Chapter 179: The south of Tubo belongs to Yan Wang Zhu Di, who is preparing to take action against Hu Weiyong (Long Chapter)

"How can a war not cost money and food?"

"After all, whether it's the old man pacifying the world, or I'm in charge of the army in Taiyuan and conquering the grasslands."

"The consumption of that battle was not a large amount of food and supplies."

"To put it bluntly, the three most important things in war are money, money, and money."

"But now the Ming Dynasty has the Ming Treasure Notes as its support, and it also has sufficient gold and silver reserves to support it."

"So if the money is not enough, then we can print 10% more. As long as it does not exceed 10% of the reserve gold and silver, the Ming treasure notes will not depreciate."

"It is also enough to support a major battle."

Zhu Gang thought about it and then spoke.

"That's an idea. Printing doesn't mean indiscriminate printing."

"As long as it can be controlled, the Ming Dynasty's treasure notes can still benefit the people."

Zhu Biao nodded thoughtfully.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was still confused and didn't quite understand what he said.

"Old man, just like when I came back just now, I helped you clean up the mess of Ming Baochao."

"We adopted the means of containment and an enlightened national policy to abolish all the drawbacks of the Ming Dynasty's treasure notes policy."

"Let the people accept the Ming treasure notes from the bottom of their hearts."

"So as to gradually control the market of Ming Dynasty treasure notes."

"Then we regulate it. Although there are still scoundrels, they are nothing to be afraid of."

"So as long as the market is not disrupted, the Ming Treasure Notes will still be a powerful tool and can be used to circulate in the market."

"After all, there are strong gold and silver reserves, and the people can exchange them for silver at any time, so they won't worry."

"At the same time, we must also monitor the prices of goods in the market to prevent people from buying low and selling high, and prevent malicious competition."

"Even if the Ming Dynasty's treasure notes are increased, they will not depreciate."

Zhu Gang naturally saw Zhu Yuanzhang's confusion, so he started to explain again.

To put it bluntly, by controlling the market, eliminating monopolies, buying low and selling high, and engaging in vicious competition, the Ming Dynasty's treasure notes can be maintained in a virtuous cycle.

Even if there will be some fluctuations, these fluctuations are still under the control of the court.

In terms of economy, the Ming Dynasty was already completely ahead of the world.

"I understand. As long as it does not harm the interests of the people, you can go ahead and do it."

"And if this battle is to be fought, it must be a victorious battle."

"So that U-Tsang can make up for the losses of Ming Dynasty."

"After all, once a war begins, in addition to returning victorious, we must not ignore its value."

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

War is often accompanied by risks, but if we are the victorious country, then whatever the Ming Dynasty says will be the truth.

Because a defeated country never has the right to make demands and can only follow the orders.

"The eldest brother's talent cannot be ignored, and the second brother is also well versed in the art of war."

"With the help of Taiyuan Shenjiying, we will definitely win this battle."

Zhu Biao also folded his arms across his chest and laughed softly.

"Besides, the Tibetan tribes are not even a unified dynasty, nor are they the Tibetan Empire of the Tang Dynasty. They are not to be feared at all."

Zhu Gang also nodded in agreement.

"Then there is the south of Tubo, which is a vast fertile land. Moreover, the dynasty is in chaos, with the local lords fighting against each other."

"So if we conquer Tibet, we can keep an eye on Tibet's south."

"Even if the Ming Dynasty cannot directly establish provinces to control it because of the mountains, it can still establish a feudal state."

"This can also indirectly expand the territory and implement the kingship."

After a pause, Zhu Gang spoke again.

Zhu Gang and Zhu Chong had the idea of ​​establishing their own territory outside the Ming Dynasty, and this idea never stopped.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew about this.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang now felt that what Zhu Gang said made sense.

After all, if the prince is kept in Daming's family all the time, sooner or later there won't be enough to share. It would be better to find a good place outside and let your son make his own way.

However, Zhu Gang and Zhu Chong had this ability, but Zhu Yuanzhang's other sons were not so powerful.

So Zhu Gang looked around on the map and finally set his sights on the bulky Mughal Empire south of Tubo.

There are three reasons.

First, the land is vast and the place is large enough.

Second, the plains are continuous and the land is fertile.

Third, the regime is fragmented and weak.

This is simply the place chosen by heaven to split up and establish a country. The previous Central Plains dynasties did not attack there because there was Tubo in the middle, and they could not control it even if they conquered it.

But at this time in the Ming Dynasty, Tubo was already on the decline. Even though it had broken into various tribes, life was quite difficult and there were many conflicts among them.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has sufficient weapons and armor and well-stocked warehouses, it is a good time to send troops to conquer the country. The only drawback is the lack of a method to stabilize the situation.

After all, the climate in Ming Dynasty was not very good at that time. Although a series of policies were implemented, the food in Ming Dynasty was still sufficient.

However, if they cannot maintain stability and continue to consume the Tubo that has been conquered, they will not be able to bear it.

Therefore, all parties need to adopt policies to maintain stability, which is the strategy discussed before.

In this way, U-Tsang will be completely owned by the Ming Dynasty.

