At this time, criticizing the common people for their poor life was all the fault of the generals. Although this sentence sounds innocent, if it fell into Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, this sentence would have a different meaning.

It was Zhu Yuanzhang who sent military generals to fight. Now if he criticizes military generals, what is the difference between that and scolding Zhu Yuanzhang by pointing at his nose?

Zhu Yuanzhang: Isn’t this scolding us for being militaristic?

As the minister who knows Zhu Yuanzhang best, Li Shanchang will not let bad luck happen, and he firmly stands with Zhu Yuanzhang on this matter: "Everyone, my Ming Dynasty's achievements today are all due to your Majesty's contribution. Your Majesty will continue to The use of troops abroad is also for the better development of Ming Dynasty, and we must not let down His Majesty's good intentions."

What Li Shanchang said was so confusing that the ministers present were confused.

How can we develop trade when we are constantly fighting abroad?

They believe that only by being friendly can they make money, and that constant war will only destroy and delay the development of business, but Li Shanchang does not think so.

Since ancient times, few dynasties were willing to develop commerce, but this precedent was broken in the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty is so different from the previous dynasties lies in Zhu Han. If Zhu Han had not been promoting the development of business, Zhu Yuanzhang would never have allowed business to become another 'leg' of the Ming Dynasty.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Han didn't like to take care of things. At Zhu Han's suggestion, Li Shanchang helped Zhu Yuanzhang manage a large stall in the court. In order to better serve Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang conducted a very in-depth study of Zhu Han. , from the beginning of Longxing Temple to the present, Li Shanchang has studied all the information about Zhu Han that he could get.

Nothing was drawn from the conclusion, but it made Li Shanchang admire Zhu Han more and more. Zhu Han attached great importance to the development of business, and now he has proposed the concepts of heavy industry and light industry. Li Shanchang is based on the concept proposed by Zhu Han, comparing the two types of industry. Carry out detailed divisions. In the process, Li Shanchang has a deeper understanding of Zhu Han, especially business.

According to Zhu Han's business theory, whether it is wartime or peacetime, each has its own set of theories that can be operated without restrictions.

When there is a war, you can sell more weapons and food and raise the prices; if in peacetime or in peaceful areas, you can raise the prices of infrastructure construction, you can make money after all, even if you destroy a country. So what if it sucks? Isn't rebuilding the same an opportunity to make money?

Wherever there are people, there is business. As the population increases, Ming's commercial development will only get better and better.

Since you can make money in the end whether you fight or not fight, why should you oppose Zhu Yuanzhang's continued use of troops overseas?

Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang is such a pure person. He just wants to build an unprecedented powerful empire to show his great achievements. How can he be like Zhu Han - there are 800 minds in the world, and Zhu Han only has 799.

Therefore, in Li Shanchang's view, instead of thinking about Zhu Yuanzhang here, it is better to think about how to obtain greater benefits under Zhu Han.

Li Shanchang would not say these words directly.

He just told the ministers not to quarrel with Zhu Yuanzhang, but to listen to Zhu Han's words... To be more straightforward, Li Shanchang did not say that Li Shanchang today is not the head of officials who have so much power that even Zhu Yuanzhang wants to give him face. , because of Zhu Han's participation, he is just a high-level migrant worker, and now he relies on Ming Dynasty's overseas trade to fill his pockets. As for being greedy for money and amassing money, he does not dare to do anything.

Li Shanchang made up his mind to buy more overseas trading equity before others could react, so that he could earn more.

Song Lian didn't say much and followed Li Shanchang away.

Liu Bowen, Hu Weiyong, Yang Xian... and other court officials all left silently.

They want to invest now and make a lot of money. They don't know if they will have this opportunity to make a fortune in the future.

Only a small number of courtiers who had not turned around were still stubbornly trying to ask Zhu Yuanzhang to take back his orders and not continue to wage war.

…

Zhu Han didn't know what happened in the court. When he found out, it was when Mu Ying and Ping An came to Zhu Han to say goodbye.

Mu Ying and Ping An were both adopted sons of Zhu Yuanzhang. They could not fight when they were young, so they were trained and raised by Zhu Han. They were able to handle government affairs with pens and handle political affairs with swords, and stabilize the country with swords.

Zhu Han knew very well that the more than twenty adopted sons adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang were all loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang, and they only obeyed Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Han recognized these adopted sons very much, and also helped Zhu Yuanzhang adopt more Duoyoshi, he is not worried that there will be white-eyed wolves among them. Even if there are, they will be affected and change.

