Chapter 729 Long-term business

The weather looks colder and colder, and places like Yingtianfu are actually not easy to live. The wet and coldest in the south make it difficult to live. Of course, the north is more difficult to endure in winter, but there is no heating or something like that.

Fortunately, Zhu Yunyou is the emperor, which means there is no need to worry about things like hunger and cold. Of course, these people around him do not have enough food or clothing. If all the royal families of the Ming Dynasty encountered such a thing, it basically means that the country is not just unstable, but it is basically the verge of destruction.

The Ming Dynasty now looks prosperous, so there is no need to worry about many things.

But the emperor needs to consider not only the people around him, but the people in the world, and these things are what he should care about.

These things are not trivial matters. Even if the rulers and ministers of the Ming Dynasty worked hard for more than 30 years, they would not dare to say that there was no hunger or cold in the world. In fact, even at the foot of the emperor, there would be some people in Yingtian Prefecture that would be difficult in winter.

Or what Zhu Yunyou needs to do is not to make everyone eat and wear warmth. What he needs to consider is to make most people live well. It is actually not realistic to make everyone live well.

Zhu Yunyou looked at Ru Yi and said seriously, "Cultivating orphans and supporting the elderly are all due to the court's duties. If the Ming officials were lazy in this matter, they would definitely not be able to escape the crime. Do you understand?"

Ru Wei immediately said affirmatively, "Your Majesty, I will do my best to not let the court be harmed by the benevolent government."

The Ming Dynasty really cared about the people, especially for some young and old.

This is naturally because Lao Zhu was born in poverty, so he understood the suffering of people's livelihood. He was sick and hunger took away his relatives, so Lao Zhu decided not to let the tragedy of "the son wants to support his parents but his parents are not waiting for him" happen to others. For this reason, he formulated a national policy of "governing the world with filial piety": to make the elderly have a place to support and have a place to support him.

This is not a casual statement. When Lao Zhu first founded the country, he planned: Those who are over 70 years old will be supported by Yi Ding, and will be free from miscellaneous labor.

This allows the people to have more energy to work, so that their children can make more money to support the elderly.

Not to mention the system of Yangshiyuan. If you are physically disabled and have no one to support you, the poor young and poor family can enter Yangshiyuan to receive the support of the court. This is not only a policy that can be found in Yingtian Prefecture, but a policy implemented in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yunyou also understands that no matter how good the policies are, they will sometimes be misinterpreted by the officials below, or some people who are interested can take advantage of loopholes. But everyone knows that you cannot give up because of the choke, and you must do the things you should do well.

At this time, more supervision is naturally needed and more severe punishment is needed. Although this cannot eradicate all illegal acts, it can ultimately make some people feel a little afraid, which is also a very important thing.

Ru Wei needs to do some things well, but he is the Minister of Personnel, and some things are not his scope of responsibility.

But Lian Zining is different. He is responsible for supervising all officials in the world. Such things are indeed what he should do. Of course, it also includes Song Zhong from the Jinyiwei and Jiang Yan from the Dongchang. They are too idle at this time and they must supervise all officials in the world.

Zhu Yunyou has always cared about such minions and ears. He is not the kind of pedantic person, even if he seems to have weakened the Jinyiwei a little. However, he has only taken back the Jinyiwei's right to handle cases. He will not make the Jinyiwei bigger as he had in the past few years and have slightly checks and balances against the Jinyiwei.

As for the noise of civil officials, just listen to it. Anyway, Zhu Yunyou doesn’t think that civil and military officials will be very honest without supervision. If there is no supervision, some officials will immediately lack constraints and will have all kinds of illegalities.

After Ru Wei left, Zhu Yunwei carefully explained some things to Lian Zining. The Sixteen Censors are about to get busy, and this winter is not easy. It is not the Little Ice Age. It is simply that the weather is cold, which will make many people very difficult.

Song Zhong came to Wuying Palace happily and said happily, "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the matter of palm fruit."

