In the face of the nine-sided towns with a tendency to become feudal towns, the final method adopted by the Ming court was to use the civilian system to decompose and devour most of the functions of the army, so that the army did not have any autonomy in construction at all.

This is the so-called use of culture to control force.

After hundreds of years of using literature to control the military, by the time of Zhu Youzhen, the Ming Dynasty had a complete system for how to control the border town army.

In addition to the limited right to garrison and defend the current Ming army, all other functions have been devoured by civilian officials.

Now, not to mention the construction of a city, even the permanent barracks of the army itself must be requisitioned by the magistrates to build and repair them.

For example, the construction of the Ningyuan defense line was nominally built by the army of Man Gui and Zu Dashou, but in fact, all the arrangements of the defense line were made by Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan, who were civilian officials.

Even if he was as enlightened as Sun Chengzong, he only gave border generals such as Man Gui and Zu Dashou the right to train troops and choose a small range of tactics against the enemy.

It can be said that if the current Ming Dynasty does not have the cooperation of the civilian system, unless the army directly rebels, it will be difficult for him to move an inch.

The civilian officials of the Ming Dynasty relied on reducing the efficiency of the army's actions to reduce the possibility of the army's rebellion. This is also a major reason why the quality of the army in the middle and late Ming Dynasty is getting lower and lower.

"Okay."

Understanding the meaning of Zheng Yingtai's words, Zhu Youzhen clapped his hands excitedly and shouted.

According to Zheng Yingtai's statement, the Ming court will never let the border army have logistical autonomy. It is completely feasible for Zhu Youzhen to rely on Kaizhong to control the logistics of the border army.

Thanks to God, thank the earth, and thank Daming for the corrupt and complicated civil official system, so it seems that there should be no problem with his Zhu Youzhen's money bank.

"Okay, Lao Zheng, then you have to work hard. If you rush to Ningyuan as soon as possible, you must first prepare a batch of supplies for Jinyou to build the city. Put the brocade right open in the middle as soon as possible. ”

Straightening out the relationship with the border army, Zhu Youzhen's worries disappeared, and he told Zheng Yingtai with a smile.

"Your Highness, Wu Qinghou has been waiting for you for almost an hour, can't you see him?"

Waiting for Zheng Yingtai to leave, Wang Chengen reported to Zhu Youzhen with a smile.

"Wu Qinghou Li Guorui is finally here."

Hearing this good news, Zhu Youzhen's mood was better.

After taking the Tianjin garrison Qin Ming last year, Zhu Youzhen thought that Wu Qinghou would admit defeat to him. Unexpectedly, this Wu Qinghou would rather continue to lose money in his family than bow to him.

And for this stinky and hard Wu Qinghou, Zhu Youzhen couldn't do anything about him for a while. After all, Zhu Youzhen still has to worry about the face of the noble group, how can he not persecute Wu Qinghou too much.

Now that Wu Qinghou is finally willing to enter the door of Thaksin's palace, and can wait patiently for nearly an hour, he will definitely admit defeat.

can finally convince Wu Qinghou, can Zhu Youzhen be unhappy?

Regarding the fleet trade route in Wu Qinghou's hand, Zhu Youzhen has long been salivating.

Speaking of which, since the construction of the first treasure ship, Zhu Youzhen has been very concerned about maritime trade. From then on, he began to make early preparations for maritime trade.

The home port and sea vessels necessary for maritime trade have now been solved by Zhu Youzhen. But the route and trade object, Zhu Youzhen has not been able to really get started yet.

This era is completely different from previous lives.

The information of this era is very unsmooth, even if you are in the same Ming Dynasty, it is difficult for you to know how to sail between each port of the Ming Dynasty, and it is even more difficult to know what goods are needed in the port.

If you don't have accurate information, even if you can find the right route and get to the port you want to go to, maybe the goods you are shipping are not what people want.

Even if the goods you ship happen to be what the other party needs, they will not necessarily accept your goods.

The loading capacity of the sea ship is destined to be a bulk transportation, and it is also destined that you cannot sell it piecemeal like a small trader.

What's more, this era is not the era of free trade in the previous life. Even Britain in the previous life, without relying on the Opium War, could not have opened China's trade channels?

If you can't sort these things out, you will definitely lose all your money if you go to sea rashly.

What makes Zhu Youzhen even more speechless is that the businessmen of this era all regard business routes as their lifeblood. Until you have to, even if you pay for it, people won't tell you.

This is like the Zheng family's trade route in the grassland, if it weren't for the Zheng family's sincere refuge, it would be difficult for Zhu Youzhen to enter the grassland market in the short term.

It's been two years, almost two years. Zhu Youzhen has not yet found the opportunity to step into the Daming Sea Trade.

Now it's okay, as long as Wu Qinghou is willing to take out his sea ship channel, Zhu Youzhen will really enter the door of Daming Sea Trade. As long as he can step into the door of sea trade, Zhu Youzhen can slowly and truly operate sea trade.

Wu Qinghou's sea vessel channel can save Zhu Youzhen at least more than 5 years of time, which makes Zhu Youzhen not happy.

The meeting room of the letter palace

When he saw Zhu Youzhen's young and dazzling face appear in front of him, Wu Qinghou's already made up his mind couldn't help but waver again.

Admitting defeat to such a young man who is old enough to be his grandson, Wu Qinghou is really unwilling.

But the form is not up to others, but if he can still insist, Wu Qinghou doesn't want to admit defeat to Zhu Youzhen.

The problem is that Wu Qinghou really can't hold on now.

"Li Houye, I don't know what you have to do when you come to the mansion?"

Seeing Wu Qinghou sitting on the chair in a daze, Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to inquire first.

Awakened by Zhu Youzhen's words, Wu Qinghou, who came back to his senses, looked at Zhu Youzhen, who had a cold face and no smile, and stood up tremblingly.

"His Royal Highness King Xin, King Xin, King Xin," Wu Qinghou stammered: "Ben, Benhou, Benhou has offended His Royal Highness King Xin, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness." ”

Although he stammered, the words of admitting defeat were finally all said, and Wu Qinghou's heart felt light.

It turns out that this is the feeling of admitting defeat, and it's not so unbearable.

The words of admitting defeat were spoken, and Wu Qinghou's speech returned to fluency.

"Your Highness, in order to show the old man's shame for offending His Highness, all the properties under the name of Wuqing Houfu are at your Royal Highness's disposal. As long as His Royal Highness chooses, the old man will immediately transfer the property to the name of the palace as a gift for the old man's sins. ”

Wu Qinghou, who was recovering, said this paragraph of apology, neatly and neatly, without the slightest drag.

"Let Lone choose? What if you take a fancy to all the properties in Marquis Li's mansion? Can Master Hou be willing to give it up? ”

Listening to Wu Qinghou's impassioned words, the corners of Zhu Youzhen's mouth flashed with a smile, and he said half-seriously and half-jokingly.

"King, lord?"

At this time, Wu Qinghou began to stutter again, but only stammered twice, and Wu Qinghou made up his mind in his heart.

"If the prince takes a fancy to all the properties of Benhou, Benhou will offer all the properties. As long as His Royal Highness can let go of Ben Hou, Ben Hou will never say anything. ”