The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 392
Under Lan Yu's analysis, Zhu Quan gradually became clear about the current situation.

The rebels hide in the mountains, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they can only take them by tricks.

Now it's nothing more than a matter of secret passage of the song.

It is conceivable that there are so many civilians, many of them will choose to abandon the dark and turn to the bright.

It is not so urgent to deal with the traitors thoroughly now, and it can be done slowly. After all, spring plowing has already started, and the farmland has not been damaged.

The capital here.

With the passage of time, the concrete pavement of Zhengzheng Avenue has gradually solidified.

However, in order to be able to harden completely, Zhu Ying still issued an order that one month must be passed before he can walk.

Jingshi Imperial Palace.

"Old brother, come and drink some hot tea. It's already the beginning of spring in this weather, but it's still so cold."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He drank tea and chatted together.

Tang He's visit to the palace was naturally recruited by Zhu Yuanzhang.

After taking a sip of hot tea, the soup and the cold feeling in the body were dispelled a lot.

Although he lives in the inner city, the last time he came to the palace, the prince Zhu Biao passed away.

Due to the relapse of the disease, Zhengdan could only recuperate from the illness, and only recently got better.

"Brother Tanghe, I have heard something about what happened in the court recently."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile on his face.

Tang He was startled, and hurriedly said: "The old minister has been lying on the bed recently, and has not heard anything about the court affairs."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with some displeasure: "The reconstruction of Zhengyang Avenue, don't the old brothers know about such a big thing?"

Tang He quickly replied: "This matter has been mentioned by the servants at home, but I was confused at the time and couldn't hear it clearly."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Then when you enter the palace, you should have seen it."

Tang He said again: "The wind is not strong, but the old minister's body can't bear it, and he hasn't looked outside since he got on the sedan chair at the door."

Hearing these words, Zhu Yuanzhang froze for a moment, really had no choice but to take Tanghe.

I had no choice but to explain: "Our grandson, we recruited a group of craftsmen from Obaro and developed a thing called cement."

"After this thing is mixed with sand and gravel, it will be like mud, but within two hours, it will be as hard as a rock."

"In this way, the Zhengyang Avenue was rebuilt. From the Zhengyang Gate to the Chengtian Gate, it widened [-] feet left and right. At a glance, it really has the same taste as going to the grassland."

"It's a pity that you didn't see it, old brother, but don't be in a hurry. When you go out later, you have to take a good look."

Tang He heard the words, the expression of shock on his face was very obvious, and then he bowed and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, His Highness Taisun is so smart, and he can understand the interests of China and foreign countries."

"In the future, the Ming Dynasty will prosper and prosper, and it will last forever."

Hearing these words, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud, very happy.

Then he couldn't help saying: "You still know me, old brother."

Tang He deserves to be the only founding hero in history who died well.

As far as this ability to figure out the mind is not something ordinary people can match.

Zhu Yuanzhang was clearly talking about how good Zhengyang Avenue is and how wide it is, but he just mentioned it to Dasun.If it were any other courtiers, they would definitely praise Zhengyang Avenue.

But Tang He grasped the key point at once, didn't mention Zhengyang Dao, just talked about the excellence of Taisun and his vision for the future of Ming Dynasty.

This trick just entered Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

"It's really a great blessing for me to be able to return His Majesty the Grandson." Seeing that His Majesty is in a good mood, Tang He added an appropriate sentence.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with emotion: "It's true that we didn't expect the great grandson to come back."

"It's just that after so many years, I feel guilty in my heart. If I had been checked again, my grandson wouldn't have to suffer from wandering."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a sigh.

Seeing this, Tang He quickly comforted him and said: "Your Majesty, misfortune is a blessing and a blessing is a blessing, and a misfortune is a burden. His Highness Grandson's achievements today are inseparable from his wanderings in the frontier."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Old brother, what you said is somewhat reasonable, but our eldest grandson is too good, and we don't know how to make up for him."

"Look at it recently, since the eldest grandson entered the palace, the household department has become more and more full, and there is an inexhaustible amount of money in the internal money."

"In previous years, the capital was not so lively. Our eldest grandson couldn't be picky about governing the country and the army."

"This leaves us with no place to work hard."

Hearing this, Tang He said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't blame the old minister for talking too much, like His Highness the grandson, others can't ask for it. Now that you have the help of the grandson, your majesty will take care of himself for the rest of his life."

