Since Zhu Yuanzhang listed Taoism as the state religion and worshiped Taoism and suppressed Buddhism, Taoism, a local sect, has developed very rapidly in recent decades.

In order to build the Wudang Dao Palace, Zhu Dihao threw millions of taels of silver, which was listed as the three major government expenses in the early Ming Dynasty together with the new construction of Beiping and the construction of the Ming Great Wall in the original history, which was greater than the cost of Zheng He's trip to the West.

In the process of the development of Taoism, Wudang benefited the most.

Therefore, the current Wudang has the closest relationship with the royal family.

The cost is so huge, of course, not only because of a king's hobby, but also because of the guiding role of the imperial court in the early Ming Dynasty on the beliefs of the people.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the expansion of Buddhism has affected all corners of the people, and the Yuan Dynasty's support for Buddhism is mainly to baptize the spirit of the people through Buddhism and reduce the spirit of resistance among the people.

The monks have obtained a lot of wealth through the vigorous development of nearly a hundred years, and in the period when Zhu Yuanzhang raised an army against the Yuan Dynasty, a large amount of wealth was seized by the monks in the whole society.

Every prefecture and even every county and town had lavishly built temples, and in addition to a great deal of wealth, the monks also occupied a lot of land.

The wealth in the hands of the monks was more than the wealth in the hands of the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty, so in the stage of poverty and whiteness in the Ming Dynasty, the temple became a huge source of economic income for Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who has been influenced by Buddhism, is also very aware of the influence of Buddhism on the people, and if he wants to attack Buddhism, he cannot directly destroy the spiritual beliefs of the people, which will lead to chaos among the people.

Therefore, it is not really Zhu Yuanzhang who supports Taoism to replace Buddhism, Zhu Di likes Taoism. Rather, it was a means for them to obtain wealth from Buddhism and to guide their faith.

It was also because of this understanding that Zhu Zhanji did not oppose the construction of Wudang Dao Palace because of the huge amount of money.

And in fact, the construction of the Wudang Dao Palace did not cost a drop of state revenue, and all these funds came from the liquidation of Buddhism.

Not to mention anything else, the land that has been confiscated from the monks over the years alone is a huge amount, and there is still a large amount of land in the hands of the monks and records of local governments.

These lands are also Zhu Di's reward heroes, as well as an important lever to adjust the wealth gap between local people and resolve the contradiction between private land annexation.

Of course, at this time, when there are fewer people and more land, and the land contradictions have not intensified, the role of these lands is not obvious.

At present, the main role of these lands is to feed countless people who have lost their land.

As long as they are willing to work, the local government will give them land, tools, and seeds, and in the coming year, they will have to pay half of the land tax, plus interest, poll tax, etc., and seventy percent of the total income will be given to the local government.

Although life is hard, at least there is hope for life.

Although there is a gray area in this link, after all, it feeds a lot of people.

Zhu Zhanji did not dare to easily involve these civil affairs, and even the crown prince Zhu Gaochi could not cross this line.

But when Zhu Zhanji was still chatting with Zhu Di, he suggested that Zhu Di should not give away all these lands lavishly, leave these official lands, and strictly prohibit buying and selling.

Zhu Di may not see the role of these lands in the future, but Zhu Zhanji is very clear.

The demise of the Ming Dynasty was not a matter of that cause, but the outbreak of a series of problems from people's livelihood to bureaucracy, to system, and even disaster.

In this, no matter how you look at it, land annexation is also a major reason.

From Wudang to Taoism, from Taoism to the land, Zhu Zhanji let his mind fly and enjoyed a rare peace.

"Your Highness, it's time to eat."

Zhu Zhanji glanced up at the cautious Li Liang, nodded and asked, "Has the news from Nara come over?" ”

"Not yet, but it is said that Marquis An Yuan in Kyoto has arrested a group of members of the Imperial Emperor, and the person who reported the news is reporting to Eunuch Zheng."

Zhu Zhanji stood up, since Zheng He did not report it as soon as possible, presumably the person who caught it was not an important role.

The members of the royal family in Dongying for thousands of years have spread all over the country, and there are a large number of them, and they are not descendants, so Zhu Zhanji has no interest at all.

