Chapter 129: Heavy Rewards

Chu Jin was panting, carrying a stack of ledgers in his hands.

His eyes are all ecstatic, to the front of Zhang Anshi, the arrogance of the former and the latter said, “Alas, the small man and the accountants sleepless, finally the majority of the accounts to clear out. It is really unexpected that these money changers …… are all fat and oily.”

Zhang Anshi looked at him like a fool and said, “If this money bank is not fat, what else in the world is fat?”

This is also the truth, in ancient times, unusual trading profits are not high, the vast majority of people hold property is only land, although the monopoly of the land can be clothed and fed, but no more than those who specialize in moneylending.

Not to mention that many money changers, but since the Yuan Dynasty has continued to lend money, even if the reign of Emperor Hongwu, they hibernate, but the wealth is still very considerable.

Had it not been for this time, these money changers had drawn a large amount of gold and silver to support the speculators in tung oil, and there would never have been a shortage of gold and silver.

Zhu Jin said with a big smile, “Uncle, you’ll know it when you see it.”

Zhang Anshi nodded and opened the book, then carefully scrutinized it.

Here the accounts are densely packed, a moment to see Zhang Anshi himself is also dizzy, it is not easy, to see the total number of assets at the end of the total, but also can not help but be surprised, the mouth can not help but spit out three words: “dog big household.”

Zhu Yong said from the sidelines, “Who did big brother scold?”

Zhang Anshi put the account book away, “Don’t ask, asking is me scolding myself! Well, you guys stay here for a while, I have to go into the palace to see the driver, you guys don’t fool around here!”

Saying that, he wanted to lift his feet and leave, but suddenly remembered something, and was busy saying cautiously, “Remember to keep an eye on this fellow Qusong.”

“Oh.”

After saying that, Zhang Anshi will be a smoke, hurriedly rushed to the palace.

Zhu Di, who was in the palace at this time, also seemed to have something on his mind.

But right now, the army was about to move out, and countless troops and horses began to gather around Nanjing, Yunnan, and Zhenjiang.

This time, Zhu seems to have intended to solve the problem of Annam once and for all.

As a result, countless amounts of grain and grass had begun to be transported in a steady stream to places such as Yunnan and Guizhou.

Zhu Di in Nanjing city planning, every day for the deployment of troops and exhaustive thinking, after all, for Zhu Di, this battle is only allowed to win, not allowed to lose.

He now desperately needed a great victory to prove himself, Taizu Gao Emperor could settle the Central Plains in the north, and he, as the most legitimate successor of Taizu Gao Emperor, could not afford to go to great lengths to exterminate an Annan.

Not to mention …… that when it comes to marching and arranging, Zhu Di is a professional.

At this time, in addition to reading a large number of zhengshi every day, is to discuss with the ministers of the mobilization of grain and grass matters.

As for the commander-in-chief who was about to go out, whether it was Zhu Neng, or Zhang Fu, who had just been urgently transferred back from the border towns, or the generals such as Fengcheng Hou, he received them almost one by one, and instructed them face-to-face, and gave them different admonitions according to their character traits.

Just this money and food thing, still let Zhu Di most headache, he is not good at this, and therefore had to hand over to the Prince.

Zhu Gaoqi is a chronic, originally this kind of thing, really can not be in a hurry, but Zhu Di has a lot of words about it.

“Your Majesty …… Uncle Cheng En seeks an audience.”

“Oh.” Zhu Di was writing a letter with his head down, which was prepared to be sent to Mu Sheng in Yunnan, admonishing him to draw money and grain from Yunnan and try his best to supply a part of the army’s grain and grass.

In addition to this, it was to lead a partial division from Yunnan into Annam to counterbalance the central army.

At this time, Zhu Di was seriously writing a letter, but he frowned: “This guy, he’s loitering again? Why don’t he do something serious?”

Yizhuoha whispered, “The slave girl saw that Uncle Chengen brought a pile of account books.”

