Zhu Zhanyan gathered a group of merchants in Xiangzhou Mansion, not only from Yunnan, but also from the Central Plains.

In fact, the merchants have been preparing to move for a long time, since the imperial court opened the sea ban, they have always wanted to move, but the officials who supported them at the beginning were arrested and killed, and they did not dare to act rashly.

Later, Yunnan took the lead in catering to the order to open the sea, allowing merchants represented by Li Chengliang to use sea transportation to and from the Timurid Empire, the Delhi Sultan, and the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of scene makes the businessmen in the mainland almost red-eyed and gritted their teeth, but in fact, the businessmen everywhere are basically in a state of saturation, and it is not easy to insert them into other places?

Now, Zhu Zhan Yan has taken the initiative to launch a recruitment order, which only encourages merchants in Yunnan to start maritime trade, but also sends a message to merchants in the mainland.

There was a brief period of confusion among the merchants of the interior, but it soon calmed down, for there was something else that forced them to settle down for a while.

With the arrival of April, the imperial grandson Zhu Zhanji ...... It's going to be a big wedding.

As the grandson of the emperor who has been canonized by Zheng'er Bajing, Zhu Zhanji's wedding is not so simple, after all, the size is also a prince, since he is a king, the wedding needs a complicated process.

Since the second half of the previous year, the Ministry of Rites has been busy, and almost everything such as regulations, etiquette, and supplies needs to be handled by the Ministry of Rites.

More than a year and a half and nearly two years, it seems like a long time, but for the wedding of an imperial grandson, it is still a little tighter.

In fact, when it comes to weddings, the prince's family has to thank Zhu Zhanji, because if there is no Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji's wedding would at least be more shabby than now.

Because Zhu Zhanji's seizures in the northern expedition to the grassland, the southern expedition to Jiaozhi and the eastern expedition to the Japanese kingdom made the Ming Dynasty's finance ruthlessly return a mouthful of blood, which also gave Zhu Zhanji's wedding more options.

In addition to Zhu Zhanji's affairs, this is also one of the few things that Xia Yuanji does not have funds.

The wedding of the imperial grandson, that is the face of Daming.

Although Xia Yuanji picks his children, he will never pick on this kind of thing, even if he thinks it is not worth it, he will still do it.

On the Qinhuai River, a flower boat is parked in the center of the Qinhuai River, and even in the daytime, there is a beautiful sound from it.

In the cabin, Zhu Zhanyan was half-leaning, looking at the flower girl in front of him, playing and singing, his heart was a little boring, but also a little comfortable.

If you have nothing to do, tick the bar and listen to the music.

Although this is not a theater, that's probably it, but the only bad thing is that the quality is not good, and it is not as good as the Western Regions dancing girls in my own house.

(I heard from the book friends in the group, there are really a lot of beauties on the new side, and although Hot Bar Nazha is also beautiful on their side, it is not worse than them, so everyone hurry up!) ）

Bang......

There was a small impact sound, and Zhu Zhanyan felt the flower boat shake a few times, but he didn't care, but looked at the dancing girl in front of him intently.

As far as the current Ming Dynasty is concerned, few people dare to touch this boat, and those who dare to touch this boat usually do not come to find trouble.

"Zhan Yan, you are quite leisurely......" boarded Zhu Zhanji's flower boat, Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Zhan Yan with a comfortable face and said.

"If you want to say comfortable, I'm not as good as my cousin." Zhu Zhanyan's arrival made those dancing girls a little uncomfortable, but Zhu Zhanyan didn't care about it.

There is a great momentum of "then playing, then dancing".

"It's about to get married, cousin, don't say anything about visiting the flower boat, but also rub your cousin's flower boat, if you say it, cousin, you are not afraid of being laughed at."

"What's this?" Zhu Zhanji seemed to be completely relaxed and sat directly opposite Zhu Zhanji.

"Lonely...... I didn't come out to visit the flower boat, but to visit Zhan Yanling, and I was afraid that others would gossip? ”

Originally, Zhu Zhanyan didn't pay much attention to it before, and his eyes kept staring at the dancing girl dancing to the music in front of him, but when he heard his cousin's last words, his eyelids raised.

Solitary......

Hehe.

If it is the Xuande Emperor in history, Zhu Zhanyan expresses respect.

