Zhu Di is interested.

And Empress Xu just smiled and listened.

Zhu Di was a little unsatisfied, so he simply asked people to get the map.

Spreading the map on the ground, Zhu Di held a cane in his hand and said: "Although the report is not detailed, I expect that they must have entered the army from here, and then ...... Over here...... Over here...... Lo and behold...... What a risk, they marched so fast that the food routes were cut off! Fortunately, they have a lot of mules and horses, and the food they bring should last for some days. ”

"So...... Nine times out of ten, the place where they fought the Hu clan was near the Yellow River. The Yellow River is open here, which is the most suitable for a decisive battle, and if it is a place else, the soldiers and horses cannot be opened...... The Hu clan only needs to send hundreds or thousands of elite men and horses, and they can be locked up by one man. ”

Zhu Di continued with great interest: "It's a pity that the Hu clan ...... Obviously, he also underestimated the enemy, and his purpose was obviously to eat Zhu Gaochu and these guys in one fell swoop, and Zhu Gaochu and these guys were stationed in Ma Huangjiang, but he couldn't ask for them. Ha ha...... But...... He definitely didn't expect it...... The strength of the men and horses of this comptoir has far exceeded everyone's expectations. This battle seems to be an adventure, but now that I think about it, it is not......"

He paused and continued: "On the surface, it was the Hu clan that lured the enemy deeper, but in fact...... In fact, Zhu Gaoxu, the rebel, is also luring the enemy deeper, their thoughts are the same, but it's a pity that it ...... After all, Hu Shi is a chess game. Haha......"

Zhu Di laughed heartily, looked at Queen Xu and said, "Is it interesting?" ”

Empress Xu still smiled and said, "Interesting." ”

Zhu Di said: "If it's interesting, I'll talk about it again, the terrain of the Yellow River ......."

Empress Xu looked at the sky outside the window and said, "Your Majesty...... It's not too early. ”

Zhu Di said: "I have nothing to do today. ”

Empress Xu said: "In that case, then Your Majesty will talk about it." ”

Zhu Di was about to point his cane to the location of Shenglong City in the map, and he was already saying: "The most critical thing in this battle is to take Shenglong and take Shenglong, not only are the dragons of Annan without a leader, but the most important thing is that this cuts off the communication of all the defense lines in the entire northern part of Annan, making them fall into a situation of fighting alone, and even the supply is completely cut off." ”

"That's why I think...... There are too many things to see in this battle, and it is even more exciting than when it was difficult, even the Poyang Lake water battle between Emperor Taizu Gao and Chen Youliang was far from being as exciting as this battle. So, money is a good thing. With money, the soldiers could ride horses, and everyone could use mules and horses to transport their baggage. Soldiers and horses can travel hundreds of miles a day, even if they go deep behind enemy lines, they can also fight for a long time. Not only that, with silver, there are better weapons, there is more gunpowder, this lone army, the treasury did not allocate a penny to them, nor did they give them a grain of rice, but their results were the most fruitful, compared to Zhu Neng's weight, but the lone army made a great contribution. ”

Zhu Di said: "The so-called art of war, one is people, the other is money and food, I have a large number of people, talents, never lack people, the only thing missing is silver......"

Empress Xu nodded with a smile and said, "Your Majesty really broke the heavens in one word. ”

Zhu Di also said honestly: "Where is this heavenly opportunity, but anyone who has a little brain, I'm afraid they all know this truth, but some people ...... I knew it in my heart, but I pretended to turn a blind eye. And what about some people...... Even if he knew, he would talk about him left and right. Saying a thousand things and ten thousand is that some people are afraid to talk about money. ”

Empress Xu was stunned and said, "Afraid to talk about money? ”

Zhu Di said: "I'm afraid that I will take their money and food!" Don't look at the people of the world, everyone opens their mouths just to break their bones, what goes up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire...... Hehe...... It's just a joke, and if you teach them to take money, they're going to fight with you. ”

