"This time it is indeed different from the divine state. It is comfortable."
Zhu Houcong was lying on the recliner at this group meeting, sighing at the difference in life.
This time the group meeting had a different twist.
In front of us is the endless sea with rugged waves.
The cool wind was blowing in front of him. A loft was built in the mountain forest not far from the beach. There were seats and deck chairs at the highest point of the loft. Zhu Houcong lay on one of the deck chairs and felt particularly relaxed. He even felt that the air here was full of energy. Somewhat sweet.
It's really sweet.
The spiritual energy here is much richer than that of our own Jiajing Dynasty and the Kangxi Dynasty that we are conquering.
But this place is for meetings, not for practice.
And it’s only for an hour, so what?
If he completes various tasks, the things in Qun Mall will make Zhu Houcong's blood boil even more.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Houcong took a deep breath and quietly waited for the arrival of other group members.
However, before Zhu Houcong had waited for a long time, a figure hurriedly came to the attic from the beach in one breath. Although he seemed to be quite old, his steps were steady and faster than the average young man. They are almost one step ahead.
Zhu Houcong took a closer look and saw that the person coming was none other than Emperor Cheng Zuwen, with whom he had a relatively subtle relationship.
Taizong's temple title shall be taken away severely!
After seeing Zhu Di, Zhu Houcong immediately stood up to greet him, but saw Zhu Di refreshed and said: "This group of meetings has changed the world, which really surprises me!"
"However, the meeting location here is clear. It won't be like last time when many group members couldn't find the meeting location."
Although the previous pavilion and waterside pavilion had a pleasant view, the meeting place was hidden in the deepest part and was difficult to find.
But it's different here, directly at the highest point.
It's very simple. If you can find it, you can find it.
When Zhu Di said this, Zhu Houcong waved his hand and said: "The new scene will be opened after the physical body participates in the meeting. I thought I have never tried it before, so I will give it a try. So far, it looks good."
Zhu Di did not discuss this topic too deeply. Instead, he casually said a few words to Zhu Houcong, and then intentionally or unintentionally directed him to the other side: "Jiajing, the military factory here has started construction. Aren't we fighting a national war? How is the fight going? Do we need weapons and artillery shells?"
The most powerful arms dealer in Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di is online!
"It's not bad. We will set off from outside the customs on the 11th and will already arrive in Beijing."
Zhu Houcong said to Zhu Di, and at the same time he said with some confusion: "Master Yongle, I have punished you before, this time you can only do 1v1, and you can't initiate assistance."
After saying that, Zhu Houcong immediately demonstrated, stretched out his hand and swiped in the air, and an interface immediately appeared.
And above the aid, the words 'No aid' are marked in eye-catching red.
When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately said: "What kind of assistance? We are doing serious business!"
After he finished speaking, Zhu Di's eyes burned, almost like actual flames bursting out, which gave Zhu Houcong a bad premonition.
Zhu Houcong:?
Okay, okay, arms dealer, right?
This was a wake-up call for Zhu Houcong.
yes.
If aid doesn't work, trading can, right?
Then Zhu Di said with great wealth: "Yongle No. 1 hit the flintlock gun. I produced 15,000 guns. They are all good guns."
"There are not many explosive shells, only 1,200."
Zhu Di smiled and said: "In addition, there are muskets, bullets, etc., everything you need. I have built several arsenals on the outskirts of Beijing, and they are working non-stop every day!"
"What's the price?" Zhu Houcong asked immediately.
"Yongle No. 1 has twenty-five taels of silver and three hundred taels of cannonballs."
Zhu Di did not hesitate and directly reported a number: "Short guns are cheaper for you, ten taels of silver; bullets, one tael of silver and twenty!"
After that, Zhu Di added: "Or exchange it for grain at the market price... I am referring to the market price here, not the market price here!"
"I want them all."
Zhu Houcong did not hesitate.
Too cheap.
There are a total of 375,000 taels of flintlock muskets, 360,000 taels of blasting shells, 50,000 taels of short guns, and 25,000 taels of bullets and other items.
Zhu Di's arms are all included, which is only 800,000 taels!
It's not as good as the Chongzhen Dynasty who randomly found a few dog officials to confiscate their homes!
And this amount of money can build an army!
Of course, if you look at it in terms of annual taxes.
