As Liu Bowen expected.

Zhu Qi was summoned to respond to the imperial edict of heaven and arrived in Liaoyang in July of the tenth year of Hongwu.

Zhu Qi took Liaoyang in early June and issued an imperial edict in mid-July. It has to be said that the speed in Yingtian Mansion is still very fast.

The main reason is that the strategic goals have been achieved, and the next step is to stick to it for a long time, build city defense along the Liao River, etc.

Of course, Zhu Qi doesn't need to supervise these engineering matters there personally.

Zhu Yuanzhang also adopted Zhu Qi's suggestion and let Lan Yu take over the defense of Liao.

But Liu Bowen still felt that the imperial edict came a bit too fast.

He found Zhu Qi and started talking:

"Can someone write his highness behind his back and say that his highness has made friends with foreign ministers? According to my expectations, he should have summoned his Highness to Beijing until the end of the year."

When Zhu Qi heard Liu Bowen's words, he smiled and shook his head, and said:

"Even if someone is involved in making friends with foreign ministers or even making bad plans, let alone the father will not believe it, and my prince, the prince, will definitely not believe it."

Liu Bowen did not relax because of Zhu Qi's words, and said:

"Anyway, I think it's not that simple to return to Beijing this time."

Zhu Qi just smiled, feeling that Liu Bowen was a little too cautious.

Since the imperial edict has arrived, Zhu Qi has no intention of staying in Liaoyang.

After all, in Yingtian, there is also his eldest wife and son.

This Liaoyang is a place of chaos. Although it will be its own fiefdom in the future, it is naturally great to come here later.

After Zhu Qi packed up his things, he took some of his confidants and followers, as well as the second-generation nobles who followed Zhu Di and Xu Zengshou, and embarked on the way back to Yingtian Mansion.

Zhu Qi wanted to return to Yingtian Mansion. Although he had tried his best to carry out lightweight clothes and travel, preparing for one or two days in advance is definitely indispensable.

The people are talking about His Highness the King of Liao, so naturally they can hear the news that His Highness the King of Liao is going back.

Early in the morning of that day, Zhu Qi was thinking of leaving secretly, but as soon as he left the government office, he found that many people outside had gathered spontaneously.

The people looked at Zhu Qi with sincere eyes, and some people shouted:

"Your Highness is a good prince, you must come back!"

"Your Highness will come early and be a vassal. We will wait for your Highness."

While the people were shouting, someone waved at Zhu Qizhi.

Everyone looks reluctant to leave.

Can you bear it?

His Highness the King of Liao is different from other officials, and he doesn’t say anything about liquidation.

Without saying a word, they opened the warehouse and released grain. In addition, the original bad policies of the Yuan Dynasty officials were also wiped out.

It turned out that it was not called a parent official, it was just a tiger that eats people and doesn’t spit bones!

It would be fine if your family is rich and powerful. If it is an ordinary family, it would be good if the officials don’t come to cause trouble for you.

If you have a lawsuit, no matter who is right or wrong, you will not be able to pay some money here and there if you pay some money there. If you don’t peel your skin, you won’t be finished.

That's fine. At worst, the people don't report to the officials, so they just regard the government office as a department that only knows how to collect taxes.

The key is that these officials and men will be looking for trouble without any trouble.

It’s okay to collect taxes under the pretext of fighting wars, but what’s even more excessive is that these officials and officials go on the streets to stroll if they have anything to do.

Whether you give money to eat or not is a trivial matter. If you are in a good mood, you will add personal income tax. I will ask you if you give it or not.

Not to mention land annexation, oppression of good people, etc.

Anyway, the people of Liaoyang City have grown up so old that they have never seen such a good prince as his Highness Liao.

There are notices posted on the streets and alleys, and it is strictly forbidden to harass the people. It is also tried old cases and actively regulated conflicts between neighbors.

This government is a bit like an official.

In a word, it is entirely based on the peers.

The people naturally loved Zhu Qi very much. Zhu Qi, who was sitting in the carriage, looked at the people coming from behind and behind, and was also filled with emotion.

The common people on China are such a group of simple and unpretentious people.

