First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Ying was heartbroken and said that she was useless, but Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Very well, you still have advantages, such as... self-knowledge!"

When Zhu Ying heard this, she gritted her teeth angrily.

"Brother, I, I can't do well, and it's your people who lost it! You, you have to help me."

Zhang Ximeng smiled again, "Zhu Ying, you are actually thinking too much. It is not that difficult to paint on a piece of white paper... Think about it yourself, if you enter a deserted forest and you want to survive, what should you do first?" ?”

"First, find a stick."

"And then?"

"Then, then find a cave to hide, and then, find a way to get some food to fill your stomach."

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "That's right, this is the order in which you go to Lingnan. Don't think too much about it. You need someone to protect you and solve the safety problem. Then you need to have a place to stay and build for Guangzhou. Then you need to find money. Road, feed yourself... Remember, you are now a wolf that is about to grow up, you need to find a new territory, and you can do a good job if you show the instinct of a beast!"

"Really?" Zhu Ying's eyes slowly lit up, but then he grinned and said, "Brother, the first thing you said is not easy to deal with, those people around me may need my protection! "

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "This is easier... I'll tell my lord later, let's hold a selection in the army. The main purpose is to select promising young people in the army, outstanding young people, generals, and let them protect you. Isn't that okay? ?”

Zhu Ying's eyes widened, and she suddenly yelled strangely: "Brother, you, you gave me a group of plastered hakamas! I, my military governor's mansion, don't want waste!"

Chapter 412 The New Emperor's First Major Event

Zhu Ying is in a hurry, he has a bunch of crouching dragons and phoenixes, if he gets another group of talented people, he doesn't need to do anything else, his subordinates promise to fry the pot.

"Brother, I don't care anyway. If you send someone to me, at worst, it will be someone like Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong! I won't agree to others!"

Zhang Ximeng gave him big eyes, what dream?

"Let those two go, I don't know who will be the governor!"

Zhu Ying was at a loss for words again. The little guy scratched his head and grimaced. He really couldn't imagine what kind of effect would happen if a group of top bastards get together...

The bad ones are even worse, I guess they will be purified, and then create a group of more pure villains?

Thinking about it made him uneasy and trembling all over.

Zhang Ximeng saw it, and couldn't help laughing in his heart, "Zhu Ying, I admit that I was wrong. You still have a second advantage."

"What?" Zhu Ying asked stupidly.

"You are in awe."

"Awe?"

"Yes! A superior person, without awe, will be lawless, boundless, and omnipotent. On the contrary, with awe and restraint, he may do well... For example, your godfather, the lord fears the hearts of the people , so with today's great cause, the master will not forget the original intention, and there will be greater achievements."

Zhang Ximeng looked at Zhu Ying with a smile, "You also have awe, but you still need to think clearly about what you are afraid of and how to deal with it? If you can think clearly about these things, you may be able to take office smoothly."

Zhu Ying sullenly scratched her head and thought hard, but couldn't find the answer for a while, and didn't want to enjoy the wonderful performance, so the little guy hid aside and became depressed.

Except for the unlucky guy like Zhu Ying, the whole Yingtian is in joy.

The theatrical troupe led by Wu Datou shined brilliantly and staged several new plays, including Fengbo Hen, Ya Shan Hen, Zhengqi Song... These plays are all serious historical dramas. In order to restore the scene, costumes, props, opera lyrics , gongs and drums soundtrack, must be the ultimate.

And at this juncture, it is necessary to be sad but not hurt, to express a kind of solemnity and grandeur of "reorganizing the rivers and mountains for future generations". They have really worked hard.

After each performance, the audience shouted to expel the barbarians and restore the voice of the Central Plains.

For most people, the entertainment items are really lackluster. It is very difficult to watch a few complete plays in a lifetime. Apart from working hard all year round, it is definitely a luxury to relax, relax and enjoy life.

These few plays became famous, there must be countless people following them, and they will tour all over the world, and they will be deeply engraved in the memory of a generation... If nothing else, Zhao Song's reputation is completely rotten and cannot be saved. .

In the turmoil and hatred, there is no need to kill Grandpa Yue unjustly, which makes people furious...Yashan hate, 20 people died for the country is tragic, but during the period of intrigue and self-destruction, it is even more itchy.

