After teaching little Zhu Zhanji, Yang Xuan took him around the capital.
I sent him back to the East Palace before dark.
Three days later, Zhu Di officially announced the rewards for the soldiers who had made meritorious service in the Northern Expedition.
The first is Ning Wang Zhu Quan. The reward given to him is mainly money.
In addition, several of his daughters were granted the title of princess and were rewarded with a large sum of money.
If you are old enough, you will be granted marriage.
Zhu Quan has very few sons. He originally had three, but his second son died in infancy and now he only has two sons.
As early as the early years of Yongle, Zhu Di canonized his eldest son as the crown prince. Now the youngest son who is still alive, Zhu Di took advantage of the opportunity and canonized him as the county king.
Zhu Quan was very satisfied with this award.
The main thing is that he has learned to understand current affairs.
Secondly, Yang Xuan, Zhu Gaoxu and others were rewarded with a lot of money.
There are also some generals who should be promoted and those who should be made rich.
Generally speaking, everyone is very satisfied.
The only one who has an opinion is probably Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs.
Zhu Di spends money lavishly, and the annual fiscal revenue is simply not enough.
For Xia Yuanji, he went to complain to Zhu Di as soon as he went to court.
He said that he, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, could no longer do his job.
What Zhu Di can do, Xia Yuanji's ability is obvious to all, and the imperial court really cannot do without him as the Minister of Household Affairs.
Zhu Di, who had no choice but to persuade him with good words, painted a picture of the pie.
Then he took out some money from his own treasury and gave it to Xia Yuanji to enrich the treasury.
Only then did they coax people away.
In the imperial study room, Zhu Di was sulking.
I don’t have the energy to deal with things, and I feel like I’m not getting anywhere.
After thinking about it, he asked someone to call Yang Xuan over and chat with him for a while.
a long time.
"What's the matter? I just went home and lay down, and you called me over."
Yang Xuan came in and after performing the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers, he asked.
"The national treasury is out of money, and Xia Yuanji just dug out another sum of money from my internal funds."
Zhu Di said with a look of pain on his face.
"What do I care about? That's it!" Yang Xuan found a place to sit down and said casually.
"What do you mean, this is it, no money, the court has no money!"
Zhu Di was a little angry.
"Who told you to spend money lavishly?" Yang Xuan rolled his eyes.
This year's expedition to the north with half a million troops will cost a huge amount of money.
After returning, he was given a large sum of money as a reward and pension.
The national treasury was directly emptied.
Even though the fiscal revenue in these years has doubled compared with that of the Hongwu Dynasty, Zhu Di spent a lot and did not have much balance after a year.
"You just stand and talk without pain in your back." Zhu Di retorted.
Then his tone became serious: "It's only two months until the Chinese New Year. I'm afraid I won't even be able to send out red envelopes during the Chinese New Year."
"Hurry up and think of a solution for me."
It can be seen that the court is indeed short of money.
"What can I do, it's just to increase revenue and reduce expenditure!"
Yang Xuan spread his hands.
"By the way, I have been practicing "Yongle Dadian" for several years. How is it now?"
Yang Xuan asked, remembering the matter of repairing books.
Zhu Di chose this name last year, and Yang Xuan felt that he chose it to highlight his achievements.
"I haven't had time to ask about a lot of things after I came back. I'm going to call people over now to ask."
Zhu Di said, let someone pass on Xie Jin.
Not long after, Xie Jin arrived.
"I, Jie Jin, see Your Majesty!"
"Get flat!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Xie Jin stood up.
"Let me ask you, how is the practice of "Yongle Dadian" going?"
Zhu Di asked.
"Your Majesty!"
"The "Yongle Dadian" has been completed. In the past two months, I am leading my colleagues to review it." Xie Jin replied.
This book has been under preparation for five years, and Zhu Di has spared no effort in supporting it.
Five years is not a short time.
"Since you have completed the repair, why don't you report it?" Zhu Di asked.
"Your Majesty, "Yongle Dadian" can be said to be the most amazing book in ancient and modern times. It should be perfect."
"I don't want it to have any flaws when it is presented to His Majesty." Xie Jin replied.
Hearing this, Zhu Di showed a satisfied smile.
"Yes, you are very attentive!"
"This is all a matter within my duties." Xie Jin said modestly, but you could still see the pride in his eyes.
Zhu Di didn't pay attention to this small problem.
Talented people should be proud.
He asked Xie Jin some more questions, and finally said: "Hurry up and finish the review as soon as possible. I want to see with my own eyes the "Yongle Dadian" that you say is perfect."
