Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 85: The policy of allocating taxes to each acre of land, a hundred years in advance
“Brother Yang, I have sent someone to tell my eldest brother to find a mansion for you in the south of the Imperial City.

This mansion has been empty for a long time and lacks some vitality, so I specially ordered people to clean it and everything is ready.

I'll let Lao Si take you there in person.

The mansion will arrange one hundred maids and servants to obey your orders. "

"Mansion? Is this place big?"

"It covers an area of ​​about 20 mu, with a grand courtyard, a separate courtyard, a garden, a rockery, and a stream."

"Twenty acres? One-third of Heshen's sixty acres is fine."

In the night, insects chirped everywhere.

A night breeze blew by, dispersing the summer heat and giving people a cool feeling.

In the East Palace Garden, there is a pavilion in the middle of a pond, with lighted lanterns hanging on the pillars for illumination.

Yang Chen and Zhu Biao sat at a square stone table.

He originally wanted to rest early, but Zhu Biao sent someone to call Yang Chen here, saying that he had something to tell him.

As soon as I sat down, I realized that my future residence would be a mansion covering 20 acres of land.

Twenty acres of land, in the future it would be impossible to acquire it without hundreds of millions of wealth.

I didn't expect that I could get it easily without spending a penny.

Yang Chen couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother Yang, I called you here today. In addition to telling you where you will live in a few days and who will take you away, there is one more thing I hope you can explain to me clearly."

Zhu Biao seemed to have considered for a long time before asking.

Hearing this, Yang Chen was obviously interested. He was also very curious about what Zhu Biao was doing. Even he could see that he looked worried.

I think this matter must be very important.

“Please speak frankly, Your Majesty.” Yang Chen stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

"Actually, it's about my father. When we were chatting in the study today, I noticed that your mood suddenly changed drastically, as if you were possessed by a demon.

That's when I said the grain yield per mu was one to two stones.

In an instant, you became an extremely unfamiliar person. I thought that I had only known you for a few days and it was impossible for me to know you very well.

But after spending these days together, I also understand that you, Brother Yang, are actually an upright young man with free and unrestrained behavior.

I absolutely don't believe that you don't have any ambitions in your heart, you just need a chance to prove yourself.

For example, my father ordered you to leave the palace. I'm afraid this is exactly what you want.

The only thing I don't understand is why you are hostile to my father."

Hearing this, Yang Chen wanted to interrupt the other party and explain it himself, but Zhu Biao raised his hand to signal, and his tone of speech was extremely decisive.

“Don’t rush to deny it, I can tell whether it’s hostility or not.

After all, I was the regent who had spent many days at the court interacting with hundreds of ministers.

I understand the strangeness of human hearts best. Do you think you are more patient than those powerful officials?"

"Well, since the prince has already discovered it, there is no need for me to hide it any longer. I admit it.

When you said that the people can only produce one stone of grain per acre of land per year.

When I was at most two stones, I hated and even extremely despised the entire Ming Dynasty, or to be more precise, this era, even if he was the powerful Qin, the prosperous Tang, or the Wenjing of the Han Dynasty. "

Yang Chendi said this without any disguise and showed his true expression.

What this brought was that Zhu Biao was extremely surprised.

He still remembered that when Yang Chen met them for the first time, Yang Chen said that the Ming Dynasty was the last glory of the Han people.

Logically speaking, the other party should not have such a reaction.

I just don't know why the attitude has reversed so drastically now.

"Brother Yang, this is completely different from what you said before. Why did you suddenly act out of character today?"

When Zhu Biao said this, he already had a hint of dissatisfaction in his attitude. Seeing this, Yang Chen smiled slightly. He could understand why the other party would have such a reaction.

"Prince, all this is because you and I are standing in different positions, so our perspectives on things are naturally different.

My Lord, do you think that for ordinary people, one acre of land can only produce 120 kilograms of grain a year? In the north, there is only one harvest a year, while in the south, there are only two harvests a year.

There are many plains in the north, and farmers can open up wasteland and increase their own farmland. Even if they only harvest once a year, they can still have enough food.'

In contrast, the south is hilly and it is much more difficult to reclaim farmland.

The climate is relatively good. If the weather cooperates, it is warm, humid and has abundant water resources.

Rice can be grown twice a year.

For example, southern Jiangsu can achieve two crops a year.

I want to know, Prince, do you think that the food that ordinary people get in a year is enough for them to live a good life?"

