Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

When Liang Chu returned to the Ministry of Housing, the first thing he did was to inform all his officials to come to the meeting. It was already ten in the morning.

Those officials who saw him entering the palace felt strange at first. Before Mr. Liang Chu entered the palace, he was frowning, but when he came out, his eyes were red and his brows were dancing, as if he had encountered a great good thing.

Many people are wondering, what kind of panacea is in this palace? Can you make Mr. Liang Chu of the Ministry of Housing smile?

When they arrived at the Household Office, many people saw the long-lost smile on Liang Chu's face. This smile came from the bottom of their hearts. This unprecedented grin was the first time for this minister of households.

And in such an atmosphere, no one said anything, they all gathered together...

Night falls.

Zhu Houzhao returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to rest. The piles of memorials have all been processed, and there are no major issues in today's memorials, so it is not too time-consuming to review.

However, one thing that Zhu Houzhao has been brooding about is that the mansion of Huang Kun, Minister of War, was set on fire when the White Lotus Sect attacked.

Later, he reported to the court, saying that he wanted to apply for a part of the pension, and the Ministry of Housing insisted that he had no money, so he rejected it abruptly.

This time he really had no choice but to re-report his memorial and report to the court. Zhu Houzhao remembered that Huang Kun, the minister of the Ministry of War, was a clear streamer.

In fact, he also knew that the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were actually very low. Since Emperor Taizu, he has been living a poor life, but he secretly determined in his heart that there will be a big change from him. , at least double the salary of officials.

The monthly salary is only enough for a family of three to live. If there is a wedding, funeral, or marriage, these are not enough for daily expenses.

No wonder the cabinet found so many greed ink last time, in fact, to a certain extent, it is no wonder these officials.

Of course, it is not unreasonable that Zhu Houzhao passed the tax reform and made it available to the people.

As soon as I stepped into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, I saw a close **** walking over. "Your Majesty, the slave servant was ordered by the Empress Dowager, saying that His Majesty should give birth to a dragon seed as soon as possible to continue the incense of the Ming Dynasty."

Listening to this, Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart. The queen mother was too anxious. Does this dragon seed say that it can be born if it can be born?

Of course, Zhu Houqing said that this was the empress dowager's mind, and she didn't want to hug her grandson earlier.

But I'm not yet sixteen years old, isn't it a bit early for this kind of thing?

However, Zhu Houzhao didn't intend to give up this opportunity too early. He remembered the lady last time, she seemed to be called Bai Xue, and she served him very comfortably. When he thought of that snow-white girl, Zhu Houzhao's heart suddenly thumped and jumped a few times faster. Down.

"Tonight, I really flipped over the lady's sign last time. You go and ask her to prepare."

"According to the order!"

The little **** was happy, as if he had eaten the Happy Happy Pill.

This is called the emperor is not in a hurry, the **** is in a hurry!

In Chuxiu Palace.

Bai Xue was very happy to hear that the emperor lifted her leather brand tonight, and hurriedly took out a lot of gold and silver jewelry to reward the little eunuchs, and asked them to worry more about themselves in the future, and to mention themselves more before the majesty.

At the same time, the Empress Dowager Zhang in the Cining Palace also got the news. She immediately ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare the good ginseng soup and Guilianyuanzi soup, and asked Bai Xue to prepare for the pregnancy.

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The next day, the three-day morning morning begins.

Above the court hall, the civil and military officials were very excited.

Emperor Zhengde announced that he would revive the Ming Navy.

The Ming navy is the supreme glory of the Ming Dynasty. Back then, Zheng He, the **** of the Three Treasures, made seven voyages to the West and showed off his national prestige to me.

Of course, after listening to Qi Jingtong's report, Zhu Houzhao was still very satisfied. He built the Ming Navy and trained naval officers. Zhu Houzhao handed over all the responsibilities to Qi Jingtong.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, Daming's giant ships cooperate with new artillery. Not to mention the prairie wolf, the Japanese pirates on the eastern coast will not be afraid of him.

Zhu Houzhao was quite satisfied with the strengthening of his own strength.

Now that you have hard power, your next step is to improve your soft power.

Inside the Xuanzheng Hall.

Civil and military officials have been restless in their hearts because of what the emperor said before.

The Tartars in the northern Xinjiang and the Jurchens of Jianzhou were destroyed, which greatly inspired the confidence of the ministers in the DPRK and China.

Zhu Houzhao looked solemnly at the ministers of the DPRK and China, and said aloud: "I intend to allocate five million taels to build the Academy of Sciences, and to build the world's science and technology!"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers of the DPRK and China immediately boiled.

Not to mention the rest, from the construction of the Daming Navy, to the new-style artillery, to the construction of the current bank, all of this requires money!

Well, Daming Navy and the new artillery, you have collected a certain amount of money by rectifying corrupt officials and beheading a group of people, but what kind of academy is being built, and where does the money come from?

Before Liang Chu announced that the commercial tax would generate huge benefits, more and more officials began to worry about their future.

However, then again, in this official circle, who doesn't have a small favor?

Even if you are a clear streamer, you can't be so arrogant that you can't make a drop of oil, right? Or Zhu Houzhao thought at the beginning that an official's salary is really not enough for a person's daily expenses, so, next, will the butcher knife be raised to them?

Many ministers came forward to report, saying that this was a major event that would cost the people and money. Could it be that His Majesty wanted to imitate the Sui Emperor Yang of that year?

Zhu Houzhao looked up at the civil and military officials, and he probably knew all the ministers meant.

I only heard him coughing a few times, and to calm down the ministers in the court, he must have said everything he wanted to the ministers.

"Ahem, this Academy of Sciences is not a big project at first, so I ordered the Ministry of Industry to do it. Is Li Suide, Minister of the Ministry of Engineering, available?"

Hearing this, Li Suide hurriedly walked from the court to the center of the hall, cupped his hands and said to Zhu Houzhao, "I respectfully follow His Majesty's will!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction and said, "The Academy of Sciences is a branch of yours~www.wuxiahere.com~ is responsible for the development of advanced weapons and technology for my Daming. Only by clear division of labor can efficiency be improved."

"In addition, you may not know that the loud noise in the night sky half a month ago is a new type of artillery that I asked people to develop. The effect is quite good. I decided to send someone to develop and improve it in the future.

"The establishment of the Academy of Sciences will guide all of Daming's weapons towards the most advanced direction."

"I order you to select the most skilled talents from the craftsmen and fill them into the Academy of Sciences. These people must dare to try, dare to innovate, and accept failure."

"As for the money spent and so on, you all go to Mr. Hubu Liang, I just want the result."

"do you understand?"

Li Suide looked at the big day with deep eyes, nodded heavily and said: "I will obey the order!"

"In addition, in the capital, you can find a piece of land and build it into an academy of sciences. Special personnel are required to guard it 24 hours a day. No one is allowed to leak the key technical secrets."

"As for the salary of the craftsman, it will be distributed according to the salary of the third-rank officials of the imperial court!"

As soon as this remark came out, the court and the opposition began to boil again. Is this emperor going to turn the world upside down?

With so many expenses, even if you ask the Ministry of Household to sell it, you will not be able to get so much money. Many people said that in the early morning this morning, the emperor was talking in his sleep!

Of course, Li Suide knew His Majesty's intentions, not to mention the construction of the Academy of Sciences, even if it was to go up the Knife Mountain and go down to the oil pan, this is His Majesty's imperial decree!

Li Suide calmed down his surprise a little and asked, "Your Majesty, how many craftsmen are needed to serve as the Academy of Sciences?"

"All talents can be used by our Academy of Sciences!"

For a time, the imperial court began to boil again...