As for the song of righteousness, Prime Minister Wen was killed by a shameless surrender, and even the scholars who brought Zhao Song were accused by thousands of people.Even the word scholar-bureaucrat can be twisted and changed very quickly... just like crouching dragon and phoenix chick, a group of talented people...

It stands to reason that on such a festive day as the enthronement ceremony, performing these scenes would spoil the atmosphere a bit, but Wu Datou's big head is not for nothing. Of course, the dog-headed military commander beside him is also very powerful, it is Luo Guanzhong.

Lao Luo wrote the screenplay himself, for example, the turmoil and hatred, and finally fell on cleaning up the old mountains and rivers.

And Yashan Henness unfolded the drama from the perspective of a small soldier... and this small soldier finally escaped from Yashan by chance and went to settle in Huaixi and other places, and this small soldier is undoubtedly Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather.

It is through this ingenious arrangement that people understand that although Zhao Song died, people's hearts will not die.

It is today's future that is the choice of the younger generation to reorganize the rivers and mountains!

As an official representative, Wu Datou's play is considered to have successfully achieved its goal, and it is worth [-]%!

As for the other stages, there are more opera jugglers from all over the world... The flower drum opera in Haozhou, the grand opera in Huizhou, all kinds of juggling and tricks, it was a whole night of excitement. Compared with today, the atmosphere of the New Year is not as good. Several orders of magnitude.

So much so that this enthronement ceremony was written into the notes of many people, even if there were no images left, it became the object of countless people's longing for future generations.

For example, Shi Naian, although he was very frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang, he had to admit in the letter to his friends: Thousands of people make songs, and ten thousand people sing happily.The grand event was unprecedented and the weather was like the sky.

In the midst of joy, Zhu Yuanzhang spent the first day of his enthronement.

What's even more rare is that Zhu Yuanzhang slept until the afternoon the next day before slowly getting up. Empress Ma was not by his side. Old Zhu pondered for a while, then changed his clothes and walked back.

Sure enough, although Empress Ma also didn't sleep all day and night, she just took a short rest and came to take care of a few children. Zhu Biao also woke up, but she hadn't recovered from the exhaustion of last night and looked listless.

As for the other younger ones, they didn't participate in the grand ceremony, and they were all laughing and making noise at the moment, which didn't make people worry at all.

"Sister, this, this grand ceremony made a lot of trouble, I'm sorry for you."

Empress Ma smiled faintly, "Look at what you said, is this grand ceremony just for you alone? Our family, Biao'er and I, won't be happy for you? Besides, it's just this one time. Be lively and work hard." It's worth it, too."

Zhu Yuanzhang had a smile on his face, and his heart was warm... He stretched out his hand to pick up Zhu Biao, put him on his lap, and finally said to Empress Ma: "Sister, maybe you don't know, Mr. Zhang mentioned it to us, and we will recover soon." After Dadu, there will be a bigger victory parade. When Kyushu is united and the world is unified, he also encourages us to pay homage to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum. In addition, this time the enthronement ceremony, Mr. also prepared some projects, but because the conditions were not mature, he decided to I haven’t done it, I guess it will be arranged later.”

"and also?"

Whoever owns you owns the whole world

"That's right, it's like asking the representatives of each province to hold an atlas of armored soldiers and present them to us... one province after another, to show the heart of the world! However, we have too few provinces now, so there is no such shock The effect, so we have no choice but to give up, we are quite regretful."

Mashi's eyes widened, what a Zhang Ximeng!It's really amazing that you have refurbished your tricks!

"Chongba, you said that such a big deal is not a waste of money?" Mrs. Ma suddenly laughed, "Are you willing to make trouble?"

Lao Zhu wiped his chin, and said haha: "Sister, this is the master's brilliance. Although these activities cost a lot of money, they can also concentrate and gather energy to publicize our ideas. This is another Not just for the enjoyment of selfish desires. Like Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, he collected flowers and stones and built Genyue Mountain, just for his own enjoyment, and in the end he destroyed all the lands and mountains of the Song Dynasty. We don’t do such things. But such as this grand ceremony, the Han people The Mongols, Miao people, and Li people gathered in Yingtian, and all the people returned to their hearts. Then we have enough reasons to use troops abroad, and we will have a hand in governing these places. Also, we have also It’s really hard, the big guys are working hard, the strings are very tight, it’s not bad to have a chance to relax, the way of civil and martial arts, one piece and one relaxation, it’s all in it!”

