Among the emperors of the past and present, Zhu Di is already an emperor who implements the emperor's will very thoroughly.

Regardless of the Qin Emperor, Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, no one has ever been able to impose their self-will on others like the first two emperors of the Ming Dynasty and have it thoroughly implemented.

The Qin Emperor held military power, but internal affairs had to be entrusted to others, and it took decades for a foreign relative to take back power during the Han Wu period.

Tang Zong was not in the right position, so he had to reuse Wenchen, and a Wei Zheng could spray his face full of saliva.

As for Song Zu, what he said was good was a yellow robe, and what he said was bad was bullying other orphans and widows.

Only starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, expelling the Tartars, restoring the Han family, and after ascending the throne, the military and political affairs and internal affairs were concentrated.

The reign of the Mongol Yuan in less than a hundred years completely destroyed the traditions of the Han dynasty for thousands of years. When Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, no class had the foundation to resist the imperial power.

When Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, Zhu Di rebelled and killed the heads of the Confucians who had just shown their heads, although the ruling strength was not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang, the killing god, but it was not far behind.

However, Zhu Zhanji has already seen it through the two-day court meeting.

Now it's not that anyone is disobedient, everyone is obedient, and no one wants to disobey orders, and no one will disobey Zhu Di's orders.

It's that they have formed a tacit understanding between them, and they don't give Zhu Di a chance to meddle in the details at all.

Zhu Zhanji went to sea for three years, and in the first year, he had a general understanding of the situation in Nanzhou, and in the sixteenth year of Yongle, the news about many gold mines in Nanzhou spread in Daming.

However, Zhu Di has never had a clear proposition, on how to manage Nanzhou, on how to develop gold mines, he has never come up with a set of effective plans.

This leads to the fact that no matter what class it is, they want to get a piece of the pie. And in the past two years of planning, a complete set of plans has been formed.

The noble class, the military general class, the civil official class, and the chamberlain class all have their own demands, and they can also complement each other in this plan and become natural allies.

The nobles and the low-level generals in the army can form a powerful development force, and they pay more attention to the interests of the mines, which is opposed to the eunuch class.

The civil officials wanted to control the development of the entire Nanzhou, linking the development of the entire Nanzhou with the development of gold mines, and were unwilling to form an uncontrolled force outside the Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, they do not attach much importance to the interests of the mines, because the greatest interests must belong to the royal family, and they value the right to manage.

They formed an opposition to the nobles and generals, but there was no conflict with the interests of the eunuchs, so they also formed a natural alliance.

The eunuch class did not have a high pursuit of power, and they valued personal interests, or rather, the operation of mines in the process of development.

After all, the entire economy of the Ming Dynasty is now controlled by them, and they don't want this piece of fat to be swallowed by the nobles.

Zhu Zhanji has now returned to Daming, which has completely broken out this matter.

Everyone has been planning for this matter for nearly two years, and now it is not something that Zhu Di can suppress if he wants to.

Because this is not a benefit, but also involves the division of power in the imperial court in the future.

Civil officials and eunuchs held high the banner of righteousness, pushed the imperial power to the forefront, and occupied an absolute advantage in the competition.

However, they have a natural shortcoming, that is, the development of Nanzhou is absolutely inseparable from the contribution of the army at the beginning.

Now there is no such thing as a tree moving to death and a person to life.

All ordinary people, as long as they have a bite to eat, are absolutely unwilling to leave their hometowns.

Da Ming wants to immigrate to Nanzhou on a large scale, which is by no means something that can be completed in a short period of time.

Without people, everything is empty talk.

Seeing that everyone was fighting at the court meeting, Zhu Di was helpless, Zhu Zhanji not only felt very lively, but also felt that all classes today are actually very trustworthy.

Xungui was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang in large numbers, although these people now have some careful thoughts, but they are still loyal to the royal family.

The low-level generals relied on the endorsement of the nobles and wanted to obtain benefits, but they were all within the range of the river.

Although they have always wanted to fight for greater power in the administration of the state and curb military power, they are currently closely attached to the imperial power in order to suppress military power, and there is no dissent at present.

