"This year, Duoyan Sanwei has dispatched a lot of soldiers to the battle, and the manpower is tight, so the Flying Dragon Bird has paid less than half of the tribute this year."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head with difficulty on the bed, and sighed: "It's just a desire to eat, even if you don't have it, it's nothing." ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled and helped him tuck the corners of the quilt, and said: "But with steam sailboats, ships can also travel to and from the South Seas in winter." The bananas that my father loved to eat were fresh again this time. I have already had 80 baskets for my father, and my father can also have the people below him make a tooth sacrifice. ”

After performing a fatherly filial piety with Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji turned his attention to Yang Shiqi, who seemed to be ten years older on his face.

All his hopes now are on Zhu Gaochi, and what Zhu Gaochi wants is to make a transition in the position of emperor, so that Zhu Di will not directly pass on the throne to Zhu Zhanji.

Yang Shiqi also counted on him to promote him at this stage, at least arranging a corresponding fat difference.

has been an official for more than 20 years, Yang Shiqi has been a servant officer and a strategist, and has never been an officer.

Like him now, not to mention leaving a name in history, the historians are too lazy to pay attention to him.

But this Zhu Gaochi is too angry, saying every day that he must live his father, but he still doesn't cherish his body.

In November's Keju Competition, Zhu Zhanji only participated in an opening ceremony, but Zhu Gaochi was full of interest, and he sat on the stage to watch almost every morning and afternoon games.

Although the crown prince has lost power, after all, he is still the biological father of the grandson, whether it is an official or a noble, he still respects him when he sees him.

This seemed to give him plenty of confidence again, and after being away from the political center for more than half a year, his heart itched again.

In particular, the grandson saw that he was very interested in Keju, so he put him in charge of this event named royal, and asked him to finally present the award to the champion.

This surprised him very much, for more than a month, he stayed in the arena, socializing every day, and had to serve the concubine at night.

This kind of entertainment, not to mention his torn body, is just an ordinary person, I'm afraid I can't stand it.

Sure enough, after he watched the last championship and runner-up battle, and watched the Yulin Guards lift the trophy he had personally awarded, he came back and fell ill directly.

After raising it in the palace for a few days, he was a little unaccustomed to it. Although the hot spring annex is deserted, there are hot springs there, especially in the transparent glazed workshop built for him by Taisun, there is the heat of the hot springs, there is the light of the sun, but there is no cold wind entering.

When it was time for the Chinese New Year, he proposed to live in another courtyard again.

This is also testing his son, wanting to see what Zhu Zhanji thinks.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji insisted on keeping him, and he must return to the other courtyard after the New Year. In order to retain Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji also deliberately asked the craftsman to build another glass conservatory, in order to show outsiders that he was a filial son.

Zhu Gaochi was happy, so he didn't mention it anymore.

It's a pity that today's ministers are used to discussing with Zhu Zhanji in the Jinshen Palace, even if it is to avoid it, no one comes to the Wenhua Hall at all.

In the arena, that's because in public, you have to be respectful in the face of the crown prince.

Back in the Wenhua Palace, anyone who wants to see them needs to go through Jinyiwei and Honglu Temple, who dares to be loyal to Zhu Gaochi and touch this kind of mold?

After staying for a few days, Zhu Gaochi clearly realized this, the glitz and bustle of the previous period was more like a dream.

As a result, his condition not only did not improve, but worsened.

Zhu Zhanji said: "Since September, the Dongzhou Exploration Fleet has sent back a message, and they have successfully arrived in Dongzhou, and there has been no news for several months. However, according to Lone's prediction, the main road has crossed the southernmost corner of the South Continent of Dongzhou. ”

"If you can be appreciated by His Royal Highness and given a heavy responsibility, the old man will only be happy for the dog."

"It is rumored that the Xie family is pregnant, so this must be about to be born, right?"

Yang Shiqi still looked unfazed, and replied respectfully: "It will be ...... until March next year."

He remained so reserved because he was not favored by Zhu Zhanji, and if Zhu Zhanji showed a little interest in him, I am afraid he would actively stick to him.

However, Zhu Zhanji attaches importance to people who can do things, and he doesn't like strategists like Yang Shiqi.

Although this person was a veteran of the Five Dynasties in history, at the beginning, he was just a small compilation, just a scholar, and did not involve politics. It was only since Zhu Di was reused, but he relied on the mud, never offended people, and was sociable to get the heavy responsibility.

He never had the ability to do things.

If he were 20 years old this year, Zhu Zhanji would still give him a chance, but he is already 55 years old this year, and he has already been stereotyped, and it is impossible for him to change his personality or learn to do things.

