When Chongzhen returned to Xuzhou, it was already the end of the first month.
Zhu Cixiang and Crown Princess Kang Xi have been waiting in Xuzhou for almost three months.
"Father, may you have good health in the new year and may you live forever." Zhu Cixiang took Kang Xi to offer New Year's blessings to Chongzhen.
"Well, my father also wishes you a happy marriage and strive to give birth to a grandson as soon as possible." Chongzhen smiled and stepped forward to help Zhu Cihong and Kang Xi, and then ordered Wang Cheng'en, "Wang Daban, give me a reward."
Wang Chengen quickly asked for the New Year's gift that Chongzhen had prepared in advance.
When Zhu Cihong, Kang Xi, and the Prince Qin who were present looked closely, they saw two silver ingots alone on the tray, and nothing else.
Seeing this, not only the crown prince, but also the princes and nobles were stunned.
The two silver ingots prepared by the Holy Spirit only amount to thirty taels, right?
Hu Guozhu, who was following Chongzhen, and Jin Xuan couldn't help but laugh. He said to himself that the Holy Master's handiwork was indeed as majestic as ever. The previous reward to the Shaolin Temple was also moving.
Chongzhen did not feel embarrassed at all, and said to the prince and his wife: "These two silver ingots are specially prepared for you. The left one has thirteen taels of silver, and the right one has fourteen taels, which means a lifetime."
"Prince, you must cherish the Crown Princess throughout your life, and do not like the new and dislike the old."
"Princess, you have to serve the prince for the rest of your life, and you must not have any evil intentions because of resentment."
After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "A husband and wife are of one mind, and their strength is as strong as metal. As long as you and your wife are of one mind, the power of the Ming Dynasty will surely flourish, and the prosperous age of all nations coming to court is not far away."
Hearing this, the scholars present immediately felt that these two small ingots of silver sounded extraordinary. How could these two ingots of silver have such a meaning?
Zhu Cihong and Kang Xi also expressed their gratitude once again.
Zhu Cijiong on the side glanced at Hot and asked with a smile: "Father, where is mine?"
"You." Chongzhen thought for a moment, took off his waist knife and handed it to Zhu Cijiong, saying, "I'll reward you with this knife."
When Zhu Cijiong saw this, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He thought to himself that this was not the standard waist knife that had just been sent to Xuzhou from the Ming Dynasty Arsenal. A waist knife seemed to be worth 3 taels of silver. This was too expensive.
After all, the emperor's brother and his wife received more than a dozen taels of silver.
The scholars present began to speculate one after another, what is the meaning of this waist knife?
Chongzhen soon revealed the answer to the mystery and said: "There is a saying in the Han Dynasty Book of Wei Xian that it is better to teach a son once if he has left a son full of gold. I will change this sentence today and change it to say that the son will be enfeoffed for thousands of miles. It is better to
I will give you a sword. Although you are honored as a prince, I will not reward you with an inch of land. In the future, the vassal kings will never get an inch of land from the court. If you want a vassal state, take the waist sword that I will reward you and go there yourself.
Exploring overseas.”
Zhu Cijiong's eyes lit up immediately.
Prince Qin who was present also looked refreshed.
This is the pattern that the emperor of tomorrow should have. This is the sage king that has never been seen in the ages!
In comparison, Emperor Taizu Gao only sealed his dragon sons and grandsons within the borders of the Ming Dynasty, but the situation was smaller than the current situation!
Du Yinxi, Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan, who were also present, thought even further. The Holy Master's words seemed not just to target Ding Wang alone, but to the entire clan of the Ming Dynasty!
Could it be said that the clan laws and regulations stipulated in Huang Ming’s ancestral teachings are going to change?
But this is really a good opportunity to reform the clan's laws.
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"Hah! Haha! Haha!"
Zhu Yousong sneezed loudly twice in a row and almost fell off the donkey.
Hearing the sound of the donkey's hooves, the windows on both sides of Chaoku Street opened one after another, and then one by one their heads poked out of the windows to look down.
"Sir, are you here?"
"Ah, it's His Royal Highness Prince Fu, here to play."
"Prince Fu, my body is in good condition today."
The girls with heavy makeup sent out warm invitations one after another.
Zhu Yousong, however, shook his hands. It wasn't that he didn't want to go up, it was because he was short of money.
At the end of last year, when he heard that the Ming army had regained Guide and Kaifeng mansions, Zhu Yousong quickly sent his steward north to ask for the village land from the officials of Kaifeng and Guide mansions.
But I never expected to receive a severe beating.
The old housekeeper fell ill after returning to Nanjing.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yousong couldn't help crying.
In other dynasties, most people had a hard time making a living, but in the Ming Dynasty, the king had a hard time.
Not to mention the lieutenants and generals, but also the princes and princes, they were all starving to death. However, even the princes of the Ming Dynasty starved to death. This is really strange!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yousong felt inexplicably resentful.
Today's holy emperor treats the clan too much, it is true that it is too much!
Then Zhu Yousong came to the magnificent gate of the Market Exchange.
