Cannon Fodder is King [Quick Transmigration]

"Is this Da Yang?"

Ryukyu Mountain Southern Prince Ta Lu Mei looked forward, speaking fluent Central Plains mandarin, Na Na said.

Ships are everywhere, hundreds of ships, thousands of ships, entering and leaving the port, magnificent, mighty, innumerable, hard to see.

There is also the towering fort in the distance, soaring into the clouds and stretching endlessly, it makes people feel awe for no reason.

"What is this?" The official of Honglu Temple standing beside Hou said quite proudly: "The three major ports in the south are much larger than here. I heard that there are no less than [-] foreign merchant ships entering the port every day."

This is the truth.

In the 15 years since Ningwu, after the imperial court opened up the sea trade, this life is like a dream, every day is the same.

He was still young at that time, but he still vaguely remembered the scene when the imperial decree was issued. Whether it was an official or a businessman, even the farmers who planed food in the field gritted their teeth and collected money, as if they were beaten. Like chicken blood, waving banknotes poured into the household department.

The old blessing boats cost 5000 taels a piece, and the new blessing boats cost 8000 taels a piece. It is said that [-] boats were sold that month.

Foreigners' money is really easy to earn, and the vain money flows into the wallets of the merchants like flowing water.

It is this sea tax that is painful to pay, and it is three out of ten.

In this way, merchants rushed to the sea, and farmers flooded into factories.

Who would have thought that in just over [-] years, the land tax and small tax that the peasants could barely breathe would be gone.In order to retain the farmers who cultivated the land, the imperial court initiated a subsidy for the farmers instead, one penny per dime per year.

Then, in order to build ships, all the big trees in the country that could be used as keels were cut down, and the shipyards began to purchase wood from the West (generally referring to Southeast Asia and Europe).

There are so many woods in the west, big and thick, such as camphor wood, beech wood, red sandalwood, golden nanmu, huanghuali... ship by ship to the country.

When the Forbidden City was renovated, all the wood used was brought back from the West.I heard that the sixty huge pillars in the Huangji Hall are made of whole golden nanmu, so thick that two people can barely hug them.

Then, the pirates came, robbed several caravans, and killed thousands of people.When the news came out, the government and the opposition were shocked.In order to ensure the safety of the merchant ships, the emperor sent a navy to destroy the pirates, and even occupied the no-man's land near the western sea route, or spent huge sums of money to buy land from neighboring countries, and built more than a dozen military ports. To ensure the safety of passing ships.

Just thinking about it, it was their turn to enter the port.

Stepping on the flat ground, the officials of Honglu Temple couldn't stop talking.

"This is a cement road, and the sidewalk next to it is paved with red bricks. These are all good things developed by the Firearms Bureau. They are cheap and durable. My house is built with them..."

Looking at the spacious driveway in front of him, Lu Mei couldn't stop being amazed, and he said, "I heard that the official roads in Dayang are all paved with concrete roads like this?"

"It's more than that. The imperial court is now organizing people to build roads. I heard that it is going to lay cement roads in every village."

Just as they were talking, a group of carriages appeared right in front of them. From time to time, someone walked over, took out a handful of money and handed it to the driver, and then got into the carriage.

Following Lu Mei's line of sight, the Honglu Temple official explained: "That is a public horse convoy. A few years ago, the imperial court sent troops to clean up the north side again, until it reached Lake Baikal, and won tens of thousands of dollars. Then our emperor circled dozens of Huangzhuang all over the country to raise horses and cattle. The cattle were distributed to farmers, and the horses were used to form a public carriage. The convoy has a fixed route, and if you pay ten big coins, you can take a carriage around the city."

"Did you see that? That's Ningwu Bank, our emperor's ticket number. I heard that in two years, the imperial court will abolish copper coins to issue treasure banknotes. That's fine, copper coins are heavy, but it's impossible to go out without copper coins ..."

Lu Mei looked in the direction he pointed, the four-storey building that caught his eye, the calm and majestic plaque, the meticulous guards, and the endless crowd... His gaze was fixed on the wall. on the glass window.

That's glass, glass sold for five taels of gold in the Ryukyu country.

"That's a porridge shed. It was built by the yamen in the early years, but it was later taken over by the rich businessmen in the city. Thick porridge was thrown away once a day."

"It's a public toilet. Last time it was a copper coin. There are special cleaners responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the toilet. The people responsible for collecting the money are local orphans and widows. It seems that the government has found a way for them to survive."

"Over there is the industrial park..."

From the moment he set foot on Dayang's land, he was either in shock or constantly being shocked.There was never a moment when he felt that his vision was so shallow.

Until the official of Honglu Temple said: "This is the capital."

