"I plan to rule with my hands, neither send officials nor participate in management," Zhu Youzhen found that Li Chunye's mouth was open like a stupid donkey, so he continued: "But the necessary peripheral work still needs to be done by the imperial court. ”

“……”

"First of all, the garrison, the South China Sea Fleet has set up a naval base in Borneo, and now you know why I am advocating the establishment of a navy, right?"

"Your Majesty, Borneo is so huge, I'm afraid it's not enough to have the South China Sea Fleet alone, right? Do you want to send some troops? ”

"No, the South China Sea Fleet is mainly a deterrent, to dispel other thoughts from other countries, it is the police who really maintain daily social order, and there will also be police in Suwei Province and Daiyan Province, which is equivalent to the arrest of the Ming Dynasty, and they will be paid by the local government, and there is no need to allocate military salaries."

"Can His Majesty ensure that the officials elected by the people are loyal to the Ming Dynasty?" Li Chunye is still not at ease.

"It's very simple, the governor, the prefect, and the prefect of the county must all be served by Han people, and if the Han people are short of manpower, some small officials can be served by naturalized Han people."

"Ao," Li Chunye understood a little, no wonder Zhu Youzhen was silent, it had already been planned, "Your Majesty, are there many Han people on the island?" ”

"Not many now, estimated to be less than 100,000, but the South China Sea Fleet is stationed in Borneo, and there will definitely be some local people who have become Han Chinese, and even if there are no immigrants, the number of Han people on the island will continue to increase."

"Your Majesty, in such a mode, even if Borneo belongs to the Ming Dynasty, what good is it for the Ming Dynasty?"

"The advantage is to pay taxes, although the officials on the island are not sent by the imperial court, but the laws of the Ming Dynasty must pass through the whole island, and the people need to pay agricultural taxes, industrial and commercial taxes, etc."

"If Borneo pays taxes to the Ministry of Revenue, then ...... Don't the officials know the current state of Borneo? Will they be able to accept such a Borneo? ”

"Now the main job is to naturalize the people on the island, and it would be good if the taxes paid on the island can ensure the normal operation of the island, where is the money to pay to the Ministry of Taxation? To tell the truth, the imperial court did not spend a penny of silver, nor did it worry about the people on the island, so when the time comes, will it not be satisfied to get such a large island for nothing? ”

"Your Majesty ......" Li Chunye hesitated, and finally couldn't help asking, "Can the island really be as His Majesty envisioned?" ”

"To be honest, I don't know," Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly, if he knew that the election system was suitable for the Han people, he was ready to implement it directly in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and he still needed to sneak it out here? "However, Borneo's influence on the Ming Dynasty is weak, even if the electoral system fails, with the South China Sea Fleet here, Borneo will not be able to fly out of the Ming Dynasty's Five Finger Mountain."

"Ao," Li Chunye breathed a long sigh of relief, he understood that Zhu Youzhen was trying it out, and he didn't know if he could succeed, so he announced at the court meeting that he would temporarily give up Borneo and make a decision later, "Your Majesty, the minister understands, and the minister supports His Majesty's determination." ”

Li Chunye happily said goodbye to Zhu Youzhen, the stone in his heart fell to the ground, Zhu Youzhen was also proud, not only vomited quickly, but also got the vast land of Nanyang, although the candidate for the governor of Shunta Province has not been decided for the time being, but that is a matter of the Ministry of Personnel, as long as he is willing to delegate power, he can completely ignore it.

After lunch, Zhu Youzhen took a nap, now the weather is too hot, if you lie directly on the dragon bed, you may not sweat, Cai'er and two palace maids have been fanning Zhu Youzhen, which is much more comfortable.

Cai'er was originally Zhou Yufeng's personal palace maid, Zhou Yufeng was in labor and needed to be taken care of by her side, but Zhu Youzhen needed more women's care, Zhou Yufeng still sent Cai'er to Qianqing Palace, temporarily acting as Zhu Youzhen's personal palace maid, taking care of Zhu Youzhen's diet and daily life day and night.

