The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 493 Harmonious Development Between Grandpa and Grandson
For Zhu Ying now, he has already stood at the pinnacle of power.

This is something that many people can't envy.

But now Zhu Ying is still very busy every day.

In fact, he can also live a bad life.

Wake up and take control of the world, drunk on the knees of beautiful women.

Some fantasies from previous lives can be easily realized now.

For someone like Di Yusen, just a few words can change him from a low-level official to a minister of the third rank, with great power in his hands.

If Zhu Ying had lived in the palace at the beginning, this would be a very likely choice.

But after experiencing many things in the Western Regions, especially when he was so hungry that he competed with wild dogs for food, his mind changed a lot.

He is ruthless, because if he is not ruthless, he cannot survive.

At the same time, he is also kind-hearted, because if his heart is not kind, there will not be so many people following him faithfully.

There are tens of thousands of Ande Guangsha, sheltering the world with joy.

Scenes from history in his memory will always appear in his mind.

If Zhu Ying didn't make changes, the current prosperous age might just be a flash in the pan in the history of Ming Dynasty.

Just like Zhang Juzheng's Wanli Zhongxing, how long can it last.

Especially the danger from the West.

In his lifetime, he could eliminate the Jurchen, wipe out Mongolia, and even control the countries of Southeast Asia.

But will this make Daming live forever?

Does not.

You must know that when the Manchu Qing Dynasty fell, there were mountains of firearms in the warehouse.

Therefore, Zhu Ying wants to complete the restructuring of Daming and truly realize the ambition in his heart.

On this point, with the support of the old man, it is the most hopeful now that the Ming Dynasty has been established for 26 years.

The high-yield crops did make the national power of Ming Dynasty continue to rise.

However, in some poor places, many people still died of starvation.

The city of Nanjing is indeed prosperous now, and it can be called the number one in the world, but it is currently limited to Nanjing and its surrounding areas.

This is because in the hands of Zhu Ying, there is an extreme shortage of talents.

As for the current situation, it can only raise Nanjing first, and then drive other places.

Maritime trade is the fastest way to increase wealth now.

It seems that there is a lot of money today, but in fact there are more places to spend it.

The construction of the North-South Highway involved a lot of labor, food, and money.

Even with Zhu Ying's many methods to let many landlords and gentry share this sky-high cost, it is still a big expense for Daming.

From Nanjing to Beiping, there are more than 2000 miles in total, and it is really very difficult to build.

Especially some problems encountered on the road, it is easy to delay the project.

However, it is expected that in the spring of next year, the North-South Avenue will be completed soon.

Almost a year.

It sounds unbelievable, as if road construction was never done so quickly in previous lives.

Actually it is not.

The North-South Highway is currently being built by the whole country in Ming Dynasty, and there are probably millions of people involved in it alone.

It is different from ordinary road construction.

Zhu Ying divided the North-South Road into hundreds of sections.

Officials from the Ministry of Industry are responsible for each paragraph, and there are strict requirements on the completion time.

And the local people, under the subsidy of a certain salary, are also required to participate.

With wages available, the enthusiasm of the people will naturally be much greater.

Moreover, this north-south highway is not re-opened, but an expansion on the original official road.

Ninety percent of these grounds have already been treated, relatively speaking, cement is laid directly.

Now it is not manpower that affects the progress of the project, but the production of cement can not keep up.

This is also why Zhu Ying made the cement formula public before that, so that many businessmen were involved.

It is of course unrealistic for the Qunying Chamber of Commerce to open hundreds of factories.

However, the cement formula is of course not free. Every factory, Qunying Chamber of Commerce, has never occupied a certain dry stock because of the cement formula provided.

And in Daming.

If a businessman wanted to open a factory, he needed government approval.

You can have any cement formula you want, but the official approval means that you must hand over the dry shares to the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

The current Qunying Chamber of Commerce is actually no different from the Royal Private Chamber of Commerce.

In other words, it is currently planned to be included in the funds of the palace.

From the words of the previous life, this place is equivalent to the private property of the royal family.

Now, the support for many royal descendants is being gradually transferred from the imperial household department to internal funds.

For example, the shops on both sides of Zhengyang Avenue belong to the private property of the royal family.

