I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 51

"If the young are rich, the country will be rich; if the young are strong, the country will be strong!"

"Is a Daming who doesn't pay much attention to the cultivation of young talents, is he still a Daming? So, dear friends, feel free to recommend them, as long as they are talents of my Ming Dynasty, I am determined to train them well!"

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In the early court, Zhu Youjian gave a generous speech for the first time, full of emotion, and strongly encouraged the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to recommend and recommend "young talents".

"Either enter the court as an official, or teach, or study in the Daming Academy, and even serve as my accompanying student, freely entering and leaving the palace!"

"As long as there are talents who are worthy of great use, one counts as one. If you want an official, you have an official, if you want money, you have money, if you want a house, you have a house. For the sake of our Ming Dynasty, I am willing to reward anything."

"In order to let our young talents of Ming Dynasty have a good place to study and play in peace, I decided to give up the land in Xiyuan, and the Daming Engineering Bureau will re-plan, design and build it."

"Compared to the training and selection of young talents, what is a royal garden? Even if I sell the entire Forbidden City, I still have to be worthy of the young people of my Ming Dynasty..."

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Civil and military officials: "..."

Come, come, come again.

Lord Long Live is going to sell the Forbidden City again...

After more than half a year of getting along, under the "corruption and win-win" of Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor, everyone eats, drinks, chats, and occasionally digs their hearts out. Harmonize.

Careful ministers found that whenever the emperor said "sell the entire Forbidden City", he was determined to do a big thing, and no one could stop him.

Isn't it a waste of money?
In the Ming Dynasty, the most indispensable thing was silver!

Where is Xiyuan?That is the Royal Garden. In this capital, it is almost one of the best lands besides the Forbidden City. It is not an exaggeration to say that every inch of land is expensive.

The emperor was willing to take out the royal garden as a place for young talents to study and play. We, the courtiers, do not want to find a way to get a piece of land to make money. I am really sorry for the Ming Dynasty...

Therefore, Zhu Youjian's "Daming Amusement Park" project was almost finalized and was finalized directly in the morning, becoming another recent major project "related to the national economy and people's livelihood".

"Qian Qianyi, Yang He, you two are solely responsible for this matter. I only have one requirement for the planning and construction of Xiyuan, that is, the volume must be large, the specifications must be high, and it must exceed the Qinhuai River area of ​​Jinling City. It must be more than ten times that of the Ming Dynasty, and it must integrate literature, art, entertainment, food, accommodation, etc., and become our great Ming... no, it must become the world's first-class place for reading and playing!"

Zhu Youjian wanted to say that there must be flower boats, pear gardens, Goulan and girls in this place, and there must be one-stop service for eating, drinking, playing, singing poems, listening to music, pushing oil...

However, as an emperor, if he blatantly said such words in the court, it is estimated that the gang of civil servants would be fooled again.

Qian Qianyi and Yang He: "..."

The two were dumbfounded.

Is this 'a requirement'?

"My minister obeys the order!" However, the two ministers agreed directly without saying a word.

Regarding this idiot emperor, everyone has complicated thoughts. On the one hand, they feel that this guy is pure nonsense. From the first day of enthronement, they did not think about how to increase taxes and strengthen the defense of Liaodong, but thought about some irrelevant and unreliable things. Shit, building schools, selling officials and nobles, speculating on land, substituting work for relief, building large-scale construction to waste money;
On the other hand, I feel that Zhu Youjian... is actually quite reliable.

The thirteenth road rebels were quickly disintegrated just by helping the victims and comforting the refugees. Except for the leader of the bandits, Gao Yingxiang, Wang Monk and others who fled into the deep mountains and old forests, most of them returned to their hometowns to farm...

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So, seven or eight days later.

The testimonials recommended by the ministers were submitted one after another, and Zhu Youjian specially instructed that these inscriptions be submitted directly to the Qianqing Palace without going through the Ministry of Officials or the Cabinet, so as to prevent people from obstructing them and causing talent omissions.

One less young talent means one less expenditure, which is not conducive to his fortune.

