The Prince of Dai was also a thorn in the side. Chang Yu looked down on this little eunuch when he was in Dasi. Even though Chang Yu killed Jiang Gu in anger and shocked a bunch of young eunuchs, it was nothing to the Prince of the feudal lord. At that time, his father He only said that he could get close to this person, but he didn't like Chang Yu. It was mainly due to his inner sense of superiority. So what if he was the governor of Dongchang? Wei Zhongxian had not seen Dongchang rise for so many years. What a splash, the whole country is seriously ill and dying, and a small government office can only show its prestige among the common people.
But who knows...
In just half a year, things have changed dramatically.
At that time, the fledgling eunuch dared to kill Jiang Gan. He thought he was very awesome, but later he saw that it was just an appetizer.
Finally a massacre!
His ruthless reputation shocked the world.
How dare Zhu Yixun underestimate Chang Yu at this time? If someone wants to punish him or the entire palace, they can always find a way to make this line extinct!
So his father asked him to come, and he came immediately. He left the city before dawn and ran all the way to Yanghewei. It was already dark.
"Zhu Yixun, the Prince of Datong, has met the Governor." Zhu Yixun has lost his former rebelliousness and bowed to Chang Yu in the hall with a well-behaved look. His father was the vassal king Chang Yu and wanted to bow to him when he saw him, but he is not qualified now. He must pay tribute to this eunuch who is still a few years younger than him.
Chang Yu disliked Zhu Yixun very much, not from the first sight. In addition to what his father and son did when the bandit army besieged the city in history, this prince who was about the same age as Jin Wang Zhu Shenxuan had a sinister temperament in him, which made him People are unhappy.
Zhu Cixiang watched from the side as his eldest nephew, who was several years older than him, greeted Chang Yu with a respectful expression. He felt mixed feelings and even felt a little uneasy. He seemed to cough lightly: "Hey, eldest nephew, I am your uncle, come here. Kowtow!”
According to the generation ranking given by Lao Zhu to their twenty-six sons, Jin Wang Zhu Shenxuan, Dai Wang Zhu Chuanji and Prince Zhu Cixiang are the same generation. The Dai Wang Crown Prince will call the uncle Prince Chongzhen Emperor Grandpa.
Zhu Yixun never thought that the fair little eunuch next to Chang Yu was the Ming Dynasty Prince. He didn't even take a second look. His whole attention was on Chang Yu. Although Chang Yu didn't like him, he didn't like him because the prince was beside him. It's easy to put on airs and show off. After all, they are all members of the royal family. If they are too pretentious, they will be in trouble if they go back to Zhu Cixiang and tell his father.
For the emperor, no matter how much he dislikes his own people, no matter how much he hates them, even if he wants to kill them, it is his own family's business, and outsiders must not interfere, let alone let his servants ride on their heads to make a fuss!
To put it simply, I can say that I am ugly, but others cannot!
This is an absolute forbidden area!
"We haven't seen each other for a few months. The prince has become much more stable. How are you, Mr. Dai Wang?" Chang Yu quickly stood up to greet Zhu Yixun and served tea in person, which surprised the prince. According to impressions and rumors, this eunuch was not a good one. Yu Zhiren never imagined that there was a prince next to him who was staring at the little eunuch and did not dare to show off.
"Father, everything is going very well. I look forward to the Lord Governor coming to Datong every day. It can be said that I am looking forward to it!" Prince Dai chuckled, and Chang Yu laughed: "I have long wanted to go to Datong to meet with Prince Dai, but there is no official business. Being busy and procrastinating turns all the autumn water into winter water."
"It's good to come, it's good to come. My father is waiting on the couch in Datong, saying he wants to have a nice drink with the Governor!"
"This wine must be good. The acting prince has helped the court a lot before. If you don't drink the wine of the public or private, you must drink the wine of the acting prince!" To be honest, Chang Yu didn't have a good impression of the acting prince Zhu Chuanji. But after all, he had defrauded others of so much food and money, and as he said, these food and wages were of great use and helped a lot. From this perspective, he was still very grateful to the king. Although King Zhu Shenxuan of Jin and King Heng Zhu Youyi once wanted to spend all his money to support him, but after all, he was helping them defend the city. If the city was destroyed, their family would really be ruined!
Even though Zhu Youli, the king of virtue in Jinan, had his flesh cut off, it was Chang Yu who exchanged Liu Zeqing's benefits for him.
But what about the acting king?
What do I care about!
Meat was cut in vain!
