In Zhu Yunwen's plan, the northeast is a very important link, and to the east can control Korea and even Japan; To the west, it can control Mongolia and form a pincer encirclement with Suiyuan, Shanxi, and Beiping; To the south, it could support Kannai, which was an important grain-producing area in the northeast in later generations, which was essential for stabilizing North China; To the north, you can gradually take Siberia into your pocket, and then gradually expand to the northwest.

Therefore, Zhu Yunwen invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the Northeast, not only immigrating to the Northeast, but also roughly marking the locations of the gold mines in his previous life, such as the Jiapigou Gold Mine and the Mohe Gold Mine, and ordering the officials of the Ministry of Industry to go to the Northeast to investigate, and at the same time encouraging businessmen to go to the Northeast to reclaim, open mines, and mine, implement a three-year tax exemption policy for grain, textile, coal, coke and other industries, and implement preferential policies such as tax exemption and exemption for gold mines and other industries. In the assessment of officials in the Northeast, the growth figures of population, grain, and minerals account for a large proportion, and Zhu Yunwen has little expectations for taxes, if it can be flat within five years, and there is no need for the imperial court to inject capital, then Zhu Yunwen will have to recite Amitabha.

As for the local garrison, after consulting with Wang Du, Tie Hyun and others, and accepting the military's suggestion, Zhu Yunwen decided to transfer the North Korean army to the northeast, and his family members accompanied him to reclaim the army; The Jurchen and Mongol armies were transferred to southern Korea and were responsible for encircling and suppressing the remnants of Li Fangyuan. After these garrisons arrived in a new place, in order to survive, they had to fight against bandits who did not obey the imperial court, and Zhu Yunwen also gave them corresponding rights.

Finally, in order to prevent it from becoming bigger, the imperial court had clear restrictions on its weapons, and at the same time, the elite was regularly drawn from it and incorporated into the Guards, which not only gave the elite room to rise, but also reduced the combat effectiveness of the remaining armies and reduced the possibility of their rebellion.

Of course, these policies are implemented gradually, and their effects will not be visible until a few years later.

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Chang Yuchun was a lifelong horse, but unfortunately died young, leaving only three sons and one daughter, the eldest daughter was married to the prince Zhu Biao as a concubine by Zhu Yuanzhang, and had two sons, the eldest son Zhu Xiongying, but unfortunately died early, the second son Zhu Yunxi, was sealed in Taiwan by Zhu Yunwen, and was named the king of Taiwan. It's a pity that Chang died early, otherwise after Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yunxi should be the successor, because he is the son-in-law.

Chang died early, Zhu Yunwen was the biggest beneficiary, Zhu Yunxi was the biggest victim, because the Lu family was corrected, Zhu Yunwen naturally became a son-in-law, and there was later Emperor Jianwen.

According to Taoism, it is harmful to Yin Virtue, and its descendants are also ill-fated, the eldest son Chang Mao was named Zheng Guogong, but he was deposed in the 20th year of Hongwu, and died in Longzhou; Although the second son Chang Sheng succeeded to the title of the founding father, his ability was mediocre, and compared with Xu Da's descendants, he was much inferior.

But in terms of etiquette, Chang Sheng is the closest person to Zhu Yunwen among the courtiers, Zhu Yunwen is often called his uncle, and often makes him guard the Beijing Division, this time when Zhu Yunwen went north, the political affairs were handed over to Yu Xin, Qi Tai and others, and the military power in Beijing was handed over to Chang Sheng.

Although Chang Sheng does not have his father's Wen Taowu strategy, he has inherited his conscientious, diligent and thrifty style, so after Zhu Yunwen left Beijing, Chang Sheng's daily life is fixed and very regular. In the morning, I went to the palace to greet the queen mother, the queen, and the prince, and then inspected the palace garrison, and then inspected the guards outside the palace, and every three days I will also inspect the defense of the Beijing Division, and the rest of the time is to accompany the prince to deal with political affairs and teach his martial arts, which is also required by Zhu Yunwen, he hopes that his son will not only be familiar with political affairs, but also be physically strong, so as to bear major pressure. It's a pity that the crown prince Zhu Wenkui seems to have inherited his father's body and has always been relatively thin, and when Queen Ma Hui talked about this, she was worried, lest something happen to him.

Although Xu Huizu, Ping'an and others led the army to fight in the desert and grassland, opening up territory for the imperial court, Chang Sheng was not envious, he knew his ability, and the emperor also needed someone to guard the rear for him, Chang Sheng was also willing to be such a person.

