Chapter 280: Dongyong Trivia

Zhu Houhuang left Dongyong for more than 100 days, and it should be about three months.

King Ning raised troops to pacify, but it only took forty-five days, and the rest of the time, Zhu Houhuang was by Zhengde's side. Although it can't be called intrigue, but I still be careful every time, the sentence that a companion is like a tiger is not unreasonable, no matter how good Zhengde is to Zhu Houhuang, Zhu Houhuang has a trace of nervousness by Zhengde's side.

Although Lu Wan dealt with Dongyong's affairs, and urgent affairs could be sent all the way to Anqing, there were still a lot of affairs left, and Wang Yangming was settled in the Dayuanfu School, and after being accompanied by Zhu Yu, he began to deal with the affairs left by the Dayuan.

The first to come was Lu Wan. Lu Wan, as the long history of King Yong, is actually doing the work of King Yong. When Zhu Houhuang was there, he was very concerned about Lu Wan's authority, and he would not easily bypass Lu Wan to issue orders, and all matters under Lu Wan's jurisdiction were only issued after consulting with Lu Wan.

Lu Wan said: "Just after the spring ploughing, spring ploughing this period of time, can not enslave the people, so this period of time, all the projects have not progressed, but now all the spring ploughing has been completed, last year's land has been cultivated, according to the output estimates, this year's grain, Dongyong can supply a part, but I heard that His Royal Highness brought a lot of people from Jiangxi, I must remind His Highness, now our grain reserves, simply can not support so many people." ”

Zhu Houhuang is about to face his first problem, that is, the food shortage, which makes Zhu Houhuang a little bigger.

Dongyong lacks food, that is a real lack, not a false shortage, and even the people of Dongyong do not have much food. It can be said that the entire Dongyong is more than 100,000 yuan, and they are counting on Zhu Houhuang to eat.

It's not okay to think about the food shortage.

Zhu Houhuang said: "I have memorized this point, but I don't know what else is wrong? ”

Lu Wan said: "I heard the old man Dongyong say that Dongyong uses the official test to select personnel, no matter what, please ask His Royal Highness to conduct another official test as soon as possible." There are not enough people. ”

Zhu Houhuang had already anticipated this question.

Since Zhu Houhuang came to Dongyong, the lack of manpower has been plaguing Zhu Houhuang.

There are not too many people around Zhu Houhuang who have been promoted by himself, most of them are recommended by Tang Yin, Yang Shen, and even now Lu Wan.

It is also the reason for this reality that Zhu Houhuang made concessions to Changshi's power and govern Dongyong with him.

And Lu Wan has only been in Dongyong for a few months, and he has also brought a lot of staff, but now it is not enough.

Zhu Houhuang said: "I should pay attention to this matter." I started to do it immediately, but there is something that is lacking so many people lately. ”

Lu Wan said: "When I heard that His Royal Highness will bring a large number of people, I have already set up a few county shelves, and when people came, they were immediately enriched, and the address was also chosen, just near the left of the Yongjiang River, and the area south of Dayuan, the road from Beigang to Dayuan, encountered the swampy terrain, it is very difficult to get through, it is estimated that it will take several years to get through, but I have come up with an alternative way." It is to follow the coastline all the way to the north, and when you meet the estuary, you will bypass it again, so that it is much easier. ”

Zhu Houhuang nodded, and suddenly thought of something. said: "Master Lu, now that there is a shortage of food, can the people go to sea to fish, and can the fish become part of the food supplement." ”

Lu Wan said: "I will pay attention to this problem, wait a minute, I will try it." ”

Lu Wan talked to Zhu Houhuang about a lot of things, big and small, nothing more than the progress of the Yongjiang embankment and the selection of sites in various counties. As well as the problem of the barbarians in the mountains.

Zhu Houhuang didn't care about these, but Zhu Houhuang asked about the barbarians in the mountains.

However, under the blows of the barbarian army, the barbarians in the mountains have escaped into the mountains, so it is not harmful.

Zhu Houhuang slowly put an emphasis on the three words of the Barbarian Army in his heart.

