eldest son of Ming dynasty

Zhu Houzhao has begun to govern continuously.

Therefore, of course the ministers could see him regarding the affairs of the Yarkand Khanate.

In addition, the emperor kept summoning ministers in Qianqing Palace. The more things happened, the busier these people were, and naturally there was less time left for intrigues among each other.

On April 16, the twelfth year of Zhengde,

The Spring Festival of this year officially started. Zhu Houzhao ordered Wang Shouren, Wang Qiong and Jiang Mian, the Minister of Rites, as deputy examiners to preside over the triennial examination.

That's right, Wang Shouren asked him to keep him and presided over a big exam.

Someone has calculated that the proportion of top picks who eventually become senior officials is actually not high, so the good test papers selected by the examiners were given to Zhu Houzhao. In fact, he was not very good at judging. It has been like this for so many years.

However, in the twelfth year of Zhengde, he had the impression that there were two people to choose from.

One is Xia Yan, who was thirty-six years old at the time. Needless to say, this person was upright and heroic. He was a famous virtuous assistant during the Jiajing period.

The other one was Zhang Jing, who was twenty-six years old at the time.

Zhang Jing was one of the few civil servants in the Ming Dynasty who was less than 200 years old who was good at fighting. He once served as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and quelled the rebellion in Guangxi. During the Jiajing period, the Japanese invasion in the southeast was serious. Emperor Jiajing ordered him to governor Jiangnan, Jiangbei, and Jiangnan. With the armies of Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, and Huguang, Zhang Jing also fulfilled his mission and won a great victory at Wangjiangjing, and was known as the first person to fight against the Japanese.

But later he was framed and unjustly killed by Yan Song, so that his legendary achievements ended here.

The history of the Ming Dynasty records: Zhang Jing was not rewarded for his merits, but he was killed unjustly and used Japanese poison to help the attack. The southeast was devastated for decades. The crime of slandering a thief is worthy of death!

There should be some other talents, but Zhu Houzhao doesn't remember many of them. There is no way. If you have to leave such a famous talent, it is not enough to have a few minor names.

For the sake of these two people, Zhu Houzhao carefully read the list of Jinshi, and finally felt relieved when he saw Zhang Jing in the 24th place of the second class and Xia Yan in the second place of the third class.

In fact, I still wonder why Xia Yan is only in the top three. However, it also confirms the traditional impression that there are not many high-ranking officials in the number one ranking.

The number one scholar in the undergraduate program was named Shu Fen. Historically, he was one of the people who opposed Emperor Jiajing in the Great Ceremony and was beaten at Zuoshunmen. He eventually died of grief and anger.

Just so angry,

To put it simply, they are literati with little capacity and are too deeply poisoned.

When the new Jinshi came out, hundreds more people jumped over the dragon gate.

In May, a total of 96 officials took the joint examination of the Ministry of Industry, the Shaofu and the Prime Minister's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Good guy, it was another grand event.

In June, nearly ten government-run colleges and universities including the Beijing-China Naval and Army College, agriculture, medicine, and water conservancy institutes started recruitment examinations again.

The capital city is completely dominated by people who want to test themselves, and the inns and hotels are full every day. It doesn't look like a country that has just experienced several wars.

As for the emperor, he came to court every day and made constant calls.

However, in the summer of this year, Mei Kejia reported that an envoy from the Franco Kingdom had been ordered to meet the Ming Emperor in order to facilitate trade between the two countries.

Zhu Houzhao immediately thought of the classic story of Qianlong's refusal to trade. One cannot be so stupid as to knowingly commit a crime, so he gave an approval and ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to handle everything in accordance with the regulations.

He completely agrees with trade. Damn it. We are still leading the world at the moment. Let’s check it out and see which grandchild is in deficit. Don’t make any noise then.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao ordered the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites to hold a Ming Dynasty version of the exposition as appropriate.

Since someone is willing to come to do business, let's take out all the good things at home to open their eyes, clearly mark the price, and be honest, as long as they don't complain when the time comes.

The news spread to envoys from other countries, and they also had such intentions.

Well, Zhu Houzhao immediately showed them what it means to be a great emperor. He changed the Ming Dynasty's Exposition to the World Exposition!

An open space was found for them outside the west city of the capital. Ming Dynasty was responsible for building its own exhibition hall. As for your countries, you also contributed money to build your own. When the time comes, everything will be taken out.

This is a measure to encourage business, and the envoys from the Franco Kingdom are also very supportive. If you are a businessman, you will not be trembling if you have a place to set up a stall.

In the twelfth year of Zhengde, there were still quite a few small overseas countries and vassal states that could visit the Ming Dynasty, including Southeast Asia, Japan, and Korea, including the Indo-China Peninsula, and the Mongolian tribes that surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, etc.

