Just like what Zhu Biao said, when people's hearts are never satisfied, someone will cause trouble on the night of the knighthood.
Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Heqing, and Yu Tongyuan, the Marquis of Huai'an and Huayunlong, Nan'an, went straight to the palace after drinking. They clashed with Wang Zhi, the Marquis of Lu'an who was guarding the palace, and a fight broke out...
Zhu Biao didn't care either. This was inevitable. There were always people who were unbalanced. These three were just the stupidest.
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 are more big bosses in the Huaixi nobles, and Li Shanchang has to concentrate on winning people's hearts.
These are all headaches for Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Biao's suggestion of conferring more titles is to intensify their conflicts and to boost their arrogance. The more fiercely the ministers compete, the safer they will be for the king.
This time, there are too many people who are not qualified for the title of nobility. If we don't restrain ourselves, disaster is not far away!
Zhu Biao told a few people around him about the Crown Princess. Fortunately, Yun Jin, the remaining Nuanyu and Da 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 and let them contradict the Crown Princess.
Three days later, Zhu Biao received a notice that Zhu Yuanzhang had given Chang Yuchun an imperial edict to marry him during the morning meeting.
Chang Yuchun had already happily received the order to thank him, and returned to the house to prepare. Of course, this was just for show, as this matter had already been decided.
It stands to reason that as Zhu Biao is the crown prince and heir apparent, the emperor's imperial edict for marriage has already been issued, so the matter is considered settled and the wedding can be held directly when the time comes.
But unexpectedly, the queen actually issued a decree to the Ministry of Rites, asking them to prepare six rites.
Zhu Biao was immediately confused. The ancient pre-wedding rituals were very troublesome, including nacai, asking for names, naji, nazheng, announcing the date and welcoming in person! He thought he could escape...
There was no way, Yi's decree had been issued. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not want the harem to interfere with government affairs, Comrade Lao Zhu could not say anything as the mother was organizing his son's wedding.
The next day, the Minister of Rites led a group of people to the East Palace to pay homage to the prince, and informed him that the prince's gold cemeteries and gold treasures were already being prepared, and he also brought nine-headed wild geese for him to choose from, which would be sent to the Kaiping Palace in a short time.
This is the first step. Give gifts to test your taste. The reason for giving the wild goose is because you feel that the wild goose's wife sings about her husband's affection and single-mindedness.
In addition to wild geese, there are many treasures, all of which were prepared by Queen Ma herself.
Zhu Biao picked out a pair of good-looking wild geese, and then he was done.
During the name-checking session the next day, officials from the Ministry of Rites led the troops from Qin Tian Jian and Si Li Jian to the Prince of Kaiping's Mansion, whistling and beating, and several princes also joined in the fun.
On the third day, the eldest maid next to the queen led officials from the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tian Jian to ask Zhu Biao and Chang Luohua for their birthdays and horoscopes respectively. After the Qin Tian Jian judged, "Good luck! The two of them are a match made in heaven!"
On the fourth day of the recruitment ceremony, according to the rules, men and women will not be together without a matchmaker, and there will be no money without money! In fact, it was the part of giving gifts to the mother-in-law. As the prince, Zhu Biao naturally couldn't be stingy.
Not to mention the gifts from the mother-in-law, even the servants and maids of the Kaiping Palace had their own gifts. This was arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang and also showed that "the dew falls everywhere and the emperor's grace is magnificent!"
On the fifth day of the wedding, the two families set the date for the official wedding. At this point, the prelude to the drama has been sung, and the real trouble is still on the final wedding day.
The wedding date was set in September of the second year of Hongwu, and the matter was completely settled.
Zhu Biao also went to Kaiping Prince's Mansion, but unfortunately he did not see Chang Luohua.
But these are all trivial matters. Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his son was about to marry a wife and was no longer a child. After handling some government affairs, he would send them to the East Palace for him to review.
Zhu Biao has really begun to understand the situation in the world. He can only say that the Ming Dynasty is full of ruins. Some important towns are basically in ruins. The world-famous Yangzhou City only has eighteen households and twenty-one families left. 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 Dynasty increased taxes and printed a large number of new banknotes "Zhizhengbao banknotes" indiscriminately. The resulting inflation, coupled with natural disasters such as famine and Yellow River flooding, made people's livelihood difficult.
Faced with the desolate situation of mourning and hungry people everywhere, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented a policy of recuperation and recuperation. Zhu Yuanzhang replied in Li Shanchang's memorial on taxation: "The world has been settled for the first time, and the people's financial resources are difficult. Just like a bird that has just become able to fly, you cannot pluck its feathers before planting them." Just like a tree, its roots must not be shaken, but they must be nourished and flourish.”
We must adopt this policy now, and at the same time advocate hiding wealth among the people, in order to ensure that there are sufficient labor resources on the front line of agriculture. Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to the whole country that landlords were not allowed to keep slaves, and all slaves they raised were to be released as good citizens.
Anyone sold into slavery due to hunger will be redeemed by the imperial court; the development of temples is strictly controlled, and every state and county is explicitly ordered to have only one large temple. Women under the age of forty are prohibited from becoming nuns, and temples are strictly prohibited from adopting child monks. If a young person over the age of 10 wants to become a monk, he or she must obtain parental and official consent.
Within three years after becoming a monk, you will have to go to Beijing to take the exam. Those who fail will be sent to the public. The implementation of these policies has added a huge labor force to society
In mid-November, Zhu Biao suddenly received a notice and immediately set off with the imperial driver. Fortunately, Liu Jin acted quickly and prepared the necessities for the trip and set off directly. When he was adjusting the fleet outside the city, he saw clearly that Yang Xian was also accompanying him. , Liu Bowen, Lu Chang and others, the princes include Zhu Fan and Zhu Ji!
No one knew the route of Zhu Yuanzhang's trip. In the next half month, Zhu Yuanzhang randomly screened towns near Nanjing to check whether the court's policies were being 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 were corrupt and perverted the law, they would be captured directly. In serious cases, they would be executed, and in general, they would be escorted back to Nanjing for disposal by the Ministry of Punishment.
At the end of the month, it was freezing cold. Zhu Biao sat on Zhu Yuanzhang's dragon boat and drank hot tea.
Zhu Yuanzhang was still reviewing the memorials. He was very busy from morning to night.
Zhu Biao also picked up the memorial that Zhu Yuanzhang had reviewed and started to read it. Suddenly Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Biao'er, have you read the memorial on the governor of Yangzhou?"
Zhu Biao thought about it, it was yesterday. "When I returned to my father, I remembered that the Yangzhou magistrate asked the court for money, food and people, saying 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 talk about how prosperous and wealthy Yangzhou is. When we were begging for food, we still wanted to go to Yangzhou to ask for it!"
Zhu Biao laughed when he heard this, "Is it possible to have a fever at that time?"
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a fold of the memorial and slapped it on Zhu Biao's head, and then sighed, "What is said in the memorial is too tragic. We have to go and see it with our own eyes. Are there only a dozen families left in the huge Yangzhou?"
Zhu Biao straightened his face and said, "Father, since ancient times, the founding kings have always gotten the same thing after clearing the troubled times. The people are sparse and the fields are barren. Since the rise of the war, people have died or moved to other counties. They are not allowed to return to their hometowns, and their flesh and blood are separated. All my career is gone!”
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