My Daming New Empire

This may seem contradictory, but it is not contradictory. The key is to grasp a degree.

Zhu Di wanted to train him, but that didn't mean he could get involved in too many affairs.

He is the same as Zhu Gaochi who has been in contact with government affairs now. The key is to do his job well and never cross the line.

For Zhu Di, an emperor with a strong desire for power, crossing the line means grabbing power.

So, after entering the Meridian Gate, when Wang Yan and the others greeted him, he gave up his position, led his guards, and returned to Xingqing Palace.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the Wenhua Gate, he met Zhaoyi and Jingfei respectively leading a group of servants and maids waiting at the gate of the palace.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji, both of them greeted him.These two women, one is his "grandmother" and the other is his "little mother", but they are also Zhang Fu's sister and daughter.

Before they could speak, Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Niangniang, Concubine Jing, the Duke of England is in good health, and among the generals in the court, I don't think there are many who can compare with the Duke of the Kingdom."

Concubine Zhaoyi looked around and asked in a low voice, "Did you tell him?"

"Speaking of which, the Duke should be quite moved. However, he still needs to test his grandfather's mind. This matter must not be brought up by him, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Therefore, the empress needs to work hard."

"I understand. A few days ago, I asked Huke to play a memorial to Liangzhang, but I haven't heard from him in the past few days."

Although the noble concubine Zhaoyi is now No.1 in the harem, but because of her status, she must be more careful when communicating with the outside world.

Many times, she had to borrow Zhu Zhanji's channel to communicate with the outside world.

After all, Zhu Zhanji is the freest in the palace now, and even Jin Yiwei is now his.

It is no news that the conquest of Jiaozhi is too expensive.Since the fifth year of Yongle, people have mentioned it every year.

However, Zhu Di didn't care about expenses, he only cared about obedient monarchs, so he kept all these memorials.

But this time, Zhu Zhanji took advantage of his understanding of the battle situation in Jiaozhi to come up with a detailed cost and income comparison table, and then proposed to set up a Gonghou Mansion in Jiaozhi to patrol on behalf of the emperor, releasing half of the pressure to the Gonghou body of advice.

With the example of Prince Mu's Mansion before, and Zhang Fu is now unsealable, this suggestion is very likely to be accepted by Zhu Di.

The imperial court can reduce the burden by at least half, and leave all the troublesome things to the garrison princes, which saves a lot of money.

And it is impossible for those princes not to accept it, although it will make them bear a huge burden at first, and even owe the court military expenses that have not been paid off for decades.But to be an uncrowned king in the future is definitely what everyone pursues in the feudal era.

As long as these fiefdoms can be managed well, all expenses can be earned back in the future.Even if you can't earn it back, is the court still forcing you to demolish the house and sell the land?Could it be that for a little expense, the generals on the border cannot survive?

impossible.

Today's Muwangfu is a clear example. Before the Yunnan Copper Mine was developed, Muwangfu was so poor that it was nothing more than pants.Not to mention the cost of the imperial court's army, even their own guards can't afford it.

Originally, they had to bear half of the cost of the imperial army, but they were not exempted by Zhu Di in the end.

Now that there are copper mines, their life is a little easier, and the expenses owed to the court have gradually been made up.

In the previous expeditions against Annan, the imperial court also recruited troops from Yunnan to buy horses, and all of them used money from the Mu Palace.

Because there is only one example of Mu Wangfu, so today's Daming does not have detailed regulations on this aspect.

For example, how much military expenses other princes need to bear to guard a place, how much taxes to pay, and so on.

Aside from the example of Prince Mu's Mansion, Zhu Di is absolutely unwilling to open such an opening easily.

The lessons of the Tang Dynasty are still being mentioned today. For a king of centralized thought like Zhu Di, he is not forced to make such a choice, and he is absolutely unwilling to make such a choice.

Otherwise, if the feudal town is too strong, it will also be a threat to the central government.