Zhu Gaochi said at this time: "Yang Hongji has been imprisoned by your emperor for more than nine months, and it is a pity that he is sincere and locked up in the prison. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "The child is having the intention of releasing him, but he didn't get the permission of the emperor, so it was delayed. ”

Zhu Gaochi asked: "Can't you be the master of this little thing?" ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled, Yang Pu is a bit similar to Xie Jin, talented, honest and upright. Because of such a character, coupled with the gap in how he behaves in the world, compared with Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu is even more useless in governing the country and government.

It's going to be the New Year, and he doesn't want to argue with Zhu Gaochi, but he also wants to test Zhu Gaochi's mind.

"It's not impossible for my father to want to release him, but does my father want to keep him by his side or let him go home?"

Zhu Gaochi asked: "Since he is not guilty, can't he be reinstated?" ”

"He was imprisoned in the prison by the Emperor Ancestor himself, and the release of the child is already beyond the rules, if he is reinstated, where will the Emperor Ancestor be placed?"

Only then did Zhu Gaochi realize that he had lost his words, and hurriedly said: "It's the New Year, let him come out for a good New Year, and after fifteen, let him accompany me in another courtyard." ”

Zhu Zhanji was a little surprised when he heard that Zhu Gaochi took the initiative to go back to the other courtyard, could he really be dead. Or is he testing himself?

However, he never regarded Zhu Gaochi as an opponent, and he didn't want any rumors of disagreement between father and son.

Even if he is now in prison, Zhu Gaochi is his father, no matter what he does right or wrong, as long as Zhu Gaochi is unhappy, it is his son's fault.

Of course, the father-son relationship alone can't suppress Zhu Zhanji. Because Zhu Zhanji can't deal with him, but he can deal with the people around him.

As long as the people around him are cut off, Zhu Gaochi is just a deaf and dumb person, and he can't make any waves.

So Zhu Zhanji didn't hesitate at all, and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that Yang Hongji is a great talent in poetry and books, and he should relieve his father's boredom." The child let him go, and let him accompany his father with Yang Shiqi after the year. ”

The two of them originally smiled, but when they heard the last sentence, their smiles faded and they nodded.

After chatting for a while, Zhu Zhanji got up and left, leaving only Zhu Gaochi and Yang Shiqi in the room, and He Chun standing at the door.

Yang Shiqi sighed and said, "Your Highness, celebrate the New Year with peace of mind, and the old minister will accompany you to the other courtyard after the New Year." ”

Zhu Gaochi gasped for a while, smiled bitterly and said, "I had no intention of fighting for power, father and son, why should I take precautions?" ”

Yang Shiqi said with relief: "There is only one position in that position, His Royal Highness Taisun is working hard, so naturally he doesn't want His Highness to affect him......"

Zhu Gaochi closed his eyes. "The tide is over! You go too......"

Chang'an Fang, Yang House.

The second dog, Li Zifeng, held a horizontal knife in his hand, wielding a tiger in the cold wind. There was a sloppy Taoist priest sitting next to him, and he pointed out a few words from time to time.

At the base of the courtyard wall, his younger brother Sanwa took Yang Zhangde's eldest son Dabao and played with glass beads.

This glass bead is a plaything that has been spread in the early years, especially children, especially children, especially like it. It's just that in the past, glass beads were valuable, and only rich children could play them.

However, since the Ma family came to the capital, the production process of colored glass has improved rapidly, and now the Ma family mainly produces high-end colored glass and colorless glass.

The firing technology of this glass is not high, so the technology is disclosed.

Ordinary glass began to flood, the price fell quickly, and now a copper can buy one, even the children of poor families can afford to play.

Li Zifeng is sixteen years old this year, so naturally he has no interest in this child's things, but Dabao likes it, so he brought his younger brother Sanwa over to coax him to play.

After practicing for a while, he felt hot all over, so he simply took off his jacket and began to dance with only single clothes.

Yang Zhangde was surrounded by several subordinates into the yard, and saw Dabao lying on the ground, dirty.

Whose children are not like this, Yang Zhangde was not angry, and shouted. "Dabao, come here, kiss Daddy."

Dabao didn't give him face at all, pouted his buttocks, picked up the glass beads in his hand and threw them out. The glass beads rolled about a meter away, and when he touched the glass beads of the third baby, he screamed happily. "I won, I won......"

"This stinky boy ......" Yang Zhangde scolded with a smile, and then looked at the second dog who had already stood still. Yes, it has the demeanor of Lao Tzu when he was young. ”

The second dog is sixteen this year, and he is still smoking a long body, and he doesn't look strong. However, it is impossible to wield a knife weighing several pounds for half an hour without strength.

Hearing Yang Zhangde's praise, Ergouzi smiled and said, "It's all taught by the master." ”

Yang Zhangde sneered and said to Xuan Lian: "Senior brother, tell the kitchen to add a few big dishes today, and the people will also put wine and meat on the table to celebrate." ”

Xuan Lin smiled: "Is this a happy event? ”

Yang Zhangde couldn't help but smile proudly: "Great joy!" ”

Xuan Xiao was surprised for a while, and couldn't help but lower his voice and asked, "You just came back from the palace, but ......?"

