I am the king of the dead

If it wasn't for the sending of envoys this time, Zhu Qiyu would almost have forgotten that Daming was still the titular suzerain of the Timur Kingdom.

After seeking help from Daming to no avail, Pu Saiyin had to go south again, suffering a lot in India and overcoming the crisis.

For the powerful countries in Central Asia, it has become a practice to go south when things are in doubt, and to suffer from India.

Zhu Qiyu did not step into the Huihui Pavilion of the Timur Kingdom, which is a very obvious signal.

The Ming emperor did not like the Timurid kingdom.

Because the Timurid Kingdom detained Ming envoys twice, the first time was Fu An, Guo Ji and others, who led more than 1500 soldiers, and the second time was Chen Wende and others in the 31st year of Hongwu.

In the past, it was beyond the reach of the Ming Dynasty, but now it is different. The Ming Expeditionary Army established the Kang Kingdom in Samarkand, the capital of the Timur Kingdom.

Now Kang Guo is looking forward to the king's return, but it is more and more like the expeditionary army of Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhu Qiyu did not enter the Timur Huihui Pavilion, he still looked at the price list.

The specialty of Timur Huihui Pavilion is the Three Treasures of Fulu. Luma, Moheyan, and Yingsuhua are collectively called the Three Treasures of Fulu.

In Songjiang Prefecture's provincial planning, there is a Taiyuan Pharmaceutical Factory, so there will naturally be a demand for Flux Sambo.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the three-foot-high city wall of Wanguo City, and Li Binyan set up this Wanguo City, which was indeed unique, physically isolated from the popularity of Fulu Sanbao in Daming.

"Send me the price list to the imperial study in Bieyuan, and I've been shopping here today." Zhu Qiyu returned the price list to Xing'an, ending the trip to Wan Guohui.

Zhu Qiyu has all visited Huihui Pavilions in Ryukyu, North Korea, Waguo, Annan, Champa, Luzon, Boni, Manlajia, Sanfoqi, Dagula, Mengliang, Guli, and Khorumos.

Before visiting Wan Guohui, Zhu Qiyu was in a very good mood. After visiting Wan Guohui, Zhu Qiyu's mood was not heavy.

The heavy responsibilities and long way to go have become a block in Zhu Qiyu's heart.

As Ran Siniang said, in Ran Siniang's opinion, His Majesty has done a very good job, but as Zhu Qiyu said, it is not good enough.

Zhu Qiyu, who returned to the imperial study, looked at the price lists of various countries for a long time before slowly letting go.

The special products of the Eastern countries are mainly various spices, a total of 54 kinds, and the price is about half cheaper than that of Ming Dynasty.

The main commodities in Hulumos and Java are petroleum crude oil, which is known as black gold in Ming Dynasty.

And Ran Siniang is quite interested in asphalt. Petroleum asphalt can treat skin diseases after processing, and it is also more effective when used on livestock.

The sea trade is so profitable that even Zhu Qiyu, the richest man in Ming Dynasty, is very moved by it.

"Is there a salt and iron meeting tomorrow morning?" Zhu Qiyu asked looking at the bright light oil lime blowtorch.

Xing'an hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Go back to Your Majesty, it's scheduled for morning."

"Is the thing I asked you to print ready?" Zhu Qiyu stood up, stretched and asked.

"It has been printed, and it will definitely be used tomorrow." Xing'an turned down the lime blowtorch.

Xing'an looked at His Majesty's face, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Ran Guiren asked the imperial physician to cut his pulse today, and Ran Guiren is very happy."

Zhu Qiyu looked happy, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, Si Niang said that menstruation has not come for a month, very good, very good."

"According to the old rule, the upper and lower parts of Tai'an Palace reward three silver coins."

Xing'an hesitated for a while and said: "Then, is your majesty passing an order to Tai'an Palace to let the concubine stay in bed, or let the minister look for your majesty?"

"I'm not in a hurry, I'll go and see Si Niang first." Zhu Qiyu finally smiled, and strode to find Ran Siniang.

At this time, Ran Siniang was staring at a dark brown pill the size of an egg yolk under the lime blowtorch, dazed in a daze.

"Sishengwan uses three leaves, arborvitae aihe to produce ground symphysis, equal divisions are smashed like mud and fried, and the blood heat will stop bleeding." Ran Siniang touched her lower abdomen. In fact, she had already noticed that she had it a few days ago. I was pregnant, and I only had a happy pulse in the past few days.

