Chen Kan didn't bother to say more to the Zhu brothers, so he casually dealt with a few words, and then continued to read the letter.

Naturally, the letters came from Jingshi.

Chen Kan's departure from Jingshi does not mean that he has completely given up on Jingshi, his whereabouts are still reported to Jingshi every day, and there are also people from Jingshi who come to him at any time to deliver news from the court.

Of course, Chen Kan's main focus was still on the court and the war between Liaodong and the Wa Kingdom.

Needless to say, the situation is changing rapidly every day when various government decrees are issued.

The battlefields of Liaodong and the Wa Kingdom are the only super-large-scale battles of the Yongle New Dynasty from the beginning to the present.

Annan's time was also a national war, but the scale was more than a star and a half smaller than this time.

After all, Annam is only a small and weak country in the final analysis, but the Liaodong Peninsula and the Wa Kingdom are the biggest enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty in all dynasties except for the grasslands and plateaus.

Especially in the Wa Kingdom, Chen Kan's attention to the rise and fall of this country even exceeds that of the Ming Dynasty, which is the hatred hidden in the blood and bones in the past and present lives.

If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have to let the brutal and barbaric Jurchens go to the Japanese state to establish a state.

In addition, the progress of Zheng He's fleet is also something that Chen Kan is more concerned about.

The wealth of Manraka and Sumatra was transported back to the Ming Dynasty, which was enough to bring the Ming Dynasty's national strength to a new level.

and his plan for Nanyang, which also needs Zheng He to implement it again.

The letter sent by Jingshi today is about Zheng He's fleet.

With the help of the Shandong Naval Division, Zheng He's fleet had now reached the South China Sea in Guangzhou, and would be able to return to Beijing in a month at most.

Zheng He returned to Beijing, and according to the plan, he would rest in Beijing for a year at most, and then he would continue to go to the West twice.

Originally, according to Chen Kan's thoughts, Zheng He's time to rest in Beijing must be as short as possible.

But helplessly, the current productivity of the Ming Dynasty is like that, the fleet returns to Beijing, the warships need to be repaired, the soldiers need to take vacations, and the weapons need to be replaced, these things are not things that can be completed overnight.

One year is already the shortest time that can be compressed.

After reading the letter, Chen Kan tore the letter paper casually, then walked to the makeshift stove and threw the letter into the fire.

Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji stretched their necks, but found that Chen Kan really didn't mean to talk to them in detail, so they only left proudly.

Back at the camp, the two brothers picked up the lunch brought by their subordinates and slashed it into their mouths.

There is a saying that half the size of the child eats the poor man.

Da Zhu and Xiao Zhu are now the time to grow their bodies, and a bowl of food is naturally not enough for them to consume.

The two of them were like eating in a race, not only eating faster than the other, but also eating more than the other.

Although Zhu Zhanji won every time, Zhu Zhanji still enjoyed it.

At the end of the meal, the two brothers burped at the same time.

Zhu Zhanji leaned on the wheel and picked his teeth, and suddenly sighed: "It would be good if the second junior brother was here, and the two of you might be able to eat me together." ”

Zhu Zhanyan pursed his lips, flicked the toothpick in his hand casually, shook his head and said: "The path that the second senior brother will take in the future is different from ours, senior brother, you have the heart to think about how to suppress us in eating, it is better to think about how to solve the problems that the teacher has given you in the past few days." ”

The problems in Zhu Zhan's mouth are naturally these social contradictions in the Ming Dynasty, such as the decrease in per capita land due to population increase, land annexation, and tax reform.

These things can't be said in plain sight, especially when it comes to land annexation and taxation.

Because the royal family is the greatest beneficiary of land annexation and taxation.

It is impossible for Zhu Di to dig his own foundation, but it is not possible if these things are not solved.

In the absence of the emperor himself, the best person to solve these matters is actually His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not a family member, it will not hurt so much for him to dig up his foundation, and at the same time, he has great righteousness, and the resistance he encounters will not be as great as ordinary people.

But Zhu Gaochi's body is not conducive to traveling, let him go to Yunnan, it is estimated that half his life will be gone.

In addition, the crown prince is the foundation of the country after all, and it is reasonable to stay in Beijing to stabilize the basic market.

When the emperor and the crown prince can't come forward, then these problems can only fall on Zhu Zhanji, the heir of the three generations.

As soon as Zhu Zhanji's words fell, Zhu Zhanji's face suddenly became excited.

These problems encountered recently are the kind of problems that are not fatal in a short period of time, but as soon as the timeline is extended, they will become terminally ill.

Asking him, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, to think of a solution in a short period of time is completely embarrassing.

