Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 246 246 Tried the prince-in-law’s skills in advance for the princess

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay much attention to what these businessmen saw.

Now listen to them talking about the important markets in Jiangnan. Food is the first commodity in Jiangnan.

Cotton and mulberry leaves are seasonal short-term markets.

There was actually a kind of mulberry leaves in Jiahu that did not go through the market, but used contracts to reserve the next year's mulberry leaves for trading. This was something Zhu Yuanzhang had never seen or heard.

Cotton and silk are the specialties of Jiangnan, and they are the best in the country. They are divided into many categories, which is something that Lao Zhu has never paid attention to.

Lao Zhu paid attention to several points: the grain market was the largest, the silk market was the most extensive, and the cotton market was the most complex. They were all over the south of the Yangtze River. These merchants really had all kinds of merchants.

Zhu Yuanzhang arranged school inspections in the early stage and Jin Yiwei in the later stage. He never paid much attention to the surveillance of businessmen.

So now looking at the close conversation between Wang Buli and the businessman, I have some new insights.

Having said that, it is really normal for an emperor who has the inherent impression of an old peasant to be not very interested in business.

Only the imperial court could use shipping. If ordinary people wanted to go to sea, they would all be arrested and charged.

Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed. In front of a group of businessmen, what is there to show off?
It would only insult his status as the Ming Dynasty's consort. Are those businessmen worthy of boasting about their good son-in-law?
Zhu Biao also agreed with his father's statement, but it was a little strange:
"But why did he stop again?"

That's why even if he encounters a problem and has a solution, he won't tell it immediately.

"Your Majesty, the canals are now used by the continuation of the Yuan Dynasty. It is extremely dangerous for our Ming Dynasty to transport grain and grass to the north, and transporting it to the Yellow River.

One goes from the river to the sea, leaves Zhigukou, and is transported from Baihe to Tongzhou. This is called sea transportation. Because it often encounters storms, its usage is not large.

This kid is too cautious and doesn't know what he is guarding against!
"Then let me find an opportunity to ask."

"Dad, is it possible that Wang Buli can really solve the century-old problem at the entrance to the canal?"

Zhu Yuanzhang wondered if someone had taught Wang Buli that young people who are too ambitious can easily fall into trouble.

In the thirteenth year of Yongle's reign, the government announced a ban on shipping.

Moreover, the dredging of the Canal Canal also started with Zhu Di. At that time, Lao Zhu did not pay much attention to the water transportation in the northern section.

Grains from various places were transported to the capital by the people in the Jianghuai River. The grain and wages in the north were recommended by the Minister of Household Affairs to be transported by sea, river and land.

Horse boats were mainly used to transport chieftains and tribute envoys from vassal countries to the southwest region, while fast boats were used to support the navy. They were all in charge of soldiers from the garrison near Nanjing and were subordinate to the Ministry of War.

"It's true without even thinking about it."

Regarding the emperor's inquiry about the canal, Xue Xiang knew that the Ministry of Industry maintained thirty horse boats and fast boats, mainly used to transport tributes.

Zhu Biao was indeed surprised that Wang Buli put down his pen and joked after he asked Wang Buli why it was so difficult.

Nowadays, Nanjing is regarded as the capital, and water transport from the south of the Yangtze River is the mainstay.

All the sea-going ships originally used were changed to Lihe canal ships to supply the guards with transportation.

"Maybe he has this in mind."

Zhu Yuanzhang had no doubt that Wang Buli could solve these problems easily.

In addition, domestically, if you want to save time by transporting to the north, you can only rely on water transportation.

Nowadays, shipping is too dangerous, and Zhu Yuanzhang has not made any progress in sending people to Japan to search for silver mines.

First, it flows from the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River and the Yellow River, to Yangwu County, then to Weihui Prefecture, and then from the Wei River to Jizhou, which is called river transportation.

What's more, through his communication with Wang Buli, Zhu Yuanzhang did not think that Wang Buli was an unreasonable person.

This guy is just hiding his clumsiness.

There is a shipyard outside Nanjing for building warships, but this matter is under the management of the Ministry of War, and he is only responsible for producing craftsmen.

Zhu Yuanzhang still believes that some proverbs passed down from his elders are reasonable.

In addition, after becoming the emperor, he paid more attention to the country's foundation (fields) and suppressed business activities, which was also a normal choice.

"Probably because I don't want to attract attention."