"I obey the decree!"
Xie Jin retreated excitedly.
Yang Xuan and Zhu Di were left in the imperial study room.
"You heard what I just said, what do you think?" Zhu Di said.
"I just thought about it. Since the "Yongle Grand Ceremony" has been completed, let's reward all the officials with the "Yongle Grand Ceremony" during this New Year!" Yang Xuan said.
"What do you think, can you reward me casually?"
"And it's not like you don't know the scale of the Yongle Ceremony." Zhu Di said with a dark face.
"Yongle Dadian" has a total of 22,877 volumes (60 volumes in the catalog), 11,095 volumes, about 370 million words, and collects 7,800 ancient and modern books.
They are so huge that they can fill an entire house together.
Yang Xuan proposed that he reward his ministers with the "Yongle Dadian". Isn't this embarrassing?
What's more, he spent so much manpower and material resources to compile this book, and when he gave it out as a reward, didn't he make a wedding dress for them?
Hearing Zhu Di's words, Yang Xuan was helpless.
This man has a common problem among most emperors.
He felt that "Yongle Dadian" should be spread.
The contents of "Yongle Dadian" include classics, histories, chapters, and collections, involving astronomy and geography, yin and yang medicine, divination, interpretation of Tibetan Taoist scriptures, drama, crafts, and agriculture, covering thousands of years of knowledge wealth of the Chinese nation.
Incomparably precious.
If there is only one, once it is damaged, it will be a loss for the entire nation.
He thought for a while and organized the words in his mind.
"The reward I'm talking about is not to reward you with the original copy, but to select a part of it, print it out, and use it as a reward."
"Needless to say how precious the Yongle Dadian is, in the eyes of civil servants, it is more precious than rare treasures."
"Even if you just reward them with one of the volumes, they will be grateful."
"It's perfect for encouraging ministers."
"And after they have the first volume, they want the second volume. At this time, if we print it and sell it, we can increase the court's income."
After listening to Yang Xuan's words, Zhu Di frowned.
He did not want "Yongle Dadian" to be spread among the people.
In this regard, Yang Xuan could only patiently explain to Zhu Di.
""Yongle Dadian" is indeed a unique book and the greatest wealth left to future generations."
"But if there is only one, the probability of loss or damage is too high."
"Exactly. I would also like to suggest that you get another copy and leave it to future emperors."
"It turns out that I can just be your burial object when the time comes."
It is indeed not a good experience to have people discuss what happened after your death in front of your face.
Zhu Di's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"In short, publish more and publish more, whether it is among the people or as rewards to officials."
"We must do our best to ensure that "Yongle Dadian" can be passed down to future generations."
"This is something that will take a long time to come."
"The cunning rabbit still has three burrows!"
Yang Xuan then used the example of the loss of many classics to make Zhu Di understand the significance of the "Yongle Dadian" to the entire nation and its importance to the cultural heritage of the nation for thousands of years.
"Okay, I get it."
After thinking carefully, Zhu Di decided to listen to Yang Xuan's advice.
In the process of collecting information for "Yongle Dadian", Zhu Di also discovered that some classics had been destroyed by wars or lost during the long history.
Regret it many times!
Zhu Di also did not want the "Yongle Dadian" compiled by him, which he spent a lot of manpower and material resources, not to be passed down to future generations.
In that case, he might be able to crawl out of the coffin in anger.
"These things are easy to say, but they all cost money."
"You also know the imperial court's finances now."
The plan is good, but reality cannot be ignored.
It's still very early for blood to return.
Yang Xuan sat on a chair and pondered.
After a while, he said:
"The autumn grain has been collected, and it's almost spent now."
"This year's income is only left with the tariffs of two shipping companies."
"You should be able to get one."
Summer grain and autumn grain are now basically replaced with treasure notes and silver, which reduces corruption and increases the court's income.
However, over the course of decades, the value of treasure banknotes will inevitably depreciate.
Appropriate issuance of additional treasure banknotes can make the Ming Dynasty's economy more prosperous.
Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi and others had all read the pamphlet about treasure banknotes written by Yang Xuan, and knew the harm to the Ming Dynasty from the uncontrolled printing of treasure banknotes.
So Zhu Di always felt that he didn't have enough money to spend, and he was tied up.
"After the review of "Yongle Dadian" is completed, it should be published and sold next year."
"Well... the economy should be better next year."
"Calculating the time, the fleet led by Zheng He will be back next year."