The rent collected every year is included in the internal funds.

This also saves the situation where the emperor and the Ministry of Households have to fight for money.

As for the current money and food of the Ministry of Households, all of it can be used within Daming, rather than embezzled by the emperor himself.

Equivalent to public funds.

Regarding the distinction between public and private funds, Zhu Ying is well aware of the stakes. Although he is not easy to tell the old man right now, he has begun to gradually change the old man's habit of using the user's money.

Regarding this point, Zhu Yuanzhang was actually very cooperative.

Now there is so much money in the internal funds that Zhu Yuanzhang feels like he can't spend it all.

Not only the treasures, but also the number of assets has increased dramatically.

You must know that all the industries related to the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, and all the current land deed documents have already begun to be transferred to the palace.

For this reason, a special place was also set aside to store these land deed warehouses belonging to the royal family.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who has been poor for almost his whole life, came to this warehouse for a walk every day when he was not dealing with government affairs.

Every time after going in for a stroll, Zhu Yuanzhang would smile from ear to ear when he came out.

It was said before that it is to sit and enjoy the world, but the head of the family knows the firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Daming has always relied on printing precious banknotes to make the transition, and the income is not directly proportional to the expenditure.

Otherwise, there would be no rumors about Fengyang Huagu.

Even his hometown can't get rich, which has always been Zhu Yuanzhang's heart disease.

When having dinner that evening, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "My grandson, we are from Fengyang. We were born in Fengyang since we were young. Now we have money in our hands, but those folks in Fengyang are still living in poverty. day."

"You can see if there is any way to make our hometown live a better life, not to mention that everyone is rich, at least we can have enough food."

Zhu Yuanzhang still has a lot of affection for his hometown Fengyang.

At the beginning, he had no soldiers, so he could only go back to his hometown to recruit soldiers. The first 500 people, including the 24 generals who founded the Ming Dynasty, were all from Fengyang.

From this aspect, it seems that Fengyang has produced a lot of talents.

However, in reality, talent is nothing compared to opportunity.

There are many more talented places in this world than Fengyang, it's just that the opportunity has come, so there are so many generals and famous ministers.

Otherwise, even if you have great talent, you can only be buried in daily food and clothing, and working in the fields.

People who don't even know where their next meal is, how can they care about the general trend of the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little guilty about his hometown Fengyang.

Although the Fengyang flower drum incident made Zhu Yuanzhang a little sad, but speaking of it, he did not make Fengyang better.

I thought about moving the capital to the past, but now I can only give up.

Now that the days are booming, Zhu Yuanzhang has a lot of ideas, but before that, he should look for his grandson to learn from him.

Hearing this, Zhu Ying nodded and replied: "Don't worry, grandpa, my grandson must know that Fengyang is a good place, not to mention that there is a lot of development, but there is no problem in promoting it."

"Let's leave this matter to the grandson."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded happily.

It is certainly not a difficult problem for Zhu Ying to develop a place.

The easiest way is to attract investment.

All that is needed is for the Qunying Chamber of Commerce to choose Fengyang as the site for opening the factory, and then to implement certain incentive policies to attract other businessmen to come and solve the employment problem of a large number of people, and the matter is considered complete.

"We heard that the first batch of disciples at the Military Academy is about to graduate."

While resting after dinner, Zhu Yuanzhang asked casually.

Zhu Yuanzhang has always been more concerned about the Daming Military Academy, or in other words, when it comes to some changes in military power, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been careless.

Zhu Ying replied: "In a few days, it will be the first day of October, and it will be the day when these students graduate."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and asked: "Is Dasun planning to arrange all these students in the guard?"

This is not a simple matter. From a small point of view, it was Zhu Ying who began to install his own disciples. From a large point of view, it is also a big reform for the current guard system.

Because according to the preparation that Zhu Ying said earlier, it is to create the existence of a professional army.

The professional army is a full-time soldier. Apart from training, they don't need to undertake any other farming work. Naturally, their combat effectiveness will be extremely high, but it is also a big blow to the current guard system.

At present, the burden of the million troops of the Ming Dynasty still lies in the guards, and it has not fallen on the imperial court. This has saved an unknown amount of money and food.