Yang Zhangde nodded and said with a smile: "Saihazhi resigned, His Highness has already agreed." But it's already twenty-five years now, and it will take ten days before the decree is issued. ”

Xuan Lin laughed, arched his hand and said, "Meet the commander......

Yang Zhangde couldn't help laughing. "My own family, I don't like this."

Ergouzi also understood, his master was going to be the commander of the righteous Jinyi Guard this time, and the entire Jinyi Guard would have the final say on him alone.

"Congratulations, Master!"

In the face of the second dog, Yang Zhangde still has to put on the master's shelf. Although he didn't like the burden stuffed by His Highness at first, after a few years of getting along, he also had some feelings.

What's more, the second dog is not bad, not only does he practice martial arts hard, but he is also smart, and he has always been one of the best in Yulin Weixue.

In two years, whether it is entering the barracks or coming to his own brocade guard, he can be helped.

This is how the forces have been slowly cultivated, and their foundation is thin, and it is only in the past four years that they have a group of henchmen.

This second dog has been cultivated for several years, and he is about to use it, so how could he not treat him well at this time.

"It's just a matter of time, whether it's a promotion or a dethronement, you should not be arrogant or impatient, and serve Your Highness."

"Yes, I remember."

Yang Zhangde was about to go back to the backyard to meet his wife and tell her about the happy event of his promotion, but he saw a Jinyi Wei Zongqi running in panting. "My lord, there is information about the desert north pole west."

Desert North Pole West, that is the intelligence of Tang Sai'er and his party.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji today, Zhu Zhanji also asked about it, Yang Zhangde didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said, "Submit it." ”

The information is a thick book, which records that it took Tang Sai'er and his party nearly four months to finally arrive at the intended address.

They set up camp at the confluence of a lake and a river, and then began building a city in search of gold.

The search for gold went well, but the city was met with opposition from the local nomadic tribes.

The Jinyi Guard attaché, who followed them to the extreme west, stayed there for two months, encountered four harassments and fought two tough battles.

But for they had fifty muskets, and they were strong in their horses. Although more than 100 people died, they also subdued the surrounding tribes and now gained a firm foothold.

For two months, Tang Sai'er and his family had been nervously panning for gold, and now they had scraped together almost two thousand taels of gold, so they sent people back to purchase materials to serve as the travel expenses for the migration of a large number of people and horses.

Their vanguard was all strong people, and the imperial court supported 5,000 horses. But most of the latter are relatives, and of course it is impossible for everyone in the imperial court to send a horse.

However, they also robbed more than 2,000 horses in the area, and sent 500 men to escort them back with gold.

It took four months to go, and the way back was familiar, and it only took more than two months.

But these people underestimated the cold in Mobei, and they came back from freezing along the way, dozens of them died, and dozens of them were crippled.

When they arrived at Beimingshan, they couldn't hold on, so they could only repair there first, and they couldn't come back before the Chinese New Year.

Jin Yiwei followed four people, and they recorded in detail the bits and pieces along the way, which is why there is such a thick book.

Yang Zhangde roughly looked at it, and then ordered: "Tell Madame, I will come back later, and I will send this information to the palace first." ”

Chang'an Fang is not far from the Imperial Palace, because a new council hall is being built on the site of the original Church and Pedestrian Division, and the road is closed here. If you have to go around a big circle on horseback, it is better to walk straight to it.

Yang Zhangde took four entourages and walked along the closed path into the construction site of the council hall.

The buildings of the Ming Dynasty are either square or round, but none of the buildings are like this, half round, half square, and look strange.

But he also knew that this was because the council hall was a place for deliberations, and the future court meeting would not be held in the Fengtian Temple, but would be held here.

It is designed to seat more than 2,000 people, and it is necessary to use all means of amplification to make everyone hear what one person is saying.

And I don't want an arena here, I just pursue a loud voice there, and I can't hear the real sound at all when the voice comes out at the end.

But here you need to keep your voice true so that everyone can hear the tone behind the sentence and the meaning behind the sentence.

So, under the alliance of the Ministry of Works and the Karlsoli, such a fan-shaped building was created.

The council hall is next to the walls of the Imperial City, on the inner side of the moat. There are five yamen on the original site, except for the Honglu Temple, which still remains in the same place, the other halls, the pedestrian division, the teaching workshop division and the Guanglu Temple are all moved to other places.

In the future, it will become the center of the imperial court's deliberations, and grandeur is indispensable.

In order to show the splendor of the Ming Dynasty here, His Royal Highness overrode public opinion and built this building beyond the height of the original Fengtian Temple, reaching 9.5 zhang.

The building is open to the south, and the square building is located due north, where the emperor will sit in the future.

