The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 44
Zhu Yuanzhang said that this was his own idea, and that it was also Zhu Ying's identity that he did not want to disclose for the time being.

And several ministers, after listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy for famine.

Yang Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, slapped his thigh and said loudly: "Your Majesty's talent is beyond my reach. I feel like I have read the books of sages for nothing."

The remaining ministers flattered even more.

"Exchanging precious banknotes for food not only benefits the local area, but also solves the problem of the national treasury. The most important thing is to solve the division and absorb the victims."

"Not only that, the official roads, bridges and many other places have been repaired. Your Majesty is really a genius. Such a clever plan can be said to kill three birds with one stone."

"You only see the current profits, but you can't appreciate His Majesty's good intentions at all. In this way, the local gentry will pay for food, and no matter how big the famine is, it will not be able to damage the foundation of our Ming Dynasty."

"That's right, I believe that this method should become popular immediately and be promoted locally."

"Minister!" "Minister!" "Minister!" "Minister!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was all smiles and beaming.

Although these ministers were all flattering him, he knew that this method was proposed by his grandson.

So in Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, he kept telling him that Dasun is really talented.

"In such a hurry, let's try it out near the capital first. If the results are good, we will implement it immediately." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Shen Mo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, I believe that this matter seems simple, but in fact it has far-reaching impacts, and can even change the original structure of our Ming Dynasty."

"Especially the amount of money and food in it is related to the people of the world."

"And once I implement it nationwide in Ming Dynasty, the amount of manpower and material resources will be huge."

"That's why I suggest setting up a separate yamen to directly manage this matter, including the amount of guaranteed food and the deadline for completion that His Majesty said earlier, all of which are in charge of this yamen."

What Zhu Yuanzhang said is similar to the contract system of labor-for-relief, but it is actually under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry.

Shen Mo, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, comprehensively manages the construction of water conservancy, civil engineering, mining and metallurgy, textiles and other government-run industries.

His keen sense of smell made him understand at once that this seemingly simple small project will involve a huge astronomical number of people once it is promoted.

And most importantly, this already involves changes in corvee.

All kinds of water projects under the Ministry of Industry are basically directly recruiting local young adults to serve directly.

Now it has been changed, which is equivalent to treating the corvee work as a day laborer, so as to attract the squires to make profits in it.

Let the squires first pay enough food as a guarantee, and the government is responsible for the food of the peasants, which avoids the possibility of the squires exploiting the refugees.

After the refugees had enough to eat, they could continue to provide taxes to the Ming treasury when they returned to their place of residence after the famine.

form a virtuous cycle.

"We think Shen Min's idea is very good."

"The specific strategy, when the time comes, you will write us a memorial and submit it."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the words, he pondered a little in his heart and said.

"The minister obeys the order." Shen Mo said with a bow.

"Since everyone thinks our method is okay, let's bring it up for discussion tomorrow morning, and you will also go to the surrounding areas of the capital to check the situation."

"Complete this matter as soon as possible without delay." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered.

"I obey the order!" All the ministers said in unison.

Zhu Yan (gang), the third son of Zhu Yuanzhang.

The first king of Jin in the Ming Dynasty, one of the nine kings of the Great Sai who fought against barbarians.In April of the third year of Hongwu, he was granted the title of king of Jin, and in the 11th year of Hongwu, he became the domain of Taiyuan.

He has slender eyes and beautiful beard, Gu Yu is powerful, wise and cruel.

At the same time, he is also a serious foodie.

In the 11th year of Hongwu, when Zhu Wei was 21 years old and came to Taiyuan, because the food cooked by the cook was unpalatable, he whipped him.

After Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this, he reprimanded Zhu Yan, saying that during his time of peace, he punished everyone who made mistakes, but he dared not blame the chef 'Xu Xingzu' for 23 years.

Xu Xingzu was Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial chef. Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the chef was in charge of the food, and if he punished him at will and aroused his hatred, it would be easy to tamper with the food.

However, after being reprimanded, Zhu Yan expressed that he understood, and immediately smashed the cook who had been whipped before.

It can only be said that there is nothing wrong with Zhu Yan's reading comprehension.

According to Zhu Yan's thinking, since this cook might hate me for whipping him in the future, and even tamper with me during the meal.

It's better to act first and kill him first, anyway, the food he cooks tastes bad.

After Zhu Yuanzhang found out, he was furious. He thought that Zhu Yan was against himself.

Disobeying the father's order, and still the emperor's order, is a serious crime.

It is necessary to abolish his status as a prince and take back the granted feudal land.

In the end, it was only under the mediation of Prince Zhu Biao that he was spared.

At this moment, the mansion of King Jin in the capital.

Zhu Yan ate all the buns and steamed buns on the table in one go.

