The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The sky is bright and clear, in front of the Yan Mansion.

Zhang Cong wandered around in the middle of the night, and Yan Chengjin asked him about his ambition, maybe because he wanted to support him, otherwise it would be no reason to ask him what his ambition was.

After realizing it at midnight, he hugged the pillow and fell asleep.

At five o'clock in the morning, he got up in a hurry and came here to wait, not expecting Yan Chengjin to give him a title.

He wouldn't be able to pass the imperial examination, but if he could get some advice from Yan Chengjin, he might have hope of becoming an official.

"Good morning, Mr. Yan."

The door of the mansion opened, and an official who had been given the gift of Qilin walked out, holding the child's hand and wearing a human muzzle on his face.

"I'm going to court, please go back."

Yan Chengjin sat in the sedan. Zhang Cong was talented and learned, but failed seven times.

There must be a special reason.

Arriving at the duty room of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yan Chengjin asked someone to go to the Ministry of Etiquette to fetch Zhang Cong's examination papers and read them carefully.

The first three questions were answered well, but in order to show his talent, the policy question talked about the bad policies of the DPRK and China.

He also rose to a high level to guide the country. Historically, Zhang Cong was a person who liked restructuring. Even he could see clues in the questions, let alone the examiner.

"Who are these two rural examination examiners?"

"Master Yang Tinghe and Master Wang Hua."

It’s no wonder that he failed the exam. Throughout the text, he seemed to understand the king, and he also met Yang Tinghe who didn’t like changes.

…

Early morning, Fengtian Palace.

Yan Chengjin saw Li Dongyang frowning, and Zhang Cong talked about the bad government of exploiting money and food. I am afraid that the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi was depressed.

The hearts of the princes were also affected.

"I have been thinking about what Zhang Cong mentioned for a long time. What do you think of preparing relief supplies in various places in the main government of the world and distributing money, grain, rice and chestnuts?"

Pre-buying and preparing relief means collecting part of the money and grain and placing it in the local granary.

When relief is needed, the food will be delivered directly from the local granary, without having to transport it from Taicang to various places, thus avoiding layers of exploitation.

Jiang Mian didn't think so, "There are different levels of wealth and poverty in different parts of the world. How can the poor collect money and food?"

Jiangnan is rich, and it is easy to collect food for relief.

However, in places such as Gansu and Ningxia, there is no excess grain to fill the granaries, so grain still has to be transported from the capital, which inevitably cuts off the meat at every level.

Wang Qiong was afraid that the Emperor would agree, "If the side warehouse is rich, the Jingcang will be poor. The Emperor will think twice."

The grain in Jingcang is all transported from the local area. If it is stored in the local area, there will be no food in the capital.

Yan Chengjin raised his head and listened. This was cutting off Wang Qiong's flesh. Naturally, this guy wanted to remonstrate.

In the early years of Hongwu, the imperial court set up reserve warehouses in prefectures and counties all over the world, also called Jinong warehouses.

Its function is to make up for the relief grain lost in water transportation, provide relief to the people during disaster years, or be used for local construction of water conservancy and other infrastructure.

But when Yingzong was in Tawala, he started to run out of money and food, and he continues to this day.

Cui Yan nodded: "Officials who are greedy for money and provide food relief have not yet been eliminated, so it is not appropriate to build warehouses in the local area."

It was built to benefit corrupt officials.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi looked a little solemn, looked at Yan Chengjin and said: "This matter will be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. I will punish you severely!"

"I will punish him severely." Zhu Houzhao said happily.

Yan Chengjin bowed his hands and obeyed the order. The princes guessed that this was another official administration.

…

Discuss the court discussion.

Back at Dongnuang Pavilion, Zhu Houzhao was very concerned about Tianxia Warehousing. After all, the local people would not think about stealing things when they were full.

Only he, the dog emperor, can secure his throne.

"Lao Gao, how much money does it cost to build a granary in Fuzhou County?"

