Chapter 231: A Thousand Autumns

Zhu Di’s face turned violently cold.

And when the group of ministers heard these words, they were all silent.

Often …… there are some words that don’t fit on the table.

It’s like the Empty Seal case, which everyone knew about, but everyone pretended it didn’t happen.

Zhu Di gazed at Teng Jian and said, “What you are talking about are the sea pirates who went down to the sea, right?”

Teng Jian said, “Your Majesty, it’s not a sea pirate, it’s a serious sea merchant.”

Zhu Di frowned up: “If I remember correctly, when the Mongols were in the Central Plains, they had brought a lot of colorful people, and these colorful people, a lot of them gathered in Quanzhou, and these colorful people in Quanzhou, mainly engaged in the sea trade, is that right?”

Zhu Di looked at Xie Jin.

Xie Jin’s heart is already beating wildly at this time, he would never want to touch this issue.

Even Xie Jin is aware that this is too big.

But Zhu Di’s words were obviously a question to him, at this time he had to nod his head stiffly and said, “Yes, Your Majesty. But also not only the colorful people brought by the Mongols, among them there is also the local Pu clan of Quanzhou who are engaged in the sea trade ……”

Zhu Di said: “This Pu’s I have the impression, is also the colorful people, after arriving in Quanzhou, in the Southern Song Dynasty, was appointed by the Southern Song Dynasty court as the city of Hublot Department of the lift. It is said that he earned countless money through the sea trade, the family servants alone, there are thousands of people, extravagant, but wait until the Mongols into the south of the Yangtze River, Pu was the first to rely on the Mongols more tolerant of the colorful people, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was pursued by the Yuan soldiers, fled to Quanzhou, it is the Pu’s led people to kill the retinue of the deceased emperor of the Song Dynasty and many of the nobility … … …”

Zhu Di lightly continued: “also therefore, Pu’s rely on these credits, in the Mongols into the Central Plains, the credit is very great, not only their children and grandchildren, generations for the government, and their sea trade, but also more and more big. To the time of my great-grandfather Emperor Gao, heard of this matter, to the Pu hate into the bone, so the decree, Pu family all generations shall not be allowed to study to enter the civil service, the male will always be a slave, the female will always be a whore. Emperor Taizu was not yet satisfied with his hatred, and he ordered the bones of Pu Shougeng, who had hunted down and killed the Song ruler at that time, to be dug up and his body flogged for three hundred years. Is that right?”

Xie Jin said, “Your Majesty’s extensive knowledge and strong memory, I am far inferior.”

Zhu Di, however, said, “I am not knowledgeable, but at that time, when Emperor Taizu Gao gave the order, I was around.”

Zhu Di paused, and then said: “When the sea trade, more like the Pu family such as the colorful people dominated, today Quanzhou and other places of the colorful people, are purged …… then my Daming also why so many seafarers? Emperor Taizu, had because of the Japanese and Zhang Shicheng and other remnants of the collusion with the pirates, in order to prevent, the decree banned the sea. Since the sea has been banned, should only official ships and tribute ships to and from, this merchant ships and where do they come from?”

Zhu Di said, and then looked to understand Jin.

Xie Jin could not answer for a moment.

Many people in the dynasty, were in favor of the sea ban.

One could even say it was lopsided.

Zhang Anshi stood to the side, secretly observing everything in front of him.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, said with his hands behind his back, “Could it be that this Pu family, has even resurfaced?”

Xie Jin sweated profusely, a long time can not find the words to answer, a long time before saying; “Will other ships, the delusion of my Ming merchant ships?”

Zhu bristled, but glanced at Teng Jian.

Teng Jian said, “One, two, can be said to be a delusional claim, but the slave girl is outside, heard that this merchant fleet is not small.”

Xie Jin was speechless again.

All the officials also stood with bated breath.

Zhu Di obviously perceived a little something, coldly said, “The Secretaries of the most good at talking about things, today there is something, why not say?”