Zhu Houhuang can ignore civil affairs matters, but he is very interested in any organized force, and the Barbarian Protector Army is already in Zhu Houhuang's circle of trust, but now it is used so easily by Lu Wan, it is strange that Zhu Houhuang is not vigilant. He secretly said in his heart: "King Yong's army has suffered heavy casualties, and the first thing I want to do is to expand the army." It will not work without expanding the army. ”

No matter how the kings are suspicious, Zhu Houhuang thought that they all had nervous problems. But when you really sit in this position, you know that it's not like that.

Nowadays people may have legal protection, but the law can protect everyone, but it cannot protect the monarch. Although Zhu Houhuang knew that he was the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, and behind him was the entire Ming Dynasty, even if he didn't have a single soldier in his hand, Lu Wan didn't dare to move a finger of him.

But Zhu Houhuang absolutely cannot tolerate this imbalance, the imbalance of power.

The Yongguo system designed by Zhu Houhuang is actually a combination of military and civilian. It seems that Lu Wan can only drive the county soldiers and let these county soldiers work, but in fact, these county soldiers can become an army when they become a soldier, or they are essentially an army.

Previously, Zhu Houhuang relied on his own pro-army, and the power in the hands of the sailor and Lu Wan formed a counterbalance.

Because there are only more than 1,000 personal soldiers in Zhu Houhuang's hands, but they are all out of service, and they are the elite trained by Zhu Houhuang, don't look at Lu Wan's hands There are a lot of people, even if he gathers these people, Zhu Houhuang is confident that he will defeat them.

But now more than half of the personal soldiers in Zhu Houhuang's hands have suffered casualties, and many of them must retire, and the force that Zhu Houhuang can use is less than that of Lu Wan, except for the naval division.

Lu Wan must restore this balance. Therefore, it is imperative to expand the army.

Lu Wan finally said: "By the way, the names of the new counties have not yet been decided. Please also give your name to Your Highness. ”

Zhu Houhuang looked at the map, these new counties are all in Tainan, he didn't care much, just pointed to the place in Kaohsiung in the later generations, and said: "This place is called Yangming." The rest of the names will be decided by Lu Shi. ”

Zhu Houhuang was very satisfied with Lu Wan. Because Lu Wan understands the proportions.

The power that should be taken, Lu Wan did not avoid suspicion at all. But where power should not be grabbed, he did not touch it at all. For example, the question of the official test.

Lu Wan doesn't know how to organize an exam? No, Lu Wan can't. For example, the names of these new counties, won't Lu Wan take them? No. These places are all within Zhu Houhuang's power, so Lu Wan avoided suspicion.

Zhu Houhuang talked to Lu Wan a bit, and the second one to come in was Xu Song.

As soon as Xu Song entered the door, he bowed and said, "Xu Song, the minister of the Young Mansion, greets His Highness." ”

Xu Song still has the same attitude of being rude and never rude.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Why should the eldest brother be polite, what is the situation in Shaofu?" ”

Xu Song said: "The matter of Jiangnan has been discussed and stopped, especially His Highness's performance in the Battle of Anqing, which made people in the Jiangnan area look up to His Highness. It's all easy to say. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Don't talk about other things, just say, this time there are hundreds of thousands of immigrants, do you have the ability to transport people out?" ”

Xu Song said: "The ability is there, but you need to ask the water master to help." ”

Zhu Houhuang nodded, he knew this. Half of the ships of Yongguo are in the hands of the sailors, half are in the Shaofu, and the ships in the Shaofu are all small boats, merchant ships, and ships with a real large carrying capacity, all of which are in the sailors. Therefore, Xu Song asked the sailor to help, and Zhu Houhuang had already expected it.

Zhu Houhuang nodded and said, "Okay, this matter, Gu agreed." ”

"Your Highness," Xu Song said, "there is one thing that I must tell you first, although Lord Wu is outside. He will definitely explain to His Highness in a while, Your Highness, that we have no money. ”

"Lone knows." Zhu Houhuang is very clear about this.

"No, Your Highness, you don't know." Xu Song said: "I think that the financial resources of the two routes, the Japan route and the South China Sea route, can only support Lu Shangshu's Dongyong development plan. His Royal Highness got so many people at once, whether it was from food or silver, Dongyong couldn't afford it, and His Royal Highness also had to send Shaofu's ships to transport the population, so calculated, the financial gap would only be greater, and it would be impossible to bear. The minister doesn't know how long Dongyong's finances can support it if it goes on like this, but the minister knows. ”