Since Empress Dowager Qi followed Wang Baobao, she felt a little bit taken care of. In order to hide their eyes from others, they could only communicate secretly. Even if everyone knew it, before the window paper was pierced, they could only stay underground.
lover.
However, this is enough... I just can't bear to go to hell together now.
Empress Dowager Qi's thoughts kept flying wildly, and countless fantasies appeared in her mind, each of which had a happy ending with Wang Baobao.
Unfortunately, dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel.
Empress Dowager Qi did not wait for the result she wanted, but instead waited for the envoy sent out. The envoy had been captured by the Ming Dynasty and was now here to deliver the news.
"Empress Dowager, I am coming back this time because General Lan Yu of the Ming Dynasty let me come back to deliver a message to the Grand Master."
The envoy's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he didn't know whether he was beaten when he was captured or whether he was beaten on his way back. After all, it would be more convincing to pretend to be pitiful.
Empress Dowager Qi asked directly: "They asked you to come back. What news did they ask you to send?"
"Lanyu said that as long as the grand master surrenders, you, your children, and the grand master's lives... can all be saved."
The envoy bowed his waist and said to Empress Dowager Qi: "Lanyu said that the reason why he is willing to open the door is because of Zhu Han."
Zhu Han, Zhu Han again.
Empress Dowager Qi did not like Zhu Han at all.
She felt that if it weren't for Zhu Han, the Ming Dynasty would never have become a climate, and they wouldn't have to migrate thousands of miles here.
However, Empress Dowager Qi cannot hate Zhu Han now. After all, it was because of Zhu Han that the Ming generals were able to give them a wide berth. Empress Dowager Qi was not a fool. She could understand why the generals of Ming Dynasty looked after Zhu Han.
The reason for letting them live was because Wang Baobao's sister was with Zhu Han at this time.
Queen Mother Qi doesn't want to die, she wants to live.
But, how should we persuade Wang Baobao?
Surrender is impossible. If Wang Baobao was willing to surrender, he wouldn't have waited until today.
After much thought, Empress Dowager Qi still wanted to talk to Wang Baobao first.
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Yingtian Mansion, Imperial Palace.
"Qiwu, your kid will always look for trouble for us."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed. He had too many things to do now, and he couldn't handle them all.
Moreover, what Zhu Yuanzhang is dealing with now are all big things, and there are no small things at all. Now Zhu Han went to Hangzhou. He originally thought that he was going to see the beauties, but who knew that he brought a man named Jia Lu to him, saying that he wanted to
Manage the Yellow River.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not unaware of the floods in the Yellow River. Floods in the Yellow River also accounted for part of the cause of the people's dire livelihood at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. But now the Yellow River has improved a lot through Jia Lu's management, and no more floods have caused harm to the surrounding people. Could it be that
Can't you just drag it back?
"Brother, I also want to delay it, but we can delay it, but Jialu can't. He is already over sixty years old, and he still has some minor health problems. Such a master of water management has wasted many years. If he continues to waste it,
,This is our Ming Dynasty’s loss.”
Zhu Han was also helpless and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "As far as I know, Jia Lu has high prestige in Henan, Shandong and Huaibei. He can lead the people to manage rivers. This may not be a good thing, and it also shows the people in the north.
It shows my Ming Dynasty’s determination to serve the people wholeheartedly, and also lets them know that our Ming Dynasty has always opened its door to talented and capable people.”
Zhu Yuanzhang agreed with what Zhu Han said, but he also had his own worries: "The national policy we formulated at the beginning did not include recruiting people to work for free. Recruiting them costs money. The development of silver mines on Wo Island is not what our Ming Dynasty is doing now.
There is no shortage of money, but... too much money flows into the market, and the money in the hands of the people will become less and less valuable. What will happen when the people start complaining?"
When people have money, what will they do? One is to save the money, and the other is to improve family life. Today, the productivity of Ming Dynasty cannot keep up with the expenditure of 200 million people.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang has this kind of worry is also because of Zhu Han. Zhu Han gave Zhu Yuanzhang a book, which elaborated on the possibility of "Currency War".
The impact it will have, if there is too much money, it will inevitably cause devaluation. In the end, if it is not the national treasury that bears the burden, it will be the people who bear the pressure.
Zhu Han had his own opinion on this and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, the most important thing for our people is food, clothing, housing and transportation. Let every common people own land, which solves their food problem; we might as well solve another problem: housing.
