Chapter 246: Pushing Africa horizontally(2/3)
Recalling that Zhu Di built the tomb in Beijing but not in Zhongshan. The fundamental reason is that Zhongshan buried Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, and he dared not go to sleep.
Fang Shiyu naturally had no worries about these things, not to mention that if he built the tomb in Beijing, the kings of future generations would not have built the tomb in Zhongshan Nanjing.
Now he is the head of Prince Zhu Biao, how can he let his ancestors stay alone in Zhongshan?
Chen Di sighed: "I obey the order!"
It was really not a decision for the emperor to bury him there, not to mention that Zhu Yuanzhang settled his royal tomb in Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty.
"Let's go to court." With a deep snorting, Fang Shiyu threw a sentence, turned around and left Fengtian Palace, and walked towards Jingyang Palace.
Guangzhou Wei, Guangzhou Port
After the opening of the Ming Dynasty, all ships from overseas who were opened must first pass through the Guangzhou Port Maritime Bureau to pay taxes and obtain the tax payment certificate from the Guangzhou Yamen before continuing north. If a merchant in the Ming Dynasty is a businessman, he can unload the goods directly or go to other coastal areas such as the Yangtze River to unload goods.
But only the people who came today are strange and very strange.
Since the second year of Taishi, the port of Guangzhou Port has been opened at a designated location, including Guangzhou Port, Quanzhou Port and Zhigukou. The entire Guangzhou Port has become increasingly prosperous.
In order to make profits, overseas vassal kings built ships and warships. In addition to encircling and suppressing thieves at the sea, the biggest reason was to trade with the central court.
On the busy dock, a worker shouted: "Wow, there are so many boats. I haven't seen so many boats in half a year!"
"Yes, how much goods does this require? Maybe there will be work to do later!"
As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea. These Guangzhou Guards have to recruit migrant workers in the loading and unloading work at Guangzhou Port.
This also greatly stimulated the local economic development. Every year, the imperial court loaded and unloaded goods from Guangzhou and directly provided tens of thousands of jobs to the local people.
This place is close to the sea and is a port city that the imperial court focuses on developing. It naturally has unique policy benefits and support.
The local people are no longer surprised by the seaship fleet.
After all, over the years, the imperial court's naval fleet has been so large that it can cover the sky and the sun and cover the entire sea.
Looking at the fleet of ships heading towards Guangzhou Port, a worker said, "You said that it is such a large fleet, how much cargo will he carry."
"Who knows, anyway, I have lost 45 sprites of treasure money. I don't want to do this job, so the court will give you 40 sprite money one day!" a worker replied.
"If you were unloading goods in Guangzhou, you would be able to unload them for at least half a month and add a new dress to the girl at home. Then you will be married in a glorious manner!"
"Wait, you'll be docked soon!"
"Hey, look, why are we under the banner of our Ming Dynasty?" Suddenly, a sharp-eyed worker shouted at the flag of the fleet.
"King of Min of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Who is the King of Fujian? Why haven't you heard of it?"
"Damn, King Min is not the fourth son of Emperor Taizu, and the former King of Yan!"
"Isn't he sealed it overseas? Why is he back?"
"It's not that I came back to fight, right?"
"Emperor Taizu died and these vassal kings were unable to return it. It is difficult for a son to be filial to the front of the spirit!"
"Don't fight, if we fight, we will suffer!"
The group of workers stood together, chattering and talking none of them
If you want to fight, once the fight starts, the small family they worked hard to manage will be destroyed by the war.
What's more, the Ming Dynasty's reputation was still very good.
After a while, the fleet docked, but the person who came down from the fleet was not Zhu Di, but Zhu Gaoxu. After Zhu Gaoxu, there were more than 300 guards.
At the port, looking at the workers with dull expressions, Zhu Gaoxu groaned: "It's so strange!"
"You are the officials here, let him come to see me!" Zhu Gaoxu shouted.
With a large fleet docking, this incident naturally reached the ears of the Guangzhou Maritime Warehouse Commander. Wan Guan, the former county magistrate of Jiangning County, who was the then commander of the Maritime Warehouse Commander, rushed over quickly.
The one who followed him was his good partner, Zhao Chen who almost dragged him to death.
The two of them came to the port pier and saw hundreds of ships. They said suspiciously: "Which are you under the banner of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Dog official, open your eyes and see clearly. Do you know this word?" Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the flagship, which was about ten centimeters shorter than the Ming flag, and asked.
Wan Guan wiped his eyes, looked at the word Min, and said, "King Min? King Yan? Are you the envoy of the King of Min?" Wan Guan had never seen Zhu Gaoxu, and asked suspiciously.
"I am the prince of the King of Min. My name is Zhu Gaoxu. I am the disciple of His Highness King Tianlei. This time, I am the prince who led ships and cargo to the central court for tribute and trade under the order of the King of Min!"
"This is Guangzhou Guard. Please inform the court quickly. Just say that the prince of the Fujian Prince Zhu Gaoxu landed in Guangzhou and asked to go to Beijing to pay tribute and let the court reply earlier."
Zhu Gaoxu was extremely enthusiastic. He rode the wind and waves. After Lan Yu left, he led the fleet to sea and walked all the way to the Ming Dynasty.
However, his fleet was much worse than that of the imperial ships. He had been struggling a lot on the road and finally arrived in the Ming Dynasty. However, it was because of the time that Lan Yu was more than a year later.
