My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 110 Getting married and starting a business, carrying on the family line

How to surpass Zhu Yuanzhang?
This is an almost impossible task.

Zhu Di thought about it for a while, and he would feel desperate. That man is not his father, but a god!
It goes without saying how humble Zhu Yuanzhang was born.Liu Bang is still a pavilion chief anyway, and according to his early experience, he is probably considered a scholar. Although he is the lowest grade, he is better than most commoners, and he can be called the godfather of Pei County.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is a clean and tidy poor man. He has eaten his last meal without his next meal. A catastrophe, the whole family is almost dead... This kind of identity, this kind of start, even some novels dare not be written.

Even if it seems to be from a humble background, I still have to find a way to get a powerful Lao Tzu and make up a drama similar to the orphan of the Zhao family... because a purely low-level person can climb to a high position, even beyond the imagination of literary works.

But the problem is that things that this kind of novels dare not write are grandly written in Qianqiu Qingshi.

Starting from a beggar in Haozhou, in more than ten years, he pacified the southeast, expelled the Northern Yuan, and established the brilliant Ming Dynasty.

Recovered the land of Yanyun, which had been lost for 500 years, and regained Yunnan, which had been lost for 700 years.

Founding a country, establishing a business, governing the world... You can say that Zhu Yuanzhang has many shortcomings, but if you want to surpass Zhu Yuanzhang, then you have to weigh your own weight.

He almost did the best under the conditions at the time.

Zhu Di, as Lao Zhu's son, can't understand this!

However, he started from Jingnan. If he can't make convincing achievements, how can he convince the world that he is Zhu Yuanzhang's best son?

Throughout Zhu Di's life, he traveled to the West, conquered Mongolia, and repaired the Yongle Grand Ceremony. He almost poured out his blood, and from the beginning to the end, he did not dare to slack off.

Even in the end, he died on the way of the expedition... Zhu Di has been busy all his life, do you think he surpassed Zhu Yuanzhang?

It's really hard to say, after all, his achievements are much worse than those of the founding of the country.

The most important thing is that future generations do not live up to expectations.

The major event of sailing to the West to expand the territory was stopped by future generations. The Ming Dynasty still guarded the Central Plains, and did not break through the restrictions of previous dynasties.

The conquest of Mongolia did not completely kill people. A few years later, the Mongols revived, and even made a change of civil engineering... No matter how much performance you have created, the future generations are not strong enough to take over the family business, saying Nothing works.

Only today, Xu Jingchang showed him another possibility.

Since it is too troublesome to compete with your father, why not develop a new track, find a new style of play, use a new starting point, and play a different ecological counter...

In short, in the past, scholars could only read their books and study hard, striving for the slim imperial examinations.Those who didn't succeed stayed in the countryside, opened private schools, wrote letters, helped the common people manage weddings and funerals, and scraped by.

But now there are more choices, acting as a cashier, lending money to help the people solve their urgent needs.

Just like this precious banknote... In the hands of Lao Zhu, it took a lot of effort to apply for it repeatedly, but in the end it inevitably depreciated severely and was difficult to maintain.

But when it is in their own hands, they can issue loans, pay off land taxes, and salt taxes... The whole cycle has been opened up. In the past eight months, the issuance of precious banknotes alone has increased by more than [-]%.

The most amazing thing is that so many precious banknotes have been issued, and the value of the banknotes has not been depreciated. In this way, Daming's wealth has increased a lot invisibly.

There is no doubt that Zhu Yuanzhang could not have imagined and could not do this.

There is also the Di Bao... With the release of this thing, the spread of news has indeed accelerated several times.

And the speeding up of information dissemination means that the imperial court's control power has increased... because in many cases, it's not that such a large land cannot be conquered, but that it has been conquered, but they don't know how to control it.

If effective control cannot be carried out, it is better not to.

This is also the reason why civil servants have objections to opening up territories and expanding land. They are all money-losing things, so why not mess around!
But if the news spreads faster, the control power increases, and the biggest problem is solved, then can we muster up our strength and expand the territory?

Zhu Di didn't say well, but it must work.

But he vaguely realized that if he wanted to surpass his father, he couldn't stick to the old ways, and had to use a new combination of punches.

"Xu Jingchang, how useful is the business of the second and third child?"

Xu Jingchang paused, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this minister can't tell, why don't you go and see for yourself?"

Zhu Di frowned, and said with a smile: "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. I just listened to the courtiers' narration in the court hall, and read Jin Yiwei's report. After all, it is not as clear as what I saw with my own eyes."

Most of Zhu Gaoxu’s factories were outside the city, including in Suzhou and Hangzhou, so Zhu Di and Xu Jingchang went to Zhu Gaojiu’s bookstore workshop in Beijing.

When he got here, Zhu Di felt that unusual smell.

This bookstore has at least a thousand employees coming in and out, and it is very busy.

When Zhu Gaosui heard that his father was coming, he also ran over, happily introducing his achievements to Zhu Di.

"Father, there are two to three hundred people under my boy's command, who specialize in getting all kinds of news... Some people are in the General Administration Department, waiting for the main government decree, some go deep into the people, looking for interesting things, and some specially invite some literati to help write the storybook, It’s better to publish it in the boy’s residence newspaper.”

That is to say, Zhu Gaosui has someone who specializes in political news, social news, and cultural entertainment.The hands are quite long.

