Eight hundred and twentieth chapters the paradise of the emperor's grandson
Needless to say, Taishi Zhang's influence was so great that he put pressure on the navy with just one word.
And if you read this article thoroughly, you will find that Zhang Ximeng made a strong criticism, and the target of the attack was none other than Zhongshu Sheng and the Gonggun princes of the current dynasty!
Sun Yan, the chief assistant who had just returned from Fengyang, immediately sensed what Zhang Ximeng meant.
These days were not easy for him. He was tracking down the real culprit who intercepted the people of Fengyang and implementing the equalization of land. He also personally traveled to more than a dozen villages and had blood blisters on his feet.
It can be said that he worked hard and did not dare to slack off at all.
He didn't want to be a bad person and get himself involved. After all, Wang Guangyang's sacrifice flag was enough, and he didn't want to become the second unlucky person.
After a lot of work, Sun Yan finally had these things sorted out.
But this article by Zhang Ximeng surprised Sun Yan greatly.
In fact, the reason why Zhang Ximeng has written fewer such articles in recent years is that his status is too special. Once an article is published, it is almost the same as Lao Zhu's ancestral precepts.
Several years later, and even now, people will use Zhang Xiang's views as the basis for their speech.
Under such circumstances, if Zhang Ximeng continues to talk nonsense, he would be making a joke about his own reputation.
So obviously, the current article almost represents the future path of Ming Dynasty. The secret of how to go is all in it.
Therefore, after Sun Yan returned to Beijing, he immediately summoned all important officials in Beijing to jointly study the matter.
At present, the ministers of various ministries have made great adjustments. For example, as mentioned earlier, Jiang Nan resigned as minister of commerce, and Song Lian was transferred to Sun Yan. Although he also participated in cabinet meetings, his responsibilities were only to serve as ministers.
Meeting minutes.
In addition, Liu Bowen was transferred to Yushi Zhongcheng and became Xu Da's assistant.
Yao Guangxiao took over as Minister of the newly established Ministry of Public Security.
It is worth mentioning that Qian Tang was also promoted to Minister of Education.
Therefore, the entire court is almost filled with people from Zhang Ximeng's family. Of course, Prime Minister Zhang is impersonal. It can only be said that everyone has the same aspirations and similar opinions.
"I would say that this article written by Grand Master actually criticized two mistakes that have been going on for many years." Qian Tang was still the first to speak.
Sun Yan smiled and said, "How do you say that?"
"Isn't this obvious? The first one is, of course, the mistake of being complacent. Prime Minister Zhang advocates vigorous development. It has been known to everyone for so many years and no need to say more. The second mistake is to think that the country has no power.
If we don’t have anything, or we have to solve all problems by ourselves, we must know that no matter how powerful we are, there are some things that we cannot solve by ourselves.”
These words are extremely treasonous. You dare to underestimate Ming's ability and destroy your own prestige. You should be killed!
However, no one present jumped out to blame Qian Tang.
Because the most obvious problems, population, land and food, are the curse that has always been entangled in the Central Plains Dynasty.
Is there any real solution?
Equalizing the fields, introducing improved seeds, composting, intensive farming...everything imaginable has been considered.
It is good to be self-reliant, and it is also good to rely on yourself.
But under any circumstances, your own strength will have its limit. Once you encounter a natural disaster, you will not be able to bear it.
And even if we have enough food, we still need meat, fats, fruits and vegetables. After we are full, we still need to eat well... This demand is almost unlimited.
Mao Gui, who has been serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, suddenly said: "What Qian Shangshu said is indeed reasonable. Of course, the Central Plains does not have everything. But I think whether it is there or not cannot be simply looked at. For example, the increase in food prices in the past few years
, those wealthy merchants, they have food, and there is a lot of it. This is from the Ming Dynasty! But the problem is that the crisis is coming, can we get it? "
"Another example is King Zhu Di of Yan. He got so much grain from Goryeo... Is Goryeo considered the Ming Dynasty? But the grain was delivered in time! What does this mean? It shows what Xiang Zhang said, that trade rules must be controlled.
In our hands, we must be able to have the final say and make the decision!"
"Let me say that when calculating food in the future, Goryeo can be completely included in the output of the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese can also be included in half. As for Annan, Champa, Chenla, Myanmar, Siam... how much can these places be included in?
, it also depends on the ability of the court and the ability of the navy!"
After Mao Gui's impassioned speech, Luo Furen suddenly laughed and said: "If Mao Shangshu said this, I am afraid that the navy will be expanded again!"
"That's right!" Mao Gui said directly: "I suggest building a large ship, which can not only transport goods, but also carry soldiers and show off on the sea. Why not!"
The discussion among the people became more and more heated, and in summary, they absolutely supported external expansion and provided convenience for the people to go to sea.
Following the people and merchant ships is the Ming Dynasty's navy, a powerful maritime force that is the foundation of everything!
Listening to the discussion, Sun Yan was quite satisfied. He concluded: "The Taishi's article should be distributed to every yamen, requiring all officials to read it, summarize it carefully, and understand their intentions. As for this year's budget for the Ministry of War, I advocate an increase of five
One million dollars. In addition, 150,000 infantrymen will be abolished and the money will be transferred to the navy. The Ministry of War must properly discuss this matter with the Fifth Army Governor's Office and come up with a result as soon as possible."
