After the careful wording of Hongji and the elders, the edict was finally issued. The bulletin boards of each county and county government, Ming Pao, and Baimin Bao have the original text of the edict, and there is also a vernacular translation on the Baimin Daily.

In general, the edict has two meanings, one is that from now on, the treasury will no longer allocate money to the inner treasury and the royal family. The money will come from the Emperor Zhuang. One is that the royal family will set up a "World Chamber of Commerce". This chamber of commerce is not engaged in the sale of general goods in the Ming Dynasty, and in the next five years, it will build cement roads from Beijing to Guangzhou, and from Beijing to Xi'an to Chengdu. No checkpoints shall be set up on the road and no tolls shall be charged.

The whole Ming Dynasty was boiling, and this edict was the most talked about in the teahouses and restaurants. Ordinary people just listen to the excitement, although they have never heard of the royal family doing business, but it has little to do with them, just forget it. Many scholars and students are scolding, how can the heavenly family do business, businessmen, that is a lowly status, how can the royal family be so noble that it can be stained with copper stench, and whether it is etiquette anymore, it will not become a system. After inquiring again, it was Liu Daxia and Liu Ge Lao who asked for the abolition of Huangzhuang, and immediately began to scold Liu Daxia and the civil and military officials. At this time, the scholars were very free, and there were also scolding the court, but the court would not blame it for this. Fortunately, Hongzhi has been on the throne for 21 years, and in general, the country is safe and secure, and he is very popular with the people, so no one will scold him. Some of the ministers' children, or students from famous families, saw through it at a glance, and the main reason why the courtiers took such a big risk and allowed the royal family to do business was these two roads. It can be said that the ministers of these two roads need it, the people need it, the army needs it, and the merchants need it even more. As for the businessmen, they are eager to set off firecrackers to celebrate, they have always been at the bottom of the society, although they are quite wealthy, but they are indeed a piece of fat, anyone in the upper echelons of feudal society can come to bite a piece, if you want to make the business bigger, you must rely on one of the forces, you can be a courtier, you can make a noble, you can also be a noble, in short, there is no background, the bigger the business, the greater the danger. The royal family doing business is no less important to them than a few hundred years later, when the world's most powerful country has a chocolate president.

There was a lot of discussion among the people, but it could not change the decision made by the imperial court this time. The industry of the World Chamber of Commerce is in the process of being reorganized. Since it is already the coldest time of the year, Bohai Bay has begun to freeze, and the southward journey and seafood will not be carried out until the beginning of spring next year.

In fact, the business time this time was not so urgent, but it was about to build ships and cannons and expand the army. Speaking of artillery, after the guidance of Zhu Houwei and the exploration and development of military factories, after more than two years, the artillery using iron molds and internal water cooling technology was finally created, and the important point is to re-accurate the number of units. The iron mold casting method has increased the original 10 to 30 percent of the finished product rate to more than 70, and the internal water cooling technology has increased the life of the iron cannon by 5 to 8 times, compared to the millions of taels of silver invested in two years, Zhu Houwei feels that it is still very worthwhile.

The expansion of the army this time is the expansion of the army and the navy, the sailors have been formed for a long time, and the early training will come in handy, and the army expansion is because the little prince has not been idle for the past two years, and he is still conquering small tribes everywhere. In the past two years, there have been no less than 10 small tribes who have asked for the Ming Dynasty to be attached, which shows that the center of the little prince has begun to move south, and maybe when he will have to move with the Ming Dynasty.

Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it has reached the 22nd year of Hongji (1508), and the first month has just passed. This year's Spring Festival, as in previous years, was very lively, and the entire capital was full of fireworks and firecrackers on the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and it did not stop overnight. Since most of the buildings in the capital are wooden, and the weather is relatively dry at this time, it does not rain or snow, so the firefighters of the fire shop in the capital are busy when the fireworks are set.

All kinds of civil and military ministers in the capital, as well as the royal relatives and nobles, also went to the upper floor of the Wumen City to accompany the emperor's family to watch the people play and have fun with the people.

Just after the first lunar month, the first day of the second month, the auspicious day of the zodiac, it is appropriate to marry, it is appropriate to break ground, and everything is appropriate. On such a good day, Zhu Houzhao also ushered in his good day, that is, a big wedding.

Needless to say, after layers of shady, under the selection of the emperor and empress, the only daughter of the Bai family was chosen. In the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the emperor or the crown prince marrying the crown princess, the general woman's family background would not be very prominent. As long as it is not a lowly family, the ancestors have meritorious fame. Bai Xiaode's grandfather is a showman, and his grandfather is even more of a person, and he has been a county magistrate, and it is only in his father's generation that he can be regarded as a family and a farmer. So Bai Yulian's family background is barely okay. Another point is that the queen of the Ming Dynasty and the crown princess are from Jiangbei with the Yangtze River as the boundary, which Bai Yulian also conforms.

Today, Zhu Houzhao is engaged, as the crown prince, he can't ride a tall horse and come to the door in person, so he has to send an envoy to the door. Who is the messenger? Zhu Houzhao's brother's teacher Yang Tinghe. When Hongzhi married Empress Zhang, the envoy was also his teacher Liu Jian. As an important step in the engagement, this time I went to Nacai and ask for a name.

Early in the morning, Yang Tinghe came to the East Palace to report, and then led the team to Li Zhenbai's house. The procession consisted of about 100 people, dressed in red wedding clothes, blowing and blowing, and rushed to the north of the city.

