First Prince of Ming Dynasty Chapter 673

  Chapter 673 Memorial

  The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple retreated after agreeing to the promise. Liu Jin also returned from Li Yan at this time, and led the people from the Shangshan Supervisor to walk in with a food box. Seeing this, Zhu Biao also got up and walked to the side hall.

  When Zhu Biao was seated, the dishes were all ready. The eunuch, the supervisor of Shangshan, reported the names of the dishes in a brisk tone, and then led the little eunuchs to retreat outside the palace gate. They were not qualified to serve the prince.

  Colorful beef tenderloin, golden bergamot rolls, Longjing bamboo fungus, sweet-scented osmanthus fish sticks, a few seasonal pickles and a bowl of rice are the prince's lunch today.

  Actually, according to the regulations of the inner court, Zhu Biao's lunch should have 23 main courses and 22 side dishes, and the staple food and pastries are not included, but it was Queen Ma's hard work and frugality that reduced it to this point.

   There is no need for others to serve this order, Zhu Biao quickly picked up the rice bowl and started eating. Liu Jin took a step back and lowered his head and began to chatter about recent interesting things in the palace.

  Zhu Biao is still in the stage of physical development, and his appetite is not small. He stopped after eating two large bowls of rice, but there is still a lot of food left. After all, if the quantity is not enough, the portion must be enough.

   After taking the towel, wiped his mouth and rinsed his mouth with tea, he got up and said, "Don't come here in a hurry, let's clean up."

   "Slave servant thank you for your compassion."

  Liu Jin hurriedly thanked him and bowed to send the prince back to the main hall. The maid at the side offered a bowl of rice, and Liu Jin took it politely.

  Liu Jin finished the meal standing up, but stopped after eating only a bowl of rice, feeling that she was already six or seven percent full, and she would have to toss about it if she ate too much.

Although his father is lenient, he is always obviously not respectful. He usually only goes back to the house to have a full meal after serving the master at night. How many people in this palace want to serve His Highness, people who are not particular about everything are not enough Ge served by the nobleman's side.

  Zhu Biao walked through the hall and saw a tall and strong figure kneeling in the hall. It was Shang Honghai, the new commander of the pro-military captain's mansion.

   "The final general will see His Royal Highness, Your Highness."

  Shang Honghai is full of energy now. His predecessor Jiang Yu has already set off for Fengyang today, but he knows that it is just a deception. Jiang Yu is going to Korea to make contributions.

  As Tianzi Yinggou, they actually have a very clear understanding of themselves. Princes, generals and ministers are all within their monitoring range, and their power can be described as great, but the ending is basically doomed to be bleak.

  But what happened to Jiang Yu did let them know that the person in front of them is not the master of cooking rabbits and dogs. This is what they are looking for, so they have the motivation to go up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​​​fire.

  Zhu Biao responded briefly, walked past him to the desk, sat down and said, "In the future, unless it's urgent, you don't need to come here in person, just let Liu Jin send a message."

   "No."

   After all, Shang Honghai is a new leader, so it is understandable if he wants to perform more in front of him, so Zhu Biao didn't criticize anything, he simply followed his wishes and felt at ease.

   "What did the generals of the Beijing camp do after they dispersed?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, after leaving the Meridian Gate, the generals first surrounded the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and then went to discuss with Hu Xiang for a while, and finally returned to the camp separately. Just now, Qingqi carried a letter and headed north. It should be a secret message for the Holy Majesty. letter."

  Shang Honghai paused for a moment and continued: "The person who sent the letter was a spy from the pro-military captain's mansion, do you want to..."

  Zhu Biao knocked on the table expressionlessly and said: "Stealing a secret letter to the Holy Majesty is a mortal crime, and this palace cannot tolerate it. Let's forget about it today, and next time you will lead yourself to death."

   "No!"

  Shang Honghai is showing his loyalty. Even in the face of the supreme emperor, he still chooses to be loyal to Zhu Biao. This is his attitude and his choice. There is no chance of regret.

  Why did the emperors of all dynasties suppress the crown prince? It is too threatening. Even if they have no intention of rebellion, they will actually take away some people's authority.

  Speaking of this, Zhu Biao didn't bother to say anything to him anymore, and waved him back. This man was ambitious, but he underestimated the relationship between their father and son.

  Actually, Beijing and China have not been without gossip recently. It is secretly rumored that the Holy Majesty took the empress away this time just to test the prince's ambitions, otherwise why the prince has recently pushed most of the government affairs to the Zhongshu province.

