I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

"More importantly, they are now in a period of war, which is the best time to take them down. And because of their beliefs, the people in the entire region are very servile."

"As long as we successfully occupy this place and use some means, this place will become our country and the biggest granary of our Ming Dynasty!"

"Once we use all these lands!"

Zhu Zhangui waved excitedly.

"After my Ming Dynasty, no one will starve to death, and I will never have to worry about lack of food."

There was an instant silence in Shangshu's room.

The old man's heart was beating wildly, and he fantasized about a future where everyone would have enough to eat.

If it is paired with a new study plan, then who else can stop Daming in the future.

Zhu Pangpang also fell into silence, constantly entangled in his heart.

On the one hand, it is the reputation of the country, and on the other hand, it is to make all the people have enough to eat.

Xia Yuanji, who is the Minister of the Household Department, has red eyes like rabbits.

He rushed forward a few steps, plopped and knelt down in front of the old man.

"Your Majesty, let's fight. Don't talk about using 10,000+ troops, even if you use 100 million, it's worth it."

Lu Xin also stepped forward and knelt down.

"Your Majesty, please order to attack this place so that future generations can have enough food and clothing!"

Song Li, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, came out, "I also agree to attack this place!"

The main reason why he stood up was that he wanted to have a good relationship with Zhu Zhanguila.

Zhu Zhangui's craftsman camp has almost replaced the weapons supervisor of the Ministry of Industry.

As the boss of the Ministry of Industry, he is also more interested in this aspect, and he has long wanted to go in and have a look.

But the artisan camp is very strict, without Zhu Zhangui and the old man's warrant, let alone you, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, don't even think about going in when the prince comes.

So he wanted to take this opportunity to show his goodwill to Zhu Zhangui, and strive to put the artisan camp under the name of the Ministry of Industry in the future.

Three of the six ministers supported it.

The old man looked at the remaining few people, waiting for their choice.

Liu Guan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, noticed the old man's gaze, and clasped his hands to say his choice.

"I'm only in charge of the criminal law, and I don't know much about wars. But I still hope that the people of Ming Dynasty can have enough food and clothing, so I agree!"

Another one agreed.

"It is the greatest wish of a scholar to see the country open up and expand, and the people have enough food and clothing in their lifetime, and I agree with it!"

Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also expressed his agreement with a smile.

In the end, everyone looked at Yang Shiqi, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Er Yang, who did not express his opinion.

Looking at the eyes of everyone, Yang Shiqi pondered for a while, and asked Zhu Zhangui.

"How long does His Highness intend to end this war!"

Zhu Zhangui held out two fingers.

"Two years, a complete end to the war within two years."

"Two years!"

Yang Shiqi nodded.

"In that case, I will wait for His Highness for two years. If the war cannot be ended in two years, I will ask His Majesty to withdraw troops and return."

Following Yang Shiqi's nod, all six yamen of the imperial court agreed to launch this war.

Yang Rong and Yang Pu didn't say anything against it, and they all expressed their approval.

However, like Yang Shiqi's request, they must end the war within two years.

"Boss, do you have anything to say?"

Seeing that everyone agreed, the old man looked at Zhu Pangpang.

Zhu Pangpang smiled helplessly when he heard the words.

You have all discussed it, why do you still ask me?

I disagree, does my objection work?

"Since all the ministers have agreed, it would be a little ignorant for the son-in-law to object. However, the son-in-law can hope that the emperor will make a promise that if the war cannot be ended within two years, he will immediately withdraw his troops and stop the war! Our Daming really can't afford it. Already!"

The war against Ah San was finally settled.

All high-level officials of the imperial court raised their hands and passed, launching a war against the three kingdoms of Afghanistan.

As for the reason, let Taisun make it up by himself.

Anyway, the imperial court only sent troops and made logistical supplies, and they didn't care about the rest, as long as the final territory and results were reached.

As for the sea ban stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, no one even mentioned it.

The old man has sent the fleet to the end of the world, and the sea ban is still a fart.

As for Zhu Zhangui's plan for the Wa Kingdom, he didn't say a word.

Anyway, it's just a casual robbery, and it's not a big deal. There's no need to stir up a lot of people. I guess everyone is not very interested in it, so don't mention it.

Chapter 161: Zhu Gaosui: Second brother, I belong to you, yet you doubt me!

Yongle 13 years, the first month.

Before the joy of the New Year passed, the imperial court promulgated a new policy.

This new policy is about the new establishment of the Wenqu Academy.

The imperial court's new policy has decided to increase the cultivation of talents and establish new schools in various places. In order to reward the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty for their efforts in fighting for the country last year, all children of military households can send their children to new schools in various places to study for free with vouchers.

Those who graduate from school can cancel their military household status and become naturalized.

