First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 491

Xin Tun also don't be idle, let him in Yizhou and other places, promote the equalization of land to eradicate the powerful, and then send the Ryukyu navy to go north to block the outer sea.

In this way, a situation of encirclement and suppression from all sides was formed.

Lan Yu pondered, no matter what, Goryeo would not be able to last a year, as long as the task was completed within the year, it would be regarded as congratulations to Lao Zhu.

But Sapphire still underestimated the enthusiasm of all parties... First of all, the Wa Kingdom, who heard that Koryo was going to be destroyed, was so happy. They dreamed of attacking Korea.

Without the support of Shangguo's father, what is Korea?

Japanese soldiers and horses landed from the south, rampaging wildly, killing wantonly.It's three points more ruthless than locusts.

Needless to say, Zhang Dingbian's combat power on the other side, with 3 soldiers and horses, he defeated more than [-] people in Koryo in three battles and three victories, and Kaijing was shocked!

Compared with these foreign aggressions, the excitement that really impressed Goryeo was from Xin Tun!

This monstrous monk, in Yizhou and other places, started to kill all the nobles and gentry, not a single one was left, and all of them were killed!

Not only did he kill people, but he even divided the land and acres, claiming to do justice for the heavens.

My fellow, the devil of hell is not so evil as you!

Everyone in Goryeo was in panic. Some people advocated fighting to the end and burning everything, while others said that Shangguo hadn't sent troops yet, so there was room for relaxation.

As long as you measure the material resources of Korea and beg for the peace of the country, there is still room for redemption...

After some arguments, Cui Ying visited Lan Yu again as an envoy.

Then the news reached Yingtian, and Zhu Yuanzhang made a special decree to call Zhang Ximeng to the palace.

"Mr. Zhang, this child Shu Ning is indeed excellent, talented and intelligent. The flashcards he made recently are ingenious. We are very happy!"

Zhang Ximeng was very calm, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

After he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and had to say it again, "Sunning is indeed a leader of the younger generation!"

Zhang Ximeng accepted it calmly, no surprises.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't hold back any longer, and said in a deep voice, "Goryeo pleaded guilty just now, and the fourth child surrendered to a country, he is our son after all!"

Zhang Ximeng was startled, so you want to talk about this?

Chapter 682 Zhang Shuning's Big Business

As the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang is not weaker than others!

This is the truest voice of the big old Zhu who wants to be strong all his life.

Who would have thought that in the past few years, he has eaten more and ruthlessly at the hands of the two children of Zhang's family than at Wang Baobao's!

It just doesn't make sense!

Zhu Yuanzhang urgently needs to save face... and some things are not so difficult, even if the direction is wrong, as long as you keep going, you will reach your destination, after all, the earth is round.

In the same way, although the children have many shortcomings, they can still be found if they search hard, especially Zhu Di, which is easier.

You say he is stubborn and reckless, in other words he is brave and fearless, with a head and a head.

You said he was brave and ruthless. In other words, wouldn't he just refuse to admit defeat, dare to think and do it!

Now that I think about it, Zhu Di is actually not bad.

He was credited with regaining Liaodong, right?

At least he gave the order, no matter what, he was shouting and shouting.

After recovery, the child cannot run away.

Besides, when dealing with Goryeo this time, Zhu Di is the nominal supervisor, and he should be counted as a part of the expansion of the territory.

Looking at it this way, our family Zhu Di has conquered two provinces, and at a young age, he can use soldiers like a god, he is simply a genius in the world!

Is there such an outstanding son among the royal families of all dynasties?

Zhu Yuanzhang can only think of Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When he was 12 years old, he was still a prince, and he was ordered to patrol the border to resist Rouran.

My own Zhu Di is less than ten years old and is two years younger than Tuoba Tao, so he is called a hero!

Zhang Ximeng rolled his eyelids, very disapproving, I admit everything you said about other things, except children's things, you can't be sloppy.

If the child's self-esteem is caused by the overly modest father, isn't that a big sin?

Zhang Ximeng became more energetic in his argument.

At this moment, he is not a humble public weapon, but an old father!

"Your Majesty, Lan Yu should take the lead in subduing Goryeo. He coordinated his planning and surrendered without fighting. He has the demeanor of a famous general in ancient times. As for Goryeo's request for surrender, I think I can think about it." , do you want to just agree so easily? It might be better if you can squeeze out a little more oil and water."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered over and over again, although what Zhang Ximeng said was true, he just didn't like to listen.

"We didn't say no to Lan Yu's first contribution, but Zhu Di, the king of Yan, has the merit of a supervisor... By the way, he also taught the envoys of Goryeo at the gate of the city, which greatly increased the prestige of the kingdom. Zhu Di's actions are inspiring. , let the common people recognize Goryeo's cunning nature, which also shows that Zhu Di has a good understanding of people!"

Good guy!

The angle changed really quickly, and even this incident was credited to Zhu Di, Zhang Ximeng was speechless.