But this kind of dull life was broken in September, Taiwan King Zhu Yunxi and Ji King Zhu Yunxi returned to Beijing, because of the relationship between the Queen Mother, Taiwan King Zhu Yunxi often entered the palace, and Ji King Zhu Yunxi simply lived in the palace, which caused the dissatisfaction of the courtiers, and they all wrote to ask Ji King Zhu Yunxi to move out of the palace, the Queen Mother refused at the beginning, but after summoning Fang Xiaoru, she immediately agreed to move King Ji out of the palace, temporarily calming down the dispute. But the two kings were very filial, entering the palace at dawn every day, and leaving the palace at night before the palace gate was closed.

In this way, every time Changsheng asks for peace, he will meet two kings. They were all very enthusiastic, one by one "uncle" called, at first Chang Sheng was really happy, but over time, he felt something unusual, especially after Yu Xin intentionally or unintentionally mentioned something, he tried to reduce the meeting with the two kings as much as possible, and staggered the time of greeting, but it didn't have much effect, because the two kings were in the palace most of the time, and they would always meet.

Chang Sheng didn't know how to deal with it, it was not good to be too close, it was not good to be too distant, he could not afford to offend the two kings, and he did not dare to let the emperor misunderstand, because he knew that the emperor's secret service Investigation Department and Intelligence Department would inevitably pay attention to his every move, which had nothing to do with trust, it was just a routine.

"General Xu, this is Jubaomen, the defenders are three thousand, the main general is called Qi Heng ......, here is Jinchuan Gate, the defenders are five thousand, and the main general is called Le Xiang......"

The veteran Xu Kai nodded again and again, and wrote down Chang Sheng's explanation in his heart, he came back from North Korea specifically to replace Chang Sheng to take charge of the defense of Beijing.

After Chang Sheng explained the matter, he took Xu Kai to inspect the city wall and familiarize him with the terrain, the defenders and their main generals.

The city of Nanjing is huge, so it took Xu Kai a day to barely get familiar with the environment. However, unlike Chang Sheng, Miyagi Defense did not need Xu Kai to be in charge, and Liu Tie, the commander of Jinyiwei, who rushed back from Beijing, was in charge.

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Founding Mansion.

Chang Sheng, who had been running for a day, let out a sigh of relief, handed over the horse to his subordinates, told him to take good care of it, and then walked straight to the back house. He knew that at this time, his wife Liu must have gotten the news and was waiting for him to dine with his son Chang Jizu.

But when Chang ascended into the house, he was stunned, because there was still a person in the house. Seeing that Chang Sheng was back, this person immediately stood up and walked up to Chang Sheng with a smile: "Uncle, little nephew is so polite!" ”

Looking at the king of Tai who bowed, Chang Sheng was stunned, he turned his head to look at his wife, but found that Liu gently pointed at Zhu Yunxi and shook his head slightly.

Chang Sheng sighed, hurriedly helped Zhu Yunxi up, and said with a straight face: "The last general will not dare, I hope King Ji will forgive me for the rudeness." ”

Zhu Yunxi was actually just making a show, and said with a smile: "Xiao Wang came this time because he had something to ask his uncle for, I wonder if my uncle can give Xiao Wang a face?" ”

"Don't dare to ask for advice, Your Highness has something, just say, as long as you can help in the next place, you will definitely help!"

"Very good, very good, then the king will be relieved." Zhu Yunxi laughed.

The Liu family ordered someone to put the wine and food on the table, and then took Chang Jizu to retreat, leaving only Chang Sheng and Zhu Yunxi.

After eating the wine and food for a while, Youchang Sheng put down his wine glass, hugged his fists and said, "I don't know what His Highness asked?" I hope to teach you! ”

Zhu Yunxi smiled, drank all the wine in the wine glass, then put down the wine glass, suddenly wiped his tears and said: "Uncle, I don't know why you are thousands of miles away from Yun Xi, you are Yun Xi's only relative, the eldest brother died early, his mother died because of Xiao Wang's dystocia, and his father died of illness, and now Xiao Wang only has you as a relative." ”

"Why did Your Highness say this?" Chang Sheng's face changed: "Aren't the emperor, King Ji, and King Xu all relatives of His Royal Highness?" ”

