"This ship is good! Big and good! ”

"It's really riding the wind and waves, riding the wind and waves!!"

Zhu Di stood on the side of the deck boat, feeling the sea breeze on his cheeks, the speed of the big ship was very fast, pushing the sea water to both sides, like breaking the waves!

The reason why the boat runs fast is because Li Xiao installed an engine to speed up the propeller, and the engine was obtained from the system

And after Zhu Di got on the boat, he was extremely excited, and kept looking at the boat, touching it, touching it, especially touching the anti-aircraft artillery, and couldn't put it down.

"Virtuous son-in-law, can you shoot a shot for Lonely?"

Zhu Di muttered while gently stroking the cannon with his palm.

"Absolutely." Li Xiao nodded, and then beckoned: "Someone, show His Royal Highness the Crown Prince the power of our Zhenhai Shenwei Cannon!" ”

"Yes!" An artilleryman came excitedly, began to debug the gun, then lit the fuse and fired the shell with a thud.

This is a smoothbore cannon that only appeared in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and the drawings given by the system are more powerful than this cannon, with a longer range, only a thousand catties in weight.

Zhu Di looked into the distance, and after a few breaths, the sea surface in a very distant place was blown up, and the sea water bounced into the sky, which was enough to see the distance and power of the shot.

It has far surpassed the Ming Dynasty and swept the country's cannon!!

"Oh my God, this cannon is really powerful!"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up: "If there is this kind of artillery attack this time, where is it so difficult, just hit a few cannons, and the city wall will be blown through!" ”

Zhu Di looked at the cabin and asked, "Why doesn't this boat use people to paddle?" ”

Li Xiao smiled and explained, "This is because."

Zhu Di asked seven or eight more questions in a row.

Li Xiao gave an answer.

"Dad, you've been since just now." Zhu Ningyun smiled and pulled Zhu Di's arm, "Come in and rest, sit and drink tea." ”

"Okay, okay."

Zhu Di nodded, he was indeed a little thirsty, and planned to go into the cabin.

"Father-in-law, take a good rest. If you need to say anything, Ning Yun will arrange it for you properly. ”

Seeing that Zhu Di was leaving, Li Xiao greeted him, and then brought his own fish box, planning to fish in the sea, Zhu Gaoxu also took out a fishing rod to compete with Li Xiao.

"You are."

Zhu Di saw Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu fishing with fishing rods, and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Dad, the two of them are trying to fish, let's leave them alone."

Zhu Ningyun helped explain.

"Trying to fish?"

Zhu Di rolled up his sleeves and said with interest: "Lonely is here!" ”

Zhu Gaosui also said excitedly: "I'll come too." ”

Zhu Ningyun: "."

Men are teenagers until they die, and that's true.

Subsequently, it was a competition of four people fishing together, Zhu Ningyun did not join, she did not have much interest in fishing.

And women will never experience the happiness of a fisherman.

Especially this kind of sea fishing, if you catch a big fish, you may not be able to pull it up for a few hours when you wrestle with it, which is very exciting.

With the help of Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaosui soon learned to use this sea rod and wait for the fish to take the bait.

Two hours later, when he was falling asleep, Zhu Di's fishing rod caught fish, Zhu Di excitedly picked up the fishing rod and found that the strength of the fish opposite was very strong, and he almost pulled him over.

"Big Fish is coming!!"

Zhu Di put his arm hard and began to pull the fish.

On the other side, Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaoxu's fishing rods did not catch the fish.

And Li Xiao caught the fish on the fishing rod, but he didn't move, pretending not to catch it, and the fish quickly unhooked

What you play is human sophistication.

Half an hour later.

Zhu Di used brute force to pull the fish up and successfully won the championship of the fishing competition.

"Daddy is amazing."

"Daddy is invincible!"

"Father-in-law is strong!"

The three of them patted a sycophant together, which made Zhu Di very happy.

Afterwards, everyone gathered around to see the fish.

This fish is long, stout and round, streamlined, tapering backward and pointed, with a slender tail base, and a forked or crescent-shaped tail fin.

It is about a foot long, and the whole body is pale blue.

"What kind of fish is this?" Zhu Di is also the first time to meet.

