Song Hongye's living environment determined his way of thinking.

The prince wants to expand the guard, which is no different from the purchase of the Ding Nursing Home by a large family.

Since human teeth can help buy Ding, weishenme can't pick the guards? If it is said that there are countless people, who among the Jingshi can be more experienced than these people?

Song Hongye called Wu Changchun and asked him to take people to Tianjin, Jinan, and Shandong to select people. I also took human teeth to Henan and Hebei to pick ore and select people. In order to make it convenient for them, Zhu Cihong sent the Jinyi Wei Han general and the little eunuch as the background, plus the manuscripts of the edict of the East Palace and the emperor's holy decree, the local officials were all entertained, and sent people and horses to help select people.

In just ten days, Song Hongye has completed most of the selection work and brought back a full 2,000 people.

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In the past ten days, Song Hongye and Wu Changchun were running around, and the prince was not idle.

He had to convert the side rooms behind the outer mansion into barracks, and find carpenters to make high and low beds, otherwise he would not be able to accommodate nearly 2,000 excess men.

At the same time, he also converted the small garden into a public bathhouse, which was the most elaborate of the three, but had to be demolished for the sake of the soldiers' hygiene. Because the pond in this garden has a culvert leading to the Jinshui River, the wastewater after bathing can be discharged into the house.

These projects cost a lot, but fortunately, there was originally a repair of the East Palace Outer Residence, so the Ministry of Engineering was not caught off guard. Under the pretext of repairing the water tower and the water diversion car, Zhu Cihong also asked the martial arts left guard to go over, and sent Tian Cunshan to admiral.

The three guards on the left and right sides of the martial arts sound like military guards, but in fact, they are all military craftsmen, so they are assigned to the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Engineering has three guards, and it is a huge burden to solve the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these craftsmen, but it is a huge burden to not let the craftsmen generate income.

The number of a guard in the Ming Dynasty ranged from three to five thousand to more than 10,000. Although Wugongwei is a military craftsman, it has been derived for two hundred years, and there are nearly 10,000 people in a guard, and the monthly salary and rice consumption is not small. After Zhu Cihong took over the stall, the first thing he faced was the cost of money and food. Although the work of the military craftsman is his own job and does not require wages, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and the prince has to let them eat before they can work.

Expecting the Ministry of Works to pay for it is hopeless. To find his father, Bixia, to ask for gold and silver, but there is a great risk. If it is not done well, the emperor will stop this matter with a will, and then the previous work will be wasted.

"Liu Ban, where can I dig up some silver?" Zhu Cihong privately gave Liu Ruoyu the identity of a companion, although he was not on the Zhongjuan roster, but the people below did not dare to despise him.

Liu Ruoyu had been thinking about this issue for a long time, just waiting for the prince to say it himself. This time, the prince only brought out a total of 3,000 taels of silver from the palace, which could only meet a month's food expenses at most. Fortunately, the focus of the work of the officials in the past dynasties was to manage the wealth of the Son of Heaven, and the way to do it has long been familiar.

"Your Royal Highness," Liu Ruoyu said slowly, "epidemic prevention is a state affair, and it should not be all spent by the emperor's internal funds, and the household department should also allocate some silver taels." ”

"Hubu ......" Zhu Cihong shook his head, "My teacher's calligraphy and painting are a must, and you can't count on money for money." ”

Ni Yuanlu, who was the head of the household department at the time, also served as a Japanese lecturer, so it is appropriate for Donggong to call him a teacher. Speaking of the Ming Dynasty, there is an allusion that the southerners are not allowed to take charge of the household department, Ni Yuanlu is a native of Shangyu, Zhejiang, and he has to be appointed as the head of the household department because he is valued by Chongzhen, and he thinks he can be a minister.

Zhu Cihong was not interested in this literati who could only make suggestions and could not effectively solve problems. Even if he knew that Ni Yuanlu had hanged himself after the fall of Beijing, he didn't have any special feelings. From the perspective of art investment, he quietly saved a batch of Ni Yuanlu's fine calligraphy and paintings.

"Can the rich and powerful in the city donate some?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Liu Ruoyu shook his head slightly: "It's difficult." His Royal Highness didn't know that in recent days, the old ministers have inquired in many ways, but they did not find that any of the magnates were suffering from plague. If only a few displaced people died, they would definitely not really support the epidemic prevention. ”

Zhu Cihong was speechless.

Again, this is his own analysis. Because Yersinia pestis is not very resistant to the natural environment, as long as rodent extermination, hand washing, and no contact with sick people are achieved, this virulent infectious disease can be largely kept away. In the upper class of the Ming Dynasty, the hygiene habits were better than those of the next five hundred years, and large families had to bring boxes of change of clothes when they went out, and there was no need to talk about the primary requirement of washing hands before and after meals.

Moreover, the concept of isolation from patients also existed in Huaxia as early as the Han Dynasty, and it was very popular in the Song and Yuan dynasties. Who in a big family would be stupid enough to come into contact with a plague patient?

"I'm going to see you yet." Zhu Cihong said with a gloomy face: "Arrange it as soon as possible, and invite the powerful and rich families in the city to a banquet in the big garden, and the big people in the palace, in short: as long as there are rich people, invite them to me." In addition, I would like to meet Zhang Yingjing, who also did Dharma in the palace a few days ago, and went to find him. ”

Liu Ruoyu didn't know what the prince meant by wanting to see Zhang Tianshi, and he didn't think that the prince had a heart before. However, of course, he couldn't ask about this kind of thing, but he wrote it down in response, and searched for the person to be sent to do the work in his mind.

"In addition, the female official is also going to the outer mansion today, and these people will also be handed over to you." Zhu Cihong said.

"The old minister dares not to be unsatisfied!" Liu Ruoyu's heart stirred.

It's not because he can manage those female officials who are like flowers and jade, but because this appointment has clearly told everyone that in the future, he Liu Ruoyu will be the prince's butler. Those guys who ride on the wall should be able to see the direction of the wind clearly by this time. If Tian Cunshan was smarter, he should also come over and ask for guilt and ask An to do it honestly.

Zhu Cihong continued: "The foreign minister is arrogant, I can't afford it. You choose some writing from the juan and the woman to do the writing, and the legs and feet are diligent. If it is not enough, go outside to find it, draw up a good roster, and I will pay all the expenses and salaries, and I am not allowed to maintain private office work. ”

Liu Ruoyu's current net worth can't afford to support any private individuals, and he even claims to be.

Zhu Cihong counted the date of Song Hongye's return, walked to the open area, turned his waist, kicked his legs, and said, "I'll go run two laps, and report to me at any time if I have something." ”

"Yes." Liu Ruoyu came out in response, and the several things to be done were already in order in his mind. The corresponding candidates have also been shadowed.

For example, if you want to invite the powerful to a banquet, you have to eat some grievances, and you have to send someone from Tian Cunshan's side; On the side of the wealthy businessmen, the errand money can be soft, and this errand has to be given to Wang Ping and repay the favor; Go to the palace to invite Da Jue, that is a matter of offending people, and you have to let Tian Cunshan go in person...... As for Zhang Tianshi, let's go on a trip to make a good fate.

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