"This time, the navy assists the army in the operation, and what we should pay attention to is to cut off the north-south exchanges between Annam in a timely manner, and then ensure the sea grain transportation channel."

"This time, the imperial court built so many horse ships, not all of them had to go to the West, but to set aside some to participate in the task of migrating people from Fujian and Guangdong to Annam."

In the Wuying Palace, Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the shipping route from Fujian and Guangdong to Annan, and explained to Zheng He and them the key points and follow-up of this assistance operation.

However, in the face of his words, Zhu Di suddenly said: "Taking the initiative to let the people migrate, I'm afraid the effect will not be good." ”

"Indeed." Zhu Gaoxu agreed: "Therefore, Erchen is ready to transfer 3,000 officials from the Taxation Department to Fujian. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes once again fell on Zheng He and Yang Zhan: "The people of Fujian are fierce and the clans are intertwined, so some squires rely on their seniority to oppress the people, and at the same time dig out young people who can be supported from among them. ”

"The officials of the tax department are okay to clear the acres of land and register the population, but they are a little worse off when dealing with these people."

"I am going to transfer the Yanfu and Bohai cavalry in Beijing to the south to cooperate with you and help the officials of the Taxation Department measure the acres of land and register the population."

"This time is different from the six prefectures in Jiangdong, Fujian officials are quiet and light on the temple, so they have to do a special case."

"All the wealthy families and squires who participated in the hidden acres of land and people all moved to Annam."

Zhu Gaoxu wanted to migrate people from Fujian to Annam, although it was across the sea, Zheng He's fleet to the West was more than twice as large as in history, and it could transport 40,000 people to Guangzhou in one go, and he could reach Annam after replenishment in Guangzhou and Qinzhou.

Six months was enough for Zheng and them to migrate more than 100,000 people from Fujian into Annam.

These offenders will be organized into military households, and after being trained by Fu Rang and others, the Ming army's control over Annan will be strengthened, and they will not be changed from military registration to civilian registration until Annan is completely stabilized, and the general Tuntian will be equally distributed to them.

"This time I went to the West, focusing on Annam, the Old Port, and Luzon, and I continued to go to the Old Port and Luzon until Annam stabilized."

Zhu Gaoxu explained to Zheng and them, but his eyes were on Yang Zhan.

He knew that Yang Zhan could understand his ideas and implement them well, and he would not show pity.

Although Zheng He is also tough, he is always unable to compare with him.

"Your Highness, then what am I staying for?"

Suddenly, Wang Xuan spoke awkwardly, because he couldn't match the content of this discussion from the beginning to the present, so he had to ask himself what was the meaning of coming to Wuying Palace.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu also smiled: "Summoning you, naturally there is something to say." ”

"You have walked the road from Yongchang to Longchuan, you should know how difficult it is."

"There are a lot of people involved in Annan this time, and I am ready to transfer 100,000 yuan to Ling, and you will preside over the construction of a road from Yongchang to Nandian, and Nandian to Longchuan and Manmo respectively."

"In addition, there are 200,000 catties of gunpowder and the right to deploy the cement yard in Yunnan."

"When the war in Annan is over, I will ask the Yunnan Political Envoy to transfer 200,000 stone of grain to you every year, in short, what you have to do is to build this two-zhang wide official road."

"If you have such support, how long do you think it will take for this official road to be repaired?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Wang Xuan with burning eyes, Wang Xuan recalled the situation of the post road in western Yunnan, and then hesitated:

"Your Highness, the situation in western Yunnan cannot be built by relying on a large number of people, and no matter how many people you give, there is no way to spread it."

"As long as there are 50,000 ministers, you can build an official road from Yongchang to Zhenkang, from Yongchang to Nandian, from Nandian to Longchuan, and from Nandian to Manmo."

"If you take two zhang as the standard, it will take at least seven or eight years or even longer."

"However, I am afraid that the Manmo Tusi will not welcome the imperial court to build an official road in the past, and there may be a war."

Wang Xuan hesitated, but Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "If he dares to use troops, it will be time for you to be knighted!" ”

Manmo (Bamo) is located on the east bank of the upper reaches of the Dajinsha River (Irrawaddy River) near the confluence of the Taiping River, only a few dozen miles away from Laoguantun in the Qing-Burmese War.

