The honor guard returned to the palace, and Zhu Zhanji's task was completed.

Although it is said that Zhu Zhanji has now begun to take charge of naval affairs, from Zhu Di's exclusion of his position, we can know that although Zhu Di is willing to let him get in touch with military affairs, it does not mean that he is willing to interfere too much in military affairs.

This seems to be a bit contradictory, but it is not contradictory, the key is to master a degree.

Zhu Di wants to cultivate him, but it doesn't mean that he can meddle in too many affairs because of this.

He is just like Zhu Gaochi, who has now been in contact with government affairs, the key is to do his job well and never cross the line.

For an emperor with a strong desire for power like Zhu Di, crossing the line means grabbing power.

Therefore, when he entered the noon gate, when Wang Yan and the others greeted him, he gave up his position, led his guards, and returned to Xingqing Palace.

But unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the Wenhua Gate, he met Zhaoyi Guifei and Concubine Jing each leading a group of chamberlains and palace maids at the palace gate.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji, both of them greeted him. These two women, one woman is her "grandmother" and the other is her "little mother", but they are Zhang Fu's sister and daughter.

Without waiting for them to speak, Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Niangniang, Concubine Jing, the British Duke is in good health, and among the generals of the DPRK and China, I don't think there are many who can compare with the Duke of Guo." ”

Concubine Zhaoyi looked around and asked in a low voice, "You told him?" ”

"Having said that, the prince of the country should be quite excited, but he still has to test the heart of the emperor's grandfather. This matter must not be brought up by him, otherwise it will backfire, so it still needs some effort on the mother's side. ”

"I understand that a few days ago, I had asked Hu Kedu to play a Jiaozhi for Liang Zhang, but I haven't heard from him in the past few days."

Although Concubine Zhaoyi is now the first person in the harem, it is precisely because of this identity that she has to be more careful when contacting the outside.

Many times, she had to borrow Zhu Zhanji's channels to contact the outside world.

After all, in the current palace, Zhu Zhanji is the freest, and even Jinyiwei is now his person.

It is no longer news that the conquest of Cochins is too costly. Since the fifth year of Yongle, there have been people mentioning it every year.

However, Zhu Di doesn't care about expenses, only about obedient monarchs, so these pieces are left by him.

But this time, Zhu Zhanji used his understanding of the battle situation in Jiaozhi to come up with a detailed comparison table of expenses and benefits, and then put forward the proposal of setting up a public waiting house in Jiaozhi, patrolling on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and releasing half of the pressure on the public waiting body.

With the example of Mu Wangfu in the past, and Zhang Fu is now unsealable, it is very likely that this suggestion will be accepted by Zhu Di.

The imperial court can at least reduce half of the burden, and leave all the troubles to the garrison to bear, so as to save a lot of money.

And it is impossible for those princes not to accept it, although it will make them bear a huge burden at first, and even owe the imperial court military expenses that cannot be paid off for decades. But being able to be an uncrowned king in the future is definitely what everyone pursues in the feudal era.

As long as you can manage these fiefdoms well, all the expenses can be earned back in the future. Even if you can't earn it back, is the court still forcing you to demolish your house and sell your land? Is it for the sake of a little expense, so that the border generals can't live?

Impossible.

Today's Muwangfu is a clear example, before the Yunnan copper mine was developed, Muwangfu was poor and had to be pants. Not to mention the cost of the imperial court's army, even their own guards can't afford it.

Originally, they had to bear half of the cost of the imperial army, but in the end, they were not exempted by Zhu Di.

Now that they have a copper mine, their lives are a little better, and the expenses owed to the imperial court have gradually been made up.

In the first few expeditions to Annam, the imperial court also recruited troops and horses from Yunnan, and they used all the silver from King Mu's mansion.

Because there is only one example of Mu Wangfu, there are no detailed regulations in this aspect of the Ming Dynasty today.

For example, how much military spending does other public officials need to bear to defend a place, how much taxes do they need to pay, and so on.

Putting aside the case of Mu Wangfu, Zhu Di is definitely unwilling to open this opening easily.

The lessons of the Tang Dynasty are still being mentioned today, and for a king with a centralized ideology like Zhu Di, he is not forced to make such a choice.

Otherwise, the feudal town is too strong, and it is also a threat to the central government.

However, Zhu Zhanji has no worries about this, and he knows very well that Europe has now gradually emerged from the ignorant theocracy of the Middle Ages. The next 100 years will be an era of comprehensive renaissance for Europe.

Politically, the weight of royal power gradually increased. In science, more and more scientific and technological talents are emerging. Militarily, they used the gunpowder brought by the Mongols to move from cold weapons to hot weapons.

With the advent of the Age of Discovery, the political situation in the world will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Because of his arrival, the current Ming Dynasty wants to embark on a road of rejuvenation in China, and the previous feudal system must be comprehensively improved.

Politically, although it is necessary to continue to implement centralized power in the future, in the military and economics, if we want to establish rules and seize territory, we must make improvements.

The lag of science and technology has made the central government's control of remote areas slow and passive in time and space, and technological improvements must be made to strengthen its rule.