Zhu Qiyu's hands circled from behind Ran Siniang, grabbed her hand on her abdomen, and asked in a low voice, "What did you take?"

"Sisheng Pill, cold medicine." Ran Siniang put down the pill and said calmly.

Zhu Qiyu frowned, and asked in a loud voice: "Health medicine?!!!"

"Where is the husband thinking! No matter how much the courtiers compete for favor, they can't take their own children to compete for favor." Ran Siniang saw Zhu Qiyu's expression and knew that her husband was wrong.

Ran Siniang is not Wu Zetian, she doesn't have such a desire for power, she has always wanted a child, and she finally got it, so naturally she protects it in every possible way.

Ran Siniang hurriedly said: "This is a prescription that my concubine found today. It was used by the prostitutes in the old courtyard library. In order for them to receive more customers, the nuns let them take this cold medicine for a long time. stasis, there will be no tiankui."

Zhu Qiyu finally understood the specific usage of this thing, menstrual stagnation, not coming to Tiankui, although there are only eight words, it is enough to explain what kind of life these brothel girls are living.

For the first time, he knew that in this brothel, there were such medicines for tigers and wolves.

He pushed the cold medicine away a little before he said with peace of mind: "Such a medicine that hurts the body, the mother gave too much medicine to the girls, will the girls not get sick? Wouldn't that delay the reception of guests?"

Ran Siniang looked at the pill and said calmly: "These brothel girls only make money for a few years. When their looks fade away, the disease will basically show up. At that time, who cares about them? Or they will be called dead flowers and willows."

Zhu Qiyu hugged Ran Siniang a little further away and said: "The girl in the world of fireworks, when she was young, was held by literati and scholars, and coaxed by dignitaries. It seems that she is more restrained than that young lady, living a life of spring and snow."

"But this is where people live."

Ran Siniang leaned lazily on Zhu Qiyu's arms, she became even more lazy now that she had a body, she thought for a while and said: "Husband, why don't you let the concubines of Tai'an Palace come to Songjiang Mansion to serve you?"

Zhu Qiyu came to Nanya to solve the winter preface. This time, he went south and raised a total of more than 1000 million taels of silver. According to the plan, he should continue to implement the monetary policy to solve the winter preface of the lack of currency in circulation due to the rapid development of Ming Dynasty. He couldn't go back for a while.

Ran Siniang continued: "The ministers and concubines have been with His Majesty for the past few days, and I can see that this Jiangnan is not comparable to the capital, and this Nanya is really not peaceful. It's only two months, and there are so many things."

"The people around His Majesty should still be summoned from Tai'an Palace."

Shuntianfu is absolutely loyal, but Yingtianfu is not so loyal.

Emperor Taizu Gao of the Ming Dynasty wanted to move the capital and asked the prince Zhu Biao to inspect the country. Emperor Taizong Wen of the Ming Dynasty built Beiya for 13 years, and played games with courtiers for 13 years, and finally moved the capital to Beiya.

"Then who should come?" Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and really couldn't find a suitable candidate.

Now Zhu Qiyu has five princes, the eldest son Chong Wang Zhu Jianji, the first son Zhu Jiancheng, the third prince Zhu Jianjun, the fourth prince Zhu Jianze, three daughters, the eldest daughter Zhu Jianwei, the second daughter Zhu Jianzhi, and the third daughter Zhu Jianrong.

There is also a adopted son, Zhu Yu.

Empress Wang has a prince, eldest daughter, and adopted son to take care of her, Concubine Hang Xian has to take care of her second daughter, and the eldest son Chong Wang Zhu Jianji follows the emperor to the south without taking care of her.

Tang Guifei had to take care of the third prince, Li Xier had to take care of the third daughter, Elena was pregnant, and Ran Siniang, the only childless child, was also pregnant.

"Why don't we let Li Bing's daughter come? Didn't Li Bing's daughter always want to serve her bed?" Ran Siniang thought of a candidate, that is Li Bing, the poisonous man who went to Japan.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "The daughter of a civil servant, I don't accept it."

Ran Siniang thought for a while and asked: "Then how about that girl by the Daming Lake, I was very satisfied with her beauty when I saw my husband that day."

