After Chen Hong returned to the East Chamber, he announced the Emperor's decree to Yu Huatian.
After Zhu Zaihou finished reading all the memorials, he went up to the flying corridor of the palace.
Zhu Zaihou breathed in the fresh air as he looked at the magnificent capital under the night sky.
Under the night sky, the capital was filled with stars.
Zhu Houxi had ascended the throne less than half a month ago. Before this, he was just a Prince Yu with no sense of existence.
It was destined that he would only die after waiting for the 18th year of Jiajing.
However, the rope of a few palace maids changed history greatly!
Zhu Zaihou ruled the world in advance and held the world in his hands!
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After Yu Huatian led the East Chamber's disciples south, Lü Fang entered the palace and bowed to Zhu Zaihou. He said softly,"
When Yan Song heard that, his mind buzzed.
He knew Hai Rui very well.
More importantly, although the two of them were capable ministers,
They didn't appreciate each other, but had a huge grudge.
Hai Rui had been suppressed, and Yan Song was the mastermind.
Because Hai Rui wasn't greedy and had a clean reputation, people like him didn't fit in.
Not only did Yan Song ostracize Hai Rui, but Xu Jie also disliked Hai Rui.
Zhu Zaihou looked at Yan Song meaningfully and said,
Yan Song couldn't help but laugh when he heard Zhu Zaihou's praise and beating.
The new Emperor had already made it very clear. As the chief assistant of the cabinet, he naturally understood the hidden meaning in the Emperor's words.
" Your Majesty, I admire Hai Rui's honesty and integrity. I will go and welcome them.”
" Very good. How about this, it's not appropriate to promote Hai Rui to the cabinet right now. Let him go to the Ministry of War to be an official.”
"Your humble subject obeys your decree…"
In the Ministry of War, although he was only a seventh-grade official, he held real power.
In the Ming Dynasty, starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, those with high ranks did not necessarily have real power.
For example, even though the Grand Tutor and Grand Preceptor were first-grade officials, they did not have any power.
He was only a seventh-grade official in the matter, but he was a deacon.
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Zhu Zaihou had been the emperor of the Ming Dynasty for ten days.
According to the report submitted by the Governor of the Southeast, Hu Zongxian, the soldiers and civilians of several cities in the Southeast had been fighting bloody battles these days.
The Ming army had already stopped the frenzied attacks of the pirates, and the war had temporarily slowed down.
However, the weakness of the Ming Empire's coastal defense further stimulated the ambitions of the pirates.
They were still constantly increasing their troops and attacking other cities in groups.
After Zhu Zaihou's series of strategies, the various guards in the central and southern regions were rushing over to provide support.
The Ming Empire had already been through 180 years. The war machine of the empire was rusted and full of rust.
However, this era was filled with famous officials and generals.
As long as he made full use of them and let them display their wisdom and talent.
It would be able to make the former Great Ming Iron Cavalry regain their vitality, and the Great Ming Empire would definitely be able to prosper and become strong again!
Although the Japanese pirates were aggressive, Zhu Zaihou only treated them as scabies.
In the end, pirates were just bandits.
Although the pirates had come ashore, they would only plunder property and would not pose any real danger to the Ming Dynasty.
The real threat now was the Northern Prairie.
In order to make the Ming Empire prosperous again, they must make the empire rich as soon as possible!
In order to become rich quickly, he had to activate the empire's commerce.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, valued agriculture and restrained commerce, and did not care about commerce at all.
The status of merchants was even lower than that of prostitutes in brothels.
There were strict restrictions on all kinds of commercial activities, which greatly suppressed the empire's commercial activities.
The economy was a pool of stagnant water with no vitality to speak of.
For example, tea and salt were monopolized by the imperial court, and merchants had to pay the government to buy "tea lead" and "salt lead".
These " leads " were a kind of evidence, and also a hotbed of corruption for all levels of government…
The Ming Empire's national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce lasted for a full 180 years!
It directly affected the officials in the court.
In the eyes of most of the officials, commerce was an opportunist, and agriculture was the foundation of a country.
However, Zhu Zaihou was very clear that to truly make the Ming Empire strong, business was the most important!
Right now, what the Ming Empire lacked the most was the flow of capital and labor.
After the establishment of the Ming Empire, Zhu Yuanzhang had imposed a ban on the sea. No one was allowed to go into the sea.
How could the income from maritime trade be compared to that of agriculture?
The tea leaves, silk, and porcelain of the Ming Empire were in high demand.
Once large-scale transactions were allowed, how much profit would it bring to the Imperial Court?
The enthusiasm of the people to do business would also be mobilized.
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