My Daming New Empire

In fact, the fireworks are set off in the south of the Hall of Martial Arts, in the Martial Arts Arena on the south side of the Yuhe River in the palace. This place is far away from other buildings. It is in the southwest corner of the palace city. There has never been a fire caused by setting off fireworks.

Hundreds of people braved the cold wind to move to the martial arts arena, and the maids and eunuchs who were not on duty in the palace also came to watch the excitement.

Zhu Zhanji's dozen children, as well as more than 100 children from other clans, big and small, were in high spirits. Even Fei'er, who was about to fall asleep while eating, was excited with her brothers and sisters at this time.

In this era, there are too few fun things, and the Chinese New Year is what every child looks forward to all year round.

When the dazzling fireworks rose into the air, it also announced that the 17th year of Yongle has come to an end.

The 18th year of Yongle is coming soon!

(I didn’t sleep all night and finished Chapter 2. The total is 1 words. This chapter was originally written to have [-] words in Journey to the West, but the content about Yan Shenggong and Journey to the West is too sensitive. Finally deleted About [-] words, and re-edited for a long time, trying to be less controversial.)

Thanks to Da Sui Zhang Degong, see people with lights, bamboo sticks, just want to see the rewards of Shuangwen, thank you for your support

Chapter 11 Court Council

Forbidden City, Fengtian Temple.

It had been raining lightly since last night, and by dawn it had turned into sleet.The second snow in the winter of Yongle 17 was flying all over the sky when the new year was approaching.

Zhu Di was sitting on a high dragon chair. Although there was a charcoal basin under his feet, he still felt the cold wind tormenting his knees.

He looked over the black mass of human heads, saw the snowflakes flying outside, and felt that his mood was as frenzied as those snowflakes.

Taisun brought back more than 2000 million taels of silver. Except for some goods that were directly distributed to the internal prison, some goods were distributed to the Ministry of Industry, and the remaining gold and silver became the targets of struggle by various ministries.

He postponed the matter of Nanzhou until the next year, just because he didn't want to live a dirty life all year round, but struggles are everywhere.

The Ming Dynasty had never obtained such a huge amount of gold and silver at one time. The only thing that could come close to this was the gold and silver brought back from Dongpu by Taisun more than four years ago.

Most of that batch of gold and silver was used by Taisun to set up two banks, but the rest still allowed the various ministries of the court to spend several good years in a row.

Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Household Department, used to be a miser, but in the past few years, he finally became the real "God of Wealth" of Ming Dynasty.

This time, the harvest is more, and there is no need to embezzle part of it to build a bank. These ministers are even more aggressive in fighting for each other!

Zhu Di couldn't help sighing. Although he was very troubled, in Taisun's words, it was the trouble of happiness.

Twelve years before Yongle, the annual tax of the Ming Dynasty was only 12 million taels. Because of the insufficient amount of gold and silver, most of it was cloth, silk, and grain.

The salaries of the ministers are not paid in silver, so they can only be paid in kind. When the salaries are paid, the food convoys are crowded in the streets and alleys of Yingtianfu.

But after 12 years of Yongle, a large amount of gold and silver was conjured up by Taisun.Although the amount of gold and silver in Daming is still not much, it has eased a lot.

With this income, coupled with the continuous supply of gold and silver from Beimingshan Copper Mine and Iwami Silver Mine, Daming no longer has to worry about gold and silver.

There is also Nanzhou, just the gold mines that have been discovered can make Daming rich.

But there is no need to worry about this matter, there are people guarding it, and the gold and silver will not escape underground, and it will be developed two years later, and it will still belong to Daming.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Wang Yan's low voice made Zhu Di withdraw his thoughts, but when he woke up, his knees became more and more uncomfortable.

The main hall of Fengtian Temple is divided into four floors with countless steps.Because the ground is not flat, it is not possible to install floor heating under the floor like other houses.

This made Zhu Di feel extremely cold, and his interest in going to court was greatly reduced.If it weren't for Zhan Ji's return these days, many affairs would have to be discussed, and the Grand Court Meeting would not have been held for several days at all.

The pain in the knee made Zhu Di's patience disappear, and he was not in the mood to watch a play here, and wanted to cut the mess quickly.

