Zhu Chongba stood there, facing north.

Mr. Guan lost his mind in an instant, and he was in a trance.

It seems to have returned to the time when he was a teenager, fighting the sword world, riding horses in all directions, and seeing the guardian stone statue in front of Huo Huqi's tomb.

The man looked north, his back to the Shenzhou baffle, the long knife waved, and the blood flowed.

Kill the enemy and rush into battle, talk and laugh between blood-stained robes, the country is the same as before, and defend the Quartet.

He is the same person as I am.

The world is in turmoil, and the banner of righteousness is held high. Among them, there are those who can't survive to make ends meet, those who exchange their lives for wealth, and those who are insidious, cunning, cruel, and ruthless to kill people for fun.

But there are also men whose hearts are to the north and recover the old rivers and mountains.

"Keep fighting, until they don't dare come."

"Keep fighting until they don't come again."

The Reconquest is not the end, but the beginning. Han'er continued to move forward and continue to fight.

Mr. Guan stood up solemnly and bowed his body, "Guan, I thought that Mr. Zhu was just a hero. Today, it seems that Guan is not self-sufficient and underestimates the heroes of the world. As he spoke, he smiled bitterly, "Ashamed! ”

Zhu Chongba turned around and said with a smile, "Why are you ashamed to say, Mr. Guan, let's continue drinking!" ”