Li Xiao smiled: "This is bluefin tuna!" It is one of the fastest swimming marine animals, rivaled only by the most ferocious sharks and dolphins. When the tuna swims at full speed, it can reach speeds of up to 55 nautical miles every half an hour. Therefore, there is no fat on the body of this fish, all are lean meat, the taste is firm, the taste is good, if it is pulled to Beiping City to sell, it can be sold at a high price of 1,000 taels of silver, and there is a big meal to eat today. ”

Zhu Di said happily: "It's a pity that the boss is not here, Li Xiao, I'll leave it to you." ”

Li Xiao arched his hand: "Father-in-law, wait and see!" ”

So, Zhu Ningyun and Li Xiao started cooking together.

An hour later.

The tuna feast is served, and various methods of frying, steaming, and raw are arranged.

With Li Xiao's consummate cooking skills and Zhu Ningyun's top knife skills, the fish fillets cut out are as thin as cicada wings

Everyone was eating a seafood feast and drinking red wine.

This tuna is spineless, very nutritious, low fat, low calorie, EPA, protein, taurine have the effect of lowering cholesterol, regular consumption, can effectively reduce the blood of bad cholesterol.

There is also DHA, which can activate brain cells and promote internal brain activities.

At the dinner table, Li Xiao introduced the edible value of this tuna, and after listening to it, everyone couldn't help but eat more, and then sighed that Zhu Gaochi had no appetite

"By the way, you three."

Zhu Di took a sip of red wine and said, "Now it's time to talk about what the three of you did when you went to the Wa Kingdom, right?" It is not possible to have so many pirates out of thin air. ”

Li Xiao picked up the wine glass, "Father-in-law, I would like to give you a glass", took a sip of wine, and then said: "It's all the idea of the little son-in-law, I want to wipe out the widows!" This robber is rampant and domineering, often invading the coast and robbing merchant ships, which is a disaster, and it will not be possible to get rid of it. ”

Zhu Di pursed his eyebrows and said, "In order to completely get rid of the Japanese invaders, so. . And you have taken possession of the kingdom of the Japanese? ”

Li Xiao smiled embarrassedly: "It turns out that I can't hide anything from my father-in-law, if I don't occupy the Japanese country, this Japanese will be born in a steady stream, and this is the only way." ”

Good guy, Zhu Di called him a good guy.

In order to get rid of the widows, they lifted the nest, right?

However, he was happy in his heart, and sure enough, he occupied the Japanese country, and pretended to be displeased: "Even if you send troops, you need to ask the court for war, what is the matter with you sending troops without authorization?" ”

Li Xiao said: "Father-in-law, this is allowed by the Holy Lord. ”

Zhu Di frowned: "When did the Holy Lord allow it?" He didn't know about it either. ”

"No, no, no. The Holy One has given permission. Li Xiao explained: "Beiping is a special zone, and all reforms are allowed. ”

Zhu Di snorted and said, "What does it have to do with Beiping if you occupy the Wa Kingdom?" ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Of course it has a relationship, the occupation of the Japanese country is to get rid of the Japanese invaders, and to get rid of the Japanese invaders is to open the sea, and opening the sea is the policy of Beiping, do you say it matters?" ”

Zhu Di: "????? ”

Zhu Di was a little helpless, and this can also be related.

Hey, what did Li Xiaogang say?

Open the sea?

Zhu Di was surprised: "You want to open the sea??" ”

Li Xiao nodded: "Yes." ”

Zhu Di: "."

Zhu Di took a bite of the fried fish, chewed it slowly, thought for a while, slapped the table and said: "Yes, now that the Japanese are removed, it is indeed possible to cancel the sea ban, and my porcelain and silk of the Ming Dynasty can go to other small countries in exchange for money to make the Ming Dynasty richer." ”

"Now that my Ming country is prosperous and the people are strong, I should also go overseas to show the demeanor of a great country!"

As he spoke, Zhu Di shouted: "Call Ma He." ”

Li Xiao explained embarrassedly: "Now it's not called Ma He, the son-in-law gave Ma He the surname Zheng, and now it's called Zheng He." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di felt that there was an indescribable tacit understanding between himself and his son-in-law.

Not long after, Zheng He came to Zhu Di, "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Zheng He, I heard that you built this boat?" Zhu Di asked.

Zheng He arched his hand and said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, it was made by the ministers." It's just a drawing provided by Yongle Gong, if there is no drawing, the ministers can't make it. ”

Zhu Di bowed slightly: "You have been following Li Xiao for several years, it's time to come back and do things for Lonely, are you still willing?" ”

Although it was a drawing given by Li Xiao, if you don't have talent, you can't build such a big ship, and you need experience to sail on the sea, Zhu Di can see that this Zheng He has this talent, but he was just excavated by Li Xiao.

Zheng He dared to disobey, and arched his hand and said: "The minister is willing, but it is the Duke of Yongle."

