On 15 April, the Great Pilgrimage Meeting was held as scheduled. Huang Yuan purchased a large amount of grain, which made Zhu Di very happy.

When Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the household department, calculated the cost of buying grain at the court meeting, most of the ministers immediately looked in a trance.

Although the grain is transported back from thousands of miles away, because the carrying capacity of today's treasure ships is very large, the cost is even lower than the domestic grain price.

Countless people have written to demand the interruption of shipping and the stabilization of domestic food prices.

In the agricultural era, food prices were the foundation of a country's stability, and whether food prices were too high or too low, they would cause social instability.

The current price of grain in Daming is already very low, and one tael of silver can buy 450 catties of rice. The price of the gray surface is slightly higher. One tael of silver can buy nearly four hundred catties.

If the price of grain is low, the peasants will not be able to make a profit in farming, or even lose money, which will lead to a serious social crisis.

There is not a single fool who can enter the Fengtian Hall for the Great Dynasty Meeting, on the contrary, they are the most shrewd people in this era. They all clearly understand the impact of low food prices on farmers, and if no one wants to farm, then what will they eat in the future? The more time people have, doesn't it create social instability!

Zhu Zhanji, of course, took this situation into account, and he argued on the basis of reason, first analyzing the impact of the snow disaster at the beginning of the year on the peasants, and secondly, he believed that the Ming Dynasty should reserve more grain reserves to deal with possible disasters, and should retain the tradition in the future.

In the end, he promised that he would not circulate these grains to the market, and in addition to being used as reserve military rations, more would be made into wine and rice vinegar through the wine and vinegar noodle bureau of the internal supervision to be sold.

There were also ministers who wanted to object, but Zhu Di rejected them.

Zhu Di used the silver lavishly, and he could spend millions of taels of silver to build a Taoist temple in Wudang Mountain.

But at the same time, he also knows the importance of silver, without silver, he has no confidence to fight!

Now that more wine vinegar can be sold every year, which means more silver, how could he allow the ministers to cut off his financial resources.

At this time, the capital forces in Jiangnan had not yet formed a scale, and they did not know how to establish their own agents within the imperial court.

Therefore, no minister dares to oppose Zhu Di's opinion, and there is no need to oppose it.

As long as the grain does not circulate in large quantities on the market and affects the price of grain, whether it is to expand the reserve grain reserve or to sell it as wine vinegar, it has nothing to do with them.

Besides, the focus of all the ministers today, including the foreign envoys who watched the ceremony, is not here at all.

Everyone is waiting for the report from the Ministry of War, because if Da Ming wants to send out the army, it should be announced today.

At the end of the household's summary, everyone's breathing seemed to stop, and in the entire hall, only Wang Yan's slightly shrill voice came out. "There is a request to the military department Zuo Shangshu Fang Bin to play the ......"

More than a dozen eunuchs distributed in different positions in the main hall waited for his words to fall, and they repeated together: "I have invited the Zuo Shangshu Fang Bin of the Ministry of War to perform the ......."

Fang Bin took a few steps forward and came to the center of the main hall, first bowed and bowed, kowtowed three times, and then got up and said loudly to Zhu Di: "Bingshen year, Gui Siyue, Ji Chou to Ren Yin day!" ”

Wang Yan went down the steps from the side, took the fold he presented, and went up again and handed it to Zhu Di.

During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, the ministers had to kneel at the beginning, and in the Zhu Di period, it was changed to standing, but at the time of the 15th National Congress of the Chinese New Year, because there was a foreign viewing group every time the court meeting, at this time, it was necessary to kneel first and then perform.

Zhu Di took the fold and nodded, and Wang Yan, who was standing next to him, shouted again: "Quasi-play!" ”

Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting on the second-floor platform, happened to be just below Wang Yan, and his eardrums were numb from his voice.

Of course, Fang Bin's voice was not so harsh, although this person was greedy, but he was capable, good at alertness, and could take his will. And he is dignified, has an excellent demeanor, and has excellent speech and demeanor.

Xie Jin commented that he was a talented scholar and a philistine.

What is a philistine originally referred to a broker who traded horses, and later the meaning of a philistine was added.

In terms of future generations, this is an agent with a lotus tongue, despising him for his empty literary brilliance, but he is extremely philistine.

After listening to Zhu Di's words, he got up and stood in the middle, turned his back to Zhu Di slightly, faced the hundred officials, and said in a subdued and frustrated voice: "In the first half of the month, there were three hundred and sixteen acts in the military department, seven copies of the transmission of the book, and three hundred and nine edicts. The whole army department worked hard to transfer more than 35,000 troops for His Royal Highness Taisun to go to Dongying, and 65 generals above 1,000 generals......"

