Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Ming Dynasty, the first month of the eleventh year of Yongle.

The tenth day, the Lantern Festival is approaching.

【The Emperor issued an imperial edict to the Ministry of Rites, granting the whole nation a ten-day holiday for the Lantern Festival. The Emperor Gaozu's laws are clear and complete, and we strictly abide by them, so that there will be no danger in all directions, and the people will be prosperous. We want to share peace and prosperity with our subjects. Starting from the eleventh day of the first lunar month, a ten-day holiday for the Lantern Festival will be granted. All officials will not report to the emperor when attending court. If there are urgent matters, they will be sealed and handed in for punishment; the military and civilians are allowed to light lanterns and drink for fun.】

After Zhu Gaochi issued this last decree, he withdrew from court and went straight to the Wenhua Palace. He took Zhang Xin, his two sons and his little daughter, who were already prepared, and went straight to the imperial estate outside the capital.

"I've never tried taking a ten-day vacation in all these years. If I tell you, no one will believe me."

Zhu Gaochi lay flat on the carriage, resting his head on Zhang Xin's legs, eating the dried sweet potatoes made by Zhang Xin while complaining.

"Well, the common people think that the royal family uses golden toilets."

Zhang Xin said perfunctorily.

"Pfft - Dahua, your humor always comes unexpectedly."

Zhu Gaochi burst into laughter.

"Can you really just stay in my carriage and not go to accompany Uncle Twenty?"

Zhang Xin didn't want to pay attention to this naughty kid. She was obviously always very humorous.

"I was afraid he would chase me and ask about the cases."

Zhu Gaochi curled his lips.

As soon as they went out, they were met by Uncle Twenty. Zhang Xin said a polite word, asking if he wanted to join them, and the uncle followed them.

"I was also a nobody in the palace before. Besides, the dragon gave birth to nine sons, and each one is different."

Zhang Xin felt quite sympathetic towards Uncle Twenty.

In her previous life, her twenty-uncle died in the fifth year of Yongle, which resulted in her skipping him when hiring people in this life.

And now you should be able to use it with confidence.

"Too timid. Caution is his motto."

Zhu Gaochi really looked down on him.

His twenty-uncle, Zhu Song, was two years younger than him. In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, he was conferred the title of King of Han, and his fief was Kaiyuan in Liaodong.

But I don’t know what the emperor’s grandfather was thinking, he didn’t let him become a fief.

Just stayed in the capital like this.

When the royal grandfather was seriously ill, if the uncles in the capital who had not yet been enfeoffed were willing to risk their lives, why couldn't they go to the palace to see their father? But none of them went.

To this day, no one knows how our great grandfather died.

In this regard, Zhu Gaochi and others disliked these younger uncles.

But he still had to employ people, so he endured it.

Like this twenty-year-old uncle, he was sent by his father to the Imperial College for further studies.

It was returned by several old men not long after.

Mr. Guo commented that he was indeed a bit old, and not someone who could lead troops in battle, but he was well-read and knowledgeable about ancient and modern times.

Later, his father arranged for him to work in the Ministry of Justice.

He had never had any courage, and after being rejected by the Imperial College once, he was very scared. When he arrived at the Ministry of Justice, he was even more scared. He was afraid that he would be useless and disliked by his father, and he was also afraid that he would not be able to stay in the Ministry of Justice for a few days and would have to move to another place.

Therefore, in the Ministry of Justice, people are very cautious and dare not offend anyone.

All cases that can be brought to the Ministry of Justice in the capital are major cases.

Although his father did not give his 20th uncle any position and only told him to study, he was a prince after all.

When these cases were closed, people from the Ministry of Justice would always inform him and ask him to give his final opinion.

How can an inexperienced person judge whether the judgment is correct?

Everyone knows that he has no experience, and in fact, there is no requirement for him to do much. It would be fine for him to be just a tool for stamping.

But time went on.

The people in the department saw through Uncle Twenty's hypocrisy and lack of independent thinking.

In the end, before the trial even started, someone had already sorted out the case and asked him to close it directly.

This person was not just one person, but several people. Each of them gave a piece of truth, which was either related to this or that. He was overwhelmed and often came to Zhu Gaochi for advice.

One time his father saw him and thought he was being dithering, so he casually said - just kill anyone you don't like, the truth is not important.