Once the guard system is changed, the burden on the court will be extremely high.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but not pay attention to it.

Zhu Ying shook her head and said, "The first batch of students, my grandson doesn't want them to enter the army first, but continue to serve in the academy as an instructor."

"They are students who have accepted the latest military knowledge. They are invaluable in many ways. Therefore, training new students will be of great help."

There are too few teachers in the Ming Military Academy, and even fewer teachers with comprehensive talents.

Currently it is the teaching of teaching, the practice of practicing.

No complete systematic training has been formed, and the first batch of students, in fact, only studied for more than half a year.

If it is said to be proficient, it is only so. Of course, this is actually better than many generals.

If they leave the academy, it will be difficult to say that they will achieve snowball development.

Zhu Yuanzhang reminded: "True generals are made by fighting on the battlefield, not by studying."

"On this point, Dasun should be clear in his heart."

Zhu Ying nodded and replied: "What grandpa taught is that grandson has an idea in his heart, and wants to set up grassroots work experience for students."

"It means that after the new students graduate next year, they will be transferred to various guards in Daming for an internship. This will not grant a formal official position, but will be an internship for three years as a representative of a hundred households."

"After three years, we will conduct an assessment based on the situation, including the overall changes and performance of the guard. Then determine the position of each student."

For these institutional changes, especially those involving changes in military power, Zhu Ying must obtain the approval of the old man before they can implement them.

Perhaps for the princes of many dynasties throughout the history, this feeling seems to be that their power has been restricted.

It is impossible to develop their own political opinions at all, which is why many princes and emperors are at odds with each other.

Regardless of the behavior of the prince, once the emperor feels that it is not good, he can be completely overthrown.

Since ancient times, forcing the palace to be in place is mostly the case.

But this point does not exist here in Zhu Ying, because he believes in the wisdom of the old man, if there is anything wrong, he can definitely check for omissions and make up for it.

If feasible, it will be implemented.

In terms of the distribution of power, Zhu Yuanzhang gave Zhu Ying a lot of room for free development, and Zhu Ying would first seek Zhu Yuanzhang's approval before implementing every change corresponding to Zhu Ying.

This also made the relationship between the grandfather and grandson more tacit, and even if there were disputes, it was very peaceful.

After hearing these words, Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "Dasun's idea is good, but it should be considered according to some special circumstances."

"Hundred households may not seem like much to Dasun, but in the guard, every single hundred household has made meritorious service for Daming."

"Most of the military households in the guard are from their hometown. If an outsider is rashly inserted, there will be no problem in the capital, but if it is in other places, it will easily lead to conflicts."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh: "In fact, we are also aware of some of the situation in the guard. It is so difficult to completely change it. Some things don't need to be rushed, wait until the time is right."

The matter of the military officer's greed for money is actually clear in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, but there are social reasons for him not to control it.

Since ancient times, being a soldier has not been a good livelihood.

Even though Zhu Ying is trying her best to promote the status of sergeants in the hearts of the people, but as far as it is concerned, the effect is not very strong when it comes to any territory in the Ming Dynasty.

Some plans need to be adapted to local conditions, and the situation in the capital cannot be generalized.

Hearing this, Zhu Ying naturally had more thoughts in her heart.

There is a big gap between imagination and reality. Some seemingly absurd policies cannot be implemented, but in fact there is no problem in the imagination.

It's just the development of things, and it doesn't mean that we completely follow the idea, and it is more common to run counter to it.

Such a situation is unavoidable even in later generations, let alone today.

"What grandpa taught is that grandson is a little inconsiderate in this regard."

Hearing Dasun's reply, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Don't belittle yourself, Dasun. We think the arrangement in this aspect is good, but it has to be done step by step."

"The situation in the guard is now, and there should be some adjustments."

Everyone wants to have a stronger army, and Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception.

The emergence of the guard system is actually a helpless choice for Zhu Yuanzhang. Now that Daming is rich, the self-defense system cannot keep up with the development.

It's just that it involves too much, and a sudden change is likely to cause turmoil.

Especially after the change, it will affect the hereditary inheritance, which must be carefully considered.

(End of this chapter)