At the meeting, there is generally no discussion of specific events, but more of a summary of the work of various departments in the past half a month.

As for the emperors on TV who tried the case at the court meeting, it was like handling a civil case at the National People's Congress in later generations, which was pure nonsense.

Only cases or events related to the livelihood of the society and the people's livelihood will be brought to the court meeting for discussion, such as rebellion, such as disaster relief.

Of course, the march of the army is also in this ranks.

Fang Binhui finished reporting the incident in the military department in one breath, turned to face Zhu Di, and stood quietly in the lobby.

Zhu Di watched the folds on it, while listening to Fang Bin's report, and before Fang Bin's report ended, he had already finished reading the twists and turns.

At this time, he spoke: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the first time I sent Yang Zai as an envoy, I was imprisoned by King Huailiang of the Eastern Ying Southern Dynasty and beheaded five of my envoys. Taizu remembered his ignorance and forgiveness, but he did not remember the old kindness, and disturbed my border many times in the last years of Hongwu. ”

"During the period of self-sufficiency and righteousness, under his strong constraints, the phenomenon of Japanese cowards was curbed. However, after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, his son Ashikaga Yoshinori eyed our Ming Dynasty, repeatedly tested my Ming Dynasty, and sent a large number of men and horses with last year to plunder Korean-speaking Ryukyu and other countries, causing major damage to our Ming vassals. ”

"Taisun Zhanji led an army of 100,000 in the last winter, cleared the Japanese invaders entrenched on Tsushima Island and Jeju Island, and captured more than 10,000 people. In addition to the thousands of remnants of the original Southern Dynasties, nearly half of them are the sons of the famous people of Dongying. ”

At this time, he stood up from the dragon chair, got up and walked two steps, came to the front of the three-story imperial platform, held the railing with both hands, leaned over and said: "I sent Jin Shangshu to Toei to hold him accountable, and Ashikaga Yoshinori dared to block the sea area and refuse my envoy." Don't let other daimyo contact my envoy, I'm so damn good, I don't even save a little face for Lao Tzu, then I'll beat him up as a bitch! ”

Even though Zhu Zhanji was already familiar with this grandfather's character, he still almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he encountered such a scolding girl at the court meeting.

Whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di, including the current self, it cannot be said that he is a big old man, but he can only be regarded as a rough writer.

He himself is a little better and likes to act within the rules he has set, which is also the character he brought with him in later life.

But Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are all God's biggest and second people, happy and angry, and they don't abide by the rules at all.

Even the issuance of holy decrees can sometimes be child's play.

In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, the Japanese invaded Liaodong. Zhu Yuanzhang issued a holy decree, and wrote directly: "Fengtian carries the emperor, Zhao said, tell the people to prepare knives, these guys are coming, kill them." Chin this. ”

The vernacular holy decree originated in the Yuan Dynasty, and at that time, in order to let the common people understand the holy decree, they basically used the vernacular.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree of directly using the word guy is not to say that it was rare in the Yuan Dynasty, and even in later generations, it can be described as unprecedented.

When he arrived at Zhu Di, most of his holy decrees were half-literate and half-white. For example, in the holy decree to the household department two years ago, it was written: "The military family opens shops in the market every year to do business, and the government asks for some things, why is he unwilling to comprador it?" Your ministry is a clerk, and Tianfu knows: If there is a comprador in the future, but open a shop house, regardless of the military and civilian families, he will be a comprador. If you dare to disobey, you will not be spared. Chin this. ”

In order to build the Wudang Mountain Road Palace, his holy decree is a big vernacular, and finally wrote: "Officials, officials, people, etc., abide by my words, work diligently, and do not be lazy." Finish early, go home and rest. Chin this! ”

Not only does it use vernacular in China, but in the holy decree to North Korea, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are often in the vernacular.

In the nineteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree to North Korea directly said: "Your Goryeo affairs are also a little non-stop." I don't know how classical you are, but in my Chinese classics, it seems that everything is taken by him. …… You only have to come to entangle, and I will say, since you must listen to my restraints, and compare them to the land of the Central Plains, each of which has a year of tribute, so I teach you to enter a thousand horses every year, and gold, silver, and cloth. But it didn't work out. China is missing these ?......"

“…… I'll send someone to Liaoyang tomorrow for the price of horses. Remember my words, Speakers. …… You go back and say that with him, hand over to the sincere and protect the land of that side, don't insult me, this China has something to say, if you are not sincere, do not love the people, and provoke the side, such a thing, I will not spare you! If I ask you, don't go haphazardly, build a city one journey at a time, and do it slowly. …… There are officials' gauze hats, and the people's headscarves are worn, so why bother with me talking about it?"

