Zhu Youneng rarely enters the palace on weekdays, but recently he has come one after another. Early in the morning, he came to the palace gate, and it was Zhang Mao on duty, who had been promoted to the commander of the palace.

"Zhu Gongzi, do you want to enter the palace to find Your Majesty?" Zhang Mao asked.

"Lao Zhang, Your Majesty is not busy, is he?" Zhu Youneng asked tentatively.

Li Ji has been very busy recently, this is the third time that Zhu Youneng has entered the palace, and the first two times have been rejected.

This time, Zhang Mao did not refuse: "Your Majesty has just finished handling a case in Xiangzhou, and now you are resting in the Ming'an Palace, Your Majesty said that Zhu Gongzi, you can go directly to the Ming'an Palace."

A small eunuch at the gate of the palace led Zhu Youneng to the Ming'an Palace.

Li Ji and his friendship still failed to keep after all, and his majesty as emperor is becoming more and more serious, and he doesn't dare to call Brother Li anymore if he lends Zhu Youneng ten more dares.

The two are now more like kings than brothers. Li Ji also felt this, but he didn't say anything.

In other words, Li Ji doesn't want to be a brother with him now. He is a king, and he can only be a minister.

Li Ji has grown up, and he is no longer the little emperor he used to be, and he is playing with Zhu Youneng. The days when the two of them went out of the palace to throw dice, fight cocks, and play crickets are gone.

Li Ji finally lost his last friend. This is probably the greatest sorrow of every emperor, lonely and cold.

The Ming'an Hall is magnificent, the rebuilt hall is spacious and bright, and the huge glass makes the hall bright. The skilled craftsmen of Luoyang City carved dragons and phoenixes, showing the majesty of the emperor.

The little eunuch lowered his head and took small steps, led Zhu Youneng to the door of the hall, and then retreated.

Zhu Youneng gently pushed open the door of the palace, looking a little cautious: "Minister Zhu Youneng has seen Your Majesty."

Li Ji was reading a book, and when he saw Zhu Youneng coming, he put away the book and smiled slightly: "Brother Zhu is here, sit down."

Youwei moved over a stool, Zhu Youneng gave it up, and then sat down: "Your Majesty, the minister has come three times, Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and he has not dared to disturb, this time the minister wants to ask His Majesty for marriage."

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, he raised his head: "Marriage? You mean, let me give you the marriage of the county lord of Pingyang? ”

Zhu Youneng, who has always been extremely thick-skinned, turned slightly red: "Exactly, the minister has no official and no position, and I am afraid that he is not worthy of the county lord of Pingyang." If it is given by His Majesty, it is justified. ”

Li Ji laughed: "Well, it's not good for me." I have already married the queen, but I have forgotten you as a brother. This is easy to do, so I will draw up a holy decree to marry the lord of Pingyang. ”

Zhu Youneng was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

"I'll tell you good news, the queen is also happy." Li Ji shared this joy with him.

Zhu Youneng got up again: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Then there was silence, and it could be seen that Li Ji was trying his best to find the feeling between the two of them before their friends, but all of them could not withstand the futility of reality.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, and in the face of the majesty of the emperor, Zhu Youneng felt a little overwhelmed: "Your Majesty, now that Luoyang City has a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes, we have made a lot of money."

Let's finally ease the relationship between the two of us a little more, and Li Ji smiled with him: "Okay, how much money do we have in our account now?"

The two of them do a wide range of businesses, all kinds of industries, Zhu Youneng answered truthfully: "The cash flow is not too much, most of them are invested." His Majesty asked the ministers to take out most of it and invest it in the steel mill, and the cash left in the Kaiyuan cabinet shop is about eight or nine million taels. ”

The effect of the silver money reform is good, and silver has gradually begun to become a large mainstream currency in the market.

One is the carrying aspect, and the other is the high value, and now merchants almost all trade with silver.

The entire imperial court's finances are only 20 million taels a year, and the private money that Li Ji and Zhu You can earn has reached eight or nine million taels in Kaiyuan Cabinet Workshop.

If the investment of the two is added, such as the fixed assets of steel, glass, grain, oil, cloth, tea and other industries, the family property of the two will be the total tax income of Datang for ten years, and they will be as rich as the country.

There was a big corrupt official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and He Shen fell, and Jiaqing was full. Datang has a Zhu Youneng, but Zhu Youneng's behind-the-scenes boss is Li Ji.

No one knows how much property Li Ji has in private, anyway, Zhang Wenwei, who was promoted to the head of the household department, knows that whenever the imperial court is short of money, Li Ji will take out a large amount of money from the private treasury to paste it upside down.

