As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

"This..." Zhao Ren hid in the corner, looking around and said to him: "Didn't I come to help you because I saw that you were too tired? I... I am also kind, right? Sister Wancheng Sister He Wen is still waiting for you to go home and get married..."

Hua Manlou continued to sneer: "If you don't come to make trouble, I have already gone to Fujian to fight Japan! Now tell me, are you here to help me or to make trouble?"

Zhao Ren said with a dry smile: "You can't say that, can't you...what about me... I led people to sink a few ships anyway, didn't I?"

Hua Manlou became even angrier when he heard the words: "Chen Jiafu was here to surrender, but you almost beat him back. Are you ashamed to say that?"

This is true, because when Chen Jiafu mentioned this incident just now, he was full of grievances, and tears were almost shed—surrender at the risk of being sunk, who would not be wronged?

Seeing Hua Manlou getting closer and closer with a rattan in his hand, Zhao Ren became anxious: "You...you dare to hit me? I am the Prince of Zhao!"

Hua Manlou smiled proudly: "Let's not say that I beat you according to the order. The so-called elder brother is like a father. If you get into such a big trouble and don't beat you, what face do you have to be an elder brother? Stand there and don't move!"

Seeing that Huamanlou refused to enter, Zhao Ren could only continue to make amends with a smile: "Then...then I am worried about my brother, right? When I heard that you beat more than 4000 people with [-] people, I was scared like something , I’m afraid that something will happen to you, so...so this is not..."

"When you heard that the military newspapers were sent to the capital, why do you need to worry?" Hua Manlou rolled his eyes, then threw the rattan aside, and sighed: "Anyway, next time you will never be allowed to do this Act. If something happens to you, Da Zhao will not be at peace, you know?"

Even though the intention was to slap Zhao Ren, Huamanlou really couldn't do it. After all, the brat in front of him was the future emperor. If he held grudges, what would he do in the future?

Monarch, it’s good to scare and scare, the real smoke is the brain damage!

But Zhao Ren sighed when he heard the words: "I know, I know, but how many times do you think I will have the opportunity to go out of Beijing in the future? If I can go out of Beijing, how many times can I be as unrestrained as this time?"

Hearing this, Hua Manlou couldn't help but fell silent.

The emperor of Dazhao was aggrieved, wouldn't the prince be aggrieved?

If Huamanlou hadn't appeared, Zhao Ren would have been locked up in the Yin'an Hall every day to study with the group of nerds in Chunfang, and if he made a slight mistake, he would be brought to his father's court—just take Zhao Ren's previous study Let's talk about the hot air balloon. This baby found something serious after all the hard work. What happened?

As a result, the civil officials said that he was playing with things and losing his ambition, and that he was treasonous.

Because the civil servants want an obedient prince, and then they can get an obedient monarch. In this way, this monarch will have the same ideology and values ​​as the civil servants, so he will naturally handle state affairs It will safeguard the interests of civil servants - this is a model of misrepresenting scriptures.

From the point of view of the civil servants, whether the emperor or the prince, basically just being a mascot or a decoration is fine, so they tried every means to weaken the monarchy and use etiquette to control the emperor-it is true that if the monarchy is too inflated It is definitely not a good thing for the world, but it is also not a good thing for the civil servants to restrain the emperor while they themselves are inflated.

Isn't that the case with the honest Emperor Guangxing?In the presence of a good benevolent monarch, the bold and reckless civil servants dared to be a monster at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. If Emperor Guangxing endured it at that time, then in the end, would they be like the late Tang Dynasty, where they could change emperors at will? ?

Zhao Ren is not like Emperor Guangxing. Now he looks like a fool, but to some extent, isn't all the absurd things he does just a rebellion?This seems to be the standard behavior of a repressed child in the rebellious period!

Huamanlou understands this kind of mentality very well. At this time, the more you tell him the truth, the more rebellious he will be, and the more you reprimand him, he may even work harder—just like Huamanlou back then, when his father was mysterious. Put a set of uncovered books on the top of the shelf, and then tell him that this book is not for him to read, and the result...

Hua Manlou stunned to finish the set of books before discovering that the set of books includes the following bibliography: Four Great Masterpieces, "Records of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", "Up and Down 5000 Years", "General History of the World"...

Don't you think this is a scam?

In short, Hua Manlou, who had this kind of experience, knows the rebellious psychology of teenagers too well, so he just said with a look of disgust: "Okay, okay, I know you are depressed, so I didn't hit you either? But then you don't care. Don’t be a monster, I’m responsible for you being by my side, if something happens to you, those old men in the court will be able to skin me!”