Zhu Yunyou was immediately happy when he heard this and asked very excitedly, "Oh? Tell me!"

This is not rare for Zhu Yunyou. It is simply because palm oil is really very important to the Ming Dynasty. Some of the previous events slightly exceeded Zhu Yunyou's expectations, but now they have some ideas, which is of course very important.

Song Zhong immediately spoke, "Back to your Majesty, the palm oil originally came from palm fruits. Those fruits were not from ordinary palm trees, but from wood bones."

The wood bones are tied, but in fact they are in Africa, probably in Somalia.

Hearing this, Zhu Yunyou couldn't help laughing. It seemed that the Jinyiwei had done some things. The developments in Southeast Asia have played a role in the past few years.

This is not just a casual talk, it is real. The various spies from the Jinyiwei operate in Southeast Asia, both open and secretly, and there is no need to mention now, and there is no need to mention the various channels of development.

This is not a small matter for the Ming Dynasty, it is an absolute big matter. The years of operation of the Jinyiwei brought a lot of Southeast Asian intelligence, various foreign countries, tribes, and various customs and specialties to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to having some contacts with some local "arist families", some courts also have some "agents" belonging to the Ming Dynasty. These were also managed by Zhu Yunyou. Many people know some of his thoughts about Southeast Asia.

All kinds of developments are very necessary, and early preparations must be done well, which is for better development. Many things must be done well in the next step, and the things that are taken care of in Southeast Asia. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the focus of some of Zhu Yunyou's policies. Things that should be done must be done well.

Zhu Yunyou cares more about this than anyone else in the early stage of development. In the early stage, he, the emperor, had to work hard to play a big game. Even if the layout took a longer time, there would be no problem, and he could afford to wait.

Just like now, it is the same whether it is palm oil, palm fruit, or oil palm.

All of this seems natural, but if you hadn't had the business in Southeast Asia and beyond for so many years, how could you find these good things?

Song Zhong continued at this time, "Your Majesty, the many local zodiacs on the Western side are barbarians, with strong and vulgar people. But some of them have some skills, and they have a lot of contact with the Dashi area."

These are actually facts, and everyone knows these things.

Although the Ming Dynasty now has frequent activities in Southeast Asia, it seems to be lively. However, many people know about marine trade and marine civilization, and it can be regarded as a matter of existence since ancient times.

Needless to say, the Silk Road incident happened. In the past, they were traveling through places in the Western Regions, including Dashi and Persia. That was all the matter of the Han Dynasty. At that time, there were not many large ships traveling on land and sea.

However, in the Tang and Song dynasties, maritime trade began to develop, not just focusing on places in Japan. Many times, they also headed towards Southeast Asia and the Persian Gulf, and these really had some foundations.

Needless to say, the Ming Dynasty now has become larger and larger fleets, and marine trade is indeed becoming more and more developed. So there is no need to say that the Ming Dynasty's fleet is going to go further, and it is also under continuous accumulation that has established various channels.

Africa is definitely not the limit. Going to Persia and Dashi is definitely not Zhu Yunyou’s entire goal.

Song Zhong continued, "Your Majesty, there are many barbarians and natives in Nanyang, and they are not restless. This time, I caught some people who were all black, and those oil palm fruits were obtained from those black people."

Zhu Yunyou couldn't help but be happy and asked with a smile, "But those Kunlun slaves mentioned in ancient books?"

Song Zhong was not sure, but he knew the truth, "When you go back to your Majesty, I dare not speak nonsense. Those dark people are said to be somewhat similar to Kunlun slaves at first glance. But those black people seem to be darker than Kunlun slaves."

That's the truth. Many Kunlun slaves in history were natives from Southeast Asia, and these were actually brown people from Southeast Asia. To be honest, there were relatively few black people, not the African Negro race, but the Negritors.

Zhu Yunyou smiled and said, "Whether Kunlun slaves are not Kunlun slaves, I don't care about those. In the Ming Dynasty, we don't need Kunlun slaves, Silla maids. What I want is palm oil, and the people of our Ming Dynasty have some oil in their stomachs."

