Arrange the affairs of Beijing properly, take the cao boat directly, all the way south along the canal, and go straight to Nanjing.

Although the war has just ended, the Central Plains still looks a little dilapidated, however, a vitality has been born, and the Central Plains has finally reached the time of renewal in Vientiane.

"Your Majesty, let's go on a trip once, but it's not easy, why don't you let Lord Huang and them go forward on a boat, and the ministers will accompany you to ride all the way south to observe the people's feelings? The minister still remembers the events of the Daimyo Mansion back then......"

Xu Yifan on the side said with a smile.

Zhu Jie's eyes lit up, what Xu Yifan said was extremely true, this time he went to Beijing, in the future, I want to have such an opportunity again, but it is not so convenient, the state affairs are entangled, maybe it will not be convenient for three or five years, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast, and there are thousands of states and counties? Relying solely on the assessment of the officials, it is easy to become a formality, or it is better to go through it yourself and take a look at it!

"Well, what Yifan said makes sense, Taichong, you take the boat and go all the way south; I travel with Yifan and Zhenghang micro-service, and observe public opinion......"

"Your Majesty!"

Huang Zongxi on the side was really startled, so he took a few people out on patrol, this is dangerous, if something goes wrong, it is a great thing!

"Now that the bandits in Kyushu have been calmed, the four seas have been leveled, and the government and the opposition are working together to devote themselves to the people's livelihood, where will there be any injustice? If something goes wrong along the way, it's a big deal......"

Huang Zongxi hurriedly dissuaded.

Zhu Jie waved his hand and replied: "Taichong, the country has just settled down, and most of the local officials in the court are still left behind from the time of the first emperor, and you know very well what kind of goods they are, even the officials who surrendered to Manchuria at the beginning, these people are best at deceiving the superiors and subordinates. Take a step forward, we will meet in Nanjing! A sail, a sail, let's go! ”

Huang Zongxi is about to cry, this emperor, why don't you listen to persuasion, Yifan is also an idle egg, right? I'm pretty cautious on weekdays, why did I suddenly change my hexagram today?

"Your Majesty! It is precisely because of the beginning of the world that such a season, there are indispensable robbers in the Central Plains, you and the two adults travel alone, in case of danger, it is beyond regret......"

Zhu Jie looked at Huang Zongxi, a little crying and laughing, and replied: "Taichong, don't say that some bandits who cut the path and rob, even if it is a grass coward who occupies the mountain as the king, even if there are two or three hundred people, can they be helpless to sail and sail?" ”

It's a joke, as one of the top generals in the Ming Dynasty, whether it is Xu Yifan or Zhao Zhenghang, they are both brave champions and three armies, where can ordinary grass robbers deal with it? Even if it's Zhu Jie, it's not something that thirty or fifty people can clean up.

"Lord Huang, rest assured, with me and Brother Yifan, the emperor's safety is not worried, among the millions of troops, we can still protect the emperor unharmed, not to mention a group of grass robbers? Jia Yunting, Chu Liangbi, you two follow us to protect the emperor's safety! ”

Zhao Zhenghang said with a smile, hearing Xu Yifan's words, Zhao Zhenghang's eyes bloomed happily, okay, without these sour shows, it would be much more convenient to talk, with these sour shows, staring at them to death, not daring to violate any etiquette, it was too tiring, and it was a pleasure to act alone.

Zhu Jie took a few people to change into a small boat, and a group of six people hurried to the south.

Now just entered Hejian Mansion, far from arriving in Nanjing, Zhu Jie is not out of the canal, in the north, both sides of the canal are basically relatively rich places, prosperous commerce, if the economy and people's livelihood on both sides of the canal are not good, then the situation in other parts of the Central Plains provinces, you can imagine.

Along the way, Zhu Jie kept nodding, not to mention anything else, now it is the busy season of spring, farmers working in the fields abound, although because of the war, there are fewer livestock, but the farmers are hardworking, and there is no big problem with a full stomach for a year.

"Yifan, it seems that last year, the efforts of the imperial court were not in vain, Bai Gu and Li Yan are really attentive, although it is not called any prosperity in the four seas now, but it is also a good sign, look at these diligent farmers, you will know that this year can not be wrong......"

Zhu Jie, Xu Yifan, and Zhao Zhenghang urged the horse, pointing to the distance while moving forward, and sighed.

Xu Yifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is still in the Central Plains, if you enter Nanzhili, it will be more prosperous, after all, there is basically no war in the south, and since the year of going to Nanzhili, it has been three or four years now. ”

Zhu Jie nodded, this is not Xu Yifan boasting for himself, since he took charge of Nanzhili, in a few years, the economy of Nanzhili is several times more prosperous than five years ago, especially business, the sea ban is opened, Daming's goods are continuously shipped from China to the world, and the goods exported overseas every year are no less than 80 million taels, Yanhuang Company is already one of the few large companies in the world, but it can control about 10% of Daming's import and export trade, and the active overseas trade has brought vitality to the Jiangnan area!

Zhu Jie smiled: "Look at it, this is just the beginning, I told Li Yan, five years of lessons, five years of life gathering, ten years, Daming is enough to be proud of the whole world!" No country has such a strong national strength as the Ming Empire, you must know that our territory is thousands of miles away, our population has exceeded 10,000, there is no country in the world that has such a strong territory and population, not to mention that we are prosperous, is incomparable to the West and other countries, the entire West Ocean together, there is no Ming territory to fight, however, the number of colonies they occupy, is far better than our Ming Dynasty......"

"Colonies?"

Xu Yifan and Zhao Zhenghang were stunned, this was the first time they heard the emperor talk about it.

"Oh!"

Zhu Jie came to his senses and said with a smile: "The Western countries are small in terms of geography and population, and they use troops all year round to plunder the Quartet, and take the territories of other countries as their own, but these territories are far away from the mainland of each country, and it is very inconvenient to manage, so they can only become their colonies, with the help of powerful troops, the colonies around the country are brutally exploited, and the silver taels that flow from these colonies to the Western countries every year are not tens of thousands of taels, fortunately, now the Ming Empire has risen again, Otherwise, in a few years, our China will also become a colony of these bandits. ”

(End of chapter)