Fengtian Temple.

It's nightfall, but it's still brightly lit.

Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, Liu Sanwu, a scholar of Hanlin, Zhao Mian, the secretary of the household department, Zhan Hui, the secretary of the ministry, and other ministers stood in an orderly manner, silent, and occasionally couldn't help but glance at the tall body of the superior.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his back to the ministers and did not move.

"Henan, Shandong 600 miles rushed to send a twist, heavy rain for days, the Yellow River soared, Henan and Shandong many river embankments burst, flooding countless fields and houses...... Millions of victims...... Millions of people ......"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly turned around.

Those sharp and bright eyes slowly scanned the ministers.

"Let's talk about it, what to do."

Liu Sanwu stood up and said loudly: "The minister thinks that the top priority is disaster relief, and the most urgent disaster relief is nothing more than two things, food and money!" Therefore, according to the minister's view, first, appoint a person as a governor to inspect the disaster area, and immediately go to the disaster area to preside over the work, second, order the surrounding provinces to immediately raise grain and grass and transport it to the disaster area, and third, draw relief grain from the national treasury, organize disaster relief, and rush to repair the river embankment! ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

He understands what Liu Sanwu said, in fact, what he said is equivalent to not saying it, but Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't blame him, after all, someone is always needed to take the lead.

"What about the others, what else do you want to say?"

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to slowly glance at the ministers.

"Minister, I have something to say!"

Zhao Mian, the secretary of the household department, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the 300,000 taels of silver needed by General Lan to go on the expedition have been removed, and the existing treasury silver is 5.23 million taels, excluding the 3 million taels of silver that cannot be used and the 1.87 million taels of silver that the imperial court urgently needs to spend, and the remaining silver is less than 500,000 taels, and the household department really has no money to allocate it!" ”

"According to the minister's estimate, there is another disaster relief and the repair of the river embankment, and the gap is at least two million taels of silver!"

As he spoke, Zhao Mian secretly glanced at Liu Sanwu.

He is Liu Sanwu's son-in-law, and what he said just now slapped his father-in-law in the face, but he couldn't help but say it, because the household department really had no money.

Although Daming is thriving now, the treasury is really not rich!

Zhu Yuanzhang listened, a face that was originally full of heaven wrinkled into bitter gourd, kept pinching his brows with his hands, and said slowly: "What about the surrounding provinces, can you extract grain and grass?" ”

"This ......"

Zhao Mian couldn't say it for a while.

After getting the information about the disaster, he came after doing work, but the time was urgent, and he didn't find such a detailed place.

But Zhan Hui stood up:

"Your Majesty, according to the investigation of the ministers, due to the drought of the previous year, the grain stocks in the nearby Liangjiang, Sichuan and other provinces have long been exhausted, and the harvest has just been restored last year, but the grain stocks in the provinces are still in an empty state, and there is no food at all!"

Having said this, Liu Sanwu's face was a little unsightly.

Two of the three proposals have been rejected.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who sat back on the dragon chair, kept rubbing his forehead with his hands, and after a long time, he said leisurely: "The treasury has no money, the provinces have no grain, and there is a shortage of two million silver, so what should you do?" Do you just watch the millions of people in the disaster area starve to death? ”

The voice fell, and the hall was silent.

All the ministers lowered their heads in tacit agreement, for fear that the eyes of the superiors would fall on them.

"Speak!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice suddenly became louder, and he had turned from anxiety to anger, pointed at the ministers, and scolded: "When asking questions, one by one is more enthusiastic, why are they all dumb when they say solutions?" ”

"The court raised you, not to ask you questions, but to solve them!"

Under the majesty, the ministers buried their heads lower.

In the Fengtian Palace, the atmosphere was solemn to the extreme for a while, and many ministers had sweat on their foreheads, but no one dared to wipe it.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't bother to scold anymore, was silent for a moment, and asked, "How much grain is there in the military reserves of the Beijing Division?" ”

"Your Majesty, there are about two million stones!"

This time, it was Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, who stood up to reply.

