"We're about to get married, how do you feel about it?"
Zhu Yihai looked at Prince Hongjia who was trying on wedding clothes, and suddenly felt a little emotional in his heart, this child has grown up.
The next year is fifteen years old, which is the crowning age for the children of princes and nobles. Crowning means adults and can get married and have children.
Compared with the thin appearance when he came back from outside the customs, he is now taller and stronger. Standing there, he is almost as tall as Zhu Yihai. His face is still a little childish, and his shoulders are not broad enough. He is still a handsome boy.
"Happy, but a little nervous."
"Why are you so nervous about marrying a wife? Besides, you are marrying a princess who is both talented and beautiful."
Zhu Yihai stood up and flattened the hem of the prince's clothes, "It fits very well. The material of this clothes is good and the cutting skills are good. You look like a new Jinshi."
"After you get married, you become a real adult, and the burden on your shoulders will be heavier. You must think twice before doing anything."
"Father is very pleased, but it's a pity that neither your biological mother nor your adoptive mother could see you like this today."
Hongjia also thought of his mother.
"Father, my son wants to ask his father for something."
"I know what you want to say. Do you want to take Mrs. Zhang over?"
"Please allow me, Father."
"She can't come. Her asthma got worse a few years ago. She has been refusing to take medicine for self-cultivation and keeps making troubles. As a result, her condition is getting worse and worse. No one can persuade her. I have sent another imperial doctor there.
"
"You can prepare for the wedding with peace of mind. There is nothing much to say as a father. Let's talk about the old rules of our family. You are only fifteen now, you are still young, and your bones are still growing. The Crown Princess is the same as you.
Young people, it is best for you to pay more attention to your health after marriage. If young people have less fun, they will live longer in the future."
"You are the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince. Before the Crown Princess gives birth to the eldest son, it is best not to get other princes and concubines pregnant. If the Crown Princess gives birth to a son, you will avoid some trouble in the future. Besides, you are still young, so don't indulge in it.
."
Hongjia was a little embarrassed.
The young man is still very innocent, and he has not even experienced any human affairs because he has been with the emperor's father for the past two years.
According to the practice in the palace, several palace maids would usually be invited to come and enlighten him before marriage, but Zhu Yihai felt that this was not a good thing, and it might leave a shadow if not done properly.
He took out a brocade box with a set of books inside.
"This is a set of portraits that my father specially prepared for you. It was carefully drawn by a Western painter to popularize pre-marriage education for you. Take a look at it when you have time. If you don't understand anything, I will also bring you two
Lady officer, you can ask them, but it is not recommended to try it out privately before the wedding. It is best to save this most beautiful moment for the two of you to try it out together on the night of the wedding."
Zhu Yihai patted the prince on the shoulder, turned around and left.
As his son grows older, he feels older.
There is an unexplainable smell.
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Returned to Qianqing Gate, entered the Prime Minister's Office, and chatted with Wen Anzhi, Wang Zhiren and others about the wedding.
"Your Majesty, there is still a lot of silver in the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue this year. We can directly allocate one million silver dollars to hold a wedding."
Zhu Yihai waved his hand, "The prince is my son. He is getting married, so the expenses will naturally be paid by me as the father. Besides, I am also opposed to extravagance and waste. The prince himself has made several petitions asking for frugality."
Wen'an's way, "The prince is also the crown prince of the country. If the prince gets married, it would be outrageous not to pay a penny from the national treasury."
"What's the point? Actually, let me tell you the truth. For this prince's wedding, I have handed it over to the Shaofu Supervisor to be responsible for organizing the wedding and all other applications. The items used in the wedding will be supplied by the imperial shops under the Shaofu Supervisor."
The emperor undertook the prince's wedding through the imperial eunuch, from decorating the East Palace to purchasing wedding supplies, various furniture, etc., using a very special method, which was to bid for these businesses and workshops under the royal system, and finally selected some suppliers
The emperor did not need to give them a penny, but he had to charge them a sum of money.
If a company bids for this supplier qualification, it can obtain a specially awarded title of special supplier for the wedding of Prince Shaotian of the Ming Dynasty. This title can also become a trademark and be posted on some of their corresponding goods.
It's just like placing an advertisement in a newspaper, except this time, by sponsoring the prince's wedding, the advertisement hits the royal family.
Zhu Yihai didn't mind saying that it was tainted with the smell of copper. Planning and planning, the prince's wedding is also a very grand and lively event. Merchants can also get a great advertising effect, and it is not a bad merchant's product. It is also a royal family.
industry.
Now that there is internal competition, people will not think that this is the emperor trying to find ways to rob businesses.
Zhu Yihai intended to make this wedding grand and lively. As long as there was no waste, there would be no problem if it was lively and celebrated by everyone.
Anyway, through this activity, Zhu Yihai not only received various supplies worth nearly three million silver dollars without spending a single silver dollar, but he also collected an additional two million silver dollars.
He did not put this silver dollar into his own pocket, but gave it to the Prince of the East Palace.
When the prince gets these two million, he will distribute rewards in the name of the prince to all the imperial troops in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, local imperial camps, provincial patrol and garrison camps, towns, regiment training, post camps, etc. He will also give rewards to all officials and students.
, rewards will be given to the elderly over sixty, orphans, widows and disabled people.
Some orphanages, nursing homes, public cemeteries, etc. will even be built. The two million will basically be rewarded this time.
So this time is also an opportunity for the prince to increase his popularity and reputation.
There are many royal industries and they are very profitable. If everyone participates and spends three million yuan in goods to supply the wedding, it will not be a burden. Even if the operation is good, the advertising effect will be considerable.
