Under Lan Yu's analysis, Zhu Quan gradually became clear about the current situation.
The rebels are hiding in the mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they can only be captured by trickery.
Now it's just a matter of secretly communicating the music.
It is conceivable that with so many civilians, many of them will definitely choose to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side.
Now it is not that urgent to deal with the rebel bandits thoroughly. We can take our time. After all, spring plowing has already begun and the farmland has not been damaged.
Here in the capital.
As time goes by, the concrete pavement of Zhengda Avenue has gradually begun to solidify.
However, in order to completely harden it, Zhu Ying still issued an order to wait for one month before walking.
Capital Palace.
"Old brother, come and have a sip of hot tea. It's obviously the beginning of spring, but it's still so cold."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He drank tea and chatted.
Tang He came to the palace, naturally it was Zhu Yuanzhang who specially invited him here.
After a sip of hot tea, the coldness in the body is dispelled a lot.
Although he lives in the inner city, the last time he came to the palace was the death of Prince Zhu Biao.
Due to a recurrence of his illness, Zhengdan had to stay in bed and recuperate. Only recently did he get better.
"Brother Tanghe, I have heard about what happened in the court recently."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile and a bit of excitement.
Tang He was shocked and said hurriedly: "I have been lying on the bed recently and have not heard anything about the affairs of the court."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with some displeasure: "The reconstruction of Zhengyang Avenue, don't you know about such a big thing, brother?"
Tang He quickly replied: "I heard this matter mentioned by a servant at home, but I was confused at the time and didn't hear it clearly."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "You should have seen it when you entered the palace, right?"
Tang He said again: "The wind is not strong, but my body and bones can't bear it. I haven't looked outside since I got on the sedan at the door of the house."
Hearing these words, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment. He really had no choice but to take the soup.
He had no choice but to explain: "Our eldest grandson hired a group of craftsmen from Oparo to develop a thing called cement."
"After this thing is mixed with sand and gravel, it will be like mud, but within two hours, it will be as hard as rock."
"In this way, Zhengyang Avenue was rebuilt. From the bottom of Zhengyang Gate to the front of Chengtian Gate, it was widened by 30 feet on the left and right. At a glance, it really smells like the grassland when we first visited it."
"It's a pity that you didn't see it, brother, but there's no rush. You'll have to take a good look when you go out later."
When Tang He heard this, the look of shock on his face was very obvious, and then he bowed and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Your Highness Taisun is so smart, and he can understand the benefits of both China and foreign countries."
"In the future, the Ming Dynasty will be prosperous and prosperous, which will be worthy of eternity."
Hearing these words, Zhu Yuanzhang burst into laughter and was very happy.
Then he couldn't help but said: "Old brother, you understand me."
Tang He is worthy of being the only founding hero in history who died a good death.
This ability to figure out people's thoughts is not something that ordinary people can match.
Zhu Yuanzhang clearly said how good and broad Zhengyang Avenue was, but he only mentioned it to Da Sun. If it were other ministers, they would have caught Zhengyang Avenue and praised it.
But Tang He grasped the key point immediately. He didn't mention a word about Zhengyang Avenue, but only talked about Taisun's excellence and his longing for the future of Ming Dynasty.
This move just went into Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
"His Majesty Taisun's return is really a blessing to our Ming Dynasty." Tang He saw that His Majesty was in a good mood and added another sentence appropriately.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with emotion: "It is indeed something we did not expect for our great grandson to come back."
"It's just that after all these years, we feel guilty in our hearts. If we had done a better job and checked again, our eldest grandson wouldn't have to suffer the pain of wandering."
Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said.
Seeing this, Tang He quickly comforted him and said: "Your Majesty, misfortunes are the source of blessings, and misfortunes are the source of misfortunes. His Highness Taisun's achievements today are inseparable from his wandering in the frontier."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded and said: "Brother, what you said makes some sense. It's just that our eldest grandson is so outstanding that we don't even know how to make up for him."
"You see, recently, since the eldest grandson entered the palace, the household has become more and more full, and the internal funds are filled with endless money."
"In the past, the capital was never so lively. When it comes to running the country and running the army, our eldest grandson has nothing to be picky about."
"This leaves us with no place to exert our strength."
Tang He listened to this and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't blame me for being too talkative. Your Highness, the Grand Sun, is so talkative that no one else can ask for you. Now that you have the Grand Sun to help you, Your Majesty will take care of himself."