In-laws are the easiest way to build a relationship between two strangers. At least they are a family on the surface, so there is enough channel for both parties to trust each other.

Some things can be made clearer by asking him.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xue Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to be summoned. Water transportation matters naturally fell under his jurisdiction.

In the first year of Hongwu, Lao Zhu established a water transport envoy. In three years, two granaries were built to transport grain and grass.

Of course, the service life of these ships is about another five to ten years. Xue Xiang has also recently been sorting out the ships that need to be replaced. Otherwise, if the ships transporting tributes sink, it will be a waste.

"Understood." Zhu Biao continued to look down and then raised his head:
"Dad, does Wang Buli want to rely on water transportation to collect taxes?"

If Wang Buli didn't have this ability, why could he travel alone in the fairyland?

Even though the in-law relationship is sometimes fragile.

Nanjing, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian all have no navies.

"Well, don't be too obvious. He will get married in two days. We can wait until some things are settled before we talk. Maybe our mood will be different in the future."

At this point in time, Zheng He had already made four voyages to the West, and two years later he held his fifth voyage.

As soon as he heard about tax collection, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes immediately lit up.

Except for maritime transport, which is military transport, the rest are civilian transport.

Therefore, when the imperial court transported grain to the north, it mostly had to be transported by land in calm areas. The ships passed through the Yellow River safely, and then were loaded onto ships and transported to the border. "

What Xue Xiang said is very consistent with the actual situation. This dangerous factor did not exist until the Qing Dynasty when the Central Canal section was excavated, which completely ended the era of water transportation using the Yellow River, and built the intersection of the Yellow River, Huaihe River and the Yellow River to alleviate the river surface drop and reduce turbidity. Flow, irrigation and transportation.

"Especially in winter, the rivers are frozen, which has a great impact on water transportation. In winter, it is freezing between the Yellow and Huaihe Rivers, and the rivers are frozen for more than three months. Correspondingly, the boatmen also return to camp, and they gather again in spring, which is called Fang. freeze.

In order to ensure the supply of most cities, the Yuan Dynasty opened the Huitong River in addition to routine sea transportation, changing the inland waterway shipping route from southeast to northwest to north to south.

The substantial northward shift of supply destinations not only lengthens the transportation distance, but also extends the duration of winter freezes. "

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that he was still willing to believe in water transportation compared to the more risky sea transportation.

It's just that the political focus of the Ming Dynasty was in the south of the Yangtze River, and the pressure of transporting grain to the north was not as great as the pressure after Yongle moved the capital.

The same goes for water transportation. Before the river freezes, the grain and wages can be transported to the north.

Coupled with Xu Da's several migrations of people from Shanxi to North China, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that in a few years, the pressure on the imperial court to supply food and wages to the north would be much lessened.

Now after several years of recuperation, what Lao Zhu lacks is not food, but coins, but he doesn't have any and can't find any copper mines.

In order to issue banknotes instead of copper coins, an order was issued not to allow gold and silver to circulate in the market.

Lao Zhu was still very satisfied with the food reserves, but when it came to the silver reserves, he was extremely disappointed, just like Zhang Juzheng later who was worried.

“If we want water transportation to be more convenient, do we still need to repair the Yellow River?”

"Correct."

Listening to Xue Xiang's affirmative answer, Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry.

The Yuan Dynasty followed the Mo Dao Stone Man's eye and stirred up rebellion in the Yellow River world.

He really has no intention of repairing the Yellow River at the moment.

According to the usual practice, which year does the Yellow River not cause disasters?
The most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang did not find any ministers who could control the river.

If people are randomly sent to build rivers, it will be a waste of people and money, and the ultimate direction will be no different from that of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, repairing the Yellow River is never a small matter. This matter needs long-term consideration!"

Xue Xiang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly advised:
"Instead of repairing the Yellow River, we might as well build a canal. At least we can accumulate experience and solve some difficulties. Don't move lightly if you are not sure about the Yellow River.

Otherwise, once there is a heavy rain, the Yellow River will easily break through and flood everywhere. "

Therefore, the Chinese like moderation. Compared with lifting the roof, they are more likely to accept opening a window, and they will in turn persuade you to accept it.

"I currently have no idea about repairing the Yellow River. The Yellow River has just been diverted a few years ago and is not yet stable. Once it is disturbed, bigger mistakes will easily occur."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to repair the Yellow River, but his words misunderstood Xue Xiang.

