Liu Chanzhou saw Zhu Ao's infinite emotion, knew that he was moved by his true feelings, and he was busy owing his body, so he complimented him according to his words: "What His Royal Highness said is very true, and my king also means this." This Ming Dynasty was originally a family business that His Majesty the Emperor shot down with a knife and a shot, and it should be guarded by His Royal Highness and other emperors' children and grandchildren. ”

Zhu Ao smiled, and he didn't know whether Liu Chanzhou's words were intentional or unintentional, anyway, it was a sentence that broke Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in troubled times, and in this life, he is used to seeing deceit and intrigue, today he is still drinking with you and calling him a brother, and tomorrow he may stab you in the back, snatch your territory, kill your son, and rape your wife and daughter.

He has seen this kind of thing a lot, and he himself has done it several times. In the troubled times, it is the most chaotic era of people's hearts, and people's desire to survive and the subconscious beast nature have been fully exploded.

Because the discipline is corrupted. In the peaceful and prosperous world, if you kill someone, you will definitely go to prison and be killed, so even if you really hate someone, you don't dare to kill him easily. But if you kill someone in troubled times, it is as easy as crushing an ant to death, not only will you not go to prison, but you may even receive a reward for meritorious service.

People have bad roots, and the worse the thing, the more exciting it is to do, so in the troubled times without law and discipline, killing people and setting fire to ** abduction is simply commonplace, those perpetrators not only will not repent, but will even feel very exciting, very excited, how cool it is to occupy their little wives after killing the landlord who has been bullying him or the rich man he has always envied and hated, it is simply a plot that will only appear in online articles.

However, these cruel episodes frequently happened in troubled times, and those Red Turban Army who raised troops in the name of anti-Yuan righteousness would more or less do such things, and the Yuan Dynasty government army in the name of quelling the rebellion often did such things.

Zhu Yuanzhang's military discipline is good, and it is impossible to prevent the occurrence of such incidents. When Lao Zhu was fighting the world, he had a headache about the fact that his troops would plunder every time he captured a city, and he always wanted to rectify this matter, but the group of brothers under his command fought desperately with you, and they always wanted to reap the benefits, and they didn't let the family catch any benefits, so the team that was finally pulled up was dispersed.

So, after some bargaining between the two sides, it was unanimously decided not to rob the husband of the wife, but for those ownerless yellow flower daughters, Zhu Yuanzhang could only turn a blind eye and let them be ruined by his own men.

The so-called autumn is all done in order to take into account the impact after sitting in the big seat, and in the initial stage, no one will inevitably do some banditry.

Again, Marx said that the primitive accumulation of capital is bloody.

Zhu Yuanzhang's life experience is also one of the factors that caused his suspicious and cruel character, because in the era when he fought the world, betrayal and conspiracy were commonplace, and he saw a lot, a military general can betray others and defect to you today, and he can betray you and defect to others tomorrow.

There are also people who are loyal to you, but most of them are grass on the wall, and when you are proud of the spring breeze, come and call Marshal Zhu, if you lose, you will immediately step on a few feet and vote for the master, which is a very normal thing, no one is a fool, and he will not be martyred for you in vain.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang has never only used the group of generals under him, far from the point of trust, in order to better control the army, he recognized many godsons to strengthen his wings.

You can turn to the historical materials to take a look, Zhu Yuanzhang's law of using troops is that whenever a general is sent to lead the army to recruit the enemy, most of them will send a godson as a deputy general to supervise the army, and after the general will take down the territory, Zhu Yuanzhang will order him to return to the court, and send his godson to stay in the local area.

The fierce general will be stiff, and the henchmen will defend the soil. It is Zhu Yuanzhang's consistent rule of employing people, and it is also an important factor in his success. Among them, Mu Ying, who guards Yunnan, is a typical representative.

When conquering Yunnan, Fu Youde was a general, Lan Yu and Mu Ying were the first and second deputy generals respectively, but after the victory, Fu Youde and Lan You, the two fierce generals, were called back to Beijing, but Mu Ying picked up a big bargain to defend Yunnan. Judging from the later historical development of the Ming Dynasty, Fu Youde and Lan Yu did not end well, only Mu Ying mixed quite well.

It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang is extremely distrustful of such a general under him, which is why he adopted the feudal system and vigorously feuded the vassal king. From the point of view of common sense, the relationship between father and son is always stronger than the love of monarchs and ministers, and Zhu Yuanzhang would rather believe in the family affection that blood is thicker than water, and will never believe in the love of buddies in the rivers and lakes. Therefore, during his reign, the military power of the Ming Dynasty was gradually transferred from the hands of military generals to the hands of his sons, and finally reached his basic national policy of "territoriality with the same surname".