Zhu Biao bowed his head in thought, and after a moment he confidently replied, "Of course I can.

According to my father's rule, the levy on government-owned land was 5 liters per mu of grain, equivalent to about 3 dan, while the levy on private land was reduced by 5 liters to 0.0535 liters per mu, equivalent to about 2 dan.

Such standards are considered extremely low in all dynasties. It can be said that my father granted privileges to the people to a level that has never been achieved in many dynasties.

With such low taxes, the people should be able to live a well-fed and well-clothed life. "

In this regard, Zhu Biao was naturally quite confident.

Yang Chen kept smiling, but there was a barely perceptible contempt in his smile.

"Yes, from your perspective, the amount of tax that the people need to pay is indeed less, but even if it is less, corrupt officials will still use some methods to embezzle during the tax payment process.

For example, Linjiantihu,

A means of corruption during the grain collection process. When ordinary people used a hu to collect grain, officials would wait until the grain was full and formed a pointed cone shape, then kick it hard, intentionally letting some grain leak out of the bag.

The lost grain became the property of the officials.

In this way, officials could obtain extra food without increasing the nominal tax burden on the people.

There is also the color-discounted fire consumption.

Officials used the excuse that the tax silver they collected was lost and kept the excess money in their own pockets.

Although this method does not directly involve food, it increases the economic burden on the people.

This indirectly encourages the people to provide more food in exchange for less losses when paying taxes in kind.

Some people even took advantage of the situation by pretending to be the emperor's orders and taking advantage of the power of others to compile and set up many inexplicable taxes locally.

In order to profit for themselves.

There are countless similar means of corruption, and they emerge one after another. As long as there is a day, the people will need to pay taxes by paying grain.

There will inevitably be corrupt officials who use various means to persecute the people.

Do you know who was the unlucky person in the end?

It's you, the entire royal family headed by you!"

In an instant, Zhu Biao's pupils shrank due to shock, his whole body felt weak and even his back felt cold.

He didn't expect that the people he thought were promising had actually suffered so much.

For the first time, he felt everything Yang Chen said in person.

Just as the other party said, the current tax system of the Ming Dynasty is indeed very friendly to the people, but how can the people fight against the officials?

These officials have so many ways to embezzle that it is almost impossible to guard against them.

Just like a termite, it can slowly eat away a small hole and turn it into a big hole.

"What should I do?" Zhu Biao took a deep breath to calm his worries and bowed to Yang Chen. "Please give me some advice, Brother Yang."

Yang Chen sighed slightly, shook his head and said:
“I didn’t think too much about it at first, I just heard that the people’s harvest of grain was not much.

I immediately thought of the methods those shrewd officials would use to commit corruption.

Finally, when I thought about my own life, I suddenly felt that the Ming Dynasty was not as good as most people thought.

But I can see a big problem from your calm and confident tone.

Prince, do you know what mistake you made?"

Zhu Biao, who was suddenly called, was obviously a little surprised.

But he quickly realized that his state of mind was not so fragile.

"Zhu Biao is dull, please give me some advice, Brother Yang."

In the current situation, Zhu Biao did not feel proud of his status.

He also never showed any contempt in front of Yang Chen because of his status as the prince.

"Biao, you have made the mistake of not having the right to speak without investigation!"

A sonorous and powerful voice reached Zhu Biao's ears.

In an instant, Zhu Biao felt his whole body numb, and this feeling only lasted for a short time.

Yang Chen did not stop because Zhu Biao was distracted.

“I originally thought that the people of the Ming Dynasty could live a life of luxury.

At least there should be hope, food and drink, and the ability to eat meat three to five times a year.

However, Your Highness, the reason you think the people are living well is based on the memorials submitted by your subordinates.

You can imagine how bad it is down there.

Prince, from now on, if you do not investigate a certain issue, you will no longer have the right to speak on it.

Maybe you think this statement is a bit barbaric, but it is not barbaric at all.

This is a fact, something that cannot be changed.

You have no contact with the actual and historical situation of a certain issue, nor have you conducted any investigation, and you don't know the basics.

Then your remarks on this issue are nonsense.

Talking nonsense can't solve any problems, this is something that any normal person knows.

To solve this problem, we must investigate the current situation of the problem and the reasons why it occurs.

As long as you can investigate it clearly, you will definitely have a solution to this problem.

