my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 267

Chapter 267

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi with a strange look.

Zhang Anshi also looked a little embarrassed.

"You don't mind what you say, I'm not a stingy person." Zhu Di was in good spirits today.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, what I mean is that I need a lot of strong men."

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi suspiciously and said, "A strong man? What do you want a strong man for?"

Zhang Anshi smiled again and said: "The minister needs some craftsmen to make some things, but it's a pity... Qixia's manpower is far from enough."

After Zhu Di heard this, he smiled and said: "Since you have said this, how can I not allow it? This is easy to handle. I ordered the Chief Political Officer of Shandong Province and the Chief Political Officer of Hunan Province to assign [-] artisans to you. yes."

Zhang Anshi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty...this is not what I think."

"Not this one?" Zhu Di became even more suspicious, and asked, "Isn't three thousand enough?"

"I'm wondering if we can allow the craftsmen to move to Qixia..." When Zhang Anshi said this, he was actually very unconfident.

Because according to the laws of Ming Dynasty, the common people in the world are divided into civilian households, artisan households, medical households and so on.

In fact, this inheritance is the system of the Yuan Dynasty.

In the Yuan Dynasty, in order to fight, all the people in the ruling area were divided into different household registrations according to their occupations. Whenever it came time to fight, as many craftsmen, doctors, and common people as needed could be drawn from them to fight with the army.

In the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also believed that such a system seemed to be quite desirable.

Of course, this also brings many problems.

For example, the problem of doctors is like this. The family of doctors is hereditary, so it is very likely that the son of a doctor is not proficient in medical skills, but because he is a doctor, he still has to become a doctor to treat people.

In fact, military households and artisan households are similar. The more it went to the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the more this system collapsed.

And the reason why this system was easy to use in the Yuan Dynasty was that it was indeed of great help to the military system of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was very convenient to recruit manpower. As for civil affairs, there are other problems...

Obviously, for the Mongolian nobles, this is not a problem at all. After all, these nobles have been arguing for a long time about turning the Central Plains directly into pastures after they entered the Central Plains.

And the supporting system, in addition to the strict occupational household registration system, is accompanied by different occupational household registrations, which are often attached to the governments of various places.

For example, the craftsmen in Shandong are often mobilized by the chief envoy of Shandong. Wherever the embankment needs to be repaired, as many craftsmen are needed, they can be recruited.

This is not much different from the system of military households, but it also brings about a huge problem, that is... the members of each household must not flow easily.

And once you flow, it means that you have become a refugee, and the government has the power to arrest refugees.

Of course, in the early years of the Republic of China, a lot of waste was waiting for prosperity, and the world had just been initially established. A large number of people with various household registrations were recruited, water conservancy measures were built, bridges and roads were built, and wasteland was reclaimed at the same time.

This kind of occupational household registration system has indeed played a lot of positive effects. The imperial court built a prototype of water conservancy without spending too much money. .

Without this system, whether the Ming Dynasty could recover from the chaos of war is still unclear.

Especially the refugee issue that runs through the entire late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. If there are no restrictions, the mountains and forests all over the world will be full of bandits.

The problem is that, by now, the drawbacks of this system have begun to appear.

For example, Qixia lacks manpower, but in many other places, it is not craftsmen who want to be craftsmen.People who want to come to Qixia, but their household registration is in other places.In this way, the people have no other way out except to keep their duties.

After hearing this, Zhu Di frowned and said, "You might as well explain it clearly."

Zhang Anshi said: "I just want to say, if your majesty thinks it's not good, you can listen to it as a joke."

Zhu Di nodded: "Speak."

Only then did Zhang Anshi reassure himself: "Your Majesty, Qixia has a huge gap in population. The hereditary system was established at the beginning to let the people settle down, but now... it's different. Deng Jian's side is now cultivating new seedlings. Planting, the food problem in the future will definitely be greatly alleviated, and many new grains do not need to be carefully cultivated, so if the extra manpower is left on the land, what good will it do me, Ming Dynasty?"

"So I hope... why don't you give it a try, open a hole in it, and see if it works. If it works, those households who are willing to farm can take care of more land, and each family can get more land. There is a lot of food, and if those people who have no intention of farming want to work, why not let them try?"

"If this is the case, wouldn't the world be in chaos?" Zhu Di showed a bit of worry.

Zhang Anshi smiled dryly: "Then why not...try it first?"