Although there are many deficiencies under the rule of Renxuan, and Zhu Zhanji even gave up a lot of things that should not be given up, the rule of Renxuan is also a rare era in history.

Better than the vast majority of people do.

But for the current Zhu Zhanji, he still doesn't deserve that title, at least not now.

It's not a good thing to start calling yourself a loner before you have done anything......

"By the way, Zhan Yan, you've been making a lot of moves lately." Seeing what Zhu Zhanji was thinking, Zhu Zhanji didn't care, and said to himself.

"You gave an order in Yunnan, and you made more than 20% and nearly 30% of the merchants of the Ming Dynasty run over, almost causing an accident at my wedding, what do you say?"

"I can tell you in advance, if you don't give me a valuable gift, I won't agree."

"My cousin laughed." Zhu Zhanyan waved his hand, then took out a small box from the side, shook his hand and threw it over.

"What Zhan Yan is doing is all business, cousin, haven't you heard? Our Ming Dynasty's territory has expanded a lot, and this would not have been possible without those merchants. ”

"As for the congratulatory gift for my cousin's wedding, here's a small sample, cousin, take a look at it first."

Zhu Zhanji grabbed the box thrown by Zhu Zhanji and opened it with a smile.

A touch of red comes into view.

"Wow!" Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up.

"You're not small, what is that...... Red Fei? ”

After a small year, the jadeite business has been spread out in the Central Plains, and he has also spread the concepts of imperial green, red fei and purple fei of what kind of glass, and now it is quite large-scale.

In Yingtian, the jade business is done by Xia Yuanji's third son, Xia Jin, firstly, because Zhu Zhanji believes in Xia Yuanji, and secondly, Xia Yuanji's life is indeed too poor, and there is no appearance of the six books at all.

Xia Xuan and Xia Jin, the brothers, are very good, Xia Xuan has been appointed by the imperial court and has become the left attendant of the household department, and is still in charge of related affairs in Ishimi Yinshan in the Wa Kingdom.

Xia Jin has no official position, and helping Zhu Zhanyan manage Jade is not an overstep.

In this small year, Xia Jin strictly followed Zhu Zhanyan's suggestion to turn jadeite into a high-grade gemstone, and the outflow of the market is usually low-grade jadeite, even if there is enough supply of high-end jadeite, but it still creates a situation where strange goods can be lived.

After all, Imperial Green is exclusively for the palace, and other species like glass and ice species will basically not flow into the hands of ordinary people.

Unlike the warm mutton fat white jade, this gemstone that appears in front of people with a clear appearance quickly aroused people's interest.

And the red fei in Zhu Zhanji's hand, so far, people have heard of it, but have not seen it.

"This is a leftover scrap, I asked someone to carve a Buddha statue, and I gave it to my cousin, and gave it to your future grandson to wear, which can be regarded as praying for you and your future children."

Zhu Zhanyan smiled and sold a pass: "As for my cousin's wedding day, there is a better one." ”

"That's okay, you've passed!" Zhu Zhanji smiled heartily and unceremoniously put the box away.

"But the Delhi Sultan's side...... What do you think? ”

"What? Cousin wants? Zhu Zhanyan picked up the wine glass, and the corners of his mouth curled.

"If my cousin wants it, just tell my grandfather directly, and let my grandfather send someone over to receive it, do you see that I am not also handed over to the people in the household department in the Lancang River area now?"

"That's not necessary!" Zhu Zhanji hurriedly waved his hand, but he seemed a little flustered.

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's that you quietly occupy the Bengal area, which makes many people in the court a little panicked."

"There's no need to panic." Zhu Zhanyan shook his head and put down his wine glass.

"I didn't plan to do anything over there, but it was really my negligence, I'll talk to my grandfather when I go back and ask him to send someone over."

"Not really!" Zhu Zhanji was a little anxious and almost wanted to get up, but finally sat down.

"You should also know the special over there, you and the second uncle will think of a way to give an explanation, the main thing is to calm down those officials, otherwise it will affect them somewhat."

Zhu Zhanyan nodded noncommittally.

In fact, he knew what Zhu Zhanji was talking about, it was nothing more than that he had taken the Ganges Plain, which was an alluvial plain from the tropics and a huge granary.