The royal family has always solved the problems of the people, big and small, in the palace.

This is something that confuses me. This is a method that has been used since ancient times, but it is not necessarily correct since ancient times.

Without practice, it is difficult to discover some hidden problems. Otherwise, there would not be such a scene where the emperor personally went on a secret visit, Prince, don’t you think so? "

"Brother Yang, you are right. Without investigation, you have no right to speak. The words I said so arbitrarily today seem ridiculous now.

I didn't expect that seemingly ordinary things could actually be fraught with hidden dangers."

Zhu Biao looked bitter. He had always sat in the place where his father handled government affairs.

Many memorials were presented to his desk one after another.

In order to solve the problem for the people as well as possible, he made the decision without much thought.

If the officials under him say something is good, then he will believe it is good; if they say something is bad, then he will also believe it is bad.

In the end, he realized that Yang Chen's words made him realize that if he hadn't investigated anything, he would have no right to speak.

Yang Chen then took a piece of fruit and continued while eating:

"Do you know why your father established the Imperial Guard?
At first, his idea was very simple, which was to let these Jinyiwei monitor all officials to see if anyone was secretly plotting against him.

But later he discovered that the role of the Jinyiwei was not only limited to supervising officials, but also able to investigate the truth of things.

So the Jinyiwei began to be responsible for investigating matters big and small.

They transformed themselves into small vendors, beggars and refugees, walking in every corner of the Ming Dynasty.

If I find any problems that need to be solved, I will report it to your father.

If the officials sent down cannot resolve the problem, your father will even take action personally.

For example, some royal relatives took advantage of your father's authority to commit crimes!"

Hearing this, Zhu Biao was a little bit unconvinced.

"Yang Chen, are you sure that my uncles are here to take advantage of my father's authority and oppress the people?"

"Just because there aren't any now doesn't mean there won't be any in the future. Throughout the dynasties, anyone who has made a fortune from scratch is destined to have blood-related parasites around them."

After eating the fruits, Yang Chen threw them into the pond. Upon noticing some movement, the fish, shrimps and other creatures in the pond rushed forward to find out what was going on.

“Even in the world hundreds of years later there are people like this, let alone your father.

No one cares about the poor in a busy city, but the rich in the mountains have distant relatives. If you don’t believe it, just look at the wine in the glass; every glass is dedicated to the rich.

For thousands of years, there have been talented people who have thoroughly studied human nature."

Zhu Biao also nodded in agreement with this statement.

You may be able to look at the sun in the sky, but you cannot look directly into the human heart.

"But Brother Yang, as the crown prince, I have a special status and it is difficult for me to leave the imperial city.

Even if you want to leave, you can only go a hundred miles away from the imperial city.

The journey is over a thousand miles, or even tens of thousands of miles, and it is impossible to go back and forth in one day.

I understand the reasoning, but I am too busy to investigate in person. My energy is limited and it is really difficult for me to do it myself."

After understanding Yang Chen's suggestion, Zhu Biao confided his sufferings to him.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty was in Nanjing City. If you wanted to leave to the north or south, the best way was by water.

However, because of Zhu Yuanzhang, the waterways of rivers and lakes were controlled by the official system during the Ming Dynasty.

At least this is the case compared to the Song Dynasty, after all, most of the court's tax revenue in the Song Dynasty came from ship trade.

Unless Zhu Yuanzhang figures it out and makes the ship trade flourish instantly.

Those businessmen will definitely do their best to invest money.

With money, the channel can operate quickly in the shortest possible time.

"Prince, you don't actually need to go there in person. You just need to arrange a group of people outside the court to go there."

"Why do you need troops outside the imperial court?"

"Because if someone from the imperial court goes there, it will definitely attract the attention of local officials. They will arrange actors in advance. These actors will cooperate with the officials to deceive your people.

By then, the information you get will definitely be false, but by disguising yourself, you can get real information.

This move may not completely solve the problem, but at least it will allow you, the prince, to see the real people, so that you can have a say on certain matters, right?"

As he listened further, Zhu Biao quickly thought of the Jinyiwei who were around his father.

"Brother Yang, this method doesn't seem appropriate. If I train my own secret guards, wouldn't it be easy for my father to be suspicious of me?" "Prince, are you kidding me? Do you think your father will be suspicious of you?"

"It seems. It certainly won't happen."

Thinking carefully about Yang Chen's words, Zhu Biao remembered that his father had no guard against him at all.