Entering the inner courtyard, Lan Yan and Liu Chenghui had already prepared nine side dishes, and when they saw Zhu Zhanji coming in, they all bowed.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and sat down first, and the two of them sat down on his left and right. Zhu Zhanji remembered something, looked at Li Liang who was waiting on the side with a smile, and asked, "Yang Zhangde came over this time, why don't you have a private meeting with him again?" ”

Li Liang was frightened and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The slave maid took the wrong path and did the wrong thing before, and she should not dare to make personal friends with foreign ministers in the future." ”

"It's good to know...... Zhu Zhanji picked up the chopsticks, smiled with the second daughter and said, "Let's eat......"

Although there are many rules in the royal family, Zhu Zhanji is not the kind of person who pays attention to food and sleep, whether it is eating or in the boudoir, it is when he contacts the people around him.

chatted with the two daughters, as long as he showed a little attention to them, the two girls were very happy.

Before the meal was finished, Zheng He walked in from outside.

As an internal supervisor, he didn't need to avoid it, so Zhu Zhanji used him as his deputy commander, and he didn't need to arrange the general headquarters to other ships.

Zhu Zhanji heard that he hadn't eaten yet, so he ordered: "Set a table for Eunuch Zheng and wait for him to finish eating before talking." ”

Although Zheng He is the deputy marshal, because he is on the same boat as Zhu Zhanji, he does not dare to show too much, so there are not as many people who serve him as the other general soldiers.

It is also difficult to pay too much attention to the ship, except for Zhu Zhanji, who has hundreds of people to serve him, and he has whatever he wants, and the lives of others are relatively difficult.

Zheng He, as the chief eunuch, if it weren't for the fact that he had been going to the West, his status in the palace would be even higher than Wang Yan.

And he is also the idol of all the inner eunuchs, who can become the current director of the navy from a eunuch, as long as he has a little bit of ideal ambition, all of them worship him.

Soon, the little eunuchs set a table for Zheng He, but there were only four dishes and a pot of white rice.

Zheng He finished eating in two bites, Zhu Zhanji made people soak in fragrant tea, and moved to the small reception room with Zheng He.

"Your Highness, there is news from Kamakura that Uesugi Zenhide has now captured Kamakura, but he has no control over the local situation. Uesugi Kenki and Ashikaga Mochiji are now encircling a large number of opposition forces in the Kanto region and are counterattacking Kamakura. Now that the letter for help has been delivered, I wonder what arrangements His Highness wants to make? ”

Before Edo, or Tokyo, was built, Kamakura was the political center of the Kanto region and one of the three major political centers of Toei.

However, Zhu Zhanji did not have a special impression of this place, because in later generations, this place has long since declined.

"Let the Second Fleet, which is responsible for blockading this place, provide artillery support at sea, and it is not appropriate for the large army to divide its forces until the Kyoto problem is resolved."

Zheng He said lightly: "It is only a matter of time before we occupy Kyoto, but if we want to completely solve the problem of the shogunate and the imperial family, I am afraid it will take a long time. ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "We only need to destroy, so it doesn't take long...... I am also ready to go to the West with you at the end of this year. ”

This is the first time that Zhu Zhanji has revealed to Zheng He that he wants to go to the West with him, although he has hinted at this in the past, Zheng He does not think that he, as the grandson of a country, will go to the West with him to suffer.

Moreover, he did not think that the civil and military ministers of the court, including the emperor, would agree to Zhu Zhanji's trip to the West.

Hearing Zhu Zhanji say this, his heart was excited, and the grandson personally came forward, and the countries of Nanyang naturally returned to their hearts.

But they were a little worried that if Zhu Zhanji had an accident on the way, none of them would be able to do well.

"Does the emperor agree?"

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "I still have my grandfather and father above me, and only at this time can I put aside domestic affairs and see the world." Therefore, for a maximum of three months, the Dongying issue must be dealt with. ”

Zheng He, who had always memorized the three strategic objectives of the Dongying War, said with a deep sigh: "The minister must do his best to complete the destruction of Dongying's ruling structure in August. ”

"Your Highness, Nara sent to Yulin Weiqian, the general Chen Li, and the young army to report the chief military elder four urgently......"

