"How far is it from Yingtian to the beach?" Fang Shiyu said bluntly.

"The nearest Haikou in Yingtian Prefecture should be Hai'an County under Yangzhou Prefecture, which is about 500 miles away." Wang Changjian said.

Fang Shiyu paused and hesitated: "It's so far away, so transportation is not troublesome."

"Do you want to boil with sea water to get steam?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Fang Shiyu and said.

"Your Majesty is very knowledgeable. My little ink must be unable to escape your eyes, but the sea ridge is too far away."

Thinking in his mind, Wang Changjian said: "Your Highness, maybe he has placed this machine in the construction and manufacturing bureau by the seaside, so that he can use inexhaustible sea water to obtain steam."

When Wang Changjian heard about using seawater to obtain steam, he also agreed in his heart that in this way, he would not only obtain the steam power needed by the machine tool, but also obtain purified coarse salt and iron. These are all objects controlled by the imperial court. Even if the beggars get a piece of the pie, they will instantly become a rich man.

Wang Changjian, who has been doing business for generations, could see the high profit recognition at a glance.

Fang Shiyu said: "Suzhou is good, let's do it. After the spring, you go to Suzhou to choose a site and build a Suzhou branch of the Firearm Manufacturing Bureau there."

"For the time being, take water there to burn steam, improve your equipment bit by bit, and wait until this thing can fully exert all the power of steam, consider building a factory in the mainland."

Fang Shiyu was already a little impatient. He really didn't know what Old Zhu had done in the mainland of Ming Dynasty in recent years, and even forced the steam engine out.

However, Fang Shiyu's remarks were severely refuted by Zhu Yuanzhang: "Suzhou is not good. Not only does it mean that it is necessary to build a branch of the Firearm Manufacturing Bureau, it must invest a lot of money, and also recruit migrant workers to transport supplies and seawater in the local area."

"How can people in Suzhou get such a good thing? There is no problem in building branches to expand the operation of the Firearm Manufacturing Bureau, except Suzhou!"

"The year name of Hongwu is not over, Suzhou, hum." Zhu Yuanzhang groaned, remembering in his mind when he attacked Zhang Shicheng. The people of Suzhou stood on Zhang Shicheng's side, which made Lao Zhu suffer all the hardships. Although he finally won, how many people in Suzhou followed Zhang Shicheng and fled from the mainland and became Japanese pirates at the sea.

Historical materials also clearly state that during the Hongwu period, Suzhou's taxes were the heaviest, and it was not an exaggeration to pay heavy taxes.

Perhaps it was also the way Lao Zhu retaliated against Suzhou to help Zhang Shicheng. After all, he did not massacre the city.

Fang Shiyu sighed and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was angrily walking out of the house. Then he said to Wang Changjian beside him: "As he wants, go to another place to choose a location first, Suzhou will get better!"

Fang Shiyu patted Wang Changjian on the shoulder and stepped up to catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang.

In Yingtian Mansion, many merchants could not stand the heavy taxes on Suzhou by the imperial court, and their families moved to Yingtian Mansion.

During this period, Wang Changjian and his family met Fang Shiyu and invested huge amounts of wealth. They just hoped that Fang Shiyu could have a way to make Suzhou better.

However, today is Fang Shiyu's first time. The unintentional temptation made Lao Zhu so angry. As he said, before his death, the matter in Suzhou could not be solved.

However, Wang Changjian looked at the backs of the Zhu family's grandson, and he was not at all unwilling to give up. Instead, he was full of confidence in the future of his hometown.

Fang Shiyu promised that these wealthy businessmen from Suzhou would be treated equally by Hongwu years, and the affairs of their predecessors would be written off in one fell swoop.

Although Wang Changjian was not political, he had a few fools in business families. He could see that Zhu Yuanzhang was just maintaining his last bit of stubbornness.

Would Zhu Yuanzhang know about the exchange between Fang Shiyu and the wealthy businessmen in Suzhou?

Would Zhu Yuanzhang not know what Fang Shiyu promised those wealthy businessmen?

He knows it all.

