"Singing ......"

"Hooray, hooray, hooray!!"

The day after Zhu Gaoxu arrived in Beijing, he didn't have time to rest, so Zhu Di pulled him to start the first court meeting of the father and son in Beijing.

In the kneeling and singing ceremony of the ministers pushing the golden mountain and pouring the jade pillar, Zhu Gaoxu was still wearing a round-necked robe, and the ministers in the hall were Zhu Neng, Yang Zhan, Chen Gong, Wang Cong, Wang Zhong, Li Lost, Richard and others who Zhu Gaoxu had not seen for many years.

"How is the New Deal being implemented?"

Zhu Di sat on the golden platform and asked about the current implementation of the new policy.

Hearing this, Guo Zi, the head of the household department, stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Huguang, Guangdong, Fujian, and Yunnan are all implementing new policies, and the "Yellow Book" and "Fish Scale Atlas" of some state capitals have been updated. ”

"According to the estimation of the Ministry of Households, it is estimated that by this time next year, the two capitals and the fourteenth political envoys of the National Dynasty will be able to complete the implementation of the new policy."

"In addition, the current population of the country is about 88 million, and the arable land is about 680 million."

Guo Zibi respectfully told his estimate, and Zhu Di, who was sitting on the high platform, was satisfied when he heard this.

From the population of 60 million in the 14th year of Hongwu to the current population of 88 million, in 35 years, the population has increased by nearly half.

This credit, no matter how it is calculated, has to be attributed to his Zhu Di's head.

In the face of this credit, Zhu Di was already very satisfied, so he also talked about what he wanted to do at this court.

"I have been in power for 16 years, I am old and sick, and I want to retire for a long time, this matter is determined by my heart, not by the ministers to open Chen, Qing and others should do their best to assist the heir, to create a peaceful and prosperous world......"

"Your Majesty, no!"

"Father and Emperor Think Twice......"

Suddenly, Zhu Di suddenly began to abdicate under the pretext that he was old and sick, and although the ministers and Zhu Gaoxu had been prepared, they were still taken aback by his actions.

Zhu Gaoxu originally thought that Zhu Di would wait until the end of the year to discuss the abdication, but he didn't want him to abdicate suddenly.

The Daming Palace has not yet been built, and he is now playing abdication, and the residence of the two fathers and sons has become a problem.

"Your Majesty......"

The ministers stood up and advised Zhu Di one after another, after all, Zhu Di did not have a trace of old age at all, at the age of fifty-six, he didn't say anything about old age and illness, and he didn't even see much white hair.

At this age, he suddenly said that he wanted to abdicate, and no one dared to agree directly.

"Although my father is fifty and six, but when he walks and eats like a prime, how can he say that he is sick, please don't talk about it again!"

Whether it is acting or sincere, Zhu Gaoxu is not ready to agree to Zhu Di's abdication in one breath, otherwise others will think that he forced Zhu Di to abdicate.

"This ...... Alas...... All right! ”

Zhu Di had a helpless expression, a little regret in his heart, but also a little happy.

It's a pity that Zhu Gaochu didn't respond directly, and the joy is that no matter whether Zhu Gaochu is acting or sincere, he expressed his heart after all.

"Prince, where are the kings of Zhao and Han?"

As soon as the topic of abdication ended, Zhu Di led the topic to Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui.

Since last year, Zhu Di has wanted to meet these two sons before abdicating, but now he has not seen them for more than half a year, mainly because Zhu Gaosui suffered from wind and cold and could not go far, and Zhu Gaochi was there, Yunnan changed the land and returned to the river to cause turmoil, and he did not let him set off immediately for the sake of safety.

Now that Wumeng Mountain and Daxue Mountain have been appeased down the mountain by Qu Neng, Zhu Gaochi's road out of Yunnan is much safer, so Zhu Gaochi also went north early under the escort of 500.

As for Zhu Gaosui, he also recuperated for a month, met with Zhu Gaochi in Wuchang, and went north by boat together.

"The eldest brother and the third brother have already arrived in Jiujiang and will be able to arrive in Beijing in about a month."

"Good ......"

Zhu Gaoxu answered Zhu Di's question, and Zhu Di also called a few hellos, and then asked, "Where do the two of them live?" ”

"Living in Shiwangfang, it is only two or three miles away from the imperial city." Zhu Gaoxu explained that the Ten Kings Square was the place where the vassal kings he designed to settle in Beijing.

