On May 15, the 27th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order that all political affairs in the future should be punished by the emperor's grandson, and then heard. The court solemnly received the order.

Yun Wei is located on the inside of Donghua Gate, on the north side of the Fengxian Palace. Come out of Duanben Palace, go east through the East Corner Gate to reach the East Palace. When he sat down on the throne for the first time, he couldn't help but be in a trance. He remembered the last time he sat in this position, when he was twelve years old, and came here to play, and his father sat on the main seat at that time, dealing with political affairs, and although he was usually very fond of himself, but when he came to this house, he was very serious. It was a summer morning, and my father teased him for some reason, "Do you want to sit in this position?" He nodded happily at the time: "Well, father, is it okay?" The father laughed and led himself to this position and sat down: "Yunwen, this position will be yours sooner or later, but this position is not easy to sit on, you have to study hard." After that, he laughed again. Yun Wei remembered that he had changed a few positions in this seat at that time, and he didn't think it was difficult to sit, so he couldn't help but ask his father, but his father just said that when he grew up, he would know. But now, I have grown up, but my father has passed away for 2 years......

Zhu Yunwen sat on the main seat, scanning the surroundings, and Liu Sanwu and several other Hanlin scholars sat on the side to assist him in handling political affairs. Since Emperor Hongwu abolished the prime minister and directly commanded the six departments, the twists and turns flew over like snowflakes, and Zhu Yuanzhang needed to find someone to help him get it, let alone Zhu Yunwen. Fortunately, Liu Sanwu and others are familiar with government affairs, and Yun Wei can solve most of them if he asks a few bachelors when he encounters something unclear. At the beginning, the progress was very slow, and I had to deal with it until the middle of the night every day, but fortunately, I was young and could still support it, but a few bachelors had to take shifts, after all, Liu Sanwu was almost eighty years old.

Half a month later, Zhu Yunwen felt as if he had taken off a layer of skin, and he had a basic understanding of the situation of the Ming Empire, and he was also familiar with the various Shangshu, and he had a very good impression of them. What they all have in common is that they have a very good memory, they know everything in their jurisdiction, and they are all shrewd and capable people. Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but admire Zhu Yuanzhang's vision, but these people have not been in office for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang will usually kill one or two in a year and a half, or belittle one or two, Zhu Yunwen can't help but be puzzled, shouldn't these rare talents be cherished? Maybe there's something I don't know. Zhu Yunwen's main concerns at present are: state revenue, grain output, the situation of famine and disaster relief in various localities, the situation of political envoys and capital secretaries, the situation of the garrison and the tuntian, and the relationship between the military and ethnic minorities in the border areas.

On this day, Zhu Yunwen picked up a recital, found that it was Annan who wanted to pay tribute, and had already arrived in Guangdong, thought about it, summoned Liu Sanwu and asked: "Old man, how can I approve this recital?" ”

Liu Sanwu picked up the piece and glanced at it, and said: "This piece of music is an old minister who has read it, and also wrote an opinion, suggesting that it be rejected as tribute." ”

Zhu Yunwen was a little strange, picked up the piece and glanced at it and said: "There are a lot of tributes paid by Annan, including elephants, ivory, and jade, all of which are very valuable." ”

"However, my court's reward for this tribute is a hundred times that of this." Liu Sanwu smiled bitterly.

"Why?"

"This is the regulation of my dynasty, the tributary of the vassal state is not a simple tribute, the time of tribute, the number of tributaries and the place of entry have strict regulations, and the reward of our dynasty is very valuable, far more than its tribute, so these vassal states like the court very much, often when they encounter difficulties, they come to my court to see to make a lot of money, hehe." Liu Sanwu also made a joke.

"In addition, when the tribute envoys came to pay tribute, they brought more merchants, because their goods were mostly rare in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming merchants often bought them at a high price, and the envoys made a lot of profits."

Zhu Yunwen thought about it and understood: It turns out that the so-called tribute is not how much people respect our Daming, but that our Daming spent money to buy face, and they lost face and made money.

"However, since it's trade, there's nothing wrong with it, and we can even trade with the vassal country." Yun Wei suddenly remembered something and said.

"Your Highness, it's not like this, I prohibit private trade, and if these envoys can't sell their things, they will often make trouble with the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites will often come forward to buy them all, or according to the price they set, who can afford this tribute?" Liu Sanwu smiled bitterly.

