Daming 1805

Chapter 52 This is the normal morning rhythm!
On the evening of the seventh day of the first lunar month in the 34th year of Taiping, a large number of Daming vassals spanning more than half of the world, and similar things happened one after another in Fengyuan.

Most of the feudal states seemed to have come to their senses, and took the initiative to cut off non-governmental contact with Xiyi, and began to wait with peace of mind or take the initiative to request the withdrawal of the vassal.

Most of the earth was in a state of sleepless nights, but Zhu Jingyuan, the initiator, slept soundly.

The next day, on the morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Jingyuan got up as usual, after eating, exercising in the morning, and washing up, he continued to rub his father's car to work in the yamen.

The old emperor asked Zhu Jingyuan not to participate in the key government for the time being, so Zhu Jingyuan simply did not go to the palace to attend the morning court, and went directly to the yamen of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhu Jianyan first went to the yamen of Honglu Temple before going to court in the palace.

Yesterday, the Minister of Communications announced the news of the withdrawal of the vassal, and the Ministry of Household also notified Ryukyu to begin to try to withdraw the vassal. There may be some movements in the vassal state last night.

Under normal circumstances, the news of the vassal state should be forwarded to Honglu Temple, unless it is submitted to a department by name.

Through the staff on duty, Zhu Jianyan got the important telegrams he received last night, and found more than [-] telegrams from vassal states.

Some of them are similar to Fengyuan Kingdom, and they all voluntarily requested to withdraw the vassal in the name of the vassal king.

More are to inquire about the situation of the withdrawal of the feudal lords, and want to confirm the news and plans of the withdrawal of the feudal lords.

Zhu Jianyan quickly went through the contents of the telegram, took the slightly special telegram from Fengyuan State with him, and went to the Wenhua Hall to go to the morning court.

The princes and ministers who went to the court today found that there was no one behind Zhu Jianyan, and after being at a loss for a few seconds, they realized that the eldest child, Zhu Jingyuan, did not follow!
At the same time as the accident, many people were secretly relieved, and finally there was no trouble, and this morning was finally able to settle down.

Especially Zhu Jianfeng, the whole person relaxed obviously.

So, in a rather relaxed atmosphere, the morning of the new day officially started.

After everyone saluted, the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang noticed that there was no one around Zhu Jianyan, and immediately asked subconsciously:

"Jing Yuan didn't come?"

Zhu Jianyan immediately replied:

"Reporting to the emperor, Jing Yuan went directly to the Ministry of Engineering to plan the design of the battleship. He said that since he is not involved in government affairs for the time being, there is no need to come to the early court. He is going to concentrate on finishing the work at hand, and then follow the progress of the reform. …”

The entire Wenhua Palace fell into silence.

Ordinary princes really don't need to go to court every day, unless the emperor asks, or he has something to do.

Although Zhu Jingyuan made an unofficial appointment to act as the agent of Honglu Siqing, but now the job of Honglu Siqing is actually still being done by Zhu Jianyan.

So Zhu Jingyuan didn't need to report on foreign affairs in the morning, and he couldn't report at all...

Since the old emperor asked Zhu Jingyuan not to get involved in government affairs these days, it was indeed normal for Zhu Jingyuan not to come directly to the court.

But this is a little too capricious, isn't it true?

Then everyone saw that the old emperor suddenly sneered:
"Does this kid still have a temper? But it's the right way to do the work at hand first. I used a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west. I think it's a good idea..."

After chanting a few words so casually, the old emperor didn't seem to take this matter to heart, he waved his hand and began to order things:
"Ignore him, let's start first. How is the progress in all aspects? Let's start with the Ministry of Personnel... Old Nine!"

Just let it go?But speaking of it, the credit for this child is really great, and no one will do anything to him now.

Zhu Jianfeng quickly put Zhu Jingyuan's affairs behind him, and quickly got up to report the situation:
"Reporting to the emperor, after internal discussions and analysis yesterday, the Ministry of Personnel believes that the minimum labor remuneration for artisans can be temporarily set at the level of six yuan silver notes.

"In this way, if both parents work, they can now barely support two children.

"The typical worker's pay was too low at first, and now rashly increasing it too much at one time may lead to skyrocketing prices, which in turn affects market and social stability.

"We plan to use six yuan as the basis, and gradually increase it to a level of more than ten yuan in the next few years to ten years.

