The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 633 Can't finish the flowers, can't finish the flowers at all

For the Ming court, voyages to the Western Seas, of course, had social effects first, followed by economic effects.

After all, Daming is already rich enough now, and his annual income is very gratifying. Zhao Mian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who used to be sad every day, now laughs at everyone he sees every day.

In the past two years, nothing else can be seen. Zhao Mian, who was originally a little thin, is now showing signs of gaining weight.

Just because of the incident of gaining blessings, some officials played in the court, requesting an investigation of the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Sudden gaining blessings is definitely a pocket.

This scared Zhao Mian enough.

If it weren't for the current ban on rumors, the memorials to impeach Zhao Mian, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, would have piled up like a mountain.

The former Minister of the Household Department was a hard job, and he had to try his best to deal with various expenses every day, and sometimes he had to wrestle with His Majesty.

The national treasury and internal funds are two different things. When the year comes, you have to rack your brains to keep more revenue in the national treasury instead of going to the internal funds.

When the national treasury has no money, the salaries of officials can only be in arrears. Originally, a large part of officials are living on their salaries these years.

The emperor must not be blamed. No matter what the fault is, it cannot be the emperor's fault, so the Minister of the Household Department can only bear the responsibility.

Ordinary civil servants are fine, at most they talk about it, impeachment, thick-skinned, just pretend they didn't hear it.

Anyway, His Majesty also knows the situation of the national treasury, impeachment is useless at all, it's like this for everyone.

But military officers are different, they really fight.

In previous years, every Zhengdan, Hubu Shangshu might have been beaten twice, complaining in Fengtian Hall with a bruised nose and swollen face, and then Zhu Yuanzhang would stand up and severely reprimand those military officers who did it.

In the previous years, it was almost every year.

For others, it is the Chinese New Year, but for Shangshu Hubu, it is a pass.

In such a living environment, my hair turns gray every day, and I stare at the stock in the treasury every day, like an old man guarding the treasure, how can I get fat.

It's different now.

After Taisun came, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was first merged into the internal funds. Among other things, the internal funds did not need to take money from the national treasury at all, and they were richer than the national treasury.

No throttling, open source everywhere.

Taxes from all walks of life poured into the national treasury like a sea flowing eastward, and the treasury, which was originally dry, swelled up like it was inflated.

Zhao Mian's good days are coming.

It can't be finished, it can't be spent at all.

The speed of the money coming in was too fast, beyond Zhao Mian's imagination. As Zhao Mian, who knew the state treasury situation best, he adored Zhu Ying in the center of terror.

In less than two years, not only the bad debts of the Ming Dynasty over 20 years ago have been settled, but even the various additions to various expenditure items cannot keep up with the speed at which the grandson earns money.

Even the internal funds that only know how to take money from the treasury, uncharacteristically support the treasury.

To Zhao Mian, this feeling was very miraculous, a day he never dreamed of.

In a blink of an eye, the household department became a fragrant bun.

The basic expenses of the yamen at all levels are fully managed, but who doesn't want to get a little more.

For example, the renovation of the yamen's house, the addition of tables, chairs and benches, and the improvement of daily food.

For example, the maintenance and construction of military equipment in various guards, all kinds of things, the money is all under the control of the household department.

If there is too much meat, it will naturally attract a pack of wolves. Everyone is staring at Zhao Mian closely. As long as he has any out-of-the-ordinary behavior, he must be impeached.

During the first period of time, Zhao Mian really couldn't eat or sleep well.

With the shadow of the previous court, Zhao Mian was afraid that he would be snapped by His Majesty.

It was Zhu Ying who discovered this, and summoned Zhao Mian to Kunning Palace alone to talk.

"I know that you are having a hard time now, and I'm afraid you've made some mistakes and will be impeached."

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much about these. As long as you strictly follow the rules and regulations, no one can do anything to you. I can block some messy performances for you. Don't worry about those that are not."

"Everyone's life is better now. When you do things, you should be more generous, but you should not waste what you should save."

"When we were in distress, my grandfather and I always remembered your achievements. There is no need to be afraid of this. After all, you are also a second-rank secretary. As long as you don't stretch your hands, I will naturally not let you You are impeached."

Zhu Ying's words gave Zhao Mian a big reassurance, and he expressed his gratitude to Long En immediately.

