"Selling abalone, selling abalone, fresh abalone, freshly landed abalone, fresh and plump, tender, smooth and crispy." The fish market in Guangzhou Prefecture was particularly lively, with cries coming and going.
"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, fresh newspapers, new things that just happened, the prince of Zhujiang County angrily killed the chief envoy Jin Wu." A child was selling in the streets carrying a bag of newspapers.
"Come here kid, your Guangzhou Daily was ten days ago, there is nothing new."
"It will be distributed soon. It will be distributed soon. Buy another copy."
The copper plate fell into the pocket, and someone spent money to buy one.
At this time, ten days had passed since Zhu Zhanchun killed Jin Wu at the dock. The matter was reported to Yingtian Mansion. Zhu Di gave instructions and Zhu Zhanchang made the final decision. Huang Huihong simply couldn't understand why Zhu Di would do this to Zhu Zhanchang.
Such a large authority would not be possible even if the prince comes in person.
After this incident, Huang Huihong could be said to be very respectful to Zhu Zhanzhen, and had no other thoughts at all.
The newspaper run by Lin Miao devoted an entire page to describing the events of the day. On the front page was a portrait of Zhu Zhanzhen. The handsome and charming young man raised his arms and shouted, the title was, I have a dream.
After such publicity, Zhu Zhanzhen's fame spread instantly.
Establish prestige and trust, and achieve the goal together.
The chief envoy of Guangzhou is temporarily vacant, and all the envoys of command and punishment and inspection remain unchanged.
On the construction site of the Zhujiang County Prince's Mansion, which was being built, Zhu Zhanzhen and Fang Shi were walking together.
Zhu Zhanzhen watched the mansion being slowly built, and said to the other party: "Fang Zhensi, you have decided to stay and help me in the future."
"It is an honor for me to follow His Highness."
Originally, Fang Shi had made a great contribution to the Jinwu affair. Zhu Zhanyang also said it in his memorial to Zhu Di. Zhu Di meant that he could consider joining the Ministry of Personnel, because the original Minister of the Ministry of Personnel made Zhu Di a little unsatisfied and not smart enough.
, but it is estimated that it will take some time to investigate before turning around.
Finally, under Hu Guang's persuasion and his own ideas, Fang Shi decided to stay in Guangdong and become Zhu Zhanzhen's right-hand man.
He is a man with political ambitions, and he made great determination to give up this opportunity.
"Your Highness, Mu Bin, the eldest son of Duke Qian of Yunnan Mu Mansion, should arrive at Guangzhou Mansion tomorrow. Where will Your Highness meet him?"
"It's still a moonlit night at the Twenty-Fourth Bridge. By the way, how are things at the police station?"
"It has been arranged according to His Highness's instructions. The people below will also have to adapt for a while."
Zhu Zhanchen nodded and continued to ask: "Where is the Nan family?"
"We have now ordered Nan Shishi to be the head of the Nan family. The Nan family has revealed all the previous smuggling routes, and basically brought back all the officials involved in the process."
Because Fang Shi's protection Zhu Zhanzhen did not kill all the Nan family, but only killed a few important people and made Nan Zhizhi a puppet family. After all, Fang Shi's wife had made a great contribution this time, which gave him some face.
"I'll deal with it later, you petty officials. I mean the others have all been replaced. It's just that a large number of people are involved in a short period of time, so it can't affect the normal operation of various government offices. Let's replace them little by little. This group has made a lot of money from smuggling and corruption."
Cheap officials are already corrupt, so the only way is to replace them."
"Your Highness, I will take care of it."
Fang Shi was not sloppy in doing things, which Zhu Zhanchang liked.
At this time, Zhang San ran over. His hand was not healed, and he didn't know whether it was completely healed, but the working people couldn't take any time off, so they helped Zhu Zhanchen with his hands.
"Your Highness, you are here."
"Zhang San, why are you here at the construction site again? You have to take good care of your hands now."
"Your Highness, I'm fine." Zhang San was actually still worried that his hands wouldn't be able to do fine work, and Zhu Zhanchen would no longer look down on him.
These are simple working people. If they don't do it with their own hands, they won't feel at ease.
Zhu Zhanzhen smiled slightly: "Just have a good rest. If you have free time, you can study steam engines and supervise the construction of factories. You are the leader now. You don't have to do everything yourself. You must learn to organize the work in a reasonable manner."
Share it, you guys, listen to me, if I see Factory Director Zhang doing it myself again, I will deduct your wages."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zhang San scratched his head in embarrassment, and Zhu Zhanzhen said earnestly: "Zhang San, don't worry, just help me manage the factory and manage these people. You see, I don't have time to go to the factory every day. You have to give it to me."
Whether you manage it well or not, I’m just asking.”
"Yes, yes, Your Highness." Zhang San left happily.
"Your Highness, you are really kind to the workers."
"They are all simple and hard-working people."
A guard trotted over: "Your Highness, there is a secret message from His Majesty."
Zhu Zhanzhen opened it and handed it to Fang Shi.
"Your Highness, this..."
"Take a look." Fang Shi understood that Zhu Zhanzhen regarded him as one of his own, so he opened the secret message.
Seeing the shock on his face, he looked at Zhu Zhanzhen: "Your Highness, is what the letter says true?"
Zhu Zhanzhen nodded: "During the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is advisable to open the sea ban. There are still two months left, so we must hurry up. The port of Xiangjiang Island is naturally well located. It can be barely used with a little construction. There should not be too many ships in the early stage.
Omen serves as a resting place for foreign ships."
Only then did Fang Shi understand the reason why Zhu Zhanzhen went to Xiangjiang Island first when he came to Guangzhou. He had already planned to build the port after the sea ban was launched on Xiangjiang Island. He had long known that the sea ban would be opened.
