First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 568

Lan Yu and Li Shanchang, what are these two bastards doing?

What kind of land-grabbing and bone-sucking can make a country with only three yamen left. Can this continue?

Won't it be a mess?

Zhang Dingbian told Zhu Yuanzhang that not only will there be no chaos, but it will be quite orderly.

It's just that this order is a little different from what normal people understand.

As mentioned earlier, the blue jade soldiers descended from the sky and surrounded [-] Japanese pirates, which was regarded as saving Goryeo.

At that time, Sapphire's reputation rapidly increased, and she was like the savior of Goryeo.Up and down, from the king to the common people, all looked up to this General Lan.

It stands to reason that people respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot.

Sapphire should take good care of Goryeo.

But I'm sorry, no matter how Gao Li is, it will not delay Sapphire from being a human being.

He immediately asked, and Goryeo immediately mobilized soldiers and horses to assist him in the crusade against the Japanese country and revenge.

This can be regarded as a normal operation, but the following is an eye-opener for Sapphire...Three Dings draw one, five Dings draw two, no matter men, women, old or young, as long as they can move, they will all act as civilian husbands!

Goryeo must not be able to bear such a requisition of people, and the common people complained, and no one could bear it.

Can't stand it?

Then take it slow!

Lan Yu asked to go down and investigate strictly. Anyone who is unwilling to join the army will be punished immediately!Property confiscation.

He handed over the task to the Ministry of Punishment. As a result, the Ministry of Punishment became more and more expanded, and it directly became the largest department in Korea.

Gradually, the Ministry of Punishment was not only responsible for arresting people, but also responsible for collecting food.

When people enter the sky prison, things will be wonderful.

Sapphire ordered to sort them into categories, those with a little ability, those in good health, and those who were young, all were sent to Tieling and handed over to Zhu Di for disposal.

Many of the craftsmen in Kaiping came from this way.

Being able to work in a textile factory is considered a good thing, but the worst thing is to send them to logging and panning for gold... Almost all the prisoners sent to Peiping know that they can't log, that's really terrible!

Logging is not as simple as cutting down the wood.

First of all, those big trees that have become useful are generally found in deep mountains and old forests, where there are a lot of wolves, tigers, leopards, poisonous snakes and insects.

After entering the mountain, it is easy to get lost. Just looking for wood will cause heavy casualties.

Then felling wood was an extremely dangerous thing. Without large tools, one could only rely on saws, and countless people were crushed to death.

If you feel that it is almost the same, it can only be said that you want to be simple.

The real trouble is shipping out.

A piece of wood, more than ten meters long, is so thick that it is difficult to carry it out of the mountain even with a few livestock.

So a very common method is to use rivers and streams.

Once in spring and summer, the river surges.

The loggers tied the timber into a raft, then lowered it from the mountain, and carried the timber out of the mountain with the help of running water.

It sounds good, but the problem is that the current is fast, and several people are driving the raft. Once the raft is not tied firmly, the raft falls apart, and the people fall into the flowing water, and there are almost no survivors.

Even if the raft is not broken, if you are on the raft for a long time, if you are not careful, you will fall into the river.

Therefore, a lot of unowned wood can be collected downstream every year.

People in the lower reaches can exchange wood for money, but I feel sorry for the woodcutter who fell into the water...

Of course, the situation of those gold mining workers is worse than that of loggers. It is beyond words to describe, almost no different from hell.

But thanks to the gift of sapphire, hell is also divided into eighteen layers.

The wool textile factory in Kaiping is basically close to the world, the logging camp is at most three levels of hell, and the gold mine is five levels.

But when it comes to Korea, it is definitely below the tenth floor.

"Your Majesty, there are only a few things left in Goryeo. Either it is to recruit soldiers and prepare to use soldiers against the Japanese... or it is to search for land and provide expenses. Or it is to arrest people and send craftsmen to Daming." Zhang Dingbian bitterly Xixi said: "At the beginning, Your Majesty assigned foreign ministers, including Chen Lifa, to Gaoli, and the foreign ministers did their best to fight for Daming, but today, Gaoli can't live anymore. Foreign ministers, foreign ministers, can we change?" The place is only for begging to live!"

Hearing the last two words, Zhu Yuanzhang was moved and even a little bit ashamed.

He figured it out, Lan Yu and Li Shanchang are really top-notch.But if you let them toss around, the world will collapse and the sun and the moon will be darkened.

It is only natural to take their strength outside and toss other countries, and make the best use of everything.

"We know about this. If you want, you can move back! Are you still interested in becoming an official?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Tell us directly, and we can help you find a way."

Zhang Dingbian pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister has no other thoughts. I want to become a monk and become a Taoist priest. I hope your majesty will make it perfect by cultivating the truth."