He is good at martial arts, and he has a huge appetite. After eating seven or eight big white steamed buns and meat buns, he still feels a little unsatisfied.

"It's unbelievable that this king has never eaten such delicious food in such a big age."

Zhu Yan couldn't help but said.

"Father, I just told you that you will like it. I specially reserved this for my father."

Next to him, Zhu Jixuan, the eldest son of Zhu Min, spoke.

Zhu Jixi, who was born in the eighth year of Hongwu, is now 17 years old.Looks can be regarded as a talent.

When he was young, he studied in the palace with Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Shangbing (the eldest son of Zhu Xi), Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Youdun (the eldest son of Zhu Xi), and they had a good relationship.

Prince Zhu Biaoxi, many vassal kings brought the eldest son of the prince to express their condolences, so Zhu Jixi also came with him.

Zhu Jixi's personality is relatively gentle and refined, which is why these princes were taught by Zhu Yuanzhang in the palace since they were young.

Not long ago, I accidentally got the breakfast presented by the housekeeper, and I was obsessed with just one bite.

It's just that after his father came down to court, he often went around drinking and having fun, and he didn't go home until dark.

Until today, this has not had the opportunity to be dedicated.

"It's really good. It was made by a cook in the capital's palace. This king asked my father to talk about it, and see if he can reward me with this cook."

"If the emperor doesn't want to, it's okay to have an apprentice."

Zhu Bian thought it was taken out by the eldest son from Da Nei Li and dedicated to himself, that is to ask himself to ask the cook from his father.

"Father is wrong. My son bought this from a teahouse in Qinhuai, and the breakfast there has become very famous."

"Ordinary people, if they go late, they will all be sold out early, but for the Xungui Prince's Mansion, it is convenient for the teahouse to have servants to deliver them in the morning."

"This teahouse can do business, but it's a lot more expensive to deliver early. Father doesn't know, all the nobles place orders at his house."

"Send someone to buy it yourself, and it's a bit of a loss."

The eldest son Zhu Jixi said with a smile, he obviously likes the breakfast in this teahouse.

Hearing this, Zhu Wei said in amazement: "The folk cooks have such skills, I thought they were imperial cooks."

After finishing speaking, he thought about it and asked, "Do you know the background behind this teahouse?"

The eldest son Zhu Jixi thought for a while, and said: "Last time I heard from Zhu Gaochi that it seems to have something to do with his family, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

Hearing Zhu Gaochi's name, Zhu Yan was immediately upset.

Not because of this nephew, but because of Zhu Di.

It was fine earlier, but the biggest contradiction was in the year before last, that is, the 23rd year of Hongwu.

At that time, he and Zhu Di were respectively in charge of a large army to conquer the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Zhu Di directly ignored the wind and sand, and went in recklessly.

Zhu Yan on the west road did not rush forward, but patiently waited for the wind and sand to stop.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhu Bian to return to the feudal kingdom to meet the crown prince Zhu Biao for inspection, but Zhu Biao went back directly without meeting the Northern Yuan people.

But later Zhu Di won a big victory, and he surrendered the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty without spending a single soldier and made great contributions.

There were also rumors spreading that he, King Zhu of Jin, was as cowardly as a mouse, and he didn't even dare to enter the hinterland of Beiyuan, so he ran away in despair.

This made Zhu Di furious, and he, who had an ordinary relationship with Zhu Di, couldn't look down on him even more.

In particular, he felt that Zhu Di was always relying on that military achievement to overwhelm him, which made him feel even more depressed.

He had a bad temper.

He's a serious, grumpy dude.

It was during this period that every morning and morning when he saw Zhu Di's face, Zhu Yan felt that his whole body was not well.

So every time after going down to court, I find someone to drink and have fun.

Theoretically speaking, Zhu Yan's behavior at this time did not conform to the etiquette.

After all, the eldest brother is the father, and you still drink after the eldest brother dies.

But fortunately, the brothel is not open now.

Such actions of Zhu Yan can also be understood as drinking to relieve his sorrow.

Besides, this is the third son of the emperor, and many people know about his violent temper, and no one went to Zhu Yuanzhang to accuse him of being incompatible with etiquette.

"Xi'er, go and bring some guards and call me the owner of the teahouse. I want to see what kind of relationship he has with Zhu Di."

Thinking of this, Zhu Yan snorted coldly, and directly instructed his elder son Zhu Jixuan.

A businessman has almost no meaning in Zhu Bian's eyes.

The food that happened to be cooked is very good. After an interrogation, he will be tied back to the domain directly at that time.

"I obey your orders here." The eldest son Zhu Jixi said helplessly.

Although he doesn't like his father's behavior very much, he must obey his father's orders.
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