Zhu Di looked at Li Xiao.

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Di and said with a smile: "This kind of talent, the son-in-law has been satisfied with borrowing it for five years, and the thing has been returned to the original owner." ”

Nonsense, don't hurry up and return it, otherwise you will keep letting the land of Beiping Mansion bear the shipyard, and you will not lose money

"Good! Zheng He, when I return to Beijing this time, I will ask you to open the imperial court shipyard again, build a Ming treasure ship, explore other countries in the sea, and show the prestige of my Ming Dynasty! Zhu Di said.

Zheng He excitedly gave up his hand, this was the ideal in his heart.

"Command! Thank you, Your Highness! ”

The big ship sailed for five days.

Everyone is very relaxed on the boat, and every day is to bask in the sun and fish.

Zhu Di also talked with Li Xiao and others about how to deal with the Japanese state.

Zhu Di also learned that the current state of the Japanese is not directly controlled, but semi-controlled, and supported the puppet emperor to control the situation and oppose the fierce confrontation of the family.

Li Xiao suggested that he should keep giving the puppet emperor military support so that he could continue the war.

When the Wa Kingdom was about to fall apart, the Ming Dynasty directly sent troops to destroy all the princes stationed in the Wa Kingdom, and then forcibly incorporated it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Regarding Li Xiao's suggestion, Zhu Di is also thinking about it, as for what he really wants to do, he still needs to discuss it with more civil and military officials after returning to Beijing.

A week later.

The big ship returned to Haijin Town (Tianjin) dock.

The group embarked on the road back to Beiping.

"Oh my God! What is this road?? ”

As soon as he stepped into Beiping, Zhu Di was shocked by the asphalt road in front of him.

He walked on the asphalt road, looking and looking, and touching and touching, and it was hard and strong, and it was very smooth at a glance, and the carriage would be faster when it traveled on such a road.

Li Xiao said: "This is an asphalt road, and now the roads in Beiping are paved with such roads. ”

Zhu Di was surprised: "How much silver does this cost??" ”

Li Xiao said: "It's not much, and it cost more than 10 million taels in Quanbeiping." ”

Zhu Di: "???? ”

Zhu Di's whole person is not very good.

Do you know what you're talking about, it took 10 million taels to build the road, what about the trouble?

Li Xiao explained with a smile: "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. As the so-called roads are not smooth, commerce and trade are not prosperous, some places obviously have good things, but because the roads remain unchanged, they cannot be transported out for sale, and the fruits are full of branches but rotten on the branches, which is a pity, this is the meaning of road construction. ”

"Let's not talk about this for now, and we won't ask you where the money comes from."

Zhu Di asked, "But why did you spend 10 million taels of silver to build the road?" That's a lot of money, isn't it? ”

Li Xiao spread his hands and said, "Is it too much?" ”

Zhu Di wondered: "Not much? Five years ago, the tax revenue of the entire treasury was only 30 million taels of silver, and after the unremitting efforts of the past five years, it has now doubled, and the annual tax revenue has reached 60 million taels of silver. It's incredible! ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Just tell me whether this road is worth repairing." ”

Zhu Di looked at the road and said, "It's straight." ”

Li Xiao: "."

Li Xiao changed his words and said, "You just say it's not cost-effective, right?" ”

Zhu Di frowned and said, "It's a good deal, 10 million taels!" ”

Li Xiao helplessly explained: "The reason why I spent so many silver taels is because my son-in-law canceled the hard labor, and this road was spent to hire someone to repair it, and the silver taels were paid." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the ancient government yamen built roads, opened rivers, repaired palaces and other affairs, all of which were labor, and labor did not cost money, and every adult man had to participate.

Without these labors, the imperial court could not do many things.

And Li Xiao directly canceled the hard labor????

Zhu Di: "???? ”

Zhu Di almost jumped up.

Let you reform, you have lifted the table??

In the future, the court will have no labor, what will be used for engineering???

"Father-in-law, don't worry."

Li Xiao hurriedly said, "Listen to me explain to you." ”

Zhu Di was angry and said, "You explain to Gu Hao, otherwise even if Gu spares you, the Holy Lord will not be able to spare you." ”

It's no wonder that Zhu Di was angry, after all, he was the prince of a country, and what Li Xiao did was simply to directly change the system of the dynasty.

"Dad, take your breath." Zhu Ningyun hurriedly held Zhu Di's hand.

