Mahamu and his son beheaded the public outside the Chengtian Gate on the ninth day of the fourth month, and the people of the capital were all jubilant at that time. Since then, the Warat tribe has disappeared. ”

Zhu Zhanji knew that although the Warat tribe was in decline, the real confidant of the Ming Dynasty was the Tatars. However, in this time and space, the development of the Beimingshan copper mine has tied the Tatars there, and it will no longer be a disaster.

Zhu Zhanji nodded, and the lieutenant Mao Xun continued to report: "On the sixth day of the fourth month, Your Majesty issued an order to depose Zhu Lu, the king of the valley, and his two sons as concubines. ”

Zhu Di abolished Zhu Lu had a foreshadowing, this time Zhu Zhanji took the clan to the sea, and the Gu Wangfu did not send the prince or the county king to accompany him.

Zhu Zhanji was not very interested in these things, and asked: "How are the two banks developing now?" The embezzlement of military funds for the guard station that occurred in March has come to an end? ”

Mao Xun immediately asked his entourage to find out the information about the two banks, and replied: "It has been more than four months since the bank opened, and now the military guards of the Ming Dynasty have become accustomed to letting the soldiers receive their own salaries. His Majesty has now asked the Ministry of War and the officials of the Criminal Department to form a delegation of governors and inspectors to go to various places to investigate. ”

In this era, corruption and bribery among generals in the army have become commonplace, and it is normal for the military guards in the past to eat empty salaries and exploit the low-level soldiers.

But now the Daming Development Bank has opened outlets in all counties across the country, and all Daming officials, including the soldiers' salaries, are directly distributed to the soldiers through the bank.

In this way, it is almost impossible to eat empty salaries, but it is impossible to eliminate it.

This is not only a matter of supervision, but also because the superior gives and demands from his subordinates, and even the lives of his subordinates are controlled by the superiors.

In such an environment, even if the officials do not exploit them, those subordinates will give most of their money.

The corruption brought about by the limitations of this era cannot be eradicated at all unless the social hierarchy is subverted.

However, this kind of change in the social structure cannot be easily touched, and in any case, there is no reason to rebel against oneself.

After reporting on the bank's affairs, Mao Xun began to report on the current infrastructure construction work of Daming, which is also an aspect that Zhu Zhanji is more interested in.

If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, but it is not something that later generations will understand.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, merchants from all over the world have taken the smooth passage of roads as an important basis for the development of commerce.

Although Zhu Di is not an emperor who attaches importance to business, but today's Daming business is almost controlled by internal control, and he will not get along with his money bag.

What's more, he was a war maniac. In his vision, Daming's mobile field troops could be mobilized to any corner of the country in a short period of time, which was what he had always dreamed of.

Although it is for the war, the Ming Dynasty has now regarded the construction of three vertical and three horizontal cement roads as the basic national policy at present.

Although these three vertical and three horizontal roads are basically centered on the capital Yingtianfu, this kind of planning is more in line with the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty today.

Because today's Ming Dynasty, except for the southeast is slightly richer, the rest of the regions are still poor. Especially in the northern region, there were ten rooms and nine empty rooms at the beginning, thousands of miles of uninhabited, and after decades of recuperation, it still has not been able to recover.

Building roads in other areas is a huge waste of resources. The construction of roads with Yingtianfu as the central point can not only quickly mobilize the Jingwei and Beijing soldiers to other places, but also allow the capital's commerce to receive greater resource support.

Zhu Di has already seen it now, when Zhu Zhanji told him that the Jiajiang Industrial Zone would bring greater benefits to Daming than the Beimingshan Copper Mine, he still didn't believe it.

But now, the Jiajiang Industrial Zone has only been developed for more than two years, but it has already driven the whole world's commerce.

Zhu Di now doesn't know how to manage this Jiajiang Industrial Zone, because there are so many things in it that he doesn't really understand.