"Let's arrange the marriage of His Royal Highness the grandson earlier. Wouldn't it be nice to hug the great-grandson then?"

Zhu Yuanzhang heard the great-grandson, and said with a smile: "The old brother is right, come, let's replace wine with tea and drink together."

Tang He picked up the teacup: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang's tea is sweet and delicious.

The soup and here are full of bitterness.

Tang He had five sons. The eldest son Tang Ding died in the middle of his expedition to Yunnan with the army, and the others also died young.

The youngest son, Tangli, was promoted to the position of governor of the left army through hard work, but died during the march against Wukai.

It means that all the sons are gone, and there are only two grandsons left. It can be said that the heirs are withered.

In front of His Majesty, he could only force a smile.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang became interested, so he took Tang He to talk about the past together.

As far as Zhu Yuanzhang is concerned, Tang He is the only old man around who can talk to him.

This is also the biggest reason why Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to place Tang He in the inner city of the imperial palace, and he also specifically allowed him to enter the palace in a sedan chair.

Doorway,

"Who is grandpa talking with inside?" Zhu Ying asked the little eunuch.

The little eunuch said: "Reporting to Your Highness, Your Majesty is drinking tea with Duke Xin."

Zhu Ying hesitated for a moment, then decided not to bother, it was rare for the old man to be so interested.

After returning to Kunning Palace, Zhu Ying took out the first edition of Daming's residence newspaper to check.

After several days, with the efforts of Yuan Jiachi and others working overtime day and night, the first edition of Di Bao was finally completed.

It only needs to be confirmed by Zhu Ying, and it can be printed in large quantities immediately, and then distributed.

At present, in the entire capital, there are already [-] stores, all of which are prepared for the mansion newspaper, and all the personnel have been arranged in place.

The production of copper movable type templates is also being expedited. It only takes Zhu Ying's order to produce 20 copies of Dibao in two days.

The Mansion Newspaper is the greatest weapon to control public opinion, and Zhu Ying naturally cares about it very much.

Even if it is losing money, it must be popularized.

Just as he was thinking about the way back in the study, a voice came from outside the door.

Guo Zhong came in and reported, "His Royal Highness Yunxi is asking to see you."

Zhu Ying nodded.

Then seeing Zhu Yunxi coming in, he asked with a smile, "Why are you here today?"

"Did something happen again?"

Zhu Yunxi said with some embarrassment: "Isn't this missing my elder brother?"

Zhu Yingdao: "Come on, why don't you know that you are a little brother, tell me, what's the matter."

Zhu Yunxie said with some embarrassment: "My sister encouraged me to come here. She wanted to ask the elder brother to make an order, and she also wanted to see Zhengyang Avenue."

Zhu Yunxi is currently free to leave the palace at will, but Zhu Mingyue, as a woman, does not have this right.

Zhu Ying smiled and said: "Where is Zhengyang Dao, I just want to meet my lover."

Speaking of this, his face pretended to be serious, and he said: "That boy Geng Yan, he gave our girl some kind of ecstasy soup. If I remember correctly, I must have seen it at the Lantern Festival last month."

"How long has it been, are you thinking about it again?"

"Could it be that you have a lover and forget about being a brother?"

"And you, who knew about it at the time, helped her like this, and even came to deceive her as a brother."

Zhu Yunxi hurriedly complained: "Brother, it was my sister who forced me to come here."

Seeing this, Zhu Ying smiled and said, "Okay, I still have some things to deal with here, you can come later and let her come in person."

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi could only leave dejectedly.

After Zhu Yunxi left, Zhu Ying smiled and continued to read the mansion newspaper.

If the Di Bao wants to spread throughout the country, it is mainly related to the post station at present.

The current post station system in Ming Dynasty was formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it basically followed the Ming and Qing dynasties for 500 years.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in a poor family, has lived in Mengyuan for more than 30 years, and Mengyuan is a very important link in the development history of the post station.

The post stations in the Yuan Dynasty were quite different from those in the Jin and Song Dynasties. The most notable features were the rapid expansion of the scope and the improvement of the organization and operation process.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the rebuilding of post stations all over the country during the Yuan Dynasty in the month of the founding of the People's Republic of China. At this time, the Ming Dynasty hadn't even won the Yuan Dynasty.