People in various places want to send their children to school, they only need to let the children take a simple oral test, and those who are smart can also enter the school for free.

Those who are successful in the future only need to teach the latter students for three years.

When this policy was issued, military households everywhere were boiling.

With the implementation of the military household strategy formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang for so many years, the disadvantages of it have gradually emerged.

The children of military households not only had to cultivate huge military fields, but also had to bear heavy taxes and the obligation to fight on the battlefield.

Coupled with the oppression of military officers from all over the country, military households have already complained about this.

Many people are thinking of ways to let their children and grandchildren change their household registration.

But in the Ming Dynasty, military households wanted to change their registration, unless they became the Minister of the Ministry of War, they would remain military households for the rest of their lives, and their descendants would also be unable to change this fate.

Many military households who were oppressed by local military officials and could not survive, many directly chose to flee.

The fleeing of military households has caused a serious shortage of guards in various places, and some places can't even get half of the staff.

Now the imperial court has changed the policy and given the military households a new way to get ahead, which made the military households burst into tears with excitement.

Although the older generation can no longer enjoy this benefit, the children still have unlimited possibilities in the future.

On the day this policy was announced, the registration offices for new schools in various places were almost full of children from military households.

According to statistics, until the first day of the school year, there were no less than 10 children from military households recruited by new schools all over the country.

When this number was reported to the old man, the old man was taken aback.

In the initial vision of the imperial court, it was enough to train 1 or 3 people in the first batch.

Then every subsequent year, they will take over successively, slowly cultivating these talents.

But the old man ignored the attraction of changing household registration to military households.

The military households in various places, in order to let the children get out of the military household registration, almost all the children who meet the age were sent in.

The reason for this is that they fear that the court will change its policy.

So in order to prevent accidents, they sent all the children there as soon as the new school started enrolling students.

"Your Majesty, why don't you lay off a group of people, we really can't afford it!"

Seeing the old man with a shocked expression, Xie Jin hesitated for a moment, and proposed to lay off a batch.

The old man glared at him, and threw the memorial in his hand on the table.

"Cutting off, who is going to be cut off!"

"Believe it or not, if a group of people are laid off here, the military households over there will make a mess."

Xie Jin's face was so bitter that juice dripped out.

"But the problem is that there are so many people, and our budget is not enough. This does not include the children from private households selected from various places. If we add them, we will have to support nearly 1 people in the first batch!"

"As the saying goes, half a child eats me to death."

"There are so many young tigers that are just nourishing the body. Just eating them can eat up Wenquyuan."

"And it's not a year or two, it's 10 years, and more importantly, a new batch will be recruited next year, at least 4 to [-] people, and then the third year, the fourth year..."

Xie Jin snapped his fingers and calculated while talking. In the end, he felt his head was going to explode.

"According to my conservative estimate, before the first batch of students graduate, the court will have to support at least 30 children!"

Hearing this terrifying number, the old man couldn't help poking his teeth.

As Xie Jin said just now.

Half a child eats me to death.

There are more than 30 little tigers, and the food expenses alone can eat up the Wenquyuan.

In addition, there are writing fees, and students' clothes and other miscellaneous things.

Calculated back and forth, a child's annual consumption is conservatively estimated to be around five taels.

Simple calculation, the first batch of 15 children alone will spend nearly one million in the first year.

Although the old man invested all the money he got from the Kong family into the new school.

But last year, it cost as much as 8% to build schools in various places.

According to Xie Jin's report, the remaining money in Wenqu Academy is less than 200 million taels of silver.

Two million taels of silver seems to be a lot, enough to feed so many students for two years.

But the problem is that other things also cost ah.

The salary of the new students from all over the place, as well as the daily maintenance of the college, the expenditure of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the nutritional supplement for military training in the afternoon.

It is unknown whether the 200 million taels of silver will be enough to spend this year.

Thinking of the money spent like running water, the old man felt a pain in his heart.

But the century-old plan is the foundation of the country, and it must not be cut off at this point, the old man gritted his teeth and said to Xie Jin.

"You don't have to worry about the money, you just need to take care of things for me. If you have no money, go to the store to withdraw it first. The grandson has already said hello to there. As long as there is a loan certificate, they will directly transfer the money to you." for you."

Xie Jin, who had a bitter look on his face, immediately closed his expression when he heard that money was not a problem.

"Sir, take the lead!"

As soon as Xie Jin left, before the old man had a sip of tea, Xia Yuanji walked in.

"Your Majesty, the household department is out of money!"

The first sentence Xia Yuanji came in was habitually talking about money.

The old man scratched his head irritably.

"Didn't you just allocate a batch for you last year, and last year's autumn harvest, this year hasn't ended yet, so you're going to spend it all."

Xia Yuanji was speechless.

What do you mean I ran out of money?

You are really not in charge of your family and don't know how expensive firewood is.