Han Du lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his eyes and looked at Fang Xiaoru with a smile and said: "Maybe it's because people are different. In the Ming Dynasty, I faced the people of the Ming Dynasty, and I, the Marquis, depended on their people. They are my food and clothing.
Parents should naturally be tolerant.
But in this overseas country, people who are not my race must have different thoughts. Even if I treat them well, not only will they not be grateful, but they will bite me back at any time. In this case, why should I think about them? I don’t eat what they paid.
tax."
Fang Xiaoru lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded slowly towards Han Du and said, "I understand, no matter what you do in the future, I will just watch and say it."
"Haha, that's a good feeling." Han Du laughed and put his arms around Fang Xiaoru.
Zhu Ping was a resolute man, and he released the news about Annan's five-year tax exemption the next day. The originally panicked people immediately settled down. Five years of tax exemption was enough to see Zhu Ping's sincerity, and the people got such a huge benefit.
Naturally, I will think of Zhu Ping's benefits and be biased towards him.
At the same time, some people who were about to make a move also calmed down instantly. They were not fools. Seeing that the Ming army had the idea of occupying Annan for a long time, they naturally would not be willing to let Annan be occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to join forces to resist the Ming army.
But before they were ready, Zhu Feng, as a prince, ordered a tax exemption for five years. This completely disrupted the plans of these people. They were not fools and knew that no common people would stand on their side under this order.
Even if they raise an army, without the support of the people, what awaits them is just a dead end.
Since you can't resist, you can only lie down first.
But before they could lay dormant, after Zhu Ping announced the twenty major crimes of the Li family, he used the so-called Li family's confession to arrest the so-called Li family's accomplices.
In just one month, not only the Li clan members, but also a large number of people who refused to surrender to Zhu Ping were arrested and killed. People were so panicked in the turmoil that no one would think about whether those people were unjust. When the storm slowed down,
By the time it calms down, all those who deserve to be killed will have been killed long ago. The remaining ones are all weaklings and traitors who follow the trend of the people.
In order to survive, these people obeyed Zhu Ping's orders and did not dare to resist at all. In order to survive, these people even took the initiative to offer gold, silver, treasures, and various rare treasures to Zhu Ping.
After Zhu Ping copied the Li family and the Chen family, he got a large amount of money. The happy Zhu Ping made big promises to those people, making them willing to work for him.
And those people also thought that Zhu Ping really valued them. Not only did they not have the slightest sense of being a subject of subjugation, they even felt that they were lucky to be able to catch up with the Ming Dynasty. After all, they themselves knew that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty far exceeded that of Annan. Moreover, Zhu Ping also
He promised them that every year he would select the three people who worked the most and give them Ming household registration, making them people of Ming Dynasty.
Being able to become people of the Ming Dynasty and living in the legendary capital of the Ming Dynasty instantly became the most beautiful and deepest dream in these people's hearts. They would rather stay in such a dream than wake up. As for Annan and the people of Annan, it has long been
They forgot about it, and what they were thinking about now was how to get more money from the people of Annan so that they could comfortably spend the rest of their lives in the capital of Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Ming sat in the upper position and looked coldly at the Annan officials who were crying with joy. Sure enough, these people are just a bunch of dogs as Han Du said. Just give them a few bones, even if they can't eat them, they will act like crazy.
Just like that, you will fight to the death for this elusive piece of bone.
Of course, as the King of Qin, Zhu Feng naturally kept his word. There were only three quotas a year, and only three hundred in a hundred years. This amount could be achieved without any effort for him.
Annan's ministers were respectful to Zhu Ping, but when they turned around, they showed ferocious faces to the people of Annan, beating and scolding them without any scruples. If Zhu Ping had not ordered to stop them, they would have killed the people of Annan to scare the monkeys.
As a result, the people saw all this in their eyes, and not only did they no longer resist Zhu Xi, but they also felt a lot of gratitude. At the same time, all their anger was directed towards Annan's surrender.
Annan settled down surprisingly quickly. Zhu Ping was aloof and used various means to lure Annan's surrender to work for him. However, the people of Annan dared not speak out against the surrender, but did not dare to say anything to Zhu.