"The establishment of granaries in Fuzhou and County can prepare for unexpected needs in disaster years, but I don't want to give the new emperor money in vain."

Zhu Houzhao said seriously, "Then I will use my country as collateral?"

"..." Yan Chengjin.

He didn't want to give Zhu Houzhao, not only because he needed too much money, but also for other reasons.

"Adding a tax item will give officials a reason to be corrupt, and the court has already collected a premium."

Making everyone in the world prosperous is a huge problem.

Even the third prosperous age in the early Ming Dynasty did not reach the standard of the first-level prosperous age.

After collecting insurance premiums once and collecting reserve grains again, they all looked like they were cheating people out of money.

Yan Chengjin told Zhu Houzhao the method he thought of so that he could show off at Fengtian Hall tomorrow, "The local granary needs to be built, but instead of collecting money and food from the people, it will do the opposite."

Zhu Houzhao blinked, with a look of confusion on his face: "You mean..."

"Yes, that's it. The new emperor is indeed a person who is in cahoots with me. As soon as I mention it, the new emperor will understand."

"You're not bad either." Zhu Houzhao said happily.

The young eunuch rolled his eyes at Yan Chengjin. If he reported it to Master Xiao, he would probably be able to make meritorious deeds.

But Yan Chengjin didn’t tell the whole story.

"Master, I want to go out to you."

"Go away."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hands without raising his head. Dongnuan Pavilion is not like Fengtian Temple, which has so many rules.

After the little eunuch walked out of Dongnuan Pavilion, he ran towards the ceremonial supervisor.

"Zhang Cong is observant of every detail and has the courage to give direct advice like Wei Zheng. I think he is a rare talent."

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Then I will recognize him as my son?"

"..." Yan Chengjin.

Zhang Cong is sixteen years older than you. Who have you ever seen who could give birth to such a big son?

However, in a threesome of eunuchs, my father must be included.

"I'm not saying this, I'm saying that Zhang Cong can be regarded as a warrior like Liu Daban."

He wanted Zhang Cong to be reused by Zhu Houzhao like Wang Shouren, so that it would be much easier to be promoted and he could do bigger things.

Zhu Houzhao still didn't believe it, "Since he is a talented person, why can't he even pass the imperial examination?"

Lao Gao just deceives him and always treats him as a fool.

Yan Chengjin saw several figures standing on the screen window of Dongnuan Pavilion. No one in the palace dared to eavesdrop like this. He knew that the Supreme Emperor was here without asking.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi Liu walked in as if nothing had happened, "What are you two planning here?"

Just now Xiao Jing reported that the new emperor and Yan Chengjin had come up with a way to wait until tomorrow to report.

If you can't understand this matter for a day, you can't sleep or eat well, how can you think about waiting until tomorrow?

He rushed over in a hurry.

"My father always wants to get something for nothing, but my son and I want to say it in front of all the officials tomorrow." Zhu Houzhao said somewhat unhappily.

Yan Chengjin: "..."

Lords: "..."

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi suppressed his anger, but wanted to know impatiently, so he looked at Yan Chengjin next to him, "Yan Qing's family?"

Zhu Houzhao spoke first, "The imperial court bought part of the chestnuts from the people. The people got the money, and the court also got the chestnuts. When the relief came, they opened a warehouse and distributed them to the people."

This is the opposite of what Lao Gao said.

The common people don't have to worry about selling their chestnuts, and the imperial court can also get food relief, which they take from the people and use for the people.

Cui Yan stroked his beard and nodded, also aware of the cleverness, "For example, in the northwest, if you give money, the people are still willing to sell it, and they will definitely be able to raise chestnuts."

The money for relief was given free of charge by the court, so it was better to buy grain from the people and then give relief to them.

There is money shipped back from overseas silver mines, but there is a shortage of food.

…

Yanfu,

Zhang Cong is still waiting here, but today he came with Yan Chengjin, the new emperor Zhu Houzhao whom he had scolded.

Before he even walked in, he was already kneeling on the ground and saluting.

"Student Zhang Cong has met the new emperor."