I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 162 Zhu Gaosui: Second brother, I belong to you, yet you doubt me!

Yongle 13 years, the first month.

Before the joy of the New Year passed, the imperial court promulgated a new policy.

This new policy is about the new establishment of the Wenqu Academy.

The imperial court's new policy has decided to increase the cultivation of talents and establish new schools in various places. In order to reward the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty for their efforts in fighting for the country last year, all children of military households can send their children to new schools in various places to study for free with vouchers.

Those who graduate from school can cancel their military household status and become naturalized.

People in various places want to send their children to school, they only need to let the children take a simple oral test, and those who are smart can also enter the school for free.

Those who are successful in the future only need to teach the latter students for three years.

When this policy was issued, military households everywhere were boiling.

As the military household strategy formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang has been implemented for so many years, the disadvantages of it have gradually emerged.

The children of military households not only had to cultivate huge military fields, but also had to bear heavy taxes and the obligation to fight on the battlefield.

Coupled with the oppression of military officers from all over the country, military households have already complained about this.

Many people are thinking of ways to let their children and grandchildren change their household registration.

But in the Ming Dynasty, military households wanted to change their registration, unless they became the Minister of the Ministry of War, they would remain military households for the rest of their lives, and their descendants would also be unable to change this fate.

Many military households who were oppressed by local military officials and could not survive, many directly chose to flee.

The fleeing of military households has caused a serious shortage of guards in various places, and some places can't even get half of the staff.

Now the imperial court has changed the policy and given the military households a new way to get ahead, which made the military households burst into tears with excitement.

Although the older generation can no longer enjoy this benefit, the children still have unlimited possibilities in the future.

On the day this policy was announced, the registration offices for new schools in various places were almost full of children from military households.

According to statistics, until the first day of the school year, there were no less than 10 children from military households recruited by new schools all over the country.

When this number was reported to the old man, the old man was taken aback.

In the initial vision of the imperial court, it was enough to train 1 or 3 people in the first batch.

Then every subsequent year, they will take over successively, slowly cultivating these talents.

But the old man ignored the attraction of changing household registration to military households.

The military households in various places, in order to let the children get out of the military household registration, almost all the children who meet the age were sent in.

The reason for this is that they fear that the court will change its policy.

So in order to prevent accidents, they sent all the children there as soon as the new school started enrolling students.

"Your Majesty, why don't you lay off a group of people, we really can't afford it!"

Seeing the old man with a shocked expression, Xie Jin hesitated for a moment, and proposed to lay off a batch.

The old man glared at him, and threw the memorial in his hand on the table.

"Cutting off, who is going to be cut off!"

"Believe it or not, if a group of people are laid off here, the military households over there will make a mess."

Xie Jin's face was so bitter that juice dripped out.

"But the problem is that there are so many people, and our budget is not enough. This does not include the children from private households selected from various places. If we add them, we will have to support nearly 1 people in the first batch!"

"As the saying goes, half a child eats me to death."

"There are so many young tigers that are just nourishing the body. Just eating them can eat up Wenquyuan."

"And it's not a year or two, it's 10 years, and more importantly, a new batch will be recruited next year, at least 4 to [-] people, and then the third year, the fourth year..."

Xie Jin snapped his fingers and calculated while talking. In the end, he felt his head was going to explode.

"According to my conservative estimate, before the first batch of students graduate, the court will have to support at least 30 children!"

Hearing this terrifying number, the old man couldn't help poking his teeth.

As Xie Jin said just now.

Half a child eats me to death.

There are more than 30 little tigers, and the food expenses alone can eat up the Wenquyuan.

In addition, there are writing fees, and students' clothes and other miscellaneous things.

Calculated back and forth, a child's annual consumption is conservatively estimated to be around five taels.

Simple calculation, the first batch of 15 children alone will spend nearly one million in the first year.

Although the old man invested all the money he got from the Kong family into the new school.

But last year, it cost as much as 8% to build schools in various places.

According to Xie Jin's report, the remaining money in Wenqu Academy is less than 200 million taels of silver.

Two million taels of silver seems to be a lot, enough to feed so many students for two years.

But the problem is that other things also cost ah.

The salary of the new students from all over the place, as well as the daily maintenance of the college, the expenditure of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the nutritional supplement for military training in the afternoon.

