Chapter 169: Here Comes the Money Cow!
But they are happy, and everyone else is busy.
As the chief of the enthronement ceremony, as soon as Yang Shiqi left the Fengtian Palace, he immediately stopped the other six Shangshu, and then discussed the matter of the enthronement ceremony of Taisun.
The ceremonies, expenses, expenses, and various etiquettes and banquets of the ceremony....
It's all about being determined.
The grandson also said in this court, it was a great thing, don't make jokes because of it.
When something goes wrong, the people will have to question whether this emperor who obeys the mandate of heaven is true.
After all, people don't care about your mess, they only look at what they think.
I think that at the beginning, Zhu Zhanji did such a trick that fell from the sky at the ceremony of canonizing the grandson, but the lake made a lot of people.
The people are rumoring that Zhu Zhanji is a god in the sky.
That's why it fell from the sky.
Such rumors also just confirm the statement that the emperor was carried by Shuntian.
And the rationality of the royal family and imperial power also comes from this.
Therefore, Yang Shiqi also knows that this enthronement ceremony can be very mediocre, but there must be no chaos.
If there is no chaos, there may not be a reward, but if there is chaos, it will be severely punished.
This is also a challenge for Yang Shiqi.
Of course, he is not the only one who has to be busy because of this matter.
Let's just say that Zhu Zhanji himself, don't look like he is in charge of the shopkeeper in the court, but he really can't get rid of this matter.
In the past, whether it was the death of the old man Zhu Di or the death of his father Zhu Gaochi, he could act as if nothing had happened.
You don't need to think about it that much.
But that's no longer the case.
Now he is about to ascend the throne.
Some of the things that I didn't do after returning to the capital are now ready to start preparing.
And the first thing, which is also what he Zhu Zhanji must do, is to establish the rewards for the hundred officials after this enthronement ceremony.
Those who have merit should be rewarded.
At the same time, the future pattern of this court must also be carefully pondered by him.
If the score is not good, the people below must have opinions.
Although it is not as serious as it is, this has undoubtedly increased Zhu Zhanji's workload a lot.
Among them, the appointment of officials in the court is quite acceptable so far.
However, the candidates for the provincial political envoys who were released from abroad should be carefully considered.
After all, although these people dare not say that they are the emperors of the soil under the rule of the imperial court, they are not much more.
If these people are not firmly controlled by Zhu Zhanji, then no matter how many people in the court are loyal to him, it will be useless.
But this is the most unsatisfactory thing today.
Just talking about a few six Shangshu in the court, the candidates are enough.
But if the political envoys of these provinces are taken into account, Zhu Zhanji's hands will not be enough.
Even if he has cultivated a lot below, these people still need a long time of experience to reach this position.
Now it seems that maintaining the situation of the previous dynasty has become an inevitable choice.
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji, who was still sitting on the dragon chair of the Fengtian Temple and meditating at this time, could only sigh helplessly.
There is no way, he also knows that many things cannot be done overnight.
Nowadays, it seems that it can only be slowly changed with the continuous expansion of new education.
"Zhao Quan!"
As soon as Zhu Zhanji got up, he looked at Zhao Quan, who was standing aside and waiting quietly.
After hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhao Quan also hurriedly came to Zhu Zhanji, bowed down and asked, "Your Highness." ”
"Prepare a sedan chair and follow me to the musket camp to have a look."
"Yes!"
After accompanying Zhao Quan to leave to give the order to prepare the sedan car, Zhu Zhanji soon rushed to the musket camp in the capital in a dragon ride.
After Zhu Zhanji left the capital to go to Mobei to fight, the manufacture of muskets in the capital did not stop.
On the first day of Zhu Zhanji's return to Beijing, the reserve of muskets had reached more than 1,000.
Later, after Zhu Zhanji returned to Beijing, he ordered to make full efforts, and the number of muskets was also greatly increased.
So far, in addition to the muskets already equipped in the musket battalions, the number of new muskets has reached more than three thousand.
