Emperor Ming Dynasty

The five years of Shaowu passed in a flash, and in the midst of a large-scale court meeting, the time came to the sixth year of Shaowu.

Compared with the emperors of the previous Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shaowu was especially generous, and the corresponding rewards made people extremely happy.

The first month of the Beijing Camp is double-paid, which is regarded as New Year's money.

As for civil and military officials, they were rewarded with fish, salt, sugar, sheep, etc. according to their grades. Even the lowest-ranking clerks received a piece of cotton cloth and a few catties of meat to go home to enjoy themselves.

As the captain's son-in-law, Zhou Xian's treatment was naturally extraordinary.

In the Ming Dynasty, those who honored the eldest princess, the eldest princess, and the princess all added this title, ranking under the marquis and above the earl.

As the son-in-law of Emperor Chongzhen and the husband of Princess Changping, Zhou Xian is not low in terms of the value of the united front and his own status, so he also assists King Rui in the Clan Mansion and takes up the post of Zuo Zongzheng.

In fact, Yongle himself was not upright, and he was not at ease. The clan was in charge of the Clan Mansion, so under the infringement of the Ministry of Rites, the responsibilities of the Clan Mansion shrank again and again, and all matters under its jurisdiction were handed over to the Ministry of Rites. The Clan Mansion existed in name only.

However, Emperor Shaowu was different. All matters related to the clan were basically arranged by the clan government, but the decision-making power lay with the Ministry of Rites.

Considering the large population of Lao Zhu's family, the new style of title reduction and succession, the reduction of the clan, and the lawsuits between the clan and the people can be seen. The Ministry of Rites really needs the clan's government to share a little.

With a double salary and a high status, when Zhou Xian returned home, the rewards from the inner court piled up into several mule carts.

The newly released delicate snow sugar weighs a hundred catties; ten bolts of new silk from Suzhou; oil candles made from whales, one foot high, with thick arms, five as a reward...

There are some other well-behaved agates and pearls, all of which are of great value.

The pure bounty is less.

"Why are there so many?"

The five-year-old son was alive and kicking, and he had no choice but to calm down under Aimee Zhu's warning eyes.

Looking at the list of gifts, she couldn't help but exclaim.

"The emperor has money!"

Zhou Xian asked someone to bring a can of white sugar, squeezed it with his hands, stroked it, felt it was fine and white and greasy, and praised: "This snow candy is really like snow, it is really rare."

"Where did the emperor get so much money?" Aunt Zhu was puzzled, she stared at the white sugar with her beautiful eyes, even though she was a princess, it was the first time she saw such snow sugar.

In her impression, when her father was in power, life was not to mention how poor. There were less than ten sets of clothes in a year, and many of them were patched. He often couldn't sleep because of worrying about military expenses.

Wake up earlier than chickens and sleep later than dogs, all because of lack of money.

And look at this reward, just their Zhou Mansion, these few carriages get off, more than two 3000 yuan silver dollars!There are also many rare and precious things, which are simply appalling.

This is a gift from the year, almost never in her memory.

"You don't know."

Zhou Xian washed his hands, washed off the sugar, took off his coat, sat on the couch, and leaned against the table:
"The emperor is smart. He dismissed the banknote customs back then, and directly replaced it with the customs as internal money, at least two or three million yuan a year."

"Although most of the vassal lands in the provinces have become official lands, and a lot of them have been divided, but in the past, Huguang and Sichuan were not divided, and the King of Shu was a wealthy clan."

"The most profitable one has to be the government of Taiwan."

"Taiwan Mansion?" Auntie Zhu was taken aback, but he had never heard of this place.

"Just across the sea from Fujian, it's a big island."

Zhou Xian sighed: "Although it was a bit barren, the imperial court still sent troops to take it down, and the emperor directly planted hundreds of thousands of acres of sugar cane, and now the net profit is hundreds of thousands!!!"

Having said that, his eyes glowed, and his saliva drools with envy.

"And the things that were rewarded to us were provided by the House of Internal Affairs, and almost only a little bit of effort was wasted."

"The emperor is capable." Zhu Wei smiled and shook her head: "If the emperor had such ability back then, why would he collect taxes, and the corrupt officials messed around, which aroused people's resentment, so that..."

Zhou Xian quickly grabbed his jade hand: "Don't think wildly, everything is God's will. You are weak, so don't get too excited."

And his five-year-old son, Zhou Heng, carefully climbed up the slope, ignoring the love of his parents, and directly sticking snow sugar with his hands, chattering with gusto.

"This child, how dirty!" Zhu Yu blamed, wiped his hands and mouth with silk, and threw it to the ground.

Zhou Xian's face twitched.

The lotus-studded silk silk cost three to five silver dollars a piece, and it was just thrown away like a rag.

He wanted to pick it up, but he could only let his servants do it in private, let's resell it!

There is no way, if you become a princess, you have to take good care of her.

The huge capital city is purely a consumption-oriented city. All the officials got rewards, and the Beijing camp got money, which instantly made the market boil, and the traders made a lot of money.

Gouzi read a book swayingly, with deep eyelids, as if he was about to fall asleep in a blink of an eye.

Seeing all this, the teacher could only sigh and grit his teeth to continue teaching.

If it weren't for the 20 yuan a month, he is a scholar, how could he endure such humiliation.

Seeing the rising sun, he said cruelly, "Jia Daihua—"

"Mr. Why, are you going to have lunch?" Jia Daihua immediately stood up like a spring, and asked in a daze.

"You just know how to eat." Mr. took a ruler and hit him ten times on the palm of his hand, and then said angrily: "I have studied for many years, and I only memorized the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Classic. The Analects are not complete. You might as well What a fool!!"

Jia Daihua was sprayed with saliva and could only bear with his head down.

He didn't dare to provoke this talented gentleman, he really beat him, he didn't feel sorry for him, it would be even more unlucky for him to be pissed off.

"At the age of 14 years old, I have already memorized the Analects of Confucius, Daxue, Zhongyong, Mencius, and started writing essays. You are still learning..."

The gentleman looked up to the sky and sighed, then stared at him with piercing eyes: "Remember, when you go out in the future, don't say you are my student."

"I can't afford to lose this man—"

"That..." Jia Daihua raised his head in confusion, and said secretly, "Sir, it's really time for lunch."

"Go!"

The gentleman vented his anger immediately, so he could only put down his ruler, and went to eat together without any burden, not to mention that the food in the Viscount Mansion is really good.

Jia Daihua left alive and kicking, and then greeted a few companions, who were both half-children, to cook mutton together in a hot pot.

Their stomachs can hold a cow at this age, and the four of them are full after eating more than ten catties of mutton.

"To eat hot pot, it must be mutton!"

Jia Daihua patted his stomach, deeply moved.

It would be nice if there were no classes in the afternoon, how beautiful that day would be.

"Dog, the inner court has sent a reward, you go and check it with the steward."

After a while, his old lady lifted his collar and gave orders unceremoniously, then changed her voice and whispered: "You have to study hard, if you get angry and run away from this gentleman, you will wait to be punished." Board it!"