Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 462 Who asked you to be a magistrate?

Zhu Youzhen followed Wang Yin into the courtyard.

There is a scene of harmony in the courtyard.

The new emperor of their Ming Dynasty was wearing ordinary clothes, holding a few mutton skewers in his hand and grilling them on the fire!

As the oil droplets on the meat skewers fell into the charcoal fire, a small flame ignited.

On one side, a man with a long beard and somewhat disheveled clothes was trotting, holding a small pot of water and spraying it on the meat skewers to put out the fire. That man was none other than Zhang Cong, the chief assistant of the court.

And the person next to him lifting up his clothes and cutting the meat is Yan Songyan, the Minister of Rites who is handsome and known as the Yuzhi Lanshu.

Peng Ze, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wang Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, helped to skewer the meat.

The two also quarreled for a few sentences from time to time because of the irregularity of who was strung together.

The two princes and the little princess were sitting at a small table beside them, happily eating freshly grilled meat skewers, while Zhu Zhishan, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, looked after the three children eating and drinking.

Zhu Youzhen stared blankly at the busy crowd, a little dumbfounded, he had seen all these people sitting dignifiedly and upright in the court, and now they all looked like this, the new emperor...

"Are you here? Come and taste how my meat skewers are grilled?"

Qin Shao saw Zhu Youzhen coming over, and seeing his surprised expression, he didn't seem to care at all, and just called him to come and taste the meat skewers.

Zhu Youzhen walked over to take a bunch, bit into it, and it was full of fragrance.

"Your Majesty, does this have cumin spice? What is this spicy thing?"

In the early years, Zhu Youzhen secretly did business, and he also had money in his hands. The spices and seasonings in Nanyang and many rare things were well stocked, and Cumin tasted the flavor of the seasonings inside.

It's just that there is something slightly spicy in it. I don't know what it is?
Although wood ginger and cornel also have a spicy taste, they don't have such a spicy feeling. Eating a slightly spicy and fragrant fragrance will make people appetite.

"This is pepper. They just got it from the Frangians in Nanyang, and they have to return a lot of plants, and they can be planted by then!"

Xinhuang explained, and he took a bunch of them and ate them.

Zhu Youzhen hurried forward to take the meat skewers from his hands and joined the barbecue.

"His grandma's, I heard that this pepper is a variety that Frankie snatched from somewhere in Latin America on the other side of the world. They are still reluctant to give us the seeds, and only ask our people to pay for it. Fortunately, our guns are powerful. , was snatched! Let me tell you, let’s equip weapons early, fight over there, take everything, and those spices, if we take back those small countries in Nanyang, maybe we have everything! Just follow them Talk about business, they are all hidden under their armpits, it is not real at all!"

Wang Qiong cursed loudly while eating barbecue.

"I think you are very strong, why don't I ask the Ministry of War to give you some soldiers, and you can take them to attack those small countries in Nanyang. You can survive!"

Peng Ze sneered from the side.

"You still talk about me! Don't say that I attacked Nanyang, you are also the Minister of the Ministry of War. Although you have won a few small victories at the border, don't be proud. When will you beat those Mongols and Tatars to their heart's content and voluntarily surrender to me? It's a real success!"

Wang Qiong and Peng Ze quickly fought again.

"Let me tell you, as long as my Ming Dynasty develops well and the country is rich and the people are strong, sooner or later those small countries and barbarians will surrender to us. I heard that those Frangians went to America and turned those Latin Americans into slaves to help farm the land. Toil, they are really getting richer and stronger. While we have to learn, we must also learn from it! Didn’t Your Majesty say that you will be beaten if you fall behind? As long as we strengthen ourselves, it will definitely not be difficult for our Ming Dynasty to dominate the world. We will also make a lot of money personally, and it is not a long-term thing to only focus on this square inch!"

Yan Song took a sip of wine, stroked his beard and said.

He is actually not too old now, but he has already grown a beard, and he claims that he is considered a bearded man!
Listening to their impassioned talk about those lofty goals, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel agitated in his heart.

He knew Xindi acquaintance. In the early years, Xindi said a lot about the outside world, saying that the outside world is very big, and they can't just focus on a small area when doing business. In this world, I am full of infinite yearning and passion for the future, and I hope to start a career!
A man has ambition in his bones, and he is not willing to be confined to a square inch.

In the past, they only had Daming in their eyes, but now everyone here seems to focus on the outside world, and people's hearts are twisted into a rope!

A group of people barbecued and drank, talking about their thoughts on the future development of Ming Dynasty, the situation of the outside world, and the opportunities and challenges facing Ming Dynasty in the future.