You are the emperor, everything is justified.

"Your Majesty, we may not talk about other matters, but this time, we must extract more benefits from Gao Li, especially money, which must not be less."

Old Zhu was stunned, "We've seen it, these days there are a lot of expenses, and the treasury is also crying poor with us, the gap is really that big?"

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Your Majesty, after the compulsory education is established, the expenditure of the Ministry of Education and Culture will at least double every year. And there must be supporting arrangements in the local area. I mean, a free lunch can be given to the school children. "

"Free lunch?"

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Now there are more and more children in each family. The so-called half-children eat me to death. They don't do much work and eat a lot. If the court can provide them with a lunch to reduce the burden on the family, many parents will Will allow children to go to school. We now have three years of elementary school, if there are another three years of compulsory education, maybe it will be much better."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, "What's the matter? What does the gentleman mean?"

"That is to say, in many poor places, it is generally six or seven years old to start elementary school, and in some places it is even around eight years old, three years of elementary school, three years of compulsory education, and after six years, children are generally thirteen or fourteen years old. And such old children , You can already work in the fields, you can also be an apprentice, the problem of early marriage in many places, the problem of children under ten years old, and the problem of child labor entering the workshop can all be solved."

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to what Zhang Ximeng said, although it was reasonable, it was unreasonable.

"Mr. Zhang, isn't it for the purpose of cultivating talents that we promote compulsory education?"

"Of course... But Your Majesty can't think that everyone is a talent! We run a school and let the children come in to study, so that we can prevent some people from living on the streets and causing disasters in the end. We teach the children some rules, and they will be Be honest and respect the laws of the Ming Dynasty. We can prevent many epidemics from spreading by teaching them hygiene habits. We put them in schools, so they won’t have time to idle around in the market, and the number of idlers will be greatly reduced. Keep them from becoming rogues."

"All in all, the role of the school is very important. The school is a flood discharge pool... Between a person who is ignorant and becomes mature and confident, arrange a buffer zone to reduce the impact and avoid causing floods to surge and break through the dam."

Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded, looking at Zhang Ximeng, speechless for a while.

This Mr. Zhang can always give himself some new work, so that he can exceed his expectations!

Could it be that education is really like what he said?

If what Zhang Ximeng said is true... It seems that more money should be spent on education!This matter involves the foundation of our old Zhu family!

Zhu Yuanzhang inevitably fell into deep thought.

Zhang Ximeng was at ease, after all, it was too easy to fool Zhu Yuanzhang, challenge his three views, and make him fall into thinking.

I hope he forgets about Zhu Di soon, I'm not interested in flattering that kid.

Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down quickly, and instead smiled, "Listening to Mr.'s words is really a big deal! I didn't expect that there is so much knowledge hidden behind the matter of enlightenment, we have to think about it... But the child Shu Ning, he made it out It can be regarded as a contribution to enlightenment. We only rewarded him with 100 taels of gold, which seems to be too little now. We heard that he bought a bookstore and printed flashcards... I will make a decree now, from his bookstore in the future buy."

"No!" Zhang Ximeng immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you do this, it is against the court rules, absolutely not!"

Lao Zhu glared at him and said angrily, "Is it the court's rules, or ours? Could it be that we have taken a fancy to Shu Ning and want to give him favor, can't we?"

Zhang Ximeng said: "It's really not possible... Your Majesty, after the imperial court implements compulsory education, the entire printing industry will take off. Movable type, engraving, typesetting, printing, cutting, binding, transportation, sales... What a huge industry, how many job opportunities. Now, His Majesty has given Zhang Shuning a word, and then? With them, can they support such a large industry? Or, how many children are you willing to hand over such a large industry to?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but took a deep breath, this time he pondered longer than before.

"Sir, I admit that you are right... Then let me ask you, what should we do if we want to revive this industry?"

Zhang Ximeng said: "First of all, His Majesty cannot give or receive privately. Business is based on competition. One order of His Majesty may result in another set of salt and iron monopoly. It is self-evident how many disadvantages the previous salt law has."

Old Zhu heaved a sigh of relief, "We know, so what should we do?"

"Your Majesty can invite public bids and invite all qualified bookstores and bookstores to bid together and compete on the same stage. Furthermore, Your Majesty can ask the Ministry of Commerce to provide convenience, and you can ask the bank to borrow money... But no matter what There is one thing, His Majesty cannot appoint a certain person, this will break the rules and disrupt the business order."

Zhang Ximeng spoke very seriously, and Zhu Yuanzhang listened very seriously.

Because Lao Zhu realized that perhaps this was the root of his differences with Zhang Ximeng.

Zhang Ximeng always hoped to develop industry and commerce, while Zhu Yuanzhang favored agriculture.As long as we stick to agriculture, there won't be so many messy things, as long as we continue the habit of thousands of years.

But it is not enough to develop industry and commerce... After so many years, there is no complete set of commercial legislation.

