This is the case, Zhu Zhanji asked, and Chen Kan naturally would not hide it.

The master and apprentice were silent for a moment, and Zhu Zhanji reorganized his mood and sat down next to Chen Kan.

"Teacher, how long has Grandpa Huang been planning for this matter?"

Zhu Zhanji asked this question, and Chen Kan was not surprised.

Since Zhu Di decided to make Zhu Gaoxu the candidate for the expedition, many people of insight in the Ming Dynasty have already speculated.

Zhu Zhanji's previous environment was so flat that he lost a certain amount of political acumen.

But now that he can react, it's not too late.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Kan replied truthfully: "If you want to ask Your Majesty when you have this idea, then it will be early, probably when planning Liaodong and the grassland for the division, Your Majesty will talk to the teacher about the possibility of over-separation." ”

Zhu Zhanji was stunned: "So early? ”

Chen Kan nodded and continued to add: "As for what made Your Majesty firm in his determination to restart the feudal system, it was probably because His Majesty came back from Nanyang, and His Majesty really had a concept of the sea. ”

As soon as Chen Kan said this, Zhu Zhanji understood.

What is the concept of the sea, if the people of the Ming Dynasty are asked to answer, it must be wealth.

There is wealth overseas, endless wealth, and every fleet of the Ming Dynasty that spends the sea has never heard of a loss.

In those small countries overseas, there are many gold, ivory, agate spices, and the Ming Dynasty only needs to bring a little linen, pottery, tea, etc., to exchange for many treasures.

A piece of linen, in those backward small countries overseas, can almost be exchanged for the same area of velvet blanket, and tea is as heavy as silver.

As for silk and porcelain, it had to be exchanged for gold.

Overseas is full of wealth, which is the common perception of the Ming people today.

But, that's the people.

For the rulers, overseas means a long distance, a fleet that can only go back and forth once a year, and it also means that it is impossible for the central atrium to have actual control over overseas.

The distance is too far, whether it is to send officials, or to relocate the people, or to garrison troops, it is not cost-effective for the central court.

The cost of the imperial court is very high, but the reward may not be as much as setting up a few more cities to collect taxes.

But this is not a reason for the imperial court to abandon these places, even the most stubborn old master will not have too much such a thing.

Direct colonization is not cost-effective, so what to do?

Then divide the seals.

Just like the Zhou Dynasty divided the princes, the central court gave you an early investment, money, soldiers and food, but after you arrived at the place, you were responsible for your own profits and losses.

The central court doesn't need you to give back much to your mother country, and everyone will trade normally.

But nominally, you will belong to the rule of my Ming Dynasty.

The advantage of this is that the central court can carry out cultural infiltration into very distant places at a very small cost.

Overseas barbarians don't know what it means to be the king's land under the whole world, and the coast of the land is not the king's minister, it doesn't matter, I will send someone to teach you.

The Han people have never been a race condensed with blood as the core.

As long as the whole world agrees with the cultural concepts of the Han people, then it is impossible for these places to stand on their own from the Central Plains.

Even if they have the idea of self-reliance, they are thinking about how to fight back to the Central Plains and become masters again, rather than splitting.

As long as the Ming Dynasty can successfully establish a Han cultural circle, the purpose of Zhu Di's division will be achieved.

Zhu Zhanji quickly figured out why Zhu Di and Chen Kan restarted the purpose of the sub-sealing system, and couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face.

"Grandpa Huang is going to set up countless prohibitions on the disciple's lineage, no wonder, no wonder ......"

Zhu Zhanji sighed with emotion, and then said with a wry smile: "The disciple is still puzzled, why the teacher's behavior is very different from the past along the way, and even the problem of the tax law of my Ming Dynasty has to be told to the disciple in this obscure way, even the younger brother will not let go, teacher, you and your father are really good-intentioned." ”

Chen Kan shook his head and smiled, and said lightly: "It's not a ban, it can only be said to be a kind of alertness, your vein controls the entire core of the Central Plains, and there are countless famous ministers and brave generals under your command, and the country is rich and the people are strong. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

He didn't understand this truth.

As Chen Kan said, his line has the best resources, the most advanced weapons, the bravest army, and the wisest Wenchen.

If the card in the hand of the royal clan that Zhu Di is going to divide is a three, he is holding four two plus Wang Bang.

If you are invincible, you can still be beaten back by other clans and take the throne, which can really only be said to be deserved.

At this point, he believed that the imperial grandfather had also considered it.

But the imperial grandfather is the emperor, and it is impossible to use feelings as a yardstick, even if the imperial grandfather likes him again, if he does not succeed in this vein, he should be abolished.

