throat!
The hoe fell down, pulled back, and the soil was turned over. Zhu Yunxi turned over the land with a hoe, while Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunxi leveled it with iron rakes. Although Zhu Yunxi was underage, he was fifteen years old and was carrying water in the distance.
Ma Enhui slowly spread the soaked and germinated leek seeds on the flat land. Concubine Ning and Concubine Shu followed Ma Enhui and sprinkled another layer of soil on the seeds. Concubine Xian, Yizhen'er and A Xiaomu took care of them. Several children accompanied Queen Mother Lu.
This is inside the palace, and this piece of land was left by Zhu Yuanzhang.
During the Hongwu period, when Zhu Yuanzhang was not dealing with government affairs, he would always come to this small piece of land to cultivate some crops, reminding himself that while commoners were making the world better, he could also eat vegetables grown by himself and save some money.
Zhu Yunwen always forgot to take care of this land, so a lot of weeds grew up. He had nothing to do today, so he summoned a few younger brothers to do some spring plowing with the queen mother, empress and concubines.
After turning over a few ridges of land, Zhu Yunwen used his hoe as a support, wiped his sweat and said to Zhu Yunxi and others: "I am tired with just half an acre of land, but the people want to cultivate more than half an acre. There are many people in the south, how about? ???????????????A family has to cultivate three to ten acres, and in some places in the north, one household has to cultivate fifty acres. The ancients said that the morning sun leaves the dew and returns covered with stars and the moon, which is a true portrayal. .”
Zhu Yunxuan grinned: "Your Majesty, people work hard to get a good harvest. God rewards hard work, that's generally the case. I am happy to see people working hard."
Zhu Yunwen sighed secretly and pushed the hoe in his hand: "Hard work and hard work are two different things. You still lack understanding of the people. I don't want you to make a joke about why you don't eat minced meat. Come on, you can do the rest." .”
Zhu Yunxuan had a grimace on his face. Plowing was already tiring, but turning over the soil was not even more tiring. But when the emperor spoke, he could only listen.
Zhu Yunwen took the iron rake and said to Zhu Yunxi: "Zhu Gaochi did a good job in the Ministry of Household Affairs. He made great contributions in determining the population, determining the acres of land, and surveying the land. He finally gained a firm foothold. But you, the head of the Department of Finance, are still here. We haven’t come up with any results. Isn’t there anything that needs to be reported during the investigation in the capital these days?”
Zhu Yunxi moved his hands, turned over the iron rake, broke the big clods of soil, and then turned back the iron rake: "Your Majesty, the commercial survey is different from the digital accounting of the Department of Household Affairs. They have ready-made data, and these data are more than two years old. Accumulated. But the data held by the Ministry of Finance is mostly limited to the floating tax rate of commercial tax and commercial tax revenue. There is no classification of the industries behind it, and there is no in-depth statistics on the profits of different industries. It is not clear what the demands and desires of businessmen are. "
"My brother wanted to do a thorough investigation. During this period, I visited Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, and Hangzhou merchants, and even sent people to Peking to investigate, hoping to understand to what extent the Ming Dynasty's business had developed. Understand the common problems among businessmen. Before the results of the investigation come out, it is difficult for me to report."
Zhu Yunwen stared slightly, his eyes became sharp: "You sent people to Peking, when?"
Zhu Yunxi lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "The household registration in April should be in May, yes, it is May 13th. Speaking of this matter, my younger brother would like to recommend Ni Yue. This person's investigation in Peking is only It took three months and I returned to the capital in September."
"Ni Yue, I know this person, he is an excellent supervisor of the business school."
Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly.
Zhu Yunxi praised and recommended Ni Yue again, hoping that the court would reuse him. Seeing that Zhu Yunwen was noncommittal, he said no more.
Zhu Yunwen was silent for a while, and suddenly whispered to Zhu Yunxi: "The prince was assassinated, did you know?"
"What, the prince was assassinated?"
Zhu Yunxi was so stunned that he didn't even know that the iron rake in his hand had fallen.
When Ma Enhui heard this, her face suddenly turned pale, and she scattered a bunch of seeds in her hand. She raised her head and looked at Zhu Yunwen's figure. She took two steps in three steps and grabbed Zhu Yunwen's arm and asked eagerly: "Kui'er was assassinated? How is he? ,how's it going?"
Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth in astonishment and was so shocked that he could hardly speak. He calmed down and then asked hurriedly: "Your Majesty, how is Wen Kui?"
Zhu Yunwen stared at Zhu Yunxi, then turned to look at Ma Enhui: "Don't worry, Kuier is fine."
"What exactly is going on?"
Queen Mother Lu heard the noise and came over.
Seeing that the Queen Mother was angry, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but explain quickly: "Queen Mother, it's actually nothing. It was just that when Wen Kui was visiting the pillar, the pillar accidentally fell down. At first, he thought it was an accident, but later investigation found that someone had evil intentions and assassinated Wen Kui. .???????????????”
"My poor son."
Ma Enhui's nervous hands were cold. She only had this son, and he was the only treasure. Once he had an accident, her sky would fall.
Empress Dowager Lu was angry: "Who is so bold and dares to hurt my good grandson? Your Majesty, you must investigate this matter clearly. Also, send someone to Peking immediately to bring Wen Kui back! He ran away at a young age Thousands of miles away, you are too eager to be the father of the emperor. In my opinion, it is better to let him stay in the capital!"