For example, in the construction of the school, Kaiyuan Cabinet Workshop alone invested millions of taels of silver one after another. These are all in the name of donations, which also makes it affordable for all students in Luoyang City to go to school.

The scarcity of talents forced the imperial court to change the imperial examination from one examination every three years to one examination every year.

There is only arithmetic, which is changed to autumn.

Unlike in the past, arithmetic has now become the most important subject in the imperial examination.

Li Jili ignored public opinion, and to put it bluntly, he didn't bother to explain to those courtiers whose heads were the size of peanuts. Arithmetic in autumn is the top priority of the imperial court.

In all dynasties, arithmetic was only a trivial matter, and no one paid attention to it at all.

But Li Ji, what he pays most attention to is the arithmetic exam.

Ming arithmetic is one of the subjects of the imperial examination. It was set up in the Tang Dynasty to select professionals in arithmetic. Try three posts of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "Five Classics", "Five Cao Sutras", "Xiahouyang Sutras", "Zhang Qiujian Sutras", "Zhou Ji Sutras", "Island Sutras", "Sun Tzu Sutras", etc., six posts of "Fixes", four posts of "Ancient Sutras", and ask about righteousness. Those who make art and distinguish the principles of art are passed, and those who are all through are the first. Five generations of abolition.

Why does Li Ji pay attention to arithmetic, he is not to select arithmetic talents, but he wants to find some smart and talented people.

Different from the previous arithmetic subjects, Li Ji personally wrote the questions. It is not the candidates' arithmetic that is tested, but their ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Those who are on the list in arithmetic will directly become the protégé of the Son of Heaven. Soaring and rising.

In other words, students in arithmetic will become students of Li Ji, and Li Ji needs to devote an hour every day to teaching these protégés.

There is no way, if Li Ji wants to change this era, he can only teach these candidates the modern knowledge he has learned as much as possible in a simple way. In the future, these people will be Datang's top scientific and technological talents.

"That, Your Majesty, saltpeter in the gunpowder workshop is in short supply. I heard that there is a lot of saltpeter in Sichuan, and we can build a saltpeter mine there, and I have sent Laifu to Xichuan. ”

Li Ji was overjoyed when he heard this, the war was imminent, and the firearms battalion was greatly consumed. Since the Han Dynasty, there is a record of saltpeter out of Longdao, Xichuan Chonghua Town is known as the hometown of gunpowder, where Laojun Mountain is the largest gunpowder production base in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"Okay, good, send more people. How much does it cost, the old rules, public-private partnership. Brother Zhu, as long as you get saltpeter, you will definitely be indispensable. ”

Money is no longer important to Zhu Youneng, so he kicked his nose and put it in the face: "Your Majesty, when I get married, can you hehe......"

"Will you ask me to give you a red envelope, or will you give you an inscription?" Li Ji asked.

"Then, can Your Majesty go to the minister's mansion to attend the minister's wedding?" Zhu Youneng asked cautiously.

I haven't heard of the courtier's wedding, and the emperor came to congratulate him. No courtier dared to ask the emperor to attend his wedding, Zhu Youneng asked.

The emperor went to the wedding of his courtiers, what a face.

Li Ji thought for a while: "Okay, for the sake of the merit you found saltpeter, I must go!"

Zhu Youneng was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"!" Li Ji flicked his sleeves.

Zhu Youneng just got out, the emperor attended his wedding, and he had his own ideas.

Zhu Youneng wants to hold a grand wedding, the wedding is so big that there is no one before and no one after him, but this faces a problem, overstepping the etiquette.

What is your Zhu Youneng thing, if the wedding is bigger than the pomp of the Son of Heaven, in the era of the emperor's centralized power, this is going to kill the head.

But Li Ji's presence was different, the emperor came in person, indicating the acquiescence of the Son of Heaven. No matter how big the pomp is, it is not overstepping, if others ask, they will say that it is for the arrival of the Son of Heaven, and they deliberately make the pie so big.

Where did Li Ji think of this, he always felt that this loser had made a lot of contributions. He got married, and it was nothing to go by himself.

Night market, the night market in Luoyang City is becoming more and more prosperous. The city is brightly lit and the streets are bustling with people.

Zhu Youneng and Du Fangying, the county lord of Pingyang, this loser held back for almost an hour, and he didn't say anything.

Du Fangying's seven tricks are exquisite, and he can see that he has something on his mind. But this girl is different, others won't say, she will never ask.

Zhu Youneng was absent-minded, looking left and right, and wanted to speak several times. The words came to his lips and he swallowed again.

"I'm a little tired and want to go back to the house to rest." Du Fangying spoke first.

