First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 53

   Just like what Zhu Biao said, when people’s hearts are never satisfied, there will be troubles on the night of knighting.

  Heqing Hou Zhang Yi and Huaian Hou Huayunlong Nanan Hou Yu Tongyuan went straight to the palace after drinking, and clashed with Liu'an Hou Wang Zhi who was guarding the palace, and a fight broke out...

  Zhu Biao didn’t care, it’s inevitable, there are always people who are unbalanced, and these three are just the stupidest ones.

  In the future, it will be inevitable for these nobles to fight openly and secretly, and with the return of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, there will be more big bosses in Huaixi nobles, and Li Shanchang will also concentrate on winning people's hearts.

  These are all headaches for Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Biao’s proposal to confer more titles is to intensify their conflicts and fuel their arrogance. The more fierce the courtiers fight, the safer it is for the ruler.

   There are too many people who are not worthy of the title of knighthood this time. If you don't restrain yourself, disaster will not be far away!

  Zhu Biao told a few people around him about the concubine. Luckily, the rest of Yunjin, Nuanyu and Shuang Er, were a little panicked, and Zhu Biao didn't say anything.

  These are inevitable things, and Zhu Biao will naturally protect them, but he will not support Nuanyu and the others to make them contradict the princess.

  Three days later, Zhu Biao received a notice saying that at the court meeting in the morning, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an imperial decree to grant marriage to Chang Yuchun.

  Chang Yuchun had already happily accepted the decree to thank her, and returned to the mansion to prepare to go. Of course, this was just a show, and this matter had already been decided.

   It stands to reason that Zhu Biao, as the prince and prince, has already issued the imperial decree to bestow marriage, so this matter can be regarded as settled, and the wedding can be held directly at that time.

  But I didn't expect the queen to issue an order to the Ministry of Rites, asking them to prepare the six rituals.

  Zhu Biao was dumbfounded at once, the ancient pre-marital ceremony was very troublesome, Na Cai, asked the name, Najib, Nazheng, the date and welcome! He thought he could escape...

  No way, the edict has already been issued. Although Zhu Yuanzhang does not want the harem to interfere in government affairs, Comrade Zhu can't say anything about the mother-in-law organizing his son's wedding.

  The next day, Minister of Rites led a group of people to the East Palace to meet the crown prince, and informed him that the crown prince's gold policy and gold treasures were already being prepared, and he also brought nine wild geese for him to choose, and sent them to Kaiping Palace after a while.

   This is the first step. The reason for giving gifts is to explore the tone. The reason for giving wild geese is because they feel that wild geese are just as good as they are.

  In addition to wild geese, there are many treasures, all prepared by Queen Ma herself.

  Zhu Biao picked a pair of good-looking geese, and then it was done.

   On the second day when the name was asked, officials from the Ministry of Rituals led the Qin Tianjian and the Rites Supervisor to the Kaiping Palace in a mighty way, and several princes also joined in the fun.

   On the third day, the maid next to the queen led the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tianjian to ask Zhu Biao and Chang Luohua for their birthdays, and after the judgment of the Qin Tianjian, "Good luck! The two are a match made in heaven!"

   On the fourth day of the recruitment ceremony, according to the rules, men and women will not pay without a matchmaker, and no coins will be seen! In fact, it is the link of giving gifts to the old mother-in-law. As the prince, Zhu Biao naturally cannot be stingy.

  Not to mention the gifts from the mother-in-law, even the servants and maids of the Kaiping Palace have their own gifts. This was arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang and it also shows that "the nectar will fall, and the emperor's grace is mighty!"

   On the fifth day of the wedding, the two families have decided on the official wedding day. So far, the prelude to the big drama has been sung, and the real trouble is still on the final wedding day.

  The date of the big wedding was set in September of the second year of Hongwu, and this matter has been completely settled.

  Zhu Biao also went to the Kaiping Palace, but unfortunately he didn't see Chang Luohua.

   But these are trivial matters. Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his son was about to marry a wife, and he was no longer a child. After some government affairs were handled, they would be sent to the East Palace for him to look at.