When Zhu Di heard this, his eyes widened slightly, and he violently threw the Zhu Pen, then said, “I have been missing him for the past few days! Quickly, declare him into the hall.”

A few moments later, Zhang Anshi entered the meeting, Zhu Di gaze gentle said, “Zhang Qing …… I see you thin, how, weekdays are very laborious?”

Zhang Anshi said, “I didn’t work hard, no, I worked hard ……”

Zhu Di laughed: “What are you holding in your hand?”

Zhang Anshi truthfully said, “Your Majesty, these days, I have taken over eleven money changers.”

“Taking over?” Zhu was surprised, “You’re taking over by force?”

“is not considered to take by force, the minister’s many silver, are present in these money bank, but who thought, these money bank at first actually went to those crooked merchants lending, as a result of those crooked merchants big loss special loss, money bank also followed a together can not hold out. ”

“I was thinking, although they are not righteous, but the minister can not stand by and watch them close down ah, not to mention, many of the people’s silver, are stored in their money bank it, this is if the cross, I do not know how many people want to cry, begging for no door. So the minister will cross the heart, so …… had to reluctantly, will be these money farms to take over.”

Zhu listened to a bit of a mess, how to feel, as if it is a charity?

Finally Zhu Di simply said, “You straight say it, is it a loss or a gain, do not and I say these vain things.”

Zhang Anshi was happy: “Earn, earn, of course it is earn, big earn! Your Majesty, after I dominated this money bank, I had someone check the accounts in detail, and guess what? Your Majesty might as well take a look for yourself.”

“I can’t read it.” Zhu Di said, “Just say it straight.”

Zhang Anshi lamented, “Your Majesty is really a real person, I here, there is a rough number, eleven money changers, the sum of all the assets on the books, counted 8,760,000 taels of silver, of course, this is to count less.”

Chu: “……”

“Your Majesty ……”

Zhu didn’t say anything, his eyes almost glaring out of their sockets.

Zhang Anshi continued quietly, “Your Majesty, you squeak ……”

Chu: “……”

Even Yiluoha, who was on the side, had some urgency and rushed forward, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty ……”

Zhu’s face turned red and he still didn’t say anything.

“Your Majesty ……,” Yiluoha was startled, busy is kneeling down, with a sobbing voice said.

It was at this time that Zhu Di slowed down a little, “Don’t talk, I want to be quiet.”

It’s a big payday, and this one is really big.

Zhu could never have imagined that a small amount of tung oil produced such a huge benefit.

Before and after this, the proceeds of gold and silver can be as high as ten million taels.

Zhu could not help but say, “Can the people be so affluent?”

That was his first thought.

Yes, theoretically speaking, the Ming has been considered peaceful for decades, from the Hongwu period when all things were in ruins.

But as a matter of fact, Daming should not have started to recover yet, and the people are still very much in distress.

But now it seems …… to be all different …… These people …… are too earnest.

Zhang Anshi then patiently said, “Your Majesty, gold and silver are currency and land is an asset, which leads to the fact that these gold, silver and land, as long as they are held in the hands and hidden, can be passed on to children and grandchildren endlessly, for example, there is one here called the Four Seas Money Bank, which has been in existence for nearly a hundred years …… ”

Zhu Di took a deep breath, “really did not think, did not think ah …… eleven money changers, now is my?”

Zhang Anshi continued to tirelessly explain: “We took eighty percent, and His Majesty accounted for this eighty percent of the first fifty percent, of course,……鑷ｇ瓑鍑犱釜, but also accounted for some, such as the minister, accounted for two percent, there are three percent, I conscience, and a few brothers together, and each evened up some of them to the Qiu family, this kind of Calculated words, the three of them, roughly roughly about 10%.”

Zhu Di rejoiced, “I got fifty percent, then and is my also no difference, I heard …… that this money bank profits the most, haha …… good, good very good, under this sky, there is who is more competent than Zhang Qing? Zhang Qing …… did a good job, good, good, good ……”

Even said three good words, Zhu Di is full of red light: “earn silver is just, but also the supply of military needs, stabilized the price of oil, this is the work of the world also. I promised, if you can really share the worry, I will allow you to mention a reward, you say yourself, I should reward you what?”

