Dang! When!

The prolonged and heavy sound of the bell rang out from the corner tower of the Daming Palace City.

The warriors in flying fish costumes rhythmically struck the bronze bells that represented imperial power.

The sound of the bell began to spread like ripples in the air, centering on the Forbidden City of Daming and spreading to all corners of the capital city of Daming.

Today is the day of the great dynasty, in the capital of the fourth grade and above officials have to attend, the emperor of the Imperial Palace of Taihe Temple Royal Gate to listen to politics. Regardless of spring and summer, regardless of cold and summer, regardless of wind, frost, rain and snow, thunder and lightning.

The bell fell, the palace gate of the Forbidden City of the Great Ming Dynasty opened. Countless officials dressed in purple court dress, hands holding an ivory Chao Wat in accordance with the size of the official position, civil and military separated, fish line in.

At this time in Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunzhang also rode in the ceremonial chariot and started to head towards Taihe Temple.

"Snort! Snort!"

In front of the long emperor's honor guard, two robust eunuchs walked in square steps, constantly waving their arms as they stepped, making snorting sounds in their hands.

Those palace servants who cleaned the palace corridors immediately fell to their knees facing the red palace walls after hearing the sounds made by the eunuchs.

Mortals, were not qualified to see the emperor.

Then came the eunuchs who held up the ceremonial weapons and wore red wedding clothes with white feathers on their heads.

Further back were the warriors wearing gorgeous brocade costumes with silver helmets and faces like sunken water.

They were stout, each of them seemed to be generally tall or short, fat or thin, holding ceremonial weapons such as golden gourd axe and battle-axe in their hands, accompanying the emperor around his imperial carriage.

Zhu Yuanzhang was dressed in a dragon robe, wearing a golden Zen-dyed crown, and a curtain of jeweled beads pierced to cover his eyes, giving his whole person a somewhat mysterious look.

Zhu Yunyun, dressed in his Prince's attire, walked on the side of the imperial carriage, one hand holding the bar of the sixteen-man imperial carriage, the other holding the jade belt around his own waist.

His spine was straight, his eyes were not slanted, and his whole person looked as sharp as a sheathed sword.

As the imperial carriage traveled, Zhu Yuanzhang would occasionally turn his head sideways, nodding slightly whenever he saw his grandson, who had an impressive instrument and extraordinary demeanor.

The imperial carriage stopped outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and Zhu Yuanzhang got down from the imperial carriage.

"Great Sun!"

"Grandson is here!"

"Hold our hands, let's go over together as a couple!"

"Yes!"

The emperor's pale arm, rested on Zhu Yunzhang's arm full of vitality, under the golden dragon yellow Luo umbrella on his head, the two people had similar faces.

Zhu Yuanzhang's court, never seat Golden Palace.

His dragon chair was placed in the large doorway outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, called the Royal Gate to listen to politics.

"Long live the Emperor!"

A mountain of pilgrimage sounds, the open space of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was filled with the kneeling of the courtiers of the Great Ming.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood by the dragon chair and gave his courtiers an expressionless look, "All ministers rise!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

With the sound of another mountainous cry, the courtiers stood up.

Standing beside Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yun Yun listened to those ministers' cries, and his heart sped up like electricity surging at the same time a question arose.

The emperor's great dynasty is held here.

Summer is fine, how cold in winter?

No wonder the later Wanli Emperor did not love to go to the court, before dawn out of the quilt, sitting in the snow and ice in the meeting, who wants to?

This is the meeting, is a country from the son of heaven to the subjects of the most important ceremony. Not to mention the ice and snow, no matter how windy and snowy or even under the knife, must come.

While there were some tuneless questions in his mind, the hearts of the courtiers were deeply shocked.

The king of Wu, actually beside the emperor.

The Emperor, actually brought the King of Wu to the court.

Previously, this honor could only belong to one person, and that was King Wu's father, the late Crown Prince.

Stolen story; please report.

Many people pondered in their hearts, it seemed that the rumor that the emperor was going to set up an imperial grandson was true.

And looking at the long-bodied and jade-like King Wu, many people also had to admit that this Imperial First Grandson's temperament and the Emperor, really did resemble each other a bit.

"We were sick a few days ago!"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice rang out, spreading through the doorway to the square.

"You guys don't need to worry, a minor illness! We're fine now, our bodies are still strong!" Saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang reveals a few smiles, "Today's court meeting, all ministers and workers speak freely." Finished, to Zhu Yun said in a low voice, "you listen well, you see who can do things, who can not do things, turn around we want to test you!"

"Grandson understands!" Zhu Yunyun nodded.

"I have a present!"

A minister came out angrily, Ji Shan, the Minister of Rites.

"His Majesty decreed a few days ago that the Marquis of Xiping in Yunnan return to the capital for burial. Now the coffin is on its way, how to choose the auspicious place, please show your majesty!"

Auspicious land is the cemetery, since the decree to let Mu Ying return to the capital for burial, it is not as simple as a piece of graveyard, but to decree to give Mu Ying and even his children and grandchildren in the future, a piece of graveyard that is hand-picked.

Coincidentally, in his previous life, the Mu family's mausoleum Zhu Yunyun had the honor to go. Just retired from the army when he also had a small half a year of poor life, in Nanjing outside the generals mountain, visit the ancient loyal ministers of the family mausoleum.

Can only admire from afar, Mu Ying and his family descendants of the cemetery, in the war years were frequently looted. And in the era of real estate, the rich and powerful businessmen simply do not care about the so-called cultural relics, directly excavators dug up the matter.

