Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 220 Reading more books is a good thing
When he got home, Zhu Zhanhe threw everything aside and went directly to find his father.

"Dad, have you collected all the gold sent from Japan?"

"Well, put it away." Zhu Gaoxu nodded and looked at his son without any hesitation.

"Do you want to use it?"

"You need it." Zhu Zhanhe nodded, then dragged a pen and paper from the table.

"When I was in Thang Long City, I met Li Chengliang and others who were loading ships and setting off. I told them to start collecting these grains from the Sultan of Delhi. You have to prepare money."

"Why do you collect these?" Zhu Gaoxu took the list written by his son with a strange expression on his face.

Zhu Gaoxu and everyone else had similar ideas. They all believed that Zhu Zhanhe had worked hard to let Qian Yong and others find high-yielding new grains for the Ming Dynasty, and the old grains would slowly fade out of people's sight.

A person's thinking has limitations. For example, people today will fantasize about flying into the sky and landing on the moon, but they can't imagine flying out of the solar system or even the Milky Way.

The cognitive framework limits their thinking, and it is the same when it comes to food.

"Don't worry about this, it's useful anyway." Zhu Zhanhe smiled and poured himself a cup of tea and drank it in one gulp.

"Anyway, I will definitely not do a loss-making business. Think about it, now the entire Ming Dynasty is looking forward to high-yielding new grains. Foods such as rice and wheat will definitely be squeezed, and there will even be no one to grow them."

"It's true that new grains will produce high yields, but rice and wheat can make wine, so the price won't skyrocket by then?"

Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows when he heard this but said nothing.

Although he couldn't understand the purpose of his son's acquisition of these old grains, he knew that his son would never do it without purpose, and there must be a reason.

"Okay, I will give them the money when Li Chengliang and the others come back next time. But logically speaking, we are not asking them to work for us in vain. They are all given money, so they should not be short of it."

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and finally thought of a question.

"You...want to think about calling a few more caravans together?"

"Call a caravan?" Zhu Zhanhe frowned and fell into deep thought.

In fact, overall, Li Chengliang and the others were already the largest and richest among the people Zhu Zhanhe could use.

The remaining businessmen are either in the leek garden planned by Zhu Zhanhe, or they are too small and will take a long time to develop.

For this reason, Zhu Zhanhe has never thought about businessmen, and has been using Li Chengliang and the others.

But now he found that his father's words gave him a good idea.

"You are busy!"

Zhu Zhanhe said a few words, turned around and rushed out of his father's study.

……

In fact, for Yunnan now, there are not many things that can be done, but it is not very little either.

Within a few days, a piece of news from Prince Wu's Mansion spread throughout Yunnan.

Prince Wu’s Mansion began distributing seeds of new grains for free!

That's right!free! ——

As long as it is related to food, it is basically no small matter. News from Yunnan quickly spread to Yingtian and even most of the Ming Dynasty.

Today's Yunnan attracts everyone's attention.

East Palace, Wenhua Palace.

"Your Highness, how should we respond?"

Jin Youzi and Yang Shiqi stood in front of Zhu Gaochi, with the same expressions on their faces: extremely complicated.

Many people didn't notice it, but Jin Youzi and Yang Shiqi discovered a problem, that is, after Zhu Gaoxu's family became a vassal, the princelings seemed to have no threat, but in fact the situation did not get better, but got worse.

In the past, when Zhu Gaoxu's family was in Beijing, Zhu Di always defended the prince's lineage, because Zhu Gaoxu often made mistakes and was the one who received the most punishment.

But now, Zhu Gaoxu's family has gone away from the vassalage, and Zhu Zhanhe has not settled down with the vassalage. Instead, he has made more and more achievements.

Even after leaving the vassal, he continued to perform meritorious service, opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty, and brought back gold and silver and other minerals, which made Zhu Di's guilt even heavier.

It doesn't stop there!

Ever since Zhu Zhanhe had people recover high-yield grain, it can be said that the imperial court has been led by Yunnan.

The distribution of new grain seeds was based on Zhu Zhanhe's advice, as was the management, even more so now.

Zhu Zhanhe sent the seeds to Yingtian last year. Until now, the court has only distributed some corn, and the sweet potatoes are still in the hands of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Speaking of this matter, 24 officials of the Ministry of Revenue were executed last year. Whether it is true or false, the conclusion is that they stole grain.

On average, two a month.

Now, Yunnan has taken the lead and distributed grain seeds before the imperial court. This situation makes Jin Youzi and Yang Shiqi very worried.

They were worried that if things continued like this, the prince's lineage would be ignored and exist in name only.

"How to deal with what?" Zhu Gaochi didn't even raise his head.

He knew why these two ministers were worried, but sometimes, some worries were really unnecessary.

As the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and a crown prince who had supervised the country for many years and assisted in government affairs even when he was not supervising the country, Zhu Gaochi still had some confidence.

"Food is a matter of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It has nothing to do with you. If you have time, you should think about this year's Enke."