However, Zhu Zhanji has no worries in this regard. He is very clear that Europe has gradually come out of the ignorant medieval theocracy.The next 100 years will be an era of comprehensive European revival.

In politics, the weight of royal power gradually increased.In science, more and more scientific and technological talents have emerged.In the military, they used the gunpowder brought by the Mongols to move from cold weapons to hot weapons.

With the advent of the Age of Discovery, the world's political situation will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Because of his arrival, the current Daming wants to embark on a path of China's revitalization, and the previous feudal system must be comprehensively improved.

In politics, although centralization will continue to be implemented in the future, in terms of military and economics, if we want to establish rules and seize territory, we must make improvements.

The lag of science and technology makes the central government's control of remote areas slow and passive in time and space. To strengthen the rule, technological improvements must be made.

Only faster means of transportation and the ability to mobilize troops and generals can consolidate the rule.

But before the development of technology, what can be done is to seize more territory and consolidate the initial rule.

He has been thinking about this issue, and always believes that the enfeoffment system is the most effective means to expand the discourse power of the Chinese nation in the entire world.

As long as the Chinese nation occupies the whole world, even if these areas are finally separated from the central government, these areas will still form a country with the Chinese nation as the main body.

This is better than letting those Europeans occupy the whole world and have the right to speak in the world in the original history.

Of course, he will not release this monster easily, even if he wants to do so in the end, he must pay attention to strategies and methods.

After all, he is the future emperor and cannot tear himself down.

But Annan is an exception. The imperial power in this place has been destroyed by Ming Dynasty, and this place is also an important base for Ming Dynasty to increase its control over the Nanyang region.

With Annan, Ming's military power can extend thousands of miles south, so the importance of this place cannot be ignored.

Moreover, Zhu Zhanji also wanted Daming to have access to the Indian Ocean, which is one north and one east of Yunnan, so that it could directly encircle and suppress the Bago Dynasty.

And Bago is the Myanmar of later generations, and its position cannot be ignored for Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in order to consolidate the rule in Annan, Daming did not want to expend too much energy, and enfeoffing Zhang Fu, who was well-known in Annan, here would have more advantages than disadvantages.

However, this is to help ministers dig out the foundation of their own imperial power, so Zhu Zhanji must not come forward in this matter, nor can Zhang Fu himself, so Concubine Zhaoyi is the most suitable candidate.

As the daughter of the Zhang family and the No. 1 in the harem today, Zhu Zhanji only needs to bring out an introduction lightly to leverage her to promote this matter with all her strength.

And selling such a good deal would also allow Concubine Zhaoyi to completely stand by his side and form the most stable ally.

Concubine Jing can be regarded as Zhu Zhanji's young mother and also Zhang Fu's daughter, so of course she is obliged to do this.

Because her status is closely related to Zhang Fu.Now Zhu Gaochi has several wives and concubines, except for the crown princess Zhang, she is the most noble.

If Zhang Fu can actually become a king with a different surname, then her life in the palace will be easier.

And her role is to confuse Zhu Gaochi to wave the flag to cheer.Zhu Zhanji can clearly see that this matter is the foundation of digging the imperial power, but Zhu Gaochi may not be able to see clearly.

He admired Zhang Fu so much that he was his old fan.As long as this matter is promoted, the cost of the court can be reduced, and Annan can be brought under the rule of the court, Zhu Gaochi will definitely not fall behind.

Although this matter is a bit unreasonable, Zhu Zhanji is completely cheating.

But this incident did not hurt Zhu Gaochi that much, because he himself had been given up by Zhu Di!

Seeing the nervous expressions of the two women, Zhu Zhanji smiled and said with relief: "Don't worry about this matter, let Liang Zhang publicize this matter among the civil servants, and I will let Jin Yiwei beat the side drums, and I will personally discuss it at the last moment." Go into battle, great things can be expected."