If he could take this place, relocate the population, and build shipyards and docks, then the Ming could drive down the country and control the whole of Burma, and also have a channel along the Great Jinsha River into the Bay of Bengal.

Taking this place will allow the Ming to better control Sanxuan Liuwei and some states in southern Burma, and it can also be used as a grain production base to provide grain and grass for the army that will conquer the south in the future, and its importance is self-evident.

As long as the Manmo Tusi is destroyed, plus the credit for the construction of the official road, then Zhu Gaoxu can also be crowned an uncle for Wang Xuan.

"Good job!" He patted Wang Xuan's arm, Wang Xuan was serious, and Yang Zhan on the side did not hide his smile.

"Your Highness, since we have finished the order, then we will retire."

Yang Zhan interrupted his mouth, because he knew that Zhu Gaoxu had a lot of daily government affairs and didn't want to delay him too much.

"Let's go to the Spring and Harmony Hall for a meal and then leave." Zhu Gaoxu kept them, but Wang Xuan shook his head and said: "I have to go back after the Lantern Festival, there are a lot of things to be busy, and I have not gone to the Chunhe Hall to eat with you during this time, it is too late today, and I am afraid that you will be busy until night when you go back to deal with government affairs." ”

"It makes sense for you to go back to deal with government affairs earlier and have a good rest."

"Well, then I won't keep you." Zhu Gaoxu sighed, and then saw Wang Xuan and Yang Zhanzuoyi leave the Wuying Palace.

He looked at the backs of the two and thought of the time when they played during the Lantern Festival.

"You have a good relationship with the two of them, no wonder Yang Zhan faked his death and went north to help you."

Zhu Di, who had been watching Zhu Gaoxu talk to Wang Xuan, suddenly spoke, as if he was lamenting Zhu Gaoxu's care for Wang Xuan and them.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back and actually saw a trace of envy in Zhu Di's eyes.

"Are you envious?" Zhu Gaoxu smiled and spoke, and Zhu Di shook his head.

Originally, Zhu Gaoxu thought that he was going to deny it, but he didn't want him to come directly and said: "It's false to say that you don't envy, these two people you brought are doing well, Yang Zhan doesn't need me to say, then Wang Xuan has been summoned by me in the past few months, and his answer is reasonable, he is a good general." ”

"You're the same as your grandfather, you're a nurturing person." Zhu Di said the reason for his envy, and Zhu Gaoxu only laughed to prevaricate.

When it comes to cultivating people alone, then there is really no need for him to be humble.

Zhu Di has been in Beiping for nearly 20 years, and his subordinates can handle Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, and Meng Shan, and the others, including Qiu Fu, are all at the level of tens of thousands of soldiers, which cannot compare to Yang Zhan, Wang Xuan, Meng Zhang, Wang Yi, and Fu Rang, who lead tens of thousands of troops.

Zhu Gaoxu has only taken them for a few years, and they can behave like this, which inevitably makes Zhu Di envious.

You must know that he led Qiu Fu and them to fight hand in hand, but Qiu Fu and they have not grown up for so many years.

If it weren't for the fact that he still had Zhu Neng, a young and capable general, Zhu Di would have been disheartened by his ability to train generals.

"It's not too early, father, you should deal with government affairs first, and the son will retire."

Seeing Zhu Di's expression, Zhu Gaoxu did not continue to stay, but prepared to leave after making a gesture.

When Zhu Di saw that he was leaving, he didn't forget to remind: "After the Lantern Festival, the fleet will be launched, you can send it on my behalf." ”

"Yes......" Zhu Gaoxu responded, and then turned to leave.

After returning to the East Palace for two quarters of an hour, Yi Weiha, who was waiting here early, also waited for Zhu Gaoxu, and while helping him get out of the car, he didn't forget to speak:

"The Bohai graduation exam on the fifteenth day of the lunar month has come out, Your Highness, the difficulty of your paper this time is too high, and the students are almost wiped out."

"How's it going?" Zhu Gaoxu set his eyes on Yishaha and walked with him into the Spring and Peace Palace.

In this final exam, he added some questions that did not exist in the textbook, such as algebra, trigonometry, mathematical logic, and some topics such as geography, ancient science, and astronomy in history.

In the original five-year textbook, most of the science knowledge such as physics, geography, astronomy, and chemistry was interspersed by Zhu Gaoxu with various history and language topics, after all, the five-year education was originally used by Mongolian studies, and it was not realistic to specifically offer mathematics, physics and chemistry, and Zhu Gaoxu's personal degree in mathematics, physics and chemistry was not high.

