First Prince of Ming Dynasty

There are too many things that are beneficial to the overall situation, but from an individual point of view, it is not a good thing. Since ancient times, allusions such as people leaving their hometowns and being humble have always affected the thinking of immigrants.

When they are wronged, they will involuntarily talk about how beautiful I was when I was still in my hometown. As time goes by, they all forget that their life in my hometown in Shanxi is actually not good.

But under this kind of thinking, one or two generations of people's sense of the imperial court is not much better, and maybe only three or four generations have passed. Coupled with the imperial court's welfare policy for Fengyang, they can completely return to their hearts. After all, people are not animals, but animals. There are emotions.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was also thinking about his son's proposal. To be honest, he strictly controlled tea at the beginning, and it was precisely for the purpose of strengthening the hearts of the fans through tea, achieving the political goal of strengthening the Ming Dynasty, and then achieving the goal of consolidating the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Effect.

As for profiting from tea, I hadn't thought about it. According to the situation in the early years of the founding of the country, Mongolia still had potential and was ready to counterattack the Central Plains at all times.

In a battle, the food consumed cannot fall from the sky. We can only force the rations of the people. After a war, the casualties and loss should not only be counted on the battlefield, but also the people who were starved to death because of the rations. ...

But it is different now. The past five years of self-cultivation have brought back a lot of vitality to the war-torn Central Plains. Although there were a few battles during the period, they were all quick battles, and the loss was within acceptable limits. Inside.

What's more, the situation in northern Mongolia is getting worse and worse. As the plan to counterattack the Central Plains is shattered, conflicts within Mongolia will surge up. As long as Chang Yuchun and Li Wenzhong guard the border, the conflicts between Oara and Tatars will be irreconcilable .

Zhu Biao persuaded: "What's the point of selling them more salt tea in the past two years? The left and right are daily consumables, and they can't keep them at all. Besides, they have been hungry for half a year. We should give them some sweetness." gone."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at his son and said: "Once the ban on salt and tea is lifted, it will be difficult to block it. You are not only trying to give some sweetness to Mongolia, but also to give some sweetness to those tea and salt dealers."

Zhu Biao laughed and said: "It's just about killing more greedy people. How are they blocked now? Just do it in the future. It's time to change the frontier guards in just two years."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "It's a bit early."

Zhu Biao narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Father, don't worry, it's just a normal change of defense. My son knows how to measure."

Although there is a ban on salt and tea now, and thousands of people are killed every year, there is still a hole to drill in the end. Exchange tea for gold and silver horses. not regret.

Even if there is a risk of decapitation, one or two times out of ten will always succeed, not to mention that there are some wealthy merchants of the tea gang who will spend a lot of money to get through the noble generals guarding along the border. Patrol, otherwise most of them will be successful.

This is actually normal. The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains depends on the water to drink water. The generals who guard the important areas along the border have no people to squeeze, and they can get enough food and clothing by drinking the blood of soldiers. If you want to get rich, you can't point to those traders.

Otherwise, how could they afford their mansion in the capital? How can you afford a thousand acres of fertile land outside the city? How could he afford to support the hordes of beautiful wives and concubines under his knees?

Guarding the border has never been a comfortable job, and all the nobles are rushing to go. After a few years of hard work, the cost of a lifetime will be paid. Who wouldn't want it?

Both the Zhu family's father and son knew this well. In fact, if it was just that, it would be fine. After all, tea was irrelevant to the overall situation, not to mention how much they could smuggle secretly, it was impossible to meet the needs of various Mongolian ministries.

It’s just that people don’t have enough people. After all, transporting tea is not as profitable as transporting grain, iron, and gunpowder. Last year, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly got news from Quan Xu who was in Mongolia, saying that it was the one that reported damage to the armory in Shuntian Prefecture that month. A batch of weapons and gunpowder suddenly appeared on the grassland...

This is actually nothing, it’s just that there are some greedy idiots in Shuntian Mansion, what really surprised Zhu Yuanzhang is that the pro-military Du Wei’s Mansion didn’t find out about this matter, the weapons and gunpowder are not tea, and the big carts and small carts are transported in. No one found the grassland.

There are only two possibilities for this, either the pro-military captain's mansion is slack, the commander in the north is negligent, and Mao Xiang's nepotism is lax! Either they were all bought, and they also had a part in this matter...

No matter what kind of possibility it is, Zhu Yuanzhang has a sense of distrust of his own eyes and ears, which is fatal. If a spy organization loses the trust of its master, then they lose the meaning of existence.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang transferred Quan Xu from the pro-military Duwei's Mansion, and asked Zhu Biao to gather orphans on a large scale in Fengyang, Shanxi to cultivate new eyes and ears.

I believe that Mao Xiang also has feelings for this, so he is more ignorant of restraint, because he knows the character of the current emperor, if you have betrayed him once, then you don't need to hope to make up for it, or hurry up while the emperor keeps him. Find a way out.

It's a pity that Mao Xiang's status is too special, and no one wants to have anything to do with him. Maybe the current Hu Weiyong shouldn't mind, after all, uniting all the forces that can be united is already his only way.

Speaking of which, these two people can be regarded as a perfect match, even Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know how many people Mao Xiang had in charge of the pro-military Duwei Mansion for so many years.

With this as an opportunity, Hu Weiyong will indeed have the opportunity to win over many officials, even some honorable generals. This is also a common means of pulling people into the water in the officialdom.

This may have been deliberately arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang. After all, they are too weak, so it would be a waste of Comrade Zhu's layout. The more chess pieces there are, the more interesting it is to set up the table.

The hall was quiet for a long time before Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Just don't scare the snakes. The rest is up to you. Whether it's tea or iron, think twice before acting."

Zhu Biao nodded in agreement, and Liu Jin, who was waiting on the sidelines, saw that the conversation was over, and then walked out of the Jinshen Hall and asked someone to come in to serve, and as the maids and eunuchs were busy, the dinner tables and dishes were all put away, and the father and son cleaned their hands and drank it hot tea.

After a cup of hot tea was exhausted, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to review the remaining memorials, while Zhu Biao went straight to the Tea Horse Department. The Tea Horse Department was an organization that was in charge of the tea horse trade after the Song Dynasty.

The main function of the Tea Horse Department is to exchange horses and reward fans. It regularly invites fans to trade with each other. It is strictly forbidden to conduct private transactions. It will report to the imperial court every year based on the number of tea and horses. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was located in Qinzhou, Taozhou, Hezhou, Yazhou, etc. land.

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