It is unknown whether the 200 million taels of silver will be enough to spend this year.

Thinking of the money spent like running water, the old man felt a pain in his heart.

But the century-old plan is the foundation of the country, and it must not be cut off at this point, the old man gritted his teeth and said to Xie Jin.

"You don't have to worry about the money, you just need to take care of things for me. If you have no money, go to the store to withdraw it first. Taisun has already said hello to there. As long as there is a loan certificate, they will directly transfer the money to you." Give it to you."

Xie Jin, who had a bitter look on his face, immediately closed his expression when he heard that money was not a problem.

"Sir, take the lead!"

As soon as Xie Jin left, before the old man had a sip of tea, Xia Yuanji walked in.

"Your Majesty, the household department is out of money!"

The first sentence Xia Yuanji came in was habitually talking about money.

The old man scratched his head irritably.

"Didn't you just allocate a batch for you last year, and last year's autumn harvest, this year hasn't ended yet, so you're going to spend it all."

Xia Yuanji was speechless.

What do you mean I ran out of money?
You are really not in charge of your family and don't know how expensive firewood is.

This one reached out and asked me for money, and that one reached out and asked me for money. I am the God of Wealth, and I was almost emptied by you.

Everyone always wants money.

I don't even think that the imperial court has so many taxes, is it enough for you prodigals?
"Your Majesty, you have wronged the minister. What do you mean the minister spent all the money?"

Saying that, Xia Yuanji began to settle accounts.

"For the construction of the Forbidden City in the north, the annual expenditure is fixed. As soon as the minister received the money, before it was warmed up, a batch was taken away."

"There is also the naval base plan proposed by Taisun. There are 10 places, and the budget of each place is 10,000+ taels. Now more than 100 million taels have disappeared."

"There are also the navy's shipyard, the Shenji Battalion and the Marine Corps expansion plan, last year's salary replacement, and the cost of this year's imperial examination, as well as the cost of resuming spring plowing in Shandong."

"Calculate everything, take a little from the east, take a little from the west, even if the household department is a cornucopia, it can't bear the speed of spending money, minister..."

"Stop, stop..."

The more the old man listened, the more his head became dizzy, and he quickly reached out to stop Xia Yuanji from settling accounts.

Tiredly rubbing the center of his brows, the old man hesitated for a long time, and said to Xia Yuanji, "Go to the reserve and take out 500 million taels first, and then fill it back when the household department is full."

Xia Yuanji pouted secretly.

With the speed at which you prodigals spend money, the repayment department is full, and I never dreamed of this.

"Sir, take the lead!"

Chasing away Xia Yuanji who came to ask for money, the old man walked around the room a few times with his hands behind his back, and finally patted the table.

"You can't let this kid stay at home, drive him away quickly to make money."

"If you delay for a while, the little family property you have saved with great difficulty will be wiped out."

In his bedroom, Zhu Zhangui, who was crawling among a pile of memorials and buried himself in correcting the memorials, suddenly shivered inexplicably.

Scratching his head in doubt, Zhu Zhangui looked around and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he lowered his head and picked up a memorial to correct it.

"Come on, grandson, grandpa will read to you."

Eastern Palace in the evening.

Zhu Pangpang, who managed to snatch the child back from the old man today, cheerfully put his grandson on a jade chair, and began to read with a book of thousand characters in his hand.

"You are crazy, the child is only so old, you let him study!"

Zhang, who was teasing his grandson with a small toy, gave Zhu Pangpang a blank look.

"Why am I crazy? This is called preschool education. I have read it in books. I often read some sage books in front of the children. It can imbue the children with the spirit of sages and become a benevolent and righteous king who has read poetry and books in the future!"

"Zhan Gui is completely useless, I have to teach my grandson well, and he can no longer be reckless like his father all day long!"

Mrs. Zhang gave Zhu Pangpang an angry look when she heard the words.

"What's wrong with my son? I think he's better than you as a father. Before my son comes back, look at the life we ​​live in the East Palace. After coming back, do you dare to think about the life we're living now?"

Seeing his wife nagging again, Zhu Pangpang waved his hands with a headache.

"Okay, I won't tell you anymore. I will continue to study, and you will continue to play with your grandson. Neither of us will affect the other."

"Humph!"

Mrs. Zhang snorted softly, and picked up the little guy who was tilting his head and curiously watching the two people's daily bickering.

