Chapter 1068 It will be easier if there is a successor
Han Du raised his head and stared at Huang Zhong, giving him a complaining look: Damn it, why did you say it so unabashedly?
Faced with Han Du's accusation, Huang Zhong felt aggrieved and blinked: Mr. Marquis, you didn't say that the prince and Mr. Fang didn't know about it. And you didn't say that to make the general mistakenly think that they also knew about it.
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Blame it on me~ Handu, smash it, smash it, I feel a little unhappy.
Huang Zhong quickly lowered his head and pretended to be careless about the end.
Zhu Xi also glanced at Huang Zhong lightly and let him go. He looked up at Han Du and said, "Explain, what is going on?"
Han Du laughed twice and saw Zhu Xi and Fang Xiaoru looking at him aggressively. He could only say, "I can tell you this, but you must not tell it."
Zhu Ping also nodded happily, "I can promise you."
In this case, Han Du had nothing to worry about and explained: "Actually, the Anping Governor's Mansion prepares a tribute of 1.2 million guan for the emperor every year, mainly local specialties and gold, silver and jewelry.
.The special thing here in Huangzhong is the pearl."
Zhu Ping was stunned when he heard this. He had never heard his father mention this matter. Then a sudden breath of cold air was roughly poured into his heart, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Is this the case in the Anping Governor's Mansion? Then
Where are the other governor’s offices?”
Fang Xiaoru was originally surprised that the emperor would send 1.2 million yuan to the emperor every year, but what he didn't expect was that what surprised him even more was yet to come.
Indeed, Huang Zhong is only one of the governors. He has given so much, but what about the others?
Han Du looked a little complacent. After all, the governor of Nanyang could become like this because of his own contribution. Facing the burning eyes of the two people, he nodded lightly and said: "They are almost the same."
But this was almost too scary. Zhu Xi looked at Han Du speechless for a long time. Only then did he understand why his father would call him in front of him and say those strange things when he left Beijing.
Now that he thought about it, he understood everything. His father knew that he had gone overseas, so he could no longer hide these things from him, so he just warned him in advance.
At the same time, Zhu Xi couldn't help but feel very lucky. He had come to the right place overseas. If he hadn't come, how would he have known that this place was such a wealthy place? At least here in Anping, there must be no shortage of pearls.
A governor in Huangzhong, with only two thousand soldiers and horses, can make so much money every year. I have tens of thousands of troops in my hands, why don't I get rich overnight? Zhu Fang has already made up his mind and is ready to fight here.
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Fang Xiaoru also studied mathematics in the academy, and he learned it well. He didn't even need to count with his fingers. He did a little calculation in his mind and knew that this was a huge wealth of more than 40 million yuan every year.
Forty million yuan, Fang Xiaoru could not accurately calculate how much the court could do with so much money.
Since you want to make money, and you don't know anything about the situation here, the best way is of course to ask Huang Zhong.
Zhu Xi pointed to the pearls in the box and asked: "Pearls are abundant here? So where did these pearls come from?"
Seeing that the matter was over, Huang Zhong quickly raised his head when he heard Zhu Ping's words, and explained with a smile without hesitation: "Your Majesty, some of these pearls are from the general sect.
Some of the things salvaged from the sea of people are local natives and those who will soon be replaced."
"Oh? Is it easy to salvage?" Zhu Ping asked quite emotionally.
"It's not troublesome anyway." Huang Zhong nodded, and then said excitedly: "The general didn't know until he came here that there are too many kinds of treasures in the sea here, and there are so many fish alone. Half of them are
It’s the saying that half of the sea water is fish.”
Zhu Xi nodded to express his understanding.
Seeing that Zhu Xi didn't speak, Han Du asked curiously: "You said the natives would trade pearls with you? Aren't those Annan harassing you? Are the Annan people willing to trade with you?"
"Of course. In fact, these people are not Annan people at all, and they don't even think they are Annan people. Annan keeps saying that this is their hometown, but in the eyes of the general, this is not the case at all." Huang Zhong said about him.
the opinion of.
Han Du and Zhu Xi pondered for a moment and felt that what Huang Zhong said was probably true.
"What did you exchange for them?" Zhu Xi continued to ask.
Huang Zhong suddenly laughed and said haha: "That's too much. Anything from our Ming Dynasty is a treasure in their eyes. Cotton cloth, iron pot, tea, porcelain, mirror, the things they want to exchange are simply not too expensive."
