Zhu Yunwen didn't know that his identity had been exposed, in fact, the key reason was his jade pendant, it can only be said that Zhu Yunwen was dizzy at that time, of course, maybe it was the will of heaven in the dark. But even if he knew, he couldn't care about it.

When Zhu Yunwen assigned tasks to Tan Bo, Tan Bo put forward a different view, he felt that this kind of institution was completely a businessman's behavior, and it was not appropriate for the court officials to do it, and it was not suitable for the officials, if they were forced to order, they would become yamen, and no one would be willing to exchange it, so this would go against the original intention of the imperial grandson. Zhu Yunwen realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding, he had always hoped to get the favor of the courtiers, and he didn't want people to feel that he was not doing his job, because this would affect his prestige among the courtiers, such as the creation of martial arts, engineering colleges, and agricultural colleges have already made the courtiers have some complaints. Now he wants to create a bank, he wants to use courtiers, but he finds that it doesn't work.

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said, "Tan Bo, do you have any suggestions?" ”

"If His Highness must do it, the opinion of the humble position is to use the merchants, and the courtiers are responsible for supervising it."

"Well, do you have any candidates?"

Tan Bo thought for a while, and said embarrassedly: "Your Highness, there is a candidate for the minister, I wonder if Your Highness can agree?" ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "Let's hear it." ”

"Chen's brother-in-law, Zhao Yufei."

"Your brother-in-law?" Zhu Yunwen said curiously.

Tan Bo was a little embarrassed and said: "Your Highness, the minister is from Fengyang, born in poverty, his father died early, and his mother is not in good health, so after winning Xiucai, he hurriedly married his wife, his wife is the daughter of a businessman, but she is very virtuous, and she has been taking care of her mother in her hometown all these years." Chen's father-in-law's family is a money village, although the scale is not large, but the reputation is not bad, his wife and brother Zhao Yufei are shrewd, and the minister thinks it is more suitable. ”

"Home? Why don't you bring your wife and mother to the capital? ”

Tan Bo smiled bitterly and said: "Xiaguan is a five-grade person, with a monthly salary of 16 stones, equivalent to 8 taels of silver, and he can't afford to support his wife and mother at all." I haven't seen my wife, my children, my mother and I for five years. ”

Zhu Yunwen was a little shocked and said, "Zhengwupin is not low, how can you live so shabby?" ”

Tan Bo smiled bitterly.

Zhu Yunwen thought for a moment and said, "That's it, since you have already arrived at Zhan Shifu, Gu will let you be responsible for all the financial situation of Zhan Shifu, including the income and expenses of martial arts, guards, engineering colleges, and agricultural colleges, including banks, glass, and other projects, can you do it?" ”

Tan Bo said: "The lower officials are willing." In fact, Tan Bo was a little ecstatic, he knew that no one wanted to come to this matter today, fortunately, His Royal Highness had some impression of himself, so he let himself come over, but he didn't expect to hand over the financial power of Zhan Shifu to him, which was a shortcut to being promoted to the head of the household.

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said: "You immediately repair the book to your wife and brother, explain the situation to him, and see if he is willing to come, if he is not willing to come, he will continue to look for candidates." In addition, you go to Wuxue to find Tie Xuan, he will hand over the accounts to you, and then you go to the College of Agriculture and the College of Engineering to have a look, and you are responsible for the expenses and income over there, and your responsibility is to let the College of Engineering develop more new products, and the College of Agriculture will increase food production, which is the top priority, understand? ”

"Xia Guan understands."

......

While Zhu Yunwen was busy with his courtiers studying the Tuntian envoy and taxation according to land, Xu Huizu and his party arrived at Yulin, an important town in Shaanxi. After leaving Xi'an, Song Xuan's 5,000 cavalry was led by 5,000 households and began long-range reconnaissance and training. Xu Huizu took the infantry of the three guards, and after passing through Fengxiang, Pingliang, Qingyang, and Yan'an Mansion, he arrived at Yulin Mansion. Since Geng Bingwen talked to his son Geng Xuan, he often went to the guards to rotate, and gradually formed a habit. So when Xu Huizu went north, Geng Bingwen also came.