The ruling class of the Ming Dynasty constructed by Zhu Yuanzhang is roughly divided into three parts, the first is the clan vassal king; the second is the cousin of the horse; The third is the military generals. As he said to Zhu Yunwen above, these three types of people are consistent with the interests of the dynasty, just like the hairs attached to the skin, if the Ming Dynasty dies, who will let them continue to be vassal kings, then relatives, and then nobles to enjoy privileges? Don't even think about it!

Therefore, these three types of people are the most loyal to the dynasty, and they are the most dedicated to defending the Ming Dynasty, because the skin does not have hair, and the Ming Dynasty is over, and they are finished, even if they can get away with saving their lives, they can only wag their tails like a pug and beg for mercy, and never think about living the privileged life before.

Relying on vested interests to rule the dynasty is the most effective and stable, there is no need to be cynical, the world is so realistic!

And what about the civil servants? As Lu Su said when he persuaded Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms period, they can be both Sun Quan's courtiers and Cao Cao's courtiers, there is not much difference between them, so they will not care about your country, if you lose it, you will lose it, anyway, it is not his family.

A typical representative is Hong Chengchou at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen was so good to him, so important to him, did he surrender differently? Although when the Manchu Qing Dynasty mourned Emperor Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou cried very sadly and moved his true feelings, but feelings belong to feelings, business belongs to business, although he feels very sorry for Chongzhen, but he is now doing business in partnership with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the interests of the Manchu Qing are the same, so he is not soft on dealing with the Nanming regime.

The human heart is always sinister!

Fortunately, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty can understand this truth, after the imperial court got the Hongyi cannon, the emperor felt that this thing was too powerful, and he couldn't let outsiders master its firing technology, otherwise it would be very unfavorable to his own country, so he only let those noble children learn. From this point of view, they still believe in the nobles, not the ministers.

There are only two exceptions: the first is Zhu Yunwen, and the second is Zhu Youzhen.

"You are a very loyal servant, and the widow is very happy for the sixteenth brother to have such a loyal servant as you." Zhu Ao smiled slightly and exclaimed, this Liu Chanzhou can say the above sentence is enough to prove that he is a person who always thinks about the royal family, unlike the group of Wenchen who can only sell straight, and let the emperor give up this power at every turn, give up that power, give up all these powers to their Wenchen, and also Corporal Lixian, begging them to ask for their own power. and pretended to be unafraid of imperial power, and finally got all the emperor's money into his own hands, sold the emperor and asked him to help count the money.

Such people can be killed! It is conceivable how much Chongzhen was deceived by them, and how much hatred he had for them, so he would say, "Wenchen is killable!" This famous saying.

"By the way, what are you doing in Qingwangfu?" Zhu Ao didn't wait for Liu Chanzhou to speak, and then asked, as a king, he always has an inexplicable good impression of loyal people. So it was very easy to start a family routine with him.

Liu Chanzhou smiled, he is forty years old this year, the so-called forty is not confused refers to people of this age unless they live on an island, otherwise they have seen all the people they should have seen, and the people who should have experienced the sophistication have also been experienced, and they are not so naïve and easy to deceive, just looking at Zhu Ao's expression and tone, he knew that this king had a very good impression of himself, and he could get the love of the two princes, at least it showed that he was successful in being a man, so he bowed down and smiled: "Back to Your Highness, The villain is a housekeeper in the palace, mainly responsible for King Qing's meals, King Qing saw that the villain was still relatively reliable, so he sent the villain to come. ”

This is very modest, King Qing is willing to send him here, he must have done a lot of personal things for King Qing.

These things are people's secrets, Zhu Ao has no habit of gossiping, and he doesn't bother to ask, so he asked Liu Chanzhou very kindly: "Did he receive the gift he gave to the sixteenth brother last time?" ”

Liu Chanzhou arched his hand at Zhu Ao and said, "Back to His Royal Highness, my king has received it, and he also said that His Royal Highness was too polite to give so many materials to Qing Fan." ”

"Hey, the sixteenth brother is outside when he talks like this, they are all his own brothers, why are you polite to me? Besides, he helped me a lot. Qing Fan is just starting to build, all kinds of materials are very scarce, he and I are in the same northwest, it is not easy to transport grain in the capital, I am an elder brother who does not help him, who will help him. Zhu Ao leaned on the big throne, waved his hand, and said casually. He is now more and more casual, after all, this person is a messenger sent by his own brother, and talking to him is a bit like a family letter worth ten thousand dollars.

