Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 437 Zhu Biao: Someone wants to rebel? who? (Please subscribe!!)
Zhu Biao would have done his best to learn skills from Ouyang Lun even if Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't said anything. As for using the so-called imperial means to suppress Ouyang Lun, this was something Zhu Biao was unwilling to do, at least for now.

Based on Zhu Biao's understanding of Ouyang Lun, it might be useful if he used the imperial methods mentioned by Zhu Yuanzhang, but it would hurt his relationship with Ouyang Lun. He always felt that the gain was not worth the loss. He did not want to fight with Ouyang Lun in the future.

However, being unwilling in his heart was one thing, and Zhu Biao still had to consider Zhu Yuanzhang's feelings. If he refused directly, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be furious and would suspect that he and Ouyang Lun had joined forces to oppose or even rebel.

Therefore, in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Zhu Biao chose to agree first and appease Zhu Yuanzhang. As for suppressing Ouyang Lun, he delayed it as long as possible.

"Father, please rest assured that I will study hard and will not disgrace my old Zhu family!"

Zhu Biao said extremely solemnly.

Zhu Yuanzhang was undoubtedly satisfied with Zhu Biao's statement, and then reached out and patted Zhu Biao's shoulder, "Biao'er, you have become much more mature, we are very pleased!"

"We are old, and the Ming Dynasty will be handed over to you sooner or later. If you become more and more mature, we will feel relieved!"

the next day.

Zhu Standard set out from the East Palace and went to the Hubu Yamen to work. In order to make himself more like an official of the Hubu, Zhu Biao even gave up taking the prince's chariot and chose to walk instead.

When meeting officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhu Biao also actively greeted and communicated with them, as if they had already gotten along well with them.

"Don't get me wrong. It's not that I have nowhere to go, but that I came because I am concerned about the progress of our household department's work!"

Guo Zi, Zhu Biao: Uh, no wonder you came so early, your feelings are gone!

"Brother-in-law Ouyang!"

Ouyang Lun's work attitude is probably his only black spot, but even if he is lazy, Ouyang Lun has never delayed anything. Compared with Ouyang Lun's achievements, this black spot is nothing.

"Yes, with brother-in-law Ouyang here, I have many questions that I can ask again."

The key is that Guo Zi, Zhu Biao and other officials in the Ministry of Revenue have long been accustomed to it.

"Your Highness, is there any statistics on the trade volume of the Hong Kong Village Trade Zone during this period? This is the data that Ouyang Prince Consort personally inquired about." Guo Zi asked as he walked into the Household Office with Zhu Biao.

"Prince uncle, Lao Guo, good morning!"

"Ouyang Prince Consort!"

Ouyang Lun, who usually could not see anyone in the Hubu Yamen, came so early today, which definitely broke the record.

Just as the two of them walked into the inner hall of the Hubu Yamen, chatting and laughing, they saw that someone was already sitting in the seat where the minister originally sat.

Ouyang Lun slowly raised his head, and then spread his hands helplessly, "Today the three ladies at home took the children out for an outing, and Zhou Bao caught all the fish in the lake. I got up too early and had no place to go, so I happened to come over and take a look. look."

"Of course Guo can be trusted when His Royal Highness does what he does!" Guo Zi said with a cupped hand.

"It's our honor for Prince Consort Ouyang to come to the Ministry of Household Affairs!"

After the words fell, a slightly awkward atmosphere appeared on the scene.

Zhu Biao and Guo Zi both looked shocked after seeing the true identity of the figure on the seat.

"Master Guo, all gentlemen."

"His Royal Highness!"

"Please rest assured, Mr. Guo, I am watching this matter personally, and it will all come out this morning at the latest!" Zhu Biao has mastered the basic use of charts, and is already very comfortable in handling these basic affairs of the household department.

Upon hearing this, both Guo Zi and Zhu Biao couldn't hold back their laughter.

Seeing this, Guo Zi hurriedly said: "Consort Ouyang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I suddenly remembered that there are still some things that have not been dealt with, so I have to leave first. You guys can talk a lot."

After saying that, Guo Zi was ready to leave.

Ouyang Lun nodded, "Go if you have anything to do. Remember to ask someone to bring you tea and snacks."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right here." Guo Zi saluted Ouyang Lun and Zhu Biao, then turned and left the inner hall.

After Guo Zi left, Zhu Biao stepped forward and asked, "Brother-in-law Ouyang, what are you going to teach me today?"

