Zhu Di now has no doubt that he will definitely apply for an overseas feudal state like the royal family.
After the canonization document is approved, he can start to form the inner court.
Process is not important, what matters is talent.
Everyone knows that it is difficult for a country to last long without the support of talented people, especially in a place as far away from the Ming Dynasty as Japan, where there are very few people who understand Chinese, let alone recruit local indigenous people.
Therefore, Zhu Di could only start recruiting a large number of talents in the capital. As soon as he conquered Japan, he quickly established his own grass-roots team to stabilize the situation.
Li Jinglong was the talent he had long admired.
Although he is suspected of being a fool in later generations, there is no doubt that in terms of civil and military skills, and looking at the overall level of the entire Ming Dynasty, Li Jinglong is definitely one of the best talents.
The most important thing is that he can fight wars on horseback and govern a country on horseback. He also has rich experience in commerce and trade.
There are really not many such talents, even in the current Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Di is very aware of these, and with his own connections, he must strike first.
Obviously, after hearing what his cousin said, Li Jinglong had nothing to hesitate and said bluntly: "My cousin is going to found the country. It is my nephew's honor to think highly of my nephew. I will definitely live up to my cousin's expectations."
Hearing Li Jinglong's readily agreed, Zhu Di was still very happy even though he was already confident in his heart. He picked up the teacup and said, "You and I grew up together. Although we are cousins, we are actually as close as brothers."
"After going to the Japanese country, I'm afraid it will take more than ten years before I can return to the Ming Dynasty. It will take such a long time to work hard for Jinglong."
Zhu Di said with some emotion.
It is actually very difficult to recruit talents to go to Japan with you. Those who are a little famous or who live a good life in Ming Dynasty will basically refuse.
In the minds of the Ming Dynasty, places like the Japanese country were just a barbarian land. They didn't understand etiquette, justice and integrity, so it would most likely be an insult to the civilized people.
Recruiting talents is still very difficult.
As Cao Guogong, a relative of the emperor, and a nephew of His Majesty, Li Jinglong basically ran amok throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Except for a few who need to be a little wary, it can be said that there is no need to take it seriously.
Giving up your wealthy and luxurious life and following him to such a barbarian land is an act of absolute righteousness.
This friendship made Zhu Di feel warm in his heart.
Li Jinglong thought for a moment and continued: "Cousin, I still have a few good brothers over there. I'll go lobby them and they'll find that they're all good at literature and martial arts. Maybe I can recruit a few more for my cousin."
Hearing this, Zhu Di became even more moved.
He stood up and bowed, "Thank you Jinglong."
"Emperor Nephew, we are like this. You can't just leave it alone. Otherwise, where will I find people? Places like Japan and other places, a group of barbarians, must develop."
"My reputation has been ruined by King Yan. He must have done it to me. Now when I go out and yell at me, no one pays attention to me."
"This is too uncomfortable, nephew, you must help my third uncle. My third uncle believes in you. As long as you give me some ideas, you will definitely be able to solve this problem."
In Kunning Palace, Zhu Fan kept chattering.
Zhu Ying sat across from him, feeling rather speechless. He didn't know who gave King Jin the bad idea to pester him.
After thinking for a moment, Zhu Ying immediately had a target, King Qin Zhu Xiang.
It has to be said that after meeting Qin Wang Zhu Ping this time, Zhu Ying found that this second uncle, who used to be confused by beauty and was a bit decadent and haggard, seemed to have completely changed.
Zhu Ying is very good at reading people, and Zhu Ping's temperament has also changed a lot.
The only person who could give the King of Jin such an idea was probably the King of Qin, Zhu Ping.
Zhu Fan looked at his eldest nephew who was thinking in front of him, feeling ecstatic in his heart.
There is drama.
It seems that the second brother is really more reliable. It was useless for me to want to find someone by myself. Now I can count on my eldest nephew to help me.
Not long after, Zhu Ying said: "I do have an idea here, maybe I can help Third Uncle recruit some talents."