In addition to geography, other knowledge such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and astronomy, he can remember the content of junior high school well.

The reason why this kind of topic does not exist in books is to select talented students who are interested and sensitive to these things.

However, judging from the words of Yisha, it seems that the final exam this time is not very good.

"The C-class score is the largest, with more than 13,000 people, the B-class 316 people, the first-class only 47 people, and the rest are the D-class who just passed the passing line."

Yisha said the result, which made Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lose for a moment.

This time, the content of the book accounts for 40% of the exam paper, that is to say, only those who have obtained the second grade can barely be regarded as students who are interested in science, and the first class is the real talented player, because they need to summarize and deduce the answer according to the past questions.

"Take the first-class and second-class students to the capital, and buy a piece of land covering an area of 200 acres in the southeast of Yuhuatai, and set up Taixue, and those who enter the school are bachelors, and those who have meritorious service are doctors."

"Too learned?" Hearing that Zhu Gaoxu was going to set up Taixue, he was also stunned, because Taixue is the common name of Guozijian, but according to His Royal Highness, the admission standard of this Taixue school may be very difficult.

"Yes, it's too learned." Zhu Gaoxu walked into the Chunhe Hall and continued: "Scholars who enter the Taitai will be allocated to Yulu according to the treatment of the six grades, and there will be rewards for overcoming the topic. ”

"Zheng Liupin?" Yisha gasped, after all, it was one hundred and twenty stones for the sixth grade, and it was equivalent to the output of the same one hundred and thirty or forty acres of land outside the gate.

What is called the book's own golden house, this is called the book's own gold house.

But if there is a bachelor in the family, it will be able to feed twenty people who are out of production immediately, which is much easier than fighting on the battlefield and taking the imperial examination.

"Starting next year, only students with first-class grades can enter the bachelor's degree."

Zhu Gaoxu gave new ideas and policies, and he only felt that last year's batch of second-class students were lucky.

From His Highness's mouth, it was not difficult for him to hear that the second-class students were not up to standard, so he was also very curious, since they were not up to standard, why did His Highness choose them for them.

"By the way, Taixue prepared a place for me to rest."

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu spoke, he was stunned and said, "Are you going to wait for Taixue to live in after it is built?" ”

"Well, when the princess is about to give birth and recuperate, I can just go over there to teach and deal with government affairs."

Zhu Gaoxu did not hide it, and the reason why this was so was because he was going to personally train these more than 300 people, and then leave the first-class bachelors and put the second-class bachelors back to the place to teach and teach in the future middle school.

If it is said that the current Guanwai and Guanwai are still at the level of half of the ancient content and half of the content of later generations, then the middle school in the future will be dominated by the knowledge of arts and sciences in later generations that Zhu Gaoxu remembers.

As long as they can learn well in the three years of middle school, the scientific foundation of Daming will be consolidated.

Compared with the middle and high school students of later generations, the content they learned may be backward, but in this era, it is the knowledge that is hundreds of years ahead.

But before that, Zhu Gaoxu had to solve the teaching materials.

Fortunately, he has been taking the time to compile textbooks, so whether it is mathematics, physics, chemistry, or geography, textbooks have been compiled.

The remaining months were just the time for him to complete this knowledge.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu sat down on his chair and began to reply to the piled up notes one by one.

Although it was the New Year, he and Zhu Di did not have time to go to the Qianqing Palace to have a family banquet, both of them were in their respective posts, and they had a headache in the face of that book.

Such a boring day lasted for more than half a month, and Zhu Gaoxu went to Jiangdong Wharf to see off Mu Chun, Qu Neng, Gu Cheng, Wang Xuan, Zheng He and others.

Unlike the first time I went to the East, there were many people who went to the West to watch this time, and many of them were spies from various places.

"Qianguo Gong has a smooth journey."

"Your Highness is tired......"

On the deck, Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the crowd of onlookers who couldn't see the edge, and then said goodbye to Mu Chun and them.

When I got off the deck, I happened to meet Yang Zhan, Wang Xuan, Cui Jun and others coming towards me.

The two sides smiled at each other, and just a hug expressed their emotions.

"Woo-"

With the sound of the horn, Zhu Gaoxu watched Yang Zhan and them board the treasure ship, and watched the treasure ship fleet sail away from the Jiangdong wharf.

