First Prince of Ming Dynasty

The excitement and joy belonged to adults, and the two children naturally couldn't stand this group of strangers commenting on them, and soon started crying loudly, and had no choice but to be carried to Hua Gai Dian and sent to the nanny's arms.

After the children left, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao took their seats. Several court officials still smacked their lips unwillingly. They felt that the literary talents accumulated over decades of hard study had not yet been displayed. Why were the two emperors and grandchildren taken away? up.

Zhu Yuanzhang set the table and said: "Several lovers from Zhongshu Province are here. This is rare. What's the report?"

Zhu Biao also cast a curious look. The people who came this time were basically officials promoted by Hu Weiyong. Although the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials in Beijing were all done by the emperor, Hu Weiyong was the prime minister after all, and he was still decent. Yes, the emperor would generally approve the performances of those he recommended.

This seems to be forming a party for personal gain, but it is actually an unavoidable thing in the officialdom. No matter what position you hold, if your subordinates do not have a trusted confidant who is hand-picked, it will be difficult to do anything.

It was Hu Weiyong who spoke first: "The Zhongshu Province adheres to the king's will and is in charge of confidentiality. It is the talented ministers who sorted out the decrees of the whole year last year. Some issues that were shelved at that time need to be reported to the Holy One again. I respectfully ask the Holy Heart to be dictatorial. The ministers and others came to face the king and play together."

There are countless national government affairs that the imperial court needs to deal with every day, and most of them are resolved as soon as possible, but there will always be some disputes or limited by the current situation. deal with.

Last year, the imperial court deployed troops on all sides, natural disasters occurred frequently in the interior, and the treasury was empty and taxes were difficult to collect. Therefore, many affairs were put on hold, and these were kept in the Ministry of Education.

This year's situation is good. At the court meeting on New Year's Day, the emperor also said that this year's court will focus on recuperation, and will not take the initiative to take the initiative to send foreign troops. Therefore, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Households will calculate, even if a part of the budget is set aside for natural disasters and man-made disasters. There is still some surplus food, this is the first time since the founding of the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also happy when he heard the words: "Ask the Minister of the Ministry of Accounts if he has passed the account. It is rare that he has some surplus food and he will hide it in the treasury of the Ministry of Accounts waiting to pay off the debt?"

Zhongshu Zuo Cheng Chen Ning said with a smile: "I was worried that Guo Shangshu would hide it when I was doing the calculations with the Ministry of Accounting. After all, the Ministry of Accounting owes more than one million shi to the big families in the south of the Yangtze River. I didn't expect Guo Shangshu to hide it. Very frankly."

Zhongshu Shenzheng looked at Zhu Biao and said, "It's thanks to Your Highness, otherwise, at this moment, I'm afraid the ministers are still listening to Guo Shangshu crying poorly at the top of his voice?"

Zhao Yannian, the political affairs officer of Zhongshu Pingzhang, shook his head: "Guo Shangshu really didn't see the rabbit and didn't scatter the eagle. He obviously had the guarantee of His Royal Highness, and when it came to the end, he would let the minister wait for the guarantee. gap."

Zhu Yuanzhang is very happy, it can be seen that he is very satisfied with the minister of the household department he appointed, what he wants is the energy to not suffer and be stingy, our Daming is so poor, and there is a minister of the household department who spends money lavishly, how can we live? !

"Biao'er, Zhao Aiqing is afraid that you will renege on your debts. Do you really want to bear the food owed by the court?"

Zhao Yannian hurriedly confessed: "I dare not have such intentions, my lord should bypass the old minister, otherwise I will not have the face to go to the East Palace to meet the Crown Prince in the future."

The atmosphere in the hall is still very good, in fact, it is mainly because the emperor is in a good mood, and the courtiers are not trembling, so they will naturally cooperate with everything.

Zhu Biao stood up and replied: "There are already some clues. In fact, it is a cliché. It was discussed at the court meeting last year. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, we have adopted a state of blockade against all parties. Foreign exchanges and trade are restricted, and business is not booming. It’s hard to get rid of, not to mention the pre-Yuan period and even the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty.”