Pushing the little guy's head, Zhang said dotingly.

"My dear grandson, you have to fight for grandma. You can't be like your grandpa and become a man of indomitable spirit. Grandma will count on you in the future."

After speaking, Mrs. Zhang looked at the little guy's cute face, and suddenly sighed again.

Zhu Pangpang, who was flipping through a lot of books and was planning to read a new book of The Word of the Sage to his grandson, asked curiously when he heard Zhang's sudden sigh.

"Okay, why are you sighing again!"

Mrs. Zhang hugged her little grandson, looked at a house in the East Palace and wondered: "Zhanji has been out for more than a year, and he hasn't written a letter to his family. Do you think he is still blaming us!"

Zhu Pangpang, who was turning the pages of the book, paused for a moment, "It would be a lie to say that we don't blame us. Originally, all of this belonged to him, but then we..."

In the middle of speaking, Zhu Pangpang shook his head and stopped talking.

Ever since he met Liu Rumeng the year before last, Zhu Zhanji left the capital and took the girl to play around.

It's been nearly a year since he left, and he didn't even write a letter. If it wasn't for Jin Yiwei's frequent reports of seeing Zhu Zhanji in certain places, the East Palace would have thought that Zhu Zhanji was missing.

"By the way, I heard from my daughter-in-law that Zhangui will leave again in two days, and it may take two or three years."

Not wanting to talk about that matter again, Mrs. Zhang remembered what her daughter-in-law had talked to him in the morning.

Zhu Pangpang nodded.

"He and the old man have a plan. They need to go out for two or three years. It is estimated that they will leave in the past few days."

Zhu Pangpang didn't say what the plan was, and Mrs. Zhang didn't ask.

The harem cannot interfere in politics. This is the iron law set by Zhu Yuanzhang. There is a stele at the entrance of the harem. None of the women in the backyard of the old Zhu family dare to touch this red line.

"Fortunately, my little grandson is with me, otherwise, the East Palace will be deserted once they leave."

Thinking of the lively scene when the two sons were at home the year before last, Mrs. Zhang suddenly felt sad.

Thinking about her husband's body and the relationship with her two sons, she suddenly felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

If one day her husband leaves before her, and the child is not around every day, how lonely her life will be.

Yongle 13 years early February.

Due to the water thieves and pirates in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Guangxi, the emperor ordered his grandson Zhu Zhangui to go south to take over all military affairs in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Guangxi, and to eliminate local pirates and water thieves.

The soldiers and horses guarding the local guards must obey the orders unconditionally. If there is any violation, the grandson does not need to report and can be dealt with on the spot.

On the same day, it was decreed to expand the Shenji camp by 5, and it will also go south with the grandson, under the control of the grandson Zhu Zhangui.

As soon as these two decrees came out, many people in the court were shocked.

All the troops in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi add up to no less than 20. The imperial decree of the emperor can be said to have indirectly assigned these troops to the grandson's name.

These troops fell into the hands of Taisun, and also fell into the hands of Donggong in disguise.

Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi have 20 troops, plus the 5 Shenji Battalion, and the Daming Navy that was sent to Fujian last year.

The number of troops in Taisun's hands increased one after another, and the number was close to 30.

This is almost 1/3 of the military strength of Ming Dynasty.

As a result, among the three princes, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han with the strongest military strength, suddenly fell to the lower ranks.

The old man's series of actions made many people understand that the position of the East Palace is completely stable.

No matter how high the king of Han can jump in the future, it will be difficult to shake the position of the crown prince in the East Palace.

"Bastard! What does the old man want to do? Isn't he afraid that the bastard will bring the army back to rebel?"

In the palace of the King of Han.

Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, who got the news, angrily smashed everything he could see.

Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui, who was sitting on the side, watched all this silently without saying a word.

He was very grateful.

Fortunately, I placed the bet first, otherwise, if I go to seek refuge at this time, I'm afraid that elder nephew will not look down on him.

After venting for a while, Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu panted heavily, his eyes were full of anger and resentment.

"Hehe, go south, since you've gone, don't even think about coming back."

Zhu Gaoxu's eyelids twitched, and he looked at Zhu Gaoxu and asked in a low voice.

"Second, what do you think!"

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly turned his head to look at Zhu Gaosui, stepped forward a few steps and grabbed Zhu Gaosui's collar.

