Just like what Zhu Biao said, when people's hearts are never satisfied, someone will cause trouble on the night of the knighthood.
Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Heqing, and Yu Tongyuan, the Marquis of Huai'an and Huayunlong, Nan'an, went straight to the palace after drinking. They clashed with Wang Zhi, the Marquis of Lu'an who was guarding the palace, and a fight broke out...
Zhu Biao didn't care either. This was inevitable. There were always people who were unbalanced. These three were just the stupidest ones.
In the future, it will be inevitable for these nobles to fight openly and covertly, and with the return of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, there are more big bosses among the nobles in Huaixi, and Li Shanchang has to concentrate on winning people's hearts.
These were all troubles for Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Biao suggested conferring more titles to intensify their conflicts and to boost their arrogance. The more fiercely the ministers compete, the safer they will be for the king.
This time, there are too many people who are not qualified for the title of knight. If we don't restrain ourselves, disaster is not far away!
Zhu Biao told several people around him about the Crown Princess. Luckily for Yunjin, the remaining Nuanyu and Da Shuang'er were a little panicked, but Zhu Biao didn't say anything.
These are inevitable things, and Zhu Biao will naturally protect them, but he will not support Nuanyu and the others and let them contradict the Crown Princess.
Three days later, Zhu Biao received a notice that Zhu Yuanzhang had given Chang Yuchun an imperial edict to marry him during the morning meeting.
Chang Yuchun had already received the order and thanked him happily, and returned to the house to prepare. Of course, this was just for show, as this matter had already been decided.
It stands to reason that as Zhu Biao is the crown prince and heir apparent, the emperor's decree granting a marriage has already been issued, so the matter is considered settled and the wedding can be held directly when the time comes.
But unexpectedly, the queen actually issued a decree to the Ministry of Rites, asking them to prepare six rites.
Zhu Biao was immediately confused. The ancient pre-wedding rituals were very troublesome. They included asking for names, asking for names, asking for names, accepting petitions, announcing the date of marriage, and welcoming each other in person! He thought he could escape...
There was no way, Yi's decree had already been issued. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not want the harem to interfere with government affairs, Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't say anything about the mother-in-law's son's wedding.
The next day, the Minister of Rites led a group of people to the East Palace to pay homage to the prince, and informed him that the prince's gold cemeteries and gold treasures were already being prepared, and he also brought nine-headed wild geese for him to choose from, which would be sent to the Kaiping Prince's Mansion in a short while.
This is the first step. Give gifts to test your taste. I gave you wild geese because you feel that the wild geese’s wife sings her husband’s affection and is devoted to you.
In addition to wild geese, there are many treasures, all of which were prepared by Queen Ma herself.
Zhu Biao picked out a pair of good-looking wild geese, and then he was done.
During the name-checking session the next day, the officials of the Ministry of Rites led the troops from the Qintian Supervisor and the Supervisor of Liturgy and ran towards the Kaiping Prince's Mansion with a lot of playing and beating, and several princes also joined in the fun.
On the third day, the eldest maid next to the queen led the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tian Jian to ask Zhu Biao and Chang Luohua for their birth dates. After the Qin Tian Jian judged, "Good luck! The two of them are a match made in heaven!"
On the fourth day of the recruitment ceremony, according to the rules, men and women will not make friends without a matchmaker, and there will be no money without money! In fact, it is the part of giving gifts to the mother-in-law. As the prince, Zhu Biao cannot be stingy.
Not to mention the gifts from the mother-in-law, even the servants and maids of the Kaiping Palace had their own gifts. This was arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang and also showed that "the dew falls everywhere and the emperor's grace is mighty!"
On the fifth day of the wedding, the two families set the date for the official wedding. At this point, the prelude to the drama has been sung, and the real trouble is still on the final wedding day.
The wedding date was set in September of the second year of Hongwu, and the matter was completely settled.
Zhu Biao also visited the Kaiping Prince's Mansion, but unfortunately he did not see Chang Luohua.
But these are all trivial matters. Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his son was about to marry a wife and was no longer a child. After handling some government affairs, he would send them to the East Palace for him to review.
