Returning from Jiangning County, Zhu Rong came to Chunhe Palace.

Compared to weekdays.

There are six new auxiliary officials in the East Palace today, they are wearing five-grade complement scarlet robes, and there are many figures, just like a group of ministers to see each other.

It's like a small Fengtian Temple.

The auxiliary officials of the East Palace kept a straight face, and even saluted actively, they knew about the Jiangxi Jinxian Iron Smelting Institute, and they didn't want the King of Qi to always come to the crown prince.

Moreover, they were discussing with Zhu Biao about going to the Imperial Temple to worship, and they didn't want to be interrupted.

Zhu Rong didn't know this, just walked through them and walked in front of Zhu Biao: "Brother, who are they?" ”

Wang Ben, who was standing on the far left, took the lead and said: "The prince governs the world and needs auxiliary ministers, so His Majesty sent me to wait, is the king of Qi here to hinder the prince's governance?" ”

Before Zhu Yuanzhang was appointed, he would deliberately inspect the temperament of the auxiliary officer, who was like Fang Xiaoru, who was loyal and upright and would not turn a corner, and he would definitely say his mistakes.

It was selected from those stubborn Confucian scholars, and they would not back down unless they achieved their goal, and it was the same when Zhu Yuanzhang came.

If you have an opinion about their attitude, they will resign.

Zhu Biao knew that the auxiliary officer would not be accommodating, so he stood up and asked them to leave temporarily.

But these six people only retreated to the side hall.

Zhu Rong didn't care, he looked at Zhu Biao:

"Brother, I went to see Liu Ji just now."

"Jiangxi Jinxian has broken three furnaces, I'm worried that my father won't blame me, but will embarrass those craftsmen, killing them can certainly punish the crime, but the court will lose a group of skilled craftsmen, and I still want them to continue to change, my father will punish me if he wants to punish me!"

Kill them who will change the furnace.

This matter is similar to restructuring, and if it fails, it will be punished, so the first thing Zhu Rong did when he returned to the palace was to intercede for them.

Zhu Biao looked at this younger brother and smiled with relief: "Father has already issued a holy decree for them to continue to change." ”

Zhu Rong never thought that Zhu Yuanzhang made a holy decree by himself.

Only then did he realize that he didn't seem to fully understand Liu Ji's words.

Zhu Rong was about to go out, but he saw Zhu Rong walking into the Chunhe Palace quickly, he looked at Zhu Biao, "Brother, I heard that my father is going to the Imperial Temple to worship in person, will I also go with me?" ”

There are three emperors and five emperors, King Yu and King Zhou, Gaozu Taizong and the virtuous ministers of the past dynasties.

Zhu Yuanzhang will not bring too many people with him, but everyone he brings are people he is close to and valued.

After listening to his younger brother's words, Zhu Biao's face froze and he shook his head.

Zhu Fan couldn't help but lose in his eyes, just glanced at his eldest brother, turned around and went out.

"Isn't it a sacrifice? Second brother, your sleeves are going to be thrown in my face. Zhu Rong looked at Zhu Rong's back, but Zhu Rong ignored him, he turned around and asked, "Is my father going in person?" ”

"Well, the empty seal executed too many officials, and Wei Guogong went to the north again, and you also know that the third and fourth brothers have gone to join the army, and my father wants to suppress the atmosphere of the government and the opposition."

"Second brother won't be so angry, right?"

Zhu Biao shook his head: "The second brother wants to be favored by his father, he is older than the third and fourth brothers, the army in the north does not have him, and the father does not take him with him in the sacrifice, so it is natural to be angry." ”

Not all the officials went, only the officials appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang and the crown prince Zhu Biao had this treatment.

Zhu Rong didn't pay attention to it originally, but Concubine Guo Dafei told him with great foresight that the feudal state would affect the descendants of the heirs, and there was a difference between the decline of several generations and the decline of dozens of generations.

On behalf of the king Zhu Gui, he was assigned to the barren Datong, and in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, his descendants were already in the four walls.

And Zhu Quan, who was assigned to the rich fiefdom, his descendants had nothing to do when they were full, and they could rebel.

Mother is right, I should pay attention to it...... Zhu Yu was thinking, should I recite a poem to my father? Forget it, my father is no longer the farmer who just came out of Huaixi.

At this time, outside the capital, two horses chased after the horses, the body of the horse swaying, the dirt under the hooves flew, because the quality was not enough to take the post road, they spent nearly ten days to run to Yingtian.

At this time, Zhao Li rode on the horse, and when he passed through the Qingliang Gate, he looked at the people who came in and out on both sides, and there was a kind of spring breeze that was proud of the horse's hooves, and he galloped to the front of the noon gate and handed over the reins to the deputy envoy.

