First Prince of Ming Dynasty Chapter 492

  Chapter 492

  At the end of the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "It's interesting. Being able to teach children like this should not be a person who does evil."

  Zhu Biao piled up the reviewed memorials, stood up and walked to his father, only to see that he was holding a letter paper in his hand, the quality of which was quite ordinary, obviously not official letter paper.

   "This was sent up by the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment in the memorial. The Ministry of Punishment searched the prison the day before yesterday, obtained a letter from him and his son, reported it to the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, and then passed it all the way to us."

Zhu Biao took the letter paper and looked at it. The handwriting is quite neat, which shows that he is a familiar person. In the letter, he wrote: "My son personally wrote, I feel sorry for my father who committed crimes in prison, and I want to teach my son...an official must be honest and self-restraining , Poverty and poverty are the norms of scholars. The ancients said that poverty cannot survive. This is good news. You should be kind to the people, serve the country with loyalty and diligence, treat yourself with humility, and study with your studies. …

   "In addition, if there is a Shun person, you can buy two or three pieces of aconite and one or two catties of peppercorns. They must be taxed and brought in. No other items are required."

  Zhu Biao couldn't help but smiled after reading it and said: "The writing is not bad, but since it was discovered by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it must be a prisoner. If you have such awareness, how can you commit a crime?"

  Zhu Yuanzhang leaned on the back of his chair and said with a smile: "It's not a serious crime, it's just that he was dressed too much, and the sentence was only two months. Seeing how he taught his son, he knew he was wrong. We plan to forgive him."

  Zhu Biao read the content again and said: "Father is going to pass it on to all civil and military officials, and it is a good example."

"He is no more than a commoner, but his son is a seventh-rank official. It is rare to be able to have this consciousness and be willing to be punished, instead of letting the son entrust someone to reduce the punishment. Those officials should take a good look at it. They are in high positions but only know Favoritism and fraud."

   Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang swiped his pen to approve the article on the Memorial of the Ministry of Punishment, "Let Shi Wang be released from prison, and give five pieces of aconite and five catties of peppercorns in recognition of his virtuousness.

  After the last memorial was reviewed, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Today is a rare free time, let's go to Kunning Palace to accompany your mother to have dinner together."

  Zhu Biao nodded and replied: "Recently, I go back and forth in the Ministry of Rites and Works every day, and I haven't had dinner with my mother for a while."

   Liu Jin on the side heard this and immediately bowed and retreated, planning to inform Kunning Palace in advance to prepare dinner, while the father and son above slowly got up and walked out.

  After leaving the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang said casually: "Wu Zhen built a shipyard in Suzhou again. Although it was to eliminate Japanese pirates and expand the sea, but with the addition of several other shipyards, the court's annual loss is not small."

  Zhu Biao glanced sideways at his father's face, and knew that he was considering reducing the Ming Dynasty's navy expenditure. In fact, it is true that the current Ming Dynasty's finances are difficult, and the navy's expenditure far exceeds that of the army, but it is of no use.

Zhu Biao calculated the income and expenditure situation of the imperial court this year and said: "The situation along the coast is gradually improving because the navy is getting stronger every day, and my ministers think that the shipyard still needs to be maintained. As for the vacancy of food and salary, you can find it from other countries. "

  Zhu Yuanzhang raised his brows: "Looking for it from other countries? Korea, Annan, Champa and other countries are all canonized vassal states. It is okay for the Ming Dynasty to receive some tribute, but it will be difficult to get them to pay a large sum."

   "Father, since the confrontation between the Southern and Northern Dynasties in Dongying, the number of Japanese pirates has always increased over the years, killing them endlessly, but this year, the number of Japanese pirates who invaded the coast of Daming is much less than previous years."

   "Those Japanese pirates couldn't possibly have repented and returned to the country on their own. They probably gave up Daming and went to Korea, Annan and other countries to plunder."

  Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and said: "Do you want Wu Zhen to lead the navy to bring the Koryo Peninsula and the coasts of the Southeast Asian countries into my Ming Dynasty's protection?"

Zhu Biao nodded with his hands behind his father's side and said: "A few days ago, my minister received a secret letter from Jiang Side. This year, Koryo's Gyeongsang-do, Jeolldo, Yang Guang-do and other coastal areas were invaded by Japanese pirates, and Koryo's coastal defenses were completely defeated. , Japanese pirates even invaded its hinterland to plunder, causing great casualties.”

"Although I haven't received any news from the Nanyang countries, I think their situation will not be too good. The land plundered by the Japanese pirates can be said to be completely devoid of humans and animals. It is impossible for them not to report to the suzerain country under such a huge loss. Call for help."

  Zhu Yuanzhang stopped and thought for a moment and said: "The gain outweighs the loss. The Japanese pirates are like a pack of hungry wolves. Daming managed to drive them away. If they go up to provoke them for that little offering, I'm afraid they won't get enough meat and they will make a fuss."

The invasion of Japanese invaders will not only lead to the decline of towns in the coastal areas, but the young and strong in other areas will also stop farming and waste weaving because of the delivery of grain and socks. Political means to solve the Japanese pirates problem.

   "Biao'er, you want to take this opportunity to train soldiers."

"I do have this idea. Since the founding of the country, the navy has been idle in the coastal guards. Except for the second year of Hongwu under the leadership of Tang Shuai who took the initiative to go out to sea to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates, they have been in a passive defense state. Most of the sea soldiers lack the sea. Combat experience."

  Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and took another step: "Is Ming not old enough?"