  Regarding power and position, I don't know how many people in Beijing are bothering to participate in it. Some feel that the emperor is in the prime of life, and the crown prince will not know when he will ascend the throne. At this time, he must stand firm.

   There are also some people who think that the Holy Majesty suffered a lot from old illnesses and hidden injuries in his early battles, and sooner or later His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be the only ruler of Ming Dynasty, so he should take this opportunity to show his loyalty and serve him, even if he is suppressed for a while, he can take advantage of the wind when His Highness ascends the throne.

Zhu Biao can only deal with this coldly. No matter what the response is, it is wrong. When the old Zhu Bei comes back from his tour, everything will stop. The officials and generals dare to play tricks in front of him, but they will never dare of.

  Zhu Biao leaned over his desk and began to review the memorials. First of all, the Ministry of Industry reported that the number of iron smelting in each province last year was 7,538,200 catties. This number is not low, crushing the previous dynasties.

Although there is no huge breakthrough in smelting technology, it is a fact that continuous advancement is a fact. Among the mines in Shanxi, Yunzi iron in Jiaocheng is the best in quality. Originally, it could only produce 60,000 catties a year, but now it has broken through to 100,000 catties. , Exclusively for the imperial court to manufacture firearms.

  Iron smelting is still government-run at present, and the output has actually reached a bottleneck. Zhu Biao intends to open private mining and smelting, but the officials are quite opposed. After all, salt and iron have always belonged to the government.

It's just that now the imperial court has moved people to open up wasteland and cultivate land, and is constantly encouraging marriage and reproduction. The demand for ironware among the people is also expanding. , Tiecuo, shovel, iron wedge and other agricultural tools for the common people to use.

It hasn't stopped until now. A lot of the annual output is actually invested here, but there are also many places where iron is used by the private court. Yesterday, the Shaanxi Dusi reported that the year-old wrought iron for military weapons and firearms was 314,000 catty.

  This is the case in all of Shaanxi, not to mention the southwestern states and northern Xinjiang where there are many wars. There is also a lot of iron used by the navy.

   This matter still has to wait for Lao Zhu to come back. Some things are safe in the government, but the restrictions of the government are unavoidable. Zhu Biao can't live in the mine to supervise the delivery.

Behind the memorial is the Ministry of Industry's report that sixty-three of the 18 sluices from Xiaomu to the mouth of the Shahe River in Chenzhou were silted up by the Ministry of Industry. Of.

  The river must be cleaned up, but it would be a waste of time to force the people to be recruited during the critical season of spring plowing. It is a pity that the gang of Japanese slaves used it too hard last year, otherwise they would just be on top.

   In the future, when there are Japanese pirates taking prisoners again, we have to keep an eye on them. We can't let the officials below wantonly damage them. Maybe we can let Wu Zhen capture more prisoners. Don't kill prisoners. There are never too many animals.

  Zhu Biao thought for a moment and could only order that the recruits must be recruited from many homes in Dingkou, and that the tax of the recruited homes will be reduced or exempted this year.

  The local officials can't believe it, and they still have to send a supervisory censor to inspect this matter, and they have to be on and off, otherwise it's still hard to feel at ease.

The captain of Guangxi reported that the barbarian bandits of the Dao Village in Liuzhou, the Weibu Party, etc. were in chaos, and the commander of the captain, Zhou Yi, led his troops to fight against them, and captured 180 people including the Bu Party and the bandit Huang Buwidow. The head of the party lord was sent to the capital by Yu Zhaiyu. Zhu Biao reviewed the awards after reading them, and the Ministry of War discussed the rewards.

  The Ministry of Rites reported that the local officials of the Taiping caves in Xuanhua Mansion could be masters, and they used Zinan Mohu and others to pay tribute to them.

   Xuanhua Mansion is far away in Annan and belongs to the Chen Dynasty. It is a good thing for its local officials to pay tribute. Such a small envoy is not qualified to be interviewed by Zhu Biao, but his heart is sympathetic.

Zhu Biao commented, "In the previous generation, the barbarians suffered many dangers and were not ordered by the court. Today, they all enter the court to pay tribute, and they all rely on my emperor's virtue and education. I heard that the ancient kings treat people far away. The Ministry of Rites each rewarded Wen Qi with clothes as a reply."

  (end of this chapter)

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