I even wanted him to show more power and demonstrate some imperial majesty.

A normal emperor would not have enough time to suppress the prince's power and temper, so how could he possibly encourage the prince to show his imperial power?

In previous dynasties, which prince would dare to show signs of competing with the previous emperor before he abdicated?

He will definitely be severely punished and even deprived of his position as crown prince.

This is why Zhu Biao is the only one with such a special status in the long river of history.

This also explains why Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on passing the throne to Zhu Yunwen after Zhu Biao's death.

Perhaps it was because of Zhu Yunwen's performance during Zhu Biao's serious illness, and the fact that he was Zhu Biao's eldest son.

“Prince, if you want to avoid making the mistakes I mentioned, you must go this time.

As for why you don't use the Embroidered Uniform Guard, firstly, your father has not yet formally formed it, and secondly, it will allow you to have your own team.

There are some things that you need to do with your own strength, Prince."

Zhu Biao, who had originally had some concerns, now also considered what Yang Chen said.

Yes, there are some things that my father is too busy to handle, and it might be better for him to handle them himself.

“Let’s talk about this later, Brother Yang. Yang Chen, I heard you say that the people will still need to pay taxes by paying grain as long as there is a day.

Corrupt officials have ways to oppress the people. I don't know why you say that."

Zhu Biao obviously had his own opinion, so he changed the conversation and mentioned something he had just noticed.

He simply didn't understand why anyone would be oppressed as long as they paid taxes with grain.

Yang Chen didn't expect Zhu Biao to mention this matter so soon, but since the other party mentioned it, he planned to mention it as well.

"Prince, may I ask if the people of the Ming Dynasty need many adult males to serve in the military at a fixed time?"

"Yes, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, any adult male over the age of sixteen, who has no physical disabilities and does not need elderly care at home, must go to various places to serve.

After all, the Ming Dynasty had many water conservancy projects and defensive fortifications that required manpower, and it was impossible to complete them relying solely on the court's people.

Taxation and corvée are inevitable.”

After this explanation, Yang Chen also remembered that the male adult in the Ming Dynasty refers to males over the age of sixteen.

Men in the Ming Dynasty became adults at the age of sixteen.

As for taxes and labor service, there are many categories, but most of them are the predecessors of civil engineering.

"If I remember correctly, most of the uprisings in the Ming Dynasty were caused by corvee labor."

"What do you mean, Brother Yang?"

Although it was night, Zhu Biao was full of energy and did not feel sleepy at all, especially after hearing that most of the uprisings in the Ming Dynasty were related to corvee labor.

Uprising is a headache for any court.

As long as the emperor of the time is a man who cares about the world, he will definitely tend to use gentle means to deal with the uprising.

However, uprisings continued to break out in the Ming Dynasty, causing Zhu Yuanzhang to feel annoyed even though he was gentle. In the end, he ordered that the leaders of any uprising be arrested immediately.

After asking the reason, he made an example of someone.

He didn't care whether the uprising was oppressed from time to time. Even if it was the court's fault, he would not let the leaders of the uprising go.

"In the Ming Dynasty, all male laborers had to go to places far away from home to do hard work, such as digging canals or repairing cities.

The work they were doing was physically demanding and was free of charge, and even the food and wages they received were withheld.

Working for the court doesn’t earn you money, and in order to survive you have to spend the money you bring from home.

When the labor service was over, if one was still alive, he would have to walk for several days with injuries before he could return home.

If there are no brothers and sisters in the family, it means that the crops in the fields will miss the best planting time.

If you are lucky, the harvest will not be affected, but if you are unlucky, the harvest will be less. In the end, the harvest will still have to be turned over as grain.

This cycle repeats itself every year. Prince, if it were you, what would you do? "

The corvée system of the Ming Dynasty was very complicated and there were many types of labor service, but no matter what, these corvées basically required you to work for the court for free.

If you are lucky enough to meet a good commander and good laborers, your food will not be withheld and you will have food to eat.

However, such people are extremely rare. With the current low salaries of the imperial court, the thousand households and laborers would like to take away all the money from the corvée.

How could we possibly let these common people who were subject to taxes and labor service go?
"But this corvée has existed since ancient times."

Just when Zhu Biao didn't know how to answer Yang Chen's question and wanted to say this sentence since ancient times.

He suddenly remembered the advice the other party had just given him.