!We build houses for people, let them move into new homes, and find a channel for money to be stored. This real estate is a good place for inflow."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Han's words, he immediately became interested: "Can you tell us in detail?"
Zhu Han explained to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Have you told me before that you let local governments at all levels set up their own trading firms? Let them do urban construction first and build houses for the people. For example, building a house requires one hundred silver coins. They
There is no need to pay the money all at once. The payment can be divided into ten years. Then they put the money they pay every year in the bank. We then use the money in the bank to let the governments at all levels to carry out construction, thus forming a
closed loop."
Zhu Han's method was similar to the "rescue" method used in later financial crises, but Zhu Han was more conscientious. He did not ask the people for interest, and asked them to pay off their money in batches.
"Brother, I have done preliminary calculations. Take the matter of river management as an example. In addition to farming, people can earn about twenty silver coins every year through work. They use half of the silver coins to build houses every year and the rest.
Improving their lives can protect the currency from devaluation to the greatest extent."
Zhu Han looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and continued: "The money in our treasury will be used to calm prices. When the people have money and the housing problem is stabilized, the problem will no longer exist."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Han's words, he couldn't help but nodded: "This method is good. It can not only benefit the people, but also protect their money from being affected. This is a good thing. Jia Lu... we know about it. We beat him back then."
In Henan and Shandong, there were many places where monuments were erected to him."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart began to waver.
What he cares most about is the people.
"Okay, let's do it!"
Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision and then said: "However, we have to call Shen Wansan over. He is currently engaged in breeding in the countryside. He has invested a lot of gold and silver in various state capitals in the Ming Dynasty. If he does nothing else, he will engage in breeding...
This guy Shen Wansan is really good at business."
Engage in breeding?
Zhu Han couldn't help but his eyes lit up after hearing this.
This guy Shen Wansan is really a natural businessman!
Compared with him, Zhou Gushan is not even inferior to him. Just because of his foresight, Zhou Gushan is not as good as Shen Wansan.
Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Han: "Qiwu, you still have to deal with this guy Shen Wansan. I'm not as good as you in business. You and he can have a try."
"I'm not looking for him." Zhu Han refused flatly. It was not because he wanted to avoid suspicion, but because Shen Wansan was doing business to such an extent that it was not entirely a business matter: "Brother, this person has to
You figure it out. You don’t need to discuss business with him. You just need to tell him what he should do and what he shouldn’t do. If you hit him from time to time, Shen Wansan will understand. For example, the breeding business he is doing now, you
You have to tell him not to raise prices too high. This sentence is enough."
This was an administrative intervention. Zhu Yuanzhang was very good at doing this. When he saw Zhu Han's refusal, he didn't force it anymore. He just nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
【In view of the general environment,
After Zhu Yuanzhang decided to control the river, he said to Zhu Han: "Where is Jia Lu? This old guy has a high prestige and is really capable. If we want to use him, we have to make a big deal out of it."
Jia Lu was a minister of the former Yuan Dynasty. There were also many scholars who chose to live in seclusion after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Many of these people were capable, but they believed that "loyal ministers do not serve two masters", so they chose to resign and return to their hometowns.
Make a living by teaching and educating people.
If it were in the past, Zhu Yuanzhang wouldn't think it was a big deal, but now that the Ming Dynasty is developing too fast and is in urgent need of talents, the old ministers of the previous dynasty will be of great use.
With a little training, they can go straight to work.
Jia Lu is a good example. Zhu Yuanzhang is going to make a big announcement and let the former officials who have lived in seclusion work for the Ming Dynasty... As for whether a few bugs will get in, Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't care and will clean them up when the time comes.
that is.
When Zhu Han mentioned Jia Lu, he thought of another person: Meng Duan.
The number one liar in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, he defrauded the entire Henan province by himself. This old guy was quite capable.
Zhu Han asked: "Brother, where is the man named Meng Duan? What is his ability?"
"My ability is just average. It's not very good, but I can't say it's bad either. It's just that I'm too slick, and I always reserve two cents of my strength in everything I do."
When Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned Meng Duan, he almost used the word "old oil man" to describe him: "We transferred him to Yingtian and let him serve as the governor of Yingtian Mansion. This guy is not bad in ability, and everyone in Yingtian Mansion has been
His governance is so orderly that the dandies who used to live in Yingtian Mansion no longer dare to wander around in the streets, and the people also quite recognize him."