By that time, the Mughal Empire was nothing more than a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Being poor and yet rich is their original sin.

Of course, they cannot be called the Mughal Empire now.

After all, that empire was established in the late Ming Dynasty, so there were still many separatist regimes south of Tibet.

This will make it easier to control.

As for the future Mughal Empire, who should take it over?
Zhu Gang actually already had a candidate in mind, and that was Prince of Yan Zhu Di.

Don't underestimate the young age of Prince of Yan Zhu Di. If you want to truly control U-Tsang, you can let them consume themselves in internal strife without spending a single soldier.

It will take at least several years. After all, this is the best idea. Otherwise it will be too time-consuming and costly.

To put it bluntly, U-Tsang is not worthy of causing the Ming Dynasty to waste its money and manpower.

Therefore, Prince of Yan Zhu Di still has room and time to grow.

And once U-Tsang is truly under control, the Mughal Empire south of Tubo will also become Zhu Di's Yanming Empire!
This was also the vassal state that Zhu Gang planned for his younger brother.

"You are planning this for Old Four, right?"

After hearing what Zhu Gang said, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled coldly.

How could he, as his father, not understand the evil ideas of his own bastard?

After all, Zhu Gang and Zhu Chong both intended to establish overseas kingdoms and build their own kingdoms.

Therefore, even though the south of Tubo was rich, these two brothers still looked down on it.

Among their current brothers, only Prince of Yan Zhu Di has the intention to join the army.

Moreover, Zhu Di’s idol has always been Zhu Gang.

So this brat was definitely planning for Zhu Di.

"The fourth one is definitely a rare talent, so you should keep him in Ming Dynasty for the rest of his life as a vassal king."

"It will only bury the fourth brother's talent. It is better to let him go. He will definitely not be inferior to the second brother and me."

Zhu Gang still nodded gently.

The Yongle Emperor Zhu Di in history, the Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, and the Taizong of Ming Dynasty.

It would be such a pity if I could only be a King of Yan.

"I originally thought you were going to take the fourth child overseas, but I didn't expect you to send him to the south of Tibet."

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Gang with some surprise.

"I've thought about it, it's not impossible."

"It all depends on whether our brothers can demonstrate their abilities."

"If they also have the talent to be generals, I still want to take the fourth child overseas."

Zhu Gang smiled again.

"Ah."

Zhu Biao immediately rolled his eyes at Zhu Gang, but nodded without objection.

"Then those bastards in our family can be sent out to gain experience for a year."

"Let them also experience the suffering of the people."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly spoke.

This was something that had been decided earlier, but due to being busy, it was not implemented.

And now that the outer confinement has been decided, it's time to let them out to gain some experience.

Otherwise, if you always have this bastard personality, how can you become successful?

"Ah."

Zhu Biao and Zhu Gang looked at each other and nodded one after another, "Okay."

"Okay, this is not the most important thing."

"The most important thing now is that you two must quickly give me a grandson."

While everyone was talking and laughing, Empress Ma held Xie Yuer's hand, glared at Zhu Gang fiercely, and then spoke earnestly. This sentence made Xie Yuer blush, and she immediately lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Yes."

"State affairs are state affairs, and family affairs are family affairs."

"If there is anything, you don't have to do everything yourself. If the boss can't handle it, we are still here."

"The most important thing for you now is to let me hold my grandson."

Zhu Yuanzhang also came to his senses and grabbed Zhu Gang's hand.

"Dad and Mom, don't worry."

Zhu Gang rolled his eyes.

In the past, it was about urging people to get married, and now it’s about having grandchildren.

Who knows what it will be in the future.

Zhu Gang got a headache just thinking about it.

However, there were also people who were more anxious than Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma.

Of course it’s not Zhu Gang, but Xie Yuer.

But in Zhu Gang's words, you should take care of your body first and then have children.

After all, in history, Xie Yu'er passed away after giving birth to Zhu Jihui.

Zhu Jihui was also a grandson raised by Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, and was very much loved by the old couple.

In name, Zhu Jihui was not only Zhu Gang's eldest son in the Zhu family, but also Zhu Yuanzhang's second eldest grandson.

Therefore, in order to prevent Xie Yuer from dying, Zhu Gang has been taking care of Xie Yuer's health.

"Mother, my wife knows."

Xie Yuer also responded with a red face.

"From now on, don't call me mother, just call me mother."

Queen Ma shook her head, gently pinched Xie Yuer's cheek and smiled.

"Yes, just call me daddy and mommy."

"The eldest son's wife and the second son's wife are all called that, and you are no exception."

"Don't listen to your father's nonsense about observing etiquette. Don't forget that you are not only the Princess of Jin, you are also our daughter-in-law."

Zhu Yuanzhang also shouted with some dissatisfaction.

"Mom and Dad."

Xie Yuer bit her lip and called out softly.

"That's right, don't be so reserved, we are all family."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction.

"By the way, my eldest cousin sent back a memorial that the tax system in eastern Zhejiang, where officials and gentry pay taxes on a per-acre basis, is almost complete."

"It has also been promoted to surrounding areas, so Hu Weiyong does not have to go back to eastern Zhejiang."

