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At the beginning of the morning sun, a rooster jumped on the balcony excitedly and let out the first cry of the morning.

Zhu Xiongying touched the rooster's head and said with a smile: "It's more kind to hear the rooster's crowing." ”

He, who had been punching for an hour, shook his arm, felt the strength in his body, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang next to him: "Grandpa Huang, I feel that I have opened the dragon's back." ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing a white practice uniform, and he was also practicing boxing, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile: "What is the benefit of opening the dragon's back?" ”

Zhu Xiongying said: "Grandpa Huang, you don't understand this, martial artists practice martial arts just to open the dragon's back, and three or five people can't get close to me after opening the dragon's back!" ”

"It seems that King Kaiping is the fierce general who opened the dragon's back!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a smile, but his face became solemn with a smile, and said, "Do you have to go to Weifu for a private visit?" ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Xiongying nodded.

He took a silk scarf and wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, handed the towel to Zheng He, who was serving beside him, and waved his hand to signal them to stay away.

"Grandpa Huang, my Ming Dynasty's two five-year plans have only been implemented for two years, and some people can't sit still."

"Relying on those local imperial histories, you can't deal with them, only the Zhu Ming royal family can deter."

"But others, I'm afraid of being assassinated, you see, the second uncle King Qin was set up, the third uncle King Jin was poisoned, and the fifth uncle King Zhou was also set up, relying on them in the place, they can't control those moths, the royal family is like this, what's the use of those imperial histories?"

"This regular search is a must."

"And it must be done secretly, so as not to block the way and sue the people of the royal complaint and be silenced by the local officials."

Zhu Xiongying said.

Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent and sighed: "You're talking about Feng Sheng and Deng Zhen, right?" ”

"We actually want to give them a decent face."

"Decent?"

Zhu Xiongying shook his head: "Grandpa Huang, you give them decency, will they give us decency for the Zhu family?" They are picking wool for our Zhu family! ”

"It's only been a long time now, Deng Zhen has been so bold that he went abroad to cheat and deceive, this pit is not our Zhu family's country, it is Daming and Huaxia who are bad!"

During this time, Shen Guogong Deng Zhen and others were very restrained in China and did not use their counterfeit coins in China, but they secretly minted the counterfeit coins and put them abroad for use, as well as for use at the border.

At this time, the Daming Royal Bank has basically opened all over the places where the Han people gather, but where there are post stations, there are larger post stations have the Daming Royal Bank, and it is also accompanied by many private banks.

In order to prevent being caught by the Daming Royal Bank, they used private banks to launder these counterfeit money.

In fact, these private banks have invigorated the market economy to a certain extent. For example, if the Ming Royal Bank monopolizes usury and collects usury, it will damage the official authority and credibility of the Royal Bank, but the private banks will come forward and do many things......

Not to mention the oppression of the people, usury has existed since the reason for its existence, if the economy is too controlled, it will lead to economic rigidity, and after the release of private capital, the market of the Ming Dynasty has been greatly activated.

But the drawbacks also came, like Shen Guogong Deng Zhen, such a noble, actually secretly put counterfeit money in private banks to lend, and they also transported these counterfeit money to Annam, to the Northern Yuan, and to Chagatai Goryeo and other places for use.

Nowadays, the countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty also recognize these banknotes.

Because the Ming Dynasty is strong, the national strength is the purchasing power of the currency.

However, the businessmen of the surrounding countries are not as strong as the anti-counterfeiting awareness of domestic businessmen, and they can't see the fake banknotes, not to mention that Deng Zhen and others are very skilled in counterfeiting techniques, and there is almost no difference between the counterfeit money they make and the real money, and the craftsmen and techniques are basically the same.

As a result, the entire Ming Dynasty suffered great losses because of their gang of upstarts.

This is undermining the credibility of the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying, and was relieved in his heart, in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang could have slaughtered Deng Zhen and the others a long time ago and killed them, but he intended to cultivate Zhu Xiongying and wanted to see how Zhu Xiongying would solve it.

Now it seems that Zhu Xiongying's vision is not bad, I don't know if he has thunder means.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with some concern: "But if you go to Weifu for a private visit, we are worried about your safety." ”

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty are not good people.

Even Xu Da dared to do it, Li Wenzhong was poisoned in his previous life.

Zhu Xiongying said: "Grandpa Huang, this is also easy to do, I have a private visit to the micro service in front, you lead 10,000 elites, and press me behind the back, this micro service private visit, let's focus on the north, starting from Shandong, Henan, all the way to Shanxi and Gansu, and then go to Sichuan, go to Yunnan to see Uncle Mu Ying, and then take a boat from Huguang to the south to respond to Tianfu." ”

"You personally lead the army behind, and your grandson will make the fox fake tiger Baolong picture."

Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little worried.

"But ......" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him deeply, still worried.

Zhu Xiongying smiled with relief: "Grandpa Huang, I used to maintain my health, and now I am healthy for the Ming Dynasty, you were not afraid to lead the army to fight and fight the world, what am I afraid of!?" ”

"Deng Zhen's gang is now above the law of the country, and it is intolerable not to kill them, if I Zhu Xiongying is hacked by them because of this, then you don't have to show mercy and kill all these nobles!"

"And aren't Li Shanchang and Feng Sheng both by your side? These are all human spirits, they will not be stupid enough to let Deng Zhen attack me, because they understand that Xungui is one, if I am hacked, it means that Xungui is already powerful, and he dares to do something to the national prince, then Xungui has no one to escape, all have to bury me, and all have to die.! ”

And so it is.

The nobles who are still alive in the Ming Dynasty are all human spirits.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath: "I will send elite brocade guards to protect you." ”

He is old and very concerned about the safety of his juniors.

Zhu Xiongying said: "Grandpa Huang, don't worry, I am the most afraid of death, I am not afraid of what are you afraid of?" I haven't been idle in the past few years, the two hundred guards around me, fully armed, with Hongwu short guns and Hongwu three types, as well as mortars, grenades, can fight 2,000 people, besides, this road is my Ming hinterland, I don't believe they dare to mobilize a large army to deal with me! ”

Nowadays, both the Hongwu Short Gun and the Hongwu Suitou Pistol have been improved and have made great progress.

The Hongwu style has evolved to the Hongwu three style.

The new mortar, which is lighter and easier to carry, is completely unsolvable against cavalry and skirmishes, and the technology of grenades has matured a lot.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was still worried, Zhu Xiongying said: "You don't have to worry, unless they use large-scale cavalry to charge and kill, they can't hurt me in a moment, this time I will bring ten of the latest mortars, you have also seen the power of this mortar, there are enough shells, ten guns are no problem against thousands of people, right?" ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded slowly.

Nowadays, with the attention of the military, the Ming has money, and has invested a lot in the research and development of artillery and weapons, and the latest mortars have been able to carry out effective precision strikes within 100 meters, and if it is a skilled gunner, the error will not exceed five meters.

In fact, the principle of the mortar is not difficult, the difficulty lies in the barrel.

In today's era, the craftsmanship of the hand-made stainless steel cannon barrel will be scrapped after a dozen cannon barrels, and it will explode.

Therefore, the cost of a mortar remains high, from the previous cost to the current mortar costs nearly 100 yuan, which is converted into 50 taels of silver, which is the living expenses of many middle-class people for several years, and the three or four officials of the court are only like this.

And Daming's grenades have also been developed very rapidly.

In fact, the principle of the manufacture of grenades is not difficult, and the technology is not difficult, but the difficulty lies in ensuring that after the fuse is removed, the flint can be ignited normally, and there will be no situation where the fuse is pulled out and does not burn into a dud.

The first grenade, which was a fuse outside, was lit with flint and thrown out.

Now, a new type of grenade has been developed to remove the fuse and let the white phosphorus in the flint come into contact with the air and spontaneously combust it, triggering explosives.

This kind of grenade, against the nomadic cavalry, is also a big killer.

Unfortunately, there are many key materials in it, and now the Ming Dynasty has very little production, and it needs to be imported from the West, such as the Chagatai Khanate and other places, and it is very time-consuming to make.

This also restricts the production of new grenades to a certain extent, and in a short period of time, large-scale mass production cannot be achieved.

Even so, grenades have played a huge role in many critical wars.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "When are you going to leave?" ”

Zhu Xiongying said: "Grandpa Huang, I am going to set off tomorrow, the first stop is to go to Shandong, Shandong is full of local heroes, this kind of place is most prone to corruption and perversion of the law, from Shandong, we go to Hebei through the Taihang Mountains to Henan, I heard that Song Guogong Feng Sheng's family is in Henan, that is the local emperor, their Feng family has hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land in Henan, the local guards are all from the Feng family's own soldiers, I don't know whether it's true or not, don't go to see it, I can't put my mind at ease." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and sighed slightly: "Hey." ”

"Back then, we gave him thousands of acres of meritorious land, but he was not satisfied, and he was greedy for so many good fields......"

Zhu Xiongying said with a smile: "Grandpa Huang, are you still blaming the fifth uncle for not supervising Henan?" He is actually very aggrieved in Henan this week, he sits in Kaifeng, but he can't move troops and horses at will, he can only stay in the palace, and his father-in-law is Feng Sheng, and the officers and soldiers of the local guard in Henan are his Feng Sheng's subordinates, and it couldn't be simpler to make the fifth uncle blind and deaf. ”

"Besides, the fifth uncle is a strict wife, and there is no way to be made like this......"

