The Ming Dynasty started with caution

After the imperial edict was issued, the number of scholars who came to Chuanshi Academy to learn Mandarin reached more than 5,000.

There were also southern officials in the court who spoke Mandarin with a strong accent, and they also wore Confucian robes and silk scarves and mixed in the crowd to listen to the lectures.

Chuanshi Academy was originally open only to refugees and the children of gentry.

But the scholars squeezed in, and it suddenly became crowded, and the teaching buildings were not enough for the scholars.

Wang Yue rubbed his hands and smiled at Yan Chengjin: "My dear nephew, this academy should be expanded. I want to pay half of the silver and erect a stone statue in the academy. Is it okay?"

Chuanshi Academy will definitely be passed down to future generations.

For scholars, erecting a stone statue in the academy is no different from fame.

To get such a statue, Wang Yue felt that it would be worth it even if he died immediately.

"No, building a stone statue is too ostentatious. The silver for expanding the Science College will be paid by the Chamber of Commerce." Yan Chengjin said.

It's September, and the collapsed house in the northwest received the first batch of silver.

After paying the commercial tax and distributing it to the gentry of the Chamber of Commerce according to their shares, there was still some silver left.

The Imperial Palace, the Ministry of Revenue’s duty room.

Han Wen looked at the tax silver collected from the collapsed house and exclaimed: "A good harvest! A good harvest!"

He burst into tears. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, where has he collected so much silver?

This is all his credit.

Thinking of this, he was moved to tears.

Qin Hong’s hearty laughter came from outside the door: "Brother Guan Dao, I heard that the Ministry of Revenue has received a batch of silver."

"I heard that this is the silver that Wang Gongchang used to purchase saltpeter. Brother Guan Dao, please ask someone to settle it."

Qin Hong and Zeng Jian entered the duty room one after another with malicious faces.

Han Wen looked like he was in great pain. The silver had just been counted and put into the warehouse, and these two people came to ask for the silver with a thick face.

The Ministry of Revenue and the other five ministries are all enemies.

When he saw the account books submitted by the two, he almost vomited blood. Three million taels?

"Yan Chengjin only handed in one million taels of tax silver for the collapsed house in the northwest. I'm sorry that I can't pay it."

Zeng Jian of the Ministry of Works smiled and said, "Aren't there still a few silver mountains? When they are made, the Ministry of Revenue will have silver."

Han Wen shook his head: "I have to report to His Majesty first."

"The Ministry of War has a garrison in the northwest. The amount of silver paid for the collapsed house is so huge that it can't be handed over to the Chamber of Commerce. It's better to hand it over to the Ministry of War and the Banknote Office." Qin Hong suspected that Yan Chengjin was afraid of embezzlement.

However, with his timid and cautious personality, it seems unlikely.

...

The imperial prison,

Yan Chengjin wore a five-layer mask and sprayed flower dew all over his body to protect his body, and then he felt better.

"Jiao Fang, I have been ordered to appoint you as the ambassador for promoting Mandarin in Mangara."

The white light coming through the iron window just happened to hit a figure. Jiao Fang came over with disheveled hair. "So, I have resumed my official status now?"

"No, you are still a prisoner."

He is full of nonsense, and he still comes to tease me now.

Jiao Fang grabbed the prison wood with his fingers, wishing he could beat this kid to death.

"The court wants to promote Mandarin in Mangara. If you can make Mangara use the Ming official language, I will ask His Majesty to reduce your sentence."

Anyway, he will still be in Mangara after the sentence is reduced.

Although Jiao Fang is evil, he is handsome and speaks Mandarin with a good accent.

It is just right for him to promote Mandarin in Mangara.

Although Li Zhaoxian also went to Mangara, he did not stay there for a long time.

It will soon be cold in September.

When the snow falls for thousands of miles, the rivers will be covered with a thick layer of ice, and it will become extremely difficult to go south to the sea.

Li Zhaoxian took Zhang Yong out to sea.

This time, another group of prisoners were escorted to the Paradise Prison in Mangara.

These two days were the happiest time for Liu Jin since he became a eunuch.

I heard that the peanuts were treasures, and his life would be safe in the future.

"Master Yan is here, I will make tea for you."