Seeing that the hundred officials still did not answer, Zhu Di whisked his sleeve and said, “That’s all, Jin Yiwei to investigate. You and others retire.”

Only at this time, Zhang Anshi was left behind.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, had already swung to Wen Lou, he looked at Zhang Anshi and said, “Those merchant ships, where did they come from?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Maybe someone is smuggling.”

“Smuggling?” Zhu nodded, “It may be possible, what Teng Jian said, the scale is not small, if the scale is not small, how can it be done without any previous news?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Could it be due to the relaxation of the sea ban?”

Zhu Di shook his head, “You, you are really confused, since Emperor Taizu Gao banned the sea, the sea ban has always been severe.”

After saying that, Zhu Di gazed at Zhang Anshi and slowly said, “It seems that you, a brat, have naivety.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Please ask Your Majesty for clarification.”

Zhu Di said, “I have issued so many decrees, and Taizu high emperor, issued so many decrees, I come to ask you, are strictly implemented?”

Zhang Anshi said, “This ……”

Zhu Di said: “I honestly say, some of the implementation, some of them are the same as a piece of paper, such as Emperor Taizu high emperor, issued a decree to sternly reprimand students to say things. Come on, I ask you, I Ming, can not speak of the students?”

Zhang Anshi is a little taut, to be honest, the so-called do not speak of things, is to not let them talk about national affairs, teach them to read at ease.

However, according to Zhang Anshi’s judgment, he had never really seen a raw recruit who did not speak out.

Zhu Di at this time and said: “As a matter of fact, delusional state affairs, is to be dismissed from the merit, but I ask you, the provinces of the school government, the counties of the oracle, can ever punish a student?”

Zhang Anshi shook his head, “No …… haven’t heard of it.”

Zhu nodded: “This is it. But on the contrary, the policy of the sea ban, Emperor Taizu promulgated under the will, the implementation of the lower head, but very strict, but there are people in the sea or private boat builders, are not immediately arrested, quickly take the question, every year such a case, placed on my desk, not a hundred, there are eighty, as a matter of fact, the lower head of the implementation of the state and counties is so strict, I thought … … this policy of the sea ban, so carry out the implementation, there must be no inch of board under the sea. … the policy of the sea ban, so carry out the implementation, there will not be inches of board down to the sea.”

Hearing this, Zhang Anshi has suddenly realized: “Oh, I understand, the implementation is so strict, because …… all states and counties …… attach great importance to the prohibition of the sea, and the people who violate the prohibition are not severely punished. Since the people are not allowed to go down to the sea, how will the merchant ships come …… Your Majesty …… could it be ……”

Zhu Di said, “Are you trying to say that the reason why the lower head of the people, the enforcement of the sea ban is strict, is because …… can not see other people go to the sea, but their own …… but in the sea to make profiteering?”

Zhang Anshi said, “This is what His Majesty said, not what I said.”

Zhu was angry and annoyed, “You cunning fellow.”

Zhang Anshi said, “But in the end, this is just a judgment, and may not be taken seriously.”

Zhu nodded his head, ”Yes, if that’s true, it would be horrible. Why is it that these things, for so many years, have gone unreported? Or as Teng Jian said, such a large-scale fleet, the need for countless manpower and material resources, but also the need to have a harbor to avoid the wind, but also to employ a large number of people, which is again under the noses of many people to do things, not petty theft, but also those who are not allowed to see the light of the sale of …… I still do not believe that, will not be reported to me. ”

Zhang Anshi subconsciously nodded his head, “Yes, it’s impossible for there to be no movement on the scale that Deng Jian said.”

“Unless ……,” said Zhu, “many others, up and down this state and county, have been bribed.”

Zhang Anshi laughed and said, “Not so much, not so much, there are so many people, can we buy them all? Your Majesty must not be too pessimistic, I will turn around and ask Deng Jian if there is any false bragging.”

“Uh-huh.” Zhu said, “Southern Zhenfu Division, come and investigate.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Obey the decree.”

Zhu added, “That Deng Jian, on the contrary, looks pitiful.”