Zhu Zhanji had been waiting for the information over there today, and when he heard this, he glanced at Zheng He and said, "Submit it, Xuan." ”

A sealed letter was presented, and Li Liang cut the seal, spread out the letter, and presented it to Zhu Zhanji. At the same time, the internal supervisor also shouted loudly: "Xuan Youjun scout Tao Zheng, Tan Yuan is here." ”

Zhu Zhanji took the letter, and when he saw it, he was overjoyed and said: "Chen Li lived up to Lone's expectations and captured Emperor Gokameyama, who lived in Yoshino Xinggong. ”

Zheng He was also overjoyed when he heard it, and Emperor Gokameyama was the ninety-ninth emperor of Dongying and the last emperor of the Southern Dynasty. Because of a disagreement with Ashikaga Yoshimori, he stayed in Yoshino Hayaki in Nara and no longer participated in any political affairs.

Although he was the last emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and the current emperor has moved to the northern line, he still has a high prestige in the southern part of Toei.

If you catch him, you can make at least half of the southern daimyo throw a rat trap.

Zheng He smiled and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness, this is a great event!" ”

But the joy on Zhu Zhanji's face, who was looking at the letter, faded, and finally handed the letter to Zheng He, and said in a stern tone: "Gu didn't expect that the first person who violated the military order was the most important young soldier in Lone......"

Zheng He, who took the letter, didn't care about looking at the content in front, but saw the back directly, and quickly knew the reason for Zhu Zhanji's rise.

At this time, the two young soldiers entered the cabin in good spirits, and then knelt down and said, "The young army is even Taozheng, Tan Yuan pays a visit to His Highness." ”

Zhu Zhanji's face became kind at this time, and he said with a smile: "Flat, look at the seat." Tell me about Lone's decapitation this time. ”

The two didn't dare to sit down, so they sat sideways and sat down facing Zhu Zhanji, and the slightly older Tao Zheng began to tell about the beheading operation jointly carried out by Yu Linwei and the young army.

Chen Li was originally the general manager of Yu Linwei, because of his meritorious service in forming the young army, after being transferred back to Yu Linwei, he took the position of general manager.

Zhu Zhanji wanted to send Yu Linwei, who had the strongest combat effectiveness, and the scouts of the young army, who were most familiar with the terrain of Dongying, to carry out the beheading operation against Emperor Gokameyama, and he became the leader of this team.

A formation of 1,500 forest guards and 500 young troops set off from the Waka Valley and headed straight for Yoshino Hayakuya, 60 kilometers away.

They marched quickly and arrived at Yoshino Hayogu in the southeast of Nara in one day.

Today's Yoshino Palace is not guarded by samurai from the shogun's palace because of the conflict with Ashikaga Yoshinori, and today's defense mainly relies on the samurai of the former Southern Dynasty who chased after Emperor Kameyama, with less than 400 people.

The battle went on quickly, and even though the samurai were very skilled, they had nothing to do in the face of muskets.

In less than an hour of fighting, the team occupied Yoshino Hakugu and captured alive Emperor Go-Kameyama and more than sixty members of his royal family.

However, due to the sensitive battle of capturing the former emperor alive, although Chen Li and his family captured the family of Emperor Gokameyama, when they wanted to evacuate, they faced the spontaneous encirclement of many samurai.

When he returned with the action team of Emperor GoKameyama's family, it was not so fast, and now it is still in the process of fighting while retreating.

However, Tao Zheng and the others had already reported the information to the 2,000 Shenji Battalion stationed in Wakayama on the way to deliver the message in advance, and they had already sent most of their soldiers to meet Yulinwei.

After learning the detailed information, Zhu Zhanji was not worried about the safety of Yu Linwei and them. Today, most of the daimyo in the Osaka area have surrendered, and even if there are some stubborn resistors, they are not in the limelight.

There are 2,000 of them, plus 2,000 of the Shenji Battalion, and no force can compete with them.