After Zhu Yuanzhang came to the throne, he believed that the sedan chair was "human as an animal", so there was a rule in the Ming Dynasty that "in the capital, people with a third rank and above must take a sedan chair, and the five government officials, internal and external guards, guards, and the public, marquis, uncle, and governor, etc. Regardless of age, no one is allowed to ride in a sedan chair."

Sedan rides were not part of the post station system in the Ming Dynasty. Only civil servants above the third rank of the capital could ride in sedan chairs. Civil officials below the third rank and all military officials rode horses when they went out.

Therefore, in later generations of film and television, seventh-rank officials like magistrates should get on their horses and go to the scene of the crime instead of sitting in a sedan chair.

There are roughly three types and four types of post stations.The third category is the water horse station, the express delivery shop, and the delivery station.

There are four types, because the water horse station can be subdivided into water station and horse station.

At present, the place where Zhu Ying is going to start is in the express delivery shop.

The establishment of the north-south official road also needs to expand the post station system. It is best to build a fast straight road at the same time for the thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty at this stage.

This project can be regarded as a continuation of the North-South Official Road.

And in this one, Zhu Ying's next step is to prepare for the civil use of the post station.

There are many post stations in Daming, but most of the time, they are all in an idle state.

It seems that the most used one is the courier shop, and the main ones that pass here are the memorials of local officials and the military information.

The cost of the station itself is all borne by the imperial court.

If it were left to future generations, it would be hard to imagine such a huge system without the ability to be self-sufficient and completely burdened by the Daming Household Department.

The annual expenses are simply incalculable.

Zhu Yuanzhang's military household system transferred the grain of the soldiers, but the burden of the post station took away nearly [-]% of the Ming's fiscal revenue every year.

This is why since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been unable to make ends meet every year, and it needs to print a large amount of precious banknotes to make up for the deficit, until the latter banknotes collapse.

Of course, it is impossible to say that all post stations are for civilian use, so a demarcation line needs to be drawn here.

Make a distinction between civilian and official use.

After the distinction, it is how to make money.

This point, for the current Zhu Ying, must be very cautious.

Because this has already touched the old man.

If you want to make a profit, you cannot avoid changing the policies set by the old man.

That is the occupational allocation system established by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The occupational distribution system restricts the flow of the entire population of Ming Dynasty, and now Zhu Ying is trying to find a way to increase the flow of the population.

Zhu Ying knew that from the old man's point of view, if the common people stay in the local area peacefully and don't run around, that is the stability of Daming.

But Zhu Ying is very aware of the disadvantages of this. If it was at the beginning of the founding of the country, the advantages would naturally outweigh the disadvantages, but today, after 26 years of recuperation, it is already hindering the development of Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention that the emergence of new crops such as sweet potatoes will greatly untie the labor force, which means that there will be more labor force.

After these idle laborers have enough food and clothing, they will definitely want to get more.

Especially the younger generation who have grown up.

Just when Zhu Ying was thinking about how to tell the old man, there was a noise outside the door.

Zhu Ying looked up, only to see the old man appearing with Xin Guogong Tang He.

"Da Sun, why didn't you come to see us when you came to our door."

Zhu Yuanzhang said a little unhappy.

Zhu Ying's arrival at the gate of Qianqing Palace is naturally impossible to hide from Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Ying quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Grandpa, my grandson heard grandpa's laughter at the door. It's rare to see grandpa so happy, so I resisted bothering him."

Zhu Yuanzhang heard the words and said: "You child, what else can we have happy things, aren't we all talking about you?"

While Zhu Yuanzhang was talking, he sat beside his grandson, and at the same time called Tang He to his seat.

Zhu Ying could only smile awkwardly.

"What kind of constitution is Dasun writing, bring it here and show us."

Zhu Yuanzhang swept to the table, just now Zhu Ying had some records, so he said casually.

Zhu Ying's heart skipped a beat.

The documents written on the case are Zhu Ying's transformation of the station just now, as well as the plan for the civilian use of the station and how to make a profit.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the eldest grandson hadn't moved, and didn't think much about it, so he got up and took it over, and began to watch.

Looking at it, his brows furrowed.

Tang He sat next to him, very quiet, like a transparent person.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading the above records.

Contrary to Zhu Ying's expectation, the old man did not get angry this time, but asked: "The post station is used by the people, my grandson has thought about it."

(End of this chapter)