Liu Chanzhou's shrewd face showed a sincere smile, and he complimented: "What Your Highness said is that in the end, they are blood relatives and blood brothers, and they should take care of each other. To tell you the truth, my prince sent a villain to come, and there is one more thing to ask for. ”

Zhu Ao smiled, waved his hand and said, "The sixteenth brother is too polite, what else do you want between brothers." Whatever he needs, just ask. ”

"Your Highness is really a good brother, and the villain admires him tightly. In fact, the prince of my family also admires His Royal Highness's ability to govern the country very much, and in just three years, the place that was once abandoned by Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, has been built so rich. The prince of my family has just been in Ningxia, and the northwest is really bitter cold, so I specially ask His Royal Highness to teach you the law of governing the country. Liu Chanzhou arched his hand at Zhu Ao and asked very sincerely.

It turned out that he was here to learn from the scriptures, and it was nothing to tell King Qing about his governance experience, after all, this matter had spread, and there was nothing to hide. It's just that he was able to achieve such a great achievement, in addition to the insight and knowledge from later generations, and more importantly, luck - occupying the Hexi Corridor, a place rich in water and grass. The conditions in Ningxia are much worse than that.

Zhu Ao's method of developing agriculture is nothing special, that is, to integrate all the small-scale peasant economies of each family and turn them into large-scale production methods on large farms. In order to do this, in addition to having sufficient funds to purchase a large number of livestock and mechanized equipment, it is more important to have a large amount of flat and fertile land and sufficient irrigation water, the first two points of King Qing and other vassal kings can do, but the last two points are Zhu Hao's unique geographical advantages, others can not imitate.

Zhu Ao briefly introduced his experience to Liu Chanzhou, Liu Chanzhou is also forty years old, will not be like the second middle school teenager as soon as he sees the successful experience of others blindly pursued, and finally put himself in, after hearing Zhu Ao's introduction, after thinking about it for a while, he knew that this method was difficult to implement in Ningxia, but he still expressed his gratitude to Zhu Ao.

Zhu Ao is also an old man in later generations, just looking at Liu Chanzhou's expression to know what he is thinking, he still wants to win the ally of King Qing, so he said to Liu Chanzhou in a gentle tone: "The envoy doesn't have to worry, agriculture can't be developed, we can do something else to make money." King Qing is also a vassal king, the vassal king will not be able to inherit the unification in the future, he can only guard his own one acre and three points of land, since there can be no other aspects of development, so why not make more money and make his life better? ”

As soon as I mentioned this Liu Chanzhou, I was interested, Ningxia in the early Ming Dynasty was indeed barren, although King Qing as a vassal king must have no food and clothing, but who doesn't want to live a luxurious, rich and willful life, at this point, he is much worse than those vassal kings who have been sealed to rich places. If he can help the prince earn a lot of money, wouldn't his position in the palace be more stable, Liu Chanzhou could not hide his excited expression, and said to Zhu Ao respectfully: "The villain has long heard that His Royal Highness's various businesses are very prosperous, if you can help my king earn some money to supplement the palace, then my king and the villain are really grateful." ”

Zhu Ao has long had plans to open his business elsewhere, only to make Su Guo's money is too boring and unkind, state-owned enterprises must go to the world, earn the world's money to spend on their own people, said with a smile: "The widow can open his own shop to Qing Fan and join hands with Qing Wang, in addition, Qing Wang has something to sell to the West Fan to make money, and the widow can also help him distribute it." Our two brothers do business together and make money together. ”

This is a win-win move, the historical King Su is actually very good at business, according to historical records, most of the shops in Lanzhou City, where he is stationed, are his family, although Zhu Yuanzhang does not let future generations do business, but who can resist the temptation of money?

King Su is very sincere, Liu Chanzhou said silently in his heart, this person looks very reliable, and he feels very down-to-earth when dealing with this kind of person, but he still has some concerns in his heart, and respectfully tentatively said: "Your Highness is really a person who loves brothers, and my prince will definitely be very moved in his heart after knowing this matter." It's just that the emperor strictly ordered the vassal kings to interact in private, will we make his old man unhappy if we do this? ”

Zhu Ao squinted at him, with a hint of contempt in his eyes, I really don't know if this person who looks quite capable is really stupid or fake, do you have to shout that the whole world knows? Do feudal kings still have few private contacts? Didn't King Qin, King Jin, and King Yan frown all day long? Didn't Lao Zhu also stipulate that the vassal kings could not send envoys to communicate with each other? You're not here yet? Deliberately pretending to be unhappy, he said, "It seems that the envoy does not agree with the widow's suggestion." ”

Liu Chanzhou was not a fool, so he naturally heard what Zhu Ao meant, and hurriedly said with a frightened face: "How dare you?" How dare you? The villain agrees with His Royal Highness's suggestion tightly, and after the villain goes back, he will immediately inform my prince, and I believe that my prince will also agree with His Highness's proposal. When the time comes, the two of you will jointly fund the opening of the store, and you are looking for someone who seems to have nothing to do with it, and no one will be able to grasp the handle. ”

It's pretty much the same, in the end, it's a smart person, and it's all right. Zhu Ao grinned and said, "That's very good." The court strictly forbade the vassal king to communicate with envoys, and the widow would not keep you. We will discuss the details of cooperation in the future. In addition, after you go back, you must also tell King Qing that the main task of our Nine Great Sai Kings is to guard against the Mongols in the north, who are all cavalry armies that come and go like the wind. If we want to defeat them, we must also have good cavalry, and the widow is willing to give him a thousand horses to strengthen his cavalry. ”

After that, he stood up, put his hands on his shoulders, and said, "Wynne, go and give the messenger twenty taels of silver as a coil, so that he can be sent out of the country." With that, no one paid attention to it and walked straight out the door.