Zhang Anshi was waiting for Zhu Di’s words, and immediately said, “Your Majesty, he is more than pitiful, but rather, he is of great merit, and there has never been anything like him in all of history.”

Zhu nodded, “Does he still have family in the world?”

“Have a nephew ……”

Zhu Di pondered: “to his nephew reward a hereditary thousand households, sent to the official school academy, as for the other with the ship, the dead to be compassionate, the injured to be resettled, I always do not teach them to suffer.”

That’s not a loss?

When Zhang Anshi heard the words Hereditary Thousand Households, he already felt Zhu Di’s pettiness kicking in.

Seeing Zhang Anshi’s silence, Zhu Di wondered, “Why don’t you speak?”

Zhang Anshi could only spit out four words, “Your Majesty is wise.”

Zhu cursed, “Can you mother fucker be a bit more forthcoming.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Sharpness will kill the head.”

Zhu Di held back his fire and said, “I will not kill your head.”

Zhang Anshi felt that it was still not guaranteed, so he said, “Then you can’t castrate, you can’t genocide, you can’t hang, you can’t bestow death, you can’t ……”

Seeing Zhu Di seems to be about to erupt.

Only then did Zhang Anshi honestly say, “Your Majesty, this time, what Teng Jian has brought back is more than a creation, what he has brought back is priceless, with these treasures, my people of Daming, within a hundred years, there will be no more famine.”

When Zhu Di heard this, he asked, “What is it?”

“Seeds of grain, of course.” Zhang Anshi said, “I’ve planned it out, I’m going to start a farm in Qixia, and I’m going to grow grain that yields a thousand pounds per acre.”

Zhu Di couldn’t help but laugh as he listened.

The so-called thousand pounds or ten thousand pounds, as if flying down three thousand feet, for the ancients, is more to indicate the meaning of the virtual reality.

For example, …… 300,000 troops, 800,000 troops, with armor million, actually means the same thing.

Zhu Di then teased: “Let alone a thousand pounds, even 500 pounds, I also give you a duke, as for that Deng Jian, at least give a Shibe.”

Hearing this, Zhang Anshi was instantly delighted and immediately said without hesitation, “I thank Your Majesty.”

Chu: “……”

Zhu Di, at this time, suddenly had a strange feeling and couldn’t help but say, “Can you really grow a thousand pounds of grain?”

“No no no.” Zhang Anshi immediately said, “I am also just talking off the cuff, may not be able to take it seriously, this …… is not yet a recipe.”

This is what His Majesty himself said, five hundred pounds …… Now if he shows the more certainty, turn his head, with the nature of His Majesty, may have to eat his words, saying that just now it is just a joke, to give you a new small goal, acres of thousand pounds it.

Of course …… acreage …… Zhang Anshi is actually not sure.

But at 500 pounds, the chances are good.

Anymore, that sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, and other stuff brought from the Americas can’t even be grown with that yield.

When Zhu Di saw him say so, he thought that Zhang Anshi was regretting for his boast just now.

It was Zhang Anshi who took the opportunity to say, “Your Majesty, grant Qixia a bit of land, I want to start a farm on my side, I’m afraid that there won’t be enough land to go around.”

Zhu Di on this is generous, without much thought, said: “This is good to say, to give you a few tens of thousands of acres is.”

Zhang Anshi immediately said, “Thank you for Your Majesty’s grace.”

After a few more words of small talk, Zhang Anshi took his leave and left.

Yizhuha stood aside as if he were a wooden stake, and when Zhang Anshi excused himself, Zhu said, “Tea.”

Yisroelha poured the tea.

Zhu Di slowly sipped his tea before saying, “Give Yingtianfu a note and a piece of land to Qixia.”

Yizhi Lostha said, “The slave girl obeys the order.”

Zhu Di did remember something and said, “Which piece of land is more desolate?”

“Ah ……,” Yiluoha glanced at Zhu, his brain a bit turned around.

Zhu calmly said, “Just give a piece of barren land.”