Zhu Biao has really begun to understand the situation in the world. He can only say that the Ming Dynasty is full of ruins. Some important towns are basically in ruins. The world-famous Yangzhou City only has eighteen households and twenty-one families left.
A living tree.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, officials were corrupt, the Mongolian aristocracy was corrupt, and the government was corrupt. In order to eliminate the deficit, the Yuan court increased taxes and excessively printed a large number of new banknotes "Zhizhengbao banknotes". The resulting inflation coupled with famines, flooding of the Yellow River, etc.
Natural disasters make it difficult for people to make a living.
Faced with the desolate situation of mourning and starving people everywhere, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented a policy of recuperation and recuperation. Zhu Yuanzhang replied in Li Shanchang's memorial on taxes: "The world has been settled for a long time, and the people have financial difficulties. Just like a bird that has just become able to fly, you cannot pluck out its feathers before planting them."
Just like a tree, its roots must not be shaken, but they must be nourished and allowed to grow.”
This policy must be adopted now, and at the same time it advocates hiding wealth among the people, in order to ensure that there are sufficient labor resources on the front line of agriculture. Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to the whole country that landlords are not allowed to keep slaves, and all slaves they raise must be released as good citizens.
Anyone who was sold into slavery due to hunger would be redeemed by the imperial court; the development of temples was strictly controlled, and every state and county was explicitly ordered to have only one large temple. Women under the age of forty were prohibited from becoming nuns, and temples were strictly prohibited from adopting child monks.
If young people over the age of 10 want to become a monk, they must obtain parental and official consent.
Within three years after becoming a monk, you have to go to Beijing to take the exam, and those who fail can become civilians. The implementation of these policies has added a huge labor force to society.
In mid-November, Zhu Biao suddenly received a notice and immediately set off with the imperial driver. Fortunately, Liu Jin acted quickly and prepared the necessities for the trip and set off directly. When he was adjusting the fleet outside the city, he saw clearly that Yang Xian was also accompanying him.
, Liu Bowen, Lu Chang and others, the prince has Zhu Cang and Zhu Di!
No one knew the route of Zhu Yuanzhang's trip. In the next half month, Zhu Yuanzhang randomly screened towns near Nanjing to check whether the imperial policy was being implemented.
Along the way, Zhu Yuanzhang led the princes to personally observe the livelihood of the people. If the local officials did not act or were corrupt and perverted the law, they would be captured directly. In serious cases, they would be executed, and in general, they would be escorted back to Nanjing for disposal by the Ministry of Punishment.
At the end of the month, it was freezing cold. Zhu Biao sat on Zhu Yuanzhang's dragon boat and drank hot tea.
Zhu Yuanzhang was still reviewing memorials. He had little time to spare from morning to night and was very busy.
Zhu Biao also picked up the memorial that Zhu Yuanzhang had reviewed and started to read it. Suddenly Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Biao'er, have you read the memorial on the governor of Yangzhou?"
Zhu Biao recalled what happened yesterday: "When I returned to my father, I remembered that the prefect of Yangzhou asked the court for money, food and people, saying that Yangzhou could not survive this winter!"
Zhu Yuanzhang also put down the memorial and took a sip of tea: "Yangzhou! When we were young, we always heard people say how prosperous and wealthy Yangzhou is. When we beg for food, we still want to go to Yangzhou to ask for it!"
Zhu Biao laughed when he heard this: "Is it possible to have a fever at that time?"
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a fold of the memorial and slapped it on Zhu Biao's head, and then sighed: "What is said in the memorial is too tragic. We have to go and see it with our own eyes. Are there only a dozen families left in the huge Yangzhou?"
Zhu Biao straightened his face and said: "Father, since ancient times, the founding kings have always gotten the same thing after clearing the troubled times. The people are sparse and the fields are barren. Since the rise of the war, the people have died or moved to other counties. They are not allowed to return to their hometowns, and their flesh and blood are separated.
, life and career are wiped out!"
……………… This book suddenly disappeared from the new book list (╯﹏╰) It’s so sad, the only thing that can comfort me is gone. Life is not easy, Xiaozhu sighed (`)