Repairing the Yellow River is never a trivial matter. How can the final result be good without any preparation?
Xue Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, according to the Emperor's temperament, once His Majesty mentions this matter, he will have a plan in mind, and it will be difficult for ordinary people to bring him back.

It seems that His Majesty really wants to build the canal, which can be regarded as doing good logistics work such as food and fodder for the destruction of Beiyuan.

"Xue Xiang, please send someone to mark all the boats on the canal with numbers, and register them with the government, especially the official boats. In the future, civilian boats will also be marked with serial numbers to avoid problems in finding the owner of the boat. "

Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order and asked Xue Xiang to go down and do it.

This trick was learned from Wang Buli’s painting of stall numbers at the market, so that statistics could be better collected.

Because in the early Ming Dynasty, there was no statistics and registration of these ships, and Zhu Yuanzhang was only a small-scale experiment on the yellow registration and did not start it.

Without millions of canal workers relying on the canal, naturally there wouldn't be so many people working in the canal.

Nowadays, ordinary people have also been exposed to the phenomenon of kicking and fighting. However, after relying on the river to make a living, there is a lot of room for fraud just in shipbuilding and lumber.

As the system was abandoned, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the shortage of silver for shipbuilding and transportation was extremely acute and prominent, which directly led to the lack of food supply in Beijing and the north, and was a fatal threat to the rule of the Ming Dynasty. What's more, the grain from the southeast is specially supplied to the nobility, bureaucrats and frontier guards of the capital. In order to allocate this grain to the capital area free of charge, the Ming government stipulated that grain households must also undertake the task of transporting grain when paying the grain.

In other words, grain farmers had to pay heavy freight charges and were subject to plunder and plunder by governments at all levels.

In the long run, once difficulties arise in the operation of the imperial court, water transportation will naturally reach the point of collapse.

"Biao'er, you said once this water transportation is implemented, how will we collect taxes?"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that collecting taxes was a very normal thing, because except for agricultural tools, educational materials and books, which were not taxed, everything else was taxed.

"I don't know. It depends on how they make money on the canal and how much money they make."

Zhu Biao has no idea about collecting taxes.

"Yes, we shouldn't ask you." Zhu Yuanzhang answered the question to himself: "I think our good son-in-law can collect more taxes than you. Let's ask him when he reports."

Zhu Biao:? ? ?
"Dad, you are biased. Why am I not as good as Wang Buli?"

"Get it."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands impatiently, unwilling to argue with his son on this matter.

If he could collect taxes, he would have been able to get those businessmen to pay more taxes like Wang Buli.

How can Wang Buli stand out from the crowd and show his power?

Just practice cooking more!

Is it difficult to recognize the excellence of others?
Zhu Biao was choked and went back, just looking down at the questions and suggestions raised by Wang Buli.

In the county government office, Wang Buli felt that time passed very quickly, so he rode Xiao Heizi back home as usual, and asked for leave from Wu Wei, the county magistrate.

Wu Wei nodded and agreed, and he would be invited by Wang Buli when the time comes.

After the wedding, Wang Buli had to set a table to treat his colleagues to dinner.

According to Wang Buli's temperament, if he doesn't need money, he can pay for them all.

Our Jiangning County’s reputation for timely rain is not for nothing.

The family is very busy, and until tomorrow we have to treat the neighbors to a meal.

After all, I will get married to Princess Daming the day after tomorrow.

Wang Buli thought that he would have wedding leave tomorrow. He couldn't get married and still had to go to work.

Anyway, Lao Zhu’s system only allows for three days of vacation.

I hope Zhu Biao and the others don't go to the county government office to look for him, so they won't have time to talk to them.

"Plough."

The mother called Wang Buli over and asked him to take the wedding dress and try it on again to see if there was anything that needed to be changed.

For my son’s big day, try to be as fit as possible.

Although we are going to marry Princess Daming, we are ordinary people, but we still have to do it in a certain way.

When Wang Buli arrived, he was wearing a bright red round-neck uniform and a black gauze hat.

Of course, getting married in the Ming Dynasty does not have to be red, but red looks festive, and common people can also wear official uniforms from the ninth grade on the wedding day.

When an emperor marries his daughter, it must be festive. People from the Ministry of Rites have already arranged for someone to measure Wang Buli.

The mother adjusted her son's wedding clothes a little bit, and that was all she did with care.

After Wang Buli finished dressing, he was immediately pulled to the whole family and carefully displayed.

"Second brother, with his figure and well-fitting wedding clothes, he really stole the limelight from me back then."