Zhu Di was stunned: "Try it? How about a trial method?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Open an opening, such as Qixia's side, it is better to directly connect with Taiping Mansion. The people of Taiping Mansion can flow with Qixia, and the government can't stop them. Besides, Taiping Mansion temporarily cancels private households." , medical households, military households, and artisan households, how about it?"

"Taiping Mansion?"

Taiping Mansion is actually the Ma'anshan and Wuhu area of ​​later generations, adjacent to Nanjing, but now it belongs to Nanzhili.

Zhang Anshi's intentions are obvious. This place is close, so let's just come and see how it works. If the results are good, then we'll see if we can let it go.

Zhu Di was thoughtful, but what he feared was that this was the law of his ancestors after all.

A few days ago, he just bragged about how he practiced the ancestral law. He couldn't slap himself in the face so quickly.

However, if Qixia's labor shortage is indeed a problem, it may mean that he will earn less money.

This is my money!

For a while, Zhu Di couldn't make up his mind, so he said: "I will discuss it with Wenyuan Pavilion."

Zhang Anshi could only say: "Oh..."

Zhang Anshi couldn't help being a little disappointed. He felt that if the ministers were to discuss it, nine out of ten it would definitely fail.

It's not that he is pessimistic, but that this system is actually unreasonable to anyone with a discerning eye.But in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, almost no important minister raised any objections.

What does this mean?

Explain that everyone thinks this is reasonable.

Zhang Anshi laughed dryly: "It is true that the ministers should discuss it, but..."

"But what?" Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi thoughtfully.

Zhang Anshi said with a wry smile: "The officials have always criticized Qixia, saying that Qixia only knows how to do business, especially the commercial firm, which has squeezed a lot of people's fat and blood... They hope that the commercial firm can't recruit manpower."

Zhu Di squinted at Zhang Anshi, "You kid, you are very good at sowing discord."

Zhang Anshi quickly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I can swear..."

Zhu Di waved his hand: "It's really just a matter of the Taiping Mansion...unless..."

Zhu Di pondered for a moment, and then said again: "Unless I order you to be the magistrate of Taiping Prefecture. In this way, it is reasonable for you to be the magistrate and also town Qixia?"

Zhang Anshi: "..."

This Qixia belongs to a region of Nanjing, and although Taiping Mansion and Yingtian Mansion where Nanjing is located belong to Nanzhili, after all, there is still a difference in terms of administrative division.

But then again, although Wuhu and Ma'anshan belonged to Anhui in later generations, they can be rounded up, and their provincial capitals are probably also Nanjing, which seems reasonable.

Zhang Anshi hesitated and said, "It's just...can I be a magistrate?"

Zhu Di said, "Aren't you also a scholar?"

Zhang Anshi felt a little guilty: "I... have indeed read some books. Last night, I was still studying Chunqiu."

These words are very lacking in confidence.

Zhu Di said: "It's just a Taiping Mansion. If I use this to call the ministers to discuss it, I think... there shouldn't be any controversy. Even if there are ministers who object, after all, I am not violating the law of the ancestors, and it is useless to oppose it. This matter , it's settled like this, you just wait for the news."

Zhu Di then looked at Zhang Anshi strangely, and said, "Why, is there any big business in the firm? The Qing family's demand for manpower is so great?"

Zhang Anshi said: "If the common people can have a full meal in the future, all industries will prosper. After all industries prosper, the price of manpower will inevitably rise. However, I have heard of many abuses of people's power. For example, many ministers have already started Take a soft sedan chair, and this sedan chair needs two or four people to carry it."

"Your Majesty, on weekdays, when ministers mentioned manpower, they kept saying that they should love the people and use them with caution, but when they wanted to sit in sedan chairs, several people carried them, but they thought it was a matter of course. "

"Of course, I'm just using an analogy. I don't mean to criticize the officials. When it comes to reasoning, how can I compare with them?"

"But since the issue of manpower is involved, I was thinking, since manpower is precious, why not try to reduce the waste of manpower? The commercial firm... intends to build some workshops for this purpose. The firm has invested funds, cultivated a group of skilled craftsmen, brainstormed, and finally got some results. The minister intends to... show it, so as to set an example for the people of the world."

"Exhibition?" Zhu Di stared at Zhang Anshi.

He actually wanted to blurt out, can this make money?

But after all, he didn't ask.

Zhang Anshi obviously saw Zhu Di's thoughts, and said: "After the exhibition, if it is welcomed, we can try our best to produce it and then sell it."

But Zhu Di said surprisingly: "You are already the Duke of the state, don't talk about money all the time."

