Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

Royal study room.

After Zhu Yuanzhang arrived with Li Wenzhong.

After ordering someone to give Li Wenzhong a seat, he opened the booklet again and read it carefully.

I watched it several times in a row.

Li Wenzhong couldn't help but be a little suspicious.

I don’t understand what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see from the content of the excerpt.

Under Li Wenzhong's gaze, at a certain moment, Zhu Yuanzhang closed the fold, leaned back slightly, and closed his eyes, "This Feng Sheng has not changed at all for so many years. He doesn't want us to know any of his true emotions when he speaks, does things, or writes articles." . ’

He didn't believe it. Feng Sheng couldn't see through it. Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng were his nails in Liaodong.

There is no resentment in this excerpt. There is only joy in asking for merit and praise for him.

Either that or Feng Sheng is really absolutely loyal and has no selfish motives at all.

Either that or it's very well hidden.

'No matter whether you are absolutely loyal to us or you are hiding it well, as an emperor, we cannot allow a minister to hold the power alone for a long time. ’

"Wenzhong." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly opened his eyes.

Li Wenzhong, who was secretly spying on Zhu Yuanzhang, was so frightened that his pupils suddenly shrank.

The moment my uncle opened his eyes, he felt a flash of coldness that made people feel heart palpitating.

Li Wenzhong stood up quickly and said, "I'm here!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Wenzhong and ordered: "Based on the merits of Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng, it should be reasonable to promote Qiu Fu to be a guard commander and Zhu Neng to be promoted to one level at the same time, right?"

"yes."

"Well, let Qiu Fu be promoted to the commander of the guards..."

Since Qiu Fu had this ability, he took advantage of the situation and made the nail stronger.

"I obey the order. I will go back immediately and issue promotion orders to Liaodong in the name of the Grand Governor." After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Li Wenzhong accepted the order and was about to leave.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stopped Li Wenzhong, "Wait a minute."

Li Wenzhong paused, turned around, and looked at him suspiciously.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "We heard that during the first lunar month, all the prefectures in Jinling City are talking about the fourth child taking the childbirth examination?"

Li Wenzhong was slightly surprised, but he didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to actually inquire about this matter.

He smiled and said, "Yes, this matter has indeed attracted a lot of people's attention."

Zhu Yuanzhang motioned to Li Wenzhong to sit down, "What are you talking about? Are you questioning whether he failed the Tongsheng Examination?"

"That's not true." Li Wenzhong smiled and shook his head, "With the training that Silang received, how could it be possible for a little boy to take the exam and live in Silang."

"Everyone is mainly concerned about two aspects."

"First, after the results of the children's examination come out, will Shiro take the college examination, the provincial examination, and the general examination within this year?"

"Second, why did Shiro suddenly decide to take part in the imperial examination? Did he want to become an official..."

Li Wenzhong looked at Zhu Yuanzhang carefully and said, "The last one is the one that everyone talks about the most and seems to be the most concerned about."

"Well..." Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to want to say something. When the words came to his lips, he nodded and waved his hands, "We understand, go and do your work."

Li Wenzhong glanced quietly, not daring to inquire. After saying hello, he left quickly.

Seeing Li Wenzhong leave, Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself curiously, "Will that bastard continue to compete in the college examination, provincial examination, and general examination? If so, how many tests can he pass?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was very curious at which level his angular and disobedient son would be stuck.

The imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was not easy to pass.

How many people have studied hard all their lives, but in the end they are just children.

…

East Palace.

Zhu Biao was at the door of the study, flexing his muscles.

Fang Xiaoru was at the desk, helping to sort out the thick stack of memorials that had been reviewed, classify them, and prepare to distribute them to the six departments.

While sorting it out, I talked about Zhu Di's participation in the child examination.

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly as he listened.

Originally, last year he decided to take his wife and eldest son Xiongying to Tuqiao Village to stay for a day or two while he was free during the Spring Festival holiday.

It was because of this incident that I didn’t go there during the Spring Festival.

I was worried that it would cause some unnecessary trouble to the fourth child.

"Your Highness, everyone is mainly talking about whether King Yan will take the imperial examination, whether he will become an official, and whether King Yan will successively compete for the college examination, provincial examination, and general examination."

Zhu Biao asked with a smile, "Then tell me why everyone cares so much about whether the fourth child will become an official."

Fang Xiaoru paused slightly, hesitated, and replied: "There are two main reasons for everyone to discuss this issue. Colleagues who support the Crown Prince are worried that King Yan's appointment as an official will threaten the Crown Prince's status. But being an official, after all, is not This concern about restoring the title is not the main reason why everyone is discussing this issue."

"Many people don't want King Yan to become an official. Actually, it's because of the tax package and the rural community."

…

Zhu Shiro had too many ideas.

Very capable of causing trouble.

That's it for being a farmer.

If he were to be an official, he might be able to do something innovative.

Such people are not popular as officials.

"Yes, many officials are accustomed to the same things, so that they can just sit back and eat." Zhu Biao couldn't help but sigh.

As he spoke, he turned around and sat back at the desk, "So, I especially hope that Lao Si will become an official. I also hope that he can propose more new things such as bidding for taxes and rural village community construction, and they will remain unchanged in the Ming Dynasty. It can’t get better.”