"Hmm."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Transfer out one million stones and urgently transport them to the disaster area to solve the urgent need!" ”

Fu Youde frowned and said: "Your Majesty, these are all military reserves, now the border is not stable, if the war is urgent, I'm afraid it will ......."

"Alright, don't say any more!"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand to interrupt Fu Youde's words: "We can't watch the people starve to death!" ”

He had experienced the famine and knew the suffering of the victims, and he would never forget the tragic situation for the rest of his life, because many of his elders and relatives had starved to death.

"There are also hundreds of thousands of taels of silver left by the household department, all of which will be transferred out to buy grain from rich households and urgently transport them to the disaster area!"

"The rest is insufficient, let's think of a way!"

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, all the ministers bowed down in unison: "The emperor is sage!" ”

"Hmph-"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted lightly and said, "As for who to send as the governor to preside over the disaster relief, let's think about it again, okay, since you have no more opinions, then according to our intentions, let's hurry up and do it!" ”

"Yes!"

The ministers responded in unison......

……

The Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty, the emperor and grandson Yunwen ask to see you."

"We don't have time, let him go back."

"Yes."

Gonggong An received the order to withdraw......

"Wait."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the fold in his hand, and called Father-in-law An: "Let him come in." ”

"Yes."

Gonggong An hurriedly bowed his body and stepped back, but his steps were much lighter than before.

A moment later.

Zhu Yunwen came in with a food box.

"Grandpa!"

Zhu Yunwen shouted respectfully: "I see that you are working hard, so I will send you some food." ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Let's put it down first, we're not in the mood to eat." ”

"Oh."

Zhu Yunwen pursed his mouth, put the food box aside, and said cautiously: "Grandpa Huang, you will remember to eat it later, don't get tired...... Grandson, grandson is really useless, and he can't share his worries for the emperor's grandfather at all......"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Yunwen, who spoke earnestly and had red eyes.

"Good boy."

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the fold in his hand, and the wrinkles on his face stretched slightly: "Sit, sit down and talk." ”

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but flash a flash of joy in his heart.

In the past few days, I'm afraid that there are too many things in the court, so the emperor can't take care of me, right?

It seems that I am indeed thinking too much!

Zhu Yunwen sat down while thinking.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen and asked, "Bing'er, what have you been studying lately?" ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly replied respectfully: "Teacher Huang Zicheng has been teaching his grandson the university chapter recently. ”

"Oh."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Can you tell us about it?" ”

Zhu Yunwen's eyes showed a fine light, and he hurriedly replied:

"Sage Cloud: The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection. Knowing and then there is determination, and then there is stability, and then there is peace, and then there is peace, and then there is peace, and then there is consideration, and then there is a result, and things have an end......"

Zhu Yunwen shook his head slightly, and recited a lot in one breath.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked, "Then what is Ming Mingde?" What does it mean to be close to the people? What does it mean to stop at perfection? ”

Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed when he heard this.

Because this is back to the part he was most familiar with before.

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly replied: "The so-called Mingmingde is to brighten up the original bright character in our hearts, the so-called pro-people, it is the new people, that is, to push oneself and others, so that everyone can remove the filth and reform themselves, the so-called stop at the best ......"

Zhu Yunwen talked eloquently, swept away the previous decadence, and was quite high-spirited.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw it in his eyes and showed a pleased smile.

If it had been before, he wouldn't have been.

Because he didn't like Confucianism, he hated the way of Confucius and Mencius, and even wanted to abolish these things for a time, and even ordered Mencius to be moved out of the Temple of Literature.

At that time, Qian Tang helped the coffin into the hall, and resisted the evacuation and said: "The minister died for Meng Ke, and there is more glory in death." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang admired Qian Tang's backbone, so he gave up.

He believes that as a king, one should not be swayed by the words of these so-called saints, but must have strategy and means.

As for these Confucian classics, they should be the means of governing the country, which can be learned, but cannot be swayed.

Therefore, he didn't like Zhu Yunwen too much to study these things all day long.

