The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 9
Yao Guangxiao's reputation is not obvious, but he will be the number one hero in Zhu Dijing's difficult battle in the future.

It can be said that if there is no Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Di will suffer a lot in many aspects secretly, and Yao Guangxiao's contribution is all in the way of maneuvering.

The famous black-clothed prime minister in later generations did not earn his name in vain.

Ever since he arrived in the capital with Zhu Di, Yao Guangxiao went out early in the morning and only returned in the evening. He was so dainty and busy.

And Huang Zicheng was Yao Guangxiao's main target.

As Huang Zicheng's confidant teacher, Yao Guangxiao gradually had an influence on him early in the morning.

Later, after Zhu Yunwen became Emperor Jianwen, he insisted on choosing Huang Zicheng's plan to weaken the vassal first and then fight to strengthen the vassal.

Whether it was influenced by Yao Guangxiao or not, no one knows.

Yao Guangxiao's subtle and silent methods of nourishing things are used by ordinary people, which is still unknown.

Even if there is some speculation, there are only a few clues, which cannot be confirmed afterwards.

Here is Yao Guangxiao's brilliance.

Qinhuai River.

Zhu Ying and Zhu Gaochi were standing in front of a tea house.

This is the teahouse to which Zhu Di belongs. After obtaining the consent of his father Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi gave it to Zhu Ying today with the title deed.

Zhu Gaochi seems to be honest and honest, but in fact he has a lot of power in his heart. After all, he used to see his uncle Zhu Biao very often.

For Zhu Ying's appearance, of course, the similarity can be seen at a glance.

But Zhu Gaochi didn't ask his father anything, but just made friends with Zhu Ying.

Even his family's property in the capital had not been approved by his father Zhu Di, so he offered to give it to Zhu Ying.

"It's really a good position." Zhu Ying said with some emotion.

In front of the two of them was a small two-story tea house with an area of ​​about half an mu, which was the standard of [-] square meters for later generations.

In a place like the capital where every inch of gold and land is so expensive, it doesn't mean that you can buy it with money.

Next to it is the Qinhuai River, and you can clearly see the scenery of Qinhuai from the window on the second floor.

Now the Qinhuai River in the early Ming Dynasty is not as wide as the 30 meters in later generations, but more than 100 meters wide.

The Qinhuai River mentioned here refers to the inner Qinhuai River, not the outer Qinhuai River.

Before the late Tang Dynasty, the Qinhuai River was outside the main city, and there was no distinction between the inner and outer Qinhuai Rivers.

Later, when the chief executive of Nanjing built a new city, he surrounded the Qinhuai River into the main city and opened a moat outside the city. This moat is now the Outer Qinhuai River.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing was designated as the capital, and both sides of the Qinhuai River prospered accordingly.

There are many handicrafts, teahouses, brothels, and shops on both sides of the strait.

There are even many river houses, which are houses extending to Hanoi.Like the tea house that Zhu Ying is about to acquire, it is also one of the river houses.

The river houses keep increasing, and the river surface is encroached more and more severely. This is the main reason why the Qinhuai River in later generations is only 30 meters wide.

Shili Qinhuai is the bustling place of Nanjing, and the Qinhuai Bayan in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties is also famous here.

On the opposite side of the teahouse is the very famous Jiangnan Gongyuan in history.

On the side of Zhuying Teahouse, there are places where famous actors from the southern Jiaofang gather, and the famous ones are Jiuyuan and Zhushi.

With Zhu Ying's ear strength, she could still vaguely hear the voices of Yingying and Yanyan.

Occasionally, when the wind blows, you can still smell the fragrance of rouge.

And this teahouse is located in the middle of the street, with an excellent location, it can't be measured by silver taels, it more represents a status.

"This, isn't it a bit too expensive?" Even though Zhu Ying was worth a lot, she still felt flattered to face such a teahouse.

Even if this teahouse is only rented out, hundreds of silvers will have to be recorded in the account every year.

In the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated the "Banknote Law", and set up a treasure banknote collection department, and issued Daming treasure banknotes the following year.

It's just that up to now, the Daming Treasure Banknotes have shown signs of decline.

At this time, the paper quality was poor, and the Daming banknotes were not durable.

In addition, Daming banknotes are only issued but not received, there is no boundary, and old banknotes are not recycled, and the number of issuances is unlimited.

As a result, there are more and more banknotes circulating in the market, flooding the market, inflation in the year of issuance, and depreciation extremely fast.

Hongwu Tongbao was also issued earlier, but the copper coins were badly shaped and inconvenient to use, and there was a shortage of copper in the Ming Dynasty.

Coupled with the serious depreciation of banknotes, silver inevitably became the main currency for public and private transactions.

The convenience of broken silver currency has suppressed the inflation caused by the chaos of the currency system in the early stage, and enabled the development of the currency economy.

"This teahouse is useless in the hands of my father and king. You can see that the surrounding area is very lively, but this teahouse is empty."

"It's better that you don't dislike this teahouse."

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, but what he said was also true.

Many such good positions are generally under the hands of the feudal lords.

Under the influence of Zhu Yuanzhang, none of the vassal kings liked to do business. Basically, the shops were left behind and left alone.

"Then I would like to thank the eldest prince."

Zhu Ying didn't mention the land deed, and Zhu Gaochi seemed to have forgotten it.

To be able to supervise the country without any troubles and get the throne smoothly, Zhu Gaochi's city mansion is much better than those two reckless younger brothers.

If it wasn't for his body, Zhu Gaochi wouldn't need to be as cautious as he is now.

During the Yongle period, Zhu Di was warlike and had always been controlled by Zhu Gaochi in terms of internal affairs. It was the two younger brothers who only had military power in their eyes and never paid attention to people's livelihood.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

During these five days, Zhu Ying also ushered in the day when the teahouse was about to open.

The teahouse is named Ping'an Teahouse.

It is said to be a tea house, but it is actually not much different from an earlier shop.

The teahouses in the Ming Dynasty operated a variety of projects.

Generally, they sell breakfast in the morning and drink tea and listen to books in the afternoon.

Storytellers were the most popular in the Ming Dynasty. The so-called Tang poetry, Song Ci, Yuan opera, and Ming novels came from this way.

Zhu Ying asked Zhang Bo to find a storyteller and left it alone. After the influence of later generations, the current storytellers are not very interesting if they are fresh.

Zhu Ying is not in the mood to write any novels and stories, that's all.

Zhang Bo is a good shopkeeper and cook.

In recent years, Zhu Ying has been picky about food, and she doesn't want to do it by herself, so she basically taught Zhang Bo how to do it.

Hu spicy soup, scones, soup dumplings, fried eggs, crystal shrimp, rice porridge, porridge, soy milk and so on.

Although most people eat two meals a day, in the bustling Nanjing, most people have begun to get used to three meals a day.

Like some nobles, it is not uncommon to even have four meals a day.

However, Zhu Ying's price for these breakfasts is more than double that of other teahouses.

His target positioning was originally those honorable classes.

"There's news from the palace that this king's nephew is keeping watch for his elder brother alone."

King Yan's face was gloomy. As a prince, it was not difficult for him to get some news from the palace.

After all, that was where he grew up, and there were always a few young eunuchs who had a good relationship.

And the behavior of the father to let Zhu Yunqi keep the spirit made Zhu Di feel a little uneasy.

Yao Guangxiao's expression was calm when he heard the words, all of this was within his expectation.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, His Majesty will decide everything after tomorrow's condolences."

(End of this chapter)