The first day of the first month of the first year of Jianwen, New Year's Day.

In ancient China, New Year's Day was the first day of the first month of each year, and the Republic of China was newly established and changed to Western Yuan, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, New Year's Day was set as January 1 of the A.D. calendar. The first day of the first lunar month is the traditional New Year's Day but it is forgotten, and some people even mistakenly think that the New Year's Day is a festival from the West, in fact, China's New Year's Day is nearly 2,000 years earlier than the Western New Year's Day.

Zhu Yunwen got up at three o'clock in the morning, and it took half an hour just to change into a heavy and cumbersome crown dress, and then ascended to Fengtian Temple to accept the congratulations of the ministers, and waited until six o'clock, and the canonization of the queen's mission returned to the palace, and there was a delay of an hour before and after, and when the husband and wife finished sacrificing their ancestors, Ma Enhui moved to Kunning Palace, and when Zhu Yunwen returned to Fengtian Palace, it was more than nine o'clock.

"Hurry up and let the Shang Shan Bureau send the dumplings first."

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand, "Give each of the ministers a bowl of mats." ”

This must have low blood sugar, and when you drag it out to complete the New Year's process, you must not faint to death.

After a group of little eunuchs hurriedly ran forward, they finally entered the Fengtian Hall with dumplings, and Fang Xiaoru was still not happy, "Your Majesty, eating in the Fengtian Palace, there is a faux pas, please respect yourself, and the ministers dare not eat." ”

This thing has a hole in the brain.

Zhu Yunwen frowned, "Elder Fang Ge, I only heard the words of the sage, and I know the etiquette in a hurry, which shows that the sage has the leisure to talk about etiquette only after he has eaten his stomach, if people are hungry, is it still important to have etiquette or something?" ”

You Fang Xiaoru's body and bones are not good, don't you see that many people around you are crumbling?

"If Fang Ge doesn't eat it, your share will be done."

Zhu Yunwen was too lazy to be polite to him, he thought that his bowl was not enough, so he took away Fang Xiaoru's bowl and ate it, and the ministers in the palace saw that Zhu Yunwen was eating happily, and they were not restrained, and they all thanked him and feasted happily, leaving Fang Xiaoru standing there awkwardly alone, swallowing saliva.

After the big guy finished eating, he finally lifted his spirits, and then Shuangxi read out the New Year's edict.

In fact, there is nothing serious about the New Year's edict, it is an article that praises merit and virtue, which is roughly similar to the election of the new cabinet chief assistant by the people's congress in later generations, and when the bigwigs come to power, they must first praise the merits of the previous government team, and then modestly express that this session will be diligent and thrifty, and perform well.

After reading the edict, it means that the Ming Dynasty officially entered the world of Jianwen, changed the master, changed the people at the beginning, and granted amnesty to the world.

Zhu Yunwen was arrogant and waved his hand, "All Beijing officials will be added to March, and the various offices in Beijing will arrange for the reserve personnel, and the rest will have a seven-day holiday, and they will have a meeting on the eighth day of the first month, and they will retire from the court." ”

Everyone thanked again, long live the mountain, and when the emperor came out of the Fengtian Palace, the three pavilions could get up, and Shuangxi walked over, "The three pavilion elders, Your Majesty has a decree, summon the three pavilion elders to reconcile the bachelors into the palace to discuss politics." ”

The four people who were left behind were stunned, and then immediately accepted the order, only Fang Xiaoru was embarrassed, because he was hungry.

I knew that Emperor Lao Tzu was going to summon him, so I didn't hold anything just now.

Xie Jin didn't hold his face, he snorted and laughed, and Violent Zhao glanced at him, "Why is Master Xie happy?" ”

"If you go back to the old pavilion, at the beginning of the new year, the whole world celebrates, and the students can't help but be happy when they think of the addition."

Fang Xiaoru knew that Xie Jin was laughing at himself, his face was ugly and ruthless, and he snorted coldly when he heard this, "Scholars should treat money as dung, and Bachelor Xie is also admitted with talent, full of sages, how can he cultivate himself for ten years, but he is cheesy." ”

Xie Jin couldn't stop being happy, but he still barely managed to hold his face, and replied seriously, "Elder Fang Ge has taught me a lesson." ”

A few people walked in the direction of the Jinshen Palace, but they were not idle along the way, and when they entered the Jinshen Palace, Zhu Yunwen was not there, and Shuangxi led the four of them to sit down, "Your Majesty went back to bed and changed clothes, a few of you will wait." ”

The ceremonial dress of the crown is called gorgeous, it is the pinnacle of Chinese clothing, the West shouts about the Renaissance all day long, known as the pioneer of world civilization, really let them see the crown of China, and ensure that this group of people knows what is the difference between the Celestial Empire and the Western barbarians.

