Chapter 502: Incomprehensible Charming Zhu Yijun
Zhang Juzheng used a honey trap on the emperor, twice. In order for the emperor to become a talented person, Zhang Juzheng spared no effort.
The first time was to send Wang Yaozhuo to the palace. The purpose was to cultivate the emperor's sense of responsibility. The people of Ming Dynasty are all your Majesty's subjects. They are still suffering. As an emperor, he should know the difficulties of the people of Ming Dynasty instead of being immersed in them. Lost in the colorful memorials of the courtiers, the emperor himself could not slack off and must make continuous efforts to revive the Ming Dynasty.
As time passed by, Zhang Juzheng also discovered that His Majesty’s sense of responsibility did not need to be deliberately molded at all.
The second time was when a woman named Ran from Yunnan, Concubine Ran Shu, entered the palace. The emperor casually mentioned it during the banquet (Chapter Ninety-six), and Zhang Juzheng really found a woman named Ran from Yunnan to enter the palace. Palace, the purpose of this beauty trap is to tell the emperor that the terrifying power of imperial power in the Ming Dynasty can be found even by just mentioning it casually.
Emperors who have experienced the assassination of kings and the burning of palaces are very aware of the dangers of weak imperial power.
The emperor, who experienced Concubine Ran Shu entering the palace, also understood the terrifying power of his imperial power.
Zhu Yijun has only one attitude towards this kind of beauty trap, the more the merrier, more of it!
But for beauties from all over the world, it is insensitive to thank them. If there is a fierce power struggle, and only a bunch of people are left in the imperial heir, is it like the British to let Indians rule? Isn’t that a joke in the Ming Dynasty joke collection?
The emperor's bloodline still needs to be protected.
"Cotton, is the Queen Mother of France interested?" Zhu Yijun asked Gillian with a smile, looking quite gentle.
Gillian, a cold beauty, said with some hesitation after hearing this: "Your Majesty, your Latin is very standard, but I still heard some areas that need improvement. I can always accompany you. Your Majesty, please work hard for your Majesty’s Latin, and please give me this opportunity.”
“The Queen Mother Catherine de’ Medici comes from the Medici family, which is literary and artistic. I am the daughter of the Queen Mother. I am good at music and opera. I believe that with my help, even pure Romans will exclaim that His Majesty’s Latin is pure.”
Gillian invites the emperor to learn foreign languages. As for where to learn, how to learn, and what to learn, it depends on the emperor’s wishes. Jillian will definitely cooperate.
She knew very well that the purpose of this visit was to let the Ming Emperor pay more attention to France. The Bourbon family was encroaching on France's domestic and foreign affairs step by step, and would soon encroach on the throne. .
"Daughter? Didn't you mean the servant?" Zhu Yijun was stunned.
Gillian said with certainty: "A cheap gift is a humiliation to His Majesty. Felipe II sent a saint to the Far East, which is a humiliation to His Majesty."
France and Spain have a lot of conflicts in Thailand and Spain, mainly because of religion, so if they can step on one another, they will never let it go.
"If we are not talking about state affairs, then please come back." Zhu Yijun's smile gradually faded, and his tone became a bit colder.
Gillian showed no sign of weakness and immediately said: "There is a huge distance between Ming Dynasty and France. Even if they reach an agreement, it may be broken at any time because of the distance. It is a bond of negative distance. , can make each other trust each other more, this is my idea, your wise Majesty will definitely understand my concerns.”
"No matter what, your Majesty will not suffer a loss by accepting a gift. If you give birth to a prince, you will have the inheritance rights of the King of France."
Queen Mother Catherine obviously understands men very well, because like Gillian The cold appearance can easily arouse the instinct and desire for conquest deep in the superior person's heart.
When Zhu Yijun became cold, Jillian immediately became cold as well, like a proud white swan, holding her swan neck straight and looking a little unbeatable.
Zhu Yijun shook his head again and said: "Unfortunately, Ming likes to use force to open borders. Marriage to open borders is unique to the West. This is a cultural difference. Claims are useless to me, Ming. If I want to go, I will use force to do so. Get, let you down."
claim? The Ming Dynasty has no shortage of claims.