As for the eunuchs, they are the most trusted private forces of the royal family, and it is impossible for them to survive without the big tree of imperial power, let alone doubt their loyalty.

Although there are disputes, there are struggles, but these are within the scope of control. Seeing this scene, Zhu Zhanji's heart was actually very grateful.

This is the thriving Ming, this is the Ming of all hearts, this is the best Ming.

In the end, there was still no conclusion on this day's quarrel, but seeing that Zhu Di couldn't make up his mind, everyone was very satisfied with the result.

Zhu Di's dilemma shows that Zhu Di is not biased towards either side.

Zhu Zhanji actually has no right to speak on such an occasion, not to mention that he is the grandson, even Zhu Gaochi, the prince, if Zhu Di did not let him speak, he did not have the right to deliberate.

He was also happy and leisurely, watched the excitement for two days, and took the initiative to withdraw from the court meeting, because he wanted to count the harvest of this trip.

This time the Ming Dynasty went to the Western Ocean, the largest one, from the Ming Dynasty, the cargo ships reached nearly 500.

A part of the trade was carried out in the South Seas, and then to the Indian side of the trade, and finally the cargo ships that arrived in Europe with the fleet were two hundred and twenty-one.

In the trade between the South Seas and India, the profit exceeded five million taels, and the harvest was gold and raw materials.

Zhu Di fought hard in order to conquer the west, except for manpower, he did not lose the strength of the Ming Dynasty, relying on trade with Nanyang.

This time, Zhu Zhanji went directly to Europe, although less than half of the ships were traded, but ...... The profit far exceeded the trade with Nanyang.

Because of the trade with Nanyang, it is difficult to make more than half of the profits, and many trade commodities are even given away for free in order to support those countries.

However, after sailing tens of thousands of miles, leaving aside the middlemen, the Ming Dynasty went directly to Europe to trade, and all the profits were several times or dozens of times, and the profits were naturally full of money.

In his previous letter report, Zhu Zhanji had always only said that the profit was not less than that of Nanyang trade, but the actual profit was much higher.

Just a rough calculation, this time Daming used twelve cargo ships carrying gold and silver, and more than 100 cargo ships carrying wool and horses, with a discount of more than 20 million taels of silver.

Of course, such a huge profit is only once, not because they don't need the goods of the Ming Dynasty, but because Europe is too poor and there is no more gold and silver at all.

These twenty million taels of gold and silver were about one-tenth of the gold and silver in circulation in all their countries combined. Even if the Ming Dynasty transports the goods again, they can't afford it, and it can only be a trickle of water in the future.

So much gold and silver, still more gold and less silver, made the court ecstatic, and Zhu Di was almost stunned.

So many gains have also made the court pay more attention to overseas trade and overseas interests, which is also an important reason why all classes are now arguing over Nanzhou.

The drive of interests is far more useful than shouting 10,000 slogans.

Zhu Di was also annoyed by the noise, and ordered the development of Nanzhou to be discussed after the year. After the new year, the focus of the imperial court was all shifted to counting the harvest and distributing the benefits.

There was no opposition to this resolution, because the distribution of benefits is more important than squabbling over the interests of the present for the future.

For everyone, the current troubles are just the troubles of happiness.

Coming out of the Fengtian Palace, a cold wind made Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but shiver. Zhu Di was old and frail, his rheumatism was getting worse and worse, and he couldn't stand the cold, so more than a dozen charcoal basins were placed in the hall.

In addition, there are many people in the court, and hundreds of people are in a large hall, and they can't feel the cold. But after all, it is a cold winter wax moon, although it does not snow, but the temperature is also below zero.

