When Liu Jinzhong was stupidly deceived by Eunuch Pang, Zhu Heji had just led a group of Chaozhou Zhu clan men to pay homage to Zhu Yuanzhang's memorial tablet, and together they left their names on a brand new genealogy.
There is only one tablet, that of Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty!
The reason for this is because from today on, these Zhu Ming disciples who have officially taken root in Chaozhou only have Zhu Yuanzhang as a common ancestor! These people are the descendants of Zhu Ming from many vassal palaces. Now we all settled in Chaozhou together and started the Chaozhou Zhu family together. Therefore, the only ancestor we can worship together is Zhu Yuanzhang.
After paying homage to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Heji took out the imperial edict issued in the name of the third prince Zhu and announced that he was ordered to become the patriarch of the Zhu family in Chaozhou!
King Zhu Tian is the head of the Zhu Ming clan in the world...although the Zhu Ming clan in the world doesn't know where they are scattered? I don’t know how much is left? But you can't pretend they don't exist.
According to the plan, every time the Ming Dynasty conquered a province, it would find some of Zhu Yuanzhang's troubled descendants to allocate a large piece of land there to establish a clan and spread its branches.
Although these Zhu Ming clans will receive some support from the royal family - mainly educational support. But there will no longer be hard-core salaries and hereditary official positions, and there will not even be any loopholes in tax exemptions.
In theory, they're just regular people...with a little background. As for whether you will rise to great heights, plow the countryside, or be reduced to weaving mats and selling shoes, it all depends on your destiny.
The Zhu clan in every province will have a clan leader.
After announcing that he had become the head of the Zhu family in Chaozhou, Guangdong (all the descendants of Zhu Ming in Guangdong are now gathered in Chaozhou), Zhu Heji spent some time reasoning with everyone and painting a pie. Of course, the most real family affection in the world is also indispensable - a big red envelope!
Fortunately, all the descendants of Zhu Ming in this generation have suffered greatly. The glory and wealth of their ancestors have become distant memories. Being able to live peacefully as ordinary citizens without being chased by the lackeys of the Qing court has become a luxury. .
Moreover, the fathers and ancestors of these people were not big sects - not many of the big sects had died long ago, and the rest were just small fish and shrimps. Even if the Ming Dynasty is still there, they will not lose a few benefits.
It is extremely difficult to obtain a hard-core salary and an ancestral official title... Although in theory you can be granted the title of Lieutenant of Fengguo, you can't stand up to the superiors not acting in accordance with the "theory"!
Now not only have their extravagant wishes come true, but they also have houses and land, many people have become officials, and the young men in the clan also have a place to go to school... Those hard-working men who have been bachelors for many years, overnight The relationship became so popular that people who wanted to propose marriage almost broke through the gate of the surrounding building.
This life is much better than those in the late Ming Dynasty that were so poor that they were almost begging for food, and they are getting more and more hopeful.
Life is like this, you can still win, what else is there to be dissatisfied about?
Moreover, the saying "the favor of rice rises and the hatred of rice rises" also makes sense. The benefits Zhu Heji gave to these poor relatives were equivalent to "shengmi"... That was truly a gift of renewal!
In addition, Zhu Heji still has a lot of "rice" in his hands. It depends on who performs well and is willing to work hard!
Therefore, each of these Zhu family clan members worked hard to perform, which really gave Zhu Heji enough face, so he just had to "kneel down and lick him".
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"My eldest son, I have no great ambitions and no great abilities. I have no control over the affairs of Fujian Province... I just want to restore my ancestral business and become a wealthy businessman with titles and titles like my grandfather." I am satisfied.”
In a main room of the largest gated building in the center of Zhucuo Village, the man who said that he had no ambitions was a thin, middle-aged man with bulging cheekbones on his face.
This man is the man whom Batulu Aobai Ao Shaobao, the first of the Qing Dynasty, is most afraid of - Zheng Jing, the king of Yanping County in the Ming Dynasty!
Well, because Ao Bai was afraid of Zheng Jing's invasion, he instituted a self-inflicted maritime ban, which devastated the coasts of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places.
Fortunately, Zheng Jingzhen didn't have much ability, and the conflict with his father, Zheng Chenggong, severely damaged the Zheng family's vitality.
Otherwise, Obai's self-inflicted sea ban might become an opportunity for Zheng Ming's rise!
