My Daming New Empire

There is only one set of mahjong tiles and one deck of poker cards for every ten people. Zhu Zhanji didn't want an unlimited supply.Therefore, soldiers also cherish playing cards very much, for fear that if they are damaged, they will not be able to play in the future.

Not far after entering the Yongjiang River, you can see the outline of Ningbo city.In order to welcome Zhu Zhanji's arrival, today's Ningbo port is closed, and all merchant ships are parked on the wharf, waving and mooring, freeing up the busy river on weekdays.

When Zhu Zhanji's lucky boat with the Royal Dragon flag berthed at the Shibosi Wharf in Sanjiangkou, Zhu Zhanji took the lead to get off the boat.

The civil and military ministers who greeted them on the shore, including the common people watching from a distance, all knelt down one by one.

The faces of each of them were filled with happiness and honor, and countless people cried excitedly because they could see their grandson with their own eyes.This kind of worship from the heart, this kind of simple emotion, is the most normal expression in this era.

Don't you see that hundreds of years later, those ordinary people are still so simple, and they will be moved by the pity of the great people.

This has nothing to do with equality, but only with inner support.For the common people in Ningbo, if the Japanese pirates are eliminated and the prosperity and development of Ningbo are protected, this kind of life is a happy life.

(Ningbo and Quanzhou are the two nodes of going to sea. Today I feel that my brain is useless, and the plot of the concept is not satisfactory. I am stuck.)

Thank you Libra~Xi Shepherd for the rewards, and Mo Jie, I spit you out, the little stones, the mountains are green, run with the pigs, the lights see people’s rewards, thank you for your support

Chapter 2 The Lord

Ningbo is not the capital city. Because the public security in the capital city has been controlled for a long time, the people in the capital city are also used to grandsons and even the emperor's trips, and they know what to do when they are watching the excitement.

However, there are mixed dragons and snakes in Ningbo, and there are merchants from all over the place, and there are even many foreign merchants and guards.

So now the control on both sides of the road is stricter. Even if there are spectators, they can only greet the grandson in the designated area, instead of kneeling on both sides of the road like the capital.

Here, Zhu Zhanji does not need to show his closeness to the people. What he needs more is to maintain the majesty of the royal family, distance himself from the common people, and deify his identity.

So when the welcome ceremony was over and he boarded the luxurious carriage that Yu Xian had prepared, he kept his face sullen, maintaining a calm and unpredictable image.

His image did not disappoint those ordinary people and foreign businessmen. Among other things, his size alone was beyond the reach of most people.

Although he is only 20 years old this year with a short mustache, he looks 25-[-]. The neatly trimmed short beard adds a lot of majesty to him.

Wherever he passed by, the common people knelt down to greet him sincerely, and then secretly looked at him sitting in the car excitedly.As long as they can see the grandson's side, everyone will feel that the trip is worthwhile.

There are too many people visiting, but the pier is very close to Shibosi.When Zhu Zhanji's car entered the Shibo Division, the cars behind him hadn't left yet.

Seeing such a grand occasion, those who watched the excitement felt that the trip was worthwhile.

After entering the courtyard of Shibosi, Zhu Zhanji relaxed his body, turned his head and said to Xie Jin behind him: "Ningbo's prosperity is not inferior to Yingtian's. The traffic here is inconvenient. Today's prosperity depends entirely on shipping and Jiangnan. The water transportation in the water town is convenient."

Xie Jin shook his head and said: "The Jiangnan area has been the hinterland of Chinese civilization since the Southern Song Dynasty. Jiangnan is rich in products and outstanding people, but it has been influenced by business since modern times, and now it is inferior to Jiangxi in terms of Confucianism."

Xie Jin is from Jiangxi, so of course he has to speak for Jiangxi at this time.

However, what he said is also true. In the Song Dynasty, there were endless talented scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the court ministers were from the south of the Yangtze River.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, it has become a commercial center, and the smell of copper gradually covered up the culture.

In the early Ming Dynasty, including the middle period, the court ministers were mainly in Jiangxi and Huguang, and there were very few ministers in Jiangnan.

But Zhu Zhanji knew very well that after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan's economic advantages gradually expanded, which led to an increase in the number of literati.Power was gradually combined with money, which led to the fact that after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, almost all courts were occupied by people from the south of the Yangtze River.

The notorious Donglin Party is almost entirely composed of Jiangnan people, and the more extreme Fushe is also composed of Jiangnan people.

Zhu Di's main purpose of moving the capital was to move the political center to the north, but with the support of money, even moving the capital could not change the trend of Jiangnan literati gradually gaining the upper hand.

Since this road is not going to work, Zhu Zhanji no longer thinks about guarding against Jiangnan literati, but takes this power as his own, and then divides and weakens it.