The janissary looked at him, "You can only enter the palace if you have a card." ”

"It's good news, the prince and the king of Qi a few days ago, the furnace that the official changed can make iron! Please inform Your Majesty as soon as possible! Zhao Li shook the hem of his clothes and bowed towards the palace.

The guard ran towards the Fengtian Temple, and soon, he ran back and invited the two of them into the palace.

Cross the Wulong Bridge and go straight to Fengtianmen.

Walking into Fengtian Palace, he could finally see the Son of Heaven, Zhao Li's voice was like a fish in his throat, but he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

Your Majesty, it is good news......

After listening, Zhu Yuanzhang's calm face wavered, and he turned his head to look at Mao Xiang, but he didn't believe it.

In the third year of Hongwu, Lan Zhen, the magistrate of Yangzhou, deceived the imperial court and exaggerated the acres of land and people.

He sent an inspector to the iron smelting office in Jinxian.

After a while, an inspector strode in.

Zhao Li was stunned, this was the new forced labor of the Iron Smelting Institute a few days ago, but he was wearing the official robe of the school inspection at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang grimaced and said coldly: "Jiang Xuan, is what he said true?" ”

"The minister saw it with his own eyes!"

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang smile.

Zhao Li and the envoy glanced at each other, and immediately understood that this was His Majesty's person.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked over and held their shoulders: "Jinxian is too far away from Yingtian, it is inconvenient for you to pass on the news, the inspection school can borrow the post road, so we will put them in Jinxian, you are the heroes of the imperial court." ”

"Minister... The minister did not dare to be. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face softened: "How much iron can you smelt?" ”

"Minister... The minister was worried that he could not speak clearly, and before smelting iron, the molten iron sank heavily below, and the debris floated lightly above...... It is necessary to stop fire and sweep, and now that the gate is opened, it can be tempered without stopping...... Two thousand catties of iron ore can produce half of the iron. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened carefully, his brows were sometimes tightened, sometimes stretched, and when he heard half of the iron, his pupils moved.

According to the inspection report, the amount of iron produced by the 13th Iron Smelting Institute is about one-third of the input raw materials.

Investing more labor and building more iron-making furnaces will certainly get more iron, but it will also require more labor, which the imperial court cannot support.

From one-third to one-half.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, his heart couldn't help but throb, and he turned to look at Mao Xiang: "Order, let King Qi accompany him tomorrow and go to the Imperial Temple to worship." ”

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At this time, in the small courtyard of the palace.

Zhu Yu sniffed the mutton stewed in the pot, and involuntarily put the chopsticks in, and Liu Jiu smiled and brought another pound of beef and a pot of fruit wine.

Zhu Yu picked up a piece of mutton, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly a few times, and the aroma seemed to waft out through his teeth.

Liu Jiu looked at it and his saliva was about to flow out.

"Your Highness, let's eat food here, what do we eat at night?"

Zhu Yugui is the king of the domain, and he can only advance three catties of meat every day, and he can only eat vegetarian at night.

Moreover, beef and mutton are rare, and they can only be eaten by slaughtering cattle in the dining room today, and they can't usually eat them, but after seeing the people of Jiangning County, he knows how precious these beef and mutton are.

Originally, the share he could advance was only one pound a day.

Not enough for him to eat.

But last time he persuaded the prince to open the scientific examination, Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded him with three catties, and Zhu Rong could not only eat enough, but also send some to his mother and little Zhu Zi.

Zhu Yu is really greedy, and the more he eats, the more he tastes: "To worship the emperor's temple, you have to fast for two days, and you will eat radish and greens for dinner." ”

Liu Jiu thought he had misheard, and blinked: "Fasting? Your Highness, there is only one day of meat a day, and the dining room will not supply us...... These three catties of meat, if you are tired of eating them......"

Outside the gate, there was a sudden sound of pushing the door, and Liu Jiu ran out excitedly, and walked in with Mao Xiang with a blank face.

Zhu Rong was stunned at first, and then his mind was full of surprise.

"Huh? Refined? ”

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's scolding, every time a furnace is scrapped, a month's construction period is wasted, and I don't know how many furnaces to be scrapped, Zhu Rong is under a lot of pressure.

At this time, there was some aphasia.

After Mao Xiang read out Zhu Yuanzhang's dictation, he handed over a piece of gold woven silk clothes, and looked at Zhu Rong's blank face, "Your Majesty instructs that the King of Qi will wear this cloth tomorrow and go to the imperial temple to worship." ”