He was so frightened that he came to Zhu Gaochi the next day with big dark circles under his eyes and asked:

What does Fourth Brother mean by this?

I couldn't even understand a joke.

Zhu Gaochi was also convinced.

"You knew that Uncle Twenty was a coward, but you still let him follow the convoy alone? Go ahead. You might start to have all sorts of thoughts in a while."

Zhang Xin half thought Zhu Gaochi was too clingy and wanted to send him away, and half really wanted to persuade him to go.

"Humph, I knew you wanted to occupy a carriage!"

Zhu Gaochi turned his head and bit Zhang Xin's leg lightly.

"Yes, yes, yes. You have such a big head and you have been using it as a pillow all the way. Why don't you let me rest for a while? My legs are numb!"

Zhang Xin was angry.

"Oh. You allow your daughter to lie down, but not me. You are showing favoritism!"

"Shut up and go!"

Zhu Gaochi was finally driven away by Zhang Xin.

The carriage became quiet and Zhang Xin yawned.

Wanxiu hurried forward and helped Zhang Xin lie down with a smile.

"The prince is really——"

"So, you're right not to get married, they're all children!"

Zhang Xin gritted her teeth.

As soon as her attitude softened, Zhu Gaochi seemed to notice it and became even more clingy than before, like a dog-skin plaster.

"Hehehe. Anyway, he's easy to coax."

Roll up your sleeves and smile.

"Well, okay, I'll be happy with what I have. I'll take a nap. You can call me when we get there. It's winter now. It's so nice to stay in the palace. Why do you have to come out and hang out?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just feels that you, the Crown Princess, are always staying in the palace, and he is worried that you might be bored."

"I'm not bored, not at all."

"Hehe, your highness, go to sleep."

"Ah."

Although it was called a nap, Zhang Xin was just pretending to sleep with her eyes closed, and her mind was still thinking about the next steps to take.

This carriage from the Ming Dynasty is now running very fast.

A lot of patches were applied in the early stage.

But by this point, it was clear that patches were no longer enough.

According to Xia Yuanji's statistics, the total amount of Ming Dynasty treasure notes during the Hongwu period was 104,500,000 ingots. One ingot was equal to five strings of coins, so the total amount was 522,500,000 strings of coins.

Since the first year of the Yongle reign, the Bian Qianwu had been collecting old and damaged banknotes and replacing them with Xiangyun Baochao, and had also printed some small-denomination Baochao to fill the shortage of copper coins.

At this time, the amount of treasure notes circulating among the people was roughly 80 million ingots, or 40 million strings of cash.

The reserve fund of the national treasury was 200 million taels of silver.

The price of Baochao has completely stabilized and returned to the official price in the early years of Hongwu, where one string of Baochao was equal to one tael of silver, and four strings of Baochao was equal to one tael of gold.

Xia Yuanji proposed a few years ago that we could melt part of the silver in the national treasury and mint Yongle silver dollars with unified craftsmanship and quality, so that both silver dollars and treasure notes could become the common currency in the country.

Zhang Xin had no objection to this, and Zhu Gaochi also thought it was feasible.

But Xia Yuanji also mentioned another issue.

A country cannot make money out of thin air. Whether it is money in the treasury or money on the market, they are all dead numbers.

There is only one way to make money make money, and that is to let the money circulate.

The original Lijia system and Luyin system during the Hongwu period were no longer suitable for domestic conditions.

During the Hongwu reign, there were internal and external troubles. In order to maintain domestic stability, the Lijia system established by my emperor's grandfather was the cornerstone, and the Luyin system was the means. At that time, it was the lowest cost way to achieve the goal of people managing people, people watching people, and people guarding people.

All farmers cultivate their own fields.

All craftsmen worked at home or in the master's house and traded in designated places.

No strangers are allowed in any villages, towns or rural areas.

The head of the village and ordinary people have the responsibility to report the crime to the government. Failure to report is a violation of the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone who wanted to go out had to have a pass issued by the government.

This is not conducive to making money.

The circulation of money, to put it bluntly, is the circulation of people. As long as people move, they will inevitably spend money.

Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to be stronger, richer, and have a wider territory, the Lijia system and the Luyin system had to be changed.

[Small science: Gua said that the Lantern Festival holiday was not introduced until Zhu Di in the Ming Dynasty.]