Zhu Fan's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Emperor nephew, what do you think?"
In fact, this was a plan that Zhu Ying had already thought of. Zhu Ying had already started making plans in his mind since he arranged for the vassals to go overseas to establish their country.
After all, in Zhu Ying's heart, he still cared about the King of Qin Zhu Xi, the King of Jin Zhu Fan, and even the King of Yan Zhu Di.
Maybe there was a small conflict with King Zhu Di of Yan. In Zhu Ying's mind, this matter was already in the past. How could he specifically target Zhu Di, right? Impossible, absolutely impossible.
When the vassal kings went overseas to establish their country, Zhu Ying did not do it to eliminate the influence of the vassal kings on the central court, but to better spread Han culture or expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Ying still has this confidence.
This talent recruitment plan was also prepared by Zhu Ying. Helping the vassal king to stabilize the vassal state, develop economic construction, and even the training and support of the army were all under Zhu Ying's support.
"Talent recruitment, does the emperor's nephew mean that the court will come to help?" Zhu Fan asked with some confusion.
Zhu Ying nodded and said: "Yes, this time we will announce it to the whole country and sincerely invite people of insight from all over the world to go overseas with my uncles to develop. In this world, many scholars want a way out.
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"My uncles went overseas to found their country. For many scholars, they are considered the first group of elders. There must be many people who follow them."
Zhu Fan asked: "It's so far away. Once you go there, you will drag your family with you, which is suspected of being exiled. I'm afraid many people will have scruples about this."
Zhu Fan's words are indeed correct. Let alone other places, at least in the eyes of the officials in the court, going to an overseas vassal country is no different from being exiled.
Once you leave, you will never come back and your bones will be buried in a foreign land.
Who doesn’t want fallen leaves to return to their roots?
"Don't worry." Zhu Ying smiled.
"There are still a lot of scholars in this world, and it doesn't mean that if there are no people who took the imperial examination and became officials, they will definitely be worse off. With so many officials in the court, how many of them actually took the imperial examination and became officials? The key is to see
personal."
"Maybe you won't pass the imperial examination, but you will have good abilities in governing the place, teaching students, and educating students."
"For Third Uncle, the more people the merrier is, of course. Even if they are a group of scornful scholars, it is very good. After the exchange of local indigenous people, they must have useful labor, and population is the key."
Listening to his eldest nephew's analysis, Zhu Fan nodded with some vague understanding.
If I really want to say whether I understand it or not, I am still confused after all.
Methods such as cultural invasion are still a bit difficult to understand for Zhu Fan, who loves war, but he just knows that his eldest nephew will help him win people over.
"It's just that the emperor's nephew just said that it seems that all the vassal kings can participate." Zhu Fan asked again.
What he wanted was to severely suppress King Zhu Di of Yan in the Japanese country. Now that his eldest nephew said this, it seemed that he was not unique.
Zhu Ying explained: "How can my nephew not understand the third uncle's thoughts? All uncles can naturally participate in talent recruitment. After all, it is organized by the imperial court. If it is excessive, it will be unfair."
"But Third Uncle, there is no need to worry. This time when we are building a vassal state overseas, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce under my command will provide the greatest support, not only in terms of money, but also in the construction of the vassal state, talent training, armaments, and even
We will provide maximum support in terms of war and intelligence."
Hearing this, Zhu Fan immediately became happy and even came over and patted Zhu Ying on the shoulder.
"Third uncle, I will leave it to the emperor's nephew for the rest of his life."
For people like Zhu Fan, what he disliked the most was managing internal affairs. He was naturally relieved to hear that Zhu Ying would make arrangements for all aspects of internal affairs.
Zhu Fan had experienced the benefits. When the Japanese were pacified along the coast of Zhejiang, he didn't have to worry about anything except fighting. The Qunying Chamber of Commerce would arrange everything for him.
Even the preparation of various publicity, food, information, and food and salary.
It can be said that when along the coast of Zhejiang, except for the army, everything was handled by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
It was also the first time in Zhu Fan's life that when he entered a certain county, he was welcomed by the people.