The imperial examination was a major event in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, the imperial examination could not be held just because it wanted to be held. The process was very complicated.

In the imperial examination, every Zi, Wu, Mao and You are Zheng subjects and become regular subjects. The extra subjects like this year are En subjects.

The so-called enke is usually only held during celebrations or important events. This is why Zhu Zhanhe initially suggested that it should be linked to the wedding of Zhu Zhanji, the emperor's grandson.

However, whether it is Enke or Changke, the imperial court must first issue orders to the states and counties to prepare for the rural examination.

The provincial examination is usually held in August, so it is also called Qiuwei.

After passing the provincial examination, you will be qualified for the general examination. The general examination is usually held in February of the following year after the provincial examination. You need to go to Beijing, which is the so-called rushing to Beijing to take the examination. Because it is in February, it is also called Chunwei.

The examinations were generally presided over by the Ministry of Rites. During this period of the Ming Dynasty, there was no quota for the number of people admitted to the examinations. At most times, there were more than 470 people on the gold list, and this group was considered a Jinshi.

Finally, there is the palace examination, which determines the well-known top pick, second place, and top pick. But in an aspect that people are not familiar with, there is also a No. 4 in the palace examination, which is the No. 1 of the second class, which is called Chuanlu.

"But Your Highness, this..." Jin Youzi wanted to speak, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.

This scene seems familiar.

Previously, Xie Jin and Huang Huai had spoken to Zhu Gaochi about the new grain, but what was the response they received?
Jin Youzi still remembers the cold tone Zhu Gaochi used that day to say, "Tell me, who is in danger?"

But in fact, Jin Youzi had too much to say, for example, he also wanted to say something about the imperial examination.

Jin Youzi has already felt that this year's Enke, although it is in the name of the emperor's grandson's wedding, is actually very likely to become a grand spectacle for Yunnan to select talents.

But, does he dare to say it?
Although the prince is not afraid, the civil servants are!

These new scholars are different from the old officials like them. Many of these people come from poor families or even poor backgrounds. They are ideologically different from those old officials.

Even Jin Youzi still remembers what kind of heroic words he had when he first became an official, and what kind of achievements he wanted to make for the world.

But in fact, within a few years of becoming an official, Jin Youzi completely changed.

Jin Youzi became an official in the second year of Jianwen. In the fourth year of Jianwen, when the end of the Jingnan period was approaching, Jin Youzi, Wang Gen, Jie Jin, Wu Pu, and Hu Guang gathered in Wu Pu when they saw the menacing Yan King's army approaching Yingtian City. At home, they agreed to die as martyrs for the country.

Xie Jin spoke about his righteousness, and Hu Guang also spoke impassionedly, but Wang Gen cried silently and said nothing.

In the end, only Wang Gen committed suicide by drinking poison.

The Jin Youzi at that time was no longer the same Jin Youzi.

Whether it is the opening of new grain seeds in Yunnan or the imperial examination, the biggest beneficiary at hand is Yunnan, but in the end, the ultimate beneficiary is the imperial court, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi.

The reason is very simple, Zhu Zhanhe has not expressed any objection from the beginning to the end, the so-called threat theory of King Wu is just that these civil servants are seeing that the ability of King Wu's line is getting stronger and stronger, posing a threat to their own interests and status Only there.

From a purely practical point of view, can you say that there are any signs of rebellion in the lineage of King Wu?

Since becoming a vassal, everything has been in order. Zhu Zhanhe was even "pushed on the shelf" and helped the court and the Yunnan Qianning Palace deal with Chen Jikuo, and then went on an expedition to the Japanese country.

Not to mention other strategies targeting the grasslands and corrupt officials.

Zhu Zhanhe now bears the title of God of Killing in name, but in fact everyone knows that this title is built up from the bones of foreign enemies.

Internally, Zhu Zhanhe really has no fault.

In fact, not only are there no faults, but there are merits, and they are great merits.

"Youzi."

Just when Jin Youzi fell into silence and didn't know how to persuade Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochi spoke first.

"We have to figure out some things, because I am the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, and you are the bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion of Ming Dynasty. Everything you do must be based on the premise of doing good for Ming Dynasty."

"Do you understand it?"

"Wei Chen understands." Jin Youzi was disappointed, but he still bowed his head and said yes.

Zhu Gaochi nodded with satisfaction upon seeing this.

There are not many people available in the court now. After Xie Jin, Hu Guang and others were confiscated and beheaded, the only old people in the court are San Yang and Jin Youzi.

Nothing can be done forever, so even though Zhu Gaochi didn't like Jin Youzi and others' ideas, he still had to continue using it.

However, when it comes to not being able to do it...

"By the way, Youzi, Shiqi, I have a few books here. You can take them back and read them."

With that said, Zhu Gaochi took out three books from the side and placed them on the desk.

Jin Youzi and Yang Shiqi looked at each other, and they both saw panic in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)