If we say that when he first came to this world, Zhu Yunxi was thinking about how to win over and use Lan Yu and others, this powerful force of relatives.

So now, the old man has recognized him as the heir. How to hold these Ming Dynasty swords more firmly and make good use of them is the most important thing now and in the future.

When a person's status changes, his psychology will also change. This is commonly known as the butt determines the head.

Of course, these are the strongest generals of this era who have fought through life and death for the Ming Dynasty. What Zhu Yunxi was thinking about was how to preserve them and how to make them shine brighter in the future.

To put it bluntly, if I ever have to fight with King Yan in the future, I will have to have several qualified thugs under my command. Moreover, in Zhu Yunxi's mind, these people were indispensable for the Ming Dynasty's expansion.

Moreover, if proper beatings and lessons can make these unruly and domineering warriors realize their own problems, then the monarch and his ministers will get along happily in the future.

Just like a parent raising his or her children, blindly doting on them and letting them go will have the opposite effect. Parents have no authority in front of their children, and even children constantly challenge their parents' status.

If something like that happens in a family, the children will be dissatisfied and the adults will be sad. If it is a country, if the monarch and his ministers are at odds, it will eventually end in killings, affecting the vitality of the country.

This is related to Zhu Yunxi's character in his previous life. During the years of training in the army, although he had never experienced war or seen blood, he clearly distinguished between orders and favors.

An army, a country, or even a small entrepreneurial team must distinguish between these two things, otherwise these two things will become another word, relationship.

Favors and relationships must be put aside for orders.

It's like Emperor Yongzheng and Nian Gengyao in history. When the latter was proud of his achievements, Yongzheng not only ignored all the memorials to impeach him for being arrogant, domineering, and illegal, but he also responded to Nian Gengyao's memorials like this. wrote. I really don’t know how to love you so that I can be worthy of the gods of heaven and earth!

In the eyes of future generations who have no class concept, these words are very popular. Under the Confucian monarchy, ministers could not help but become even more arrogant. Commonly known as, floating.

The consequence of drifting away is that when the emperor doesn't want to hurt you anymore, shoot him in the head.

(There is a saying that Yongzheng was good to Nian Gengyao at the beginning. Although Nian Gengyao was a bannerman, he was not Yongzheng's wrapper as some people said.)

Early on the next morning, the Royal Gate listened to the government meeting, and all the officials of the sixth grade of civil and military officials in Beijing attended. Outside the main hall, you can see the blue and purple official uniforms.

Zhu Yuanzhang is wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the dragon chair. Next to him is Zhu Yunxi, who is wearing a prince's robe and has a long body.

Under the sun, the boy's formerly thin body had gradually become plump and strong after months of exercise, like a thriving sapling with a hard trunk.

He is no longer the cowardly and naughty young man who used to hide behind his father. At this moment, standing next to Zhu Yuanzhang, his face deliberately showed his majesty, and there was a pair of confident eyes.

Among the imperial sects, one old and one young, although there is a huge contrast, they seem to be telling the ministers that this is a kind of inheritance.

"I am the Minister of Hubu, Fu Youwen has something to say!" Among the ministers, Hubu was the first to speak.

"Play it!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly.

“The method of transforming post stations into postal services initiated by King Wu has been tried out in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Songjiang and other places.

The day before yesterday, the four places started selling various stamps prepared by the imperial court at the same time, and 140,000 stamps were sold out.

The Suzhou Weaving Department and the Hangzhou Propaganda Department reported it. Local businessmen rushed to buy it and asked the imperial court to print it again. "

A smile appeared on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, "How much did you sell?"

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"Back to Your Majesty!" Fu Youwen said with a smile, "Money was collected from the four places and converted into more than 1.02 million taels of silver. The collected silver will be transported to the capital soon!"

Buzz, all the courtiers in the court meeting were a little out of sorts, and there was a lot of discussion. That's more than one million. How much tax does a province earn per year? Moreover, all that is collected is money, not food and other things that need to be stored.

The moment Fu Youwen finished speaking, Zhu Yunxi clenched his fist silently. I was shouting in my heart, success!

He finally did the first good thing to improve this era. This suggestion was not something I just thought of, but I did enough homework when implementing it.

It can be seen from local memorials that the prosperity of Jiangnan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang is beyond imagination, and the development of industry and commerce is even more jaw-dropping.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are not only a land of plenty, but also the most important cotton production area in the Ming Dynasty. That's right, it's cotton. This exotic plant reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty after its development in the Yuan Dynasty.