The new emperor spoke eloquently about the information he knew. He is very talented in language and is an excellent speaker. Those novel information and ideas made all the people present amazed and excited. When he talked about the goals and imagination of Ming Dynasty, everyone One by one was impassioned and geared up.

Under the introduction of the new emperor, they realized that the world outside Daming today is not only Nanyang and Frangie.

Frankie is just a small country in Europe. Although they are developing fast now, their power is not yet the largest. The most powerful country: the British Empire is rising, and this country will become the most powerful country in the future. A powerful country, get rid of Franji's country and seize more places.

They will also threaten Daming at that time.

Because of the influence of some missionaries, those countries regarded Daming as a country full of gold.

Once those places are strong, they will come back and open the gates of Daming.

If Daming does not strengthen itself, and does not take the initiative to attack, sooner or later their cannons will open the door, and Daming's people, brothers, sisters, and family members will be enslaved by those people, and the country will be ruined!
"Your Majesty, what should we do? If we go on like this, we..."

Soon someone asked excitedly.

If it was before, they wouldn't believe it.

Nowadays, many civilian ships in Ming Dynasty have begun to explore outside. Although they are private, these ships are actually traveling with the support of the imperial court!

Those private merchant ships contributed capital, and the imperial court sent troops to escort them, and then the imperial court would collect part of the harvest from the sea trade. The new emperor said that this method is to invest in shares!

Of course, the court will also reward the merchant ships that earn a lot of money for the court. I heard that if they do well, they will give those people some entitlements. Now the merchants in the coastal areas are all gearing up!

Because more and more outside news were brought back by traveling ships, the new emperor would announce and share this information every time he went to court, and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty now know more and more about the outside world!
Many people know a lot about the foreign guns and cannons of the Frangians.

Now if it is said that those people will open the door of Daming in the future, no one will doubt it at all.

"Naturally, we are the first to be strong! We just closed the country, shut the door, have no weapons, don't develop well, don't make good money, and when those people come in, we will still lose! All we can do is to develop and strengthen ourselves first. !"

"How to develop?"

"Naturally, it is to let the common people live well. We, Ming Dynasty, have money. If we have money, we can learn about foreign guns and cannons, and we can recruit troops to fight!"

"What you said is simple, so how can you be rich? Your Majesty also said that we can't let those foreigners buy with silver in our overseas trade now, we must exchange things! Some of their countries can mine a lot of silver. Those things take away our silk, tea, and grain, and we can only keep those gold and silver things! Those things can’t be eaten or drank at all! Those people are too thieves, we buy their things in exchange for things, they don’t want silver, Then we will lose!"

"But you don't want silver, and you can't just exchange things! Our Daming still spends silver, and there are more people going out, so there will be people secretly exchanging things for silver. It's hard to stop it!"

Objections were soon raised.

"Didn't Your Majesty come to us today to discuss the issue of Daming coins? As long as we use our own coins, we don't have to worry about the situation outside! Otherwise, we can't rely on silver alone. Let our Daming coins replace silver as soon as possible. Convenience!"

"It's the Daming Treasure Banknote!"

"This Daming coin is different from the Daming banknote. Your Majesty also said that the banknotes should be issued with the production of salt as the anchor, and the banknotes should be combined with salt. You know the importance of salt, as long as it can be exchanged for salt. , is as useful as Yanyin, so someone will use it!"

"Salt is the most suitable kind of goods that can be thought of at present. It is more convenient than cloth. It is durable to storage and convenient to transport and carry. With the price of salt as the anchor point, the official can directly set a price according to different regions. The prices of different products are bound with salt, and the price of a major commodity is bound. For example, wheat can be bound in the north, rice can be bound in Huguang, silk cotton can be bound in Jiangnan, etc. It is also convenient for the issuance and pricing of auxiliary currencies .Wang Qiong, you are good at calculating, you can ask the household staff to do the final calculation, and you will take the lead in this matter!"

Qin Shao said to Wang Qiong.

"Yes!"

Wang Qiong nodded yes.

It's just that the production of salt is not a lot now, can it be used?
This is the first question that Zhu Youzhen thought of.

It's just about the issue of coins, he doesn't know much about it.

For most of the day, he had received too many new messages, and he just listened to them carefully, but he hadn't figured out how to ask this question at all.

They drank from afternoon to night, and they were all sober.

When the new emperor told them about the outside world, Zhang Zuo had already sent the two princes and princess back to the palace.

It was convenient for the new emperor to go to the hut, so Zhu Youzhen had a few drinks with several ministers.

Grandma, I finally know why these old oily people have become high-ranking, each of them is massive!

