All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 179 Zi Hou is truly a great talent!

After the empty seal case in history, Zhu Yuanzhang proposed to let merchants transport supplies in order to solve the problem.

The reward he gave was salt permit.

The so-called salt permit is actually a business license.

Once you get the salt permit, you can do salt business.

Salt cannot be sold casually these days. Those who sell it privately are called salt smugglers and will be beheaded.

If people want to do salt business, they must have salt permits.

Of course, each salt permit has a corresponding amount of salt, and only so much business can be done.

You know, the salt business has huge profits, so naturally there are countless merchants willing to help transport food and military supplies.

In this way, it is equivalent to paying silver and hiring merchants to transport supplies for the court.

By preventing officials from interfering, there is naturally no opportunity for corruption.

It was also with this opportunity that Shanxi merchants officially began to rise.

Now, Chen Ran is just "borrowing" this method to use in advance.

It is borrowing, definitely not plagiarism.

After all, it was Chen Ran who first proposed it. At most, it sounded like Zhu Biao had said it, referring to Song Shi's compromise system.

"Zihou is a man of great talent." Zhu Biao was very happy. "This is a good idea. I will seriously consider it."

"Your Highness."

Chen Ran added, "When arranging merchants to transport goods, please give priority to merchants from the Huai River and Jiangnan regions. Forget about the merchants from Jin. Don't give them this opportunity."

Zhu Biao was puzzled. "Why is this?"

Chen Ran is hard to say, hundreds of years later, all the merchants in Shanxi are Han women~~~
The only thing we can say is that the Huaixi Group is "Your Majesty is from Huaixi."

Zhu Biao suddenly realized, "I know."

After Zhu Biao left, Chen Ran continued to look through the memorials. "Zhu Yuanzhang is not crazy yet. At least he knows how to find a reason. Unlike the Lan Yu case, he simply made up a sentence and directly made up a crime."

Before the death of Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang was a standard emperor.

After the death of Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang became a cruel emperor.

After Zhu Biao died, Zhu Yuanzhang became a crazy emperor.

Royal study room.

"Huh?" After listening to Zhu Biao's story, Zhu Yuanzhang stared, "Did he really say that?"

"Yes." Zhu Biao responded, "I referred to the compromise method of the Song Dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked puzzled. "How could it be? I thought so too. Could it be that someone leaked it? Even if it was leaked, it wouldn't be leaked to an official of the Eastern Palace."

It was indeed a leak, but it was not leaked by people around him, but by history books.

"Dad." Zhu Biao said, "I think this is a good idea."

"Of course it's good, I think so too!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted twice, "In that case, you can arrange for Chen Ran to come up with a detailed procedure for this matter."

"He just made a few random remarks without any basis. He thinks he is Zhuge Liang."

Zhu Biao could sense the emperor's dissatisfaction with Chen Ran.

I didn't know the reason and didn't know what to say, but I was determined to give Chen Ran a chance to show his talent and let my father see his abilities.

After all, such a talent cannot be buried easily.

"The emperor has given you something to do." Turning back to see Chen Ran, Zhu Biao immediately said with a smile, "The emperor thinks highly of you, so he has assigned you to write a detailed memorial on the matter of compromise."

Zhu Biao, who was talking nonsense with his eyes closed, kindly took care of him, "There are many capable people in the East Palace, I will ask them to help you."

"No need to bother." Chen Ran simply waved his hand, "I can handle such a small matter myself."

Zhu Biao was a little worried. "This is to write a specific implementation process, not to propose a strategy. You have no experience in government affairs, and you may not even understand the writing format. It is better to ask someone to help you."

"I appreciate your kindness, Prince."

Chen Ran said modestly, "I am talented, and this little thing is nothing to worry about. Real talent and knowledge need opportunities like this to be displayed."

Zhu Biao'(°ー°〃)'

You are really humble enough.

As the executive vice emperor, Zhu Biao had a very busy job.

Seeing that Chen Ran was unwilling to accept help, he couldn't intervene forcefully. He could only think of finding someone to help revise it after he finished writing, and then went on to do other things.

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to launch a large-scale killing spree. Zhu Biao could not stop him, nor did he want to stop him. He had to prepare a plan in advance to deal with the shortage of a large number of officials.

However, what surprised him greatly was that Chen Ran found him the next afternoon and handed him a thick stack of papers.

"This is."

"The first draft of the revised version on the implementation of the compromise law in Ming Dynasty."

There were a lot of papers and a lot of words on them, but Zhu Biao didn't care.

After all, scholars write fast, and some can write thousands of words in one night.

However, when he finished reading it, he was shocked.

This is a completely new way of writing that has never been seen before.

Lists and tables, foresight and budget, preparation and specific execution, and even many attachments.

In the past, the memorials he had seen, even those written by pragmatic officials, were all filled with words.

I have never seen anything like Chen Ran's, with all kinds of things perfectly classified and displayed so that the viewer can see it clearly at a glance.

The beginning is to explain the meaning.

That is to deal with the issue of empty seal and hand it over to the public.

Next is a list, detailing the annual expenses required for official warehouses in various places, especially the crucial border troops, as well as the total amount of transportation from and to what routes, the upper limit of losses on the road, etc.

This is a completely new way of writing, presented in the form of a table.