Therefore, when he heard the news, Zhu Zhanji immediately ordered the number of musket battalions to be increased by another 3,000 people.
These people were all selected from among the outstanding soldiers in the various military camps.
Of course, the main selection group was still placed in the 3,000 battalions.
After all, one of the most important things about musketeers is the equestrian requirements.
A quarter of an hour later.
Zhu Zhanji sat on the dragon and came to the gate of the musket camp.
The first time he saw Long Ji, Zhu Zhanji also needed to show his identity, and these people knew it.
In addition, the previous musket battalion was led by Zhu Zhanji himself, so these people are clear about Zhu Zhanji's identity.
After smoothly arriving at the camp, Zhu Zhanji immediately saw the soldiers in the camp who were constantly training in marksmanship.
Of course, that's not all.
There are also many soldiers who are training to use muskets on horseback.
In short, they are divided into categories for items that must be used skillfully on the battlefield.
Zhu Zhanji is still very satisfied with these.
Just when Zhu Zhanji was still observing the entire barracks, Zhu Zhanji, the fifth old man who received the news, also rushed over.
Before coming closer, he first respectfully saluted Zhu Zhanji, and then said cordially after getting up: "Big brother, why do you have time to go around the barracks today?" ”
Listening to this kid's question, Zhu Zhanji looked at the training of the soldiers and said, "When I came to you today, I naturally had something very important. ”
After speaking, he glanced around, and said, "Let's go, go to the house." ”
Hearing this, the fifth Zhu Zhan took the lead in guiding the way.
A moment later, after Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji dismissed the people around them, Zhu Zhanji also began to tell about his intentions for this trip.
"I'm here today to see how you're training here. The second is that there is something ready for you to take someone on a trip. ”
"But the specific situation of this trip is not good, it may be dangerous, or it may be very simple, and the specific situation must be done by you kid according to the situation."
"How is it, do you have the confidence to take the troops on a solo trip?"
Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, knowing that it was for military matters, the fifth Zhu Zhanji's face couldn't help but become solemn.
However, after thinking about it carefully, the fifth brother still said: "Big brother, just say it, where do you want me to lead the troops to fight, as long as the eldest brother you say, the younger brother I will fight, I don't know if you win or not, fight first!" Even if he dies, he sacrifices his life for the country. ”
Listening to this kid's words, Zhu Zhanji immediately laughed.
But after laughing, he still said very solemnly: "I want you to go to Dongying, and it doesn't mean that you really destroy them, and it's not a simple matter to kill them." What I want you to do is to personally meet with the Emperor on my behalf to discuss trade between the two countries. ”
"Of course, this Dongying people have a characteristic, that is, they bully the soft and fear the hard, this time in the past, although what I want you to do is to discuss the trade between the two dynasties, but the reason why I have to ask you to go is to ask you to find an opportunity to show them the strength of our Ming army."
"Only in this way will those Dongying people obediently discuss trade matters with us."
"And the main point of your discussion on this trip is that the emperor of Natoei will give us this place of Iwami as a foothold for our dynasty in Toei, and the trade of our dynasty will also be launched with Nadongying."
"In addition, I want the Emperor of Natoei to promise that in Iwami this place, we want complete ruling power, and we have all the power in this place. Even if it's a Dongying person, we have the power to execute. ”
"Of course, if you can talk about it, you can talk about it, and if you can't talk about it, don't worry, take down Iwami this place first."
"In this process, when to show force, you can do it yourself, and you decide according to the situation."
"However, don't be in a hurry, although the firearms of the musket battalion are powerful, they are not invincible, and if you are not careful, you may fall into the enemy's encirclement because of the disadvantage of numbers, and show force in moderation."
"If they have a tough attitude, how exactly they will go to war, wait for my news later."
Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Zhanji gradually understood the purpose of his eldest brother asking him to go on this trip.
That's for Iwami's place.