If it wasn't for the fact that he practiced a lot of alcohol, Zhu Youxi was worried that he wouldn't be able to drink those old guys.

"Brother Zhu, Your Majesty is in the study, and I want you to come and talk."

When Zhu Youzhen came out of the hut, Wang Yin stood aside and said with a smile, obviously waiting for him here for a while.

"You won't come with me?"

Zhu Youzhen tied up his clothes and walked towards the study. Seeing that Wang Yin hadn't moved, he asked with some doubts.

"Your Majesty calls you, why am I going? I'm in a hurry to go to the latrine right now, and you won't come out if you occupy the pit!"

Wang Yin complained and said, ignoring him and trotting towards the latrine.

……

"His Majesty!"

When Zhu Youzhen entered the study, Qin Shao was making tea.

"sit!"

The new emperor took out a cup to pour for Zhu Youzhen. He hurriedly stood up and took the kettle, filled the two empty cups, and put one of them in front of Qin Shao.

"Why be so polite, you can be considered my elder, and I have to respectfully call you uncle!"

Qin Shao laughed.

"Your Majesty regards me as his own family, so there is no need to be polite to me. Although I am two years older than Your Majesty, we are considered the same age after all. I heard His Majesty call other people. I have no words to say. Your Majesty may as well give The minister bestows a word, so it will be easy to address in the future!"

Zhu Youyou said hurriedly.

Yan Song and the others are so many years older than His Majesty, except for His Majesty Zhu Zhishan who calls them Master, the rest basically call them words. Zhu Youzhen feels very kind, and those people are also very casual.

Although seniority is a sign of respect, it is actually easy to isolate relationships in many cases.

"Okay! The name is just a pronoun. You might as well call it Sizhe. You always think about things, and the principles of life are everywhere."

Qin Shao settled down after thinking for a few seconds.

Regarding the issue of naming, he is indeed not very good at it, as long as it is loud and pleasant, and has some meaning, the name itself is just a code name.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youzhen was obviously very happy and satisfied with the name.

"Sizhe, have you ever been used to doing internship work in the past two years?"

Qin Shao greeted Zhu Youzhen for tea.

"Your Majesty, I have basically been transferred to the six ministries in the past two years, so I know that it is not an easy task to make the court run normally. In the early years, I was more radical and raised a lot of opinions, but the late emperor did not adopt them. I'm not happy, I feel that others don't see the long-term enough, now it seems that everything is progressing gradually. It's just that I have been practicing for a long time, and I feel that if I want to practice real kung fu, I have to continue to do things. I really hope to... "

Zhu Youxi didn't hide his clumsiness, and directly expressed his thoughts.

He knew that the current new emperor is also a quick-spoken person who doesn't like to go around in circles.

"Sizhe, you have also experienced these two years, do you have any ideas about what to do in the future?"

Qin Shao asked quietly.

"His Majesty……"

Zhu Youzhen was a little confused, he really didn't think about it so much, he only knew that his classmates all went to the place to practice, although he was considered a county king before, but he only took care of the one-third of an acre of land in his home, and he didn't think about the common people at all. , let alone how to plan the development of a place!

Even in this capital city, he is only busy with mastering various skills and experience in the palace every day.

Especially when he was an intern in the Ministry of Industry, he was arranged to stay with those craftsmen and technicians for nearly half a year. When he was in the Ministry of Households, he not only had to learn various calculation techniques, but they were all Arabic numerals. I heard that those interns The learning booklets are all produced under the guidance of Xinhuang himself.

And for more than half a year, Zhu Youzhen was basically responsible for the revision of the Daming Salt Transportation Policy Act and the review of the business reports submitted by the local salt transportation department.

These tasks are very trivial. Although Zhu Youzhen said that he has learned a lot about the details of the work, but after a long time, he feels that his only internship and study will not be of much use to his future work.

You must know that these new jinshi are basically sent to the local area to be a small official of one of the parents, and experience it slowly.

In Zhu Youzhen's thinking, being a parent official is not just about these things, but about understanding local conditions, how to develop the local economy, coordinating the relationship between officials and the people, and how to manage local powerful and evil gentry...

He sometimes wonders if the job arrangement for him is a bit too biased!

"Your Majesty, although my talents are not outstanding, if I can go to the local area and become a county magistrate, I will definitely organize the local wealthy businessmen to develop the local economy, so that the common people can live in peace and optimism, and there will never be anyone who can't afford to eat..."

"Sizhe, I asked you to go to various ministries to practice for two years, not to be a county magistrate!"

Qin Shao glanced at Zhu Youzhen and said.

"His Majesty?"

(End of this chapter)