The British government ordered to return to the dynasty, from the prince down, the ministers all went out of the city to Yuejianglou Wharf to welcome.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Zhu Gaochi, who had just recovered a little, took a carriage and rushed to the Yuejianglou Wharf early in the morning under the escort of the ministers.

Zhang Fu came back by boat from Jiaozhi, and if he came back by land, the ministers would have to go out of the city for at least thirty miles, in order to show Zhu Di's attention to Zhang Fu.

In the Yongle Dynasty, whether it was Liu Sheng, who controlled the Shenji Battalion, or Mu Sheng, who was favored by Zhu Di. In Zhu Di's heart, in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty, they are not as good as Zhang Fu.

Zhu Zhanji has not seen the British Gong Zhang Fu for five years, and since he has surrendered, he has repeatedly raised troops, and the British Gong Zhang Fu has made three expeditions to Annam.

Zhang Fu built prefectures and counties before and after Annan and set up post transportation, and the planning was very comprehensive. The only thing that the Jiaozhi people were afraid of was Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu came back for a year and Li Li rebelled, and the imperial court sent other generals to ask for it many times, but to no avail.

Wu has Zhang Fu, Wen has Huang Fu, and only this Wen and Wu can shock the entire Annan in the entire Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, the Zhang Fuzao boat, which had been waiting for half the night outside Yingtianfu, slowly stopped at the Yuejianglou wharf.

Although the crown prince Zhu Gaochi was not in good health, with the support of the two attendants, he still went to the end to greet Zhang Fu.

I haven't seen him for five years, and Zhang Fu, who is already forty years old this year, has not changed much.

He was tall and strong, not smiling, and had a resolute and majestic personality. On the military side, he managed the army and straightened out, standing like a mountain. Three times to pacify Jiaozhi, the prestige spread overseas.

In history, Zhang Fu served in four dynasties, although he married the imperial family, he was still cautious, and he was concentric with Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji and Sanyang.

During the more than 20 years of Renxuan's rule, the country was peaceful, and Zhang Fu had a great credit.

Therefore, whether it is Zhang Fu who understands in this era or Zhang Fu who understands from history, it is worth paying tribute to Zhu Zhanji.

Zhang Fu stepped off the boat and sighed in his heart, as a courtier, he has reached the top of his life.

However, he thinks he is still young and doesn't want to retire from now on, but when he comes back this time, I don't know if the emperor will let him out again.

He also saw the crown prince Zhu Gaochi before the ministers, and the prince's health still did not improve.

Even more eye-catching than him is the grandson Zhu Zhanji standing next to him.

I haven't seen him for five years, and Zhang Fu's own image has not changed much. However, Zhu Zhanji's period from 13 to 18 years old is the stage when the image of a young man has changed the most.

The eighteen-year-old grandson is taller than him, a head taller than the average person, and he is particularly conspicuous among the ministers.

It's a little thin, but it's when young people are growing up. From the muscles under his bulging clothes, it can also be seen that his body is much better than that of the prince.

Looking at his face, which was not much different from the emperor's youth, Zhang Fu naturally understood why this grandson was so favored by the emperor.

He is only eighteen years old, and now the emperor has put all the sailors of the whole country in his hands, what a great honor!

However, from what he knows, this grandson has never disappointed.

Although he did not participate in the Northern Expedition last year, he also learned about Taisun's performance on the battlefield from other generals. He is good at admonishment, bravely kills the enemy, and more importantly, not only is he not tired during the march, but he can also get along harmoniously with generals from all walks of life.

On the way back to the division of the Northern Expedition, he was even more fortunate to find a copper mountain in the hinterland of the grassland.

With this copper mountain alone, Daming can solve today's money shortage. It also gave the Ming Dynasty the ability to station an army in the heart of the grassland, and since then the barren grassland has become a golden mountain, and the soldiers of all departments no longer regard the grassland as a fearful road.

And although they haven't met again, since last year, they haven't crossed paths with each other. During his time in Jiaozhi, he received a handwritten letter and a map from his grandson.

And with this map, he found a carboniferous mine with amazing reserves on the coast of Quang Ninh. This piece of carboniferous mine stretches for hundreds of miles, producing a variety of high-quality carbon, enough for the Ming Dynasty to use for thousands of years.

From this incident, Zhang Fu was also wondering, could it be that Taisun was really a person sent by God, otherwise, how could he know that there was such a big coal mine in Jiaozhi far away in the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Rites had finished reading the commendation written by Zhu Di himself, and Zhang Fu also knelt on his knees, took the holy decree, and kowtowed to the palace three times.

Then, it was the time when the ministers and the number one warrior of the Ming Dynasty were close to each other, and this salute lasted for nearly half an hour.

Zhu Zhanji didn't talk to Zhang Fu much, he just said hello to Zhang Fu when Zhang Fu greeted Zhu Gaochi.

After Zhang Fu and the ministers finished the salute, Zhu Zhanji personally took the reins and brought an Arab horse. Zhang Fuqian gave in, but at the invitation of everyone, he turned over and stepped on the horse and began to march towards the palace.

On Ying Tianfu Street, the road for Zhang Fu to return to the palace has been cleared and blocked, and the group is either riding horses or taking cars, bringing up a thick smoke formed by dust, and running all the way to the palace.