Mu Ying and Ping An were the best among Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted sons. Coupled with his deliberate training, the abilities of these people were much improved than in history. They were going to Yinzhou to replace Hu Dahai, so they said goodbye to Zhu Han before leaving.

Zhu Han entertained them with barbecue. He was a poor boy, and Mu Ying and Ping An were both generals. Zhu Han directly put big meat skewers on them. After grilling them, he wrapped them in dough pancakes and put a big chili pepper in them and handed them directly to them. Person: "Eat, eat. After you finish eating, I will continue to bake it for you."

"Thank you, uncle."

Mu Ying and Ping An took the dough pancakes wrapped with meat skewers and started to devour them. Zhu Han looked at them eating and knew that the two more dough pancakes wrapped in meat were gone. While grilling the meat, he said: "You two boys Don’t just eat it, watch how I grill it, so you don’t know how to grill it yourself.”

"Uncle, are you looking down on us?"

Mu Ying wolfed down the food in her hands and said with a smile: "Uncle, when you taught us to read and took us to practice martial arts, you often took us to eat barbecue. We have learned these techniques a long time ago. I don’t think it’s as delicious as your uncle’s, hehe.”

Let's make it clear, Mu Ying and Ping An came here today just to eat the barbecue made by Zhu Han.

Zhu Han didn't take it seriously. He had watched these children grow up, and he was very kind. He was also willing to cook food for the children. In the past, he would make a few jokes about non-vegetarian food. Zhu Yuanzhang's The adopted sons are also rapidly developing in the direction of "old soldiers".

Zhu Han was chatting with them. Seeing that Mu Ying and Ping An had completely relaxed, Zhu Han suddenly asked: "My brother asked you to go to Yinzhou to trip me up, right?"

"Yes, uh... no, what's the trouble?"

Mu Ying had just agreed, but suddenly realized something was wrong, and looked at Zhu Han with eyes full of grievance.

Uncle, are you holding the meat pie and letting us jump into the fire pit?

Zhu Han looked at Mu Ying and Ping An, half smiling.

Ping An was an honest dull gourd who didn't talk much. Now he suddenly realized that he had been 'cheated' by Zhu Han, so he naturally chose to shut up and deal with it. Mu Ying was smarter and reacted very quickly, and she acted as if the gaffe she had just made had never happened. He asked Zhu Han innocently: "Uncle, why can't I understand what you said?"

"You brat, you still want to fool me?"

Zhu Han pretended to fight, but Mu Ying quickly dodged, and then said with a smile behind Ping An: "Uncle, this is a matter between you and your adoptive father. Bao'er and I are honest children, you can't take it out on us."

"Little bastard, after raising you so big, why can't I take it out on you?"

Zhu Han didn't like this, but he didn't use violence against Mu Ying and Ping An.

Because he knew that this had nothing to do with the two children, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who was behind it all.

Hu Dahai was Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant, but Hu Dahai was even more convinced of Zhu Han.

Zhu Han said that Yinzhou should be captured as soon as possible and put into production and construction quickly.

Hu Dahai obeyed the order and did it, which made Zhu Yuanzhang so angry that his teeth itched.

Construction is going on so fast, do you really want to send Zhu Han away?

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Hu Dahai to build slower, but Hu Dahai didn't listen at all, and instead went faster. This time, he took the opportunity of sending Hu Dahai back to let Mu Ying and Ping An go overseas to practice.

Mu Ying and Ping An were Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted sons, which made it much easier to arrange things. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang did not need to be polite to them and directly explained the reason: "After Yinzhou is built, we will move to Yinzhou on July 5th. You don’t want him to leave, so you two went to Yinzhou and set the construction speed to the slowest, can you two do it?”

Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, Mu Ying and Ping An also answered decisively: "Yes!"

must be able to.

They were reluctant to let Zhu Han go to Yinzhou, and Muying and Ping'an would not stay in Yinzhou forever. They would have to go back to Ming Dynasty in three to five years, but they didn't want Zhu Han to stay in Yinzhou forever.

Zhu Yuanzhang told Mu Ying and Ping An to keep it a secret and not to let anything slip, but they hadn't set off yet and were tricked by Zhu Han.