"Xizhi."

Fang Xiaoru, who was lost in thought, was awakened and asked, "What are your orders, Your Highness?"

"Lu Ben has been whispering in my ears many times, asking you to go to the local government and become an official. I know his intention."

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Zhu Biao smiled helplessly.

It is nothing more than the hope that the most orthodox and pure prince family can do a better job of bidding and paying taxes than Jiang Jinzhong.

He gathered his thoughts and continued: "I thought about it and think it is necessary for you to go somewhere to exercise."

"I'm not asking you to compete with Jiang Jinzhong..."

…

Father's meaning is already very clear.

I desperately want the fourth child to come back and help share the worries.

He could not determine when exactly Lao Si would become an official.

But he firmly believed that the fourth child would not be able to defeat his father in the end.

Just as the ministers were worried.

When the fourth child became an official, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty became very interesting.

According to Lao Si's temperament, there will definitely be many changes with each passing day.

Instead of staying in Jinling City and wasting time in the sophistication of social interactions, Fang Xizhi would rather go to the local area for experience.

Master the ability to do practical things.

Reserve talents for future training.

The implementation of any new policy cannot be accomplished by talkers, but only by those who do it.

Zhu Biao raised his head and asked with a smile, "How about it? Do you want to go? Are you willing to go somewhere to experience it?"

"I am willing." Fang Xizhi responded with a happy smile.

"Okay, then this matter has been decided."

…

Although Jiangning County is under the jurisdiction of Jinling.

But Jinling is still a little too far away from Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun.

They don't care what happens in Aurous Hill either.

After the Lantern Festival, the children's short vacation ended. After studying "University", Xu Miaoyun began to teach the children "The Doctrine of the Mean".

At the same time, I am also consciously preparing for the children's examination in the near future.

As for Zhu Di, apart from occasionally teaching children, most of the time he led the villagers to build local village communities.

The construction of rural village communities is a large category.

It’s not just about joining forces to farm.

There are also textiles and breeding.

Weaving is easy to handle and has already started.

The aunts with the best spinning skills and weaving skills in the village have been selected, and the best ones specialize in spinning.

Those with the best weaving skills specialize in weaving.

The first piece of finished cloth has been woven.

Breeding is more troublesome.

It’s a bit simpler, but you also need to build a venue.

The ten horses brought back from Liaodong are still being fostered in the homes of my uncles.

These horses are war horses and are not suitable for plowing.

No, for this matter, Zhu Di specially organized the first villagers meeting since the establishment of the rural village community.

In the office room.

The men in charge of each family gathered together.

Seeing that everyone was almost here, Zhu Di said with a smile: "Let me tell you two pieces of good news first. During the Chinese New Year, compared with the autumn harvest, the price of food has increased by 30%. I think it will increase by another 30% after spring plowing. should be no problem."

Uncle Eighth and others suddenly beamed.

Sixty percent, this is not a small amount!

The 60% increase, even without dividends, can be used to buy cattle and chickens and ducks to raise.

Fourth uncle asked with a smile: "Silang, where's the other good news?"

Zhu Di looked around everyone with a smile and carefully untied a piece of cotton cloth wrapped in a piece of furoshiki on the table. "The second good news is that our village has woven the first piece of cloth after cooperative weaving. Let's take a look. What's the quality of this cloth?"

Everyone came up curiously.

Looking at the snow-white and smooth cotton, I first rubbed my hands on the clothes, and then carefully touched the cotton to judge the quality.

Uncle Eight stroked it for a moment and nodded, "The fabric is smooth, there are no very obvious threads, and the fabric is very tight and strong. Even if it is not as good as the Jiangning County and Satin Shop's high-quality Jiangsu and Zhejiang cotton, it is barely above average."

"Shiro, whose mother-in-law knitted it?"

"Eighth uncle, my mother-in-law!" A young man stood up and showed off proudly.

Everyone looked at it and joked.

"It turns out to be Cuilan of the Erzi family."

"Second son, it's not you who knitted it. Why are you so proud of it?"

"You were controlled by your mother-in-law before. Now that people can weave such good fabrics, your life will be even more difficult!"

…

Zhu Di smiled and let everyone joke for a while, then raised his hand to stop it and said with a smile: "The fineness and quality of the cloth have improved. After spring, there will be two incomes first, one is the income from selling grain, and the other is the income from selling cloth."

"In addition to informing everyone of these two good news, the other thing is to discuss whether we should keep the ten war horses we got back, or sell them for money and replace them with mules, oxen, and donkeys."

Squeak!

As soon as Zhu Di finished speaking, when the eighth uncle and others were frowning and thinking, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Xu Miaoyun appeared outside the door, "Silang, Zhou Lang's eldest son is outside the ancestral hall."

Zhu Di's face changed slightly.

He thought of a possibility.

It may be news about the attack on Dongchang Fort.

"Uncle Eighth, think about it first, I'll go out for a while." Zhu Di explained and walked out quickly.

Look along the gate of the ancestral hall.

Zhou Shixian was seen standing outside the ancestral hall with some restraint, looking inside but not daring to come in.

…

After paving the way for the transition, the next step is the plot of the imperial examination and the construction of rural village communities.

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