Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Ever since Empress Dowager Qi followed Wang Baobao, she felt a little bit taken care of by others. In order to deceive others, they could only pass on the music in secret. Even if everyone knew about it, they could only go underground before the paper on the window was punctured. lovers.

However, this is enough... It's just that we are going to Huangquan together now, so I am not reconciled.

Empress Dowager Qi's thoughts were constantly flying, and countless fantasies appeared in her mind, each of which was a happy ending with Wang Baobao.

Unfortunately, dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

Empress Dowager Qi did not wait for the result she wanted, but instead waited for the envoys sent out. The envoys have been captured by Daming, and now they are here to deliver news.

"Empress Dowager, when Wei Chen came back this time, it was Da Ming's General Lan Yu who let me come back to send news to Grand Master."

The envoy's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he didn't know whether he beat him when he was captured or on the way back. After all, it seemed more convincing to pretend to be pitiful.

Empress Dowager Qi asked directly: "They asked you to come back, what news did they ask you to send?"

"Lan Yu said that as long as the grand master surrenders, you, your child, and the grand master's life... can all be saved."

The envoy bowed his waist and said to the Empress Dowager Qi: "Lan Yu said that the reason why he is willing to let the net go is because of Zhu Han."

Zhu Han, it's Zhu Han again.

Empress Dowager Qi didn't have the slightest liking for Zhu Han.

She felt that if it wasn't for Zhu Han, it would be impossible for Daming to become popular, and they wouldn't have to migrate here.

But now Empress Qi can't hate Zhu Han anymore. After all, it is because of Zhu Han that the generals of Ming Dynasty can let them go. The Empress Dowager Qi is not a stupid person. In order to save their lives, it is because Wang Baobao's younger sister is with Zhu Han at this time.

Empress Dowager Qi didn't want to die, she wanted to live.

But how should we persuade Wang Baobao?
Surrender is impossible. If Wang Baobao is willing to surrender, he will not wait until today.

After much deliberation, Empress Dowager Qi still wanted to talk to Wang Baobao first.

……

Yingtianfu, the imperial palace.

"Qiwu, you kid will always find trouble for us."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, he had too many things to deal with now, and he couldn't handle too many things.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang is dealing with major issues now, and there are no small issues at all. Now that Zhu Han went to Hangzhou, he thought he was going to see the beauties. Govern the Yellow River.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not ignorant of the flooding of the Yellow River. The floods of the Yellow River also accounted for part of the reason for the people’s deprivation at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. But now that the Yellow River has been governed by Jialu, it has improved a lot, and no more floods have caused damage to the surrounding people. Can't we just drag it back?

"Brother, I also want to procrastinate, but we can procrastinate. He Jia Lu can't procrastinate. He is over 60 years old and has some minor health problems. Such a master of water control has already wasted many years. If he continues to waste, This is our Daming's loss."

Zhu Han was also very helpless, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "As far as I know, Jia Lu has a high prestige in Henan, Shandong, and Huaibei. He can lead the people to control the river. It shows my determination to serve the people wholeheartedly, and let them know that my Daming has always opened the door to talented and capable people."

Zhu Yuanzhang agrees with what Zhu Han said, but he also has his own worries: "The national policy we formulated at the beginning did not say that people were recruited to work for free. It costs money to recruit them. The development of the silver mines on Wa Island is something that our Ming Dynasty has now. There is no shortage of money, but... too much money flows into the market, and the money in the hands of the people will become less and less valuable, so what should we do when the people complain?"

What do people do when they have money?One is to save money, and the other is to improve family life. Today, the productivity of Ming Dynasty cannot keep up with the expenditure of [-] million people.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang had this kind of worry was also because of Zhu Han. Zhu Han gave Zhu Yuanzhang a book, which explained in detail the possible impact of "Currency War". If it is not the treasury, it is the people who bear the pressure.

Zhu Han had his own views on this, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, the most important thing for our people is food, clothing, housing and transportation. Let every common people own land, which solves their problem of food; we might as well solve another problem: housing. We build houses for the people, let them move into new homes, and find a way to store money, and this property is a good place for inflow.”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Han's words, he immediately became interested: "Can you tell us in detail?"

