What's more, Taipu Temple has other places to make money, such as operating pastures and purchasing fodder. Generally, horses need to be provided with 10 shi of wheat, beans and other feed and two hundred to three hundred bunches of fodder every year.
Naturally, it is not enough to rely on the Huangzhuang Farm around the capital. The accounts reported by Zhu Miao Taipu Temple last year were that it purchased various feeds from the private sector, totaling more than 183,000 dan and 4,370 dan.
More than ninety-five thousand bundles.
Naturally, these accounts cannot be without water at all. Of course, Li Cunyi cannot be the only one making money here, and he cannot even be considered the big boss. But after all, he is the nominal chief official, so naturally there will not be too little.
Although there is a suspicion of using power for personal gain, it is still under control and has not gone too far. After all, the power of the imperial court to combat corruption is intimidating, and the supervisory censors are also watching eagerly.
I remember that in the first and second years of Hongwu, the accounts of Taipus Temple were even more exaggerated. Old Zhu even killed three Taipus Temple ministers to suppress the trend. It was not until Li Cunyi came to power that things became more stable.
But now, there is nothing more to say. A two-pronged approach not only defeated Hu Weiyong, but also shocked the officials in the capital, lest they think that the emperor's northern tour would give them the opportunity to take bribes and pervert the law.
This move also happened to solve Li Cunyi's problem. This person was indeed a talentless and incompetent person. For Li Shanchang's sake, it was not appropriate for him to be a court official for the past few years.
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If there was no Li Yan, Zhu Biao wouldn't bother to care about him. It was just that he ransacked one more household when he was liquidating Hu Weiyong. The most he could do was prevent him from dragging Li Shanchang into the water.
But since there is Li Yan, Zhu Biao is still willing to protect her uncle without affecting the overall situation, which can be regarded as giving her some compensation in some aspects.
After finalizing the idea, his mind relaxed. Only then did he realize that there was a little head in front of the curtain secretly observing him. He didn't need to think too much to guess who had such courage.
If Wu Zhao trespasses in to spy on the prince, even ten heads will not be enough to behead him, and the guards who are on guard will also be executed, unless of course that person is the prince's favorite little sister.
"Lu'er, come here."
Child Zhu Lu responded happily and ran to Zhu Biao's couch with her short legs. At this time, Zhao Huaian and the guard commander who were guarding the door silently knelt down to apologize.
Zhu Biao ignored them. He just sat up and pretended to be angry, pinching his sister's little baby face and saying: "There are no rules. If you want to come in, you should be informed. This is what the wet nurses and female officials around you teach you."
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Zhu Lu was not afraid of him, but she still rubbed her young face against her brother's hand to please him and said coquettishly: "I'm not unruly, I came in in a hurry because I was worried about my eldest brother."
"Hey, brother, aren't you angry?"
"I'm not angry anymore."
"That's great, then I'm going out to play."
Although his sister's concern only lasted for a while, Zhu Biao was still relatively satisfied. It was so rare for a child who had been trapped in the palace all year round to have a chance to come out and play, and to be able to find time to care about him. He was very satisfied.
Zhu Lu rushed out of the tent and saw Zhao Huaian and others kneeling on the ground. Although she was still young, the little princess was still very loyal and quickly turned around and begged: "I asked them not to report, brother, please don't punish them, okay?"
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Zhu Biao deliberately remained silent for a moment before saying, "I haven't thanked the princess yet."
Zhao Huai'an and others immediately bowed to Zhu Lu and said, "My servant (the last general) thanks Her Highness the Princess, and wishes Her Highness happiness and happiness."
"Yeah, I'm going to play."
Zhu Lu thought she had solved the problem perfectly and left happily, but Zhao Huaian and others still did not get up, waiting for something silently. After a while, Liu Jin came out and said: "What are you still kneeling for?"
They breathed a sigh of relief, and after saluting again, they stood up and went back to their duties. It was not easy for them. No matter what they did when facing the little princess, it was wrong, whether they stopped or not, this result was already the best.