Although the name is Shiwangfang, there are 36 mansions in it, each mansion covers an area of 18 acres and 5 points, there are more than 10 palaces, and hundreds of houses.

In addition to the mansion, there is also an ancestral hall, which stores the plaques of each royal palace.

In other words, regardless of the number of vassal kings in the future, it is enough to enter the Ten Kings Square, choose a vacant mansion at will, and hang a plaque.

At present, the Ming Dynasty has 20 vassal kings canonized by Hongwu and 2 vassal kings canonized by Yongle.

If Zhu Gaoxu ascends the throne, the number of vassal kings will probably exceed thirty, after all, he is only thirty-six, but he already has seven male heirs.

It's just that for the growth of the vassal king and the clan, Zhu Gaoxu personally is not worried and cared.

According to the rules he set before, no matter how many clans there were next to the vassal king, the court would only give 15,000 guan, and the county king would only give 3,000 guan.

The county king does not care about the following, and the county king cannot be hereditary, but can only be canonized for one generation, and the other clans are eliminated from the jade disc after five suits.

According to the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were only 32 princes who lived to the end of the Ming Dynasty, more than 600 county kings, and more than 200,000 clans.

If Zhu Gaoxu's set is implemented, even if the prince is doubled, there are more than 300 county kings at most, and as for the clan, you can refer to the situation of the clan excluding the five suits during the Jiajing period, and there are less than 30,000 left at once.

That is to say, under the same population growth, the number of the five suits of the Ming clan has been maintained at about 30,000 since the Jiajing period.

Under Zhu Gaoxu's method, the number of clans recorded on the jade disc of the clan would not exceed 30,000, and the imperial court only needed to deal with the prince, the prince and princess, and the lord of the county.

Even if the number developed to the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chaotian only paid more than 2 million yuan per year.

As for the other clans, they all relied on the payment of these vassal kings, and had nothing to do with the imperial court.

Moreover, as far as the clan issue is concerned, the clan issue is not a matter of fortune, but a local issue.

A large number of feudal kings gathered in densely populated areas, which not only restricted local development, but also participated in the drama of land annexation, and although the local officials always impeached them, the emperor did not severely punish these people, and the problem could not be solved.

In response to this problem, the "Sect Rules" given by Zhu Gaoxu is a law for the clan, and in the past few years since it was promulgated, even bastards like King Qi did not dare to commit it lightly after being beaten by the board, let alone others.

In addition, unlike Zhu Di's canonization in history, Zhu Gaoxu's change of title to vassal king undoubtedly canonized the vassal king to a sparsely populated place, so that the harm to the Ming Dynasty was greatly reduced.

As far as Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, Liangguang, and Yunnan are concerned, if the vassal king can give birth to hundreds of thousands, Zhu Gaoxu will applaud instead.

This set of methods was also played by Lao Zhu.

According to Lao Zhu's method of sealing the king, as long as there is no strongman like Zhu Di among the kings, the more people the king will reproduce in Biansai, the greater the economic help will be for Biansai.

Zhu Gaoxu's resealing is the same reason, but this resealing is not necessarily the final resealing.

For these vassal kings, if they make a mistake, they can use this as an excuse to change their names to remote places.

For example, Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, if he violated the "Sect Rules" again, then Zhu Gaoxu happened to change his title to the western or southern Yunnan region of Yunnan.

When the thought fell, Zhu Gaoxu also put his thoughts into reality, and at this time, the Fengtian Hall was constantly impeached by the imperial historians of the Imperial Inspectorate.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at it a little, and basically some of the six departments and the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate headed by Wang Hui were besieging Jiangdong, Jiangxi, and western Zhejiang.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu did not put western Zhejiang to death, otherwise the current three factions are estimated to have been solved by the New Deal faction.

After watching the drama of their mutual impeachment, Zhu Gaoxu only felt that the current court meetings were too frequent and had no effect.

"When I become the emperor, this dynasty will have to be changed, and I have been talking for a long time, and I haven't done a single practical thing."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the people in the temple, and then took the initiative to stand up and interrupt after a fight: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." ”

Obviously, he was too lazy to watch this group of guys talk nonsense, and when the New Deal faction saw that it was his own highness who spoke, they also knew that their highness was not satisfied with their style, so they shut up one after another.