Not only did every household in the south of the Yangtze River have looms, but wealthy people also set up weaving factories in Songjiang, Suhang and other places. The largest factories employed hundreds of people.

Cloth can be circulated and exchanged as money in this era. It was precisely relying on the booming industry and commerce that Zhu Yuanzhang was able to accumulate strong strength for the Northern Expedition in just a dozen years.

A few decades later, it was these cotton and silk weaving industries that gave rise to the germination of capitalism in the Jiangnan region.

Business requires logistics, take Yingtianfu as an example. Before the postal service was introduced, there was no place to store the mountains of goods piled up by merchants on the docks.

There will be wear and tear due to wind and sun, and you have to beware of petty theft. The emergence of the postal service helped them solve this problem. The post station can organize fleet transportation, send post soldiers to escort, and can also store it in the post station.

It can be said that the postal service benefits the country and the people.

However, after the pride and pride in his heart faded, an idea came to Zhu Yunxi's mind. The businessmen over there are so rich and have such a big weaving factory. Do they pay taxes?

It should not be paid. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted a light tax policy in order to restore peace to the world as soon as possible. Although he felt a little dissatisfied with the businessmen, he still did not increase taxes on them.

The advantage of this is that business can quickly resume and the circulation of goods can be accelerated. But the businessmen became rich, but the country's finances did not improve.

Moreover, because the Ming Dynasty had policies such as tax exemption and privileges for scholars, many weaving factories and businesses were named under the names of famous scholars.

The monarchs of all dynasties have a consensus. No one should be offended, but these pen-savvy scholars should not be offended. Otherwise, they could be angry and scolding each other for hundreds of years.

"This matter is not easy to handle! You can't bring it up yourself anyway." Zhu Yunxi thought to himself, "It's best to push a scapegoat out and compete with those officials and businessmen!"

Just as I was thinking about it, all the ministers in the court knelt down and shouted long live, "I congratulate Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "King Wu came up with this idea. If you want to congratulate him, you congratulate him!" After saying that, he looked at Zhu Yunxi proudly.

"My ministers, congratulations to the King of Wu!" the ministers said again.

"Everyone, please stand up!" Zhu Yunxi's young face was not smug, but showed humility, and he said, "Young young man, I don't deserve your praise. I just thought of such an idea, and was able to achieve such results, all thanks to the Ministry of Household Affairs , officials from the Ministry of Industry conducted careful demonstrations. The results of local officials’ dedicated promotion!”

With that said, Zhu Yunxi paid homage to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Grandpa Emperor, although I said that during the initial rush-buying period, my income will decrease in the future, it will also be an important source of wealth for the Ming Dynasty in the future. My grandson asks Grandpa Emperor to reward meritorious ministers!"

"It's accurate!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, "The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works will draw up a list of meritorious personnel and come up with them. We will reward them how they should be rewarded!"

"I thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers kowtowed again.

Zhan Hui, the official secretary, looked at Zhu Yunxi and said loudly, "I congratulate your majesty again!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned, "Didn't you just finish your congratulations? What are you congratulating for now?"

"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to Daming, for getting a virtuous king!" Zhan Hui said loudly, "Although King Wu is young, he is humble and considerate of his ministers. He is not greedy for credit, does not seek credit, and is broad-minded and takes the world as his own responsibility!" With that, Zhan said Hui bowed again and said, "I congratulate my emperor on having a great grandson!"

"Hahaha!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "Okay, you are so happy to congratulate me, you are right to congratulate me!"

If a minister tries to flatter the old man, he may not be able to do so well. If he does not do so well, he may easily be kicked to death by the old man. But when he praised him for his skill in teaching his grandson, and when he praised his grandson for his future, the old man was so happy that his wrinkles smoothed out.

Zhan Hui and Lan Yu got closer. It turned out that they were the prince's old friends and Zhu Yunxi's own people.

"This man's political achievements as an official are not outstanding, but his ability to flatter others is beyond the reach of ordinary people." Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi's eyes searched the crowd, looking for another person who was good at flattering.

His eyes fell on Li Jinglong among the generals. The latter was also looking at him.

After Zhu Yunxi nodded slightly, Li Jinglong quickly stepped out of the queue and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

"Play it!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"I am guilty, and I have failed to bear the divine grace!" Li Jinglong's forehead hit the stone slab heavily.