Zhu Biao rested in the camp for nearly an hour, and then he attended the banquet at the invitation of everyone and watched the singing, dancing and music. With the appearance of the prince, everyone's hearts finally fell back into their stomachs, and they were relaxed and elegant again.
Have fun.
In the first half of this trip, men and women are separated, but not in the second half. If there are young people and girls who have already made a marriage contract, they will naturally take this rare opportunity to get to know each other better.
Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case, but after all, the marriage contract has been made and birth dates have been exchanged. They are from a respectable family. Unless there are extremely special circumstances, there is no reason to regret the marriage.
So as long as it's not too much, take this opportunity, the two of them walk to a quiet place, hold hands and express their feelings, no one will pick on it, not to mention that no matter what, there will be maids, women and servants following them from a distance, so there is no way out.
To be immoral is to disgrace one's family.
As for the boys and girls who have not made a marriage contract, they can also take this opportunity to gather together to review poetry, calligraphy, chess and paintings. Although marriage is a major event, it has its own parents' orders, but those who can be invited here are all well-matched.
This is basically challenging each other.
Since they have similar family backgrounds, parents are naturally happy to comply with their children's wishes. Moreover, these young girls are not stupid. If they really want to marry me, they will think twice. There are not so many love at first sight in this world. If you don't want to marry me, you won't marry me.
Not to the point where she wouldn't marry.
At most, it's just that we have a good match. After we get home, we talk to our parents and ask someone to find out about the other person's reputation. If we both think it's suitable, our parents can go back and forth and test each other out, and then we can formally invite a matchmaker.
Of course, these are the children of civil servants, and the Wu Xun family doesn't have such trouble. The head of the family goes directly to the door with a jar of wine, and after drinking all night, he will understand everything, and the marriage can be quickly arranged that night.
Zhu Biao is already married, so naturally he will not interfere with it, but Chang Luohua is very interested. It seems that women are naturally interested in being a matchmaker and are willing to arrange happy events.
No wonder most of the people invited this time were unmarried boys and girls. It turned out that in order to satisfy her own little wish, Zhu Biao had enough rest and asked Liu Jin to bring horses and bows and arrows, thinking that it would be rare to get out and shoot some arrows for fun.
It would be good if you can catch prey.
Zhu Biao was not very skilled in bow and arrow. After all, there was really no use for him. He had learned how to ride a horse during the Northern Expedition. When he had free time in Beijing, he would go to the Royal Horse Supervisor to run horses.
Also returning with Liu Jin was Zhu Xi. There was no boy over ten years old in the Zhu family who could not ride a horse. This was also Lao Zhu's request. Naturally, no one in the palace would dare to disobey.
Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Why didn't you go there? I remember that you are also very good at rhetoric. While my father is not in the capital, you can choose one that suits your liking, and my eldest brother can help you decide."
Zhu Zhu shyly scratched his head and said: "My brother, I don't think about this yet, let alone the marriage. It's better to follow the arrangements of my father, the queen, the queen, or my eldest brother. What do I know at a young age?"
Although the words were meant to be good, they still sounded pleasant to the ears. Zhu Biao patted him hard on the shoulder and said: "Then why did I hear Lu'er say that you just stared at Miss Feng's second daughter in a daze, and she was so angry that she ran away?
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Zhu Xi's face turned red and he defended: "No, I was looking at the scenery in the distance. How could I be staring at others? Brother, don't listen to Lu'er's nonsense."
Zhu Biao shook his head and laughed. Children of this era are really precocious, but it is true that at Zhu's age, it is still early for ordinary people to get married, but most of the marriages are settled.
The girl from the Feng family is talking about the family of Feng Sheng, Duke of Wei. Feng Sheng only has two daughters and no male sons, so these two daughters are naturally the apple of his eye. So far, neither of them has decided to get married.
The second young lady is about the same age as Zhu Xi, so it's not too early to make a decision now, and it's not too late to make a decision in two years, but the eldest lady of the Feng family is already quite old, so I don't know what her plans are.
But just now I saw that my princess kept talking to the eldest daughter of the Feng family, and her attitude was very close. Could it be that she was planning to make a deal with Chang Mao?