"Dad, you see that you are in a hurry, let your brother-in-law explain to you." Zhu Gaoxu also immediately ran over and stroked Zhu Di's back with his palm to make his anger smoother.

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaoxu: "Although Li Xiao is your brother-in-law, you are also the king of the domain, so you let him come here?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Old man, just listen to Li Xiao's explanation." ”

Saying that, Zhu Gaoxu gave Li Xiao a color, "Brother-in-law, let's talk about your circular theory, the one who eats."

"Eat?"

Zhu Di frowned, and he didn't know why he had a sense of déjà vu.

"It's not a-eating ...... Father-in-law, son-in-law will explain to you. ”

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Father-in-law, look, what happened to the whole grains we usually eat?" ”

Zhu Di pursed his lips: "Naturally, it has become a filthy thing and is discharged." ”

Li Xiao said again: "Does this filthy thing become fertilizer, and nourish the whole grain and make it grow?" ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "That's true." ”

Li Xiao continued: "This manure nourishes the whole grains, is it back on the table, eats it in the stomach again, and becomes the whole grain again, living and breathing, and constantly circulating?" ”

Speaking of which, everyone has a feeling of nausea and wants to vomit

But the words are not bad, Zhu Di faintly noticed something, but he didn't understand it a little, and asked: "What does this abolition of labor have to do with it?" ”

"It's related."

Li Xiao gestured with his hand and explained, "Father-in-law, look, although the son-in-law has canceled the labor and spent more silver to call on the migrant workers to build the road, the migrant workers have earned two silver taels, so they naturally have to spend it. The son-in-law then collects business taxes from merchants, and if there is no money, let's use this money to continue building roads. ”

Li Xiao clapped his hands and said, "Look at it, doesn't this mean that you didn't spend money?" ”

Briefly said a theory of economic circulation, although it is a bit simple, but Zhu Di should be able to understand.

Zhu Di frowned slightly: "You mean, this money is like manure, constantly circulating?" ”

"That's right."

Li Xiao nodded and said: "This money is like manure, it nourishes the court and the people at the same time, why not?" It seems that the son-in-law has abolished the hard labor, but it has made this cycle move, everyone will become richer and richer, the yamen will collect more and more taxes, and there will be more and more things that can be done, and the people will have a way to make money, so they can earn more money and improve their lives, and the businessmen will change their ways to earn the people's money, and all kinds of businesses can bloom, and the more businessmen earn, the more taxes we can collect."

"Huh" Zhu Di woke up: "It seems to be the truth." ”

And Zhu Ningyun on the side said disdainfully: "Xiaolang, can you not use manure as an analogy next time, it's a little disgusting to hear."

Li Xiao smiled and whispered: "Don't we don't need manure now" Zhu Ningyun glanced at him, you are smart.

Returning to the carriage, Zhu Di was still thinking about what happened just now.

The more I think about it, the more right it feels.

Yes, if Li Xiao built such a large-scale road, wouldn't it be the same as Emperor Yang of Sui who built the Grand Canal, causing the people to complain.

Give money like this and let the people work, and the people will naturally not complain!

No wonder Li Xiao was able to do this in just five years.

Then, Zhu Di was thinking about manure again.

There's some truth to that.

This money circulates like manure. Nourish everything.

"Wait!"

Zhu Di suddenly felt that something was wrong, slapped his thigh and said: "There is still a problem, the commercial tax is thirty taxes and one, and the majority of the money is earned by the businessman, isn't it fattening the businessman?" ”

Thinking of this, Zhu Di was about to find Li Xiao's theory, but a sudden voice came, interrupting his train of thought.

Woowoo woo –

A whistle sounded, and it was the arrival of the train.

Zhu Di and the others just arrived at the train station at this moment.

"What's the sound??"

Zhu Di popped his head out and looked around, and then saw a large room with the words Railway Station - Gu'an Station written on it.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and beckoned: "Old man, get off the carriage, the carriage is too slow, let you see the steam train." ”

"Steam trains?"

Zhu Di got out of the carriage and asked, "What is a steam train?" ”

"Hey, you'll know when you go."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't bother to explain, and pulled Zhu Di to the train station, followed by several other people.

When a few people walked to the gate of the train station, the people were boiling when they saw Li Xiao.

"It's Lord Li Qingtian!"

As soon as they walked over, many people shouted excitedly when they saw Li Xiao, and then bowed down together and said, "I've seen Li Qingtian." ”

Li Xiao smiled and waved his hand to greet: "Hello people." ”

All the people gave up: "Lord Li Qingtian has worked hard." ”

Li Xiao waved his hand: "It's not hard." ”

The people consciously gave way to let Li Xiao and others walk in unimpeded.