"Good!" Mr. Guan looked bitter and said with a smile, "Keep drinking, if you don't get drunk today, you won't return!" ”

~~~~~~

"Two pairs of dragon and phoenix gold bracelets!"

"Fifty gold ingots."

"Fifty silver ingots."

"One hundred Dingyuan Tongbao!"

"Ten quintals of rice polishing!"

Wuyi Lane, Xie Mansion.

The soldiers of the Han Palace, reading the gift list in the courtyard of the Xie family.

Xie Guangkun and Xi Yingzhen sat in the gazebo, laughing softly and talking.

Today is the day when Zhu Wu hires the Xie family, the last step before marriage.

After that, just wait to get married.

"King Han is frugal, your Xie family is not bad for money, these dowries should be regarded as going through the motions!" Xi Yingzhen smiled and said, "Master Xie, don't be too little!" ”

"Where does the Taoist chief say, he is marrying a girl, not selling a girl!" Xie Guangkun laughed.

At the same time, I looked at home with my eyes, and the relatives and friends who came from afar, their faces were colorful.

Zhu Wu gave the Xie family enough face, and the cumbersome pre-marital ceremonies were no less. And he didn't use the power of King Han to oppress people, and put the Xie family and King Han on an equal footing. Otherwise, people will send someone directly to pick up the bride, why bother with a small set, a big set, a marriage letter, and a dowry.

"Four days later, June 11, it's time to get married!" Xi Yingzhen smiled, "What does Master Xie think about these days?" ”

"Everything is in charge!"

"Thank you, Master Xie!"

Both sides were laughing, but Xi Ying was really laughing, but there was a hint of doubt.

What Zhu Wu hates the most is red tape, according to the original saying, after the Han King rewarded the ministers with the ceremony, he just found a day.

Why did you suddenly change your mind and say that you should choose a good day?

It became so sudden, Zhu Yu came to Xi Yingzhen early this morning.

Zhu Wu had a dream last night, and his deceased relatives in the dream told him an auspicious day of the zodiac.

Is this a little strange?

"Isn't it, Xiao Wu has something to do before the big wedding, so he thought of such a method?"

The more Xi Yingzhen thought about it, the more right it became, but what was the matter?

Little Five, what do you want to do?

~~

"Lord, this is the gift list of the rich people in Jiangnan, congratulatory gifts."

In private, Li Shanchang is still called Zhu Wugong.

There was no court meeting today, but all the important ministers under his command gathered in Zhu Wu's study.

In front of the officer, Li Shanchang put a gift slip on Zhu Wu's case.

Zhu Wu didn't even look at it, "You take it, I can't see it, it's useless!" ”

"You'd better take a look!" Li Shanchang smiled, "But it's a lot!" ”

The people in the room suddenly chuckled.

The wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River found a Han king in order to curry favor with Zhu Wu. For fear of being light, countless treasures have been given.

"I don't look at it, it's all things that shouldn't be eaten or drunk!" Zhu Wu smiled and looked at the ministers, "If they send more food, I can still be happy!" As he spoke, he waved his hand and said to Li Shanchang, "These gifts received, see if they can be exchanged for food or something, there is still a gap in our grain and grass in Jiangxi!" ”

Jiangxi, a strategy set long before the Han Dynasty's ceremony.

However, after nearly three months of fighting with Toto, the grain and grass accumulated in the army plummeted, and Zhu Wu also had a headache.

"Well, the minister picks one horse and sends it to the palace of the Han King, and the rest will be handed over to the merchant to dispose of!" Hu Weiyong is the head of the household, and this matter happened to fall on him, so he said.

Zhu Wu had a straight face, "Don't keep one piece, dispose of it all, replace it with grain, replace it with iron, and replace it with everything we need." ”

"But my lord, you are now the king of Han, and the palace of the Han Dynasty is really not presentable."

"Shabby is said to be shabby, what is not like it!" Zhu Wu said, "Isn't it shabby when it is full of rare treasures? Isn't it shabby to be magnificent? Lao Li, as I said, now is not the time for us to enjoy. I'm just alone, what's the use of asking for so many treasures? On the day of the ceremony, I said that the plaything was demoralized, did you forget? ”

This is already an extremely serious word, Hu Weiyong bowed his head and pleaded guilty.

"I understand what you mean, our palace must always have the grandeur of a palace!" Zhu Wu softened his tone, "But our big man is supported by swords, not by style." It's hard for us to start a business, and now I'm the one who takes the lead, if I make the palace look like a palace, what do the people below think? ”

"King Shengming!"

Among the ministers, Yang Xian said, "My lord, if you use troops against Jiangxi after the autumn harvest, you will have no worries about grain and grass!" After the capture of Nanjing, the lord promoted Tuntian. The ministers organized the people's forces and planted hundreds of thousands of acres of military land in Hezhou, Dangtu, Nanjing and other places. Coupled with the grain and grass in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, Dahan has no worries about lack of food! ”

"You are according to the standard of Mengyuan's grain levy, count it!" Zhu Wu knocked on the table, "From now on, we must calculate according to the law of the Han Dynasty, we must implement a new policy, and we can't be too arbitrary." ”

Speaking, Zhu Wu paused, "Jiangnan is rich because there is a lot of commerce and trade, grain is harvested twice a year, plus the land of fish and rice, there is no food to make some fish and shrimp can live." But good days can't be talked about. In the final analysis, the government still collects too much, and the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in Mengyuan have been abolished, can we still collect so much grain? ”