Geng Bingwen and Xu Huizu each held a monocular and looked north, these are all derivative products of glass, but now the output is not much, and it can only be equipped to the level of thousands of households, and there is also a small flag level that does not collect at night. Geng Bingwen snatched this from Xu Huizu, because of his old qualifications, Xu Huizu had no choice, so he had to deploy one from below with a wry smile.

Xu Huizu looked at it for a while and said, "Old General Geng, are you familiar with this area?" ”

"Wei Guogong, this telescope is really good, standing here, you can see the situation 20 miles away, so that it can add an hour of warning time to the guards, I hope Wei Guogong can suggest that His Royal Highness Taisun equip the northwest with more telescopes, this telescope is too useful for the northwest."

"This is no problem, His Highness is very concerned about the places in the northwest border, if you want the old general to bring it up, His Highness will definitely give priority to rationing."

"That's great. The old man replaced the Northwest soldiers, thank Your Highness. ”

"Old general, at a glance here, there seems to be no human being."

"Yes, this place is the Great Wall of the Sui Dynasty, from here to the Yinshan line, has always been a place where nomads are rampant, this dynasty since the expulsion of the Yuan soldiers, called this area Woer Dusi, but in fact, for this area basically gave up, so there are no people."

"Old general, before I came, the imperial grandson gave instructions here, he thought that it was wrong for this dynasty to abandon the Hetao, once the Mongols entered the Hetao again, then the pressure on the Shaanxi Dusi would be too great, and the nearby Shanxi and Ningxia would be exhausted by the invasion of the Hu people, His Royal Highness's suggestion is that our dynasty, like the Han and Tang dynasties, push the defense line to the line of Yinshan and rebuild the three counties of Shuofang, Wuyuan and Yunzhong. Yunzhong County currently has Dongshengwei, but Shuofang and Wuyuan are basically uninhabited. ”

Geng Bingwen smiled bitterly: "Wei Guogong, His Royal Highness's decision-making is very wise, but since the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, our dynasty has a sparse population, there are few people in the northwest, the conditions are very poor, and there is no threat of invasion by the Hu people at present, and it seems that it is not necessary to push it to the line of Yinshan." ”

"Yes, I also understand, but the old general don't worry, His Highness won't do these things immediately, this time we are just here to survey the terrain, Song Xuan's five thousand cavalry are now in the Hetao to reconnoitre, they will go as far as the Yellow River, and then turn east to Junzidu, and meet us in Dongshengwei. We will go all the way north to Dongshengwei, and His Highness wants us to investigate, why did it happen that a hundred households embezzled the rewards of soldiers? ”

Geng Bingwen sighed and said: "Wei Guogong, the old man will tell the truth today, in the place where there is no Great Wall to rely on, the lonely grassland is difficult for ordinary people to imagine, the old man of Dongshengwei has been there, Dongshengwei is more than 300 miles away from Datongwei, food can not be self-sufficient, originally to set up five guards, and finally abolished three guards, only two guards remained. Grain: At present, the grain is transported from Datong, and the grain in Datong is not very sufficient, so the difficulties of Dongshengwei can be imagined. ”

"So if I re-establish the Three Surrender Cities in the Ming Dynasty, and then Tuntian in the set, so that I can give Dongsheng a better support, will it be better like this?"

Geng Bingwen thought for a while, and said: "Your Highness's concerns are reasonable, if we can not establish a solid line of defense during the founding of the Ming Dynasty, then there will be hidden dangers in the future, in fact, the old man also feels that there is a problem with the current defense of the Hetao, we now have no means to prevent Hu Lu from crossing the Yellow River, we can only ensure that Hu Lu can not stand in the Hetao, but this kind of defense The old man thinks that it is not enough, at present, Shaanxi is actually like a strong man standing in the wilderness, meeting the wind and rain in all directions, and fearless. ”

"Yes, the old general's generation has restored the Hanjia River and Mountain, our generation has to defend it, His Royal Highness has great ambitions, and I feel very lucky as a warrior. By the way, old general, do you know what His Highness's ambition is? ”

"Hehe, the old man rarely returns to Beijing, and he hasn't seen His Royal Highness until now, and I hope that Wei Guogong can convey it on his behalf."