"Retreat"

Looking at the appearance of the new political faction, Zhu Di opened his mouth comfortably, and then got up and left with Zhu Gaoxu.

As for the kneeling and singing of the jade pillar behind him, it was directly ignored by the father and son.

Zhu Di motioned to Zhu Gaoxu to go to the Qianqing Palace with him, and the father and son each rushed to the Qianqing Palace by foot, and on the way Zhu Di took the initiative to speak:

"Your Taixue has been relocated, and I also took the time to take a look, the thermal efficiency of the steam engine has indeed increased very quickly, according to Wang Fu's words, it has been 7%."

"But I'm going to talk about more than that, the main thing is that you put my grandson in Nanjing."

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and stroked his beard dissatisfied: "You let him be in the military academy, no matter how well he learns, he is only a talent of a thousand households." ”

"It's better to let him follow me, I will take him out of the fortress from time to time, at least I can lead tens of thousands of troops."

"Let's exercise at the military school first and sharpen your temper." Zhu Gaoxu touched his mustache, and he didn't feel at ease with the old man's words in his heart.

Although Zhu Zhanji himself was also an excellent cavalry general, and defeated tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Wuliangha with 3,000 elite soldiers in the Battle of Kuanhe, Zhu Zhanji's own governance was closer to Zhu Gaochi and too far away from Zhu Di.

Zhu Zhanyan is a kid, Zhu Gaoxu is still ready to let him understand the situation at the grassroots level of the army first, and then let him understand the situation of the grassroots officials, and then call him back to study for a few years.

According to Zhu Gaoxu's estimate, if he studies theory for four years in the military academy for five years, goes to Daning to prepare for the border in the last year, and then goes to the grassroots level in the south to serve as a clerk for two years, then he can basically return to Beijing to manage politics.

Counting the distance, it was basically nine or ten years, and he would be about twenty-six or seventeen years old by then, which was just the right time.

"It's nothing ...... to grind your temper" Zhu Di listened to Zhu Gaoxu's words, and said:

"This time, the boss came to the capital for the five hundred guards, I heard that it was Zhan Ji who commanded it, have you understood it?"

Zhu Di was worried that Zhu Gaoxu would think too much, but Zhu Gaochu said easily: "Learning and learning is always a good thing, the situation in Yunnan is special, if Zhan Ji has the ability, it will also be a good thing for the imperial court." ”

"If only you could think so." Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction and commanded:

"He is also eighteen, and he will be crowned in two years, so it is better for you to let him study with Mu Chun and them when the time comes."

"It's nature." Zhu Gaoxu is not worried about his eldest nephew, after all, he has more than 5,000 guards in his hands, and he also needs to face the tripartite package of Mu Chun, Wang Xuan, and Fu Rang.

If the eldest nephew can deal with these three people, he will not let Tuhuan sit big in history.

Not to mention that the eldest nephew in history was brought out by Zhu Di himself, and the current eldest nephew ......

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but raise his interest and touched his mustache.

While he was thinking, Buyu also passed through the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and the father and son got off the Buyu after arriving at the Qianqing Palace, and walked into it one after the other.

After Zhu Di sat down, he spoke openly and honestly to Zhu Gaoxu:

"You are ready to prepare, take office at the end of the year, anyway, the new deal has been implemented to the end, and it doesn't matter if it is half a year or a year in advance."

"Besides, at the end of the year, Daming Palace can almost live in a few main halls."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect Zhu Di to be so open-minded, he couldn't help but look at the Qianqing Palace, and said tentatively: "You have only lived in the Forbidden City of Beijing for more than a year, why are you in a hurry to abdicate now?" ”

"Your cultivation here is exactly the same as Nanjing, I look at it, I always think of your mother."

Zhu Di lowered his voice, obviously not yet out of the memory left by Empress Xu.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned when he heard this, he really didn't think about this, and he didn't expect Zhu Di to miss it until now.

"If you want to leave, you have to wait for the other palaces of Daming Palace to be built, otherwise where will the concubines live?"

Although Zhu Gaoxu really wants to sit on the throne, if he wants to drive Zhu Di away in embarrassment, then he would rather wait a few more years.

