Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 443 Custody of Snow Lion!
Zhu Yunxi held it back for three days, but he still couldn't produce a training material that conformed to the mainstream values ​​of Ming Dynasty.

In the end, he could only pick a few sentences here, and pick a few sentences there, and create a hodgepodge of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism as the core, seeking the well-being of the people of Ming Dynasty as the purpose, and representing the latest production direction of Daming as the basis.

During these days when Zhu Yunxi was working behind closed doors, the officials who he threw into the hope school for reform and study suffered.

Because there are no teaching materials in the school, Gao Ming, the class teacher, can only lead them to re-educate the poor and lower-middle peasants every day.

Plowing the fields in the morning and digging coal in the afternoon, they were so tired that they complained endlessly.

After the three-month rotation transformation study ended, the tax system reform that would affect future generations of Ming Dynasty officially started.

The Ming Dynasty officially abolished the tax in kind and changed it to a unified system of silver and copper coins for settlement.

Officials and gentry pay food as a whole, and all official class privileges are abolished.

However, on this basis, the salaries of officials have been greatly increased, and a pension pension mechanism has been added.

Even so, this policy still caused an uproar across the country and encountered various resistance from the grassroots.

For this situation, Zhu Yunxi just carried Lao Zhu out, and any officials who resisted the new law would write their names on the death list and hand them over to Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu never refuses anyone who comes, as long as Zhu Yunxi dares to write, he dares to kill him!

After killing a person's head rolling and blood flowing into rivers, this malpractice that lasted for thousands of years was finally completely banned.

Time flies to Hongwu's 27th New Year's Eve.

Because the past two years have been busy with the New Deal, Lao Zhu didn't even celebrate his birthday, and the New Year was even more perfunctory.

Zhu Yunxi didn't have time, and buried himself in the sea of ​​books and literature every day.

He now understands why Lao Zhu is so busy. It is true that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility.

If you lose your focus a little bit, the people below will dare to mess with you.

Therefore, he also developed the habit of doing everything by himself and asking questions three times a day.

Even if it was New Year's Eve, Zhu Yunxi still had to review hundreds of memorials. He was so busy that he couldn't even live a good year.

Lao Zhu felt sorry for his grandson, so he specially brought dumplings to have a meal with him.

However, as soon as he entered the cold Wenhua Palace, Lao Zhu frowned in displeasure.

"Why is it so cold?"

"Are you all dead? I don't know how to put more braziers for our grandson!"

"Return to Your Majesty, the emperor's grandson won't let me..."

"No?"

Old Zhu strode past the crowd and came to the study where Zhu Yunxi was. Seeing the grandson sitting in front of the book case reviewing the memorial, the old man felt very distressed.

"Da Sun, it's okay to be busy at ordinary times, but today is Chinese New Year, why are you looking for so many things for yourself!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard Lao Zhu's voice, he hurriedly got up and asked.

"Grandfather, are you feeling better?"

Old Zhu said with a smile when he heard this.

"much better!"

"You don't need to worry about our health. Instead, you have to take care of yourself. Your dad is just...just..."

"Hi!"

"Why do we mention him for the New Year's Eve!"

"unlucky!"

Lao Zhu stepped forward, and arbitrarily snatched the pen from Dasun's hand, and then took Dasun's hand to the side hall.

After entering the side hall, Lao Zhu still felt that it was too deserted, so he ordered someone to bring in several braziers.

"You too, no matter how poor our Daming is, how can we lose a few pots of charcoal from you?"

"Furthermore, you made that briquette thing. It costs a few pennies a piece. Why are you saving that money?"

Zhu Yunxi laughed when he heard the words.

"The grandson was afraid that the room would be too hot and make him sleepy, so he didn't let them light the brazier."

"However, if Grandpa Huang really loves his grandson, he might as well give up the Prince's Mansion."

"It's comfortable over there. When my grandson rebuilt, the heating pipes were laid in advance. Once the heating is fired, it will work better than how many braziers!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, his face immediately turned red.

"We finally got used to it, so we won't change it with you!"

"Why don't you renovate the Qianqing Palace and add the heating you mentioned?"

Zhu Yunxi thought for a while after hearing the words, then shook his head and said.

"never mind!"

"When Jinling City is renovated in a few years, let's choose a new site and build a palace."

"what?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was in a bad mood. He was most afraid of spending money, especially building palaces and the like, which was a waste of money and people.