Chen Ran even proposed introducing commercial competition, where multiple businesses could bid for each transportation route, and the one who offered the best conditions would get the job.

There are also suggestions for punishing merchants who fail to complete the delivery on time. The first is to cancel the bidding qualification for a period of time, and the second is to fine, a heavy fine.

Finally, when they can no longer afford the fines, they will use the power of the government to carry out personal attacks.

In addition, there are many other contents that made Zhu Biao marvel.

"You wrote all this in one night?"

"Yeah." Chen Ran nodded. "Fortunately, the East Palace has detailed information, which makes it easy and convenient to check."

Zhu Biao was greatly impressed. He picked up the thick memorial given by Chen Ran, stood up and walked out directly, "Let's go find my father and His Majesty."

When they arrived at the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang was having dinner.

Not surprisingly, Queen Ma was also there.

Since their marriage, Empress Ma has been personally responsible for Zhu Yuanzhang's diet, and it has become a habit.

"Biao'er, Zihou."

Seeing the two people coming, Queen Ma smiled and said, "Come, sit down and eat together."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Chen Ran, picked up the bowl and continued eating without saying a word.

What kind of scene has Chen Ran not seen? Of course he didn't care. He took the stool handed over by the eunuch without hesitation, sat down and took the bowl.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say a word during the meal, but Empress Ma kept asking questions with a smile, even asking Chen Ran whether he was married.

When she learned that he was still single, she immediately expressed her willingness to be a matchmaker for him.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing next to him, put down his bowl heavily and said, "What's the matter? You didn't come here just to eat for free, did you?"

Zhu Biao smiled, took out the memorial and handed it over, "Your Majesty, take a look at this."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial and looked through it for a while, his expression gradually becoming serious. "Huh?"

The classification and table display were a way he had never seen before.

Although it is novel, it is surprisingly understandable and clear.

"Well written." Zhu Yuanzhang praised, "It is well-reasoned and well-organized. Especially these boxes, which make it easy to understand at a glance. Good, very good. Who wrote this? Could it be the Grand Secretary of Dongchunfang?"

"Hey." Zhu Biao laughed and said, "It's far away in the sky, but it's right in front of us."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him in surprise and asked, "Did you write this?"

"Yes."

Chen Ran nodded. "I noticed that most of the memorials collected by the Eastern Palace were full of nonsense and unclear. So I thought of a way to make them look simpler."

After a moment of silence, Zhu Yuanzhang rarely praised, "You are a capable person."

"Since I have received your majesty's salary, I must live up to it." Chen Ran responded calmly, "I will do as much as I am paid."

Zhu Biao kicked him under the table. How could he say such things in front of the emperor?

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care and put the memorial away. "Prince, you should do this now."

"Yes."

After Chen Ran and Zhu Biao left, Empress Ma asked with a smile, "Chongba, is Chen Zihou a talented person?"

"Something capable."

Empress Ma was very familiar with Zhu Yuanzhang's temper, and being praised by him as capable was already a high evaluation.

She thought for a moment and said, "Zihou first saved Xiongying, and then saved me. How do you plan to repay your eldest grandson and daughter-in-law for savioring their lives?"

"He is Biao'er's man now." Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows slightly. "How to use him is Biao'er's business. As for the reward, the house, the money, the woman. Of course, he can't do without it."

Queen Ma asked again, "What do you think about marrying Fu Ning to him?"

"what?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately jumped up and said, "Why should he marry my daughter? My daughter should at least marry the son of a nobleman!"

"What are you talking about?" Empress Ma was very dissatisfied. "What was your origin back then? Have you forgotten it now?"

"I~~~"

If someone else said this, Zhu Yuanzhang would jump up and beat him up.

But these words were said by Empress Ma, so he could only hold back his anger.

There is no way, this is my wife who has been with me through decades.

As for the beauties in the palace, they are just containers.

After returning to the East Palace, Zhu Biao said with a smile, "Zihou, I'll leave this matter to you."

Chen Ran shook his head and grabbed Zhu Biao's sleeve as he was about to leave. "No, Your Highness has to do this personally."

Zhu Biao was puzzled. "But I don't understand. Besides, you were the one who proposed this matter and made such a detailed plan. It's natural that you should do it."

"Your Highness?"

Chen Ran looked at him puzzledly, "Are you pretending to be stupid, or do you really not understand?"

"What do you mean?"

"When we were having dinner, His Majesty wanted you to do this." Chen Ran explained, "It means that you don't have time to take care of other things, and use all your energy on the compromise method."

Zhu Biao's heart tightened. "You mean?"

"His Majesty is going to take action against the civil servants." Chen Ran said bluntly, "This time the scale is large, and many people are implicated. He knows that many people will come to His Highness to plead for mercy, so he specially arranged for His Highness to do this to avoid getting involved."

"Your Majesty means that he will be the bad guy and bear the bad reputation. I will clear the obstacles for Your Majesty and protect Your Majesty's reputation."

Now Zhu Biao really understood.

After a long silence, he smiled bitterly, "If someone really came to ask for mercy, what would I do?"

"That's easy." Chen Ran responded with a smile, "Let's see what the Queen does."

"You should also protect those whom the Queen protects. You should also not see those whom the Queen does not see."

Zhu Biao looked at him in shock, and after a while he spoke, "Zihou, you are truly a man of great talent!"

(End of this chapter)