My Daming New Empire

In short, compared to their stable positions, I am the one whose fate is unpredictable.

Thinking of this, he, an eunuch who had been stabbed three times on the battlefield and never shed a tear, couldn't help but shed tears.

In the hall, Zhu Di sat opposite Zhu Zhanji's grandfather and grandson.Zhu Di is not like usual today, sitting casually, his old body is straight.

And Zhu Zhanji didn't look like he was fooling around, he sat upright and looked at his grandfather.

"Are you really ready?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded, then shook his head again. "Since 12, my grandson has been preparing for today. I thought I was ready, but now I feel that I still need the teaching of the emperor."

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Since I ascended the throne, I have controlled the grasslands in Beiping, controlled Jiaozhi in the south, and Dongying in the east. Although the Ming Dynasty can't be called the peace of the world, it doesn't need to go to war. You just need to rest for a few years, and the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty It'll get better."

"This is all due to Grandpa Huang, and it will be recorded in detail in the history books. My grandson has always regarded Grandpa Huang as a role model, and I will try not to disappoint Grandpa Huang."

"You have never let me down, on the contrary, you have done better than I thought. If you hadn't done so well, how could you be in the embarrassing situation now."

Having said that, Zhu Zhanji was also a little speechless.He is a person with a strong desire to control, so in the past few years when Zhu Di left, he has been controlling the situation on the side of civil servants and generals.

Now, regardless of the civil servants, the generals have become his people. After Zhu Di came back, he found that he had been excluded.

With Zhu Di's ability, it is actually not difficult to regain power, and he also has the righteousness.

However, he did not do so.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know that he had intended to abdicate a long time ago, and thought he was forced by himself, so he felt guilty all the time.

Facing Zhu Zhanji, even though Zhu Di felt a little disappointed in his heart, he was more relieved.

The heirs I have chosen are not wrong, which is extremely important for an empire.

The next topic mainly focused on the personnel relationship in the imperial court. Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji had a detailed analysis of every important position, every important person, and every important family.

Zhu Zhanji's ability and experience are not bad, what is lacking now is the understanding of some details.

Until Wang Yan came back empty-handed, he knelt down on the ground as soon as he entered the door.Weeping: "Your Majesty, Chairman Jian and all the ministers have accepted the imperial edict."

Zhu Di smiled and waved his sleeves, and said, "Decree to Qin Tianjian, let them pick a good day!"

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After the first day of July, neither Zhu Di nor Zhu Zhanji would go to court, nor would they come out to take charge.

But on the day of July 22, the grandfather and grandson went out of the palace together and arrived at the Yuejianglou Wharf to welcome the returning Dongzhou Fleet.

Zhu Zhanji greeted them because they were sent out by himself, and their harvest in Dongzhou exceeded his expectations, so he must give them this honor.

And Zhu Di came here purely for the more than 100 tons of gold and silver.

In the feudal era, especially before the Age of Discovery, when gold and silver in America had not been developed, so much gold and silver was definitely a big sum.

From ancient times, to the Qin and Han dynasties, and even to the Tang and Song dynasties, there was a shortage of gold and silver throughout the world.

Take the Song Dynasty as an example. At that time, not only gold and silver were in short supply, but copper was also in short supply.The copper used for coinage is insufficient, so that folk copperware is of great value.

Coins cannot keep up with the needs of circulation, not only gold, silver, copper, silk, and cloth, but even iron coins are in circulation in the world.

At that time, the cast iron coins in Sichuan always weighed 25 catties.To buy a piro in Sichuan, you have to pay 130 catties of iron money.Iron money is so cumbersome and inconvenient, the paper currency "Jiaozi" created and printed in the Northern Song Dynasty came into being in Sichuan.

The emergence of "Jiaozi" is an important evolution from metal currency to paper currency in the history of oriental currency. "Jiaozi" is not only the earliest banknote in the East, but also the earliest banknote in the world.