Zhu Xiongying also felt a little funny.

My fifth uncle likes piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, medicine, and botany.

However, he was afraid of his wife......

After finishing speaking, Zhu Xiongying said seriously: "By the way, Grandpa Huang, if you find out about Feng Shun's corruption and perversion of the law, what will Grandpa Huang do to him?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes again, raised his head and showed a hint of indifference on his face, he said: "We are by no means unkind people, but we must be clearly distinguished in front of state affairs and family affairs. ”

"He Feng Sheng has made great contributions to the Daming Jiangshan Society, we should give him a dignity, then give him death, future generations, the guilty will be guilty, and the innocent will not be connected."

Zhu Xiongying said again: "Then what about Li Hangong?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes, his eyes flashed, in fact, Li Shanchang is a smart person, since Li Cunyi served as the president of the Daming Royal Bank and was called Li Caishen, Li Shanchang has been more cautious, everything is quiet, and he has to warn his juniors not to be corrupt and pervert the law.

At the same time, they focused all the blame on his younger brother Li Cunyi, who was almost openly accepting money, taking concubines, and accepting banquets publicly......

So now the only person in the Li family who can be called full of evil, only Li Cunyi, and the other Li family's nephews and nephews can only say that they have small faults, not big crimes, and these small mistakes are forgivable small sins on the upstarts.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Mingming's family, once they want to make a move against the Li family, they can only start with Li Cunyi first.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Li Cunyi, just leave it to your grandson, after all, Li Shanchang used to be our Xiao He, and he can't be too harsh, he is not yet dead at this time......"

Zhu Xiongying's heart moved.

He understood in his heart that the imperial grandfather meant that if Li Shanchang wanted to die, he would have to wait until the imperial grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang was not in good health and was about to die......

Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely give death to those meritorious old ministers, the old ministers that he and his father can't suppress before he dies, give them a dignity, and give their nephews and nephews a wealth in their later lives, so that the friendship of monarchs and ministers will be complete.

There are not many such people, and when Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiongying are both healthy, Daming is also a Li Shanchang, worthy of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "Last night, your father sent an eagle letter, saying that the Ming Dynasty was going to start the north to defend the south and attack the South Seas, and the first battle would be to attack Annan first. ”

Zhu Xiongying's eyes lit up, and Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Grandpa Huang, Dad's method is good, we actually told you, my Ming Empire and the Timurid Khanate in the West will eventually have a war, but not now, now our point is to open up the trade route, this trade route is like the blood vessels on our people, open up the blood vessels, we will continue to support Yun Wei through sea trade blood sucking, Yun Wei in Mo Nan, become the king of my Ming Dynasty, rightly you can go west!" ”

"We use sea trade to transfuse blood to him, and use Southern Mongolia to govern Northern Mongolia to deal with the Timurid Khanate, so that our Ming and Timurid Khanate don't have to confront head-on for the time being, and fight a proxy war!"

"This is beneficial, Mo Southern Mongolia and Mo North Mongolia are not dealing with each other, the more the contradiction is deeper, we can also consume a large number of domestic handicraft products, promote military supplies, the development of people's livelihood industries, revitalize the economy, and also attract a large number of rich businessmen from the south to the north to do business, this matter is related to the national fortune of my Ming Dynasty in the next 20 years."

"There is Yunwen as the king of Meng, there is Lanyu sitting in Shaanxi and Gansu, unless the Timurid Khanate gathers the strength of the whole country to fight against my Ming Dynasty, otherwise it can only be eaten by us step by step, all kinds of materials of my Ming Dynasty are transported from Nanyang to Beiping and Chang'an, and the economy can develop along the way."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "We have read your books, during the Great Yuan Dynasty, Chen Youding, Zhang Shicheng and others in Fujian in the south all supported the Yuan Dynasty, because the Yuan Dynasty had developed maritime trade, and the merchants along the coast were willing to accept the canonization of the Yuan Dynasty. ”

"This method can gather the financial and material resources of the south to help the development of the north, which is indeed a good policy."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Zhu Xiongying nodded.

"As long as I concentrate on attacking the South Seas and firmly hold the trade routes to the South Seas, the big merchants in the south will also support us to build a strong navy, after all, we must protect the trade routes."

"In addition, Naha has already voted for Liaoyang to command Ma Yun, and Goryeo has been relying on Naha out, Naha surrendered, Goryeo and Daming are close at hand, or it won't be long before Goryeo will be in the hands of my Daming!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "What you said, but you control the lifeblood of Goryeo economically? ”

"Yes, Grandpa Huang, you read your book seriously."

