"Do you want to do business with the grassland because you want to be an enemy?" Before he could ask him why the two of them were here, Zhu Shouqian asked again.
Judging from this momentum, I have to ask Zhu Su for an answer.
Nowadays, the situation between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty is tense, and all kinds of materials are strictly prohibited from being exported outside the customs. If anyone transports grain, grass or weapons outside the customs, he will immediately be punished as a collaborator.
"...I really want to do some business with the herdsmen on the grassland." Zhu Su explained patiently. "But it's not to aid the enemy. It's because of other considerations. Things like food, grass, ordnance will never be transported."
"Even if it's not food, grass or weapons, it's wrong to trade with Yuan people!" Zhu Shouqian frowned. "You are the king of the Zhu family. My uncle worked hard to expel the Meng Yuan Dynasty and establish the Ming Dynasty. How can you do such a thing to support the enemy?"
Zhu Su did not expect that this stubborn Zhu Shouqian would be so concerned about the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Shouqian was staring at him, his eyes were blood red, as if Zhu Su was about to punch him if he couldn't give him a reasonable explanation.
"Amitabha, His Highness King Jingjiang, please don't be impatient." It was Yao Guangxiao who stopped Zhu Shouqian. "Your Highness, the Fifth Highness, is talented and intelligent, and is not an ordinary person. He must have his own considerations in doing this. Did Your Highness forget to abstain from anger? Only in this way can the spiritual platform be kept clear and the inner demons will not arise."
"...That's what Master Daoyan said." The naughty Zhu Shouqian was actually persuaded. He took a deep breath and returned the Buddhist salute to Yao Guangxiao. After adjusting his tone, he turned to Zhu Su and apologized: "Shou Qian made frivolous remarks and bumped into my fifth uncle. I hope you can forgive me."
"Uncle Wu, can you tell me your plans? I have an impulsive personality, and it is inevitable that what I see will be biased..."
Zhu Su was so shocked that Yao Guangxiao could actually subdue the rebellious Zhu Tiezhu! You must know that Zhu Tiezhu has never been so well-behaved in front of Deng Yu. He glanced at Yao Guangxiao in surprise and wariness, and finally solved Zhu Tiezhu's confusion. "You should already know about the arrogance, extravagance and greed for pleasure that the Meng Yuan Dynasty had ruled the Central Plains for decades, right?"
"I know." Zhu Shouqian said. "The traitors of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty oppressed the people and plundered the people's fat and anointed people, causing great anger and resentment. My great-uncle raised troops north to drive out the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty according to God's will, and restored the prosperity of the Han people. This matter is well known to the people of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Su nodded. "The imperial court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty fled, and the wealthy households of the Northern Yuan Dynasty could only bring gold, silver and soft goods with them in a hurry. They were accustomed to living a wealthy life in the Central Plains, so they were allowed to continue to wear the smelly furs and eat food on the grasslands. Who can be happy with those rough foods? They must miss the life they once had in Guan in their hearts."
"If at this time, a caravan brings many silks, porcelain and other things from the pass to the outside..."
"Tell me, those poor wealthy households in Beiyuan who only have gold and silver left, would they be willing to exchange the moldy gold in their hands?"
"Uncle Wu wants to..." Zhu Shouqian's eyes lit up. "Using things like silk and porcelain to earn real money from wealthy households in the Northern Yuan Dynasty?"
"Not bad." Zhu Su smiled very meanly. "Silk porcelain is just something to satisfy vanity. Those people are used to enjoying these things, but they will definitely buy them even if the price is raised when they suddenly lose their nostalgia. And when these gold and silver are in our hands, we can use them to build buildings School, making swords..."
Zhu Shouqian's eyes flashed with admiration. "Uncle Wu is far-sighted, it's me, Meng Lang!"
He confessed his crime, bowed to Yao Guangxiao, turned around and left. Looking at his back, he is no longer as lonely and gloomy as before, but has a faint air of bravery and ease.
