Zhu Biao thought for a while and then gave him a reminder: "It is unjustifiable that something like this happened at the emperor's feet. The storm will not be limited to Liyang. Go back and check the spies in the counties around the capital. Don't do it again." Something went wrong.”
Shang Honghai agreed and said nothing more. After bowing and bowing, he carefully stepped out. Since the emperor returned to the capital, the atmosphere in the palace has become much heavier. No one dared to be a little presumptuous.
After he retreated, Zhu Biao stood up and walked to the terrain map of northern Xinjiang. Kaiping held on, and the Mongolian offensive was no longer so fierce. It was obvious that he had plans to withdraw his troops.
It is nothing more than offering some cattle, sheep and the heads of small tribe leaders to ask for forgiveness in peace talks. There is no shortage of these on the grassland, or in other words, the big shots on the grassland do not lack these.
A white disaster and two wars resulted in numerous casualties among the grassland herdsmen, but the nobles of the Golden Family remained the same, and even the herds of livestock on the pasture grew much stronger.
Zhu Biao's eyes were cold. You can decide when to fight, but when it ends, I, the Ming Dynasty, have the final say. Don't think that the imperial court will give up easily if it is short of troops and food in Liaodong and Yunnan.
This time I won't break off a few of the fingers you stretched out. I really can't relieve my hatred. The Golden Family has allowed the grassland to fight in blood for more than a hundred years. Now it's time for your blood to be first-class.
Only when the prairie nobles feel pain and fear, will they really use their brains to think about whether it is worth it the next time they want to start a war, instead of committing such an inexplicable and wanton attack.
Only in this way will Tatar Wala's backlash against Yesui'er begin, and Zhu Biao's previous series of arrangements can be carried out accordingly.
Zhu Biao walked back to the main hall, and Zhu Yuanzhang was talking to Duke Ying Fu Youde. In terms of expressing his attitude, the most direct way is to continue to send troops and generals to assist the border areas. In this dynasty, no one is more famous for his bravery and good killing skills than Chang Kaiping, followed by Fu Yingguo'er, which means It couldn't be more obvious.
"Your Highness."
Zhu Biao nodded and said seriously: "Uncle Fu has worked hard to escort the troops back and forth. He hasn't had a good night's rest before returning to the capital, but he has to help you lead the troops north to the battlefield again."
Fu Youde's eyes brightened: "Your Highness, the general is still in the prime of life. He should work hard to serve His Majesty and fight to the death for His Highness. Why do you say that you are tired!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at everything with satisfaction, and after the conversation between the two ended, he said: "Youde, go back and tidy up, and we will set off tomorrow."
"Then I won't come to say goodbye tomorrow."
"Go ahead, we'll leave some wine for you, and we'll get drunk with you when you come back."
"promise!"
Zhu Biaoxiang saw Zhu Biaoxiang and stopped outside the palace gate, while Liu Jin continued to lead him. He wanted to send him out of the palace personally to show the palace's respect for Duke Ying.
"His boy is under Tang He's command, right?"
Zhu Biao walked up to his father's back, gently squeezed his shoulders and continued: "Fu Zhong is in the Southern Army. The second son, Fu Chun, was adopted by his brother Fu Youren. The third son, Fu Rang, and the fourth son, Fu Tianxi, are in the capital." ."
"Young man, have you decided to get married?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Biao naturally knew the elegant meaning after hearing the strings. He considered it several times in his mind. The future heir of the Duke's eldest son would naturally match the princess's family.
Furthermore, Fu Zhong has shown his loyalty and dedication from the very beginning. He is regarded as one of his future confidants, so becoming a family means that the wealth will not go to outsiders.
"Probably not. First Fu Zhong, Xu Yungong, Chang Mao, Feng Cheng and others were sent to northern Xinjiang by his son, and now they have been transferred to Zhengnan. They have never returned to Beijing. I guess they have no time to take care of their marriage."
"Do you think our family should marry him?"
"Dong Guo Ying has made great contributions to the country. It is naturally a good story that his eldest daughter is married to a princess. However, the eldest sister has already been decided, and the other sisters are still young."
"Then let him wait a few more years and make a decision first."
Lao Zhu suddenly remembered something: "By the way, there's nothing wrong with that kid..."
Zhu Biao didn't react for a moment, and thought he was asking Fu Zhong if he had a wife, but when he saw his father grimacing, he immediately understood that he was asking if Fu Zhong had the habit of being a traitor in the army.
This male-on-male thing is not that strange in the military. After all, it is difficult to suppress the anger during marches and battles, and some generals' personal troops are specially used to draw out the anger.
Although he didn't think he had such a hobby, Zhu Biao hadn't seen Fu Zhong in more than a year. Naturally, he didn't dare to vouch for it, so he could only whisper: "The family tradition of Duke Ying's house is very strict. I thought... um... Erchen Will figure it out.”
