"Huh?" Natsuhara stood up in surprise when he saw someone coming.

"Wei Zhe, this is ......" Zhu Zhanyan saw that Xia Yuanji's reaction was a little strange, so he asked.

"People's daughter Liu, meet His Royal Highness the Prince." Without waiting for Xia Yuanji to explain, the person who came knelt on the ground and saluted.

Moreover, it is not an ordinary etiquette for ordinary women, but a great gift for five bodies.

"His Royal Highness the Prince may not know the people's daughter, but it is precisely because of your kind thoughts, Your Highness, that the people's daughter is today."

"His Royal Highness." Xia Yuanji turned to Zhu Zhanyan and explained with a smile.

"This is the current boss of the Heroic Building, since three years ago, the operation of this Heroic Building has been managed by this Boss Liu, which is very good."

"Oh? Is it? Zhu Zhanyan was also a little surprised.

For the heroic building, in fact, he didn't put much effort into it, and he didn't put much effort into it.

For Zhu Zhanyan, like Qian Yong and others back then, he discovered by chance that he had built such a martyr's building, but in fact he didn't manage it much.

This heroic building, he just made a start, made a guarantee, borrowed some money from the old man Emperor Taizong, and then didn't care about anything.

"It doesn't have to be like this, get up." Seeing this, Zhu Zhanyan waved his hand.

"To have such a scene now, it is all your own efforts, you are the boss of the Heroic Building, you should also know that I have not worked this over the years, this is just my whim."

"Your Highness's words are wrong!" Although Liu listened to Zhu Zhanyan's words and stood up, he did not agree with Zhu Zhanyan's statement.

"For His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, it may just be a whim, but for us, it is tantamount to a god who saves the suffering."

"Alright, alright." Zhu Zhanyan waved his hand when he heard this, with a wry smile on his face.

For him, he is really not used to this situation, relatively speaking, he is still more accustomed to facing the screams and angry scolding of those captives when slaughtering them after conquering the city.

"Look at the operation of this heroic building, I think it is a little outstanding, then serve a few specialty dishes, let me see your craftsmanship."

"It's been a long time in the West, and I haven't eaten the proper hometown food for a long time, and I returned to Beijing yesterday in a hurry, so it's up to you."

"His Royal Highness Xie Shizi trusts." Liu Shi heard the words and gave a blessing.

"The maiden will retire first, please wait for a while."

Zhu Zhanyan nodded, watched Liu retreat, and then turned his head to look at Xia Yuanji.

"She even knows me?"

"Your Royal Highness, you don't need to think about it." Natsuhara explained with a smile.

"For them, you are the benefactor who saves their lives, and those who can be in this martyr's building, whether it is the boss or the little second, are the widows or orphans of the martyrs, and on the first day they enter here, the first training they receive is to remember your portrait."

"However, maybe because you have been away for many years, your appearance has changed a little, so that Xiao Er didn't recognize it."

"Is it like this?" When Zhu Zhanyan heard this, he shook his head and smiled.

"Alright, sit down, let's get down to business."

Xia Yuanji also straightened up when he heard this, and sat down again after saluting respectfully.

In fact, he knew from the beginning that Zhu Zhanyan deliberately asked him to stay and called him out, in order to definitely not talk about the past, but to have something important.

Otherwise, why didn't Zhu Zhanyan, a first-time father, stay at home, accompany the old man and hug the child or something, and have to accompany him, a bad old man who has passed his sixtieth birthday?

Although, in the early years, the personal relationship between the two was not bad...... Or it should be said that Zhu Zhanyan doesn't put on a stand with Xia Yuanji.

"You're not young anymore." Seeing Xia Yuanji sit down, Zhu Zhanyan couldn't ignore the whiteness on his head, and he was very emotional between his words.

"Wei Zhe, do you remember how many years you worked hard for Daming?"

"I don't dare to work hard, but it has been twenty-five years since Emperor Taizong appointed Wei Zhe as the head of the household department."

"It's been twenty-five years......" Zhu Zhanyan sighed lightly when he heard this.

Twenty-five years is indeed not a short time.

Xia Yuanji was born at the age of twenty-four, and at the age of thirty-seven, he was promoted to the title of Hubu Shangshu with the accession of Emperor Taizong, and it has been twenty-five years since then.

Over the years, it is an exaggeration to say that without Xia Yuanji, it would not be enough to support Emperor Taizong's great undertakings such as moving the capital, revising the Yongle Grand Ceremony, and going to the West, but he was definitely the one who laid the foundation for these great undertakings.

After all, the one who can only save money is not the God of Wealth, it is a piggy bank, and the one who can use money to make money is the God of Wealth.

It's like in the seventh year of Yongle, when Emperor Taizong returned to the dynasty for the first time, Xia Yuanji classified all kinds of seizures, and distributed cattle, sheep, war horses, and horses in an orderly manner, and did a good job in long-term gains.

Zhu Zhanyan still remembers that it was precisely because of Xia Yuanji's long-term planning that he was forced to carry out the matter of raising more cattle for the old man, which became an opportunity for them to become a big family.

"To be honest, I really hope that you can always serve as the head of the Ming Dynasty, but you know better than me the truth that time is unforgiving."

After a brief recollection, Zhu Zhanyan took his thoughts back and looked at Xia Yuanji again.