But Zhu Yunwen couldn't wait to wear it once, this dress is good-looking, but it is too tiring to wear it, and it is difficult to wear it, and it is just as difficult to take it off, several little palace maids carefully greeted them all for a quarter of an hour before they all took them off, and then changed Zhu Yunwen into light civilian clothes.

When Zhu Yunwen arrived at the Cautious Palace, the four of them got up to salute, and Zhu Yunwen smiled, "Let's sit down first." ”

There was a small eunuch behind Zhu Yunwen, who walked up to Fang Xiaoru with a bowl of dumplings and put it down gently, "Your Majesty said that Fang Ge Lao must be hungry, eat something first, and there is no hurry to discuss politics." ”

Fang Xiaoru didn't know whether he was moved or hungry, his eyes were full of tears, and he choked, "Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous, and the minister is ashamed." ”

It could be seen that he was also hungry, so he took the dishes and chopsticks and devoured them, and in less than three or five minutes, he ate them all clean, wiped his mouth, and burped, which made him feel comfortable.

Zhu Yunwen looked funny, coughed lightly twice and suppressed the smile, "I have been in the imperial pole for eight months, and today it is more yuan, and there should indeed be a new policy. ”

The four of them looked at each other, fortunately, they were all well-educated people, and they had all the drafts of governance, and because of their old age, they were the head of the three pavilions, and they opened their mouths first, "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the government and the opposition are all looking forward to the new policy, and Your Majesty wants to promulgate the new policy at this time. ”

Tyrant Zhao was previously the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Hongwu Chao's criminal law was the most understood, and he couldn't do without this as soon as he opened his mouth.

Zhu Yunwen nodded, "The so-called troubled times use heavy codes, such as today's peace, people's livelihood is gradually recovering, it is true that the strict law should be reduced, before I cut the Sect Division had this consideration, one person committed a crime and the disaster was all over the house, so contrary to human morality, then from today on, the major crime of treason will only be punished by the three clans, and the rest of the crimes will never be killed, except for the crime of harboring." As for the occasional words and deeds of the common people, they are assigned to the frontier, and they can no longer sit in the countryside. ”

Zhu Yunwen wanted to get rid of the criminal law for convicting him of words, but this is a feudal society, and the majesty of the royal family cannot be damaged.

Even so, the other four people praised together, "Your Majesty is as benevolent as the sea, and the ministers are mighty on behalf of the world." ”

"Then this first article will be decided first, and when I go back to the Tyrant Pavilion and the old Criminal Department is attached to the Great Decree, I will add a seal to the cabinet here, and it will be issued to the thirteen provinces in the center."

Zhu Yunwen moved his gaze to Yu Xin again, "What about Yu Ge's old man." ”

Yu Xin pondered for a moment, "Your Majesty, the minister is in charge of the household department, and he knows that salt, grain, pig iron and other things are the foundation of the country and cannot be touched lightly. However, since the sea is developed, there are many people who sell salt privately along the coast, and the inter-provincial sales of grain and pig iron are like carp crossing the river.

Minzhejiang, Shandong, and Liangguang can set up salt cities, which are monopolized by the imperial court. Instead of purchasing and supplying the whole country every year, it is better to encourage the provinces to buy on their own, and levy a salt city tax on the daily sales volume, so that the country can save a freight and a lot of taxes. ”

Yu Xin's words made several people hesitate, Zhu Yunwen was a bright-eyed, and gradually liberalized the control of non-governmental trade and commerce, which is conducive to the circulation and development of capital.

Fang Xiaoru was also full at this time, and the opposing voice shouted loudly, "What Yu Ge Lao said is bad, since ancient times, salt politics has been taboo in the imperial court, and salt politics is handed over to the people, don't you hear that merchants are in favor of profit, Gansu and Guanxi are short of salt, and merchants buy salt from Minzhejiang and Liangguang, and they can sell it at a high price, and the people's grievances will boil at that time, so what's the point?" ”

At this time, the Ming Dynasty is not better than the later generations, air transport, railways extend in all directions, the basic price of living in the country is almost the same, at this time the Ming Dynasty, from the coastal salt, think of Kansai Qiwei and Gansu, at least half a month, the logistics and transportation costs are huge. Therefore, even if the court officials buy it, it will be twice as expensive as Jiangnan when it is sold, and even then there will be a loss. It's just that the government pays for the loss. Handed over to the private sector, I don't know how many times the price will increase.