With the advent of the Age of Discovery, claims have become dispensable, because more barbaric violence has become the first factor in developing and maintaining territories. This is completely different from the past. Maritime trade has produced more With huge interests, morality is declining rapidly.
There is no need to declare that in a world of great strife, the strong will become stronger and the weak will perish!
"It's really a pity." Gillian exhaled and looked quite disappointed. The only trace of charm disappeared, and she said doubtfully: "Your Majesty, France is corrupt. Can your Majesty provide some help? France has lost its way. The corruption at the top has made the vast territory and large population feel like they are in hell, while under your Majesty’s management, Ming Dynasty is like a kingdom of God on earth.”
“Please also ask your wise Majesty to show France a way forward.”
“The Ming Dynasty can get out of the quagmire. It is so amazing that such a huge empire can do it. Amazing miracle, I sincerely hope that Ming Dynasty can point out a clear path for France.”
What was the Ming Emperor most proud of? It is governing the country.
This is something Gillian has seen with her own eyes since she arrived in Manila. Even in Davao, Mindanao, everyone talks about the emperor. Regarding the emperor’s achievements, Gillian An has listened tirelessly along the way. Starting from the most proud place is the core of the beauty trap.
Beauty trap has never been about being good-looking, having a good figure, using posing to attract, and using beauty to please. That seems too cheap and is simply what prostitutes do.
Of course, looks and figure are the prerequisites for a beauty trap. The most difficult thing to guard against in a beauty trap is the bond of the soul, the kind of I understand you and you understand you too.
Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up, he sat up straight, looked at Jillian and said with great conviction: "Cotton! As long as you buy Ming Dynasty's cotton, you can break the situation and make France great again!"
< br>"Cotton is what France needs most!"
Cotton?
Gillian immediately became confused. People in power all like to be fathers and dictate to others. Jillian has followed Queen Mother Catherine and met too many people in power. When Gillian When asking the emperor for advice in a humble manner, shouldn't the emperor ask about the situation in France, then evaluate it and give his own solution?
During this communication process, the two hearts came together little by little. This was the script she had already written in her heart.
This move should be foolproof. The Ming Dynasty was also a traditional land-based empire, and it liked to be a father to others. The Ming Dynasty was surrounded by vassal states, and even granted vassal status to Portugal in the west. In Kyrgyzstan, In Li An's mind, there was almost no difference between the Ming Emperor and the human gods.
This was Gillian's plan. She was so confident that she spent a year planning the trap, but after going around and around, it ended up in cotton again!
Is cotton so important?
Zhu Yijun continued: "Cotton cloth, when the Queen Mother controls enough cotton cloth and becomes a monopoly, wouldn't it be easy to use the monopoly of cotton cloth to gradually take back the financial power? With the help of financial power, gradually take back the power?"
"You heard me right! Cotton is a knife that pierces the decay of the upper class of France! Cotton can completely break the situation, just like Felipe II used silk to take back the silver and do whatever he wants. !”
Feng Bao and Zhang Hong looked at each other. They didn’t know anything else, but they could tell that His Majesty really wanted to sell cotton cloth to Taixi.
The cotton spinning industry is the biggest driving force for the vigorous development of steam engines. As long as cotton cloth is sold everywhere, the cotton spinning industry will gain scale, forcing steam engines to continue to improve. Similarly, the Ming Dynasty needs more cotton Planting land, and the long sunshine in the Western Region is the best choice. Selling cotton cloth is really important to the empire.
That’s why Zhu Yijun spared no effort to promote cotton.
When Jillian left Tonghe Palace, she was still a little confused. She dressed up and tried her best, but the Ming Emperor only wanted to sell cotton!
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty has no understanding of style and no romance!
Your Majesty is going to give France half a million pieces of cotton cloth every year. It doesn’t matter if France doesn’t have a ship. Daming can deliver the goods to your door. Gillian only needs to tell the Queen Mother Daming’s decision.
