Zhu Yuanzhang's voice echoed in Zhu Ying's ears.

What he said was to tell Zhu Ying that as an emperor, he did not have to be bound by the law. In his opinion, Wu Zhou's actions seemed to be upholding the so-called royal law, but in fact she put herself under the royal law.

What is the king's law?

Zhu Yuanzhang told his eldest grandson: What we say is the law!

"Grandson understands." Zhu Ying nodded slightly in response.

At this moment, he finally understood what the emperor's power was all about.

"The eldest grandson has now been announced as the crown prince. According to convention, he should be the ruler of the Eastern Palace. I wonder what the eldest grandson thinks."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

The concepts of announcement and consecration are similar, and basically it has been decided.

Like Zhu Yunwen before, after Zhu Yuanzhang's announcement, he was already called His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the only thing left was the enthronement ceremony.

The same is true for Zhu Ying now.

Today's officials or other people can call Zhu Ying three names: His Royal Highness the Changsun, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Royal Highness Prince Yu.

These titles also have their own rules.

For example, in the royal family, he can be called His Royal Highness the Grand Sun.

Officials should address him as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Ordinary people can address him as His Royal Highness Prince Yu.

When Zhu Ying heard the news about the Eastern Palace, he hesitated for a moment and shook his head, saying, "Grandpa, I'm living quite comfortably in Kunning Palace. I've never been to Chunhe Palace."

"I heard from grandpa that I grew up in Kunning Palace when I was young, so I want to live here."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "That's good. This way, we can be close to each other. Since my eldest grandson likes it, we can live like this."

…

Ever since Zhu Ying's identity was announced at the court meeting.

Apart from the relatively large disturbance caused in the court, it seems that as far as the entire capital is concerned, no other event was as memorable as that discount event.

Life in the palace didn't seem to have changed significantly with the addition of Zhu Ying.

For Zhu Ying, the biggest difference is that he has an extra seal in his hand.

This is the seal of the Crown Prince, also known as the seal of the Crown Grandson, which means the heir to the throne.

The power of the crown prince's seal is basically granted by the emperor, and the greater the power, the greater the power.

In all dynasties, the prince's seal was not well-known. Its symbolic significance far exceeded its actual function and it basically had no control over anything.

But for Zhu Ying, this seal is almost equivalent to half of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, all official documents and approvals now, once stamped with Zhu Ying's seal, can take effect immediately.

He even had the power to directly appoint and dismiss civil and military officials below the third rank.

Putting aside the Three Dukes and Three Orphans, Zhu Ying had the power to directly appoint and dismiss people like the six ministers and the left and right vice ministers, as for the others below him.

Of course, if Zhu Ying really arrested the Shangshu or killed him, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably just scold him at most. But if there was a reason, even if it was only a small reason, then it would be nothing.

"Grandpa is going to add more burden to me."

Zhu Ying played with the seal and said helplessly.

He was very clear about what the old man meant, which was to let him form his own small team now.

Officially announcing his identity in the court would help him get closer to civil officials, or to recruit them.

No matter how much an official wanted to surrender to the crown prince, it would be very difficult, and the most important thing was connections.

Without connections, they are not even qualified to meet the Crown Prince, let alone have the opportunity to display their talents and be valued by the Crown Prince.

However, Zhu Ying currently has little interest in civil officials, especially in domestic affairs.

In terms of domestic affairs, the biggest problems for the Ming Dynasty at present are food and clothing and land.

Most domestic affairs basically revolve around these two.

Only when these two problems are significantly alleviated can we do something else.

No matter whether it is economy, education, culture, legal education, etc., it is nonsense to talk about these things with hungry ordinary people. It is meaningless.

It was almost time for dinner when Ye Yueqing returned to Kunning Palace.

For Ye Yueqing, her status is roughly equivalent to that of a female official, but Zhu Ying has never given her any actual official position.

Now when he walks around the palace, he still holds his badge.

Although he held no official position, everyone with a discerning eye knew what Ye Yueqing might do in the future, and no one dared to offend him.