As soon as he left the main hall, in addition to Li Liang and Sun Lin, Guo Liang beside the Zhang family was also waiting for him. Li Liang put on a big coat for Zhu Zhanji, and Guo Liang greeted him and said: "Your Highness, the crown princess stewed ginseng soup for Her Royal Highness, and asked Her Highness to go back to Xingqing Palace directly." ”

"Got it." Zhu Zhanji turned to Sun Lin and said, "You ask Yang Zhangde to see me in the internal prison Jiajiang Silver Treasury tomorrow, and take the fold first, I will see it at night." ”

Sun Lin hesitated, but still said: "In the afternoon, the second young master of Peng Chengbo went to Donghuamen to deliver the post, but he didn't leave the consulting department, I'm afraid there is an urgent matter to see His Highness." ”

"What was handed to me or to the mother? Forget it, let him come to Xingqing Palace, the mother concubine also mentioned the two brothers yesterday. ”

Yang Zhangde is a foreign minister, it is inconvenient to enter the palace, Zhang Wu is a relative, as long as he does not enter the palace often, he is not so particular.

When the group returned to Xingqing Palace, Zhu Zhanji smelled a strong fragrance.

After coming back for a few days, Zhang used the stove to stew a pot of black chicken and ginseng soup in Zhu Zhanji's study every day. The palace has its own rules for eating and drinking, and it is generally not allowed to repeat a dish every day, so beware of poisoning.

Zhang's fetched water and put materials, all single-handedly, not allowing others to touch. The ginseng soup was stewed in Zhu Zhanji's study, and she watched from the side until Zhu Zhanji drank it into her stomach.

Although Zhu Zhanji felt that it was unnecessary, this was Zhang's heart, and Zhu Zhanji pretended to enjoy this kind of care and did not bend her heart.

Regardless of whether Zhu Zhanji is at home or not, she basically takes Zhu Zhanji's Xingqing Palace as her home now. Except for sometimes receiving noble ladies and dependents, she will work in the Mandarin Palace.

She controls the overall situation, Sun Xian is in charge of personnel, Xue Shanggong is in charge of miscellaneous affairs, and although Zhu Zhanji has many women, there are not many rights and wrongs in Xingqing Palace.

As soon as Zhu Zhanji entered the door, Zhang got up to greet him, pinched the clothes on Zhu Zhanji's body, and said: "I heard Lan Liangdi say that you will go to the court meeting if you wear a single clothes, how can you not add a jacket in the cold winter." ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Children have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and cold and heat do not invade. You touch my hand, it's hot! ”

Zhang gave him a strange look, turned around and went to serve him soup. "Don't rely on being young and not caring for your body, you see your imperial grandfather, who was the root of the disease when he was young. The soup has already been stewed, hurry up and drink it, and let me relax for a while. ”

"Don't stew tomorrow, the concubine, you stay here in the study for a few hours, the child feels sorry for the concubine, and the soup is not fragrant."

She said gloomily: "You have been placed by your imperial grandmother since you were a child, I can't get close to me, and when your imperial grandmother goes, you are old again and have your own opinions." I can't help you as a mother, so I want to take care of you with my own hands, but I still dislike you......"

Zhu Zhanji hurriedly surrendered and apologized: "I'll drink, I'll drink." The child just feels sorry for his mother, how can he dislike it. ”

Xue Shanggong couldn't help but purse his lips and chuckled, and was glanced at by Zhu Zhanji. "You go get another bowl, and wait for Zhang Wuhui to come over."

Zhang's hand paused, then raised his head and asked, "I asked Ambassador Guo to let them enter the palace tomorrow to celebrate the New Year the day before yesterday, why did he come over today?" ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled: "I must miss your aunt......"

Zhang sighed and instructed Xue Shanggong to say, "You go to the small kitchen to get a bowl yourself, don't pass through other people's hands." ”

As a royal daughter-in-law, Zhang's pressure is much greater than that of ordinary people. There are many royal rules, and when you enter the palace, you have much less contact with your mother's family.

Zhang Wei and Zhang Wu are younger than Zhu Zhanji, and they were born after she entered the palace. As an aunt, although she has brought glory to the family, her relationship with the junior is a little rusty.

After a while, Zhang Wu, who had become strong, came to Zhu Zhanji's study under the leadership of the chamberlain.

When Zhang saw him, he recognized this nephew after a moment. In her impression, Zhang Wu is still the child with a thin body, but he hasn't seen him for three years and has become a strong man.