That feeling is so refreshing.
Zhu Ying was relatively happy to see Zhu Fan.
Regarding the three vassals of the Japanese Kingdom, Zhu Di definitely doesn't need to think too much, and will reject the Qunying Chamber of Commerce to a large extent. It is estimated that he will have to wait until he arrives in the Japanese Kingdom and experience such a period of miserable days before he can recognize the reality.
On Zhu Fan's side, it was Zhu Ying who controlled it remotely.
It’s no different than building it yourself.
Among them, Zhu Ying discovered a very strange phenomenon.
If it is in the name of the Ming Dynasty, many people may be submissive or even engage in various betrayals.
But if it is done in one's own name, or in the name of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, it will be difficult to see any change in loyalty even if it is ignored for several years.
Maybe this is the difference between big pot rice and small bowl dishes.
After sending Zhu Fan off, Zhu Ying was preparing to review the memorial when he suddenly remembered something.
He asked the eunuch Guo Zhong, the eunuch Bingbi who was waiting next to him: "During the morning, I saw Qi Tai coming back. Why did he come at this time? He hasn't come to me to report on his work. Go and see what's going on."
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Guo Zhong bowed and said: "Old slave, obey the order."
Qitai was transferred to Zhu Ying by Zhu Yuanzhang more than a month ago, and he was regarded as the inner court team recommended to Zhu Ying first.
After Zhu Ying met Qi Tai, he arranged to go to Henan to check the situation of land annexation.
The plague there led to famine, and landlords would naturally annex the land. As for the seriousness of the matter, Qi Tai, as the censor, went to investigate.
Qitai came back during the morning session this morning.
By now, after the morning court, Zhu Ying was a little confused and had not seen anyone yet, so he sent Guo Zhong to find out more.
Zhu Ying began to review the memorial.
Although the memorial was written by an official, it is inevitable that the Spring and Autumn style of writing will be present when describing it, but at least you will have an understanding of the general situation.
Currently, Zhu Ying is reviewing memorials related to Shanxi and Henan.
According to the memorial in Henan, the current situation still involves some famine problems, which is inseparable from the previous plague. However, in the memorial, there is nothing directly related to land annexation.
If you pay attention, you can still find some details.
For example, in a certain memorial, a county magistrate briefly said that a certain local tycoon reported to open a porridge factory to relieve the people.
It seems to be an expression of merit, but after careful consideration, it is not difficult to guess that this wealthy gentleman may have annexed too much land and is out to do a wave of good deeds to gain more fame in the county and preserve himself.
In the Ming Dynasty, fame seemed illusory, but it was feared by many officials. It was easy for a well-known family to become an official by promoting filial piety and honesty, and local officials had to give it some respect.
After a long time, Guo Zhong came back.
"Reporting to Your Highness, Chief Qi passed out on the way to Kunning Palace after going to court. He is currently in the Imperial Hospital."
After hearing Guo Zhong's words, Zhu Ying asked: "He fainted? What did the imperial doctor say?"
Guo Zhong bowed and replied: "Your Highness, the answer given by the imperial doctor is that Chief Qi's lack of energy and blood combined with overwork led to this."
Zhu Ying frowned slightly.
The so-called lack of Qi and blood means anemia. After all, he is still in charge of the Ministry of War and has a good salary, so why is he malnourished.
Seeing that His Highness Taisun seemed a little confused, Guo Zhong explained: "Your Highness, in fact, situations like this are very common in the palace. Many ministers come to the palace very early to wait for the court meeting. Sometimes when big things happen, the court meeting
If it falls too late, some ministers may not be able to bear it."
"The Taiyuan Hospital is very experienced in such things. It won't take long for Chief Qi to wake up."
Zhu Ying was speechless after hearing this.
What does it mean to be very experienced? This shows that Tai Hospital is already familiar with this situation.
After a minister faints, almost everything can be arranged as a process.
Zhu Ying's time in the palace is not long overall, but this is the first time she understands such a thing.