Seeing that Zhu Han didn't mean to blame, Mu Ying became more courageous and said to Zhu Han: "Uncle, you have to understand why dad did this. He can't let you go, right? It's not just them, Bao'er and I, but also Brother Wenzhong, we can't bear to see you leave, uncle... Why do you have to go to Yinzhou? What's so good about it? Wouldn't it be better for the whole family to live together? Besides, Bao'er and I want to eat the barbecue you made. , BBQ skewers, do you have to go to Yinzhou specifically?"

"You brat, you know how to act rogue here."

Zhu Han knocked Mu Ying's brains out, and then said: "I have my own reasons for leaving, and it's not like I won't come back after I leave... Forget it, I can't talk to you two brats about this, I'll go back later Talk to him."

After saying that, Zhu Han stopped worrying about Zhu Yuanzhang's hindrance and continued to grill the two little guys to eat and drink.

The fierce opposition in the court did not make Zhu Yuanzhang change his mind. Instead, he intensified his efforts. He quickly dispatched troops and exchanged major overseas generals to ensure that overseas expansion would never stop. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang did not withdraw Lan Yu. and Zhang Dingbian, the two of them went too far to the west. Zhu Yuanzhang left them to continue fighting at the front, but handed over the overseas territories belonging to the rear to ministers with both civil and military skills to take charge.

The courtiers in the court wailed, but Li Shanchang and others remained silent.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang announced that he would continue to expand overseas, many people were worried that they would lose money on their investments, so they wanted to withdraw the shares they purchased. Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Song Lian, Yang Xian, and Hu Weiyong were waiting for this opportunity and started buying them one after another. A lot of shares were purchased in order to maintain appreciation.

Zhu Yuanzhang was well aware of these things, and instead of stopping Li Shanchang and others from buying shares in private, he adopted a tacit attitude. After all, these people who bought shares in overseas trade were all people who supported and trusted him. Zhu Yuanzhang How could he dismantle himself at this time?

Moreover, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang acquiesced in the opportunity of overseas expansion for hundreds of officials to make a fortune was because Zhu Han reminded him before: Ming Dynasty's business has indeed made great progress through promotion, but these progress are very one-sided. If you want business to Further development requires officials in the court as the driving force.

As for what this driving force is, Zhu Han did not say. Zhu Yuanzhang is not very clear yet, but he believes what Zhu Han said, and he also believes that the time... will not be too far away, because Zhu Yuanzhang can no longer bear it. Officials made fortunes by taking advantage of overseas trade opportunities.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a very sincere person, and a very stubborn one. He believed that officials are officials and businessmen are businessmen. There should be no connection between the two... Of course, the business under the jurisdiction of the Ming government does not count, as those are the functions of the court. It is part of the department, but the rest cannot continue to be so unclearly mixed together.

Zhu Yuanzhang hated corruption, and it was absolutely unforgivable for officials to accept bribes.

When officials are involved in business, they are most prone to collusion.

The government orders in the court are formulated by these officials. They are the first to know about the government orders. If they discover the benefits that can be obtained from the government orders, they will inevitably collude with familiar businessmen immediately, which is not conducive to the balanced development of business. .

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to change this situation, but how to do it made Zhu Yuanzhang a little undecided.

If it were normal, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely go to Zhu Han as soon as possible and ask Zhu Han what he thought, but recently he has been a little timid, if for no other reason than because Zhu Han saw through Zhu Yuanzhang's plan to let Mu Ying and Ping An go to Yinzhou. The abacus made Zhu Yuanzhang a little uneasy when facing Zhu Han.

"Don't we still think for ourselves?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a long time, and finally found the answer from what Zhu Han said to him.

Zhu Han once said that the development of business in the Ming Dynasty required the promotion of Ming Dynasty officials... Could it be that the Seventh Five-Year Plan meant that officials were forced to give up their official positions and go into business?

When this idea came to Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, he immediately couldn't get it out of his mind. After thinking about it carefully, he slapped his thigh suddenly: "Isn't that what Qi Wu means?"

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce... Scholars are at the head and merchants are at the end.

Zhu Yuanzhang accepted Zhu Han's suggestion and continued to improve the status of businessmen, and brought the status of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce on the same level. However, in the eyes of some people, businessmen are still the last ones, and officials are still superior.

However, if officials are forced to go to sea to do business, this will make a lot of sense. Even if merchants are still a low-class profession in everyone's eyes, those officials who go to sea to do business will use their own way to tell other people that there is no distinction between agriculture, industry and commerce.