"Let the craftsmen hurry."

Zhu Di, who rarely urges work, rarely urges the construction period on the issue of Daming Palace, and obviously really wants to move out of Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what to say to comfort him, so he could only change the topic and talk about the changes in the world.

"Wang Daban, take the "General Map of the Four Yi Binfu in the World".

"Yes......"

Wang Yan, who stood on the side and did not speak, responded, and then asked people to take the "General Map of the Four Yi Binfu in the World" that is two zhang long and one zhang six high.

Seeing this, Zhu Di also stood up and asked Wang Yan to hang the map in the middle of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and he walked to Zhu Gaoxu's side.

On the map, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly the first in the world, from Dongzhou in the east, to Kunlun in the west, to the old port in the south, and to Beishan in the north......

Looking at this map, Zhu Di couldn't help but be proud, after all, Zhu Gaochu and his vassal states were included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

There is nothing wrong with this in the current worldview.

On the map, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence included almost all of Asia, half of Africa and half of the Americas.

"Now the remnants of the former Yuan still have a large range of activities, but for the imperial court, they are not a threat."

"It's just that it always costs a lot to prevent thieves all day long, and Shahru of Timur's country has a friendly attitude towards the imperial court, so maintaining the Timurid state is equivalent to maintaining the influence of the imperial court in the riverine region."

Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the area in the middle of the river with his long command baton.

I have to say that there is a Timurid country, whether it is the Golden Horde that has been divided in the north, or the Indian region in the southeast, or the black sheep and white sheep dynasties in the west, they all need the support of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng He and Chen Xuan made a strong presence in Central Asia, and the threat of Timur led to the willingness of these countries to submit to the Ming and pay tribute.

If the Timurid Empire fell, then contradictions would break out among the Mongols, and the Turkic Mongols and the Eastern Europeanized Mongols would return to Mobei in the midst of the struggle, which Zhu Gaoxu did not want to see.

Historically, Tuhuan has absorbed those tribes that have migrated eastward, and Zhu Gaoxu has to be prepared for this.

Even if there is a train, the logistics supply can be pulled directly to Hailar, but the Ming army cannot underestimate the enemy at will.

The offensive against the north should still be dominated by experienced generals.

Fortunately, Meng Zhang, Wang Yi, Zhang Fu, and Zhu Neng are upright and in their prime, and it will not be a problem to be strong for more than 20 years.

In more than 20 years, as long as the train to Mobei is opened, it will no longer be a problem to cross the desert.

But before that, Zhu Gaoxu had to keep an eye on the Tatars of Yanran Dusi.

"According to the intelligence of the West Factory, if they join forces, they can pull out nearly 80,000 soldiers and horses, including more than 50,000 heavily armored soldiers."

Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the Tatars and Warat in Mobei and explained, Zhu Di stroked his beard when he heard this:

"The alliance of this Warat is very fragile, I don't think Taiping and the Bald Polo want to fight with the imperial court for their lives, only Mahamu, an old dog, is not shallow."

"I am going to canonize the three of them as kings, let them check and balance each other, and at the same time support Taiping and Bald Polo."

Zhu Di still adopted the same checks and balances in history, and Zhu Gaoxu also agreed with this method: "If it can be done, then it will be good." ”

"But Mahamu has a son Tuhuan, this kid is much calmer than Mahamu, he is afraid that he will accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity."

"Your next expedition to the north, it's best to let Alitai consume them, and then completely solve Mahamu's part."

Zhu Gaoxu is still a little jealous of the dehuan, after all, it was this guy who united Warat in history, and controlled the Tatars and Uliangha, and even extended his hand to the Jurchen tribes.

Although Zhu Gaoxu has confidence in Zhu Zhanyan, it is not in line with his style to leave such a character.

If Mahamu can be defeated as soon as possible, it will undoubtedly be a blessing for Daming.

"If I could, I would like to go north now......"

Zhu Di suddenly opened his mouth, but Zhu Gaoxu showed embarrassment after hearing it: "Let's wait a little longer." ”

Although the treasury has money, it can't help spending it so much, Zhu Di can only suppress his thoughts when he hears this, and he doesn't care about it: "If you have nothing to do, just retreat first." ”

"It's not that it's okay, I have something to discuss with you, father." Zhu Gaoxu said:

"The thermal efficiency of the steam engine is enough to be used in the pit, so Erchen plans to build a steam engine factory and then apply the steam engine to the pit."

