Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 605 Do Your Own Thing Well
The proud Zhu Huan left the palace, which can be regarded as triumphant. He had already finalized the son-in-law for his second daughter in advance, a very good son-in-law.It doesn't matter whether it's origin, character, or ability.

As for Xiao Xiaozhu, she is also very happy. She thinks she has done some great things and feels that she has handled them well.

Little Zhu didn't hide anything, and immediately told Zhu Yunying what happened in Wenhua Palace.Little Zhu still has a sense of propriety, although he has promised some things, but these also need his father's approval.

Zhu Yunying couldn't laugh or cry, and then he also gritted his teeth. His fifth uncle is really a hob meat.It is said that Zhu Yunying is helpless to his younger brother Zhu Yunxi, but that is just an illusion. The biggest playboy in the clan of the Ming Dynasty has always been Zhu Yun.

Who made Zhu Wei the youngest son brought up by Lao Zhu and Queen Ma, so Zhu Wei was also very favored.

The concubine is the second daughter of Feng Sheng, one of the six founding dukes, and was once granted the title of a wealthy land in the south of the Yangtze River.Although the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were an important source of tax revenue for the Ming government, they were not suitable for establishing a vassal, so Lao Zhu changed Zhu's fief to Kaifeng, and changed the king of Wu to the king of Zhou.

But Kaifeng was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Lao Zhu once considered making Kaifeng the capital.

As for Zhu Lu, this beloved prince is unlearned and incompetent, and is very interested in plants and medicine.He was scolded and punished by Lao Zhu for leaving the fief without permission, and he had a private relationship with his father-in-law Feng Sheng who held military power.

That is to say, Lao Zhu loved Zhu Huan, and Da Zhu protected him at the beginning, otherwise Zhu Huan would have been abolished a long time ago.

Looking at the excerpts, Zhu Yunying was speechless, "Everyone says that my fifth uncle is a dude, if this is playing tricks, how many people can play tricks on my fifth uncle!"

Xu Maoxian, that is the posthumous son of Xu Da's third son.This kid's presence in Zhongshan Prince's Mansion is relatively low, but at least he is Xiao Zhu's cousin, and his uncle is either the Duke of Ming Dynasty or the Marquis of Ming Dynasty.

Xu Maoxian, a quasi-junjun horse, will actually enter the palace in two years, and he will definitely become a great Ming guard like his late father. There is absolutely no shortage of opportunities for meritorious service and promotion. I know there is nothing wrong with these.

Forget it, Zhu Yunying didn't plan to say anything more about Uncle Wu's petty thoughts.It's okay for a father to consider his own children. Anyway, Xu Maoxian is not particularly important, and it didn't affect Zhu Yunying's arrangements.

Since this is the case, Zhu Yunying just turn a blind eye to this matter, and don't need to pay more attention to it.

The generous Zhu Yunying can not care about some things, but there are many things that other people have to care about.

For example, Hubu Shangshu Yuxin, he feels some pressure now, and thinks that maybe he should retire.

During the Hongwu Dynasty, civil and military officials were used to seeing the positions of the six ministers changing frequently, and changing two ministers a year was really a trivial matter.Even the post of Shangshu has been vacant for two or three years, which is not enough to make a fuss.

But he, Yu Xin, has taken over the post of Minister of the Household Department since the 26th year of Hongwu.He has been in this position for too long, it has been six or seven years, and he is not suitable for such a sensitive position as the household department.

This is probably a rush to retreat bravely. Yu Xin feels that if he retreats at this time, he will talk too much, and it will probably be able to complete a good story about the monarch and his ministers.

While Yu Xin was still thinking, Xia Yuanji, who he valued a lot, came.

"Enxiang." Xia Yuanji was very polite, but said with a bitter face, "Da Sikong is looking for another official today."

Da Sikong, this is the elegant name of Minister of the Ministry of Industry.As for Xia Yuanji calling Yu Xin 'enxiang', there is no big problem. Although Yu Xin is not a prime minister, there is no prime minister in the Ming Dynasty, and Hubu Shangshu can be regarded as the apex of civil officials.

If the "Situ" and "district officials" who are elegantly called Hubu Shangshu are obviously a little out of line.

Yu Xin became depressed, and after pondering for a while, he said, "Wei Zhe, is Da Sikong inquiring about money and food again?"

Xia Yuanji nodded and said, "After all, Da Sikong is a former minister of His Majesty's hidden residence, and he has made quite a lot of political achievements in recent years. When Da Sikong summoned him, the subordinate officials dare not refuse to go. It's just that the matter is related to the household department and the bank, and the subordinate officials dare not speak out. "

Yu Xin also understands this, and Yan Zhenzhi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, is really special, and it seems that he is not as good as his Majesty in the past like Ru Xun.But Yan Zhenzhi was also the first batch of civil servants who served under Jinshang's command.