"I will arrange the marriage of His Highness the Great Grandson earlier. Wouldn't it be great to hold my great-grandson in my arms then?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard about his great-grandson, he said with a smile: "Old brother, what you said makes sense. Come, let's have tea instead of wine and drink together."
Tang He picked up the tea cup: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang drank the tea and it was sweet and delicious.
The soup here is just bitter.
Tang He had five sons. The eldest son Tang Ding died during the expedition to Yunnan with the army, and the next few also died young.
The youngest son Tang Li succeeded in rising to the position of governor of the Left Army through hard work, but died during the march to conquer Wukai.
It means that all the sons are gone, and only two grandsons are left. It can be said that the heirs are withered.
In front of His Majesty, I can only force a smile.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang became interested and took Tang He to talk about the past together.
As far as Zhu Yuanzhang is concerned, Tang He is the only old man around whom he can chat with.
This is also the biggest reason why Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to place Tang He in the inner city of the palace, and specifically allowed him to enter the palace in a sedan chair.
doorway,
"Who is grandpa talking to inside?" Zhu Ying asked the young eunuch.
The young eunuch said: "Reporting to your highness, your majesty is drinking tea with Duke Xin."
Zhu Ying hesitated for a moment and then decided not to bother him anymore. It was rare for the old man to be so interested.
Back at Kunning Palace, Zhu Ying took out the first edition of the Ming Dynasty newspaper and looked at it.
After several days, with the efforts of Yuan Jiachi and others working overtime day and night, the first page of Di Bao was finally completed.
Zhu Ying only needs to confirm it, and it can be printed in large quantities immediately and then distributed.
Currently, there are twenty stores in the entire capital, all prepared for Dibao, and all personnel have been arranged.
The production of copper movable type templates is also in progress. It only takes Zhu Ying's order to produce 200,000 copies of the Di newspaper in two days.
Di Bao is the greatest tool for controlling public opinion. Zhu Ying naturally cares about this aspect very much.
Even if it means losing money, it must be popularized.
Just when I was thinking about the way forward in the study, I heard a voice from outside the door.
Guo Zhong came in and reported, "His Royal Highness Yunxi asks for an audience."
Zhu Ying nodded.
Then he saw Zhu Yunxi coming in and asked with a smile: "Why are you here today?"
"Did something happen again?"
Zhu Yunxi said a little embarrassedly: "Isn't this because I miss my elder brother?"
Zhu Ying said: "Come on, brother, how can you not know what you are thinking about? Tell me what it is."
Zhu Yunxi said with some embarrassment: "My sister encouraged me to come here. She wanted to ask the eldest brother for an order and also wanted to see Zhengyang Avenue."
Zhu Yunxi can currently leave the palace at will, but Zhu Mingyue, as a woman, does not have this right.
Zhu Ying smiled and said: "I'm not seeing any Zhengyang Avenue, I'm just thinking about meeting my lover."
Having said this, he pretended to be serious and said, "That boy Geng Xuan actually gave our girl some ecstasy soup. If I remember correctly, I must have seen him during the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival last month."
"How long has it been before you miss me again?"
"Maybe I have a lover and have forgotten about my brother."
"And you, you knew about this a long time ago, you helped her like this, and you came to deceive your brother."
Zhu Yunxi quickly cried out: "Brother, it was my sister who forced me to come."
Seeing this, Zhu Ying smiled and said: "Okay, I still have some things to deal with here. Come later and let her come in person."
After hearing this, Zhu Yunxi could only leave dejectedly.
After Zhu Yunxi left, Zhu Ying smiled and continued to read the newspaper.
If Di Bao wants to be circulated throughout the country, it is currently mainly related to the inns.
The current post system of the Ming Dynasty was formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang and was basically used in the Ming and Qing dynasties for 500 years.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who came from a poor family, lived in Mengyuan for more than thirty years, and Mengyuan was a very important link in the development history of the post station.
The post stations of the Yuan Dynasty were very different from those of the Jin and Song Dynasties. The most notable feature was the rapid expansion of their scope and the improvement of their institutions and operating procedures.
In the month after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the reconstruction of post stations all over the country during the Yuan Dynasty. At this time, the Ming Dynasty had not even captured the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.