This is the skill of speaking. Hua Manlou never mentioned what will happen to Zhao Ren as the demon queen, but said that his own end will be very miserable. As a stinky younger brother, he can't put his elder brother to death, right?

After Zhao Ren heard the words, he greeted Huamanlou cheerfully and said, "Decree! Then let's go to Pingwa?"

421. The Planning of Flower Manlou

As Huamanlou thought, after subduing Chen Jiafu, the process of Pingwa can be said to be smooth sailing.

The pirates in Fujian and Guangdong were no less than those in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but when the navy arrived in Quanzhou and Chen Jiafu sent some of his subordinates to spread the news, a large number of them surrendered in anticipation of the wind, and most of those who did not want to surrender directly sailed to Luzon. , Ryukyu and fled away, for fear that if they run too slowly, they will be wiped out by the navy.

Of course, there are also some real Japanese who either think that the navy is nothing special and have to try it, or feel that they are fearless because they have their backs against Wei Xingchen or the Matsuura family, or think that their famous swords are better than cannons, so they are naturally He would resist stubbornly, but in the end, all of them were completely maimed by Huamanlou, and their heads were lost one by one, and the famous knives were confiscated...

So far, the Japanese pirates in the southeast beat up the disabled, ran away, surrendered and surrendered. At least in a short period of time, no one dared to come to Dazhao Southeast to act wildly.

Ordinarily, it is time for Huamanlou to return to the court at this time, but Wei Xingchen and Matsuura’s family are still there, and the civil war in the Wa country is still going on, and the Japanese pirates in Ryukyu, Luzon, and even the main island of the Wa country are still rampant. They will come here and continue to commit crimes, so the coast cannot be said to be completely peaceful.

Therefore, according to the previous plan, Huamanlou gradually completely reorganized the guards in Zhejiang and Fujian, and began to prepare for the construction of Quanzhou, Fuzhou, and Qiongzhou naval forces, and recruited new troops in the coastal prefectures, or redesigned the water villages. , or set up a mobile force composed of thousands of people.

When this system with the navy as the main force, the water fortress, and the army as the supplement is established, not only will the southeast area have enough water power, but each prefecture will also have a reliable elite army, which is enough to ensure the southeast area. There is enough self-protection ability.

What?You asked if Huamanlou has this authority?

Zhang Jiahao, the commander-in-chief of Fujian, is still having a great time playing on the Qinhuai River, and his seal is still in Huamanlou's hand; And the executive of Songjiang Mansion, before the new magistrate dispatched by the Ministry of Officials took office, he also had to be busy with the executive of Ningbo Mansion, so do you think he still has air traffic control and military affairs?

As for the imperial envoy Nie Wenbing...

Nie Shangshu is busy looking around for criminal officials, like the magistrate of Xinghua Prefecture who paid protection fees to Japanese pirates. When Huamanlou was recruiting soldiers, this guy had already been pulled northward by a prison car, and he guessed that the one who came back was just one small jar...

All in all, there are five magistrates captured by Shangshu Nie this time, more than a hundred officials, big and small, and even a chief envoy. This is because the situation in the southeast is too corrupt. On the other hand, it was because Xuanwuwei was watching closely, and Huamanlou had obtained a lot of evidence earlier, so even if Nie Wenbing knew that this set of things would offend many people, he had to bite the bullet and do it. How can he have nothing to do with Huamanlou when he is in a state of desperation?

What's more, he himself is looking forward to cooperating with Huamanlou and leaving some inheritance for his grandson who suddenly appeared.

As for where the military expenditures for the navy and the new army come from...

What Huamanlou said to the outside world was the money seized from Japanese pirates, but in fact, since Huamanlou killed the monkeys in Ningbo Mansion to make an example of the monkeys, not only the monkeys in Ningbo Mansion, but also people with well-informed people from Huaian in the north and Leizhou in the south Zhaolai signed a cooperation agreement with Huamanlou. Just the part that these people sent as military expenses is enough to support the current navy for more than ten years, which shows how rich the people are.

Moreover, the cooperation agreement has long stated the share of each seaborne trade, and the navy and the new army are all involved, so they are not afraid of spending all the money now.

It is worth mentioning that the people Chen Jiafu brought back and the Japanese pirates he persuaded to surrender played a very unique role in Huamanlou's plan.