It was late at night. When Shi Kefa and Yang Zhenwei came back from the military camp, they were very surprised to learn that the Prince Dai had arrived. After greeting him, they said polite words and then went back to rest. Chang Yu and the Prince Dai, who were left alone in the hall, continued to chat. Oh, next to them. There is also a little eunuch who serves.
Naturally, Chang Yu would not chat so much with Prince Dai, but about the coal mine. Before Princess Jin's Palace returned to Taiyuan, she had quickly reported the news to Prince Dai's Palace in Datong, but Zhu Chuanji hesitated. At the time of the decision, the King of Jin sent someone to invite him to meet.
The vassal king is not allowed to leave the country without authorization. This is the ancestral rule and must not be violated. Otherwise, the emperor will be in the hands of the emperor. They can use it to mess with you at any time. It can be small or big. If it is small, you will be deprived of the title and demoted to a commoner. If it is big, you will be punished. It's just a matter of words to confiscate your family and destroy your ancestors.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, the vassal king is strict with himself. He can make other mistakes but not this one, even secretly, because every vassal prince's fiefdom is watched overtly and covertly by guards and fans.
But these two brothers are not afraid, why?
Since the two fiefdoms are connected, let's go to the junction and have a good chat.
The so-called junction of Datong and Taiyuan is not as detailed as the satellite aerial photography planning in this era, but there is still a place that is clear at a glance, Yanmen Pass!
Inside the pass, that is, the north of Yanmen Pass belongs to Datong Prefecture, and outside the pass is Taiyuan Prefecture.
So the two of them went to Yanmen Pass and talked for several hours in the gate to come up with the big framework for cooperation. As for the small details, they would slowly adjust them in the future. After the meeting at Yanmen Pass, the two of them returned to their fiefdoms and immediately started working on mining matters, surveying, and recruiting workers. , in less than a month, a considerable amount of coal has been mined and can be loaded and transported to the capital at any time.
The two of them chatted unknowingly until late at night. Zhu Yixun resigned and went back to their rooms to rest. Zhu Cihong tossed and turned: "Is this coal business really profitable?"
"I'm making money all the time. You know, my previous dream was to be a coal boss in Shanxi, and people called me a rich man!" Chang Yu said with a smile.
Zhu Cixiang frowned: "But if the coal business is really so profitable, someone should have done it long ago. Will it be your turn?"
Chang Yu fell into deep thought and then said after a while: "We need publicity and promotion. We must first change the living habits of the people and switch from burning wood to burning charcoal. Then they will slowly find that burning charcoal is more cost-effective, convenient and environmentally friendly... However, If this coal business is too big and not very environmentally friendly..."
"Environmental protection?" Zhu Cixi didn't understand again.
"In order to protect the environment, we have to cut down trees to burn firewood and charcoal. It causes too much damage to the environment. When too many trees are cut down and soil is lost, the mountains become bare and turn into high loess slopes..."
Loess high slope?
These topics are too new and unfamiliar to Zhu Cixiang. It is impossible for him to even understand why we need to protect the environment. What’s wrong with cutting down trees?
That's because he didn't know how harsh the natural environment of Shanxi-Gansu would be hundreds of years later. The loess was rolling in with no green leaves visible. The academic community held two attitudes towards the historical appearance of the Loess Plateau. For a time, the forests were lush. The other group believes that due to geological problems it is impossible to have vast forests and only grasslands, but they all agree that the forests and grasslands here before the Ming Dynasty, that is, the greening rate, were much greater than they are now, because only at the end of the 20th century According to the survey conducted, more than 20 million acres of forest only accounted for 3% of the total area, but it was far more than it is today.
As for how the forest disappeared, in addition to natural factors, man-made is the biggest culprit. After the middle Ming Dynasty, the population in areas such as plains, river valleys and low hills has become quite dense. Many landless farmers have poured into the forest to open up wasteland, and the largest among them is Logging, burning charcoal, and making paper^ By the Qing Dynasty, the migration from the plains to the mountains reached a climax. The forests in the middle reaches of the Yellow River were almost cleared of trees. In modern times, mining...
Chang Yu believes that the current scale of mining is far less than the damage to nature caused by logging and burning charcoal.
And he needs to boost the Ming Dynasty's economy. Even if it has a certain impact on the environment, he still has to make some sacrifices. For a while in later generations, we just traded the environment for the economy, and now we are spending money to repair the environment.
Chang Yu said a lot, and some even contradicted himself. Zhu Cihong was confused and confused after listening to it. Although he couldn't understand some of it, he felt that what Chang Yu said was right. As a fan, he believed this guy unconditionally. .
But how to change people's living habits and switch to burning coal? The curious prince asked another question.
Chang Yu blurted out without thinking: Use soft and hard tactics.
