Even after entering the bridal chamber, the marriage was not completed.
The next day, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunxi took his concubine, dressed in Gong and Zhai clothes, to see the emperor in Fengtian Palace. After the emperor gave a banquet, he met the emperor's concubines in the palace and summoned the emperor's wife.
On the third day, the grandson and the concubine met their ancestors in the Taimiao. That is to say, the couple knelt down in front of the tablets of the Zhu family's ancestors with their names from Zhu Chuyi to Zhu Maysi.
On the fourth day, the court will receive congratulations from the ministers.
The emperor's grandson Jiali has been established, benefiting the Mian clan, and the blessing of Longchang......
There was a lot of talk, and then the emperor's grandson gave a banquet to express his gratitude, just like a grand banquet for ministers.
After all this is over, Zhu Yunxi's marriage is really completed. Unfortunately, he has been working hard every day to be strong, but after these days of hard work, he has lost a few pounds.
In fact, in his case, the wedding ceremony had just passed, but the shock in the hearts of the ministers was rising again. On the day of the grandson's wedding, an edict was issued that the concubine should be ranked in the Kunning Palace.
As soon as the news came out, there was almost an uproar in both the government and the public, and everyone was shocked.
Kunning Palace is the palace of the queen and the head of the harem. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been only one queen, Queen Ma, the great-grandmother of His Highness Taisun. After her death, the old prince not only did not establish another queen, but also gave Kunning Palace to
Shelved it, even a noble concubine would not dare to enter without the emperor's will.
But now, the concubine was suddenly rewarded? And the word "rank" in the edict is very intriguing?
Is this great concubine so favored by the emperor? So valued by the emperor?
There is no such precedent throughout the ages! To put it bluntly, if the concubine wants to live in Kunning Palace, it must be after the concubine ascends the throne, but now?
However, these people thought in their hearts, no one dared to twist their lips!
The old emperor is talking about rules and etiquette. Huang Ming only has a direct grandson, the emperor's grandson. In the future, the country, the country and the country will be his, so what does a queen's palace mean?
If there is really a stupid person who wants to talk about this matter, I'm afraid he won't be able to hand over the paper to the emperor, and he will be sprayed with blood by the bachelors of Zhan Shifu of the East Palace and Zuo Chunfang.
What does it mean for a grand concubine to live in the Queen's Palace? Many people even thought treasonously that it wouldn't be surprising even if the old prince had a whim and abdicated directly.
Throughout the dynasties, emperors and princes were as numerous as enemies, and they were on guard against each other. The royal family even regarded each other as enemies. But I am the Ming Dynasty, my ancestors are kind and my grandchildren are filial, my superiors are united as one, and my dynasty is stable.
This is a sign of eternal prosperity!
Some people think so, but it is not unreasonable, because after the emperor's grandson's wedding, the old emperor immediately asked the emperor's grandson to take charge of the government affairs.
The so-called agency means that the emperor can exercise the power of the emperor on certain matters.
The Huagai Hall next to the Fengtian Hall was originally a place where the emperor changed his clothes before the imperial meeting. Now it has been slightly renovated. In the warm pavilion on the east side of the hall, there is a throne for the emperor's grandson, a screen, an imperial case, a secretary, a Hanlin bachelor's degree, etc.
For the purpose of handling government affairs for the emperor's grandson.
In short, it is the emperor's official chamber in a smaller size.
As soon as he started acting in government affairs, Zhu Yunxi encountered a headache. The Ming Dynasty's treasury surplus last year was at its bottom again.
Last year's balance from the Ministry of Revenue and the Lianghuai salt tax amounted to more than one million. First it was the Chinese New Year, then it was the wedding of the King of Huaihe, and it was you...
Fu Youwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, led the Accounting and Accounting Department to Shi Zhong, Daku Langzhong. He sat respectfully on the round stool opposite Zhu Yunxi and carefully reported the accounts to Zhu Yunxi.
It’s time to catch up with Gu’s big wedding again, and the trees and silver flowers bloom all day long, and the flowers are in bloom! Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, this is more than one million, and it’s almost spent like this!
Zhu Yunxi felt a little distressed for more than one million. Tanghe wanted to build a few more large ships along the coast. The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry started a lawsuit over the discounts submitted yesterday. If this more than one million is used, it will all be used in the military.
superior........
However, I can't help but feel bad. Most of the money is still spent on him. The old man has lived a simple life and wishes he could break a penny in half. Only when his grandson gets married, he spends all his money. Why?
?
Isn’t it for the sake of his grandson’s glory?
This has not yet been counted. It should be rewarded to the people of the capital, right? Zhu Yunxi continued to ask.
Yes! Fu You asked, first there was the Spring Festival reward, and then there was the reward on His Highness’s wedding day. When the Emperor was happy, he brought out 30,000 copper coins, more than 10,000 pieces of cloth, more than 40,000 kilograms of grain, how much wine and meat...
...Everything else is fine, just copper coins...
Tsk tsk, the old man is really generous. Thirty thousand copper coins are always equivalent to one thousand Hongwu Tongbao. Hongwu Tongbao was only issued three times in total, and the most was two million coins issued in the 20th year of Hongwu.
The Ming Dynasty was short of copper, and the old man did not like mining. The copper-lead ratio of Hongwu Tongbao was 46, which was considered conscientious money in the past dynasties. Therefore, it is particularly strong among the people.
(Copper coins in ancient times were not issued every year. For example, during the Ming Dynasty, copper coins from the previous dynasty could also be used, and during the Qing Dynasty, copper coins from the Ming Dynasty could also be used.)
This reward of 30,000 copper coins not only emptied the treasury of Ouchi, but also the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue.