But I am grateful.
After Zhu Fang ordered that he use his own money to build the county school and shouted "try hard to let every child of Annan people go to school", he once again greatly harvested a wave of popular support.
With the sincere support of the people of Annan, Zhu Xi finally gained a firm foothold.
An interesting thing happened during this period. Chen Tianping didn't know when he heard that the Li family was wiped out by the Ming army. He ran out of the valley happily, directly revealing his identity as the sole heir of the Chen family, and wanted to use his righteousness to force him to
The Ming army surrendered and made him King Annan.
Chen Tianping came to a county government office and after identifying himself to the county magistrate, he pretended to be King Annan and ordered the county magistrate to send someone to take him to the royal capital. The county magistrate quickly smiled and respectfully invited him in.
, and then with a wave of his hand, he immediately took down Chen Tianping.
Chen Tianping was shocked and wanted to resist, but how could he resist?
The county magistrate had his mouth gagged, tied up, and thrown directly into a prison van to be taken to the royal capital.
After Zhu Ping got the news, he quickly sent someone to ask Lieutenant General Huang to find people who had met Chen Tianping. After confirming that this was the real Chen Tianping, the next day he escorted Chen Tianping to the place where the Li family and Chen family members were executed.
Kneeling on the ground.
When he heard the official's sentence for pretending to be a member of the Chen clan, Chen Tianping, whose mouth was gagged, could only open his eyes wide and struggled to make a sound of "oh".
Chen Tianping didn't let Chen Tianping struggle for too long. As the wooden token with the word "kill" fell to the ground, a flash of sword light flashed, and Chen Tianping's head fell to the ground, leaving only a pair of eyes that were still staring at death.
After experiencing so many things, Han Du and the others got together again.
Mu Ying first gave a thumbs up to Han Du and praised: "You are really extraordinary. To be honest, when we followed the emperor in the north and south, we saw countless cities fall, but none of them could be as fast as you."
It will be able to win over people’s hearts.”
Han Du chewed for a while, swallowed the meat in his mouth, and then laughed in a low voice: "Thank you, Mr. Marquis, but you are just copying a cat and imitating a tiger. It is not worth mentioning."
These methods of winning people's hearts were really not thought of by Han Du himself, but he had learned from the mistakes he had made in his previous life and copied them.
But not only Mu Ying, but also Zhu Xi and Fang Xiaoru were full of disbelief, thinking that Han Du was just being modest.
"If you are just trying to imitate a cat and a tiger, what does a real tiger look like?" Mu Ying teased Han Du with a smile.
Han Du met his gaze, smiled and nodded in response. He thought to himself: If I really let you see what is the real way to win people's hearts, then I'm afraid your three views will be shattered.
That is the person who dares to shout, "Fight against heaven, the joy will be endless; fight against the earth, the joy will be endless; fight against people, the joy will be endless." The control of people's hearts is truly wonderful and shocking.
To the point of weeping ghosts and gods.
Zhu Fang ignored Mu Ying's praise of Han Du. After drinking a drink, he sighed and said: "Annan has been in civil strife for a long time, and with such a war, the food shortage among the people is quite serious now. The people below will report it.
, some states and counties are about to reach the point where there is no food to eat.”
Annan is a place where rice can be grown three times a year. It is eye-opening that such a treasure land can be used by the Chen family and the Li family to the point where they have no food to eat. It can be seen that these two clans are completely different.
It's a pile of rubbish, and it won't be unfair to be destroyed.
"Food shortage is not a trivial matter. Now the people of Annan have just settled down. If the people have no food, it will definitely cause people's hearts to surge again. Your Highness, now we must ensure that Annan has enough food no matter what. Why don't we report to the emperor, from the Ming Dynasty
Let's adjust the food." Fang Xiaoru suddenly said with a solemn expression.
"That's the only way." Zhu Xi sighed slightly. He naturally thought of this method, but since the matter was discovered relatively late, it can only be said that this is not the best method. After all, those who govern Annan now are all those who have taken down
Don’t expect the ministers on both sides of the aisle to actively report problems as soon as they discover them.
