"The paintings of the National Dynasty are mainly freehand, but if you want to be realistic, you can naturally do it......"

On the second day of returning to Beijing, when the backyard of the Qi Palace's palace sounded Zhu Youzhen's earnest teaching, he rarely ushered in many days of relaxation at this moment.

"Is that so?"

In the backyard, two painting tables are placed on the promenade, and the courtyard of the promenade and the study are exposed in front of the painting table.

Zhu Youzhen stood behind the painting table, telling Yang Ru the trick, and from time to time he held the other party's hand to depict.

In front of them, in the courtyard of the study, which covers an area of nearly half an acre, more than ten plum trees have already budded and are ready to be released, and the snow presses the branches, and the courtyard is white.

A few "palace cats" are stepping on the snow, squatting under the plum tree and looking up at the plum that has not yet bloomed.

Snow, plum, rockery, tanuki......

When the four moving plants collided, a good picture had appeared in Zhu Youzhen's mind.

"The painting is divided into ten categories, namely Taoism, figures, palaces, Fan clans, Arowanas, landscapes, birds and beasts, flowers and trees, ink and bamboo, fruits and vegetables, etc.......

"The method that can be expressed is that there are techniques such as fine brushwork, freehand, hooking, coloring, ink painting, etc., and the color can be divided into golden, large and small green, boneless, splashing color, light color, light silk and other ......"

"When you paint, you not only have to be careful, but also use the changes of lines and ink colors to hook and ......."

Zhu Youzhen is teaching, and Yang Ru is also studying seriously.

Li Dingguo studied in the Cunxin Hall of the outer court of the palace, while Yang Yuanai was busy cooking.

At present, in the study, in addition to Xiao Qiwei, there are only Zhu Youzhen and Yang Rus.

Zhu Youzhen does not shy away from having people come to the inner court, because the current inner court is not worth avoiding.

First of all, he did not have concubines, and secondly, unlike the extravagant and wasteful palace, the serving slaves and maids of the Qi palace were also limited by Zhu Youzhen to 30 maids in the outer court, 20 maids in the inner court, and 10 cooks, with a total of 60 people.

Compared with other palaces, the scale of slaves and maids in the Qi Palaces is even inferior to that of some small county palaces, but it is enough for Zhu Youzhen.

He told Yang Yuanai that if the maid in the house wants to marry someone, just say it, the palace will give the dowry, don't be sneaky.

Zhu Youzhen understands the power of the four words "upward and downward effect", he, like Chongzhen, is very simple in life, except for the willingness to spend money on meals, he is not useful in other aspects.

He didn't need to buy some cloth and satin, and the palace would send some royal silk and satin cloth almost every few days.

Zhu Youzhen's salary has three aspects, one is the 10,000-year-old salary of the title, the other is the 2,000-year salary of the Shangzhi Governor, and the other is the 3,000-year salary of the Governor of Zhengyipin.

His annual salary totaled 15,000 taels of silver, and the expenses in the palace, as well as the food of the generals and ministers of the outer court, were all spent on this fifteen thousand taels of silver.

Zhu Youzhen did not embezzle a penny of silver from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and also forbade the palace to buy land.

In addition to the maintenance of the palace, he also needs his nod to implement any buildings to be built in the palace.

Therefore, since the construction of the Qi Palace, there has been no change so far, and the few additions are the furniture sent from the palace every once in a while.

Needless to say, these furniture are basically from Zhu Youxiao's hands, and most of these furniture Zhu Youzhen can't use them, so they basically store the furniture in the warehouse of the outer court.

The rare rest allowed Zhu Youzhen to relax, and he taught Yang Rushi while painting himself.

Soon, a "Tanuki Enjoying Flowers and Walking in the Snow" was painted by him, and his personal seal was pressed.

After painting a picture he wanted to paint, Zhu Youzhen pulled a chair to Yang Ruis and watched Yang Ruis paint little by little.

Her drawing skills are actually not bad, at least for her age, she is already considered a leader.

Zhu Youzhen accompanied her to paint from four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was not until six o'clock in the afternoon that this atmosphere was broken by Yang Yuanai's footsteps.

"Your Highness, it's time to eat."

"Well, let's get it here......"

Yang Yuan loved to salute and speak, but Zhu Youzhen glanced up at her and bowed slightly.

