The old emperor asked Zhu Jingyuan to go back to rest, Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously agreed, and then put forward another idea:

"Grandpa Huang, can you give me my prince Yulu first, I am going to open a business house and be responsible for managing the licensing of patents.

"The real key to a warship carrying an aircraft is an airplane, and this firm will not hold a patent and ask for money, but will work hard to promote the development of the aircraft industry.

"I will also recruit a group of craftsmen to quickly turn my ideas into real things and promote them as soon as possible."

The old emperor thought about it for three seconds, took out a stack of beautifully printed special checks, filled in the amount on the spot, signed, sealed, and wrote the purpose, and handed it to Zhu Jingyuan:

"The laws of the imperial court cannot be abolished, and your prince can only be issued when the reward is made public, and these are considered personal sponsorships given to you by your grandfather."

Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously thought that the old emperor was casually opening some money for himself and letting him open the company first.

So I didn't pay too much attention to it, and said "Thank you, grandpa" in my mouth, so I reached out and took it.

Then he subconsciously glanced at it, and the whole person was petrified on the spot.

The amount written on it is 10,000 taels of gold.

The figure of 10,000 is not huge, but the unit of gold banknotes is very large.

The current monetary system of the Ming Dynasty is shifting from the gold and silver standard to the gold and bar standard.

Theoretically, the legal tender of the Ming Dynasty is still gold coins and silver dollars, but there are basically no physical gold coins and silver dollars in circulation in the market.

Instead, they are the corresponding banknotes, Daming gold banknotes, Daming silver banknotes, and Daming copper banknotes as auxiliary coins.

Gold banknotes are commonly known as "one tael of gold", corresponding to one tael of gold coins that have been issued, and the gold content of one tael of gold coins is a "new tael", that is, 50 grams, which is really one tael of gold.

Silver banknotes are commonly known as "half two silvers", corresponding to the silver dollars that have been used for a long time, with a silver content of 25 grams, and 50 yuan silver banknotes are exchanged for 1 gold banknote, so 1 yuan silver banknote corresponds to 1 gram of gold.

Copper banknotes are commonly known as "paper copper coins", corresponding to the previous copper coins, there are 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 denominations, 1000 money for 1 yuan, 1 money can be exchanged for 1 yuan silver banknote.

Gold banknotes are of high value and rarely circulate directly in the market, most of the time as a price tag for large transactions, as a reserve for large trading houses.

Silver banknotes are mainly used in small and medium-sized commercial transactions, while copper banknotes are mainly used in daily life of citizens.

The 10,000 gold bills given by the old emperor can really be exchanged for 10,000 taels of gold.

According to the actual purchasing power, it is almost equivalent to 50 million yuan, and according to the gold price, it is even more outrageous, which is 190 million.

All of a sudden, half a small goal was there.

After the imperial grandson of the Ming Dynasty reached the age of twelve, during the stage of receiving the education of the storage position, the annual salary was 40 gold bills.

Zhu Jingyuan was treated like this before last year, and the Yulu of this period was issued by the imperial court.

If Zhu Jingyuan did not complete the education of the storage position, he was eliminated at the age of twenty, and the amount of Yulu remained unchanged, but it was issued by the royal family itself in the future.

Zhu Jingyuan completed the storage education last year, and this year's Yulu should have risen to 200 gold bills.

As a result, yesterday the emperor made an exception to seal the prince, and the money directly became 2,000 gold bills.

In fact, even if he is a prince, he normally has to complete the education and governance training before he is eligible to be crowned a prince and get this treatment.

The prince who has not graduated only has 400 gold bills a year, and as for the eliminated prince, he only has 400 gold bills for a lifetime, and the highest will only be the king of the county.

At the same time, including princes and county kings, all royal titles are "assessive" appointments and titles.

For any level of title, a son must pass the corresponding assessment, and the corresponding son can inherit the same title as his father, otherwise each generation will be downgraded by one level.

Which generation can pass the assessment, which generation can not be downgraded, but it cannot be promoted again.

Those who can keep their titles, although they may not all be high-level elites, at least they will not be wastewood.

After Zhu Jingyuan became the prince, the annual salary of 2,000 gold bills was 10 million yuan in terms of purchasing power, which was about 3 times that of Prince Charles.