"There are less than two months until the Mid-Autumn Festival. Fang Zhisi will open only one port in Guangzhou after imposing a sea ban. My decision is Xiangjiang Island. What do you think?"
"What His Highness said is absolutely true, but the entire Guangdong vassal has many good ports..."
"What you want to talk about is the smuggling problem. This means that all the officials involved in smuggling must be replaced. Now that the sea ban has been opened, smuggling must be stopped. So, Fang Nisi, do me a favor.
."
"Your Highness, please tell me."
"Let the Nan family gather the famous families in the Guangdong vassal and find a day for me to meet with them. If it's a place, let's put it at the Nan family's mansion."
Fang Shi nodded slightly: "Your Highness, I will do it now."
"Don't let them know about the sea ban for the time being."
"clear."
Fang Shi felt more and more that he could do great things by following Zhu Zhanzhen, but Zhu Zhanzhen was the grandson of the Fifth Emperor after all, and he could only be ranked third among the crown prince's legitimate sons. His chances of inheriting the great treasure were slim.
It's so trivial, why did Zhu Di give him so much power?
He really couldn't figure it out, now he could only do things well.
…
On the moonlit night of Twenty-Four Bridge the next day, a young man came to the door. He was less than twenty years old. He was not very handsome, but he was more than 1.8 meters tall. He had an upright face. He was from Yunnan.
Mu Bin, the eldest son of the Duke of Guizhou.
"Huh!" Facing Zhu Zhanxun who lived in a brothel, Mu Bin felt a little contempt in his heart, but on the way here he learned that Zhu Zhanxang killed the chief envoy Jin Wu with the Yongle Emperor Sword, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
What kind of person is this His Highness?
"Your Highness, Prince Mu Bin is downstairs." Xiaosheng informed Zhu Zhanyi.
"Let's go pick him up."
"ah?"
"Ah what, let's go."
"Xiaosheng was just surprised that His Highness actually wanted to meet him in person. This was the first time His Highness greeted him after arriving at Guangzhou Mansion."
"Oh? Really? I didn't pay attention. After all, the prince of the country who is guarding the border has come from afar, so it is appropriate to pick him up."
As he walked downstairs, Mu Bin felt a little confused when he saw Zhu Zhanzhen with a smile on his face. Such a good-looking young man was always at odds with the man in the newspaper who petitioned for the death of Jin Wu for the people.
"Prince Mu came a long way and went upstairs first."
"Your Highness, my mother has an order not to go to the brothel."
"Uh..." I didn't expect it to be a stunned young man: "This is not a brothel. The Pearl River County Prince's Palace is still under construction. This place is temporarily rented and is not considered a brothel."
Mu Bin had no choice but to follow in. As soon as he sat down, the boy put the package on the table: "Your Highness, inside is the Yunnan Domain's Golden Tiger Talisman. I brought it to Your Highness on the order of my father."
Zhu Zhanzhen was stunned by this number. No matter what the situation, he would dig into his family wealth to show his loyalty.
Everyone is loyal and who is the rebel?
"Your Majesty, what do you mean? Let's have a cup of tea first."
"My father said that His Highness is in charge of the military forces in the four regions, and where they are bound to be useful, our Duke of Guizhou will send them to His Highness first, so as to avoid having to send someone to make a trip when His Highness wants to use them," Mu Bin drank.
Tea, what I said was very sincere.
Half of the Tiger Talisman is right in front of you. Taking Yunnan's military strength means that you have the final say all by yourself, but do you want to take it?
The emperor was afraid of Mu Mansion in Yunnan, but he, Zhu Zhanzhen, was not afraid.
Sometimes the emperor is afraid of you not because you have the intention to rebel, but because you have the ability to rebel.
If your reputation is too high and your strength is too strong, you will have to suppress it.
Zhu Di was extremely afraid of Mu Mansion in Yunnan. It had been run by three generations of Dukes of Guizhou. The original border land now had strong soldiers and horses, and Mu Mansion had an excellent reputation for generations. How could this not make Zhu Di feel resentful.
He has to deal with the barbarians in the north, and Jiaozhi in the south also has a headache. What if Yunnan comes to intervene at any time?
When Zhu Zhanchen came to control the Yunnan army, he made it clear that he wanted to suppress you, Yunnan Mu Mansion. If you want to rebel, rebel as soon as possible. Now that our Ming Dynasty is strong, if you rebel, I will take this opportunity to deal with you.
Unlike Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanzhen knew history. Prince Mu's palace never changed from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the end. What's the point? Just live in peace and smoothness.
Zhu Zhanchen pushed the package back without opening it: "Half of the tiger talisman belongs to the Duke of Guizhou for safekeeping. I am just controlling the army, and I am not mobilizing the army now. I just hold half of the tiger talisman in my hand."
"Your Majesty, I received the letter and it took you a long time to leave. Why did it take you so long to arrive? Did something happen on the way?"
Mu Bin coughed and felt a little embarrassed. The adjutant next to him said: "I saw a fungus on the way. I never thought that the prince would lie down for five days."
"It made His Highness laugh, but it was just undercooked."
Yunnan people’s love for eating mushrooms started at this time.
"Your Highness, I brought you some." Speaking of fungi, this upright man got excited.
Isn't this an assassination of the county king? How dare you bring out the toadstools.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, it was not cooked last time, but it tastes extremely delicious. I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Prince are both good eaters, so you must try these mushrooms."
Zhu Zhanzhen waved his hand, forget it, suddenly an idea flashed through his mind, looking at the young Mu Bin in front of him, although this guy is not well-known, he can be regarded as a rare general, now that he is here, then
Just don't leave.
"Your Majesty, I am planning to form a navy here. I am surprised to see your bones. You are a unique naval genius. Why don't you stay?"
