Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter 31: Do everything you need to do
When the emperor wakes up, he should work.
So, Zhang Xiu brought all the memorials accumulated over the past few days. He was worried that the emperor would not be able to see it, so he made many excerpts, recorded the important content in a notebook, and sat aside and waited for the emperor to ask at any time.
"Han Xiufen's memorial said that she hoped that His Majesty would allow her to leave the Strait of Malacca and enter the ocean to compete with the Portuguese, the Spaniards, the Dutch, the British, and the French for control of India, oh, that is, India, and she said there was a large piece of land there.
And the land is flat, and the rice can definitely be ripe three times a year. The local kings are all fatter and can consider colonizing there.
In addition, Han Xiufen also said in the memorial that the Frenchman Oumede invented a new tobacco leaf, which was also found in the Ming Dynasty, and was called A Furong.
It is a drug item tax and has analgesic effects.
Oumed accidentally discovered that this thing can be ignited and then sucked. Once you become addicted to it, you need to suck it for a lifetime. If you do it as a business, you should have great room for profit.
After researching this thing by military doctors, they found that sucking the solidified juice of A Furong will cause hallucinations and the body is in an excited state, which can quickly cause the pain of the injured soldiers to disappear.
However, after experimenting among different populations, it was found that the benefits and disadvantages of this thing were as obvious. Once you became addicted to it, the person became thin, his face was bloodless, his eyes were dazed, his pupils were shrinking, and he had no other thoughts except for continuing to ask for A Furong. People would become useless in a very short time.
The French have begun to experiment with planting Afurong in India. I heard that the yield is good and there is a condition to promote it as a big business.
Han Xiufen suggested that the empire should also actively participate in this business, which will be the third type of big business after frosting and cotton cloth. My Ming Dynasty has completely occupied the Indochina Peninsula and has enough land and manpower to promote this business.
If His Majesty agrees, please send a commissioner to Malacca to make the matter happen.”
After Zhang Xiu finished reading, he looked at the emperor lying on the brocade couch and was waiting for him to make a reply.
Yun Zhao opened his eyes and looked at Yushan outside the window and said, "Tell me my will and tell Han Xiufen clearly that all the people of the Ming Dynasty must use medicine, and those who are infected with A Furong will be killed!
All the people of our Daming people who trafficked and sold A Furong were beheaded and their followers were exiled to the extreme north and were pardoned.
No matter whoever is, I will take A Furong into my Ming Dynasty, no matter who he is, I will kill you! No matter who you find A Furong on the ship, I will find the carrier, and the ship owner will send you to the extreme north.
If the carrier is not found, all the crew will be killed!"
Yun Zhao's voice was not loud, but it was very stable. It didn't seem like he was dealing with it casually, but more like the result of thinking for a long time.
Zhang Xiu hesitated and said, "There is a profit estimate letter sent by General Han. Do you want to listen to it?"
Yun Zhao said impatiently: "Tell Han Xiufen that if she is infected with this thing, I will even cut her!"
Zhang Xiu nodded and put Han Xiufen's documents aside. It seemed that His Majesty was not very interested in colonizing India.
"General Li Dingguo reported that the army had taken over Jinzhou and Yingzhou, and joined forces with the Lantian City Troupe. Now he is marching towards Shenyang and will be able to conquer the Qing capital Shenyang soon. General Dingguo hopes that after taking over Shenyang, he will allow him to survive the winter in Liaodong in Shenyang and wait until the ice and snow melt, and then continue to march northward.
At the same time, the six thousand new troops led by General Jinhu had arrived in Liaodong. General Dingguo ordered them to enter Yingzhou, but General Jinhu suggested that General Dingguo send them to Huludao.
General Dingguo believed that the marching route chosen by General Jinhu had always been relatively close to the sea. Therefore, General Dingguo asked His Majesty if our Ming Navy also participated in this battle against Liao.
If the navy is involved, then how to solve the problem of the ruling of the army and the navy? General Dingguo believes that the most taboo in the army is to order a large number of people, and he hopes that His Majesty can also hand over the navy to him.
He will coordinate it to achieve the strategic purpose required by His Majesty.”
Yun Zhao thought for a while and said, "Tell Li Dingguo that it would be enough to command his troops. The navy would not worry about him. As for the Jinhu, it could be included in his command. However, any military affairs that cooperated with the navy should be handed over to Jinhu for full disposal.
In addition, I agree with his suggestion to repair in Shenyang, and at the same time, I also agree to hand over the Lantian City Regiment Training Department to his command. Before the winter begins next year, I hope to hear good news that he will take down Herathula."
Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind, Zhang Xiu sorted out what the emperor said just now in his notebook, and then picked up a memorial and said: "Yang Xiong entered Hanzhong. He asked His Majesty if he could reorganize the waterways in Hanzhong to communicate with Xiangfan. At the same time, he was also preparing to continue to rectify the road from Hanzhong to Sichuan. The current road has seriously affected the development of Hanzhong.
At the same time, he hopes that His Majesty can allow him to sell the Hanzhong cinnabar mine, and also exchange for money and food for clearing water roads and building roads."
Yun Zhao snorted, "Accurate, transfer this memorial to Zhang Guozhu, and tell Yang Xiong that you don't need to ask me about this kind of thing, otherwise, next time, I will ask him why he is disrespectful to the Prime Minister!"