"The slave obeys." Wynne immediately flashed a way, bent down and respectfully sent Zhu Ao out. If you get twenty taels of silver for a leg run, the reward is still quite rich, and you can buy a ploughing ox for your own land, and add many large items. Liu Chanzhou was very happy, hurriedly stood up, bowed deeply to Zhu Ao, and said: "Thank you Your Highness for the reward, the villain must convey His Highness's meaning to King Qing, and he must be on an errand for King Qing and His Highness." ”

Zhu Ao didn't answer his words, and after Huai En opened the door, he walked out with his hands in his hands, his face was very relaxed, as if what had happened just now had not happened.

"Lord Messenger, let's go, our family will let the people from Dongchang send you out safely and steadily, you don't have to worry about this." After waiting for Zhu Ao to leave, Huaien turned his head and said politely to Liu Chanzhou.

"There is Father-in-law Lao, there is Father-in-law Lao." Liu Chanzhou also nodded politely and frequently, and couldn't stop smiling. The scene was harmonious. Harmony makes money.

With Qingwang this line is on board, and Qingwang partnership business, making money is just a small goal, mainly to establish their own common interests with Qingwang through this matter, once there is a storm in the future, the two sides can advance and retreat together, it is better than being alone.

Because the Su State came from the intersection of the ancient Silk Road, and at this time Zhu Yuanzhang strictly ordered that "the pieces of the board must not go to the sea", the trade exchanges between the East and the West can only rely on the ancient land Silk Road, coupled with the reasons mentioned above, Zhu Ao's Su State is at the intersection of the two major civilizations of the East and the West, and there are many merchants who come here to do business, where they can buy goods from the East and the West, and transport them to their own countries to sell, so as to make huge profits.

Thus, in the more than a year after the end of the war with the Uighurs, more and more merchants from the West came to Suzhou to do business, bringing with them not only large quantities of spices, ivory, jadeite, and other luxury goods, but also the goods that Zhu Hao particularly wanted—Damascus steel.

Damascus steel is one of the three most famous blades in the world, the other two are Malay swords and Japanese swords, the sword made of Damascus steel is tough and sharp, and other swords often break after a violent collision with it. Just imagine, what kind of mood is it for the sword you are holding to suddenly break when you are fighting with others, it hurts morale too much, and the timid one turns his head and runs away. The so-called one inch long and one inch strong, holding a broken knife to fight with others, unless your martial arts are much higher than the opponent's, and you can ensure that the opponent's sword can't touch you, otherwise you will definitely die.

The origin of Damascus steel is actually ancient India, but every year, a large number of Arab merchants will sell a large amount of Damascus steel to Damascus, Syria, and be forged by local Persian craftsmen, so Europeans call it Damascus steel.

The forging process of Damascus steel has been lost, but according to historical records, its forging process is very complicated, so the cost of Damascus knives is very high, ordinary people simply cannot afford to equip them, and only a small number of nobles will wear them.

After Timur dominated Central Asia, in order to ensure his military superiority, he ordered a monopoly on this weapon, but the charm of money was enormous, as long as it was profitable, they would do it even at the risk of going to the gallows, so some Central Asian merchants took the risk of bringing a small number of Damascus blades to the country.

These Central Asian businessmen were very economically savvy, and they knew that the world's most favored weapon was always the military general, because this was their reliance on killing the enemy to save their lives, and if the weapons in their hands were superior to their opponents, the chances of victory would definitely be much greater.

Therefore, from the outset, these Central Asian merchants targeted their clients as high-ranking military generals of the Su Kingdom, who had both the need and the ability to possess the world's famous blades. So, they came to the door to sell their weapons.

As they expected, as soon as the sharp weapons in their hands were unveiled, they all convinced the senior generals of the Su State. The first to see the sharpness of the Damascus blade was Zhu Hao's favorite general, Wang Huchen.

On that day, after Wang Huchen went down to court, he was drinking wine and enjoying singing and dancing in his own home. At this time, the porter came over and reported: "Lord Qiyu, a team of Hu merchants appeared outside, they said that they had a good weapon and wanted to sacrifice it to your lordship." ”