Many. And not only did the general exchange with them, but when the prince came, he saw a lot of maritime merchants in the port."
"I saw it." Zhu Xi nodded.
Huang Zhong immediately laughed and said: "In addition to those maritime merchants who were passing by or returning to rest here, half of them came here specifically to exchange pearls with the natives. But if they want to exchange pearls with the natives, they need to
The general agrees. If the general doesn’t agree, they won’t be able to exchange anything.”
Huang Zhong was guarding here with two thousand troops, and of course he had the absolute initiative. Without his consent, the natives would not even dare to approach the port, let alone trade with maritime merchants.
After understanding it clearly, Zhu Xi already had a rough idea in his mind. But he was not in a hurry, the six guards of the palace had not been repaired yet. He happened to take advantage of this free time to take the princess around Anping Port.
Although Zhu Fang was moved by the princess's persistence, he was still a little unaccustomed to her staying in the room all day without even leaving the door. Although he didn't want the princess to be as outgoing as Deng, he still had to go out.
Just a little angry.
Mrs. Wang was a little unaccustomed to Zhu Ping's directness. After all, this was the first time in so many years that she felt the warmth from this man. When she went out with Zhu Ping all day long, her face was flushed.
After five days of repairs, Zhu Ping cheered up and prepared to deal with Annan.
Han Du and others were summoned, and Zhu Xi, who was covered in golden armor and had a large horse and golden sword, sat in the first place. He said in a deep voice: "This king wants to attack Annan, do you have any objections?"
Han Du saw that Zhu Ping had made up his mind, and with Lao Zhu's oral instructions, he had already guessed that Zhu Ping's purpose of coming here was to conquer Annan, and this had Lao Zhu's tacit approval. Perhaps Lao Zhu also had some feelings for Annan.
Nian was like a cowhide plaster, and he had long been impatient with the endless harassment of the Anping Governor-General. It happened that Zhu Chong was in the feudal dynasty, so he let him deal with Annan smoothly.
Otherwise, just to send King Qin and his party away, why would Han Du need to bring 50,000 navy troops?
"I respectfully obey the king's order." Han Du was the first to bow and said.
Fang Xiaoru frowned a little. He never thought that he would get involved in such a thing. He was just sent by the prince and thought that reading thousands of books would be better than traveling thousands of miles to increase his knowledge.
Facing Zhu Chong's aggressive gaze, Fang Xiaoru pondered for a while and said hesitantly: "Soldiers are also deadly weapons. Saints have to use them as a last resort. It is a taboo to rashly raise an army. You must have a famous division."
After Zhu Ping heard Fang Xiaoru's words, his first reaction was to get furious, but he quickly calmed down. This Annan is not Meng Yuan who has a blood feud with the Ming Dynasty. He can directly send troops to attack without any reason, even a sneak attack.
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If you can come up with a famous reason, that would naturally be the best. .??.
But is such a reason so easy to find? Either it is not substantial enough, or it is too far-fetched.
Zhu Xi felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little quiet, Huang Zhong suddenly thought of a rumor. He quickly said: "In the past few years, I have fought with Annan dozens of times, but I heard a rumor from the prisoner. I don't know if I should take it seriously?"
What he urgently needs now is a reason for his master to be famous. What's the use of a rumor you heard? Zhu Fang frowned and glanced at Huang Zhong without saying a word.
Han Du saw it, and in order to avoid embarrassing Huang Zhong, he came to his rescue and said: "What rumors? Let's hear it."
"It's like this. I heard that the current King Annan is no longer Chen." Huang Zhong's light words dropped a huge stone in the hearts of several people.
"What's going on? Please tell me quickly?" Zhu Xi spoke before Han Du, grabbed Huang Zhong's arm and asked hurriedly.
Huang Zhong nodded, sorted out his thoughts and said: "General, I heard that Annan has actually been in constant civil strife. As early as the fourth year of Hongwu, Annan's king Chen Rijian was forced to death by his uncle Chen Shuming. Chen Shuming did not dare to do it because he was afraid that our Ming Dynasty would oppose it.
After compiling the throne, he made his younger brother Chen Rui the king. Later, Chen Rui was defeated and died while attacking Champa, and his younger brother Chen Wei succeeded to the throne. At this time, due to civil strife and military defeat, Annan's power had gradually declined.