The conditions were limited, so I started with a simple one, but after all I borrowed this shell. But the problem here is that some small countries don’t have enough money to build special exhibition halls. Even if they are actually built, they don’t have many good things to display, so they just want to borrow them or hope that the other countries can give the money to them. They paid.

So everyone showed their magical powers.

The Korean state heard that Zhu Houzhao had brought back several Japanese women from Jiangnan, so they collected domestic beauties and sent them to the capital.

That's all. North Korean beauties can still be seen, but the South Sea island country also sends people here. It's really embarrassing that you can't appreciate the kind of complexion Zhu Huzhao.

One day in June,

The emperor sat under the shade of a tree, met with the ministers, and said: "I have issued a decree. All countries that request to build pavilions will be granted several acres of land. However, many small countries have limited financial resources and only hope to use state-owned assets to repair them. , what do you think?"

The ministers said: "Your Majesty is surrounded by the sea and is rich in the world. All the countries are sincerely loyal to you. If your Majesty is unable to cope with it and my country can do something, I will give you a little help."

After Zhu Houzhao thought about it carefully, he chose the four words "sincere attachment".

If the applicant is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it will be approved. If not, then disagree.

When you go to the country, of course you should take care of your children, but the children must also be obedient.

They agreed to what Zhu Houzhao asked, and they had to agree to what Zhu Houzhao asked.

So the envoys of Korea, Ryukyu and other countries were all happy.

But soon came the news that the Korean envoy sent a stunning woman to the palace, and she suddenly won the emperor's heart. This led to so many things later. Originally, the emperor would not agree to pay the money.

This made Zhu Houzhao a little depressed.

In fact, this has always been the normal rhythm of government affairs, that is, some inexplicable things always happen, but the serious affairs of the government are still advancing rapidly.

In July, Wang Shouren wrote from the south of the Yangtze River, saying that the weather in the south of the Yangtze River was going well this summer, and the rice in various prefectures was growing well. It was a good harvest. After hearing this letter, Zhu Houzhao felt very relieved.

He spent a lot of money in the past two years, fighting wars and building palaces. Each of these things cost millions.

Of course it would be good to be able to bring blood back to the people now.

Also in that month, the imperial court immigrated to Sichuan, totaling 100,000 people, to cultivate fields and reshape Yizhou. This was something the emperor attached great importance to.

At the same time, the Liao king Zhu Chongwei, who was granted a title in Jiangling County, Jingzhou Prefecture, Hubei Province, was dissatisfied with the emperor because the palace chief accused him of having an affair with a lowly woman, which was an insult to the royal dignity and the emperor was dissatisfied. Therefore, he ordered his family to move to Taipei without delay.

There are several granaries on the land of the Central Plains. One is Jiangnan, a land of plenty. Needless to say, the other is the land of abundance. The other is the land of Jingxiang. Huguang is ripe and the world is rich. This is not a joke. During the Three Kingdoms, how many people did Jingzhou have? It's important. You can understand it by reading a little bit. It's a pity that there were too many princes here during the Ming Dynasty. At one time, the historical term "Jingxiang refugees" was forced out of such a great place. So if these people were not moved away, that would be the fault of the Qing Dynasty. Not able to farm.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao was also thinking about the Hetao Plain, which was not only a granary but also a military base. After Wang Shouren left, Zhu Houzhao did not use anyone else, but asked another fierce man Wang Tingxiang to go north.

These are all good places. Zhu Houzhao sometimes dreams about running these places well, so his warehouse should be overflowing with millet... In fact, there is another place in the Huanghuai area represented by Huai'an and Yangzhou. The terrain in this vast area is flat, and it is rare to encounter a small hill. Logically speaking, it is also a large granary. Unfortunately, floods always occur here. This problem was solved after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

However, Zhu Houzhao did not sit still. He raised this issue at the annual meeting of the Institute of Water Conservancy. Managing the Yellow River is of course an eternal problem, but the water conservancy problem in the Huanghuai region is also a peak worth climbing.

Zhu Houzhao is not in a hurry, science and technology always take time...

Sometimes when he was wandering alone in the palace, he would come up with the idea of ​​envoy Jing Yang who was overseas. He didn't know what happened... He was a little worried about him. Also, the woman sent by the Korean envoy was indeed delicate and beautiful...

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After seeing the rhythm of this chapter, you should understand the next chapter. Don’t say that I dance for a long time... although this time it will be longer than before.

Originally, from the perspective of a novel, Zhengde is not a long story, because he has nothing to do, and his legitimate son succeeds to the throne, and he is far away from the country's subjugation.

(End of this chapter)