Compared with Zhang Wu's hindsight, Zhu Di knew about it a long time ago.

At first, he was surprised to hear the chamberlain say that the child born to the princess was like himself.

He had only seen this delicate princess once from afar, and this child had nothing to do with him.

But soon, he thought of Zhu Zhanji.

After counting the time, he understood more and more.

After the child turned one year old, he also took the opportunity to summon the Dongying royal family. Seeing that this child was not much different from Zhu Qizhen, there were traces of his big face, and he couldn't help but admire his grandson's good methods.

However, this matter must not be made public, but should be covered up.

So then, he rewarded a portrait of himself in the palace of Chengguang, which was not freehand, but the painting was very similar to himself.

Subsequently, more and more rumors spread from the Chengguang Palace.

Today some people say that the little prince smiled when he saw Zhu Di's portrait, and tomorrow it will be rumored that the little prince first learned to speak, and he spoke Da Ming dialect.

Later, everyone in Ying Tianfu knew that the little prince had a relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and even his appearance became more and more similar to the Ming Emperor.

But no one connected him with the grandson who had already gone to sea......

Zhu Zhanji didn't expect that after just sneaking twice, he actually had a secret knot and really gave birth to a handle.

He didn't know that Zhu Di summoned the Dongying royal family into the palace today, and when he saw the little prince, he almost jumped up.

Seeing the princess's tender eyes again, he couldn't help but feel a little weak.

But when I looked back, I saw Zhu Di's playful expression. He immediately knew that he was exposed.

However, he was not panicked by this, because he knew very well that Zhu Di was secretly happy in his heart.

King Koko, who has been bedridden since last winter, has been in poor health, and today he is accompanied by Prince Komatsumiya and Prince Fushiminomiya.

Listen to the meaning of Zhu Di's conversation with them, because Chengguang is not in good health, Qiuzi is weak, and the little prince is young. Today's Chengguang Wangfu is basically dominated by these two princes.

This meeting was a routine reception, because Qiuzi was there, Zhu Di didn't even leave them to eat in the palace, but just rewarded them with some food and silk, and let them leave the palace.

As soon as they are gone, the day's work is done.

Zhu Di said to a group of cabinet monks: "I want to be quiet today, and I won't leave you Aiqing to eat." ”

The ministers said goodbye knowingly, and Zhu Di took Zhu Zhanji to move from the Wuying Hall to the Jinshen Palace.

Sitting down in the main hall, leaving only Wang Yan by his side, Zhu Di said: "If I hadn't found out, you didn't seem to want to tell me?" ”

Zhu Di usually uses me to call himself when he talks to Zhu Zhanji, but now he uses me, which means that even if he is very happy, he will beat Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji immediately said: "How dare my grandson, but my grandson didn't expect that he would really give birth to a dragon grandson." ”

Zhu Di laughed. "If it is really my Zhu family's dragon species, then I will rest assured. originally wanted to lock them up for ten or eight years, but now it seems that it is better to put them back in Dongying. ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "Other people can put it back, but the little prince can't." In the future, it should be made that all princes should be educated in my Ming Dynasty until they are eighteen years old, and they can return to Dongying to govern. ”

Zhu Di pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Your idea is right, only when I grow up in Daming, I will have a sense of belonging." Not only Dongying, but I think other royal families canonized by my Ming Dynasty should be like this, this bit of silver, I still spent it. ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Although the terrain in the east of the city is open, there is not much vacant land in recent years of development. The grandson is ready to move the current Yulin Weixue to outside the Taiping Gate, between Xuanwu Lake and Purple Mountain. The current Yulin Weixue has been renovated, and in the future it will be used as a place for my Ming Emperor's children and grandsons to study. As for the princes and grandsons of those subject countries, they can also be arranged here. However, they are taught separately. ”

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was thoughtful, Zhu Di nodded, and finally warned him: "Before Akihito is officially made the crown prince, you don't have anything to do with that woman anymore, otherwise if it leaks out, the Dongying people will go crazy." ”

"My grandson knows what matters."

