Zhu Youxiao glanced at Chen Hong, walked up to him and said softly, "You have to be sensible in what you do. Sometimes you shouldn't think too much, otherwise it won't do you any good."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand." Chen Hong knelt down and bowed his head.
"Go down and get your slaps." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Remember, twenty slaps."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!" Chen Hong quickly agreed.
After saying this, Chen Hong turned around and walked out. He also knew that he was talking too much.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Chen Hong's back as he left and shook his head helplessly.
People are all selfish. Not many people stick to their responsibilities and do things according to the time.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Youxiao ordered those around him: "Send the order to Wei Chao and ask him to come back."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Someone nearby agreed, and then there was no sound in the palace.
Zhu Youxiao stretched his muscles, turned around and walked outside.
It feels good to stand on the steps and look at the sunshine outside. The weather is very good today and the sun is shining brightly.
Since the beginning of winter, the weather in the capital has become unpredictable. Zhu Youxiao still remembers listening to Guo Degang's crosstalk in his previous life, and how he always talked about how cold it was in the old days.
In fact, when the People's Republic of China was founded, the weather was still very cold. By the 1960s and 1970s, winters felt like winters, and there were no such things as warm winters. It was simply the residual heat from the Little Ice Age that made the weather very cold.
In the Ming Dynasty, which was about to enter a small ice age, winters were becoming unbearably cold. I believe that in a few years, the whole world would be even more unbearable.
Zhu Youxiao had a very clear memory that the entire area north of the Yangtze River was covered with heavy snow.
When Zhu Youxiao was alive, there had not been such heavy snow along the Yangtze River for many years, and winter came very early, leaving not enough time for plants to grow.
When the snow melts in the spring, we plant the plants; when the snow falls again in the winter, the plants are still too far to harvest. This is why everyone is having such a hard time.
The main reason for the lack of food in the late Ming Dynasty was this, not to mention droughts, floods and earthquakes.
In short, the earth is not peaceful and life is not easy.
In areas south of the Yangtze River, where grain production was originally high, such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huguang, many were converted to mulberry and hemp cultivation. The claim in "The Ming Dynasty 1566" that "replacing rice with mulberry was a national policy" is fictional; this national policy never existed in history.
However, the fact that rice was replaced by mulberry was real. Due to the development of smuggling trade, Zhejiang and other places in the whole Jiangnan region needed a large amount of raw silk for spinning.
Raising silkworms required a large amount of mulberry leaves. The wealthy, without even needing the imperial court's urging, simply converted their fields to mulberry cultivation. As for the smaller households, those with land could do so, while those without needed no further instruction.
Moreover, for those with land, mulberry cultivation could earn more than grain. The emergence of capitalism in the South, and the emergence of wage labor, was largely due to this phenomenon: high overseas demand and rampant smuggling.
Although the situation improved significantly after the opening of the sea in the Longqing era, smuggling was still rampant, and the imperial court gained little benefit from it.
How could a feudal dynasty that couldn't even collect taxes on farmland collect taxes on commerce?
In this day and age, not everyone can do business. You need some skills. I don't even pay the land tax, and you expect me to pay the business tax? You're dreaming!
Ever since crossing over, Zhu Youxiao has been trying to find ways to get money to equip his army. To put it bluntly, his goal is to ensure that no one dares to touch him, the emperor.
As for Zhu Youxiao's reforms, they rarely touched upon fundamental interests. This time, the reform of the Royal Academy could be considered a reform that would be promoted throughout the country, while the others did not.
Zhu Youxiao was just waiting, waiting for his army to take shape, waiting for a battle in Liaodong to decide the fate of the world, and waiting for his army to return with a great victory, so that he could really start the reform.
But before that, you still need money.
Standing on the steps of the imperial palace and looking out, Zhu Youxiao's gaze seemed to penetrate the entire capital and see even further.
After winter comes, although the weather becomes colder, there will occasionally be good weather, with bright sunshine and not so low temperatures.
November 6th is such a day.
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, the capital city is becoming bustling and prosperous.
Although there have been many things happening in the past two years, the Ming Dynasty as a whole has been relatively peaceful and the court has run smoothly.
The whole capital city is filled with the festive atmosphere of the New Year.
In such an atmosphere, there is one thing that the people of Beijing have always talked about, that is, the royal newly developed urban area is about to start accepting subscriptions.
Although the term "subscription" has just appeared, it has been accepted by everyone and is discussed and discussed by everyone.
Many people are also ready to go, waiting for the start of this fundraising.
As the sun rose, Zhu Youxiao walked along the streets of the capital, feeling quite relaxed. Actually, he hadn't been out and about for a long time.
During this period, apart from handling state affairs, Zhu Youxiao spent most of his time in the palace with Empress Zhang and his son. So coming out for a while was a bit of a break.
Zhu Youxiao was still struggling with the question of what to name his child a few days ago, but now he can put this matter behind him.
Behind Zhu Youxiao followed two eunuchs, one was Chen Hong and the other was Wei Chao who had just returned from Liaodong.
Compared to when he left the capital, Wei Chao had matured a lot. After returning to the capital this time, he felt even more uneasy and uneasy.
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