Zhu Yunwen quickly comforted: "Mother, Wen Kui is doing well in Peiping. There are scouts and security bureaus to protect him. There will be no more accidents. No one was injured this time, he was just a little frightened. He is following Master Yao and Mr. Yang right now. Learn skills..."
"Injured? He's going to be injured, isn't it going to kill me? Let him come back. Why don't you send someone to bring him back? From tomorrow on, don't come to me to say hello. Just treat me as if I'm not here anymore!"
Queen Mother Lu got angry.
Zhu Yunwen did not dare to say anything more, so he had to agree: "I obey my mother's order, so I will send someone to recall Wen Kui to the capital."
"Let Liu Changge go in person, I don't worry about the others!"
Queen Mother Lu ordered.
Zhu Yunwen was in a bit of a dilemma. Liu Changge was investigating the White Lotus cultists and the inner palace magnifying glass in Longjiang Shipyard, and he couldn't leave at all.
Seeing that Zhu Yunwen was in trouble and that Zhu Wenkui was fine, Ma Enhui helped him by saying, "Queen Mother, there is a large army in Peiping."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ma Enhui and was almost depressed to death. Are you helping or hurting him? He wouldn't let his son come back and have a Peking sergeant escort him, right?
Ma Enhui didn't look at Zhu Yunwen at all. How about a soldier giving his son away? It's just to spend more money. You are not short of money. Your son's safety is the most important thing.
Queen Mother Lu really supported Ma Enhui: "Let Ping'an personally lead the troops and send Wen Kui here! After all, Ping'an is also the adopted son of Taizu. He is loyal, reliable and can handle things steadily. That's it."
Zhu Yunwen was speechless, mother, you still know Taizu. Have you forgotten that Taizu said that women are not allowed to participate in politics? You have directly interfered with the Beiping Dusi...
Yes, it was indeed my fault to hide this matter from them. Besides, it was time for Ping An, Zhang Bing, and Yang Wen to come to the capital to report on their work. There is an undercurrent in the Northeast.
Following Yang Wen's report, some Jurchen tribes began to annex certain tribes during overt and covert struggles, and the tribes grew stronger.
Whether this kind of growth is beneficial or detrimental to the Ming Dynasty's control of the Northeast, whether the border areas should provide support or attack, must be given by the frontline generals.
Yang Wen was the commander of the Liaodong capital and was outside the pass, while Ping An was inside the pass and was Yang Wen's backing. As for the direction of Daning, Qu Neng has already returned, so there should be no problem.
Duoyanwei is very honest now, or in other words, they are very knowledgeable.
However, it is difficult to say how long the Duoyan Guard will be stable. According to Daning news, the son of Tulu Huchaer, Timur the Completer, is very outstanding. He has already achieved the title of "Warrior" in the Duoyan Guard. He is a top-notch horseman and archer. Quite ambitious.
Liu Changge had dealt with this man and said that if he surrenders, he will be a fierce general, and if he rebels, he will be a trouble.
The Ming Dynasty has no way to deal with Tamerlane the Completer now. He is now inside the Duoyan Guard, and it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty's power to penetrate deeply into it, and he has no chance to make a move. Moreover, once Tamerlane is finished, Tuluhu will rebel if Chaer does not rebel. When the time comes, Duoyan Wei and others defect to the Tatars, and the north will be in chaos. It is in line with the current overall situation of rest and recuperation.
It was Zhu Yunwen's arrangement to put aside the Duoyan Guard and free up his hands to focus on the Jurchen tribe in the Northeast.
To solve the Jurchen problem and completely control the Northeast, Yang Wen and Pingan must come back to discuss and discuss this matter. This kind of thing cannot be solved by Zhu Yunzhen sitting in Peiping, patting his head and issuing an imperial edict.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen directly sent two commanders, a chief envoy, and several officials to escort Zhu Wenkui back to Beijing. This formation shocked the queen mother and queen.
The land still needs to be cultivated and leeks still need to be planted.
Zhu Yunwen didn't have many free days. He had a lot of things to do in the eighth year of Jianwen. The first major event in the new year was the imperial examination and the martial arts examination.
The imperial court was already familiar with these examinations.
What is different from previous years is that Zhu Yunwen interfered with the examination led by the Ministry of Rites and strongly demanded that mathematics be included in the examination content. The Ministry of Rites objected repeatedly and officials persuaded many times. In addition, Yang Shiqi and others believed that mathematics was not mature as the main examination content. Zhu Yunwen It had to be postponed to three years later.
The occurrence of this incident indicates that the content of the imperial examination is changing. In three years' time, the eight-part essay will no longer be the key to the imperial court's selection of scholars. The importance of mathematics and classics will be placed together.
Among the many officials who opposed it, Yang Shiqi was probably the only one who could understand why Zhu Yunwen was so anxious to introduce mathematics into the imperial examination. Most of the bottlenecks encountered by the Imperial Academy in its development are related to mathematics.
For example, in the Craftsman Academy, the newly trained craftsmen do not have decades of experience, good eyesight and feel. If they want to design and manufacture as accurately as the old craftsmen, the only tools they can rely on are mathematics and mathematical tools.
For example, in business schools, talents here need a lot of market research and a series of data analysis. If they don't understand mathematics, how can they analyze it?
Even the Agricultural College, Military Academy, and Medical College involve mathematics everywhere.
If the supervisory students do not have a foundation in mathematics and cannot even do basic calculations, then it will be difficult for them to learn other subjects.
Mathematics, the basis of encyclopedia.
Zhu Yunwen needs to lay a solid foundation!
