The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 775

"Let's go." Zhang Shenyan pushed him from behind: "What are you looking at?"

"The prince is not sensible." Lu Daqi looked around, Wang Duo and the others were walking in front, only him and Zhang Shenyan were behind him, and he said in a deep voice, "Elected ministers should educate themselves well."

"The king of Zhenbei is not considered an important minister? He devoted himself to teaching him the new policy. How did he do just now?" Zhang Shenyan seemed to have drunk too much, and his face was slightly red. When he said this, he looked at Lu Daqi meaningfully: "Daqi , you are an upright official, you have to think about it more, is it important for Mingjun and the people, or the loyalty in your heart?"

"Hiss..." Lu Daqi gasped, and looked at Zhang Shenyan in disbelief.

"Hahaha" Zhang Shenyan laughed suddenly, and staggered as he walked, as if he was drunk: "Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming, Wang Juesi (Wang Duo)'s expression is really good."

Talking, talking, he shook and left the palace.

Zhang Shenyan's calligraphy is very good, and he is known as Dong Qichang in the south and Dong Qichang in the north.

But he is more powerful in his thinking, which is why Ding Yi wants to reuse him.

Zhang Shenyan is quite insightful for his studies, and his thoughts and achievements are even more eye-catching.First of all, he affirmatively put forward the economic thought of "treating both the root and the bottom" and "sportsman".He believes that a country's economy must have a long-term vision, and should not just focus on the short-term. He opposes the random exploitation of mine resources and allows the country to use them insufficiently. Instead, production should be developed.

At the same time, the restrictions on businessmen are relaxed, and a certain space for business activities is given to them, so that they are willing to engage in commercial activities.His kind of "shirt merchant" was commendable among the ruling class who agreed to put agriculture as the foundation and emphasize agriculture and suppress business at that time.

In the Ming Dynasty, Confucianism was the dominant official orthodoxy.Although Zhang Shenyan received the education of Confucian orthodox thought since he was a child and loved the Five Classics, he insisted on anti-Taoist democratic ideas in terms of thinking.

As one of the few important ministers in the late Ming Dynasty with progressive thinking, Zhang Shenyan quickly accepted Ding Yi and decided to support Ding Yi.

Lu Daqi stood still for a while, then stomped his feet suddenly, and strode away.

When the ministers left the palace, the East Palace was inside the Palace (Ciqing Palace).

"Bump" Zhu Cihong laughed loudly, and took the eight pieces from the table.

Then he took out four and six: "bar".

"Go away." Hahaha, Zhu Cihong was so excited that he couldn't help dancing.

The three young eunuchs on the opposite side were only sixteen or seventeen years old, and they all laughed together: "The prince is really amazing, you're being silly again."

"The prince has won again."

"Your Highness is mighty."

They laughed and yelled, and then took out the broken silver one after another and handed it to Zhu Cihong. Zhu Cihong smiled, looked at his good cards, and thought about the memorial just now, it was as fun as playing cards.

"King Zhenbei, Lord Kun Xingping and the captain's son-in-law have arrived." A voice suddenly came from outside.

"No, get up quickly." Zhu Cihong turned pale with shock, and told the little eunuchs to pick up the mahjong on the table and run back.

But there were too many mahjongs, and the three young eunuchs couldn't handle them at all. A lot of mahjongs fell to the ground, making a loud noise.

Zhu Cihong looked around, grabbed the book in his hands, and was about to put on a show.

"Bastard." Ding Yi's roar was suddenly heard.

Ding Yi, Prince Consort Gong Yonggu and Princess Kunxing walked in at the same time.

"Prince Zhenbei, uncle, sister." Zhu Cihong said with a guilty conscience.

"My lord, Consort Gong, Princess." The little eunuchs knelt down one after another.

Crash, the mahjong in the arms of one of the little eunuchs fell to the ground.

"Damn it." Ding Yi went up, bang, and kicked the little eunuch over.

The three little eunuchs kowtowed desperately, trembling: "My lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my life."

"Your Highness is the crown prince of a country. In the future, you will be the Ninth Five-Year Sovereign, and you will rule the world. You dog slaves, if you don't watch His Highness study and study, and accompany him to play these rotten things, you will be punished and deserve death."

"Come here." Ding Yi was furious: "Drag it out, and die with a stick."

"My lord spared my life, Your Highness, help me."

The three little eunuchs ran over like crazy, hugging Prince Zhu Cihong's thigh together and crying.

Zhu Cihong's face turned pale, he was startled and frightened, and when he saw soldiers in armor coming in from outside, he finally panicked.

At this moment, Uncle Gong Yongyin winked at him, signaling him to be bolder.

Sure enough, Zhu Cihong thought, I am the crown prince, the prince of a country, why should I be afraid of him?

"Stop." Zhu Cihong immediately called to stop.

Ding Yi was stunned, and the soldiers were also stunned.

"I'm just bored, let the servants accompany me for entertainment, the prince is right, I won't be playful in the future, so let a few servants go." Zhu Cihong said calmly.

"Your Highness will be the Emperor of Ming Dynasty in the future, how can you be obsessed with this kind of stuff?" Ding Yi said earnestly and ruthlessly.

Zhu Cihong nodded impatiently: "I know, I must pay attention in the future."

"Brother." Auntie Zhu, Princess of Kunxing, gave him a hard look, resenting his impatience.

Zhu Cihong thought to himself, it wasn't you and your aunt who taught me how to play.

In April and May, he really wanted to study government affairs, but reviewing memorials was really boring. Later, he started to shirk with excuses. Once he went to see Gong Yonggu and his wife playing cards with Princess Kunxing. At first he was not interested, but later he couldn’t bear it. Zhu finally played a few hands, and unexpectedly became addicted.

