I'm really not the carpenter emperor

However, with the imperial decree, Jiang's generals turned into dark clouds, and old relatives of Jiang's generals in various places were also liquidated one after another.

There may be some innocent people who have no objection, but most of them are still arrogant and domineering warlords who have no court.

After liquidating these people, new military officers loyal to the court quickly filled the vacancy, which also made the dynasty in charge of Zhu Youxiao more stable.

In the next two months, two Tang newspapers were placed on Zhu Youxiao's throne.

These two pond newspapers represent changes in the world today.

First of all, the first Tang newspaper also marked the complete decline of Ming's ally in the West, the Spanish Army, known as the world's number one army.

Four months ago, the coalition forces of the Spanish Army and Ming's overseas mercenaries clashed with France at Rocroix in Germany.

Prince Condé and Viscount Durenne commanded the French army to defeat the main force of the Spanish army led by John in the front, and the overseas mercenaries of Ming Dynasty who covered the flanks were unable to support themselves. In order to avoid being encircled by the French army, they had to choose to retreat.

Despite the support of more than [-] overseas mercenaries from Ming Dynasty, the Spanish army still lost the battle, and was beaten to pieces by the French army in just two hours.

It was also through this battle that the French army was able to replace Spain and become the number one army in Europe.

After the Battle of Rocroix, the global hegemony of the Spanish Empire was in jeopardy, and it began to ask its eastern ally, Ming Dynasty, for military assistance.

Zhu Youxiao also finally knew that the decline of the Spanish Empire at this time was epochal, and it would not be blocked just because it had one or several allies.

Now is the time to make a fortune in war.

A few days ago, Zhu Youxiao agreed to another request for military assistance from the envoys of the Spanish Empire, and sent more than 2000 overseas mercenaries to mainland Europe to help Catholic countries under the Holy Roman Empire fight against Protestant countries.

One of the purposes is for military training, and the second is to let these people go to the Spanish Royal Military Academy to learn more modern theories and tactics, and return to China to benefit their own country.

If he does not connect with the world, Daming can only work behind closed doors.

Although the Ming Dynasty had sent at least 30 overseas mercenaries to the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Alliance countries under the Spanish Empire to assist, the balance of the [-]-year war still unstoppably tilted towards the Protestant Alliance.

The result of a war of this scale cannot be changed by the power of a country at all.

Zhu Youxiao tapped the imperial case in front of him with his fingers, making loud noises, "I know that Philip can no longer afford the excessive military expenditure. Daming can solve this for them."

"Da Ming, the most important thing you need is money."

Indeed, for Daming, who now has private salt officials and the tea-horse trade has matured, there is no shortage of money.

According to the financial report of the Ministry of Household Affairs last year, Apocalypse’s income from salt taxes in Lianghuai and Shandong Salt Fields reached an astonishing 17 million in 800.

What kind of concept is this? This is twenty times the tax revenue of Daming in the last year of Wanli!

It can be seen from this that selling salt for huge profits is not just talking.

In addition, with the surrender of the Mongolian tribes and the pacification of the three guards in Jianzhou, the tea horse trading markets in Tieling, Guihua and other places have reopened, and are expanding more and more, and their income is also increasing year by year.

Of course, Daming is now in a situation where a lot of waste is waiting to be rebuilt. There is no war in the country, and vigorous restoration of farming is going on everywhere.

Many people began to return to their hometowns where they had not lived for many years, took the cattle, agricultural tools, and seeds provided by the government, and began to plow the land again.

This kind of recultivation is the result of spending a lot of money to promote it.

Until now, two-thirds of the country's land is still in a state of tax exemption and tax exemption, which means that in terms of taxation, it has always been in a bare state.

But the good news is that the investment in other fields has far exceeded the investment in restoring farming across the country, which is also the source of Zhu Youxiao's confidence.

This is only domestic income, not counting the overseas cooperation income received by a new batch of national-level ministries and institutes such as Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, Qingjiang Governor Shipyard, Royal Cannon Factory, Shuntianwu College, and Nanjing Guoxue Institute.

All in all, now Daming's income is simply astronomical!

Of course, the reason why he can have such an income is entirely because of the foresight of the current emperor Zhu Youxiao.

After all, it is a later generation who has traveled over here, and knows what should be developed most in this era of great navigation.

What Zhu Youxiao is doing now is the first step to establish the status of "world police" for future generations of China. With the help of the 30-year war, he trains his own recruits and makes a fortune in war.

To be honest, no matter how brutal the 30 Years War was fought in Europe, what does it have to do with Ming Dynasty?As long as Daming can thrive.

Not only will I not care about the real life and death of those so-called Western allies, but I will also do something in the Far East while they are fighting in full swing.

After hearing what the Ming emperor said, the Spanish envoy was puzzled.

"What does His Majesty mean?"