"Mao Bijiang, Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi, Hou Fangyu... Among the four great talents in the late Ming Dynasty, only one was recommended?"

Zhu Youjian looked at the pile of "recommended question books" and felt a little unhappy.

These ministers are simply outrageous.

I have said that no matter where you are from or how old you are, as long as you have a little bit of talent and fame, you can be 'recommended'. Our Daming has no shortage of black hats and silver...

Looking at the recommended and recommended 'young talents', there are only more than 2000 people?How much money can this waste?

The Daming Amusement Park is so big, and more than 2000 romantic talents are scattered, it is simply not enough to support the girls in the pear orchard, the painting boat and the Goulan!

However, the idiot emperor soon felt relieved.

Asking the ministers to recommend talented people in the world is just to open the door for these guys and let them "nepotism".

The recommendation of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs is nothing more than their brother-in-law, brother-in-law, nephew, and nephew, and their quality and quantity are somewhat unsatisfactory.

If you want to recruit young talents from all over the world, you still need to be practical...

"Zhongxian, I want to brief and reward four people, and I hope you will finish this matter within ten days." Zhu Youjian wanted to promote the Daming Amusement Park project as soon as possible, so he was a little anxious for success.

"The decree is to enclose four young talents, Mao Pijiang, Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi, and Hou Fangyu, as the four sons of the Ming Dynasty. They will each have a mansion and donate 3000 taels of silver as their daily expenses in the capital."

"The decree is to allocate [-] acres of land around Xiyuan to build Chongwen Pavilion, and provide free board and lodging, pen, ink, paper and inkstone to all young talents who are recommended, and all expenses will be borne by internal funds."

Wei Zhongxian: "..."

Idiot emperor, where is the money?

With a red mouth and white teeth, one mouth is a big project, but where is the money?

Slave, it's too difficult.

"Long Live Lord, are you going to sell your official position again..." Wei Zhongxian asked cautiously.

"What kind of official are you selling? The Wusha hat of the Ming Dynasty is so worthless?" Zhu Youjian said with a slightly hot face, showing disdain: "Continue to sell the land, the whole piece of Xiyuan is sold!"

"It's the same as Daming Academy's operation method, Zhongxian, just work hard again."

"If the young are rich, the country will be rich, and if the young are strong, the country will be strong. How can we guard a bullshit royal garden and watch our young people in Ming Dynasty be both poor and uneducated at the same time!"

Wei Zhongxian agreed with a sad face, secretly groaning in his heart.

This idiot emperor doesn't look like a member of the old Zhu family at all, so he isn't greedy for money?
"Long live, the Xiyuan area... is too close to the Forbidden City, and a large group of remnants of the Donglin Party are gathered. Will there be any trouble?"

In Wei Zhongxian's view, as long as he is a scholar, he may be a remnant of the Donglin Party.

Moreover, the treacherous minister has actually heard of these "Masters of the Ming Dynasty" that Zhu Youjian mentioned.

Because, the parents of the four 'Prince Daming' are all real 'Donglin Party', and two or three 'parents' among them were personally dismissed by him, a treacherous official, and squeezed out of the power core of the court...

For example, Hou Fangyu's father, Hou Xun, was originally the Minister of the Household Department. During the Tianqi Dynasty, he colluded with the "Six Gentlemen of Donglin" Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou in an attempt to oppose the "eunuch's monopoly" and was deposed and returned to his hometown Guide, Henan. government;
For another example, Chen Yuting, Chen Zhenhui's father, was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Wanli. He was the left servant of the official department in the Tianqi Dynasty. He was ignorant of current affairs. Denounced as grassroots, never hired...

Among the 'Four Young Masters of Ming Dynasty', Mao Bijiang, Chen Zhenhui, and Fang Yizhi are all around seventeen or eighteen years old, and Chen Zhenhui is a little older.

But... that shit Hou Fangyu is only ten years old, is he going to be one of the 'Four Young Masters of Ming Dynasty'?This is clearly to reactivate Chen Yuting!

The idiot emperor...wouldn't it be that he was going to attack the eunuchs?

Otherwise, if you don't do one thing, you can just...

(End of this chapter)