Eight hundred thousand is half a year's silver tax.
Today's silver is still very valuable.
It wasn't until those silver mines in Japan and America were discovered and developed that silver began to depreciate in value.
But now that Zhu Houcong knows where Baoshan is, he will naturally not return empty-handed.
"readily!"
Seeing Zhu Houcong's decisiveness, Zhu Di was immediately very satisfied, and then started the transaction without hesitation.
[Group member 'Yongle Emperor Zhu Di' initiates a transaction application from you, the transaction list is as follows:]
[Yongle No. 1 struck fifteen thousand flintlock muskets. 】
[One thousand, two hundred explosive shells, plus five Ming Taizong's mighty cannons. 】
[Five thousand exquisite short muskets. 】
[Fifty thousand lead bullets. 】
[One general is on loan, and the general is designated as: Zhu Gaoxu. 】
[You will pay 800,000 taels of silver. Do you accept this transaction? 】
After Zhu Houcong saw the "Mighty Artillery of Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty", he knew that this should be the self-developed artillery of the Yongle Dynasty, but the name... was not good.
First.
How can a living person use a temple name? Although we all call you Emperor Taizong, we are younger generations, and you can't call yourself that.
second.
You are now Emperor Cheng Zuwen, and your temple title of Taizong has been taken away!
However, considering that these five artillery pieces were gifts, Zhu Houcong reluctantly ignored this issue.
But the bigger problem is the last one.
Zhu Houcong couldn't help but ask: "What happened to the general Zhu Gaoxu? Did you sell your son to me?"
What the hell, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is working as a human trafficker online?
Can you still do this?
"I tried it just now, and it really works. This rental model charges based on the number of days. I looked at it and it seems that it charges based on talent. My son only needs one hundred and fifty taels of silver per day."
Zhu Di said: "Houcong, you are fighting a war. You always need generals, right? My son is a good charger and has a good way of leading troops in battle. He has long wanted to meet the slaves, so he just went with it. Rented to you."
"Grandpa Cheng."
Zhu Houcong reminded: "I am a normal emperor. If you want the King of Han to come to my side so as not to separate from the prince, just say so. There is no need to go through so many complicated procedures... I am also reasonable."
"Now that you know that's great."
When Zhu Di heard this, he couldn't help but said with relief: "As expected of me, he is my blood descendant. In this case, I don't care about changing the temple name."
Seeing that Zhu Di seemed to have misunderstood something, Zhu Houcong shook his head, and then said seriously: "Master Cheng, this landlord's family has no food left, not to mention that I have been fighting in all directions these days. Take a look, go to Chongzhen Dynasty, Jingtai Dynasty, Taiping Dynasty North Korea, now there is a national war again, and wars are happening everywhere, money is being spent like water!"
Come on, do you have to pay for the Chongzhen Dynasty's money?
The Jingtai Dynasty lasted only one day, and the Taiping Dynasty lasted less than half a month. The money was borne by others themselves. You didn't spend a penny, but you made a lot of money.
Zhu Di sighed and said, "Let's be honest, what do you want to do?"
Seeing Zhu Di like this, Zhu Houcong smiled slightly: "The battleship is unsaleable, please help us."
Zhu Di:?
If I sell you this little arms, it can only be regarded as a small fight.
Are you selling my warship directly?
Isn’t this ship worth thousands or even thousands of taels of silver?
I didn't make a penny or two per trip when I co-authored it, but I still had to pay a lot of money back?
Zhu Houcong smiled and said: "In this way, you can change the name of the warship Yongle Ye I produced and treat it as produced by you, and then sell it to other group members...or sell it directly to Westerners?"
"Sold to Westerners?!" Zhu Di's eyes were wary.
Zhu Houcong was very ordinary: "They are all sailboats, and they are all defective products. They were produced for practice. The construction of the armored ships has not yet started."
Zhu Houcong does have a few defective ships in his hands. It is not feasible to add them to the Huangming fleet.
Destroy it on the spot, but I don’t want to part with it.
It's better to sell it and get back the blood.
After hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Zhu Di thought for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I want it!"
The naval technology of the Yongle Dynasty was extremely advanced, and Zheng He's fleet was just a small part of a huge empire.