Looking at the majestic gatehouse of the Market Exchange, Zhu Yousong couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He hadn't been here for more than half a month, but the Market Exchange had actually undergone new changes. The two rows of private houses in front of the gate had been demolished, along with the banknote warehouse in the middle. The street was flattened into a huge square. Such a big square, no matter how large it is, would definitely be more than enough to accommodate ten or twenty thousand people.
But even such a large square was half full at the moment with all kinds of crowds.
In other words, there are at least tens of thousands of people of all kinds gathered in the Exchange Square at this moment!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yousong couldn't help but be a little stunned. You must know that the exchange has restrictions, and you can't enter without a net worth of more than five hundred taels.
As for where this standard came from?
It's actually very simple to say, you have to have money in the Ming Dynasty Royal Bank.
Only if you have more than 500 taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty Royal Bank, you are eligible to enter the square and participate in bond trading on the exchange, otherwise you will be kicked out.
No, as soon as Zhu Yousong's front foot arrived, a stick was thrown out.
"Get out!" A strong man in a powerful outfit who was obviously a martial arts master kicked him over, and then kicked the stick that had just gotten up to the ground. "If I see you again, I will break the dog's legs!"
Tu Gun crawled forward for several steps before he dared to sit up and shouted: "What is the air of a thief? When the business that grandpa is doing is completed, I have to deposit several thousand taels of silver in the Royal Bank. I have to let him go." You treat me as your ancestor!"
"Begging for a beating!" The strong man looked frightened and was about to rush over. The stick was so frightened that he turned around and ran away.
When the strong man saw this, he also stopped his feet. In a blink of an eye, he saw Zhu Yousong again and blocked the way.
"Prince Fu, please don't embarrass us servants. It's not that you are a villain and won't let you in. It's actually very difficult for us to deal with it after being told by the superiors."
The strong man said he was timid, but his feet showed no intention of getting out of the way.
I have to say that Lao Zhu's son and grandson were really miserable in Nanjing, and no one took him seriously at all.
Zhu Yousong was furious and said to himself, "You are such a scornful person. Why don't you rely on the power of your uncle's family? If you don't have your uncle's support behind your back, how dare you act like a monster in front of me?"
Unfortunately, Zhu Yousong didn't dare to show it no matter how angry he was.
He even had to show a flattering smile: "Xiao Wang didn't go in because he wanted to trouble the senior officials to inform the uncle or some big shopkeeper, saying that Xiao Wang just wanted to get a job as a trader."
Since the exchange opened for bond trading, business has been booming day by day.
In less than half a month, the trading floor, which could accommodate thousands of people at the same time, was no longer able to accommodate it.
Therefore, Kang Wanwan convened a meeting of more than 100 large and small shareholders, and the meeting decided to open a larger open-air trading hall in the square at the entrance of the Stock Exchange.
This open square is large enough to accommodate 5,000 people.
However, in such a large square, and with so many gentry merchants participating in the buying and selling of bonds, the demand for traders (guys) has increased exponentially.
Zhu Yousong wanted to apply last time, but he couldn't save his face.
As a result, after only one day of hesitation, all 500 positions were snapped up, and it was too late to regret it.
So this time the Market Exchange Square was expanded again, and the number of traders was expanded again. Zhu Yousong rushed over immediately, thinking that he would become a trader no matter what this time, and he would have a basic salary of five taels of silver a month, as well as a reward. There's plenty of oil and water.
It is said that some traders can receive a reward of hundreds of taels of silver every month because of their sharp vision and agility.
In the past, Zhu Yousong wouldn't even look at a mere few hundred taels of silver, but that's not possible now. Now Zhu Yousong wants even one tael of silver.
Haven't you seen that his little donkey is so thin that there is only a skeleton left?
If I can't find another way to make a living, I have no choice but to sell this little donkey for money.
"Trader?" The strong man looked at Zhu Yousong with a half-smile, and said, "Prince Fu, are you kidding me? How can a noble prince like you do such a job of serving people? Besides, the court will not allow it. "
Zhu Yousong really wanted to say that he didn't care about his ancestral family's bullshit. He was about to starve to death, so who would care about that?
But when the words came to Zhu Yousong's lips, he changed to: "The ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty stipulated that members of the clan were not allowed to engage in lowly careers, were not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations, and were not allowed to be businessmen or farmers, but they were not allowed to serve as soldiers. However, it seems that there is no provision not to Bond trader, so I hope the senior official will inform Xiao Wang no matter what."
"Okay, then I will say it for you, but I don't dare to say whether it will work or not." The strong man left after saying that.
Not to mention Zhu Yousong's many thanks for being here. After the strong man went in to report, Kang Wanwan didn't come out.
Until the sun set in the west, the merchants who gathered in the square dispersed either happily or in frustration. None of the big shopkeepers, including Kang Wanwan and Fang Wenzhen, showed up, not even a boy.
Zhu Yousong's face completely collapsed as soon as he saw it. This was not giving Zong Liu a way to survive!
Chongzhen, aren't you afraid that this king will rebel? If you really push this king into danger, you will rebel!
But for things like rebellion, just think about it, Zhu Yousong would never dare to rebel.
After a few curse words, Zhu Yousong led the little donkey, who was almost out of shape, back again.
When I was walking to my rented apartment, I happened to be walking with two small traders, and I heard the two of them happily discussing bond trading. Both of them seemed to have bought a lot.