The eldest brother Wang Guanzhong laughed a few times.

"Second brother looks really good in his clothes."

"Second brother is handsome."

"Not bad, not bad, he looks really energetic!"

In the end, Doctor Wang made the final decision. The medical clinic will not be open for the next two days, and his apprentice Shi Dafan is also busy.

The rented tables and chairs are stacked in the yard.

As for dishes and other dishes, the neighbors will bring their own bowls to use tomorrow. After a meal, they will use their own bowls to bring back some food.

Wang Buli was also standing in front of the bronze mirror at this time, looking at it carefully.

He really didn't expect that he would get married so quickly in the Ming Dynasty. This was a rare experience for Tumu Sacred Body.

According to Wang Buli's age, he would have married late and had children late in the Ming Dynasty.

"I have to say, I'm quite handsome."

The family members laughed even more when they heard Wang Buli's boastful words.

To be valued by the emperor and marry Princess Ming Dynasty, it is not a matter of honor, and the family will not believe it.

After all, Zhong Kui was admitted to the first prize, but because of his ugly appearance, the emperor was a little unhappy, so he bumped into a pillar and died.

This shows how important it is to have a good face as an official.

Although Divine Doctor Wang behaved calmly, he was still a little worried deep down about his in-laws who were about to become the emperor.

Usually it was Princess Shang, but the emperor actually said that he was marrying his daughter.

The emperor granted a marriage to a county official!
What a grace this is!

Doctor Wang was very confused about this. What did the emperor value about his son?
You can't just eat based on your appearance, right?

You must know that there are many men in the world who are more handsome than his own son. Many men admit that Lan Yu is very handsome, but he can't marry a princess.

The emperor cannot be so superficial.

Therefore, Divine Doctor Wang has never understood why such a great opportunity fell on his son.

Is it possible that His Majesty really needs someone who is good at solving cases and wants to create the Ming Dynasty Bao Zheng?
That's why he didn't hesitate to use the idea of ​​marrying his daughter to make Wang Buli look good, so that everyone would know that he was not a freeloader!
I have to admit that Zhu Yuanzhang's ability to do this is a great honor to the Wang family.

Doctor Wang knew that his son didn't care about this, but as an old father, he couldn't help but care.

The favor was so great that Doctor Wang once thought that Lao Zhu was going to send his son to do something that would lead to death and no life.

But think about it, Princess Ning Guo is the emperor's eldest daughter. It is impossible for him to let his eldest daughter become a widow, so Doctor Wang gradually let down his guard and speculation.

According to historical practice, at the beginning of the founding of the country, most of the princes-in-law had to be meritorious ministers or local wealthy families, so their status was relatively high. Sometimes the princess was even considered to be a high-ranking one.

Because these people need to be won over.

We are in a political marriage, a marriage of equals.

The marriage of a princess is full of politics and cannot be married casually.

For the common people at the beginning of the founding of the country, marrying a princess was really a shortcut to success.

In the Ming Dynasty, you can basically protect your family's wealth for three generations.

Tomorrow, the imperial court will send someone to confer titles on each of Miracle Doctor Wang and his wife.

After all, he is a relative of the emperor, and his eldest son Wang Guanzhong will benefit from it.

It's not like my silly boy thinks that if he marries a princess, he will be able to live a happy and worry-free life.

Hey.

Thinking of this, Divine Doctor Wang sighed silently.

Who cares, the son will marry the emperor’s daughter first.

Raw rice is cooked rice, let’s talk about other things!
Wang Buli was trying on clothes at home, and Zhu Mingxiu was also trying on clothes in the palace.

Compared to men’s styles, women’s styles are a bit more complicated.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang called on people in the palace to be frugal, Queen Ma took the lead and set an example.

But after all, if you are marrying a daughter from the Tian family, you should prepare everything you need. The money here can't even be put on the dressing table, it's all gold and jade.

Fengguan Xiapei doesn't wear a red headband at this time, but usually uses a fan to cover her face.

"The princess looks so beautiful in this dress!"

Xiaohua, the personal maid, sincerely praised her. She had already arranged her hair into a woman's hairstyle one step ahead of schedule.

Zhu Mingxiu pursed her lips and nodded slightly. She looked at the spring picture on the bed, her face slightly red.

However, the maid Xiaohua explained: "Princess, don't be nervous. I have already tried the consort's skills in bed for the princess in advance."

(End of this chapter)