This last sentence is the main reason why Zhu Di summoned Qiuzi and them to meet the driver today, even if this matter is doubtful, but it must not be empirically proven.

Otherwise, as soon as the radical Dongying people are stimulated, they will play with their temperament, and a good move will become a stinky chess.

Thinking of Qiuzi's soft figure, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but secretly scream that it was a pity.

After having lunch with Zhu Di, he couldn't help but prepare to leave the palace again, this time it was not far away, just outside the Chengtian Gate, in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji can't control him, and he doesn't want to care, he still has a lot of his own affairs.

Now, in addition to the torture in the Shandong case, what he is most concerned about is the account of the two banks, and the accounts of the banks are the most difficult to sort out.

Since the beginning of the construction of the Yongle 14th year low bank and the official opening of the early 15th year, Daming Development Bank and Daming Commercial Bank have become the arteries and meridians of the behemoth of Daming.

Daming Development Bank is mainly responsible for national affairs and economic order. The officials' salaries, the soldiers' salaries, including state appropriations, and today's imperial court appropriations, are all implemented through this bank.

Originally, this bank did not have a governor, but was only led by Guo Zi, the head of the household department.

It's just that the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more silver taels are involved, and finally Guo Zi is promoted to the governor of the Development Bank, from the second grade, only half a grid lower than Shangshu, and half a grid higher than Shilang.

The Daming Commercial Bank is directly managed by the Internal Supervision Banking Bureau, and is also directly managed by Chang Guigui, the chief eunuch of the Banking Bureau, and is mainly responsible for commercial lending and capital flow.

These two banks only have the right to operate, but all the money bags are pinched in the hands of Daming Bank, but Daming Bank has no right to operate, only the right to supervise.

The circulation of gold and silver coins between the two banks is controlled and regulated by Daming Bank, but Daming Bank does not participate in the operation.

This is equivalent to the division of labor between the central bank and the commercial bank in later generations, Zhu Zhanji originally thought that this model was already very perfect, but he forgot that it is now an imperial society.

Everyone else can say that when Zhu Di takes the lead in breaking the rules, no matter how good the system is, it is just a decoration.

However, Zhu Di didn't recognize this mistake.

He knows the importance of rules, and he knows the importance of making rules, but he doesn't think it's wrong for him to use money from the bank.

In his opinion, everything in this world can be taken from him.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhanji set the rules at the beginning, Daming Bank only has the power to manage money and allocate money, and any entry and exit of gold and silver must be operated through commercial banks.

And the governor Chen Xuan, whom he promoted, was also very tough, and no one could get a single silver coin from Daming Bank.

Therefore, the foundation of the bank is not bad, but the main thing that is bad is the accounts and operation of Daming Development Bank.

Daming Commercial Bank was originally the royal money bag and managed the world's commerce, so it was natural for Zhu Di to take money from it, and he took two or three million in a few years, mainly floating profits.

However, Zhu Di felt that this was his own money, and he didn't want to embezzle it, mainly to take money from the Development Bank.

Moreover, the internal supervisors are more shrewd than the other, and they are eager to find evidence of corruption in their colleagues and remove them from power.

Therefore, the operation of Daming Commercial Bank has not been greatly affected.

But the Daming Development Bank is not good.

The funds here are mainly invested by the Ministry of Households, and the projects that start every year and the operation of the imperial court have to go through this bank.

Zhu Di siphoned off more than three million silver coins at once, which did not affect its development, but he couldn't help but reach out to many people.

Fortunately, most officials also trust the bank more and are willing to put their money in the bank, which is why the bank still looks good.

Most people don't know that this bank has a big hole.

Zhu Zhanji brought back more than 20 million goods, of which gold and silver accounted for more than half, and the rest were military horses, minerals, and special products.

On the side of the household department, Guo Zi also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the Development Bank had been saved.

Of course, it is necessary to save it, but how to save it and to what extent, Zhu Zhanji still has to take care of it.

Forget the funds embezzled by Zhu Di, other clans, nobles, and ministers borrowed bank funds to hoard goods for themselves and conduct trade, and this account must be calculated well.

