A glass of spirits is happy to meet, and the brothers have many things, and they are all laughing and talking...... Zhu Da Fat sent off his second brother with joy, and his confidence was bursting, and then it was Zhu Gaosui's turn.

Compared with the prudence and caution in dealing with the second child, it is not too easy to deal with Zhu Laosan.

When the brothers met, Zhu Gaochi said directly: "Third brother, your palace newspaper is suspected of leaking court secrets, and you are too careless in doing things." ”

Zhu Gaosui was stunned, "What secret?" ”

"Since it's confidential, it's naturally inconvenient to tell you. If you want to know, you can go to the Three Law Divisions to explain. Zhu Gaochi wrote lightly.

Zhu Gaosui's face changed suddenly, "Big brother, you want to report the little brother?" ”

"It's not about it, it's just a beating."

"Knock?" Zhu Gaosui said helplessly: "Big brother, is it so straightforward?" ”

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Between brothers, you don't have to hide it so much, it's not good!" You are indeed a disadvantage of the times now, but there are some things that have not yet been announced by the court, so you leak them out, and you also attack the important ministers of the court, saying that you want to pick up the skin of the daylily. You also take money from merchants, and you proclaim it on their behalf, and spread it wide...... How much money did you collect, but you paid your taxes truthfully, did you give them privately? The second child has paid taxes, and when it comes to you, there must be no exception, right? ”

Zhu Gaosui stared at his brother and secretly gritted his teeth.

"Okay, boss, you intimidate my brother, I'll go to the queen mother to cry and beg the queen mother to call the shots."

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help laughing, "This is what your eldest nephew did at that age, how can you act like a child?" You are like this now, even if you sit in that position, upward, you have to deal with all kinds of requirements from your father. Downward, thou shalt pacify the courtiers and rule over the people. Look at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the old and the new, who can listen to you? ”

Give up, the affairs of the court are not something that your little doll can play.

Half an hour later, Zhu Gaosui was aggrieved, almost crying, dejected, and left his eldest brother's house.

After leveling the two stinky younger brothers, Zhu Gaochi let out a sigh of relief.

Everything is going well, but it seems that there is still a step away from becoming a prince.

At present, there needs to be a just right event to highlight the pattern of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and gain the unanimous support of the ministers, so that he can successfully become the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

But where is this event?

Is it Taizu's dream, or is it auspicious from the sky?

For example, a large meteorite of more than 200 catties fell in the yard.

It says that if you weigh more than this stone, you can be a prince!

In that way, Zhu Da Fat Man will be successfully on the throne.

It's just a little inappropriate no matter how you think about it, the routine is too old, and it's fake at a glance, what should I do?

At this time, Xu Jingchang came to the door again.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, you are only one step away from success."

Zhu Gaochi said helplessly: "The end of the world is close at hand, I still don't have a clue now." ”

Xu Jingchang smiled: "It doesn't matter, I'll send a good solution to the problem." ”

"What's the cure?" Zhu Gaochi said curiously.

"Recently, the Department of General Administration received a report from the local government, which said that a major flood occurred in western Zhejiang, affecting more than a dozen prefectures and counties, millions of people, and the situation was very critical. The imperial court has sent officials down to investigate, and the results will be reported in the near future. I want to come to the imperial court to find a way to help the victims and help the displaced people. ”

Zhu Gaochi's face changed in shock, and he couldn't help but say: "Western Zhejiang is a rich land, and it has suffered a catastrophe, how can this be good?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "What the household department means is to take out more money and food, relieve the victims, and reduce taxes...... But there's one thing that's hard to solve. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Zhejiang is a silk powerhouse, and the disaster has caused a sharp decline in raw silk production...... His Majesty planned to go to the West and had begun to purchase goods, among which silk was the most important thing, and it was inseparable from silk to those barbarian chiefs and trade with overseas wealthy merchants. If Zhejiang can't recover quickly, let alone this year, even within two or three years, it may not be able to go to the West smoothly. ”

Zhu Gaochi frowned, "Father is very concerned about going to the West...... After all, the land endowment is certain, and the increase in commercial taxes also implicates all aspects, making it difficult. Only by going to the West, and returning overseas barbarians to trade, the goods passed, and the gold and silver were transported back, which was the most simple and convenient, and the most favored by the father. ”

Xu Jingchang nodded secretly, the big fat man's judgment on going to the West is right, but why do you not support going to the West when you become the emperor?

It can be seen that you are also a butt who decides the head, or you have the heart and power.

"Your Highness, have you thought about it, if we can take the opportunity to implement a reform and relief, will we be able to solve the problem in front of us?"

"What's the difference and relief?"

Xu Jingchang said: "Where there has been a flood, after silting up sediment, the land is fertile and suitable for farming...... If the common people are allowed to plant mulberry trees, raise more silkworms and reel silk, weave silk, and goods to the West. They made money, and the court got silk, wouldn't it be a dilemma? ”

Zhu Da Fat glanced at Xu Jingchang, "You are stupid to me, raw silk can't be eaten or drunk, if the imperial court doesn't accept grain and collects raw silk instead, the people will definitely be exploited, and then the price of grain skyrockets, and it is another exploitation, a cow peels two layers of skin, if you want to kill someone, just say it, don't beat around the bush." ”

Xu Jingchang was shocked, what a powerful Zhu Da Fat Man!

"How can you be so agile?"

Zhu Gaochi said unceremoniously: "Cousin, my father has been fighting for four years, and I have been guarding Beiping for four years, specializing in money and food, you really don't understand anything!" ”

Underestimating the big fat man, Xu Jingchang sighed helplessly, he knew this, so he supported the third child, he looked more stupid.