"I can't see that your local prestige is quite high." Zhu Di said with a smile.

"Small prestige, small prestige. That is, to be the master of the people. Li Xiao smiled.

Li Xiao came in person, and the people at the train station were all respectful, and they walked directly through the VIP channel and entered the train station in advance.

When he arrived near the railroad tracks of the railway station, a big iron bump appeared in front of Zhu Di.

After Zhu Di saw the train, he was numb!

Completely numb!

If it was the big ship, he could understand it, but he couldn't understand the train at all.

It's beyond the realm of knowledge.

"This is the ??? of the train"

Zhu Di was shocked: "How did such a big iron lump move?" ”

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaosui were just like Grandma Liu entering the manor, constantly walking around, staring at the train left and right, and constantly smacking their tongues.

Without waiting for Li Xiao to speak, Zhu Gaoxu explained: "Old man, you are lonely, the child will explain to you, when boiling water, the water vapor will push the lid open, this is the principle that the steam train can move." ”

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu himself didn't understand, it was Li Xiao who said it, he just relayed it.

"I see."

Zhu Di didn't understand too much, but he still didn't know how to pretend to understand.

"Can this train go to Nanjing?" Zhu Di asked.

"Absolutely." Li Xiao said: "However, it will take time to build the railway to Nanjing. ”

"Yes, yes!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed: "You only need to build the railway to where the train can go, right?" If the whole country is covered with railways, where do you want to go, won't you be able to reach it soon? ”

Li Xiao nodded: "My father-in-law is wise, that's it." ”

"It's a miracle!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed and said: "Li Xiao, when you go back, you will make a holy decree, you have to build this railway to all parts of the country, and first build the road in Nanjing." ”

Zhu Di thought that if this was the case, it would be more convenient to transport grain and baggage.

Li Xiao complained: "Father-in-law, this request. You know, this railroad costs a lot of silver, and it is impossible to use the financial income of a government to support the whole country, right? ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Then naturally not, you just say that how much silver taels will be spent on this railway track to build the whole country, and the court will spend it." ”

"Okay."

Li Xiao pondered for a while, snapped his fingers and said, "If it is spread all over the country, it will be almost 20,000 taels of silver." ”

Li Xiao: This is still conservative, in fact, with the current steel production, it is impossible to spread all over the country

Hearing this, Zhu Di almost fainted, "Two trillion taels??? You're kidding? The tax revenue of the whole country is only 30 million taels of silver. ”

"Father-in-law, it's impossible for the son-in-law to joke with you, you get in the car first, and the son-in-law will calculate it carefully for you."

With that, Li Xiao invited Zhu Di to the train, the No. 1 carriage of Tianzi.

got on the train, Li Xiao carefully calculated for Zhu Di, it does cost so many silver taels, this kind of railway, it is good to build it in ten years, it is very difficult to spread all over the country, very difficult.

"How can you make up so much money?" Zhu Di was helpless.

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Actually, it's good to let it develop slowly, this is a state-owned enterprise that makes trains and rails, he can generate profits by himself, and the silver he earns develops by himself, and he doesn't need his son-in-law to manage it."

"State-owned enterprises." Zhu Di heard another word that he didn't understand.

However, he received too much information today, and some of them could not continue to receive information.

So, Zhu Di got up by himself, walked towards the other carriages, and went to investigate, and Zhu Gaosui also followed when he saw this.

"Lord Prefect, the No. 1 VIP of Tianzi has come not long ago."

At this time, the guy in the car found Li Xiao and said secretly.

"What? Here it comes? Li Xiao was slightly startled, and asked in a low voice: "How long have you been here, have you left by train?" ”

"I've been here for four months and I haven't left by train." Dude said.

"Okay, got it."

Li Xiao nodded, "Stand down." ”

He began to think in his heart, this Zhu Yuanzhang has been here for four months, and there has been no movement in the court, it seems that Zhu Yuanzhang has already known his good intentions when investigating the people's feelings.

Not a big problem

Soon the train started.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaosui were shocked again.

Half an hour later, we arrived in Beiping.

After getting off the train, Zhu Di was excited.

"Traveling thousands of miles a day, this means that all kinds of information will be transmitted very quickly in the future!"

"In addition to delivering supplies, the delivery of soldiers is also very fast."

"In this way, you can expand your territory further without worrying about unmanageable situations."

In this way, Zhu Di kept thinking about the train in his heart.