Before then, Zhu Youzhen woke up and saw that Cai'er was still fanning, Zhu Youzhen was distressed, "Cai'er, I'm not hot, you can rest too!" ”

"Your Majesty is awake?" Cai'er shook her little head, "Cai'er isn't tired, is your majesty going to get up?" ”

"Well, I'll get up and relax." Zhu Youzhen got up from the dragon bed.

"Your Majesty don't move, the slave maid changes your clothes," Cai'er brought Zhu Youzhen's dragon robe, helped Zhu Youzhen finish dressing, took a basin of water, and served Zhu Youzhen to wipe his face, "Your Majesty, just now Gonggong Zhang came to report that the businessmen from Guangdong and Jiangnan asked to meet." ”

"Merchant? What merchant wants to see me? Zhu Youzhen was puzzled, although the status of the Ming merchants has improved, but if you want to see the emperor, I'm afraid it's not qualified enough, right?

"I heard Gonggong Zhang say that it was Li Yusheng, a businessman from Guangdong, and Liu Bing, a businessman from Jiangnan, and Gonggong Zhang saw that His Majesty was resting, and he didn't dare to disturb His Majesty, so he instructed the slave maid to wait for His Majesty to wake up and then tell His Majesty." Cai'er stood in front of Zhu Youzhen, kneading each other with her two little hands.

"Oh, it's them, no wonder they dare to see me," Zhu Youzhen thought for a while, "Where are they now?" ”

"Grandpa Zhang said that they were waiting outside the palace."

"Then let Gonggong Zhang pass them in, I happen to be free in the afternoon." Zhu Youzhen came to the main hall first.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will let Gonggong Zhang pass them on." Cai'er went out for a while, and followed Zhu Youzhen to the main hall, and she first made a cup of fragrant tea for Zhu Youzhen.

After a while, Zhang Yixian led Li Yusheng and others into the hall, Zhu Youzhen looked up, there were four people, in addition to Li Yusheng and Liu Bingzhong, there were two young people, Zhu Youzhen felt a little blind.

"The grass people see Majesty!" The four of them quickly walked into the hall and bowed down in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"Arise, give a seat!" Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Yusheng, maybe it was the blowing of the sea breeze, Li Yusheng was a lot darker than last time, and he was already a little old.

Zhang Yixian instructed the little eunuch to move the chair and let Li Yusheng and the others sit down, while Cai'er prepared tea for the four of them under the instruction of Zhu Youzhen.

"Thank you!" Liu Yusheng is already an old acquaintance of Zhu Youzhen, although he knows that Zhu Youzhen doesn't like to be polite, but under the high pressure of Huangwei, he is more cramped and uneasy than the two young people.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to get rid of Li Yusheng's uneasiness and panic, "Li Dongzhu is everyone, it's good to comment, how is the tea in the Qianqing Palace?" ”

Tea tasting is Li Yusheng's forte, all rich and noble people, often while tasting tea, while talking about things, if you don't know how to taste tea, it means that your taste is insufficient, at most a local tyrant, people will not give you the respect you deserve, just like the business activities of later generations, if you want to leave a good impression on the other party, it is best to drive a BMW Mercedes-Benz.

There are also many tea shops in the market, most of which are for people to taste tea and talk about things, which is a kind of fashion, but the public tea shops, the people who come in and out are ordinary people, and Li Yusheng, who was born in a wealthy businessman's family, is not comparable.

Hearing that Zhu Youzhen asked him to taste tea, Li Yusheng opened the lid of the cup, glanced at it, took a sip, then closed his eyes slightly, and moved lightly with his tongue, "Back to your majesty, the tea is green, fragrant and light, it should be the Longjing before the rain, it is a treasure in the tea, and the drink has a mellow feeling, it should be brewed with mountain spring water, 'Longjing before the rain, mellow water flushing', it is this kind of tea, right?" ”

The mountain spring water is seeping out from the sand and gravel, the copper coin is gently placed on the water surface, and the copper coin does not sink, pour a full cup, the water surface is higher than the mouth of the cup and does not overflow, indicating that the mountain spring water has high density and large surface tension, so it is called mellow.