Zhu Su was stunned for a moment.
"Monk, what did you say to Tiezhu?" Zhu Su looked at Yao Guangxiao with an unkind look. Historically, his good friend Zhu Di was not in Zhuangzi, so he did not restrict Yao Guangxiao's personal freedom, but only used his position as a groom to humiliate him.
Unexpectedly, Yao Guangxiao would hook up with Zhu Shouqian. I forgot that Zhu Shouqian was also a prince. Could it be that this monk was evil and wanted to instigate Zhu Shouqian to practice his so-called dragon-slaying technique?
Seemingly sensing Zhu Su's thoughts, Yao Guangxiao smiled bitterly and called out the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, His Highness the Fifth Prince has misunderstood."
"The King of Jingjiang has a demon in his heart, and the poor monk just gave him a few words of enlightenment by chance. Just because he didn't want to continue wasting time in the stable, he shamelessly asked the King of Jingjiang to bring the poor monk to meet His Highness."
"By coincidence, I heard what His Highness was discussing in the palace. I hope you won't criticize King Jingjiang harshly. This is the sin of a poor monk."
Zhu Su looked at him carefully, but he was already seventy-eight percent convinced. It was no secret that he summoned the representatives of the village to meet. There were Wang Gui's two sons waiting outside the door. It was normal for Zhu Shouqian to bring Yao Guangxiao to see him and for the guards not to stop him.
"You want to find me? What's the matter?" But even so, Zhu Su would not easily believe Yao Guangxiao, so he still looked at him suspiciously.
"I originally wanted to come forward and come up with a plan to increase revenue and reduce expenditure for His Highness... But now it seems that His Highness has a good plan in mind, but the young monk overstepped it." Yao Guangxiao bowed his head and said respectfully.
"It's just that His Highness wants to do business outside the customs. He doesn't just want to make some hard-earned money by selling some silk porcelain, right?" There was a glint in his raised eyes.
What a monk Daoyan, he is indeed Yao Guangxiao, who was later called the demon monk! Zhu Su secretly praised him, and at the same time he became more vigilant. But he said: "Oh? What other profound meanings can I have? Where did you know it?"
"I don't know what the profound meaning is. But there are two loopholes in His Highness's words." Yao Guangxiao talked eloquently. "First of all, now that there is a bank of silver in the village, even if it is really profitable to trade outside the customs, it will take several months to go back and forth. How can distant water quench the thirst of the near?"
"Secondly, the poor monk heard that His Highness purchased chariots and horses in Yingtian City, and now he has summoned soldiers for such a big move. It cannot be just a small fight. As for the profound meaning of His Highness, whose wisdom is as deep as the sea, the poor monk really cannot guess. "After that, he bowed respectfully to Zhu Su.
Zhu Su looked at the monk with a half-smile. Indeed, going out to do business stirred up the arrogance and extravagance of the nobles of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. This was a high-sounding excuse prepared by him for the princes of the DPRK. After all, the imperial court did not want the nobles of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty to lose their fine tradition of pursuing pleasure. Such a big news about the customs business trip could not be hidden from the imperial court. With this excuse, Zhu Su organized the customs business trip with the prince's dignity so that it could proceed smoothly without their involvement.
But in fact, in addition to providing Zhu Su with a stable source of income, this caravan also had another more practical purpose. No, it's more appropriate to say it's a purpose than an experiment done by Zhu Su. More than four hundred years later, a vigorous movement occurred in a distant country, causing a huge class that supported the country to collapse.
Zhu Su did not want to collapse a certain class of the Ming Dynasty, but this did not prevent him from doing a small experiment to see if he could disintegrate Mengyuan, and even all the fierce and warlike grassland tribes after that, from within.
If you want to completely control the grassland, you may have to start with this small caravan.
"Monk Daoyan, have you ever heard that sheep eat people?" Zhu Su's eyes showed a meaningful cold light.
(End of chapter)
