Chapter 68 King Yan’s question
As soon as Li Yunxing heard about the letter he wrote to Nanjing, he immediately said, "Is the teacher leaving?"
He Xi said: "Although I have some concerns here, I will eventually return to Nanjing."
Yes, He Xi has done a lot of things in Taiping Mansion during this period of time, but there are too many things that have not been completed.
After all, He Xi will no longer be able to see the first batch of official admissions to the College of Engineering and Science. Nowadays, all the students in the College of Engineering and Science are recruited by He Xi, which is an abnormal pattern. After all, the College of Engineering and Science at that time had no space, no teachers, no teaching materials, nothing, and it was impossible to recruit on a large scale.
But things are different now. Although the teachers are only Yang Zhen and Ge Tiangong. But once textbooks are available, some subjects can be taught by the first batch of students. Moreover, many things in engineering require internship and practice.
Now the internship location has been determined. There is now Ma'anshan Mine. There may also be a Taiping Iron Works in the future. He Xi decided not to give up on the appointment of these people. In the future, these two places will be factories and mines affiliated with the College of Engineering and Science.
There's still a lot to do here.
But He Xi knew that it was the capital that could really decide everything in the Ming Dynasty.
There are too many things in the world that he cannot do himself.
Now his arrangements in Taiping Mansion are as good as he can make them, and the rest is to go to Nanjing to seek support from Zhu Yuanzhang.
------
King Yan and Princess Yan's son came together.
At this moment, King Yan also said to Princess Yan: "Actually, things are very strange this year. This year, my father's fifty-fifth birthday is held. This is not an integer. Logically speaking, it should not be so grand. I have recruited all the brothers back. Here is There must be something I don't know. Now my father-in-law is back too. Princess?"
Why didn't Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun know her husband's thoughts? "I know, I'll go back and ask my father, what is my father's thoughts? But, you. You just have too many thoughts. My father has told you a long time ago that you are in my father's heart." In front of the Emperor, just be a good son. Father and Emperor have arranged everything. Can I treat you badly?"
At this moment, Zhu Di didn't have any inappropriate thoughts. At the princess's words, he smiled softly and said: "That's right. There is just one thing that I must understand. That is, last year everything was fine, but my father suddenly sent someone to punish him, and nothing happened after that, and it seemed that nothing happened. In the end, what's going on?"
This matter has been going around in King Yan's mind for several times.
I still can't figure it out.
Zhu Gaochi, who was only a few years old, was still sleeping in the mother's arms, while the second child was even younger, less than two years old. Such a young child could easily die due to fatigue, so I didn't take him with me.
Zhu Di couldn't understand. He only had these two sons. How could he not be strict in his upbringing?
Princess Yan said: "Why do you think so much?"
Zhu Di lowered his voice and said, "Tell me, my father is old and confused."
Princess Yan slapped Zhu Di on the back of his hand and said, "I'm going to die. Can I say this?"
They are now on the boat and will soon arrive at Jubaomen Pier. There are many people on the boat, and the partition walls have ears. When word spread, it was hard for King Yan to explain.
Zhu Di also knew it. He smiled bitterly and said, "I just said it."
Princess Yan said, "You can't say anything."
Zhu Di said; "Okay. Okay."
At this time, someone outside said: "Your Majesty, the princess has arrived at the pier."
King Yan and Princess Yan came out of the cabin. Looking at the Jubaomen Pier from a distance, I saw a steady stream of people coming and going, and the boats were crowded together on the river, almost like a movable bridge. King Yan sighed and said: "The prosperous place of Jinling, Emperor Continent, has not seen such a prosperous place for a long time since ancient times. There is no way to compare with Jinling over there in Beiping."
In fact, King Yan is still good. There are more or less people left over from the majority in Beiping City. Although there have been wars in recent years, most of the city walls have been demolished. But the disciples are still there, and it is a big mansion. In the northwest region, Fu Youde moved all the population to Guanzhong, but there were only more than a million people. It was a complete desolation. It will take more than ten years for the main battlefields of the Central Plains of Henan and Hebei to be populated again.
In any case, these places are not as prosperous as Nanjing.