Naturally, differentiation is to attract one group and suppress one group, and to weaken it is also very simple, that is to support other forces, such as Gewu and mathematics.

But these are things for the future. This time, Zhu Zhanji arranged Xie Jin, who was almost unemployed, to be his "administrative secretary" for the purpose of gaining a sense of presence.

But he didn't dare to go too far. After all, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were on top of him, and controlling civil servants was currently Zhu Gaochi's main sphere of influence.

So he didn't dare to go to the Suzhou-Hangzhou generation in the center of the south of the Yangtze River to gain a sense of existence. He just took the time to rest in Ningbo and asked Xie Jin to help him explain his political ideas among literati.

Although Xie Jin has almost no power now and is only the treasurer of the royal family's classics library, he is still the idol of the literati of the Ming Dynasty. As the teacher of the grandson, no one dares to despise him.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Master Xie can call friends in Ningbo in the past few days, and walk around with old friends more. The numbers and symbols need to be promoted more."

"The old minister will definitely live up to the entrustment..." Xie Jin bowed his head and asked, "Then, will your highness make an appointment to meet with the Jiangnan literati?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "It's not necessary this time. I will go to sea for a year or two. When I return, it's not too late to win over."

"The old minister understands."

After sending Xie Jin away, Zhu Zhanji lifted his clothes and walked into the lobby of the Shibo Department.

This city shipping department is equivalent to the later generations of the industrial and commercial bureau, the tax bureau, and the complex of the customs, and it is responsible for raising money for the royal family.

The manpower here is mainly eunuchs, but they are supervised by the Department of Juju, as well as the Household Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

However, because they belong to different management systems, the supervision of the imperial court is actually not very effective, because the eunuchs only need to be responsible to the royal family.

The physical disabilities of the eunuchs also caused most of them to have a paranoid pursuit of money, food, and even women. Generally speaking, they all paid great attention to enjoyment.

This is human nature, even Zhu Zhanji cannot change it.

The Shibo Department is much more glamorous than ordinary yamen. They handle various commodities and economic power by themselves, so they have the conditions to create economic conditions for themselves that other departments cannot match.

Seeing this luxurious yamen, Zhu Zhanji didn't want to create a clean government storm, because the eunuchs only pursued this.

Wanting the horse to run, but also wanting the horse not to eat grass, how can there be such a good thing!

Although they are greedy, at least they are loyal. In many cases, eunuchs are more trustworthy than literati.

As long as it's not abolishing the public for personal reasons, Zhu Zhanji doesn't mind being a little more tolerant.

After sitting down in the lobby, Yu Xian came over and asked softly, "Your Highness, should we have lunch first, or should we meet the ministers first?"

"Let's meet the local officials first, and submit the list of interviews to Eunuch Jin, and let him choose again." Zhu Zhanji took a sip of the authentic Taiping Houkui and asked: "Zhejiang Chief Secretary, is there anyone here from the inspection department?" ?”

"Wang Weixin, Ge Cheng didn't dare to come because of His Highness's order, but he still sent his subordinates to greet His Highness. However, Xia Liuyuan, the transfer envoy of the two Zhejiang capitals, came from Hangzhou in person."

The transshipment envoy of the two Zhejiang capitals was established in the early Ming Dynasty, and was in charge of the salt administration of the two Zhejiang provinces.Under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing, Songjiang, Ningshao, Wentai four divisions.

Set up the capital with one transshipment envoy, one from the third rank, one associate envoy, one from the fourth rank, one deputy envoy, one from the fifth rank, no fixed number of judges, one from the sixth rank, and the experience department, the governor, each salt department, salt warehouse, and inspection Ambassador, deputy envoy, etc.

The sub-divisions of the Tongzhi and Deputy Envoys are in charge of management, and the general is transferred to the envoys. The salt produced is sold to the prefectures and prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River and the whole territory of Zhejiang.

At the beginning, Zhu Zhanji only ordered Wang Weixin, the political envoy of Zhejiang Province, to order Ge Cheng, the procuratorate, not to come to see him, but he ignored Xia Liuyuan, the capital transfer envoy.

Since he arrived in person, Zhu Zhan should have an interview based on emotion and reason, after all, he is also a local official who thought he was from the third rank.

However, even though he wanted to see each other, Zhu Zhanji still had to speak clearly. "Since I'm here, I'll see you later. However, I have not yet been in charge of the government, so I won't talk about official affairs this time. Another order will be sent down. I'm here to go to sea. In Ningbo, I only talk about business, not about official affairs. The local officials just meet with me. Once we see you, we will focus on arranging for business representatives to come and see you."

This is for Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi, no matter what he wants to do, at least let everyone know in terms of attitude, he will not overstep.