Whoever treats them well will naturally remember it in their hearts.

When Zhu Di saw the people showing off their farewells, he also said:

"San brother, when I go to the fiefdom in the future, I will be in the vassal state. I will do more for the people like you, my third brother, and let the people love me so much."

Zhu Qi said with a smile:

"I'm still very relieved to you, my third brother."

Zhu Qi is not a compliment. Although a series of urban policies to benefit the people in the Yongle period in history were actually mostly hosted by the crown prince Zhu Gaochi at that time.

But these major national events must have been approved by Zhu Di, otherwise how could they be implemented?

Although wars were a bit frequent during the Yongle period, Zhu Di used professional troops most of the time, such as the three camps established.

The team quickly headed towards Lushun amid the calls of the people to see him off.

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It took only two days to go out to sea from Lushun to arrive at the Shandong Peninsula.

The sea route is extremely convenient. Even the uncertainty and danger of the sea route is because the distance from Lushun to Penglai Port on the Shandong Peninsula is too close, and this danger is greatly reduced.

Since Penglai logged in, the road ahead has been rushing and walking very fast.

From receiving the imperial edict to rushing to Yingtian, it took only one month to leave. At the end of August, he arrived at Yingtian Prefecture.

It is conceivable how convenient this waterway would be to Liaodong. If the ship's navigation technology could be better and more mature.

Respond to the world and go directly to Liaodong along the sea route. You don’t have to stop traveling day and night. This journey may be shortened by half.

I just thought that, but it was still a little difficult to put it into practice.

After all, the center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty was not at all on the sea. Just like all feudal dynasties, the Ming Dynasty's vision was also limited to the land.

Focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce is naturally the basic national policy to maintain stability and long-term stability.

If you want to have a developed shipping route, it is definitely not enough to rely solely on government investment. True wisdom still depends on those capable people from the people.

But just the maritime ban policy implemented by the Ming Dynasty and the household registration system that fixed merchants in various provinces, it is an insurmountable gap to vigorously develop business.

It is not easy to cross this gap.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not easy to persuade, and under the background of the full battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the household registration system still outweighed the disadvantages.

There is no possibility of change within a short period of time.

Zhu Qi then turned his attention to Zhu Di.

If the inertia of history has not been changed, Zhu Di is still likely to become emperor after the future crown prince Zhu Biao.

Then transforming Zhu Di's thoughts is undoubtedly a shortcut to achieving his own goals.

Previously, Zhu Qi had already guided Zhu Di to pay attention to mathematics, natural science, and everything to pay attention to data calculations to eliminate idiotic dreams.

Now on the road, I started talking about business again. Zhu Qi and Zhu Di debated, and it was a hot chat.

Zhu Di knew that the third brother liked to do business, and he actually liked it very much, after all, this thing made money.

Who doesn't like money?

However, after Zhu Qi talked about the country-related business, Zhu Di's concept was not so bold.

To put it bluntly, scholars in ancient times did not take it as a matter of course to study hard. The reason why they value history is naturally because they can learn from experience and teach.

What kind of consequences would be caused by valuing commerce over farming? During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, countless countries had already proved it with blood and tears.

In ancient times when productivity was underdeveloped, if commerce suppressed agriculture, it would lead to large-scale abandonment of land and shortage of food, and the national strength would naturally collapse.

Because the output of land is directly linked to the number of workers, doing business in ancient times was very profitable, no matter you bought the raw materials and processed them to sell them.

Or those who buy and sell everything can always make profits.

This is much faster than farming that faces the loess and backs the sky and relies on the sky to make money.

Look at the famous wealthy gentry in ancient times. Apart from being officials, aren’t they just doing business?

Even if you become an official, most of the sources of money are the businessmen behind you.

This is basically the case when acting as their protective umbrella and charging high protection fees.

In short, in the eyes of the ruling class, the role of merchants will eventually do everything they can for the sake of interests, leading to social unrest.

It is natural to suppress them properly.

Zhu Qi agreed with Zhu Di's idea very much.

After all, many philosophers have already said these related knowledge. To sum up, simple capital is bloody and cannibalize people.
To be continued...