Ouyang Lun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Prince uncle, don't worry! It's still early. When the tea and snacks come, let's take a rest first and then discuss these things."

"Everyone is just working, don't work so hard. Of course, the Ming Dynasty will be passed to you sooner or later. You are the boss, and it is normal to work hard, but I am not. As a future prospective boss, you must protect me. Rights?"

Um. It seems to make sense!
Hearing what Ouyang Lun said, Zhu Biao nodded, "Since you have said this, brother-in-law Ouyang, let's wait, have tea and something to eat, and then talk about work!"

"That's right!" Ouyang Lun said with a smile: "Prince, uncle, I have always heard that you are the strongest prince in the Ming Dynasty. If you don't die, the Ming Dynasty will definitely become more glorious, and no one will dare to rebel. Originally, I still I thought this was a bit exaggerated, but now it seems that it is completely true!”

"I'm looking forward to you becoming the emperor now!"

"Brother-in-law Ouyang, you are over-praising me, Gu is not as good as you said!" Zhu Biao was a little shy, but he quickly realized it, raised his head and asked: "Brother-in-law Ouyang, you just said that if Gu did not die, the Ming Dynasty would be even more glorious. No one has rebelled yet. What does this mean?”

"Is Gu going to die? Or is there someone going to rebel? Who?"

Cough cough--

Ouyang Lun coughed twice, "Prince, uncle, don't get me wrong. I just said it casually. Of course you will die. After all, no one has died since ancient times, let alone you. Even my time is up. It’s not the same as dying.”

"As for rebellion, no matter how well the Ming Dynasty develops, there will still be people who oppose it. Rebellion has happened in all dynasties, so you don't have to take it to heart."

"Oh" Zhu Biao nodded slowly, "Yes"

Just when Zhu Biao wanted to continue asking, several palace maids came in carrying tea and snacks.

"Uncle-in-law, Prince, let's not talk about this. Let's drink tea and eat snacks first. I carefully arranged the tea snacks in the household department. They taste very good!" Ouyang Lun said as he took the snacks from the palace maid. Over the tea cup.

A sip of fragrant tea, a sip of snacks, and a look of satisfaction.

"Comfortable!"

"Drink this sip of tea in the morning and eat a few snacks. This happy mood can last all day long!"

Ouyang Lun said with a smile.

Seeing Ouyang Lun eating so happily, Zhu Biao also took the teacup and snacks and started eating them. “It tastes really good!”

Zhu Biao nodded.

"Of course, this tea is made from the ancient tea found in the mountains of the Ming Dynasty, and this pastry uses my unique recipe. When paired together, it is simply a holy product for leisure drinking!" Ouyang Ren smiled.

The two of them chatted while drinking tea and snacks, and soon the two of them finished showing off the tea and snacks.

"Put your things away first so you can prepare lunch."

"Yes, my lord."

After receiving the order, the maids collected the empty plates and quickly left the inner hall.

Zhu Biao was envious of Ouyang Lun's life from the bottom of his heart, but he still did not forget the purpose of coming to the Ministry of Revenue and said quickly: "Brother-in-law Ouyang, we have drank tea and eaten snacks, should we move on to the next step? "

"Next step?" Ouyang Lun was in a daze for a moment, "Yes, it's time for the next step. If you hadn't reminded me, brother-in-law of the prince, I would have planned to take a nap first."

"Uh" Zhu Biao sweated violently.

Fortunately, he came to the Ministry of Household Affairs. If his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, came here, he would probably quarrel with Ouyang Lun again.

"Ahem, uncle-in-law of the prince, I heard from Guo Zi that through these few days of study and practice, you have initially mastered the ability to make charts?" Ouyang Lun asked proactively.

"Yes, as long as you give me the corresponding data, I can make pie charts, bar charts and summary forms. However, when analyzing the forms, there is still a lot of difference." Zhu Biao answered truthfully.

Ouyang Lun nodded, his expression gradually becoming serious, "Uncle-in-law, Prince, you can improve your ability to make charts to what you are now in a few days. It's already very good!"

"I happen to have a chart here. Take a look at what information you can get!"

After speaking, Ouyang Lun handed a chart on the desk to Zhu Biao.

"it is good!"

Zhu Biao took the chart. The ink on this chart had not yet dried completely. It was obviously the latest chart drawn.