"If not, it's better. If there is, just beat him more and make him stop doing this dirty thing. As the eldest brother, you have to think more about your sister."
"My son knows."
The marriage between the royal family and the Duke's Palace will not have any setbacks because of this trivial matter. If the parents order the matchmaker, not to mention the emperor granting the marriage, the only thing in this world that can stop it is death.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his shoulders and said, "Okay, it's time for us to get to work. There is quite a backlog of memorials in the Zhongshu Province."
"promise."
Zhu Biao walked to his own small bookcase and sat down. One eunuch brought a ground pen and inkstone, and another brought a thick stack of memorials, which he carefully opened and served.
Zhu Biao calmed down, and then he concentrated on reviewing. The first thing he reported was that the Ministry of Household Affairs reported that there were 233,980 hectares of land cultivated in the world this year.
Agriculture is the foundation of the country. Zhu Biao is impressed by the number of newly cultivated fields every year. This is obviously increasing year by year. Remember that in the second year of Hongwu, it was 42,135 hectares, and in the third year of Hongwu, it was 106,000. One thousand six hundred and sixty-two hectares, showing great potential.
Zhu Biao asked the young eunuch to deliver this gift to the emperor. Lao Zhu saw the consequences and a smile broke out on his face. The father and son's hard work finally paid off.
The Ministry of Revenue also reported that at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain in Chaoyangmen, Nanjing, more than 50 million tung, palm, and lacquer trees were planted, and tung oil and palm paint were harvested every year for the construction of sea ships.
The left minister of the Ministry of Industry wrote a letter saying: "Iron is produced in Linshui Town, Cizhou. In the Yuan Dynasty, iron smelting was built here. There were 5,000 furnace households, and more than one million kilograms of iron were collected every year. Now that it is abandoned, it is better to send people to renovate and open the furnace." ."
While Zhu Biao was still thinking about it, the next memorial came from the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, who said that "the benefits of restarting mining lie not with the officials but with the people. If the people get the benefits, the source of benefit will be connected and it will benefit the officials. If the officials are specialized, they will benefit." Its benefits would be to block the source of resources but it would definitely harm the people. Moreover, there is still a lot of iron smelted in each industry, and there is no shortage of military supplies. If it is mined again, it will definitely disturb the people."
Obviously they had a debate on this matter in the Ministry of Industry, perhaps out of public motives, or perhaps out of personal grudges. The two completely different attitudes represented the two factions in the Ministry of Industry, the conservative and the progressive.
Nowadays, Zhu Biao will naturally support progress. How can there be enough time? Not only Cizhou, he also wants the Ministry of Industry to verify the abandoned mineral resources of the state governments all over the world. Larger government-operated mining, smaller ones Leave it to the people and benefit the people.
There is also a report from the Minister of Industry at the back, which is mostly about craftsmen. Nowadays, all the items needed in the palace and the army are made by craftsmen.
The so-called craftsmen's households, that is, skilled craftsmen were recruited and organized into craftsmen's households, and their descendants were hereditary. They were divided into two types: civilian craftsmen and military craftsmen. The civilian craftsmen who came to the capital to work in shifts every three or two years were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and had a fixed work schedule. They were called to sit in the craftsman's household and were supervised by the officials of the inner government.
Most of the military craftsmen belong to the local defense stations, and some belong to the armor factories of the Inner Palace Warfare Bureau, the Ordnance Bureau and the Ministry of Industry. They are the own military craftsmen of each local defense station.
It can be roughly divided into sixty-two lines, and can be divided into one hundred and eighty-eight lines in detail. They are responsible for the production of paper, watch and back, printing, publishing, blacksmithing, selling gold, wood, tiles, oil, paint, elephants, etc. Opening, felting, spinning cotton, obtaining magic arrows, gunpowder, cast iron, nail hinges, armor piercing, etc.
The purpose of the Mongols' initial establishment of specialized craftsmen's offices was to ensure the manufacturing needs of weapons and equipment and to provide stable logistical support for their conquest of Eurasia. Their earliest craftsmen were basically European craftsmen collected during the conquest. Master craftsmen from all over Asia.
The reason why Ming Dynasty still retains the craftsmanship is very simple. First of all, it is to ensure the stability of logistics supply and demand. After all, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the world was not at peace, and wars were still going on on all sides. Only by maintaining stable logistics can we protect this new country.
Furthermore, it is to facilitate management, of course it can also be said to be exploitation. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and industry and commerce are humble. Their ideas are not important. How to let them concentrate on performing their duties is important.
The only advantage is that each family of master craftsmen can work without miscellaneous errands, and still have one member of the family to help with the labor service. Each of the remaining members of the family must pay three coins of labor and food silver every year to prepare for the yamen to hire people for official duties. use. The master craftsman works ten days a month, and his monthly food is provided by the official family.
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