When Wan Guan heard this, he bowed and said, "The Prince of Min is so respectful. It's just that the Prince of the Crown Prince, why should he stop at Guangzhou Port? Guangzhou Port does not accept goods from the Gentiles and the vassal kings. The Prince should go north along the coast and stop at Zhigukou!"
"And it will be much more convenient to notify the capital from Zhigukou. Otherwise, if you don't waste the time of the prince, you can't unload the prince's goods in Guangzhou."
Wanguan's face was calm, and the imperial court strictly prohibited overseas countries from logging in and unloading goods and paying taxes at any port except Zhigukou.
The ports in the south are only open to the people at sea, and Zhigu is the only official channel.
It is also the only channel for other overseas states and vassal kingdoms to pay taxes and tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
"There is not enough tamsui. This prince needs to replenish tamsui, so let's do it!" Zhu Gaoxu knew nothing about the changes in the Ming Dynasty. After all, he has been going to sea for more than five years and has returned it now. The first five-year plan of the Ming Dynasty has come to an end.
The second five-year plan was successfully launched.
Wan Guan smiled and said, "Of course, it's OK, but the prince has to pay, otherwise, these workers are reluctant to work for His Royal Highness!"
Since it is close to the harbor, it is naturally sold in freshwater. This is called marketing and forced marketing. All merchant ships go to sea require a large amount of freshwater resources.
And how much can they prepare for themselves? In the end, workers still need to do it, which also makes people see business opportunities. Not far from Guangzhou Port, they made a huge one, which also makes people see business opportunities.
Reservoirs are for drinking by merchant ships to sea.
Zhu Gaoxu said: "How much does it cost?"
"That depends on how much water the prince wants. A wooden barrel, including manual transport, requires thirty silos of treasure money!" Wan Guan smiled and pointed to a wooden barrel not far away and said.
"I'm going to have ten thousand barrels. I'm very anxious. Don't waste time. I'm going to go north before tonight!"
Zhu Gaoxu spoke directly, and immediately ordered the guards on the side to go to the boat to withdraw money. After all, when they left Beijing, the court gave him a lot of treasure money.
Wan Guan smiled and said, "That's nature, that's nature!"
Suddenly, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes narrowed and he looked at Wan Guan suspiciously and said, "You just said that you are going to Zhigukou. Isn't Zhigukou in Tai'an? The imperial court has moved the capital?"
It was not until this time that Zhu Gaoxu recovered. No one was familiar with the name Zhigukou than him. He went there a lot when he was a child.
Wan Guan bowed and said, "It has been four years since the capital was moved. Now it is the beginning of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Taishi. If the prince can catch up, he can still celebrate the Shangyuan Festival in Tai'an Prefecture!"
After Wan Guan finished speaking, he turned around and said, "According to etiquette, foreign ministers cannot say much to the prince. Please forgive me. I have something to do with you, so I will retreat first!"
With his words, Wan Guan didn't give Zhu Gaoxu the opportunity or reason to refuse, and turned around and left Guangzhou Port.
I thought I had made money with such a large fleet, but I didn’t expect it to be the tribute fleet of overseas vassal kings.
This made Wanguan heartbroken.
Zhu Gaoxu stood there in a daze and said hesitantly: "The imperial court has moved the capital, the fourth year of Taishi? Could it be..." In just an instant, Zhu Gaoxu staggered a little and took a few steps back.
The imperial court moved the capital, does not mean that the old emperor Zhu Yuanzhang is dead?
There seemed to be a little expectation in his heart. Zhu Gaoxu arrested a civilian husband and asked, "Is there any news about the government in Yingtian's old emperor?"
"The old emperor of Yingtian? The prince is talking about Emperor Taizu of Nanjing. Emperor Taizu died in the Qianqing Palace in Nanjing on the first day of March of the fourth year of Taishi."
"It's almost a year now!"
The man said carelessly that Zhu Yuanzhang had been dead for almost a year. When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he was slightly stunned. He took out a letter from his arms and looked at it in his hand.
It reads: "The Father and the Emperor."
This is a letter of condolence written by Zhu Di to Zhu Yuanzhang. Now that the old emperor is dead, no one can read this letter. His mission was beheaded in half before it even started.
"How could this happen? How could this happen? Why am I so stupid for a year?" Zhu Gaoxu slapped himself hard. Fortunately, the guards on the side quickly grabbed Zhu Gaoxu and helped Zhu Gaoxu back to the boat.
According to the rules of the Maritime Bureau, Gentile supplies are not allowed to land.
The boatmen looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said in confusion: "This prince is not crazy, right!"
The fifth year of Taishi, the eighth day of the first lunar month.
On the lush Tai'an Mansion streets, there are crowds of people, crowded on the central axis roads of north and south, east and west. Because the outer city has not been built yet, only the inner city is full of people.
Lights and decorate.
Countless people organized themselves, cheered and celebrated the New Festival together.
Shangyuan Festival, also known as Lantern Festival, is known as Lantern Festival. The north has the habit of eating Lantern Festival, and is also called Lantern Festival.
It is also called Shangyuan Shi Night Lamp.
During the Hongwu period of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the people spent three days off on the Shangyuan Festival, and the people celebrated five days on the festival. It was reorganized until the third year of Taishi. The people spent ten days off on the Shangyuan Festival, and the people hanged lanterns for ten days on the Shangyuan Festival.
It is regarded as one of the largest festivals in addition to the New Year's Eve of the Ming Dynasty.
Taishi re-ordered in three years, marked the festivals of all sizes every year, and strictly stipulated the holiday date. The people of the people feel happy about the holiday, with a lot of people and happy, and they don’t have to worry about their stomachs after all.
To be continued...