Chapter 59: Parting

There is nothing new under the sun, especially in China, so to speak. In China, you can find similar initiatives in history if you make any reforms.

"Okay." Yang Shen said: "What do you want, what can you do?" But when you suffer in the future, don't say that I didn't help you. ”

Yang Shen lowered his head and continued to see: "However, these people can't all be given to you." I gave you how to make up this Zhengde calendar. And this place of Dongyong is a wild place, and it is not good for these old people, I will pick some young and strong people to go with you. ”

Not in ancient times, but also now, they all feel that the young are not reliable, and the old are experienced. Therefore, Yang Shen sent the young one to Zhu Houhuang and kept this young man for himself. But Zhu Houhuang didn't care. Without him, he also found that the younger ones who were summoned this time were some disciples who followed the master, and these disciples had neither fame nor confidence, and they were fighting with Zhu Houhuang. It's just that Zhu Houhuang is also worried that if something goes wrong, he also needs a highly educated person to guide him.

"However, you need to give me one, give me Zhu Yu."

Yang Shen said secretly: "One less Zhu Yu is not much worse." He nodded his head in agreement.

Yang Shen thought of Zhu Houhuang's departure, and the two of them probably never saw each other again, and couldn't help but feel gloomy in their hearts. Unconsciously, Yang Shen had already regarded Zhu Houhuang as a good friend and made friends with him. Zhu Houhuang also had to regard Yang Shen as his teacher.

I have to say that Zhu Houhuang is a lonely person in Daming. In the eyes of outsiders, a madman. Where do people give up the glory and wealth that can be obtained by rubbing their hands, but go to the reckless land to endure hardships and suffering. Can't understand it at all?

But Yang Shen can, although Yang Shen does not agree with some of Zhu Houhuang's actions, he understands it very well. This kind of understanding is extremely valuable in Zhu Houhuang's view.

Zhu Houhuang and Yang Shen drank bitterly, and it was not until night that Zhu Houhuang staggered back home.

"Shizi, Madame calls you."

As soon as Zhu Houhuang entered the door, he saw Yunmo waiting for him in the gatehouse.

He knew that at this time, his mother Wu already knew what Zhu Houhuang had said to the emperor.

"Wait a minute." Zhu Houhuang washed his face with cold water, changed his clothes, and dispersed the smell of wine on his body, and then followed Yunmo into the backyard.

Wu sat in the back hall, the dim light making her face look cloudy.

"The child has seen his mother."

"Get up." Wu's voice was a little cold, and he said, "Where is that Dongyong?" ”

Zhu Houhuang took a deep breath and said: "There is a big island in the east of Fujian, which was called Yizhou in ancient times. At the time of Taizu, Tang He moved all the Penghu clans away, and the local area became a no-man's land. But the land is fertile, although there are some savage tribes, there is no need to worry at all. ”

Wu said: "Indigenous? Where else are the indigenous people? ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "I said that they are not worried, when Zheng He went to the West, he passed by Dongyong, and the local natives did not know Tianwei, so they actually resisted Wang Shi and were wiped out by Zheng He. It can be seen that these natives are extremely weak, and there is no need to worry about it at all. ”

"Hey," Wu sighed, "I'm a woman, and I don't understand whether it's bad for you to do this well, but you can do whatever you want." Wu put a key on the table and said, "The key to the treasury in the house contains the silver taels left by the family's previous operations, plus the silver of Concubine Shao's body. In total, there are about 100,000 taels.

"Mother." Zhu Houhuang felt in his heart.

These 100,000 taels are not easy to save, you must know that the prince is only 10,000 taels a year, but there are many people to support, and hundreds of people up and down the entire palace rely on 10,000 taels. Yongwangfu has no land and no industry. There is no extra income at all, and the family's savings of 100,000 taels must have been accumulated little by little by the mother Wu family.

Zhu Houhuang couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.

"This money is something outside of the body. And you are my son. These are already for you. But promise me. If things are unfavorable, come back quickly, and with your relationship with the emperor, it is okay to ask the emperor to change places. ”

"Yes." Zhu Houhuang said.