The whole meaning of the decree is that the Mongols are finished, and you better be wise, and submit to me sincerely, and don't be clever in such matters as tribute horses, garrisons, and trade. If you are honest, I will not beat you, but if I do, I will surely destroy you. As for what to wear, don't bother me with this kind of, you can wear it how you want, and use me to teach you?

Zhu Zhanji held back a smile, kept a straight face, and looked at the hundred officials under the steps and looked at each other. Obviously, everyone is used to his frequent scolding, and they are expressionless.

Zhu Di, who was cold and unguarded, suddenly said loudly: "Taisun Zhanji listens to the order!" ”

Zhu Zhanji just froze for a moment, then hurriedly got up and bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "Zhanji is here!" ”

"I ordered you to raise military affairs a month ago, can you complete it?"

Zhu Zhanji responded: "Since he has received the holy order, Zhanji does not dare to have a trace of slackness, and the 160,000 army is ready to go, just waiting for His Majesty's will." ”

Zhu Di said loudly: "Okay! In the Ministry of Rites, Si Tianjian chooses the day of the expedition, and you will lead the army to the expedition. This battle is going to fight my Ming national prestige, and let the Ashikaga Yoshinori of the Muromachi Shogunate know that I can't be insulted by the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Zhanji replied loudly: "Those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away!" ”

After a few words, the grandfather and grandson finalized the expedition. At this time, Zhu Di ordered the household department to check the military rations, the military department to do a good job in logistics, and the internal supervisor sent a supervising army to prepare for the army.

And the envoy of Dongying collapsed on the viewing platform like a mourner, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

The envoys of other countries did not feel too cold, first of all, Dongying was a lonely country and did not border other countries.

North Korea, the only one close to Dongying, hates the Japanese even more, and wishes that the Ming Dynasty would fight Dongying to the death.

Near noon, Zhu Zhanji withdrew from the Fengtian Hall with the hundred officials, today's big court meeting, after the end of the meeting, there will be a small court meeting held by the chief officials and Zhu Di in the Jinshen Palace, he doesn't have to accompany Zhu Di to lunch.

As soon as he left the main hall, he saw Mu Xin, who was dressed in bright clothes, greeted him, bowed down and said, "Your Highness." ”

He is an elder, and he is Zhu Zhanji's uncle, Zhu Zhanji didn't dare to take it big, so he returned a salute and said: "Uncle is not more polite, this place is not a court, just call me Zhanji." ”

Having said that, Mu Xin didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

Princess Changning has died, and his relationship with the royal family lacks the necessary bonds. Although Zhu Di still favored him, he not only ordered him to build the Wudang Dao Palace, but even issued edicts to other princes of the Ming Dynasty, often using him as the main envoy.

But Zhu Di is very old, and the prince blames him for not taking good care of Chang Ning, and has a general relationship with him, so he naturally wants to talk about the grandson who is getting bigger and bigger.

Zhu Zhanji originally wanted to take him with him, but Zhu Di arranged for him to be the supervisor of the Second Fleet and be Yixin's deputy.

Although Mu Xin is a descendant of the famous "Mu Wangfu", he has a family history. But he actually grew up in the capital since he was a child, and only went to Yunnan, Guizhou and other places as a special envoy, but never really went to the battlefield.

He was looking for Zhu Zhanji at this time, and he also wanted to show goodwill to Zhu Zhanji and listen to the opinions of Zhu Zhanji, the coach.

Seeing that his attitude was relatively correct, Zhu Zhanji was still quite comfortable in his heart, and he had the heart to instruct him: "The naval fleet was first built, but it only experienced an experimental war. Although Yixin is older, it lacks a new naval commander. His main task now is to establish his prestige within the Second Fleet, so his uncle, as an overseer, should maintain his prestige, even if there is a disagreement, do not embarrass him to his face. As long as he makes great contributions, he will naturally have a share of you, but it is not good to be a teacher, and it has little to do with you. ”

Mu Xin nodded, and said tentatively: "As the commander of the first army, Xin will listen to him, this time, only with ears, not mouth." ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Of course, it can't be limited to this, Lone wants to avoid future troubles this time, and when it is time to supervise, my uncle still has to fulfill his responsibilities." ”

Mu Xin understood what Zhu Zhanji meant, and solemnly clasped his fists and said: "The minister must live up to the trust and serve His Royal Highness!" ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled, just listen to this kind of thing, it still depends on whether he is competent or not, and then decide whether to reuse him in the future.