Since the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of folk gold and silver were lost, and more were plundered by the Mongolian people to build temples and cast bronzes.

The extreme lack of private currency and the disapproval of banknotes brought private trade back to the era of barter.

The shortage of money in the early Ming Dynasty was very serious, not to mention private trade, even officials' salaries were issued with rice.

In recent years, the development of the Beimingshan Copper Mine, frequent overseas trade, and the return of a large amount of gold and silver have alleviated part of the shortage of gold and silver.

Of course, the biggest advantage here is that private gold and silver transshipment and transactions are eliminated, and all banks are used to regulate, so that the problem of gold and silver shortage can be truly alleviated.

Because the ordinary people in the East are really poor and afraid, and they like saving money too much.

Not only ordinary people, but even those businessmen like to hoard a large amount of gold and silver at home, causing most of the gold and silver to be buried in the ground.

With bank regulation, all gold and silver must be circulated through banks, which really alleviates the problem of currency shortage.

However, although there are many currencies in the bank, they are dispersed.Nearly 200 million taels of gold are put together like this, and there are twice as much silver. Even Zhu Di has never seen it with his own eyes.

Compared with the grand occasion of Yuejianglou Wharf when Zhu Di came back more than half a month ago, the standard has been reduced a lot.But the emperor and grandson greeted them personally, and the security here is still very strict.

Although Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji came to the pier to greet them in person, they did not come at the beginning, but waited until the fleet had all disembarked from the ship and formed a phalanx on the pier before arriving late.

The navy, army representatives, all servants, and officials add up to nearly [-] people.Except for the necessary left-behind personnel on board, they are divided into different squares according to their different identities.

Behind them were [-] representatives from various tribes on the land of Dongzhou.

Although Daming could often see foreigners, the sudden arrival of 1 people still shocked many people watching the excitement.

What is even more shocking are these Indians. Their most prosperous cities, Tenochtitlan and Cusco, are only cities the size of the Ming Dynasty Palace.

Seeing this huge endless city, seeing this dense crowd, everyone wearing exquisite clothes, how could they not be shocked.

When they stepped on the flat concrete floor on the pier, many people couldn't help but wonder how the floor was built.

When Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji came to the pier in a dragon chariot, they didn't need an introduction from Daming's officer to know that their king had arrived.

Compared with the eight pure white horses pulling resplendent and resplendent resemblance to the dragon chariot of a palace, the original king of Cuzco, Viracocha, felt that his shoulder chariot, which required [-] people to lift, was as ugly as a child. toys.

The two major kingdoms in America, the Aztec Kingdom and the Cusco Kingdom, are the highest among all the guests.

Because other aborigines in the Americas can only be regarded as tribes, and only these two countries have the embryonic form of a country.

The Aztecs were killed by Yi Xin because of their confrontation with Daming, especially the plague caused by the dead bodies, which reduced their population by more than half.

Now they had to rely on Daming to stabilize their position.The Aztec country was originally an alliance of three tribes. For decades, they fought north and south and suppressed many ethnic groups before expanding their territory to the periphery of Mexico City in later generations.

After other small tribes took refuge in Daming, if they did not take refuge in Ming Dynasty, there was a possibility of subjugation.

The Kingdom of Cusco was the predecessor of the Inca Empire, and their leader, Viracocha, was also considered a wise king.

And the Inca Empire is different from the Aztecs, they have been strong for more than 100 years.There is no private wealth in this country, and all people, including property, belong to the king.

In other words, a king can take anything from the civilians under his jurisdiction, including nobles.

It is also for this reason that when Viracocha surrendered, their civilians would voluntarily hand over all the narrow gold and silver accumulated throughout the country.

Of course, Hou Xian did not exhaust his resources. He specified that Zhu Zhanji wanted to develop the Dongzhou Continent, so what he plundered was some floating wealth and did not touch their foundation.