"Your Majesty?" Zhu Yunxi smiled lightly: "Xiao Wang wants to treat the emperor as a relative, but unfortunately he can't climb high!" He sealed Xiao Wang on that desert island in Taiwan, and let Xiao Wang fend for himself, does his uncle think he treats Xiao Wang as a relative? ”

Chang Sheng was a little curious: "Your Highness, isn't Taiwan very rich?" I heard that the sugar cane plantations there are making money every day, and the acting king is the most generous among the kings, isn't His Highness having a good time? ”

"Hehe, uncle doesn't know yet, right? Most of the people who plant sugarcane for Uncle Wang are natives, and there are a small number of Han people, planting sugarcane is very hard, hundreds of natives die of exhaustion every year, and there are at least dozens of Han people. Speaking of this, Zhu Yunxi's eyes moistened.

"That," Chang Sheng was a little puzzled, "Isn't His Highness recruiting natives to farm?" ”

"I also recruited, but the number is not large, so the income is not much, and most of the money is spent on recruiting Confucianism, this king hopes to educate the local people of Taiwan, so that they can bathe in the glory of the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately, the emperor does not agree, and also issued an order to reprimand Xiao Wang, so that Xiao Wang can learn from Uncle Wang."

"This," Chang Sheng felt a little disdainful in his heart, the pedantry of this king of Taiwan had a fight with the emperor in his early years, but the emperor had already turned around, but this king of Taiwan was still immersed in the teachings of those corrupt Confucians.

But though he thought so, he couldn't say so, so he took a piece of beef, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and as he chewed, he thought about how to answer.

After the beef was eaten, Chang Sheng finally spoke, and said: "The emperor may not understand the situation, right, His Royal Highness didn't explain it to the emperor?" ”

"Hehe, although Xiao Wang is a prince, he has much less chance of seeing the emperor than his uncle, and he believes in the words of those businessmen and the uncle on behalf of the king, and does not believe in Xiao Wang's words."

"However, this time in Beijing, Xiao Wang found another thing, most of the courtiers supported the practice, not the practice of acting for Uncle Wang, they even advocated sending officials to the island, distributing land for the natives, so that they could farm, and no longer be oppressed by the acting king and others."

Chang Sheng "sighed" in his heart, what does Zhu Yunxi mean? Courtiers support him? Who are they? How do you not know these things?

"Oh, what His Highness did is secretly in line with the Confucian way of loyalty and forgiveness, maybe they are for this reason."

"Yes, now the emperor connives, protects them, and now the businessmen are all tied to their waists, but our officials in the Ming Dynasty are living extremely hard, if this continues, isn't the world corrupt and the people miserable?"

"This," Chang Sheng hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said: "Yes, the last general also feels the same way, Guogong Yulu looks tall, but compared with the big businessmen of Jingshi, it is just a drop in the bucket, and he has a very hard time." ”

"Yes, Xiao Wang plans to write to the emperor to vigorously crack down on illegal merchants, and now that the country is using troops in the northeast, there is a shortage of food and salary, it is the time for them to serve the court, and this idea has also been approved by the ministers of the court."

"Minister of the DPRK? Who are they? Chang Sheng seemed a little drunk and asked with squinted eyes.

"There are a lot, like Yu Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Qi Tai, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Hou Tai, and the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, all agree with this king, which makes this king deeply encouraged, and he must speak bluntly to the emperor, vigorously crack down on illegal businessmen, and give Ming a bright future."

Before Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, he heard a "plop" sound, and looked at it intently, Chang Sheng was drunk, he didn't hold on, he fell to the ground, his head hit the table leg, and he screamed "ah".

Before Zhu Yunxi could react, he heard Liu rush in with the maid and mother-in-law, helped Chang Sheng, and called again and again. But Chang Sheng didn't have a big deal, but he was a little drunk, so he heard Chang Sheng shouting: "I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk, I'm still drinking!" ”

Liu frowned, and said to the bottom: "Hurry up and help Guogong to the room and prepare the sobering soup, Guogong is drunk this time, maybe he has been too tired recently." ”

The servant couldn't help but help Chang Sheng down, and Liu turned around and said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, the prince is a little drunk, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the table, and I hope that Your Highness Haihan!" ”

Chang Sheng's chopsticks were held in the air, as if he was going to eat something, but at this time he was not interested, he smiled bitterly, and arched his hand: "Uncle, then Xiao Wang will take his leave, and come to see his uncle tomorrow!" ”

"Okay, there is His Highness Lao!"