Every time he opened the curtains, the towering city walls shone brightly under the sunlight. At this moment, the shock in his heart turned into admiration for the Central Plains culture.

On the seventh day of August, Emperor Ningwu celebrated his fiftieth birthday, and hosted a banquet for civil and military officials and foreign envoys in the Huangji Hall.

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"The Southern Kingdom of Ryukyu Mountain presents ten catties of shark's fin, a bucket of high-grade pearls, ten pairs of night pearls, and a box of conch shells..."

Ryukyu Mountain Southern Country?

Is it the little brother who has been honestly in front of the Central Plains Dynasty, and was later destroyed by Japan and relocated to Okinawa Prefecture?

Meng Zezhi was thoughtful.

Ta Lu every time went out to pay homage and said: "My little minister Shannan Wang Shizi Ta Lu every kowtow to His Majesty the Emperor of Shang Kingdom, long live, long live, long live."

"My son is in peace." Meng Zezhi said: "In the past, your country always sent envoys to court, why did your son come in person this time?"

"Reporting to His Majesty the Emperor of Shang, I have two purposes for this trip. One is to celebrate His Majesty's birthday, and the other is that my father, King Shannan, was unfortunately killed three months ago. I would like to ask His Majesty to send an envoy to issue an imperial edict to enshrine my The minister is the new king of Shannan."

Lu always has hardships to describe.

100 years ago, the originally unified Ryukyu Kingdom was divided into three countries: Shannan, Zhongshan, and Shanbei. Among them, Zhongshan is the strongest and Shannan is the weakest.

Over the years, with the help of the Wa Kingdom, the Zhongshan Kingdom has become more and more powerful, and has the intention of annexing Shannan and Shanbei.

The former King of Shannan was killed by the Zhongshan Kingdom, and Lu Mei was also desperate, so he could only hope that Dayang Chao would give him a hand for the sake of his obedience.

"So that's the case, my son's condolences." Meng Zezhi thought to himself, this is an opportunity to intervene in the domestic affairs of Ryukyu and Japan.

"Thank you, His Majesty, the Emperor of Shangguo." Lu Mei asked cautiously, "Then, about the canonization?"

"I agree." After all, this is the first vassal state that has voluntarily requested canonization from the imperial court since the founding of the Dayang Dynasty, which is of great significance.

He stretched out his hand to stop Wang Guangzhi from reading the imperial decree, and said, "I like the gift of your son very much. I will give Shannan Kingdom 500 taels of gold, 5000 taels of silver, and [-] pieces of brocade..."

Lu Mei was overjoyed for such a generous gift: "Thank you, His Majesty, the Emperor of Shangguo."

The envoys of the other vassal states on the side were envious. Since the Dayang Dynasty opened up maritime trade and canceled the joint trade, they have rarely been able to take advantage of Dayang.

(In the exploration and cooperation trade, after the tributary mission arrived in Dayang, the court not only provided chariots, horses, food, etc., but also allocated rations on the way back to the country. The tribute brought by the mission often had to be multiplied by ten times or even several times. Ten times the reward. The goods they bring have to be bought at a premium of two to three times. Not only that, they can also purchase goods from Dayang and sell them back to China, at least five to six times the profit. So in the past, to Paying tribute is the most profitable thing.)

"Yunnan Chief Envoy Si respectfully offered three to seventy fifty catties of top-grade Wenshan, fifty catties of Longling Hetou Dendrobium, fifty catties of Zhaotong Gastrodia elata... fifty catties of Xuanwei ham..."

"Huguang Chief Commissioner presented [-] catties of Anhua black tea, [-] catties of dried whitebait, and [-] altars of stone flower Daqu......"

After appreciating the birthday presents presented by the people from all over the world, Meng Zezhi couldn't help saying: "Nowadays, no one in this world will scold me for being a fool!"

All the ministers looked at each other, Lu Zengxiang, who was already an octogenarian, came out of the class and said: "The ministers and others were confused back then, but it is not too late now."

All the ministers immediately shouted: "Ministers, please long live and make Lu Li, the Commander of the Jinwu Guard, as the rear."

They also resigned to their fate, and it was regarded as fulfilling Emperor Ning Wu's wish, and it could be regarded as giving them all their loyalty.In fact, Lu Li is not bad either. Anyway, he has been conscientious for so many years and has never had anything wrong.

With a bang, the excited Lu Li accidentally knocked over the wine glass in his hand.

People who are 50 years old, let's not toss...

Hearing the movement, Meng Zezhi had to swallow the words that had come to his lips, and said with a smile, "Okay."

In this way, Meng Zezhi completed his third wedding with his lover.

That night, Lu Li was very enthusiastic. Meng Zezhi groaned and thought, people who practice martial arts are good, they don't look old, they are so old, and their buttocks are still so raised.

