Lao Zhu’s birthday party was lively and harmonious enough. Many people also felt that after the emperor’s birthday, they naturally needed to continue to work. According to their understanding of the emperor, they would inevitably continue to work hard and would not rest.

This can indeed be regarded as Emperor Zhu's character, this is a workaholic. With such a direct boss, the people under his command are forced to become workaholics, and it is extremely difficult to rest.

Seeing the gray-haired Old Zhu sitting on the dragon throne, Zhu Xiongying, the crown prince, was abnormal and discussed many things directly with the civil and military ministers in the court, without any ambiguity.

This is also a bit abnormal. Even if everyone knows the status and weight of the crown prince, they also know that the crown prince has long been reviewing memorials and handling government affairs. However, in the past, the crown prince basically spoke less and listened more in the court, instead of taking the initiative to stand up and dealing with some things now.

"The matter of moving the capital is a national policy, and this matter cannot be discussed." Zhu Xiongying spoke and said to Ru, "My dear, please go and draw a list. The right minister of the six ministries needs to be moved to the capital of Peiping, and all the five temples are the right Shaoqing. The Inspectorate is the left deputy censor, and the Tongzheng Department will go to Peiping first. The six departments will have the left minister."

Everyone understood this time. The Emperor's grandson meant the central department, and the third in charge of each department moved the capital to Peiping first.

Ru Wei did not object, but said, "Your Highness, if all the ministries have important personnel left Beijing."

"If you don't have one person, you won't be able to do anything?" Old Zhu was unhappy. He couldn't bear it. "If you leave an important member, I have fewer people who have ideas in my central departments?"

Faced with Lao Zhu's anger, everyone didn't know what to say at this time, so it would be better to accept the proposal of the crown prince. As for opposing the capital, there is no need to think about it. The people who oppose the capital have been purged several times in a row.

Ru Wei said again at this time, "Your Highness, all the central divisions have sent people to Peiping, and Peiping is far from Yingtian Prefecture."

Zhu Xiongying waved his hand and said, "If there is any major event, it will be a quick message. When each department goes to Peking, it will only settle first, and there will not be too many government affairs. All matters will be handled by Yingtian Prefecture. At that time, the prince should be in charge."

Lao Zhu, who was sitting on the dragon throne, spoke again, "Let's see, let King Jin go over and watch this matter first, Yun Xi."

Zhu Xiongying coughed, and Lao Zhu suddenly realized. His second-class grandson ran away again, followed King Zhu Qi of Zhou and King Zhu Bai of Xiang. The destination was the territory of King Zhu Chun of Shu.

This is a prince who even Lao Zhu called the "Sixiu". He is filial and kind by nature, and he is full of classics. The princess is Lan Yu's daughter. This one can be regarded as Lao Zhu's favorite son because he is more worry-free and has the potential of a wise king.

In fact, many princes have not returned to their fiefdoms yet. The King of Zhou and others ran away because they received the imperial edict. As for how the imperial edict came about, it is hard to say. Anyway, it was brought by Zhu Yunyu. This is the real imperial edict, not a forgery.

Zhu Xiongying said at this time, "Grandpa, Sun Chen felt that the King of Chu had long been in charge of Wuchang, and had pacified Dayong and Daozhou, and conquered Yunnan and Western Barbarians. It was most suitable to go to Peking. In addition, the King of Chu was also suitable to be the right clan of the clan."

Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "Yes, then let's go to King Chu. Duke of Zheng Chang Maojiu was in Peiping and went there together."

Everyone knows why Chang Mao went to Peking. If it weren't for the early death of the crown prince, Chang Mao might have stayed in Peking with the crown prince. To be honest, the Duke of Zheng and his group supported the capital moving the capital most because they were the mother of the crown prince. They also knew that the crown prince had made great efforts to move the capital to Peking.

And everyone was also guessing why Chang Mao went to Peking, and he must be staring at King Zhu Zhen of Chu. Although Zhu Zhen followed the crown prince Zhu Biao to Wenhua Palace and listened to the Confucian ministers, he seemed to have resentment and some complaints about the crown prince becoming a legitimate crown prince.

Some things seem to be decided so happily, but Zhu Xiongying feels happy anyway. As for whether others are very happy at this time, it is actually hard to say.

Some civil and military officials must be unhappy. They may have to leave the center for a while and go to the bitter and cold Peiping. This is not just a matter of each central department. The Governor's Office of the Five Army and the nobles must also send people to Peiping.

After going down the court, Lao Zhu said to Zhu Xiongying angrily, "Your method of cutting flesh with a blunt knife is getting more and more mature."

Zhu Xiongying immediately started to pretend to be stupid, but when he saw that Old Zhu couldn't get over it, Zhu Xiongying said, "It's no harm to leave Wuchang. Go around and see it. It's time to send troops. Uncle Six doesn't go to Peking. Could it be that he wouldn't come to the army in person after asking for money?"