Zhu Di sighed and said: "There is so much money and food in the world, if you squeeze the people, the people will rebel." If it is taken from the gentry, the gentry will complain. If you want to fight the idea of a businessman, these businessmen ...... It's not a fuel-efficient lamp, it's still Zhang Anshi, Zhang Anshi pointed me out a way to make money, and because of this, I can be regarded as exhaling and raising my eyebrows this time. ”

Empress Xu nodded and said with a smile: "Isn't this exactly how His Majesty treats him well on weekdays, he is grateful in his heart, it can be seen that His Majesty still has vision." ”

Zhu Di was even happier, and laughed: "You can't say that, in this world, the most are unfamiliar wolves, didn't I give them a generous gift to these hundred officials?" In my Ming court, just because scholars can write a few articles and eight shares, I let them be officials and teach them to glorify their ancestors, but among these people, how many people are not beautiful in their mouths, but in fact they have their own thoughts? Therefore, it is still reliable for oneself. ”

Queen Xu thought thoughtfully: "Your Majesty, in fact, the big victory is not a big victory, this is a matter of foreign courts, and the concubine is a woman, and she doesn't know much." But when it comes to Zhang Anshi, the concubine is pleasantly surprised...... He didn't hold a grudge against Gao Xu, but instead came up with this idea, and now...... Gao Xuren has also made some contributions outside, and it can be regarded as clearing his sins, and I, as a mother, am much more relieved. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di seemed to be very touched, paused, and said, "I plan to restore his prince, how about it?" ”

Queen Xu shook her head and said: "He is already a commoner, what merit should be made, what reward will be given, how can he be crowned king in a battle?" If he is crowned king, where is Zhang Anshi, Zhu Yong, Zhang Xuan, Qiu Song, and Gu Xingzu? Your Majesty must not do so. ”

Zhu Di listened to it and nodded: "This is reasonable, this son of a bitch's ......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Di paused, and then said, "This guy ...... also accounted for the shares of me and Zhang Anshi, and gave him nearly 10% of the shares, what else? ”

As he was talking, he saw Yishaha coming in quickly, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the report is here." ”

Originally, the newspaper was sent by an ordinary eunuch, but today it is a little unusual, and it was sent by Ha himself.

Zhu Di snorted, took the newspaper, and saw that there was an article at the head, which was about the failure of Kublai Khan's second expedition to Annam.

Immediately afterwards, it was the report of the Ming Dynasty that broke through the Shenglong.

It is full of praise for His Majesty's Shengming, the courage of the three armies, and so on.

This is actually an official article, Zhu Di used to feel bored of reading it, but today he watched it word by word, very seriously.

After that, there were some decrees of the imperial court in the past few days, and some places sent public reports.

The second edition is about Xie Jin's book, which requires that ministers and readers be strictly forbidden to make rumors.

Zhu Di suddenly raised his head: "It's also lost." ”

"The slave is here."

Zhu Di said: "Xie Jin, have you ever seen the prince in the past few days?" ”

Yi Shu Ha said: "These days, he has very little contact with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Zhu Di bowed his head, got the answer, and didn't seem to want to ask more.

Yisha said, "Yes...... The last time he dispersed the dynasty, he and Chen Ji talked about half a cup of tea, and the two of them looked sad at that time. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di was silent for a moment and said, "What do you think of him?" ”

Yishu said: "The slave maid thinks that Xie Gong has great talents, and the article is very good." ”

Zhu Di looked straight at him and said, "What about the back?" ”

"There's no more." Yi Shuha: "A slave and maid who serves people, what can he know, how dare he talk about the minister." ”

Zhu Di smiled: "Yes, how dare you talk about it...... These four words are said well, but some people ...... is arrogant, thinks that he understands everything, always wants to say a word or two about everything, how many people dare to say that they know everything. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Di shook his head.

At this moment, someone came to report again, and after a while, a huge burden was brought from the side of the General Administration, and he came in panting, and said: "Your Majesty, Annan has a performance." ”

As soon as he saw that Annan was playing, Zhu Di immediately stood up, put down the newspaper, looked at the burden, and said, "Who is this...... When you're full and have nothing to do, you moved such a thing to do something? ”

If it's all sparse, I'm afraid that there will be hundreds of thousands of words.