Zhu Han explained to Zhu Yuanzhang: "I told you before, let the governments at all levels set up their own commercial firms? First let them do urban construction and build houses for the people. For example, building a house costs one hundred silver coins. They There is no need to pay the money all at once, it can be divided into ten years to pay, and then they put the money paid each year in the bank, and we take out the money in the bank and let the government at all levels carry out construction, thus forming a closed loop."

Zhu Han's method is similar to the "rescue" method during the financial crisis in later generations, but Zhu Han is more conscientious. He didn't ask the people for interest, and asked them to pay back the money in batches.

"Brother, I have done preliminary calculations. Take the matter of river governance as an example. In addition to farming, the common people can earn about [-] silver coins every year by working hard. Half of the silver coins are used to build houses every year, and the rest are used to build houses. Improving their lives can protect the currency from being devalued to the greatest extent."

Zhu Han looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and continued: "The money in our treasury is used to stabilize prices. When the people have money in their hands and the housing problem is stabilized, the problem will no longer exist."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nodded after hearing Zhu Han's words: "This method is good. It can not only benefit the people, but also protect the money from being affected. This is a good thing. Jia Lu... We know it. In Henan and Shandong, monuments were erected for him in many places."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart has begun to waver.

What he cares most about is the people.

"Okay, just do it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision, and then said: "However, we have to call Shen Wansan over. He is now engaged in farming in the countryside. He has invested a lot of gold and silver in all the state capitals of our Ming Dynasty. If he doesn't do anything else, he will engage in breeding... Shen Wansan The guy is really good at doing business."

Engage in farming?
Zhu Han's eyes lit up when he heard it.

Shen Wansan is really a born businessman!
Compared with him, Zhou Gushan is not a star and a half behind. Just because of this forward-looking, Zhou Gushan is not as good as Shen Wansan.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Han: "Qiwu, Shen Wansan, this guy, you have to deal with him. We are not as good as you in business. You and him can touch each other."

"I'm not looking for him." Zhu Han refused straight away, not because he wanted to avoid suspicion, but because Shen Wansan's business has reached such a level, it's not entirely a matter of business: "Brother, you still have to go to this person Make sure, you don't need to discuss business with him, you just need to tell him what to do and what not to do, knock him from time to time, and Shen Wansan will understand everything, for example, the breeding business he is doing now, you have to tell him, You can’t raise the price too high, this sentence is enough.”

This was an administrative intervention, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very handy when he did it. Seeing Zhu Han's refusal, he didn't force it any more. He just nodded and said, "Okay, we'll listen to you."

After Zhu Yuanzhang decided to control the river, he said to Zhu Han: "Where is Jia Lu? This old guy has a high prestige and is really capable. If we want to use him, we have to make a big deal out of it."

Jia Lu belonged to the courtiers of the former Yuan Dynasty. There were also many scholars who fell in the Yuan Dynasty. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they chose to live in seclusion. Many of these people were capable, but they believed that 'loyal ministers do not matter to two masters', so they chose to resign and return to their hometowns. Teach and educate people to live.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think it was a problem if it was changed to before, but now that Ming Dynasty is developing too fast and is in urgent need of talents, the old ministers of the previous dynasty will be of great use, and they can go to work directly with a little training.

Jia Lu is a good example. Zhu Yuanzhang is going to make a big publicity, and let the former officials who lived in seclusion work for the Ming Dynasty... As for whether there will be a few bugs mixed in, Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't care, and will clean them up when the time comes that is.

When mentioning Jia Lu, Zhu Han thought of another person: Meng Duan.

The number one liar in the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, he cheated the whole of Henan by himself, this old guy is good enough.

Zhu Han asked, "Brother, what about that man named Meng Duan? How capable is he?"

"Ability, it's just an average person's appearance. It's not very good, but it's not bad either. It's just too slick, and it takes half effort to do everything."

When Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned Meng Duan, he was almost useless to describe him with the words 'old oilman': "We transferred him to Yingtian and let him be the governor of Yingtianfu. This guy is not bad. He manages everything in an orderly manner, the dandies who used to be in Yingtian Mansion don't dare to wander around the streets anymore, and the common people quite recognize him."

There are so many benefits... Meng Duan was criticized first, which shows that Zhu Yuanzhang disliked Meng Duan's slippery character.

