It goes without saying that Zhu Di said "then". After all, Yao Guangxiao wanted to be a rebel more than he did, and he encouraged him to rebel all day long.

Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly when he heard this, but soon smiled.

"Yes!"

"Why don't Your Highness reward them to meritorious soldiers and let them follow them as followers?"

"Farm the land in your spare time, and follow the army in time of war!"

"In this way, not only can we stop the mouths of people all over the world, but we can also gain a lot of military morale!"

Zhu Di's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he excitedly touched his palms and praised.

"Wonderful!"

"Master Yao is indeed my king's wise man. No matter what the problem is, you will not be able to overcome it!"

"Your Highness is ridiculous. This poor monk just learned some outdated things. He can only use His Highness's power to display his talents..."

The two complimented each other, and Zhu Di immediately looked worried.

"Everything else is easy to talk about. It's just that Zhu Yunxi is visiting Songjiang Mansion recently. If he finds out about this, will he..."

Yao Guangxiao also looked embarrassed when he heard this. Even if Lao Zhu was in Songjiang Mansion, he would not be afraid. Even if Lao Zhu noticed this, he would have plenty of ways to deal with it.

Only when facing Zhu Yunxi, Yao Guangxiao felt a headache.

Because Zhu Yunxi never plays his cards according to common sense.

For example, when the imperial officials collectively opposed the idea of ​​paying grain to both officials and gentry, a bloody massacre was inevitable, but Zhu Yunxi easily resolved the situation.

Another example is that Yanshenggong Kongna broke off his engagement. Although this matter was not made public, many people in the government and the public heard about it.

Yao Guangxiao was also waiting to watch the show, hoping that Zhu Yunxi would get hot-headed and kill Yan Shenggong's lineage directly.

However, the outcome of the matter was once again beyond his expectation. Zhu Yunxi not only successfully married the princess into the Kong family, but also kidnapped a legitimate daughter from the Kong family and became his princess!

Now Zhu Yunxi is supported by military generals and nobles, and has the support of Confucius, a powerful relative. It can be said that he has an iron-clad position as the emperor's grandson, and no one can touch him in the slightest.

However, something strange happened again.

Faced with Zhu Yunwen's pressing tactics and Buddhism's secret tricks, Zhu Yunxi not only did not fight back, but went on patrol at this critical period!

Doesn't he know that for the old emperor, a great-grandson is worth thousands of troops?

If he doesn't just stay in Beigong and make a baby, why not run around all over the world?

Yao Guangxiao pondered for a long time with a depressed face, and finally gave Zhu Di an ambiguous reason.

"Your Highness, Zhu Yunxi's actions are ridiculous. There is a high probability that he will not notice this."

"High probability?"

Zhu Di's eyes became profound. Yao Guangxiao never talked about "probability" issues in front of him. He made very firm and accurate judgments every time.

However, now he actually told himself "high probability", which shows that his master Yao is sometimes not sure.

"Master Yao can't figure out Gu's eldest nephew?"

Yao Guangxiao smiled bitterly when he heard this and admitted it openly.

"Your Highness Sheng Ming Wu Guo, this poor monk really cannot grasp the behavior style of the emperor's grandson."

"Call him absurd and unruly. He was in charge of the imperial court and during the time he was in charge of the Beigong, he did things in an orderly and orderly manner. He had the mentality of a mature emperor."

"You could say he is mature and sensible, but he doesn't pay much attention to heirs. There are even rumors that he doesn't like women..."

"Zhu Yunxi is still in his youth. He is not a womanizer, but he is not young and energetic, and he is not eager to make contributions."

"Chang Sheng requested orders many times to sweep Beiyuan, but he suppressed them all. He also warned the other party not to attack rashly and just guard the Hetao area."

"With all these things, how can we not make people suspicious?"

Zhu Di couldn't help but frown when he heard Yao Guangxiao's analysis.

"When you say that, I feel something is wrong. I always feel that there is something wrong with this child..."

Zhu Di's worries were soon verified. Wang Tie, the guard he sent to buy the slaves, reported back that the transaction went smoothly. He bought all the slaves for only 580,000 taels and is currently waiting to be installed.

Ship freight and transport to Haijin Port for unloading.

However, this matter somehow alarmed Zhang Zongjun, the Beigong cabinet. He issued a document in the name of the cabinet, saying that these people must be inspected by a medical officer to confirm that they do not have any diseases before they can be allowed to leave Hong Kong.