"Ah... this..." Zhang Anshi was stunned for a moment, as if he had realized it all at once, and said quickly: "Yes, yes, yes, it's because I'm too vulgar to talk about money, what I mean is... The main thing is to open up the wisdom of the people, this is for my Ming Dynasty."

"If it's for the Ming Dynasty..." Zhu Di nodded, and then said: "There is nothing wrong with this matter. What I admire most about you is your loyalty to the king and the thought of treating the people as if you were a relative."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Yes, yes, yes, your majesty's words, the minister is ashamed. I just have a little bit of loyalty, and I can barely compare with Yue Wumu. Recently, I am reading Three Kingdoms, and every time I read Zhuge Kongming couldn't help but burst into tears... I regretted it, but my minister is better than Zhuge Kongming. What he met was the first master, and he died before starting a business. However, the monarch I met was better than Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty. Ten times better than a hundred times..."

Zhu Di waved his hand immediately, and said in distaste: "Come on, come on, let's go on, I'm going to compare with Yao and Shun."

Zhang Anshi put on a very sincere look and said: "In my heart, Yao and Shun can't compare with Your Majesty..."

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing and said: "You can't talk nonsense about this, at least you can't say it out, cough...how did I see you today...it's a bit weird, what else do you want?"

Zhang Anshi was happy, and said: "Actually, I have another unfeeling request. Didn't I do a display? There are many treasures in the exhibits, and all of these treasures are of great benefit to my Ming Dynasty. Of course, to the business There are also great benefits, but...the minister does not have much influence after all, I am afraid that few people will be willing to watch this exhibition, and the minister is thinking, if His Majesty can..."

Zhu Di said: "It's just this? This is easy, I like to hang out anyway."

But I heard Zhang Anshi say: "What I mean is, if the empress..."

Zhu Di glared at Zhang Anshi, then said, "You know, she's not in good health."

Although the illness was cured last time, after all, at this age, and Empress Xu's body has always been weak, if not necessary, she needs to rest more.

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty may be like this just because she stays in the palace on weekdays, let her go out and watch the excitement, maybe her health will improve a lot."

Zhu Di said: "I didn't expect that you would be so concerned about this display."

Zhang Anshi said seriously: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this is a big deal."

Seeing Zhang Anshi attaching so much importance to it, Zhu Di said, "When will it start?"

"Ninth Day"

"It's only a few days away." Zhu Di mused, "Let's have a look at that time. If I'm free, I'll go."

Zhang Anshi heaved a sigh of relief, it would be the best if His Majesty could go, this is equivalent to a golden signboard.

It's like the products of later generations need a small fresh meat as a spokesperson.

In Daming, Zhu Di was the biggest fresh meat.

Although this little fresh meat... is a little older, a little fatter, a little darker, and he doesn't have a mother's voice when he speaks, but he always looks like his mother.

Zhang Anshi left contentedly.

After coming out of the Forbidden City, Zhang Anshi distributed invitations widely, wishing that all the princes and nobles in the world would join in the fun.

Instead, he ran to the East Palace.

Seeing the Crown Princess Zhang, Zhang Anshi said: "Sister, there will be a World Expo in Qixia in two days, you must go and see it."

Zhang said: "I am a woman, how can I move around?"

Zhang Anshi said directly: "The empress is going too."

Zhang's eyebrows were raised, feeling a little unusual: "You don't have another plan, do you? You are so powerful now that you dare to break ground on the empress's head?"

When saying this, Mrs. Zhang glared at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi was a little afraid of this elder sister, so he immediately said: "Don't dare, don't dare, it's just that His Majesty attaches great importance to this matter..."

Only then did Zhang's complexion improve, and he said in a deep voice, "Just tell me, do you want me to go?"

Zhang Anshi finally sighed, and said: "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from my elder sister. I really hope that my elder sister will go."

Mrs. Zhang said: "Then you should have said it earlier, but... I'm afraid it will be inconvenient at that time. Let's see. I will ask your brother-in-law later to see how he arranges it. If it can be arranged properly, naturally I won't teach you how to think about it." Fallen."

Zhang Anshi was overjoyed, and said cheerfully: "Thank you sister, sister, you are really kind to me, others say I am blessed..."

Now that the task of coming to the East Palace was completed, Zhang Anshi didn't have time to stay longer, chatted with his sister for a while, and then rushed back to Qixia.

On Qixia's side, she was very busy, and soon, Qixia's original auction house had a gilded signboard.

From Zhang Anshi's point of view, this exhibition is very important. Therefore, news of the exhibition has been published in the mansion newspaper for several consecutive days.