Zhu Qiyu sneered and said: "Don't talk nonsense, we have nothing to do with that woman! In case she brings her child to Beijing to find relatives, it is not ours! Just take a look and you won't be pregnant!"

Ran Siniang said with a rather playful expression: "Then let Tomiko Hino climb the dragon bed, she looks good, not shabby, it's been a few years, I'm afraid the old cabbage leaf is going to make a fuss."

Zhu Qiyu shuddered when he thought of Hino Tomiko's makeup for the first time. Although people's XP is free, but that ghostly appearance makes people shudder every time they think of it.

"Are you looking for a servant for us, or did you overturn the jar of vinegar?" Zhu Qiyu scratched the bridge of Ran Siniang's nose and said with a smile.

Ran Siniang is a normal woman, so she will naturally eat.

Ran Siniang turned around and said with a charming face: "The husband really can't find someone, so the concubine will be reluctant to do so."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Ran Siniang's slightly emotional expression and said, "You've got a body, don't mess around."

But Ran Siniang said indifferently: "The other place can also be used, my husband... I am an imperial doctor in the imperial hospital, and a doctor on duty in the Xie Jie hospital, I know it well."

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"Flower and Bird Messenger! I'll find a girl tomorrow." Zhu Qiyu pondered for a while, and it's better not to torment Ran Siniang. This Ran Siniang has been with Zhu Qiyu for four years, and she finally got pregnant, so don't let it go.

"I obey the order." Xing'an bowed his head and took the order. His list was very long, and he was waiting for His Majesty's order. As a flower and bird envoy, Xing'an was extremely professional.

Zhu Qiyu finished his breakfast and said, "Is everyone here? If they are all here, let's hold a salt and iron meeting."

"It's all here." Xing'an replied, while telling Xiaohuangmen to open the way quickly, only the courtiers wait for His Majesty, how can His Majesty wait for courtiers?

Zhu Qiyu rushed to the long table conference hall specially opened by the Imperial Study Room, frowned and asked, "Where is Commander Tang?"

Zhu Qiyu had to think about whether he had given Tang Xing too much freedom.

Chapter 685 Bookkeeping Currency

In the long table conference hall in the Songjiang Mansion, no one knew where Tang Xing had gone. The third prince and his grandfather were relatives of the emperor, and he was very skilled at sailing a single-masted flying wing boat. Go wherever you want.

Who can control it except His Majesty?

Just as they were talking, Xiao Huangmen reported that Tang Xing had arrived.

Tang Xing rushed in from outside the door, saluted while running, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "The minister is here! See Your Majesty, is Your Majesty safe?"

"What did you do?" Zhu Qiyu asked calmly instead of exempting Tang Xing.

He was already considering whether to throw Tang Xing back to the capital.

Tang Xing's eyes were bloodshot, and his mouth was a little chapped. Mian Sheng needed to take a bath and change clothes. Although Tang Xing had taken a bath, he was still exhausted.

"The day before yesterday, I went out to sea thinking about catching a sailfish for Your Majesty, but I didn't catch the fish. I happened to see a nest of Japanese pirates, so I released the pigeons. I followed the nest of Japanese pirates and followed the navy for a trip. When I went ashore, I heard that His Majesty wanted ministers to attend the Salt and Iron Conference, so I rushed here."

"Please forgive me for your late arrival." Tang Xing explained hastily.

He also got the news after going ashore that he wanted to attend the imperial meeting, otherwise he would never go to sea. He knew that his son-in-law only liked a bite of fish, and he had been persuaded by Yu Shaobao once because of dried salted fish.

This flattery, isn't it just a matter of doing what one likes?

Zhu Qiyu was taken aback, and said: "I am very safe, Tang Aiqing is flat, the sea is rough and the waves are rough, Aiqing has worked hard, sit, sit, sit, sit down and rest."

"How was the result of the Pingwa war?"

Tang Xing stood up and said with a smile on his face: "There are 27 Japanese pirates, more than 140 pirates, and three boats. Hey, we will catch them all in one go."

Tang Xing stretched out a hand and squeezed it hard, indicating that he really caught everything in one go.

After Tang Xing was seated, he continued: "By the way, I have also caught the merchant that His Majesty wanted, that is Ye Zhongxing who was dredging the Caijiabang section in Hengliaojing."

