After leaving the Third Town to garrison in Seoul and Ganghwa Island, Yuzhu successfully returned to the court.
Yuzhu took the royal boat and passed through Wusongkou, all the way to the official ship wharf of Wuchang Prefecture without any obstruction.
"Holy greetings!" Zhou Quan and Zhang Tingyu, who stayed in Wuchang, led six ministers and ministers to the dock to greet Yuzhu.
"That's all." Yuzhu was in a good mood. He walked up to Zhou Quan and said with a smile, "Brother Zhusheng, thank you for your hard work!"
When Yuzhu was not around, he did not act like a prince supervising the country. Instead, Zhou Quan was the leader and presided over the government affairs of the court.
Except for the mobilization of troops and horses, which must be approved by Yuzhu, Zhou Quan can approve all memorials on his behalf.
Throughout the ages, only Yuzhu dared to grant such great power to his ministers.
Yuzhu has always employed people who are suspicious, relying on the system to restrain the gradually expanding power.
Zhou Quan is in charge of the overall situation in the country, and Zhang Tingyu is assisting from the side. The two of them sign the document together, which is considered a legal government approval.
Moreover, Yuzhu never allowed Zhou Quan or Zhang Tingyu to get involved in military power from beginning to end.
As long as the military power is firmly in Yuzhu's hand, anyone who dares to act rashly will be seeking death.
"It's really hard work for the emperor to lead the expedition in person." Zhou Quan bowed his head and thanked him, not daring to accept the praise for his hard work.
"Hengchen, you have worked hard too!" Yuzhu felt that Zhou Quan and Zhang Tingyu were a perfect match to handle government affairs together.
Zhou Quan is able to make good decisions, has the courage to make decisions, and has the courage to do things.
Zhang Tingyu is very thoughtful and has never made any serious mistakes.
These two people joined forces to preside over the overall situation of the court. Yuzhu felt relieved even though he was far away in North Korea.
"Your Majesty, you have gained a lot during this expedition to the east." Seeing that Yuzhu was in a good mood, Zhou Quan took the initiative to mention North Korea's gains.
Yuzhu pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "If the Eastern Kingdom is in my hands, then the entire eastern sea area will be worry-free. Once Korea is completely pacified, the best strategy will be to capture the Japanese Kingdom."
"Your Majesty, I believe that we must never go on a personal expedition again. You are the lord of ten thousand chariots, and you must not allow any mistakes." Zhang Tingyu took the opportunity to persuade.
Yuzhu asked Zhang Tingyu seriously: "If the merit of destroying a country is awarded to a minister, how will it be used in the future?"
Zhang Tingyu had already thought of his words and said calmly: "Back to the emperor, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Su Dingfang to destroy the country for three reasons. His mind is pretty good."
Yuzhu laughed. This is what Zhang Tingyu dared to say. Anyone else would never dare to be so bold.
Today, Yuzhu is less than forty years old. His idea is to completely fix the territory of the Chinese Empire during his lifetime.
After the homeland is safe, the conquest of Southeast Asia will begin.
There are many small countries in Southeast Asia. When the time comes, it will be just right for the princes to lead their troops to practice.
Except for the founders of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu and Taizong, few of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty knew how to fight.
It is simply unreasonable for a prodigal like Mingbao Sect to regard military affairs as child's play.
Unlike Kangxi, Yuzhu did not like to engage in fancy welcome ceremonies after returning from an expedition.
Yuzhu led the important officials of the imperial court and set up several tables of banquets in the Huxin Pavilion of the palace, which was considered a celebration party.
Before the banquet was over, Yuzhu received the good news that foreign miners had found a large area of limestone mines near Luanzhou.
Limestone is one of the necessary resources for cement production and is of extremely important strategic significance.
Yuzhu was so happy that he took Zhou Quan to have three drinks in a row.
Zhou Quan drank so fast that he choked in his throat and coughed repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, I almost forgot that the cement tunnel for the experiment has been repaired." Zhang Tingyu took advantage of Yuzhu's happiness and quickly reported another happy event.
"Hengchen, I didn't tell you earlier." Yuzhu pulled Zhang Tingyu again and drank three glasses of wine in a row.
Zhang Tingyu's drinking capacity is actually very good. However, he is very cautious and has never been drunk.
After the banquet, Yuzhu led Zhou Quan and Zhang Tingyu to see the newly built cement official road.
An experimental cement official road was built next to the palace, with a length of two miles and a width of eight lanes in both directions.
The car here naturally refers to the carriage.
Yuzhu personally got into the carriage and ordered the driver to whip his whip and gallop forward.
I saw that the carriage was driving on the wide cement official road. It could run as fast as it wanted. There was no need to worry about the unevenness of the loess road anymore.
Yuzhu smiled and said: "The cement official road is very good and great. However, the cost is also astonishingly high. I plan to charge tolls for passing carriages. What do you think?"
Zhou Quan and Zhang Tingyu looked at each other. It was unheard of to take the official route and collect tolls.
"I have already calculated that in the future, the newly built cement official road will charge one cent for one mile, and ten cents for ten miles. For caravans, if they want to deliver goods in a hurry, they have to pay. No.
If you are in a hurry, you can also take the free official road. As for the money collected, all of it will be used for road maintenance fees." Yuzhu talked eloquently, and both Zhou Quan and Zhang Tingyu were dumbfounded as if they were listening to a book from heaven.
Zhou Quan did some mental calculations and realized that a penny per mile is really not expensive.
However, the cost of sending someone to collect fees will also increase accordingly.
After Zhou Quan expressed his doubts, Yuzhu raised the corner of his mouth and said: "There are no toll stations along the new cement official road. You only need to buy a toll when leaving the city, and you can drive on the official road."<
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Zhang Tingyu thought about it carefully and felt something was wrong, so he quickly reminded: "Your Majesty, what if there are profiteers who evade tolls?"
Yuzhu had already thought about it and said calmly: "Just send mobile patrol officers and soldiers along the official road. The profiteers can evade the fine ten thousand times. I only need to catch them once and I will fine them ten thousand times. When the time comes,
Ah, the arrears will be recovered together with interest."
Take out a loan to build roads and repay the loan at a toll, this is a slogan that Yuzhu is very familiar with.
In fact, in many places, highways in many places have suffered serious losses due to excessive tolls and no one is willing to pass by them.
In addition to necessary road maintenance fees, the toll company is overcrowded, overstaffed, with too many officers and too few soldiers, resulting in seriously excessive labor costs, which is one of the main reasons for losses.
Anyway, the losses belong to the country. No matter how big the loss is, it will not lower the price.
This creates an endless cycle. The tolls are high, no one is willing to leave, the losses are serious, and subsidies are sought. And the more losses there are, the more relevant households are recruited, and the cycle repeats.
Yuzhu is an old bureaucrat, and he knows better than anyone else that every benefit the court brings will turn it into a disadvantage, and he has tried and failed.
Therefore, Yuzhu simply did not set up a special toll station and changed it to a random inspection system.
Under the spot check system, the net cannot be too dense, and fish will definitely slip through the net.
However, as long as there is a heavy penalty system that forces the vast majority of caravans to pay the fees honestly, the cost of setting up a toll station will be negligible.
As the saying goes, it is good to have one benefit and less disadvantages!