When Zhu Di bought Zhu Houcong's boat back, he would naturally not sell it again. Instead, he wanted to study whether it could be copied, and then mass-produced and sold.
The 'Mighty Cannon of Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty' was made by craftsmen from the arsenal of the Yongle Dynasty imitating the red cannons brought back from the Chongzhen Dynasty.
After several adjustments, the deal was reached, and Zhu Houcong spent 70,000 taels of silver plus six low-end sail warships (without shipboard guns).
The two parties were very satisfied with the transaction, and Zhu Houcong was also very surprised. The assistance was really useful.
With these 1,200 explosive shells, what city wall can't be blasted open?
Zhu Houcong doesn't have to care about historical relics or anything like that. The cannons are firing at his mother!
And just when Zhu Houcong and Zhu Di reached a deal and started chatting, Zhu Yijun jumped up from downstairs, and with Zhu Yijun was his great grandson Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian had a wry smile on his face and followed Zhu Yijun, which was quite funny.
"Grandpa Huang!"
After Zhu Yijun saw Zhu Houcong, he immediately said with resentment, "Thank you so much, Grandpa Huang, for your previous spiritual assistance."
Every word, Zhu Yijun gritted his teeth.
Yes.
Before Zhu Houcong gave him support, he only needed one morning self-study session, one morning class, and one afternoon class.
After asking Zhu Houcong to support him, in addition to the three classes of studying, he now added an ideological and moral class in the evening. The teacher who taught him was still Hai Rui, who was as hard as a stone in a pit.
Tired, really tired.
Whose children go to class every day, and whose emperor goes to class every day? !
Zhu Yijun felt aggrieved and felt that he was too blue.
It just so happened that during this meeting, Zhu Yijun met Zhu Youjian, so he stopped Zhu Youjian and asked him to talk about what his future would be like.
After hearing Zhu Youjian's description of his various behaviors in the future, Zhu Yijun's eyes widened with envy.
Yes, this is the emperor's life that I envy!
It's just a pity...
After joining this group, I have completely said goodbye to that kind of life.
Life is not easy, life is not easy!
When will I truly be able to speak the Heavenly Constitution?
Seeing Zhu Yijun's resentful figure, Zhu Houcong looked at Zhu Youjian, who smiled awkwardly again.
Bad, telling short stories was discovered again.
Zhu Yijun and Zhu Youjian also found a place to sit down, and then Zhu Yunwen, who had long hair, appeared in their sight.
After two group meetings, Zhu Houxun discovered that Zhu Yunwen had undergone earth-shaking changes from half a year ago.
Although Zhu Yunwen was a bald monk before, he was just a bald monk. He seemed to know that he was delicate and elegant, and that he belonged to the eldest son of a wealthy family.
And now Zhu Yunwen, with his body of tendon meat, looks very powerful. Those who know him know that he is Emperor Jianwen, who is famous in history, and those who don't know think he is a certain general.
Zhu Yunwen clasped his hands together, performed a customary Buddhist salute, and then said: "I have met you all, and I have met my fourth uncle."
The emperors nodded, and even Zhu Yijun pretended to be a young adult and asked Zhu Yunwen to take his seat.
The last ones to come were Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Qiyu felt refreshed and seemed to have a few more pregnant concubines, while Zhu Yuanzhang's face was unhappy and gloomy, and he looked very angry.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang like this, Zhu Di couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "Dad, who has made you unhappy again? Tell your son, and your son will teach him a lesson!"
Zhu Di looked upright, as if he were a filial son and a virtuous grandson.
"We wanted to hurry up and finish the National War, but unexpectedly, they told us that Houkong is fighting, and if we want to fight, we have to wait until Houkong finishes... What do you think this is? "
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and then said: "Let us fight next, and you don't get involved!"
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, everyone had no objections and nodded one after another, indicating that Zhu Yuanzhang would come next.
"It seems that everyone is here, let's start the meeting."
Except for Zhu Biao, who was one time away from the meeting, all the other members of the meeting group were present, and Zhu Houcong began to announce the start of the meeting.
There was nothing mind-blowing about this meeting.
After all, no new people were invited to join the group this time, so there was no urgency for a while. Everyone regarded this time as a trade fair, and Zhu Yijun, a naughty kid, was very generous and gave each person one hundred thousand taels of silver as soon as he came. , that’s called a wealthy person.
