Thank you for the invitation. I am in the Ming Dynasty and swear not to be an official!

Chapter 85 Liu Bowen can’t compare to him even if he lives.
"Father, a few days ago, I either sent a memorial or Mao Xiang came back from inquiries. I wonder if you have discussed it with the ministers of the DPRK?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head slightly: "Now Xu Da is training troops in Shanxi and can't care about the west. We haven't mentioned this matter to anyone yet."

Zhu Di was overjoyed: "That's just right! Since the court has no plan, the minister will tell his father what he thinks."

"Hudada of East Chahatai is very interested in our refined salt, white sugar and liquor, and we have been supplying him with these goods recently. But now Hamaddin, the leader of East Chahatai, is unwilling to cooperate with us. The traders almost killed Mao Xiang and his party for this!"

"So, I think we can use this to blackmail Husada and let him be used by us. Of course, we have to give some sweetness. With the combination of kindness and power, if Husada can be used by us, then if we can in the future If we find the former Great Khan's son Hei Huo'er, we can set up a puppet and we can easily take down East Chahatai!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, but he soon realized a problem: "We remember that Mao Xiang just found out that the black Huo'er is now in Husuda's territory, but it's not clear where exactly. If he can't find it, Black Huo'er, I'm afraid it's hard to get Hudada to cooperate with us just by threats."

"So, now we are still waiting for news from the spies left by Mao Xiang. In fact, we can't remember this matter. To put it bluntly, although Hudaida is afraid of Hamaldin, he really fell out with him. With his strength, he can also fight with Hamaldin. Martin and Ding will fight against each other! Therefore, our threat to Huda Da is only one aspect. More importantly, we need to use our soft power to make Hu Da Ming feel that he cannot leave Daming's help!"

"Soft power?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback for a moment.

"What does it mean?"

"Father, it is the power that is different from the weapons of generals! For example, our Confucian culture, such as white sugar, white wine, and refined salt! These can affect the Western Regions but are not means of war. They are our soft power!"

Zhu Yuanzhang gradually understood the meaning.

"We remembered. That kid Liao Tiancheng said that we should use white sugar, white wine, and refined salt to make the countries in the Western Regions gradually rely on us, and in the end we will use it to check and balance them! And it does take a lot of time to achieve this goal. However, although this soft power tests people's patience, its influence is greater than using troops! Once it is obtained, it will be easier to govern in the future."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face gradually showed a look of surprise.

"It is said that those who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are dark. Fourth, you have made great progress by following Tiancheng!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed and quickly suppressed his laughter: "This is all cultivated by my father. Without my father giving me this opportunity, how could I have learned this?"

"I'm afraid this is what Liao Tiancheng told you, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stared at Zhu Di, his eyes seemed to be able to directly see through people's hearts!
Zhu Di suddenly panicked: "I don't dare to deceive my father, these are indeed what he said! I was also greedy just now, please punish my father!"

But Zhu Yuanzhang was not as angry as he imagined.

"You kid, how come you have contracted this problem? From now on, you should be down-to-earth and do things in a down-to-earth manner. If it's not yours, don't ask for it. However, if you can repeat Tiancheng's plan and explain it clearly to us, it shows that you also understand his plan. Meaning. In that case, this can be regarded as giving you some knowledge, which is not bad."

Zhu Di was relieved, knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang would not punish him.

"This kid Tiancheng really knows his way! But why is he so familiar with the Western Regions? Is it true that it was just the businessman who mentioned it to him as he said before?"

Seeing that his father was suspicious of Liao Tiancheng, Zhu Di immediately decided to stand up and say a few words: "Father, Tiancheng has made great contributions to our Ming Dynasty! Moreover, he has no intention of becoming an official at all! He is just talented, so he can show it off casually. , it’s shocking to the world. But he has no ambitions and doesn’t want anything. He just wants to live a comfortable life and survive! You must not be suspicious of him. "

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded: "You kid said, we understand too. We are just curious... But then again, he doesn't know everything. If he could really count, Mao Xiang wouldn't have been almost killed, that black fire I can find him directly! It seems that he has heard some gossip."

The father and son chatted for a while, but felt that it was really cold outside, so they went back to their respective homes, and then fell asleep one after another.Zhu Yuanzhang lay beside Ma Dajiao, tossing and turning.

Liao Tiancheng's arrangements and judgments on the East Chaha Platform reminded him of Liu Bowen.

Liu Bowen was often able to predict events like a god, and many arrangements seemed unreasonable, but in fact they secretly made sense.

It's just that Liu Bowen has an upright personality and thinks of himself as a scholar, but in fact he is aloof. He disdains association with Zhu Yuanzhang and many big figures from peasant backgrounds in the court, which is why Zhu Yuanzhang finally cannot tolerate him.

But Liao Tiancheng is completely different.

Liao Tiancheng himself came from a humble background, and he was born at the same time as Zhu Yuanzhang.

And he also knows how to deal with things and has no thorns in his body!

When you get along with such talented people, you can benefit a lot and don't have to suffer.

"Liu Bowen, Liu Bowen, even if you are alive, you can't compare to him! We want to use you, but you pretend to be noble for us. Every time you do something for us, you are as reluctant as if you have hemorrhoids! Now we have Liao Tiancheng, no need to worry about your ability anymore!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was a narrow-minded man, and Tang He was rude. He almost killed Tang He, and he was always looking for Tang He's fault, thinking about killing people all the time.

Liu Bowen was arrogant, so he only gave it to an earl, and when he used it, he would find trouble.

If Liu Bowen had no extraordinary ability, Zhu Yuanzhang would only think that he was a fool who couldn't see himself clearly.

But the problem is that Liu Bowen is talented, but he is arrogant and always ignores Lao Zhu.

Even after Liu Bowen died, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt uncomfortable thinking of Liu Bowen's aloof and aloof words and deeds.

But now Liao Tiancheng's talent and way of doing things suddenly cured Zhu Yuanzhang.

After feeling that someone would be available in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang's hatred for Liu Bowen was relieved.

He touched his arms again, took out the red cannon blueprint and looked at it in the moonlight. Zhu Yuanzhang's face became even more joyful.

"Liu Bowen is a smart man, but he is better at handling court affairs."

"Tiancheng is different from his intelligence. His intelligence is more beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and more practical!"

"For example, when Xu Da used the three-eyed bird gun before, he said yes!"

"Another example is the red cannon this time! If the range can really reach ten miles, who will dare to go against our Ming Dynasty in the future? Even if we are ten miles away, the enemy can't even see us, and we can blow him to pieces!"

"This emperor's son-in-law is so impressive!"

(End of this chapter)