"Your ability, not to say that it is the only one in the world, but it is definitely second to none, if possible, I am really unwilling to let you go, but the reality is beyond doubt."

"Your hair, your spirit, are telling me that you are not as good as you used to be."

"After so many years, Xia Xuan has been trained in Xiangzhou Mansion, although he is not as good as you, but it is only a matter of time before he thinks about it."

"So, Xia Xuan, I plan to let him stay in Xiangzhou Mansion temporarily, I want to bring Xia Jin up first, while you are still in good health, you can bring it first."

"When Xia Jin also comes out, I will let Xia Xuan return to Shuntian's side, firstly, it is convenient to inherit your position, and secondly, it is also because I believe in Xia Xuan more, after all, I have more experience than Xia Jin."

"How?"

"His Royal Highness, this ......" Xia Yuanji heard this, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Xia Yuanji has three sons, the eldest of whom died young, and the rest are only Xia Xuan and Xia Jin.

It stands to reason that Zhu Zhan Yan values them so much, Xia Yuanji should be happy, and in fact, this is indeed the case.

However, in addition to being happy, Xia Yuanji was also a little worried.

As the saying goes, the higher you stand, the worse you fall, for people who are not up to standard or whose desire is greater than reason, standing too high is not a good thing.

"Don't worry." As if he saw Xia Yuanji's worry, Zhu Zhanyan said with a smile.

"I'm not an emotional person, the relationship between the two of us is indeed good, even more than an ordinary relationship, but for Xia Xuan and Xia Jin, I made this decision after careful consideration."

"Both of their talents are not bad, it's a pity to waste it, and you are a Wenchen, you have worked hard for Daming for so many years and don't have a title, let Xia Xuan and Xia Jin inherit your position, and when the time comes, two or even three generations of officials, I can also give your family a knighthood or something."

"Of course." Seeing that Xia Yuanji wanted to speak, Zhu Zhanyan interrupted him first.

"The premise is that Xia Xuan and Xia Jin have to be the same as you, at least not make any mistakes, and even make meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty."

"Then ......" Xia Yuanji also knew that he couldn't shirk it anymore, so he immediately stood up and knelt on the ground to salute.

"Wei Zhe would like to thank His Royal Highness the Prince for his weight."

"Alright." Seeing this, Zhu Zhanyan waved his hand.

"Don't do all this red tape, now there is one more thing you need to think about besides Xia Xuan and Xia Jin's affairs."

"Your Highness, please speak." Xia Yuanji stood up when he heard the sound and looked at Zhu Zhanyan very solemnly.

"At present, the European theater has entered a middle period, and the eastern theater will be pacified in less than next summer if nothing else."

"As I told you just now, there are endless plains and are good places to produce grain, and if we get such a place, we will definitely not have a reason to waste it."

"In addition, the northern part of the central region is also plain, which can also produce grain, but compared to the east, the pacification time may be a little later, until the end of autumn or even next summer."

"But we have to do it early."

"So, do you have any relevant candidates, preferably those with outstanding abilities, or even the kind that can directly serve as the head of the household."

"Hmm......" Natsuhara Yoshichi pondered when he heard this.

Zhu Zhanji's question is actually quite ambiguous, it mainly depends on what Zhu Zhanyan thinks, but Xia Yuanji didn't think about it so much.

"If Your Highness wants someone who is proficient in financial management...... Nachen has a candidate to recommend. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it? Zhu Zhanyan immediately came to his senses when he heard this.

To be honest, he actually didn't have much hope for this, because Xia Yuanji was the top Tobe Shangshu in his mind, and there were not many people who could surpass Xia Yuanji, or even reach half of Xia Yuanji.

But looking at Xia Yuanji's meaning, this person's talent should not be bad, and it is even very likely that even Xia Yuanji thinks he is very good.

Otherwise, Xia Yuanji would not be so direct.

"Wang Zuo!" Natsuhara Yoshishi said a person's name, and his tone was quite firm.

"Wang Zuo?" The moment Zhu Zhanyan heard this name, his brows furrowed tightly.

It's not that there's anything wrong with this person, it's because there is no name with this person in his memory.

"That's right, Wang Zuo!" However, unlike Zhu Zhanji's worries, Xia Yuanji's tone was quite firm, and he seemed to recognize this person's talent.

"This person is now the right attendant of my Ming Household Department, extremely capable, and the most important thing is that he is proficient in the way of financial management, and he is quite upright!"

"Oh?" Regarding Xia Yuanji's evaluation, Zhu Zhanyan was very surprised.

In fact, there are indeed people in history, and the reason why Zhu Zhanyan has no impression is mainly because this person belongs to the short-lived type, and he was dilapidated and withered before he could fully bloom.

Wang Zuo, born in the Yongle period, in history, he was the person who succeeded Xia Yuanji as the head of the Ming Dynasty.

As Xia Yuanji said, this person is extremely capable, proficient in the way of financial management and integrity, and has dealt with the accumulation of local granaries many times, and even the army's treachery in the collection of taxes and grains, and is a typical talented and virtuous person.

However, before he could make a career that would go down in history, because of Zhu Qizhen's imperial conquest, Wang Zuo was buried in Tumu Fort.

(End of chapter)