The Ming Dynasty is building a new ocean-going trading fleet. The five major ocean-going commercial banks are joining forces to conduct trade with the West from the proven routes. The Ming Dynasty needs more silver to flow in. This is the consensus reached by the Ming Dynasty after the opening of the sea, and the West is still There is an extensive stock of silver, waiting for the Ming Dynasty to get it.
An uncultivated market is waiting for merchants from the Ming Dynasty to flock to it.
Zhu Yijun is not interested in whether France will get out of the quagmire. Even if the Queen Mother controls the monopoly of cotton cloth, she cannot take back the financial rights because the Queen Mother does not control violence. Charles IX came to Spain because of religion. This head-on confrontation eventually led to a rapid decline in military strength, and the troops loyal to the king disappeared.
Under the feudal system, the only violence was the army. France had no way to get out of the quagmire. Even having a five-masted transoceanic ship was of no avail. Unless Zhu Yijun sent a regiment to go, the French royal family could only stand aside. This It is a destined fate.
Gillian is not worth the price at all, and the exclusive rights to French cotton fabrics are not worth the price either.
Selling cotton cloth is only for the Ming Dynasty. It doesn’t matter if France doesn’t want it. It can be dumped to the English, Belgians, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Holy Roman Empire, or even sold to the Ottomans.
Feng Bao looked at Gillian's leaving figure and said with a sneer: "This envoy from France thinks he is very smart, just a small trick. He wants to bewitch Your Majesty, and he doesn't even look in the mirror. Myself."
Feng Bao, the Flower and Bird Envoy, can present 108 beauties and 72 beauties from all over the world to His Majesty at one time. This Gillian is playing tricks on His Majesty the Emperor and is overestimating her abilities.
"Oh? What's she trying to do?" Zhu Yijun was stunned.
Feng Bao explained Gillian’s pretentiousness, playing hard to get, and flattered a lot of people, praising His Majesty for not being deceived by beauty.
Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said, "Ah, that's it. Actually, I think she is ugly."
"She looks ugly. This French envoy is indeed ugly. Your Majesty has a keen eye!" Feng Bao said immediately, how could it be possible? Let His Majesty's words fall to the ground? No matter what Jillian looks like, His Majesty has decreed that she looks ugly, so that’s how ugly she is!
Jillian is the kind of thin and cold woman. Zhu Yijun actually doesn’t like beauties who are too skinny. At first, Zhu Yijun said that Wang Yao burned bean sprouts. Of course, after the wedding, Zhu Yijun took back his comments. , who knew that even small expenditures could bear fruit?
Zhu Yijun continued to deal with the secrets. These were secret memorials for governors from various places to inquire about the holy will.
For example, Pan Jixun, the governor of Suiyuan, asked the guards to continue to clear out the remaining banditry in Suiyuan, and to further clean up the Hetao people who had been difficult to deal with in the previous Beijing camp, because there were a large number of Han people in Hetao who followed them. Pan Jixun had only one opinion on how to deal with the traitors of the Ming Dynasty who entered the country together with the Tatars to plunder. Pan Jixun had only one opinion: there was a shortage of people in the mines.
For example, Liu Shizeng, the governor of Yunnan, asked His Majesty if Mang Yinglong's son Mang Yingli attacked the Ming Dynasty, could the Ming side attack him? Even if the remnants of the Malacca Strait were not solved, Mang Yingli would have to be given first. A lesson learned.
Zhu Yijun gave positive approval.
"Coming?" Zhu Yijun put away the secret box, put it in the secret box, burned it with fire paint and sealed it, and looked at the door of the Imperial Study Room.
Wang Yaozhuo stood in front of the door, waiting for His Majesty to seal the seal, and then walked in calmly.
When the density is turned on, no one can stand around. Of course, if the emperor wants to show it to others, the local governor has no way to blame the emperor, and the density system must also be used. Density is by no means a road trip, it belongs to the category of conspiracy. Whether it can be used well depends on the emperor himself.
The emergence of MiShu was for the purpose of official governance. The governors' MiShuLi asked whether the bloat could be drastically improved, and Zhu Yijun all gave an affirmative answer.