These days, Guo Zi came to Zhu Zhanji almost every day to withdraw some gold and silver coins from the silver bureau.

He opened his mouth to ask for five million, but Zhu Zhanji refused without hesitation, and only gave him one and a half million, and let him have an emergency first.

In fact, five million silver coins could not fill the hole of the Development Bank, because Zhu Di embezzled nearly five million, while others embezzled even more, and there were no 13 million silver coins, which could not fill the hole at all.

Zhu Zhanji is rich, and he went to sea this time to get back more than 20 million, but the cost was less than 5 million, and even if the expenses are counted, the profit is more than three times.

But it's not his character to help everyone wipe their butts like this, and he can't cultivate a bunch of moths, if everyone treats the bank as their own money bag, then it is not far from bankruptcy.

He was waiting, and only when Zhu Di set out on the expedition could he do it.

You can wait to solve the problem, but you can't be sloppy in auditing.

In the meantime, in addition to his official duties, he has been organizing the staff of the Advisory Intelligence Division and commercial banks to carry out an inventory of all the accounts of the Development Bank.

And in addition to these, he has a variety of entertainment.

He does not live in a vacuum, even in order to maintain his rule, he must meet different people, and carry out all kinds of targeted co-optation, suppression, and subjugation.

What's more, he also has to have his own private life.

He is not the kind of person who devotes himself to his work all day long in order to deal with the government of Chongzhen, and the current situation in the Ming Dynasty is thriving, and there is no need at all.

Although there are still such and such problems in today's Ming Dynasty, this is not a problem of a certain person or a certain aspect, but a limitation of the times.

On the whole, today's Ming Dynasty has survived the depression of the early Ming Dynasty. Agriculture has gradually developed, and industry has developed rapidly, and the people's living standards have been greatly improved.

Before the twelfth year of Yongle, there were often famines in various places, and countless people died of starvation each time.

Because of the strict management in Yingtianfu, there are no beggars, but in other state capitals, countless beggars die of freezing and starvation every winter.

Taking Luoyang as an example, a few years ago, more than 500 people were declared to starve every winter, but after 14 years of Yongle, it has dropped to less than 100.

And most of these people did not sleep because they died of starvation, but because of disease.

The Ming Dynasty gradually embarked on a prosperous era, so Zhu Di had no intention of going to politics, and he didn't want to be entangled with the ministers.

He is bent on making immortal achievements and winning the name of his previous life and future generations.

In the original world, he made five consecutive expeditions to the north. But in this life, because of Zhu Zhanji's operation, Mobei can no longer pose a threat.

Zhu Zhanji conquered Dongying again, so he could only set his sights on the distant country of Timur.

"See Your Highness......"

Zhu Zhanji walked two steps quickly, picked up the gray-haired Liu Jiang, and said with a smile: "Between you and me, why do you need to make this big gift, please hurry up." ”

helped Liu Jiang up, and then he helped up his son Liu An, who was kneeling behind him, and he was still guessing in his heart what the father and son were asking to see today.

Liu Jiang was also the first person to follow Zhu Zhanji, and has been assisting Zhu Zhanji in integrating the water forces of the Ming Dynasty and turning the naval division into a real navy.

So Zhu Zhanji still likes Liu Jiang very much, even if he later found out that his ability was limited, and it was a bit reluctant to serve as the governor of the navy, Zhu Zhanji did not think about replacing him.

Of course, this lack of ability is a lack of ability to govern, and his ability to command subordinates and march and fight battles is still trustworthy.

Liu An, who was trained by his hands, was the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty's crusade against Ming Gulu, bringing the Ming a perfect victory.

After Zhu Zhanji began to supervise the country, he did not go to the navy's office. If Liu Jiang wants to see him again, he still needs to come to the palace.

invited Liu Jiang to sit down in the reception room, Liu An did not squint, sat down, and did not say a word.

Liu Jiang rambled for a long time, but Zhu Zhanji didn't understand what he wanted to express. It wasn't until he saw him looking at those attendants from time to time that Zhu Zhanji understood and sent the others out.