Some surrenders have discovered problems, and in order to avoid showing their incompetence, they almost always choose to cover it up.
By the time Zhu Xi found out, it was indeed a little late.
Mu Ying saw the embarrassment on Zhu Ping's face. Obviously, he was not very satisfied with the method of adjusting grain from the Ming Dynasty. While thinking about it, he said: "I can move some grain from Yunnan, but it's not much. I'm afraid it's just a drop in the bucket."
."
After all, these days, people all depend on God for food, and there is no guarantee of disaster or famine. Mu Ying has to think about Yunnan and leave some spare food. There will definitely not be much to give to Zhu Ping.
Zhu Fang also knew that Mu Ying was having a hard time. Although the food he was given could not quench his thirst, he still clasped his fists and thanked Mu Ying: "Brother Mu is still as benevolent and righteous as ever."
Han Du saw several people looking sad for a little food, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "How can it make you so embarrassed with just a little food?"
Zhu Fang was overjoyed when he heard Han Du's frivolous tone and asked, "Do you have any idea?"
Han Du rubbed his temples and sighed in his heart, these people still didn't take the sea into their hearts. He raised his head and looked into the eyes of several people and said: "The Luzon Governor's Palace has a lot of food, and there are also many other governor's palaces."
There is a certain amount of food in reserve. How much does the prince want? Why don't you ask me to go to various governor's offices to catch the autumn wind and ask for the food?"
Han Du didn't even mention the money and just talked about fighting the autumn wind. Although some of these governors had never met Han Du, Han Du was confident that he could get food from them for free. These people can become governors.
Now that they are in charge of military and political power, which one of them would not be grateful to Han Du for giving them this opportunity? Just like Huang Zhong, he also met Han Du for the first time, but his attitude towards Han Du was full of gratitude.
Even the gifts given to Han Du were specially designed to be the same as those given to King Qin.
"Yes, why did I forget this incident?" Zhu Ping clapped his hands on his forehead in annoyance, and immediately smiled and said to Handu: "It doesn't need more, five million stones is enough. Wait until the grain is collected.
, I will return it to you."
Annan is also a place rich in food. As long as you manage it with a little care, you won't have to worry about running out of food. As long as you survive these two most difficult months and wait until the food is harvested, you can return the food to Handu.
Han Du shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "It's not necessary. Even if the prince returns the five million stones of grain to me, I won't be able to carry it with me. However, how does the prince want to distribute these grains to the people?"
"
According to Zhu Xi's original idea, of course, he would provide porridge to the people to help the people stutter. But since Han Du proposed it, he also wanted to hear Han Du's opinion first.
"Oh? If you have any good ideas, please tell me."
Han Du was no longer polite and said directly: "It's not a good idea, but I think that instead of wasting manpower on giving porridge, it is better to lend these grains to the people."
"Borrow?" Zhu Xi was a little confused. Since he was helping the victims, he naturally asked for nothing in return. What's the point of borrowing?
Han Du nodded heavily and replied affirmatively: "Yes, it's a loan. The prince lends food to the people, and after they get through the difficulties, the food will be returned to the prince."
Since Han Du said this, he naturally had his own thoughts. In Han Du's opinion, if it is to provide porridge for disaster relief, then this matter can only be done by the state and county governments. The people will not thank Zhu Ping after drinking the porridge.
Instead, they will be grateful to the government for giving out porridge.
But it's different when it comes to borrowing. First of all, it shows the people that the grains were provided by Zhu Ping. Secondly, borrowing or repaying them will naturally further draw the relationship between the people and Zhu Ping. Although it is also distributed by the state and county governments.
of food, but the effects are completely different.
"Okay, what a loan, it's wonderful~" Fang Xiaoru was the first to react, and immediately clapped his legs and laughed.
Zhu Feng and Mu Ying also reacted quickly and nodded in unison. This was indeed a good opportunity to win people's hearts.
There is no greater kindness than saving a life! As long as Zhu Ping can take advantage of this opportunity and let the people owe him a life-saving grace, then Annan will never be able to make waves again. No matter who wants to resist Zhu Ping,
You must first ask yourself whether you can accept the condemnation of your conscience.