Zhang Anshi smiled, but his heart was torn, he hated it when people asked him what he wanted to reward.

I Zhang Anshi s thin skin ah, this wants more, you say I am greedy, but if I am polite with you, according to His Majesty s pettiness, maybe …… it really should be.

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi with tiger eyes and encouraged, “No need to worry, as long as you dare to say, I will not begrudge the reward.”

Zhang Anshi finally spoke up, “I have an unkind request.”

Zhu Di joyfully said, “There’s no harm in your saying so.”

Zhang Anshi said, “I feel that there are some problems with the military system passed down by Emperor Taizu Gao.”

Silence fell in the temple.

In fact, Zhang Anshi said that Zhu Di naked no problem, but as the banner of the high emperor of Taizu high emperor Zhu Di, was said to the face of the high emperor of Taizu a certain ancestor of the law has a problem, this face is a little hung up.

Zhu Zhui looked at also lost ha.

Also lost Ha will understand, busy like driving flies, will be in the hall waiting eunuchs all away.

Only then did Zhu say, “What’s the problem.”

“Emperor Taizu Gao’s heart is good, his old man let the guards canton the fields, but I thought that as time passes, this guards’ canton soldiers will be metamorphosed. In the beginning, the soldiers who are able to fight well, will gradually degenerate into farmers! Although it is true that feeding the army and horses in this way saves a lot of expenses, but what is the use of having more soldiers and horses like this?”

Zhu stood up and put his hands behind his back, as was his habit of thinking.

Zhu Di this is called: “This is called the two phases of its harm to take the light, you a doll understand a bird, the imperial examination is so saintly, will not know the doorway of this?”

Zhang Anshi said, “But this cannot last long, it can only meet a temporary emergency.”

Zhu Di said, “There are also forbidden troops in the capital as the elite, which is enough to cope with it.”

Zhu Di has been in the army for a long time and knows everything about the army: “There is the Divine Opportunity Battalion, the Primus Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalions, isn’t that enough?”

Zhang Anshi said, “What I mean is …… perhaps we can try to change our thinking?”

Zhu Di’s idea is also right, but Zhang Anshi is clear that the middle and late Ming, by the Japanese as well as the Jiannu people constantly attacked, exhausted, and ultimately the military burden is getting bigger and bigger, but instead of adding to the burden of the people of the world, so much so that the people unveiled.

This guard system, I am afraid, is also a main reason for the demise of Ming.

Many of the problems, in fact, were planted at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperors after Zhu Di were no longer able to carry out a great deal of military reform.

The only way to fix this fault is to bring it up and even make changes to it while Chu is still around.

So Zhang Anshi said, “Didn’t Your Majesty say that you would reward me with one thing? I will dare to …… ask Your Majesty to allow me to build a battalion of men.”

Zhu Di froze, he thought Zhang Anshi would want to get gold and silver, or the reward of the title, really can not, you want to marry a few daughter-in-law can also be ah, the big deal is that the Qiu family, the Xu family’s girls are married to it.

“The men and horses don’t have to be many, three to five hundred will do.” Zhang Anshi smilingly continued, “These three to five hundred people, by the minister to supply military supplies, I come to set the reward and punishment system. I do this, absolutely no selfish thoughts, just want to try, perhaps …… I can use another way to rule the army, to try the effect.”

Yiluoha listened from the sidelines and couldn’t help but look at Zhang Anshi one more time.

This is a very bold statement, if these words are put forward by others, for example, is Xie Jin, Zhu Di is afraid to suspect that guy to rebel.

However, had it been Zhang Anshi, it might have been completely different.

After all, the old Zhu family does have the tradition of letting the vassal in charge of the army, such as the Mu family in Yunnan, and the Gu family in Shizhen Guizhou, not to mention the large and small, mastering a large number of guards of the vassal king.

Zhu Di bowed his head and said, “Minister Zhang is truly loyal.”