In the Indochina Peninsula before, after solving Siam and other countries, Zhu Zhan Yan got such a good place, but compared with the Henghe, the alluvial plain created by the Lancang River and other big rivers is still a little worse.

Now there is Indochina, plus a Gangetic plain, a medium granary plus a large granary......

Let's put it this way, there is not only new grain, but also good arable land, plus Zhu Zhanyan and his father's five guard posts, and finally prestige in Yunnan and the Indochina Peninsula......

Zhu Zhan Yan is already a standard template for rebellion, and his strength and heritage are probably richer than Zhu Di, who was in trouble at the beginning.

"Alright, you can play, I'll go first." Looking at the dancing girl who was still dancing, Zhu Zhanji sighed.

He also wanted to live this kind of life, but reality didn't allow it......

"What, cousin wants it too?" Zhu Zhanyan's observation is still very keen, and he found his cousin's eyes.

"This year is the triennial tea and horse market, and the last time the Kansai Qiwei sent several Western Regions dancing girls to Yunnan, but because I already have them at home, I returned them."

"If my cousin wants it, then I'll tell them this year and ask them to pick a few good ones to send to you."

"Forget it......" Zhu Zhanji was obviously very moved, but turned his head and refused.

"I'm no better than you, I'm in trouble with this class......"

After speaking, Zhu Zhanji sighed and turned to leave.

He really didn't talk nonsense.

As the grandson of the emperor, and he is already a nineteen-year-old grandson, it can be said that some women want to get close to him, if he is really that, as long as he is not excessive, no one will say anything.

However, the imperial grandson is much more complicated, and it is very clear where to spend the night on which day, where to spend the night, who to serve, and so on.

After all, he is a king, and if he really gets a son to come out, he may have the possibility of competing for the throne in the future, so he is very strict in this matter.

Of course, it's just to say strictly, not that it can't, if you really want to say it, if Zhu Zhanji wants to, there will still be.

At this point, Zhu Zhanji is obviously not as free as Zhu Zhanji.

From the perspective of etiquette, Zhu Zhan's son actually doesn't care much about those, anyway, whether it is a concubine or a concubine, he will be given an edict in the end and then eat the money given by the court and wait for death, the only thing to pay attention to is to decide who will inherit Zhu Zhan's title.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanyan smiled silently.

Having said that, there has never been a shortage of women around his cousin, and Sun Ruowei has been in the palace for a few years? It has been six years since the ninth year of Yongle to now.

Haven't touched it in six years? Zhu Zhanyan didn't believe it, but there were no deaths in the past six years, and Zhu Zhanyan still felt a little strange.

Also, Hu Shanxiang has also been in the palace for more than two years, and as a candidate for the imperial concubine, he is still appointed by the old man, Zhu Zhanyan doesn't feel that his cousin will make any moves.

Even if he didn't, the old man and Zhu Gaochi would urge him.

Now that I think about it, it seems really interesting......

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Zhu Zhanqi got up early in the morning, entered the palace with his younger brother Zhu Zhanqi, who had not yet returned to Yunnan, and went directly to the Fengtian Palace.

The imperial grandson is a king, and the etiquette of the big wedding is very cumbersome.

First of all, it is this Fengtian Palace, the old man arrived early in the morning with hundreds of civil and military officials, but not in the hall, but at the entrance of the main hall, at the top of the Dan Majesty Stone.

In the distance, in the direction of Fengtianmen, Zhu Zhanji came slowly, walked to the bottom of the Dan Majesty Stone, and knelt down to salute the old man above.

At this time, the procession in the Zongren Mansion should also set off, carrying the bride towards the palace, coming in from the south gate of the palace, Chengtian Gate, passing through the Duanmen, Wumen, and Fengtian Gate, and then arriving at the Danqi in front of the Fengtian Palace.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji transferred to the East Palace, went to salute his parents, and then waited for the bride to arrive outside the noon gate.

After the bride arrived, she got off the sedan chair and walked to the East Palace with Zhu Zhanji, giving Zhu Zhanji's parents a mouthful, and then the family came to the Danqi of the Fengtian Hall and buckled the old man's head.

The old man said a lot of words, gave the Ruyi and hair ornaments that represented the identity of the princess to the princess, and then took everyone to the altar to worship heaven and earth, and finally went to the temple to comfort the ancestors, and the wedding was completed.