For his sake, Ding Yi waved the young eunuchs away.

The little eunuchs turned and ran out of the East Palace with tears of gratitude.

Zhu Cihong's body trembled, and suddenly he felt that his East Palace was still very powerful, and even Ding Yi wanted to give him face.

After all, I will be the emperor in the future.

"King Zhenbei came here so late, is there something wrong?" Zhu Cihong said in a good voice at this time.

"Tomorrow morning, the prince needs help with something important." Ding Yi said directly.

"King of Zhenbei, please tell me." Zhu Cihong was even more proud. It turned out that Ding Yi also had something to help.

Then Ding Yi said that when Li Zicheng came to Beijing, the officials refused to pay. In the end, Li Zicheng went to Beijing and forced out tens of millions of silver.

Every time Zhu Cihong heard about this, she was even more furious, wishing that Ding Yi could kill all the officials to vent her hatred.

Then Ding Yi asked him, what was the biggest reason for the corruption before the Ming Dynasty?
Zhu Cilang thought for a while, and said without hesitation: "The officials are greedy and mean, greedy for life and afraid of death, and the court has no money."

Anyway, in his heart, his father must be fine, that is the problem of the officials, and the problem of lack of money.

"The prince is wise." Gong Yonggu quickly praised him, and said to Ding Yi: "The prince has grown up a lot after following the prince for a while."

Zhu Cihong blushed slightly, but she was still a little complacent.

Ding Yi continued: "Hundreds of officials are a problem. The biggest problem is lack of money. As long as the court has money, it can train elite soldiers and appease the refugees with ease."

Zhu Cihong believed it deeply, he understood how poor the Ming court was, and how hard life was for the emperor father and the empress mother.

"So this king wants to do one thing, increase the treasury, accumulate strength for Ming Dynasty, and accumulate wealth for the crown prince."

"In the future, the crown prince will be in charge, the treasury will be in surplus, and there will be hundreds of millions of silver reserves, which will be used inexhaustibly. Then what will happen, what problems can't be solved? Even if the king is not in the court, the crown prince will be able to stabilize the world."

Zhu Cihong's blood boiled when he heard it: "Whatever King Zhenbei wants to do, Xiao Wang will definitely support it with all his strength."

Ding Yi said that officials and gentry pay food as a whole.

After listening to his detailed description, Zhu Cihong really felt that this matter was about to be done, and that the imperial treasury definitely had a flood of silver and grain and stones in it.

But Ding Yi also said that Zhang Juzheng did not take care of this matter back then, and his grave was dug up after his death. This matter was too offensive, and if this king speaks, all officials must block him in every possible way and hate him.

Zhu Cihong blurted out on the spot: "This matter is up to me."

"The prince is really responsible, comparable to the former emperor." Gong Yonggu was full of praise.

Even Princess Kunxing praised her, and she also felt that this kind of matter should be said by the prince, how could Ding Yi be blamed.

After all, this matter is for the benefit of their Zhu family.

Ding Yi explained to him alone again, asking him what to do tomorrow.

When the two were communicating, Gong Yonggu said ruthlessly, "The prince is not young anymore, he is so playful, how can the prince return to the prince with peace of mind in the future."

Princess Kunxing sighed slightly: "Brother Prince, it wasn't like this before."

But after the death of the father and queen mother, my brother's temperament changed drastically, and now he has changed so much that I don't even know him anymore.

"The prince is devoted to cultivating him. Not only is he unwilling to approve the tax memorial, but he is also messing around with the little eunuchs. All the officials originally hated the prince. Who will support him in the future."

Princess Kunxing didn't know much about business either, she looked melancholy and didn't know what to say.

After Ding Yi and Zhu Cihong finished talking, the three of them came out of the East Palace, and it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

The palace was quiet, and several maids and eunuchs followed behind them with lanterns.

Gong Yonggu quickly said, I have to leave the palace as soon as possible, otherwise it will not conform to the ancestral system, so I will leave first.

In fact, this meeting is no longer in line with the ancestral system, but everyone doesn't talk about it.

Immediately, only Ding Yi and Zhu Yuxi walked in front of the scene.

Auntie Zhu suddenly felt flustered, and her face turned red.

"The moonlight is pretty good today." Ding Yi said with a smile.

The maids and eunuchs behind were stunned when they heard the words. One of the young eunuchs, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, carefully stretched out his hand and waved it back, leading everyone back, and quickly retreated ten meters away.

This little eunuch is smart, Ding Yi couldn't help but look back at him.

Auntie Zhu said obediently: "With the prince here, it is just like the sun and the moon of the Ming Dynasty, which will surely shine in all directions."

Ding Yi shook his head: "I don't want to shine light on the world."

"Oh." Auntie Zhu looked up strangely, wanting to look at him, but couldn't see clearly.

Ding Yi said softly: "This king only wants to take good care of the people around me and the people I love."

Auntie Zhu's face turned even redder. She turned her delicate face to the side and stared at Ding Yi: "The person who can make the prince love you must be the most outstanding woman in the world."

Ding Yi smiled and didn't answer.

Auntie Zhu was taken aback for a moment, with a slightly embarrassed expression on her face.

There was a brief silence all around.

A few seconds later, Ding Yi suddenly said: "Does the princess believe in love at first sight?"

Swipe, Aimee Zhu blushed up to her neck, she lowered her pretty face, a little afraid to look at Ding Yi.

The breeze in the air was blowing slowly, and she felt a little weak in her body, and she couldn't even walk.

(End of this chapter)