"Besides, how much grain does our Han have now? You can't use soldiers every year, and you are counting on the autumn harvest, right? Zhu Wu drank saliva and continued, "Therefore, now we are grasping with both hands, one hand to grasp the army, the other hand to grasp the people, the military does not stop, and the people's livelihood must be paid more attention." ”

"I'm okay with the war. But people's livelihood, please. ”

"The minister thinks that in addition to tuntian and grain taxes, you can also buy grain from the people!" Li Shanchang said, "Now there is no shortage of money in the treasury of the household department, and it can be purchased from farmers and large local households, and they sell it to grain merchants anyway. If the grain merchant sells it to us, he will have to add money, so it is better for the government to come forward and clearly mark the price. ”

"I don't care about the specifics, as long as I can use it for food, the more the better!"

Zhu Wu thought about it, and suddenly thought of his hometown in the future. The peasants sell their annual grain to the grain depot, so can they also set up a grain depot on their own side?

"But there's one!" Zhu Wu thought of some bad things again, and said solemnly, "The price must be clearly marked, Tong Su is not bullied, and the people cannot be fooled." The elected officials must be honest and do not turn good things into bad things. I'll put my words here first, those who fill their pockets and harm the people, what kind of hookup and serial are engaged in, and they are shoddy.

Kill. Not only killed, but also have no family property, as long as the Han Kingdom is there, its direct blood relatives within three generations are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, not to be a small official, not to work in business and medicine, only to farm! Whoever dares to be greedy and who dares to do bad things will make his descendants the most bitter and tired people in the world! ”

These words were murderous, and the ministers were awe-inspiring.

Many people looked at each other and swallowed back what they wanted to say.

"Liu Bowen."

"The minister is here."

"Regarding the imperial examination, did your Ministry of Rites come up with the regulations?" Zhu Wu said again.

Liu Bowen said, "Follow the old practice of the previous dynasty and hold the autumn festival. It's just a test question, and it's not decided yet! ”

"You must be, I'm a big man, and I can't understand it." Zhu Wu smiled, "But! I have an idea! ”

"Minister, listen up!"

"This is the foundation of the country!" Zhu Wu held his chin, "But can you not just test the Four Books and Five Classics, poetry and songs?" You can't take people who don't know anything but reading, you have to be able to write! Also, the essay on the exam can't always be the Holy Teacher, this one, that one. Why do you have to have some people's livelihood or something, don't take the people who come up, except for Zi Yue, all eyes are black, so how can it be done? ”

Zhu Wu thinks that what he said is very reasonable.

But the ministers were a little commotion, especially Liu Bowen, whose old face turned black into carbon.

He looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and at the same time he was heartbroken.

"King!" Liu Bowen hesitated, and said, "The imperial examination is divided into many subjects, the regular department, and the Ming and Jing ~~~~~~."

"Ahem! Cough! Li Shanchang on the side suddenly coughed.

"What do you mean?" Zhu Wu looked at Liu Bowen and looked at Li Shanchang's reminding eyes.

Did Lao Tzu say the wrong thing?

What is Changke? What is the Ming Sutra?

Lao Tzu, is it a shame?

In a big country, the imperial examination is not only a channel for ordinary people to go up.

It is also a good medicine to maintain the stability of the country and choose talents for the country.

Could it be that the emperors and ministers of all dynasties are fools?

How is it possible to pick out those nerds who can't do anything but study.

How can a huge country be managed by poetry alone?

In an instant, Zhu Wu understood.

I'm afraid that from today onwards, I will have a reputation for not learning and not knowing.

"One more thing!" Zhu Wu's face was hot, but he was thick-skinned and pretended that he hadn't said it.

"The matter of checking the acres and population of all localities must be fast, meticulous, and accurate! The most important of our Han's new policy is to abolish the poll tax and pay taxes according to the land. ”

Zhu Wu came from the bottom, and he was not a native of this era.

But he knew that the biggest drawback of this era was the poll tax.

How can ordinary people have the money to pay taxes? If they can't pay their taxes, they hide in big families and become tenants.

The poor were sold into slavery, and the rich had more and more land, and they also took advantage of the loophole of the poll tax to lie about the fields and not pay the grain tax.

This point can be seen by people of insight all over the world, but no one dares to touch it easily.

Because what touches is the interests of many people. Even people of insight are themselves members of this middle class.

But Zhu Wu is not afraid, since it has been pushed to the new world, he must establish a new development rule.

While you are afraid now, Lao Tzu will clean you up. It's better to trouble now than to trouble later.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and the meeting ended.

Naturally, the king of Han will not leave food, and everyone will go back to various places.

Liu Bowen thought about Zhu Wu's words just now, and couldn't go out crying and laughing.

was stopped by Li Shanchang behind him.

"Berwyn!"

"What's the matter, Lord Li?"

Li Shanchang looked at no one on the left and right, and whispered, "When we were discussing just now, that recorder was from your Ministry of Rites, right?" ”

"Yes, that person is a student from eastern Zhejiang, and he has a reputation for raising people."

"That's not what I'm talking about!" Li Shanchang smiled, put his ear to Liu Bowen and said, "You go back and tell him that the words that King Han said should not be recorded." Deleted! ”