"Your Highness, there is actually hope for this matter, but it can't be done by the imperial court, and someone else should stand up."

"Who? It can't be a virtuous brother, right? Zhu Gao Chihu doubted.

"How could it be! I don't want to be burdened! Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "It's still His Royal Highness the King of Han, let him buy raw silk, sign a contract with the people, and let him borrow the people, buy grain, and survive the disaster year." He bought raw silk, woven it into silk, and sold it to the city for the purpose of going to the West, so that everyone was happy! ”

Although Xu Jingchang said that the history is not too good, he still has some experience in the drama.

To reform and relieve, the dilemma is solved...... That's a good idea, but why can't it be done?

In fact, from the distribution of accounts, it is clear that in the past 20 years, 2 million horses of silk have been handed over to the palace, 1 million horses have been divided by officials at all levels, and 1 million horses are used to buy raw silk to maintain production and operate with difficulty.

The profit of silk is not small, but according to this distribution ratio, how much can be left in the local area?

The common people have to live, and the merchants have to maintain production...... There must be someone who wants to cut the flesh and mend the sores, and no one wants to sacrifice, so there will only be fish and broken nets.

The so-called fundamental purpose of changing rice to mulberry is not to enrich the country and enrich the people, but to fill the deficit as explained in the first episode, and every penny of silk woven must enrich the treasury.

It was wrong from the beginning, and the result was destined to be far from the same......

"Your Royal Highness, the King of Han hosted this matter, and the imperial court only coordinated and supervised, provided some money and food, and relieved the victims. The raw silk produced must have a suitable price, and the price of grain should not be too high. You can mobilize the newspaper to supervise the implementation and correct mistakes at any time...... To reform and give relief, treasure money to the countryside, these two things should be done together and complement each other. From the household department, to the locality, up and down, you can make a profit, and when the people are united, things will be easy to do. What does Your Highness think? ”

Zhu Gaochi thought about it carefully and found that there were indeed no obvious loopholes, as long as the execution ability was sufficient, the chance of success was very high.

A smile appeared on the fat man's face, "Brother Xian, this is your idea, but you want me to bring it over and sacrifice it to my father, then how embarrassed I am!" ”

Xu Jingchang directly gave him a big look, "What do you want?" This kind of thing is also something you can take the initiative to propose? The rumor of going to the West has long been spread, the people have suffered disasters, so many gentry are staring, who doesn't want to get a piece of the pie? If you go straight to the strategy, I don't know how many people you will offend...... I must remind Your Highness of a wise saying. ”

"What?"

"Things are universally connected."

"Who said that? Confucius or Mencius? "Zhu Gaochi doesn't seem to have heard anyone say it.

"It doesn't matter who says it, you just have to remember that behind the silk business are interests, and as long as there are interests, there are big gentry involved. If you want to become a prince, the first iron rule is not to expose the sores easily, and no one knows who will find out who will be found in the end. Once it is difficult for His Highness to do, it will be difficult to do. ”

Zhu Gaochi thought so deeply and nodded vigorously.

"I see." He hesitated again: "By the way, Brother Xian, this matter won't implicate you, right?" ”

"Say what? I'm more careful than you! Xu Jingchang replied.

Zhu Gaochi nodded, but he was puzzled: "Brother Xian, you told me about this, and you didn't let me give advice, so how can I explain to my father?" ”

Xu Jingchang smiled faintly, "It's not easy, the people are suffering, and the pain is in the heart of His Royal Highness, you just need to take out the property of the family, lock the longevity of the emperor and grandson, and take out the gold bracelet of the princess, donate it to the people, buy food, and send it to the disaster area." Don't worry, I'll also donate money, as long as the big guy can do. ”

Zhu Gaochi was stunned again, "If you do this, I'm afraid that you won't be able to solve the real problem, and it's just a drop in the bucket." ”

"But His Highness can gain fame and become a prince smoothly...... I even thought about it, the front page of the Di newspaper, a fiery conscience, entered the East Palace, and the Ming Dynasty was happy to be the prince! ”

……

Xu Jingchang and Zhu Gaochi discussed properly, and in the early dynasty, the Son of Heaven came, and the ministers discussed matters.

Today's theme is very clear, and it didn't take long for the flood in western Zhejiang to be discussed.

Xia Yuanji took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, this flood is related to the flooding of Taihu Lake. Zhejiang is a wealthy land, densely populated, this disaster, the people suffered, the court is also struggling, it is very tricky. ”

It turned out that Zhu Gaoxu withdrew, Xia Yuanji is also an understanding person, hurry up and pave the way for the future prince, otherwise he will be in trouble.

Sure enough, when he said this, Zhu Gaochi finally took a step forward and stood up, and at this moment, all eyes fell on him.

All eyes are on the people, and the ministers return to their hearts.

"Enlighten my father, the people have suffered disasters, and the sons and ministers have been thinking and meditating hard, and they can't save the people. Therefore, he had to do his best to collect gold and silver utensils at home, and over the years, his father rewarded him with money, a total of 3,000 taels of gold, and donated all of them to relieve his urgent needs. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jian Yi immediately stood up, "Your Highness is kind, and the minister is also quite moved, and is willing to donate three months' income to help the victims." ”

Subsequently, the six Jiuqing, even Xu Jingchang was no exception, and they all donated generously, and the atmosphere was warm.

Zhu Di looked at it silently, "Wu'er is really a merciful lord!" ”

As soon as these words came out, a big thing happened!

After all, ordinary princes can't use the word "lord", only the crown prince, who is barely a half-monarch, has this qualification.

Han King Zhu Gaoxu gritted his teeth, boss, you won this first game, don't be happy too early, your father is still there, and you are not in good health, let's see!

(End of chapter)