Zhu Di felt that someone deliberately insulted him and thought he had no culture.

Yisha hurriedly went to fetch the baggage, it was really heavy, he tried his best, gritted his teeth and put the burden on the table beside him.

When Zhu Di tore off the fire paint and opened the baggage, he saw the inside...... It is a stack of accounts, and on the account, there is also a note, but the payment of the note is not Zhu Gaoxu, but Gu Xingzu.

Annan's accounts?

The look on Zhu Di's face suddenly changed, and he suddenly became interested.

To tell the truth, he was only immersed in Annan's great victory, after all, this military victory had already made him overjoyed.

That's when I remembered...... It seems that the comptoir went to Annam...... It's not just military.

At that moment, he opened the recital with great interest, took a closer look, and then ...... showed a look of ecstasy: "Spread the decree, talk about it tomorrow, and summon Zhang Anshi to participate." ”

I don't know what His Majesty's intentions are, this palace is talking about it, it is the minister who teaches the emperor a lesson, Zhang Anshi is not a minister after all, and he really shouldn't join in this fun.

However, since it was His Majesty's order, he did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly responded.

…………

Zhang Anshi finally walked out of the study at home.

Now with the guards, he walks the streets and alleys with a loud voice, which is so unpleasant.

Annan has already decided, and now he is worried about ...... The Chinese army or the Mu family...... He also took this opportunity to enter the army and took the benefits of the trading house.

So he wrote a letter overnight, asked people to send it to Annan, and then instructed a few brothers again, so that they must guard against the Chinese army and the Mu family, the original sentence in the letter is: not a single acre of land will be left for them.

Followed by...... It was Zhang Anshi who summoned Zhu Jin and the others!

After taking Annan, how to grab wealth is the top priority, since it is a commercial bank, then it is still necessary to focus on profit.

The reason why he used this way is, of course, not just for the sake of silver, Zhang Anshi doesn't love money very much after all, and has no interest in money.

He was concerned that many empires, when they were strong, always failed in the end because the military occupation was far more expensive than the land they occupied. After a long time, once there is a financial crisis, they often choose to withdraw from the army in the end.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, Annam has belonged to the Central Plains, and its language, writing, and customs are almost the same.

Since it is occupied this time, then it is necessary to put an end to the fact that the Ming Dynasty took Annam in history, and finally in the Xuande period, that is, when Zhu Zhanji's loser was in power, he withdrew from the army under the pretext that for several years, one side was not appeased, and he was repeatedly diligent to the king's division.

When the Annan people saw the Ming Dynasty retreating, they were immediately overjoyed, and they also issued a so-called "Pingwu Edict".

If the problem of profitability is not solved, then the so-called Ding'annan is actually of little significance, and in the end, it may be in vain decades later.

So, after two days of sneering, Zhang Anshi settled down and obediently locked himself up again.

Concentrate on planning for the future of the firm.

You know, this Annam is a good place, rich in grain, rich in resources, and most importantly, it has a unique coastline and countless natural harbors.

Just one place...... The Ming Dynasty in history can still lose money on this, and Zhang Anshi has to doubt the governance ability of these ministers.

Of course, it's not that these people are incapable.

The root cause is that there is no motivation.

Fortunately, now that there is a commercial house, then you can take this opportunity......

So Zhang Anshi ordered someone to find Zhu Jinlai again.

When he saw someone, he said, "How do I teach you to do?" ”

Zhu Jin said: "What is the uncle talking about?" ”

Zhu Jin also heard the news from Annan, and in fact, it is now spreading all over the streets and alleys.

The vast majority of the people still have simple aspirations and rejoice in them.

Of course, there are also unhappy people, and there are quite a few of them.

Zhu Jin ignored the gossip outside.