When they arrived at the gate of the Bai family, the team stopped. Not far from the procession, there were people watching the excitement everywhere, but fortunately they knew that it was a royal wedding, and no one dared to get too close. At this time, Master Yang got off his horse, came out of the crowd, stood at the gate, and then asked people to go up and call the door, which is the rule. As soon as the door opened, a person came out, about 30 years old, with a dignified appearance, at first glance, he was a well-educated person, and a clean Confucian robe added to his temperament. This is Bai Shizhong, he and Bai Xiaode have also had a lot of intersections in the past two years, both of them are well-educated and temperamental, and they soon became friends. Today is a big day for Bai Xiaode's family, so Bai Shizhong was specially invited to come as a guest.

Bai Shizhong bowed in front of Master Yang, and said with a smile: "Dare to ask for something." Master Yang also smiled slightly, "The palace is matched, it belongs to Lingde." The state has a common canon, so that a certain line of acceptance of the gift. Bai Shizhong bowed, then returned to the mansion and repeated Master Yang's words to Bai Xiaode. Bai Xiaode, the son of Bai Xiaode, is ignorant of etiquette and is not enough to prepare for selection. Respectfully accepting the order, the minister Bai Xiaode did not dare to resign. In order to make his daughter's marriage go smoothly, Bai Xiaode accepted the fictitious title of the imperial court canonization - Changqing Uncle.

Bai Shizhong came to the gate again, repeated Bai Xiaode's words to Master Yang, and then welcomed Master Yang and the others into the courtyard.

Master Yang took out Hongzhi's edict and read: "I will order the daughter of the Bai clan to be the crown princess, and I will order the secretary to ask for the name ceremony." Then he continued: "Yang Tinghe Feng Zhao picks. "The one in the back is carrying a tray with two geese on it, which is the laying of geese. After Bai Xiaode ordered Bai Shizhong to accept the wild geese, Yang Tinghe went out of the gate. Bai Shizhong also came to the gate again and said, "Dare to ask for something." Master Yang replied: "The match of the palace is harmonious. Will be added to the divination, and the name will be asked. Bai Shizhong entered the door and repeated, Bai Xiaode said: "The daughter of Bai Xiaode, who is a minister, can serve the palace, and Bai Xiaode does not dare to resign." Bai Shizhong went out and repeated to Master Yang. Master Yang entered the gate again, Chen Li laid Yan Ruyi, and announced the system and said: "The minister Yang Ting and the edict ask for the name, and will seek divination." Bai Xiaode replied: "The first daughter of Bai Xiaode, the Bai family." ”

Then, just like before, Master Yang arrived at the gate again, and Bai Shizhong came up and said, "Dare to ask for something." Master Yang said, "Seek divination, and its occupation is subordinate, and the system makes a certain auspicious." Bai Shizhong sued, Bai Xiaode said, "The son of Bai Xiaode is stupid and afraid of Fukekan." Divination Yunji, but the minister's luck, the minister is respectful. Bai Shizhong ran to the door again, and Master Yang repeated. Master Yang entered the courtyard, Chen Lidian Yan Ruyi, and announced the system: "Feng system sue auspicious." ”

After that, it was a levy, this time it was to put the wealth and jewelry in the courtyard, and there was no memorial ceremony. Finally, there is the invitation period, and Master Yang said, "Ask Yu Guixiao." On March 3, Ji made a certain notice. Bai Xiaode immediately replied: "Dare not accept the fate." "Before marriage, the matter of the Bai family is over.

Listening to the envoy sent by the imperial court outside, Bai Yulian sat shyly in her boudoir, accompanied by her little junior sister and Lao Li's little grandchildren.

Master Yang's team returned to the palace to report to Hongji. The next day, Hongzhi put on the crown of heaven and the robe of silk yarn, served the heavenly palace, and stood by hundreds of officials. Introduce the crown prince to His Majesty, four bows. Enter the east gate of the temple and take a seat, standing in the east direction. The lord entered with a lamp, the crown prince knelt, and received the sacrificial wine. The chef eats with food, and so does kneeling. Xing, sit on the table, eat and drink, and kneel before the throne. The emperor's order said: "Go to Ying'er, inherit my sect's affairs, and be handsome and respectful." The crown prince said: "The minister is respectfully obeyed. "Prostrate, prostrate. Out to His Majesty, after four worships, the emperor returned to the palace, and the crown prince came out.

Zhu Houzhao could only sleep in the East Palace during this time, so Zhu Houwei and the little girl happily went to visit the eldest brother who had already been married. When he arrived at the East Palace, Zhu Houzhao had already returned, and the whole person seemed to have been pulled out of his bones and spread on the chair like a puddle of mud.

The little girl jumped up in front of Zhu Houzhao and said, "Congratulations, big brother, a lover will finally become a family." Zhu Houzhao immediately started to do it when he heard it, laughed stupidly, and didn't speak. Zhu Houwei asked, "How is today's Jiao ring?" Zhu Houzhao immediately became very depressed, "What's the matter, I'm too tired to do it." With so many people staring at me in Fengtian Temple, I can't relax for a moment, just like a marionette, I will do whatever others say. Zhu Houwei said with a happy face: "It's okay, I don't need it." Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "You are married less than me, but there is one thing, at that time, you will bring your princess to visit me and your senior sister." How do I clean you up when I see it. Zhu Houwei was stunned: "There is this article for the prince to get married?" Zhu Houzhao looked proud, "That's not it, let me tell you, in the past two days, the ceremonial officer came to teach me a lesson, and I not only learned the prince's marriage ceremony, but also took the time to learn the ceremony with you." ”

Zhu Houwei didn't know what to say about him, and it took a while before he said, "You are really an idle egg." The little girl asked, "Big brother, do you have eggs on you?" How did I not know? The two brothers looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say. Zhu Houwei naturally had to come by himself for the trouble, so he smiled and said, "Er, you heard it wrong, I'm talking about gall. The little girl looked suspicious, but Zhu Houzhao nodded hurriedly.