"This guy is also unlucky. He was caught by Japanese pirates as soon as he went to sea. Looking at him in silk and satin, he thought he had caught a big fish, but in the end he was so poor that he couldn't squeeze out any oil."

Zhu Qiyu couldn't help nodding, and said very satisfied: "Okay, okay, everyone is here, let's start."

In the conference hall with long tables, the atmosphere has become much more harmonious, and His Majesty's mood has become extremely better because of Tang's command to pacify the Japanese.

His Majesty has extremely flexible moral standards for disrespect in front of the palace.

If you go to eat and drink and delay the imperial meeting, it is basically the end of sending coal to the coal mining company of the coal and iron factory. If you go to Pingwa, then not only will you not be punished, but you will also be praised.

Tang Xing has a very amazing passive skill, which is to spot Japanese pirates.

Tang Xing was able to spot the Japanese pirates in a timely and accurate manner at the post station outside Yanzhou Mansion, in Mizhou Shipsi, and in Ryukyu.

You say he is lucky, he always meets Japanese pirates, you say he is unlucky, he always meets Japanese pirates.

It can only be said that Tang Xing has an indissoluble bond with the Japanese pirates.

Zhu Qiyu knew that he didn't go too far for Tang Xing's freedom, but that Tang Xing was still doing his best to be loyal to Daming when he couldn't see it.

Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong, Wen'an Hou Daming Shaobao Yuqian, Governor of Songjiang Li Binyan, Governor of Songjiang Prefecture Chen Zongqing, Commander Ma Yun of Fandu, Eunuch Lin Xiu of the Internal Shipping Depot, Lang Zhong Wang Hu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Wang Xi, General Manager of the Saddle Factory, Right Minister of the Ministry of Industry[jǐn] , Lei Juntai, General Office of Songjiangfu Shipyard, and others participated in this salt and iron meeting.

"At present, the shortage of circulating currency in Ming Dynasty has caused the Winter Order. When I was in the capital, I have already made many arrangements, but the harm of the Winter Order is getting worse. I will hold the Salt and Iron Conference this time to solve the problem caused by the shortage of circulating currency in the Ming Dynasty. Winter Prelude." Zhu Qiyu cut to the chase, explaining the theme of the meeting.

The ministers whispered softly.

"The Winter Preface is that Ming Dynasty is in a state of superposition of relative surplus and absolute scarcity." Zhu Qiyu threw out a sentence first, which confused all the officials.

This is actually the expression of the dialectical relationship between opposites and unity. Zhu Qiyu used this kind of speech more than once, and everyone sitting here is the dragon and phoenix of the Ming people, but he was still a little confused for a while.

Ma Huan, Minister of Honglu Temple, first expressed doubts and asked: "What is the superposition state of relative excess and absolute scarcity?"

Since Zhu Qiyu wanted to hold this salt and iron meeting, he naturally made sufficient preparations. He said: "Last winter was very cold, and a kiln worker in the Xishan folk kiln lost his job."

"His son asked him, why didn't he burn the stove? The kiln man said: because there is no coal at home."

"The son asked again: Why is there no coal? Isn't my father a coal digger? The kiln man said: The family has no money, and I am unemployed."

"The son asked again: Why are you unemployed? The father replied: Because there is too much coal."

"The coal in the Xishan folk kiln is piled up like a mountain, but the kiln people have no coal."

"On the one hand, there are countless orders that cannot be completed in the major workshops in the south of the Yangtze River. The craftsmen are working day and night. On the other hand, a large number of craftsmen are unemployed, and countless skilled craftsmen cannot find jobs."

"It's relative excess and absolute scarcity."

Why relative surplus?Because of the lack of currency in circulation, the goods are stuck in the workshop.

Why absolute scarcity?Because there is not enough currency in circulation, goods cannot flow.

This kind of relative surplus and absolute scarcity, the most typical one is unsalable milk that has to be dumped along the street; the other is the poor waiting for relief.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the still puzzled eyes of the ministers, and continued with a smile: "In our Ming Dynasty, it appears as a carnivore such as the nobles, gentry, rich merchants and wealthy businessmen of the Ming Dynasty. Rats would starve to death even if they entered the rice vat, and the common people sold their sons and daughters to survive the calamity."

"The people of Ming Dynasty may not be able to go to the Goulan to listen to music in the fireworks world after saving money for a lifetime, but meat eaters can spend their money day and night in this tile house."