Daming: I am the Crown Prince

Chapter 178 Rewarding Merits and Punishing Demerits
After carefully inspecting the manure, Zhu Yunhuan was basically satisfied.

The reason is that the processing and experiments of these manures are strictly in accordance with his ideas. In particular, he has found some tricks before, and he is constantly improving and perfecting them.

This is extremely important to Zhu Yunhuan, he does not expect to achieve success overnight. Being able to develop step by step and continuously on the right path is a very good thing.

As long as you are on the right path, everything will be fine.

After a careful inspection, Zhu Yunhuan returned to the palace and complained directly to Old Zhu, "She was working well on her own farm, but you forced her to go to the imperial farm without even telling me in advance. What kind of thing is this!"

In response to Zhu Yunhuan's complaint, Old Zhu said calmly, "This is her fate. She is the Crown Prince's Consort and will be the Queen Mother in the future. She must take responsibility. It is because we knew you were not happy about it that we made arrangements in advance."

Seeing that Zhu Yunhuan wanted to refute, Old Zhu said, "We are taboo for the harem to interfere in politics. This is not good. But think about what has happened to the palace over the years? After your grandmother passed away, two concubines took charge of the harem. After your mother passed away, the East Palace was also in a mess. When you get married in the future, your wife will have to take charge of things."

Zhu Yunhuan was speechless at this moment, because he knew that what Old Zhu said made a lot of sense.

Old Zhu continued, "Your grandmother has a high prestige. Not to mention the nobles, even the civil officials are all convinced. Why? It's not because she is the wife of our Zhu Chongba, but because your grandmother is powerful! When we are fighting outside, she can take good care of the soldiers' families. Not to mention she helps take care of the internal and external affairs, she also takes care of the food and supplies, which one does she not take care of?"

Zhu Yunhuan said, "I don't mean anything else. It would be strange if Xu Miaojin could compare to my grandmother."

Old Zhu loves to hear this. No one can compare to his daughter-in-law, not even his son's daughter-in-law or his grandson's daughter-in-law.

Old Zhu said, "We know that she is not as good as your grandmother, so we are thinking of this method now. She has a good family background, but if she wants to stay stable in the palace in the future, she must have prestige. Think about it, why doesn't anyone dare to fight with your grandmother?"

Zhu Yunxun almost spit out a mouthful of blood and said, "Fighting with my grandmother? Even a madman wouldn't dare to do that."

Old Zhu smiled and nodded, "That's right, he wouldn't dare to go crazy. But your father is different. It was fine when your mother was alive, but now that your mother is gone, some people have thoughts about it. Your father is a good person, but he is soft-hearted. You are even softer-hearted than your father, so we have to help you."

Old Zhu had a different definition of being soft-hearted, but Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help explain it because it was useless.

Old Zhu smiled and said with some pride, "That girl has one good point, that is, she is smart. People say that she is beautiful and intelligent, but I didn't believe it before. But now she is okay. You casually said something, and she listened to it and did it in a down-to-earth manner. This is good."

Zhu Yunxun also laughed, "I didn't think of that either. What she did was quite decent."

Old Zhu said in approval, "Otherwise why should we help you? If you do good things, people should know about it. Not to mention her, you should do the same, whether it's the Crown Prince or the Emperor, if you do good things, people should know about it. Otherwise, the emperor's grace will be empty words. Good things must be publicized to win the hearts of the people!"

We should work diligently, but we also need to publicize when necessary. It is not necessarily right to just bury your head in work.

While eating, Lao Zhu said, "Don't you like to find some craftsmen to do the work? Think of a way to modify those utensils. It would be great if they can be modified, but it's not a big deal if they can't."

Zhu Yunxun couldn't help but complain, "Grandfather, although I am very talented and have many wonderful ideas. But looking at these things now, it seems that there are not many things that can be changed."

Lao Zhu joked, "Is that so? Then go and change it. No one will blame you if you fail."

This is what Zhu Yuanzhang really felt and thought. Asking Zhu Yunhuan to improve one or two agricultural machines was just a last-ditch effort.

After all, even Lao Zhu understands the difficulty. Some agricultural machinery has basically reached its limit under the current production level, and it is extremely difficult to achieve some qualitative changes.

This is also Zhu Yunhuan's idea, because he also looked at many things carefully, and he thought some things could be improved. But if you want to improve some things, it is not a matter of one sentence or two, or one idea.

Old Zhu looked at Zhu Yunhuan and asked jokingly, "Tell me, what shortcomings do you see that need to be improved?"

Zhu Yunhuan said directly, "The plow is good to use, but I think the depth of plowing seems to be fixed. If you want to change to deep plowing or shallow plowing, it will be a bit difficult."

When talking about this, Lao Zhu looked like an experienced person, "This is because you don't know anything about farming. This is what the curved plow does."

"So I have to think of ways to improve it. I'll think about it." Zhu Yunhuan looked at Old Zhu and said seriously, "I think those craftsmen are still quite capable and will definitely be of great use in the future."

Old Zhu didn't like to hear this. Like most people of that era, he actually looked down on craftsmen.

