"Blossom horses! Give money! ”

In the avant-garde workshop of the government army, when Zhu Gaoxu dropped two flower horse cards, he immediately shouted for the people around him to give money.

Lin Wuliu and the other four people also happily gave the money when they saw this, and they didn't feel sad, because they knew that the money would have to be returned to their hands in a few rounds.

Without him, I only blame Zhu Gaoxu's bad luck, he played more than 20 games in the morning, and he only won this game, a proper good money boy.

His method of sending money made Lin Wuliu and them think that Zhu Gaoxu was deliberately helping them, after all, even if they were in the Twelfth Guard, the annual grain discount was only a little more than seven times.

These days, Zhu Gaoxu can lose an average of twenty or thirty wen per person every day, making them have a few more meat dishes on the dinner table at home these days.

Thinking of this, Lin Wuliu was embarrassed and said, "Your Highness, why don't you rest and rest, and then continue to fight after lunch......

"No way!" Zhu Gaoxu raised his head like a gambler with red eyes and said: "I finally won a game, my luck just came back, except for the brother on duty, I can't leave anything else." ”

After that, Zhu Gaoxu picked up the cards and began to shuffle the cards, but as expected, he lost the money he won back in just one game, which caused him a toothache.

"Come again!"

Such a move made Zhu Yunwen's heart tighten, and he hurriedly said: "Grandpa, grandson just thinks that civil and military officials have the possibility of being greedy for food, but the military attaché of the guard has been in contact with food for a long time, has more opportunities, and is more likely to be corrupt." ”

He swallowed his saliva, and Yishaha next to him hurriedly handed over the tea in his hand.

"These personal guards, if you think that they have some perennial security and waste money and food, then you can abolish the prefectures and counties set up by the guards, cancel their military registration, change them to civilian registration, re-measure and plan the local military tuntian, and formulate the amount of taxes collected every year."

Of the 60 million stones, more than 42 million stones can be used by the household department in name, but in fact, in this batch of grain, less than one-third of the amount can be directly used by the household department, and the remaining two-thirds need Zhu Yuanzhang's nod, and they can only use it after the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies releases it.

He also knew he couldn't see anything, but he wanted to see something.

Seeing Zhu Yunwen going to do something, Zhu Yuanzhang also took the time to come out and say to Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Jixi, and Zhu Shangbing:

"When you come to the land, you can tell the people that whenever there is a gap in the land, let the people plant mulberry and dates, and not waste the fields."

"If you encounter a bad debt, you must not be stingy, and you must open the royal treasury to help the people with food and clothing."

Fu Rang followed Fu Zhong's gaze and looked at his two nephews, he also had a complicated expression:

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay attention to the little people in this palace, but walked around the Wuying Palace, and many questions about state affairs kept flashing in his mind.

In the recital, Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, explained the weather in Daning, and then said that the winter clothes of the military households in the guard station were insufficient, and he asked for 500,000 catties of cotton.

Zhu Yuanzhang himself experienced famine, so he set up many granaries all over the world, and the grain in these granaries was enough for the people of the Ming Dynasty to eat for a year, and every year the old rice was released from the market, and the new rice paid by the people was put into the reserve warehouse.

Such a situation, even though it has been over for twenty-seven years, many Mengyuan customs and habits left in this land still give Zhu Yuanzhang himself a headache.

"Daddy?" Fu Zhong and Fu Rang turned back one after another, as if they were still surprised when Fu Youde appeared, but Fu Youde let out a breath and said:

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang who walked into the hall, he had just sat down, and he received the Metropolitan Procuratorate brought by Zhu Yunwen.

The content of the recital is not complicated, but it involves too many things, so it is no wonder that Zhu Gaochi does not dare to call the shots.

"Then make good use of them, and check and balance the granaries in the place." Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth unhurriedly, and mentioned Zhu Gaoxu by the way:

Rao is a strongman like him, and occasionally he will think about stealing a few days of leisure.

"This time and again, the food consumed on the road is not a small amount."

"Are you from Goryeo or Jurchen?"

If 200 Persian horses are used for breeding, it will take about three or four years to breed thousands of hybrid war horses.