"Dasun, don't just mess around just because the court has a little surplus."

"Isn't our palace very good, why do we need to rebuild it?"

Zhu Yunxi didn't answer when he heard the words, but just picked out a memorial with a sea blue cover from a pile of memorials and handed it over.

"Grandfather, please take a look at this."

Lao Zhu took a look and saw that dozens of kings such as the Northern King of Korea, the Central King of Korea, the Southern King of Korea, the Northern King of Japan, the Southern King of Japan, Yuan Daoyi, Annan, and Ryukyu would have an audience in March next year. His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun...

After Lao Zhu hurriedly read it, his face was full of shock.

"It's done so quickly?"

"Of course!"

"It wouldn't take much trouble to split them up. Just send the fleet over and fire a few rounds of artillery on the shore."

Zhu Yunxi has not been idle in the past two years of implementing the New Deal. After two expansions, the Jing Navy now has a navy of 5 people.

He fully adopted Zhang Zongjun's strategy and adopted a divide-and-rule strategy for the vassal states.

At the same time, he also implemented the Tweet Order established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for the vassal states, ennobling the children of the royal family as vassals, further weakening their national power, and preparing for the annexation of them without bloodshed in the future.

On this basis, he did not forget to explore the ocean.Now the Ming's fleet can start from Jinling, bypass the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, reach the distant Mediterranean Sea, and directly trade with the merchants there to earn higher profits.

The reason why he didn't go around the earth is mainly because the long-distance communication equipment has not been mass-produced and is still in the laboratory research stage.

Once he overcomes the radio technology, he will directly start sailing around the world and head straight to the American continent.

After hearing Dasun's words, Lao Zhu curled his lips in disdain while being surprised by Dasun's impressive achievements.

"It's just some earth kings, do you still need to build a new palace to entertain them?"

"Grandfather, did you not read the last sentence of the memorial?"

"What?"

Lao Zhu hurriedly turned to the last page, and his eyes fell on the last sentence.

"The vassals' request is a permanent example!"

"Eternal example?"

When Lao Zhu saw this sentence, he was stunned for a moment. If this group of people has lived for many years, the current imperial palace is indeed not dignified enough, and Honglu Temple and other places also need to be expanded.

"Dasun, even if they come every year, we don't need to rebuild a palace, right?"

"Building a palace is a big project, and it will cost several years of taxes. It's better not to think about it..."

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi threw Lao Zhu a memorial again.

"Grandpa Huang, don't rush to object, and then read this memorial."

"Uh?"

Old Zhu was stunned when he heard the words, and then he took the memorial that Zhu Yunxi handed over and flipped through it. He only took one look at Old Zhu and screamed.

"what!"

"Our Daming collected a total of 3000 million taels in taxes last year?"

"After deducting various expenses, the treasury still has a surplus of 5000 million taels?"

Lao Zhu was completely shocked by the figures on the memorial. He has been emperor for more than [-] years, and he has never had such a full state treasury.

"This this this..."

"Da Sun, the above numbers are not wrong, are they?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head when he heard the words.

"will not!"

"This is a figure that has been double-checked by the grandson's Ministry of Finance."

"However, the above figures are incomplete. They are only the land tax of Daming last year, such as the data of the state-owned workshops and the Shibosi, which can only be calculated after the year."

"hiss……"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he gasped. He thought that this was enough, but he never thought that his grandson would tell him that there were still two big sums left!

If the income of the Shibo Division and the state-owned workshops are included, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty's annual income reach [-] million taels of silver?

Lao Zhu finally realized what it was like to be rich and powerful, and he waved his big hand proudly and said dryly.

"Since we are so rich, let's build a new one!"

"We have long thought that this palace is not pleasing to the eye. The harem is so small that our concubines can't live there. Many people are crowded in one palace..."

"You will have passed the three-year period of filial piety when the new year turns, and you should get married by then. This palace is really not enough to live in..."

Zhu Yunxi was sweating when he heard this. There must be something wrong with the old man's brain circuit, why did he suddenly go around there?
"Grandfather, please take it easy. My grandson heard that you had a night of singing and singing, and found a woman from the Hongji assassination department. It seems that you are only sixteen this year, right?"

"And the previous concubine Li Shu, who seems to be less than twenty..."

"You said that if you find so many little girls, you are not afraid of breaking your old waist?"