Also Lost Ha: “……”

And sure enough, as Yizuha had predicted.

Zhu Di said: “However, you a doll, and did not stay in the army, how do you know the name here? Really nonsense! I have been in the army for a long time, I am familiar with the things in the army, I am familiar with the laws of leading and practicing the army, I am more than familiar with it. You are really worrying about it.”

After a pause, but then added: “But …… you this guy since mentioned it, I have what law? Only to be gracious! I have ordered you to town Qixia, on the horse to control the army, down the horse to rule the people, there is a battalion of guards, it is also a matter of course.”

“How about this, I’ll give you a battalion of just five hundred men?”

Zhang Anshi was pleased with himself, and only said, “Can I this camp …… be able to take its own name?”

Zhu Di glared at him and said, “By you, by you, don’t be like that dog son of Zhu Gaoxu, just take a ‘Tianze Wei’.”

Zhang Anshi since the heart of the early answer, then directly said: “Why not call the model battalion, model, example also, I want to use this battalion for my Ming example.”

Chu: “……”

Zhu Di realized that he was surrounded by a bunch of arrogant guys! King Han is not to mention, Zhang Anshi is even more excessive, the name obviously pulls hatred.

Zhu Di didn’t object and sighed, “I will issue the decree, are there any more requests?”

“I ask that I recruit my own military generals, well …… let Zhu Yong be the battalion officer, Zhang Yoking and Qusong as the deputy, your majesty, they are all voluntary, so there is no coercion.”

Zhu nodded, “Yes.”

Zhang Anshi added: “This time, they are also going to conquer Annan, how about …… I ask Your Majesty to let the three of them lead this battalion to go on the expedition, how about it?”

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi oddly, and finally said, “Also by you.”

Zhang Anshi was overjoyed and said confidently, “Your Majesty is wise, then it’s a deal. I must let this model battalion strike the first blow, and teach the world to know the prestige of this model battalion.”

Obviously, Zhu Di was feeling speechless inside and glared at Zhang Anshi, “Anything else?”

“In addition to this, I would like to set up a teaching position in the Model Battalion, and I feel that the newly promoted Huiyuan Gu Xingzu is suitable.”

Zhu Di stroked his chin, he actually felt that Zhang Anshi was serious, although in Zhu Di’s mind, this guy’s request was actually not much different from playing house.

Zhu Di was also more than a little serious, so he said, “Gu Xingzu is a Huiyuan, but he is a marquis grandson, so he did not participate in the Imperial Examination, and does not intend to enter the dynasty as a civil servant, but after all, he is a Huiyuan, will he be willing to serve as a district instructor in the battalion?”

Zhang Anshi said chestily, “He must be willing.”

If he doesn’t want to, beat him until he does.

Zhu Di then said, “If he is willing, I will not stop him.”

Zhang Anshi continued to add: “And …… the supplies in this battalion, as well as munitions, and all matters of drill, are supplied by the minister ……”

“All can.” Zhu Di said, “Well, I’m a man of my word, what you mention, I promise, this, it’s settled.”

Zhang Anshi rejoiced, “Thank you, Your Majesty, Your …… Majesty I have another question.”

Zhu Di felt that this guy …… did have some loitering, how so many things, but also patiently said, “You say.”

Zhang Anshi at this time but put away the smile, actually very seriously, “I’m like this, counting the plot? The iron coupons of my minister should count.”

Zhu Di was furious: “What are you talking about! When did you see me kill a minister? Get your ass back to Qixia Ferry and think about how to manage the money bank!”

Zhang Anshi’s seriousness all of a sudden broken, resentful, said: “Ask well, I just have some worries, I …… say goodbye.”

With that, he ran off in a huff.

“This guy ……” Zhu Di shook his head, looked down at the account book, and laughed: “obviously can manage money, have to whole those vain things, should let him collect his heart, can not let him loiter down. ”

Yizhuoha laughed dryly from the side, “Your Majesty, teenagers always like to fight and kill.”