Seeing this, Yang Yuanai also turned around and ordered a maid behind her to pass the meal, while she stepped forward with another maid.

The maid held the tea tray and tea set in her hand, and Yang Yuanai stepped forward, skillfully put away Zhu Youzhen's painting, and took the tea set and put it on the table, and then put away the paper and pencil and ink, and handed it to the maid to take back the study.

She stood in front of the table, and several blue and white pine, bamboo, and plum tea sets from the Xuande period were arranged by her one by one, and then used a small copper stove to boil water to make tea.

After some smooth operation, the teacup was handed to Zhu Youzhen by both hands, and Zhu Youzhen took a sip after taking it, then put the teacup back, lowered his head and continued to watch Yang Ru is painting.

After about a quarter of an hour, Li Dingguo walked all the way to the corridor, and he was followed by a long line.

Copper pots and plates of vegetarian dishes, slices of raw pork are served, and more than a dozen condiments are also placed on the table.

The copper kettle poured water, the copper pot lit the fire, the coal block ignited the flame, and a relatively vegetarian hot pot banquet appeared in front of Zhu Youzhen.

He put up his own condiments, among which chili peppers were naturally the most important spicy ones.

"Stop drawing, let's eat first."

Zhu Youzhen explained to Yang Ru, and then sat in the main seat, while Yang Yuanai and Li Dingguo also sat down separately and prepared dipping dishes for themselves, and Yang Ru was the same.

Finally, the water began to boil, and the bottom of the clear soup pot made of big bones and the bottom of the red oil pot made of chili butter were presented in the form of a mandarin duck pot.

The two maids were in charge of pouring the vegetables, and Zhu Youzhen seemed to have to eat all he had to do.

It's a pity that he has been tired for more than half a year, and he hasn't experienced it for long, when the sound of footsteps comes from the end of the corridor.

Lu Wenzhao came with a song, Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything after seeing him, and didn't ask until he walked up: "How?" ”

"Long live the day of dropping out, the palace will be closed for a month ......" Lu Wenzhao's face showed a little helplessness, and Zhu Youzhen was also truthful when he heard this.

In order to avoid Zhu Youzhen's questioning, Zhu Youxiao really couldn't bear it.

"Forget it, don't care, let's sit down and eat together." Zhu Youzhen shook his head, and he didn't plan to force his brother, but beckoned Lu Wenzhao to eat.

"The lowly position has already been eaten." Lu Wenzhao said, and the maid also brought a stool.

He sat next to him, took the tea handed by the maidservant and began to rest, while Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything when he heard this, and ate a quarter of an hour of food silently, and then rinsed his mouth with tribute tea, wiped his mouth and got up.

Seeing this, Lu Wenzhao followed, obviously Zhu Youzhen knew that Lu Wenzhao had something important to say, and he couldn't say it in front of everyone.

He deliberately walked away, and Lu Wenzhao followed knowingly.

The two walked back to the study, and then Lu Wenzhao took out three military newspapers.

"Xu Xiake and the others have already arrived in Persia on their way back, and according to your Royal Highness, they have bought a lot of livestock in various countries to return, and they will probably arrive at the Little Western Supervision Embassy at the beginning of the month."

"In addition, the merchants of the European countries who traded saltpeter and cloth with our dynasty brought with them, according to the needs of our dynasty, the great white pig and the sharma, Simmental cattle, Charolais cattle, Limousin cattle, and other livestock."

Lu Wenzhao said, and Zhu Youzhen couldn't help nodding.

The big white pig is an important pig breed for breeding Yorkshire pigs, which is very familiar to Zhu Youzhen, who was poor in his previous life and often went to poor households to work as a veterinarian.

British native white pigs, boars can weigh about 500 catties of adult weight, sows can reach about 400 catties, and among the local pig breeds of Daming, the largest boar weighs less than 400 catties, and the sow weighs less than 300 catties.

Once the big white pig is successfully selected and bred, it can completely breed the future generation of Yorkshire pigs, and the adult weight of Yorkshire pigs can reach more than 600 catties, and the sows can reach more than 500 catties.

The introduction of large white pigs to breed is an important means to solve the people's livelihood, after all, at present, the liquor residues of the Daming Liquor Division can be directly used as feed.

As long as the government promotes breeding, according to the rate that a large white pig can be matched with 25 sows, and can produce eight to ten cubs twice a year.