To be honest, when Ru Xun was an accompanying student, she actually didn't have a very important position in the imperial court.At that time, Ru Yu was just an outstanding student of Guozijian, who was a Gongjian at the age of 16, and she was considered precocious and intelligent.

At the age of six, she was able to recite poems from thousands of families, and at the age of ten, she was familiar with "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean".But Ru Yu at that time was only Cheng Chilang, who was slowly promoted after ranking first in the Ministry of Officials.

There was a rapid promotion here, who knows if there was a factor because Ru Zhen was studying with the grandson at that time.

But Yan Zhenzhi was different. He was appreciated by Lao Zhu starting from the Chief of Grain, and was specially appointed as a counselor by the Secretary of General Administration.After Da Zhu died of illness, Yan Zhenzhi was immediately elected as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, which is interesting.

Everyone knows that Yan Zhenzhi is Jinshang's confidant, but he is indeed a veteran of Emperor Hongwu.Yan Zhenzhi, who is almost [-] years old, has done a good job in the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry. During his tenure, he has cleared up many unjust cases. canal.

Guangxi was short of food, so Yan Zhen tried to find a way to transport the food to various health centers in the food-deficient areas of Guangxi.Yan Zhenzhi managed to transport the salt from Guangdong to Jiangxi, which was unprecedented in history.

This official has a good voice, and he doesn't seem to be from an orthodox scholar background, but who dares to underestimate Yan Zhenzhi's ability.

Yu Xin thought about it carefully, and said, "Wei Zhe, there are many rumors in the court that His Majesty intends to govern Huanghuai, what do you think?"

Xia Yuanji was silent for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty is talented and visionary. If your Majesty intends to build the embankment of the Yellow River with the power of the whole country, I will not be surprised. The Yellow River is seriously flooded, and the world knows it. The Huaihe River has suffered disasters every year in recent years. Everyone knows it."

Yu Xin is not surprised, although there are indeed some voices from the ruling and opposition parties, many people don't care.But if today's day plans to control the Yellow River, everyone may not be so surprised.

After all, many people know that Emperor Yingshi is very far-sighted, and everyone knows that Emperor Yingshi has extremely great ambitions.

Emperor Hongwu loved the people like his son, so why not Emperor Yingshi? This one also wants to govern the country, and this one has never slack off.The requirements for civil and military officials are actually not low.

This time, Yu Xin and Xia Yuanji became silent. Many people outside said that the Ming Dynasty is now rich and powerful.There are more and more grain taxes, and all kinds of taxes are constantly pouring into the treasury of the Ming Dynasty. The current Ming Dynasty is indeed much richer and stronger.

Just as the person in charge of the household department, I also know that although the Ming Dynasty has a lot of money and food now, there are also many places that need to consume money and food.As the person in charge of the household department, you also need to constantly calculate and calculate carefully.

Among other things, those Qiu Ba in the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies are not easy to mess with, they need a lot of money every year.Of course, this also requires the assistant of the Ministry of War.However, the Ministry of War is almost an echo in front of the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies, so how dare it confront the violent warriors.

Your Majesty has spent a lot of money in the Ministry of Industry these years, not to mention the Academy of the Ministry of Industry, the continuous casting of cannons, firecrackers, etc. over the years, as well as the continuous construction of larger sea ships, which one does not require a large amount of money? funds.

The war in Koryo ended this year, but Liang Guogong is training troops in the northwest, and Qian Guogong is also training troops in the southwest. Everyone knows that there will be wars with Wala, Annan and other places sooner or later. Emperor Yingshi does not seem to have much idea of ​​​​hiding his intentions. .

These also need money, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty is slowly moving the capital.

In the early years, Emperor Yingshi built the capital in Beiping, and the basic framework came out, but it has continued to be perfected in recent years.Building the capital is no small matter. Even though Beiping seems to be more prosperous now, it still needs to be supplemented by the court.

All of these are extremely expensive. The court seems to have made a lot of money, but it is also very expensive!

Yu Xin and Xia Yuan Jiku were sitting. These two seemed to be in charge of the money bag of the Ming Dynasty, and a huge amount of money was indeed going through their hands.

It’s just that after so many years, even though the Ming Dynasty seems to have put more and more money and grain into the warehouse, they are still crying poor, not habitually crying poor, and they are really very poor many times.

No matter how much money and food are put into the warehouse, the court can easily spend it.All the yamen also habitually reached out to the household department, as if the household department had endless money and food.The chief officials of those yamen, one by one, would start cursing people without getting the money.