Who doesn’t want the free money?
Everyone praised Zhu Yijun as a good boy. Zhu Yijun was beaming with joy and giggled in an instant.
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said: "Youjian, how is the second child at your place, and what is the situation at your place?"
"Great Ancestor, the King of Qin is brave and invincible. He assisted King Li Fulin of Jin to repel Hauge's attacks three or four times. Instead, he got closer and moved the seat of King Li Fulin of Jin to Ninggu Pagoda!"
Zhu Youjian said: "The Western bandits and intruders have been put down. The intruder Li Zicheng is missing. According to the captured high-ranking general of the intruders, Li Zicheng is disheartened and plans to return to the mountains and forests with gold, silver and jewelry to work on farming." .”
"As for Zhang Xianzhong, he led the remaining troops to cross the mountains and went to Tubo. He destroyed the chieftains of Kham and occupied the land of Kham. Then he wrote a letter proclaiming his surrender and wishing to remain a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty forever."
After saying that, Zhu Youjian paused again and continued: "Ancestors, I have captured hundreds of thousands of Western and Shun thieves. What should we do?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "They are just hungry refugees who are not selective about food. In the final analysis, it is your fault. Please forgive me."
Zhu Houcong also nodded.
Zhu Houxuan didn't have a high dislike for the Dashun Army and the Daxi Army.
After all, at the darkest moment in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, both Dashun and Daxi all united and accepted the command of Nan Ming to carry out the anti-Qing movement.
This is national justice!
It's a bit ridiculous to say that.
In the Southern Ming Dynasty, the two most powerful anti-Qing armies were one from the Shun Army and the Xi Army, the former peasant uprising army; the other was led by Zheng Chenggong, the pirate group who succeeded Zheng Zhilong.
And the troops that really belong to the Ming Dynasty.
But it became the green camp of hundreds of thousands of people in the Qing Dynasty, sharpening their swords to the south.
Sure enough, the rogues guard the country, and the pirates die for the country!
Therefore, Zhu Houcong felt that there was no need to treat the prisoners and surrendered soldiers of the Shun Army and the Western Army harshly. After all, if the Ming court had not done a lot of tricks, why would the honest peasants embark on the path of rebellion?
Just kill the first culprit.
Such as Zhang Xianzhong.
When Sichuan was massacred, it was depopulated. According to statistics, Sichuan had a population of six million in the late Ming Dynasty, but by the household registration statistics in the early Qing Dynasty, there were only 90,000 people in Sichuan.
Zhang Xianzhong must have been killed, but the number of people killed would definitely not be as high as recorded.
Naturally, the main force to massacre Shu was led by Qing.
As for why it is now written that Zhang Xianzhong did it?
After all, how could I possibly do such a thing to the Land of Abundance if I lead Qing Yingming Shenwu? It's all Zhang Xianzhong's fault, he is really a murderer!
What?
Are you talking about the Yangzhou Ten Days, Jiading Three Massacres, and Guangzhou Massacre?
Can't hear, can't hear at all.
If you dare to mention these things to the leader, it will be up to you whether your whole family will die with you.
Bad luck, all three tribes have to die together.
Zhu Houcong took a deep breath and then said: "Zhang Xianzhong is not allowed to become a minister. Kham has long been the soil of our Ming Dynasty. How can we tolerate the existence of vassal states in the land of Ming Dynasty? Let Zhang Xianzhong go to the Middle East and North Africa. If he can survive to Words there.”
Although Zhu Youjian didn't know the location of the Middle East and North Africa, he understood that he should head west and nodded immediately.
After finishing speaking, Zhu Houcong looked at the emperors and suddenly remembered a key situation.
"There are several emperors who have not fought. I feel that the chieftain system should be abolished and 'reform the soil and return to the country'."
Zhu Houcong raised his voice and said: "Under the rule of our Ming Dynasty, these chieftains have never achieved any merit, so how can they be hereditary and irreplaceable earth-cracking princes? All hereditary and irreplaceable earth-cracking princes should be the ones who have made great contributions to our Ming Dynasty!" "
Yes.
Although there are many chieftains who are devoted to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will naturally treat these chieftains leniently.
But for the vast majority of toasts, it’s better to replace it.
(End of chapter)