Zhu Youxiao laughed, none of these foreign devils could turn their heads, and they were used to pushing the ball with the courtiers, and they always spoke with a twist.

So, I cleared my throat:

"I mean, if you need military expenses, Daming can lend you them, but there is interest. If you are short of arms, Daming can also sell them to you."

"Da Ming and Spain are allies. The price I sold to Philip is much lower than other countries. You should understand this."

The Spanish envoy understood it this time, meaning that I took a loan from you, and then all the money I borrowed was used to buy arms. In the end, I not only owed you a big debt, but also owed you a lot of favors. Light up the ammunition.

As for Daming, it just didn't have any ammunition. In terms of current production capacity of Daming, this ammunition is simply a drop in the bucket.

"However, it's not impossible for me to calculate less interest for you. After all, Daming and Spain are friends!"

The Spanish envoy naturally knew that the emperor was a little bit useless, so he asked, "What does His Majesty want?"

Zhu Youxiao said: "I heard that Spain has a shipyard in America called Havana, which can produce battleships."

"Da Ming also has its own battleship, but the technology needs to be shared. If the Spanish shipyard in Havana can provide Daming with technical and supply support for the overseas fleet, my interest will be reduced by half!"

"Not only that, Daming now also has the idea of ​​developing colonies in the Americas. Spain has many colonies in the Americas, which can be sold to Daming."

"In this way, you can still make money. This kind of business is sure to make money!"

Looking at the smile on Emperor Ming's face, although the Spanish envoy felt that the other party had no good intentions, he really couldn't think of any better way.

It can be said that Spain is very difficult now, with no money and lack of arms.

All these mentioned by the Ming Emperor happened to be on Spain's point.

Selling an American colony to Ming Dynasty, sharing the advanced battleship technology of the Havana shipyard, and providing supplies to the overseas Ming fleet, that's all you paid.

But what do they get?

An overseas mercenary army of 3000 in Ming Dynasty, the protection of Spanish merchant ships by Daming's overseas fleet in the Far East, and a large loan with extremely low interest.The loan was just in time to be repaid with the proceeds from the sale of the colony.

No matter how you look at it, this is a guaranteed business!

Chapter 971 Crown Prince Crowned

200 years ago, Cheng Zu ordered the construction of Beijing City, and built ten princes' mansions in Dongcheng District for the residence of minor princes, which still play a role today.

In today's Qiyi dynasty, there are three princes, three princes and one daughter. Except for the prince, the other two princes and one prince's daughter all live in the ten princes' mansion.

After renovations, the Ten Princes' Mansion has now become an important place for the Beijing camp to be heavily guarded by troops. The Jiaoshi Mansion and the Factory Guard also have a post at every ten steps and a sentry at every five steps.

After all, it is the place where the royal dragon descendants live, so Rong has to focus on defense.

Now, in February of the 18th year of Apocalypse, everyone in the palace is preparing for a big event. The Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty will soon be an adult!

The 17-year-old Zhu Ciran will celebrate his birthday in a month. He holds a coronation ceremony in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, and moves from the Ten Princes' Mansion to the East Palace.

This also means that Daming will have a small court and begin to formally train its own crown prince.

Once the crown prince is crowned, he can start to assist the emperor in political affairs, so it is necessary to select officials in the court and go to the prince's mansion to take office.

These officials may not have a high official rank at present, and the right to speak is not very good, but these people are the future pillars of the country.

To put it simply, once the crown prince succeeds to the throne, these people will be a new faction of the royal party, and their strength also represents the crown prince's right to speak after he succeeds to the throne.

This matter may be a topic of leisure among the people, and the common people don't understand anything, but the court officials and the palace understand it.

From here on, the Apocalypse Dynasty will enter the next stage, which is the last stage of "cultivating the crown prince", which is a stage that every healthy dynasty must go through.

Ordinarily, the year of the Ming Dynasty's weak crown is usually at the age of 20, but after all, Zhu Youxiao came from a later generation, and the concept of adulthood is deeply rooted, so he decided to hold a crowning ceremony for the prince after his birthday.

There is no need to explain the emperor's will to others, and most of the people around are used to obeying, and no one asks around.

Zhu Youxiao returned to Qianqing Palace from Nuange, just sat down, before the cushion under his butt was warmed up, a little eunuch came in and said:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rituals has sent a letter to Mr. Huang, which is related to crowning the crown prince."

Zhu Youxiao picked it up and was watching it. At this time, Zhang Yan led Zhu Ciran over, sat aside, and asked with a smile:

"Master, are you trying to persuade me to give you another crown after two years?"

Zhu Youxiao threw the memorial aside, and snorted coldly: "I have told him about Huang Daozhou, and I have made up my mind, but he just wants to persuade him."

"Forget it, stay in."

The little eunuch didn't dare to stay in Qianqing Palace for too long, so he quickly took the memorial and went back after getting the order.