Seeing Dasun scolding him mercilessly, Lao Zhu immediately grabbed the inkstone on the table angrily, thought for a while that the inkstone was too heavy, and was afraid of breaking Dasun, then suddenly turned to grab a stack of memorials and smashed it at it.

"Shut up for us!"

"We are in good health, and we can give you a few little uncles!"

While dodging Lao Zhu's attack, Zhu Yunxi curled his lips secretly, cursing the old man for being an old man!
The two played around for a while, and the little eunuch over there had also prepared the meals. Lao Zhu immediately grabbed Zhu Yunxi and forcibly dragged him to the side hall for dinner.

Dinner was very simple, two plates of dumplings, some stir-fried vegetables with meat and vegetables, and a pot of good wine boiling in hot water.

Lao Zhu poured himself a glass of wine, then looked at Dasun with a smile.

"A drink with us?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head without hesitation.

"Don't drink!"

"Drinking hurts my body, I have to try to live to be a hundred years old!"

Old Zhu gave Nisun a dark look when he heard the words, and then let out a sigh full of melancholy.

"Ugh!"

"It's been another year, I hope next year will be better!"

When Lao Zhu was feeling emotional, Zhu Yunxi had already made half a plate of dumplings.

"Grandfather, don't worry, the days to come will definitely get better and better."

Old Zhu laughed when he heard this.

"We believe it!"

"With your clever mind, you will surely bring peace to the country and people under the rule of Ming Dynasty, hehehe..."

When Lao Zhu was drinking, Zhu Yunxi had already finished eating a plate of dumplings. He looked at Lao Zhu, and seeing that Lao Zhu hadn't moved his chopsticks, he couldn't help but stretched out his chopsticks.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu pulled it down with a "snap", and gave him an angry look.

"No rules!"

"We haven't eaten any of them yet!"

Lao Zhu quickly picked up a gag, and then pushed the plate towards Dasun.

"Eat it!"

"Greedy ghost!"

Zhu Yunxi was also polite, and directly pulled the plate over, and then swept it away in a sweeping manner.

Lao Zhu looked at his grandson who was so popular, and he was complaining, but his face was already smiling.

Or this grandson can coax people, just watching him eat can make us happy!
It's just that Lao Zhu was enjoying himself, and when he thought of someone, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.

"Dasun, don't forget to let your second uncle out on the day we die..."

Zhu Xi has been locked up in a mansion in the capital since he was cut off by the old Zhu.

Although there is no shortage of food and drink, and he even found more than a dozen women for him, but it is still under house arrest, which is not much different from being in prison.

Therefore, Lao Zhu always felt ashamed of his second child.

"Grandpa Huang, if you feel sorry for Second Uncle, you can order him to be released?"

"Besides, he hasn't been idle in the past two years. He has given you three grandsons and two granddaughters."

Old Zhu glared viciously upon hearing this.

"What do you know!"

"Your second uncle is such an arrogant and arrogant person. He was imprisoned by us for two years. If there are not many women to accompany him, how can we drive him crazy?"

"Well, in short, your second uncle has suffered a lot in the past two years. You just need to remember his kindness in the future..."

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes when he heard this.

"Grandfather, if you miss my second uncle so much, why don't you order someone to call him into the palace to have a drink with you?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was moved for a while, but when he thought that the implementation of the New Deal was in a critical period, he suppressed this idea again.

Although the New Deal has been promoted nationwide, there are still many problems, and many people are holding back their energy and want to overthrow it.

Once outsiders know that Zhu Xi has entered the palace, what will they think if they don't keep it together?

"No..."

"It's so late, so don't bother him..."

Zhu Yunxi laughed when he heard the words.

"But, the grandson has ordered someone to invite him over in advance!"

Old Zhu was taken aback when he heard this.

"What?"

"You invited him over?"

Zhu Yunxi clapped his hands towards the door, and after a while Wang De led the unshaven Zhu Xi into the side hall.

"Father!"

"My son is not filial, my son greets you, woo woo woo..."

When Lao Zhu saw Zhu Xi in such desperation, his heart ached to pieces.

"Emperor!"

"Our good emperor, hurry up and let us take a good look at you!"

"Ok!"

Hearing this, Zhu Xi hurriedly crawled towards Old Zhu, then raised his head to look at his father whom he hadn't seen for two years.

