Don't look at the army of the former Song Dynasty, no one can afford to be provoked by the literati, and anyone can step on the former Song Dynasty. But in terms of economic development, there has been several dynasties, and none of them can fight.

The economy of the former Song Dynasty was developed and the business was prosperous, which can be called the most in history.

At the same time, the former Song Dynasty lasted for more than 300 years from the founding of the country to its demise, not by the rule of literati, but by economic development.

Even the last Southern Song Dynasty, if it weren't for the frequent emergence of female cadres, infighting and other factors, the Southern Song Dynasty would have been able to drag the Northern Yuan Dynasty to death by relying on a developed economy alone.

However, this matter was not only ignored by those scholars, but also kept advocating that the emperor and scholars shared the world, and said that the former Song Dynasty could last for more than 300 years, relying on the rule of literati.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was not accustomed to the stinky problems of those literati and frequently raised a butcher's knife against the literati, this idea was the mainstream thought of the Ming Dynasty, and even Zhu Yuanzhang had a tendency in this regard.

It can be seen from Zhu Yuanzhang's formulation of a series of national policies to treat scholars well.

Now he wants to use the economic data of the former Song Dynasty to support the collection of commercial taxes, and call on the imperial court to attach importance to commerce, and take the commercial prosperity of the former Song Dynasty as a benchmark.

Of course, this involves all aspects, especially the national policy set by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he did not dare to openly criticize the national policy set by Zhu Yuanzhang as unreasonable, so he could only lure him with profit and let Zhu Yuanzhang take the initiative to change the national policy.

It took Lan Bin two days to sort out the relevant information and then write the article.

It's just that before Lan Bin didn't write, he thought it was very simple, but when he started writing, he found it difficult to write. One of the most difficult parts to write is to circumvent the national policy that has been set by the imperial court and avoid directly firing at the national policy of the imperial court.

On this day, Lan Bin was staying in the study, scratching his ears and cheeks to revise the finished article, when there was a knock on the door from the study.

Lan Bin frowned slightly, put down the brush in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Come in!"

"Young Master, His Royal Highness the eldest grandson has sent a message, please enter the palace now!" Thursday walked in from the outside, reported.

What did Zhu Xiongying ask me to do in the palace?

Could it be that you are talking to me about giving Zhu Yuanzhang a birthday gift?

Well, it's possible, Zhu Yuanzhang's birthday is coming, and his father is preparing congratulatory gifts, and Zhu Xiongying has no reason not to prepare.

Lan Bin muttered in his heart, got up and scribbled the altered articles on the desk, folded them, and while bypassing the desk, he commanded, "Prepare the carriage and enter the palace!"

"Yes, young master!" Thursday turned and walked out of the study.

Lan Bin went back to his bedroom, called the maid, changed himself into a unicorn suit, and went straight to the outside of the house, got into the prepared carriage, came to the noon gate, and stopped.

Lan Bin got out of the carriage and walked through the Moon Cave at Noon Gate, all the way to the outside of the main hall.

Arriving outside the main hall, Lan Bin did not enter the main hall for the first time, but took a probe to look inside the main hall and found that Mr. was lecturing.

Hurriedly retracted his head, turned around and found a place to wait.

It wasn't until he saw Mr. come out of the main hall that he came outside the main hall again, walked straight into the main hall, and sat down in front of his place: "Eldest nephew, you asked people to call me, is there anything wrong?"

"Cousin, Grandpa's Hallomy is coming, I want to discuss with you about Grandpa's Hallomy gift!" Zhu Xiongying was overjoyed when he saw Lan Bin, and then when he heard Lan Bin's words, he hurriedly said.

Lan Bin smiled, "I guessed that you came to me for this. Do you have any ideas?"

"Last time on Grandma's birthday, I promised to make a big birthday cake for Grandpa by myself, and I would like to ask my cousin to prepare the ingredients for making the birthday cake for me."

Zhu Xiongying said again: "I haven't made a cake for a few days, I almost forgot about it! I plan to leave the palace in two days and go to your cousin's house to practice making birthday cakes."

Lan Bin waved his hand and said, "It's a trivial matter, I'll let people prepare it when I go back." And what's more!"

"I still want to give Grandpa Huang a congratulatory gift, but I think about it, and I don't know what to give, so I want to ask my cousin to serve as a staff officer for me!" Zhu Xiongying said with a sad face.

Lan Bin thought for a moment and asked, "Eldest nephew, do you have any requirements for a congratulatory gift for your imperial grandfather?"