It's just that the day when ordinary merchants and common people are open is the tenth day, but the agreement with Zhu Di is the ninth day.

The ninth day of the lunar new year is the day to show the kings and grandchildren.

The reason for this is to gain support from the DPRK and China.

In many cases, if you want to accomplish something, you have to eliminate resistance as much as possible. Therefore, for this exhibition, Zhang Anshi has made very delicate arrangements.

In addition to various instruments forged from fine steel, a future living hall was also specially set up.

After working for many days, finally, finally, it was safe, and Zhang Anshi reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's the eighth day of the eighth day.

In the Clerk's Pavilion.

Hu Guang, Yang Rong, and Jin Youzi, the imperial servant who was appointed to the cabinet, received a strange order from His Majesty.

The three looked at each other.

After Xie Jin went to Java, Jin Youzi joined the Imperial Academy, but... he was not a bachelor. Of course, in the eyes of all the officials, Jin Youzi was not far from the future bachelor.

"What's your Majesty's intention of making Zhang Anshi the magistrate of Taiping Prefecture?" Among these people, Jin Youzi has the lowest qualifications, so although he knows that everyone has questions, it is the most appropriate time for him to ask.

Hu Guang looked at Yang Rong subconsciously.

Yang Rong pondered, and said: "This matter is indeed very strange, and some people can't understand it. But His Majesty's decree, it makes me feel embarrassed."

"That's right." Hu Guang blew his beard and said, "This is against the rules! Yang Gong, let's go to see you right now, and advise His Majesty to take it back."

Yang Rong shook his head and said, "Your Majesty will not take it back."

Hu Guang was taken aback for a moment, puzzled and asked, "Why?"

Yang Rong analyzed: "Such an unreasonable appointment is obviously because your Majesty has other plans. And let Zhang Anshi come, Zhang Anshi is a confidant minister, and it must be a special order to accomplish a certain thing. , At this time, what is the use of you and I going to see you? Whether this matter is big or small, in my opinion, it is better to observe first."

Hu Guang frowned and said, "I'm afraid that people outside will point at you and me. Being a minister has no strength of character, and he caters everywhere..."

Yang Rong smiled and said: "There are also people who are not flattering, and they have their own thoughts. That person...is called Xie Jin..."

Hu Guang: "..."

What else can he say?

Jin Youzi didn't say a word, and then he said: "In that case, I'll go and make an edict."

Jin Youzi is the most silent person, he usually doesn't show his dew, but he is quite responsible when encountering problems.

The reason he came to draft the edict was that if someone scolded him outside, he, the one who wrote the edict, would probably bear the most pressure.

So Jin Youzi went.

Yang Rong glanced at Jin Youzi, and suddenly said: "Youzi acts calmly, and will be above you and me in the future."

Hu Guang said, "Aren't you worried at all about Zhang Anshi being the magistrate of Taiping?"

Yang Rong said: "There are too many things to worry about in the world, I can't worry about it."

Hu Guang: "..."

"It is said that there will be an expo tomorrow, which is organized by An Shi. If you are free, do you want to go and see it?"

"Tomorrow? How to be free."

"Your Majesty is afraid to go too."

"Hey..." Hu Guang shook his head and said, "I always feel...that's not good."

On the next day...

Zhu Di set off for Qixia with Empress Xu.

At the same time, all the officials accompanied him, and the rest of the princes and grandchildren also drove away.

Zhu Di rode a horse, while Empress Xu sat on a chariot.

Riding out of the Daming Gate, all the officials followed.

When Zhu Di turned his head, he saw the procession behind. Sure enough, there were many ministers accompanying them in soft sedan chairs.

Zhu Di suddenly became angry, and said angrily: "When Emperor Taizu Gao was here, even if he was old, as long as there was no disaster or disease, he still rode on horseback, and I was on horseback all day long. Why are all the officials so comfortable? They all get out of the sedan chair for me and follow me on foot."

The eunuchs panicked and went to pass the imperial edict one after another.

At this moment, many people complained incessantly, but they dared not speak out. The emperor's order cannot be violated, so they had to walk obediently.

From the Forbidden City to Qixia, there is indeed some distance. By the time they arrived, most of the people were exhausted and exhausted. Many ministers were usually pampered and pampered. How could they endure such hardships?

Even when Empress Xu got out of the chariot, she looked tired.

Obviously, the road is not easy to walk, the road is wobbly, and the speed of the chariot is slow. After an hour or two, Empress Xu is a little bit overwhelmed.