Overbloat has caused a deficit in local treasury. Often the money and food have been distributed before they are put into the treasury. Whenever the local government wants to do something, it is unable to move.
Another major problem in the Ming Dynasty was the bloated administration of officials, and it was exploring ways to solve it.
If you want to be healthy, you really need to find ways to lose weight.
"My husband really has a lot of things to do every day. Apart from being busy and hardworking, he still has time to take care of his concubines. It is really suitable for him to work hard and relax." Wang Yaozhuo rushed into Zhu Yijun's arms with a gust of fragrance, He raised his head half way, his eyes were full of autumn water, full of affection, watery with some grievance and pity.
Zhu Yijun was stunned and said: "Who is it that broke the wife's jealousy?"
"Who else could it be? Isn't it my husband? I heard that two more sisters entered the palace. Here, okay, after ordering everyone, I acted as a hands-off shopkeeper and didn't care. I, the wife, have to go and arrange the concubines for my husband!" Wang Yaozhuo leaned into Zhu Yijun's arms, looking a little dissatisfied.
Zhu Yijun hugged Wang Yaozhuo and said: "Mother has issued an order to the cabinet. The matters to be handled by the Ministry of Rites in the next chapter can be regarded as an ancestral law. We have been delaying it for a year. If we don't do it, mother will It’s time to blame the Ministry of Rites.”
“Look what this is.”
Zhu Yijun shook his sleeves and took out a jadeite pendant. The pendant was only an inch long, but the carvings on it were dragons and phoenixes showing auspiciousness. This was a Cuisheng stone sent from Yunnan. It was given to Guizhou by Pan's merchant family in Yongchang. The ones from the Duke's Mansion have now been sent to the capital. After a month of carving, they were polished and shipped yesterday.
Many people from Yongchang (now Baoshan, Yunnan) went to Myanmar to look for jasper or jadeite. This stuff is regarded as a kind of gemstone, with high hardness and difficult to process.
The theme of dragon and phoenix presenting auspiciousness is naturally no problem and can be used.
And after Zhu Yijun was polished and shipped, it was extremely moist. The Duke of Guizhou also got good things before sending them to the capital. The labor cost for processing one piece of Cuisheng Stone among the people is one or two and five yuan. A boring machine was needed, and Zhu Yijun spent twenty-four taels of silver on the work alone. The main work was the dragon and phoenix auspicious patterns, which were quite complex. The high labor cost brought lifelike details.
Zhu Yijun is indeed infatuated with Jillian, and his romance is given to his wife.
“It’s beautiful.” Wang Yaozhuo looked at this beautiful object and couldn’t put it down. After playing with it for a while, he put it in a sandalwood box for preservation.
Things are really rare. After all, Burmese green stone has not yet entered the stage of widespread mining. The carvings are very exquisite, but Wang Yaozhuo doesn't really care whether the things are valuable or not.
Judging from the theme of dragons and phoenixes presenting auspiciousness, the emperor had prepared it early. He obviously knew that the queen would like the taste, and prepared things to coax. This is the heart. The heart is more important than the objects. Your Majesty can It is enough to take your mind off state affairs.
"The dragon and the phoenix are auspicious, but I drew them with my own hands. Look again, look again." Zhu Yijun said with a smile on his face: "Aren't you angry now?"
"It's already. If you are not angry, you just taste a little bit." Wang Yaozhuo shook his head. There is no anger if he is angry. The husband is the emperor, and the emperor without heirs is nothing! Which one of Song Renzong and Ming Wuzong was not tied up because they had no heirs?
Taking in a concubine is an ancestral law. What Wang Yaozhuo wants is her husband's favor. Although she is already the favorite in the harem, who doesn't want to be favored a little more?
She hugged Zhu Yijun's neck and whispered: "Husband, it's late at night, let's rest."
"Is it really a rest?" Zhu Yijun hugged Wang Yaozhuo horizontally. Get up and ask in a low voice.
Wang Yaozhuo said cheerfully: "Then I won't sleep. Anyway, I don't have to go to the Royal Gate of Wenhua Palace to listen to politics tomorrow. I can sleep as long as I want and fight until dawn!"
“Ah! It hurts.”