When Zhu Di received the news, he was so worried that he couldn't even sleep. He went to Jiming Temple in the middle of the night to discuss with Yao Guangxiao.

Yao Guangxiao was also confused by the news and read the Pegasus Letter over and over again several times.

"Your Highness, this poor monk doesn't know what kind of medicine this man is selling in his gourd, but one thing is for sure, this matter must have alarmed Zhu Yunxi, otherwise Zhang Zongjun would not have intervened in this matter!"

When Zhu Di heard this, his expression changed with fright on the spot.

"Sure enough, Zhu Yunxi was alarmed?"

"What can we do? If he goes to the old man and talks about it, he may lose his position as the vassal king!"

"Maybe I will end up like King Qin, living on a deserted island, not knowing whether I will live or die!"

Yao Guangxiao quickly comforted him.

"Your Highness, don't panic!"

"The poor monk believes that Zhu Yunxi still cares about family ties. Whether he treats the King of Qin or the King of Zhou, he mainly gives warnings and never takes extreme measures."

"Based on the few things King Qin had done before, Zhu Yunxi would have executed him secretly, and the old emperor would not have blamed him. But he just exiled King Qin and gave him a chance to change his ways."

Zhu Di was still frightened after hearing this.

"I hope so..."

Zhu Di returned to Prince Yan's Mansion in despair. After several sleepless nights, he finally heard the news that the slave ship had left the port.

However, before this good news could make him happy for a long time, he was overturned by the news that the guard Wang Tie Pegasus had returned.

Zhu Di did not go to Jimingyi this time. Instead, he ordered Yao Guangxiao to be called back to Prince Yan's Mansion, and he began to curse Zhu Yunxi in front of him.

"Straight bitch!"

"This grandson is so sinister that he could do such a shocking thing without fear of ruining his life!"

Yao Guangxiao also looked depressed after reading the Pegasus Book. He thought of all the possibilities, but he didn't expect that Zhu Yunxi would be so vicious and order everyone to be castrated!

Let’s not talk about the unscrupulousness of this thing, but just talk about the slaves brought back this time, they are all adult slaves.

If castration is performed on adults, more than half of them will die!

At this time, Yao Guangxiao had only one thought in his mind, and that was how dare he!

"This matter is indeed too ridiculous. The poor monk would never have thought of this..."

"What should I do now?"

"Do we expect these eggless bastards to go to the battlefield?"

Yao Guangxiao said bitterly upon hearing this.

"For the present plan, we can only resort to tricks and let them farm the land for the soldiers..."

Zhu Di stamped his feet angrily.

"well!"

"More than five hundred thousand taels of silver have been wasted. If used to build ordnance, it would be enough for Gu to equip a light cavalry..."

While Zhu Di was immersed in the countercurrent of the river of sadness, Zhang Zongjun's surgical operation was in full swing.

All slaves from foreign vassals in the Ming Dynasty had to undergo his inspection before they could be freed.

Moreover, this thing is only given three months. Once the three months are up, any slave who has not been "thoroughly inspected" will be directly executed, and the government will not pay any compensation.

With this order, all landowners and military households who purchased slaves took the initiative to send their slaves to the government for inspection, fearing that they would miss the three-month free inspection period.

Three months later, after Zhang Zongjun completed the inspection of all slaves from foreign vassals in the Ming Dynasty, he set his sights on the other side of the ocean and spread the palace secrets to the other side of the sea, so that the slave-catching ships could figure things out there.

Return shipment.

Since then, there has been an unwritten rule in the Ming Dynasty that all slaves who disembark must be inspected, and those who are "unclean" will be executed immediately.

However, this also brought a benefit, that is, the court officially recognized the legality of slaves, protected the private ownership of slaves, and allowed legal trading under the supervision of the government.

Zhang Zongjun also specially compiled a set of laws for the management of slave trading and added it to the Ming Law.

Zhu Yunxi has always been indifferent to this and allowed the slavery system to take root in the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning, he also wanted to be more humanitarian, but after industrialization, irreconcilable contradictions between land cultivation and industrial production emerged.

The Ming Dynasty had a total of more than 100 million people. Excluding the average women, half of the elderly, and half of the children, the remaining young and strong labor force may not be more than 10 million.

If factories employ more people, there will inevitably be fewer people working on the land.

Coupled with the large amount of infrastructure construction such as mining and road construction, there is not enough young and strong labor force.

Therefore, the introduction of cheap labor from the West has become imperative and urgent.

Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty will repeat the same mistakes as the Qin Dynasty.
To be continued...