After a moment of loss, Zhu Zhanji suddenly roared indignantly: "Why can you enjoy happiness in Beijing when you spend your time, and our brothers have to follow the teacher as a sewing and mending?" ”

Facing Zhu Zhanji's indignant expression, the corners of Hua Shi'er's mouth twitched, and he shook his head solemnly and said: "It's not our brother, it's the eldest brother and you alone, these things have nothing to do with me, you are the heir of the Ming Dynasty designated by the emperor's grandfather and uncle, I will be a prince and tinker with my laboratory." ”

"Uh......"

Zhu Zhanji's expression suddenly froze on his face, and after a while, the whole person exuded an aura of grief and indignation from the inside out.

"It's not fair, it's not fair, why?"

Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes and decided not to go crazy with Zhu Zhanji.

What are you kidding, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, such a simple truth, he is too lazy to repeat it.

Leaving Zhu Zhanji standing in place grief-stricken, Zhu Zhanji trotted to Chen Kan's side and asked in a low voice: "Teacher, otherwise the disciple will still send two people to follow those two Taoist priests, the disciple always feels that they are not very reliable, and if they die outside, it will be a trouble." ”

Chen Kan nodded, and said indifferently: "This little thing, you can just make up your own mind, and in the future, you three senior brothers will do it yourself, and you are not children anymore." ”

Zhu Zhanyan looked thoughtful, as if he was thinking about what Chen Kan meant by not being a child.

After a while, Zhu Zhanyan shook his head and said, "But the student is only twelve years old. ”

"Twelve years old, not too young, for the teacher heard that the queen mother has dragged the sick body to see a suitable woman with you and your eldest brother, for the teacher, when we return to Beijing from Yunnan, the two of you should also get married."

"Huh?"

As soon as Chen Kan's words fell, Zhu Zhanyan jumped up.

"What?"

"Married?"

"No, no, no, the disciple is only twelve years old!"

Zhu Zhanyan looked sad and indignant, as if getting married was a great horror.

Chen Kan touched his mouth and said lazily: "It's almost the same, Niangniang's body is getting worse and worse, and she can still drag her sick body to choose a daughter-in-law for you, so you should steal the fun." ”

Zhu Zhanyan had a bitter face, and wanted to say something, but was impatiently waved away by Chen Kan.

He just can't see the Zhu family brothers, who are cheap and well-behaved.

Bastard thing.

After resting for a while, and when the sun was not so hot, the team continued on its way.

Jiangxi has passed, it is the boundary of Hunan, and Chen Kan's next destination is called Yongdingwei.

Since it was ordered by the guard, of course it was the place where the army was stationed.

And Chen Kanzhi's place is going to Yongdingwei, which is related to the clan.

This clan refers to Zhu Bai, the king of Hunan who was forced by Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen to self-immolate with his whole family.

Zhu Bai is the twelfth son of his grandfather, and his biological mother is Concubine Hu Shun.

According to historical records, Zhu Bai rarely had great ambitions, and often assisted the community and helped the people to encourage himself. In the eleventh year of Hongwu, he was named the king of Xiang, and his fief was located in Jingzhou, Hubei.

But the world only knows that he was forced by his nephew to self-immolate with his whole family, but few people know that Zhu Bai is the king of the Ming Dynasty who has the best relationship with Zhu Di.

After Zhu Bai self-immolated, Zhu Yunwen first set him a vicious name as "戾", and then changed the evil name "戾" to a vicious "soft".

It was not until Zhu Di ascended the throne that Zhu Bai's nickname was changed from the evil "soft" set by Jianwen to the beautiful "virtuous", and then changed to the beautiful "dedication".

Therefore, later generations always called Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, as the king of Xiangxian or the king of Xiangxian.

Zhu Di not only corrected Zhu Bai's name, considering that Zhu Bai had no son, he also inherited a distant branch from the clan as Zhu Bai's stepson and was named the king of Yongding County.

Yongding King Zhu Jiucan, formerly known as Zhu Can, the word set by the grandfather for Zhu Bai is "Jiuzhen Kaifang Yue, prestige and etiquette, fortitude and excellence, and self-control." ”

So he changed his name to Zhu Jiucan.

The branch of King Yongding is also the only one among all the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty who has not been deprived of the three guards.

And Chen Kan went to Yongdingwei this time for the sake of these three guards.

Zhu Jiucan is an honest man, since he passed to Zhu Bai, he has honestly stayed in the fiefdom to make babies, and the three guards of the king of Hunan naturally have no one to care about.

However, the three guards of the king of Xiang were also good soldiers, and under the leadership of Zhu Bai, the three guards of the king of Xiang were invincible in a battle to exterminate the Japanese invaders.

