Section 145

With Zhongshan Guard Station as the center, rumors spread instantly!

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Soon, the soldiers of Zhongshan Guard Station began to collect the scattered beast corpses.

It is now the hottest summer day!

If the corpses are not collected quickly, it may cause a major plague.

Of course, except for some people who are very hungry, basically no one will eat the corpses of these animals.

No one can guarantee that there will be no accidents with the corpses of beasts.

At the same time, the beast attack incident of Zhongshan Guard Station was quickly spread to the capital, among officials and merchants.

Along with Zhu Zhankan's heroic figure, it was also spread!

Many officials are very concerned about what happened!

Zhu Gaochi sat on a chair, sent away the officials who came to visit, and then picked up a bowl of mutton meatballs and started eating.

"Hey, boss, why are you eating again?"

Crown Princess Zhang directly took the bowl of meatballs from Zhu Gaochi's hand.

There were only two people in the room at this time, so etiquette was not so important.

"Hey, I'm not worried about getting fat, so why can't I eat more?" Zhu Gaochi waved his hand nonchalantly.

He was originally a very good eater, and even opened a place to prepare meals.

However, because he was too fat, he often felt that he couldn't eat because of illness.

But since he started to cultivate immortality, he naturally didn't have those extra worries.

"That being said, you still can't eat too much! What if you get fat?"

After nagging about these things, the Crown Princess Zhang showed a trace of worry on her face: "Boss, what do you think the court plans to do about the immortals circulating outside?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head: "I don't know what your majesty plans to do, but you should spread the martial arts, right?"

Zhu Gaochi said uncertainly.

Since the old man's Jingnan, he has a stronger desire to control many things.

Once the martial arts are spread, they may bring variables. Zhu Gaochi is really not sure what the old man plans to do.

Seeing his wife Zhang showing a trace of sadness, Zhu Gaochi waved his hand casually: "Hey, what's the point of worrying about these problems? The Ming Dynasty will not be in chaos because of these trivial matters!"

The performance of Zhongshan Guard Station is indeed quite average.

But the fact that the surrounding forests gathered to attack the Ming Guard Station does not seem normal!

Chapter 154 Yongle and the Demon Monk

Night fell.

Yao Guangxiao was once again tied up by the Jinyiwei under Zhu Di and taken into the capital.

In the imperial study, Zhu Di still flipped through the Taoist scripture in his hand, and his mind was still not on the Taoist scripture.

Since the incident of the southern city wall broke out, Zhu Di has been in the imperial study and no one has met him.

Zhu Gaochi, who knew some of the truth, naturally knew that the old man was struggling.

But the other ministers naturally did not know what the old man was thinking.

Originally, Zhu Di was upset and prepared to find a concubine to sleep with him.

Although he was a little old, he could still raise his head.

However, he suddenly thought of Yao Guangxiao in Jiming Temple.

Zhu Di felt that he could not let the old guy be so relaxed.

He specially summoned Yao Guangxiao to come over, in fact, he also wanted to ask about the fate of the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Di first started his army, he thought about surrendering or even giving up more than once.

However, every time he hesitated, Yao Guangxiao would always point out a way for him behind him.

Although after the establishment of the Yongle New Dynasty, he became wary of Yao Guangxiao, the resourceful and evil monk.

But he had not yet progressed to the point of killing.

As the practice progressed, the idea of ​​killing gradually disappeared.

"Master, you calculate, where should my Ming Dynasty go?" Zhu Di went straight to the topic, which was a life-threatening question.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the Ming Dynasty is invincible, and the prosperity will last forever." Yao Guangxiao made a few gestures and said decisively.

Although he said the blessing, Yao Guangxiao felt a little strange in his heart. Why couldn't the induction born in the dark a few days ago be used in the palace?

A few days ago, Yao Guangxiao suddenly realized that he had an intuition, which would help him have a strange idea.

It was really similar to what he called sensing the future!

But before he could figure it out, he heard that a beast tide attacked the city, and a banished immortal came to the world to eliminate the beasts.

In addition, Yao Guangxiao could vaguely feel the destiny he had always talked about before.

This was the first time he really felt the so-called destiny!

Although he still couldn't feel it in the palace.

But Yao Guangxiao's doubts did not decrease.

He was somewhat sure that the emperor in front of him must know some news, so he asked about the future so calmly.

"Hahaha! You are still so confident." Zhu Di laughed.

Yao Guangxiao didn't want to discuss the destiny and the future with Zhu Di.

He just wanted to go home and study the means of observing fate.

But Zhu Di still didn't want to let him go back.

He forced himself to find a topic and said, "I heard that His Royal Highness the Grandson is in charge of the Business Department?"

Although Yao Guangxiao was proficient in some dragon-slaying skills and astrology, he was naturally not clear about the technology of business and smelting.

He felt that his body was getting better day by day, and he even came into contact with some mysterious power areas.

Yao Guangxiao also wanted to learn more advanced knowledge.

As for the changes in the court, he didn't want to get involved too much.

So he set his sights on the Economic and Commercial Department.

Since ancient times, the status of merchants has always been very low among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.

The Economic and Commercial Department established by the court surprised Yao Guangxiao.

This is completely different from the previous national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce.

And it is said that the achievements of the Economic and Commercial Department are very impressive, which even shocked Yao Guangxiao!

In a previous auction, the court raked in nearly 100 million taels of silver.

It is said that in the past six months, the commercial tax has been changed to a different way of collecting, and it has been comparable to the agricultural tax for one year!

According to this trend, I am afraid that the income from commercial taxes for one year will be enough to match the income from agricultural taxes for two years!

However, Yao Guangxiao's question about the Economic and Commercial Department did make Zhu Di feel a little embarrassed.

Because he himself did not have a good understanding of the Economic and Commercial Department.

In order to keep up with the trend of the times, he also specifically looked for officials from the Economic and Commercial Department to understand the situation.

He also understood the changes in tax policies such as "taking one-tenth of the commercial tax".

But when it comes to more detailed issues, especially bills and taxes, Zhu Di simply can't understand.

The current expansion of the Ministry of Commerce is actually mainly supported by talents provided by the Ministry of Commerce.

Even so, the Ministry of Commerce is still a large empty shell.

Many departments have not been added at all!

"The Ministry of Commerce is responsible for managing the collection of commercial taxes." Zhu Di explained casually.

In fact, the current management scope of the Ministry of Commerce is not limited to commercial taxes.

It is enough to collect commercial taxes according to fixed procedures.

Now matters such as salt transportation and treasure notes have actually been incorporated into the Ministry of Commerce.

The next step is to expand these things that cannot be expanded to the Ministry of Commerce.

But Zhu Di felt that he really didn't know much, and deliberately found a few Hanlins to explain these issues.

God has mercy on me. Apart from the people from the Ministry of Commerce, only Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, can understand some of the business methods and tax collection methods of the Ministry of Commerce.

But he only knows one thing and not the other, even Xia Yuanji, the helmsman of the Ministry of Revenue, is like this.

There is no need to say more about other officials.