Fengtian Temple.

Hearing that Guo An actually took the initiative to enter the palace to ask for a meeting, Zhu Di couldn't help but be stunned, and then hurriedly instructed the chamberlain below: "Quickly bring Dinghaihou in!" ”

"Slave obeys!"

After going down for a while, the chamberlain walked in with Guo An.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

Guo An saluted respectfully.

Zhu Di was curious: "Why did you suddenly enter the palace to see us?" ”

Guo An raised his head and looked around several attendants in the hall.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen entered the palace this time, and he has something important to report!"

Zhu Di's eyes flashed and he waved his hand.

The attendants in the hall immediately retreated cautiously.

When the door of the hall closed gently, Zhu Di looked at Guo An.

"Your Majesty, Shen Zhuang recently informed Weichen that the Fujian Huang family of the Chamber of Commerce seems to be a descendant of the Pu family in Quanzhou......."

Guo An told Shen Zhuang what he had told him and recounted it to Zhu Di without adding any oil or vinegar.

"Quanzhou Pu family?"

Zhu Di's face sank, his eyes were full of coldness, "What a Pu family ......"

On the side, the only eunuch left was also lost, and he also shivered subconsciously.

This family name is a taboo in Daming.

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, this matter was also reported by Shen Zhuang, and Weichen has not yet been determined, but he feels that this matter is somewhat important, so he hurriedly reported it to His Majesty!" ”

"Guo Qing's thoughts, we understand! However, there is no wind and no waves, whether this matter is true or not, it is necessary to find out. ”

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and then instructed Yishiha: "Quickly summon Zhao Hu to see him!" ”

"Slave obeys!"

Yisha hurriedly answered, and walked out quickly.

Something is wrong!

In the hall, Guo An also sighed lightly, hoping that the Huang family was not the descendant of the Pu family.

Similarly, Zhu Di was also frowning there, not knowing what to think.

About half an hour later.

Zhao Hu hurriedly walked in from the outside with a hurried expression.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

Zhu Di directly ordered: "We want you to take people and secretly check the Huang family of the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce!"

Let's see if he is a descendant of the Pu family! ”

"The Pu family?"

Zhao Hu's eyes shrank, he had followed Zhu Yuanzhang for decades, and he knew the Pu family even better.

Therefore, he suddenly nodded with a solemn face.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, as long as he is a descendant of the Pu family, Weichen will definitely be able to find them out!"

Zhu Di said: "Go!" ”

"Wechen retires!"

When Zhao Hu left, Zhu Di said to Guo An: "If the Huang family is really the descendants of the Pu family, we will definitely exterminate them!" ”

"The sin of deceitful kings should be destroyed!"

Guo An nodded slightly, in order to punish the Pu family, Zhu Yuanzhang beat all the people of the Pu family as lowly status, and they were not allowed to read and write, nor were they allowed to do business.

Even if the whole Huang family is a good person, as long as it is proved that they are from the Pu family, it is the crime of bullying the king.

Raid the family and exterminate the clan, and nothing will come out.

The most important thing is that once the Huang family is destroyed, the vacated benefits will make countless people rush to it!

Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, I heard that you want the Chamber of Commerce to build a cement workshop near Jingshi?" ”

Guo An replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the cement workshop of the imperial court alone is not enough to support the needs of those large families near Jingshi, nor is it enough for the needs of the surrounding states and counties. ”

Zhu Di said: "However, isn't the cement workshop a huge harm to the craftsmen? ”

Guo An nodded lightly, and there was no surprise that Zhu Di knew this.

"Your Majesty, the craftsmen of the cement workshop, Weichen plans to recruit only one percent of the Ming craftsmen at most, and the rest of the labor will be captured by the Mongols or the Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "In a few days, Jin Zhong, Chen Shou and other Goryeo ministers, as well as Zhang Xing of the Wa Kingdom, will come to Beijing to report to us about the Yan State and the Wa Kingdom!" ”

Hearing this, Guo An's eyes lit up, and he said curiously: "Your Majesty, the Wa Kingdom should be almost attacked!" ”

The corners of Zhu Di's mouth curled slightly, "Most of those Japanese slaves in the Japanese country have surrendered."

The rest of the big landlords and nobles can't last long! ”

Guo An said: "In this way, my Ming territory has expanded again!" ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di's face was happy.

Subsequently, Guo An and Zhu Di chatted for a while, and Guo An retired.

……

In the next half month, in addition to the formation of the Shenji Battalion in the Beijing Division, which caused some shocks in the Beijing Division, the Beijing Division was calm.

As the weather gradually cooled down, and when the snow began to fall, the paving of roads and workshops began to slowly stop.

Several great scholars of the Yan State, as well as several major generals of the Wei State, finally came to Beijing with more than a dozen large ships to report to Zhu Di on the affairs of the Yan State and the Wei State.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the seventy-one prefectures and three hundred and twenty-one counties of Yan Kingdom have collected 1,100,000 stone in taxes, 4,755,800 yuan in taxes, and 200,000 taels of silver in commercial taxes.

But after the distribution of money to the officials and generals, there was only 100,000 stone of tax grain, another 200,000 yuan of tax money, and 200,000 taels of silver in commercial tax! ”

Shang Ke Zhou, as the head of the household department of Yan State, reported to Zhu Di respectfully.

