golden scales

"Your Highness, please take this back!" Yao Tao hurriedly leaned down, bowing her head deeply.

Yu Chang looked at Yao Tao, and then at Zhu Cihong, but he hadn't realized why the issue of paying taxes has become so sensitive.

In this era of imperial power granted by heaven, ordinary people are not even allowed to worship the heaven and the earth, only the emperor has this qualification, the fear is that the common people will desecrate the heaven.

Back then when Chongzhen imperially decided against the case, Shangshu Lai Zongdao of the Ministry of Rites was reprimanded by Chongzhen as "how abominable!" because he used the four words "the spirit in the sky" in the sacrificial letter to Cui Chengxiu's mother. Note 1

No matter how the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty played tricks on the emperor, how unscrupulous officials criticized the state affairs, how crazy the scholar-bureaucrats were, it was not bought by the emperor... No one dared to touch the fact that the imperial power was bestowed by heaven.

Since the imperial power is granted by heaven, then the emperor is the son of heaven, and the royal family is the family of heaven. To let the royal family pay taxes is to let God pay taxes!

God already has the grace of covering, how to pay taxes?

"It's about the dignity of the Tian family, please think again, Your Highness!" Yao Tao also found that his tone was too harsh, so he quickly eased it.

Zhu Cihong was exhausted and thought to himself: The Dutch East India Company has been established for 42 years!In another five years, King Charles I of England will also be guillotined!The footsteps of the bourgeois revolution have already reached the door. Can I, Daming, hold on to Huang Tian?

"I'm tired, let's go down first, don't spread the word." Zhu Cihong finally took a step back, and decided to take small steps, lest the steps be too big to cause trouble.Especially when you are in poor health, you must never make decisions, and your overall judgment and control ability have obviously deteriorated.

Yao Tao knew that the crown prince was definitely not a whim, and she never believed that it was the crown prince's unintentional words.Just thinking about if the supreme emperor pays taxes like the common people, Yao Tao feels empty in his heart, as if he has lost his backbone, and the whole person becomes a floating dust floating in the air.

"Sister, why is your face so bad?" Sitting outside, Lu Suyao secretly felt a little proud when she saw Yao Tao come out in a daze.

Yao Taoqiang pursed her lips and made a smiling gesture, and said, "Really? I made my sister bother." After finishing speaking, Yao Tao cheered up and forced herself to focus on what the crown prince had told her.Walk out quickly.

Lu Suyao looked confused, she didn't know what Yao Tao meant by saying this, and in the end she could only let her go and continue to focus on the work at hand.

I am afraid that no one in Shandong is idle.Even idleness has been regarded as a crime, which will be recorded by the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and sent to the Ministry of Officials for punishment.

She glanced at the door of the inner room again and couldn't help sighing.The crown prince was born in the second year of Chongzhen, how old is he?Although there are people at this age who are in charge of the family business, who has ever been in charge of such a large family business?Because His Highness was tired.Most of the female officials are quite hesitant: If they continue to participate in government affairs outside, it will undoubtedly put more pressure on the crown prince; if they let it go, it will be even more sorry for His Highness's kindness!

——Life is unsatisfactory in this world...

Lu Suyao sighed, and turned her attention to the documents on the case again:

The Department of Physics of the Technical College has improved the traditional hydraulic spinning machine. Now each hydraulic spinning machine can spin [-] catties of hemp and cotton yarn in a day and night, which is double the previous production capacity.

Xue Shuyan from Yanshen Town also wrote an inscription, saying that he had successfully produced a six-foot-long and wide plate glass.

In addition, the expansion of the fire gun factory in Xuzhou has been completed.All of them use water hammer to forge the barrels, and now the daily output of barrels has reached [-] barrels.Therefore, the production of flintlock guns has also been increased to [-] per day.

Lu Suyao really wanted to take pictures of cats and tigers and send some good news to the crown prince on the sick bed, but she didn't know if the crown prince was interested in women's work such as spinning; Whether ten flintlock guns is considered fast is difficult to decide for a while.Finally, she saw a personnel report sent by the technical college: Wang Zheng hired Xiong Mingyu, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, as a professor.

——What the crown prince likes most is talents, after going back to the technical college to see those professors.Happy for several days.If you know that there is one more professor, you will definitely be very happy.

Lu Suyao took out this report and put it aside, and continued to search for reports that were good news for the crown prince.

--Huh!Qin Liangyu has led the army to serve as King Qin, and has already arrived in Xuzhou!

