The longevity ceremony, which has been prepared for more than half a year, is over in only one day, although there is still a stage in Mochou Lake, and the half-moon drama is still sung, and it has been lively until Chongyang.

But as the emperor, Lao Zhu must come out of the festivities and prepare to start his busy official duties again.

Zhu Yuanzhang knows a truth very well, after every ceremony, people will slack off, and now it is a critical period for autumn taxes, if you don't do a good job, the end of the year will be sad.

The position of the emperor is really not something that ordinary people can sit in. If a tiger eats a person, he can still take a nap, but does the emperor dare? You have to sleep with one eye open!

However, before officially starting to deal with official business, Lao Zhu planned to spend half the night to reminisce about the longevity ceremony. It's really spectacular, even the enthronement ceremony of that year can't be compared.

Especially at night, when two hot air balloons appear in the air, when the people above put down the couplet of birthday worship, kneel down and say long live.

The envoys of the vassal kingdom knelt down in a large area, and they were terrified, in awe, terrified from their hearts, and trembled from their bones! It is worthy of the Celestial Empire, and it is indeed blessed by God. If not, how can man go to heaven?

Da Ming, on the other hand, will not explain the principle of hot air balloons, what you want is to make them afraid!

Just after the hot air balloon lifts off, fireworks take off into the sky, making the night sky colorful and colorful.

The fireworks that exploded were like stars, and the flames of hot air balloons were just like the sun and the moon...... Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes, and it was all this picture.

The last time I experimented with a hot air balloon, it was still outside the city, and no one knew about it, even if someone saw it, Jinyiwei would ask to go down and not talk nonsense.

Therefore, until the canon, hot air balloons were classified.

Even the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty were not clear, so many people knelt on the ground, with tears in their eyes......

Overseas feudal states, civil ministers and military generals, and the people of the capital all fell to their knees. The whole country is crawling at your feet. What is the Son of Heaven? Zhu Yuanzhang thoroughly tasted the taste of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

Even if it's only a short time, it's enough to make him satisfied, and decades of hard work are worth it!

If you change to other emperors, you may be able to cultivate martial arts and enjoy peace and prosperity from now on. But Zhu Yuanzhang is not an ordinary person in the end, and the circuit of his head is different from that of normal people.

After thinking about it for half the night, he immediately issued an order that no more ceremonies of this kind should be held in the future, and he issued an order to all yamen to immediately deal with the backlog of official affairs, and within half a month, it must be cleaned up, otherwise it will be severely punished!

The officials are complaining bitterly, and they are really dead to such a master.

It's just that no matter what they think, the world still has to listen to Lao Zhu.

In response to the case of Lu Zhongheng and others, speed up the investigation, and look at what Lao Zhu means, he really doesn't plan to let go of Li Shanchang, this fire must be burned on him.

When Lao Zhu was busy with work, Jiang Xuan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, came.

"Your Majesty, the minister got a secret report some time ago. It has not been presented to His Majesty, firstly, because the affairs of the longevity ceremony are busy, and secondly, the minister has not found enough evidence, so it has been delayed for a few days. Now that I finally have an eyebrow, I invite the saint to take a look. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took the secret report, looked at it carefully from beginning to end, and looked at it, his brows furrowed.

It turned out that according to the secret report, in Suzhou, there were more than a dozen businessmen who actually got together and opened a money bank. Following the example of the Royal Bank, they also issued bank notes and took deposits at a higher interest rate than the Royal Bank. According to Jin Yiwei's investigation, in less than half a year, he has accumulated millions of taels!

Lao Zhu was furious, "Who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to steal business with me, what is going on, what did you Jinyiwei find?" ”

Jiang Zhen bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Suzhou was originally the territory of the traitor Zhang Shicheng, although the traitor is dead, but in the past few decades, the people of Suzhou have complained a lot about the imperial court. These dozen merchants, in collusion, issued banknotes, intending to undermine the imperial court's banknote law and had malicious intentions. Moreover, they amassed a large sum of money, and the ministers were worried about them...... Bad intentions! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pressed his sore temples, it was really sad!

Just a few days after my birthday, someone made waves, which is really hateful!

Suzhou has always been Zhu Yuanzhang's heart disease.

Because Suzhou was Zhang Shicheng's territory at the beginning, and it was very rich, after Lao Zhu defeated Zhang Shicheng, in order to punish the people of Suzhou, in addition to moving to Haoqiang, he also imposed heavy taxes on Suzhou.

The land of a government bears a higher tax than many provinces.

Lao Zhu intends to punish the people of Suzhou, but the problem is that the more the court is like this, the stronger the people's rebellious hearts become, and many elderly people are talking about Zhang Shicheng's goodness.

For example, there is a snack in Suzhou, called wine-stuffed cake, which is said to be named by Zhang Shicheng, because it was this cake that saved Zhang Shicheng's mother's life, and was called "Saving Niang Cake".

And every spring, you will eat wine-stuffed cakes.

This incident alone is enough to see the estrangement between the imperial court and the people of Suzhou.

