golden scales

In order to allow the two princes to take over the country, Longjing's internal expenditure in the first half of the first year will naturally cost a lot.

First of all, the king must be married.

According to the tradition of the Ming royal family not marrying noble families, Chongzhen also wanted to find daughters from two small families for his son.

"Emperor Gao chose spouses for the kings back then, and he also chose them from families of meritorious service." Zhu Cihong disagreed with this.

Chengzu's queen was Xu Da's eldest daughter, and Xu Da's other two daughters also became Dai Wangfei and An Wangfei respectively.

Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao's concubine Chang Shi is the daughter of Chang Yuchun.

When Zhu Cihong formulated the national policy, he did not think about establishing a country with a certain doctrine, nor did he believe that as long as it belongs to a certain doctrine, regardless of whether it is a seedling or a grass, it is good.Therefore, he pays more attention to the solution of today's social problems. As for decades or even a hundred years later, there will naturally be new talents to lead, reform, and reform, which cannot be done by him alone.

But the emerging signs of Ming Dynasty now have the shadow of aristocratic capitalism.

The old powerhouses are not as old as the past, and they are advancing bravely towards the interests of industry and commerce.The new-style bureaucrats do not have the consciousness of being in harmony with the world and serving the people and public servants. They are also working hard to spread branches and leaves for the family and become a powerful family.

In this case, if the royal family cannot stand with them, they will either be abandoned by them, or they will "slaughter the fat sheep" again.It is obvious that Zhu Cihong's behavior of "cooking cattle and slaughtering sheep for pleasure" will make the powerful people cautious in the future, and it may not be so easy for future generations to follow suit.

Moreover, there is no major event in the world such as the national change, and it is not easy to take back the military power from the leading soldiers.

So marriage is a good choice.

The powerful family uses the imperial family to spread its arrogance, and the imperial family uses the powerful family to strengthen itself, and the interests are integrated.

There is no advantage in marrying a small family, regardless of political or economic interests.

Of course, such snobby words are not what the emperor should say, even thinking about it is a sin.

"Many generals and schools in the army fought for Ming Dynasty, and their sons don't know how to reward them. So they want to marry the two families and make a good relationship for generations." Zhu Cihong said.

Chongzhen thought about it, and said: "The ancestors used a small family girl to honor the clan, but they were actually worried that their relatives would take power."

This is the traditional load.The power of foreign relatives in the Han Dynasty really left a deep impression on future generations.

"My son is not worried about this. Now there is really no soil for foreign relatives to dominate." Zhu Cilang said with a smile.

The unauthorized power of foreign relatives in the Han Dynasty was related to the bureaucratic system and social system at that time.

Once the foreign relatives ascended to the sky, they often became three lords, nine ministers and even prime ministers, so they promoted the disciples arbitrarily, making the court full of private people.This is bureaucratic immaturity.

Locally, foreign relatives annexed a large amount of land, occupied the population, became powerful, and even gained the confidence to fight against the imperial army.This is a single social production relationship.

When the wheel of history rolled to this section of Daming, the bureaucratic system was extremely developed, let alone foreign relatives.That is, the power of the prime minister exceeds that of the prime ministers of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Who can be private in the Manchu Dynasty?Moreover, in the future, bureaucrats will be promoted by civil servants, and civil servants will come from major schools. It is rare for imperial examination officials to have real power, and their powers and responsibilities are clearly defined.The context is clear, and even the soil of the prime minister has been weakened, let alone relatives?

As for occupying social and economic influence, it will not be as simple as buying a few pieces of land in the future.With the refinement of social industrial division of labor, basic industries are controlled by the imperial court and royal family, and other profitable industries will also be divided among powerful families.It is impossible for relatives without any foundation to squeeze into vested interest groups, at most they just eat leftovers.It is not so easy to change the court.

This is also the reason why Zhu Cilang chooses honorable marriages. Every marriage should strengthen the royal family, not weaken its power.

"Do you have any candidates?" Chongzhen asked.Judging from Kunxing's choice of son-in-law, his son is still very good at knowing people.

"Xiao Mo has a daughter who is fifteen years old now, but she can be considered as a betroth to King Ding." Zhu Cihong said.

Chongzhen knew Xiao Mo.But he is not happy because his generals are too domineering.

"Is there anything else?" Chongzhen asked.

"If there are more..." Zhu Cihong thought for a while, "The niece of the former governor Lu Xiangsheng, the daughter of Lu Xiangguan, who participated in politics in Jiangxi, is not too old. Moreover, the Lu family in Jiangnan is also a local rich family, and has been scholarly for generations. The children are loyal to the emperor and the country. For the royal wife."

Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he said, "This is not bad."

After hearing this, Zhou Hou felt that it was a good family, so he nodded and said, "I just don't know the appearance and the woman's morals."

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "My son has seen it, there is absolutely no problem."

Zhou Hou let out a slight sigh, feeling that something was wrong, but he didn't think too much about it, and he didn't expect that the daughter-in-law chosen by the emperor for his younger brother was actually a female officer.

King Ding has no right to speak about this. This kind of thing is the order of his parents, so where is it his turn to object?