And this has brought him great benefits, an industrial area, now brings him more than five million taels of silver per year, which is more than a quarter of the entire Ming tax.

Less than one county can create nearly thirty percent of the income of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di will not believe it if it is put aside.

But now that the facts are in front of him, Zhu Di is reluctant to use this money bag, even if he can't understand it, he can only let it go, and then study it slowly.

The only thing he can figure out now is that the development of the Jiajiang Industrial Zone is definitely not something that can be imitated by copying a few similar factories. This is a miracle that the technology and resources of the entire Ming Dynasty are concentrated together.

Some ministers have written to develop this industrial model in other places, such as Wuchang, Luoyang, Hangzhou and other places where there are also large rivers.

But Zhu Di did not agree. Because he has not yet seen the essence of this industrial zone, but he has already seen the horror of this industrial zone.

He would never agree to the emergence of such a large-scale industrial cluster outside the capital, which would bring untold funds and resources to local officials, as well as the capital to rebel.

Today's model is actually in line with Zhu Zhanji's plan.

The main reason why Jiajiang Industrial Zone can develop so fast now is to suck the blood of the entire Ming Dynasty and supply this industrial zone.

Before Daming's scientific research and technological strength is truly developed, and before this model is easily imitated, he will definitely not vigorously expand, resulting in the leakage of technology.

He now seems to be focusing on the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, but in fact, he attaches the most importance to the ten research institutes in Xiamaqiao Farm.

It's just that this is a research institute, in addition to the emerging medical research institute, the other research institutes are more like Zhu Zhanji's private hobby raised with his own private money.

But others don't know how much Zhu Zhanji attaches importance to these institutes. He would rather bring Jin Kuo and Sun Lin with him, but not Chen Cheng, who is in charge of Xiamaqiao Farm, in order to let Chen Cheng help him take care of this family.

Although Jin Kuo is in charge of half of the Ming Dynasty's business, his power is tied to Zhu Di's thoughts.

Although Sun Lin is in charge of the entire Ming Dynasty's internal supervision and monitoring network, if Zhu Zhanji is not at home, this monitoring network will only be taboo by Zhu Di.

The foundation of the bank has been established, as long as Zhu Di does not come nonsense, this system can slowly develop and gradually control the entire finance of the Ming Dynasty.

Now Zhu Di still can't understand this, he can only see that the bank has helped Daming reduce a lot of energy and reduce a lot of extra links.

Therefore, in the short term, it will only vigorously support the expansion of the bank, and Zhu Zhanji is not worried.

Even if the bank is in a mess now, it will be banned by Zhu Di. But Zhu Zhanji can also learn from experience, and he will be able to set up this structure in a few years.

Only the talents and research direction of the institute cannot be interrupted, because the entire foundation has not yet been laid, and the loss is huge.

And once it is interrupted, it is not only the time that is lost, but also those talents, and the entire research direction and ideas.

After reporting on the affairs of Daming in recent months, Mao Xuncai said with a smile: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is very appreciative of His Highness's sinicization strategy, and has praised His Highness more than once in the court. Now, in order to cooperate with His Royal Highness's policy, he ordered the world's talents to move overseas, and if every talent voluntarily emigrates overseas, he should be made by Jinshi and awarded official positions below the seventh grade. ”

Zhu Zhanji was shocked. "Isn't that the world's scholars hate me to the core?"

Mao Xun paused for a moment before laughing: "How can this be? There are countless poor and sour talents everywhere in Daming, they are just sentient beings in Daming, and they may not be lifted in this life. But as long as you are willing to move overseas, you can be awarded an official position, and now there is an endless stream of people signing up in various counties, and there are more than 10,000 households! ”

Zhu Zhanji thought about it carefully, and it was true. The talents who can be lifted are all extremely talented. There are only more than 300 people every three years, and there are only more than 100 people on average every year.

And how many people read in Daming, at least it will not be less than hundreds of thousands, this proportion is very scary.