"I believe you also know that Beijing is often disturbed by wind and sand, and occasionally there are large sandstorms......"

Zhu Gaoxu told Zhu Di about the afforestation, and also told Zhu Di about the plan to bring coal into people's homes.

In Zhu's vision, Daming's coal output would have to reach 40 million tonnes in ten years, twice as much as it does today.

At the current rate of population growth, the population of Daming is estimated to exceed 100 million in ten years.

At that time, the per capita coal of the Ming Dynasty was 400 catties, which basically reached the conservative amount of coal used by the population.

On this basis, if the output is increased, it is basically industrial coal.

As long as coal is cheap enough and readily available, people will not cut down trees on a large scale.

This project must be combined with the Northwest and Northeast Railways.

Once there is a railway connection between the northwest and northeast, the people along the border will have access to cheap coal from Shanxi, and naturally there will be no need to cut down trees.

Otherwise, blindly digging coal, but not enough transportation capacity will not solve this problem.

Regarding this issue, Zhu Di didn't think about it so deeply, but said:

"You're a good idea, but I've never heard of anyone who can turn a desert into a green one."

"Just because I didn't have it before doesn't mean I won't have it in the future." Zhu Gaoxu said confidently.

"You can do it yourself, I don't know much about this, you let it go."

Zhu Di saw that Zhu Gaoxu was so confident, so he didn't ask any more questions, and gave him full authority.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu also left the Qianqing Palace, and soon took the Buyu to the Chunhe Hall in Beijing.

Guo Yan took Zhu Zhanqi and others to wait for him early, and when he saw him coming back, he immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Just in the face of the enthusiasm of his family, Zhu Gaoxu said a few words of greeting, then asked them to rest first, and asked Yishiha to summon Wang Fu.

Not long after, Wang Fu arrived at the Qianqing Palace, and Zhu Gaoxu also gave people a seat.

"I summoned you here to ask you if this steam engine factory can start now?"

"Naturally!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, Wang Fuzuo, who was sitting in the seat, said:

"In addition to the first few steam engines that need to be finely made by craftsmen, the subsequent steam engines can be made by connecting various machines after the commissioning of the previous steam engine."

"We have already experimented with this when we were studying in Nanjing, and we can produce at least ten steam engines per month."

"If one million yuan is invested to expand production capacity, then workers can be recruited from middle school students, and a steam engine factory with 300 machines can be built in about two years, and the annual output should not be less than 500 textile, pumping, locomotives and other machines."

"Even if the thermal efficiency of the steam engine is improved in the future, it is enough to update the steam engine workshop without too much delay."

Wang Fu told Zhu Gaochu his thoughts, and Zhu Gaochu nodded when he heard this.

For an annual output of 500 machines, he does not think it is an exaggeration.

At least between 1712 and 1800, Britain produced more than 2,500 steam engines and various machines without a large demand, and the investment was less than one-tenth of that of the Ming Dynasty.

With high input and high-quality workers, an annual output of 500 machines is not worth mentioning for the Daming market, but for the UK, it only takes five years to saturate the market.

Such a market scale is destined to become a dumping ground for Daming's commodities once it takes a step forward in industry.

This is true in the Hereafter, and it is the same in this life.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu said decisively: "I'll allocate two million yuan for you, as long as all kinds of machines are useful, regardless of efficiency. ”

"You send people to inspect the mines in Shanxi and Northeast China to see how much they need, and on this basis, a threefold increase is the amount that the imperial court needs."

"In addition, the steam locomotive continues to study that the thermal efficiency can be improved as much as possible before the completion of the railway laying, and the factory and workshop of the steam locomotive will be built two years in advance."

When the words fell, Zhu Gaoxu squinted his eyes and said proudly:

"The imperial court can't waste the waterway that has been worked so hard to open up, and wherever the sun shines, there must be Ming goods for circulation."

Influenza infusion, delayed a lot of time.

It's estimated that there will be about a week to finish the book.,After the completion of the book, there are about 20 chapters of extras and postscripts.,Updated at about half past five in the afternoon.

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