The Ming Dynasty started with caution

East Warm Pavilion,

Zhu Houzhao blew out a breath of warm air, which hit his hands, and then he felt a little relieved, and he had no intention of reading the memorial.

"Why do I feel a cold wind blowing?"

"My Lord, maybe the warm pavilion is leaking, why not change to Fengtian Hall?" Gu Dayong smiled.

The emperor said that the warm pavilion is the place to review the government affairs of the world.

It has been rotten in a few repairs. The place where Lao Gao reads the memorial is more comfortable than me. Zhu Houzhao was unhappy: "Let Liu Jing send someone to supervise the repair."

It was snowing heavily, and the glass was all ice and snow. Climbing up would kill people.

But is the new emperor a master who will sympathize with the officials?

Gu Dayong smiled and said: "I will go and call Liu Jing and Song Jing."

Not long after, Li Dongyang walked in from outside the hall and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

"The fief of the princes cannot be left idle. Now we should discuss this matter. We cannot waste money on repairing palaces."

After the cold winter, spring plowing will soon be here.

Whether it is distributed to the people or taken back for the imperial farm, it must be decided as soon as possible before the spring plowing. If the people lack iron tools for farming, they need to allocate silver from the treasury. They cannot use silver without authorization.

"What about Lao Gao? What does this guy say?"

Zhu Houzhao did not raise his head, holding the memorial in his hand and looking quite comfortable. Lao Gao's brain is fast. If he has a good idea, why should he use my brain?

Li Dongyang looked up at the imperial desk and said lightly: "It's time to go down."

Zhu Houzhao showed some joy and stood up impatiently: "Then I will take a rest. Master Li will come again tomorrow."

Is he going out of the palace to find Yan Chengjin again!

Li Dongyang pondered for a moment, and seeing that there were no eunuchs around, he asked: "But are you going to the study of Yan's mansion to discuss the affairs of Tang and Song?"

Hmm?

Zhu Houzhao's body froze and he turned stiffly: "Lao Gao told you?"

Li Dongyang nodded heavily, with little expression on his face.

At this time, it was winter, which was not conducive to fighting, but it was the best time to decide the outcome. Those who mastered the five military strategies would win the world.

He guessed that Yan Chengjin should be reading Tang Song's secret letter at home.

"Yan Chengjin said that the land of the vassal kings should be distributed to the people of the world."

Zhu Houzhao's face gradually became serious.

The first-level prosperous age that Lao Gao mentioned is that there is surplus grain in the rice jar of the people, the people can get more land, and there is a surplus of grain, and there will be rice in the jar.

"The cabinet will convey my order, and according to what Lao Gao said, the land of the vassal kings will be distributed to the people of the world."

Now the court does not rely on taxes, but commercial taxes and overseas silver mines.

It is useless to have these fields.

More importantly, if these fields are not distributed, the people still need relief from the court, and there will be no prosperous age.

"I'm afraid this matter will be discussed tomorrow. I want to ask, about retirement?"

Li Dongyang looked up at Zhu Houzhao.

After a long time, the top priority of the enfeoffment of the vassal kings has been decided. It's time for his personal affairs, right?

At this time, Gu Dayong brought Liu Jing into the hall and bowed slightly to Zhu Houzhao.

"Master Li, wait a little longer, there is something else."

"………Li Dongyang.

Liu Jing said: "I'm afraid that the East Warm Pavilion cannot be repaired for the time being."

On the way here, he had heard the whole story from Gu Dayong and refused directly.

The court wants to send a thousand large ships to sea. Three shipyards such as Qingjiang are supervising the construction overnight, gathering the world's labor. Moreover, it is winter now, and the roof is slippery and inconvenient to repair.

The West Warm Pavilion and Fengtian Hall both have ground dragons. You can't move to the West Warm Pavilion?

Are you making things difficult for me?

"Then let's do this."

Zhu Houzhao blinked his eyes, but didn't say much. He changed his clothes in a blink of an eye.

…………

Yan Mansion, Study.

Yan Chengjin was reading the secret letter sent back by Wang Shouren. The Tudor Dynasty and the Tang and Song allied forces defeated the Ottoman Empire.

Wang Shouren, this guy, must be the Sea King in the future.