Moreover, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are not all wealthy people, and many scholars are also poor. In the hopeless situation, he can only act as a master for others, a bookkeeper, and even write letters for others on the street to make a living.

Now, as long as you are willing to move overseas, you can get a settling-in allowance, and you can also become an official, even if you are a county teacher, it is also a noble position.

What's more, as long as you can pass the official assessment of the imperial court, you can be awarded the post of county order, which is an official position that only Jinshi can hold.

Although today's Ming Dynasty does not have different assessments for many items such as the Ming Scripture, Ming Law, Ming Calculation, Ming Book, History Science, Three Transmissions, and Taoism like the Tang Dynasty, there are also a number of different official assessments.

In this, of course, it is the examination of the Ming Sutra, and being a jinshi is the most promising. However, many hopeless talents will also participate in the assessment of tax officials, transfer officers, and some skilled jobs.

It was not until after the civil fort that the civil officials completely controlled the government, and at that time, everything was up to them.

Then the official evaluation of the imperial court was completely abolished, and most of the officials were weakened to officials, and only the chief officials were served by waste people who did not know anything, could not do it, and could only recite poetry.

The civil servants have lost their restraints, and they have to listen to them when doing business and fighting wars. This kind of layman leading insiders has also completely brought the ancient country of the East into the dark ages.

It is not yet that era, and although the status of scholars is a little higher, it is not much higher.

So at this time, give them a chance to come out, and they are still happy.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji also became happy. This time he brought two or three thousand literati, most of them young people.

These people are still full of hope and confidence in the future, so they are not willing to stay in the land of barbarians. Zhu Zhanji can only use two or three years to make them work, and then give priority to promotion to lure them.

However, if the whole people have risen up to the trend of literati moving out of the country to become officials, then it will not be a dream for Confucianism to flourish in the Nanyang region in the future.

With Confucianism going to Nanyang to fight the Green Sect, Zhu Zhanji does not have to worry about the comprehensive greening of Nanyang countries, and may even eliminate all the soil for their survival.

Mao Xun's arrival not only brought the latest news of Daming, but also brought Zhu Zhanji the news that he had several more children, as well as letters written to him by the harem concubines.

However, Zhu Zhanji is not a person who cares about the love between men and women, and these news only made him happy.

"Li Liang ......"

"The slave is here."

"Clean up the small building behind me and let Lieutenant Mao settle down."

"Jin Kuo."

"The old slave is here."

"I will hand over the trade goods between my Ming Dynasty and the countries of Nanyang to Mao Zhongguan, and put silver and gold coins into the warehouse. Except for the gold coins, all the silver coins were exchanged in the South Seas. ”

The South Seas, including India, are rich in gold and less in silver. People here are more identified with silver as currency, because one tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, and for them, it is earned.

For Daming, exchanging gold for silver at a ratio of ten to one seems to be a loss, because the exchange ratio of gold and silver in Daming is still one to eight. But low gold production and high silver production are worth it in the long run.

What's more, the current trade between the two sides is more of a barter, that is, a little loss, nothing more than a little less than a little less than 10 percent of the profit from trade. But relative to 100 percent, or even 200 percent profit, it is cost-effective to lose a little.

In the future, Iwami Silver Mountain will produce billions of taels of silver, which is a great benefit for the Ming Dynasty.

As long as the countries of Nanyang accepted silver as a trade currency, the gold of Nanyang would continue to flow into the Ming Dynasty in the future.

"Liu Wan......"

"The slave is here."

"Calling the representative of Daming Bank to meet ......"

Jin Kuo took Mao Xun to the small building arranged for him first, and in the face of Mao Xun, he didn't need to deliberately envelop him.

In terms of rank, he is the chief eunuch of the Divine Palace in the Twelve Eunuchs, the Four Bureaus and the Eight Divisions, and he is already the tip of the pyramid in the yamen of today's internal prisons.

