My Daming New Empire

No matter how good their kung fu is, they are a group of people in Tsing Yi Taoist robes, all of whom are imposing, and they are more than enough to be present.

Zhu Zhanji looked at Xuan Cheng and said, "Working by my side, the level of skill comes second. The most important thing is to be a deaf, blind, or dumb person. Do you understand what I mean?"

Xuan Cheng didn't have the fairy-like crane bones of ordinary Taoists, but he was extremely strong.He obviously knew the responsibility on his shoulders, bowed and said: "Brother Xuanzhen has already explained to Pindao the main points of being around His Highness in detail. spread out."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "You stay by my side first, and I will let other brothers and sisters act as guards."

Although I don't know how his kung fu is, it is obviously not too bad.For this candidate, Zhu Zhanji is more satisfied with him than Xuanzhen just based on his appearance.

Xuan Zhen looks like a fairy, but lacks popularity and can't intimidate others, while Xuan Cheng looks much more majestic and domineering.

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand, and Yiqingzi, who was guarding behind him, came out with a smile, bowed to Xuan Cheng and said, "Poverty Yiqingzi, I have met Junior Brother Xuancheng, let me take you to settle down." Come down."

Xuan Chengqian gave way and went with him. Zhu Zhanji turned to Yang Zhangde and said, "You came just in time. Now I have arranged Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing for Jin Yiwei's errands, and I don't need you for the time being. But this time I made a small fortune, and I still want someone to transport it back, but now the manpower is tight, and there has been no suitable person. You transport this batch of gold and silver back, and by the way, you will work as an errand in Jinyiwei. Read more, and visit the Young Army more on weekdays to read the textbooks of the Young Army. Being a high-ranking official is not the same thing as being a small official, and you must understand this from the very beginning."

Yang Zhangde responded: "I obey the order of the humble post."

"In addition, when you go back to the capital, there is no need to hide this batch of gold and silver. You have to publicize Dongying's gold and silver mountains to me, so that those aristocratic families and merchants in the south of the Yangtze River want to come to Dongying to make a fortune."

Zhu Zhanji explained the propaganda for him to return to the capital, and then he had to replace Sun Lin to be responsible for the statistics of Dongpu's harvest.

Moreover, most of the intelligence system on Dongpu's side is in the hands of Jin Yiwei, and he wants to bring these young troops back, so he also needs to establish his own intelligence network here.

He is not worried that the current Jin Yiwei has a different heart, but he just supervises and restricts it.Although Ji Gang was ready to use Ji Gang as a shit-stirring stick in Dongpu, he couldn't let this shit-stirring stick get out of control.

He didn't want to create an East Factory, but the staff of the Consultation Department must also be increased. As long as they don't give them the right to enforce the law and let them supervise Jinyiwei, it's the most appropriate.

In a few years, this group of young people from the young army will mature and be placed in the Jinyiwei, so there is no fear that the Jinyiwei will get out of control.

When Yang Zhangde saw this "small fortune", he was stunned.

Once upon a time, he would kill his whole family for ten taels of silver, but now, in front of him is a whole ship of gold and silver, and more than [-] ships of copper, tin, and lead.

Of course, none of this so-called ship is a full ship.Because at that time, there was only one result, that is, the ship was sunk.

However, each ship has been loaded to the highest waterline, which means the maximum carrying capacity.

These ships are not the largest treasure ships of Ming Dynasty, because the treasure ships themselves are not as strong as the blessing ships, so the gold, silver, and metals are all blessing ships.

Even so, this is wealth that Yang Zhangde never thought of.He is also sure that not only him, but anyone who sees such a fortune at once will also feel dizzy.

"How much silver is there in total?"

Liu Wan laughed and said proudly: "Here is a sum, 300 million taels of silver, and 15 taels of gold."

In Japan, the ratio of gold and silver is one to six, but in Daming, the ratio of gold and silver is one to eight, that is to say, there are more than 400 million taels of silver here.

For Zhu Zhanji, he salvaged the sunken ship in the second life, and he harvested dozens of tons of silver several times at a time.Moreover, the gold stored in his private bank far exceeded this amount, so it was a small fortune for him.

But in this era, gold and silver in America, South Africa, and Australia have not yet been dug out.Due to the lack of gold and silver in the entire Ming Dynasty, the salaries of officials had to be distributed in kind. Even the household department and internal treasury of the Ming Dynasty had never seen so much gold and silver piled up together.

After a while, Yang Zhangde woke up from the shock, and asked: "What is your Highness doing today, I want to tell His Highness... I can't take this burden!"

"Your Highness said it's a trivial matter, and I'm afraid he's studying Xuan Cheng's kung fu right now!" Leaving Yang Zhangde a sideways look, Liu Wancai said again: "Do you really think that you are responsible for transporting these gold and silver? Just to escort these gold and silver, Our inner prison sent 200 people, 2000 Jinyiwei, [-] young troops, and the three major naval fleets, each of which drew [-] people to be responsible for escorting. On this ship, the internal prison, Jinyiwei, and young troops supervise each other, except for the navy Sailors, other navies are forbidden to board the ship. So don't worry, I don't believe that anyone dares to play with this batch of gold and silver."

