You cannot enter the palace without seeing Queen Ma. Lao Zhu was very happy and angry just now, and he was also a little tired. After approving several important memorials, he took Zhu Su to see Queen Ma. Queen Ma was asking Shang Yi from the palace to tell her history. When she saw Lao Zhu and Zhu Su coming, she grimaced and asked Zhu Su why he sent a caravan out of the customs without permission to trade with the Mongolian herdsmen.
Zhu Su was a little ashamed. Queen Ma is usually a loving mother, but when it comes to matters of justice, she is often stricter than Lao Zhu. Being scolded by her for no reason, he felt a little guilty and hurriedly explained:
"My son is about to explain in detail!"
So Zhu Su began to talk about sending a caravan to the grassland to purchase wool.
"My people in the Ming Dynasty suffered from the cruelty of the Mongolian Yuan in the past, and their families were often extremely poor. When I was in the village, I found that several members of the family shared a winter coat to keep out the cold. Except when going out, the rest of the people could only wear a single coat at home. Shivering."
"Brother Bao'er even told me that there are people in the north who only have one piece of clothing all year round! That's the north! If you wear such thin clothes, won't you freeze to death?"
"However, the wool on the grassland accumulates in mountains all the year round. The herdsmen regard it as useless and discard it and burn it every year. I remember that in later generations, there was a method of spinning wool into wool. I think it only costs a few copper coins. , you can buy mountains of wool from the grassland.”
"In later generations, there was a method of knitting sweaters with double needles. Unfortunately, I only know one method, but not the other. I will trouble you to study this method of knitting sweaters and popularize it."
"Sweaters can keep out the severe cold, and the wool is cheap. Chinese women are the most ingenious. As long as this method is promoted to the common people, women can just buy a roll of low-priced wool and weave it for their family." A sweater to keep out the cold.”
"The wool trade alone can do so much good!"
"Given time, maybe people all over the world will no longer have to endure the cold and freeze because they have nothing to wear!"
After hearing what Zhu Su said, Queen Ma couldn't help but sit up straight, with a look of relief and pride on her face. "I heard your father said that you sent a caravan out of the customs. I just thought you were just fooling around, coveting the profits produced on the grassland, but I didn't expect you to have such good intentions!"
"This is a good deed that benefits the country and the people! It's not your men's family that can thread the needle, but our women's family!" Queen Ma said with high spirits. "This method of knitting a sweater must be figured out as soon as possible. Once you have spun the thread, be sure to send it to the palace as soon as possible!"
"If we push it to the people earlier, maybe one less person will suffer from the cold in winter!"
"Yes." Zhu Su nodded. To promote sweater knitting, it is most appropriate for Queen Ma to come forward. Knitting sweaters must be promoted among women, and it is only fitting that the empress, who is the mother of the world, should be in charge of this matter.
"Although sweaters benefit the country and the people, there are other more important things. As for steelmaking and cement, we must not ignore it." Lao Zhu reminded. Steel production is related to weapons, and cement can build cities on the grassland. In his mind, these two are the biggest killers of Pingjing Grassland. If Zhu Su focuses on a mere sweater, he is putting the cart before the horse.
Zhu Su curled his lips in his heart. After all, it is the limitations of the times. I can't see that this little sweater is the real killer of Yongjing Grassland. "Sheep eating people" is the most suitable conspiracy to deal with grassland nomads, and its effect is far beyond that of sharp weapons and solid cities.
But even if you tell Lao Zhu the story of the land enclosure movement, Lao Zhu will not believe it if you say it without proof. People in this era still know nothing about the power of the economy and the market.
It's better to wait until he has made some achievements first, and then let Lao Zhu open the gate and release the water with his own hands, forming a rolling torrent that floods the grassland.
Empress Ma couldn't wait to ask Zhu Su how he could weave clothes with two needles. Zhu Su taught him all his little knowledge of hand-knitted sweaters, and Empress Ma's eyes suddenly shone thoughtfully. I just regret that there is no wool around me, otherwise I might have to start experimenting on the spot.
After having dinner in the palace with Lao Zhu and Queen Ma, it was already afternoon when we came out. When I arrived at the palace gate, I found that the carriage that I came from was still waiting. The royal guards were holding their horses' helmets and armor like sculptures. Yao Guangxiao sat cross-legged on the carriage shaft and meditated with his eyes closed. His big bald head was shining in the sun. So dizzy.
"Why are you still here?" Zhu Su was a little surprised. "Now that I've come to the palace, my father will definitely send the royal guards to take me back. Monk, why do you have time to wait under the scorching sun?"
"Amitabha." Yao Guangxiao opened his eyes. The funny groom's short coat was actually worn by him, giving him the feeling of an outsider. "Is there any reason to go ahead without getting His Highness's order? All the guards are loyal people. Even if the young monk wants to go back first, they will definitely not listen."
Zhu Su quickly ordered repairs on the spot, and paid for people to buy food and water for the soldiers. This guard, which stood motionless like a sculpture in front of the palace gate, had already attracted many passers-by to watch. There were also many people selling sesame seed cakes and pickling physalis, so it didn't take much effort.
"Did your Highness have nothing to do during the court meeting just now?" Yao Guangxiao asked Zhu Su in a low voice while eating sesame seed cakes.
Zhu Su happened to want to find a think tank for questioning, so he told Yao Guangxiao about Ru Taisu's impeachment and his intention to transfer him out of the imperial palace and send him back to the main hall. Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly after hearing this: "Your Highness, do you want to hide your power and bide your time, stop attracting attention, and continue to perform as much as you want in the Imperial Manor?"
"Not bad." Zhu Su's eyes lit up, "Do you have any idea?"
"This is not difficult. Just hide among the crowd and you will no longer attract the attention of the courtiers." Yao Guang said filial piety. "Naru Taisu wants His Highness to return to the main hall, which is a plan to draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron."
"In that case, why doesn't Your Highness move the main hall to the Imperial Mansion?"
"You mean?" Zhu Su understood. "Let the princes all come to the Imperial Manor to study?"
"Not bad." Yao Guangxiao nodded. "I heard that His Highness wants to build an academy. In that case, why not persuade His Majesty to let the princes also come to study in the academy."
"With the princes living together, no matter what you do in the palace, the courtiers will not think that you are doing it alone. Then your highness can truly feel at ease."
Zhu Su lowered his head and thought, this is indeed a way. You can tell Lao Zhu that you want to pass on the science of studying things to all the brothers, so that Lao Zhu will agree to let all the brothers come to Bifeng Huangzhuang to study together.
But just studying the study of things is not enough. Compared with Song Lian, Li Xiyan and other great scholars in Dabentang, this new theory of his is obviously not up to the mark. Moreover, the brothers will all become vassal kings in the future. Lao Zhu doesn't really care whether they learn the too detailed knowledge of investigating objects or not.
"You have to make the plate bigger first." Zhu Su pondered.
Yao Guangxiao was also pondering. He knew Zhu Su's reputation in the court. But in the final analysis, His Highness is still just a young man who has not yet reached his prime. In terms of age alone, she is still at an age where she relies on her parents' favor everywhere and has no taboos.
Why could a young prince like Ru Taisu be so afraid of him? He, Yao Guangxiao, came to the door because he thought there was something rare to live in. Ru Taisu had been calm all his life, how could he suddenly do such an unsafe thing?
"Something must have happened in the middle of the court." Yao Guangxiao thought to himself.
(End of chapter)