"It should bring in a lot of revenue."
Zheng He went to sea in March of the seventh year of Yongle, and now a little more than a year and a half has passed.
This time I went further, but I should be able to come back in the second half of the ninth year of Yongle.
"Then let's do it this year. Save whatever you can this year."
Zhu Di didn't have any good ideas.
Fortunately, in a few years, the canal has been dredged almost completely. In the future, a lot of unnecessary losses of grain transported from the south to the north can be saved.
At the same time, the court no longer had to spend hundreds of thousands or millions of taels to dredge the canal.
Thinking of this, Zhu Di felt much better.
Sensing Zhu Di's emotional changes, Yang Xuan didn't know what good thing Zhu Di had thought of.
I can only secretly complain about my nerves.
"By the way, regarding Jiaozhi, the boss and Yao Guangxiao have already made plans and have initially implemented them."
"But, it's still too kind."
"But this is in line with the boss's temperament."
"How kind!"
"So I plan to let the second child be in charge of this matter, what do you think?"
Zhu Di looked back at Yang Xuan, and the topic jumped quickly.
"Not very good." Yang Xuan shook his head.
He understood that Jiaozhi's plan was harmful to Tianhe, and whoever was responsible would take the blame in the end.
Zhu Gaochi is the prince and has always been kind. If he is allowed to take responsibility for this plan to the end, it will cause great damage to his reputation.
After all, this plan required killing many people and sending many scholars to Cochin to educate the locals.
If you offend a scholar, both verbal and written criticism are light.
It's about his life and reputation, so Zhu Di planned to replace Zhu Gaochi as soon as the plan started.
Let the second child Zhu Gaoxu take over.
He is not as kind as the boss Zhu Gaochi. If he is put in charge of this plan, there will be a lot of heads in Jiaozhi.
Similarly, many civil servants in the court would be exiled to Jiaozhi, which was an offending thing.
After the plan is successful, it will inevitably be infamy.
The most important thing is that a murderous person cannot be a prince or sit in that position.
At the same time, it is inevitable to lose the support of scholars.
Zhu Di killed three birds with one stone by doing this.
Yang Xuan didn't know that Zhu Di had a deeper intention.
Take this opportunity to suppress the civil servants among the princelings and curb their development speed.
Killing several birds with one stone.
"Otherwise, I should be responsible for this plan!" Yang Xuan thought for a while and said again.
He is not afraid of getting a bad reputation, nor is he afraid of offending others. After all, his reputation is not very good to begin with.
Of course, protecting the second child is also one aspect.
The younger brother came to the capital to study when he was seven or eight years old, and he watched him grow up.
There is also a lot of emotion invested.
He couldn't watch Zhu Laosi cheating his son like this.
"You?" Zhu Di looked at Yang Xuan, as if he had heard something strange.
After all, Yang Xuan has always disliked taking care of things. He basically hides when he can and pushes when he can.
What happened today?
"Yes, that's right."
"I proposed this plan, and it is most appropriate for me to execute it." Yang Xuan nodded.
"No." Zhu Di shook his head.
Yang Xuan also serves as the crown prince's young master, a perfect princeling.
If he is put in charge, what about his plan to suppress the princelings?
Yang Xuan was a little surprised to be rejected by Zhu Di.
He suddenly realized that Zhu Di's adjustment was not as simple as he thought.
He frowned in thought.
Prince, King of Han...
"You want to touch the princelings?"
He looked at Zhu Di quickly.
"Since you guessed it, I won't hide it from you."
"Yes, I just want to suppress the princelings."
"During the six months I was away on the expedition, the development momentum of the civil service was quite strong."
"If we don't curb it, who knows what will happen?"
"Has he really known what kind of people the civil servants who took refuge in the boss were like behind the scenes?"
"I'll take this opportunity to help him clean up the moths."
Seeing that he couldn't hide it from Yang Xuan, Zhu Di simply said it.
"So you're just cheating on me?"
"You should know how offending this incident is, and how you will end up with a bad name."
Yang Xuan sat up straight.
"I know." Zhu Di nodded.
"He is your son!"
"So he is the most suitable."
"No matter what he does in the end, just because he is my son, nothing will happen to him."
"you…"
Yang Xuan was furious.
"Don't you support the boss? It just so happens that the second boss is in charge of Jiaozhi affairs. He does all the things that offend others and bear infamy."
"It completely broke his mind."
"Isn't it good!"
Zhu Di looked at Yang Xuan and said.
…
Cavin got the brothers.