Lao Zhu thought for a while, and then nodded. It is indeed a pity for a beast like Zhang Dingbian to become a Taoist monk.But since he is willing, there is nothing to say.

"Okay! But even though you become a Taoist priest, don't just ignore it and ignore it. When you have time, you have to respond to the sky more. We will give you a jade card. If you have nothing to do, talk to us."

Old Zhu sighed, "As I get older, there are fewer and fewer old people who can still be called by name. I want to talk about what happened back then. I look around, but there are not many people left."

Zhang Dingbian pondered for a while, and it was true. Zhang Shicheng died a few years ago, in the Changlu Salt Field...the body was not transported back to his hometown, but was buried in the Changlu Salt Field. It was a commemoration of his achievements in solving the salt price.

Fang Guozhen also died. She contracted a strange disease while sailing at sea all year round. It is said that her death was quite painful. Fortunately, the Fang family has already established a foundation overseas and can continue to inherit it.

Among the many heroes at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Fang Guozhen was the first to make trouble, but he was on both sides of the head, surrendering and rebelling suddenly, changing indefinitely.It wasn't until he took refuge in Lao Zhu that he devoted himself to working for Daming.

It is of course a blessing to end up like this!

It is understandable for Zhu Yuanzhang to lament the withering of personnel.

"Then... I would like to thank Your Majesty."

While they were talking, Zhang Ximeng hurried over from behind.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, he was taken aback for a moment, and then explained: "My lord, Jiang Shangshu's health is not very good, it seems to be worse than the previous two times. I asked the imperial doctor to check the pulse. I have been busy until now. It is reasonable to say that this is the third child. There should be nothing wrong. Why is my heart still ups and downs?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, then said: "It's nothing, we're thinking about it, maybe you will have good news. This baby is probably a girl, you have to make up a good word!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and sighed: "If I'm really a girl, I don't have anything else to ask for. It's too tiring to raise a kid. If I'm a girl, I can just pamper her!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but said: "Girl is good, girl is really good! If Mr. is afraid of being tired, we will take care of this girl, and we will help you get tired!"

Zhang Ximeng gave Lao Zhu a blank stare, why are you always thinking about my child?

The monarchs and ministers were chatting, and Zhang Dingbian on the side suddenly said: "Mr. Zhang, if I'm not mistaken, the third person in your family is also a young master!"

"What?" Zhang Ximeng was taken aback, "You, you know how to tell fortune tellers?"

Zhang Ding grabbed his beard and said: "It was counted before, but after the war, I picked it up again in the past few years. By the way, Mr. Zhang, Your Majesty has allowed us to return to Daming. I plan to become a Taoist monk. Mr. Zhang thinks I will Where does it fit?"

Zhang Ximeng blinked, "If you want to become a monk, go to Wudang Mountain! It's a good place!"

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Zhang Ding smiled and said: "Zhang Xiang, you recommended Wudang Mountain, so naturally I will go, see if you can recommend another Taoist temple, if not, Zhang Xiang will help me build one, and give me a name by the way."

Zhang Ximeng blinked, and couldn't help laughing: "Your Majesty is here, why don't you care about what His Majesty wants, but insist on me? You are not serious, and you have to suffer!"

Zhang Dingbian laughed dryly, "Your Majesty's foreign ministers dare not expect extravagantly, it's better for Xiang Xiang."

Zhang Dingbian is not a fool either, he asked Zhu Yuanzhang to sign it, in case the Ming Dynasty is over in a few years, it is hard to say whether his Taoist temple can still exist.

But it was replaced by Zhang Xianggong. Zhang Ding was thinking that this thing might have been around for a few years, and he was afraid that it would continue to exist after the Ming Dynasty was gone.

Zhang Ximeng blinked his eyes. Of course he knew what Zhang Dingbian was thinking, so he could only sneer and say, "We'd better wait until the child is born and see if you can count correctly!"

Zhang Dingbian was overjoyed, "Master Zhang, I'm sure, so you can help me?"

"If you calculate correctly, I will treat you as a demon!"

"Then I can't figure it out?"

"Maybe you still have the face to ask me for help? What are you thinking!"

Zhang Dingbian gritted his teeth, "Master Zhang, I understand that you taught Lan Yu! I might as well tell you, you must help me with this... because I figured it out, this time it might be twins!"

"what!"

Zhang Ximeng was really shocked, could they be twins?A man and a woman?

If so, he would have no regrets.

It was Lao Zhu who was more happy beside him. He hoped that Lao Zhang's family would flourish and have more children and grandchildren.He is also easy to choose!

It would be a great event if we come here at once!

"Zhang Dingbian, if you count correctly, we will make you a real person!"