Lao Zhu stretched out his hands tremblingly to caress Zhu Xi's cheeks, and he burst into tears for a while.

"You bastard!"

"Why are you so disobedient and forced us to go this far, woo woo woo..."

"Father, my son is wrong, my son really knows his mistake, woo woo woo..."

When the two embraced each other and wept, Wang De leaned close to Zhu Yunxie's ear and whispered.

"Your Highness, just now His Royal Highness King Qin said that the Fourth Emperor's grandson was drunk at his house and insisted on arguing to see you, and asked you to come over..."

"Zhu Yunxi?"

"Why did he go to the second uncle's side?"

Wang De thought for a while after hearing the words.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the Fourth Grandson has been very close to the King of Qin for the past six months, and often goes to the Prince Qin's mansion to eat and drink. Today's Chinese New Year, the Fourth Grandson originally wanted to spend it with you, so he went to the Wenhua Hall several times. Seeing that you have been busy, I didn't go in to disturb you."

"Then for some reason, I heard His Royal Highness King Qin sent someone to call him, so he went to King Qin."

"I don't know what to do now, but I have to yell to see you again. Do you want to send someone to bring him back?"

Zhu Yunxi had a headache when he heard the words, and wanted to order someone to bring him back directly, but when he thought that he hadn't seen the child for a long time, he decided to go there himself.By the way, let's see what King Qin is lacking, and meet his little cousins ​​who are still breastfeeding.

"Prepare the car!"

"Let's go there ourselves."

"promise!"

"By the way, Your Highness, do you want to send someone to call Lord Tiger?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head when he heard the words.

"never mind!"

"Today is New Year's Eve, let Uncle Hu spend time with his family."

"No one else needs to call, just call a few guards on duty in the palace."

When Wang De heard this, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

"Is that bad?"

"In case there is a mistake, the servant can't afford it. Let's call more people."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand and refused.

"Today is New Year's Eve, why make such a big fuss?"

"Gu still doesn't believe it, and the villain just picks the year [-] to make it difficult for Gu?"

Wang De couldn't resist Zhu Yunxi, so he could only order a dozen guards to follow, and quietly left the palace.

As soon as Zhu Yunxi left the palace, he heard a familiar dog barking.He opened the curtain of the car and saw a white puppy "barking" beside the carriage.

Wang De also heard the dog barking, and saw that it was the snow lion once raised by the emperor's grandson, so he quickly picked it up.

"Your Highness, this seems to be the snow lion of Duke Wei's family. Should I send someone to send it back?"

Zhu Yunxi grabbed the snow lion by the neck and carried it into the carriage.

"No need, I'll send it back when I've had enough fun!"

"Snow Lion, do you miss me, miss my delicious food?"

"Wang Wang!"

"Where's your tigress?"

"Wang Wang!"

"Is it because your tigress bullied you that you ran away from home?"

"Wang Wang!"

Zhu Yunxi happily ravaged the snow lion when he heard these barks and laughed.

"I'll take it as you admit it, hahaha!"

However, Zhu Yunxi's ravages brought Snow Lion an even more angry "bark".

Just when one person and one dog were enjoying themselves, a girl wearing a white fox fur cloak and riding a little red horse suddenly appeared on the road, blocking the way of the carriage.

"Zhu Yunxi, did you steal my Snow Lion!"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi heard this voice, he knew that it was the dominatrix from Wei Guogong's family who came to the door, and said without hesitation.

"no!"

"Wow woof... um... woof... woo woo..."

Xu Miaojin's eyes turned red when she heard the whimpering of her puppy.

"you're lying!"

"I clearly heard the snow lion's voice!"

"You open the car door and give me back my snow lion!"

"not return!"

Seeing that Zhu Yunxi was so unreasonable, Xu Miaojin rushed into Zhu Yunxi's carriage, trying to snatch the snow lion back from him.

The guards also knew about the relationship between the two, and the two went to fight in the martial arts arena every now and then, and Xu Miaojin often rode Zhu Yunxi under her body and beat her fat, so no one dared to stop her when she rushed up, for fear of being weak The majesty of the emperor's grandson.

Xu Miaojin rushed into the carriage and started a fierce fight with Zhu Yunxi over the custody of the snow lion.

However, when the two were fighting, they suddenly heard the sound of fighting outside the car...

"Enemy attack!"

"Someone assassinated!"

(End of this chapter)