One hundred white pigs plus 2,500 fattening sows in the Ming Dynasty can breed more than 40,000 crossbred pigs in one year, which is the advantage of big white pigs.

As long as there are enough sows, the government can let crossbred pigs occupy a place in the Daming market within a few years.

Zhu Youzhen lacks nothing at the moment, and there are more than 3 million fattening pigs in the Huangzhuang and officialdom in the two capitals and 17 provinces in the world, and now he only lacks big white pigs.

As for the Sharma, not to mention, this is the largest and most well-known pull-in horse in the world, which can pull more than 8,000 catties of cargo at its limit, with a shoulder height of about 5 feet 5 and a weight of 1,400 to 1,800 catties.

As a stallion, it can be used to improve the quality of Daming's horses, even if the second generation of horse breeds is only half of the ability of Shire horses, it can also play a big role in Daming's agriculture.

However, compared with pigs, the introduction of horses is naturally not fast, not to mention the number of breeding, the number of cubs bred alone, the big white pig can be described as a unique ride.

Not only Sharma, but also several other large beef cattle and dairy cows, Zhu Youzhen knew that their introduction and promotion would not be fast.

It's just that for Zhu Youzhen, he still has a long time to adjust the national policy and improve people's livelihood.

It is worth introducing species that can be introduced, even if it takes more than ten or twenty years to make these species spread all over the Ming Dynasty.

What is currently restricting Daming is actually productivity.

If Sharma is promoted by the government, although it is not as good as the big white pig, it can also grow to millions in more than ten years with the number of millions of horses in the current officialdom.

Such a speed is not slow, according to three years of maturity of a batch, fifteen years can be fully matured five batches, and the shire horse as a stallion needs to be constantly introduced, and hundreds of thousands of mares in the officialdom are still waiting for them.

Zhu Youzhen doesn't feel any shame, as long as Sharma can promote his entry into the agricultural market, then Daming's agricultural production capacity can be increased a lot.

The household department has already calculated, and the current per capita cultivated land in the Ming Dynasty is six acres, and this per capita needs to be subdivided.

The people at the bottom are divided into two capitals and thirteen provinces and outside the province, and the ordinary people at the bottom of the two capitals and thirteen provinces generally only have one to three acres of land in their hands, while the people outside the two capitals and thirteen provinces have five to twenty acres of land per capita.

This is actually a huge gap between the rich and the poor, if the imperial court does not care, then the people of the two capitals and thirteen provinces will only get poorer and poorer.

Zhu Youzhen remembered very well that at present, the population of the Ming people in Jiugang, Jiaozhi, Xiaoxiyang, Ryukyu Prefecture, Taining Sanfu, Yingzhou, and other places combined is less than 8 million, and the amount of cultivated land is more than 94 million mu.

On the other hand, after the Ming Dynasty's traditional two capitals and thirteen provinces, plus Hexi and Liaodong, the paper population reached more than 109 million people, and the amount of cultivated land was more than 740 million mu.

It seems that there is no problem, but in fact, in the more than 740 million mu, the gentry occupy more than half of the land, and the highest per capita of the common people is only three mu.

"Two Beijings and 18 Provinces ......"

Zhu Youzhen whispered softly about the territory of the Ming Dynasty, knowing very well in his heart that the Ming Dynasty urgently needed to release the population at the moment.

If the second wave of drought comes, and the south is also affected, it will be difficult for the three or four provinces in the north, which are the most populous provinces in the southeast, to be rescued by the power of the imperial court alone.

"Raise a big case and move the people ......"

Zhu Youzhen, who flashed six words in his mind, looked up at Lu Wenzhao: "What about one more thing?" ”

"Another thing is that since the beginning of the winter, the troops have been frequently deployed, obviously to prevent our northern expedition." Lu Wenzhao responded, but Zhu Youzhen didn't care about Jianyu.

At present, the construction is just a plague of moss, and the real enemies of the Ming Dynasty are natural disasters and corrupt officials inside.

If it weren't for the corrupt officials and corrupt officials who were greedy for ink and relief grain, maybe Zhu Youzhen would have been able to organize a sweep of the north in the coming year and pacify Jianyu.

At present, this group of officials is pulling his hind legs, and if he is uneasy outside, the devil knows if they will provoke a popular uprising and make hundreds of thousands of peasant rebels to create a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty.