"Then thank you for making the trip." Zhu Xi looked at Han Du and said gratefully.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will go and come back soon. Your Majesty, just wait for the good news."
Without further delay, if the food is brought back one day earlier, one less person in Annan will starve to death, and Zhu Ping will be able to gain more people's support.
Han Du set off immediately, and in order to transport food, he took away all the 700 to 800 captured Annan ships. They were escorted all the way by the navy and headed straight for Luzon.
When Han Du set off, unexpectedly, Fang Xiaoru wanted to follow him.
Han Du looked at him doubtfully and asked in confusion: "I'm going to transport food, what are you going to do?"
"I've long heard that Luzon is the most treasured land in Southeast Asia, so I naturally want to go and see it." Of course, there was one thing Fang Xiaoru didn't say, that was, he meant to keep an eye on Han Du.
Thinking that scholars believe that reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles, since Fang Xiaoru wanted to go to Luzon, I had no reason to stop him, so I still let him follow.
The face of Luzon has completely changed. It used to be a place without even a dock, but now it has turned into a bustling and lively port.
Luzon is rich in grain, sugar, gold, silver and copper, especially sugar and copper, which have now become the largest products in Luzon. Both of these are hot things, whether it is sugar or copper ingots, you can get them by transporting them to the Ming Dynasty.
Huge profits.
Let’s not talk about sugar. Although there is sugar in the Ming Dynasty, the quality of the sugar produced in the Ming Dynasty is far inferior to that of Luzon. And under Han Du’s guidance, Luzon directly produces snow-white rock sugar, which is crystal clear.
Its aesthetics make it far behind the sand ponds in the Ming Dynasty. The key is that such sugar is still cheap, and even if it is shipped to the Ming Dynasty, there is enough profit.
Although fewer people use copper coins in the Ming Dynasty, almost all of them are replaced by treasure banknotes. However, copper is still a hot commodity in the Ming Dynasty. Copper can be made into copper pots, copper basins, and copper pots. These are closely related to people's lives and are also used in quantities.
Huge. Moreover, copper is the best material for making various kinds of ritual utensils. Even though gold and silver are more expensive and valuable than copper, everyone still agrees that copper is used to make ritual utensils.
A marquis like Han Du could afford to make ritual vessels of gold. However, when the palace made ritual vessels, his father would still strictly require them to be made of copper.
With such two bulk commodities, the maritime merchants who come to Luzon every day are like crucian carp crossing the river.
When Han Du arrived in Luzon, what he saw was a forest of masts covering the entire port.
Standing on the bow of the ship, Fang Xiaoru was shocked when he saw the scene in front of him. It took him a long time to slowly return to normal, and he exclaimed: "Originally you said that Anping Port was not good enough, but I didn't believe it, but now I believe it. With this Luzon
After a comparison, Anping suddenly became a deserted city and a wild port."
Seeing the bustling scene at the port, Han Du couldn't help but smile and nod, explaining: "There were hundreds of thousands of survivors of the former Song Dynasty in Luzon. Later, the emperor pardoned nearly a hundred thousand people and sent them to Luzon. In addition,
There are more natives on the island. There are more than one million people on Luzon Island. It is not surprising that it is so prosperous."
Fang Xiaoru doesn't see it this way. There are people, but having people does not necessarily mean prosperity. The prosperity of Luzon is not far behind the famous cities in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the population is not as good as the capital. Otherwise, just look at it.
The busy scene made Fang Xiaoru feel like he was in the capital.
It can be seen that Fang Xiaoru was very happy. Looking at everything in front of him, he suddenly asked: "I heard that besides Luzon, there are nine ports in Nanyang that can compete with Luzon, but I don't know what the old port looks like.
." His tone was full of curiosity and longing for the old port.
Han Du lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said: "How should I put it? I haven't been to the Old Port for several years. Just like Luzon, when I came here, it was not as prosperous as it is now. As for the Old Port, it may be the same as here.
Pretty much. However, the Old Port was a place where Western merchants came to do business in the Ming Dynasty. You can see many Westerners and various Western-style things, which are completely different from those in the Ming Dynasty, so it is worth a visit."