The Empire newspaper once again published two consecutive articles under the theme "The stock market is risky, you must be cautious when entering the market", and at the same time carried a comprehensive report on the tulip bubble in the Netherlands.

Zhu Youxiao's multi-pronged approach finally allowed the shareholders to recover some rationality.

Under the leadership of Zhu Youxiao, the empire entered the nineteenth year of the Apocalypse smoothly and steadily. With the passage of time, Zhu Youxiao's heirs are also getting older, and until now Zhu Youxiao has not crowned a single heir as king. And Zhu Cijiong is already fourteen years old this year, and the court has repeatedly asked Zhu Cijiong to be crowned king, but Zhu Youxiao has not agreed. This year, Zhu Youxiao decided to give Zhu Cijiong the title of king.

"Cijiong, after graduating from county school, which university are you going to study?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

Zhu Cijiong glanced at Concubine Ren who was sitting on the side, as if he wanted to get an answer from Concubine Ren.

"You can go wherever you want to study? It's all about your heart. Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao said.

"Father, I want to go to the national prison." Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and said.

"Yes, when you are fifteen years old, you will go to Guozijian, and after you go to Guozijian, you will live in Guozijian, and after you get married at the age of eighteen, you will build the palace yourself, but I will give you the Wanqing Huangzhuang in Burma and Laos now, so I am also ready to make you the king of Burma. As for the position of the crown prince, it is absolutely up to me to fight for it, and I will not make a prince for the time being. Zhu Youxiao said. The most in Zhu Youxiao's hands is vacant land, which is now uncultivated, so he decided to divide it among his sons and let his son develop it.

"Your Majesty......" Hearing Zhu Youxiao's reward, Concubine Ren's face turned white, she couldn't help but say, but as soon as her words came out, she was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao, "I know what you want to say, and every prince will be rewarded like this in the future." ”

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Concubine Ren's face improved slightly, and she hurriedly said, "Emperor, don't thank you yet!" ”

"Thank you for your father's reward!" Zhu Cijiong said.

"Cijiong, you step back first, I still have something to say to the emperor." Ren Guifei said.

"The child quit first." Zhu Cijiong said.

After Zhu Cijiong left, Concubine Ren complained and said, "Why did Your Majesty seal the princes so far away? ”

"In my concept, there is no such thing as a vassal, this 10,000 hectares of imperial village is what I left to the princes to maintain their vitality, I said that there will be no more Yulu for the title, there will be no more Yulu, after all, there is only one emperor, and the other princes also have to live, with this 10,000 hectares of Huangzhuang, at least in the future, food and clothing will be worry-free." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Your Majesty means that in the future, it is okay for the prince to stay in Beijing when he becomes an adult?" Ren Guifei asked.

"Of course, I am very enlightened, after Cijiong's wedding, I will allow you to live in his palace, so that someone will accompany you every day, and of course you can continue to live in the palace." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Thank Emperor Longen!" Concubine Ren said happily.

"Is this Chen Yuanyuan?" Zhu Youxiao pointed to the most beautiful palace maid beside Concubine Ren and asked. Zhu Youxiao originally forgot about Chen Yuanyuan, but when he came to Concubine Ren today, he remembered it again when he saw Chen Yuanyuan.

"Exactly, she is Chen Yuanyuan, her Dan role is very good, and the concubine likes it very much, so she left her in the palace." Ren Guifei said.

"It is indeed the appearance of a country and a city." Zhu Youxiao exclaimed. According to historical records, Zhu Youxiao deduced that Chen Yuanyuan should be the most beautiful one among Qin Huai Bayan, and when he saw it today, his appearance really overshadowed several other people.

"Slave maid...... Slave maid ......" Hearing Zhu Youxiao's praise, Chen Yuanyuan didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Your Majesty, it's better to stay with the concubine if you are free today, and let Yuanyuan perform a play of "The Legend of the West Chamber" for you." Ren Guifei said with a smile.

"I'm really not free today, I'll talk about it next time, I'm going to the Qianqing Palace to summon my master today." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Then when the emperor is free, the concubine will let Yuanyuan prepare in advance." Ren Guifei said.

"Hmm." Zhu Youxiao nodded.

……

Zhu Youxiao today will discuss this year's budget with the cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Office. Last year, the revenue of the state treasury reached 260 million taels, and under the auspices of Huang Zongxi, Tian Fu's proportion of the entire treasury revenue has shrunk to less than 30 percent. With the promotion of six-year compulsory education, the financial expenditure on education has increased even faster, and has exceeded 10 million taels to 11 million taels.

Under Zhu Youxiao's philosophy, although the treasury revenue has increased rapidly, the speed of spending seems to be faster. Last year, the treasury barely managed to balance its revenues and expenditures.

After discussing the matter of the budget, Sun Chengzong said: "Yan Siqi, the king of Kyushu, suddenly fell seriously ill last year and passed away in early December last year. ”

"Yan Siqi has passed away?" Zhu Youxiao asked in surprise. Zhu Youxiao heard the news that Yan Siqi was seriously ill from Dongchang, but he didn't expect him to die so soon. In history, Yan Siqi died in 1625, and this time due to the arrival of Zhu Youxiao, Yan Siqi's fate was changed, and Yan Siqi lived until 1638.

"Yes, Zheng Zhilong's envoy has arrived in Jingshi." Sun Chengzong said.

"Spread the decree and crown Zheng Zhilong as the king of Kyushu." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"I have decided to crown Zhu Cijiong as the king of Myanmar and Laos, and reward Zhu Cijiong with tens of thousands of hectares of imperial estates in Myanmar." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the candidate for the crown prince should be established as soon as possible." Hu Yingtai said.

"I'm only forty-four out of thirty this year, and it's too early to make a prince now." Zhu Youxiao refused.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince is the foundation of the country, should be established as soon as possible, it is a move to respect the temple and re-establish the community, now Your Majesty has many princes, the elderly are more than 14 this year, but Your Majesty has not yet established the prince candidate, the ancestors of the dynasty set up the crown prince, Yingzong is two years old, Xiaozong is six years old, Wuzong is one year old, Chengxian is there. The minister believes that His Majesty should set up a storage position as soon as possible on the auspicious day of this spring month, and build a storage position as soon as possible, so as to comfort the hopes of hundreds of millions of people. Huang Shijun also said.

"I have my own opinions on the matter of the prince, and there is no need to discuss this matter." Zhu Youxiao refused.

Every time the matter of the crown prince is mentioned, the monarchs and ministers always break up unhappily, and this time it was the same, Zhu Youxiao returned to the palace in a rage.

……

Back in the harem, Zhu Youxiao was still angry. In the past few years, there have been more and more calls from the whole empire for Zhu Youxiao to establish a prince as soon as possible, and Zhu Youxiao can receive such a recital almost every day, and as long as there is a court meeting, someone will definitely mention this matter. Even Sun Chengzong, who has always supported Zhu Youxiao, openly and secretly hopes that Zhu Youxiao can become the crown prince as soon as possible.

It's not that Zhu Youxiao hasn't thought about this problem, but now the princes are too young, and Zhu Youxiao doesn't know who to appoint as the prince.

(End of chapter)