Empress Ma chuckled, "You are full of reason, and I am also convinced...I just want to say, if Mr. Zhang hadn't encouraged you to do this, you would have agreed so happily?"

"This... isn't it because we trust Mr. and trust his judgment!" Old Zhu snorted coldly, "If others say it, we shouldn't think about it. Are we harboring evil intentions?"

Mrs. Ma gave him a big roll of eyes, after all, it's still up to people to order dishes!

"Chongba, I'm not talking about you. Since you value Mr. Zhang so much, you should also think about his lifelong affairs... Co-authoring only allows him to contribute to you, and he is not allowed to find a wife. He is too old, so delay No."

Sure enough, the drama of urging marriage came so soon.

Old Zhu said helplessly: "Sister, we have talked about this matter several times, and we are also very anxious, but you say, which one is suitable?"

Empress Ma smiled and said, "If you want to accomplish this, any one is suitable. If you don't want to, then none of them are suitable."

"How to say? We don't understand."

Empress Ma leaned forward and said, "What? You still want to find a suitable family for your husband? Whose door is tall enough? It's still the same as what I said before, but you are looking for a virtuous person who can take care of daily life for your husband." , just be obedient and sensible. No, I have actually found a few people from all over the country when they came to Beijing."

Old Zhu was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Tell me!"

Empress Ma laughed and said, "Guo Ying has a cousin. I've seen her. She's sixteen or seventeen years old. She's about the same age. She's virtuous and quiet. She's a good candidate. Also, Xie Zaixing's daughter. Our sister-in-law helped Wen Zheng propose a marriage. If they want to marry the daughter of Xie's parents, it would be a blessing for the Xie family if their second daughter can marry their husband. It's just that it involves seniority, but it's nothing special. Then there is Feng Guoyong's daughter, The child didn't say anything, everything is fine, but he is too young."

Mrs. Ma mentioned six or seven people in one breath, and Lao Zhu listened silently, and he also had a few impressions.

For example, Guo Ying's cousin, old Concubine Juna, was Guo Ying's biological sister a while ago, and this cousin is even more beautiful than Concubine Guo.

It's not impossible to marry Zhang Ximeng, but it's cheaper than Guo Ying, and he has such good relatives.

In fact, this is not Madam Ma's fault, this is the circle she has been in contact with all day, either the relatives of the generals in Huaixi, or the family members of some courtiers.

It is really difficult for Ma Shi to ask her to find someone who is good at anything and stay away from this circle.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened silently, and also agreed with the queen's opinion. If he wanted to succeed, he would marry all of these to the husband, and that would be fine.

"We know, how about this, let's issue a military order, within half a year, no matter what, let the husband start a family and start a business." Old Zhu hehe said: "To tell the truth, Chang Yuchun and I have engaged a child marriage, and we are still a little hesitant. It would be the best thing if my husband got married a few years ago and our two families got married."

Empress Ma smiled and said: "It's not too late now, settle the matter early, you are not alone, the big days are yet to come, what are you thinking so much about?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded happily, as he agreed with Empress Ma's words.

However, out of respect for Zhang Ximeng, Lao Zhu felt that it was better to take the time to ask Zhang Ximeng's tone and hear what he was looking for, or make a lot of them, pass by in a neat formation, and then let the husband choose one by one. That's good.

Old Zhu Xing thought in a hurry that the first thing the new king did when he ascended the throne was to find a wife for Zhang Ximeng.

Zhu Yuanzhang really paid attention to it. After only two days, he couldn't wait to find Zhang Ximeng.

When he arrived, he found a carriage from the branch bureau parked outside Zhang Ximeng's mansion...Old Zhu went in again, and found that under the grape arbor, Jiang Nan, wearing a red official uniform, was sorting out various expenses for the enthronement ceremony.

Zhang Ximeng smiled and listened, and added a large spoonful of Baihua honey to the milk tea, and sent it to Jiang Nan.

"Accounting is tiring, add more sugar."

Jiang Nan nodded, quickly thanked him, and then took a few sips. As expected, he regained his energy and continued to summarize the accounts.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it not far away, the green grape racks, bunches of grapes, the most interesting thing is that there are two men and women who are the most difficult to find a partner in the world... Are we and our sister's thoughts all in vain? ?

Isn't this the most suitable?

Lao Zhu suppressed his excited heart and coughed, "Are you happy, sir?"

