Author: Taixu Laodao

When I was a young man wearing bright clothes and angry horses, I lived up to my youth and knew it.

Even though Jiajing is already half-buried in the ground, his mental age is still young, and he is old at heart.

Although the scenery of Yuxi Palace is nice, I am used to seeing it, so I want to go out for a walk, see the beautiful rivers and mountains, and see the women (cross out) the customs and customs of various places.

The sun, moon, mountains and rivers, the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, the wind and snow in the north, the spring scenery in the south, the lonely smoke in the desert, the bright moon on the sea...

Huangchenggen's fried belly-shabu-shabu pork, Nanjing's shredded shumai, Qinhuai Fengyue, Shanghai's Gezi fried, Tianjin's Mahua Goubuli, Guangzhou's Tingzai porridge and rice rolls, Lushunkou's salted fish

Pancakes, three delicacies from Northeast China, stewed vermicelli with pork and cabbage, stinky tofu in the Fire Palace, duck blood soup...

It was really unpleasant to be trapped in the capital. He spent the whole day thinking about the imperial power, balancing the factions in the court, and worrying about Wang Chongyang's great cause of resisting the Jin Dynasty. He could not stop for a day.

Jiajing sacrificed too much for the Ming Dynasty.

As for the leaky ship of the Ming Dynasty, thanks to Jiajing's painstaking efforts, the ship was repaired and there was no danger of capsizing.

Although Yan Song and his son were greedy, they were trained to be obedient; Zhang Juzheng, who was in the clear stream, could only go all the way to the dark side, becoming what Jiajing wanted; but the Yu Wang family still made small moves from time to time.

There is no way to avoid power struggles and struggles.

But it is absolutely not allowed to act in a double-faced manner and make minor stumbling blocks.

'King Yu!'

‘It’s time to go and meet.’

'And grandson... Wanli, the otaku...'

The two dragons not meeting each other was a rule that Jiajing had followed for decades, but breaking this rule was a matter of just one word from him.

Prince Yu's Mansion.

From the middle gate to the six and twelve doors into the palace, all the doors are open. If you look deeper, you can see that there are people standing outside the twelve doors.

Jiajing was still the same Jiajing. After leaving the palace, he was still wearing a wide robe and long sleeves, with only a Taoist scarf tied on his head. At this time, he was sitting on a chair in the middle of the palace, with a face that looked fake at first glance.

Kind smile.

But no one dared to look at him.

Lu Fang also smiled and stood on the left side behind Jiajing.

After kneeling three times and bowing nine times, King Yu stood on the left side in front of Jiajing with a smile and lowered his head. Concubine Li also stood on the right side in front of Jiajing with a smile and lowered her head.

In the middle of the palace was a eunuch kneeling, holding the prince in his hands and facing Jiajing.

Maybe there really is a "blessed soul" in this world. A child who was only half a year old looked at the strange old man in front of him. Not only did he not cry or make trouble, but he also stared at Jiajing's face and smiled.

'Looks quite lively.'

'Why did you grow up to be a homebody?'

Jiajing clapped his hands and stretched out his arms.

King Yu quickly took the crown prince from the eunuch and presented it to Jiajing.

Jiajing looked at Wanli with a half-smile, but the child was still smiling in his hands.

Princess Yu, who looked very similar to Shopkeeper Tong, had her head lowered all the time. At this time, she didn't know what the situation was, and beads of sweat seeped out from her forehead.

After all, he was just a baby, and Jiajing would not take his anger out on him.

Sitting down with the child on his lap, Jiajing looked at Concubine Li and said, "You have merit, I want to reward you."

Concubine Li didn't know that Jiajing was talking to her, so she still lowered her head.

King Yu quickly reminded: "Princess, my father is talking to you."

Concubine Li knelt down quickly and said, "These are the virtues of our ancestors. They are blessings from our father who respects heaven and loves his people. How dare I say meritorious deeds?"

