Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 315 Can't Do Whatever You Want
Because of the Zhengdan Grand Meeting on the first day of junior high school, you have to rest earlier on New Year’s Eve, which is regarded as a night of keeping up with the new year. After dinner, you will sit in a circle, drink tea, or read or listen to music or play chess. It's a fun little game.

It wasn't until the pocket watch that Zhu Yuan didn't want to put down after getting it showed that it was past ten o'clock in the evening, and Xinyi repeatedly urged him to finally go to rest.

Wake up again, the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.

New Year's Eve.

I got up a little earlier today, and the pocket watch showed that it was only [-]:[-] in the morning. However, I checked a certain precise crystal engraving clock, and it was half an hour behind, and it was actually almost nine o'clock.

As usual, Xieyi came to serve Wake up, but it was a little special.

It's not that the freehand brushwork is special, but that Nizi brought two strange women in together, Zhu Yuan put on his clothes and gestured: "Who is this?"

Xie Yi was rarely guilty, paused, and then said: "Your Majesty also said to reward the lord's Meiji, this morning...he just arrived, and the slave brought it to show the lord."

Zhu Yuan smiled and grabbed Xieyi's chin. Seeing that the girl was even more guilty, he didn't ask any more questions, and motioned to the two beautiful women who were timid and tired: "Come on, let me have a look."

The two women stepped forward together.

The first is age, one must be less than 24, and the other is at most [-], both are quite young.If you talk about the special thing... Although it is a warm room, but wearing only some light clothes, it is a bit weird, and it is not the group that accompanied me last night.

Pulling the smaller one in front of him, Zhu Yuan held his waist and was about to examine it carefully, when he suddenly sniffled, a certain special fragrance came, and he woke up.

Look to Xieyi.

Xie Yi's face was already flushed, and she looked even more guilty.

Zhu Yuan thought for a while and asked, "Is it really a reward?"

Xieyi nodded quickly: "Yes, how dare I lie to you."

"That's good." Zhu Yuan looked at the woman in front of him again, and said, "I don't want to be impeached by the imperial censor to rob people's daughters one day."

Xieyi reassured: "I...don't dare."

Zhu Yuan laughed: "Stupid, you're not asking yourself, admitting that you arranged it."

Freehand: "..."

It seems... that's it.

Zhu Yuan turned to the front, looked at the woman who was still standing blankly, and asked, "What's your name?"

The woman hid her eyes and said insignificantly: "Slave... Ran's."

"Well," Zhu Yuan nodded, and asked the other side: "What about you?"

The older woman heard the words and knelt down: "My lord, Nu Shang."

"Looks like they don't have any names," Zhu Yuan thought for a moment, and said, "It just so happens that today is New Year's Eve, and we're saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new... Well, no, I'm not a boy. Change, the old year is about to pass, so fast , Homecoming, then...a 'cherry' and a 'plantain'."

in the bedroom.

This turning point is a bit unreasonable. Even those who have read the book didn't realize it for a while. How come there are "cherries" and "plantains"?
But Zhu Yuan's words fell, and Shang, who had just got the name, immediately fell to the ground and said: "Thank you, sir, for giving me the name."

In front of Zhu Yuan, he was still a little dazed.

However, Zhu Yuan noticed that the eyes of the girl in front of her flickered just after she finished speaking, obviously she was not really dumb, so she asked with a smile, "Tell me, why are you 'Cherry'?"

The woman paused, spoke softly, and said softly: "It's from Jiang Jie's "One Cut Plum" in the Song Dynasty. The streamer is easy to throw people away. It makes cherries red and plantains green."

"Not bad," Zhu Yuan said, but suddenly changed the topic: "Where's your child?"

The woman was stunned for a moment, the panic on her expression flashed, and then she finally knelt down.

Zhu Yuan didn't forcefully pull, no one could pull his own body, seeing the woman knelt down but didn't speak, he could only look at Xieyi.

Xinyi was also a little guilty, and whispered: "My lord, her...is a daughter, and I picked it up together, so I thought, there is no shortage of this in the family."