The original Mu family graveyard, has become the green hills and trees surrounded by a block of luxury villas. Can not help but let a person strangling regret.

However, even if it is buried in the ground or dissipated in the dust, buried in the General Mountain Mu Ying also seems to guard the tomb of the Great Ming Emperor and Empress, General Mountain is leading to the mausoleum of the Ming Emperor, like a gate.

Speaking of Mu Ying, Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened a few points, opened his mouth and said, "This thing we have decreed to the King of Wu, Mu Ying's aftermath he and the Ministry of Rites together to do!" With that, he looked at Zhu Yunzhang, "Da Sun, you say it!"

This scene makes the group of ministers even more alarmed.

In the past, the crown prince was accompanying the emperor to the court, but the emperor had never spoken to the crown prince in such a pleasant manner.

"Imperial grandfather has decreed Marquis Xiping to be the Duke of Qian Guo!" Zhu Yun said aloud, "In the posthumous folding of his life, Mr. Mu wrote that he would like to keep the spirit of the late Empress, so let's choose the General's Hill for his mausoleum!"

For such a loyal official, a family that is loyal to the Ming, General Mountain that guards the Ming Emperor's tomb is the best place to go.

However, Zhu Yun did not want to see, again, the hero's mausoleum being robbed by a villain.

"Although Gong Mu and my Imperial Ming are not blood relatives, they are no less than blood relatives!" Zhu Yun continued, "When the Ministry of Rites in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Works builds the tomb, it must be dug deep and buried deep to prevent curiosities!"

"I understand!" The ministers returned.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yunyun's words fell as Fu Youwen, the Minister of Revenue, stepped forward.

"Yesterday's stamp sale, a total of one hundred and seventy thousand letter stamps were sold in the capital city, seven thousand storage stamps, fifteen thousand lodging stamps, six thousand seven horse and carriage use stamps, and three thousand six escort stamps for postal guards ..........."

Ordinary stamps two dollars, but other tickets involving lodging in the post, storing goods, escorting and carriage use, cost a lot, and are still estimated according to the amount and weight of the goods.

"The total amount of silver collected, two hundred and sixty-three thousand two hundred and forty-two pieces of silver!"

Buzz, the group of ministers were in an uproar.

Little stamps actually sold that many at once?

But think about it and let it go, after all, for the first time in history, it is human nature for everyone to buy some to keep at home for backup.

But I did not expect, post postal tickets, actually add up to so much money?

This is only one of the capital, if those prosperous Jiangnan towns, trade and commerce all began to sell, it would not be an astronomical figure.

"Two hundred and sixty thousand?" Zhu Yunyun heart calculation, indeed quite a lot.

Must be aware of a superior state capital of a year tax may not have this number, and most of the cloth grain, etc., is not a flowery silver money.

Precious metals in the hands of the meaning of the government, than in the folk a hundred times stronger. The amount of national reserves of gold and silver directly determines the national strength of the country.

"No miscalculation?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"A thousand times true!" Fu Youwen said in a loud voice.

"We, Daming, have not only done a good job for the people, but our finances have also been open-sourced." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "Good thing, good thing!"

"I congratulate Your Majesty, I congratulate the Great Ming!" The group of ministers kowtowed again.

"Get up!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "Why are you congratulating us? This idea came from our Da Sun!"

"We congratulate His Highness, the King of Wu!" The ministers said again.

"Pass on the decree!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly spoke again, "Reward King Wu, Zhu Yun, with a full set of royal regalia."

"My lord, thank you for your Majesty's great favor!"

Zhu Yunzhang hurriedly bowed down and kowtowed.

This reward is really too heavy, although he is the King of Wu, but he has not been a vassal. According to the laws of Daming, only the emperor can have honorary status in the palace.

And Prince is the second only to the Emperor in terms of honor, that is to say, in the palace, Zhu Yun Yun, whether he goes out or rises and falls, in the Forbidden City is only one level lower than the Emperor.

"Get up, what else are we thankful for, both of us!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

"I have a present message!"

Fang Xiaoru, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and editor of the Yuan History, stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, I think that since Your Majesty's body has recovered, the title of King Wu's Supervisor should go!"

The moment this statement was made, all the ministers were shocked.

This person really dare to say!

Supervisor of this title, only his majesty can say to go, which have you a Hanlin scholar to write?

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was a little gloomy.

He is the most protective of the calf.

Only to hear Fang Xiaoru turn the tables, "Your Majesty, go to the title of Supervisor, His Highness the King of Wu can only come to the University Hall to study ah! I am one of your highness's masters, your highness's schoolwork is quite a bit behind!"

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his anger into joy, and pondered for a moment, "From now on, Liu Sango, a Chinese scholar, and Fang Xiaoru, a Hanlin scholar, will come to the side hall of Fengtian Hall every day to teach for His Highness the King of Wu!"

The group of ministers again surprised.

The emperor's attitude has been made clear, and in this regard, it is stated.

The next Crown Prince of Daming was already on the verge of coming out.

"Minister, thank you for your Majesty's great favor!" Zhu Yunyun and Fang Xiaoru bowed at the same time.

Suddenly, outside the Hall of Imperial Harmony, an imperial sergeant with a feathered head came running in a hurry.

The military report with a big red seal in his hand was so conspicuous in the early morning sunlight.

"Report, eight hundred li expedited, a great victory at the border!"

"Great General Lan Yu, greatly broke the False Yuan, killed thirty thousand enemies ........."

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly stood up, "Present it!"