Then, Tao An, Xiao Shi, Lu Zengxiang...all left one by one.

As for Zhao Lingwu, he died of illness as early as the seventh year of Ningwu.Death is the most important thing, and Meng Zezhi buried him generously. No matter what, it cannot be denied that he had made great contributions to this country.

Only Zhao Yijing and Xing Xiaoya were left lingering, torturing each other.

In the 32nd year of Ningwu, Meng Zezhi summoned the second son of King Cheng'an (formerly from the lineage of King Fu, Dayang Dynasty used the king of the first word as the prince, and the king of the second word as the king of the county), the grandson of King Hui, and the son of King Changyuan (formerly the lineage of King Rui) Enter the six departments to observe politics.

"Although Hui Wangsun's performance is good, but his temperament, to put it nicely, is eager for quick success, and to put it badly, it is called unscrupulous. It reminds me of Tang Wang back then."

Meng Zezhi looked at the records submitted by Zhi Jinwei: "The second son of Prince Cheng'an's methods are too gentle, but he can be a conservative emperor."

But what he wants is not just a conservative emperor, otherwise how can he be worthy of the foundation he has worked so hard to lay.

"On the other hand, Prince Changyuan's heir, he shows his sharpness, and he handles every errand more beautifully than every other."

It's a pity that I was used as a stepping stone without knowing it.

"Gu Muqing, the eldest daughter of Changyuan Wang Shu." Meng Zezhi said.

Gu Muqing fell to his knees, barely maintaining his composure: "Yes."

"These days, are you the one who advises Prince Changyuan behind his back?"

"Yes." Gu Muqing gritted his teeth and said.

"How courageous." Meng Zezhi said in a cold voice, with a wave of his wrist, a booklet fell in front of Gu Muqing.

The booklet was handed over by the prince of Changyuan, and the first line read from right to left horizontally reads: Courtesy Gu Muqing sends greetings to Long Live.

It should be said that Gu Muqing was exhaustive, or that Prince Changyuan was so stupid that he actually copied the scripture she had drafted without changing it and sent it to the imperial case.

"My daughter is guilty." Gu Muqing calmed down instead.

She is just not reconciled.

Gu Muqing's biological mother, Liu Shi, was the maidservant of Changyuan Princess Qu Shi. After Qu Shi became pregnant, she gave Liu Shi to the Changyuan King as a concubine in order to keep her favor.

Two years later, Mrs. Liu died of dystocia, leaving behind a daughter named Gu Muqing. In order to show her virtuousness and morality, Mrs. Qu took Gu Muqing to her side to raise her because of the little master-servant relationship she had with Mrs. Liu.

Gu Muqing has been smart since she was a child, no matter what she learns, she can understand a little bit, and then she sets off Prince Changwon, who is one year older than her, as useless.

Gradually, she found that Qu's attitude towards her had changed, he no longer let her touch books, and always caught her wrong and punished her for copying Buddhist scriptures, and her food and clothing expenses were reduced again and again.

Under the reminder of the nanny, Gu Muqing learned to hide his clumsiness, and this hiding lasted for ten years.

Ten years later, she was betrothed by Qu to her natal nephew.

The man is a eunuch who needs a wife to cover him.

She didn't even have the right to resist.

She doesn't hate Qu, but only hates this unfair world.

She was betting that Emperor Ningwu, who dared to encourage women to work in factories, abolished the chastity archway, and allowed widows to remarry, valued the successor's ability more than gender.

"But, I like it very much." Meng Zezhi said lightly, he is not afraid that the people below will not fight, but he is afraid that the people below are too stupid.

Gu Muqing's tense nerves relaxed, she knew that she won the bet.

"It's not that I can't give you a chance."

Gu Muqing took a tight breath.

I only heard Meng Zezhi say lightly: "As long as you can defeat Hui Wangsun and Cheng An Wang's two sons, I will do what you wish."

Gu Muqing suddenly clenched his hands into fists.

In the 35th year of Ningwu, the second son of King Cheng'an was disgusted by Emperor Ningwu because he accepted bribes from North Korea and indulged his subordinates to extort officials.

In the 36th year of Ningwu, Hui Wangsun conspired against him, and the army was defeated and died.

In the same year, Emperor Ningwu appointed Gu Muqing, the eldest daughter of Changyuan Prince, as the empress dowager.

In the winter of the 40th year of Ningwu, Lu Li died of illness, and his posthumous posthumous name was Empress Suzhuang.

In the same year, Emperor Ningwu became the crown prince Gu Muqing.

In the first year of Jianwu, Ningwu Emperor Longyu Bintian, posthumously named Emperor Kangwuwen, added the temple name Xingzong, and was buried in Anling with Queen Suzhuang.