire for money. At this time, you don't bring the turbans to play with such a big money-making project, and the turbans are not allowed to lift the table.

When Zhu Di was alive, no lifeless turban dared to jump out and blow up the thorns.

But after Zhu Di died, the big turbans immediately lifted the table.

They made a sail and couldn't get out into the sea. vividly changed China from the forerunner of the Age of Discovery, to the end of being hit by people with guns.

The one-handed king bombed to lose the bankrupt, this is a living example.

And even more exaggeratedly, the trade of the imperial court was terminated. But the folk gentry sent merchant ships to the sea to do business, and they made a lot of money one by one.

When they made money, they either minted it into watermelons and hid it, or they bought land and led to land annexation.

And if the imperial court wants to collect commercial taxes, the scholars will jump out and shout, don't compete with the people for profit!

The ending is that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty had hundreds of millions of taels of silver. But the imperial court didn't even have the money for the emperor to repair the dragon robe.

When the barbarians went south, the scholars shaved their hair, lifted their clothes, and called Daddy as soon as they knelt on their knees.

The money that should be earned has long been enough, and it is nothing to change the shouting of a father.

We scholars don't care about any Chinese barbarians, as long as we give them to the officials.

I didn't see that every time the barbarians invaded, Yan Shenggong was the first to kneel. Those of us who are younger brothers kneel with the boss, that's a matter of course.

There is such a thing as face, where there is silver, it is important.

Here it is necessary to say a word about the gentry of the Ming Dynasty.

The so-called gentry is not actually referring to the landlords in various places, but to those who once served as officials and then resigned and returned to their hometowns.

According to the countrymen from a unique place in China, the same year they were on the list together during the imperial examination, and they were classmates under the same teacher, etc.

These people have resigned and returned to their hometowns, but they still have enough connections and influence.

Relying on these connections, they naturally became the local aristocracy.

In addition, the order issued by Zhu Yuanzhang to allow scholars to be exempted from paying field tax. As time passed, the gentry occupied more and more land, and the income of the imperial court became less and less.

They paid for the young scholars, and once they became officials, they would repay the gentry who sponsored them.

And when these people retire, they also learn from the methods of their predecessors and continue the cycle.

With such cooperation between the two sides, the demise of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner.

Wang Xiao wants to solve this problem, one aspect is to open up the wisdom of the people, so that learning knowledge is no longer monopolized by readers.

Another aspect is to attract everyone's attention overseas.

After Wang Xiao expressed his willingness to support the West, Wenchen was a little anxious.

finally survived Zhu Di's god-killing star, and there was such a young Wang Xiao again. What year do they have to wait until they want to make a lot of money?

The ministers began to seriously consider how to solve this problem.

The simplest and most direct way is to make it impossible for Wang Xiao to ascend to that position.

King Zheng was suddenly taken seriously, and the people who came and went were no longer those green-robed petty officials below the sixth grade before. Gradually, big people in red robes began to associate with him vaguely.

This kind of thing cannot be achieved overnight, and it requires a long period of planning and preparation.

Weakening the power of the crown prince and increasing the power of the heirs are not effective in a short period of time.

And this time, the target is Wang Xiao, a heroic figure who is said to be no worse than Zhu Di, so it is even more necessary to take his time carefully.

However, just when people with other ambitions are just showing their fangs. A piece of news that the sky was falling apart directly smashed them into a daze.

On May 29 of the first year of Hongxi, Emperor Hongxi died suddenly in the Qin'an Hall in the palace.

Zhu Gaochi died too suddenly.

Although he has never been in good health, no one expected him to die so suddenly.

There are many speculations about Zhu Gaochi's death.

There is a certain basis for getting sick, being struck by lightning, poisoning, heart attack, etc.

Now Wang Xiao can be sure that Zhu Gaochi was not killed by him, because he really did not give such an order.

Judging from Zhu Gaochi's fat body shape and the symptoms of angina attacks from time to time, he is most likely to have a heart attack.

Of course, the chronic poison that the Han King Zhu Gaoxu bought people under must also be one of the triggers.

However, it is not meaningful to investigate the cause of Emperor Hongxi's death now.

Everyone else is dead, and everything is closed. The latter thing is what the whole world is most concerned about.

The emperor is dead, and the crown prince will succeed to the throne, which is a sure thing. But some people are unwilling to let Wang Xiao take the throne.

If Wang Xiao was in Shuntianfu, no one would have the time to do anything. But Wang Xiao is remote in Yingtianfu, and some people's ambitions are irrepressibly inflated.

There is nothing that I dare not do for the sake of the chair that is so close at hand.

Empress Zhang Yan issued a decree, and 600 miles was sent to Wang Xiao urgently, asking him to return to Beijing immediately.

Wang Xiao, who had long known that there would be such a day, put down the wolf in his hand and looked at Sun Ruowei, whose expression was uncertain, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Sun Ruowei bit the corner of her lip, "Isn't it... What did you do? ”

For a moment, the whole room fell silent, and a pin drop could be heard.

It's not that Sun Ruowei doesn't believe Wang Xiao, but the emperor died too suddenly, and Wang Xiao has the strength to do it. That's why I subconsciously asked.

It's just that as soon as the words came out, she regretted it.

How could I not believe him?

Wang Xiao didn't get angry, came to the chair and sat down, "Although I am very bold, I will not do this kind of thing." ”

After thinking about it, Wang Xiao explained, "If I really want to grab the throne, take the will of the emperor and take the army to grab it directly." In that case, no matter how bad the reputation is, it is much stronger than killing the king and plotting rebellion. ”

As soon as Wang Xiao said this, Sun Ruowei suddenly realized, it was indeed the case.

With Zhu Di's example in front, it is not a big rebellion for Wang Xiao to raise troops to snatch the throne. There is no need to harm the emperor at all.

"Go pack up your salute."

Wang Xiao got up and took Sun Ruowei's hand and looked at her solemnly, "From now on, it is my time." ”