“This is true.” Zhu Di nodded, smiled and said, “When I was young, ah, is also like this, always think they can do the commander in chief, the results of the real follow Zhongshan King, Kaiping King on the battlefield, which only know …… have to learn more things!”

“If there is no this ten and twenty years hard work, how to have today’s me? Young people do not know the difficulties of leading soldiers, and have not seen the danger of the sands, it is inevitable that they do not know the sky and the earth.”

Also lost ha said: “slave girl is to think that uncle Cheng En has this mind, but also for the sake of our Ming dynasty and mountain. Not to mention his words right or wrong at least the heart is right.”

Zhu Di immediately revealed a few moments of complacency and laughed, “The person I favor, can he still have an improper heart?”

The following day, the decree was indeed given.

This is something that Zhu Di hadn’t been too concerned about.

In fact, Zhu Di instead as a relief, he promised Zhang Anshi mention a reward, but did not expect Zhang Anshi actually as long as such a small request.

Just when he almost quickly put this matter behind him, King Han Zhu Gaoxu came in a flurry of excitement, “Father, Father ……”

Zhu Di gave Zhu Gaoxu a disgusted look, “Why are you here again?”

Zhu Gaoxu said, “Father ah, I heard, father let Zhang Anshi that boy build what model battalion. Father, this military up and down, are going to laugh their asses off, who in the world does not know, this kid’s hair is not even long.”

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu angrily, “Mind your own business.”

Zhu Gaoxu said: ”Father, he Zhang Anshi is just the wife and brother of his brother-in-law, but my son is my father’s own son! How can a son be better than a relative by marriage? Father Emperor is not fair ……When my son wanted to ask Father Emperor to allocate the Tianze Guards to my son, so that they could come and be my son’s guards, Father Emperor refused, but promised him.”

When Zhu Di heard this, he was on fire and cursed, “You animal, you’re okay with that, do you think I’m Li Yuan?”

With that, he pushed up his sleeves and swung his arms up to charge and whack.

Zhu Gaoxu had thick skin, but he was still beaten and wailed.

So bawled, “Father …… Father …… son of the court is also born by you, think when the Jingwang …… oooooh What did …… Father Emperor say to his son? Father said: ‘I am exhausted, my son should fight bravely again.’ He also stroked his son’s back and said, ‘Strive on! My son is often ill.’ Father, have you forgotten these words?”

Finished, Zhu Gaoxu face aggrieved, pounded his heart said: “The son is stupid, never thought their father will be such a swindle son, son believe that really, really every war in the front, from the disregard for their own lives. Now how is it, now my father has become the emperor, my brother has become the crown prince, and my son …… my son is just a prince from the feudal lord …… my father used to favor me in every way, but now he is beating and scolding me all day long, and everyone laughs at my son for giving people a trousseau! …… I feel bitter in my heart ……”

He said, wiping tears from his eyes and choking on his words.

Hearing this, Zhu Di’s face eased slightly and said, “Alright, don’t cry.”

“Why is Father so thick-skinned? How can I be happy when I am only a vassal king, no different from my other uncles and cousins? I just want Father to give me the Tianze Wei to impress people. When it comes to Father Emperor, it becomes my sin to beat me like this.”

“I have no face to live in this world anymore, there is no point in living in the world, anyway, there is no difference between one more and one less son for Father.”

Zhu Di’s eyes were slightly red: ”You son of a bitch, but if you have some brains, why are you like this! Am I someone who can’t get even with a bowl of water? Go down. Go down.”

Zhu Gaoxu wiped his tears and had to leave in disgust under Zhu Di’s glare.

Zhu Di’s face was gloomy, and he couldn’t help but scream and curse under his breath, “What a stupid, foolish ……”

After cursing, Zhu Di looked up to see also lost Ha: “Give the decree, give King Han an additional guard of men and horses, give the Tianze guard to King Han.”

Yiluoha nodded, “The slave girl obeys the order.”

This Tianze Wei, is one of the seventeen guards pro army commanding division established during the time of Emperor Taizu Gaozu, belonging to the forbidden army.