When they were far away, Zhu Gaoxu returned to the carriage, and there were already two officials who had been waiting outside the carriage for a long time.

"Get in the car and say."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Yu Xin, who was depressed, and Hu Lun, who had not shown up for a long time, and motioned for them to get into the carriage at the same time, and he also got into the carriage and sat down.

When the two got into the car, the team in charge of the escort began to escort Zhu Gaochu back to the East Palace, and Zhu Gaochu also looked at the two who had just taken their seats: "Say, what's the situation." ”

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu went straight to the point, Yu Xin did not hide it, and replied directly: "The Xiyang City Bosi Division was opened on the first day of the first lunar month, and now there are thirty-nine merchant gangs registered. ”

Xiyang City Ship Division, this is the institution that gives smuggling merchants a formal identity, all the merchants who register in the Xiyang City Ship Division, can rely on the documents issued by the imperial court to build 3,000 horse ships in Longjiang, Jinzhou, Dingliao and other shipyards.

The 3,000 horses and horses carried six Hongwu iron cannons, and the cost price was 1,200 guan, but the price of selling them to the merchants was 5,000 guan.

That is to say, just by virtue of shipbuilding, Daming can get a profit of 3,800 yuan.

All ships trading in the West must use the 3,000 material and horse ships of the imperial court, which means that if you want to join the Western market, you must have at least 5,000 yuan of assets.

Of course, with this kind of ship, the average pirate is not an opponent and not to mention, and the cargo volume alone is also huge.

If the 2,000 stone of spices are brought back, even if the price of spices falls to 20,000 yuan, then 6,000 guan can be harvested in one trip, and in addition to the cost, it can net more than 4,000 yuan.

In this way, it only takes two years to earn back the cost of the horse boat, and there is still a surplus of more than 3,000 yuan.

For the smugglers, such a cost is completely acceptable to them, after all, as long as the identity is whitewashed, then the South Seas can supply fresh water and materials in Luzon and the old port, and they can directly buy imperial court goods from the old port to the West and sell them to the imperial court in the old port.

Because of this, the Xiyang City Boshi Company received 39 merchant gang registrations in just 16 days.

"How many orders have been received by shipyards around the world?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked Yu Xin, and Yu Xin said without thinking: "Eighty-two ships, the imperial court has made a profit of more than 310,000 yuan." ”

"Looks like they have a lot of assets." Hearing this amount, Zhu Gaoxu could only say that this group of coastal merchants really took advantage of the chaotic time of the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty to make a lot of money.

Just these eighty-two 3,000 material ships, if they are combined, they are definitely the existence of rampant across the ocean.

Although the Hongwu iron cannon has been eliminated in the Ming Dynasty, it is an advanced product for any country in the world, especially in front of Western countries and pirates.

Not to mention the new merchant gangs in the future, the current number alone is enough to bulldoze all the pirates east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of Malacca.

However, for Zhu Gaoxu, the more armed merchant ships the merchant gang has, the more beneficial it will be for the Ming Dynasty to further take the South Seas in the future.

Anyway, the imperial court has mastered cannon technology and treasure ship technology, as long as the technology does not spread out, then the Ming Dynasty will always be able to suppress the coastal merchant gang, so there is no need to worry.

If he could, Zhu Gaoxu even hoped that the coastal merchant gang could register hundreds of them in one fell swoop and build thousands of horse ships.

In this way, even if you don't go to the West, the court can make a lot of money.

Of course, the imperial court made the merchant gang willing to pay such a high shipbuilding fee on the premise that the huge fleet in the Western Ocean could control the South Sea shipping lanes, so even if they wanted to sit and wait for the money to be collected, they had to maintain the deterrent power of the fleet.

Moreover, in order for the merchant gang to be profitable in Western trade, the imperial court undoubtedly had to make certain concessions in commodity interests.

However, in this way, although it is not possible to make a large one-time transaction as in history, it can be said that it can do a long-term transaction of indirect taxes such as small commercial taxes and shipbuilding, and it is not a loss.

"Is there any movement from the other provincial merchant gangs?"

Zhu Gaoxu set his eyes on Hu Lun, and in the few months since he disappeared, he went to investigate this matter and was busy with another matter.