Zhu Yunwen suddenly realized, it turned out that the Ming Dynasty did this thing, so generous, it was unimaginable in later generations.

"Old gentleman, Gu understands, the tribute really needs to be restricted, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will become a big wrongdoer."

"Yes, Your Highness, so let them return, Da Ming does not accept tribute."

"Yes." Zhu Yunwen gave instructions on the fold and asked Annan to return at the hour.

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After a while, Zhu Yunwen found a piece of Liaodong Tuntian, which was from the military department, Zhu Yunwen thought for a while, and said to Liu Sanwu: "Old man, can you tell me about the situation in Liaodong Tuntian?" ”

Liu Sanwu paused for a moment and said: "Liaodong is the left arm of Yanjing, bordering on three sides, blocking the sea on one side, Shanhaiguan blocking the inside and outside, and also forming a winning area." In the past dynasties, counties were set up, and I changed the guards as much as possible, and they were unique in Liaoyang, Kaiyuan and Anle, and two states of freedom, which were used to settle the people who were attached to the country. ”

"At present, the eastern part of Liaodong has jurisdiction over 25 Wei and 2 prefectures, and the jurisdiction starts from the Yalu River in the east, reaches Shanhaiguan in the west, reaches Lushunkou in the south, and reaches Kaiyuan in the north." Liu Sanwu walked to the map and pointed out to Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen took a closer look, roughly including most of Liaoning in the later generations, this place he was very familiar with, including Fushun, Shenyang, Dandong, Jinzhou, Dalian and Shanhaiguan, this is the land that haunts his dreams......

"Your Highness, Your Highness....." Liu Sanwu found that Zhu Yunwen was stunned, and couldn't help but remind.

"Oh, it's okay, Lone knows, I want to know what the situation is in the Tuntian of the Liaodong Dusi?" Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said.

"The location of Liaodong is very important, if the Mongols invade south, Liaodong can attack from the flank. However, in recent years, Mongolia's center of gravity has shifted westward, and there have been fewer wars in Liaodong. This time, Ru Shangshu's performance is to hope to modify the proportion of the station, which was previously eight points of tuntian, and two points of stationing, and wants to change it to all tuntian. ”

"Oh? Is Liaodong so stable? ”

"Yes, since the surrender of Naha, the former prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty who was entrenched in Jinshan in the twentieth year of Hongwu, there has been no major war in Liaodong. Our dynasty set up the Liaodong Prefecture in the northeast. ”

"What about the north of Liaodong?"

Liu Sanwu smiled and said: "Your Highness, north of Liaodong, I have no real rulership in the Ming Dynasty, just fetters, and there are no chief officers and garrisons, most of them are local Jurchen guards. ”

"Why not garrison it?"

"Your Highness, these places are too cold to live in, and there are many barbarians, and there are few soldiers to hold on, and if there are many soldiers, there are not enough supplies, and the local barbarians are more obedient, so there are no garrisons, and there are no civil governors."

Hehe, Zhu Yunwen was a little disapproving, the Northeast in later generations was fertile and rich in products, how could it not be suitable for garrisoning? Moreover, the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty here in later generations has caused endless pain to the Chinese nation, the massacre of the founding of the country and the loss of power and humiliation of the country before its demise, which indirectly caused the decline of China for thousands of years, and even bullied by the small country of Dongying. When he died in battle in his previous life, he couldn't forget the despair, the helplessness of backwardness, and the pain of helplessness......

"So, old man, do you have any information about Liaodong over there? I want to take a look. ”

"This old minister has some, but for more details, you need to go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War to get the treasury files."

"Okay, Lone knows, thank you, old man."

Zhu Yunwen asked Liu Zhen to go to the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to obtain information on Liaodong, and he picked up the information given by Liu Sanwu and read it, making some notes while reading.