After Lu Suyao read the notice carefully, she thought to herself: The Son of Heaven has been dusted for so long.This is the first army to come to King Qin, so it must be considered good news.

After releasing this notice separately, Lu Suyao was still waiting to check it carefully, when she heard the bell ringing suddenly, she quickly got up, straightened her appearance, and opened the door to go in.

"Your Highness." Lu Suyao called softly.

Zhu Cihong waved the waiter who was standing in the corner to go down, pointed to Xiudun to let Lu Suyao sit on the right side, and said: "If you are not very busy with work, you can help me read the newspaper."

"Serving Your Highness is the job of a servant." Lu Suyao bowed her body, and said: "Your Highness, the newspapers have been very boring recently, and this servant will read to you the newspapers and manuscripts sent from various places."

Recently, the "Emperor Ming Bulletin" has been murderous and full of gunpowder. It is obvious that Li Banghua began to use public opinion weapons to suppress heresy because of the controversy in the court.It is really inappropriate to read this kind of content to the sick crown prince.

Zhu Cihong didn't know what Lu Suyao was thinking, but thought that the "Huangming Bulletin" was written in classical Chinese, and she was afraid of reading wrong sentences, so she nodded and agreed to read the original version of the newspaper.

Lu Suyao happened to tell Zhu Cihuang the two pieces of news that had been screened out before. One was that Xiong Mingyu had joined the technical college as a professor, and the other was that Qin Liangyu, the governor and Tongzhi, who was sealed by the general of Zhendong, led four thousand soldiers from Sichuan to go north to King Qin, and they had already arrived. Xuzhou.

Zhu Cihong didn't have a deep impression of Xiong Mingyu, but to be favored by Wang Zheng and hired as a professor, he would definitely not be an ordinary person.As for Qin Liangyu, she was famous, the only woman in history who entered the official history and will be passed down.

"Qin Liangyu's coming to King Qin is in line with her loyal temperament." Zhu Cihong sighed: "But since she came, it also shows that Sichuan has fallen into the hands of thieves, and it will be difficult to cheer up."

Lu Suyao didn't think so far, she wanted to slap her own mouth when she heard it, and hurriedly talked about the spinning machine, the big glass and the flintlock, and Zhu Cihong felt at ease again.

As the saying goes, "food, clothing, housing and transportation".Clothes even rank before food.The bottleneck of the textile industry lies in spinning. As long as there is enough yarn, weaving workshops can weave it into cloth. This is also an important commodity in the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cihong has always regretted that Shandong has no major commodities that can be used as export products. This time, a large amount of cotton and hemp yarn can be produced, which can encourage Shandong women to weave.Whether it is sold to the south or exported to Japan and North Korea, it is a considerable income.Coupled with large pieces of flat glass, it can be used as a luxury item to obtain extremely high profit returns.

And this time Li Zicheng agreed to exchange horses for cotton clothes, which also gave Shandong cotton cloth and Donggong cavalry an extra way out.The deal also meant a new kind of relationship, one that was different from a life-and-death relationship.It is true that other people are not allowed to snore on the side of the couch, but now I am unable to do what I want, so I can only pinch my nose and hold back.

"Please Commander Qin come to Jinan Mansion as soon as possible," Zhu Cihong said, "Also, ask the attendant to write me a 'recruitment list' and post it on the "Emperor Ming Bulletin". Anyone can come to Jinan, and the imperial court will select talents for employment."

"Your Highness," Lu Suyao hesitated, "Will this attract people's tongue?"

——Is it too much like Cao Cao?

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "In the name of the emperor's father."

……

Chongzhen was already very generous.

No one in power can tolerate others violating their own rights, including their own sons.However, after escaping from Beijing, Chongzhen always felt dependent on his son.Witnessing the tough battle between the Eastern Palace Army and the Jiannu with his own eyes, His Majesty the Emperor felt even more protected.

As an emperor, it is natural for him to have capable ministers who will work for him, but this role has become his 15-year-old son, which makes it difficult for him to accept it with peace of mind.

——Heading the country, educating the people, and protecting his wife, this is what an emperor should do!

Feeling helpless, Chongzhen read the Wenyi sent by the East Palace again, and finally nodded: "Just use the seal like this." (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!

ps: Note 1: "History of the Ming Dynasty" records Cui Chengxiu's father, and "Survival Records" and "Guoyan" record it as his mother, so it is said later.

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