Zhang Ximeng raised his head abruptly, saw Zhu Yuanzhang, and immediately said, "My lord, the household department has a lot of expenses for this grand ceremony!"

Jiang Nan followed suit and said, "That's right, there are almost 100 million guan, and there are hundreds of thousands of stones in storage. The family is big and the business is big, so it's not such a waste."

Chapter 413 Empty Seal

The Enthronement Ceremony is overrun!

Lao Zhu was in a daze for a moment, he didn't care about this!But when he sat down and checked these messy accounts, Zhu Yuanzhang also quickly entered the state, and gradually his face became serious.Suddenly Lao Zhu stretched out his fist and thumped the table hard.

"What are these bastards going to do? We have just been enthroned, and you gave us such a big mouth! You are bullying the sky!"

Zhu Yuanzhang roared in a low voice, furious.

Zhang Ximeng lowered his eyelids, staring at the accounts in front of him, also burning with anger... In fact, Hu Weiyong was pushed out not long ago to rectify the fiscal and taxation system.

But doing it unintentionally is definitely different from doing it intentionally.

It is clear that this time the problem is beyond the limit.

Jiang Nan sorted out the account books, and continued: "Superior, in addition to the gap in money and food, I also found that the money donated to the superior for several months has also disappeared. A sum of money, almost 30 taels!"

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang roared again, and he really laughed out of anger. Fang Guozhen did send a large sum of money to Lao Zhu, but the money was not only Fang Guozhen's, but also Mao Gui's money for buying armaments. The batch of ordnance was to be sent to Korea and handed over to Guan Duo and the others.

That is to say, the household department actually made a mistake with such a crucial sum of money and disappeared from the books.

Let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, if he were an ordinary emperor, he would probably be overwhelmed with anger!

Lao Zhu suddenly felt that his old face was burning hot. It had only been five days since the enthronement ceremony, and he was still full of joy, feeling how amazing he was!

Good guy, a mouthful came so soon.

You also plan to subdue people like Guan Duo, Maogui, you Daming, you are a mess, how much better are you than others?

When Lao Zhu thought of this, his head buzzed.

"Investigate, investigate to the end! If you don't find out these big beetles, how can you use foreign troops, how can the world be peaceful?" Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth, "Li Shanchang, he can't escape responsibility for this matter, we will never end with him!"

Zhang Ximeng was quite frightened when he heard this.

Lao Zhu turned his anger on Li Shanchang, which is not a good thing.

Especially at the moment when he was just enthroned, and Zhang Ximeng had a high probability of thinking that Li Shanchang was really wronged in this incident.

Why does Zhang Ximeng think so?

The main reason for the purchase of this enthronement ceremony was that the Ministry of Household Affairs took the lead, and the Zhongshu Province cooperated with the Ministry of War to allocate military supplies, food and grass, and prepare for the use of troops.

We don't rule out that Li Shanchang knew about it, but just judging the crime because of this, it is too disrespectful to the number one hero of Ming Dynasty.

"My lord, it's not difficult to catch people and kill them, knock the mountain to shake the tiger, and make an example. The difficulty is to prescribe the right medicine and find out the crux of the problem. I think the biggest problem this time is that the Ministry of Finance issued a blank procurement document, allowing the officials below to make their own decisions. , and this is up to you to decide. The hiding place inside is huge.”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said: "It's not just big? It's just reckless. You can do whatever you want? Sir, how did you think that the exorbitant taxes and the chaotic distribution of taxes and duties came about? Isn't it all like this! We saw it a lot when we were young. Well, we know that petty officials harm the people. We can't figure it out. What is this Li Shanchang doing? Why do you allow the people below to go down with blank official documents? We held the enthronement ceremony to get all the people to return to their hearts, and it turned out that It is not an exaggeration to kill him for such a thing as being a disabled person and harming the people!"

It is not without reason that Lao Zhu was furious... Since the Yuan Dynasty, officials have to report tax accounts upwards, and report to the higher levels. Only when there is no problem with the amount can they be finally approved for storage.

But if there is a slight mistake, the light one will be called back and recalculated, and the serious one will be charged with guilt.

However, the Yuan Dynasty had a vast territory and complex mountains and rivers. Taking the transportation of grain and grass as an example, the loss on the road was not a small amount.

From the county to the province, [-] shi becomes [-] shi, and when it arrives in Dadu, [-] shi becomes [-]... All of them are lost on the way. Huge gap.

What should I do?