Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Money and power can make people's hearts move. There are also disadvantages in the outside world. You can suppress it, Chi'er can suppress it, and Xiaopang should be able to suppress it too. I can't say what will happen next."

At this moment, Xu suddenly had a new understanding of the old saying that wealth cannot last for more than three generations.

"Hahahahaha - you're in charge of everything, and you even take care of your great-grandson?"

Zhu Di laughed.

"That's right. I was overthinking it."

Xu laughed at himself.

"Don't think too much. My father would never have thought that I would sit in this position."

Ever since the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Di felt that the world was unpredictable.

Although Yao Guangxiao did not say it explicitly later, the implication was that the Ming Dynasty would only last for three hundred years at most.

This has been the case throughout all dynasties.

The lifespan of a dynasty is basically three hundred years, sometimes as short as a few decades or a hundred years.

There are many reasons for the failure, such as the descendants are not ambitious, the outsiders are too fierce, or it is just fate.

In short, the wheel of fate turns, and the emperor's destiny cannot always be monopolized by one company.

Like the Qin Dynasty, the first emperor who unified the country was a man of great talent and vision, and he did many things that had a profound impact on later generations.

He died in the second generation.

This is the illusory destiny.

Take good care of yourself and do your best for the next generation. As for the results, you cannot force them.

He felt dissatisfied when he first heard it, but then he thought, three hundred years later, he has no right to care. Not to mention three hundred years, it is even a question whether he can live another thirty years.

It’s better to relax and solve the current problems first.

"Well, it's always good to have less work."

Xu looked back at the pile of memorials, lowered her head, and accepted her fate.

She also didn't want to be trapped in these memorials every day.

But it’s not okay to always blame it on my son.

The relationship between father and son, the boundary between monarch and subject, you should protect it as long as you can.

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Ming Dynasty, the third year of Yongle, September.

Capital.

After Zhu Di and Xu decided to teach the eunuchs in Annan to read and write, it was natural that the task was thrown to Hao Daer in the capital.

There are plenty of empty palaces in the imperial city of the capital, and teachers are readily available.

The female officials in the palace can teach, and a group of students from the Imperial College can also be brought over.

Zhu Gaochi, who received the person, was so angry that his teeth were itching but he had to make arrangements for him.

"My father just can't bear to see me idle!"

Zhu Gaochi was accustomed to complaining.

"If you haven't seen the prosperity of the world, you are no longer a young man."

Zhang Xin only had one word of emotion.

Besides feeling sad for these little boys who lost their roots at such a young age due to the war.

He also secretly sighed in his heart that even if his mother-in-law was still alive, Zhu Di still wanted to use eunuchs.

"Zhang Fu can fight, but he still can't govern the local area. Let him castrate the disobedient people to show the emperor's power, but so many innocent young people have been castrated. It seems that we have to let Uncle Ning go and replace Zhang Fu."

Zhu Gaochi also learned about this after receiving the news.

It seems that the matter of letting Prince Ning go can no longer be delayed.

"Indeed. Have you told Uncle Seventeen?"

Zhang Xin nodded in agreement and asked.

Zhang Xin felt that attacking Annan was a matter of course. It was really an insult to the Ming Dynasty. The Hu family killed Chen Tianping in front of the Ming army. It was a disgrace to the Ming Dynasty.

But there were indeed some major problems with the management after the fight.

Annan is too far away from the capital and the capital, no one wants to go there. Moreover, Lingnan has been a place of exile since ancient times, and everyone thinks that going to Annan has a bad reputation.

In my previous life, there was no such division into southern and northern lists as in this life. Those who passed the imperial examination and were able to be sent to serve as officials were all from the wealthy southerners.

They were unwilling to go, and Zhu Gaochi felt that there would be no happiness if they forced themselves to go.

Therefore, people were selected from the tribute students from Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan to serve as officials in Annan.

In fact, the tribute students were just scholars at best, with no experience in serving as officials, and they also had a bit of arrogance as scholars and looked down on the Annan people.

The person went there, but he just didn't do his job properly.

As the saying goes, when officials force the people to rebel, Annan is a typical example.

Annan had been independent for a long time and regarded the Ming Dynasty as an invader. The officials' improper governance aroused public anger, and the situation has never calmed down for forty years.

The eunuch Ma Qi sent by my father-in-law to guard the area was no good either. He was greedy, tyrannical, and harassed the local people.

At that time, Huang Fu, the first Minister of Jiaozhi, was able to compete with Ma Qi and did a lot of practical things. During his 19 years in office, although Annan was in chaos, it was barely able to maintain its status.

After Zhu Gaochi succeeded to the throne, he transferred Huang Fu back to manage the Zhanshi Mansion for Zhanji and to assist him in the future.

The situation in Annan fell into chaos and the rebellion intensified and became uncontrollable.

It’s Prince Ning’s turn to go this time, and he’ll bring people from the Northern List with him. Let’s give it a try.

"We talked about it. Uncle Seventeen has some ideas."

Zhu Gaochi felt that his uncle's talent was really wasted.

As soon as he opened his mouth, King Ning knew what he wanted to do.

He made several suggestions on how to appease Jiaozhi if he went there.

First, the tax burdens in different places in Jiaozhi vary. Please ask the court to send someone from the Ministry of Revenue to go with us to sort out the situation and make improvements to reduce the burden on the people.

Second, set up garrisons and post stations along the northern bank of the Lujiang River to Qinzhou to facilitate transportation.

Third, Kaizhong accumulated salt and allowed merchants to transport military supplies and grain to Jiaozhi in exchange for salt permits to ensure the supply of military supplies.

Fourth, if the grain in the warehouse was not enough to pay the salaries of officials, it would be supplemented by public land. This means that officials in Jiaozhi also had official land.

Fifth, the people of Guangxi transported grain to Jiaozhi by land, but the journey was difficult and dangerous, so they requested that 200,000 dan of grain be shipped by sea from Guangdong for supplies.

Sixth, provide 200,000 sweet potato seedlings to promote their cultivation in Jiaozhi.

Finally, Prince Ning said that if it was his father who came to him to talk about this matter, he might just mention one or two things, but if it was Zhu Gaochi, he would mention everything.

As long as the imperial court provides adequate support, he will definitely be able to manage Jiaozhi well.

It is also possible to build Jiaozhi into the largest foreign port of the Ming Dynasty.

Be the best example of a vassal king.

"They are all practical people. When Uncle Seventeen left, where is Huang Fu? Where is Ma Qi? We should transfer one of them back. It is not suitable for three masters to stay in one place. It is easy for three monks to run out of water."

Zhang Xin asked again.

"Hey, Uncle Seventeen said that it's up to my dad to decide who to keep and who not to keep. It's up to him."

This was the sentence that made Zhu Gaochi approve of Prince Ning the most.

From a certain perspective, the prince of the current age and the emperor's younger brother are both high-risk identities. Matters that should be decided by the emperor must be decided by the emperor.

He was lazy and pushed the government affairs back to his father, which was based on the same starting point.

"Of course, Huang Fu should stay. Ma Qi is an armed eunuch and is not good at managing the local area."

Zhang Xin gave Zhu Gaochi the questions in advance.

With her status, she often doesn't have to be as careful with her words as Zhu Gaochi.

"Wait for Dad to decide. You can talk to him when he comes back."

Zhu Gaochi also thought Huang Fu was good.

"Oh, I see."

Zhang Xin agreed.

"My seventh uncle was impeached today."

Zhu Gaochi blurted out another sentence.