Zhang Xiu quickly recorded it, opened his mouth, and finally plucked up the courage to say, "Since Yang Xiong made such arrangements, then Xu Wu thought, will Liu Cheng's memorial be handled in accordance with this regulation?"
Yun Zhao nodded and said, "It should have been."
After handling the important memorials for a morning, Yun Zhao left the study room and went to Yunyang's house.
Yun Yang was beaten up very unfairly...
Qian Duoduo should have been the beating of this woman. Yun Zhao couldn't do anything about it, and was afraid that Yun Duoduo would cry endlessly after he beat Qian Duoduo.
But his nameless anger will eventually be vented. Who will he beat Yun Yang if he doesn’t?
When leaving the big study room, Yun Zhao took four or five roasted sweet potatoes from the stove in the front yard of the study room and put them in his arms like Yun Yang. Unexpectedly, he had a few hot roasted sweet potatoes in his arms, and his whole body was warm.
This made Yun Zhao feel a little sour. The reason why Yun Yang likes sweet potatoes was closely related to his lack of food and clothing.
When he arrived at Yun Yang's house, Yun Yang's two messy wives hid in the house and did not dare to come out to see Yun Zhao.
In the past, Yun Zhao was very disgusted with Yun Yang marrying two wives. After all, one was a nun and the other was a brothel madam. That nun was fine, and he was somewhat beautiful. He was also perfect. At least he could tell what he was like to marry Yun Zhao...
However, the original madam in Chunfeng Tower was secretly married into the house by Yun Yang, which was something Yun Zhao never expected.
Zhang Guozhu, Han Lingshan, Qian Shaoshao and their wives almost regarded Yun Zhao's back house as their own home, and they went there as soon as they wanted. Even Zhang Guofeng's peasant wife, she was confident when she entered the back house.
Only Yun Yang's wife didn't even know where the door of Yun Zhao's back house opened.
There is no need to inform you to enter Yunyang's back house, and Yun Zhao came directly to Yunyang's bed.
Yun Yang was hunched over and wrapped himself tightly with a quilt. He was pretending to be asleep. Although he was beaten, he was still a little dissatisfied. Whether it was Zhang Guozhu or Han Lingshan, none of these sensible people were willing to tell Yun Yang what he really wanted to do.
Yun Zhao sat on the head of Yun Yang's bed and said, "I hit you for your own good!"
Yun Zhao felt blushing when he said this, but unexpectedly, this sentence suddenly led to Yun Yang's grievance. He crawled out of the quilt and looked at Yun Zhao and said, "I beat me, at least I will tell me the reason. You don't say a word. After you finish the hit, you throw the stick and ignore me again."
Yun Zhao said: "Do you think I will harm you?"
Yun Yang said: "I heard you fell asleep. I thought I had harmed you and almost hanged you in prison. Later, I felt that I would go to see you no matter what, and I would stop the idea of hanging you.
Later I heard that you woke up, and I was very happy. I thought it was me who was wrong. I hurried to see you, but you hit me..."
Yun Zhao took out a hot sweet potato from his arms and broke it apart, handed it to Yun Yang halfway and said, "The yellow flesh is sweet. I have been baking it for a long time and eat it while it's hot."
Yun Yang looked at Yun Zhao and said, "That's it?"
Yun Zhao said: "When you lied to me before, didn't you use sweet potatoes?"
Yun Yang took a bite of sweet potato and said, "I won't blame you for hitting me. You are my patriarch and my emperor. Don't say you're beaten up, you won't be wronged even if you beat me to death. But you always have to tell me the reason for the beating, right?"
Yun Zhao sighed and took out a sweet potato from his arms and put it in Yun Yang's hand and said, "Forget it."
Yun Yang held the sweet potato and said, "I was almost scared to death, you actually wanted me to forget."
Seeing that Yun Yang looked dissatisfied, Yun Zhao had to take out a sweet potato from his arms and put it in Yun Yang's hand and said, "Is this OK?"
Yun Yang looked at Yun Zhao's face and said, "Can't you say it?"
Yun Zhao nodded.
Yun Yang took a big bite of sweet potato and said, "Okay, that means I was not wronged in this beating."
Yun Zhao looked at the ground and sighed, "Our Yun family really has no talent."
Yun Yang said: "Wait a minute, your son, my son Yunshu, Yunjuan, Yunzhan and their children are all very smart, and you will have to use them in the future."
"Hanlingshan rebuilt the man in black."
"I heard that, but these men in black are incomparable to those people before."
"You mean combat power?"
"No, the personal factors of combat power in the army are no longer as important as before. What I mean is loyalty. Liang San, Lao Jia and others disbanded the man in black just by just one word, put on linen clothes and went to the back house to raise horses.
I listen to you in life and death.
The man in black may be better than Lao Liang and the others now, but it is hard to say that his loyalty is."
Yun Zhao stood up and stretched and said, "Then disband and choose again. I plan to send Yun Zhang to serve as the magistrate of Lantian County after the New Year. Your son Yunwen is already fifteen years old and can be used. Let the new man in black be rebuilt."
"Really?" Yun Yang was a little excited.
"From the future, your wife will also go to the inner house more often and meet my mother. She may get a little angry at the beginning. After a long time, it should be fine."
Yun Yang nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
Chapter completed!