Only faster transportation and the ability to mobilize troops can consolidate the rule.

But before technology has developed, all that can be done is to seize more territory and consolidate the initial domination.

He has been considering this aspect of the problem, and has always believed that the sub-feudal system is the most effective means to expand the Chinese nation's discourse power in the whole world.

As long as the Chinese nation occupies the whole world, even if these regions eventually break away from the central government, these regions will form a state with the Chinese nation as the main body.

This is better than in the original history, where those Europeans occupied the whole world and controlled the world's voice.

Of course, he won't let this monster out easily, and even if he wants to do it in the end, he will have to pay attention to strategy and means.

After all, he is the future emperor and cannot dismantle his own platform by himself.

But Annan is an exception, the imperial power of this place has been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, and this place is also an important base for the Ming to increase their control over the Nanyang region.

With Annam, the military power of the Ming Dynasty could stretch thousands of miles to the south, so the importance of this place cannot be ignored.

Moreover, Zhu Zhanji also wanted the Ming Dynasty to have access to the Indian Ocean, which was one north and one east of Yunnan, and could directly encircle and suppress the Bago Dynasty.

And Bago is the Myanmar of later generations, and the location there cannot be ignored for the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, if you want to consolidate your rule in Annan, Da Ming doesn't want to spend too much energy, so it will be more beneficial than disadvantageous to divide the famous Zhang Fu in Annan here.

However, this belongs to helping the minister dig the foundation of his imperial power, so Zhu Zhanji must not come forward by himself in this matter, and Zhang Fu cannot come forward by himself, so Concubine Zhaoyi is the most suitable person.

As the daughter of the Zhang family, and the first person in the harem today, she only needs Zhu Zhanji to gently bring out an introduction to pry her into pushing this matter with all her might.

And selling such a good one can also make Concubine Zhaoyi completely on his side and form the most stable ally.

Concubine Jing is Zhu Zhanji's mother and Zhang Fu's daughter, so of course she is even more obligated to do so.

Because her status is completely related to Zhang Fu. Now Zhu Gaochi has several wives and concubines, except for the crown princess Zhang, who belongs to her, the most noble.

If Zhang Fu can become a de facto king with a different surname, then her life in the palace will be better.

And her role is to trick Zhu Gaochi into waving the flag and cheering. Zhu Zhanji can clearly see that this matter is the foundation of digging up the imperial power, but Zhu Gaochi may not be able to see it clearly.

He admires Zhang Fu so much that he can be described as his old fan. As long as this matter is promoted, it can reduce the consumption of the imperial court, and it can bring Annan into the rule of the imperial court as a whole, and Zhu Gaochi will definitely not be left behind.

Although this matter is a bit unauthentic, Zhu Zhanji is completely cheating.

But this incident didn't hurt Zhu Gaochi so much, because he had already been given up by Zhu Di!

Looking at the nervous expressions of the two women, Zhu Zhanji smiled and said with relief: "Don't worry about this matter, let Liang Zhang publicize this matter in Wenchen, and then let Jinyiwei beat the side drum, and at the last moment, I will personally go into battle, and great things can be expected." ”

Concubine Zhaoyi and Concubine Jing both lowered their bodies slightly, and said: "There are still a lot of honors for Your Highness in this matter, if it can be done, we will definitely look forward to Your Highness." ”

Separated from them, Zhu Zhanji returned to Xingqing Palace. In Xingqing Palace, you can still hear the sound of drums coming from Fengtian Palace.

"Let Jin Kuo come to see me......"

Li Liang hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, Eunuch Jin is building a workshop in the farm at your behest of all!" Do you want to send someone to call him back? ”

Zhu Zhanji looked around and felt more and more that there was a lack of talents. "You go to the celebrant and ask Wang Yan to send me a hundred chamberlains who understand business. For the time being, I will borrow the manpower, and I will distribute it separately. ”

The celebrant is currently the largest internal supervisor in the palace, not only in charge of the internal prison, the inner treasury, but also in charge of the customs and the business of the inner treasury all over the country, and it is not a great pressure to transfer a hundred internal servants who understand business.

Now all his affairs can only be managed through the chamberlain, but the chamberlain in the palace has his own rules, he just wants more people, and he can't go beyond too much.

But now just the construction of the research institute, the construction of the industrial zone, and the preparation of the navy are still being kept an eye on, and each of the more than 300 chamberlains on hand has been appointed.

Now there are only some inappropriate little eunuchs and palace maids left in Xingqing Palace, and they can only borrow people.

For the time being, I can only deal with it in this way, and when he gets married, the number of servants will increase a lot, and then there will be more manpower.

As for the generals, he can call a group of them, but let them fight, let them manage business, that is, laymen lead insiders.

If you want to really expand your power, you still have to attack the civilian system, but unfortunately, for the time being, he can't reach out......

(Concubine Zhaoyi was posthumously titled, and now it is written like this, just to identify this person.) As for Concubine Jing, she was actually married when Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, and he died ten months later. The party doesn't have to take it too seriously. ）