"There are still literati writing scripts? Why haven't I heard of them? Are they famous?" Zhu Di asked casually.

Zhu Gaosui chuckled, "My father doesn't know, there are quite a few people who wrote story books, some are original, and some are adapted from existing stories, such as the red-maned horses of Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan, and the Yellow River formation that cuts the generals and seals the gods." , are very welcome."

Zhu Di was surprised, "What else? Who are they?"

Zhu Gaosui shook his head.

Zhu Di was startled, "Why, you don't know?"

Zhu Gaosui said in a low voice: "My child knows, but I can't tell my father."

"Why? Do you want to deceive the emperor?" Zhu Di asked.

Zhu Gaosui hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I'm just writing novels, and I can't get on the stage, so I can only be regarded as low-level. There are many poor scholars who go to Beijing to rush for the exam. They don't have travel expenses, so they write some to earn some pocket money. They don't sign at all. Or the signature is just a pseudonym. If the boy leaks out, they will be furious, and this business will be impossible... If the father must ask, the boy can only tell the father that he will try next year, and someone must have done this business. "

Zhu Di was even more surprised. Could it be that some of my courtiers wrote scripts in private to make money?
He looked at Xu Jingchang in surprise, but Xu Jingchang wasn't too surprised.

To make money, not shabby.

In fact, many famous works have been created repeatedly by countless people, and the final draft of those well-known novels is usually under a pseudonym.

If you think that Wu Chengen really has such a person named Wu Chengen, then you are very wrong, maybe his real surname is Zhang?
"I didn't expect those scholars who are not talkative will do this kind of thing!" Zhu Di hummed: "I thought they were so noble? Forget it, I won't ask any more questions, save face, everyone will be better off. But You can remember it for me, you have to watch carefully, if you have any messy thoughts, talk nonsense, and slander your father, I will not agree."

Zhu Gaosui hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, as long as you find such a person, you will immediately stop the solicitation, and you will also notify Jin Yiwei. When the time comes, please ask your cousin to get him."

Xu Jingchang frowned, it turned out that Jin Yiwei was doing dirty work.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the minister will specially arrange a thousand households to let him take charge of this matter, to ensure nothing goes wrong."

If there is a problem, he is responsible, anyway, it has nothing to do with Xu Jingchang.

Zhu Di came here to watch the excitement, so he didn't bother to pester them.

"That is to say, excluding those who work here, you have already supported hundreds of scholars?"

Zhu Gaosui grinned, "Maybe more."

Zhu Di snorted, and said angrily: "You are said to be fat, and you are still panting. Are you as fat as your elder brother? Stop talking nonsense, let me see, what kind of bezoar and dog treasure is there?"

Zhu Gaosui quickly took Zhu Di into the bookstore.

He introduced to Zhu Di that usually when an article is finalized, it will be sent here for proofreading, then typeset, printed, cut, sold, and finally sent to the people.

Among them, typesetting is the most important thing, such as newspapers, which are very time-sensitive, must not be printed with engraving.

Otherwise, it will be steaming hot news before printing, and it will become stinking old news when it is printed.

Therefore, movable type printing must be used...and movable type is divided into many types, such as wooden type, clay type, copper type, and lead type.

All these technologies existed in the Ming Dynasty, but some of them were recorded in books, and some have not been written down... After all, the attention paid to this technology in the past dynasties is far less than that of poetry and articles.

At the beginning, Xu Jingchang only saw Fan Qian as a character in a miscellaneous book. He chatted with Zhu Gaosui, but he didn't expect that this kid really came out of it with the help of a smart and capable craftsman.

Putting aside the technical aspects for the time being, there are as many as 130 craftsmen who compose typesetting here.100 of them were obtained from Xu Jingchang's school.

Zhu Di called one over directly. This kid looked less than 20 years old, young, with a baby face and ink stains on his face.

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Where are you from? How did you get here?"

The person hurriedly said: "Cao Min Lin San is from Binzhou, Shandong. Because of avoiding the war, he was transferred to Yingtian... Last year, he entered the school and knew a few words by chance. He came to work today."

Shandong people!
Zhu Di sighed secretly. He and Zhu Yunqi fought for four years, and the main battlefield was in Shandong. The people were displaced, their families were destroyed, and they sacrificed a lot.

There must be many refugees like this kind of wandering in various places, and fortunately there is a school to take them in.

"How much do you earn now, is it enough for the family?"

Lin Sandao: "When Cao Min first came, the monthly bills were [-] guan, but now it has risen to [-] guan, and there are some extra bonuses. After working for a month, you can get [-] guan."

Right now, Yiguanbao banknotes can be exchanged for fifty Wen copper coins, and one hundred Guan is five thousand Wen, which is about five taels of silver, which is not much in Yingtian, but it is still not a problem to survive.

"Do you have any plans?"

"Caomin just want to buy a house. People in the city don't have extravagant expectations. It's good to buy one outside the city. It doesn't need to be too big, as long as it can accommodate a couple."

Zhu Di smiled, "Why, are you married?"

"Not yet." Lin San blushed slightly, "Caomin only has a fiancée named Tang Sai'er, who also escaped from her hometown. Caomin is looking forward to having a place to stay so that they can start a family and carry on the family..."

　The money in the book refers to the treasure money. I know how much the copper money is worth, and I won’t pay such exaggerated wages.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)