Chapter 236 Changing the direction of history! Zhu Biao came through!
Ling Han also laughed at the side, and then sat there drinking tea.
"You guys, it seems like the younger generation really has a better way.
To deal with such shameless people, you still have to use your methods to be effective. " Chen Han and Xia Yuanji's faces turned dark. They couldn't help it after sitting down, "You little old man, we have accomplished such a big thing.
You are still here teasing us. You have to know that we are negotiating business with others now, and we are also setting a hook. This is quite beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. You are still here saying we are wrong. " Ling Han smiled, "I didn't say you were wrong, I can only say, Those people are not as good as young people like you,
They deserved to be deceived. " Xia Yuanji and Chen Han looked at each other without denying it. It's true, it's just for setting the hook,
Indeed, these people all understand that the Ming Dynasty's purchase of their grain at three times the price is a very confidential and urgent matter.
Only in this way can these people be willing and willing to provide food to the Ming Dynasty. What is the Ming Dynasty lacking now?
What is lacking is food. In the two to three years before the large-scale reclamation of Guangdong and Guangxi is completed, there is no way to ensure that the grain output of the Ming Dynasty will be greatly improved.
This is especially true now that the Little Ice Age is approaching.
In order to speed up the pace of reform, Chen Han must use this method to instigate the Southeast Asian countries to cooperate with him in doing this. As for how much losses these countries in Southeast Asia would suffer because of this incident, he couldn't sympathize with them now. He was even thinking that it would be best to cause civil unrest. If the Ming Dynasty continued to purchase grain. It would be best if the corrupt officials and profiteers in these countries collude with each other to resell food. Because if this happens, there will definitely be greater civil strife. When the Ming Dynasty's army goes to conquer, it will achieve twice the result with half the effort. This is economic warfare. This is not a new trick. Even more than a thousand years ago, Guan Zhong of Qi State used this trick to deal with enemy countries. Chen Han had set such a hook. After these people returned, they must have sent a small number of people to purchase large amounts of grain from the private sector. After going back and forth for several years, maybe Nanyang and China don’t have enough food.
When the Ming Dynasty's magic troops descend from heaven, countries in Southeast Asia will have no food.
Even if it is covered in iron, can it withstand the attack of the Ming Dynasty? Thinking of this, Chen Han and Xia Yuanji both smiled knowingly. After the matter was resolved, Chen Han and the others waited with peace of mind. At this time, Chen Han also said to Xia Yuanji next to him: "Have you arranged for someone to follow you?" Xia Yuanji smiled: "These people ran out in a hurry just now, and I gave the Jin Yiwei outside a look.
Jin Yiwei has arranged for people to follow them. " "That's good!" Sure enough, after these envoys left the hotel, they rushed to the streets where they lived and began to inquire about the vendors. These people also pretended not to care, and separated themselves from each other. When they felt that no one was watching them,
Just go to the stalls and hawkers and pick and choose. When he felt that no one was looking at them, he asked casually: "This little brother, I want to ask you a question." The person who spoke was the envoy of Annan Kingdom. His Ming Dynasty Mandarin is very standard.
So the hawker was a little surprised when he saw his clothes. However, adhering to the principle that the customer is the Jade Emperor, he must have heard everything and said, "Sir, please tell me!" The envoy of Annan State asked: "How many coppers can a Guanbao banknote be exchanged for now?" The hawker looked relaxed, thinking it was such a big secret. It turned out to be just this. He replied: "It seems that the guest officer is someone who doesn't often walk around my country." "Yes, I am the envoy of Annan Kingdom." "Oh!" After hearing this, the vendor didn't feel inferior at all. Instead, he was very proud. Because these Annan envoys, or rather their countries, are just vassals of their own Ming Dynasty. As a common citizen in the capital, how can you not be interested in current affairs and politics?
Quite interested. So his pride is innate. "My lord, let me tell you this. In the past, the banknotes could only be exchanged for two hundred coins.
It's different now. Now the consistent treasure banknotes can be exchanged for 550 copper coins. All this is thanks to the current reforms of our Lord Pinglu, using treasure banknotes to collect taxes, making our treasure banknotes more and more valuable. In fact, let me tell you the truth. If you, the envoys from outside, could hoard more treasures around you, I estimate that when you come back next year, you can exchange the treasure notes for a thousand pence, or even two taels of silver. " As he spoke, the vendor was very proud. The envoy from Annan State thumped for a moment and thought to himself: It seems that Chen Han really did not deceive him.