"Mother, this trip to Dongyong, the early stage is very hard, you will wait in Beijing for a year, a year later, I will pick you up, you will find that the beauty of Dongyong, never go down to the south of the Yangtze River."

"You kid, you haven't been there yet, so you said that Dongyong will never go down to Jiangnan in the future. Forget it. In the near future, you will also be busy, the king ceremony, and recruiting people. It's all up to you, by the way, I'll also ask your uncle to come over to help you, and go to Dongyong with you. ”

"Yes."

"It's not early, you go to bed early."

"Yes."

There was no strong opposition from his mother, and Zhu Houhuang felt a lot more settled in his heart. However, as Wu said, Zhu Houhuang has a lot to do.

Early the next morning, Zhu Houhuang went to the barracks and asked Wu Mingdao, "How is it?" Are they all willing to follow? ”

Wu Ming said: "I heard that the adults are going to divide the land, so I naturally want to go, but in the future, will we bear the salary of these three hundred people." ”

"yes?" Zhu Houhuang calculated in his heart that a soldier's salary was about one tael of silver per month. There is no large-scale influx of overseas silver yet. Silver is still very valuable. But three hundred taels are needed every month, and this is not just the military salary. The expenses for raising soldiers, as well as food, clothing, ordnance, and so on. Not to mention the other 300 people, there are about 500 taels.

This is just an army of 300 people, to maintain its existence in the Ryukyus, there must be at least a thousand or even more, that is, the maintenance cost of the army, more than 10,000 taels a year, and the cost of large-scale immigration, 200,000 taels, which seems to be an astronomical amount, but it is only enough for Zhu Houhuang to last for several years.

Zhu Houhuang suddenly felt a sense of urgency. We must hurry south.

Zhu Houhuang met with these soldiers one by one, and each of them was cold and warm. It took a whole day to register the population, and the three hundred soldiers plus their families made a total of more than 1,000 people. The arrival of more than 1,000 people in Taiwan is another large sum of money. It costs about more than 1,000 taels.

If you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, after Zhu Houhuang came to the Ming Dynasty, he never worried about money. At this point, after all, he is just a person, and he was not a rich and noble person in his previous life, and he spent money very sparingly. The prince is definitely enough for Zhu Houhuang to spend. But as soon as he thought of the plan to expand Taiwan almost, no, the expansion of Dongyong, his brain hurt.

There is a word money in my head. That's a lot of money.

If it is a prince's canonization ceremony, it needs to be held in the emperor's presence in person. But Zhu Houhuang's identity is very embarrassing, generally speaking, the succession to the throne of the prince of the vassal will be held in the domain, not in the capital. But Zhu Houhuang is among the Beijing divisions. In the Jingshi, if you are in the Forbidden City, the ceremony is a passover, and if you are not in the Forbidden City, it is much simpler. However, it will cost the vassal king his own money.

Zhu Houhuang is now eager to split a tael of silver into two halves. That's so much money to waste extravagantly. But it was done hastily. Even Zhu Houhuang wanted to receive a holy decree and light incense on the ancestral hall and pass, but Wu refused to say anything, which is called a ceremony that cannot be abolished.

Yongwang's Mansion was lively for three days, and Zhu Houhuang looked at the account book behind him, so he didn't faint, and he almost spent 10,000 taels of silver. The rewards for the servants in the house, the reception expenses of relatives from all walks of life, and the red envelopes for the officials of the Ministry of Rites, especially this red envelope, must not be avoided.

After being busy for several days, Zhu Houhuang finally got everything ready, left the Beijing Division with a small 2,000 men, and prepared to go south through the Grand Canal. 、

Zhu Houhuang looked at Beijing City deeply, and secretly said in his heart: "This time, I may never be able to return to Beijing City." ”

The vassal kings were not allowed to return to Beijing without authorization, and Zhu Houhuang might be able to make great achievements in Dongyong Nanhai, but it would not be easy to return to Beijing in the future. It's just that he didn't expect that more than ten years later, he would return here in another capacity, but at that time, things were already different, and Zhu Houhuang could only sigh lightly.

"Let's go." Zhu Houhuang took Wu Ming, Zhu Yu, uncle Wu Fengyi, as well as 300 musketeers, more than 1,000 family members, and craftsmen who finally begged for it. All went south.