Only then did Liu Jiang kneel down on one knee and said, "Rong came here this time to say goodbye to His Highness. ”

Zhu Zhanji frowned, and he heard ominous from his tone. "Guangning is still old and strong, why do you say this......"

Liu Jiang smiled and said: "The minister was born in the eleventh year of Zhizheng, and now he is sixty-nine years old, which can be called a long life. Although time is short, but in this life, he is favored by His Royal Highness, and he can achieve today's achievements with an impostor, and he can be said to have no regrets in death. ”

Liu Jiang is actually not his name, his name is Liu Rong, and his father's name is Liu Jiang. He joined the army for his father, followed Xu Da on the Northern Expedition, expelled Meng Yuan, and later stayed in Yanshanwei.

When he was first named Guangningbo, this matter was revealed, but Zhu Di did not get angry, but praised him and allowed him to change back to his real name.

Being able to ascend from a country citizen to the position of governor of a country, Liu Jiang can indeed be called a no regret.

Zhu Zhanji said: "But the Marquis of Guangning is not in good health, and this matter should not be careless." On this expedition, there are 100,000 people in the navy alone, and if the Marquis of Guangning conceals his illness, it will not affect a single family. ”

Liu Jiang shook his head and said, "Although Chen often feels short of breath and is old and weak, he can still move. It's just that this expedition has been going for two years and three years, and the old man really doesn't dare to hope that he can still see the land of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "When the imperial grandfather appointed you as the chief officer of the navy, I thought something was wrong, and it was time for the old man to retire. ”

Liu Jiang said: "Your Highness, Rong is the governor of the navy, and he also wants to sail to the endless sea, Rong is also a general, and the best destination for a general is not to die in bed, but to die on the battlefield." Your Majesty is recruited, Rong is only happy, and there is no fear, and I hope that His Royal Highness will fulfill my little wish of this old man. ”

Zhu Zhanji turned his head to look at Liu An and asked, "You didn't persuade your father?" ”

The muscles on Liu An's face trembled, and he sighed and said, "Your Highness, as a son of man, An should respect his father's orders, and as a commander, the minister should also applaud the governor's behavior." ”

Liu Jiang's sons all died young, and only the youngest son, Liu An, survived. His old wife died many years ago, but now he has no worries and has a heart for the horse leather shroud, and Zhu Zhanji can't bear to refuse.

Seeing that he brought Liu An with him, Zhu Zhanji understood his intentions and said: "Marquis of Guangning, don't worry, your Liu family is loyal to the martyrs, and you will definitely protect the peace of your family." ”

Liu Jiang, Liu An's father and son thanked him together, and Liu Jiang said again: "The idiot has lived for half his life, and he still can't understand, and he insists on going with me this time. ”

When he said this, Zhu Zhanji felt even more comfortable that what he had just said was committed. He looked at Liu An and said: "This western expedition is a battle of national fortune, whether you can turn the Marquis of Guangning into the Duke of Guangning depends on your performance." ”

"The minister will fight to the death."

asked Li Liang to send Liu Jiang and his son away, and he asked Sun Lin to take the general's watch for this naval expedition.

The Baoding Hou Meng Ying of the first fleet is now a pensioner, and Yixin of the second fleet is tasked with opening up the American route.

Zhu Zhen of the Third Fleet followed Zhu Zhanji to sea for three years and just returned, so the deputy chief officer of the Navy arranged for Gu Xingzu of the Fourth Fleet to serve as the deputy chief officer of the Navy.

The Fourth Fleet is responsible for the huge sea area from Guangzhou Bay to the South Sea, and it is appropriate to have Gu Xingzu as the deputy chief officer.

It's just that Zhu Zhanji only had one brief contact with him, and I don't know what his ability is, so it is inevitable that he is a little worried.

He was born in a family of Jiangmen, and the overall ability of the descendants of the Jiangmen family is relatively good, because he has received various educations since he was a child. However, there is no shortage of people like Zhao Kuo who talk on paper.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji felt that he was too worried, even if Gu Xingzu's ability was not good, there were still Liu An, Huang Yuan, and the commanders of the navy.