But he also knew that since he had done this evil man, he would do it to the end and do it. When he passed away, the new heirs could be treated equally and gained the support and love of the people, wealthy businessmen and talented men in Suzhou.

This may also be a means of alternating regimes.

Just like Lan Yu, the dignified Duke of Liang, at this time, the only few remaining veterans in the Ming Dynasty were good at fighting, but they were kept at home and were depressed and unsuccessful. It seemed that it was really like that, before Zhu Yuanzhang died, Lan Yu could not come back and get reused at all.

After catching up with Zhu Yuanzhang, the two walked on the street. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "It has been more than 20 years since the incident in Suzhou, and a generation has passed. When I die, the first thing I do is to tell Biaoer to exempt Suzhou from the harsh taxes."

"Let the people there also get time to recuperate. With the support of the people of Suzhou, a large number of natives, people, and wealthy businessmen in the south will all praise Biao'er's new policy."

"At that time, if the court wants to reform bad policies, the progress of the south will be twice the result with half the effort."

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Fang Shiyu sighed and said, "Old Zhu, is Suzhou really so unforgivable? It's been more than 20 years."

"It was originally left for Biao'er, but now Biao'er can't afford to bed, and his life and death are uncertain, and he is dying. Now he can only leave it to you first. The south is prosperous and the people here value interests, so the business is developing rapidly."

"But you must always remember what you wrote in "How to train elite soldiers" and never allow capital to enter the court. If the Ming Dynasty court is influenced by capital, the Ming Dynasty will not be far from the country of destruction!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly, he had no choice. Even if he agreed to die so much as the scholars, peasants and workers, the Ming Dynasty eventually entered the court because of capital, influenced the court's decisions and resisted the court's tax collection, thus ending the Ming Dynasty's destiny.

Even in the late Ming Dynasty, this had formed an industrial chain. In the original history, Zhu Yuanzhang established the household registration system, which stipulated that children of wealthy businessmen could not be admitted to the imperial examination.

But as the saying goes, there are policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom. Rich businessmen in Jiangnan invest in scholars who can take the exam for fame. As long as one of them becomes a high-ranking official, they will get a lot of benefits.

Even investment, profit, and huge profits, are not so dared to describe this.

In the end, what the Ming officials and men supported by the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan gave back to the wealthy businessmen was that after the tenth year of Chongzhen, the tea tax in Jiangnan was several hundred taels of silver.

This is not a joke, what is it?

Therefore, the formerly powerful United States was driven off the Liaodong Peninsula (there were many reasons such as politics and logistics, but they failed to recover the entire territory of North Korea. In fact, they drove the seventeen halls to the southernmost side of the peninsula).

It has to be admitted that rabbits have strong will, but a country dominated by capital only values ​​interests and interests. Do you believe that capital will bring democratic and human rights to ordinary people?

China has been a socialist inheritance from ancient times to the present. When one side is in trouble, the germination of capital is definitely not a good thing for China!

The emperor wanted to rescue the disaster, but the capital said there was no money.

The result is that the people at the bottom will die, so how can they talk about human rights?

"I remember!"

Fang Shiyu bowed and let capital control the Ming Dynasty court?

According to Fang Shiyu's opinion, it would rather be better for constitutional monarchy to place the regime on the senior political talents trained by the Imperial College than for capital.

Capital is in the Ming Dynasty, so drinking some soup is enough. Want to eat meat? Go dreaming.

Fang Shiyu originally wanted to ask who would succeed the throne if Zhu Biao couldn't get up, but Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously angry. Now is not the time. Then he, a king of a different surname, could only be tired first. Anyway, everyone knows that he is not interested in the throne of the old Zhu family. His goal is not the Ming Dynasty, but the stars and seas, outside the Jiuzhou.

"Xunzi Ai Gong, the book says that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. Everything is based on the people. As long as it can get the support of the people, the gentry and the rich household will just stick to the fish and meat and slaughter it at will."

"But if we spend our money and gentry to gain the support of wealthy businessmen and gentry and to increase the burden on the people, these wealthy businessmen and local gentry will turn their guns and support others."

"It's not the case for the people, it's enough to eat!"