Sure enough, as he said, the value of Ming Dynasty banknotes has increased. And it appreciates very quickly. Obviously when he came to pay tribute last year, the Ming Dynasty treasure notes had depreciated in value, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were not willing to take them. Because no one knows how many copper coins the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes received this year will be worth next year. Unexpectedly, it doubled in just one year. His eyes shone brightly, so he held a small porcelain bottle in his hand, "Okay, okay, I want this bottle!" "Okay, I'll give you ten cents as a courtesy!" Annan's envoy took out ten coins and bought a small porcelain vase. This bottle was made in a folk kiln and was not valuable. But when he heard the news, it was very valuable. If this is true as Chen Han said, if the price rises one or two times a year, it will not increase three or four times in the next two years. Just as Xia Yuanji said just now, if you hoard some treasure money,
Then you can wait for the appreciation to come here. He immediately beamed and said, "It does look like a business opportunity. This is a big business opportunity."
Among the guards following behind him was Xiao Jiujiu. The envoy of Annan State turned around and warned the guards around him: "You only need to know this secret. After you return, you must not spread it randomly to avoid causing confusion." "Yes!" All the guards nodded. They actually know it very well. Despite the high-sounding words of the envoy, he actually didn't want to let everyone know about these good things, so as not to damage his own interests. After all, this is a bigger business opportunity than selling food directly. Like the envoys from Annan Kingdom, the other envoys went out to inquire about news on the street after leaving the hotel. Like the Annan envoys, after learning the news, all of them showed thoughtful expressions on their faces. Probably like the envoy from Annan, he was also thinking about how to maximize his own interests. If one less person knows about this business opportunity, there will be more profit. If you can really hoard a little more treasure money and food without everyone knowing about it, you will make a lot of money. After Jin Yiwei reported back to Chen Han and the others, the two of them laughed so hard that their shoulders were shaking. “It’s done!” Once this thing is done, it will be equivalent to planting a hook.
These greedy people can help Chen Han and the others catch more fish with this bait. …… And just as those guys said, they did not give Chen Han a reply in the short term. After waiting for more than a month, seeing that September has entered, Prince Zhu Biao's birthday is coming soon. It has been very quiet this month. At first, some scholars were worried whether the imperial examination would be cancelled. But what reassured them was that no, they finished the exam quietly,
Then I waited for the results to be released. Officials were also surprised that Chen Han did not blindly suppress the imperial examination. But there is another unfortunate news that they don't want to believe. That is that as Chen Han knocked down the Kong family, a saying began to spread among the people, That is, even if you don’t take the imperial examination, you can still go to Daming Institute of Engineering. Why waste so much time on one road. It’s also because this sentence made most people realize the fact immediately. That is, there are other ways to get promoted. After having two roads, everyone finally stopped being as involution as before. And one month later, September 5th, was the birthday of Prince Zhu Biao. On this year's birthday, Zhu Yuanzhang held an extremely grand ceremony for Zhu Biao. Zhu Yuanzhang basically regarded this time as the day of the rebirth of Prince Zhu Biao.
Even the officials all over the world are surprised.
Why did the emperor and the prince, who had always been frugal, organize their birthdays this year with such great fanfare. Zhu Yuanzhang not only granted amnesty to the whole country this time, but also reduced taxes for one year in some places with very poor economies such as the northwest, southwest, and Liaodong. After the news spread to these places, the people were full of joy. They all praised the prince and the emperor for their kindness.
So much so that this year's birthday of Prince Zhu Biao was celebrated with great fanfare and the whole world followed. It is precisely because everyone is so popular that they don’t know what the reason is, so it seems that there is something unpredictable. However, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao did not explain. Those who knew the details were Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang, Princess Jiangdu, Ling Han, the Minister of Rites, and Jiang Ying, the commander of the Jinyi Guards. Princess Jiangdu, who knew the details, truly felt that her father had survived April 25, the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu. That was when it was originally the date of the prince's death.