This is what Zhu Zhen did last year. He should have led his troops to quell the rebellion. As a result, he did not go to the army after asking for military pay, which also made Lao Zhu extremely angry. Few of these sons could really save him worry.

It cannot be said that it was a dull knife to cut the flesh, but this time the King of Chu was not in Wuchang, so Zhu Xiongying could just transfer all the three guards of the King of Chu to the southwest border to continue to put pressure on the Chen Dynasty, and then he would continue to manage the Indochina Peninsula. If the places like the Indochina Peninsula were captured, Zhu Xiongying felt that it would be easier to resettle some princes. For example, King of Chu Zhu Zhen, once he went to the founding of the Indochina Peninsula, he would be able to take back places like Wuchang, instead of the fief of the King of Chu.

Zhu Xiongying still had some of his little tricks about these things, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

Zhu naturally knew Zhu Xiongying’s little thoughts very well, but now he is really too lazy to say anything. It’s almost the same if he gets used to these things.

After all, Zhu Xiongying never concealed some of his dissatisfaction with the prince's excessive treatment, and always had the intention to weaken the prince's rights and status. He not only had ideas in these things, but also did a lot of things.

The only thing that made Lao Zhu more pleased was naturally that although his grandson was too high for the princes to treat the princes, it seemed to be better overall now. He still left a lot of affection for the royal family and thought of many ways to resettle the royal family.

There are some things that Lao Zhu also feels that he really can't take care of now. Although he is a very tough man, Lao Zhu can still feel that he is aging in the past few years.

After chatting with Lao Zhu for a while, Zhu Xiongying began to busy review the memorials.

Now is the time to collect taxes. The Ming Dynasty now mainly focuses on the two tax laws, usually levied in summer and autumn, which is an important source of tax revenue.

Although there is an additional overseas source of wealth, it is just silver. In fact, what Zhu Xiongying cares about is some materials. Sometimes silver is just circulating currency, and food is truly related to people's livelihood.

"The taxes for the Ming Dynasty are still low." Zhu Xiongying shook his head and said with some emotion, "I have to find a way to increase the tax, otherwise it will definitely become more and more difficult to do in the future."

It’s not that Zhu Xiongying thought about increasing taxes, it was mainly the land tax in the Ming Dynasty. Although the land tax was collected according to the land area and soil quality level, it was generally one-tenth of the harvest.

The specific thing is that the tax on official land is 5 liters, 3 liters, 5 scoops per mu, 2 liters of farmland are reduced, and 8 liters of land is rented more than 5 scoops of land. Those who are confiscated due to crime investigation and other reasons are not allowed to be confiscated for one dou and two liters of official land.

To compare, the Song Dynasty was about one dou per mu, the Yuan Dynasty had three liters, the Ming Dynasty had two liters more than the Yuan Dynasty, and the civil land was similar to the Yuan Dynasty, which was much lighter than the Song Dynasty.

Of course, this is also divided into regions, and Lao Zhu has always imposed a very heavy tax on Suzhou Prefecture.

Some people say that Lao Zhu did this, which was definitely for revenge. Because Suzhou was Zhang Shicheng's base camp at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. When Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Zhang Shicheng, the local people guarded the city for Zhang Shicheng.

In fact, it was mainly the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and Suzhou was an important grain production place.

There will be changes in the future, and the people of Suzhou should not have such a heavy burden. Of course, in other places, tax standards need to be gradually raised after resting.

Zhu Xiongying knew very well that it was impossible to say that the land tax would not be levied in this era. What he could do was probably to reduce some other heavy taxes as much as possible while raising the land tax slightly.

In addition to the land tax, Zhu Xiongying naturally attached more importance to commercial tax, and he also knew that this was one of the most important financial sources in the court.

The Ming Dynasty today cannot be as in seclusion as it was in the same period in history. Whether it is overseas trade or domestic commercial activities, it is in a relatively good state. Zhu Xiongying also felt that the increase in commercial tax was imperative.

It cannot be just a cheaper family, nor can it just fatten up a large group of wealthy gentry. These things are also things that Zhu Xiongying needs to consider, and things he needs to do well.

It is not that easy to govern a country well, but it is not just enough to have a strong army. The Ming Dynasty also needed to ensure a stable financial system. Only in this way can all systems and links be truly operated.

It is true that Zhu Xiongying likes to expand territory, but this does not mean that Zhu Xiongying must be in a state of military service. That is unrealistic and not a particularly good practice.

Zhu Xiongying, who returned to the East Palace, started to rest. He was busy during this period. But Zhu Xiongying knew very well that he would be even busier in the next period of time.

No matter how things like this, Zhu Xiongying still prefers it. Being busy is a good thing. What he is most afraid of is that there is nothing to do, and that the rights in his hands will be taken away.

If you are busy or tired, that is true. It is just the feeling of accomplishment and desire for power in your heart, which Zhu Xiongying cares about!
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