Zhang Dingbian smiled proudly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the foreign ministers will not be wrong. You have to think carefully about this title!"

Old Zhu was slightly surprised, thinking that this guy is so confident, does he really have such great abilities?

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became interested and asked: "Zhang Dingbian, can you be counted as a person, can you be counted as the fortune of the country?"

Zhang Dingbian thought for a while, frowning, as if he was lost in thought.After a while, Zhang Dingbian said: "Your Majesty, the foreign ministers don't have that deep skills yet. If Your Majesty is willing to wait, after 20 years, when we arrive at Wudang Mountain, the foreign ministers will be able to explain your majesty's doubts!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Could it be that you realize that after 20 years, you will be able to practice great success and gain insights into the secrets of heaven?"

Zhang Ding glanced at Zhang Ximeng, and laughed at himself: "The foreign minister is just talking about it. If you really want to see the secrets of heaven, you have to look at Grand Master Zhang. The foreign minister absolutely does not have this ability."

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "It's overrated. I have always opposed the theory of prophecy, but I can't say it all at once. It's wrong."

Zhang Ximeng said again: "I'll go get some dishes and chat while eating."

Lao Zhu nodded, Zhang Ximeng turned around and brought Lao Zhu a jar of good wine.

A veritable good wine, which cannot be drunk in the palace.

Then a few more dishes were served, and at the end Zhang Ximeng brought a plate covered with a silver-white lid.

Zhang Ximeng pushed it in front of Zhang Dingbian.

"Would you like to play a little game, guess what's in it?"

Zhang Ding looked at it again and again, and suddenly said with a smile: "It's half like the sun and half like the moon. It was folded in half by Wen Zong. This is the half cake that Zhang Xiang ate in the morning!"

Before Zhang Ximeng could speak, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and lifted the lid, and it turned out to be half a sesame seed cake.

Old Zhu was very surprised, "Zhang Dingbian, it seems that you really have the ability to discern the secrets of heaven! How did you calculate it?"

Zhang Dingbian smiled slightly, "Your Majesty asked this, but it was embarrassing for foreign ministers. When I was young, I had a hard time, but later I followed Chen Youliang, fought in the South and North, and killed countless people. I felt that I had done too many crimes, and the world was not blessed. But after arriving in Korea, Another epiphany. Killing people is not a sin, but to expand the territory and strengthen China, so I am confident! After breaking through the barriers in my heart, I made rapid progress and realized many things that I didn't understand before. It is also like this that the foreign minister gave birth to The thought of becoming a Taoist monk.”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded again and again, "Sure enough, it depends on chance and coincidence. You can practice slowly. If we have the opportunity in the future, we will definitely ask you for advice."

The three of them sat together, drank and chatted, and had a good time.

From Zhang Dingbian, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng knew exactly what Lan Yu did?

This guy simply sucked the bone and sucked the marrow to the extreme.

In Sapphire's eyes, there are only two kinds of people, one is useful and the other is useless.

Those who can serve as craftsmen will be given to Zhu Di, and those who can join the army will be left as mules and horses, his cannon fodder.

All the people were sent to prison as much as possible, and they were allowed to work, log, build ports, and build ships... Sapphire sent out tax collectors to collect taxes everywhere.

He asked the people below to check the mouths of the common people, whoever eats oily, I'm sorry, he has to pay a meat tax.

If you want to say that you haven’t eaten, that’s okay, there is a scale next to it, and you will pay tax if you are overweight.

The country is facing a crisis, and the Japanese country is about to be destroyed... Do you dare to eat meat, and you dare to become fat?How rebellious are you!do you know?

Zhu Yuanzhang felt embarrassed when he heard the whole process. Li Shanchang was the prime minister he had relied on for many years, and Lan Yu was also a rising star in the army that he was optimistic about. As a result, these two guys did these things.

Where can I put my old face?

Zhang Ximeng is very calm, and he has made some progress. Keep going!

"By the way, how much food can they get by doing this?"

Zhang Dingbian was taken aback, thinking for a while, and then said: "Although Koryo is small, it is still a country. It is possible to squeeze out millions of stones like this, regardless of everything. I am just afraid that after this time, Koryo will collapse. The ice melted, it ceased to exist.”

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was overjoyed. If this is true, it would be a good thing, and he should add a province to Daming!

Old Zhu calculated that the current Beiping is indeed too big and too strong...Monan, Liaodong, and even Korea are actually under Zhu Di's control.

If the matter this time is over, it would be good to separate these places by the way and add a Liaodong province, a Monan province, and a Koryo province.

As for Zhu Di suffering a little loss, it doesn't matter... whoever let him be our son, the king of the Ming Dynasty, to expand the territory and expand the foundation for the country, that's a matter of course.