In the end, he just asked lightly: "Then what is the matter with Princess Yang Jijian Yinhuazi?" ”

Tao Zheng hesitated for a moment, looked at Tan Yuan and said: "This is the affairs of the Xungui camp, Wenshan has experienced it personally, it is better for Tan Yuan to report on his behalf." ”

Tao is a soldier of the Jiazi Company, which is now the oldest orphan camp. The qualifications of the Xungui Battalion are much shallow, and now they have only been trained for a little more than a year.

Zhu Zhanji looked at Tan Yuan and said: "I remember you, you are the commander of the capital, Chong'an is the eldest son of Tan Yuan, your father died early, he was raised by his widowed mother, and he has won the top three in the young army competition many times." ”

Tan Yuan knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness is really honored to remember the villain. ”

"Get up and speak, and tell the truth what Yang Ji has done."

What Yang Ji did was not complicated, after the occupation of Yoshino Xinggong, one of the main tasks of the young army was to clean up the wealth and antiques of Yoshino Xinggong, and then pack them one by one.

Yang Ji was in charge of guarding the female dependents, but was fascinated by Princess Hanako, the youngest daughter of Emperor Gokameyama, and dragged her to the room to Jianyin despite the fact that she was on a mission.

If it was a soldier in the orphan camp, Chen Li would definitely kill him directly to make an example of the whole army.

However, he is currently returning to Yulinwei and has no direct leadership over the young army, and the commander of the young army, Wu Laosi, is a civilian, and his official position is low, how can he directly deal with Yang Ji, whose father is a bachelor of Hanlin.

So this matter was reported to Zhu Zhanji and waited for Zhu Zhanji to deal with it.

Although Tan Yuan came from an extraordinary background, his father died in the Battle of Jingjing, when he commanded Tongzhi. At that time, Tan Yuan had just been born, and he did not enjoy the glory of his father at all.

Although his father was posthumously named Chong'an Hou, and he also received the title of lieutenant of Zhenguo, but in a family without a male host, he has lived a very average life since he was a child.

His mother had high expectations for him and taught him strictly, and when Zhu Zhanji formed the Young Army Xungui Battalion, he was a top-notch group of people in the Xungui Camp as soon as he entered.

Of course, people like him can't look down on Yang Ji, but they can also explain the whole process clearly and impartially without a little personal bias.

This also made Zhu Zhanji a little interested in him, because of the opposition between the Xungui camp and the orphan camp, the position in the young army is actually quite serious.

This Tan Yuan can narrate the whole thing without a little personal color and without any prejudice, which is very rare.

After listening to the entire report, Zhu Zhanji sent them down and turned his gaze to Zheng He. "What does the Superintendent think should be done about this?"

Of course, this is not to ask about the disposal of Yang Ji, but whether to send troops to welcome back Chen Li.

When they went, they went lightly, and when they returned, there were not only many looted supplies, but also dozens of prisoners, which would affect their mobility.

Zheng He pondered for a moment and said, "Now that the guards of Wakayama have gone to greet Yulin Guard, there are four thousand of them, which is enough to deal with any situation. Therefore, there is no need to send reinforcements for the time being. However, Wakayama is located in an important position to guard the gateway to Osaka Bay, so it is necessary to send two warships to garrison it to ensure that nothing goes wrong. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Then you can arrange it, pass on the Taisun Order, and directly behead Yang Ji to show the public as an example." ”

At this time, Zhu Zhanji was too lazy to take care of Yang Shiqi's face, a black sheep who refused to change after repeated teachings, so he should be a typical warning to the world.

Of course, such a rude attitude will definitely break Yang Shiqi's heart. However, he also has a son, Yang Dao, who is said to have a good character, and when he returns, he will recruit Yang Dao into the young army.

Regardless of whether he is dissatisfied or grateful, Zhu Zhanji is willing to seize the initiative in his own hands.

No matter how high Sanyang is praised in history, it is insignificant, because Zhu Zhanji will never govern the country according to their set.

Summoning Yang Dao into the Young Army can prevent Yang Shiqi from doing bad things behind his back, even if he is now the prince's man.

The sun is shining in Osaka Bay, and the shipping that has been interrupted for half a year can now go to the designated port for trade after getting the customs clearance documents from Daming, making Osaka Bay more lively than before.