Everyone took the car to Beiping City again.

When he arrived at the city of Beiping, Zhu Di was stunned.

The city of Beiping has changed, and the walls have become taller and smoother.

Li Xiao explained that the city wall was re-expanded, and better materials were used, reinforced concrete.

"It's really hard!"

Zhu Di walked over excitedly, touched it with his hand, and then looked at Gao Sui and said, "Gao Sui, try the hardness of this wall." ”

"Yes."

Zhu Gaosui took out a hammer from his sleeve and slammed it at the city wall.

Bang bang bang!

The wall was indeed very hard, and with the fifth blow, the wood of the hammer broke, and the hammer flew out.

"Ahh A scream could be heard in the distance.

A man rushed over with his head in his hands, angry:

"Why is Lao Tzu so unlucky, his head was smashed a few months ago, and he was smashed again a few months later, follow me to see the beater!"

Zhu Gaosui smiled apologetically, took out twenty taels of silver from his body, and handed it over: "Look at this silver, go and see Langzhong."

The man said: "It's amazing to have money, can you smash people if you have money?" ”

Zhu Gaosui took out another twenty taels: "Go buy some nutritional products."

The man took the silver tael, feeling a sense of déjà vu, and then nodded: "Be careful next time"

took the money and left, probably to see Lang Zhong.

"Old man, this wall is tough!" Zhu Gaosui said.

Zhu Di nodded: "I can see it, I didn't expect that in just five years, this Beiping Mansion has undergone such a huge change, it is unbelievable that Beiyuan wants to attack such a city wall, no play." Let's go and take a look into the city. ”

When Zhu Di entered Beiping City.

It was even more shocked that the scalp was numb.

It's like entering another city.

Obviously, Beiping City has expanded a lot.

But the number of people walking in it was dozens of times more than before he left.

Commerce and trade are prosperous, all kinds of shops are endless, people come and go, more prosperous than Nanjing, Zhu Di almost thought that he was not in Beiping, but in Nanjing or Jiangnan and other cities

Along the way, Zhu Di was dazzled.

So, while Li Xiao took Zhu Di to hang out, he contacted his own people and asked about Huang Ba's location, and Li Xiongzhi hurried over after a while.

"You're back, master"

Li Xiongzhi reported in a low voice: "Huang Ba is now invited by me to live temporarily in the Guogong Mansion, going out every day during the day and returning at night, and the small ones are all properly arranged." ”

Li Xiao bowed slightly: "Good job." ”

In the evening.

When the sky was dark, Li Xiao looked at Zhu Di and whispered: "Father-in-law, this. Is the saint out of the palace? ”

Zhu Di said: "Don't you say that you almost forgot, the saint said a long time ago that he would go to your Beiping to have a look, what about people?" ”

Li Xiao whispered: "It's in the house."

"No more shopping"

Zhu Di hurriedly said, "Go back quickly." ”

Guogong Mansion.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been here for months.

After learning that the VIP of Tianzi No. 1 had arrived in Beiping, Li Xiongzhi immediately invited him to live in the Guogong Mansion.

These days, Zhu Yuanzhang went out early and returned late every day, and went around to investigate the people's situation, and he found that Beiping was really a prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty after such governance.

Li Xiao has really fulfilled the promise given to him at that time, so that the people can eat, can afford to wear, no longer hungry, and no tenants!

Zhu Yuanzhang also found that in addition to sweet potatoes, there are also high-yield crops such as potatoes and corn.

The granary of Pei Binh Province is overflowing.

The accumulated tax revenue in five years is actually 180 million taels of silver!

You must know that when the Song Dynasty was the richest, the annual tax revenue was only 130 million taels of silver!!

The land of a house is simply richer than a country, which is too shocking.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also found some drawbacks, some old stubborns are doing trouble, it seems that they want to use our butcher's knife to help such a prosperous era be promoted to the whole country!

"We don't have a few years to live, this time Zhu Di returns to Beijing, let's pass the throne to the fourth child, let's work with Li Xiao to promote this system to the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought like this, and said in his heart, Zhu Di should come back soon, right?

Why don't you come to see us?

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives!

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the upper seat of the hall of the Guogong Mansion.

"Father! Father! I miss you! ”

I heard Zhu Di's shouting from afar.

Then a group of people came over and knelt down to greet him: "Erchen see the saint!" ”

The voice fell.

The servants of the Guogong Mansion were all stunned, especially Li Xiongzhi, his legs were a little numb, it turned out that this Huang Ba was the current saint????