Thinking that Zhu Zhanji would sit there in the future and listen to the performances of hundreds of civil and military officials, he couldn't help but be excited.

The Jinyi Wei Dahan general who was guarding the gate was surprised to see Yang Zhangde go and return. Compared to being their direct superiors, of course, they led directly into the city gates.

When he arrived at the palace gate, the inner supervisor only checked briefly, because Zhu Zhanji allowed the generals to carry knives, and they didn't even unload the knives, so Yang Zhangde entered the palace.

"Where is Your Highness now?"

"His Royal Highness is still receiving the King of Dong in the southwest in the Jinshen Palace, and I am afraid that I will leave the King of Dong for dinner at noon."

Yang Zhangde followed the inner attendant from the west corner gate alone, and came to the middle right door to the Jinshen Palace, and said to the inner attendant on duty and the personnel of Honglu Temple, and they hurriedly went in to pray.

Although Yang Zhangde is not their direct boss, the defense of the palace mainly relies on the Jinyi guard, and they dare not offend this celebrity in front of Zhu Zhanji.

In the palace, Zhu Zhanji was a little bored with the King of Dong from Guizhou.

Since the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang vigorously controlled the southwest after capturing the country. Under the years of conquest of the Mu family, the entire southwest is now pacified.

This Dong king is a descendant of the former Dong king Wu Mian, who has lost his wildness, and is no different from the Ming people in other aspects except for his clothes.

They now regard Daming as a wronged leader, and if there is any disaster or what is missing, they will ask Daming for support.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's attitude is that I can help you, but I will not meet your requirements, that is, the policy of not giving you enough food.

Zhu Zhanji has not yet freed up his hands to target them, so Xiao Gui Cao followed and followed the original policy.

For the requirements put forward by the king of Dong, after satisfying two percent, he refused to let go.

King Dong was originally a lion with a big mouth, and then waited for Daming to bargain. Although the two percent did not meet his expectations, Zhu Zhanji insisted on refusing to give more, and he could only accept it.

With this kind of political nonsense, Zhu Zhanji actually dislikes it the most. But there is no way, sitting in this position, some things are not pushed if you want to.

After receiving Liu Wan's report, Yang Zhangde went and returned, which made his heart tighten.

However, he quickly figured it out again, if it was really a big matter or an urgent matter, he would have told the personnel of Honglu Temple just now.

It's almost the New Year, and he also wants to spend the New Year in peace.

Yang Zhangde entered the main hall, did not squint, walked straight to Zhu Zhanji's side, clasped his fists and saluted, and bowed to Zhu Zhanji's side and whispered: "Your Highness, the news from the extreme west has come back, and Lin San and his wife have already gained a firm foothold. ”

As he spoke, he took out the information and handed it to Liu Wan. Almost nothing could go directly into Zhu Zhanji's hands without checking for toxins.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "I'll go to the Cao Guo Mansion tomorrow afternoon, you let them get ready." ”

Yang Zhangde was overjoyed, and saluted again: "Weichen will go and inform the Cao Guo Mansion." ”

After the information was checked, it was handed to Zhu Zhanji. Zhu Zhanji let Xie Jin, and they were involved with King Dong and opened the information.

This information does not have too many exaggerated descriptions, and from the perspective of a bystander, it records in detail their journey of thousands of miles along the way.

How many miles I traveled every day, how many difficulties I encountered, how many tribes I met, which tribes were friendly and which tribes were hostile.

After arriving at the predetermined address of Tanglin City, they found the gold mine, and began to cut down trees and build houses there, a team of more than 5,000 people, and in half a year, they lost more than 300 people.

However, the hardships were sweet, and the sacrifice of more than 300 people was exchanged for the settlement of more than 4,000 people.

The return procession began in mid-October and took four months by horse-drawn carriage. But when they returned, they all rode horses, became familiar with the road again, and arrived at Beimingshan in less than two months.

The extremely cold weather claimed dozens of lives, and this was the only loss.

Zhu Zhanji sighed, today's intelligence officers still don't know how to be a real intelligence officer. Because some people are not of high quality and culture, they cannot grasp the key points of intelligence.

Although this information is detailed, it requires the analyst to re-analyze the key points, which adds to the workload.

Moreover, intelligence, the most important diplomatic and military, they have too few records.

In Zhu Zhanji's impression, it will be hundreds of years before Russia exists, and now there is only one Muscovy, which is still under the rule of the Golden Horde.

But apart from Muscovy, they did not write down what large tribes there were around Tanglin City, how strong their military strength was, and what their attitude towards the Ming Dynasty was.

Listening to the argument between Jian Yi and King Dong, Zhu Zhanji thought that the Ming Dynasty should establish some professional schools, even if there are still some troubles in establishing professional schools, they should also find someone to carry out some vocational training.

Most of today's officials are not competent officials.