After the little eunuch left, Zhang Yan, who was sitting gracefully on one side, also approached, gently squeezed Zhu Youxiao's shoulders, and said:

"You can do whatever you want, but Lord, today's protagonist is our Ran'er."

Zhu Youxiao was taken aback for a moment, and quickly turned his head to look over, and found that Zhu Ciran was standing still, and said with a big laugh, "Yeah, in a blink of an eye, Ran'er is already this big."

Pulling Zhu Ciran in front of him, Zhu Youxiao quickly noticed the kid's dark circles, touched his nose, and said with a smile:

"Tell me the truth, did you read in the dark again at night?"

"Understood Father, I will not watch it at night from now on." Zhu Ciran lowered his head and murmured: "But Father, I don't understand."

"The original "Three Rites" and Mr. Zhu Xi's "Ritual and Li Jing Chuan Tong Jie" are both said to be the book of Taiping to rule the world.

"Today's great Confucian scholars in China also abide by Zhu Zi's etiquette and order of crowning weddings and funerals, and rural archery and court appointments. Confucianism is integrated into etiquette. The principles of heaven and human relations, the three cardinal principles and the five constant principles still exist."

"However, I have read the Records of Great Etiquette in the Inner Palace and the related classics of the Huizhou Confucianism Case, but I found that the principles of heaven and human ethics should apply to the common people, while the three cardinal guides and five permanent principles are necessary for the stability of the imperial court."

"Father thinks, is that so?"

It seemed that these words had been held back in his son's heart for a long time.

Although Zhu Youxiao had read a lot of classics in recent years, he really didn't have much research on Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. Hearing this, he immediately became stern and solemn.

After thinking about it, he said quietly: "You have a good idea, and now you can think about it. I am very happy for you."

"You have to remember that Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is only used to assist the royal family to stabilize the imperial power. No matter the three cardinal guides and five constant principles or the principles of heaven and human relations, it should not be a rhetoric that constrains you."

"In the past few years since I came to the throne, I have discovered that the biggest drawback of Confucianism is that it likes to talk about one's heart and mind on weekdays, but it doesn't help in practice!"

"Empty talk harms the country, but hard work rejuvenates the country. You must firmly remember this sentence."

Zhu Ciran nodded half-understood, not sure if he listened.

After the father and son finished talking, Zhang Yan came up, squatted in front of Zhu Ciran, and patted the ashes on his shoulder, "Ran'er's hair grows really fast, it's so good, it's shiny."

Zhu Youxiao lay on the couch, "Well, at the coronation ceremony tomorrow, the net towel will definitely be able to cover it, and he will be a man from now on."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yan turned her head and said: "Master, order the Ministry of Rites to make them make net scarves smaller, and add crowns to them, so that there will be no problems with the net scarf cage."

Zhu Youxiao laughed: "Don't worry, the Ministry of Rites will take care of these trivial matters."

The current six departments are no longer the Ministry of Rites in the early days of the apocalypse, and they have changed a few groups of people, so people can still feel at ease in handling affairs.

……

The Ministry of Rituals indeed considered all the possibilities of the Crown Prince's coronation ceremony, among which was the possibility that Zhang Yan was worried about the embarrassing possibility that the net towel could not cover the hair and make people embarrassing.

The coronation ceremony was successfully concluded, and since that day, Tianqi Dynasty has officially entered a new stage.

Zhu Youxiao had high hopes for the son he had taught, and personally selected a group of officials to enlist in the prince's mansion to assist the prince in political affairs.

On this day, it is time to report: Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian, the former eunuch in charge of ceremonies and seals, will leave the capital today to live in Hangzhou.

Zhu Youxiao was sitting in the Xinuang Pavilion, hidden in the shadows, so that no one could see any fluctuations in his expression, and his words were also emotionless.

"I know, let's go down."

He retreated cautiously, but Zhu Youxiao got up, put on his normal clothes, and went to Wei Mansion.

Since his resignation was approved, Wei Zhongxian's life became more and more leisurely.

Wei Zhongxian had imagined his own ending countless times, of course there is this one, but this one is exactly what he dared not dream of extravagantly.

He never thought that this day would really come.

Although it is not hereditary to confer the Duke of the State, it represents the best affirmation of Emperor Tianqi for his hard work for the royal family.

On the day Wei Zhongxian received the imperial decree, he burst into tears and aged ten years overnight.

Since then, he has often laughed at himself. In the next day, he is not only the first eunuch to be canonized as the Duke of the State, but he may also be the last.

Unprecedented and unprecedented, um, the Donglin Party used the right words to describe itself.

It is indeed unprecedented, our family is worth it in this life, it is worth it!

In the middle of the night, Wei Zhongxian walked around the city of Beijing where he had spent most of his life, and walked back to the main hall alone.