After Xie Yi finished speaking, the woman in front of her finally took the initiative and said with a weeping voice: "Please, my lord... Please, my lord..."

Zhu Yuan turned to the other: "What about you?"

Shang shook his head: "Slave...no, no."

Naturally there is.

It's just... lucky to have such a good belonging, she doesn't want to bring a burden.

"Get up," Zhu Yuan asked, and then turned to Xieyi: "Arrange them, and don't mess around in the future, my reputation is not good, if it spreads... I won't be able to meet people at all."

When Zhu Yuan said that, the two in front of him hadn't gotten up yet, and Xie Yi had already knelt down: "My lord, I know I'm wrong."

"I'll punish you if I take the time."

After Zhu Yuan said something, he finally put on his shoes and left the room.

Xieyi signaled Caisang and the others to follow out last night, and stayed behind, looked at the two girls who were helped up by Xijiangyue and Man Tingfang, thought for a while, and said to Ran: "If you have a place to go, I will Talk to the adults and send you away, the adults will definitely agree."

Ran shook her head subconsciously, just got up, and knelt down again: "No, don't..."

I was escorted from the middle of Sichuan for thousands of miles, my family was ruined and my family was destroyed, so where else could I go?

What's more... She was actually observing just now.

A certain boy... After just a short contact, she actually found out that he is a good person. If that's the case, besides here, where else can the mother and daughter go?
Could it be that it was returned and rewarded to other meritorious officials, or, went to the Jiaofang Division?

Then life and death are unpredictable.

Anyway, it's already like this, it's better to stay here.

Ran shook her head when she wrote her opinion, and gave Xi Jiangyue a few words to take them away first, and then she left the back house and came to the front yard of the inner house.

Zhu Yuan has already started eating.

Also, Wutong came running again, this time not only pulling Nuan Niang, but also Zhu Er Niang who just entered the house yesterday.

He also sued, saying that he was his master, who was the same as himself...can eat.It made Zhu Erniang's face flushed, and she obviously wanted to run away.

Xieyi waited for Wutong Balabala to say a lot, and then brought a basket of steamed stuffed buns from here to leave, and then mentioned just now, besides those two, there were eighteen others.

Zhu Yuan only said to look at it when he had time.

So the freehand brushwork continues, about the upcoming New Year's arrangements.

First is today.

The mansion has been swept again.

On the other side of the ancestral hall, preparations started a few days ago, and Zhu Yuan needs to see it in person later.

In addition, Zhu Yuan suddenly remembered a small matter last night. The New Year's money should be wrapped in red envelopes. Freehand has already been made by others, not the paper red envelopes of later times. After all, money in this era is not paper money, so I plan to make it. Put it into a small red cloth bag, and it can be finished before evening.

Then there are two more important things.

Go to the palace before noon.

Tomorrow is the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting, and today, according to Lao Zhu's orders, a family banquet was arranged at noon, but there were probably only a few of them.

What's more, after returning from the family banquet, we will start worshiping the ancestors.

After these two major events are over, in the evening, Qiao Wang, Lu Yu and other internal and external stewards of the mansion will come to pay Zhu Yuan New Year's greetings.

And then, next year.

I have to go to bed early at night, and I will go to the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting tomorrow, and there will also be a banquet that lasts until the afternoon.

After the first day.

On the second day of the new year, I plan to "visit privately" with Lao Zhu, and the butcher's store has already been found.

Then, it's gone.

Fang Guozhen suggested that Zhu Yuan invite a banquet before, and at first she thought it might be possible, but when she considered the list, she realized that it was too difficult.

Some things really can't be done by a "clearer cleans up himself", and I still gave up the idea after all.

If I have time, I only plan to invite Fang Guozhen to go fishing together again.

That's sure to be fine.

Lao Fang no longer has any ambitions, no power, and no one will say anything when he becomes the fishing friend of Zhu Yuan, the king of the side branch.

In comparison, if you carelessly invite a group of ministers, ministers, and even civil and military officers at all levels, even if Lao Zhu trusts him enough, it is difficult to guarantee that someone who is interested will not say a few words.