It can be said that I cried so much that I almost broke my heart that night. Only people close to Prince Zhu Biao will know how hard and difficult it has been for Prince Zhu Biao over the years. Among the five thousand years of princes, there are three that are hard to reconcile. Fusu, the prince of Qin Shihuang; Liu Ju, the prince of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty; The third one is Zhu Biao, the prince of Ming Taizu. However, Fusu and Liu Zhi's tragedies were inevitable, and even if they successfully ascended the throne, they would not necessarily develop in a better direction. But Zhu Biao is different. This can be said to be the real difficulty in Chinese history. First of all, there is no inevitability in Zhu Biao's ending. It can be said to be a pure accident. Zhu Biao died of illness, but he was not the type who had been frail and sickly since childhood. Even when he first got sick, he did not show symptoms that would lead to death. This also led to many conspiracy theories about the cause of Zhu Biao's death. Chen Han even gave several conspiracy theories. Anyone who knows a little about Ming history knows that Zhu Yuanzhang loved Zhu Biao so much that he basically gave everything he had to him. There are even endless stories about the deputy emperor, Zhu Biao rebelled, and Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead in surrendering. Although it is a bit of a joke, it can be seen. Everyone who has read the history of the Ming Dynasty agrees on Zhu Biao's position in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. So if Zhu Biao had not died unexpectedly and successfully ascended the throne, would it have changed the situation of the Ming Dynasty? That is basically inevitable. Zhu Biao will surely ascend the throne smoothly if he does not die. Zhu Yuanzhang has too many reasons for his love for Zhu Biao. First of all, Zhu Biao was granted the title of prince at the age of thirteen, and Zhu Yuanzhang had just become emperor at this time. In other words, the first thing Zhu Yuanzhang did when he became emperor was to confer the title of queen and prince, and then established the eldest son succession system.
Later, a vassal king system was formulated. It can be said that all this was to ensure that Prince Zhu Biao could successfully ascend the throne. The civil and military officials assigned to the East Palace were also top-notch in the Ming Dynasty. The members include Li Shanchang, Prime Minister of the Left and Prince's Young Master;
Right Prime Minister Xu Da and Crown Prince Shaofu; Zhongshu Pingzhang records important military and state affairs, Chang Yuchun and Prince Shaobao;
Feng Sheng, the right governor, also serves as the right commander;
Hu Mei, Liao Yongzhong, Li Boxheng, Zhongshu Pingzhang, political affairs ministers, and Zhan Shiyuan affairs ministers at the same time;
Zhongshu left and right prime ministers Zhao Yong and Wang Pu also served as deputy ministers;
Zhongshu participated in politics, Yang Xian concurrently served as Zhan Shicheng, and Fu Zhen served as Zhan Shicheng; Kang Maocai and Zhang Xingzu, the governors of Tongzhi, also led the government envoys on the left and right; Gu Shi and Sun Xingzu, the deputy envoys of the governor's office, led the affairs of the office together with the magistrates;
Wu Zhen and Geng Bingwen, ministers of the governor's office, also led the deputy envoys; The imperial censors Deng Yu and Tang He also issued instructions; Censors Zhongcheng Liu Bowen and Zhang Yi also praised the good officials; He served as the censor Wen Yuanji, Fan Xianzu and as a guest of the prince. What is even more unimaginable is that Zhu Yuanzhang no longer has another official staff outside the East Palace, and the father and son share the same team. The intention was that while he was away on war, the prince would supervise the country so that the generals and prime ministers could assist him. In other words, all Zhu Biao had to say at that time was, I want to be the emperor. Then you can ascend the throne directly. Ministers will gladly follow, Because ministers don't have to worry about the emperor and his ministers. In addition, a special main hall was set up in the palace to store various ancient and modern books, and let famous scholars take turns to give lectures to the prince and the kings. And more than ten talented young people, including Guo Qi, Wang Pu and Zhang Jie, students of the Imperial College, were selected to accompany the students. It can be said that what the prince Zhu Biao did was unprecedented and unprecedented. According to the patriarchal clan system, Zhu Biao is the eldest son;
Emotionally, Zhu Yuanzhang loved Zhu Biao so openly;
In terms of power, Zhu Biao had the most powerful team in the Ming Dynasty, and was the most powerful person besides Zhu Yuanzhang. If Zhu Biao does not die, he will definitely succeed to the throne. There is no doubt about this. If Zhu Biao takes the throne, whether he will lead the Ming Dynasty to go further, there are many aspects to consider here... (End of this chapter)