Even in terms of the power of the entire internal prison, although Jin Kuo is not as good as Zheng He, Wang Yan, and Li Qian, he is not weak because he is the representative of Zhu Zhanji.

What's more, now he still controls the southeastern city divisions, and Sun Lin, the admiral who is in charge of the advisory department, which is a powerful yamen, is still his subordinate.

Mao Xun is just a lieutenant, although he came on behalf of Zhu Di this time, it was not enough to see in front of him.

The two came to the small building, and Jin Kuo took the lead in sitting on the wooden chair before inviting Mao Xun to sit down. "His Royal Highness's vigorous and resolute actions in Nanyang will inevitably touch the interests of some people, and Lieutenant Mao does not need to only report good news but not bad news, and some words that are not good to speak in front of His Highness will not hurt to say it to me."

Mao Xun clenched his fists and said: "The eunuch is too worried, Your Majesty has not seen the interests of Nanyang before, even if the countries spend money to buy some relations in Yingtianfu, they dare not provoke the relationship between Your Majesty and His Royal Highness's grandchildren."

However, His Royal Highness is so in the limelight, and those civil officials are indeed a little worried, and at the recent court meeting, many people have said some sour things about His Highness's too strong limelight.

The key is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned from Beiping, and now that the limelight is strong, some people will inevitably make some small moves.

Now this appointment of Xiucai to Nanyang as an official is done by these ministers, and this is also to snatch power from His Royal Highness Taisun. ”

Jin Kuo knew very well that Zhu Zhanji was not only not afraid that civilian officials would come to Nanyang to seize power, but he was supportive of this matter.

The civil officials were afraid that His Highness would dominate the Nanyang family, but His Highness did not take the Nanyang countries into account at all. Such behavior of civil servants is simply unwanted.

The civil officials wanted to use gentle means to win over the hearts of the people, but they didn't know that the religious forces here were what Zhu Zhanji was worried about, and it was a good thing for His Highness to take the initiative to attract the hostility of the Green Sect.

Of course, Jin Kuo would not say these words directly, but changed the topic and said: "Your Majesty is old, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in good health, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the hope of our people." This time, His Royal Highness is not in the court, and we still need to take the initiative to take some things. ”

Mao Xun nodded and responded: "Don't worry, eunuchs, this time I went to sea, and the lower officials also had to be entrusted by the eunuchs, please rest assured, this bank and industrial zone, the big guys will guard it for Your Highness, and it will not be bad." ”

In addition to the navy, a bank, and an industrial zone, this is the power and foundation that Zhu Zhanji is currently laying out on the surface.

The power of the navy is too great, and only Zhu Di can affect Zhu Zhanji's foundation, but in these two places, there are many places where others can start.

The eunuch Wang in Mao Xun's mouth is Wang Yan, the first person in the internal prison, he is the chief eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, not only the leader of all the eunuchs, but also Mao Xun's direct boss.

Of course, Jin Kuo knew how powerful Wang Yan was, and he also knew that in addition to Wang Yan, the other Li Qian, Yisha and others basically took refuge in Zhu Zhanji.

He nodded and said, "It is our duty to help His Highness guard his home. His Majesty wants to go west, and if he goes west, he will definitely arrange His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go out of Beijing, and His Royal Highness will be able to take charge of the power at that time. Therefore, during the period of His Highness's absence, you should not keep your eyes on the dark and let others think that Your Highness can do whatever you want when he is not there. ”

Jin Kuo's words are a bit damning, no matter how much Zhu Di loves Zhu Zhanji, no matter how powerful Zhu Zhanji is now, but now the number one heir of the empire is still the crown prince Zhu Gaochi.

Of course, this can only be said by him, if Zhu Zhanji dares to say it, it will be unfilial.

Mao Xun didn't mind at all, and laughed in a low voice: "Eunuch, please rest assured, even if you are below, you are standing here with His Royal Highness Taisun." For those civil officials who only shout blindly every day, our family ...... It is also annoying their tightness under it. ”

At this time, there was a loud bang outside, and the frightened Mao Xun shuddered. "What's going on?"