Yiluoha really didn’t understand and said, “What does Your Majesty mean ……”

“This guy.” Zhu Di muttered: “not good to me to do business, make good money, now even want to plow the land, I have not reprimanded him face to face, for fear that he is discouraged and cold. The child has grown up, can not be scolded all day long. But he looked at the land I gave him, the heart will understand, then will obediently give me to go to a good business.”

Yizhunha looked embarrassed and had to say, “Yes, but, Your Majesty …… he said that the acreage is five hundred pounds.”

Zhu Di said: “mu yield five hundred pounds …… I have not heard of, but local officials, but often reported to auspicious. Some places, it happens to be able to grow mu yield higher food to, is not a rare thing, the other day, is not a Yunnan Buzhengji, reportedly planted an acre of land, the yield as high as five hundred and twenty-four pounds? But what’s the point? Report to the auspicious, it seems that I am wise, so even God also favored it? I don’t know what I’m like, don’t I know myself? If the gods are really above, eighty percent are also displeased with me, I know in my heart.”

Although this is Zhu’s own words, but also lost Ha is still scared to the atmosphere.

I only saw Zhu Di adding, “Have you searched the wealth of the manor on the Zhongshan side?”

Also lost ha said: “Your Majesty, has found the cellar mouth, under the head …… there is a cave, the original is that Ji Gang, actually know that there is a cave, in addition to hiding wealth, then again in that build a manor …… now within the Thousands of households, has drawn a large number of human and material resources, is thoroughly investigating it ……”

Zhu nodded his head and said with satisfaction, “This is very good.”

……………

At this time, in the capital’s largest greenhouse, countless women singing and dancing, this place is not open to the ordinary people, even if it is a thin family capital of merchants and businessmen, are not allowed to enter its door.

But here in front of the door, still parked a lot of carriages and horses, because adjacent to the Qinhuai River, which is along the Qinhuai River, there are hundreds of brothels, here and other places compared to at least the face but does not show luxury.

Just inside the decoration, obviously one step higher, small bridges and water, false stone pavilions, can be described as a step a scene.

One by one, enchantingly dressed women, shuttled in and out, serving benefactors who were often phoenixes.

When someone shuffled out, naked, there were many warblers and swallows gathered around.

The man let out a loud laugh and said, “Go away, go away, the master has been sucked dry by you, and I am sick of seeing you, so bring the few men that you have found.”

The women then all showed their disappointment, they were all beautiful and could be called special, but in this man’s eyes, they were like weeds, and they didn’t care about them.

And then the national color, even if countless people fall under its garnet skirt, even if you do the ghost of the affair, but also want to kiss.

But in this man’s eyes, it is nothing more than dirt, just like that random object.

The man had a hawkish nose, deep eyes, light lips, and an unimpressed look with a characteristic arrogance.

Someone fetched a cloak and draped it over him.

In a short time, the man was not delivered, but someone came in a hurry, attached himself to the man’s ear, and whispered a few words.

“What?” The man instantly looked furious, his deep eyes even more lurid, “When did this happen?”

“Cinnabar ……”

“Who played the report?”

“Ken Deng.”

The man thought seriously, then frowned, “Among the public ministers, how come I have never heard of this person?”

“It is a eunuch, who went to the West with Eunuch Zheng.”

The man took a deep breath, narrowed his eyes, and said coldly, “Heh …… so what if he knows? It’s just a mantis blocking a car or a mayfly shaking a tree, so what if he knows.”

“But the palace has secretly ordered the Inner Chitose to investigate thoroughly.”

“They really dare to check?” This person with arrogance, coldly smiled and said, “Have such guts? If they really investigate, they can’t cover it, they don’t have to …… worry about it.”

The person who came was worried, “This internal thousand households, not the former jinyiwei, or to be careful ah, I see, or ……”

The man was obviously not at all flustered, and said calmly, “No harm done, someone is in a bigger hurry than us, someone will help us out.”

After a moment’s pause, the man leisurely said, “Let’s see who will die first then.”

Said the man with a cold smile.