I don’t know what he said, but the Tudor Dynasty actually believed his lies. A kind word warms you in three winters, but a bad word hurts you in June.

Language is the most powerful weapon in the world.

“Old Gao, how long do you think it will take for the fool to conquer the Holy Roman Empire?” Zhu Houzhao read the secret letter carefully word by word, and then read it for the third time with interest.

As Old Gao said, if the Holy Roman Empire was the most powerful empire in the West, it would not be surprising for the Tudor Dynasty to form an alliance with the Tang and Song Dynasties.

“I don’t know, maybe one year, maybe ten years.”

If it wins the hearts of the people, it will be a quick thing.

If it doesn’t win the hearts of the people, it will take several years. At this time, the royal family of the Holy Roman Empire lent national debt to the nobles, obtained a large amount of silver from overseas, revitalized the economy, and won the hearts of the people.

But the plundering of the Holy Roman Empire caused dissatisfaction among many surrounding countries.

This was Wang Shouren's opportunity.

Zhu Houzhao also knew that the war situation was changing rapidly. It was thousands of miles away, and any order to the Holy Roman Empire would be useless.

So he quietly put the secret letter into his sleeve.

"Lao Gao, Master Li just asked me to retire."

"The new emperor is smart. There is a way without my suggestion, right? I want to discuss another matter."

At this time, He Neng came and knocked on the door: "Master, the two Zhangs are here. Who do you want to see first?"

The next moment, Zhang Cong and Zhang Cai walked into the study.

………

The next day, early in the morning.

The officials yawned and heard that the court was going to divide the territories of the vassal kings to the people.

"I am the first official who disagrees. I will ask you to second it later!"

"Brother Chen, don't worry, I will second it later!"

The censors of the six ministries gathered together, seemingly hugging together to resist the cold, but in fact they were discussing countermeasures.

Li Dongyang turned his head and glanced at Yan Chengjin casually, "Today we are going to discuss the issue of the fiefdom of the vassal king. Are you prepared?"

"Yes, but I don't know what Lord Li thinks?" Yan Chengjin said.

Li Dongyang agreed, so of course this matter is easy to handle.

Li Dongyang disagreed, so this matter is also easy to handle.

However, he wanted to impeach Li Dongyang for the sake of justice. He said that he had impeached Li Dongyang many times, but he never impeached him once.

The golden bell rang. Zhu Houzhao seemed to want to retaliate against the officials. He chose the East Warm Pavilion for the morning court today.

As soon as he stepped into the hall, he felt cold all over.

The officials cursed in their hearts. They were even more stingy than the emperor. In such a cold day, they were reluctant to burn the ground heating.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to have heard it, and said happily: "I ordered the Ministry of Works to repair it. If the Ministry of Works does not repair it, you can't blame me."

Dozens of complaining eyes gathered on the thin figure of the Ministry of Works.

Liu Jing's old face twitched suddenly, and he secretly spit on Zhu Houzhao's face.

"Next June, we will go to Huangjinzhou. There is a shortage of craftsmen. Please forgive me for not being able to dispatch workers."

Li Dongyang said: "Let's discuss the matter of the territories of the vassal kings first. Spring plowing is coming. The Ministry of Revenue has counted the territories of the vassal kings, which are 1.2 million hectares. Should they be used as imperial farms or distributed to the people?"

There are about 15 million hectares of cultivated land in the world, and the vassal kings occupy 2.2 million hectares.

About one-seventh!

It can be seen how large the territory is.

All the officials looked at Yan Chengjin, waiting for this boy to speak, and then refute him together, but there was silence in the hall.

Why didn't this boy give advice today?

At this time, Zhang Cai glanced at Yan Chengjin, and stepped forward with some displeasure: "I think these territories should be distributed to the people of the world!"

All the officials were stunned.

Then, they reacted immediately, and several civil servants exchanged glances.

Chen Shu, the official in the Ministry of Revenue, was the first to speak: "There are 2.2 million hectares, accounting for one seventh of the land in the country. I think it should be taken back as an imperial farm."

"Or it can be sold to gentry by pawnbrokers." Peng Ze, the chief clerk of the Ministry of Rites, said.

Zhu Houzhao smiled, showing his white teeth: "When did I say that this matter needs to be discussed?"