"Newspapers are sold, newspapers are sold. The Marquis of Yingchuan reported a great victory, and the Mu family of Lijiang Prefecture came to Beijing to pay tribute." A child was hawking on the dock with a newspaper package on his back.
After more than a month of repeated revisions, the entire newspaper printing was finally completed. And the prince couldn't wait to start selling newspapers. Of course, we are still testing the waters. Ten thousand copies are printed every day, more than half of which are distributed to various yamen, prefectures and counties. The remaining few thousand copies were sold in Nanjing.
Five copper coins a portion.
Although it may not completely cover the expenses of newspaper distribution. But the trend toward newspaper profitability is clear.
Of course, the prince is not a person who values money. If the newspaper was really as useful as He Xi said, the prince would rather lose money.
King Yan also read the newspaper, but he thought that the newspaper was only available to the government. But I don’t want to see children hawking here. I was very curious for a while. Said to the left and right: "Go and sell all the newspapers of that child."
The people around King Yan agreed, and within a moment, all the newspapers were sold.
At this moment, King Yan had already changed to a carriage. King Yan and Princess Yan each took one share, and the rest were given to the accompanying staff and officials. King Yan didn't even know a lot of the news above.
King Yan naturally has his own intelligence network. However, King Yan was on the road during this period, and his contact with his intelligence network was not close, not to mention that most of King Yan's intelligence network was in the north. There are also some connections in Nanjing, but not further south.
Naturally, King Yan didn’t know the news about Yunnan.
After King Yan watched it, Fu Youde defeated several chieftains and made many chieftains surrender. Like the Mu family in Lijiang Prefecture, they went to Beijing to pay tribute to show their submission. But King Yan was not happy, but sighed and said: "It seems that Yunnan will not be peaceful for more than ten years. It is estimated that for a long time in the future, there will be no big wars, but small wars."
Princess Yan said: "Why do you think the imperial court can't win the Yunnan chieftain?"
King Yan said: "Of course not. I know how to sigh for the Marquis of Yingchuan. I guess General Fu is going crazy now that he wants to return to the capital."
For juniors, Yunnan is probably a place to brush up on seniority and merit. After all, core areas such as Dali and Kunming in Yunnan have already been captured. But there are chieftains everywhere, and among the high mountains and ridges, there are few Han people and many Yi people. Even if I, the King of Heaven, come, I can't make people's hearts clear all of a sudden. This is, for example, a long-term process.
Both soft and hard must be grasped, and grace and power must be used.
Ordinary people are not qualified for this position. It is necessary to mobilize troops, but also to know how to win over people's hearts and stabilize the people. It requires both civil and military skills.
Although Fu Youde was more martial arts and less literary, he was by no means a martial artist. He can naturally stabilize Yunnan. But the problem is that Fu Youde, as the most senior generals in the Ming Dynasty, can all get the commander's seal. All rebellions in Yunnan ranged from more than 10,000 people to just a few thousand people. Asking Fu Youde to level the playing field is simply killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.
Fu Youdeping's insufficiency is not enough. It's a waste of time in Yunnan. Especially Xu Da's battle with Ding Monan. And fought with the Mongols for several rounds on the grassland. The Mongolian cavalry went deep into Monan, and King Yan led his troops into battle. However, the Mongols were very cunning and immediately returned to the army when they saw no opportunity to take advantage of them.
But no matter what, the credit for defeating Mongolia is more than pacifying the southwestern barbarians, especially most of Monan was used by the imperial court. There will be even fewer places to hit in the future.
How could Fu Youde not be anxious?
Princess Yan said: "I'm not interested in these, I'm very interested in the newspaper itself. It's just that we can't see the day's news in Peking. It's a pity."
King Yan sighed and said: "Yes. It's a pity. The eldest brother, the prince, doesn't know who can help him. This method is so powerful."
King Yan said that it was a pity. I don't know if it was because the prince was so powerful that it was a pity that he had no chance to take the throne, but because he really felt that it was a pity that he could not read the newspaper of the day in Peiping.
Princess Yan said: "Wait a while, just ask the prince's eldest brother. But I heard that it was Consort He's suggestion."
"Where is Sister Anqing's consort?" King Yan thought to himself: "The time he appeared was close to the time when my father scolded me. I don't know if this incident has anything to do with him."