Zhu Biao has really begun to understand the situation in the world. He can only say that the current Daming is full of wreckage. a living tree.

  At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, officials were corrupt, the Mongolian nobles were corrupt, and the government was corrupt. In order to eliminate the deficit, the Yuan court increased taxes and printed a large number of new banknotes "Zhizhengbao banknotes". The resulting inflation, famine, flooding of the Yellow River and other natural disasters made people's livelihood difficult.

Faced with the desolate situation of mourning and starvation, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented a policy of rest and recuperation. Zhu Yuanzhang replied in Li Shanchang's memorial about taxation: "The world was initially settled, and the people's financial resources were difficult, just like a bird that had just flied. Just as the roots of a tree cannot be shaken, it must be nurtured and thrived.”

  This kind of policy must be adopted now, and at the same time, it is advocated to hide wealth from the people, in order to ensure that there are sufficient labor resources on the front line of agriculture. Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order throughout the country that landlords were not allowed to keep slaves, and all slaves they raised were released as good citizens.

Those who were pawned and sold into slavery due to hunger were redeemed by the imperial court; the development of monasteries was strictly controlled, and each state prefecture was ordered to have only one large monastery, women under the age of forty were prohibited from becoming nuns, and monasteries were strictly prohibited from adopting child monks. If young people over the age of 10 want to become monks, they must obtain the consent of their parents and officials.

  After becoming a monk, they have to go to Beijing for an exam within three years, and those who fail to pass the exam will sneak into the people. The implementation of these policies has added a huge labor force to the society

In mid-November, Zhu Biao suddenly received a notice and immediately set off with Yujia. Luckily, Liu Jin moved quickly, prepared the necessities for going out, and set off directly. It was only when he was adjusting the convoy outside the city that he saw Yang Xian was accompanying him. , Liu Bowen, Lu Chang and others, the prince has Zhu Xi and Zhu Di!

   No one knew the route of Zhu Yuanzhang's trip. In the next half month, Zhu Yuanzhang randomly screened the towns near Nanjing to check whether the imperial court's policies had been implemented.

   Along the way, Zhu Yuanzhang led the princes to personally observe the livelihood of the people. If the local officials did not act or corrupted the law, they would be taken down directly. If it was serious, they would be executed and sent back to Nanjing for punishment by the Ministry of punishment.

  At the end of the month, it was freezing cold, and Zhu Biao sat on Zhu Yuanzhang's dragon seat and drank hot tea.

  Zhu Yuanzhang was still reviewing memorials, and he was very busy from morning to night.

  Zhu Biao also picked up the memorial that Zhu Yuanzhang had finished reviewing and looked at it. Suddenly Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Biaoer, have you read the memorial on the magistrate of Yangzhou?"

  Zhu Biao thought about it, it was yesterday: "When I returned to my father, I remembered that the prefect of Yangzhou asked the court for money and food, and said that Yangzhou could not survive this winter!"

  Zhu Yuanzhang also put down the memorial and took a sip of tea: "Yangzhou! When we were young, we always heard people say how prosperous and prosperous Yangzhou is. When we beg for food, we still want to go to Yangzhou to get it!"

  Zhu Biao laughed when he heard the words: "I think we can get burnt at that time?"

  Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a folded memorial and patted it on top of Zhu Biao's head, then sighed: "What is said in the memorial is too miserable, we have to go and see it with our own eyes. There are only a dozen or so families left in Yangzhou of Nuoda?"

Zhu Biao straightened his face and said: "Father, since ancient times, the founding kings have obtained the same after they cleared up the troubled times. The people are few and the fields are barren. Since the rise of the army, the people died or migrated to other counties, and they were not allowed to return to their hometowns, and their flesh and blood were separated. , the career is ruined!"

  ………

   This book suddenly disappeared from the new book list (╯﹏╰）

   So sad, the only thing that can comfort me is gone

   Life is not easy, piggy sighs (ω`)

  (end of this chapter)