“It’s your fault.”
……
Wang Yaozhuo is really sleepy, and the emperor is Bibai The master's donkey got up even earlier, so Zhu Yijun got up lightly and rushed to the Wenhua Palace to go to the palace.
Zhu Yijun yawned and came to the Wenhua Hall. Feng Bao directed the small yellow door to ascend his seat and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, why don't you let the courtiers wait for half an hour, and your Majesty will take a nap for a while?"< br>
The emperor was a little out of his mind and yawned. Feng Bao made a very reasonable suggestion.
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Ascend to the throne and go to court."
Standing in front of the Wenhua Hall, Zhu Yijun turned around and saw the black tiles of Wenyuan Pavilion and the continuous houses outside the wall.
Zhu Yijun is the emperor, and it is inevitable to be diligent.
He needs to be responsible for history. Rome has died and there is no sign of its lightning return. China has died once and returned once. Why can China come back twice? Why do all good things happen to your family?
Zhu Yijun, a big flapping moth, flapped his wings rapidly. The future has changed, so he must be responsible for the historical process.
"Wang Yi'e, the governor of Shandong, completed the census of 89 counties in six prefectures, fifteen states, and eighty-nine counties in Shandong in just three months after taking office. Of course, this was Ling Butang's victory in Shandong. Only with a solid foundation can we complete the census of Dingkou so quickly. Elders from all the big houses in Shandong signed a letter to send it to Lingbu Hall. The future is bright," Zhang Juzheng said the first thing.
Shandong has completed the census of Dingkou last year. In June of this year, it was the first to complete the census of Dingkou.
The elder wrote a letter of congratulations. The main content was to congratulate Ling Butang on his promotion from governor to governor. This meant the same thing overtly and covertly. If Ling Butang was promoted, he would never return to Shandong again. ! It’s best not to even look at Shandong! Everyone will definitely actively cooperate with the imperial decree. Ling Yunyi is really a bit too scary.
In fact, they didn’t kill many. The main ones were thieves. A traditional big family like the Jimo Zhang family, in cooperation with the imperial court, Ling Yunyi didn’t take any action. If he hadn’t participated in the Chuanyin hype, he would have been cut off by Wang Qian. , the Zhang family of Jimo cannot fail, and he is still the chief merchant of Mizhou Ocean Trading Company.
But with a knife hanging on my forehead, I am always afraid.
With the active cooperation of powerful right-wingers, Shandong completed the census at the fastest speed. Shuntian Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture only have one prefecture, but Shandong has six prefectures, fifteen states and eighty-nine counties. It is jaw-dropping, and the abolition of slave status can be completed before September this year.
If the abolition of the status of slaves can be successfully completed in September, then Wang Yi'e will be the first to do the census and abolish the status of slaves, setting an example for all chief secretaries in the world. .
Zhu Yijun asked about the details of the Dingkou census in Shandong. The total number of Dingkou in the six prefectures was 9.874 million, an increase of 87% compared to the 5.25 million in the Yellow Register in the 26th year of Hongwu. Shandong Prefecture has repaired the Yellow Register. , and has been escorted to Beijing, kept in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and archived in Tongjiku and Tonghe Palace in ancient and modern times.
"I take back my previous judgment of Governor Wang. Governor Wang has a heart of loyalty to the emperor and the country. It is my villain's heart that judges a gentleman's heart." Zhang Juzheng was very solemn in the court and expressed his gratitude to Wang Yi who had previously blocked him. E went to Shandong to take up his post and made an apology. This was a public statement and was to be published in Di Bao.
In this matter, Zhang Juzheng was too careful.
The people in Zhongshushe are a little confused. Should they remember it or not? Zhang Hong didn't even reach out.
"Sir, don't worry, Wang Yi'e knows where your husband is in trouble." Zhu Yijun smiled and smoothed things over. Zhang Juzheng should be cautious. He is the chief minister of the empire and the minister of the Ministry of official affairs. Wang Yi'e really cares about Xu Jiezhi. With the stubbornness in his heart, the foundation that Ling Yunyi had laid in Shandong was wasted, and Shandong was still muddy.
