Chapter 143: The Four Towns of Nanyang

Dinner in the palace, as always. Zhu Yuanzhang's taste is relatively heavy, with a lot of oil and meat.

It's not the first time He Xi has eaten it.

I remember the first time he came to this era, he ate such a meal.

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For a while, there was a feeling of reappearance of the past.

It's not just He Xi who has the feeling of reproducing the past. and Zhu Yuanzhang.

He Xi of the year, suddenly, dressed in strange clothes. Verbally, it is also difficult to communicate. But now He Xi, dressed in official uniform, is sitting in a precarious position, and his hair has changed from short hair and bald hair to a serious Han family dress. He Xi was frizzy before, and many things could not be done without the help of him Zhu Yuanzhang.

But now, He Xi has done a great job in Nanyang.

Zhu Yuanzhang knows very well that he is within the Ming Dynasty, so he is naturally a man of his word. But in Nanyang, there are people who know who Zhu Yuanzhang is. It is difficult to say how much influence he has in Zhu. And He Xi Nengzi made such a big thing in such an environment.

Zhu Yuanzhang was both happy and a little disappointed.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, He Xi can be regarded as a graduate.

Before this, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude was to protect and cultivate, but now, he can really be used as a competent person. Don't worry about cleaning up the mess anymore.

Of course, this doesn't mean that He Xi is perfect. It's just that people's materials are different, the styles they show are different, and their behavior is different. He Xi is qualified in terms of power and political sense. Other aspects are He Xi's strengths, which are enough to make up for other shortcomings.

It's like, He Xi is in Nanyang.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked himself. He couldn't do what He Xi did. Or rather, he simply couldn't think of it. After all, the study of the Zongheng family, that is, the study of diplomacy, is close to the art of dragon slaying in the unified Central Plains Dynasty. However, the skills are exquisite, and there is no dragon in the world.

Now there is no need to learn at all, the great powers of the later generations will compete for power, all kinds of means, vertical and horizontal, do everything, what proxy war, sell the skills of teammates. It has even greatly expanded the doctrine of diplomacy. He Xi doesn't need to study at all, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he will get one or two skills, which will determine the situation in Nanyang.

Let the Ming Dynasty invest the least and make the greatest profit, and get the way to fight the army.

Zhu Yuanzhang estimated that the whole world could do this, but He Xi was alone.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang was also surprised that He Xi grew up so fast.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually attaches great importance to the cultivation of talents, after all, many of the generals under Zhu Yuanzhang were trained by Zhu Yuanzhang. For example, Lu Zhongheng is one of them. It's just that Lu Zhongheng's ceiling is where to put it. Zhu Yuanzhang set a future route for Lu Zhongheng, that is, to guard outside, and now it is the South Seas, and it may be the Western Regions in the future. But in the court, he was fooled by a few words. But there is no place to bury him, and his children are implicated.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang have to sigh that the education system of later generations.

It's a very common thing that people don't cherish anymore. It's like the education system of later generations. Almost everyone has gone to school, so they don't think it's valuable. But I didn't know that in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, the judgment was made. is also compared with Lu Zhongheng, when Lu Zhongheng met Zhu Yuanzhang, he was younger than He Xi met Zhu Yuanzhang. But following Zhu Yuanzhang for so many years, Zhu Yuanzhang treated a group of old teams such as Lu Zhongheng back then. Not under the current attitude towards He Xi. That's really when the family looks at it. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang's family is thin and must gather people's hearts. can become a big thing. But under the big waves and sand, only Lu Zhongheng and a few others have made achievements.

The rest of the people died on the battlefield, but many more reached their limits early. When all parts of the country as officers at all levels. But the qualifications are old, and there are just some preferential treatments.

Of course, although these people are not highly accomplished, they are Zhu Yuanzhang's most loyal team.

Lu Zhongheng is already one of the best. But Lu Zhongheng is okay to fight, but there is still a distance from Shuaicai. Otherwise it's a mess. And He Xi, Zhu Yuanzhang only gave a little bit and training. But within a few years, he has understood the various rules of the Ming officialdom, and he has made achievements in various places.