   "It's very big, but I'm afraid that my Ming Dynasty will not escape the mistakes of previous dynasties. If I stick to my ancestral business, it's at most two or three hundred years of Guozuo. I want to take advantage of the prosperity of the dynasty to find a way out for Daming."

  Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "We haven't read any books, but we also know that the world will be divided for a long time. This is a law. Who can resist it? Two or three hundred years of Guozuo is not short..."

Lao Zhu was silent for a moment before speaking again: "Forget it, you can do what you want, anyway, you have your father to support you, but you have to remember to eat as much as you have an appetite, don't be too ambitious, you have to eat Remember the lessons of Emperor Sui Yang."

  Zhu Biao knows that his father is a man, and he has always been one step at a time. It is useless for him to paint big cakes. Even if he talks about the good things of overseas countries, he cannot disrupt his plan.

  So Zhu Biao just replied seriously: "I understand."

Then the two went straight to Kunning Palace, and Empress Ma came out to greet her. Now Zhu Lu's little friend is also going to study and enlightenment. Chang Luohua is not easy to move when she is about to give birth. Empress Ma's side is quite deserted. Fortunately, Yu'er often comes to visit .

  Dinner has been set up, a simple four-course meal and a bowl of soup, and the loom inside is vaguely visible. If the father and son hadn't come, Queen Ma would probably continue weaving after a casual meal.

After saluting to his mother, Zhu Biao said with a smile: "Lu'er is growing up too. My mother should invite more people to come and have a good time. Even weaving together is also a companion. Isn't the princess of Zhongshan like her mother and sisters? "

Empress Ma rolled her eyes when she heard the words, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who smiled dryly, glanced at him: "Whatever your father says, you must strictly govern the palace, and use my name to order all the ministers to order their wives not to enter the palace except for court congratulations. There is no such thing as the gift of seeing a married woman, so how dare those sisters enter the palace to be my company."

Zhu Biao couldn't help but also looked at his father and said: "The palace is boring and boring. Most of the wives of the princes in the court are friends of the mother and queen in the past. They stayed behind together to make shoes and weave clothes for the soldiers. Why should the father make such a rule?" .”

At this time, Lao Zhu naturally couldn't accept softness and toughness: "The emperor at the end of the Yuan Dynasty could not be strict with the government of the palace, so that the concubines and women would pay bribes to foreign ministers, or give gold and silk to monks, or alien monks into the palace. Taking precepts, and ministers ordered wives to go in and out, profanity and chaos, rituals and laws disappeared, so that the country was subjugated, we are just in case, and set rules for future generations."

   "Besides, there is nothing else in the palace, and there are not many concubines. Girls think that they are bored and call them to accompany them. Why do they have to call those women who are outside the palace to come to the palace to accompany them? It is troublesome to come and go."

Let alone his mother's queen, even Zhu Biao was a little speechless when he said this, his father is really a straight man of steel, any wife can like her husband's concubines, and she can bear it due to etiquette, but how could Called every day to add to myself.

Lao Zhu silently endured the strange eyes of his wife and children for a while, and finally couldn't help scratching his head and said: "Didn't we think that the daughter-in-law will be born in another month, and if I have that spare time to chat with those women, I might as well take my grandchildren with me." Son…"

There was silence in the Kunning Palace for a long time. The mother and son were united. Of course Zhu Biao was standing on his mother's side at this time. After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that no one was paying attention to him. He rubbed his hands and found a place to sit down and eat dinner. meal.

  Seeing this, Empress Ma couldn't help laughing and said: "Forget it, I, an old woman, will take care of my grandson honestly in the future, so as not to make the Holy Majesty feel disgusted."

Zhu Biao stepped forward and said: "The queen mother is not old. The queen is the master of the middle palace. The mother's ceremonies are all over the world, so she has the responsibility of leading the world's courtiers and ordering wives. The father and the emperor have five powers in foreign affairs, and the queen mother is the queen." There are five pieces of internal affairs in the palm, and it is the duty of heaven to meet the married woman."

  The five powers and five pieces mentioned by Zhu Biao are actually the rules of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The traditional royal family holds power outside and wealth inside.

  Five powers in foreign affairs, one is the land, the land is based on the power of the people; the second is the things, the things are based on the power of officials;

  The so-called mei refers to pulling out the tree in the palace, supervising and holding the ruler of the royal power, and assisting the patriarchal royal family to manage and balance the five powers.

Now Lao Zhu couldn't sit still and raised his head and said: "The five property rights belong to your mother. We don't have any objections, but you better ask your mother if your mother can allow you to do things like this? The shipyard along the coast is estimated to be closed tomorrow." Work has to be stopped, and the money saved is used to prevent natural disasters and relieve the poor."

  Zhu Biao immediately sat down next to his father with a blank expression, and even picked up a chicken wing from the plate and put it in Lao Zhu's bowl, and then buried himself in cooking.

Relief from disasters and the people is a matter of course, but it must not be at the price of giving up national defense, otherwise it will be a waste of time. Many things are easy to abandon, but difficult to rebuild. If there is no continuous development of the coastal army, the casualties caused by Japanese pirates are far greater than those caused by floods and earthquakes. .

  Empress Ma didn't care at first, but she couldn't help being a little angry when she saw her son's rebellion so quickly, she sat quietly to the side, and couldn't help laughing when she saw the father and son looking at each other...

   Going back to my hometown to worship ancestors, I don't know what's going on, try to keep updated

  (end of this chapter)

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