As I said earlier, the main business of the three Japanese is no longer looting, but smuggling by sea.Not only will they cooperate with certain local officials, but they also have bases in Japan, Luzon, Ryukyu, Sarawak, and Brunei. Therefore, the people under Chen Jiafu not only have reliable sailing experience, but also know these countries well. conditions, and experience in trading with these places is also very rich.

Therefore, Huamanlou did not absorb this group of people into the army according to Guochao's past experience, but directly let them continue to engage in their old professions, so these people suddenly became an important part of Huamanlou's ocean-going trading fleet. .

And these people's family members, old and young, etc. are housed in Ningbo Mansion - this is not treating them as hostages, but preferential treatment. After all, which country has such a comfortable life these days?Needless to say, places like Japan and Luzon, the streets in the west are full of feces...

As for the captured Japanese pirates, Huamanlou, they packed them up and sent them to the capital, and wrote to Emperor Guangxing about the arrangements for these people: Xishan must keep some of them, because now Xishan not only has to undertake the Wara and For the firearms trade of some Tatar tribes, the navy and the new army had to be equipped, so manpower was in short supply, and the most lacking were coal miners.

Therefore, this group of Japanese pirates who committed serious crimes were treated as reform-through-labour targets, and what awaited them would be more than 20 years of hard labor.

Except for this part of the people who need to be reformed through labor, all the others will be sent to Hetao and Yinshan. They will build Chenchi together with the Tatars who surrendered to Zhao, and reclaim the fields. Han people live together, and the nationalities are integrated.

Hua Manlou explained it to a prince in this way: "A few years later, the Mongolian people there will speak Chinese, use Chinese characters, celebrate Han festivals, and their ideology...well, all the thoughts and ideas are Han people's. In this way, are they Han or Mongolian? Does their land belong to Zhao or Tatar?"

"This... is this feasible?" Although Zhao Ren felt that this play was very high-end, if Hua Manlou's idea was followed, the line from Hetao to Yinshan would become Da Zhao's territory after a few years, but things really went so smoothly. what?

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Why is it not feasible? Of course, we can't just send such a group of people there, and the government still needs to give some policy support in the early days. In the future, we will not only send some refugees there, but also send some scholars there... In short, this matter cannot be done overnight, it needs to be done slowly.”

Zhao Ren thought for a while, and then said, "I seem to understand."

"Ruzi can be taught."

Of course, there is the most important point in this matter that Hua Manlou did not mention: potatoes and corn.

Without these two things, the matter of living together can basically only be played on a small scale by relying on Da Zhao's support policy, but if there are these two things, according to the racial talent of the Chinese people in farming, this group of people will plant the land sooner or later. to Lake Baikal.

At that time, whether the North Sea belongs to Da Zhao or Tatar, but there are some people who say...

(Yesterday was too busy, let's count it as a day off...)

422. Flowing water does not rot, household hub does not moth

When the Quanzhou and Qiongzhou naval forces were gradually completed and the water villages were built one by one, a fleet loaded with tea, silk and other special products also set sail from Ningbo Prefecture. This fleet will arrive via Luzon. Brunei, a large-scale maritime trade.

Although this fleet does not have artillery, most of the sailors are the fiercest group of people under Chen Jiafu, and Hua Manlou also added some Pudu to this group of people, and the size of the fleet is also larger than that of Yin Bowen's sneaky play back then. That kind is bigger, so in theory, as long as the Japanese pirates in Luzon are not stupid, then they will never have any wrong thoughts about this fleet.

Hua Manlou and Zhao Ren arrived in Ningbo to see the fleet off.

Standing on the pier and looking at the fleet going away, Hua Manlou turned to look at Zhao Ren, and said, "What do you think?"

Zhao Ren chuckled: "You broke the ancestors and became a law. I will go back and tell my father what I said. Maybe you will be beaten like me."

Hua Manlou sneered and said: "That's not necessarily the case. The nature of my matter is different from yours. My matter is at most impeached by the censor, but my father will not beat me, and you will not only be impeached by the censor Being scolded, you have to be beaten... Well, it's decided, when the time comes, I must find a few painters to watch, and then draw the picture of you being beaten, and name it "The Picture of the Prince Being Beaten", which will be passed down through the ages... ..."

Zhao Ren's face darkened in an instant: "Is there someone like you as a big brother?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "Yes, isn't it normal for brothers and sisters to cheat each other? Others don't say it, just look at Qi Wanrong, her two brothers are often beaten up by her cheaters, and they are hung on the beams at every turn. The scene of the last severe beating was simply delightful!"