But now it's different, and he thinks it's good.

Because his eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying appeared, it means that there is no need for Zhu Yunwen to govern the future tomorrow.

Zhu Yunwen studied his Confucianism hard and became a virtuous king in the future, which is good!

But where did Zhu Yunwen know this at this time, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's smile, the haze that had accumulated in his heart these days was suddenly swept away.

"Grandpa Huang, am I right?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Zhu Yuanzhang replied with a smile: "Okay, Wei'er, you go down first, we still have a lot of things to deal with!" ”

"Grandpa!"

Zhu Yunwen plucked up his courage and said, "Father is gone, let Wei'er share your worries for you!" ”

"No need, just go back and study hard!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said casually, and then picked up the fold again, approached the firelight, and looked at it.

Zhu Yunwen was slightly stunned when he heard this.

In the past, after the imperial grandfather had taken the academic examination, he would inevitably ask him some questions about national affairs, and even sometimes he would leave him behind and teach him to review and review.

But now, Grandpa Huang has no intention of letting him stay.

And what does it mean to just read well?

Zhu Yunwen finally found a little familiar feeling before, why did he suddenly become strange again?

Before coming, my mother repeatedly told me that I must take the initiative to fight for it.

Not bad.

I must take the initiative!

Zhu Yunwen, you must do it!

Zhu Yunwen kept cheering himself up in his heart......

Besides, he came prepared today!

He wanted to let the sixty-year-old man in front of him see how smart he was Zhu Yunwen.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen said: "Grandpa Huang, my grandson heard that the disaster in Henan and Shandong is serious, and there is a huge shortage of money and food in the imperial court. ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyes, showed a somewhat curious look, looked at Zhu Yunwen for a moment, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

With Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, Zhu Yunwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his face became confident, and said, "Grandpa Huang, the imperial court is short of money, why not let the businessmen raise donations?" The merchants have a lot of money and food in their hands! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked, "Since ancient times, businessmen have been profit-seeking, how can they be allowed to raise donations?" ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly, and said Kankan: "It is true that businessmen seek profits, but they also have their lifeblood, in addition to money and food, what do they value more?" It's status, it's fame! ”

This is true.

Since ancient times, although the merchants had some money, they were ranked last among the Shinong industry and commerce, which also made the merchants more eager for fame and status.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave Zhu Yunwen a look of encouragement.

After Zhu Yunwen received the look, his voice became louder: "Since businessmen are eager for status, then we can exchange status for money and food in their hands, why don't you let the officials release some official positions, and for those who are active in this fundraising, you can promise to let them serve!" ”

In fact, this is the method he negotiated with Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai overnight.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened.

The glimmer of anticipation on his face had long since vanished without a trace.

"You ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang just wanted to speak, but stopped again.

Because he suddenly felt that there was no need.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said lightly: "We know, you go down first." ”

Zhu Yunwen was slightly stunned, he was a little surprised.

Because the reaction of the imperial grandfather was completely different from what he imagined.

"Yes, Grandpa."

Zhu Yunwen bowed and retreated, his heart was confused, and he didn't know what the imperial grandfather was thinking.

If you agree, why don't you smile?

If they are opposed, why is there no word of instruction? Not even angry.

Now there is no indication at all......

What does that mean exactly?

Zhu Yunwen retreated all the way and thought all the way.

Looking at Zhu Yunwen's departing back, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted lightly: "Selling officials? The Ming Dynasty has not been lowly to this extent! ”

"Bian'er, Bing'er, you have such a temperament, it's good to be a rich and noble vassal king......"

……

Early the next morning.

Zhu Yuanzhang called Fu Youde here.

The two got into the carriage and headed out of the imperial city.

Along the way, Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes to recuperate, not knowing if he was tired last night or thinking about something, Fu Youde didn't dare to ask more......

Not much.

The carriage stopped in front of a village at the foot of Jubao Mountain.

"Glass?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly spit out two words in a low voice, making Fu Youde beside him look inexplicable......