"Most of them are still waiting, but a small number of them have already set off to Nanjing, and there are about 30 in the West Factory, but their foundation is insufficient, and they may merge to buy horse ships."

Hu Lun gave the information obtained from the investigation of the West Factory, and Yu Xin had long been surprised, after all, he had become one of the core officials of the East Palace, and it was not strange to come into contact with the West Factory.

"In this way, there are still one or two hundred merchant gangs that have not taken action." Zhu Gaoxu inferred, and Yu Xinyan also spoke:

"Although there are a lot of coastal merchant gangs, many of them are just small merchant gangs with three or five rich families getting a few boats of sand with hundreds of materials."

"The reason why we are still waiting and waiting is that we can't afford the shipbuilding price of 5,000 guan."

"The minister estimated that they would either merge into a big merchant gang, or sell sand boats and concentrate on farming."

"Hmm......" Zhu Gaoxu bowed, and then looked at Hu Lun: "Do you think if it is a merger, how many big business gangs can there be in the end?" ”

"It is estimated that there should be no less than a hundred." Hu Lun gave his own inference, and Zhu Gaoxu felt that it was a lot after hearing it.

If it weren't for the fact that he was worried about the monopoly of the Shang Gang, he would even want to support ten Shang Gangs like the Thirteen Banks in Guangzhou.

"How are things going in Annan?"

After asking questions about the Western City Division, Zhu Gaoxu began to ask Hu Lun about another thing he was going to do during this time.

"Many brothers have entered Annan, and most of the descendants of the Chen family who can be found have been reported by them, and the Hu family has no mercy on the descendants of the Chen family, and would rather catch mistakes than let them go."

Hu Lun reported on Xichang's actions in Annam, and told the current situation and situation in Annam: "Hu Jichen's new policy violated the interests of most of the Chen Dynasty's relict ministers, nobles, and wealthy families, so the new policy was unanimously resisted by the Chen Dynasty's widows and Confucians. ”

"Not only that, but these people also secretly recruited soldiers and horses to try to overthrow Hu Jichen's rule."

"However, Hu Jichen is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he mobilized soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion, and killed many remnants of the Chen Dynasty, so there is Pei Boqi and they came to the capital to ask for help."

After Hu Lun said that, Yu Xin also spoke: "Your Highness, if this is the case, then this group of remnants of the Chen Dynasty may also oppose the imperial court in the future." ”

"Hmm" Zhu Gaoxu nodded in approval, after all, Li Li was a wealthy family of the Chen Dynasty who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, and later saw that the Ming Dynasty annexed Annan, and after the new Ming policy violated the interests of local nobles and wealthy households, he immediately began to pull the flag and rebel. ”

There is more than one person like Li Li, so Zhu Gaoxu is ready to engage in a big company after taking Annan.

"I have already instructed Mu Chun and Fu to let them, and they know how to do it."

"Don't worry too much about the affairs of the remnants of the Chen Dynasty, it is enough to maintain a certain amount of surveillance."

"After this battle, most of Hu and Chen's relict ministers will be swept away."

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were burning, and Yu Xin and Hu Lun also thought of Zhu Gaoxu's earlier views on Annan's fast and slow policy.

"The climate of Annan is not suitable for northerners, Yu Shangshu discussed with Xia Shangshu after he went back, mobilized officials from Liangguang and Jiangnan, recruited Jianghuai Xu officials, and waited for Annan to be governed."

"I've calculated, at least six hundred officials and three thousand officials are needed."

"The salaries of these Xu officials are allocated according to 20 stones per year, and if they can't be recruited, they can be promoted, as long as they don't exceed the Xu officials in Shandong and Liaodong."

"Yes." Yu Xin responded, but at the same time he also reminded Zhu Gaoxu:

"His Royal Highness's pacification of Annan is a feat worthy of special mention, but it is still necessary to pay attention to the policy towards Annan to avoid the impeachment of the group of people in the temple."

Yu Xin was worried that the slaughter of Annan by the native soldiers would make Zhu Gaoxu's reputation as the crown prince decline, but Zhu Gaochu smiled at this:

"It was my father who ordered the pacification of Annan, the Yongle Emperor, what is the matter with my East Palace?"

"Forehead......" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu say this, Yu Xin and Hu Lun looked at each other, and they didn't know how to refute him for a while.

Although he said that, I don't know what Zhu Di will think when he finds out......

(End of chapter)