“No investigation, no right to speak”

Those few words seemed to have magic and kept echoing in his mind, reminding him to think clearly before speaking and doing things.

In the end, Zhu Biao swallowed his saliva and tried frantically to hide his embarrassment.

“Is there no good solution?
Is this matter destined to have no solution?

If this were the case, the final outcome of the Ming Dynasty would still be destruction.

I don’t know how the world of later generations solved corvée labor in the next few hundred years. Oh, and there is also the problem of handing over grain.”

Yang Chen clicked his tongue and shook his head.

"Hundreds of years later, there is no longer any corvée problem. As for the food problem, because of the improvement in productivity, the people no longer need to hand in food."

"However, I do have a way to solve the corvée problem.

This method was developed by your Ming Dynasty officials, and I am just offering my services to you on your behalf."

Upon learning this, Zhu Biao widened his eyes in disbelief, wondering how could there be such a talent in the Ming Dynasty?
Before Yang Chen finished speaking, he began to ask:

"Really? Yang Chen! You finally did a good thing! Tell me who came up with this idea and where he came from. I will immediately send someone to find him and recommend him to our father.

As long as he passes the test in front of my father, I will guarantee his future career!"

Seeing Zhu Biao's expression as if he wanted to pounce on him and grab his shoulders, Yang Chen started to tell Zhang Juzheng's identity as quickly as possible.

In order to prevent the other party from actually doing so, Yang Chen quickly explained it clearly.

"Alas! Biao, don't be anxious. This person has not been born yet. Even if you know his identity, you can't make him work for the court."

When the truth came out, Zhu Biao was stunned.

"What! He wasn't born?"

"Yes, he was a cabinet minister during the Jiajing period, and Jiajing is the descendant of your Zhu family, which was more than a hundred years ago.

So even if you knew his identity, you couldn't make him work for the Ming Dynasty."

Upon learning that Zhang Juzheng would not appear until more than a hundred years later, Zhu Biao completely gave up hope.

Zhu Biao calmed down and sat down again, lamenting what a pity it was.

Yang Chen said calmly.

"Don't be disappointed, even if he's not here, I'm still here!
I still remember the method. As long as this method can be implemented, won’t it still be able to improve the predicament of the Ming Dynasty? "

"I won't waste any more time. I'll explain his method to you in detail. It's called 'One Whip Method'.

The general content is divided into several steps, the first of which is to measure the land across the country.

Expand the scope of taxation to make taxes relatively evenly distributed.

Through land surveying, the Ming Dynasty at that time added 280 million mu of land, allowing many lands that were concealed by landlords to be taxed.

The next step is to unify taxes and labor service.

Merge taxes and corvee labor, limit harassment, and stabilize taxation.

Before the implementation of the Single Whip System, the Ming Dynasty imposed taxes on land and labor on households. In addition to taxes and labor, there were also numerous additional levies such as local products and tributes.

After the implementation of Zhang Juzheng's "One Whip System", all taxes were simplified into one, and the tax was attributed to the land and levied based on the acreage.

Forced labor was changed to hired labor, with the imperial court, county government and other places hiring people to do the labor.

Silver was levied based on the acreage, and collected and paid by officials, making the collection method more complete.

After Zhang Juzheng's Single Whip Law was implemented, not only were all corvée labor services changed to silver corvée services.

Moreover, except for a few areas such as Suzhou and Hangzhou, where land tax was still collected in kind to provide for the royal family, the rest of the areas had all changed to levying land tax in cash, that is, in the form of silver.

Before this measure was implemented nationwide, Zhang Juzheng ordered people to conduct field experiments in Jiangxi, Jiangnan and other regions.

After confirming that this method was beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, it began to be promoted throughout the country. "

Yang Chen explained the Single Whip Method clearly, and Zhu Biao imagined it according to what he said.

I discovered that this is of great significance to the imperial court!
His chest heaved up and down with excitement, and he was extremely shocked by the appearance of the Whip Method!

He stood up, with a solemn expression, and saluted Yang Chen solemnly.

"Brother Yang! You can tell us this method at this time, which can be said to be a great blessing for the people of the world!

I thank you on behalf of the millions of people in the Ming Dynasty!"

After saying this, Zhu Biao immediately prepared to bend down to express his attitude.

However, when Yang Chen discovered that the other party wanted to do so, he quickly reached out to stop him.

Zhu Biao, who was halfway bowing, looked up at him with a confused expression.

