"Your Majesty summoned me?"

Guo An couldn't help but be surprised.

Zhu Gaosui, who was on the other side, laughed directly and said: "Guo Changshi, you are miserable, you must have done something wrong, and the imperial grandfather is going to beat you!" ”

Guo An was not annoyed, because Zhu Gaosui was beaten many times by Zhu Di in front of him.

"Third Highness, the micro-minister is a low-ranking official, if Your Majesty punishes me, he will not send someone to summon me, just issue an edict!"

With that, Guo An had already gotten up.

It's just that he just wanted to take a few steps, and he remembered something, turned to Zhu Gaosui and asked, "Your Royal Highness is just bored, I don't know if you can go with Weichen to meet Your Majesty?" ”

Zhu Gaosui's neck shrank and shook his head again and again.

"Guo Changshi wants to trap me again, so I won't be fooled!"

"Alas!"

Guo An sighed helplessly, "Perhaps, it's a good thing for me to go this time!" Since His Royal Highness is unwilling, then I will go alone! ”

Zhu Gaosui still shook his head firmly, "I'm not fooled!" ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Guo An's eyes, and then he hurriedly followed the waiter and walked outside.

Outside the temple.

There was a burly cold-faced general standing up.

Seeing this person, Guo An couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen Commander Zhao!" ”

Seeing Guo An, Erhu's face softened slightly, "Your Majesty summoned Guo Changshi, and asked Guo Changshi to go with Ben as soon as possible, don't let Your Majesty wait!" ”

"Yes!"

Guo An hurriedly responded.

Immediately, Erhu took Guo An and walked to the palace.

Along the way, the two tigers were in a hurry, as if they were in a hurry.

And Guo An is also a little jealous of the very trusted internal security commander next to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, no one spoke.

After entering the Fengtian Palace, the second tiger reported to Zhu Yuanzhang above: "Your Majesty, Shi Guo'an, the head of the Yanwang Mansion, bring it!" ”

Looking at the above, the old man with silver hair and an old face, but who always gave people a breathtaking momentum, Guo Anxin shuddered and hurriedly knelt down to salute.

"Weichen Guo An, meet Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly turned his head, glanced at Guo An curiously, and said lightly.

"Get up and speak!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Guo An hurriedly got up, but he didn't dare to look at Zhu Yuanzhang.

He always felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes could see through his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Guo An, a native of Shunde Mansion, a descendant of Guo Taishi of the former Yuan Dynasty, was born in the twenty-fifth year of Zhizheng!" likes arithmetic and craftsman-made things, and his temperament is tired and lazy, which is extremely similar to that Guo Taishi!

The method of forging steel, cement, transparent glass, the art of growing vegetables in winter, hand-thrown bombs, mines, incendiary bombs, artillery, ......

There are also chili peppers, sugar, and good rice that are worth thousands of gold, these strange things hidden in Yanwangfu, all of which you have researched and invented! ”

"Your Majesty's eyes are like torches, and Weichen has nothing to hide!"

Guo Anxin shuddered, and hurriedly said respectfully again.

On the side, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were also shocked.

They thought that they had hidden these things extremely closely, but they didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would know so carefully.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, and continued to say to Guo An: "Although you are a little restless, just relying on the good rice seeds researched by Yanwangfu Farm is a great achievement for our Daming.

The prince wants you to serve as the young minister of the East Palace Zhan Mansion, let's agree. ”

Guo An saluted again, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen will do his best to assist His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked again: "I heard that you suggested that the prince want to build a few workshops and farms near Yingtian City again?" ”

"Wechen doesn't dare to hide it from Your Majesty, this suggestion is exactly what Wechen put forward!"

Guo An hurriedly said: "However, it was previously suggested that His Highness should relocate the workshops and farms of Beiping Mansion to Beijing.

Wechen was worried that without those workshops and farms in Beiping Mansion, the people of Peiping Mansion would become poor again.

Therefore, Wei Chen suggested that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could build several more similar workshops in Yingtian City.

In this way, there is no need to relocate the workshop in Peiping Province! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Zhu Di, and asked, "We heard that people can make a lot of money by entering the workshop."

What if a workshop was opened near Jingshi, and those people went to the workshop to make money instead of growing food? ”

"This ......"

Guo An's brows furrowed slightly, and he thought for a while before he said cautiously: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen feels that Your Majesty may have neglected one thing!" ”

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi's faces suddenly changed.

"Guo An, in front of your father, don't be arrogant!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Di, and then asked Guo An: "Tell me, what did we neglect?" ”

Guo An said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the food planted by the people of my Ming Dynasty is enough for the people to eat!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's brows furrowed.

Zhu Di was shocked, I don't know when Guo An, who has always been timid, was so bold.