"Grandpa, my grandson thinks this is a little inappropriate, but it makes some sense, you see......"

Such a situation of mutual supervision between civil and military forces was exactly what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted, and such a situation also ensured that nearly two-thirds of the Ming Dynasty's finances were always in the hands of the emperor.

It can be said that the economic strength of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is not much worse than that of the Household Department.

There are 330 guards in the world, and there are more than 20 million idle places for seed grain in military tun every year.

At present, there are no less than 60 million stones of grain in the reserve warehouse, the regular closing warehouse, the military household warehouse, and the water warehouse.

These grains were placed in the guards, which naturally ensured the rations and transportation of the soldiers, but it was also a great waste for the imperial court.

Putting down the tray, Yisha regained his position, only looking inside the hall from time to time, and occasionally looking at the gate of the Wuying Palace.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Zhu Yunwen wants to take this part of the finance back to the center.

"In addition, tell King Ning that in the future, about cotton and other things that are urgently needed in the army, he will play it early, don't delay it until this time."

"Do you think I'm old......

It's a pity that others are soft-spoken and can't help Zhu Gaoxu.

Looking at Yishaha's appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him bluntly about his origin, and Yishaha, who heard the words, also replied:

"Although the harvest is more abundant than in previous years, the people are self-sufficient, and the neighbors in the fields and countryside are safe, it would be a mistake to think that this will give you peace of mind."

Zhu Yunwen knew that the Ministry of Rites liked to beautify the content of the tribute table, and Zhu Gaoxu's reminder made him feel that this tribute table was weird.

Yishiha followed closely and walked a hundred steps with Zhu Yuanzhang before Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the Wuying Palace.

Fu Youde looked at his two grandsons and said calmly: "You guys will be fine, don't worry." ”

After that, Zhu Jixi and Zhu Shangbing also stepped forward to find Zhu Yuanzhang to solve their doubts with the unhandleable notes.

After that, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the eunuch next to him: "I ordered the Ministry of Industry to move the world to have a division, supervise the people to plant mulberry dates, and give the method of planting." ”

"You will all guard the Quartet for the Ming Dynasty in the future, you must remember these words of mine, and forget your worries about the people's livelihood."

"What Gao Xu said before was very right, that group of superintendents should run around the local area, otherwise how to fulfill their responsibilities, let alone ......"

If there was no reminder from Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Yuanzhang only thought that this was a tribute table written by Timur after a long admiration of the Ming Dynasty, but after Zhu Gaoxu's reminder, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this table was strange.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip and put it back on the tray, and then he noticed this quick-eyed eunuch.

Sitting on the corridor outside the study, Fu Rang looked at Fu Youde, who was writing with a pen in the study, and couldn't help sighing.

His eyes looked at the end of the corridor, where two children of six or seven years old were chasing and playing.

After he left, Zhu Gaochi also got up cautiously and walked in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen with a copy of the recital.

"I am well aware of the difficulties of the people, so I often urge the Ministry of Industry to repair water conservancy roads, so that the people can have food and clothing."

The invasion of the Northern Captives put an end to a Han dynasty that had never been seen before.

"Daddy......"

It's just that when he thinks of the current situation in Daming, Zhu Yuanzhang can't rest down.

In such a situation, the Tartar officials in Beiping, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places rebelled, and the Tusi in the southwest gathered people to rebel, and all kinds of thorny things made Zhu Yuanzhang himself exhausted.

"Not to mention the general's tun seed grain to the capital, the fire consumption on the road is geometric, but whenever there is a local rebellion, the grain needs to be transferred to the front, which doubles the fire consumption out of thin air."

"You can't take what you say."

The "relaxed" governance of the Mongols made the local Mongols and Han landlords sit on the throne, and the Han people north of the Yangtze River either became herdsmen or serfs, and the south of the Yangtze River gathered to become landlords and powerful tenants and private soldiers of the Mongolian nobles.

Those were the two children of Fu Zhong and Princess Shouchun, and Zhu Yuanzhang sent them back to Fu Zhong as promised, which made the Yingguo Mansion a lot of anger and eased Fu Zhong's anxious mind a little.

Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his attitude, and then took the Zhu pen to approve the red, and signaled Zhu Yunwen to hurry up.

"Back to Your Majesty, the horses are the same, they are all tall Persian horses, and they are all stallions." The eunuch replied truthfully, this news made Zhu Yuanzhang's uneasiness a little weaker.

He waved his hand and motioned for Zhu Yunwen to return to his position, Zhu Yunwen was still nervous, but when he saw his grandfather's face darkened when he mentioned Zhu Gaoxu, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and returned to his position.

Even if they came to Zhu Yuanzhang to solve their doubts, they would bring their own opinions and suggestions, saving Lao Zhu a lot of trouble.

Ever since they knew that Zhu Gaochu had been grounded, Fu Zhong and Fu Rang had become anxious in their hearts, although they knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would not do anything to Zhu Gaoxu, they still couldn't stop worrying about him.

Not only are there external and internal problems, but even there are contradictions within his old Zhu family that are difficult to resolve.

He thought that he could make the emperor remember him with this sip of tea and water, but he didn't want the emperor to say nothing.

Looking at his appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything, just calmed down and continued to deal with the music.

In order to promote cotton, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered the tax exemption of farmers who planted cotton, so that more farmers began to plant cotton.

"Okay" Zhu Yuanzhang bowed slightly, but asked again: "You are worried that the military attache of the guard is greedy for the seed grain of the Mo army, will the people sent by the Sixth Department not be greedy for the grain of the Mo Army?" ”

"If the people are beneficial to grow cotton, the rate will be exempted from taxes, and the number will be heard at the end of the year."

"As that kid said, I'm really not the material for writing military books."

Therefore, when Zhu Yunwen rushed back, Zhu Yuanzhang got up and motioned for him to solve the doubts of his three younger brothers, and he walked out of the Wuying Hall to take a breath.

Fu Zhong, who was sitting next to him, heard a little melancholy from his mouth, but at the moment, his thoughts were not only on Zhu Gaoxu, but also on several other people.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, and suddenly felt a little thirsty.

"I'll ask you......" Zhu Yuanzhang asked:

It's just that while they were talking, Fu Youde, who was still in the study, came behind them unconsciously.

Without waiting for Fu Zhong and Fu Rang to speak, Fu Youde had already turned around and left, leaving only the back of the two brothers who were gradually moving away.

Putting the tribute table aside, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the eunuch who sent this notebook: "Is the tribute horse sent by Timur the same as before?" ”

Compared with them, Fu Youde is old and serious, he didn't panic at all, just sat in the study every day, and polished his so-called polish again.

When I thought of such a person being grounded in the end, I felt a little uncomfortable.

For the local military attachés of the guards, they don't care how many grades you are a civil official, they only know that they are hereditary military households who eat the emperor's grain, and without the orders of the emperor and the governor's office of the five armies, they will never be able to take out a grain of rice from the reserve warehouse to the civilian officials.

"I still have 30% of the money and grain left in the local area for the use of the prefecture and county, how can the military food be restricted?"

Coincidentally, the eunuch on duty at the gate of the Wuying Palace today was also lost, and he also followed when he saw this, so that he could serve Zhu Yuanzhang with him.

Because the Mongols did not govern the locality, although cotton was introduced to the interior at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the folk planting efforts were very small, and it was not until Zhu Yuanzhang set the Central Plains in the north that this cold-proof crop was widely promoted.

Of course, these are not the granaries directly under the Ming Dynasty, the granaries directly under the Ming Dynasty are the military household warehouses of the guards, and the reserve warehouses that the military households of the guards are responsible for, as well as the fourteen water warehouses along the canal.

However, when he was dealing with the sparseness, the Fu family brothers in the Yingguo Mansion were in a hurry.

500,000 catties of cotton, which is very difficult for the Ming Dynasty, which has distributed millions of catties of cotton to the northwest and Shanxi in the first half of the year, but no matter how difficult it is, Zhu Yuanzhang cannot remain indifferent.

"Yes......" Fu Zhong also sighed, and his mind became clearer and clearer about Zhu Gaoxu's figure.