There is also a god of war like Zhu Di on it, and there is no big leak.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji had been silent for a long time, Li Liang couldn't help but urge: "Your Highness, Concubine Zhang Guifei and Concubine Taisun are all waiting, just waiting for you to go to congratulate the British public on his birthday." ”

"What time is it?"

"It's almost time."

"Tell me to drive, and I won't change my clothes."

Zhang Fu is forty-sixth this year, not a full life, and he is now pretending to be low-key, and he is not overbearing.

But even so, Zhu Di also rewarded a lot of money, but he wouldn't give him a junior birthday.

But Zhu Zhanji, as a junior, still needs to sit at least once in the house, otherwise, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will have other thoughts.

After a while, Zhang Guifei and Sun Xian came together, and everyone boarded the carriage at Donghua Gate and went to Zhang's mansion together.

Zhang Guifei is different from Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji just prepared a set of brushed armor that Neiku had just developed.

This brushed armor is a half-length armor that goes all the way to the crotch and weighs thirty pounds, but the armor drawn with steel wire has good flexibility and hardly affects movement.

This kind of armor was originally specially developed for Zhu Di, not to mention the sword, you can't shoot through it with a hard bow for fifty steps, and as for the musket, there is no way to take this armor.

However, the iron wire is easy to make, but the steel wire is difficult to make, and many pieces are broken, and only two pieces are obtained.

Zhu Di had one piece that was enough, and the other one was given to Zhu Zhanji.

But Zhu Zhanji has no interest in this armor, he has achieved great success now, as long as it is not a close-range attack aimed at the vital point, it is difficult to hurt him.

So this time it was simply given to Zhang Fu as a gift, after all, he would have more opportunities to go to the battlefield in the future.

But Zhang Guifei is different, as the daughter of the Zhang family, she eats, wears, and uses, prepares several large cars, and sends her home early in the morning.

got into the carriage and saw Zhu Qizhen in Sun Xian's arms, and he remembered another son.

He stretched out his hand to summon Liu Wan and instructed: "Check the things I brought back from the West, and prepare a gift for the little princes, and also prepare a gift for the concubines." Don't be too heavy, not too light, and prepare some medicinal materials for the king of light, and give them to the king of light. ”

Sun Xian's eyes glanced at Zhu Zhanji, and when Liu Wan left, she said, "Hmph, I already knew!" ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled, stretched out his finger and hooked it. "Come here."

Sun Xian asked, "Can you do it, and you won't let me say it?" ”

Zhu Zhanji sat down, leaned on the partition of the carriage, and patted his thigh. "Come down and let me hit you three times as punishment."

Sun Xian pouted and said aggrievedly: "What did the concubine do wrong to make His Highness unhappy?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said seriously: "Since you already knew, why didn't you say it after two months, let me find out today?" ”

Sun Xian thought about it, but he knew it but didn't tell His Highness, no wonder he was unhappy. She put Zhu Qizhen on the tiger skin in the middle of the carriage, and squirmed over and lay on Zhu Zhanji's lap. "Your Highness, don't be heavy, the concubine will have to entertain in the British Mansion for a while. If you don't feel angry, wait until you come back and take the initiative to be punished. ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said, "You, you're too serious." How can I be willing to hurt my good wife? ”

Having said that, his hand did not stop, and he gently patted her buttocks three times, and put his big hand on it but did not take it off.

Sun Xian's heart was about to melt when he kneaded, and she turned her head to look at his eyes with silky eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, in broad daylight, spare the concubine first." ”

Zhu Qizhen saw his parents having fun, so he also moved over, hugged Zhu Zhanji's legs and asked, "Daddy, mother, what are you playing?" ”

(Gu Xingzu is a bug here, I originally wanted to write about the second generation of the Gu family at the beginning, but Gu Xingzu is the third generation, younger than Zhu Zhanji, so it is naturally impossible to be the chief soldier of the Fourth Fleet.) But it's already written, so it's wrong! ）