However, he still hurriedly asked Zhu Yuanzhang for his guilt: "Father's forgiveness, Guo An met his father for the first time, and he was so excited that he lost his words!" ”

"Shut up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded Zhu Di directly, then stared at Guo An tightly, and asked: "Tell me well, let's want to know, since the grain planted by the people of the Ming Dynasty is enough to eat, why is it that every year of famine, there is always not enough to eat, and thousands of people have to starve to death!" ”

Guo An saluted and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, that's because there are many people who hoard grain for money and raise the price of grain to the sky-high price. ”

"Hoarded?"

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were shocked.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang, his face turned cold, "What do you mean is that there are profiteers who hide the grain and don't sell it to those people." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and said: "Please also ask Your Majesty to forgive your ministers for daring to guess that whenever a state capital suffers from a famine, there must be many businessmen who are transporting a lot of grain to that state capital."

At the same time, the imperial court is also distributing a lot of relief food to those state capitals. ”

"Exactly!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

Guo An said: "However, sometimes, the food transported is obviously enough for the people in those state capitals to eat for a month, but there is still a great shortage of food in those state capitals.

Even, just the relief food distributed by the imperial court was enough for the people in those state capitals to eat for a month or two.

And in those state capitals, there are still people who can't afford to buy food, sell houses and fields, and finally even sell their sons and daughters! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think of something, and his face was cold.

"Guo Qing's intention is that there are profiteers who deliberately hoard grain and do not sell it, and when those people have no choice, it is better to use a few catties of grain to squeeze all the oil and water on those people's bodies?"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Guo An flattered and said: "However, please also ask Your Majesty to be clear, just some businessmen can't control the grain of a state and a government." ”

There is no need for Guo An to say clearly, Zhu Yuanzhang directly said coldly: "There must be local clans and officials involved!" ”

Guo An said: "Your Majesty is wise! ”

On the side, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were also full of anger.

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "We have been checking the fields, beware of those gentry and clans exploiting the people, and strictly investigating the corruption of those officials, but I didn't expect that those corrupt officials and inferior gentry are still so mad!"

No wonder, now there are so many people in the Ming Dynasty who want to rebel! ”

"Fourth, if there is a famine in the future, you must not only allocate disaster relief food in time, but also secretly send people to check on it, so as to prevent the local clans from colluding with officials to squeeze and exploit the people.

If you find this thief, whoever it is, you should cut it with a thousand knives! ”

Zhu Di said with a solemn face: "The son must obey the order!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Guo An again, and the expression in his eyes was much gentler.

"If you can tell this, it is enough to prove that you are the same as Guo Taishi, you care about the people, and you must be a good official!"

Guo An hurriedly said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your praise, Weichen also thinks that only by letting the people of the world live well, Weichen's life can get better and better!" ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were full of curiosity, "It's the first time we've heard that the people of the world are doing well, and only those who are officials can live well!"

Tell us more about ......"

"Wechen obeys!"

Guo An hurriedly responded.

Now, Zhu Di learned to be obedient, stood aside honestly, and didn't say anything more.

Guo An, who has always been shrewd, dared to say so many things in front of his father, naturally he was not afraid of causing his father's anger.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that those who are officials should be upright and upright, and they will be honest and upright, so that the king will trust and the people will be trusted."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

Guo An said again: "There is a way, money can make ghosts grind!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's brows furrowed instantly, while Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi twitched at the corners of their eyes.

This is the Guo An they know.

However, Guo An didn't realize how vulgar his words were, and he still said them seriously.

Weichen believes that if a dynasty wants to prosper, it needs to be rich.

And for a dynasty, food is money.

Let the people have enough food in their hands, so that even if they encounter a great drought and there is no harvest in the fields, the food in their homes is enough for them to survive the year of the great drought, so that they do not have to worry about starvation.

In this way, it is enough to prove that this dynasty has a strong heritage.

For the officials and gentry, food was money, and silver was money.

Let them earn enough money through normal channels, instead of exploiting the people, so that they can make money.

In this way, the gentry and officials would not keep an eye on the poor and poor people under their rule all day long.

In this dynasty, there will be no great chaos.

Even if there is a big chaos somewhere, the court gives an order, and the people of the world respond to the court.

In this way, this dynasty is worry-free! ”

“……”

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi subconsciously opened their mouths wide, their faces sluggish.

And Zhu Yuanzhang, after listening to it, was also stunned for a while, and then sneered: "Guo Qing's beautiful fantasy, it's just this kind of Datong Dynasty, for thousands of years, I don't know how many sages have worked hard, even if it is the Tang Dynasty, it has not been realized!" ”

This will, in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Guo An has been planned as a naïve craftsman full of beautiful fantasies!

Guo An didn't care, smiled faintly, and bowed slightly to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Beiping Mansion has some great trends now!"

“……”

The entire hall was suddenly silent.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi glanced at each other, and they both found that the other party's eyes were wide and their faces were full of shock.

Zhu Yuanzhang also remembered something, and hurriedly turned his head to look at Zhu Di.

"Fourth, what Guo Qing said is true?"

Zhu Di hurriedly replied: "I also ask my father to forgive my sins, and my sons also remembered that Beiping Mansion has begun to have a trend of great harmony at some point!" ”

…… (End of chapter)