Zhu Zhanji has always been by Zhang Fu's side, and only at this time did he have the opportunity to say a few words to Zhang Fu.

"British duke, the court, only you know the situation of Jiaozhi best, in your opinion, why did this Jiaozhi rebel again and again, and if you want to completely solve the war in Jiaozhi, what should you do?"

Zhu Zhanji was still a child at the beginning, but now he has become a young man, listening to him ask him for advice, Zhang Fu couldn't help but have a feeling of vicissitudes.

"The rebellion of Jiaozhi originated from the fact that a small number of people did not accept the king, and if they wanted to completely solve the rebellion of Jiaozhi, they should focus on education and supplemented by force. However, this move is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and Jiaozhi is far away from the royal court, which inevitably outweighs the losses. ”

Over the years, the annual tax payment of Jiaozhi is only 70,000 taels, but the three levies of Jiaozhi consume more than 4 million taels of silver.

But Zhu Zhanji is well aware of the potential of Jiaozhi, and before the advent of the Xiaoice River era, this will be the largest granary in Daming.

Moreover, it is the best frontier position for the Ming Navy to deter the countries of the South Seas, and it is also one of the best trading places for the Ming Dynasty when the Age of Exploration is coming.

Although Cochin is poor, it has a large population, and in this day and age, population is wealth!

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "The man who is eye-catching, don't care about him." Jiaozhi in the Ming Dynasty is the best grain producing area and the frontier position to deter other countries. Therefore, Lone believes that the cochin should not only be flat, but also calm as soon as possible. Those who do not obey the indoctrination, I have to repair several roads leading to the grassland now, and there is still a shortage of labor. ”

Zhang Fu was a little worried that this move was inappropriate, because it would be tantamount to intensifying the local ethnic contradictions and making the resistance more intense.

But without waiting for him to speak, Zhu Zhanji said: "I want to persuade the emperor to follow the example of Yunnan in Jiaozhi, set up a capital to protect the palace, and have a prince waiting to patrol on behalf of the Son of Heaven." I wonder what happens under the British public opinion? ”

Zhang Fu's heart was shocked, if he wasn't still on the street, he almost wanted to stop his horse and pull Zhu Zhanji to ask clearly.

Since Taizu, all the generals have taken Xiping Hou Muying as their goal.

The British Duke Zhang Fu's current title is much higher than that of Mu Ying at the beginning, but because Mu Ying is Zhu Yuanzhang's godson, after his untimely death, he was posthumously crowned King of Qianning, and was given "Zhaojing" and enjoyed the Taimiao.

And since then, the descendants of the Mu family have guarded Yunnan for generations.

In other words, although the Mu family has never explicitly sealed the territory, it is already the de facto king of Yunnan.

And no matter how bad Jiaozhi is, it is much stronger than Yunnan, which is still a poor and remote country. At least, Yunnan lacks food and clothing, while the grain here in Jiaozhi is three crops a year, and no matter how poor people are, they will not be short of food.

And now that Jiaozhi has discovered this super carboniferous mine, it will also be a big income by selling and buying charcoal in the future!

If the Zhang family can go to the Mu family, then he, Zhang Fu, can really die without regrets.

However, I haven't seen him for five years, and Zhang Fu doesn't know how much Zhu Zhanji, a hairy boy, weighs in front of Zhu Di. So, he just took a breath and asked as calmly as possible, "How sure is Your Highness?" ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "The reversal of Jiaozhi, I personally think, is not only educational, but also caused by the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty's policy on Jiaozhi. It is not enough to send Confucian students to Jiaozhi, and I personally believe that the integration of nationalities is more needed. ”

"Ethnic integration?"

"If the men of Jiaozhi follow the rebels, they will be castrated and brought into the Ming Dynasty for labor, and the female dependents will be sent to the soldiers in the army, or they will be married to the soldiers without wives, and after decades, I am afraid that if there are not all the descendants of my Han people left in Jiaozhi, even if there are some stubborn people, there is no need to worry."

Zhang Fu gasped, looked at Zhu Zhanji, who was still calm, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, this move hurts the peace of the heavens. ”

"Harmony is aimed at those who obey our Great Ming teachings, and for those who do not obey the Great Ming teachings, we must eliminate them from the root. The inner saint and the outer king are the king. ”

Zhang Fu took a deep look at Zhu Zhanji and felt that he was not inferior to Zhu Di's domineering.

Without this temptation, he would never have considered using this method against the Annamite people, because it would make him the object of Confucian crusade and even be engraved on the pillar of shame in history.

However, if you do this, it is possible to stay on one side for generations, so it is not so unacceptable to become a vicious watchdog of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhang Fu did not express his position directly, and any decision was wrong until he knew what Zhu Di thought.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know whether the result of such a direct showdown with Zhang Fu was good or not.

Because he knew that not long after Zhang Fu came back, he was sent by Zhu Di to Jiaozhi for the fourth expedition. It was also this time that all opposition forces were really wiped out.

Only by letting him know his thoughts now, will he cooperate with himself in some matters. Daming wants to develop, and now the basic project needs too many manpower.

If Zhang Fu can bring back hundreds of thousands of castrated Annanites from Annan, it will make a big difference!