"Tell Cui Yingyuan, give me a good cooperation with Sun Chuanting to patrol the world, and find out the group of officials who are dragging their feet one by one!"

Zhu Youzhen was a little ruthless, after all, it is more difficult to track down corruption in this era, and things like gold and silver flowing water are an account book, but whenever there is a fire, the so-called evidence will be gone.

The handle of the Sanniangzi case has been used, and the Shaanxi civil rebellion has also been used, and Zhu Youzhen no longer has too much evidence of the official's guilt in his hands.

It is precisely because of this that he wants "Officials to Dinglu" and stop the bad rules.

As long as the bad income is stopped, the new officials who enter the officialdom will be polluted within a few years, and those corrupt officials who have become accustomed to bad income and are arrogant and lascivious will definitely not stop.

Without the "moistening pen" and the "bad rules", it is corruption to collect silver again, and Zhu Youzhen can also take people openly.

"Your Highness, although Governor Sun is in the world, but the two major cases involve so many people, I think the corrupt officials and corrupt officials from all over the country should be much more restrained, and this case may not be easy to investigate."

Lu Wenzhao cautiously expressed his worries, he knew very well that his Royal Highness wanted to raise a big case to immigrate to Shibian and enrich the treasury.

But from his point of view, so many officials have been killed in the two major cases, and the major case of the Shaanxi People's Revolution has killed the heads of the three northern provinces.

In this situation, no one should stand up again......

"You're underestimating them!" Zhu Youzhen leaned back in his chair and said calmly:

"If they can control themselves, they will not become corrupt officials, and it is precisely because they can't control themselves that they will become the current situation."

"It would be good if they could really hold on to it, there would be no problems with disaster relief, the people would be able to have a good year, and the court would be the same."

"It's just that in Lone's opinion, if you want them to control themselves, it's no less than letting the disciples sit still!"

Zhu Youzhen has long been disappointed in the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty, or he has been disappointed in the officialdom.

It is impossible to count on an honest and honest officialdom, all he can do is to keep the blood clean by constantly bleeding and transfusing blood for the officialdom.

"Your Highness......"

When Zhu Youzhen and Lu Wenzhao were talking, Wang Chengen walked in and said:

"Gu Ge Lao and Bi Shangshu ask to see ......"

"Let them in." Hearing that Gu Bingqian and Bi Ziyan came, Zhu Youzhen also knew that the two should have come for "Official Dinglu" and other things.

After all, he has not been in the capital for more than half a year, and it is estimated that there are a lot of things waiting for him to deal with in the capital.

"Yes......" Wang Chengen responded, and then turned around to summon Gu Bingqian and Bi Ziyan.

After a cup of tea, Wang Chengen walked into the study with Bi Ziyan and Gu Bingqian, who were dressed in official clothes, and stood in the hall of the study, saluting Zhu Youzhen.

"Watch" Zhu Youzhen asked people to watch the seat, and after the three of them sat down, Bi Ziyan also spoke:

"Your Highness, the matter of "Official Dinglu" has been in an uproar recently, and the government and the opposition are discussing it, if it drags on any longer, I am afraid that it will change later."

"Hmm......" Zhu Youzhen replied and looked at Gu Bingqian: "What do you think?" ”

"Xia Guan thinks it......" Gu Bingqian responded first, and then continued after a few seconds of silence:

""The Officials Dinglu" must first improve and solve the problem of officials' salaries, let some people shut their mouths, and then cancel all kinds of bad income and pen polishing systems."

Give a sweet date first, and then hit a stick, this method seems to be good, but it also depends on whether the people below eat this trick.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the two of them, and then said: "With the bad rules and income of tens of thousands of taels, do you think they will still care about these hundreds or thousands of taels of silver?" ”

"Then hit a batch, pull a batch, kill a batch." Gu Bingqian said the most ruthless words with a deferential posture and a flat tone.

When he said this, Lu Wenzhao, Wang Chengen, Bi Ziyan and others were silent for a moment.

Are they greedy? Naturally, they are greedy, but they know what they can and can't be greedy for.

Just like the current Qi Wang Party and Yanshan officials, there are not a few people who are greedy for money, and Zhu Youzhen did not deal with them because he needed someone to use them.

Although most of the Yanshan officials who have just graduated for two years have not been polluted, their methods are not as ruthless and sophisticated as those of this group.