Anyway, his surname is Zhu, and in the future, other lines will come back to the world with the same surname Zhu.

As long as the surname Zhu is in this world, he is the bloodline descendant of the emperor's grandfather, and the blood food offered by the temple will not be missing him.

It's realistic, but this is the best way to make the Ming Dynasty 10,000 years old.

"While Your Majesty is now in the prime of life, grow up as soon as possible!"

Chen Kan patted Zhu Zhanji's shoulder, then got up and patted his buttocks, turned around and walked towards the big tent.

Zhu Zhanji sat on the edge of the Xinjiang River for a long time, and his face suddenly showed a look of determination.

He himself is not a weak-willed person, and the arrangement of Chen Kan and Zhu Di has aroused the fighting spirit in his heart.

The great grandfather Ding Ming Dynasty, and his imperial grandfather pioneered the Ming Dynasty.

If nothing else, the future territory of the Ming Dynasty will be so large that it is exaggerated, even more exaggerated than the previous Yuan.

His father seemed to be a capable man, too.

He's going to have to work hard, too.

Not to mention that a strong master is better than the ancestors, at least he must have the ability to keep the country left by the ancestors, otherwise wouldn't he live up to the expectations of the emperor's grandfather and teacher?

After strengthening the belief in his heart, Zhu Zhanji's heart was instantly clear.

He got up and patted the dust on his buttocks, took a long breath, and returned to the tent with his head held high.

......

The next day, Chen Kan still left Longhu Mountain early, but there were two more sad-faced little Taoist priests in the team.

Chen Kan still rides a horse, as long as it doesn't rain, Chen Kan prefers to ride a horse.

The main reason is that the official road hardening project of the Ming Dynasty has not yet radiated to most areas outside the two capitals.

Although the cement produced by the Hou government is now sold all over the world, the provinces will basically not work on road hardening except for connecting the roads in the main city under their rule.

Of course, it's not that I don't want to, but that Daming's financial situation can't withstand it.

We have to fight wars, develop people's livelihood, and research all kinds of new weapons, and no amount of money can afford to build them like this, so we can only focus on military affairs first.

However, this time the road chosen by Chen Kan is not the main road, even if the road is wide, it is inevitable that there are some small potholes.

So the whole team, except for the two female dependents who stayed in the carriage with a little girl at any time, even Zhu Zhanyan would not choose to take the carriage when it was not raining.

The team moved slowly, and at noon, Chen Kan ordered to stop lighting a fire and cooking.

The two Taoist priests, Da Zhang and Xiao Zhang, pushed and shoved, as if they had something to say, but neither of them wanted to contact Chen Kan.

So after pushing for a long time, the little Taoist priest Zhang Benchu decisively found Zhu Zhanji, who was plotting something with Zhu Zhanji.

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji tacitly stopped talking, and looked at the little Taoist priest with curiosity.

Zhang Benchu saluted the two of them, scratched the back of his head, and said to Ai Ai: "Two highnesses, what, Xiaodao and Uncle Shi plan to leave the team and go to Yunnan first, I wonder if the two highnesses can tell the Hou Ye?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji immediately looked at each other, and they both had a puzzled expression on the second monk.

After talking with Chen Kan last night, Zhu Zhanji probably guessed the purpose of Longhu Mountain asking these two Taoist priests to follow them.

It's nothing more than a transaction.

The emperor's grandfather took away the actual benefits of the Daomen, and he always had to give some compensation, and the compensation for the interests was impossible, so there was only nominal compensation.

Therefore, these two Taoist priests actually went to Jingshi to receive the reward, and before accepting the reward, they needed to go out and walk around the world, whether it was to show their sense of existence, or to accumulate prestige among the people, this process must be inevitable.

Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji have a camp, Zhu Zhanji knows these things, and Zhu Zhanji also knows.

But now, these two Taoist priests are actually going to give up this opportunity.

This makes them very confused.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji saluted Zhang Benchu and asked, "Dao Chief, but what is wrong with our hospitality?" ”

The little Taoist shook his head, first looked left and right, and then whispered: "Your Royal Highness and the Hou Ye treat people kindly, Xiaodao is grateful, but Xiaodao and Uncle Xiaodao have gone down the mountain, and they should go to the red dust to experience it, otherwise wouldn't they lose the intention of leaving the mountain gate?" ”

"Oh!"

Zhu Zhanji Zhu Zhanji sighed, and his face suddenly became strange.

Zhang Benchu asked cautiously again: "Can Your Highness tell me on your behalf?" ”

Zhu Zhanji showed a deep groan, and did not say yes or no.

Zhang Benchu's face was full of expectation, but seeing that Zhu Zhanji didn't speak for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Yes, yes!"