Talking too much is not good after all.

Zhu Yuan really didn't want to do anything, so he didn't want people to misunderstand what he wanted to do.

After Xieyi finished talking, Zhu Yuan also had breakfast.

It's only 09:30.

The family banquet in the palace starts at noon, which is exactly 12 o'clock. Zhu Yuan prepares at 10:11 and starts at [-] o'clock, so there is no problem.

So there is an hour left.

First went to the ancestral hall.

Last year there were no ancestors to worship, but this year there are.

Except for the old brother Zhu's family, and then go up, it is similar to the one in the Taimiao.I pretended to be the 23rd grandson of someone else, and I was expected to get a title of county king. It was such a bargain, and the ancestors changed...so they changed.

After reading the preparations for the ancestral hall, let's talk about it again.

In the morning, Song Lian sent someone to deliver the first draft of the next issue of "Da Ming Monthly", so he returned to the study in the main room, began to perform the duties of the editor-in-chief, and finally reviewed it.

Some of the main articles have been discussed in advance, and I have read some first drafts, and basically skipped them.

What Zhu Yuan is more interested in is the batch of 'tofu cubes' accumulated this month.

It is just some short and brief information in the "Current Politics News" section, mainly personnel appointments, such as a minister who was dismissed by impeachment, such as Bianliang's new magistrate, such as Wang Guangyang who was just confirmed a few days ago. Participating in politics in Shandong Province was transferred to participate in politics in Shaanxi Province.

Those who are familiar with the court can see many contexts from these personnel appointments that seem to confuse ordinary people.

Such as factional struggles, such as the trend of the court, such as the emperor's mentality, and so on.

What Zhu Yuan saw this time was a single word.

stable!
Compared with the large-scale appointment and removal last month when the ten departments were confirmed, this time, only Wang Guangyang's transfer from Shandong to Shaanxi was the biggest move.

Of course, the 'stability' this time is actually a comparison with the original timeline.

In the history, during this period, the founding of the country, the enjoyment of wealth and honor, began to fight for power and profit, so the Hongwu Dynasty can be called a flying dog.

Let’s talk about Wang Guangyang’s arrangement this time. This is Lao Zhu’s arrangement to stabilize the civil affairs in Shaanxi. Perhaps there are also some related to the operation of Gansu.

As for Shandong, this will be the main business direction of Kang Maocai, Minister of Agriculture and Field Envoy next year. Although Kang Maocai is a military commander, he is also good at civil affairs. He participated in receiving grain from Jiaozhou and arranging transportation at the beginning of the year. At that time, all aspects were handled. well organized.Therefore, Shandong's provincial participation in politics is temporarily vacant, which is not a serious problem.

Speaking of which, Lao Zhu still lacks available people.

It's not that there are no people, but that there are no people who are properly assigned to certain positions.

Just like in history, Qian Tang was a white body, entered the court, and directly became the third-rank Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. This seems to be Lao Zhu's thirst for talent, but on the other hand, it is also a sign of being stretched.Moreover, doing so will inevitably bring about some side effects, which will cause dissatisfaction among those subordinates who have followed Lao Zhu for many years.

Everyone has been working hard with you for so many years, why not be as good as a white body with no achievements?
In fact, this dissatisfaction has already shown itself.

In the middle of the year, when Zhu Yuan was still in Mingzhou, he saw an edict issued by Lao Zhu, to the effect that Lao Zhu was explaining: Many new officials are now higher in rank than some old ministers. Don't pay attention to the old ministers, it's just that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is expanding day by day, and more people are needed to take care of it. Moreover, as the selection criteria, I, the emperor, don't have any selfishness, it's just meritocracy.

There is always a cause.

Lao Zhu issued this edict, not out of nowhere on a whim, but because he must have felt the complaints from his subordinates.

This kind of complaint must never be ignored.

Otherwise, people's hearts will be scattered.If the hearts of the people are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team.

Therefore, Lao Zhu not only has to explain, but also has to take some practical actions.Probably, even if some positions are vacant, if there is no suitable candidate who can convince the public at the same time, you can't use people indiscriminately.