No wonder his mother and younger siblings began to be busy saying kiss to him, he is already nineteen this year, if he hadn't been at sea for three years, he would have said kiss a long time ago.

Zhu Zhanji has a very good impression of the two brothers Zhang Wei and Zhang Wu, although they are not the kind of talented people, but they are very responsible, not the kind of gentlemen.

In Yulin Weixue, although they are not outstanding, they never lag behind, and the tasks assigned to them can be successfully completed

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Now there are too many things, and I can't take care of rewarding hundreds of officials, and after the New Year, the meritorious heroes who go to sea this time will be rewarded according to the rules.

And those who have already become talented like Zhang Wu should also be assigned to various armies.

I haven't seen him for three years, Zhang Wu bowed down with Zhang's in a regular manner, was helped up by Zhang's, and asked him some short words from his parents, and then asked: "I'm going to enter the palace tomorrow, why did I come alone today?" ”

Zhang Wu likes Sophia, but he didn't dare to tell Zhang's about it, and for a while, Ai Ai just looked at Zhu Zhanji with a look for help.

Zhu Zhanji himself has to entertain his relatives in front of the Zhang family, how can he speak for him at this time. "Manly man, you can't say anything to others, what is there to be embarrassed to say?"

Zhang Wu's heart was horizontal, and he looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Wu came today to ask my cousin to propose ......marriage for me."

Zhang Shiqi said: "Your grandmother and mother have been worrying about you, not to mention that this matter is better than begging for me, right?" ”

has already spoken, Zhang Wu has no worries, and said: "It's true that my nephew already has a crush, but I'm afraid that my aunt will not agree, so I want to come and ask my cousin to make the decision on my behalf." ”

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help laughing, this martial arts looks wooden, but it is also exquisite. Now I don't talk about identity, I only pull relatives, and I have a cousin, this is to impress him with my kinship.

However, Zhu Zhanji never imagined that someone would come to him to propose marriage, which is a new thing.

Before Zhang could ask again, Zhu Zhanji opened his mouth and asked, "Who is the woman?" But can't the identity enter the eyes of the elders? ”

At this moment, Zhang also understood a little, and snorted unhappily. "I said just now that you grew up, but you didn't want to raise a white-eyed wolf with hard wings, so you don't care about our hard work?"

"How dare my nephew...... It's just ......" Zhang Wu Khan could only look at Zhu Zhanji with a distress look.

Since Zhang Wu regarded himself as a savior, Zhu Zhanji naturally helped him at this time. "Mother, let Zhang Wu explain the matter clearly, and before you say this, you will convict him...... My Fair Lady, good gentleman, it is normal for Zhang Wu to have his own ideas in this regard. After all, he married his own daughter-in-law......"

Zhang was still a little angry, turned around and sat on the soft couch next to him, and set up the shelf of the crown princess. "Don't give him the ginseng soup to drink, there is not even a person in the house, it is too replenished and dry."

Xue Shanggong had just filled a bowl of chicken soup, and he didn't know who to serve. Zhang stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it to me." ”

Zhu Zhanji only felt funny and said: "Since you have come to the door, you will confess honestly." Marrying a wife is a major life event, I just want to help you, it also depends on the specific situation. Sit down......"

Zhang Wu didn't care about a bowl of ginseng soup, and waited for Zhu Zhanji to bypass his huge desk and sit behind the desk, before sitting on the Taishi chair in front of the desk.

"When the younger brother was in Suez, he fell in love with the daughter of the Viscount of Calsoli of Bologna and wanted to marry her."

"Xiyi Woman ......" The ginseng soup bowl in Zhang's hand was not held at once, and fell on the wooden floor, although the bowl was not broken, the soup was splashed everywhere.

Xue Shanggong hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhang's change position, and asked the two little palace maids to wipe the floor clean with rags.

Not only Zhang, but even Zhu Zhanji was stunned all of a sudden. He didn't expect that his cousin was still a lover, not only free love, but also like an Italian woman.

"Who is this Viscount Carlsoli?"