"Moreover, Hu Weiyong committed acts of corruption and abuse of power in setting the land tax rate in Jiangnan and requiring officials and gentry to pay taxes together."

"The Royal Guards have already found out."

"In addition, the evidence of Hu Weiyong's forming a clique for personal gain and excluding dissidents has been confirmed."

"There is also the case of the empty seal. These officials are about to enter the capital, but there is no news of any disturbance in the court."

"So once they arrive in Beijing, we can implement it."

At this moment, Zhu Biao spoke again.

"Take action against Hu Weiyong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang also raised his head and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"it's time."

"Each of the charges is enough to crush him to death."

"And Tu Jie and Chen Ning from the Censorate can also be killed. After all, they are Hu Weiyong's followers."

Zhu Gang also raised his head and said.

"Then do it."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't waste any words and spoke decisively.

……

After getting slightly tipsy from drinking in Kunning Palace, Zhu Gang and Xie Yuer returned to Prince Jin's Mansion in their own carriage.

"Your Highness, Mr. Gongshuqi came to see you before and said that he had made something and wanted you to take a look at it."

Just after returning to Prince Jin's Mansion, the guard in front of the door reported to Zhu Gang.

"This scroll king!"

"If he comes again, tell him that I'm drunk and will come back tomorrow!"

"Yu'er, let's go. Let's have a good rest tonight and not see anyone."

The corner of Zhu Gang's mouth twitched, and as he spoke, he pulled Xie Yuer into the room.

Without the disturbance of Gongshu Qi, the King of Rolls, Zhu Gang spent a very comfortable night, as if he was back to his wedding night not long ago.

The next morning, Gongshu Qi came to visit again, and Zhu Gang had no choice but to meet him.

"Your Highness Prince Jin, this is the design of the storage area that I created according to your design."

"Now, can we start assembling the typesetting press?"

Gongshu Qi rubbed his hands, looking quite excited.

Gongshuqi had already seen the design of the entire typewriting and printing press, and was so amazed by its exquisiteness that he clapped his hands several times.

I can't wait to start assembling this magical machine that can increase typesetting efficiency by dozens of times.

"Well, it's really good."

"In that case, go get ready. We will start assembling the typewriter."

Zhu Gang took the character storage area made by Gongshuqi and examined it over and over again, and found that it was almost identical to what he had designed.

Except for the slight difference in size, it completely meets Zhu Gang's requirements.

As expected, as a descendant of Lu Ban, Gongshu Qi was not that simple. Although he was a locksmith, he could also do other things very quickly.

It turns out that this is what is called being only interested in lock making and knowing little about other things.

So, the highest level of proficiency is called “basic understanding”, right?
In this case, there is nothing to hesitate about and just start. After all, Zhu Gang is also looking forward to the early release of the typewriting and printing press.

Tread-tap-

"Hmm! Third brother, you are already preparing to assemble the latest typewriter. Is the efficiency so fast?"

Zhu Biao walked in from outside, looked at Gongshu Qi's back as he left, and said to Zhu Gang.

"I can't help it. I don't want to do it so quickly, but my subordinates are too eager."

"Boss, what are you doing here?"

Zhu Gang rubbed his brows.

"Well, I encountered some problems when promoting Ming Pinyin."

A trace of helplessness appeared on Zhu Biao's face.

"What happened."

Zhu Gang asked with some curiosity.

Aren’t they just pinyin letters?

What could go wrong with promoting pinyin?
"Alas! It's like this. I found that even in Yingtian Prefecture, the accents of different counties are different, which has caused certain obstacles to the teaching of Daming Pinyin."

"If this is extended to the entire Ming Dynasty, it will be very difficult."

Zhu Biao sighed softly.

"That's it."

Zhu Gang held his forehead with one hand.

Only then did I remember that there was no such saying in the Ming Dynasty: "Learning Mandarin well will make things convenient for you and me."

Therefore, except for students who were taking imperial examinations, basically no one would deliberately learn the Ming Dynasty official language.

"It seems that we need to promote our Ming official language on a large scale. Different pronunciations are not acceptable."

Zhu Gang spread his hands, indicating that he had no good solution either.

There is no good solution to the problem of dialect differences in later generations.

People can only learn Mandarin, there is no shortcut.

"This... If you want to promote it on a large scale, I'm afraid it will be difficult. The tones and rhymes of different dialects cannot be completely matched one to one."

"The pronunciation of our Ming Mandarin is actually OK in the north, but the language in Lingnan is complicated and the pronunciation is obscure, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to match it."

Zhu Biao said to Zhu Gang.

Zhu Gang also frowned. The dialect differences in that place were indeed quite large.

Some people even claim that theirs is not a dialect but an independent language.

"Phew! Don't worry about them. Whatever we can promote is fine. Our Ming Dynasty has done its best. What they can learn is up to them."

Zhu Gang let out a long sigh.

The official language of the Ming Dynasty must be promoted. As for the extent to which it can be promoted, that depends on human efforts and fate.

After all, if you want to make those people who have low education and can barely read and write learn the pronunciation of Mandarin, it would be very difficult unless you directly bring them here to live for a period of time.

(End of this chapter)