It's really not that the household department is stingy, nor is it that the officials of the household department deliberately embarrass their colleagues. It is simply that the household department of the Ming Dynasty really had no money when there were many household departments.

Looking at each other, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was really not full, especially in the early years of the founding of the country, there were some difficult and embarrassing situations from time to time. Yu Xin was also deeply touched by this, and he had experienced it to some extent.

Seeing that the finances of the Ming Dynasty are getting better and better in recent years, Yu Xin also naively felt that the treasury was full, and the pressure on the Ministry of Household Affairs would definitely become smaller and smaller, and there would definitely be some surplus money slowly.

But it's good now, it's true that there are more and more taxes in the Ming Dynasty, but there are more and more places where the Ming Dynasty needs to spend money.In addition to some routines such as the salaries of hundreds of officials and the support of the clan, long-term state affairs, large and small, also cost money like water.

Yu Xin and Xia Yuanji are about to start to have headaches, let alone other things, now that Yu Xin is the Secretary of the Household Department, naturally he will have a headache.Xia Yuanji is favored by Yu Xin, according to this trend, Xia Yuanji also has the opportunity to be in charge of the household department.Of course, the current Xia Yuanji is in charge of the bank and has a lot of real money.

This time, the God of Wealth in the eyes of many people is going to have a headache. It is very likely that the construction of the Yellow River embankment and the management of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River are true.At that time, the household department will need to work hard, and it must take out money.

Whether Yu Xin and Xia Yuanji will have a headache is not something Zhu Yunying needs to care about.Although some of his own plans were not small, but Zhu Yunying didn't think it was meaningful, the Ming Dynasty could also undertake several important projects at the same time.

In the final analysis, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is much stronger now, and the Ming Dynasty does not have too many burdens now.

The Hongzhi Dynasty in history began to govern the Yellow River. At that time, the so-called Hongzhi Zhongxing was just Zhongxing. The national power of the Ming Dynasty was actually not the apex.However, if the Ming Dynasty wants to do some big things now, it can use more resources, including the person sitting on the dragon chair who has a greater voice.

The courtiers have the troubles of the courtiers, and these people also need to do their duty well.

And the emperors also need to do their duty well. The courtiers can just do their duties well. As long as they manage their own affairs well, they are basically qualified and excellent officials.

But it's not good for the emperor. They want to take over the overall situation and use the country and the country as the chessboard.Many things naturally need to be considered more fully.

Just after dealing with the government affairs, Shuangquan came over and said that Lao Zhu had something to call Zhu Yunying.

Zhu Yunying was not surprised, so he just went to Qianqing Palace.It probably wasn't a big deal, maybe it was because Lao Zhu missed his grandson, so he found a plausible reason for Zhu Yunying to go to Qianqing Palace to report.

When we arrived at Qianqing Palace, Old Zhu said cheerfully, "Your fifth uncle made some moths again, did they cause you trouble?"

Zhu Yunying didn't care either, and said with a smile, "It's okay, Xu Maoxian is not Xu Qin after all, so it doesn't matter. Fifth Uncle still has a sense of propriety, so he just stared at Xu Maoxian and didn't want to drag Xu Qin away."

Xu Qin, the eldest son of Xu Huizu, is about to be canonized as the son of Zhongshan Gong. This will also be the third generation of Zhongshan Gong in the Ming Dynasty. If nothing else, he will be the banner figure of the new generation of Wu Xun in the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at Xiao Zhu who was sitting on the side full of anger, Zhu Yunying was amused, "Is this kid annoyed now?"

Old Zhu also laughed, and said, "I'm annoyed, I was still showing off in front of us, let's analyze it, this kid will know that he has been cheated by the fifth prince, so he is annoyed and stops talking."

"It's also a good thing, this little thing is so smooth, it's not a bad thing to suffer a little bit." Zhu Yunying seemed happy to teach his son some setbacks, and said, "How many times have we said that the emperor should think twice before acting. With a hot forehead and a clap, I can only sulk myself when I come back."

Old Zhu and Xiao Zhu didn't avoid Xiao Zhu either, which made Xiao Zhu even more depressed.He could only turn around angrily, with his back to his great-grandfather and father, expressing his dissatisfaction with this attitude.

Lao Zhu didn't care, he was in a good mood, "Let's have a drink, why don't you stay here for a meal?"

Zhu Yunying looked at it and smiled, "Success, it's all what we like to eat, so let's eat here."

Little Zhu immediately yelled, "Shuangquan, hurry up and fetch water, we have to wash our hands and eat."

Anger is anger, you can't wrong your stomach!

(End of this chapter)