Zhang Anshi said: "Let you summon those who have fallen into the first place to lift people and show talents." ”

Zhu Jin said: "The call is called, but it's ...... There were not many people who were willing to come, only one hundred and thirty-three. ”

Zhang Anshi sighed: "There are so many guys who have fallen off the list in this world, how can they be like this." ”

Zhu Jin explained: "After all, we are a commercial house, and the scholars look down on us, and they are not very happy with these people." ”

Zhang Anshi instructed: "Let them experience it and send it to the money bank, the workshop, and our ship......

Zhu Jin smiled bitterly: "Actually, some people learned that they were going to work in the workshop and the money village, and several people left, saying that they disdained to be with us. ”

Zhang Anshi is not angry, the atmosphere of scholars is like this, he is high and looks down on worldly affairs.

You say that he is really pure and high, and there is no utilitarianism, but their purpose is to gain fame.

As a result, such a group of freaks was born.

Even if they are the first talents, they are also officials in spirit, and they look down on this and that. To put it bluntly, he is the kind of person who is born with delusions that he has read the Four Books and the Five Classics by himself, and can earn fame, fortune and silver while sitting and lying down.

Zhang Anshi said disapprerovingly: "Do what you want, there will always be someone who is willing to do it, and when these people are almost experienced, give me the roster of these people." ”

Zhu Jin couldn't help but wonder: "Is there any use for uncle?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "I plan to send a group of people to Annan. ”

"Parenting officer?"

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "My parents have Annan's scholars, and they only work in Annan's commercial firms. ”

Zhu Jin said with residual concerns: "When you go to Na Annan, if you still go to the trading house, I am afraid that the mountains and rivers are far away, and they may not be willing to go." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Although they can't be parents officials, they can be parents of parents officials, but when you say this, I have an idea again, the name of this firm is really not good, I want to play Your Majesty, I have to have a loud name." ”

Saying that, Zhang Anshi actually ignored Zhu Jin, and went to improve his plan again.

…………

The so-called Zheng Talk, in fact, was originally in the fifteenth year of Hongwu, and a minister who was Shi Guiyan asked for a request to pay attention to the Jing Zheng system.

At that time, he demanded that this system be standardized, and lectures were given on the first day of each month and in the middle of each month, but of course, Zhu Yuanzhang did not adopt it.

In the Jianwen period, the lectures began to be frequent.

After Zhu Di entered Nanjing City, he began to get tired of talking about it again.

Even many times, Zhu Di always canceled the time when he was supposed to speak in advance.

It's not easy today, Zhu Di is here.

This lecture was attended not only by the scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion, but also by the attendants and scholars of the Hanlin Academy.

When there were many people involved, there were hundreds of ministers, and when there were few, there were thirty or forty people.

This time, Zhu Di even ordered someone to call Chen Jiyi, the right attendant of the military department, to participate.

Originally, Chen Ji, as the minister of the Sixth Ministry, should not have appeared, which made him a little unable to guess His Majesty's thoughts.

So when he saw Xie Jin's figure when he entered the Wenhua Palace, he quickly approached and cautiously asked Xie Jin: "Xie Gong, do you know what His Majesty called me?" ”

Xie Jin said: "The holy will is unpredictable, how the old man knows. ”

Chen Ji said with a little worry: "If something is abnormal, it is a demon, hey...... Could it be that I have offended Your Majesty by speaking up? ”

Xie Jin glanced back at Chen Ji: "Speak up, you won't offend Your Majesty." ”

After a pause, Xie Jin said again: "But if it is the two ends of the first rat, it may not be." ”

Chen Ji listened, his eyes opened slightly, and he gasped.

This obviously has a deep meaning, it is to tell Chen Ji that since he has already spoken up, he must not be cowardly, give me recklessness, and go to the black one by one, which is better than the two ends of the first mouse.

Chen Ji didn't suspect that Xie Jin wanted to harm himself, in fact, he also knew that His Majesty was a man of temperament, and he despised despicable villains the most.

So he smiled and said in a low voice: "Xie Gong is high." ”

Xie Jin didn't like this time, Chen Ji followed behind him, so he quickened his pace and rushed to the Wenhua Palace.