This set of processes came down, not to mention Zhu Zhanji, even Zhu Zhanji felt that he was tired and panicked, because this set of processes took two hours.

That's four hours......

He is just a bystander, he is already tired just by standing, Zhu Zhanji has to walk and kneel, he is really tired when he thinks about it.

finally finished all the etiquette that should go, and finally it was time to feast the ministers, and Zhu Zhanyan also saw Hu Shanxiang's family for the first time.

Not only Hu Shanxiang's family, but even the family of the crown princess also arrived.

It's normal to think about it, after all, he is the grandparents of the emperor's grandson.

Zhu Zhanyan didn't pay much attention to Hu Shanxiang, who is also Hu Shanshu's family, because his family had already checked the Hu family, and I was afraid that even the nightlife of the Hu family would be clear.

He is more concerned about the family of the crown princess.

The crown princess's father is named Zhang Qi, and in her early years, because her daughter was the princess of the Yan family, she was awarded the deputy commander of the soldiers and horses. After the Battle of Jingyan, the prince Zhu Gaochi was canonized as the crown prince and promoted to the commander of the Jingwei.

However, this Zhang Qi did not enjoy much happiness, and died of illness in the third year after being promoted to the commander of Jingwei, and was posthumously named Peng Chengbo.

Now sitting in the distance are the two elder brothers and a younger brother of the crown princess.

The boss is called Zhang Chang, because Zhang Qi's title is not hereditary, so he does not have a title, only the official position of the governor of the Chinese military capital and the left governor.

The second child's name is Zhang Xu, and his position is the commander of the government military guard.

The third child's name is Zhang Sheng, who is the younger brother of the crown princess and the eldest in the family, and is the prototype of the troublemaker Zhang Kejian in the TV series Daming Fenghua.

It may not be right to say that the prototype is not right, because the TV series only uses the younger brother of the crown princess, but in fact, Zhang Sheng is not as useless as Zhang Kejian in the TV series.

On the contrary, the Zhang family is a loyal minister, and they have never committed anything in their lives.

In history, the Zhang family has always been in peace, generally speaking, his sister climbed all the way from the princess of Yanwang to the queen mother, as a relative, she must be able to get something.

But the Zhang family is not.

When Ming Renzong died, it could be said that Zhu Zhanji was very good, and he was able to suppress the people of the Zhang family and prevent them from interfering in the government affairs, but after Zhu Zhanji died, the emperor was a child, and the then Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei was unable to interfere in the government affairs, and everything was decided by the Zhang family.

The appointment of her as a cabinet minister "Sanyang" and five ministers, including Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Fu, the British public, was a decision made by Zhang, who was already the empress dowager at that time.

As for the Zhang family, Zhang Chang is still the Zuo Governor of the Chinese Army, Zhang Xu is still the commander of the military guard, and the old Zhang Sheng is only a Left Army Governor.

Not to mention interfering in the government, I haven't even entered the palace much.

Thinking about a family that has been honest all his life, he was slandered as a sinner who almost buried the Ming Dynasty, and it is also quite wronged.

Suddenly, Zhu Zhanyan frowned and tilted his head.

Not far away, the people of the Hu family were looking at Zhu Zhanyan, and Zhu Zhanyan turned his head when he felt their gaze.

Frowning slightly, Zhu Zhanyan nodded towards the other party.

The other party was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed joy, and he didn't get up, but he still bowed slightly.

Zhu Zhanyan raised his eyebrows.

It seems that the Hu family is also good, at least they are sensible and sensible.

In this short line of sight just now, in fact, you exchanged a lot of information back and forth.

The eyes of the Hu family were worried at first, if they were worried about Hu Shanxiang, then they would not look at Zhu Zhanyan, obviously because of Hu Shanwei.

As for Zhu Zhanyan's nod, there are many meanings in it, and the Hu family obviously didn't capture it all, but it can be regarded as okay.

Think about it, a family that is the governor of the Chinese military will first have a princess, and it is very likely that there will be a princess of King Wu in the future......

This family can be said to be everyone's eyes in the future.

got Zhu Zhanyan's nod, but they didn't get any assurance, because Zhu Zhanyan, who was far away in Yunnan and didn't interfere much with the imperial court, couldn't give them a guarantee.

But what they got was enough.

(End of chapter)