"The volume of Goryeo's domestic market is very small, and the linen cloth of our southern Zhili province can overwhelm their market, not to mention the north and the south rushing together, I heard that the Shandong golden-linen cloth is very good to sell in Goryeo, and when Liaodong arrives, Goryeo will cry and kneel on the ground and beg us to establish a branch of the Royal Bank, because if we don't establish a bank, their national currency market will collapse."

"This is a soldier who will surrender without a fight, using the theory of economic siphoning to turn Goryeo into our economic colony, and then seek other things."

"At that time, I had an economic crisis and an inflated economy, so I dumped on Goryeo, and they didn't have the power to fight back at all!"

"Occupy Goryeo, in another four or five years, we will be able to concoct the same method to attack the Japanese state, the Japanese country's massive silver, minerals in the hands, with the Japanese country's silver minerals, plus Annam, Luzon and other places, all kinds of wealth brought by sea trade, the Ming Dynasty's economic volume can be doubled several times, then we can look at the Western Regions, and compete with the Timurid Khanate! Restore my old Han and Tang Dynasty soil! ”

In fact, the Western Regions will be defeated! It doesn't cost much money, and the governance that has been laid down costs more money, and money and food logistics are needed everywhere.

In his previous life, Zuo Zongtang recovered the Western Regions and borrowed 20 million taels of silver before he dared to do it.

This was converted into a Ming silver coin, which required 40 million silver dollars.

This is still the cost of fighting a war in the early stage, and the cost of governance, immigration, and control in the later stage will cost money everywhere.

The fourth uncle Zhu Di is an all-round talent, and he is a natural general, and using him to attack Nanyang is a trivial matter.

His future sea of stars is to compete with Western countries in the West, and expand the territory for my Ming Dynasty, and now let him go to Nanyang is also a small test.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Okay, just send your fourth uncle, your fourth uncle has been suffocating these days, my Ming cavalry and infantry are constantly updating new equipment, suffering from no place to fight, that Mo Southern Mongolia has suffered several defeats, and they dare not clash with us head-on, Liaodong Naha is also in front of the shrinking turtle, your fourth uncle is idle in the palace every day." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang moved again: "I heard that you fell in love with Xu Miaojin, the little girl of Xu Da's family?" ”

Zhu Xiongying waved his hands and said, "Grandpa Huang, don't talk nonsense, I'm clean and self-conscious, and I will never mess with the relationship between men and women." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes and smiled: "You have also reached the age where you can engage in the relationship between men and women, we just want a great-grandson, this is not too much, right?" ”

He took Zhu Xiongying's hand: "Don't look at your imperial grandfather, although he is in good health now, but maybe he will go one day, since your imperial grandmother came, my biggest wish now is to see my Ming Dynasty strong and prosperous, and second, I want to see my great-grandson." ”

He whispered quietly: "I went to see the little girl from Xu Da's family, the little girl has a good temperament, she is very compatible with you, and you are already old and will not marry again, I can't say it." Those civil officials designated to poke their noses and say that I, Zhu Ming, the royal family, do not set an example for the world. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, women are now married at the age of fifteen, and men are also married at the age of fifteen.

Because of the government's regulations, these requirements are very strict, Zhu Xiongying is now old, and he should have married a long time ago, but he still didn't pay attention to it.

Moreover, when the nobles of the palace reach the age of twelve or thirteen, and their bodies are a little more mature, they must carry out benign enlightenment education, and see more beautiful women, so that they are not so addicted to beauty, and prevent the prince from becoming obsessed with beauty in the future.

Zhu Xiongying now has only two women by her side, one Ziying and one Yuhe, which is indeed a little unreasonable.

Zhu Xiongying said: "Grandpa Huang, the Ming Dynasty has not been restored, why do you want to be at home, I still have many territories in the Ming Dynasty that have not been recovered, what kind of face do I have to become a family?" I know that you originally wanted to take Mo Nan and Liaodong as a dowry, so that I can marry the daughter of the Northern Yuan Emperor, but our eyes can't just stare at the two places of Mo Nan and Liaodong, these two places I want to collect, I can take back a few years ago, I want the place where the sun and the moon do not set, so that my Ming territory is 100,000 miles! ”

"Don't say anything else, Li Taibai's hometown Broken Leaf City must be taken back, Annan was the homeland of my Han family in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and even the Yuan Dynasty could be defeated, there is no reason to leave it behind, if I don't take back these homelands, I am ashamed of the ancestors of heaven and earth,"

"In addition, cough cough, my grandson has practiced Tongzigong, and he needs to be eighteen years old to do that, so it's not suitable to marry, so let's take it slowly......"

"Grandpa Huang, you don't know, the boy is so powerful!"

Zhu Xiongying grinned and smiled.