Although he couldn't understand why his eldest brother had to take this place like Dongying, these were not what he Zhu Zhan needed to consider, what he had to think about was how to do this for his eldest brother.
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhan said: "I understand, big brother, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter for you!" ”
Seeing that Lao Wu was so confident, Zhu Zhanji also smiled, and then said: "But you don't have to worry, you are my own brother after all, how can I let you go to death, this trip, I will let that Ma Bao go with you, and he will lead the treasure ship fleet to give you a strong momentum in the back, but after arriving at the Dongying mainland, all the things that Ma Bao will have to stay at sea, what to do, then all the time will be counted on you kid." ”
Originally, this fifth child was born bold, and he was not afraid to go to a strange place to talk about these things with a group of strange people, but now when he heard that Ma Bao led the treasure fleet of the Ming Dynasty to accompany him, he was even more bold in his heart.
Their treasure fleet of the Ming Dynasty is the first in the world.
With them, with those Japanese cowards in Dongying, they can still turn against the sky.
"Big brother, don't worry, leave this matter to me!"
Looking at the appearance of this kid's newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, Zhu Zhanji feels that the person he chose this time is really the right one.
Let the ministers in the court talk about it, maybe they can talk about it, but these ministers have a Confucian atmosphere in their bones.
Dealing with Dongying's gang of things, the Confucian temperament is not only useless, but also easy to be flattened by them.
It's as if the Ming Dynasty is afraid of them.
After all, this trip was under the guise of discussing trade between the two countries, and the real intention was to ask the emperor of Natoei for Ishimi.
Of course, the emperor of Natoei should be a puppet placed on it during this period, a thing that has been set aside.
But for Zhu Zhanji and them, whether they are puppets or not is hollowed out has no impact on them at all.
All he wants is a channel of communication.
Who is behind this decision has nothing to do with them.
All he wanted was Iwami to get his hands on this place.
Therefore, with the character of Zhu Zhandong, he will not give those people too much good face.
Only by showing force to those people in person, those Dongying people, who are servile in their bones, will obediently offer Iwami that place with both hands.
And as long as he has Iwami this place in hand, then he Zhu Zhanji also means that there is an endless stream of gold and silver for him to use.
Only with enough hard currency heavy metals such as gold and silver can he have the capital to establish a top-down economic and monetary system within the Ming Dynasty.
Only by getting this economic and monetary system done can he better rule and use the Ming Dynasty.
The ultimate goal was to carry out a series of reforms within the Ming Dynasty.
Let the fire of the industrial age be ignited on the land of China.
Thus opening the curtain of the Age of Discovery.
Using foresight to firmly control the blood of the industry in his hands, or directly transport it back to China, it is equivalent to mastering the national fortune for the next 500 years.
But the most important thing is to get this place in Iwami first and lay the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
In the next hour or so, Zhu Zhanji began to take the trouble to explain to the fifth Zhu Zhan Feng what he needed to pay attention to in this line, and told Zhu Zhan Rong everything he could think of in advance.
After all, the sooner he pulled these gold and silver to the country, his hands and feet in the country could be released one day earlier.
And the reason why he couldn't go in person on this trip was because of what kind of place Dongying was, it was a place where he paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year, and he Zhu Zhanji was the new monarch in the future, how could he deign to go to such a place.
That's too embarrassing.
The second is that now his identity is different, and many things cannot be done in person.
He still needs to preside over many things in the country.
Without him, many of these things really can't be turned.
At the same time, he also had to prepare in advance for the arrival of gold and silver in China.
After carefully and repeatedly informing Zhu Zhanji of all the things he could think of, and asked him to prepare in advance, and after leaving soon, Zhu Zhanji left the musket camp.
He also summoned Ma Bao in the imperial court.
This trip is not so much that Zhu Zhanji put all his expectations on the fifth Zhu Zhandong, but on Ma Bao.
Compared with the fifth Zhu Zhandong, Ma Bao is really familiar with such things.
Only when Ma Bao is here, Zhu Zhanji can really rest assured.