Chapter 120: The Grand Canal
The court discussion was fruitless, and the little prince's conspiracy would not succeed, but Hongji had already lost, and the original package of industrial development would not even have a chance to bubble, so it was drowned in endless striking.
Sailing in the middle of the day in the middle of summer is definitely very pleasant. Hua Hou Wei closed his eyes slightly, hummed a little song in his mouth, and lay on the bamboo chair, but his mind kept thinking. His own Wu Wangfu should be on the edge of Yingtian's Forbidden City, and Yingtian's bigwigs, the Xu family of Wei Guogong must fight for it. Without the support of his family, I am afraid that I will not be able to do anything in Jiangnan! What can impress him? Money? Right? Title? No, that's the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty, although the battle of Jingjing stood on the wrong team, but it didn't fall down, and there was nothing missing! Pregnant!
Hua Houwei opened his eyes and called loudly: "Wan Niang, Wan Niang!" ”
"Your Highness, is there something wrong? Add more to the sour plum soup? ”
"I'm going to find that globe, and after stopping for a while, I'll find a jewelry store with a nice box, I'll be of great use!"
In the evening, the fleet docked in Dezhou, Shandong, and Wan Niang and Zhu Shanqing got off the ship in a hurry. Wang Zhi looked at Wan Niang's back, smiled slightly and asked Hua Houwei: "Your Highness, why don't you get off the boat and go around?" ”
Hua Houwei didn't open his eyes, and said casually: "Lao Wang, I am wearing a six-year-old skin, and inside is a sixty-year-old heart!" Don't treat me like a child! This going to Jiangnan is also a key step to break the situation, if you don't go well, you can't develop industry, Daming is still on the old road, I didn't do it in vain? ”
Wang Zhi looked at Huahou Wei's slightly frowning brows, and felt a little distressed: "Your Highness, don't fight so hard, Da Ming is not your alone Da Ming." Rest, the old slave is tired from looking at you. ”
"If you're not tired, you can't do it! Wang Zhi, what did I fish you out of Nanjing for? Still looking for a good helper? Da Ming has accumulated too many evils, and if you say something that shouldn't be said, Taizu's small peasant thinking kills people! What can I do? Wang Zhi, although you are a eunuch, I never treat you as a slave, why? In my heart, you are a good helper, comrade-in-arms, helping me to use the knife for Daming. Do you understand? ”
Wang Zhi's eyes were hot, and he tried to suppress the emotion in his heart, but he still comforted: "Then it's not in a hurry, Your Highness, your appearance makes the old slave feel uncomfortable." ”
"Alas!" Hua Houwei opened his eyes and looked at Wang Zhi: "Wang Zhi, if you move the knife, you will bleed and hurt, who is willing?" Then you have to give benefits, like coaxing a child to take medicine, give a candy to eat. So the first step can only be to make a cake! These people in Daming are not stupid, I have deeply experienced it, then don't expect the opponent to make mistakes, you can only work hard. Time is short, 10,000 years is too long. I'm only six years old, but my opponents are endless. Even if I lived to be eighty, only seventy years, I would be able to do these things. I'm not sure! ”
"There are also the emperor and the crown prince, they sit in the world, why are you tired and tired?"
"Lao Wang, don't say this again. Do you think I'm willing to do that? They can't. My father has been educated by civil officials since he was a child, and although he is a bit scheming, he is not ruthless enough. My brother, hehe, pampered, doesn't eat the fireworks of the world, has ambitions, lacks patience and scheming, who am I not on? I'm the maintenance worker of the old Zhu family, it's all fate! ”
An hour later, Wan Niang reluctantly returned. When he saw Hua Houwei, he chattered: "Your Highness, there is a missionary over there, and he can't understand it for a long time." If you're here, you must."
Hua Hou Wei was shocked, preaching? That's not a good thing! How many rebellions have something to do with sects? He ordered loudly: "Shanqing, bring that missionary here!" I want to ask! ”
Wang Zhi sighed in his heart, His Royal Highness is sincerely desperate for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, when has this kind of thing been less in the countryside? Can it be managed?
Zhu Shanqing led a few people to get off the boat, and after a while, he came back with people. Hua Houwei looked the missionary up and down, dressed in no monk's clothes, nothing special, and he was not a big traitor.
"What's your name? Where do you live? What teachings are preached? ”
"This is His Royal Highness King Wu, to be honest." Wang glanced at Hua Houwei before reminding the visitor.
"His Royal Highness King Wu?" The man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly knelt on the bow of the boat. "King Wu is the god of war in our army, the little Luo Qing, the little one doesn't know that it is His Royal Highness King Wu, please atone for your sins King Wu!"
"Luo Qing? Are you a military household? ”
"The little one used to be on duty in Miyun Wei Cao to transport grain."
"Well, it's a runaway, forget it, it's not a big deal. What kind of teaching are you preaching? ”
"It's not a sect, it's just a small self-realization, and I feel Buddhism..."
An hour later, Luo Qing got off the boat with a smile on his face. Wang Zhi asked puzzledly: "Your Highness, what is the use of a runaway?" ”
Hua Houwei smiled, but in his heart he thought of Shanghai Tang. Du Yuesheng, Huang Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin... What else Wang Yaqiao and so on, all come from his own casual chess. With a smile in his heart, he explained: "Lao Wang, this Cao Yun is three thousand miles, and the officials and soldiers alone can't manage it." If this Luo Qing has the ability to get a gang, hehe, it will be very lively! ”
Wang Zhi was puzzled: "Cao Gang? Your Highness, seize the canal? ”
"Hehe, come, let's talk while we go." Hua Houwei took Wang Zhi into the cabin, and then said: "Wang Zhi, if you want to capture the capital, what is the best way?" ”
Wang Zhi's face changed, Your Highness, is this what you want? Rebel?
Hua Houwei shook his head: "Lao Wang, don't think crooked." Let me tell you, this Grand Canal is actually the first lifeblood of the capital! As soon as the canal is broken, the entire Beizhili will starve! You say, is the Cao Gang important? ”
Wang Zhi suddenly said: "Your Highness, is this a backhand?" In case of? ”
"Well, in case, I will surrender without a fight!" Hua Houwei has matured in this matter, and the ruthlessness in his eyes makes Wang Zhi shudder!
After going around and around, seven or eight days later, the fleet had entered the south of the Yangtze River. Zhenjiang Mansion was in sight, the fleet turned into a convoy, and Huahou Wei quietly sailed to Nanjing.
Ying Tian Wei State Mansion, Xu Li looked at his heroic grandson Xu Pengju, and shook his head slightly: "How can it be as easy as you say?" What is the terrain of Cailiang Mountain? Why do you know astronomy and geography? This terrain is really the first factor that determines the victory or defeat! Pengju, don't underestimate King Wu, underestimate the heroes of the world, Zhao Kuo talks about the army on paper, a lesson from the past! ”
"Sir, there are people outside the door asking to see you. He said that if you see this, you will see him. ”
Xu Li looked at a pencil handed over by the housekeeper suspiciously, and suddenly his face changed and he stood up! "Pengju, don't you want to see His Royal Highness King Wu? Wait behind the screen! ”
The young man with red lips and white teeth was stunned for a moment, and then shouted in surprise: "King Wu is here?" ”