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

Zhang Xin entered the Wenhua Hall while thinking about her past life.

"Dahua, have you also forgotten that your son is getting married?"

Zhu Gaochi had returned early and asked Zhang Xin when he saw her looking thoughtful.

"How is that possible? Have you forgotten?"

Zhang Xin rolled her eyes.

"I didn't remember it, but I didn't see you arrange anything."

Zhu Gaochi touched his head guiltily.

"It's ready at the Crown Prince's Mansion. Zhanji's things have already been prepared and placed at the Crown Prince's Mansion. What else do I need to arrange?"

Zhang Xin listed what she could do and asked back.

Anyway, in the past and present two lives, his father-in-law had taken charge of Zhu Zhanji's wedding, and she was just waiting to drink that cup of daughter-in-law tea.

Even his wife was chosen by Zhu Zhanji himself.

After the Jingnan Campaign, Tang Sai'er's father stayed in the capital for a while because Tang Sai'er went to the palace to study with him. He was soon sent by his father-in-law to garrison at Daning Guard Station.

After Tang Sai'er turned ten, she was no longer suitable to study with a group of boys.

In the palace, he just accompanied Princess Baoqing.

If Tang Sai'er was a child with no independent opinion, she might have stayed with Princess Baoqing until she got married, and then she would have returned home and waited for the elders to arrange her marriage.

But Tang Sai'er felt that all the years of studying she had done were meaningless.

He asked Xu to go to Daning, where her father and brother lived, to open a girls' school and workshop.

Xu agreed.

Tang Sai'er then left the capital

Zhu Zhanji didn't mention Tang Sai'er much later, but in the end, when his father-in-law mentioned that he should marry the Crown Prince's Consort, he insisted on marrying Tang Sai'er.

But after all, they had been together before, and Zhu Zhanji knew that Tang Sai'er was very independent-minded. If he wanted to marry her, he couldn't just issue an order.

The time when my father-in-law took Zhu Zhanji away was because he couldn't persuade Zhu Zhanji, and he took Zhu Zhanji to Mobei despite being scolded by Xu.

After the trip to Mobei, Zhu Zhanji became more determined and received a positive response from Tang Sai'er.

Because Tang Sai'er was two years younger than Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Di discussed it with Tang Qianhu and decided that the wedding would be held after Tang Sai'er turned fifteen.

That is the end of this year.

There wasn't much money in the national treasury in his previous life, so Zhu Zhanji's wedding was actually very shabby. He married two girls at once, which made it even more shabby.

In this life, both the national treasury and the internal treasury were full.

All procedures of the Ministry of Rites were carried out according to the specifications of the Crown Prince, and Zhang Xin said that if there was anything particularly difficult to decide, she would cover all the expenses, so the Ministry of Rites would turn to Zhang Xin in the early stages.

Now it is estimated that they went to find Zhu Gaochi because they found out that he was related to Zhu Gaochi.

"How much did you contribute?"

Zhu Gaochi thought about it for a moment and understood, then asked slyly.

"About a million."

Zhang Xin didn't calculate it seriously, so he just had a rough estimate.

"...Aren't you afraid that your father will scold you?"

Zhu Gaochi was shocked.

His royal grandfather and his father were both very simple people.

For example, one meal might consist of just a few steamed buns and one or two side dishes, or two large bowls of noodles with gravy.

Another example is a piece of clothing that is patched again and again.

So far, his father has only spent a lot of money and effort on his hobby of eating shad.

"Dad, that's not the case. It's not like we don't have money to get our eldest grandson married."

Zhang Xin wanted to roll her eyes even more.

Speaking of this, she used to eat like this with her father-in-law and mother-in-law, with two meals a day, and only eating meat and vegetables on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month.

But in this life, ever since she took charge of Prince Yan's Mansion, she has changed the way people eat.

There are meat and vegetables at every meal, with more variety and smaller portions, two meals a day and two snacks.

My father-in-law was also very satisfied with the meal.

"Being rich means being arrogant!!!"

Zhu Gaochi sighed.

"Spend one million and you can get back ten million. Your Highness still doesn't understand."