Being an official in Ming Dynasty is really miserable.
Not to mention being squeezed by the old man, his salary is small, but he can still do more.
On weekdays, I almost always come hungry.
Zhu Ying still knew very well that skipping breakfast for a long time would be very harmful, especially since there were many veterans among the officials in the capital.
Nowadays, many officials in the capital are suffering from various diseases, and it is not possible to take care of their bodies.
Sometimes a minor illness can take people away.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Ying told Guo Zhong: "Pass this imperial edict to clear out the Duanmen Hall and put long tables on the left and right."
"Instruct Guanglu Si, tomorrow, before the ministers arrive, enough breakfast should be placed around the Duanmen Hall for the officials to eat."
"The expenses and expenditures are included in the internal funds."
In fact, most of the court officials during the Hongwu period were good officials and could be regarded as truly serving the people.
To be able to stand in the court of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, one's own knowledge must be excellent. Each of them is an indispensable asset to the Ming Dynasty.
Duanmen is after passing Waiwulong Bridge and in front of Fengtian Gate.
Arranging an early self-help here won't have much impact. The most important thing is the officials who can attend court.
As the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. He has already been appointed as an official in the capital, and his salary cannot be increased. A little increase in welfare is not a big problem.
The old man often gave meals to him, but it was always after the morning court ended, and the ministers were so hungry that their eyes were dizzy.
When you have a full stomach, you will be more energetic during court meetings.
On Qitai's side, Zhu Ying still sent an order to him to go back and rest after waking up. The matter of land annexation was not something that could be resolved in a day or two.
Now after reviewing the memorial, Zhu Ying began to prepare a talent recruitment plan on a white paper.
No one in the entire Ming Dynasty had experience in this area, so Zhu Ying could only take charge of the first battle by himself.
Early next morning.
Qitai woke up from his bed and hurriedly got up before dawn.
She slept well yesterday, and the Taiyuan Hospital arranged some supplements according to the order of His Highness Taisun. Qitai felt much more energetic today.
I didn't pay attention to the growling in my stomach, I was already used to it.
After washing up, he hurried to the palace.
Qitai's family didn't have much money, so they lived far away.
It was already very lively when we went out, and there were many vendors, especially the vegetable vendors who were already jumping on poles to grab stalls.
After passing the outer city, the inner city is much quieter.
Sedan sedans passed by one after another, all of them were officials attending court.
Not long after Qi Tai's sedan entered the inner city, it stopped.
There are many sedan chairs here, all belonging to officials. Once you get here, you can only walk.
Along the way, Qitai greeted familiar officials and everyone went on their way together.
In front of Chengtian Gate, most officials stopped to tidy up their clothes, then crossed the gate and continued forward.
"Hey, why is this Duanmen so noisy?"
As soon as he passed Chengtian Gate, he heard a burst of noise and what sounded like wailing. Qi Tai couldn't help but be a little confused.
The official accompanying him said: "Come forward and have a look. Is someone unfortunate enough to have an accident?"
Qi Tai nodded. It was not unusual for one or two officials to die suddenly during this time of the dynasty.
But as the distance got closer, a tempting fragrance suddenly spread over, causing many officials who had been hungry to swallow their saliva subconsciously.
They looked at each other, not thinking too much, and the following officials quickly walked towards the front.
When I came to Duanmen, I saw that the left and right sides of the Duanmen Hall were crowded with officials, and the middle was filled with benches and long tables. Many officials were eating breakfast in such a grand manner.
The officials behind me were immediately confused as to what was going on.
Immediately, a eunuch came over and explained: "My lords, this is the order of His Highness Taisun. His Highness Taisun takes pity on the physical condition of all of you and has specially arranged breakfast at Duanmen for you to enjoy."
"Everyone, please come in quickly. If you enjoy it for too long, it will be a bad thing to delay the morning meeting."
Hearing this, all the officials felt a warm current passing through their hearts, and their eyes became moist. Some elderly ministers even knelt down and shouted: "My Ming Dynasty, the future is promising, the future is promising!