Jiajing came on this trip not because he wanted to take advantage of his son or grandson. He had a very strong political purpose: "If you have merit, you have merit. I will not reward you with anything else. Your mother's family is from a poor family, so I will make your father a marquis."

Bar."

Concubine Li was stunned there.

At this time, King Yu knelt down next to her: "My son, I would like to thank my father for your kindness on behalf of Concubine Li!"

He said and kowtowed.

Only then did Concubine Li come to her senses and crawl down.

King Yu kowtowed and was about to stand up when he saw Concubine Li still kowtowing there, so he held his arm with her and stood up.

Only then did Jiajing realize that Concubine Li was choking and her face was full of tears.

Jiajing: "It's a good thing, don't cry."

Concubine Li tried hard to retract and choked up: "My son, my concubine is rude..."

Jiajing was filled with compassion at this time and said to Lu Fang behind him: "Take out two mirrors from Liulichang and give them to Concubine Li's house."

Tell him to dig!

It’s not too stingy, Yan Ge Lao buys it, and it costs thirty thousand taels of silver to buy one side.

Lu Fang immediately replied: "Yes. I will deliver the order to Yang Jinshui when I return to the palace."

Concubine Li was about to kneel down to thank her again. Jiajing said quickly: "No need to thank you. Please take good care of your grandson for me."

After saying that, he picked up the child on his body, King Yu quickly went over, took the child, and handed it to Concubine Li.

At this time, Lu Fang seized the opportunity and said in Jiajing's ear: "On this happy day, I will give you a small blessing for Long Live Lord. This time, Yang Jinshui has negotiated a business deal with a hundred mirrors with a Western businessman, and the full price will be paid."

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When it came to money, Jiajing's expression perked up: "How much does it cost to sell a hundred mirrors to the West?"

Lu Fang smiled and said: "Mirrors are sold in our provinces in the Ming Dynasty. Now they cost less than 10,000 taels of silver each. It's hard to say how much they can be sold for when shipped to the West. The fixed price negotiated by Yang Jinshui with foreigners is 3.5 million for 100 mirrors.

Two pieces of silver."

Jiajing nodded: "Good thing. Can Liulichang's production capacity keep up?"

Lu Fang pondered deliberately.

Jiajing: "Huh?"

Lu Fang: "The production capacity of Liulichang is still too small. Moreover, Yan Ge Lao ordered a mirror worth 500,000 taels of silver before, but it has not yet been delivered. Long live the Lord, do you think you can..."

Jiajing was such a shrewd man. He knew the meaning of his words as soon as he heard it: "Yan Song is loyal to the country, so just push back his mirror! Provide it to Western businessmen first."

Lu Fang: "There is no sage like Long Live the Lord."

Jiajing: "Now, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are still loyal to the country. Don't bother me with these little things in the future."

"Yes." Lu Fang answered loudly, glancing at King Yu intentionally or unintentionally.

King Yu's face moved at this moment, but he still stood there with his head bowed.

Jiajing stood up: "I won't go back to the palace to eat dinner today. Let's have a fast meal here."

King Yu immediately bowed and replied: "I am waiting for heaven's grace, and I would like to accompany my father to the palace."

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This meal was not delicious. Everyone in Prince Yu's residence, from the cook to Prince Yu, was trembling with fear.

Jiajing ate all the rice in the bowl and put down the bowl. Yuwang and his wife also put down the bowl at the same time.

"Do you know why we have to divide the whole family into equal parts?" Jiajing suddenly asked.

King Yu cautiously said: "Back to my father, firstly, the tax code has been simplified and corruption has been reduced; secondly, this reform will harm the interests of those with more land and benefit the poor. Those without land and those with less land will have less burden, which will be beneficial."

Ten thousand people; thirdly, the place can no longer hide Dingkou..."

Wang Yu has obviously done his homework on the reform of the tax law.

Jiajing stood up and looked at the red sunset in the courtyard: "There are only so many meals in Ming Dynasty. If they eat more, I will eat less..."
Chapter completed!