But this is only a stipend, which is equivalent to the European royal annuity, which accounts for only a small part of the income of the British royal family.

If you include the income from inheritance, investment, estate, etc., Charles's annual income is at least ten times that of the ordinary prince of the Zhu family.

The prince of the Zhu family, Yu Lu, is relatively normal in the current world, and may even be low.

George II, who died on the toilet, was the Prince of Wales from 1714 to 1727 with an annuity of £100,000.

At that time, the pound had been anchored to gold by Newton, who was in charge of the British Mint, and 1 gold ounce (31.1034768 grams) of gold was worth 3 pounds, 17 shillings, and 10.5 pence.

If other factors are not considered, directly converted according to the gold price, 100,000 pounds is 20,000 gold notes, about 100 million yuan in later generations.

It is exactly ten times that of the Prince of the Zhu family.

It's just that the Prince of Wales is the crown prince of the United Kingdom, and there is only one in the entire British Empire.

In addition to the vassal kings who don't take the imperial court, there are more than 30 ordinary princes alive in total.

Zhu Jingyuan originally thought that his prince's annuity would be enough to open a business house or a design studio by himself.

Now that he has received 10,000 gold bills at once, the Prince of Wales' six-month salary is even more of a huge amount.

Not to mention opening a trading house, it should be enough to build your own factory, build your own airplanes, and continue to invent other machines.

There are so many things you can invent yourself!

After Zhu Jingyuan was stunned, his thoughts quickly opened.

After the old emperor wrote the check, he was also observing his grandson's reaction.

After discovering that he was stunned, he quickly began to think, and felt very satisfied not just the ecstasy of getting a huge amount of money.

After nodding secretly in his heart, the old emperor reminded him again:

"Officials of the Ming Dynasty cannot directly do business, and after the peace talks, you must continue to receive practical training in governance, that is, you can be an official in the imperial court, and you cannot directly hold shares and do business.

"So when it comes to registering a firm, remember to use the princess...... If you haven't gotten married yet, then do it in your mother's name, or just ask your mother to do the work.

"Speaking of which, you graduated at the end of last year, and now you can consider finding a princess to marry, do you need special arrangements from the Zongren Mansion?"

Zhu Jingyuan immediately came to his senses:

"Then the firm will ask my mother to do it, as for the princess...... Don't bother the Zongren Mansion first, I'll find out for myself first......"

The old emperor smiled and nodded, and then reminded again:

"It's best to find one before the age of twenty, and after the age of twenty, you won't have the opportunity to choose for yourself."

Zhu Jingyuan, who was urged to marry, nodded hurriedly:

"Okay, I know......"

The cultivation of the prince and grandson of the Ming Dynasty can be regarded as all-round, but at the same time, it also takes into account my own emotions.

Before the age of twenty, you can reluctantly "fall in love", and what you find is a wife, whether excellent or not, and then a princess or even a queen.

Unless something is done in the modern sense of the worst crime, this "free love" wife will always enjoy the treatment of a wife, a princess, and a queen.

The old emperor's own empress was found by himself when he was sixteen years old, and Zhu Jingyuan's father was born to the empress, and according to tradition, he was the second son.

After the age of twenty, he had to accept the arrangement of the Zongren Mansion, which can be called a forced marriage.

The Zongrenfu will conduct a preliminary screening of the best university graduates in the country, and after completing the background check and confirming that it is suitable, it will send someone to contact and communicate privately for re-screening.

Actually understand the other party's personality and other conditions, and finally confirm that it is suitable, and then ask the other party if he intends to become the wife and concubine of a certain prince, prince, or grandson.

After getting permission, start matchmaking, which is theoretically not compulsory, but most girls will not refuse.

Zhu Jingyuan's mother, Mrs. Liang Yunying, also came to her father's side in this way.

The prince's wives and concubines screened out in this way can first increase the probability of giving birth to excellent children, and secondly, they have the ability to assist their husbands and children and be busy with some things inside and outside the family.

Zhu Jingyuan asked his mother to help open a commercial house, which is a normal and reasonable thing.

As for Zhu Jingyuan's own princess, the first thought is, of course, to find out for yourself first.

If you really can't find a suitable one, you can let the Zongren Mansion arrange it when you are twenty years old.