Chapter 638: Teach the Cabinet

As soon as Sun Chuanting finished speaking, Sun Chengzong nodded in agreement:

"Yes! Your Highness is better to supervise the country in the capital. The food you transported is constantly transporting to the northwest. Your Highness does not have to worry about the victims of the northwest."

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All cabinet members opposed Zhu Cixuan's decision.

Of course, they could not forcibly stop Zhu Cixuan from going to Shaanxi, it was just suggestions.

Although Zhu Cilang is not very old, he has some experience. He knows that these cabinet masters are all for his own good.

As soon as the prince returned to the capital, he worked tirelessly to travel to Shaanxi again. It was so hard.

At that time, we were riding horses or carriages, and although there were small trains, the speed was not fast.

The capital travels back and forth between Shaanxi and the horses are dripping for at least ten days.

There is another reason. Although the cabinet masters cannot say it, Zhu Cilang can also guess it.

The prince has been practicing in Shaanxi for more than a year and is very familiar with Shaanxi and can mobilize Shaanxi's army.

Now that the emperor is far away, the prince's trip to Shaanxi at this time is likely to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

When the King of Tang led his troops to Beijing to serve the king, he was directly demoted to a vulgar person by Emperor Chongzhen and was suppressed in Fengyang for many years.

So in order to avoid suspicion, the cabinet comforted Zhu Cixuan to quietly supervise the country in the capital, and that there were other people who could go to disaster relief.

Under the reminder of the cabinet, Zhu Cixuan dismissed the decision to go to Shaanxi in person.

"Okay, I will listen to the advice of all the teachers, but I have a request. I hope you will send a clean and upright general to represent me to come to Shaanxi for disaster relief."

Before Zhu Cilang finished speaking, Sun Chuanting nodded and agreed:

"Okay, it's more appropriate for this to be sent by the Ministry of War. I feel that Li Laiheng is quite suitable, so Lord Sun asked him to go there."

Sun Chengzong smiled slightly:

"Okay, the old minister asked Li Laiheng to go to Shanxi early tomorrow morning, so your highness can rest assured."

Li Laiheng

In the second year of Yongchang (1645), he followed Li Jinlian to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

In the seventh year of Yongli (1653), it appeared in Maolu Mountain in Xingshan County, Hubei Province. Later generations called the Thirteen Family in Kuidong.

The "Sacred Emperor's Palace Monument" was erected in the ninth year of Yongli (1655).

In December of the tenth year of Yongli (1656), he was granted the title of Duke of Lin.

In the 16th year of Shunzhi, the Qing army went deep into Yunnan to pursue Emperor Yongli. Li Ding's country was lonely. He and the generals attacked Chongqing and restrained the Qing army going south.

In the first year of Kangxi (1662), the Qing army concentrated its main force and attacked in different directions; he fought for several years.

Finally, he defended Jiulianping, Maolu Mountain (now northwest of Xingshan, Hubei); in the third year of Kangxi (1664), the Qing soldiers besieged Maolu Mountain, and Linguo Duke Li Laiheng burned himself with his family.

In history, Li Laiheng was also a national hero in the anti-Qing Dynasty.

It was just that Zhu Youjian changed the historical process and defected to the Ming Dynasty when Li Yan conquered Shaanxi and Gansu.

He performed well in the battle to clear the Eastern Abduction and the Mongol Yuan, and was named Duke Lin.

Zhu Cilang was certainly relieved to ask Li Laiheng to go to provide disaster relief. Mizhi was Li Laiheng's hometown, and he and Li Yan were good friends again.

After confirming that Li Laiheng went to Shaanxi, Zhu Cixuan suggested to the cabinet again that Li Laiheng would communicate with Li Yan and immigrate from the northwest of the Ming Dynasty to the Southeast Asia after a while.

Zhu Cixuan's suggestion scared several cabinet masters in the cabinet. They didn't understand why they wanted to immigrate to Southeast Asia.