Zhao Ren was speechless for a while, and finally he could only answer Hua Manlou's initial question honestly: "Then the fleet can make a lot of money, right?"

Hua Manlou nodded: "Yes, and it may be far more profitable than you think."

Zhao Ren thought for a while, and then asked, "You're not just here to make money, are you?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "How can you see that?"

Zhao Rendao: "Didn't you always say that you need to see the essence through the phenomenon? On the surface, you really want to make money, but to be honest, you have too many ways to make money, such as lottery tickets. When I left the capital, the capital was playing tricks." The lottery is already very popular, and the profits from one or two rounds have made my father happy for several days. So making money is like playing for you, if you really want to make money, why do you take such a big risk?"

Hua Manlou didn't expect him to be able to look at the problem from this angle, and couldn't help but wonder: "Oh? Then how can you be sure that I am not too greedy?"

Zhao Ren rolled his eyes: "Sister Qiaoqiao said that she has never seen you spend money recklessly since she followed you, and she also said that you are not like a nobleman at all except for being picky about eating and drinking, and you don't even care about it. Why do you need so much money to buy land? Put it in the warehouse to collect ashes?"

Hua Manlou was taken aback when he heard the words, but Zhao Ren continued before he could recover: "So I was thinking that you are not only doing it for making money, but also because you are willing to refuse anyone who comes, and anyone can get a share from you." The posture of the soup, maybe you are still doing it to make Zhao earn more money, or to break the sea ban, and as far as I see, the more prosperous the sea transportation, the fewer Japanese pirates, maybe you are also doing it for this."

"...It's good that you think so." After a long while, Hua Manlou uttered such a sentence.

There is no doubt that Zhao Ren is smart, and the more time he has been in contact with, the more Hua Manlou feels that this guy accepts new things at an incredible speed, and even draws inferences about some things - such as the benefits of shipping, if it is Emperor Guangxing Huamanlou still needs to explain it all, but Zhao Ren...

It's hard to say whether it was the business with the Oirats that inspired him, so he immediately realized the deep meaning of Huamanlou's efforts to engage in shipping.

But then again, such a guy was not badly taught by the civil servants. Is this luck or misfortune?

Fortunately, this guy was not completely poisoned by the civil officials into a nerd, which is very good, but unfortunately, Zhao Ren increasingly disagreed with the values ​​​​of the civil officials, and even began to fundamentally resist their practices and ideas. ...

For a prince, this matter is not a big deal, but once the prince becomes the emperor in the future, this kind of conflict will only increase the contradiction between him and the officials, and the confrontation will become more and more acute, and even guessed in the end. His reputation in history will not be too good.

But having said that, an emperor who is assertive and understands the hardships of the people's livelihood is a great blessing to the common people. As far as he clearly knows the benefits of shipping, if he can continue to continue this matter, the future of Southeast Asia Will there be any more Japanese troubles?

Therefore, what Hua Manlou wants to teach Zhao Ren is not only to let him know how to benefit Da Zhao, but also to teach him some ideas such as "Slow things are smooth" and "Curve to save the country". His future path can be easier, at least he won't be tough and bullying with his officials.

This is like the Emperor Zhengde in the previous life. This man is absurd, but after the Tumu Fort change, he was the only Emperor of Ming who dared to command the army to defend his home and country, and he even killed the Tatar himself. Looking back, the civil servants regarded this matter as a shame for Ming Dynasty, and scolded the most unique emperor in the millennium for many years...

It's hard to say whether this is because Emperor Zhengde is really too absurd or because his actions challenge the bottom line of civil servants. Anyway, this man's reputation has been stigmatized for 500 years.

Today's Zhao Ren also has the posture of Emperor Wuzong, so Huamanlou hopes that he can guide him to a better place-not to mention, just because of his practice of calling big brother over and over again, Huamanlou You can't even watch him jump into the pit, can you?

In addition, Hua Manlou guides Zhao Ren to think that he has another purpose for sending people to sea, which is to completely eliminate the ban on sea policy.

The Celestial Dynasty has gone through too many detours in the previous life, and the banning of the sea has also been proved by history to be an extremely stupid approach.So now that the foundation has been laid, and then the emperors Guangxing and Zhao Ren will officially legalize shipping, there will surely be no bitches who turn history back in the future, right?

"All in all, you will see the benefits of this matter to Da Zhao and the people in the future, and you have enough time to confirm what you think these days." Hua Manlou patted Zhao Ren on the shoulder, He smiled and said: "And after finding out the doorway inside, no one will be able to deceive you in this matter in the future."

