eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 61 Proclamation ([-])

"Zhang Zhongyun, Your Highness, please go over."

Outside the Xiefang Hall of the East Palace, Liu Jin said to Zhang Tianrui who was about to retreat.

"Your Highness... Your Highness wants to see me?"

"Look at what you said. How dare I pass on His Highness's will? I'd better ask Mr. Zhang to go over quickly."

Zhu Houzhao got a lot of silver,
He is a prince, not a person who lives at home, and wealth does not mean much to him. The usefulness of the money lies in being able to use it.

In fact, there are good and bad things about the country's control of wealth. The good thing is that the country's financial situation is better and it can do something.

The downside is... Once you meet a weaker monarch, the wealth will flow to private pockets.

As mentioned above, Ye Qi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, led the reform of the Kaizhong Salt Law: In the past, merchants transported grain to the border to obtain salt imports, and instead merchants directly paid silver to the imperial court to obtain salt imports.When the imperial court has money, it will allocate food and salaries to the border gates.

There are many dangers in doing so.

And speaking of it, there is also an advantage-the income of the country has increased a lot in a short period of time.

It stands to reason that if you get the money, you should be able to do something reliable, right?
In fact, it is not the case. According to the later historical experience, this advantage is gone.Because the money was misappropriated for other purposes, it was quickly consumed.

So the Ming Dynasty is a patient full of illnesses. Sometimes when I think about it, I have a big head, and I don’t know where to start.

But no matter what, Zhu Houzhao also wants to gather wealth in his hands and do more things.

The matter of the academy that was previously considered can no longer be delayed.

"Minister Zhang Tianrui, I greet Your Highness."

"Pingshen, come closer, what are you doing so far away from me?" Zhu Houzhao waved.

"Oh." Zhang Tianrui lifted the corner of his clothes, and took small steps forward a few times, "Your Highness, I don't know what orders you have for summoning this minister?"

"Previously, I have read your discussion about the academy."

Zhang Tianrui was a little surprised, after so many days, he thought it was nothing, but he didn't expect His Highness to finish reading it.

"But I don't know if His Highness considers it a minister, how is it written?"

"It's quite tricky." Zhu Houzhao didn't plan to scare him anymore, in case something good or bad happened, "Mr. Zhang."

"The minister is here."

"If the palace asks you to be in charge of the preparation of the Palace of Medicine, would you be willing?"

Zhang Tianrui's heart was agitated,
In my mind, I couldn't help but think of what Yang Tinghe said to him when he left that day!

His Highness is waiting, waiting for someone to do this for him!

Once it's done well...you will be favored by His Highness, and you will be the old man who will be used by the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace in the future.

By that time, a small Zhongyun official is not his end.

"Return to Your Highness! I am willing!"

Zhang Tianrui knelt down again.

Seeing his expression, Zhu Houzhao also showed a slight smile, and joked, "This matter costs money, you can't take my ten taels of silver for five taels, and the remaining five taels will go in." your pocket."

Zhang Tianrui's body tensed up when he heard this, "I dare not do this!...Your Highness, I'm a coward. If I take the extra money home, I probably won't be able to sleep every day."

So half a lifetime of hard work, no achievements, no taking things, and not being able to integrate into this circle.

"Okay." The prince paused for a while, thought for a while, "After the year, it will be spring, and you will officially build this palace of medicine for me. During the time before the year, you first choose a place in the capital. In a suitable location, find a few old craftsmen, and think about how to build this place for teaching people to study medicine."

"The minister obeys the order."

Now there is no real estate development in the Ming Dynasty, and there are not so many departments to go through procedures to build a building.So it shouldn't be difficult.

Zhang Tianrui has been thinking about this for several days, and at this moment he blurted out some key points, "Your Highness, but I don't know how big the Medical Palace will be built, and how many students will it recruit?"

"Build it bigger. Let's calculate it on the scale of [-] students."

"Three thousand?!" Zhang Tianrui was taken aback, "To build such a large building? In this case, I think it will take a lot of money."

How did he know that Zhu Houzhao was not thinking about medicine at all,

In the future, all majors will be stuffed in, of course, the bigger you can be.

"Then build it in phases. The first phase will be controlled by 500 people, and the place will be given to me first. You don't have to worry about the money, I will take care of it myself."

At his current age, it is not too early or too late to arrange education.

The level of productivity in ancient times was at this place. No matter how powerful he was at playing tricks, no matter how accurate his grasp of people's hearts was, the overall national strength of the country was like that.

Anyway, there is only so much grain in one mu of land, so one person can do such a little work, and one horse can run so far in a day.If the people who run the country are more reliable, then the distribution will be better. If the people who are not reliable, they will distribute blindly with their eyes closed.

Therefore, the palliative method of carrying out reforms, playing tricks, and fighting against those with vested interests must be adopted.
Finding ways to improve productivity, such as a permanent solution, also needs to be planned.

Once a hurdle has been overcome, many major problems will be solved, such as the Tatar problem in the north, what should we do?
Although the Nine Sides are well maintained, how much did the imperial court spend to maintain the Nine Sides?
In fact, there is a simple and crude way to really solve it - a powerful and stable thermal weapon.

In the era of cold weapons, those nomads were indeed powerful.But once there are machine guns, those rough men will soon change from majestic and burly to singing and dancing.

Therefore, although Zhang Tianrui was an unnoticed petty official, he himself may not have thought that the errand entrusted to him by the crown prince was actually very important.

Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled as he looked at the imperial decree that had been approved in red,
This imperial decree was delivered to Wang Yue, ordering him to leave for the capital as soon as possible to prepare for his post.

"In this way, the northwest can be settled. I can rest assured."

Recently, one or two things can be done according to his wishes, which makes him much happier.Sometimes it's just like playing a game. It's fun to win all the time, but it's boring to be ravaged all the time. In the end, you just lie down and do whatever you like.

"Where is the prince? Haven't come yet today?" The emperor turned to ask the eunuch beside him,
Xiao Jing replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry. According to the previous time, His Highness will come over in half an hour."

"Understood. You choose someone to declare this decree, remember to be smart."

"The servant understands."

Xiao Jing's job is much easier now, the emperor is happy after all.

His mouth also seems to be more active than before, "I remember that in the ninth year of Hongzhi, Wang Yue still complained about his grievances. Now that His Majesty has given him such a great favor, he still doesn't know how excited he will be. So No matter how powerful this general is, he must meet Ming Jun."

Speaking of this, Hongzhi is also proud. Wang Yue is an arrogant person, but the more arrogant a person is, the stronger the rebound will be when he recovers from the bottom.So this kind of people are to be used by beating.I think it is just right to call him back to Beijing this time, and he will surely serve the country wholeheartedly.

"I think, he is already 72 years old, even if there are some flaws, how many more years can he be 'disaster'?"

It is not possible to suddenly lead the frontier army to rebel. In fact, if a general who knows how to fight does not rebel, most of the shortcomings can be ignored by the emperor.

"It's rare to be happy in life, and this time I will fulfill him!"

It has been 19 years since Wei Ningbo, who was so powerful back then, was removed from the title in Chenghua in 15 years. In the past 15 years, he has kept complaining about his grievances, but he has never regained his prestige.There were several repetitions in the middle, but each time it fell short.

Now, finally, it's going to be different.

(End of this chapter)