Even the development of many industries and commerce can only be found in some records in Shihuo Zhi, and the degree of attention is far less than others.

"It seems that in addition to education legislation, business legislation also needs to be made!"

Zhang Ximeng was quite surprised, he didn't expect Lao Zhu's comprehension to improve so quickly!

"Your Majesty is wise, I believe that the legislation should be completed as soon as possible so that business can develop in an orderly manner."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't agree immediately, but raised his head, thought for a while, and then said angrily: "Is there a rule, so we can't mess around? After all, we can't slap ourselves in the mouth!"

Zhang Ximeng was also taken aback. Finally, Lao Zhu realized the fatal problem.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare to bully you... From my point of view, I will be happy to implement what I want, even if it's beyond my control. Just like how I treat this child, Shu Ning!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, "We haven't asked you yet, what do you think...that's your son, the future king of Lu, how many pairs of eyes are watching him!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled slightly, "My lord, to be honest, I don't know which path he will take. He said he wanted to be a teacher and a doctor at the same time. Now he and a group of classmates are playing around with the bookstore and printing... No matter who What to do, as long as it is chosen by him, as long as it is good for the country and the people, as long as it is good for himself, I will support it. I don’t want to limit a certain seat for the child and stipulate what he must do. I like to draw a circle for him. This circle is called conscience , with a clear conscience!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed repeatedly, and finally smiled wryly, "Mister is indeed more open-minded than us, and his realm is a level higher than ours!"

Is it one layer?

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "The lord sits on the dragon chair, and he naturally assumes a responsibility. The lord has dozens of children and tens of millions of subjects. It is really difficult to choose."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, but didn't immediately agree to anything... He also wanted to observe silently for a while, accumulate more experience, and then make legislation.

But no matter what, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to pay more attention to business and not be a layman.

The change in Lao Zhu's attitude has had a huge impact.

At least very soon, the Ministry of Education and Culture put forward a lot of procurement plans, which landed in Jiangxi. Tens of millions of people, more than 200 million school-age children, a huge blue ocean, appeared in front of everyone.

Zhang Shuning was as perceptive as ever, he called a few friends over and cut straight to the point, "The imperial court has issued an order, if we can get a big printing order for school textbooks, our small bookstore can become a world-renowned big bookshop in no time." Bookstore!"

Hu Yan swallowed and spit, "Is what you said true?"

Zhang Shuning said very seriously: "I am absolutely sure, it must be true!"

"Then...then what are you waiting for! Get ready! This time, you are determined to win!" Hu Yan waved his fist, very excited.

Zhang Shuning scratched his head, "I have one more thing, which is our bookstore, what's the name?"

Xu Guan immediately said: "Yes, how about a famous name, Tianxia Bookstore?"

Jing Qing rolled his eyes at him, "Why aren't you called Daming Bookstore, or Royal Bookstore?"

Xu Guan shrank his neck and said with a sneer: "I'm afraid that the court will not agree!"

Zhang Shuning frowned slightly, but he might not object...

"I've been thinking about it for a long time, but it's still called Huaxia Bookstore. What do you think?" After Zhang Shuning finished speaking, Xia Zhifeng next to her laughed and said, "That's a good name. Huaxia is half of me!"

Chapter 683 My Omnipotent Second Uncle

A few children who were discussing the problem suddenly heard footsteps. This is Zhang Shuning's home, and there are usually no guests unless the Zhang family invites them actively.

And this person came in grandiosely, and walked behind Zhang Shuning in a big way, startling the child!

"Uncle! You, why are you here?" Zhang Shuning stared at Zhu Ying with wide eyes!

That's right, except for Zhu Ying, there is no one else who can come to the door so rashly.

Zhu Ying was dressed in green clothes and an ordinary person's square scarf. If one ignores the scars on his face and the horrible muscles on his body, he really looks like a businessman running around.

"Me? Can I come and see my nephew?" Zhu Ying smiled and touched Zhang Shuning's head. Zhang Shuning hated this very much. He would never let Zhu Ying touch it in the Zhang residence.

But on the side of the academy, he was a little silly, Zhu Ying came out of the blue, if he slipped up and revealed his identity, it would undoubtedly be very embarrassing.

And Zhu Ying is recognized as unreliable, Zhang Shuning is worried, it is conceivable that he hopes that his cheap uncle will talk less and get out!

But Zhu Ying didn't think so. Instead, she sat down big and smiled at the children, "I...is his second uncle, and my name is Zhang Ying. Look, do we look alike? Don't we?" Came out of a mold?"

Hu Yan and the others stared round their eyes and watched carefully. Zhang Shuning was a slender and modest young man with a white face like jade.And this guy in front of him, although he was also very tall, but he was burly, with solid muscles, and he had a sturdy air, which vaguely made people feel like a ferocious beast in human skin.

He and Zhang Shuning can't be said to be exactly the same, but they are far apart!