Zhang Wu replied honestly: "He was originally a professor of architecture at the University of Bologna, he was recruited by his cousin to Daming, and now he lives in Xiamaqiao Farm. ”

Zhu Zhanji pondered for a while and said: "My father is a viscount and a professor, and his identity is not far behind. But I haven't seen anyone yet, so I can't promise you right now. I'll make a decision another day after I've seen it. ”

Zhang Wu was anxious and said: "Don't change the day, if my cousin doesn't call the shots for me, I'm afraid that tomorrow my grandmother and mother will enter the palace, and my aunt will finalize my marriage, so it is urgent!" ”

Zhang's never interferes in business in front of his son, let alone interjects casually in the presence of outsiders, but the person in front of her is her own nephew, so she can't care about it. "How does this make marrying a Xiyi woman as a wife, how can you be a housekeeper? This person is in love, what does she know about a Xiyi woman? ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Mother, since Zhang Wu likes it himself, give him a chance." After I find out the identity of the other party and see if I am a good match, can I make a decision? ”

"Marrying a Xiyi woman as a wife, this Zhang family will be laughed at."

Zhang Wu begged: "Auntie, I am the second son. The title of Earl Peng Cheng is the eldest brother's, and I will definitely live separately in the future. You'll just let me find someone I like to be my daughter-in-law, okay? ”

Zhang still couldn't stand it. "I just can't inherit the title of Earl Peng Cheng, how can I lose a title for you? Since you like her, it's good to take her back as a concubine, why do you have to marry her? ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Mother, in these Western countries, even the king only marries one. If it is a small family, it is of course easy to accept it back as a concubine, but since the other party is a viscount and a professor, I am afraid that he will not let his daughter be a concubine. ”

Zhang Wu nodded repeatedly. "yes, I've got it. This Carloli loved his daughter as much as his life, and it was because a great nobleman wanted to marry Sophia, and Sofia did not agree, so they left Bologna and took refuge in Rome. In Rome, there were nobles who wanted to marry Sophia, and they were forced to come to the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "If that's the case, this Carloli deserves to be upright." Okay, you don't have to worry, I'm going to Jiajiang tomorrow, and when I return in the afternoon, I'll go and help you see each other. ”

Zhang stood up and said, "You are a grandson, how can you bother about such a thing. If only you let someone investigate, I'll go and see each other myself tomorrow morning. ”

After speaking, she also glared at Zhang Wu, making Zhang Wu dare not raise his head. However, his aunt's attitude made him very happy, because she did not seem to be prejudiced against a Xiyi woman.

That night, the information of the Carloli family was sent to Zhu Zhanji, and after reading it, he still had some good feelings about Carloli.

A man who never compromises for the happiness of his daughter is an upright and responsible man.

He handed the information to Li Liang and asked him to send it to the Wenhua Hall to the Zhang family. "You tell my mother, I want to reuse this Carloli......"

"Yes......" Li Liang walked to the door, couldn't help but turn around and asked, "Your Highness, a Yiren, is it worth reusing?" ”

Zhu Zhanji scolded with a smile: "Don't look down on Yiren, people built a Colosseum that can seat 90,000 people with bricks more than a thousand years ago, can you build it?" I'm going to build an arena for 100,000 people in Yingtianfu, and this Calsoli will be of great use. ”

Li Liang followed Zhu Zhanji to visit the Colosseum, which had collapsed halfway, and naturally knew that what Zhu Zhanji said was true.

I thought that if Daming built an arena for 100,000 people, then more people would be able to watch the Keju competition in the future.

However, it costs a lot of money, which seems to be a bit of a waste!

As soon as Zhang heard Li Liang's words, he understood a little in his heart. Although she was a little unhappy that her nephew would marry a Xiyi woman, since Zhu Zhanji supported her, she didn't want to come against her son.

At the very least, she will look at each other tomorrow, not with a critical gaze, but with a fair gaze.

To be able to do this, it is enough for Zhu Zhanji.

With Zhang Wu opening a head, it will be a great promotion to people who integrate other nationalities in the Ming Dynasty.

(Go to bed first, wake up, if it's early, add a more chapter)