But Zhu Yuanzhang knows that there is a gap between He Xi's talent and the world's first-class talents. But now that he is in charge of a province, there should be no problem.

What makes up for He Xi's talent is that more than ten years of education in later generations have given He Xi a different perspective on the world and the ability and habit of continuous learning.

It's just that He Xi himself is at a loss and doesn't know it.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at He Xi and didn't speak for a long time.

He Xi became more and more nervous in his heart, and secretly said in his heart; "Is there anything wrong with what I did in Nanyang?" The more He Xi thought about it, the more his heart moved, and he said secretly: "By the way, there is one thing I didn't say. ”

He Xi immediately said; "Father, there is one thing about Nanyang, which is hard to say just now."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What's the matter." ”

He Xi said: "About the Nanyang Copper Mine. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved, and said: "Nanyang copper mine? ”

He Xi said: "Yes, I checked my qualifications and explored in Nanyang. It is already known where the Cebu copper mine was in the later generations. It was in the country of Sulu. Now the king of Sulu is in the midst of this mission. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I remember that this copper mine is very large. And in an island. ”

He Xi said; "Exactly. If there is this copper mine, the imperial court will be able to mint money on a large scale. The gold, silver, copper, and iron four-tier, or three-tier, monetary system, was used in place of the treasure money system. Thinking about this copper mine, within one or two hundred years, there will be no shortage of Ming currency. ”

He Xi has studied treasure banknotes for a long time. But in the end, he decided to abandon the treasure money system.

Without him, there are too many debts for the treasure banknote.

This debt is not just Ming's. There are also those of the former Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty.

Before the demise of these three countries, they all issued money indiscriminately. In addition, from the very beginning, the Daming treasure banknotes have been rushed to issue indiscriminately and loot people's wealth. It can be said that today's treasure money can be similar to the so-called military tickets of later warlords.

is nothing more than a person who has no subjective will, Zhu Yuanzhang just doesn't understand these financial knowledge. Hereafter is subjective.

Even if, after 14 years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang did not find treasure money on a large scale. But it still can't stop the price of treasure banknotes from falling, which is actually the reason why the Ming Dynasty's finances have gradually tightened over the years. I used to print treasure money when I didn't have any money. Now this item is broken. It will reduce the use of all aspects a lot.

In the past 100 or 200 years, the Chinese people have experienced four or five bankruptcies of paper money. Almost everyone has learned to behave. There has been no trust in paper money for a long time.

Money, in essence, is confidence, it is credit. Since no one believes it, the money is worthless.

He Xi thinks it would be better to return to the precious metal standard currency. As for credit money. Just wait. But for precious metal currency, there must be enough precious metals. It should be known that China's banknotes are completely forced out by the lack of precious metals, especially copper.

If the Song Dynasty had a steady stream of copper mines, then it would not have made a Jiaozi.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I remember, the country of Sulu, it seems that after twenty or thirty years, it was requested to be attached, is it this Sulu king?" ”

He Xi said; "It's not clear. Many countries in Nanyang do not have any historical materials, and they rely on Chinese historical materials to get a glimpse of their history. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said; "Got it, I'll pay attention to this one."

As a result of Zhu Yuanzhang's attention, when bidding farewell to the envoys of various countries, the king of Sulu wept bitterly at the banquet and asked the Ming Dynasty to surrender his land. Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly persuaded and comforted. To no avail, the king of Sulu said that he would rather be the ghost of the Ming Dynasty than the king of Sulu.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that King Sulu was so determined, and it was not easy to refuse, so he finally agreed. Again, however, this is just one example. The next is not an example.

So the territory of the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang was basically determined, that is, the four towns of Nanyang, Xinzhou, Jiugang, Sanbao, and Sulu. In the end of Hongwu's life, there were no major changes, and the real big changes were after that.

But that's all for later.