"Your Highness, as of 3:45 pm today, all the goods from all the participating stores in the capital have been completely sold out. Nothing is left."

"In the capital, about half of the people still haven't bought anything. Many people are still gathering outside the stores, complaining."

"Almost everyone hopes that such an event can happen again."

Ye Yueqing said slowly.

After listening to this, Zhu Ying nodded slightly.

This was his attempt to test the Ming Dynasty's business.

He found that the business in the Ming Dynasty was very different from the business outside the Ming Dynasty.

The main consumer group in the Ming Dynasty was the business community, and in the middle and high-end segments, they were mainly landlords, nobles and other wealthy families.

Like many landlords, they can almost reach the concept of self-sufficiency.

What does this mean.

In other words, they did not like to spend the silver and money they got, but instead dug a cellar in their home and hid it.

Because of natural disasters, almost all landlords have the habit of storing grain.

The family has been storing a large amount of food and money.

Apart from some simple daily necessities, there is basically no desire to shop.

The essence of commodities lies in circulation.

Only when everyone puts their money to use can business prosper.

So what Zhu Ying needs to do now is to stimulate the market economy.

In this regard, discounts are the best solution.

It is human nature to be greedy for small gains, so Zhu Ying was not surprised by the current situation.

"Next, we can buy up a large amount of goods from all over the country and sell them. The positioning is still as I said before, the target must be clear."

"Now that we have achieved success in the capital, the same strategy will surely work in other places."

"Especially in the Suzhou and Songshan regions, you can do it more often."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ying sighed.

Money is really needed everywhere.

Although he could ask the old man directly for it, or even ask the Baochao Tizhusi to print a large amount of Baochao.

But this is undoubtedly killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, and will only cause the depreciation of Ming treasure notes to come faster.

What Zhu Ying is doing now is actually, in a sense, buying back treasure notes.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang had issued an edict to the Baochao Tizhusi, beginning to restrict the printing of Baochao Tizhusi.

When the treasure notes on the market start to become scarce, the value of the treasure notes can be increased and will not become excessive.

It's a bit funny to say.

When Zhu Ying received these treasure notes, the first thing he did was not to store them but to destroy them.

Of course, only the profit part is destroyed.

This is equivalent to wiping the old man's ass.

Just when Zhu Ying was engaged in business activities.

Yao Guangxiao of Goryeo has already begun preparing to march into Tsushima Island.

"Master, it's only been over a month. Didn't you say that we would formally attack Tsushima Island in two months? Why did you suddenly move it forward? The brothers are not ready yet."

Wei Guang couldn't help but ask.

Just at the meeting just now, Yao Guangxiao proposed to send out 80,000 troops as the vanguard in three days and march directly to Tsushima Island.

Of course, the reason why the number is 80,000 troops is because all the ships currently added together can only carry 80,000 people.

The reason why Wei Guang raised the question was that a lot of food was still on the way and was being continuously gathered into the army.

Just as the logistical support was gradually stabilizing, the national teacher wanted to go directly to war.

"Warfare is a treacherous path. I can't possibly say it will take two months, and it will really take two months."

"Now I have received news that a large number of Japanese pirates are gathering towards Tsushima Island. At this time, the enemy's military camp is naturally in chaos."

"Moreover, attacking Tsushima Island at this time, even if the offensive situation is unfavorable, can also achieve the effect of besieging the point and attacking the reinforcements."

Yao Guangxiao explained slowly.

Hearing this, Wei Guang wanted to speak, but after looking at the other generals around him, he finally said nothing.

Judging from his words, there is absolutely no problem with what Yao Guangxiao said.

However, in reality, there are huge discrepancies.

The first is the food supply for the 80,000 troops. According to the current intention of the national teacher, there is no plan to replenish the ships for transporting food.

This means that the army can only carry about ten days of rations at most, and will have to fight Tsushima Island, and the battle can only be a quick one.

If they were delayed, they would probably collapse before the enemy attacked.

Secondly, although the current army has a large number of troops, in fact most of the soldiers are not good at landlubbing.

Let’s put seasickness aside for now, most people are just not used to swimming.