Zhu Di smiled with satisfaction, "There is still food and money set aside?" Ladies and gentlemen, have worked hard! ”

On the side, Zhu Gaochi and Guo An also showed satisfied smiles.

Don't look at the fact that there are so many states in the country of Goryeo, but it is just a name.

The current people of Yan Kingdom are more than 2 million at most.

Then, Jin Zhong, the secretary of the Yan State Officials' Department, and Chen Shou, the secretary of the Criminal Department, continued to report to Zhu Di.

After the Yan Kingdom, it was the command of the Yan Shanwei of the Wa State, which was equivalent to the chief general of the Yan Wang Wei of the Wa State, Zhang Xing glanced at Chen Shou with a proud face, and then respectfully reported to Zhu Diyu.

"Back to Your Majesty, the last general has no tax grain and tax grain, so the last general came this time, and he can only bring 6.5 million taels of silver!"

Six and a half million taels of silver? ”

Zhu Di's face was happy, but he didn't have much regret.

And Jin Zhong and Chen Shou stared directly at each other.

"Zhang Er was stunned, how could you dig up so much silver this year?"

"You Chen Tiedan, we will envy you to death!"

Zhang Xing proudly waved towards Chen Shouxian, and then explained to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the last general and others heard that Your Majesty had ascended the throne, and they were worried that Your Majesty was short of silver, so they deliberately dug a few more mines and recruited more than a thousand Japanese slaves, so that they could step up the mining of silver!" ”

Hearing this, Chen Shou's eyes were red with direct envy.

Compared to these silvers, what is his Yan Kingdom's Criminal Department Shangshu!

Zhu Di is very satisfied with Zhang Xing's attitude, he is really short of money this year.

"Zhang Qing has a heart, I am very relieved!"

"It is an honor for the last general and others to share the worries of His Majesty!"

Zhang Xing bowed with joy on his face.

Zhu Di laughed and said directly: "You have made great contributions to guarding the Yan Kingdom for the Ming Dynasty and conquering the Japanese Kingdom, let's set up a banquet in the palace today to wash the dust for you!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen (the last general) is extremely honored!"

Jin Zhong, Zhang Xing and others hurriedly said with joy on their faces.

On the side, Guo An was speechless.

How can these people learn to be so brazen?

On the contrary, Zhu Di was even more happy with the attitude of Chen Shou and Zhang Xing and others, "I also lost it, go and tell the imperial chef to serve us a meal!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

With the loss of Ha retreated.

Below, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others are full of expectations.

It's been a long time since they've had such a big feast with Zhu Di.

Waiting, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others, under Zhu Di's inquiry, couldn't help but talk about some interesting things about Yan and Wa!

"Your Majesty, don't you know that since those Goryeo nobles who returned from Beiping Academy, they directly praised Beiping Mansion as a fairyland.

Now, those children of Goryeo nobles want to go to Beiping Academy one by one, and even because of this incident, two children of Goryeo nobles died unexpectedly! ”

"Hahaha, what an accidental death ......"

"Your Majesty, in the Wa Kingdom, the relationship between those big landlords and the nobles is even more chaotic.

Once, when the last general led a large army to attack a large landowner, the youngest son of the big landowner actually killed his father and welcomed our army in......"

"Sure enough, he deserves to be a slave ......"

"Your Majesty, and, in the country of Goryeo Yan, ......"

It's just that half an hour has passed, and a few people did not wait for the banquet, but they waited for an uninvited guest, the Ming Household Department Shangshu Yuxin!

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

Seeing Yu Xin, Zhu Di felt a little bad in his heart, "Yu Qing came to look for us, but what's the matter?" ”

Yu Xin glanced at it, and Zhang Xing, Chen Shou and others on the side said with solemn faces.

"Your Majesty, Weichen heard that my Ming army in the Wa Kingdom has transported back the silver refined from the silver mines in the Wa Kingdom!"

Zhu Di's face sank.

"What does Yu Qing mean by this?"

Yu Xin said directly: "Your Majesty, this year, the court has gone through disaster relief, saving the people, and building, and it costs money everywhere, and the treasury has long been empty.

In addition, His Majesty has raised the Ming officials' salaries, as well as year-end bonuses, and Weichen and others should be very happy.

However, seeing the New Year's Day, the treasury did not even have a penny.

Although His Majesty has raised the commercial tax, those commercial taxes will not be collected for a while, and far water will not quench the thirst of the near!

In the past few days, Weichen has been extremely worried, but he didn't expect that the silver of the Japanese Kingdom happened to be sent to Jingshi.

As long as this silver is put into the treasury, it can solve my urgent need! ”

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "Yu Qing is here to fight our silver from the Wa Kingdom?" ”

Yu Xin held his head high and said confidently: "Your Majesty, the Wa Kingdom is also the territory of my Ming Dynasty, and the silver of the Wa Kingdom is naturally our Ming Dynasty's Angelica to the court!" ”

Zhu Di was furious and glared directly, "The Goryeo Yan Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom both belong to the Yan Palace, and this matter is determined by Emperor Taizu!"

Those silvers are naturally from the Yan Wangfu! ”

Guo An: "......"

Yu Xin continued: "Your Majesty, under Putian, it is not the king's land. The Wa Kingdom was defeated by His Majesty when he was the King of Yan.

Now, His Majesty has ascended the throne as His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the Wa Kingdom should be owned by His Majesty! ”

……

(End of chapter)