"This ......" Zhu Yunwen muttered: "It's just that the general's seed grain is taken back to the household department, and the six departments are sent to supervise it, and the grain can be adjusted." ”

This note was written by Chen Ying, the superintendent of the imperial history, in which he wrote that the Juntun seed grain was managed by the Wei Institute itself, and it was easy to be corrupt, so it was recommended that the Juntun seed grain be handed over to the household department for unified management.

Although they are not as tall as pure Persian horses, they can be mixed with the blood of the Hequ horses, and their endurance can be much stronger, making them extremely suitable for combat.

And because the temperature in the early Ming Dynasty was lower than that of later generations, there were very few places where cotton could be grown in Liaodong in Beiping, so Liaodong, Daning and other places were in short supply of cold materials such as cotton.

In Zhu Gaoxu's shouting, Lin Wuliu and the others looked at each other.

"Don't forget, the military attache is greedy for ink grain, and the military department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate can supervise, but once the Juntun seed grain belongs to the six departments, once the six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are in cahoots, who can tell you that the Juntun seed grain is in deficit by the greedy ink?"

As soon as he said this, Fu Zhong and the others looked at each other.

Looking at the back of Zhu Yuanzhang walking into the hall, he stood at the door of the hall in a daze, and smiled bitterly in his heart: "A little person like me, I'm afraid Your Majesty will forget my name in two days......"

"People, once you are full, you will forget your hunger, you will forget the cold, and when the world is peaceful, you will forget to repair your armaments, and if you continue to do so for a long time, you will only be at a loss once you encounter a disaster, like a fly without a head."

"At present, there are rebellions in the local area, and the local guards are not sure when they will send troops to quell the rebellion."

Zhu Gaochi handed out the recital, and Zhu Yuanzhang also took it and looked at it.

"Grandpa Huang, this is Uncle Ning's recital, and the grandson doesn't dare to call the shots......"

"Well......" Zhu Yuanzhang bowed slightly, and Zhu Yunwen also sent the eunuch of Wuyingdian to the Ministry of Rites to get the tribute table and summon the translation officials of the Siyi Pavilion.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't continue, as if he noticed that he had unconsciously mentioned Zhu Gaoxu, and his face instantly became much gloomy.

"The slave is the commander of Wu Yun's son, and the Haixi Jurchens are ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang may have been very happy about this kind of preaching and teaching to solve doubts in the past, but since experiencing the cooperation between Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yuanzhang has become a little impatient.

After all, he didn't pay attention to the little person Yishiha, and such a move also made Yishaha feel a little lost.

In addition to smiling bitterly, it is not difficult to think of Zhu Gaoxu, who has always remembered his name.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the book, and the corners of his eyes narrowed slightly.

"If these two children are handed over to him to raise, he should be able to raise these two children very well," Fu Zhong couldn't help but reverie.

Just in the face of his thoughts, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and threw the song on the table:

It can be said that during the period when these two people were in power, Zhu Yuanzhang could deal with very few pieces of music every day, and they rarely took the initiative to come forward to Zhu Yuanzhang to solve their doubts.

If you only rely on cotton clothes and quilts in previous years to keep out the cold, then I am afraid that this year, Daning will have frostbite and freeze to death.

The eunuch bowed his head in response, and then retreated between Zhu Yuanzhang's sleeves.

"That kid should be coming out soon, it should be soon......"

No matter how small the officials in the temple are, they can't do things without money.

As Lao Zhu himself just said, once people get used to comfort, they will hate those who are worried about the sky.

In addition to the county seat, Zhu Yuanzhang also asked the people in the rural market towns to establish a community warehouse and a righteous warehouse.

Since the middle of August, the Tatar officials in the northwest have rebelled, the Jurchens in the northeast have kowtowed, and the Uliangha and Tatars and Warats in the north have been quite stable, but it is not sure when they will go south to fight the grass valley.

"Daddy is safe......"

It's just that the ideas of the little people are extravagant hopes, while the ideas of the big people can often be realized more smoothly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said the problem of local grain, in the current era of tax in kind, Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not believe in the remnants of the former Yuan officials, so he divided the granaries of the Ming Dynasty into different areas according to different levels and handed them over to different classes to manage.