"Do you want to inform me again? Don't think I don't know that you have joined the boss. You told that little bastard what I planned to do in Beizheng."

Zhu Gaosui's heart tightened, but he said with an aggrieved look on his face: "Second brother, you still don't believe me!"

"How the hell do you want me to believe you!"

Zhu Gaoxu pushed him to the ground, roaring angrily like a beast.

"On the day of victory, that little bastard told me personally in my ear that he knew that I planned to attack him during the Northern Expedition, and told me to attack him earlier next time, so as not to miss the chance."

"Only you and I know about this matter, it wasn't you who told the secret, could it be me?"

The more Zhu Gaoxu spoke, the angrier he became, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhu Gaosui tremblingly.

"Third, you're hiding deep enough!"

Zhu Gaosui got up from the ground, and also pretended to be angry and shouted: "Second brother, you are crazy. If I were really from the boss's side, would I still help you every day?"

"Then tell me, how did that little bastard know!"

"Second brother, have you lost your mind by drinking alcohol? Don't you know who the little bastard has under his command?"

"Ji Gang from Jinyiwei, and another old man whose purpose I haven't figured out yet."

"With so many people under his command, you don't think they will get wind of this kind of thing that is related to the life and safety of the little bastard."

"That's right, only the two of us knew about it at the beginning."

"But how can you guarantee that you didn't reveal this matter when you sent someone to do it?"

"If I had told that little bastard, with that little bastard's vicious heart, he would have let me be a witness, sue you to the old man, and then reveal all the things you did."

"With the old man's temper, you think you can still talk to me here properly."

Zhu Gaoxu fell into silence.

What Zhu Gaosui said made sense.

If the old man knew what the two of them had done together for so many years, with his temper, he would definitely beat him up and demote him to a commoner.

The little bastard was only threatening himself that day, and did not take any further actions in the follow-up.

This means that he just received the news, but there is no absolute evidence that he will assassinate him.

So I could only provoke myself verbally, and didn't tell the old man about it.

Having figured this out, Zhu Gaoxu patted Zhu Gaosui's shoulder apologetically.

"I'm sorry, third brother, just now the second brother said something that shouldn't be said in anger, so don't take it to heart."

"If you are unhappy, you can punch me a few times and scold me a few words!"

Seeing that he successfully fooled the second child again, Zhu Gaosui secretly breathed out, smiled and waved his hands.

"What are we talking about between brothers? I can understand your mood just now, second brother. I would be suspicious of this kind of thing."

"By the way, second brother, what did you mean when you said that the little bastard could not come back from the south? Are you planning to do something in the south?"

Zhu Gaoxu sneered when he heard this.

"The Japanese pirates in the south are not so easy to fight. These pirates say that they are from the Japanese country, but in fact most of them are from our Ming Dynasty."

"Most of them are private armed forces raised by smuggling families."

"This little bastard is going to wipe out the Japanese pirates, which is cutting the roots of those smuggling families."

"As the saying goes, cutting off a person's fortune is like killing one's parents."

"Once those people are driven crazy, it is very possible to do some crazy things."

"At that time, I will send someone to provoke them, and then provide them with some information."

"The strength of their family may not be very good, but once they are united, our eldest nephew may capsize in the gutter."

"Once he fails to suppress the Japanese pirates, but causes turmoil in the south, do you think the old man will be disappointed with him, and even deprive him of his grandson position?"

Zhu Gaoxu had a sinister expression on his face.

"We can even send some good players to fight against him, and take advantage of the chaos to give him..."

Saying that, Zhu Gaoxu slammed down everything fiercely, and gave you a look that you know.

Zhu Gaosui gave a thumbs up.

"Let this little bastard lose the old man's trust first, and then take advantage of the chaos to get rid of him. The boss's body will definitely not be able to withstand the blow of a white-haired man sending a black-haired man. Maybe the old man will..."

"Once all of them have an accident, that position, second brother, is simply within your reach."

"Tall...it's really tall, my little brother is so admired that I almost cast my body on the ground."

"Second brother, if you succeed in the future, don't forget about my brother!"

ps: I'm sorry, suddenly I got a little stuck, I need to sort out my thoughts, I will post 5000 words first, and the next 5000 words will be sent out before 8 pm.

(End of this chapter)