At that moment, however, someone had already led a few frightened men.

The head of the woman’s face painted with thick makeup, at this time smiled and said: “are from the Jiangzhe area to the search, everyone has read the book, zither, chess, calligraphy and painting, all proficient, put out outside, at least can be in a talent.”

The man then laughed out loud with joy and immediately went to his room.

……

“Lack of virtue, lack of virtue ……”

Zhang Anshi cursed in his heart, beat the horse to the Yingtianfu side of the delivery of ten thousand acres of land, Zhang Anshi surface such as a spring breeze, the heart, but has been exploded.

That’s it?

Badlands!

It is important to realize that the Jiangnan area, nowadays, has long been developed in a big way.

What does this mean? But any land that can grow some food has long been in sight.

The rest is either mountain forests or land that is simply too unproductive.

What is the meaning of granting such a piece of land to him now?

Don’t want to give it to the Duke?

Or does …… not want him to grow food?

Teng Jian followed Zhang Anshi’s lead and carefully spat out his tongue.

He had now eaten and drunk enough, and also put on new clothes, and after going to pay his respects to the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, he then came to this Qixia.

“What does Your Majesty mean by this?” Teng Jian also couldn’t help but ask.

Zhang Anshi did not have the good sense to say, “I don’t know. But …… even if he grants me such land, I will favor to grow grain.”

Ken Deng looked at the ground in front of him and said uncertainly, “Will it work?”

Zhang Anshi drummed his cheeks and said, “Buddha fights for a burnt incense, people fight for a breath ah, Eunuch Deng, you have worked so hard to earn your nephew a hereditary thousand households, aren’t you angry in your heart?”

Teng Jian but grinned: “not angry, not angry, happy, after all, is also a prospect, my nephew happy somersaults it.”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Zhang Anshi really wanted to scold Deng Jian for having no ambition.

However, in the early Ming Dynasty, the management of eunuchs was still very strict, unlike the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when eunuchs gained power and chickens came home to roost.

For Deng Jian, can earn his nephew a this, there will always be someone to give him a pension in the future, and because it is a worldly position, the nephew s children and grandchildren want to inherit the position, it is inevitable that he will have to set up a tablets for him in the spirit hall, how to look …… at it seems to be to the top of the eunuch.

It is also lost Ha Grand Duke, can not earn the benefits of it, he adopted, used to send the end of the righteous son, but also mixed a thousand official, not nephews.

Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but say, ”You’re so confused, do you know the gold content of our globe-trotting? You are the one who has seen more of the world outside, but your insights are shorter instead! No matter what, I have to fight for you one more time.”

“Ah ……” said Deng Jian in surprise, “Isn’t it for you, Marquis, to …… earn a duke?”

Zhang Anshi’s eyes widened as he exclaimed, “Am I that kind of person? I have long since ceased to be the person I once was; the person I am now has only others in my heart, not myself.”

Looking at Zhang Anshi’s righteous look, Deng Jian nodded his head suspiciously.

Zhang Anshi at this time and said: “In any case, this land should be planted, and so on in the future, so that the whole world know you Duke Deng’s reputation. Duke Deng, you are watching me grow up, we share the same fate, know not.”

Ken Deng nodded desperately again.

Zhang Anshi then said, “You can’t bother anyone else with this, you watch.”

“Ah ……” Teng Jian said, “I want to go back to the Eastern Palace to serve His Highness the Crown Prince and ……”

Zhang Anshi gritted his teeth and said, “Brother-in-law who can’t serve ah, moreover, these two years, he has someone around him long ago, you go again, not used to it.”

Ken Dunn is a little taut: “……”

Liangjiu: “When we first went out to sea, Marquis, you patted your chest to guarantee that you would wait for us to come back ……”

Zhang Anshi said, “Didn’t you say so just now? The person I was before is no longer the person I am today. I’m not the same person I was before, how can what I said still count?”

Deng Jian body shook, tears like a spring, sadly, said: “We look forward to two years, looking forward to …… nothing.”

