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The waves stirred up by the big ship crashed on the pier embankment. (Baidu Sowen Museum www.wxguan.com)

Zong Mao stood at the bow of the boat, and this was the third time he had returned after leaving Jiangnan for fifteen years.

The first was to investigate and punish Chen Huwei, the governor of the Southern Army's naval division, for not abiding by the law and discipline. He was the prime minister, and he had no authority to manage the military office. But he was the most powerful prime minister of the Great Zhou, and after verifying that Chen Huwei had killed so many maritime merchants, he did not hesitate to order Chen Huwei to be arrested and escorted back to the capital to be handed over to Dali Temple for trial.

He couldn't forget Chen Huwei's vicious curse in the heavenly prison: "You are so high-flying, you will not end well, I will wait for you in the Netherworld." ”

The second time was the backlog of cotton cloth and ironmaking in the workshops of the Jiangnan families, and the prime minister of the Great Zhou, who has always given others a tough and domineering image, personally went to Nanzhili to walk around and appease the workshops and merchants. The emperor ordered the province of Shangshu and the Privy Council to draw up a crazy war plan that lasted for ten years, which has not yet ended.

The sailors of the Great Zhou Dynasty walked through the route of Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean, and followed the fleet of the West to the place where His Majesty could only see on the map, they did not promote the prestige of the court, they were for wealth, and at the same time to find a market for the goods of the Great Zhou workshop.

Zong Mao had never read a Confucian book seriously, so he was disdainful of the prestige preached by Huang Zongxi, the head of the Guozi Prison.

This time, he didn't want to come, but His Majesty was in an unprecedented rage over the Jiangnan Workshop's forced people to be slaves, and ordered him to deal with it personally.

It has been an open secret for several years that the workshops forced the people into slavery. Since the backlog of goods in the workshop, the owners could not afford to hire workers, so they began to deduct their wages. Three years ago, when the workers of the Taiping Province mines rioted, he forcibly ordered the governor of Nanzhili to suppress it, killing more than 2,000 people. But no one dared to impeach him, and since Ma Shiying of the Metropolitan Procuratorate returned to his hometown, no one in the court stood on his opposite side.

The sun was shining, and more than 100 officials waited in front of the dock, looking at the tips of their shoes one by one, and they did not even dare to raise their heads.

No matter who has been the prime minister for more than ten years, there will be such majesty.

Zong Mao stepped off the ship, accompanied by his attendants with ceremonial umbrellas, he occasionally felt more like the emperor of the Great Zhou, the empire was completely under the management of Shangshu Province, and the Dali Temple was also controlled by his protégés.

The emperor often went to the Monan grassland to hunt, and brought more than a dozen Haidongqing from Liaodong. In addition to hunting, I would talk to the master about Buddhism, and ten years ago I worshipped the emperor as a living Buddha, but it was all a trick to deceive the Mongols.

But this thought was only occasional obscenity, as the Privy Council grew farther and farther away from him. The military department was also set up in Shangshu Province, and he also tried to regain some powers, but it was completely impossible.

The attendant lifted the door and he sat in the sedan chair.

"Pick up the car"

The sedan chair of the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty passed in front of the officials of Nanzhili.

It wasn't until the sedan chair went far away that more than a hundred officials dared to raise their heads, and some reached out and slapped their chests and stuck out their tongues.

The proprietors of each workshop are the prime minister's protégés, how can they earn the Great Zhou treasure money if they don't get close to the prime minister's mansion. Zong Mao rarely felt embarrassed, if the sin of using labor slaves was investigated, who would be able to get rid of the workshop owner in Jiangnan.

In the past ten years, the Great Zhou Dynasty conquered Liaodong, ruled Monan, and turned the Mongols' pastures into Han fields, and there was no place where no money was spent. If it weren't for his prohibition of internal orders, how could the household department come up with silver to support the war in the north, where there are not many rich countries on the other side of the sea, and the wealth that can be obtained from war is very small.

The government soldiers escorted along the way, and the prime minister's palanquin entered the city of Nanjing.

Wang Yuekui, the governor of Nanzhili, trotted up to guide the door of the mansion, he ascended to the position of the fattest governor of the Ming Dynasty three years ago, and all worshiped the minister.

Wang Yuekui put aside the attendant: "Enxiang, please"

There was a world of difference between inside and outside the house, and a cool air hit his skin, and Zong Mao was slightly surprised.

Wang Yuekui lost no time in putting on a flattering smile: "Knowing that Xiangguo came from Beijing and couldn't bear the scorching heat in Nanjing, he put some ice cubes in this room. ”

How many ice cubes do you have to put in such a big room to cool down?

This thought flashed in Zong Mao's heart, and he could no longer find it. Although he felt that it was inappropriate, he liked Wang Yuekui's gesture very much, this is a person who knows what is good.

Zong Mao walked into the house and sat down, and ordered: "Call the owners of Suzhou, Taiping, Hangzhou, and Nanjing tomorrow, I have something to say." ”

Wang Yuekui hurriedly replied: "Here, they are all waiting for Enxiang in Nanjing." ”

"Well," Zong Mao waved his hand to make him retreat, and said: "Your Majesty banned foot binding and abolition of lowly status thirteen years ago, and banned the sale of body deeds ten years ago. ”

Where did Wang Yuekui dare to go, "plop" and knelt on the ground and said: "Enxiang is gracious, these people are Enxiang's protégés." ”

"What are you kneeling for?" Zong Mao held back his disgust, "Can a group of businessmen be considered my protégés?" ”

"There are a lot of them, and the lower officials are afraid that the rabbit will bite if they are in a hurry." Wang Yuekui was afraid that he would not choose to speak, if there were accidents in so many workshops under Nan Zhili, he would definitely not be able to escape the conviction, and those people would definitely climb him out.

"A rabbit will always be a rabbit" Zong Mao's voice was cold, "What are you afraid of, get out"

Wang Yuekui crawled out of the mansion with a roll.

It is definitely not possible to deal with so many workshops at once, Zong Mao is a little embarrassed, he has to find a few substitutes for the dead ghosts. Judging by His Majesty's reaction this time, it is impossible not to see blood

In recent years, he has become accustomed to handling things in such a simple way. Now, he only pays attention to two points: whether the granaries in various places are full, and whether the treasury of the household is sufficient. As long as there is nothing wrong with these two places, there will be no chaos in Da Zhou.

Wang Yuekui is gone, the house is very cool, and Zong Mao is comfortable.

"Fifteen years, whoever sits in this position for fifteen years will slack off"

In the past fifteen years, there have been countless open and secret battles in the court, and the emperor will always be on his side. Ma Shiying, Liu Suifeng and all the other people who were waiting to see his jokes were beaten down by him,

Sometimes he knew that he was wrong, that he had violated the Law of the Great Zhou, which he had personally participated in formulating, but the emperor eventually forgave him because he knew what His Majesty wanted, and what He did was what His Majesty wanted to see.

For example, he never went to disturb Fang's official and private studies dominated by intelligence.

For example, he did not make friends with the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

Like what... His relationship with the crown prince was not so good.

Zong Mao scratched his head, he thought that His Majesty's temper came very suddenly.

Originally, His Majesty was going to wait for the scorching heat to pass before returning to Beijing, but His Majesty did not go to inspect Liaodong again as planned, as if he came back specifically for the affairs of the workshop.

How many slaves were used in the workshop?

Zong Mao had heard that a batch of Kunlun slaves had been transported back by the sea merchants the year before last, and they were all pitch black, but he had not seen them with his own eyes.