Time passed quickly, and it was the third day.
Zhu Yuanzhang went to court again. Before the rest was over, all officials had to end their rest early and come back to work overtime.
Above the main hall, the officials knelt down and saluted, and Zhu Yuanzhang announced that the Zhanshi Mansion belonging to Zhu Xuan was officially established. Those officials promoted by Zhu Xuan became the core components of Zhu Xuan.
For example, Xie Jin became Zhan Shi, concurrently serving as Zuo Chunfang's bachelor, Yang Shiqi as Shao Zhanshi, You Chunfang's bachelor, Yang Pu as Shao Zhanshi, Zuo Chunfang's bachelor, Fang Xiaoru and Kong Gongjian both became Obtained the Bachelor of Zuo Chunfang...
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The officials promoted by Zhu Xuan shouted loudly after receiving their rewarded official positions.
Arrangements were made for the core officials of Zhan Shifu, as well as the Fu Cheng, the chief registrar, etc. If there were idle officials, Zhu Yuanzhang would place them for Zhu Xuan, and then select some supervisors from the Imperial College to take charge of the idle duties of Zhan Shifu, etc.
These were quickly arranged by Lao Zhu.
Zhu Xuan unexpectedly discovered that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, two sleeping dragons and phoenixes, fell out of the core officials assigned to him by Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Maybe Grandpa Huang also thinks that they are very unreliable!"
Zhu Xuan thought so in his heart, but he didn't take it seriously.
Everything can be arranged by Grandpa Huang.
Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, who could not get the core official positions in the East Palace and would not be the ministers of the dragon when the emperor's grandson ascended the throne in the future, must be anxious in their hearts, but they did not dare to raise this matter in front of Lao Zhu.
Today's court meeting will end soon.
After Zhu Xuan got the arrangement, he returned to his East Palace. At this time, Jie Jin and others followed him to Zhan Shi's Mansion. There were already cabinet officials who had sent up some of the memorials belonging to Zhu Xuan.
"Your Highness!"
"From now on, we will do our best to assist His Highness."
Xie Jin said first.
"Okay, all of you, sit down and let's take a look at the backlog of memorials and the ones we didn't have time to deal with last year."
Zhu Xuan said.
Zhan Shifu is really a small court.
In fact, Xie Jin, Zhan Shi, was almost the prime minister in the imperial court.
The prime minister system was abolished by Lao Zhu, but it still existed in Zhu Xuan's small court, but they were similar to the cabinet, only having the power to read memorials and not making decisions.
Even Zhu Xuan could not decide the content of the memorial. When reviewing the memorial, he would write down his own suggestions and have someone send it back to Lao Zhu. The final decision maker was Lao Zhu.
The backlog of memorials is still quite large.
Zhu Xuan officially went to work and felt a headache, but he had to watch.
"Your Highness, I think the matter of the cold disaster is still more important."
Yang Shiqi first took out a memorial about the cold disaster and said: "In the Central Plains and other places, there is still a shortage of relief materials. Now that the weather has warmed up, the delivery of the remaining supplies has been much slower. Local officials reported that there is a shortage of cold-proof supplies."
Zhu Xuan took it and looked at it for a while, and found that it was indeed the case.
"But now it's getting warmer."
Yang Rong stood up and cupped his hands and said: "This memorial was sent last year. It has been put aside for a long time. After everything recovers, it will be of little use if we send materials to keep out the cold."
When they were supposed to provide disaster relief, they didn't do a good job.
Now that the cold disaster is almost over, sending supplies there would be a waste of effort.
"This memorial exposes the problem of our low efficiency."
"Of course it's also related to the inconvenience of transportation."
"If our efficiency is high and the transportation conditions are convenient, even in severe cold weather, various materials can be delivered to the disaster area as quickly as possible and in a timely manner. There will be no situation where we delay the disaster relief and delay it until the disaster is over."
"The local supplies are insufficient, and I don't know how many people have frozen to death."
Zhu Xuan said worriedly.
When I first started working, I saw such a memorial and felt uncomfortable.
Xie Jin said: "Your Highness is right. In the final analysis, we are still inefficient, but to improve efficiency, we need His Highness's railway to be completed and extended to all parts of the Ming Dynasty!"
"The railway project is huge, and by the time it's completed, it's already too late."
"Unless it is built, there will be no major disasters in Ming Dynasty."
Yang Pu said.
No one hopes that there will be another major disaster in Ming Dynasty.
Once there is, if supplies cannot keep up, the situation will be serious.
Zhu Xuan said: "So last year I was thinking about building some special shelters across the country and building warehouses to store supplies. Those supplies can be cotton clothes, heaters, flood boats, etc. , even food is no problem. Once a disaster occurs, these materials can be mobilized in time, and there is no need for cross-regional deployment in a short period of time, which can buy us enough preparation time."
After hearing Zhu Xuan's words, they thought it seemed feasible and nodded in agreement.
"I don't have an idea yet on how to implement it specifically or how to do it roughly."
"When it is implemented, it is still unknown whether it will be feasible."
"If you have ideas, you can put them forward, or we can work together to think more deeply about whether it is feasible."
"If it is feasible, we can raise it to Grandpa Huang in the court together. What do you think?"
Zhu Xuan asked them as he spoke.
"Your Highness is wise!"
they said in unison at the same time.
In fact, this idea is very good if it can be implemented.
It's just that the implementation process will cost a lot of money and require a lot of financial allocation. However, considering that the Ming Dynasty is not short of money, it is not impossible to implement it. What I am afraid of is that the officials below are greedy.
Zhu Xuan only made a guess. Whether it was feasible or not would have to be decided after they discussed it. He was just putting forward the idea temporarily.
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Outside.
Zhu Yuanzhang had been here a long time ago and eavesdropped on Guaisun and the others for a long time.
"My dear grandson, he looks more and more like an emperor now."
he thought happily.
Yun Qi echoed: "It's all because of His Majesty's good teachings that His Majesty's progress is so fast."
Zhu Yuanzhang had long been tired of hearing such flattery.
But the flattering content was related to his beloved grandson, so Zhu Yuanzhang was still very proud.
"You old thing, now you are becoming more and more clear about what we like and what kind of words we like to hear."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "Okay, let's go back and don't disturb my dear grandson to read the memorial. After Biao'er was gone, now we finally found the right person to help us read the memorial. Well... go to Guo Hui's place."
Soon, we arrived at the harem.
"How come your Majesty has time to visit my concubine?"
Guo Huifei saw Lao Zhu coming and quickly came out to greet him.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We came to you, of course, for serious matters. How did you go about the betrothal gift I mentioned to you before?"
Concubine Guo Hui said: "I am ready, but I still need the Ministry of Rites to come forward. I am a harem, so how can I dare to interfere with the affairs of the six ministries? I will wait for your Majesty to decide."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Okay, give the things you prepared to the Ministry of Rites, and we will make arrangements. We will give the betrothal gift first and choose a good day as soon as possible for our good grandson to get married!"
He couldn't wait to see Zhu Xuan get married. He was worried that if he didn't get married now, if he delayed for a few more years, he would die to see that day.