His eyes were on the high platform on the third floor, and he scanned Jian Yi who was bowing to him, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with Shang Shu..."

Wang Yan reminded: "Jian Shangshu thinks that the number of scholars in Ming Dynasty is increasing day by day, but there are only so many positions in the imperial court. Now that Ming Dynasty has been committed to developing Nanzhou and developing trade with the West, it should attract more scholars to join the ranks of trade. This trade cannot be left to me... the inner supervisor monopoly."

Zhu Di smiled, knowing that Jian Yi's suggestion was to poach the inner prison's corner directly, Wang Yan was naturally unwilling.But this is a conspiracy, even Wang Yan can't obstruct it openly.What's more, he has no right to speak in the court.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Di looked at the prince on the left and the grandson on the right on the second-floor platform under his feet, and said, "What Jian Aiqing said is exactly what I said. Now my Ming Dynasty is spreading its power everywhere, and I need countless elites to represent my great Ming's favor." Sifang. As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Aiqing should choose talents for the country...However, how to choose people, what kind of people to choose, what kind of things to do, and how to make the barbarians from all over the world naturalize to me through enlightenment. , but it needs to be treated with caution.”

Zhu Di was also puzzled, a group of people were arguing a lot just now, why did they stop arguing after walking away for a while.

It is very likely that Jian Yi saw that the quarrel was too loud, so he intentionally moderated it in the middle.

He is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the head of all officials, and an important minister who has sat firmly on the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials since the time of Emperor Jianwen.

Jian Yi paused and said, "His Royal Highness Taisun knows the details of these Western countries best. In addition, the Duke of Dian has been on diplomatic missions to the West all year round. I hope that the selection of talents this time will be helped by the two of them."

Zhu Di hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Quick play."

Although Zheng He was granted the title of Duke of Dian, he did not attend the court meeting because he was an eunuch and had no official title.

Zhu Zhanji sat on the high platform on the second floor, watched Jian Yi smile at him, and nodded slightly in response.

Just by attracting Zhu Zhanji and Zheng He to join the talent selection, Zhu Zhanji can see Jian Yi's exquisite mind.

Not only does this mean pleasing my grandson, but also because Zheng He is brought in, it can reduce the resistance from the inner prison.

Jian Yi's original name was Jian Rong, but Zhu Yuanzhang changed the name of Yi, which shows Zhu Yuanzhang's liking for him.

When he was Emperor Jianwen, he became the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Yongle has been 17 years old now, and he still sits firmly in the position of the head of the hundred officials.

He can make three generations of emperors favor and trust him. In addition to his ability, his conduct in the world is also exquisite.

Zhu Zhanji was able to recognize the word Jian in his previous life because he knew this person from reading history books.

A person who can leave a name in the history books and be highly praised will not be a simple person.

Just now, all the ministries were vying for the money he brought back this time, and Xia Yuanji, Shangshu of the household department, became a target among them. No matter who it was, they would attack him.

Xia Yuanji's left and right were not human, and before the money reached the household department, they all regarded him as a target.It seems that any policy is legal and reasonable, and if he does not give money, it is fraud.

Of course Xia Yuanji would not let go of his mouth casually, but in order to ask for more money, the others developed into personal attacks.

In order to help Xia Yuanji, Jian Yi changed the topic from asking for money to personnel.

Seeing this farce, Zhu Zhanji felt more and more the importance of the fiscal budget system.

In a country, money is needed everywhere, ranging from various ministries and military expenditures, to as small as a stitch, a pen, and an ink.

Throughout the dynasties, people spend as much money as they have, and don’t spend money if they don’t have it.

Many times, it depends on the ability to ask for money. Some departments have a monthly surplus because of a good chief officer, and they can even organize people to go to restaurants to eat together.

In some departments, because they didn't get the money, they didn't even do the official work that should be done.

A few years ago, when Zhu Zhanji participated in a court meeting, the censor sued the Guangxi Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Punishment. He never sent anyone to Guangxi to investigate the case for a whole year. All the cases sent to the Ministry of Punishment were the original approval.

Zhu Di was furious, and summoned Xie Chengzhong, the official secretary of Guangxi, to question him, only to find out that they didn't even have a cent of money because they didn't ask for money.