Zhang Anshi sighed, patted him on the shoulder, sighing: “You listen to me, do this, there is a future, you have to have ambition, serving people what is the meaning of serving crops to become a big thing. And you wait for people to serve such a good, gold will always shine, the future of these crops you serve up, must be able to become, you see me grow up, you are the nature, I would not know it? Such an important matter, only you such a careful, such a diligent person, can be accomplished.”

Deng Jian had tears in his eyes, and he had the feeling that, one wrong step, one wrong step.

He opened his mouth to curse something, but he saw Zhang Anshi’s serious look, as if he was thinking of him in every way, which made him unable to get rid of the dirty words he was going to export for a while.

Only to see Zhang Anshi added: “Eunuch Deng, between us, we are different from others ……”

Said here, Zhang Anshi lowered his voice, glanced at the distant Zhu Yong a few glances, before saying, “We are friends in need, are in the same boat over, this is the true feelings, I can still harm you not? You believe me, the future …… will become a great weapon.”

“We don’t want to become a great weapon, we want to ……” Deng Jian hung his head, wiping his tears, his body was twitching, crying to the sad place.

Zhang Anshi said, “Forget it, don’t think about that, anyway, the wood has been turned into a boat, the raw rice has been cooked, so you’ll just submit.”

Ken Deng had a wooden look on his face.

It is not easy to grow this grain seed brought from thousands of miles away.

The first thing to consider is actually the degradation of grain seeds.

Because of the different environments, seeds and seedlings, are susceptible to species mixing and biotic mixing.

Therefore, the land selected must ensure that it can be isolated from other crop seeds and even pollen.

In addition to segregation, there is seed selection.

It is good that Deng Jian is doing his job, or very competent, and the seeds he chose, at first glance, are as strong as Zhu Yong.

In addition …… is to raise seedlings, and under the isolation of the environment, ready to cultivate the soil.

Different crops have to be approached differently.

Zhang Anshi asked Deng Jian to write down a few points, and …… then began to let people dig ditches to draw water to irrigate, and at the same time fertilize this barren soil.

A farmhouse, quickly erected.

Ken Deng was initially displeased, but soon, he had to adapt.

It’s better to take care of the crops here than at sea.

If you can take the pain of going to sea, what pain can’t you take.

The only thing that’s missing is …… What are we looking for?

Of course, spiritual civilization is certainly important.

Zhang Anshi specially sent Deng Jian some inspirational books, such as Spring and Autumn Annals and Historical Records.

There are quite a few heroic deeds documented in the head search, great for allowing Ken Deng to thrive mentally.

But at that moment, news came from Chen Li’s side.

“Marquis, Marquis …… found it, found it.” Chen Li danced with joy.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “What did you find out?”

“Ningbofu …… there, these years, there are indeed a large number of sea ships in and out.” Chen Li said, “It seems …… that these people, from the Ningbo coast out.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Then what are you waiting for, immediately go to Ningbo for the man.”

“No, the person to be taken is in the capital.” Chen Li said.

Zhang Anshi carried his hands behind his back, “In the capital, what does this mean?”

“These years …… Ningbo governor Chen Hui has just been promoted to the Hanlin Academy as an attendant reader. As for the new governor, in fact, it’s useless to check, he just took office, even if there is collusion, the collusion is not deep.”

Zhang Anshi at this time is shaking, his majesty for the sea business, just guessing, but never thought, this fox tail all of a sudden, revealed.

“Good.” Zhang Anshi said, “Damn, give me the manpower, immediately go to the Hanlin Academy to get someone, this is a matter of great importance, once there is a capture, it is a great merit.”

Chen Li wailed in excitement, “Yes.”

Hundreds of Inner Chitose lieutenants assembled.

It was a great deal of work until the Hanlin Academy.

When the officers of the Hanlin Academy took a look at them as being from the Inner Thousand Households, no one actually stopped them.

Only one person, smiling, said, “I do not know what is the matter, can you please ……”

“Scram!” Zhang Anshi said.

Without saying a word, the man ran away without a trace.