"The specific increase should be determined according to the development of the market and technology, and it may be used as a long-term policy as a means to promote industrial development and control the market.

"At the same time, the Ministry of Households should, while raising wages, cooperate with the regulation of the low-level slave labor market to avoid large fluctuations in the slave labor market.

"Otherwise, simply raising the wages of workers may make factory owners tend to try to use low-level slave labor.

"And this will definitely cause the price of low-level slave labor to rise rapidly, which in turn will prompt more merchants from the Ming and vassal states to join the slave labor trade.

"If the court decides that slavery will be completely abolished in the future, it must be avoided in advance.

"My son's suggestion is that slave trade and holding taxes can be collected, and the long-term use cost of slave labor can be raised above the minimum labor remuneration at the same time."

The old emperor nodded lightly and said:

"Okay, the consideration is quite comprehensive, then follow this direction and cooperate with the Ministry of Housing.

"But remember, taxation is the way to control the slave labor market, but it's obviously not the only way.

"As long as the goal can be achieved, you can try it after evaluating the effect."

Zhu Jianfeng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is the normal morning rhythm:

"My son understands."

After Zhu Jianfeng, Wang Niansun, the minister of households, stood up and reported the response of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Next, personnel will be arranged immediately to implement the actual withdrawal of the feudal lords.

After listening to this, the old emperor nodded lightly, and then looked in Zhu Jianyan's direction:

"Second child, did other feudal states react?"

Zhu Jianyan immediately stood up and reported:

"I report to my father, from yesterday night to this morning, Honglu Temple received a total of 37 telegrams from the feudal kingdom.

"Most of them were inquiring about the details of the withdrawal of the vassal, and six of them directly applied for the withdrawal of the vassal according to the Ryukyu rules, and among them, the requirements of Fengyuan Kingdom were the most detailed.

"Not only the petitions of the main officials of the vassal state, but also the petitions of King Fengyuan himself..."

Zhu Jianyan briefly explained the contents of Fengyuan State's telegram, and then sent the telegram document to the old emperor to check and confirm.

The old emperor took a few glances at the telegram, nodded slightly and said:

"Knowing mistakes can be corrected, and doing good is great.

"Proposed decree: To set up Fengyuan's administrative envoy, Fengyuan's sentencing officer, and Fengyuan's commanding envoy.

"Zhongdong, the former King of Fengyuan, in addition to the title of King of Fengyuan, was awarded the title of Prince Daming, recalled to the capital for maintenance, and selected a son to serve as the political envoy of Zuobu of Fengyuan.

"The imperial court selected Fengyuan's political envoys to the right, Fengyuan's sentencing officials, and Fengyuan's capital commanders.

"The remaining officials in Fengyuan and other places were transferred from the original officials of Fengyuan, and then continued to serve as officials of Fengyuan.

"Fengyuan and other places do not have permanent governors and governors, and the number of prefectures and counties and the number of posts in the three divisions is formulated according to the actual situation, and the original county divisions will not be changed as much as possible.

"Honglu Temple, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Officials cooperated to start preparations for the establishment of the three local divisions in Fengyuan and other places, so as to ensure the safe return of the feudal king to Beijing.

"If other vassal states apply for the withdrawal of their vassal states, they must first examine the necessity of their withdrawal. If they really need to withdraw their vassal states, they should refer to the plans of the Ryukyu and Fengyuan vassal states and implement them gradually.

"But remember not to be too eager, remember not to be too happy, maintaining stability is the first priority."

When the relevant officials heard the call, they immediately stood up and bowed in agreement:

"The ministers obey the order."

Next, under the guidance of the emperor, we continued to discuss and determine some things, and today's morning court was over.

When the emperor got up and left, the princes and ministers at the scene were all relieved.

This is the normal rhythm of the morning!
Under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, everyone performed their duties and cooperated with each other to control the giant ship of the Ming Dynasty, sailing forward in a stable and orderly manner.

What kind of things did Zhu Jingyuan do when he was in the courtroom!

All kinds of things were showing signs of being uncontrollable, and he could not wait to fly the ship directly.

This guy seems to have designed the plane.

When thinking of these things subconsciously, many officials couldn't help but look in the direction of Zhu Jianyan.

Then everyone found out that Zhu Jianyan's father was also relaxed now, and it seemed that he hadn't been so stable for a long time.

It seems that this second highness is usually very hard.

(End of this chapter)