"Oh, I'll send you then." Zhu Youneng replied casually, and immediately came back to his senses after speaking: "No, no, no, that, I, I mean there must be something interesting in front of me, let's go and take a look."

Since the other party's heart is not here, Du Fangying also feels bored: "No, I'm really tired, there are still many things in the Tomorrow School."

Zhu Youneng was ruthless, quietly pinched himself to give himself courage, and then he walked up to Du Fangying and took a deep look.

Du Fangying was startled, she took a step back: "You, what are you doing?"

When she asked, Zhu Youneng's momentum was a little weak: "Huh? No, nothing, you see the beautiful mountains and rivers here, the scenery is picturesque. The sun is shining, and it's a really nice view. ”

Du Fangying raised her head and looked at the starry sky, and then looked at the surrounding wine shops and teahouses. Still sunny?

Zhu Youneng hated iron and steel and quietly slapped himself, and he coughed: "That Du girl, I, I, I want to marry you!"

Then Du Fangying was stunned, he thought that Zhu Youneng was absent-minded because there was something on his mind. It turned out that for this, he was going to marry himself.

Too suddenly, a girl suddenly couldn't accept it, Du Fangying shook her head: "I, I didn't promise to marry you."

The loser finally became normal, and his shameless side was revealed: "Hahaha, you can't do it if you don't agree."

"Why?"

"I entered the palace today to find the marriage given by His Majesty. This is the hand-picked order of the Son of Heaven, if you don't agree, it will be a rebellion. Zhu Youneng smiled maliciously.

Du Fangying's face turned even redder, women always like duplicity: "Then I won't agree."

Zhu Youneng doesn't care if you agree or not: "Tomorrow, my father will come to the door to propose marriage, since it is the marriage of the Son of Heaven, there is no need for too much red tape." Tomorrow, I will send the bride price directly to your house, the date, I have already picked it, and it is appropriate to marry on the eighth day of the next month. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youneng didn't care whether Du Fangying agreed or not, laughed and left with Wangcai.

Leaving Du Fangying stunned in the local area, she was surprised and delighted, with a hint of annoyance.

"Childe, where are we going?" Wangcai asked, he didn't want to go home.

"Go home and sleep!" Zhu Youneng spoke, and then he stopped.

He saw a man, a middle-aged beggar to be exact.

The middle-aged beggar was in rags, his face was filthy, and his hair was a mess like a chicken nest.

Fortunately, the people of Luoyang City are relatively wealthy and have abundant food. The beggar carried a bowl of sweet potato and multigrain rice, held it in his arms for fear of getting cold, and then went to a small alley.

Wangcai was a little strange: "Childe, what's so nice about a beggar?"

Zhu Youneng shook his head: "His back is so familiar, let's go, go over and take a look."

A person's appearance can be changed, and his dress is different, but the way he walks is difficult to change. Looking at the way this beggar walked, Zhu Youneng remembered a person.

A beggar was a little carried away with joy when he got a bowl of rice, and from the pace of his six relatives who did not recognize him, it could be seen that this person must have been unusual before.

The alley was dirty and dark, a dimly lit corner, and the same dirty, thin, little beggar hid in a corner.

The middle-aged beggar took out the bowl of sweet potato rice from his arms, and it was still steaming, and the beggar said excitedly: "I'm really lucky today, a kind lady gave me a bowl of sweet potato rice, it's still hot, you can taste it."

The skinny little beggar snatched it and gobbled it into his mouth.

The middle-aged beggar smiled softly: "Slow down, eat slowly, don't choke."

The skinny beggar took a few bites, and she handed over the broken bowl: "You eat." It turned out to be a woman.

The middle-aged beggar swallowed his saliva and smiled: "I'm not hungry, you can eat."

The female beggar shook her head: "You eat, you don't eat, I don't eat either."

The middle-aged beggar was helpless, so he had to take a few bites: "Fragrant, really fragrant."

Then they froze, and several dark shadows surrounded them.

Another group of beggars, led by a fat man.

The fat beggar kicked their bowl away: "Hmph, you are really not afraid of death. How many times have I told you, this Jade Lane is Lao Tzu's territory, you still dare to beg here, call me! ”

The female beggar was so frightened that she hid aside and shivered, and the middle-aged beggar hugged her thin body: "Don't, don't fight, please don't fight." We're so hungry that we can't help it, tomorrow, tomorrow we'll leave. ”

The fat beggar smiled wickedly: "Tomorrow? Hmph, you broke Lao Tzu's rules, if you want to leave, you can leave your daughter-in-law behind. Lao Tzu has been a single man for half his life, and he still lacks a mother-in-law! Hahaha......"

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