After all, even the emperor is definitely not the kind of person who can do whatever he wants as imagined by ordinary people.

After browsing a series of tofu cubes, Zhu Yuan paid more attention to the advertisement insert of 'Zhiyongzhai'.

In order to promote next year's "Zhuangzi" series, after Lao Zhu ordered 1000 taels of silver per page, his family still decided on three pages with a total of 6 pages, which means it will cost a full 6000 taels.

Of course, Zhiyong Zhaihua can afford it.

However, after seeing the beautifully crafted advertisement inserts, Zhu Yuan also remembered that he should get some other advertisements together, not just his family.

The wood is as beautiful as the forest!
Thinking about it again, it was not too late, so before leaving home to go to the imperial city for a banquet, Zhu Yuan ordered He Xuan to let him out and contact several families as soon as possible.

In fact, it is very easy to be sure, such as the Tan family in Raozhou, promote the red glaze, such as Zhangzhou Gujia...any business is fine.

Zhu Yuan is not worried that some people will not see the potential value of the advertisement, and will definitely rush to vote.

The location is the imperial city, and there is still more than a quarter of an hour before the banquet.

The place of the family banquet is set in Qianqing Palace.

The existing [-] clan members are basically all in place.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone sat down. Zhu Yuan looked at the group of "relatives" around him, and then thought of his thoughts when he was flipping through those tofu cubes.

The emperor can't do whatever he wants.

Mainly because I thought of the past 'later' again.

The most exemplified one is that the result of a series of "do whatever you want" in the last years of Hongwu is to let the fourth child win the world.

In the battle of Jingnan, there were too many coincidences, and there were too many inevitability.

Why is King Ning willing to borrow troops? Was he caught off guard by the old four?

Why are military officials so useless? Is there really no one who can fight?

Why did the fourth brother succeed in his surprise attack on Jinling? Where did the army that was supposed to serve the king go?

Why?

Because, where there is a cause, there is an effect.

From the late Hongwu period to the early Jianwen period, just a few years of doing whatever they wanted, lost all hearts.

For example, the most outrageous, meaningless, and most heartbreaking thing Jianwen has ever done.

When Lao Zhu ascended the throne, there were still two nieces alive, one was the daughter of the elder brother's family, Zhu Wenzheng's younger sister, and the other was the daughter of a cousin of the uncle's family who was a little farther away, and was regarded as a cousin niece.Out of pity for his family, the two daughters who were supposed to be princesses, Lao Zhu made an exception as princesses, one Fucheng and the other Qingyang.

Afterwards, more than one courtier raised objections, thinking that the title of princess should not be granted, and that it was inconsistent with the etiquette. Lao Zhu rejected it on the grounds of family affection, and finally took a step back.

In Jianwen, Princess Fucheng should be gone, and Princess Qingyang is still alive, but she is already an old man in her 60s. With the title of princess, she only enjoys the treatment of a princess. Besides, the title of princess cannot be hereditary. It can be said that Princess Qingyang poses no threat to Jianwen's throne.However, just like this... little Zhu couldn't tolerate it, and after ascending the throne, he was still reduced to a princess.

According to the law of etiquette, this is no problem.

But what about favors?
Your grandfather has been talked about so many times by his courtiers in his life, as an elder, he is not willing to lower the title of niece.You are a junior, what do you think of doing such a thing to an old aunt who has not lived for a few years, as a nephew?

And, that's not even the most outrageous.

The most outrageous thing is that when the old fourth soldier came to the city, Xiaoxiao Zhu remembered that he only had such a cousin who was older than the fourth uncle. ...To persuade the fourth child to strike?

It's just a godsend!

In short, this period of history is so outrageous that people even wonder if it was deliberately fabricated by the fourth child in order to discredit his nephew.

In the dining room of Qianqing Palace.

At the family reunion, Lao Zhu was in high spirits. Balabala said a lot before announcing the start of the luncheon, and told everyone not to be formal. Zhu.

I have to work harder!

(End of this chapter)