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

After listening to the feedback from Zhang Chang, who was actually very familiar with Shandong, Zhu Gaochi accepted it quickly.

Just put this matter aside and deal with it after the holiday.

But Zhu Gaochi did not let his father go either.

He wrote a letter to his father telling him about the impracticality and sent it off by express horse that afternoon.

Since it involved the issue of grain collection, Zhang Xin also talked about the issues of the Lijia system and the Luyin system.

After the domestic north-south water transport is completely unblocked, there will definitely be more and more people traveling around the country.

This system of restricting people from going out is no longer suitable for the current Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, it implicitly gave local officials the convenience to make a fortune without anyone noticing.

During the Hongwu Dynasty, officials received low salaries and minor officials had low incomes.

The imperial court turned a blind eye and allowed everyone to be more greedy.

not now.

In the eighth year of Yongle, the fiefs of so many princes were withdrawn, and all the royal estates and lands originally under the names of the princes were returned to the national treasury.

Those lands will now become official fields of hundreds of officials.

Zhu Gaochi doubled the rice salary of minor officials.

And it is distributed directly from local grain depots on a monthly basis.

Considering the current living needs of everyone in the country, the income of officials is quite good.

In the ninth year of Yongle, Zhu Gaochi added a new pension for all officials.

All officials of the court, over the age of 60, who felt they were too old or sick to continue working, could apply for retirement. The court would give them retirement silver every year, which was about 80% of the salary of the highest-ranking position before retirement, and it would be paid until they died.

If the deceased was not involved in any conspiracy before his death and his children did not cause any trouble, the court would give him a funeral fund.

As soon as Zhu Gaochi's plan for a pension was finalized.

The officials no longer have to worry.

That month, as many as twenty people retired due to illness.

Suddenly, many important positions became vacant, and young and energetic officials could be assigned to take up the posts.

It can almost be said that everyone is happy.

Even Zhu Di, who had previously criticized Zhu Gaochi for always poaching royal members, became nice to Zhu Gaochi for seven or eight days.

Not to mention the court officials, the government orders are now quite smooth.

Even though Zhu Gaochi came up with new policies every now and then, everyone accepted them well.

Zhang Xin thinks there should be no problem in changing the Lijia system and the Luyin system, the key is how to change it.

Zhu Gaochi agreed to Zhang Xin with ease.

The family has finally officially entered vacation mode.

Although there was nothing fun in the imperial farm, the three children soon had a lot of fun being able to leave the Forbidden City.

As a young uncle, Zhu Song was in good physical condition. He took the three children up the mountains and into the water on behalf of Zhu Gaochi and had a lot of fun.

Every day these four people, along with a group of people, go out early and come back late.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Xin were enjoying their free time.

I spent a few solid days waking up naturally and feeling extremely relaxed.

Until Zhu Jiabao finally got tired of playing and chose to stay in the imperial farm to accompany his old father and mother.

"I'm the youngest?"

When Zhu Gaochi heard his daughter talking about her old father, his face turned black.

"Dad is older than my uncle..."

Zhu Jiabao is very honest at critical moments.

"Dad is only two years older than my uncle."

"But Daddy is fat."

As soon as Zhu Gaochi raised his hand, Qian'er quickly entered the room and came out holding a mirror.

Zhu Gaochi looked at himself in the mirror for a long time, then looked at Zhang Xin pitifully.

"You're thin yourself?"

Zhang Xin tried to lift Zhu Jiabao in her arms, but couldn't.

"That's different. I'm a girl. My uncle said that in the Tang Dynasty, fat was considered beautiful."

Zhu Jiabao pouted.

"But that was during the Tang Dynasty, many years ago."

Zhang Xin loosened her daughter's belt and said.

"It would be nice if I could live in the Tang Dynasty, so that women could be emperors."

Zhu Jiabao sighed like a little adult.

"If you are strong enough, you can do it."

Zhu Gaochi did not take the hurt from his daughter seriously and only encouraged his little girl.

"How powerful?"

Zhu Jiabao was very interested.

"He must be at least five or six times stronger than your eldest brother."

Zhu Gaochi gave a rough goal.

"Why? My eldest brother isn't that strong, so how can he become the crown prince?"

Zhu Jiabao has already started attending the main hall.

She herself lived in the royal family and understood very well what titles such as Crown Prince and Crown Prince meant.

But she felt that her second brother was not bad either.

"The eldest son and grandson have been like this for generations. So, if you want to change this rule, you must be stronger than others. Just like your grandfather, he was strong and he conquered the world."

Zhu Gaochi spoke based on the facts.

"But grandpa is strong, dad is not——"

Zhu Jiabao was unable to react for a moment and stabbed Zhu Gaochi again.

"This... that's my father's good fortune."

Zhu Gaochi touched his chest.

"So, whether it's strong or not, it's my dad who is coaxing me..."

Zhu Jiabao had a feeling in the main hall. The girls and the teachers seemed to be teaching casually.

"That's not the case. It can only be said that being a man is an advantage. No matter whether you are strong or not, you always have a place. Throughout history, there have been many emperors who failed to be good emperors and ruined their country. Most of the rest are just mediocre. But like the Empress Wu Zhou you mentioned, and the earlier Empress Lu, and some famous women, all of them are outstanding. They are many times stronger than ordinary people."

Zhu Gaochi has always had a clear understanding of this.

It is always difficult for women to break through the siege, no matter what era.

Therefore, those who can really carve out a path for themselves and dominate men are all very powerful people.

The cleverness of this family actually all comes from his mother, Xu.

But his mother was only the queen.

"Ok."

Zhu Jiabao half understood and half didn't understand.

But she roughly understood the meaning, that is, she was not strong. She pouted and buried her head in Zhang Xin's arms.

"Then you work hard?"

Zhang Xin encourages her daughter.

"Forget it, it's too tiring. The teacher assigned homework to my eldest brother, the most, followed by my second brother, and I got the least."

Zhu Jiabao replied with his head down.

"Ha ha ha ha"

Zhu Gaochi burst into laughter.

[Brief knowledge: In the Ming Dynasty, because officials had no pension, almost all officials worked until they were 70 or 80 years old. According to statistics, the average life expectancy of ministers in the Ming Dynasty cabinet was over 70, and the oldest one lived to 94. Among the cabinet of Yongle, only Xie Jin died young, but he lived to 47.]