Xu Huizu looked at the north and said, "His Royal Highness said at the opening ceremony of martial arts: 'There are Japanese pirates in the East China Sea, Mongolia in the North Mountain, Timur in the northwest, and moss in the south. Later, I had the privilege of hearing His Highness say that he hoped that the people of the Ming Dynasty would sail freely on the sea, and that there would be no trouble with the Japanese; It is hoped that the people of the Ming Dynasty can walk out of the Great Wall without fear of killing; It is hoped that the territory of the northwest will surpass the Han and Tang dynasties and reach the Hezhong region; It is hoped that the small countries in the south will no longer covet the Central Plains, such as Annam, which the Mongols have not conquered in three expeditions. Once China weakens, such a country will inevitably cause disaster to the frontier. ”

Geng Bingwen was really shocked, and said, "Your Highness, do you want to be Emperor Qin and Han Wu?" What His Highness wants to do what he didn't do today? ”

"Actually, I don't know how to do it, but His Highness is already gradually preparing, such as the equipment of the Guards, and the telescope in the old general's hand, all of which are the efforts of His Highness. His Highness also asked people to study ways to increase the yield of land, with the aim of increasing the output of the tuntian, so I am not worried that His Highness will be reckless, His Highness prefers to plan before acting. ”

"So," Geng Bingwen looked around and said in a low voice, "Duke Wei, then what does His Royal Highness plan for the vassal king?" ”

Xu Huizu also said in a low voice: "Old general, I don't know about this, the old general's son may know, and the prince of Wang Du should also know." ”

"Your Highness doesn't believe you?"

"No, Your Highness still trusts me, but I guess it may be my sister's fault."

Oh, Geng Bingwen nodded, yes, Xu Da has four daughters, the eldest daughter is Princess Yan, and the second daughter is the acting princess, it is not bad that His Royal Highness can do this to Xu Huizu.

"Wei Guogong, the old man is your generation, say a word of transgression, don't you discredit your father, King Zhongshan, and ruin his old man's name."

"Uncle Geng, Huizu will be, please rest assured."

"Well," Geng Bingwen looked back again, and found that a knight in the distance was riding over on horseback, handing over a letter in his hand to Wang Du, Wang Du opened his heart and browsed it, and walked over to this side, so he quickly shut up.

Wang Du came to Xu Huizu and said, "Wei Guogong, Jinyi Wei has monitored the recently transferred Wei commanders, and so far, there is nothing abnormal. ”

"Okay, thank you, Lord Wang."

"Don't dare, the next official is busy." After the king gave the salute, he turned and left.

Geng Bingwen looked at Wang Du's back and said, "Wei Guogong, what is the background of this Lord Wang?" Why is it so trusted by His Highness? ”

Xu Huizu didn't look back, and said with a smile: "I don't know about this matter, I heard that it was recommended by Fang Xiaoru, but His Highness immediately relied on him as a confidant, and was responsible for the preparation of the war game deduction in the martial arts, and now he is the chief of staff of the Guardian Army, which is also the preparation of His Highness." Speaking of this, Xu Huizu paused and said, "Old general, do you know? Every soldier in the Guard was literate and could read and understand official documents. ”

"Really? So much? More than 10,000 people? ”

"Yes, His Highness requires that everyone know at least one word every day, and if they can't reach it, they will be locked up and not even given food."

"This seems a bit too much, can't you fight if you can't read?"

"I'm not sure either, but His Highness said that martial artists are not synonymous with vulgarity, and that future wars will become more and more complicated, and soldiers without knowledge will not be able to be promoted to higher positions."

Geng Bingwen was a little unimpressed, but he didn't say anything.