Zhu Yunxi struggled for three days, but he still couldn't produce a training material that conformed to the core socialist values.

In the end, he could only pick out a few sentences here and a few there, creating a hodgepodge that focused on loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, served the people as its purpose, and also represented the development direction of the most advanced productive forces.

During the days when Zhu Yunxi was working behind closed doors, the officials he threw into the Hope School for reform and study were suffering.

Because there were no teaching materials in the school, the class teacher Gao Ming could only lead them every day to re-educate the poor and lower-middle peasants.

They plowed the fields in the morning and dug coal in the afternoon. They were tired and complained endlessly.

After the three-month rotational reform study ended, the tax reform that affected future generations of the Ming Dynasty was officially launched.

The Ming Dynasty officially abolished physical taxes and replaced them with unified silver coins and copper coins for settlement.

Officials and gentry will be paid as one, and all official class privileges will be abolished.

However, on this basis, officials' salaries have been greatly increased, and a pension system has been added.

Even so, this policy still caused an uproar across the country and encountered various resistances from the grassroots.

Regarding this situation, Zhu Yunxi just carried Lao Zhu out, and whenever he encountered officials who resisted the new law, he wrote their names on the death list and handed them over to Lao Zhu for disposal.

Lao Zhu also refused to accept anyone who came, and he would kill Zhu Yunxi as long as he dared to write about it!

After many heads were killed and rivers of blood flowed, this evil policy that had lasted for thousands of years was finally completely banned.

Time flies to the New Year's Eve of the 27th year of Hongwu.

Because he has been busy with the New Deal in the past two years, Lao Zhu didn't even celebrate his birthday, and the New Year was even more perfunctory.

Zhu Yunxi didn't have time, so he buried himself in books and literature every day.

He now understands why Lao Zhu is so busy. With great power comes great responsibility.

If you fail to keep an eye on you even a little bit, the people below will dare to mess with you.

Therefore, he also developed the habit of doing everything by himself and asking three questions a day.

Even though it was the New Year's Eve, Zhu Yunxi still had to review hundreds of memorials. He was so busy that he couldn't even live a peaceful New Year.

Lao Zhu felt sorry for his eldest grandson and specially brought dumplings to his eldest grandson to have a meal with him.

However, as soon as he entered the cold Wenhua Hall, Lao Zhu frowned in displeasure.

"Why is it so cold?"

"Are you all dead? Don't you know how to put some more braziers for our eldest grandson?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the Emperor's grandson won't let you..."

"No?"

I feel so sorry for this old man.

Lao Zhu strode past the crowd and came to the study room where Zhu Yunxi was, and saw his eldest grandson sitting in front of the desk reviewing the memorial.

"Grandson, you're just busy in normal times, but today is the Chinese New Year, why do you find so many things for yourself?"

Zhu Yunxi heard Lao Zhu's voice and quickly stood up and asked.

"Grandpa Huang, are you feeling well?"

Lao Zhu said with a smile upon hearing this.

"Much better!"

"You don't need to worry about our health. Instead, you have to take care of yourself. That idiot of yours is...just..."

"Hi!"

"Why are we mentioning him during the Chinese New Year!"

"unlucky!"

Lao Zhu stepped forward, arbitrarily snatched the pen from Da Sun's hand, and then took Da Sun's hand to the side hall.

After entering the side hall, Lao Zhu still felt that it was too deserted, so he ordered others to bring in several braziers.

"So do you. No matter how poor we are in Ming Dynasty, how can we be without your charcoal?"

"Besides, the briquettes were invented by you. They only cost a few pennies each. Why are you saving that money?"

Zhu Yunxi laughed when he heard this.

"My grandson was afraid that the room would be too hot and would make him sleepy, so he didn't let them light the brazier."

"However, if Grandpa Huang really cares about his grandson, he might as well give up the Prince's Mansion."

"It's so comfortable for you there. My grandson laid it out in advance when he was renovating it.

Heating pipes, once the heating is turned on, no matter how many braziers you have!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, his face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.

"We finally got used to living together, so I won't change with you!"

"Why don't you renovate the Qianqing Palace and add the heating you mentioned?"

Zhu Yunxi thought for a moment after hearing this, then shook his head and said.

"never mind!"

"When Jinling City is renovated in a few years, let's re-select a location and build a palace."

"Ah?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he felt bad. He was most afraid of spending money, especially building things like palaces, which was a waste of time and money.

"Dasun, don't just think that the imperial court has some surplus and just mess around with it."

"Isn't our palace quite nice? Why do we need to rebuild it?"

Zhu Yunxi didn't reply when he heard this. He just picked out a memorial with a navy blue cover from a pile of memorials and handed it over.

"Grandpa Huang, please take a look at this."

Lao Zhu took it and took a look, and saw on the memorial that dozens of kings including the North King of Joseon, the Middle King of Joseon, the South King of Korea, the North King of Japan, the South King of Japan, Minamoto no Doi, Annan, Ryukyu, etc. would have an audience in March next year. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun...

After reading it in a hurry, Lao Zhu was filled with shock.

"Is it done so quickly?"

"certainly!"

"It's easy to split them up. Just send the fleet over and fire a few rounds of artillery towards the shore."

Zhu Yunxi has not been idle in the past two years when he implemented the New Deal. After two expansions, the Jing Navy now has a navy of 50,000 people.

He fully adopted Zhang Zongjun's strategy and adopted a divide and rule strategy for the vassal states.

At the same time, he also implemented the favor order established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on the vassal states, and conferred the title of princes on the children of the royal family, further weakening their national power and preparing for the future annexation of them without bloodshed.

On this basis, he also did not forget to explore the ocean.

Now the Ming Dynasty's fleet can set out from Jinling, go around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, reach the distant Mediterranean, and trade directly with merchants there to earn higher profits.

The reason why he did not circumnavigate the earth was mainly because the long-distance communication equipment had not reached mass production and was always in the laboratory research stage.

Once he conquers radio technology, he will directly start sailing around the world and head straight to the American continent.

After hearing what Da Sun said, Lao Zhu was surprised at Da Sun's impressive achievements and curled his lips in disdain.

"They are just some earth kings, why do you need to build a new palace to entertain them?"

"Grandpa Huang, didn't you read the last sentence of the memorial?"

"What?"

Lao Zhu hurriedly turned to the last page and focused on the last sentence.

"The feudal lords request this as a permanent rule!"

"Yongli?"

Lao Zhu was stunned when he saw this sentence. If these people get older every year, the current palace is indeed not majestic enough, and Honglu Temple and other places also need to be expanded.

"Dasun, even if they come every year, we don't need to rebuild a palace, right?"

"Building a palace is a big project and it will cost several years of taxes. It's better not to think about it..."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunxi threw another memorial to Lao Zhu.

"Grandpa Huang, please don't object in a hurry, and then take a look at this memorial."

"Well?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was stunned for a while, then he took the memorial handed over by Zhu Yunxi and turned over it. After just one glance, Lao Zhu screamed.

"ah!"

"Our Ming Dynasty collected a total of 130 million taels of silver in taxes last year?"

"After taking into account all expenditures, the national treasury still has a surplus of fifty million taels?"

Lao Zhu was completely shocked by the figures on the memorial. He had been emperor for more than twenty years, and he had never had the treasury so full.
To be continued...