Yang Zhangde found out that Li Liang had been avoiding him for several days this time, and rarely saw him face to face.

The other servants were polite to him at first, but now they also regard him as the god of plague. Although Liu Wan, who is dealing with him this time, has met many times, because of his good relationship with Li Liang, Liu Wan, who belongs to Jin Kuo's family, has a good relationship with him. Wan is not close.

But Liu Wan never gave him supercilious looks in the past, but now he is not polite to him.

What's going on here?

Of course, he couldn't ask this out. In order to win over the relationship, he asked with a smile: "Liu Fengyu is someone close to His Highness, so he is naturally well informed. Have you sent today's battle report? How is the fight?"

Liu Wan didn't embarrass him too much, and replied: "Marquis Anyuan already drove the Ashikaga Yoshichi army out of Dongshan District yesterday, but unfortunately the royal family members also evacuated with him. members of the imperial family, and set fire to Ninnaji Temple as well as the Emperor's Imperial Palace and Ashikaga Yoshichi's Sanjobo Shogun's Palace."

"Then Ashikaga Yoshinori agrees?"

Zhang Fengshan, the deputy commander of the young army, said disdainfully: "If it weren't for the begging of Hino Yasuko and Ashikaga Yoshinori, Marquis Anyuan would almost have set fire to the capital! Only the palace would be burned, which would be cheaper for them."

The two went on the deck, and several people stared at Liu Wan, Yang Zhangde, and Zhang Fengshan with their own eyes. The three of them locked the inner cabin with three locks, and each of them put away the key.

Yang Zhangde looked up in the direction of the flagship, and saw a lot of people standing on the deck, obviously watching the battle.

He has also studied Xuan Cheng's kung fu, and he is not weaker than him. Presumably, His Highness should be satisfied!

But on the flagship, Xuan Cheng, who was originally proud and arrogant, looked at Zhu Zhanji, who was calm and breezy, as if staring at a monster, and his heart was full of shock.

He had been introduced by Xuanzhen and Yang Zhangde a long time ago, saying that His Highness is not weaker than them.He originally thought it was a compliment to His Highness, a young man who is less than 20 years old, his bones have just grown, how can he compare to their peak bodies.

However, not only he was wrong, but also his senior brother and Yang Zhangde were wrong. Not only was he not weaker than them, he was simply superior to them.

But whether it's flexibility and agility, or a competition of strength and exertion, he has lost.

Do people like this still need their protection?

At this time, Yi Qingzi came over to help Xuan Cheng who was lying on the deck, and said with a smile, "It's not shameful to be defeated by His Highness. Even I, an old Taoist, am no longer His Highness's opponent. It’s a rare match.”

Xuan Cheng was shocked and asked: "Then what use are we for?"

Yi Qingzi laughed and said: "Of course it's used to decorate the front. Does His Highness have to do it himself when something happens? Let's just be the Second General Huh Ha and just get a share of the salary."

Thank you for the super cowardly hairball, see people with lights, I spit you for the reward, thank you for your support

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Since Zhu Yuanzhang listed Taoism as the state religion, worshiping Taoism and suppressing Buddhism, Taoism, a local sect, has developed very rapidly in the past few decades.

In order to build the Wudang Taoist Palace, Zhu Dihao spent several million taels of silver. In the original history, this expenditure was listed as the three major government expenditures in the early Ming Dynasty together with the construction of Beiping and the Ming Great Wall, which was even more expensive than Zheng He’s voyages to the West. big.

In the process of the development of Taoism, Wudang benefited the most.

So now Wudang has the closest relationship with the royal family.

Such a huge cost is of course not just because of a king's hobby, it involves the guiding role of the court in the early Ming Dynasty to the people's beliefs.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the expansion of Buddhism had affected all corners of the people. The Yuan Dynasty's support for Buddhism was mainly to baptize the people's spirit through Buddhism and reduce the spirit of resistance among the people.

The monks have gained a lot of wealth through nearly a hundred years of vigorous development. During the period when Zhu Yuanzhang rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty, a lot of wealth in the entire society was seized by the monks.

Every prefecture, every prefecture, and even every county and every town has luxurious temples. In addition to a lot of wealth, monks also occupy a lot of land.

The wealth in the hands of the monks is more than that of the nobles in the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty was poor and white, temples became a huge source of Zhu Yuanzhang's economic income.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who has been influenced by Buddhism, is also very aware of the influence of Buddhism on the people. If he wants to attack Buddhism, he cannot directly destroy the spiritual beliefs of the people, which will lead to chaos among the people.

Therefore, it is not really Zhu Yuanzhang who supports Taoism to replace Buddhism. Zhu Di likes Taoism.It is a means for them to obtain wealth from Buddhism and guide their beliefs.