Yu Xin didn't panic, smiled indifferently, "To encourage private trade, it is natural to support commodity prices to depend on the law of the market, the ancient ancestors of the period, there is no money, then barter, the south of the Yangtze River is rich, the northwest also has special products, pig iron, coal stone, fur in the north, this is unprecedented in the south of the Yangtze River, open the salt government, naturally can also open the northwest iron government." ”

Fang Xiaoru still shook his head, "Pig iron is needed for military affairs, how can the people store it privately, if there are people who do not subordinate to privately store pig iron, steelmaking casters, it can cause trouble in an instant, the northwest coal and stone, although it can be heated, but it is a poisonous thing, heating is still charcoal after all, as for the northern fur, it is rich in the south of the Yangtze River, how many people can wear it, the demand and value of goods are not equal, how to achieve a balance between the north and the south." ”

Although Fang Xiaoru is a traditional Confucian scholar and does not encourage the development of civil and commercial affairs, it is not only because of the importance of agriculture and light business, and the uneven property between the north and the south, and the forcible ban, he is afraid of arousing public anger.

Zhu Yunwen forgot eight or nine points about the knowledge of physics and chemistry, and he really didn't know much about the use of coal, but he also knew that coal itself would produce toxic gases when it was burned, and burning a large amount of it in an unventilated place would suffocate people, but as long as it was well ventilated, there was no harm.

But listening to Fang Xiaoru's meaning, it seems that the harm of burning coal in the Ming Dynasty at this time seems to be more terrifying than the coal used in later generations.

Ordinary people have windows in their homes.

Zhu Yunwen forgot that the civil coal in later generations was processed after the process, and the coal after cleaning off many impurities, and at this time, the Ming Dynasty used raw coal, not washed coal, once burned, black smoke was dense in an instant, that is, how to ventilate will also leave a lot of residues in the room, after people inhale, they will be infected with disease at light, and they will die at worst.

Yu Xin glanced at Fang Xiaoru, "The people in the northwest are suffering, and the people are not every household can afford to burn charcoal, but coal and stone are everywhere, inexhaustible, Fang Ge Lao Mo should underestimate the wisdom of the people, Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, some people process coal and stone in the way of processing charcoal, and the poisoning of coal and stone is reduced a lot through hammering and dry distillation, and when it is used, it is supplemented by a tool called a chimney, which can effectively reduce the poison." ”

Is this the earliest coal processing technology?

Zhu Yunwen doesn't know much, but at least he knows that there is a precedent for the rational use of coal among the people, which is still very happy, "In this way, Yu Ge can find the farmer who can use coal and stone, and let him do a bad job in the Ministry of Industry and study how to process coal and stone." ”

Many inventions in later generations also originated from inadvertent moments in life, and Newton would not think about what gravity was if he was not smashed.

Huh? After Ximenqing was smashed with a wooden stick by Pan Jinlian at that time, why didn't he want to think about why the wooden stick fell to the ground instead of flying into the sky?

It may be that Pan Jinlian is too good-looking, which indirectly affected gravity and was born five hundred years later!

"Yu Ge Lao wants to open up the salt government and encourage people and business, I think it is feasible, but Fang Ge Lao proposed that many of the effects of the ban should indeed be paid attention to, in fact, according to me, the sale of pig iron does not need to be strictly controlled, and steelmaking casters are something that local heroes have the strength to do."

Zhu Yunwen opened his mouth and said, "Yu Hengsi is backed by the support of the imperial court, and the quality of the steel refined is not enough to satisfy me, and the armor in the army is still mostly fine iron, and the development of weapons, firearms are the mainstream of my Ming Dynasty in the future, so the gradual opening of pig iron sales is not enough to shake the society, and the elder of Fang Ge does not need to worry too much."

As for the fur in the north, although it is scarce and precious, there is a lot of wool in the north, which can be used for weaving, and the clothes woven are warmer and more comfortable than silk, which is an advantage, so it is feasible to do things in civil and commercial matters. ”

Encouraging people and businesses is to develop capital, which is a prerequisite for a strong country, and the people are not rich and the country is not strong, and the economic foundation is not hard, and the country will inevitably be afraid to fight.

"When discussing politics, you have to speak freely, even if it is some wild ideas."

Zhu Yunwen affirmed Yu Xin's idea, and encouraged Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin, who had not yet spoken, "Don't be afraid to say the wrong thing, boldly mention it, if the idea put forward is very good, but the talents of me and Zhuqing are not enough to fill some deficiencies, you can also call those scholars in the Hanlin Academy." Everyone brainstormed, and the purpose was all for my Ming Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty's open-mindedness is a blessing for your courtiers."

The four of them replied.