After that, Zhao Mian, who had experienced repeated tortures, also became really hardened.

In the future, when it comes to the establishment of projects arranged by His Royal Highness, the first priority is to manage enough money.

Now that the task of sailing to the west has been issued, Zhao Mian attaches great importance to it.

Immediately summoned many officials of the household department to discuss the matter.

"The voyage to the West is the most important point of His Majesty's attention. In this matter, our household department has to take on important responsibilities."

"Everyone has to work harder these days. List all the regulations. There must be no omissions. After finishing, they must be checked three times. There must be no mistakes."

"I know that our household department is now a government office. Now that this kind of thing has happened, I don't know how many businessmen are staring at this piece of fat. Within the scope of your review, you must first put the interests of the court first. .”

"All the regulations for this matter must be included in the yellow book inventory, but if anyone finds that someone has tampered with it, I will definitely report it to the imperial court and will not tolerate it."

"If anyone is sent to jail because of this, don't blame me for not caring about my colleagues."

Zhao Mian's voice was stern.

He himself does not dare to be greedy, the position is too high, and there are too many people staring at him.

But these subordinates, of course, he knows how many rumors are going on, and he usually turns a blind eye to small things, but he can't show mercy when it comes to major actions related to voyages to the West.

The servants on the left and right below didn't look sideways, and they had a clear conscience.

After all, the servant is not a petty official. After the six ministers, he is the servant.

There are also many people staring.

After the reform of officials' salaries, they can now eat and drink well, so there is no need to intervene in these.

On the contrary, the principals below were all trembling in their hearts.

It is impossible to say that you are not greedy.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang imposed severe punishments to crack down on corruption, and almost killed the entire court for more than 20 years, he still couldn't cure this situation.

Can't finish killing, can't finish killing at all.

In fact, strictly speaking, the current corruption problem of the Ming court is already more serious than before.

Because in Zhu Yuanzhang's time, there was only so much money and food, and it was easy to cause problems if you were greedy, and a little more would be related to people's livelihood difficulties.

I don't have much money, I need money everywhere, and I live on a tight schedule, and if there is a lack of money, it seems to be a big problem.

But it is different now. With the rapid development of various economies, especially the establishment of a large number of factories, and the disintegration of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, it is included in the jurisdiction of various places.

This has also led to the fact that for the vast majority of officials, they only need a simple sentence and a hand to get a lot of money.

The most important thing is that these incomes, which were once very error-prone, now seem very small and inconspicuous.

If one of the ten guan banknotes is taken away, that is ten percent less.

However, if a few copper coins were missing from the [-]-column banknote, not many people would care about it, perhaps because the accounts were not calculated properly.

It used to be that two taels of silver was enough for a death sentence, but now 20 taels of silver might not be enough to pay for a meal.

It can only be said that times have changed.

Since the voyage to the West was established in Fengtian Temple, Li Jinglong was appointed as the chief person in charge.

Cao Guogong's mansion, which was originally sparsely populated, is now about to be trampled to pieces.

"Didn't I say that no matter who sent the gifts, I will return them all, and the door will be closed tightly, and no one will be allowed in."

Li Jinglong frowned and reprimanded the housekeeper.

The housekeeper replied with bitterness on his face, "This is not what the old slave meant, it was Madam who let me in."

Li Jinglong was taken aback, and asked, "Who is here?"

The housekeeper hurriedly replied; "It's Madam's natal family, the youngest son of Duke Ji, Ding Chang, Mr. Chang."

As the son of Li Wenzhong, Zhu Yuanzhang's only relative and nephew, Li Jinglong is also a serious relative of the emperor. Naturally, the status of the betrothed wife should be of the same family.

Ji Guogong Ding Dexing was the first group of people to follow Zhu Yuanzhang.

The year Ding Dexing took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang was 25 years old and had just joined the Red Turban Army.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had just been appreciated by Guo Zixing because he was proficient in writing, brave in combat, and quick-witted, and he served as the commander-in-chief of the commander-in-chief.

It was not until he married Empress Ma that he returned to his hometown to recruit soldiers in the second year. That's when Xu Da, Zhou Dexing, Guo Ying and other acquaintances from neighboring villages joined him.

In terms of seniority, apart from Kai Tanghe, Ding Dexing is the oldest.

When Li Wenzhong defected to Zhu Yuanzhang at that time, he was under the leadership of Ding Dexing, so the relationship between the two was very good.