In fact, it is not only Suzhou, but also Songjiang, Hangzhou, Quanzhou and so on...... Lao Zhu is from Fengyang, and he is an authentic peasant thinker. Jiangnan has always been prosperous in commerce and trade, especially in the coastal area, and it has close exchanges with overseas countries, and commercial goods are far away.

It's just that this is Lao Zhu's most crooked, so it is not surprising that there is a maritime ban policy.

All in all, there are very complicated things to do, and it is definitely not something that can be explained clearly in three words.

Now that someone is running a bank in Suzhou and robbing Lao Zhu's business, who is behind it? What are they having?

Zhu Yuanzhang can't help but worry!

"With just a few businessmen, do you have the courage to run a bank? Who is it that supports them? ”

Jiang Zhen hesitated slightly, "Your Majesty, they are cautious in their work, and the ministers can only find out some things that are indicated. However, in the opinion of the ministers, as long as they start, they will arrest and torture all these more than a dozen businessmen, and they will not be able to find out who is behind the scenes. ”

Want to arrest someone?

Or catch a dozen businessmen.

At another time, it may be a great event, maybe someone will rise up and beat the Jinyi Guard all over the ground, and then get five innocent grass people to be convicted, and by the way, write another Xiongwen to pay tribute......

But this is the Hongwu Dynasty, he has just done four marquises, not even a fart, more than a dozen businessmen, it is a piece of cake.

Jiang Zhen is full of confidence, Your Majesty will definitely agree, as long as Your Majesty agrees, they can be dispatched, a great merit is in front of you!

It's just that what makes Jiang Xuan strange is that Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, and after a long time, he said slowly: "You go down!" ”

This person is confused, such a big thing, if you don't hand it over to him, who can do it? What the hell is wrong with Your Majesty? Did you really respond to that sentence, the tiger doesn't bite when it's old?

Jiang Zhen secretly let his people stare at the palace, and immediately replied if there was any movement.

As a result, half a day later, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict and called Liu Chun into the palace.

Jiang Zhen had a feeling of being abandoned from the beginning to the end...... In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Chun to discuss bank, longevity, and foreign trade...... Jiang Zhen didn't care about this, after all, it wasn't his business.

As the commander of Jinyiwei, his main mission is to handle cases (harm people), Liu Chun has stirred up a few cases in the past, and now he is directly coming to rob him of his job.

Stinky boy, you crossed the line, you know?

Jiang Xuan was extremely angry, but he didn't dare to act easily, Liu Chun, this kid is very godly, he has too many immortals, such as King Qin and King Yan, they are obviously contradictory two, Liu Chun actually has the ability to serve well.

There are also Liang Guogong, Liu Sanwu, and Ru Taisu...... These people who can't urinate at all actually think that Liu Chun is good and a talent!

You say that the evil door is not the evil door!

I don't know how Liu Chun managed to serve so many immortals. Like him, until now, he hasn't figured out His Majesty's pulse!

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Zhen is jealous of Liu Chun, stinky boy, don't let me find your flaws, otherwise, you kid will die!

Liu Chun didn't know that he was hated by Jiang Xuan, he was also unhappy, he was busy, why was he called to the palace?

"Your Majesty, the minister is arranging for the envoys of the vassal country, although the longevity ceremony is over for the time being, but it is still necessary to let them go back happily, so that they feel at home without the slightest regret."

Lao Zhu has already seen through Liu Chun, this kid's words, translated from them, are to squeeze the last value, don't take off his pants, and never give up!

"You'd better stop in moderation, if something really happens, the charge of provocation is reserved for you!" Lao Zhu is indeed tired and doesn't want to do anything more.

Liu Chun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, as soon as the hot air balloon comes out, it is enough to deter the feudal kingdom for three and five years, give them the courage, and they don't dare to fight with our Ming Dynasty!" The minister found the envoy of Goryeo, and the minister told them that the kinship of the country lies in the friendship between the people, and in order to eliminate the estrangement between the two sides and establish friendly relations. The minister suggested, really just a suggestion, suggesting that they send a batch of unmarried women every year. ”

Lao Zhu immediately sank his face, "Didn't you just say that you want their beauties?" Do you really think of Goryeo as a fish? Dare to mention any conditions! ”

Liu Chun hurriedly waved his hand, "Your Majesty, wronged, this is not a new condition, when the previous dynasty was in the past, Goryeo kept attacking beauties, they can honor Dayuan, and look down on our Daming?" What kind of truth is this? The minister just wants to maintain the old system of the previous dynasty, and there is no reason for Goryeo to refuse! ”

In the first few days, Liu Chun, who was still strongly opposed to the old system of craftsmen, has now become a staunch defender of the old system of the previous dynasty...... Zhu Yuanzhang said twice, "Boy, what are you thinking about?" Tell me the truth! ”

Liu Chun showed a big smile, "Your Majesty, Daning Tuntian, many people are singles, uneasy at home, and can't settle down!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang groaned slightly, "According to what you say, ordinary folk girls are enough, and they don't need to be too beautiful." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, let Goryeo compare with the previous dynasty and increase tenfold!"