Zhu Han waited to see Meng Duan, so after Zhu Yuanzhang complained, he helped Meng Duan smooth things over: "The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. It is not easy for Meng Duan, an old liar, to be able to do some practical things. Everyone has prejudice against him. If If he isn't more naughty, how can he be the Governor of Ying Tian? Brother, you just said that he manages Ying Tian well, and the dudes don't dare to make too much noise, isn't that a good thing? "

"What a good thing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded directly, "Do you know who the person in charge of the Nine Gates Admiral is now? It's Xu Huizu. This kid was stunned by Meng Duan. He has changed from a scourge of Yingtian Mansion to an unselfish judge. A 16-year-old kid , I was lifted up to a high position by him, how can we use him in the future?"

"..."

Well, it's not wrong for Meng Duan to be scolded.

Zhu Han also felt that he had nothing to do, and wanted to go to Yingtian Mansion to visit Meng Duan, so he said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, I have nothing to do, I went to play with Meng Duan, this old liar, I I also want to know how he handles his official duties."

"Go, go, you, like him, have no shape!"

After Zhu Han left, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the back of Zhu Han leaving, and smacked his lips with some taste: "This kid, he has done nothing less, but he lives so smartly, he makes us do it when he comes up with ideas." ... Our emperor is too tired, right?"

Thinking that he can only rest for three hours a day, and spend the rest of the time on work, Zhu Yuanzhang feels weak all over.

"No, we have to rest too!"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he couldn't be so tired anymore, it would be better to continue to delegate the power in his hand.

Thinking of what Zhu Han said before, it is almost enough for him to control the military power and personnel appointments, and to have a few capable workers around him... Isn't Zhu Biao able to work?Let him be the secretary by our side...

In order to be lazy, Zhu Yuanzhang also began to choose to decentralize power.

But he didn't delegate it to others, but used Zhu Biao.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang had high expectations for Zhu Biao, and Zhu Biao, his all-time team leader, could be directly used. This alone was enough to prove that he valued Zhu Biao.

Calling Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his thoughts: "There are more and more things in Ming Dynasty, and our energy is limited, so I want to add some burdens to you."

Zhu Biao stood with his hands tied and obeyed Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement: "We are going to restructure the six ministries in the three provinces. Li Shanchang and the others will continue to handle government affairs, but the six ministries need to be split up. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs are particularly important. What do you think, Biao'er?" ? Say it out for us to hear?"

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, Zhu Biao said directly: "The Ministry of Industry will be split up. Didn't Dad say that the Construction Corps should be formed? The craftsman battalion hanging under the Ministry of Industry can be split up and a separate department can be established. How about the Ministry of Industry and Engineering?" ?”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement.

Zhu Biao saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had no objection, and then continued: "The Ministry of Industry is split up according to its different tasks. Post roads, river management, and house building...all are divided into categories. My uncle said that every line is like a mountain. The Ministry of Industry is too general. , the Minister of the Ministry of Industry can take care of it, but professional things have to be done by professional people. Rivers, roads, and houses are all different types of work. We must be more refined when we do it..."

Zhu Yuanzhang has no objection to this. No matter how he changes it, the final power will be concentrated on him.

In charge, that's a good word!
Zhu Yuanzhang believed that this was definitely proposed by Zhu Han, and only he had such foresight.

The same is true for the Ministry of Households. The Ministry of Households is in charge of the world's money, food, and population. Such power is too great and must be separated.

As for the Ministry of War... Zhu Yuanzhang has his own ideas: "The Ministry of War should also be divided, but it cannot be the same as the civil service system. The Ministry of War is for war. We have to divide the Ministry of War according to the rules of wartime."

The military power, Zhu Yuanzhang will be in his own hands, how to change it, and how to change it, he has to decide for himself... If he can't think of a solution to the problem, he will ask Zhu Han.

The duality of civil and military is a problem that has existed since ancient times. It is very unreasonable for military generals to conquer the world immediately and civil officials to rule the world. It means that the emperor must be very mature, and he can find out the key points of checks and balances among civil servants and generals. If this cannot be done, civil servants and military generals are doomed to be unable to complete good cooperation.