The military household system originated during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and may be related to the wars and Xianbei invasions at that time. The military households of this dynasty have been soldiers for generations, and their children and grandchildren have all entered the "military households". The setting of the guard station ensures that there are enough troops to fight in wartime, and in peacetime, it will not increase the burden on the country, which is actually very perfect in theory, but it only suffers the military household. The Ming Dynasty was in turmoil at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the frontier was mostly foreign and less Han people, so when a place was laid, Zhu Yuanzhang often ordered the army to settle the fields on the spot, and soon the desolate border land became rich, at that time there were more than 400 guards in the country, and the reclaimed land accounted for more than one-tenth of the country, which played an important role in the prosperity of the frontier and the consolidation of border defense. The specific method is as follows: each sergeant receives 50 acres of land, and the government gives him ploughing cattle and agricultural tools, professors planting, rent-free, and one bucket of tax per mu, with a total burden of five stone per military household, and the rest is the grain for the officers and soldiers of the guard. When Zhu Yunwen saw this, he felt that the burden on military households was not heavy, even if it was hard at the beginning, but with the extension of the years, the accumulated wealth would become more and more, and the life would be better and better, and the result would be that it could basically solve the self-sufficiency of military rations, without affecting the combat effectiveness, such as 10,000 military households with 50,000 stone of military rations. If there are more than 100,000 officers and soldiers in the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, there will be 500,000 stone of military rations, which is enough for self-sufficiency. This system is good, why is there a problem? Because the combat effectiveness of the guard army in the late Ming Dynasty was notoriously poor, and there was also the problem of a large number of military households fleeing, Zhu Yunwen couldn't understand it, so he asked Liu Sanwu.

"Sir, is there any problem with this system of military households?"

"Questions? The old minister didn't see anything wrong, half ploughing and half fighting, if the war was tight, the imperial court would levy civilian food support, but after the war was over, it would naturally recover slowly. It's really a good strategy to enrich the country and strengthen the army."

Zhu Yunwen was speechless, it seems that there is really no problem, the burden on the military households is not heavy, although they are all in the frontier, but the land is much larger, why is there a problem? Yun Wei was puzzled, but he could only put it down and think slowly.

At this moment, Liu Sanwu suddenly walked over: "Your Highness, the old minister remembered, there is another reason for Liaodong Tuntian, because the Liaodong Wei has been supplied by sea from the south of the Yangtze River before, but the sea transportation is extremely risky, once it capsizes, it will suffer heavy losses, and there will be casualties of officers and soldiers, so the emperor's idea is that if Tuntian can be self-sufficient, then the sea transportation can be stopped." Therefore, Ru Shangshu's twist and turn should be adhering to the emperor's intentions. ”

"Sea freight? Emperor? You say that this recital is what the emperor meant? ”

"The emperor mentioned before that he couldn't bear to cause casualties among officers and soldiers by sea, and he deliberately stopped shipping, and it was also the emperor's kindness, so Ru Shangshu would play like this."

"Okay, Lone knows, thank you, old man."

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After that, these two folds were confirmed with Ren Hengtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Ru Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and found that they also had the same meaning, so they gave instructions and forwarded them to Zhu Yuanzhang.

As the days passed, Zhu Yunwen became more and more proficient in handling the pieces, and fewer and fewer people were beaten back by Zhu Yuanzhang. Later, the differences of opinion between grandchildren and grandchildren were mainly on the severity of the sentence, Zhu Yuanzhang enforced the law strictly, while Zhu Yunwen advocated not to be too harsh, and grandchildren occasionally had disputes, but they were generally harmonious. The government and the opposition also praised the emperor's grandson for his benevolent heart, his heavenly heart, his heart for the people, and his strict and not cruel law enforcement, which is really a blessing for the people. Zhu Yunwen heard about it, but he was more respectful to Zhu Yuanzhang, more tolerant of hundreds of officials, and humbly asked for advice if he didn't understand, and never pretended to understand and judged indiscriminately.

After approving the chapter, Zhu Yunwen would usually go to the Qianqing Palace to compensate Zhu Yuanzhang and talk, and he would not go back until Zhu Yuanzhang went to bed.

After returning to Duanben Palace, Liu Zhen will show Zhu Yunwen today's briefing on martial arts, which he asked Wang Du, Qi De, Huang Zicheng, and Tie Xuan to write every day, and he will give instructions on the briefing, and deal with and correct some problems in a timely manner. In addition, Ling Qide and Wang Du worked together to analyze important battle examples from the past and present into a book, and used them as teaching materials, so that the staff officers of the staff office could conduct deductions, broaden the vision of the staff officers as much as possible, and strengthen the versatility and accuracy of war games. I can't find a strategist like Master Daoyan, nor is there a person as brave as Zhu Di, so I can only rely on gathering wisdom and working together to defeat him.