Zhu Cilang had to patiently explain to them:

"My elders, the Ming Dynasty has taken over the Nanyang Islands and controlled the Strait of Malacca.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to rule for a long time, it would have to immigrate to Southeast Asia, so that the indigenous people could be assimilated as soon as possible.

This was specially explained by my father when I came back. The Ming Dynasty could not only move some people in the northwest to Nanyang, but also some people in the south of the Yangtze River.

The merchants in the southern Ming Dynasty were flexible and could drive the development of Nanyang business.

Once the immigration is completed, the Ming Dynasty will not only temporarily solve the drought problem in the northwest, but will also accelerate the process of localization of overseas territories."

These ministers were very capable and loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but they were unresponsive.

In their opinion, there are still many problems in the Ming Dynasty to solve, why do we have to run so far to rule Nanyang?

Grand Secretary Li Changru asked curiously:

"Your Highness, what's good about Nanyang? Why did the Ming Dynasty occupy those barren islands in Nanyang?"

“Baomao Island?”

Zhu Cilang almost laughed out loud when he heard that Li Changru actually said that the islands in the South China Sea were barren lands.

Grand Secretary Li Changru is knowledgeable and has written good writing, but unfortunately he has never left the capital.

Zhu Cilang said with a faint smile:

"Ge Lao, when the north of the Ming Dynasty was cold, the climate in the South China Sea was equivalent to our summer.

There is a rice harvest of three seasons a year, and the yield is much higher than that of the Ming Dynasty.

There are also many gold and silver mines there, and water transportation is extremely developed.

Think about the past few years of the Ming Dynasty, and think about the extent of military pay shortages in Liaodong and various places.

If it is placed now, it is not a problem at all. There is no food to be transported back from there, and there is no gold or silver to dig there.

In this case, will there be refugees in the Ming Dynasty? Will there be starving to death?

Give the soldiers enough military pay and equipped with good firearms. Can the Eastern Abductee still threaten our Ming Dynasty?

It can be said that after taking over the Nanyang Islands, the problem of food and gold and silver shortage in Daming will be solved, and the country of Daming will be as stable as a rock."

Zhu Cilang's words immediately made the elders present wake up as if they were dreaming.

They all gave Zhu Cilang a thumbs up:

"Your Highness is wise, there are successors to the Ming Dynasty. This is my blessing in the Ming Dynasty!"

These old men were just obsessed with the emperor in their hearts, but now they look at Zhu Cilang with admiration.

Minister of War Sun Chengzong bowed and said:

"Your Highness, the Ministry of War has recruited 350,000 soldiers from all over the Ming Dynasty according to His Majesty's instructions.

In addition, they recruited 150,000 navy troops from the south. Now they are training every day and waiting to fight for their country at any time."

"There are also princes such as Zhu Yihai, Zhu Zhu Yujian, and others who have all re-entered soldiers and horses, and the number of people has reached thousands."

When Zhu Yujian, the King of Tang, and Zhu Yihai, the King of Lu, recruited soldiers, Zhu Cilang knew that Sun Chengzong had wronged two princes who were quite promising in the Ming Dynasty.

Their recruitment was told by Zhu Youjian, with the purpose of letting them manage overseas territory.

In the Ming Dynasty, they all had fiefs, and in the future, there will be more and more overseas territories or colonies in the Ming Dynasty.

Sending the princes overseas will not only increase the land of the people in the Ming Dynasty, but also save a lot of guard soldiers.

So Zhu Cilang smiled faintly:

"The princes recruited soldiers and horses with the consent of their father. They will be sent overseas to colonize in the future. Don't worry, the elders."

Everyone has a consensus on the fact that the Ming princes have put a huge burden on the Ming Dynasty's finances.

When they heard that they were recruiting soldiers to colonize the sea, all the cabinet masters nodded and praised.
Chapter completed!