After a while, Zhu Zhanji spoke, Zhang Benchu was overjoyed and was about to speak.

Zhu Zhanji continued: "However, the Dao Leader should think clearly, the Heavenly Master Dazhen let the two Dao Masters go down the mountain in order to improve the prestige of the Daomen, if the two Dao Masters leave here, the Heavenly Master Dazhen will ...... in the future."

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Zhang Benchu interrupted Zhu Zhanji's worries with a roar, and said: "Your Highness, Xiaodao knows the importance of it, Xiaodao and Uncle Shi have finished their training, and they will first go to Yunnan to wait for Hou Ye and His Royal Highness, and then return to Beijing with Hou Ye and His Royal Highness, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Zhu Zhanji smacked his mouth, and said, "Okay, since the Taoist chief understands, we have no intention of stopping it." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Benchu was immediately overjoyed.

Zhu Zhanji shook his head, beckoned to Yuncheng not far away, and ordered: "Give the two Taoist masters one of them a hundred treasure money." ”

Zhang Benchu was stunned and said, "Your Highness, don't you have to say a word to the Hou Ye?" ”

"I can still call the shots on this little thing."

Zhu Zhanji smiled, took two stacks of treasure money from Yun Cheng's hand and stuffed them into Zhang Benchu's hand.

Zhang Benchu hurriedly refused: "Your Highness, Xiaodao is an outsider. ”

"People outside the party also have to eat, from Jiangxi to Yunnan, it is thousands of miles away, it is difficult to move an inch without money, only two hundred times, just as the two Taoist chiefs yesterday for leading the way for us and others, the Taoist chief should not shirk again."

Zhu Zhanji undoubtedly stuffed the two stacks of treasure money into Zhang Benchu's sleeve.

Zhang Benchu wanted to refuse, but thinking of the long way to go, they didn't carry any property when they went down the mountain, besides, if they broke away from Chen Kan's team, there would be no one to take care of their food.

While he was entangled, Zhang Yuanchu had already stepped forward and saluted Zhu Zhanji: "In this way, Xiaodao has thanked His Highness for the gift." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Benchu's eyes suddenly widened.

Zhang Yuanchu met his incredulous eyes and said indifferently: "I haven't thanked Your Highness yet." ”

"Uh..."

"Thank Your Highness for the gift, and Xiaodao will leave."

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand indifferently and asked, "Don't the two Taoist elders have to leave after dinner, the meal will be ready soon?" ”

"No, thank you, Your Highness."

The two little Taoist priests shook their heads in unison and refused.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji did not continue to stay.

The two little Taoist priests muttered as they walked.

"Uncle Shi, why do you want to accept money from His Highness?"

"You are confused, what are we going to eat along the way if we don't have money, how can we go to the red dust to practice?"

"But we're Taoists."

"What's wrong with the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest also has seven emotions and six desires."

“......”

The two little Taoist priests muttered and muttered, and then flashed into a small path.

"Uncle Shi, look at me Tiyunzong."

"I'll ...... too"

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but shrug his shoulders as he watched the two little Taoist priests disappear at the end of the road.

Zhu Zhanyan asked with a worried face: "Big brother, these two little Taoist priests don't seem to be very reliable, just let them go like this, what if something happens to them outside, what if the imperial grandfather investigates it?" ”

The corners of Zhu Zhanji's mouth twitched for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Xiao Yan'er, you are too simple, and we didn't drive them away, besides, the legs are long on other people's bodies, and we can't stop them if they want to leave, so it's better to be generous and have a good fate." ”

Zhu Zhanyan was still a little worried, and replied: "Otherwise, let's tell the teacher that they are gone?" ”

"Say it!"

Zhu Zhanji shrugged his shoulders and took the lead in walking towards the place where Chen Kan was.

Zhu Zhanyan hurriedly followed.

The two brothers came to Chen Kan, who was sitting on the wheel and looking at a letter intently, and found that Da Zhu and Xiao Zhu had arrived, and they didn't pay attention.

"Teacher, those two Taoist priests are gone."

Zhu Zhanji said nonchalantly.

Chen Kan nodded, still not taking his eyes off the letter in his hand.

Zhu Zhanyan looked at Zhu Zhanji, and then at the calm Chen Kan, and still couldn't help asking: "Teacher, aren't you afraid that something will happen to them outside?" ”

Chen Kan put away the letter paper and said casually: "If something happens, something will happen, there are so many Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain, they have an accident, it's a big deal to ask Zhang Tianshi to send two more people to the capital." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Zhan was dumbfounded, and his face was full of disbelief.

That's too irresponsible, isn't it?