"Blinded?"

"Yes, deception." Hua Manlou looked at Fan Ying who was going away, and pointedly said: "The huge benefits of shipping will certainly make some people greedy, and even take risks. So when you understand the doorway here , will naturally change certain customary practices according to time and place. The so-called flowing water does not rot, the household hub does not become moth... In short, think for yourself."

At this time, even Hua Manlou didn't realize that he suddenly became Zhao Ren's mentor as the eldest brother, and began to influence Zhao Ren in various aspects...

423. Soldiers Send Ryukyu!

As a salted fish, why did Hua Manlou go out of her way to teach Zhao Ren?

It's very simple, just to get rid of the pot.

As a reliable flower grower, Hua Manlou really does not want to see Da Zhao continue to follow the old path of Daming, and even find it difficult to stand up at the end, so he can uphold his own selfishness and not touch other things. He would not touch it, but his conscience would not allow him to stand idly by regarding the matter of the Forbidden Sea.

But the problem is that conscience is one thing, and whether you are in the mood to go into politics and play games with conservatives and diehards is another matter, so now Huamanlou is trying to do everything possible to lay the foundation, and then hand it over to Zhao Ren Dealing with this - that is to say, in the future, no matter whether it is opening the sea or ocean trade, it will be handled by the prince, and it has nothing to do with his Uncle Hua.

Tired of doing things, fighting with civil servants is even more tiring. If you keep messing around like this without a stop, will you be able to survive?

But the prince...or the future emperor doesn't need to worry about this, after all, no matter how much he acts as a group of officials, he can't kill him, right?Besides, the country belongs to him, if he doesn't worry about it, who cares about it?

That's why Hua Manlou subtly guided Zhao Ren from all aspects. When he had this awareness, the monarch's will was no joke.

Let's see, in order to be a salted fish, Hua Manlou has worked so hard...

……

And when Huamanlou was raising her baby, there was a special meeting near the distant sea of ​​Wa Kingdom.

The two parties who met were originally inseparable from each other, or they were the kind of people who would inevitably tear each other up when they met, but the current situation forced the two parties to let go of their past grievances and come together to study how to go forward— — That’s right, the fact that Chen Jiafu led people to surrender when he saw something was wrong caused a huge disturbance.

The three big Japanese were originally a three-legged confrontation, but now Chen Jiafu disappeared overnight. When the Matsuura family and Wei Xingchen found out, Chen Jiafu had long since disappeared, which made the original agreement of the three parties not to attack each other. It has become a dead letter - no one can eat anyone at the beginning, and if any two parties go to war, the third party is bound to miss out, so the three parties have already divided their spheres of influence after several frictions, and they all try to avoid friction. with.

But after Chen Jiafu left, a large part of the power in the sea was immediately vacated, so both the Matsuura family and Wei Xingchen wanted to swallow this part, trying to make their influence greater.

The only problem is that neither side wants to go to war now.

Both parties clearly know that the strength of the other party is basically the same as their own. If they really fight, they will definitely fight to the death. Even if they win, they will not be able to eat the whole cake.And if one's own strength is seriously damaged, the big name behind him will have nothing to say-not to mention the Matsuura family, Wei Xingchen went to sea later than Chen Jiafu, but his team is bigger than Chen Jiafu. Without the support of local famous names, who would believe it?

So after discovering that Chen Jiafu had disappeared, Wei Xingchen and the Matsuura family exchanged letters several times, hoping to re-divide the sphere of influence through negotiations, but generally speaking, such matters cannot be negotiated through letters, so it is convenient for both parties. Made an appointment near Chen Jiafu's former stronghold, planning to have an interview.

I have to say that this interview is not as domineering as the red hair meeting the white beard, but it looks like an incomparable chicken thief: After the two sides arrived at the predetermined location with a mighty fleet, each side sent a large ship away from the team. They stopped together at a distance of several feet, and the negotiators of the two sides stood on the deck and looked at each other across the sea. Their voices were so small that they could not hear each other clearly...

Well, the two Japanese pirate leaders, what kind of boldness can we expect them to have?

Some people said, anyway, it is an extra part of the sphere of influence, why not divide it equally?

But it is very difficult to actually operate, after all, things like spheres of influence depend on the situation of the locality-the same sphere of influence, but some places are popular, while some places are not only poor but also do not even have any decent specialties. It's a pity to eat it tasteless and throw it away. How to divide it in this case?