Song Zhong was excited and said excitedly, "Go back to Your Majesty, I have ordered the Tiqi to find oil palm and find a clear way. This is how I ordered the Tiqi to contact the local leaders to find some oil palm tree species."

This is not a small matter, these things are something that the Ming Dynasty must do. Song Zhong can also be regarded as a reflection of the superiority. He knows His Majesty’s importance to oil palm, so this is just doing some preliminary preparations. He will not wait for His Majesty to do anything before doing it, which will delay the matter.

Regarding Song Zhong's answer, Zhu Yunyou smiled, "Okay, I am worthy of being my commander of the Jinyiwei. If these things are done, you will remember your merits."

Zhu Yunyou is indeed good at painting big cakes after all, but Zhu Yunyou is not just painting big cakes. He must do many things well, and this is the emperor's responsibility.

Of course, Zhu Yunyou is also very conscientious. He will definitely reward the contributions he has made to the people he deserves when he deserves it.

Looking at Song Zhong, Zhu Yunyou said seriously, "Your side must do a good job, so hurry up on oil palm. Take back the oil palm fruits and tree species earlier, and you also need to find some craftsmen and farmers. These trees should be planted in our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yunyou is serious about these things. He really hopes to do them well. It is also the emperor's responsibility to make the people more oily and water in their stomachs. He is doing what should be done or not.

Some of the news brought by Song Zhong is quite good and makes people feel happy. Things like oil palm must be taken seriously. Zhu Yunyou also understands that in fact, it is impossible to fully promote it in the short term.

In addition to these eating habits, etc., it is actually because of the problems in raw materials and the problem of productivity.

In the future, Southeast Asia can be regarded as the main production area of ​​palm oil in the world, but now oil palm is still living in its hometown in Africa, and many people have not yet realized some of the benefits of oil palm.

That would require Zhu Yunyou to work hard. These things must be done more and bring some good things back early. At that time, even if it can bring enough benefits to the Ming Dynasty, it can make the Ming Dynasty richer.

Zhu Yunyou is serious. He is working hard to do something, so it is impossible for the people under his command to stop. They all need to do some things well and make greater contributions to the development of the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone is working hard, which can make the Ming Dynasty more prosperous. This is a prosperous era, and it is obviously not to say that some people talk about it casually. These are all achieved through more efforts.

It is not easy for officials in the Ming Dynasty, and their treatment is definitely not as good as those in the Song Dynasty. It is the same thing that the salary is small. The main reason is that the two emperors of the Ming Dynasty are both diligent and diligent. With such a desperate emperor, it naturally means that the officials below all need to follow the rules.

If the emperor sets an example, he will set an example, so naturally the others will have no choice but to learn from it.

Zhu Yunyou was in a good mood. He returned to Qianqing Palace with a smile, preparing to see Lao Zhu.

When Lao Zhu saw Zhu Yunyou coming over, he smiled and said, "We are so old and we are getting less energy. We are thinking about taking care of him, but it's a long time. You'd better pick him up and come here in the daytime."

Zhu Yunyou reluctantly smiled and said to Lao Zhu, "Grandpa Emperor, are you thinking too much? We can't see it."

Lao Zhu glared and immediately said, "How old is he? If we close our eyes this night, can he bear it? He is not you, you are brave."

Zhu Yunyou thought for a while and said, "Then let's pick him up and let him go to the Qianqing Palace during the day to listen to the emperor's teachings."

Old Zhu smiled and nodded and said, "That's the case. We think we are getting older and not energetic enough. Even if we leave, we can't scare our great-grandson. If we are with an old man, something big will happen. We feel uncomfortable when we think of our parents closing our eyes in front of us when we were young."

Zhu Yunyou sighed and said, "Grandpa Emperor, don't worry, that's when it's really time, we're not afraid. Let's be with you and guard you."

Lao Zhu smiled and nodded, saying, "Sure, then don't run away, just guard us in the palace."
Chapter completed!