Recently, all the generals have been training their soldiers in naval warfare in order to adapt to this type of combat situation in advance.

Due to the limited number of ships, 70% of the soldiers’ maritime training has not yet achieved its results, but they are forced to start training.

This made Wei Guang a little worried.

Although the other Goryeo generals did not speak, many of them were somewhat dissatisfied.

They felt a little dissatisfied that a monk like Yao Guangxiao was giving them military command.

Yao Guangxiao looked at this scene and said calmly: "According to the information sent by the spies, there are only about 5,000 households in Tsushima Island, and there are only more than 20,000 people stationed in Japan this time."

"We have 80,000 men against 20,000 men. This is a battle without suspense. Perhaps in many aspects, the timing is not yet ripe for you generals to take action."

"But everyone should know that the Japanese pirates are constantly gathering. If we wait too long, we will be harassed by a larger number of Japanese pirates."

"The Japanese pirates, who are good at naval warfare, may cause more losses."

After hearing the explanation of the national teacher, many generals looked at each other and felt that there was some truth in it.

Finally, they approved it, and after the meeting, they immediately began to mobilize the army and prepare for the attack.

Wei Guang did not leave in the end.

After everyone had left, he smiled bitterly and said to Yao Guangxiao: "Master, isn't this a bit too cruel?"

Wei Guang has completely understood Yao Guangxiao's thoughts.

As for Yao Guangxiao, he did not treat the Goryeo soldiers as human beings at all. He did not even care about the casualties caused and forced the battle.

You know, among the nearly 18 armies at present, less than half of them are capable of fighting.

The others were basically some soldiers stationed in the countryside, and their weapons and armaments were very backward.

Especially since it was a battle at sea, it was obvious that Yao Guangxiao was going to pay with his life.

"General Wei has misunderstood. I am a monk, so I will not take such actions that would disregard my life. However, for now, we cannot give the Japanese too much time to prepare."

"General Wei should have heard about the current situation in Japan. It is just like the early days of the Ming Dynasty, when everything was waiting to be rebuilt."

"At this critical juncture, the sooner we set out, the faster we can drag Japan into the quagmire of war."

"In this case, the resistance encountered by our Ming army when it marches to Japan in the spring of next year will be much less."

Yao Guangxiao's words echoed in Wei Guang's ear.

After hearing this, Wei Guang no longer had the heart to refute.

When it comes to the Ming Dynasty, no matter how much Goryeo pays, it is worth it.

The reason why Wei Guang had such an idea was that during the years he lived in Goryeo, he had gradually begun to integrate into the life of Goryeo.

In terms of appearance, there is no difference between the people of Goryeo and the people of Ming Dynasty.

That's why Wei Guang said such words.

Watching Wei Guang's departing figure, Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but say, "He is a general whose success was achieved at the cost of thousands of lives, yet he still has a heart like a bodhisattva. It's quite interesting."

"Among His Royal Highness Changsun's soldiers and other members, they all seem to have similar ideas to Wei Guang."

"Could it be that this is due to the influence of His Royal Highness Chang Sun?"

Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly.

Such details are difficult for ordinary people to notice, but to Yao Guangxiao, who is good at studying human hearts, they are like a candle in the dark, very eye-catching.

This characteristic is especially evident among all the core members who follow His Royal Highness Chang Sun.

It is a habit for the army to kill innocent people and seize food.

But including the generals headed by Wei Guang, they were truly a benevolent and righteous army towards the people.

"Perhaps, only such a Grandson is worthy of being followed by everyone."

"But His Royal Highness Chang Sun's subordinates cannot all be like this. There are always some dirty things that need people to do."

"I don't care about these!"

Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but sigh.

From the very beginning, Yao Guangxiao was prepared to consume a large number of Goryeo's military forces while conquering Japan.

Only in this case would it become much easier to turn Goryeo into a part of the Ming Dynasty.

What he needs is the result; the process is not important.

Three days later,

Along the coast, hundreds of large and small ships set out with a mighty army of 80,000.

Among this group of people, 99% were Goryeo generals and soldiers.

Wei Guang and others were not among them.