And listening to the words of Zheng Jing, who had "never had any great ambitions", was Zhu Heji, who was a little bit dumbfounded - he had never had any great ambitions. Don't you, Zheng Jing, know who your grandfather Zheng Zhilong was?
That's the richest man in the world!
Does the richest man know? And it's world-class.
The business he did was similar to that of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company... They were all good deals of "overseas purchase for zero dollars", and he also received the protection fee from the Dutch East India Company.
But having said that, Zheng Jing's current request can really be met by Zhu Heji. Because Zhu Heji happens to have the core competitiveness of the "overseas zero-yuan purchase" industry!
"King Yanping, we Ming people do not speak secretly." Zhu Heji said with a smile: "First, the Gujia will give you the military, political and financial power of the four prefectures of Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Xinghua and Taiwan of Yanping Prince. The specific method is to establish The post of General Manager of Southern Fujian is in charge of the military, political and financial power of the four prefectures of Zhangzhou, Quan, Xing and Tai. From now on, this position will be recommended by the Yanping Palace and will take office immediately after approval by the meeting of bachelors.
Second, Gu family chartered your family to establish a Nanyang Trading Company... Please refer to the East India Trading Company for various regulations of this Nanyang Trading Company. All transactions that the Dutch and British East India Trading Companies can do, your family's Nanyang Trading Company can do it, and it can do it freely. The court will support you! "
Let’s talk for a while. Zheng Jing has been "surprised", he doesn't have such big ambitions! The "ancestral property" he mentioned was actually the Fujian General Soldier (the only General Soldier in Fujian) plus Taiwan Island, plus some territories and industries along the coast of Fujian.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Heji was so interesting that he directly gave him the title of General Manager of the Fourth Palace, and also said that he would support him in setting up a Nanyang Trading Company to compete with the Dutch and English... But now the Zheng family can compete with others. ?
Seeing Zheng Jing in a daze, Zhu Heji knew that this "unambitious" King Yanping was a little afraid of imperialism and was not sure about winning the "zero yuan shopping market" in Nanyang.
So he smiled and said: "King Yanping, don't worry... The support of the imperial court is not something you talk about casually. The Gu family is currently developing a rocket specifically designed to hit warships, which is to put the rocket in a cast iron pipe and launch it , so that you can aim and shoot flatly, and you can even make a joint installation. That is to connect six or nine cast iron pipes in parallel, and fire out six to nine rockets at the same time. The wooden ships of the Westerners cannot withstand such weapons at all. , so Nanyang can definitely be snatched away."
The weapon Zhu Heji mentioned is almost his ultimate golden finger - the original version of the Type 63 rocket launcher! Install sugar-powder rockets in parallel cast iron tubes. It is best to equip the sugar-powder rockets with mercury fulminate fuzes... Dozens of these will be brought to the battlefield and bombarded squarely. What kind of thing? Even the Eight Banners soldiers can't stop it!
It should be first-class for anti-ship use. The wooden-hulled ships of these days cannot withstand the bombardment of an explosive bomb filled with sugar!
Of course, Zhu Heji is giving a concept now. Samples will not be available for three to five years, and mass production is even further away.
But this concept alone has already made Zheng Jing and Chen Yonghua very excited.
The two of them looked at each other, and Zheng Jing stood up suddenly and bowed to Zhu Heji: "The prince has entrusted me with the sea and regards my Zheng family as my confidant. If I betray my gratitude to the Zheng family, , not only shameless in the world, but also disdainful of his father and ancestors (Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhilong are looking at Zheng Jing coldly in the sky).
I have nothing to repay, so I am willing to dedicate my cousin Jiaxin to serve the prince... Please do not refuse, prince! "
Zheng Jing's requirements are really "not high"... He even proposed marriage!
However, the woman he brought out for marriage seemed to have "returned" to Zhu Heji long ago.
"Okay!" Zhu Heji nodded lightly, "Jiaxin is a beauty in the world. She loves Gu very much and has long wanted to take her in. Then let her follow the Gu family in the name of Princess Yanping's palace!"
Zheng Jing was overjoyed when he heard this: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will handle this matter smoothly for you."
Zhu Heji waved his hand, "This matter is not urgent... The most urgent task now is how to trick Geng Jingzhong on the road!"
"Deceive Geng Jingzhong into going on the road?" Zheng Jing was stunned, "What road are you going to take? And how to deceive him?"