Yan Chengjin nodded and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Highness, Eunuch Liu has made great contributions. I think you can send Eunuch Liu to Tatar to promote Mandarin."

The Tatars are eager to kill the Han people.

Once the identity of the Han people is exposed, they will be put in a frying pan by the Tatars and sacrificed to the Eternal Heaven.

If you promote the Ming Mandarin in Tatars, aren't you telling the Tatars in a big way that I am a Han Chinese?

Liu Jin's legs were shaking. Not only did his contributions not prolong his life, but his tasks became more difficult than one.

"Your Highness, I am yours... Yesterday you boasted that you would keep me by your side..."

Hey, can Zhu Houzhao's words be believed?

Yan Chengjin shook his head and re-evaluated Liu Jin's IQ.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up: "Why didn't I think of this? In the future, when I lead troops to attack the Tatars, the Tatars will speak Mandarin, so it will be easier to communicate!"

Liu Jin wiped away his tears and quietly returned to his bedroom to pack his bag.

He also encouraged himself: Liu Xiaoqiang, you will definitely become a powerful eunuch in the future.

"Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, take this box of mooncakes to the grassland to eat."

"Thank you, Lord Yan." Liu Jin wiped away his tears and almost cried again.

This box of mooncakes is for trial use, which is the three-yellow mooncake developed by Liangxiang.

After tasting it, Zhu Houzhao praised it highly: "I will send it to the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother."

Yan Chengjin felt that Liu Jin was pitiful. He gave him a box of mooncakes and let Zhu Houzhao intercept it.

Liu Jin set out on the road alone with her bag on her back. She bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness, Master Yan, I will come back again."

"Well, go quickly."

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Renshou Palace,

After the Queen Mother tasted the mooncakes made by the Imperial Kitchen, she placed them on the table and shook her head slightly, "It's not this taste. I remember the mooncakes that the Crown Prince brought had egg yolks."

Zhao Ji hurriedly said, "I'll go to the East Palace to ask."

He hurried to the East Palace, but the prince had left the palace.

He then ran to the Fengtian Palace to inquire, but he could not find out anything.

After Xiao Jing heard this, he hurriedly sent the factory guards to inquire.

Not long after, he walked into the palace with brisk steps.

He whispered to Emperor Hongzhi, "Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, Your Majesty sent a mooncake to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother wanted to eat it."

Emperor Hongzhi put down the memorial and realized that today was Mid-Autumn Festival: "Let the kitchen make it."

"Your Majesty, you don't know, this mooncake is made by the Liangxiang workshop, and the styles are all kinds of strange, there are egg yolks, fruits and vegetables, and ice cream..."

In Liangxiang, a new Yingji mooncake shop opened on the street.

I don't know who the boss is.

The mooncakes are all kinds of strange, and the brocade boxes are extremely delicate and beautiful, but each one is not cheap.

Xie Yu ordered someone to spread the news.

The housekeepers of the gentry in the capital drove their carriages to the palace.

"We are not here to buy mooncakes. We want to open a branch. Tell your shopkeeper to come out."

Soon, the yamen runners arrested all the housekeepers.

At this time, Yan Chengjin and Zhu Houzhao were looking for stars in the yard, vying to name them, and asking Zhou Zheng of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to write them into the history books tomorrow.

"Your Highness, His Majesty ordered you to return to the palace as soon as possible." Ye Zhun said to Yan Chengjin again: "His Majesty said that it is pitiful for Lord Yan to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival alone in the capital, so he asked you to enter the palace. Later, Eunuch Xiao will personally send you out of the palace."

His Majesty was afraid that he would not go, and even blocked his way out.

Yan Chengjin asked: "Only invite this official?"

"There are also the cabinet and the six ministries."

The court would hold a banquet to entertain officials, but not all officials had this honor.

My father was summoned to the palace once for his meritorious service.

Yan Chengjin saw Li Qing'e when he entered the palace. It should be the Queen's special permission to enter the palace.

Emperor Hongzhi felt pity for Yan Chengjin when he saw him. Others had already married seven or eight concubines, but this guy was still a virgin.

"Mr. Yan, you have nothing to do tonight. How about I choose a marriage for you?"

"I want to make the decision myself."

"Let's just enjoy the moon."

"..."