Back to Ming Dynasty as Zhu Biao

Chapter 47
Civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were actually poorer than those in the 21st century.Get up before dawn every day, wait outside the Meridian Gate, then go to morning, and then go to the yamen post where you are.

In history, Lao Zhu and Zhu Di were notoriously diligent and typical workaholics, and Zhu Biao got up early for this.

Originally Zhu Biao wanted to ask Sanbao to go back to the East Palace to inquire about the navy and shipbuilding, but the old Zhu asked Zhu Biao to go to the morning court with him early in the morning.

When I was Chongzhen in my previous life, I was often in front of Huangji Gate. The original body of this Huangji Hall was Fengtian Hall. It was changed to Huangji Hall in Jiajing 41 of the Ming Dynasty, and it went from Qianqing Palace to Early Dynasty.

When we went, all civil and military officials had already stood on both sides. Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen stood at the front of the hundred officials, and those officials were behind them.

The civil servant is on the left, and the military officer is on the right. Now Xu Da and Chang Yuchun Lanyu are still on their way to the Northern Expedition, and the military officer Zhong Tanghe is standing at the front.

All the civil and military officials stood upright, never hunched over, and a little untidy demeanor would be recorded by the picket censor, and they would be issued after the morning court.

From the beginning of the morning, when all the officials saw Zhu Biao sitting beside Zhu Yuanzhang, some of them were surprised and puzzled, while others were respectful.

But no one dared to speak out boldly. Everyone knew that before the founding of the country, the crown prince was the rightful son. On the day of the founding of the country, he was established as the crown prince. He was the future emperor of Ming Dynasty. Who would dare to bully him.

Today's morning court is much more formal than the last time he discussed the yellow book and fish scale book for the first time. The rules and etiquette are strict and fixed, not just a few sentences in the movie.

Every minister has prepared his own memorial and is ready to play.

In the morning court on the second day of the founding of the People’s Republic of China last time, there were thousands of people at that time. Lao Zhu saw that there were too many people, so he reduced it a little, but in Zhu Biao’s opinion, there were still many people.

Lao Zhu acted swiftly, and soon the ministers played, and the first one was the Ministry of Household Affairs, about the deduction and progress of the Daming Resident Register implemented a few days ago.

It is Lao Zhu's idea to repeatedly deduce and try, in order to bring the most suitable ones to the people without wasting the people.

The Secretary of the Household Department cleared his throat, walked out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty, according to Nanjing City, the Ming Dynasty Resident Register is implemented, and the common people applaud it. It can be implemented, and I have already started preparations. After a few months, all the people of the Ming Dynasty will be able to have it." Of."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, turned his head to look at Zhu Biao, and said to the officials: "The matter of the Ming resident register is all due to the crown prince."

Hubu Shangshu hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise and powerful, it is the great fortune of Ming Dynasty."

Li Shanchang also smiled and said, "This is His Majesty's blessed son, a god-given son."

After Hubu Shangshu finished playing, he returned to his position, his body was straight, and he stopped talking.

"The minister has this play." It was the Minister of the Ministry of War who spoke.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him, nodded in acquiescence.

"The recruitment system and the volunteer system have been drafted, please have a look at it, Your Majesty." Minister of the Ministry of War presented the memorial with both hands.

Yu Yi took it with his orchid fingers and presented it to Lao Zhu. Lao Zhu read it again and found that it was all according to the original, but there were a few minor changes, so he let Yu Yi put it away first. After the morning ceremony, he was doing the last decide.

Then there was a slight cough among all the officials. This is not that coughing is contagious, but it belongs to the kind of telling everyone that I am going to play, so as to avoid confusion caused by several people playing at the same time.

Under normal circumstances, there will be no problem. In the early court last time, seven or eight officials presented to Lao Zhu at the same time.

In order to prevent this from happening again, Lao Zhu asked the officials of Honglu Temple to guide the performance.

Next, the Minister of the Ministry of War had something to do, and it was about the progress of the Northern Expedition.

When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately sat up straight and motioned for the Minister of War to speak.

"Cough cough, Your Majesty, good news came from the north, as of yesterday, General Xu Daxu has successively conquered various places.

On the one hand, the troops were stationed in Yan'an and Jingzhou, which are strategically important places, and on the other hand, Zhang Huan led the cavalry to reconnoitre Qingyang.

When conquering, Zhang Sidao left his younger brother Zhang Liangchen and his general Yao Jun to guard Qingyang, while he fled to Ningxia and was captured by Kuku.Zhang Huan sent people to recruit Zhang Liangchen. Zhang Liangchen learned that his brother had been punished by Kuku and decided to surrender, but he rebelled immediately.

General Xu ordered Qingyang City to be surrounded on all sides. Zhang Liangchen stubbornly resisted and asked for help from Kuku outside the Great Wall. "

The Minister of the Ministry of War finished speaking in one breath.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked up to the minister of the Ministry of War in person, took the memorial, looked at it like a treasure, and said excitedly: "Xu Da, our good brother."

Next came Liu Bowen, who walked out of the team and said, "Your Majesty, Yang Shen wrote yesterday, saying that the land in Yangzhou has been fully cultivated at the end of May, but the fertilizer is not enough.

Refugees from all over the country have been settled in Yangzhou, and Yangzhou has fully recovered, thanks to the gift of grain and a thousand taels of silver from Suzhou businessman Shen Qiancheng. "

Zhu Yuanzhang changed into a comfortable posture and said: "Okay, very good, let Yang Shen continue to work hard. I heard that Yang Xian is also helping. Liu Bowen, you have contributed a lot to this matter. Let me remember it for you. In addition, the matter of Shen Qiancheng , look at him for me."

"Observe the order, but this time the minister is only an assistant, and His Highness the Crown Prince is the hero of Yangzhou. The people all thank His Highness the Crown Prince, and Shen Qiancheng is also grateful for what happened last time."

It's okay not to talk about it, but when it comes to this, Li Shanchang's whole face turns dark, and Hu Weiyong behind him is smiling with a trowel face.

Li Shanchang was brooding over Li Bin's death, and this time Liu Bowen inadvertently mentioned the Shen family, Li Shanchang coughed a few times and did not speak.

Hearing the sound, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and squinted his eyes and said, "Prime Minister Li, do you have something to play too?"

"Qizou Your Majesty, I don't have any."

"Nothing you cough."

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have recently caught wind and cold, and my throat feels uncomfortable."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Prime Minister Li needs to rest more, why don't we ask the imperial doctor to show you after the court?"

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, I have already taken the medicine, thank you Your Majesty." Li Shanchang stood back quietly.

Regarding the army of the Northern Expedition, the Minister of the Ministry of War believes that food and grass should be prepared again, so that Dadu can be conquered as soon as possible.

Liu Bowen hoped that the imperial court would take more care of Yangzhou. After all, it was not enough for the money to restore Yangzhou.

Several people have reasons and express their opinions.

In the final analysis, they need food and money, and they each talk about their needs.

"Master Liu, isn't Yangzhou already recovering? Besides, you colluded with that rich businessman and got food and money. If you don't have money, you can go to him."

Li Shanchang stood up to help the Minister of the Ministry of War to fight the skin: "The Northern Expedition is a top priority, how can we neglect it."

Liu Bowen said: "Prime Minister Li, the Northern Expedition is of course a major event, but the affairs of the common people are not trivial. Besides, the food and grass were just delivered a few days ago."

Several people were chattering, Zhu Yuanzhang coughed twice and said, "Prime Minister Li, your voice seems to be recovering again?"

Then he said to Zhu Biao: "Prince, what do you think of this matter?"

(End of this chapter)