Caution is right.
"We previously estimated that the number of Ding in the entire Ming Dynasty was about 100 million. Now it seems that it is about 120 million. There are too many Yin Ding." Wang Guoguang, the Minister of Household Affairs, said, underestimating the number of Yin Ding. The scale of Ding underestimated the huge population of Ming Dynasty.
According to the population and growth scale of Shandong, it is not a problem for the population of Ming Dynasty to approach 120 million.
The population of Shandong is almost the same as half of Great Britain, slightly less than France. This is the terrible population of Shandong.
Zhang Xueyan looked through a heavy accounting record in his hand and said: "The annexation of Shandong is too serious. Before the land clearing in Shandong, a total of 365,800 hectares, or 36.58 million acres of farmland, was cleared, totaling 116.69 hectares of farmland. Such The population growth is extremely slow due to annexation and delinquency, but the scale of Yinding is still so amazing."
What Zhang Xueyan means is that there is still potential for population growth, and it is easy to exceed the population accidentally. upper limit.
After the Qing Dynasty, the census of Dingkou, the abolition of slave registration, the establishment of engineering regiments and camps, and even the return of land one day in the future, the population growth rate will further increase. Zhang Juzheng is worried that the population will reach the land limit of the Ming Dynasty. It's not impossible for something to happen.
How many people were there in the Ming Dynasty? The court had previously guessed that it was 100 million, but now it seems that the estimate of 120 million is still conservative.
"There is no such thing as a population exceeding the land carrying limit, at least for the Ming Dynasty. We are expanding now." After Zhang Juzheng discussed the issue of the population limit with His Majesty, he denied his own population limit. He advocated and told other courtiers in the court that the issue of population limit was not a problem for the Ming Dynasty and there was no need to worry about it in the future.
Build more ships, expand more land, and migrate more people. The world is so big and there is not enough main population to support it. How to expand?
Zhu Yijun held the memorial in his hand and said: "Wang Yi'e said in the memorial that the iron-making official factory in Linzi during the Han Dynasty was more than five times that of Kaifeng, Henan. Among the 48 iron officials in the Han Dynasty, 18 In Shandong, by the Tang Dynasty, Shandong was a mining and smelting capital. Only in Laiwu there were 13 iron smelting sites and 18 copper smelting sites. There were necessary conditions for the establishment of official factories and groups. In the early years of Hongwu, Shandong official factories had an annual output of With 3.15 million kilograms of iron, Wang Yi'e requested an order to set up official factories and engineering regiments. "
Zhu Yijun talked about the situation on the ground in Shandong. There were eighteen official factories in the Han Dynasty, but the scale was even larger in the Tang Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there were no official factories.
And the huge population and sufficient acres of land can also support the prosperity of official factories.
"Your Majesty, I think it's okay." Wang Chonggu was the first to express his agreement, and then Zeng Xingwu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wang Daokun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, immediately agreed.
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't think there is any need to be too hasty. Wait for the news from Henan. If Lingbutang can succeed in Henan, there are examples to follow."
The conservatives, represented by Zhang Juzheng, are still opposed to the engineering regiment and battalion. They are opposed to exaggerating too quickly and should be slower and more steady. The Ming Dynasty's national strength has just recovered a bit and there is capital for trial and error, but it should also be prudent.
This time among the conservatives, the Minister of Household Affairs, Wang Guoguang, was a little hesitant.
"How about setting up three engineering regiments and battalions first and advancing together with Henan. Anyway, Ling Butang is the governor of Shandong and Henan. If there is really something in Shandong, Henan can provide support." Wang Guoguang stated his opinion. Jumped backwards.
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng.
"Let's wait a little longer. It's better to build the Ten Kings City first, and wait until the vassal kings in Henan Province move back to the capital." Zhang Juzheng found that he was going against the grain with everyone, and even the conservative Wang Guoguang jumped On the contrary, because the official factory made huge profits.
"Just as Mr. Wang said, wait until the Ten Kings City is built." After careful consideration, Zhu Yijun chose to agree with Zhang Juzheng's opinion.
(End of this chapter)