"My dear friends are all capable of governing the country. You should know that merchants are cheap, but just like running water can exchange goods. My Ming Dynasty's foreign trade blockade is due to Japanese pirates, but a considerable part is due to the national policy when the country was founded. The current situation It’s time to change for the better.”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say a word but just looked at the expressions of the following people. Zhongshu Zuocheng Chen Ning pondered and said: "Business and trade are beneficial to the country, and the ministers are naturally aware of it, but I don't know if the current situation is suitable. Although my Ming Dynasty is different from the one hundred years ago when the country was founded. The waste is waiting to be rebuilt, but in fact, there is still emptiness in the foundation.”

Hu Weiyong also said: "I have checked the documents left by the Song and Yuan Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, there were fifty or sixty countries that had exchanges with silver goods, while in the Yuan Dynasty there were as many as one hundred and forty. Barbarians of all colors came with the boat. It’s a grand occasion, but barbarians are barbarians after all, they are unbearably vulgar and extremely good at spreading ghosts and gods and cults in our Central Plains, luring the people to join them..."

"My minister echoed what Prime Minister Hu said, sea trade seems to be boundless, but inside it is empty storage. I think that the foundation of our Ming Dynasty lies in agriculture. The mass production is enough for the world to be safe. Why do we need to deal with the barbarians?"

As Zhu Biao expected, the officials seek stability and do not want to experience ups and downs in their lives as they become more and more prosperous. In fact, the main reason is that they are afraid of being blamed. Cutting off your head, who made you fail to fulfill your duty of persuading the lord.

Moreover, Zhu Biao also saw that his father was also worried. Hu Weiyong actually had a point. Unlike the Song Dynasty, which was dominated by commodity trade, the Yuan Dynasty's foreign personnel had changed to mostly missionaries of various religions. The sect is still very resistant, because he knows how much religion can affect the poor.

In the five years since the founding of the country, there have been rebellions every year, and they are basically instigated by them, but they just want to kill them endlessly. Naturally, he doesn't want Daming to have another batch of demagogues.

Several important court officials immediately regretted what they said. They were really careless. How could there be no one to support His Highness? It really shouldn't be!

Zhao Yannian was the last one to speak. At this time, he coughed quickly, as if he hadn't finished what he just said, but was stuck: "Although he was a little anxious, what His Highness said is very reasonable. I can't make any big waves anymore, I think..."

Soon, Zhu Biao, the party concerned, was completely excluded, and several officials from the Ministry of Education started to fight with each other, insisting on each other's words, especially Zhao Yannian, the Pingzhang political officer who stood on Zhu Biao's side, was simply a star of Wenqu Descend to the earth to manifest the holiness.

The pros and cons, as well as the hidden dangers of great benefits, have been thoroughly discussed. No one who can stand in this hall is simple, and he will never look at the problem in a simple way, let alone just to suppress businessmen.

What kind of businessman is he? Don't look at these few who are careful in front of the Zhu family and his son, but the one outside can shake the officialdom of a state by stomping their feet. .

In fact, Zhu Biao also knew that it was too early to open up sea trade at this time. This time, he wanted to see the attitude of the upper-level officials of the imperial court on this matter. How could it take such a lot of trouble for a mere million shi of grain.

Whether it is the tea horse trade or the purchase from the Southeast Asian countries, it can make up for the lack of grain before the agreed time limit. This is a matter of the imperial court's trust. How could Zhu Biao pin this on the extremely risky sea trade.

The reaction of the officials was expected by Zhu Biao. Although most of them were not optimistic, they were actually willing to refuse and welcome.

It is an honor to bear the blame for Chu Jun, and there will be a chance to turn over sooner or later, but some blame cannot be turned over, because the dead do not need to turn over.

What's more, they have reached this point, and there is actually no room for improvement. Naturally, they are seeking stability so as not to implicate the whole family.

Zhao Yannian stood up to allow Zhu Biao to retreat naturally. The monarch does not need or need to end up arguing with his courtiers.

Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted their argument: "You go down and discuss with the six yamen, so don't quarrel with us."

Naturally, everyone followed the example of kindness, bowed neatly and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for your lack of manners in front of the imperial court."

After that, as if nothing had happened just now, he naturally started to talk about the government affairs left over from last year. In fact, most of them can be solved by the government's allocation of grain funds.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head after everyone told the emperor's prince luggage to leave, and said, "It's all right now, the treasury is clean again."

Zhu Biao smiled and said, "It's not that there is still some left. It can be said that Zhao Yannian specially saved it for the emperor to expand the palace."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said, "The civil servants have come to search around, but the warriors of the Governor's Mansion can still calm down. Just wait, they will all come to us and cry poorly in less than an hour."

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