He always thought it was Li Xiao's eldest brother.

After speaking, everyone hurriedly knelt down: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Flat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." That's when everyone got up.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked towards Li Xiao with a smile and patted Li Xiao's shoulder: "Li Xiao, Li Xiao, I didn't expect that you really fulfilled your original promise, and I am very satisfied." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Xiao arched his hand and said: "All this is the minister's business. ”

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang walked in front of Ning Yun with a smile: "Ning Yun, you really found a good grandson-in-law for me." ”

Zhu Ningyun smiled and said: "Grandpa, this is all the blessing of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"And Gao Xu, you are not bad, you have a lot of credit over the years."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a smile and said.

Zhu Gaoxu was so excited, he arched his hand and said, "It's all what grandchildren should do." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed slightly, then turned around and sat in the main seat.

Next, it is time to announce what Zhu Yuanzhang decided during this time.

Erhu walked out, took out the holy decree and said, "Holy decree." ”

Hearing this, everyone knelt down again, "Wait for the minister." ”

Erhu continued: "I am old, I will not return to the capital this time, and from today onwards, I will abdicate as the emperor." This time when he returned to Beijing, the crown prince Zhu Di chose a day to ascend the throne as the emperor, the year name was Yongle, and Zhu Di was the emperor of Yongle. ”

When the words fell, Zhu Di said excitedly: "Erchen is grateful!" ”

After waiting for so many years, I finally waited for this day!

Zhu Di was too excited in his heart, but how could this era name be Yongle?

Isn't that a title with Li Xiaoguo?

Zhu Di thought about it and understood, I am afraid that the prosperous scene he saw today, his father wanted to promote it to the whole country, and Li Xiao had to use the same title.

Li Xiao, Li Xiao, your row is too big, in a sense, you and Gu are already on an equal footing

Li Xiao on the other side was also blinded.

I rub, I used the same title as Zhu Di to name the year name?

What surprised Li Xiao even more was that it was now thirty-one years since Hongwu.

History still followed the route he should have followed, Zhu Yuanzhang also died and abdicated this year, the difference is that there is nothing to do with Zhu Yunwen now.

Now, the whole family is happy for Zhu Di, Zhu Di has become the emperor, they are all going to be upgraded, the county lord has become a princess, and the county king is also going to be promoted to a prince.

Erhu took the holy decree, and then recited: "Li Xiao has made meritorious contributions to changing the law, and he has been named the prince and the prince, and the official residence is a product." He was named the national teacher of the Ming Dynasty and assisted Zhu Di to create the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"The Lord's Order is grateful." Li Xiao hurriedly thanked him, but fortunately it was a false position, that is, the kind that was a little more famous and didn't need to do anything.

Erhu paused, and said the last of the most explosive holy decrees:

"Beiping is the gateway of the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect the Ming Dynasty from foreign enemies, I thought deeply, decided to move the capital to Beiping, based on the Nanjing Imperial Palace, and rebuilt the palace in Beiping named the Forbidden City, Zhu Di immediately implemented it after ascending the throne, there must be no mistake, Qin this."

Zhu Gaoxu: "???? ”

Zhu Di: "??? ”

Li Xiao: "???? ”

Zhu Di looked stunned, and then became ecstatic.

Beiping is good, I originally liked this place, and now it is more prosperous than Nanjing, which is wonderful, this location is lonely!! Ah no, it's gone!!

Li Xiao was stunned.

So, history still followed his established route?

Or do you want to move the capital?

The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies?

I'm dripping a.

The most bitter was Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaochu asked: "What about the imperial grandfather?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We are now the emperor, and I have something to ask your father to go." ”

So, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Di and said, "Dad, what about me?" ”

Zhu Di thought about it, and said in his heart that if he sealed Nanjing for Gao Xu, this kid, he wouldn't have to go upside down?

Now that the capital has been moved to Beiping, I can't do a good job of cleaning up the remnants of the Northern Yuan, there is a shortage of generals, this Gao Xu is a good hand at fighting, and he must be left behind.

Wanted to leave his words. He was to be given a fief that he did not want to go to.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di said: "Gao Xu, what do you think of Yunnan? ”

Zhu Gaoxu: "????? ”

Yunnan?

Dogs don't go!

Dad, you're not playing with me, are you!!

The days that followed.

Zhu Di took the holy decree and immediately returned to the capital and ascended the throne.

Under the worship of hundreds of officials, Zhu Di successfully ascended the throne.

Hongwu 31st year, March 10.