Fu Youwen is a budget-conscious Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, and he can’t help but grit his teeth and feel distressed when talking about this matter.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, the emperor's grandfather gave the rewards to the people, and the people will also spend it on the market, taking it from the people and using it for the people. There is a little less for the time being, so don't feel so distressed!
What your Highness didn't know was that the Emperor's reward was money from the inner treasury, six coppers and four lead. It cost a lot just to make these coins! Fu Youwen's face was filled with pain.
This means that in front of Zhu Yunxi and the old man, he would not dare to have such an expression. Otherwise, the old man would glare and say, why are you still feeling distressed after spending two dollars on our eldest grandson? He would scare the officials of the Household Department to death.
Old people are like this. They spend their lives carefully, but when they spend money on their children and grandchildren, they are afraid that they will spend less.
On Gu's wedding, the two kings of Qin and Jin gave him two thousand taels of gold and then sent someone to take it to the Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue! Zhu Yunxi said.
I don’t dare! Fu Youwen said in fear.
Listen to what I said! Zhu Yunxi smiled and closed the account book. Your household department watched as you exchanged the gold for silver or copper coins, and then squeezed out about fifty thousand taels. As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi leaned back slightly and leaned on the back of the throne.
He smiled and said, "You have read the report of Duke Xin. The Japanese pirates must be suppressed. The warships of the Jing Navy must be built, the selected soldiers must be given settlement expenses, and the military forts in coastal cities must be built. This money cannot be obtained from
The local people are scratched. Although the center is poor, they can still live a good life.
Fu Youwen cupped his hands and said, His Highness Taisun is wise!
Since ancient times, the Ministry of Revenue has been said to be the country's treasury, but emperors and princes in the past dynasties have always withdrawn money from it. The emperor's grandson deposited his private house in the Ministry of Revenue, which is indeed a good story through the ages.
It has been twenty-six years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty when the Ming Dynasty took over this devastated country from the Mongolian Yuan. During these twenty-six years, the bulk of the annual financial expenditure was still military expenditure. As for people's livelihood, the policy was to recuperate and recuperate. Naturally,
I can never save any money.
Again, if you don’t become a householder, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are.
Zhu Yunxi tapped his fingers slowly on the table and said, "The stamps and postage changes will bring a lot of revenue to the national treasury every year!"
Returning to Your Highness, I saw how much income there was, but according to the emperor’s wishes, all the money was used to build the road! Fu Youwen said that now the inns in various places do not need central subsidies and can be self-sufficient. The surplus income of the inns has been used in
Dredging canals and waterways, building roads and other construction!
It should be like this, if you want to get rich, build roads first! Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, using postal money to build roads is a good cycle and a good policy!
This is all the kindness of His Highness!
Gu just mentioned an idea. The specific things are still handled by the people below you. What does it have to do with Gu's benevolence? Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, but there is no balance in the treasury every year, so there is no solution.
Increase revenue? Reduce expenditure?
Zhu Yunxi thought in his heart that in the future, the royal family's expenses could still be reduced as much as possible. When the day comes that he really arrives, he will establish rules to completely separate the royal expenses from the treasury.
The Ming Dynasty should be the Ming Dynasty for the people of the world, not the Ming Dynasty for one family.
I traveled through time, and if I let the entire country serve the emperor, I would raise a bunch of dragons and grandsons with cystic worms. Such a Ming Dynasty would not change the medicine without changing the soup.
Let’s end the discussion here! Zhu Yunxi said, Duke Xin’s military expenditures need you to worry about and handle them properly.
Fu Youwen hesitated slightly, "I obey the order!"
His hesitation immediately caught Zhu Yunxi's eyes, "What? What's wrong with you? Just tell me if you have anything, why are you hiding it?"
Before Fu Youwen could speak, Guo Wende, the accounting department official behind him, said, Your Highness, this money won't be available for a while. The money at the bottom of the Treasury box is reserved for natural disasters and wars. And...
...Speaking, he glanced at Zhu Yunxi, and the emperor gave me a decree yesterday to the Accounting Department, asking me to renovate Kunning Palace. I made a rough calculation, and it was only thirty or forty thousand.
I’m afraid I won’t be able to get off!
Renovate Kunning Palace?
Alas, the money was still spent on himself! Zhu Yunxi smiled bitterly in his heart.
The old man has never renovated the palace in his life. The red paint of many houses in the palace has peeled off, and the old man is not allowed to paint it for fear of spending money. Now it's his grandson and his wife, good guys, who have decided to renovate Kunning Palace.
Go talk to the old man about the Kunning Palace! Zhu Yunxi looked at him and gave Tang He the money for renovating the Kunning Palace as military expenses!
Sir, obey the order!
Are you from the Imperial College? Zhu Yunxi asked.
Guo Wende, the official of the Accounting Department, replied that I was the imperial eunuch in the 21st year of Hongwu. After saying this, he added after a while that I was a classmate of Lord Tiedingshi!
Cheehyun’s classmate!
Zhu Yunxi silently remembered this person, got it, go down!
This man was brave enough to speak. He said what Fu Youwen didn't dare to say. He was also quite smart and knew how to use Tie Xuan to increase his social status.
Money! After everyone left, Zhu Yunxi rubbed his temples, you murderous knife!
(Do you think that in the early Ming Dynasty, when you were so worried about hundreds of thousands of silver, you were making a fuss out of a molehill? In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a shortage of money and precious metals. Zhu Yuanzhang did not like to collect taxes. Later, Yongle went to the north. Although he was brilliant in martial arts, his people's livelihood was still poor.
It was also in dire straits. The finances of the Ming Dynasty were basically not very comfortable.)