That night, as soon as Zhu Yunwen returned to Duanben Palace, Liu Zhen came in: "Your Highness, the Jinyi Guard commanded Song Zhong to wait outside." ”

"Song Zhong? Did he say anything? ”

"Nope."

"Okay, you let him in."

After a while, Song Zhong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, walked in, first saluted Zhu Yunwen, and then said, "His Royal Highness, the last general will come at night and have something important to report." ”

"Please."

"The last general recently discovered that there is a rumor circulating in Beijing, which is the last few days, but there is a tendency to intensify."

"Oh? Gossip? What rumors? Is it worth commanding the envoy to come to see Lone so late? ”

"The last general has already told the emperor, but the emperor wants the last general to report to the emperor's grandson. As for the rumors......" Song Zhong looked left and right, a little embarrassed.

"Hehe, it's okay, it's all your own people here, you can say any rumors."

"Okay, the last general said it, recently there are rumors in Beijing that the imperial grandson is desperate...... Martial arts, so happy, do not know the art of war but like to use soldiers, but unfortunately the soldiers died in vain and no one took them...... Collecting the corpses, King Yan is wise and powerful, and he uses soldiers like a god, which is well-deserved...... A well-deserved leader, following King Yan, can survive, talent, and be prosperous and rich. Song Zhong spoke very slowly, and peeked at Zhu Yunwen's face from time to time.

Zhu Yunwen's face was as usual, there was no change, after Song Zhong finished speaking, he didn't speak, picked up the tea he sat on and took a sip, closed his eyes and swallowed it slowly, shaking the teacup in his hand, and said, "Commander Song, what else?" ”

"Your Highness, the last general heard this rumor yesterday, so he hurried to find out the source. But the source of the spread is very difficult to check, and several sources can be basically determined, one is the two restaurants in the city, Fengmanlou and Zuixianlou, or the Qinglou area of the Qinhuai River, and there seems to be related to Jiming Temple. ”

"Jiming Temple?" Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but think of Master Pu Qia, but after thinking about it carefully, he didn't need to do this, his master paid so much to help him, and Pu Qia couldn't be unfavorable to himself. Wait, he suddenly remembered what Pu Qia once said that the land law of Master Daoyan, the host of Qingshou Temple in Beiping, can come to Jiming Temple to place an order, does it have anything to do with this?

"Song Zhong, how do you know that it is related to Jiming Temple."

"When His Royal Highness mourned the first prince in Jiming Temple, Jinyiwei was ordered to protect His Highness, set up a sentry post at the foot of the mountain, and observed the crowd going up and down the mountain by himself, and asked a vegetable farmer to go up the mountain to deliver vegetables every day. When tracing the source of the rumors, it was found that this vegetable farmer also delivered vegetables to Feng Manlou at the same time. According to the investigation, this person once told this rumor in front of people. ”

"So, what about this man?"

"This person is missing, and when we notice this person, this person is no longer available."

"Does he have any relatives and family?"

"He doesn't have a family, and his relatives are all in his hometown in the countryside, so the clue is broken."

"What is the commander going to do?"

"Your Highness, the last general will definitely do his best to track it down, and the results will definitely be found."

"Then do you think this rumor was spread by Uncle Yan Wang?"

"The last general doesn't dare," Song Zhong knelt on the ground, a little out of his mind: "The last general is afraid that someone is deliberately separating the royal flesh and blood, so he has to find out." ”

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, but there is a monk named Fa Neng in Jiming Temple, you can pay attention to this person, but don't startle the snake, you have to report the result at any time."

"Yes, Your Highness, definitely."

Zhu Yunwen helped Song Zhong up: "Commander Song, Gu will remember you, I hope you don't let Gu down." ”

"Definitely, the general will do his best."

"Okay, leave the investigation materials behind, and you can go."

After Song Zhong left, Zhu Yunwen sat in front of the table for a while, Uncle Yan Wang, it seems that you have already done it, look at the history of the Ming Dynasty, you were still very obedient during the Hongwu period, so did you tamper with history, or were you scared out by your own series of means? This is not important anymore, what matters is how to break the game.

Beckoned Liu Zhen and handed him Song Zhong's investigation materials, you tell Liu Tie and let him send this information to Wuxue tomorrow and hand it over to Wang Du, and he must keep it secret.

Liu Zhen nodded yes.

Zhu Yunwen washed up, went to bed, and knowing the news that Uncle Yan Wang started to do it, he found that he was not too nervous, but a little excited, and finally started......