This is actually a very good thing for them, but considering the fear of people misunderstanding, private merchants other than Huangdian were not allowed to participate this time.
After all, most people can't understand this kind of thing for a while.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Even the capital of Wen'an felt that the emperor actually did not want to pay directly from the internal funds, so he directly took items from his own imperial shop for the wedding, and also gave money as a reward.
I feel like this is just like the old days when the imperial court approached salt merchants or maritime merchants, and the big merchants took money to do things.
That's why he proposed to use one million from the national treasury.
The emperor refused.
The emperor is not short of money. The emperor now dares to say that he is definitely the richest man in the world. He owns most of the most profitable businesses in the world. No one can compare with him.
I remember that when Zhengde got married, he had to withdraw 400,000 taels of silver from the treasury, and the courtiers all cried and fought to stop him. Shenzong married his favorite Prince Fu, and the wedding only cost 300,000 taels, and the construction of Luoyang Palace cost 200,000 taels.
One hundred and eighty thousand taels was considered by the ministers to be ten times the regular amount, which was too much money.
In fact, the key to whether you spend more or less is how much is in the treasury.
In the past, the country's finances mainly relied on agricultural taxation. There was not much money, and spending money everywhere was huge. Rats would often starve to death in the treasury. Princes spent hundreds of thousands of taels on their weddings, and ministers naturally refused. Even if you
The emperor spent 400,000 taels on his wedding, but he was sprayed with saliva for a long time.
poor.
Nowadays, the emperor does not spend a penny from the national treasury, or even his own internal treasury, leaving it to the imperial shop. The ministers actually do not have much qualifications to object. They neither drain the treasury, nor burden the common people, nor even rob.
Rich people and so on, what are you against?
If you do nothing and still get a reward, why do you have the guts to object?
Zhu Yihai believes that it does not matter if some commercial elements are appropriately introduced. As long as it is not a forced apportionment, this kind of active investment and bidding cooperation is the direction of sustainable, mutually beneficial and healthy development. As for the royal endorsement of merchants, as long as
It doesn't matter if you strengthen the review.
The name of the royal family can be exchanged for millions of silver dollars, and a wedding of the century can be held for the prince. This is a good thing for the rejuvenating Ming Dynasty, for the envoys from all over the world, and for the people of the world.
"The issue of money does not need to be considered by the court. You are responsible for taking care of the etiquette. This time I hope that not only the envoys from all parties who will come to attend the Zhengdan Dynasty, the envoys from various dynasties, but also the local Mongolian, Jurchen and other tribal leaders, the Southwest and the Great
Chieftains, local officials, and famous gentry and literati from all over the world are all invited to make it lively, to show off the country's prestige, and to boost morale."
"Your Majesty, this will cost a lot of money."
Zhu Yihai smiled slightly. The most important thing about money is its flow pattern. To put it simply, how to distribute the money, or for example, how to quickly recover the victims after a major disaster?
The best way is to provide work-for-relief, provide jobs, and then pay the workers. In this way, the money flows out, but it is not a simple distribution of money.
To put it bluntly, large-scale infrastructure construction actually follows the same idea.
When money flows, people have wages and salaries, so they can consume and even drive supply. Finally, the money flows back through taxes.
Of course, this has a prerequisite, that is, the imperial court has money and food in its hands, otherwise it cannot use paper as money to pay for the people. The money in the emperor's hands now is the dividends earned through industry and commerce, especially some monopolistic industries.
The prince's wedding should be more grand, involving rewards for soldiers, entertaining foreign envoys and officials, and the purchase of various commercial supplies. In fact, it can also promote consumption in the capital and even provide many people with opportunities to make money through industry and commerce.
For Beijing, which has just moved its capital, this will undoubtedly boost some popularity and help it recover more quickly. The money invested in the prince's wedding is equivalent to a kick-starter.
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Zhang Huangyan, newly promoted to Duke of Qiantang, was sitting in the mansion while his eldest daughter Zhang Jinghui tried on her wedding dress.
"Father."
Zhang Huangyan came back to his senses and saw his daughter standing in front of him so beautifully wearing a phoenix crown, a bright red round collar robe, and a shawl.
He recalled that when he was busy making contacts to fight against the Qing Dynasty, he didn't even care about his young wife and two young children, saying goodbye to them who were running around doing dangerous things that could confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans at any time.
In the blink of an eye, my daughter was already fifteen and put on wedding clothes.
His eyes suddenly became moist. He has been busy outside these years. At the end of Chongzhen, he was busy fighting against the eunuchs and traitors and participating in activities to restore society. After the fall of Nanjing, he returned to his hometown to recruit troops and horses to contact the rebels to fight against the Qing Dynasty. After Lu Jianguo raised troops, the situation improved.
, he also served in various places, and could not bring his wife and children with him to take office. The father and daughter also spent less time together and more time apart.
The little girl suddenly became a grown-up girl and was about to get married.
"After you get married, when you get there, you have to be obedient and don't show off your temper. You will be the Crown Princess then. The Crown Prince is the crown prince of the country. You must be a good wife and take care of the affairs in the backyard of the East Palace for the Crown Prince. You used to
I like poetry and opera, but when I get there, I have to start taking care of the housework..."
Zhang Huangyan couldn't continue talking as he was afraid of losing his temper in front of his daughter, so he quickly turned aside and pretended to cough.
Zhang Jinghui's eyes were also red. The father in her eyes was always so impassioned and tall, but now he was crying in front of his daughter.