"The slave and maid lead the order......" The accompanying eunuch responded when he saw this, and Zhu Gaochi and the three of them also made a salute and sang: "Grandson understands ......"

Zhu Yunwen didn't dare to delay when he saw this, after all, it was already the first day of September, and it would start to snow in Daning in more than half a month.

The only person who can make Fu Youde say this is probably Zhu Gaoxu, who has been constantly putting forward wonderful ideas in the past few months.

Among the prefectures and counties, Zhu Yuanzhang set up a standing position and let the local yamen manage it.

"Well......" Hearing Yishuha's self-introduction, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about Wu Yun, but he didn't seem to remember it because of his age, and finally just answered and continued to walk forward.

"Fortunately, with the blessing of my sister-in-law's bloodline, if something happens to us, the Fu family will at least have a bloodline to pass on."

Zhu Yunwen has been in charge for two and a half years, and he has already accumulated experience and knows how to deal with it, and Zhu Gaoxu has figured out Lao Zhu's ideas of governance, and often revise and expand them according to his ideas.

Exactly as Zhu Gaoxu predicted, Timur really sent people to the court, and paid 200 horses, and sent an extremely meaty recital.

Zhu Yuanzhang has a tough attitude, but after all, there is a lack of horses at the moment, and his attitude is very normal.

Fu Youde looked at the sky outside the corridor, and his eyes showed a bit of nostalgia.

"Earlier, Gao Xu talked to Wei Guogong about the seed grain of Juntun, and Gao Xu's statement is very good."

"In addition, write letters to your younger brothers, so that they don't act rashly, and there are still people in the court to treat them back."

Thinking of the third child who used to respect the eldest brother is now openly competing for the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang felt very uncomfortable.

"Let people take good care of these two hundred horses, but if one dies, let the chief officer of the pastoral bureau accompany the funeral!"

In comparison, Zhu Yuanzhang at the same time also picked up a note and frowned slightly.

In his opinion, it is indeed very inappropriate for the guard to be in charge of the Juntun seed grain, after all, the Juntun seed grain is not a small amount, and a 5,600 household guard can often hoard tens of thousands of stone of grain after the autumn harvest.

After a long time, he said to the two: "If something happens to me, don't give up on yourself, just be an errand in the court." ”

At the end of the salute, Zhu Gaochi returned to his place and sat down, and continued to bow his head to deal with the recital.

Fu Zhong looked at the back, wanting to speak and stopping, but he didn't know what to say.

In this case, a supervising imperial historian suddenly appeared, and he wanted to hand over the management of the reserve warehouse to the six departments, and Zhu Yuanzhang was already very restrained if he didn't kill anyone.

500,000 catties of cotton, which was not a small amount in the early Ming Dynasty.

"What's more, don't forget, the guard still holds the grain in the place, if you hand over the granary of the guard, won't the military households below become soldiers begging from other people's mouths in the future?"

A good family, why did they become like this before they left?

"Let the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry make 160,000 pieces of cotton clothes and 80,000 quilts, and they must be sent to Daning before the snowfall, and we must not let the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty wear single clothes in the north to defend the border."

Although Lao Zhu also knew that he had to think about it, he still couldn't help but complain a little after his leisure.

Standing beside him, Zhu Yunwen also carefully reminded: "Grandpa, why don't the Ministry of Rites send the original text of the tribute table, and send two officials from the Siyi Pavilion to come up and read the original text?" ”

"If you take back the seed grain of the army, what will happen to the guards in the remote areas once they encounter a rebellion and have no rations to eat and no food to go to war?"

Food is the root of Zhu Yuanzhang's contempt for everything.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen, and while looking at him, he also told bitterly: "There is no need to take back the Juntun seed grain......

Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, and only after finding that there was nothing wrong did he tentatively say his opinion.

"You should step back first, and if someone plays this kind of music in the future, they will all be dismissed."

Perhaps, not only Fu Youde, but even he has already accepted his fate......

It's a pity that the ancient times are not as good as the later generations, although cotton has been promoted by the Ming monarchs for more than 20 years, but its growth range is still in the Yangtze River and the Yellow River Basin.