It seems that I have misunderstood brother-in-law Ouyang. When he came to the Hubu Yamen so early, it was not that he did nothing, but that he did a lot, but no one saw it.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is undoubtedly that the contents on this chart can be drawn by Brother Ouyang himself. Its importance may not be inferior to the chart and account book he saw that day! !

With this thought, Zhu Biao concentrated on looking at the chart. It was a line chart, and there were many lines on the chart. These lines were densely packed and undulating, making it impossible to find any pattern in them.

Zhu Biao did not give up easily, but after persisting for a long time, he finally shook his head helplessly and raised his head to look at Ouyang Lun, "Brother-in-law Ouyang, I know a lot of the contents in this chart, but when they are connected into lines, it is really difficult to Don’t see any problem.”

"Please help me solve my doubts."

The corners of Ouyang Lun's mouth raised slightly, as if he had already guessed the outcome of the matter. He picked up the teacup and took a sip before saying, "You should know the words on this chart, right?"

"Well, of course!" Zhu Biao nodded repeatedly, "Here are examples of grain production, steel production, salt production, cement production, etc. Data are compiled every year!"

"That's right. It seems that you have indeed initially mastered the charting ability." Ouyang Lun nodded, "As I told you before, our Ming Dynasty has made enough money, but the growth of materials has not met expectations. !”

"To put it bluntly, the problem is still the same as what we said last time. The problem in our country is that the growth of materials cannot keep up with the increase in money. This chart allows you to intuitively see the growth of various materials in Ming Dynasty in recent years. , although each item fluctuates, the whole is growing, with the court’s income growing the fastest, followed by food, and steel again.”

Listening to Ouyang Lun's words, Zhu Biao became more and more serious.

"Brother-in-law Ouyang, from what you said, it is indeed like this. So what is the reason for this, or how can we solve this problem?"

Seeing that Zhu Biao asked so seriously, Ouyang Lun did not hesitate, but said directly: "There are many reasons for the current situation, among which Ming Dynasty's rapid development and overheating are definitely the main reasons."

"As for how to solve it, this is not one problem, but many problems. Don't think that you can solve all the problems with just one method. There is nothing like this in the world."

"Take grain as an example. Even though Ming Dynasty has tried its best to promote sweet potatoes, the annual output of grain still cannot exceed economic growth. We can put everything else aside, but Ming Dynasty needs to use grain every day when we open our eyes. Food to feed tens of millions of people!”

"This is fundamental!"

"That's right." Zhu Biao nodded repeatedly.

"I just talked about the importance of food. Next we can continue to analyze food separately."

After Ouyang Lun finished speaking, he took out another chart from the desk.

"This is a chart I drew specifically for grain. With it, it can better help us analyze the grain problems of the Ming Dynasty!" Ouyang Lun waved to Zhu Biao, "Brother Prince, come closer! "

"Okay!" Zhu Biao nodded and walked to the desk, while his eyes fell on the charts placed on the table.

Zhu Biao could tell at a glance that this was a pie chart.

"Before, I asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to make statistics on the factors that affect the quantity of grain, such as natural disasters, man-made disasters, external sales, corruption, smuggling, etc."

“Among them, natural disasters ranked first, smuggling ranked second, corruption ranked third, and external sales ranked fourth.”

"So we can know that natural disasters have the greatest impact on food, followed by smuggling and corruption. However, for natural disasters, the Ming Dynasty currently has no better way, so if we want to solve the food problem, the focus should be on combating smuggling and corruption. ”

"Brother-in-law Ouyang, Gu... Gu Gu seems to understand!" Zhu Biao nodded repeatedly and said excitedly: "This kind of analysis is really too clear. It is more beneficial than being well-founded. It really makes it clear!"

"Before, when you told me that Ming Dynasty would be short of food in the future, I still expressed doubts about it, but now I no longer have such thoughts."

“And I won’t be anxious because I’ve found a solution!”

"You can teach me!" Ouyang Lun nodded, "Food is only one of the many problems of the Ming Dynasty. I just played a role in attracting others. Next, you can use the same method to make a chart of steel, cement and other materials. analyze!"

"When these chart analyzes are completed, the main problems of Ming Dynasty will be found, and when the problems are found, solutions to the problems will also come out."

"Yeah, brother-in-law Ouyang, you are so right!" Zhu Biao nodded heavily.

"Okay, now that you understand everything, go ahead and make a cause disk diagram for the remaining factors!" Ouyang Lun said with a smile.

"Ah! Did I do it all?"

"if not?"

(End of this chapter)