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "Li Dongzhu is worthy of being extremely rich, and he can even distinguish the spring water from which the tea is brewed." ”

Li Yusheng still had a trace of gratitude in his smile, why didn't he understand Zhu Youzhen's intentions? Liu Bingzhong also smiled, and he also praised Li Yusheng for being good at tea ceremony.

Zhu Youzhen nodded in admiration, and suddenly found several white hairs on Li Yusheng's head, "Li Dongzhu and Liu Dongzhu went to sea this time and stayed at sea for a lot of time, right?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, the grass people went to sea twice and stayed overseas for nearly three years." Li Yusheng clasped his hands into fists and saluted Zhu Youzhen as he spoke.

"Three years? No wonder Li Dongzhu's hair is gray, I remember that last time Li Dongzhu was still full of smooth black hair, haha, the years are urging people to get old! Zhu Youzhen teased, and the atmosphere in the hall became more relaxed.

"Your Majesty, doing business overseas, although the profits are considerable, but under the blowing of the sea breeze, people are easy to get old, and before you know it, the grass people are already gray-haired, hey, they are still living on land." Li Yusheng straightened his body, and he was not as nervous as he was at the beginning.

"Ao, Xiyi are all from the sea, no wonder their hair is colorful, it should be because of the sea breeze?" Zhu Youzhen was light and light, as if he said something casually.

"Poof!" The young man sitting next to Liu Bingzhong laughed unconsciously, revealing two rows of fine glutinous rice teeth, probably realizing that he was rude in front of the emperor, so he hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands, and his two big eyes secretly aimed at Zhu Youzhen.

"In front of Your Majesty, Zhi'er must not be rude!" Liu Bingzhong snorted lightly, seeing that Zhu Youzhen was still smiling, his heart settled down a little, he left his seat and knelt down in front of Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty, the child is young, and he has no words, I ask for forgiveness." ”

"Liu Dongzhu, please get up!" Zhu Youzhen was originally to enliven the atmosphere, but he didn't expect to scare Liu Bingzhong, "It turned out to be the son of Liu Dongzhu?" Haha, I don't know what Liu Gongzi is laughing at? Am I wrong? ”

Liu Gongzi's eyes flowed, looking forward to Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty xià ......"

"Zhi'er must not talk nonsense!" Liu Bingzhong sat down again, his face turned pale with fright, and he glared at his son fiercely, his arms trembled slightly, and he wanted to block Liu Gongzi's disobedient little mouth with his hand.

"Don't mind proprietor Liu," Zhu Youzhen looked at Liu Gongzi, his lips were red and his teeth were white, his eyebrows were clear, and there was a shallow scar like a crescent moon at the corner of his left eye. ”

"Your Majesty," Liu Gongzi glanced at Liu Bingzhong, and saw that his father was lowering his head, so he boldly said: "Xiyi's hair is not blown by the sea breeze, they are like this." ”

Liu Bingzhong cast a fierce gaze at Liu Gongzi, the emperor's mistake, even the ministers didn't dare to say, you are a child, you actually confronted the emperor in front of him, he sighed lightly in his heart, and then slowly withdrew his desperate gaze, and even his eyes were almost closed.

Zhu Youzhen didn't care, "Ao? So has Liu Gongzi seen the Xiyi people? Has Liu Gongzi ever been overseas with the fleet? ”

Liu Gongzi didn't have time to look at his father, he followed his father's example, and gave Zhu Youzhen a salute with both hands, "Back to Your Majesty, the grass people have gone to sea with their father once, and they have also seen some Xiyi." ”

Zhu Youzhen has already seen the clues, "Where has Liu Gongzi been?" Can you tell me about what you saw overseas? I stay in the palace every day, it's really boring. ”