There was a heated discussion in the cabinet, but in comparison, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed much more relaxed when he was bidding farewell to his fellow villagers.
He heard that the third and fourth children of the Zhang family were already able to crawl all over the floor.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was overjoyed, came to visit the Zhang family with his grandson Zhu Xiongying in his arms.
This little guy had chickenpox a few months ago. Fortunately, his face was fair and white, with no ripples at all.
Moreover, as the third generation of the royal family, the little emperor's grandson's facial features have become softer and his appearance is more delicate. Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's sharp edges, he looks much cuter.
Of course, no matter what, he is not as cute as his two sons.
"My lord, do you have any orders?"
Lao Zhu smiled and said: "Does it have to be something that comes before we come? We, the monarchs and ministers, are almost the same as our relatives. We are not allowed to visit relatives and neighbors?"
Zhang Ximeng nodded quickly. He couldn't stop Lao Zhu from visiting. But it would be nonsense to say that nothing happened.
Sure enough, before he sat down for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Sir, our precious grandson can already recite hundreds of poems. He is much better than I was before. This child has a lot of potential!"
Zhang Ximeng rolled his eyes helplessly, "My lord, when you were three or four years old, you wanted to memorize poems but you didn't have any books! I firmly believe that my lord had a room full of books at that time, and you would definitely become a figure like Li Bai and Su Shi, famous in the literary world, and glorious throughout the ages.
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Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded. He couldn't tell whether it was a compliment or a loss.
"Sir, how are your two children? Have they started studying?"
Zhang Ximeng was even more speechless. Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang came to his home to show off.
Do all parents have this boring problem, and they get together and insist on comparing their children?
"My lord, these two of my family don't know how to talk yet! You'd better give me some time!"
Lao Zhu was a little embarrassed, it was indeed a bit too hasty.
"Sir, we came here this time to ask for advice. Seeing that our eldest grandson is about to reach the age of enlightenment, how can we teach him?" I have to admit that even Zhang Chengtian has his own merits.
So when it comes to education, Zhang Ximeng is still very powerful and can be called an authority in the world.
Lao Zhu also had to ask him for advice.
Zhang Ximeng had noticed the little emperor's grandson a long time ago. The child was handsome and gentle, and he was indeed quite cute.
"Come, let me hug you."
Zhang Ximeng reached out and took Zhu Xiongying into his arms.
"You haven't even been born yet, and you have become a disciple of Xia Zhifeng. She is my student. After all, I am your master!"
The little guy immediately said: "Hello, Master, I wish you a long life and good health."
Zhang Ximeng couldn't help laughing and was elated.
"Then tell me, master, what do you want to learn? Is there anything you like? Do you want to study astronomy like your master does?"
Zhang Ximeng asked patiently, and Zhu Xiongying, who was three or four years old, also had his own ideas. He glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang secretly, and then said: "I, I want to farm!"
"Farming?" Zhang Ximeng said with a smile, "Do you really think so?"
"Well, Grandpa Huang's vegetable garden is really fun. I want to grow vegetables and grow watermelons bigger than Grandpa Huang!" the little guy said excitedly.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang again, His Majesty the Emperor's face was rapidly changing from sunny to gloomy at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The anger points are accumulating rapidly. Little boy, your grandpa climbed out of the mountain of swords and sea of fire, and finally no longer has to farm. Why do you want to live back?
Zhang Ximeng naturally knew Zhu Yuanzhang's anger, but he didn't care and even wanted to laugh a little.
The kid has some ideas, come on!
"Do you like farming? Do you have any other ideas? Tell me."
Zhu Xiongying thought about it seriously, "I, I want to raise peacocks."
"Oh! Are you still interested in biology?" Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "How did you come up with it? Tell me." He hugged Zhu Xiongying hard and let him sit on his lap, giving only the back of Zhu Xiongying's head.
Without Lao Zhu's interference, Zhu Xiongying became unscrupulous. He liked to raise peacocks, and Zhu Ying was blamed for this.
In the past few years, Zhu Ying kept sending rare items to Beijing.
The peacock was a very important item, so Zhu Di roasted it and ate it at first.
When Zhu Di leaves, Peacock's nightmare ends.
As time went by, the peacocks who calmed down actually laid eggs and multiplied. However, one of them could not hatch the eggs, so Zhu Biao took a total of three peacock eggs back to the East Palace.
It happened that Zhu Xiongying saw that the little guy heard that a peacock could come out of an egg, and he got excited and came to see it all day long whenever he had time.
I have to say that the little guy was lucky enough to wait until the peacock hatched.
Then these three little peacocks became Zhu Xiongying's followers. If Lao Zhu hadn't brought them here, Zhu Xiongying would still be feeding the peacocks in the East Palace!
"That's it!"
Zhang Ximeng suddenly laughed and said: "If you say that, are you willing to farm and raise peacocks?"
"Yes, yes!"
"Then I will help you build a farm to do these things. What do you think?"
Zhu Xiongying nodded repeatedly, his eyes filled with joy with stars.
But Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help it anymore, "Mr. Zhang, you can't indulge your children! This is playing with toys to lose one's ambition!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled lightly and said, "My lord, you are wrong. This is called teaching students in accordance with their aptitude!"