Zhu Di ascended the throne as the emperor, and the year name was Yongle, and he was called the Yongle Emperor.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, Li Xiao, as the prefect, did not continue to make great efforts to develop Beiping, but let him develop on his own and rule by inaction.

Because if anything develops too fast, it is easy to have problems.

At this time, it has become apparent, and many problems have surfaced.

Li Xiao is slowly solving and stabilizing the foundation.

In addition, in the past five years, Li Xiao has taken Zhu Yuanzhang every day to recuperate and enjoy the life of old age.

After Li Xiao's recuperation, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is already old, is still in good health.

The only thing to do was to build a railway from Beiping to Nanjing, and it would take five years to build a railway, which is not bad.

In the first year of Yongle, under the command of Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers and officers and soldiers began to build the Forbidden City.

Of course, Zhu Di still used the original system to call for labor to build, after all, the treasury could not support so much consumption.

The buildings in the original imperial city were demolished, and the people moved out.

Construction began on the basis of the Yuan Dadu.

Zhu Di went north to the grassland and went west to Nanyang, while the ministers led by Song Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, left the capital and traveled all over the country to find materials.

Deep into the forest, it enters the mountain 1,000, goes out of the mountain 500, goes through all difficulties to harvest the best golden silk nanmu, and then transports the nanmu to Beiping with the help of water power.

In order to facilitate the construction, five processing plants such as the Liuli Factory were also built to continuously transport the finished products of the palace.

Around the foundation, migrant workers dug a moat and put earthwork on a hill that was cleverly designed to be called Banzai Mountain, now Jingshan.

At the bottom of Banzai Mountain is the sleeping palace of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

This is precisely to suppress the luck of the previous dynasty.

Five years later, the Forbidden City was officially completed.

The amount of work is unimaginable.

Thousands of years of Chinese civilization condensed on this project, Zhu Di walked to the throne, and a new prosperous era came.

Yongle five years, the Forbidden City.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Ten thousand years of the Ming Dynasty! The country is forever! ”

In front of the Fengtian Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials entered the pilgrimage to see him, and Li Xiao was naturally among them.

All the officials entered the new Fengtian Hall one after another, and the new palace was once again carried out for the first early dynasty, which was of little significance.

At this time, Li Xiao was wearing a black court dress and had been named the Ming National Teacher by Zhu Di.

has the title of the duke, the real power of the prime minister, and the extremely popular minister, nothing more than this.

According to his actual age, Li Xiao is thirty-six years old, but his real age is only eighteen years and eight days, and the passage of time has not left any trace on him.

In order to hide his age, Li Xiao put a mustache on his chin.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Entering the main hall, the hundred officials chanted again.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat."

Zhu Di waved his hand, and the emperor's spirit was clear at a glance.

Li Xiao stood with his hands down, waiting for the play.

Do you think it's over, no, the real difficulties have just begun.

Beiping's set, now if you want to promote it to the whole country, this is the most difficult

It is not easy to replicate the road taken in Beiping and start to carry out comprehensive reform in the land of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, in the past, I was a special zone and could do whatever I wanted, but now that the special zone is gone, everything must be done according to procedures, and we cannot let the world become chaotic

The eunuch shouted: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat!" ”

Li Xiao, who was standing at the forefront, slowly walked out of his hand and said, "The minister has something to do." ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "National teacher, please speak." ”

Li Xiao arched his hand and said: "The imperial examination system has lasted for thousands of years, and it is difficult to return from serious illnesses, so I think that the imperial examination system should be abolished, and a more appropriate national examination system should be used to screen talents, and people can do their best to make the Ming Dynasty more prosperous." ”

This sentence directly made the entire court boil.

In a word, it touched the interests of the scholars across the country.

The voice fell,

Almost all officials spoke out against it:

"This move is too ridiculous, how can the method of selecting talents for thousands of years be changed and changed, if it is changed at will, it will shake the foundation of the country, and the minister will oppose it!"

"Ridiculous, too ridiculous, the Ming National Teacher is the teacher of a country, how can he act so recklessly, and the ministers are also opposed! National teacher, please respect yourself, don't take the old road of the Ming God of War! ”

"If you change the rules set by the ancestors at will, the world will be chaotic, and the ministers oppose the cancellation of the imperial examination, please think twice."

didn't wait for Li Xiao to speak.

Zhu Di waved his hand directly and said: "It's useless to object, I'm right." ”

Civil and military officials: "???? ”

Nima, play Yiyantang, right, believe it or not, we resigned!!

(End of chapter)