But Chen Ji seems to have found a soulmate at this time, and he always sticks to his back, like a fart.

After walking for a while, Xie Jin saw that Zhu Gaochi in front of him, supported by Zhang Anshi, was walking towards the Wenhua Hall step by step.

They entered the palace first, but when they walked slowly, they were overtaken by the ministers behind them.

So Xie Jin, Chen Ji, and other ministers of Hanlin all quickened their pace, and when they reached Zhu Gaochi's back, they saluted and said, "I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhu Gaochi turned his head, glanced at everyone gently, and nodded to Xie Jin first, but didn't say anything.

When his eyes fell on Yang Rong, Zhu Gaochi said, "Master Yang, Fang Cai An Shi happened to talk to this palace about you." ”

Yang Rong suddenly became the target of everyone, and saw the eyes of countless people looking at him.

It was not a good thing to be asked by Zhang Anshi, but fortunately, Yang Rong was very calm, and said with a smile on his face: "I don't know what's going on?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said gently: "An Shi knows that your writing is good, you are well-versed in the past and the present, and you are also a stable person, and it just so happens that there needs to be an article about this Annan's past and present life in the newspaper, and I hope Master Yang can ghostwrite." ”

Yang Rong said: "Your Highness, Duke Xie has the highest talent, and the minister is far inferior to ......."

He wanted to refuse, after all, Xie Jin is here, and Xie Jin is very conceited in terms of articles and history, while Yang Rong doesn't like to show off his own articles, he prefers to be like a transparent person, and it is best to never be noticed.

Xie Jin was very embarrassed at this time, saying that he didn't say anything, so he kept standing silent.

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Master Xie is busy with affairs, not only in Wenyuan Pavilion, but also to edit the "Literature Dacheng", you don't have to shirk, this matter, the palace has promised An Shi on your behalf, in two days, An Shi will ask you for advice." ”

Yang Rong glanced at Zhang Anshi, who was looking at him with a smile, and sighed silently in his heart.

The guy ...... finally poisoned the old man.

Of course, Yang Rong still looked pampered and not surprised: "Since this is the case, then the lower officials have no choice but to be respectful than obey their orders." ”

Zhu Gaochi immediately supported himself by Zhang Anshi and continued to go to the Wenhua Palace.

Everyone was walking like flying, but now that the prince is in front, the ministers behind have to slow down, and follow Zhu Gaochi one by one to Wenhua Palace.

At this time, Zhu Di's interest was very high, and he ascended here early, waiting for the officials to come.

When the ministers entered, they made a great salute.

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Haha...... The secretaries don't have to be polite. ”

After that, he said to Zhu Gaochi with a pleasant face: "It's been hard work all the way, come here, give the prince a seat." ”

Zhu Gaochi wanted to refuse, but after all, his legs and feet did not obey the call, and when the eunuch took the Jindun, he also sat down with a good bow.

Zhu Di immediately said: "What are you talking about today?" ”

The lecturer on duty hurriedly stepped forward and said, "It's about the "Later Han Dynasty" by Zizhi Tongjian. ”

Zhu Di smiled and said, "It's better to talk about Jiaozhi." ”

The so-called Cochin, in fact, is Annam!

Since the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has incorporated Cochin, which is now Annam, into its territory, and has since ...... There are records of many dynasties ruling over the area.

The lecturer's calm expression couldn't be maintained, and he smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty...... Lectures have always been based on the script......"

Zhu Di said lightly: "Zhu Qing are all erudite and talented people, do you have to read according to the book, and what you talk about every day is not the four books, or the "General Guide to Governance"?" Is that all there is to learn in this world? ”

The lecturer was very hesitant: "This ......"

Zhu Di quickly set his eyes on Chen Ji.

Obviously, he is obviously coming for Chen Ji today.

Zhu Di said: "Chen Qingjia, you know a lot, you can talk about it." ”

Chen Ji: "......"