Before Jin Kuo could speak, there was another loud bang, followed by one after another, and nine loud noises came in a row.

At this time, Jin Kuo smiled and said, "It seems that the lord of which country is here again." These are all new gadgets made by His Royal Highness, saying that they use empty cannons as a ceremony to welcome foreign envoys. A visit at the prince's level is a seven-gun salute, and a king-level visit is a nine-gun salute. ”

Mao Xun was stunned: "Fortunately, this is a new army trained by His Highness himself, if in the past, if the artillery was fired indiscriminately like this, it would have to bomb the camp." ”

Jin Kuo laughed and said: "Since the beginning of the salute to welcome the envoys of various countries, the envoys of those countries have all been frightened and silent, afraid of me like a tiger." If you're interested, we can go and see it together......"

Mao Xun hurriedly said: "I can't ask for it...... Xia Guan is willing to go to sea, that is, to see more of what is the scenery outside the Ming Dynasty. It's all good here, it's just fucking hot! ”

Jin Kuo laughed, and asked people to arrange horses and prepare to go to the port to see the excitement.

From the port to the top of Zhongnan Mountain, a wide cement road is formed by leveling along the original rocks and laying a layer of cement directly on it.

Next to the concrete road, the earth was transferred from other places, and a dirt road about four meters wide was paved, which was tamped for horses to gallop.

Although the horses are now nailed to the horseshoe, the cement road still hurts the horse's hooves a lot, so at least in the short term, this kind of dirt road for horses to gallop is indispensable.

When they arrived at the port, the port area was busy, seven or eight ships were already docking, but many more were taken to other areas.

Jin Kuo didn't take Mao Xun to see the excitement closely, they were in a high position, and when they arrived at the dock, it would affect the work over there.

The two dismounted at the newly built stadium, led their horses by their subordinates, and climbed the stairs to the stands where rows of stone benches had been built.

On the pitch below, the players and the players of the game were training, and they were so distracted that the bustle on the dock did not attract their attention.

The two of them came halfway up the mountain, where they could clearly see not only the stadium below, but also the entire bay.

At this time, the subordinates came to inform them that it was the lord of Majapahit who had come in person.

Their lords and retinue's ships were allowed to enter the bay, while the rest of the soldiers had to dock on the opposite island, which was actually the Indonesian island of Batam.

Looking at the busy bay, Jin Kuo said: "Although Nanyang is a small country, there are many islands, and they are not much smaller than Daming. Moreover, there are abundant resources here, rice is harvested three times a year, there is endless grain, and there are many gold mines of all kinds, and there are endless big fish in the sea. For my Daming, this place and my Daming can complement each other in many places, with here, we Daming will never worry about encountering natural and man-made disasters again, and the people will be displaced. ”

Although Mao Xun didn't know why Jin Kuo told him this, he knew that he would definitely not be untargeted, so he followed Jin Kuo's words and said: "Eunuch, the lower officials only learned when they arrived in Star City that His Royal Highness actually sent Eunuch Zheng to attack a tribe, aren't you afraid that this will cause other tribes to worry about death?" ”

Jin Kuo shook his head and said: "My Ming Dynasty used to be too kind to these small countries and tribes, only giving favors but not asking for anything in return, and also made these small countries not know what to fear at all. If you want these small countries to be obedient, you must be gracious and powerful.

The Bengkulu tribe that attacked this time originally violated the old port of Xuanfu Si Yang and disobeyed it, and their power was not big or small, and they had a direct threat to the old port of our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it is really a matter of killing chickens and monkeys with them. ”

"I'm sure I'll win?"

Jin Kuo knew that Mao Xun was a lieutenant official, and most of the time he was the emperor's envoy to deliver orders, and he didn't know much about today's Ming army.

He said proudly: "Now my Ming soldiers are invincible and invincible!" ”