But thousands of miles away on the island of Zodo, it was raining heavily.

Since the previous year, a Ming fleet that "escorted supplies" to Nuer Gandusi was stranded on Zuodu Island due to "ship damage", and the life of the general's office on the island was not easy to send Oeichiro in the year.

Sado Island was originally a small island where Toei exiled prisoners, and since the discovery of gold on the island, the Shogun's Office appointed a Wakanian to lead 200 samurai and 2,000 people to dig for gold on the island.

The detention of the Ming fleet did not worry them originally, because the gold on the island has not yet been discovered in large quantities, and this gold production is not enough to make the Ming people excited.

But since the arrival of the Ming people, there have been no ships and supply ships for the exiled prisoners, and the food on the island has become less and less.

It was an isolated island, all supplies were brought from the mainland, and there was no large game on the island, and the food that these 3,000 people ate every day was not a small amount.

There were no supply boats, and there were only a few small fishing boats on the island, so they did not dare to go too far to sea.

When the ships docked, Ichiro Oe knew that all the ships were full of grain. When the grain on the island ran out, Oeichiro had no choice but to buy grain from the Ming people.

The Ming people were very neat, and directly agreed to sell grain to them, but the price was much higher in Dongying.

Oeichiro is very clear that because there are many mountains and few lands in Dongying, the price of grain has always been high, but Daming is rich in products, and a stone of grain is less than three coins of silver.

However, at this time, they could not bargain, so they could only buy a batch of grain at a high price of about one tael of silver and one stone.

More than 3,000 people, one person a day two catties of grain is 6,000 catties, fifty stones, in the past five months, Dae Ichiro has bought nearly 10,000 stone of grain from the hands of the Ming garrison, dug out of the gold and silver, at least half of it flowed into the pockets of the Ming people.

In fact, since March, there are still no domestic ships arriving, and the Ming people still do not leave, they have already felt that something is wrong. Because the General's Mansion will definitely not ignore them for so long, and will not forget that there is still gold on the island.

It's just that they only thought that the Ming people didn't let the ships come to Zuodu Island, and they didn't expect that the Ming would start a war on Dongying.

But since the Ming people didn't say it, they were very kind, and they didn't dare to turn their faces.

Although the Ming Dynasty was only a fleet transporting grain, there were about 1,300 people on the four ships, all of whom were regular soldiers.

In addition to the 2,000 minfu and nearly 800 prisoners, there were only more than 200 samurai.

So they didn't dare to fight, so they could only accept the blackmail business of the Ming people.

But by the end of April, the Ming people began to refuse to sell grain, and even if Oeichiro doubled the price, the other party refused to sell them any more grain.

From the end of April, Oeichiro first halved the rations of all the population, and then prepared to send a group of samurai to return home in small boats. Zodo Island is only fifty or sixty miles from the mainland, and if you are lucky, you can row the boat back in a day or two.

However, this time, the Ming showed their fangs. As soon as the ship left the dock and went out to sea, a single shell sank the boat, and only half of the forty-odd people on board drifted back to the island with planks, and the remaining half were condemned to drown or die in the belly of the fish.

At this time, Ichiro Oe was really desperate.

More than 3,000 people were on the island, there was no food, and no one could organize a resistance.

When all the grain was eaten, they could only accept the conditions of the Ming people and give all the gold and silver in exchange for food.

But this time, the Ming people have already calculated the gold production on the island, and everyone needs to work hard every day to get enough food to fill their stomachs.

Moreover, these grains were first opened by Ichiro Oe and the samurai, and later became directly exchanged by everyone.

The samurai, of course, did not bother to work, and they began to rob the rations of the people and prisoners, but when several people were shot by the Ming people as models, they became afraid.

Having lost their privileges, the samurai had to start working in the mines, otherwise they would have to go hungry.

Ichiro Oe, looking at the gray sea, couldn't help but fantasize that Toei's battleship would appear in front of him.

(The electricity was out for a day, and I wrote when I called in the evening, so it was a little late, sorry.) I'll continue to write the next chapter. ）