Yang Chen explained in a low voice:

"Hey, hey, hey! Ah Biao, what are you doing? It's true that no one around this pavilion can hear what we say, but that doesn't mean that no one is watching us in secret!
If you kowtow to me now, and your father finds out, he will kill me, right?

Let me be clear in advance, if you want to embarrass me, there is no need to do this."

After understanding the whole story, Zhu Biao looked embarrassed.

"I'm really sorry, Brother Yang, I didn't think so much, I just wanted to thank you on behalf of the people.

In that case, I won’t bother doing anything more.”

"It's getting late, I won't disturb you, Brother Yang, and let's stop here today."

"Finally you are willing to go to bed. It's really tiring to not lie down in bed and talk to you about state affairs so late at night."

Yang Chen acted as if he was physically and mentally exhausted, then stood up and walked out the door.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao just smiled and said nothing.

After leaving the courtyard, he strolled alone on the official road.

Thinking back to what happened just now, everything seemed like a dream.

Zhu Biao felt that what he learned in one night was much more useful than what he had learned in the first half of his life.

No investigation, no right to speak.

It is obviously a very simple principle, but very few people can think of how to do it.

In the past, he judged world affairs based on the memorials submitted by his subordinates.

After Yang Chen's advice today, he realized that the people had no spies of their own, so how could they possibly obtain truly useful information by relying solely on those greedy officials?
"I must select talents from the three guards of the Eastern Palace and send them to the people. I will let them be my eyes and see how many things in the Ming Dynasty I don't know about."

After making the decision in his mind, Zhu Biao planned to arrange this matter this morning.

It would be best if it could be completed within a month.

There is also the "One Whip Law", which will definitely help the Ming Dynasty escape from its current situation of food and money shortage.

"The Ming Dynasty will become more lively from now on."

Zhu Biao looked up and talked to himself with a warm smile on his face.

The sun rises and hangs high in the sky.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished his morning court session, he gave Zhu Biao a few instructions.

"Biao'er, what do you think about the salary change?"

"Your Majesty, I have already determined how much salary each official of each rank should receive each month. Next, I will need to determine the attendance bonus for each official of each rank, as well as the year-end bonus and other matters.

Once the number of awards is determined, we can raise the matter in court."

"Okay, okay, now we know that Biao'er is really capable."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son and felt very satisfied.

But his expression changed again and again, and then he spoke earnestly.

“But Biao’er, I am the emperor and you are the prince. If you can easily change the salaries of more than ten years, and let those officials know that it is so easy to get it.

I'm afraid they won't be grateful to us, and they won't be grateful to you when you ascend the throne in the future.

Originally, we were planning to exile a group of people in the future, and after we passed away, you would gather them back.

But now the situation is special and this method cannot be used, so this is what I think.

When the time comes, you will come up with the idea of ​​changing the salary, and I will stand up to stop it and be the bad guy.

Not only can you see the reactions of the officials, but you can also see who is on your side. When you ascend the throne in the future, you can choose your own team and cultivate your confidants."

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang taught Zhu Biao step by step how to be a good emperor.

Zhu Biao felt deeply moved by his father's arrangement.

I thought about what to say, but in the end I chose to remain silent and nodded instead.

"Biao'er, if you can understand my good intentions, then all our efforts will not be in vain.

Okay, you deal with the memorial, I'll go check it out later."

"Ah? Where is Father going?"

According to past rules, after the morning court session, the father and son should go to Wenhua Hall to deal with memorials together.

But today Zhu Yuanzhang did not go, which made Zhu Biao very confused.

"I was in a bad mood yesterday after hearing what that bastard said. I'm going to tell your mother that he's planning to leave the palace.

Well, I am your father anyway, and I won’t be lazy, so I will go first.”

In fact, it is quite easy for the father and son to communicate with each other in private.

It was just that Zhu Biao had always respected Old Zhu, so Old Zhu rarely had the habit of having a relaxed conversation with Zhu Biao.

Now, after spending so much time together, Old Zhu knows a lot and he has gradually tried to take the initiative to change the way he gets along with Zhu Biao.

At present, it seems that Mr. Zhu is very satisfied with the relaxed and happy way of getting along with his son. At least it is much better than the false courtesy of mutual respect in the past.

Watching Zhu Yuanzhang leave, Zhu Biao smiled and shook his head, then walked straight towards the Wenhua Hall.

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