What's more, most of the corrupt officials in the Qi Wang Party and Yanshan officials know what to take and what not to take.

In the major corruption cases in the Shaanxi civil uprising, the proportion of Yanshan officials is low, not because they are not greedy, but because they are not corrupt.

Zhu Youzhen has a mirror in his heart, he actually knows how Yanshan officials are corrupt.

It's nothing more than working on some materials when working for money.

The loss of 100 catties of cement is less than half a catty, and they say that it is one catty, three catties, or even five catties.

The tools used for infrastructure construction cost an average of 10 yuan, and they offered a price of 11 yuan or 12 yuan.

The cash-for-work has affected more than 2 million people, and each tool is greedy for two cents, that is, several thousand taels of silver.

And that's just the tools, and the ingredients, and the food.

There are two free meals at the work-for-work construction site, and the meal supply is calculated according to one catty of rice per person, two meals a day.

But if you deduct one or two meters, you can get thousands of taels of silver a day, and hundreds of thousands of taels a year.

In short, there are all kinds of means of corruption, and the officials of Yanshan have learned the way of the world, and they naturally know how to feed themselves in the way of the world.

This large-scale change of officials in the three provinces may be able to be honest for a few years, but after a few years, corruption will still have to continue.

What they did Zhu Youzhen knew everything, but they didn't move because Daming needed to maintain stability right now.

At present, they can eat enough, it is Zhu Youzhen who allows them to eat enough, once Zhu Youzhen is not sure, then they have to spit out the silver they eat with interest.

There was a dead silence in the study, and everyone was waiting for Zhu Youzhen to speak.

Zhu Youzhen leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, as if he was pretending to sleep, but he was actually measuring.

After a long time, he said meaningfully:

"The follow-up of this major case in the three provinces, you can see it clearly in your eyes."

"Yu thinks that there are drowning people in the world, and he drowns himself, and he thinks that there are hungry people in the world, and he is hungry by himself......"

"The people's livelihood is already miserable."

"However, the officials of the three provinces are still insatiable, and they have to force the people to put knives on their necks before they know to open the warehouse to release grain and exchange silver for their lives."

"The two of you, one is the elder of the cabinet who makes decisions about the world, and the other is the head of the household department who is in charge of the state finance."

"You have long seen the misery of the people."

"This amount of the imperial court is in your hands, and you have already known it in your heart, and you know better than Lone what to do when you decide right and wrong."

Obviously, Zhu Youzhen felt the reason why the two came to ask him.

To put it bluntly, "Official Dinglu" is a thing that offends people.

Don't look at what Gu Bingqian said just now, Bi Ziyan is not bad, but in fact, they don't want to be responsible.

They came to Zhu Youzhen to ask if Zhu Youzhen could be responsible, after all, if Zhu Youzhen was personally responsible, they would naturally dare to do it, because Zhu Youzhen would protect their safety.

As for Zhu Youzhen's words, although he didn't say it too clearly, he was actually telling the two of them that he couldn't protect the people below him, and the two of them had already seen it clearly.

Now that I'm asking again, I'm a little confused.

The two of them were beaten, and immediately began to speak:

""Officials Dinglu" is the beginning of solving corruption, if you can't even make a decision at the beginning, the follow-up anti-corruption will naturally not go on."

"The lower officials think that now they should quickly issue their will, the cabinet and the celebrant will approve it, and the officials and households will implement it immediately."

Gu Bingqian's statement was very good, but Bi Ziyan was worried:

"The cabinet, the celebrant and the celebrant will not block this will, and the household department still has enough money and food, so naturally it will not refuse, but the affairs of this ministry are ......"

When these words were spoken, everyone pricked up their ears and waited for Zhu Youzhen to speak.

Everyone knows that the officials are currently controlled by the eunuch party, and the controller is Cui Chengxiu, a disciple of Wei Zhongxian.

To implement the "Official Dinglu", it is not only their business, but also related to the eunuch party.

However, after several major cases, the eunuch party has long hated the Wang party, and even if Cui Chengxiu and Wei Zhongxian agree, I am afraid that the officials in the ministry will not agree.

"You don't have to worry about things, just implement it."

Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth to define this matter, although the tone of his words was not heavy, but everyone could hear it, if someone stood up to obstruct this matter, it would not be as simple as exile......

Updated at 6 p.m

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