Yizhu did not expect that Zhu Di would agree.

Zhu Di sighed: “This is what I and the crown prince owe him on credit, gave him this Tian Ze Wei, gave him a long face, if he still has any wrong thoughts in the future, I will not forgive him lightly.”

“That Zhang Anshi asked for Model Battalion because he wanted to share the worries of the country. But what about King Han, he is my own son, wanting the Tianzewei is because of his selfishness ……”

Waving his hand, Zhu revealed a weary look, as if he was also troubled by this matter.

………………

Zhang Anshi summoned his three brothers and Gu Xingzu with gusto.

Gu Xingzu was happy to see Zhang Anshi, but once he saw the three Zhu Yongs, especially Qusong, his face was miserable.

Zhang Anshi touched his head and said, “Xingzu ah Xingzu, my dear and beloved Xingzu, you have been closed at home all these days, but you have missed me badly.”

Gu Xingzu said, “Students are at home and give themselves three cut off questions ……”

Zhang Anshi’s face turned green, “Okay, don’t do the questions in the future, this conquest of Annan, is there any part for you?”

Gu Xingzu shook his head, “Master was ordered to go to Guizhou, set out for Guizhou, and join forces with the army and horses of the Mu family in Yunnan to kill in Annam, I am still young, Master said to talk about it in a few years.”

Zhang Anshi lamented, “A man’s ambition is to go to the four directions, we three murderers in the capital are going, how can you not go?”

Zhu Yong gushed, “What, big brother is going too?”

Zhang Anshi said, “I am the Three Fouls of the Capital, and the Three Fouls of the Capital are also namely me, so the three of you going is tantamount to Big Brother going as well.”

Zhu Yong felt a brain ache, how this capital city three murderers for a while three people, a while and four people, big brother here head left and right horizontal jump, jumping a little let a person dizziness.

Zhang Anshi coughed, “This time, I have taken the initiative to volunteer, let’s build our own battalion. Elder, you will be the officer of this battalion, with Zhang Yoking and Qiu Song as deputies, and Gu Xingzu as the instructor. Let’s recruit five hundred men, and then we will accompany the army to Annan.”

“You guys see, his majesty thinks highly of us, he specially opened a backdoor for us, this is trust and respect, you guys should also have confidence, so from now on, I, the general of the town of Qixia, give the order that our model battalion is established! You guys see, I’ve already drawn the military flag of our Model Battalion.”

The crowd jaws dropped, but saw Zhang Anshi took out a drawing to see this draft, but this draft, but a huge tiger head, tiger open fangs, momentum harmful.

Zhang Anshi said enthusiastically, “Look, this is the military flag of our Three Fierce Ones. This tiger is my elder brother. That’s what His Majesty meant when he praised me as the Tiger of Daming.”

Zhang yoked his head, “What about us? Didn’t we say three evils?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Can’t draw it, big brother represents you, big brother is the three evils, you are also the three evils, anyway, a meaning.”

Qusong said, “There should be a powder pack underneath.”

Zhang Anshi knocked him on the head: ”This can’t be drawn either, well, there are no objections now, so it’s unanimously approved. Next, we still need to have battalion rules and drill methods. Right, we also need to recruit manpower.”

“All in all, from now on, while the armies are departing one after another, we must do our best to train an elite army of a hundred battles, and then sweep through Annam, teaching the heroes of the world to be impressed.”

The military flag is poorly meant though.

But no matter what, Zhang Anshi’s proposal still made the three brothers excited.

Only Gu Xingzu …… seems to have no one to ask his opinion, and he just stays on the sidelines.

“Let me ask you, what is the most important thing that is needed here to drill the army and to march to war?”

“Be the first.”

“Be with the generals.”

“Keep extra gunpowder on hand.”

Zhang Anshi sneered, all wrong, well!

“All …… this nothing else, only three conditions, money, money, money! As long as we have a lot of money to spend like running water, we don’t have to worry about not being able to run across the world!”

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