Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 136 Another Idea!
In the Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Xiongying discussed with the ministers about the promotion of anthracite coal.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not participate too much, but left quietly. He knew that he was old and it was time to let go of some things gradually.

After leaving the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang's steps were much lighter.

And Zhu Xiongying discussed with a group of ministers in the Wenhua Palace until noon.

noon.

Zhu Yuanzhang's personal eunuch Liu Bao came to the East Palace and invited Zhu Xiongying to the imperial dining room to have lunch with the old emperor.

It was only then that Zhu Xiongying realized that the whole morning had passed, and her stomach was already growling.

As Liu Bao came to the imperial dining room, Zhu Xiongying saw that a table of exquisite dishes had been prepared in the room.

And there were three familiar figures sitting beside the table.

One of them is naturally the old man, while the other two are Zhu Yunxi and Xiaobao.

After this period of time, Little Treasure has obviously adapted to the life in the palace, lively and cute as always, grabbing the big chicken leg that Zhu Yuanzhang gave her and gnawing on it.

And Zhu Yunxi is much more stable than before. If he used to eat with the grandpa, he would be fidgeting. Although he still doesn't talk much now, he can at least calm down. He can answer a question from the old man.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying's arrival, Zhu Yunxi's eyes lit up, and he stood up quickly and shouted, "Brother, you are here!"

Zhu Xiongying nodded to Zhu Yunxi with a smile, then turned to the old man and saluted, "Grandson has seen Grandpa Huang!"

"Humph!"

The old man snorted softly: "Stinky boy, is it because we don't invite you, you don't know to come?"

Zhu Xiongying laughed dumbfounded, and said: "Grandpa, you see what you said, even if grandson has forgotten someone, no one dares to forget you!"

"Okay, sit down and eat!"

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the stool beside him.

Of course, Zhu Xiongying sat down next to the old man unceremoniously. The old man still had a straight face, but he said: "I've been tired all morning, eat quickly!"

As he said, Zhu Yuanzhang took a big chicken leg and put it in Zhu Xiongying's bowl, then wiped his hands on his clothes regardless of his appearance.

"Thank you grandpa!"

Looking at the old man in front of him, Zhu Xiongying couldn't help feeling warm in his heart.

In this way, he seemed to see his grandfather in the previous life.

And in this life, although his soul came through time travel, he sincerely regards Zhu Yuanzhang as his grandfather.

It doesn't matter whether the old man in front of him is the emperor in charge of the world, at this moment, Zhu Xiongying only regards the old man in front of him as his grandfather.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying eating big pieces of chicken legs, Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't help grinning.

Xiaobao on the side curled his lips and said, "Father, don't be ashamed to grab chicken legs for such a big man!"

Zhu Xiongying knocked Xiaobao on the head angrily: "You know what, your father and I will always be children in front of your great-grandfather!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Yes! Our eldest grandson is right!"

"Grandpa, you eat too!"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't move his chopsticks, Zhu Xiongying put a piece of chicken breast in Zhu Yuanzhang's bowl.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Grandpa is getting old and can't eat so much. Come, you can have a drink or two! Xi'er, you too!"

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be in a good mood, obviously the unhappiness at the beginning was just pretending.

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the wine glass, but Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunxi naturally did not dare to neglect, and quickly accompanied the old man to drink a small glass.

Of course this little wine was nothing to Zhu Xiongying, but Zhu Yunxi's fair face turned red.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly and said, "It's only our eldest grandson who is back, otherwise our third grandson doesn't know when we can have a drink?"

As he said that, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying and said, "Dasun, you did a good job today, we are really happy, not only the anthracite, but also your stability, and neither arrogance nor impetuosity!"

"As a king, you must know what to grasp and what to put. Anthracite is good, but in the process of implementation, you must keep a close eye on it. Don't let this anthracite become something in the hands of some people. It is to do good things for the people of the world, but you can't do it wrong, and let the good things become bad things!"

"Grandson understands!" Zhu Xiongying nodded solemnly.

Throughout the ages, wherever there are huge interests, corruption is inevitable.

Now, once coal is popularized, it will definitely not be a trivial matter. It will involve the heating of the people all over the world, and the interests of it will be even more complicated.

The original intention of the imperial court was good. They wanted to mine anthracite coal and sell it to the common people at a low price. However, after going through the process step by step, the price of anthracite coal in the hands of the common people might not be as simple as three yuan per catty.

Fortunately, the area around the capital can be controlled, after all, it is close to the center of imperial power.

But in the place far away from Emperor Shangao, it is not so easy to control, and corruption will breed in it.

And now it’s still a bit far away, the old man also reminded Zhu Xiongying, after all, he has seen it a lot, just like the Guo Huan case back then.

Guo Huan, the Minister of the Household Department, and others, connected with officials in various provinces directly to commit fraud, steal and sell official food, implicated 400 chief secretaries across the country, tens of thousands of officials, and even six ministers, and converted more than [-] million shi of stolen money.

Now, once coal has become a necessity for people to heat.

So whether it is stealing and selling official coal, setting up a false name, false accounts and wrong accounts... etc., it may happen.

These are all things that Zhu Xiongying needs to consider in the future, but now his urgent consideration is how to transport the coal to all parts of the country once it is mined, because the coal is mainly concentrated in a few places and needs to be circulated.

For circulation, there must be a road, whether it is water or land.

Once the roads are not smooth, coal as a bulk cargo will run slowly, whether it is this year, next year, or the year after, it will still not work.

And now the official roads of Ming Dynasty are only some key places of China Unicom, and they have not been repaired all year round, and the roads are already full of potholes.

In a word, whether it is the operation of coal this time or the development of Daming in the future, the road is the top priority.

Thinking of this, Zhu Xiongying said, "Grandpa, my grandson has an idea."

"Say!"

Zhu Yuanzhang has long been accustomed to Zhu Xiongying's routine, so he answered directly.

Zhu Xiongying didn't write any ink, and said: "Grandson wants to build roads!"

"What?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying in surprise: "Building roads?"

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said: "My grandson wants to repair the broken official roads, and add a few more official roads to connect the important places of our Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing Zhu Xiongying's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's original smiling face suddenly sank.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang came to power, what he opposed the most was the abuse of people's power, and road construction was a matter that consumed people's power in his opinion.

Because it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to repair a road, and in his opinion, it is just easier to walk, and it is not of much use.

The road he has traveled the most in his life is the road. In his eyes, even if the road is rough and difficult, he can still walk over it. Why spend a lot of people's labor on road construction?

And after this cold winter, spring plowing is facing, which is the most important thing for the Ming court.

And spring plowing requires a lot of people's power. Once the spring plowing is delayed due to road construction, it will bring unbearable consequences to the newly recovered Ming Dynasty...

(End of this chapter)