Emperor Ming Dynasty

As the war progressed, the tense atmosphere in Beijing gradually dissipated, and it returned to its former prosperity.

No matter in which era, the people in the capital are always the most comfortable.

Even in Min country, [-]% of the students admitted to Tsingbei University are from Beijing, and the educational resources are far higher than other places.

But in Beijing in the feudal society, it is no exaggeration to say that the entire twenty or so provinces of Ming Dynasty basically supported Beijing.

In terms of education, a large number of candidates settled in Beijing, waiting for the three-year tribute examination, which made the local outstanding talents available to wealthy families.

Whether it is to be a teacher or to invest in the future, it is a great opportunity.

As for the most fundamental food, unless the whole world starves to death, there is absolutely no shortage of food in Beijing.

Leaving aside the ration of 400 million shi per year in the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, now, due to the unimpeded shipping, the transshipment of materials, especially grain, is more convenient and quicker.

If the canal is just a capillary, and the sea is the main artery, it can continuously extract nutrients from the south and nourish the capital.

In Tongzhou, Tianjin and other places, there are a large number of granaries, which are enough to ensure that the capital has no worries about food for three years.

This alone has kept the price of grain in Beijing hovering around one silver dollar. Recently, with a large number of Beijing camps going out for war, the price of grain has dropped to [-] cents.

The huge noble class, as well as officials, rich and powerful businessmen, are all crowded in this city, constantly entangled on the vine of power.

And this has promoted the development of commodity consumption, and the salary has always been higher than that of other places.

If in Suzhou, ordinary coolies can only earn up to 50 coppers a day, but in Beijing, it can be as high as [-] coppers.

In other words, at a middle-income level, a family earns about two silver dollars a month.

And this forced the military pay to rise.

After all, soldiers need to maintain the life of the family. Even if the emperor takes care of food and clothes, who doesn't like the pursuit of a high-level life?
It is also true that by taking this opportunity, Hu hoped that the Ministry would lower the price of food, thereby lowering the expectations of the soldiers.

You know, as early as the shogunate period, a soldier's monthly salary was only five dollars, and a cavalry was eight dollars.

When he arrived in Nanjing, the emperor ascended the throne, and it rose to a tael of silver.

In the current five years of Shaowu, ordinary soldiers have already reached two silver dollars, but in five or six years, it has quadrupled.

The pressure on military spending is too great.

The Ministry of Households has been complaining about the high military expenditure, and they are not active in raising the monthly salary.

After all, if the salaries of ordinary soldiers get a raise, the generals like them will also get a big raise.

Zhu Yixi considered more.

Appropriate military pay can increase the enthusiasm of the soldiers, but if it is raised too much, it will not only be unbearable for the household department, but also affect the future of the army.

The most obvious example is the Shence Army in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

In order to strengthen the oppression of local vassals and towns and maintain the authority of the central government, the emperors after the Anshi Rebellion only trusted their own imperial troops, especially the Shence Army during the Xianzong period.

The salary and treatment have been continuously increased, even reaching more than ten times that of the soldiers in the feudal town.

Landlords are not as happy as soldiers.

Under such circumstances, many soldiers themselves are too lazy to join the army, so they simply recruit individuals to serve as soldiers and earn the difference themselves.

Good guy, as soon as Huang Chao came, the Shence Army, which used to be so powerful in the world, was immediately discouraged.

Considering the pressure from the imperial court, the morale of the frontline soldiers, and the future, Zhu Yixi was quite conflicted.

The weather was hot these few days, and because of the war, he couldn't go to Yuquan Villa to escape the summer heat, so he could only stay in the Forbidden City. The emperor was quite depressed.

Seeing this, the queen wanted to contribute, and also to relieve boredom, she thought about building a stage in the Forbidden City.

"What do you think?"

The dignified and generous empress stared closely at the emperor with her beautiful eyes, her whole body's attention was already on him, for fear that he would not like it.

Zhu Yixi was lying in the shade, listening to the empress's clear and soft voice, she responded directly: "Yes, you can arrange it."

"However, don't say anything. You can't let people know about the war ahead. Those Qingliu of the Inspectorate are all desperate."

"The concubine understands." The queen said with a smile: "It's not that the palace gave birth to an heir, and the heavenly family has a baby, and those people can't fault it."

"It's still comfortable in Yuquan Mountain!"

Zhu Yixi sighed.

He thought again in his mind, it was Kunqu opera, although he couldn't quite understand it, but it was still a woman with a different sense of beauty.

It would be nice to improve the sameness.

Wait, don't pretend to be a man disguised as a woman.

Immediately, he burst out laughing:
At this time, I still think about the love between men and women.

The queen's preparations were quick, and within two or three days, the eunuchs made the arrangements.

They are the emperor's close friends, so they naturally understand everything, and the songs they arrange are all about blessings and longevity, maybe great victories, and they are all to please the emperor.

I heard a servant outside the hall singing, "Your Majesty is here—"

Everyone in the palace hurriedly got up from their seats, and even the concubine, who was as big as a drum, knelt down and knelt down slowly with the support of the maidservant. Hearing the sound of footsteps, all the women were filled with voices: "To Your Majesty!" Please."

The emperor didn't expect that there were so many people here, so he hesitated for a while, "Oh, there are so many people here today." He waved his hand casually,

"Get up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The girls stood up, and the emperor swept around one by one, landing on the face of one of them.

"Han'er has a big belly, why come over to join in the fun?"

Seeing the emperor's blaming tone, Mu Han rejoiced in his heart, but said on his mouth: "My family is bored in the palace, and my sister gave birth to a prince again, so I came here to rejoice."

As he said, he looked at the emperor with pitiful and innocent eyes: "Your Majesty, I only stay here for a while, just watch for a while."

On the side, the grandson damselfly who gave birth to the prince, with the same baby fat on her cheeks, murmured with a bun face: "Hmph, it looks so pitiful as you said, today I'm taking advantage of you."

As she spoke, she laughed and came to the emperor's side, hugged her arms tightly, and said coquettishly: "Today's song, but I specially chose it, Your Majesty has to watch it carefully!"

"it is good."

Zhu Yixi shook her head, there was nothing she could do about Sun Damiana who was still childlike, she was too unruly.

But in the end it was my sister-in-law and concubine, so I could only dote on her.

"Damnie, let go of Your Majesty and sit down and watch the show."

Sun Xueniang was not used to her, seeing the laughing faces of all the women, she scolded in a low voice.

"Oh!" Sun Damianang murmured helplessly, "He gave birth to a prince, so he gave back his face."

"Okay, let's watch the show!"

Zhu Yixi said with a smile, feeling inexplicably relaxed a lot.