After Zhu Yuanzhang came to the throne, he believed that sedan chairs were "human beings and animals", so there was a regulation for riding sedan chairs in the Ming Dynasty: "Those who are above the third rank in Beijing can ride in sedan chairs, manage the affairs of the five mansions, guard inside and outside, and guard the dukes, marquises, uncles, governors, etc.
No one, old or young, is allowed to ride in the sedan chair."
In the Ming Dynasty, sedan riding was not part of the post system. Civil servants could only ride in sedans if they were officials of the third rank or above. Civil servants of the third rank or lower and all military attachés had to ride horses when going out.
Therefore, in later movies and TV shows, seventh-grade officials like the county magistrate should get on their horses and go to the scene of the crime instead of riding in a sedan chair.
Post stations are roughly divided into three categories and four types. The third category is water horse inns, express delivery shops, and delivery stations.
There are four types because Shui Ma Yi can be subdivided into Shui Yi and Ma Yi.
Currently, Zhu Ying is planning to start work on the express delivery shop.
The establishment of the north-south official road also requires the expansion of the post station system. It is best at this stage to build a fast straight road for the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty at the same time.
This project can completely serve as a continuation of the North-South Official Road.
Among them, Zhu Ying's next step is to make the station for civilian use.
There are many inns in the Ming Dynasty, but most of the time, they are all idle.
It seems that the most used one is the express delivery shop. The main things that pass here are memorials from local officials and military intelligence.
All the expenses required for the station itself were borne by the imperial court.
If we put it to future generations, it would be difficult to imagine that such a huge system had no ability to be self-sufficient and was completely burdened by the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
The annual expenses are simply incalculable.
Zhu Yuanzhang's military household system transferred the food of the soldiers, but the burden of the post station took away nearly 30% of the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue every year.
This is why since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been unable to make ends meet every year and needs to print a large amount of treasure banknotes to make up for the shortfall, until the later treasure banknotes collapsed.
Of course, it is impossible to say that all inns are for civilian use, so a dividing line needs to be drawn here.
Distinguish between civilian and official use.
After distinguishing, it’s how to make money.
This point requires Zhu Ying to be very cautious at the moment.
Because this has already touched the old man.
If you want to make a profit, you cannot avoid changing the policies set by the old man.
That is the career distribution system established by Zhu Yuanzhang.
The occupational distribution system restricted the mobility of the entire Ming Dynasty's population, and now Zhu Ying wanted to find a way to make the population flow.
Zhu Ying knew that in the old man's opinion, the Ming Dynasty would be stable if the people stayed where they were and did not run around.
But Zhu Ying knew the disadvantages of this very well. If it were at the beginning of the founding of the country, the advantages would naturally outweigh the disadvantages. But today, after twenty-six years of rest and recuperation, it has already hindered the development of the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention that the emergence of new crops such as sweet potatoes will greatly unlock the labor force, which means that more labor will appear.
These idle laborers, after getting food and clothing, will definitely want to earn more.
Especially the young generation who have grown up.
Just when Zhu Ying was thinking about how to tell the old man, there was a noise outside the door.
Zhu Ying looked up and saw the old man appearing with Xin Guogong Tang He.
"Dasun, why didn't you come to see us when you arrived at our door?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said a little unhappy.
It was naturally impossible to hide Zhu Ying's arrival at the gate of Qianqing Palace from Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Ying quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Grandpa, my grandson heard grandpa's laughter at the door. It's rare to see grandpa so happy, so he couldn't bear to disturb him."
Zhu Yuanzhang heard this and said: "You kid, how can we be happy? Aren't we all talking about you?"
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he sat beside his eldest grandson and asked Tang He to take a seat.
Zhu Ying could only smile awkwardly.
"What kind of charter is Dasun writing? Bring it over and show it to us."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the desk, and after reading some of Zhu Ying's own records, he said casually.
Zhu Ying's heart skipped a beat.
The documents written on the desk are Zhu Ying's renovation of the post station just now, as well as the plans for civilian use of the post station and how to make a profit.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his eldest grandson was motionless, he didn't think much about it. He stood up and took it over and started watching.
As he looked at it, his brows furrowed.
Tang He sat next to him, very quiet, like a transparent person.
It took Zhu Yuanzhang a long while to read the above records.
To Zhu Ying's surprise, the old man did not get angry this time, but asked: "The inn is for civilian use. Dasun has thought about it."