"Zhao Song is weak, and Lu Chen in Shenzhou, you must be careful. Don't say that the emperors and officials share the world, but the scholars and officials are better than the people share the world!"

"Can you remember?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was heavy. At the age of 67, he was really half buried in the soil.

"Old Zhu, you are too much. You take what I wrote and educate me. That's not..." Fang Shiyu smiled awkwardly.

"How to Practice the Elite Soldiers" is a three volume written in more than two years based on the development of the Ming Dynasty and the combination of contemporary society.

There are only more than 30,000 words in the whole article, but every word is extremely important and cannot be missed.

When crossing the Ming Dynasty, Fang Shiyu was already setting the development direction he thought was right for the Ming Dynasty in the next five hundred years.

Instead, after leaving Yingtian for a few years, Lao Zhu used his things to teach him.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly and said, "There is a temple ahead. Let's go in and burn incense!"

"Old Zhu, I think that the monk is bald and does not have to give birth, and the Buddha has not taken it, and the incense has been brought into the monk's hands. If possible, I think it should be banned. The so-called "seeing Tao in troubled times and Buddha in prosperous times" are really not a thing!"

Fang Shiyu stood outside the Main Hall and said this in front of the monks.

If it weren't for their followers who had followed more than a thousand Jinyiwei and surrounded the entire temple since they left the city, Fang Shiyu's words would probably have to fight.

Zhu Yuanzhang touched Fang Shiyu's head and smiled and said, "Boy, you are still young. Monks are indeed not for childbirth, but the existence of religion is not meaningless."

Taking a deep breath of air conditioning, Fang Shiyu said: "There are so many temples in the world. Even if they are not banned, the temples will have to collect heavy taxes. Ten taxes and seven taxes are not excessive."

What does Fang Shiyu think about the monks really mean? It is actually the development of the Ming Dynasty, which depends on tens of millions of people, and the economy of the Ming Dynasty relies on wealthy businessmen from all over the country.

The national peace of the Ming Dynasty relies on the protection of the frontier generals and large army.

When the people eat a full meal, they are working hard to cultivate.

No one is indispensable to the construction of the Ming Dynasty, except for monks, temples, and their existence, which did not make any contribution to the development of the Ming Dynasty. They were all full of energy and mouths.

Not only the Ming Dynasty, but also in later generations, monks were also a group of cheaters!

Looking at these novice monks, Fang Shiyu felt itchy in her teeth and said, "Jiang Dan!"

When Jiang Yan heard Fang Shiyu's voice, he wanted to go forward, but he didn't dare to go forward. He was afraid that Fang Shiyu would wear small shoes in the future, so he would be arguing.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then Jiang Dan took a step forward and bowed and said, "I'm here!"

"Hold a stone tablet outside the temple and write: "The Buddha appears in the high hall at home, why should I worship the Buddha thousands of miles away!"

Fang Shiyu has never been to a temple. I feel a lot of emotion when I come here today.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of rejecting Fang Shiyu, so Jiang Chen naturally took pleasure in following Fang Shiyu's wishes and turned around and left.

The novice monks looked at Fang Shiyu and the others, as if they were facing a great enemy, but they did not dare to be arrogant. With the support of Fang Shiyu, Zhu Yuanzhang walked towards the stairs step by step, kneeling on the cushion under the Buddha's golden body with a pious attitude, and folded his hands together.

He thought to himself: "Buddha, it's because we have a serious crime of killing. When we are about to come, we will be punished to ourselves. "

"Did those rebellious people have planned to collude in advance or did they do it inadvertently?"

"They want to kill Bei'er just for the throne, so how can this throne follow their wishes?"

"Today, our adopted son Mu Ying also heard the news of his death, and we are very sad."

Zhu Yuanzhang was kneeling down when a monk wearing a gorgeous cassock walked out, stood in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and said, "Donor, be sincere in worshiping Buddha, and be so proficient in Buddha's rituals, you will reach the Pure Land in the future!"

"When we were young, we became a monk at Huangjue Temple. We were able to recite scriptures and worship Buddha. We were a little bit aware of the ways of doing things. The abbot should go and do it by himself." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

But when I heard this, it was a thunder in the old abbot's ear.
To be continued...