It fell into the hands of Li Jiyou. Just this year, I learned that Li Jiyou secretly got rid of Chen Wei and made Chen Rikun the king."
After listening to Huang Zhong's words, Zhu Ping was so excited that he was a little incoherent, "If we bring trouble to the country and seek to usurp the throne, whether we are trying to bring order to the chaos or to restore the Chen family, we will be able to make a name for ourselves. No matter which one, we can do it."
Let Li Jiya die without a burial place."
Zhu Chen suddenly punched the palm of his left hand with his right hand and kept rubbing it, which showed that he was extremely uneasy inside.
"If this is really the case, then it is because the teacher has a reputation." Even Fang Xiaoru had to nod his head in approval of Zhu Ping's sending troops at this time. If Confucianism emphasizes that the teacher has a reputation, it hates the following even more for committing crimes and plotting to usurp the throne. Since Li Jishen did
If he does something like this, then he deserves to die.
Just when the three of them strongly agreed to send troops, Han Du calmed down after hearing Huang Zhong's words.
When Zhu Xi saw it, he asked impatiently: "Handu, what do you think? Don't you agree with me to conquer Annan?"
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Huh? Han Du looked up at Zhu Xi, and then realized what he had just said. He shook his head slightly and said: "It's not that I disagree, but I think that whether we are sending troops under the banner of bringing order to the chaos or restoring the Chen family,
, there will be endless troubles in the future.”
Zhu Fang didn't understand what Han Du meant. He raised his head and looked at Huang Zhong and Fang Xiaoru. Seeing that they also looked confused, he had to ask: "Oh? What's the trouble? You should tell me and let me know."
Let’s think about it.”
Han Du was not polite and said directly: "It's like this, whether it is to bring order to the chaos or to restore the Chen family, although it is very beneficial for our division to become famous now, but what about the future? After defeating Annan, do we really want to support Chen?
Will he return to the throne?"
As soon as Han Du's words came out, Zhu Xi was immediately stopped.
Yes, it is easy to defeat Annan, but what happens after defeating him? Do we really want to help the Chen family rise to power?
Are you kidding me? King Qin fought tooth and nail to knock Annan down, but Chen picked the peaches for him. How could he bear this? Chen was not his father, so what right did he have to make him work so hard?
But wanting to keep one's word is also a huge hidden danger.
Han Du also thought of this and continued: "If we break our promise and get rich, I am afraid that the people of Annan will no longer agree with us. Even if we take it by force, we will face endless troubles later."
Zhu Fang nodded subconsciously, agreeing with Han Du's statement. But then he couldn't think of any way to resolve it, so he simply said in his heart: "If you break your promise and get fat, you will break your promise and get fat. So what if there is trouble? I am not afraid of them. If you are great, I will guard you.
Annan will keep fighting with them."
Han Du glanced at Zhu Ping helplessly, feeling troubled by his directness. What do you want to do, at least listen to what you have to say first. Making a decision rashly without even hearing the words is too much.
It's reckless. At the very least, it's called impatience; at the most serious level, it's called lack of composure.
Now Han Du finally knows why Lao Zhu chose Zhu Biao to be the crown prince instead of someone else. Compared with Zhu Biao himself, these younger brothers of his are really younger brothers.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have an idea, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Han Du had no choice but to say again.
"Say it, I am here to listen." Zhu Xi motioned to Han Du without hesitation that it would be okay.
Facing the gazes of the three people, Han Du calmed down his thoughts and said, "I think so. Although Annan was secretly seized power by Li Jiya, he would not dare to openly kill the disciples of the Chen family. The Chen family should still be here now."
Is there a successor?"
Han Du said the last words to Huang Zhong, because only he knew Annan's current situation.
Huang Zhong watched Zhu Xi turn his eyes to him, and said with some embarrassment: "This general is really unclear. The general never thought of investigating carefully before. What he knows now is just hearsay.
But I think that after all, the Chen family has been in charge of Annan for many years, so they won’t cut off their heirs easily, right?"
Han Du smiled and nodded, thinking that what Huang Zhong said was reasonable. The Chen family should have someone to succeed them. After all, he was once the head of a country, and he could find an heir no matter what.
"It would be easier if the Chen family still has a successor."