Zhang Xin reached out and pinched Zhu Gaochi's face, showing his contempt.

"Ten million?!"

Zhu Gaochi exclaimed.

"The yellow glaze folded rim plate with sea dragon pattern, remember? The one I showed you last time."

Zhang Xin reminded Zhu Gaochi.

"I remember it was a relief carving technique. It's not like the carving, scratching, printing, kicking and painting of ordinary porcelain. But the center of the plate is darker in color."

Zhu Gaochi was deeply impressed.

That thing uses the unique enamel dropper wire drawing process.

Each line is formed by drawing wire with a dropper, which makes each line different. The length, size, thickness and spacing of the lines all vary greatly. There are also many connections between the lines, and there are too many waste products after burning.

"The yellow glazed folded-rim plate with seawater dragon pattern will be used at Zhanji's wedding. At that time, everything Zhanji and Sai'er eat, wear, and use can be sold at a sky-high price outside. The people below have been looking forward to the Crown Prince marrying the Crown Princess at the end of the year. If I hadn't agreed, the imperial merchants would have taken care of everything. We don't have to spend a penny. Now that I've spent money, they will definitely do everything they can."

Zhang Xin spoke lightly, which made Zhu Gaochi twitch his lips constantly.

"Dahua, I feel like I'm a gigolo now."

Zhu Gaochi sighed again.

His name is Prince.

But he has no money, no power, and no one.

Between the national treasury and the inner treasury, his mother at least left his father a private treasury for the emperor, and later a private treasury for the crown princess was added, but there was no private treasury for the crown prince.

As for power, basically everything has to be approved. Unlike Zhang Xin, in this harem, Zhang Xin has the final say.

As for the people, Zhang Xin still has three thousand Tiqi... He doesn't even have a hair.

"Soft rice is good for the stomach and easy to digest."

Zhang Xin comforted.

"Then Dahua, you should also open a private bank for me."

"Okay, when Zhanji gets married, I'll give them some of the things, and I'll leave a portion for you."

Zhang Xin doesn't care.

Anyway, all the business is happening in this imperial city.

Besides, she has money.

The kind that is as rich as a country.

"Hehehe, that's great."

Zhu Gaochi was satisfied.

At least he doesn't have to be like his father, who had to turn to Zhu Zhanji's secret piggy bank every time he needed money.

"By the way, I want to give some gifts to Madam Jin and the imperial censors who were sent out by my father-in-law a few years ago. Do you want to add anything?"

Zhang Xin thought of it and asked casually.

"Minister Jin's family?"

"Correct."

"Give him some banknotes. He won't feel comfortable if he doesn't give money away."

"They are clearly doing good things."

"I didn't say it was a bad thing. It's just that the position of the guard is not well managed. When Dad comes back, he will be furious. Jin Zhong is the Minister of War. No matter how much Dad values ​​him, he must be fined. Let's give him some in advance. Even if he leaves again, we can keep some for emergencies."

"It's hard for Mrs. Jin."

"If you are not a family, you will not enter the same family."

"Have you got the total of last year's tax grain and grain storage from the treasury?"

"It's about the same as last year. Thirty million dan of tax grain, twenty million dan of reserve grain, and twenty million bolts of silk yarn."

"We are reclaiming wasteland every year, but the price doesn't go up every year..."

"There are some places that have suffered disasters, so taxes and grain have been exempted, and some have even been subsidized."

"Well, it's a good thing I don't have to live on that."

Zhang Xin curled her lips.

In Zhang Xin's view, the basic fixed income from the national treasury is just a drop in the bucket.

Thirty million shi of tax grain, twenty million shi of reserve grain and twenty million rolls of silk yarn were only a few cents when converted into silver.

Zhang Xin didn't even want to collect the 30 million shi of tax grain from the people.

If we deduct the manpower, material resources and financial resources consumed in collecting taxes and grain every year, half of the 30 million shi can be gone.

Commercial tax is now the biggest expense.

[A little science: I checked the data and found that our country did not officially abolish the agricultural tax until January 2006, 1. I always thought it was gone a long time ago.]