With so many benefits...but to criticize Meng Duan first, it shows that Zhu Yuanzhang dislikes Meng Duan's slippery character.
Zhu Han was eager to see Meng Duan, so after Zhu Yuanzhang complained, he helped Meng Duan smooth things over: "The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. It is not easy for Meng Duan, an old liar, to do something practical. Everyone is prejudiced against him. If
How can he be a good governor of Yingtian if he is not more nimble? Brother, you just said that he manages Yingtian well and the dandy does not dare to make too much noise. Isn't this a good thing?"
"What a shame!"
Zhu Yuanzhang cursed out loud, "Do you know who is now in charge of the nine admirals? It's Xu Huizu. This kid was fooled by Meng Duan. He turned from a scourge of Yingtian Mansion into a selfless judge. A sixteen-year-old
Boy, I was just lifted to a high position by him, how can we use him in the future?"
"..."
Well, Meng Duan was not unjustly scolded.
Zhu Han also felt that he had nothing to do, and wanted to go to Yingtian Mansion to see Meng Duan, so he said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, I have nothing to do. I went to go and have fun with Meng Duan. This old liar, I
I also want to know how he handles official duties."
"Go on, go on, you are just like him, you are not in shape!"
After Zhu Han left, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Han's leaving figure and smacked his lips in disgust: "This boy has done nothing less, but he lives so coolly. He even lets us do it when he comes up with ideas.
...We, the emperor, are too tired, right?”
Zhu Yuanzhang felt uncomfortable when he thought that he could only rest for three hours a day and spent the rest of the time on work.
"No, we also need to rest!"
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he could no longer be so tired, so he might as well continue to delegate his power.
Thinking of what Zhu Han said before, it is almost enough for him to control the military power and personnel appointments. It is also enough to have a few capable people around him... Isn't Zhu Biao capable of working? Let him be the leader with us.
secretary……
In order to be lazy, Zhu Yuanzhang also began to choose to delegate power.
However, he did not delegate it to others, but put Zhu Biao to use.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang has high expectations for Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao, his world-beating team member, can be directly used. This alone is enough to prove that he values Zhu Biao.
Calling Zhu Biao over, Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his thoughts: "There are more and more things happening in Ming Dynasty, and our energy is limited, so I want to add some burden to you."
Zhu Biao stood with his hands tied and followed Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement: "We are going to reorganize the three provinces and six ministries. Li Shanchang and the others will continue to handle government affairs, but the six ministries need to be split. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs are particularly important. Biao'er, what do you think?
?Tell it to us?"
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, Zhu Biao said directly: "The Ministry of Works should be split. Didn't Dad say before that we would form a construction corps? The craftsmanship battalion under the Ministry of Works can be split off and set up a separate department. How about the Research and Engineering Department?"
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Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement.
Zhu Biao saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had no objection, and then continued: "The Ministry of Works is divided together according to its different tasks, including post roads, river management, building houses...all are divided into departments. My uncle said that there are separate lines like mountains, and the Ministry of Works is too general.
, the Minister of Industry can
We can divide the responsibilities, but professional things must be left to professional people. Rivers, roads, and houses are all different types of work. We must be more refined when doing it..."
Zhu Yuanzhang has no objection to this. No matter how he changes it, the final power will be concentrated on him.
In charge, this word is used well!
Zhu Yuanzhang believed that this was definitely proposed by Zhu Han, and he was the only one who had such foresight.
The same is true for the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of the world's money, food, and population. This kind of power is too great and must be separated.
As for the Ministry of War... Zhu Yuanzhang has his own ideas: "The Ministry of War must also be divided, but it cannot be the same as the civil service system. The Ministry of War must fight wars. We must divide the Ministry of War according to wartime rules."
Zhu Yuanzhang would control the military power in his own hands. He had to make his own decision on how to change it... If he couldn't think of a way to solve the problem, he asked Zhu Han.
The balance of civil and military forces has been a problem that has existed since ancient times. Military generals will conquer the world immediately, and civilian officials will rule the world. This situation is very unreasonable. Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and found that if he wanted to satisfy both parties, there was only one way, then
The emperor must be very mature and be able to find the key points of checks and balances among the civil servants and generals. If he cannot do this, the civil servants and generals will not be able to achieve good cooperation.