On the contrary, the Lu family is a little entangled in this marriage.On the one hand, he was worried that Lu Xiangguan's official career would be affected, and on the other hand, he was worried that his daughter would not be able to marry.Taking a ten thousand step back, if Lu Qiaochu is really difficult to marry, then he might as well be an old girl, she is also a colonel and officer of Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Cihong had no choice but to personally write a private letter, promising not to affect Lu Xiangguan's official career because of this marriage.Lu Xiangguan read the Thousand Words Book to explain, but finally agreed.In order to prove that he was true to his word, Zhu Cihong deliberately added the title of Lu Xiangguan after the matter was finalized, and arranged for the Ministry of Officials to promote several Lu's children.

Although the officials of these Lu's children are all in North Korea and Liaoning, it also shows the attitude of the current emperor towards the in-laws.

It is no longer blindly defensive.

Everyone was very happy about this, but the one who was most unhappy was Lu Qiaochu himself.

She had to submit an application for retirement, and the reason was only five characters full of resentment: get married and have children!

Qin Liangyu was also very dissatisfied with this. A training officer she was very optimistic about was snatched away just like that.And what can a feudal princess do?What can it do for the country?There are vases like this all over the street. Is it necessary to find them from the army?

But no matter how dissatisfied, I can only admit it by pinching my nose.

After all, Lu Qiaochu married into the imperial family and became His Majesty's sister-in-law after all the six rituals were in place.The first time this sister-in-law saw His Majesty the Emperor as a family member, she subconsciously gave a military salute, and the whole room was shocked, especially the bridegroom King Ding's face turned blue.

"Actually, I think Princess Ding is pretty good."

Zhu Cizhao came out of the palace, returned to the house on Shiwangfu Street, took off his court clothes and put on military uniforms.He has also gone through the retirement procedures, he is no longer an officer of Daming, and his military uniform has also taken off his epaulettes, just like an ordinary retired veteran.

The three little friends in the dormitory were sitting in the hall, all wearing regular military uniforms of the Ming Dynasty. They would be the core team for His Royal Highness King Yong to go to Australia.

I have to admit that when they first learned that Zhu Yong was the younger brother of the current emperor, the three of them had varying degrees of panic on their faces, but they all calmed down soon.

Shan Liantian has the best relationship with Zhu Yong. The two usually hang shoulder to shoulder and call each other brothers, so he doesn't worry that King Yong will be unfavorable to him.

Zhen Guodong has always regarded Zhu Yong as a benefactor and has gained a lot of benefits. Now he only shows that he really has vision.

Zheng Chongyuan is a standard businessman's son. After knowing Zhu Yong's real body, he subconsciously overturned all the past and started a new relationship with great expectations.

Zhu Yong is not an extrovert in the martial arts hall, and he has limited contacts. If he really wants to find a trustworthy team member, he will only get along with these few roommates day and night.Fortunately, both Shan Liantian and Zhen Guodong are jujube nuclear stars who are in the limelight. They are the two who have recruited a group of passionate young military officers for Yongwang. They are willing to go to Australia to defend the territory and resist the barbarians.

Zheng Chongyuan has won the support of his family. As long as he has a firm foothold in Australia, his family will transport the supplies in short supply as quickly as possible, which can be regarded as a political investment.

New territory, new wealth, this slogan has been quietly spread.

"What about your Highness's marriage?" Zheng Chongyuan asked, "Are you also selected from the army?"

"Me? I'm not in a hurry." Zhu Cizhao said: "I told the Holy Majesty, I will find a suitable one later, and first consolidate Australia. By the way, I got the charts and maps from the General Staff, and found a strange thing .”

Zhu Cizhen got up and called everyone to the war room he had set up, pointing to the map on the big case and said: "Look, this is Taiwan, this is Luzon, below Luzon, above Australia, there is such a big island! This island But it's unoccupied, only cannibals."

"Your Highness, are you saying why no one occupies it?" Zheng Chongyuan said: "It's actually not surprising. The Taixi people have to sail for eight or nine months to go to Nanyang. The country is poor and the boat is small, so they can't transport many people. So even if there is a good place, they It can't be occupied either."

"I'm curious why we don't include this island into Australia, it can be used as Australia's external barrier." Zhu Cizhen said.

"If you set up a commercial station, it is indeed convenient to hoard a large amount of materials and use it as a transfer station." Zheng Chongyuan stroked the bristles on his lips: "Yes, transfer! This place is very important to Australia."

"Transfer?" Zhen Guodong asked puzzled, "Isn't it already at the door, why do you need to transfer?"

Seeing Zhu Yong and Shan Liantian, Zheng Chongyuan also looked puzzled, and laughed, "The general doesn't know astronomy, geography, yin and yang... ouch!"

"Say it quickly." Shan Liantian casually picked up the bamboo whip and whipped it on Zheng Chongyuan's arm.

Zheng Chongyuan glanced at Shan Liantian rather resentfully: "Have you never heard of the equatorial windless belt? It is between five degrees north and south latitude, which is the location of this island. From Australia to this island, there is a monsoon and you can use a boat." From Daming to this island, you can also take advantage of the monsoon to pass the boat. However, if you want to go directly from Daming to Australia, there is a problem of out-of-season. The winter here is exactly the summer in Australia. The north wind blows here, and the wind blows there. But the south wind blows."

Zhu Cizhao patted Zheng Chongyuan on the back, and said, "Good insight! When you arrive in Australia in the future, I will let you staking the land!"

"Thank you, my lord!" Zheng Chongyuan responded unceremoniously, for fear that Zhu Cizhao would go back on his word.

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