After the death of King Xiang, before Zhu Yunwen could attack King Xiang Sanwei, Zhu Di reversed.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he began to carry out drastic reforms in the country, and he had no time to deal with the three guards of Xiang Wang, so they could only follow Zhu Jiucan to move from Jingzhou to Yongding.

But things always have to be worked out.

From the first year of Yongle to the present, it has been delayed for so many years, and many soldiers of the three guards of the Xiangwang have reached the age when they should be discharged.

Therefore, Chen Kan's purpose of going to Yongdingwei this time is very simple, first, to replace Zhu Di to comfort Zhu Jiucan, the king of Yongding, and secondly, to find a way to properly settle the soldiers of the three guards of the king of Xiang.

They are all heroes of the anti-Japanese war during the Hongwu period, and they can't let the soldiers shed blood and chill their hearts.

The carriage swayed leisurely, and when it was sunny, it hurried away, and when it rained, it set up camp on the spot.

Except for Zhu Zhanji, who was preoccupied, everyone else basically had a lot of fun.

After a big turn, the convoy turned back on the right path.

After more than a month of stopping and stopping all the way, the dusty convoy finally came to Tanzhou.

Tanzhou, known as Changsha in ancient times, is one of the few big cities in Yunmeng area, and it is also the seat of governance in Hunan Province.

Chen Kan reined in outside Changsha City, looking at the big city in front of him, and couldn't help but flash a smile in his eyes.

The faces of the people who followed him also showed joy from the bottom of their hearts.

Sleeping in the open for more than a month, although the convoy is rich in supplies, there is no shortage of food and clothing.

But human nature is to live in groups.

If you can, who wouldn't want to have a nice meal and a hot bath in the middle of the city?

Chen Kan ordered the convoy to rest outside the city, and Yun Cheng took people into the city non-stop to arrange food and accommodation.

A big city like Tanzhou naturally has the property of the Hou Mansion.

Don't look at the Hou Mansion is an emerging magnate who only grew up during the Yongle period, but under Chen Kan's series of plans, the current background of the Hou Mansion is not as good as those old nobles, but compared with the same emerging nobles, it can definitely throw them out a few streets.

There's no way, monopolizing business is so domineering.

When I arrived at a place where there was a city, the happiest person was the little fat girl Fengyang.

Jumping out of the carriage with agility, he was about to run towards the city with his hands open.

But before he could run a few steps, he was lifted up by Chen Kanti by the back of his neck.

"Wow, bad daddy, let go of me, let go of me!"

The little fat girl is now able to speak every complete sentence clearly, struggling with her teeth and claws as she speaks.

"Bad daddy, let go of me, my mother said, the baby can be washed fragrantly when you enter the city, the baby is going to the city, wash it in vain, and if you don't wash it in vain, the baby will become a stinky baby, wow~"

Chen Kan put him on the crook of his arm and said angrily: "Wait a while, your Uncle Yuncheng has already gone to make arrangements, what if you go to the city now and are abducted by bad people?" ”

"No, wow wow wow, the baby and the three big brothers will go together."

Feng Yang's small body was very powerful, and she was constantly struggling, and Chen Kan had no choice but to hand her to Zhu Zhanji on the side.

Zhu Zhanji took her little hand and put her on the ground, and said helplessly: "Fengyang is good, let's go in later." ”

"No, I don't!"

Feng Yang took Zhu Zhanji's hand and was about to drag it to the city, but she was so little, how could she move Zhu Zhanji.

found that she couldn't leave after dragging twice, and she stared at Zhu Zhanyan on the side again.

Zhu Zhanyan spread his hands helplessly: "If they don't go in, I won't go either." ”

"Wow~"

Seeing that no one agreed with her, Feng Yang suddenly sat on the ground and began to cry.

I just cried for a long time, and no tears flowed out.

Looking at Feng Yang, who was running wildly on the way towards the bear child, and couldn't pull it back, Chen Kan was furious.

Then he was furious.

Chang Ning took Yun Niang forward and pulled Feng Yang up from the ground.

It's very strange, staying in Chang Ning's arms, Feng Yang was well-behaved all of a sudden.

"Husband, how long are we going to stay in Tanzhou?"

Chang Ning looked up at the big city in front of him and asked.

"Let's take a break and leave, our main destination is Yongdingwei, just passing through Tanzhou."

Chen Kan explained casually and asked, "What's the matter, do you like Tanzhou?" ”

Chang Ning shook his head and said indifferently: "No, the concubine just heard that the scenery of the Xiangjiang River in Tanzhou is beautiful, and she wants to go and enjoy it." ”

Chen Kan thought it was a big deal, but when he heard that Chang Ning just wanted to see the scenery, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Then go, since you want to rest, those few days will definitely be needed, and a few days will be enough for you to shop." ”