In the early morning, the rising sun hangs in the sky, the Forbidden City is bathed in golden sunlight, and there is a dazzling light circulating everywhere, at this time, the front of the Imperial Palace has been lined up with hundreds of civil and military officials, Zhu Cijiong sat on the steps and listened carefully to the officials' reports, and from time to time issued one or two holy oracles, the voice was majestic and magnetic.

He can be regarded as the most diligent group of all the emperors of all dynasties, since the first year of Chongzheng, the early dynasty has not been broken, as long as he is in the capital, almost every day in the morning, of course, in case of special circumstances, the dynasty will also be suspended, such as the New Year's Festival and heavy rain, heavy snow days are not required to go to the court.

Because he left the capital for a long time this time, so this morning there are a lot of reports, and when he finishes dealing with them one by one, the hour is almost over, I have to say that this is a good way to exercise, he sat on the dragon chair for three or four hours and felt a little pain in his buttocks, the officials below are standing, and the physical exertion can be imagined.

However, after all the officials finished the report, Zhu Cijiong did not immediately announce his retirement from the court, but said majestically: "Yesterday, I took a look at the twists and turns of the past two months, and many provinces and state capitals have asked the imperial court to allocate funds to build official roads, this idea is very good, the road traffic is convenient, the circulation of goods is convenient, the common people can become richer and richer, everyone can think about the common people, I am very pleased, Cheng Guoxiang." “

Cheng Guoxiang, the head of the household, heard that the emperor suddenly reported his name, and hurriedly walked out of the train, knelt in front of the royal car, and said respectfully: "Weichen is here." “

Zhu Cijiong asked directly: "How much is the balance of last year's taxes?" “

Cheng Guoxiang immediately replied: "Back to the emperor, last year's tax summary was about 51 million taels, excluding the officials' salaries and other expenses, and there was a balance of more than 28 million taels. “

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved his hand to signal him to get up and rank, and then said majestically: "Repairing the road is a good thing, since it is going to be repaired, then the entire Ming Dynasty will be repaired, and I will pass on the edict, so that the relevant officials of the two capitals, two prefectures and sixteen provinces will start planning from now on, and for a period of five years, the roads in the jurisdiction will be extended in all directions, in the first year, the quota of each province is one million taels, and then it will be adjusted year by year according to the situation. “

At this time, in the study of the Qianqing Palace, Zheng Chenggong, Luo Yangxing and others were sitting on both sides of the conference table and discussing softly, the emperor has been on the court for a long time this morning, and they have been waiting for more than an hour.

Finally, the voice of the eunuch came from outside: "The emperor has arrived." “

Several people in the study hurriedly jumped up from their chairs and stood there respectfully, waiting for the emperor.

Soon, Zhu Cijiong walked in with a smile on his face, and when he saw everyone like this, he immediately raised his hand cordially and said, "Everyone sit down, don't be so restrained." “

Everyone arched their hands and said in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then he sat down respectfully.

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, then turned back to Cao Huachun at the door and said, "Go and ask the fifth uncle to come over." “

After that, he came to the conference table again, patted Zheng Chenggong, who was sitting on the left, and smiled: "Chenggong, you sit in the back, and this position will be given to the fifth uncle." “

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he hurriedly stood up and was about to go to the rear on the left, and Xu Erjue, who was sitting under him, quickly got up and respectfully said, "His Royal Highness the Prince of the World can sit here." “

After that, he automatically moved down a position, but Zheng Chenggong didn't give in, moved to the side, and sat down.

At this time, the fifth uncle of the emperor, Zhu Youzhen, was lying on the warm kang in the imperial study and hummed, standing down for two hours, his legs were about to cramp, he hadn't stood like this for a long time, he was really tired, he was enjoying the palace maid's pinching, and hummed comfortably, so comfortable.

At this moment, Cao Huachun's voice came from outside: "Lord, the emperor invites you to go to his study." “

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he reluctantly got up from the warm kang, and while walking out, he complained to Cao Huachun, who was waiting at the door: "Why doesn't the emperor take a break, he was busy with this and that just after he came back, can't he deal with anything in a few days?" “

How dare Cao Huachun take this mouth, he didn't hear it, and directly bowed down and made a gesture of invitation, and then said respectfully: "Lord Wang, please." “

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, dragged his tired legs, and swayed to follow.

The emperor's fifth uncle came, and everyone naturally got up again to greet him, Zhu Cijiong pointed to the position of the lower left and said, "Fifth uncle, come, sit." “

Zhu Youzhen bowed and sat down inexplicably, he would be a little confused, who are these people in the study.

Zheng Chenggong, the prince of Zhennan;

The former Jinyi guard commander made Luo Yangxing;

the emperor's brother-in-law Qin Weiming;

Xu Erjue, the eldest grandson of Xu Guangqi, the first assistant of the cabinet;

Sun Zhixin, the eldest grandson of Sun Chengzong, the prince of Taifu Zhenguo.

The status of these people is not low, but it seems that none of them are actually serving in the imperial court, what did the emperor call him to do?

These people are indeed not court officials, but their influence is no less than that of the big members of the court, because they control part of the Ming royal family's industry, if you want to talk about the Ming royal family's industry, it is really huge to the point of horror.

For example, the Daming Royal Xinglong business branch has long been spread all over the Ming Dynasty and the subject countries of East Asia, and is rapidly expanding to the South Seas, South Asia and Europe, and for example, the Daming Royal Nikko Bank, I don't know how many countries' currencies have been controlled, as well as the profits of the Ming Royal Machinery Group and the Ming Royal Western Commerce and Trade are also quite amazing, and a huge business group is slowly revealing its grandeur.

Zhu Cijiong summoned them this time in order to knead all the industries of the royal family together to form a real business empire.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Cijiong immediately opened his mouth to praise: "The industrial reorganization of the royal family has been more than a year, everyone has done very well, all businesses, banks, and companies have been on the right track, and the profits are increasing, I am very happy." “

When everyone heard this, their faces showed proud expressions, it was not that they were arrogant, the royal industry they controlled was really huge to an astonishing extent, and the profits obtained were also quite amazing, anyone who could make so much money would have a huge sense of achievement.

Zhu Cijiong made them a little proud for a while, and then continued: "However, there is one thing that everyone has not done well enough, that is, there is too little communication between each other, each doing its own thing, and not twisting into a rope, of course, this is also strange that I don't have time to take care of business matters." I thought about it for a while, and simply set up a board of directors of the Ming Royal Business Group to manage all the firms, banks and companies of the royal family, and I personally came to be the chairman, and each of you elected a director, and the board of directors held a regular meeting every six months in the future, to report to me the performance of the past six months and discuss the future development direction, what do you think? “

Everyone was almost scared out of his pee, but listening to the emperor's words, he didn't blame them, he just wanted to set up a board of directors, what opinions could they have, everything was not up to the emperor, everyone nodded in agreement, only Zhu Youzhen sat there with a sluggish face, I don't know what to say.

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Zhu Cijiong raised his hand to suppress everyone's sycophants, and continued: "Today is the first regular meeting, I have already informed you to prepare the report before I went to Nanyang, and now you should all be ready." So, let's start the first one, reporting performance. “