Old Zhu said, "Your third uncle and fourth uncle are very cunning. They are staying on the road and refuse to come back."

Zhu Yunhuan asked, "Not really?"

"Otherwise, we have always said that your third uncle is the most troublesome. He dawdled on the road, waiting for your other uncles." Old Zhu said with some mockery, "Your fourth uncle is not much better. He waited for your seventh uncle on the road and is still waiting for your fifteenth uncle. Your third uncle is the same. Your sixteenth uncle has caught up with him from Weizhou City, but he hasn't arrived yet." Zhu Yunhuan sorted out his words and said, "No wonder your sixth uncle didn't come back from Nanchang. He must be waiting for your twelfth uncle and the others."

Old Zhu scolded angrily, "The big guys are so arrogant, the little ones should behave themselves."

If this is really the case, it doesn't seem to be a big problem, because Zhu's first few descendants seemed to be honestly carrying out Zhu's orders, but they were also trying to be clever.

No one knows if they will be scolded if they come back first. Since they know that all the princes need to return to the capital, they can just dawdle on the way. When they return to the capital together, more people means they will not be the first to stand out, so they can hide and not be punished by the law.

Zhu Yunhuan smiled and said, "Let someone hurry up, otherwise my second uncle will feel uneasy. I'm also afraid that if I continue to wait, my second uncle might punish the other uncles."

Old Zhu said without thinking, "Just wait and see. Your second uncle is in trouble, and the others will hide. It would be strange if your second uncle is not angry. He will definitely beat your third and fourth uncles."

With this calculation, King Zhu Su of Zhou was smart, and it would be beneficial for him to come back early.

Zhu Yunhuan made an immature suggestion, "Grandfather, the uncles are all back, let's have a family dinner. I will persuade them then, how about that?"

Old Zhu looked at Zhu Yunxun with some disdain, "As soon as you stick your butt out we know what shit you are going to do! Your uncles are all afraid of us, so you let us be the bad guys and you go be the good guy and beg for mercy!"

Zhu Yunhuan said with even more disgust, "It's time to eat, but there's shit and urine everywhere, it affects my appetite."

"Even though your appetite has been affected, you haven't eaten less. Logically, you are the crown prince and you know the expenses of the Eastern Palace." Old Zhu began to calculate the accounts. "You basically eat at least one meal a day here throughout the year. Not only do you eat a lot, but you can't eat badly. Tell me yourself, how much money this has saved for your Eastern Palace."

Zhu Yunhuan immediately retorted, "Why do you have to calculate so much? We are not going to divide the family. Besides, with my current status, if I want a banquet, there are plenty of people below who will do everything they can to satisfy me. I don't care about the expenses."

Old Zhu just smiled. He didn't think Zhu Yunhuan was exaggerating. If the Crown Prince really wanted to enjoy himself, many people would rack their brains to please him.

As for Zhu Yunhuan not staying at his place for dinner, one or two days is fine. If it takes longer, Old Zhu will probably take the willow branches to ask his unfilial grandson.

After eating and drinking, Zhu Yunhuan returned to the Eastern Palace.

Zhu Yourong immediately said, "My little brother, my grandfather asked Youling and I to go to the Kaiping Palace tomorrow."

Zhu Yunhuan asked, "Is it a reward for your sister-in-law?"

Zhu Yourong nodded repeatedly and asked, "That's what happened. She focused on farming and did some work, so she has some merits. I'll reward her tomorrow. It would be best if you guys could do this."

Zhu Youling asked again, "Do you want to invite the eldest and youngest aunts?"

Zhu Yunhuan thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. There's no need to call them this time. My aunt is pregnant, so you shouldn't stay in the palace for too long. Go visit her when you have nothing to do."

Zhu Yourong said, "I went to my aunt's house two days ago and prepared a lot of good things for my cousin."

Many people would be disappointed that Princess Anqing could not give birth to a son. However, Zhu Yunhuan did not care much. Whether it was a cousin or a sister, it had the same impact on him. As long as he had a son in the future, it would be fine.

There is no other way. If there really is a throne waiting to be inherited in the family, then we have to be realistic.

Zhu Yunhuan also knew the abilities and courage of his two sisters, and said, "When you go tomorrow, just make it clear that it is a reward from grandfather."

Zhu Yourong and Zhu Youling immediately nodded to show that they understood. In their private minds, they naturally thought that if the imperial decree was vague, they would think it would be better to reward in the name of Zhu Yunhuan.

But since it was clearly the will of the Emperor's grandfather, it was the will of the Emperor's grandfather, and they would not change anything. Although they did not have many opinions, in terms of execution, Zhu Yunhuan's two sisters were still relatively reliable.

After arranging these things, Zhu Yunhuan felt at ease.

If you do the right thing, you should be praised and rewarded. Rewarding merits and punishing faults is a quality that a monarch should have, so that he can win the support of the people.

It is the right thing to do to promote talented people regardless of their relationship with you. Sometimes there is no need to keep a low profile.

(End of this chapter)