Later, when Li Jinglong was born, Ding Dexing also gave birth to a daughter within two years, so he immediately made a baby kiss.

It's a pity that in the 27th year of Zhizheng, two years before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Ding Dexing died in the army when Pingjiang was about to be conquered.

In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang bestowed upon Ding Dexing the Duke of Ji, which was listed in the Temple of Meritorious Officials.

Li Wenzhong attached great importance to this doll, and under the auspices of Empress Ma, Li Jinglong naturally married Ding Dexing's youngest daughter Ding in the end.

"Ma'am, don't you look at what time it is now, the whole court, including His Majesty and grandson, are all staring at me. How can there be any mistake at this time."

"Hurry up and tell Ding Chang to go back, don't stay in our house, it's not good if others see it."

Li Jinglong asked the housekeeper to entertain Ding Chang first, and then rushed to the backyard to complain to Ding.

Ding Dexing, nicknamed Hei Ding, is tall and tall, brave and good at shooting, and has a very violent temper.

The daughter is like the father, but Ding's temper is actually not very good, and she has the potential of a shrew.

But it happened that his man was Li Jinglong, Li Jinglong who was known as the No. [-] noble son of Ming Dynasty.

Every time when he was about to get angry, looking at Li Jinglong's handsome face, all the anger in his heart disappeared.

The five sense organs follow the three views, which is not unique to later generations, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, there are more exaggerated things in more dynasties before.

Besides, Li Jinglong is not only handsome in appearance, elegant in speech and demeanor, but also has a good character.

He never messes with flowers and grass, and has a relatively gentle temper. He is simply the prince charming in every girl's dream.

If it wasn't for Li Wenzhong and Ding Dexing's baby marriage, it wouldn't be Ding's turn. Not too many people in the capital want to marry Li Jinglong.

That is because Li Jinglong is Zhu Yuanzhang's grand-nephew and belongs to the five clothes, otherwise none of those princesses would want to marry Li Jinglong.

On the day of Li Jinglong and Ding's wedding, the dreams of many noble girls in the capital were shattered and wept late at night.

Ding feels that being able to marry Li Jinglong is the greatest luck in her life.

Listening to Li Jinglong's complaints, Ding quickly explained: "Xiao Chang is 32 now, and people usually stand at [-], and now they are still doing nothing."

"As an older sister, I'm always anxious when I look at it. This time, my husband has the opportunity to preside over the affairs of the voyage. I don't have any acquaintances to follow, and I'm worried that it won't be smooth."

"Xiao Chang is not here to do business, but to work with her husband. She does not avoid relatives even if she is worthy. If your majesty and grandson have any opinions, then let me speak."

Ding was similar to Xu Yihua when she was a child, she also lived in the palace as Empress Ma's maid, and she was no stranger to Zhu Yuanzhang.

This is also after marrying Li Jinglong before leaving the palace.

With Ding Dexing's affection there, if Ding went to intercede with Zhu Yuanzhang, it would not be a problem.

The most important thing is that Ding's mind is still circling what his younger brother said to him earlier.

"Sister, brother-in-law is so noble, there is nothing wrong with you being in charge of him in the capital, but when he goes overseas, he is Cao Guogong of our Daming, and he is also in charge of the entire fleet."

"Don't the monarchs of those small countries want to curry favor with giving women away? Don't you see that His Royal Highness Taisun is like this."

"Brother-in-law is so handsome, how can those overseas girls not fall in love with her when they see her, no one around here is watching, I'm afraid brother-in-law won't be able to control him."

"One or two is fine. I have been going out for several years, and I am afraid that I will bring back dozens of them at once. Then nothing will happen to my sister on weekdays."

Ding Chang is the posthumous son of Ding Dexing. He has never seen his father since he was born, but he is very smart.

After news of the voyages spread, I wanted to follow along, whether it was getting rich or becoming an official, I could always climb up.

He is Ding Dexing's third son, the eldest brother inherits the title of hereditary commander, and the second brother has some family business.

Only when he was born, his father was gone. Although he has no worries about food and drink, he has nothing to do with wealth.

Hearing what her younger brother said, Ding felt a little worried, and this was the reason why she was determined to let her younger brother go to the West with her husband.

Even if I go to His Majesty to intercede, I will not hesitate.

(End of this chapter)