Zhu Di took her next, and said with a gentle smile, "If I had known this, I wouldn't have come. It was all Zhang Anshi's ghostly idea."

At this time, Zhang Anshi had brought the three murderers of the capital to pick him up, and he happily stepped forward to salute.

Zhu Di quickly said: "Your wish has been fulfilled today, let's go, if there is nothing to look at, I will not forgive you."

"Yes..." Zhang Anshi said: "There are too many things on display, Your Majesty, let's take it step by step, and I will be your guide."

This exposition is held in a new building. This building occupies a large area and is close to the library. It is very magnificent.

Zhang Anshi took the lead, but when he turned his head, he saw the ministers behind him, each of them staggering to and fro. He was secretly happy, but he also put on an innocent appearance.

He immediately said: "Your Majesty, there is a future life museum there, Your Majesty must take a good look at it."

Zhu Di said: "What is the Future Living Museum?"

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "In the future, what will our Daming... be like, what will be popular in the future..."

Zhu Di is still ignorant.

Empress Xu became interested at this time, as if shopping is a woman's nature.

Zhang Anshi is the first to lead people to the future living hall, and enter the entrance, first, in a small compartment, there is something displayed...

This thing... seems to be a piece of clothing, quite thin, um... and a hood... It's just... It doesn't look like cloth on the surface.

Empress Xu said: "This dress is not good-looking."

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes, it's dark, of course it's not good-looking, but it's not for viewing."

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, and asked curiously, "Isn't it for viewing?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, please take a look."

As he spoke, Zhang Anshi pointed to Qiu Song behind him, and said, "Fourth brother, come here, come here, and show it to His Majesty."

Qiu Song bulged his eyes, looking very reluctant and rebellious.

Zhu Yong and Zhang hurriedly took the clothes and put them on Qiu Song, comfortingly saying: "You should listen to what elder brother says, and you will be fine in a while. Don't be angry."

The clothes covered half of Qiu Song's body, and even Qiu Song's head was covered by the hood.

Qiu Song looked like he was being manipulated by others, standing still, but Zhang Anshi was indeed doing his best. As a model, Qiu Song's expression was stiff, which was just right.

Zhang Anshi snapped his fingers at this moment: "Come here... pour me some water..."

It was only then that Zhu Di and the others realized that there were a few guys standing on top of this cubicle. Each of the guys carried a big copper basin, and after listening to Zhang Anshi's order, they actually poured the basin of water directly on it. down.

The basin of water dripped down directly on Qiu Song's head, but Qiu Song still stood there, motionless.

Zhu Di frowned, subconsciously wanting to protect Empress Xu, some water droplets inevitably splashed on Empress Xu's body.

Zhu Di was furious, feeling that Zhang Anshi was a chap who had no rules in his actions.

It's just...strangely...

All of a sudden, it actually caused the other courtiers behind to exclaim.

Zhu Di was also taken aback.

Qiu Song was still wearing the clothes, and when the water fell on his body, it quickly slipped off.

Although his body was wet, he seemed to be unresponsive.

Zhang Anshi asked Zhu Yong to help take off the clothes on Qiu Song's body. When everyone looked again, they saw that Qiu Song's body was hardly stained with water.

"Your Majesty, this is a raincoat..." Zhang Anshi said: "Look, this raincoat is so light and thin, but its waterproof effect is ten times stronger than that of a coir raincoat. If you wear this coat to go out and wrap your whole body, you won't have to worry about the rain. "

Zhu Di looked at the thin raincoat in surprise, maybe he didn't feel deeply.

But many of the ministers behind him showed their enthusiasm.

You know, many ministers here are forbidden to enter and leave the palace, and umbrellas are not allowed in the palace, and even wearing a bamboo hat seems taboo.

As a result, many people had to be exposed to the rain when they went in and out. In this era, being exposed to the rain meant typhoid fever, and typhoid fever meant the possibility of death.

Even if there is a coir raincoat, the coir raincoat is extremely bulky, but this raincoat is light, waterproof and strong, which is really an eye-opener.

Zhang Anshi said: "This raincoat is actually thanks to Eunuch Deng."

"Deng Jian again?"

With his hands behind his back, Zhu Di turned around and looked at Qiusong like an animal, only then was he sure that the Qiusong was not stained with much water.

What he and the officials had imagined was different. For him, if he had this, then...wouldn't it be possible for a large army to march in the rain?And the original materials that were afraid of moisture, can this thing be used for waterproofing?

(End of this chapter)