Zhu Di said: "Come on, give Chen Qing a seat." ”

Where did Chen Ji dare to sit, he secretly glanced at Xie Jin, but said, "Your Majesty...... Compared with Zhu Hanlin, this point of talent is really not enough to worry about. ”

Zhu Di smiled, but this smile obviously did not reach the bottom of his eyes, and he said: "Although you are the right attendant of the military department, you can still be proficient in money and food, and you know how to govern the people best." How can it be...... Don't know the scriptures and history? ”

Zhang Anshi, who was standing in a regular manner, couldn't help but say in his heart: Your Majesty is very grudgeful, how many days ago this happened, and he deliberately brought people here to be sarcastic.

Chen Ji was very uncomfortable, but he also knew that at this time, if he refused again, he would not know how to lift.

Simply, he said: "Then let's talk about it, the four counties of Jiaozhi were ruled by the Qin general Zhao Tuo in the early years. After that, Nanyue was swallowed up by the Han Dynasty, and the four counties of Jiaozhi naturally became Han soil. ”

He paused, and then added, "It's just ...... Soon after, the four counties of Cochin rebelled again and cut themselves off from China...... In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han general Ma Yuan was ordered to go to the four counties to quell the rebellion. It's just that in this battle, the losses were huge, and the Han army suffered many casualties. ”

Not only that, during the occupation, the local soldiers frequently attacked the Han army, even if the general Ma Yuan, he also saw the ferocity of the natives of the four counties of Jiaozhi, so he set up a copper pillar to shock people's hearts, and the content on it was: "The copper pillar is broken, and Jiaozhi is destroyed." ”

"This is the past of a thousand years ago...... Chen Ji paused, and then said: "But does Your Majesty know that the copper pillar that set up the "copper pillar is broken and destroyed", where is it now? ”

Zhu Di didn't speak.

Chen Ji continued: "This bronze pillar has long been gone, and the prestige that the Han Dynasty set up there at the beginning has long since disappeared. Back in the beginning, whether it was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty horse aid, the soldiers who were recruited entered the four counties of Jiaozhi, and the bones were all over the four counties, but now, they ...... And where are you safe? On the contrary, in the process of conquest, the imperial court spent countless money and food, and the soldiers continued to shed blood in Annam, and finally ...... caused this eternal regret. ”

Hanlin, you look at me, I look at you.

Everyone is a smart person, in fact, they all know what Zhu Di wants Chen Ji to say, but on the contrary, Chen Ji is very tough, directly satirizing the great regrets caused by the war between the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

Zhu Di said: "In this way, the Qing family thinks ...... Is the gain outweigh the loss of the expedition to Annan?"

Chen Jidao: "Exactly. ”

Zhu Di said: "Since the Qing family thinks so, then ......"

Zhu Di suddenly got up: "Then it's the best, someone is coming...... Take the recital. ”

As soon as these words came out, it seemed that they had been prepared, and a group of eunuchs rushed in from the side hall, holding books one by one.

Zhu Di stood up, put his hands behind his back, and stared at Chen Jidao with a fierce eye: "Do you know what this is?" This is a note sent by Zhu Gaoxu and others, and this is the information they have found from the treasury of Annan Mansion. Zhang Anshi, you are literate, you come to read it to him. ”

Zhang Anshi came to the spirit: "Yes." ”

So, Zhang Anshi stepped forward, took a copy of the report, bowed his head, and said: "The words ahead, just skip it, I know that everyone is in a hurry, I will report the number directly." ”

Zhang Anshi stared at the report, in fact, he himself felt incredible, and then said: "I have food today...... 2,330,000 stone ......"

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.

Everyone looked incredulous.

What is the concept of 2,330,000 stones?

The grain of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the grain collected every year, the richest is Nanzhili, and the income of the grain is almost one million stone per year, followed by Zhejiang, Shandong, and Jiangxi, all of which are around 600,000 stone.

The three provinces of Beijing alone account for half of the world's grain.

And now, just one Annan, where did the more than two million stone grains come from?

(End of chapter)