In the capital, the imperial palace, and the imperial study room, Zhu Youjian was sitting in the main seat and carefully looked at the memorial in front of him. In less than a minute (one minute in ancient times is equivalent to 30 seconds now), he had read the content of the memorial and the cabinet bill. After reading it, he almost without thinking, and wrote down the final handling opinions.

Zhu Youjian kept taking the memorials like an indefatigable robot, reading them carefully, and then carefully entrusting the memorials piled up in the imperial study room at a speed visible to the naked eye. Just after the afternoon of the afternoon, the memorials of that day were almost finished reviewing.

Don’t underestimate this speed. There are hundreds of prefectures and thousands of counties in the Ming Dynasty, the thirteen provinces, the Ming Dynasty, and hundreds of prefectures and thousands of counties and towns. Although most of them are handled by local government departments, there are many that cannot be handled by the emperor. In addition, the affairs of officials, households, etiquette, soldiers, punishments, and labor departments and more than one million troops, there are at least 400 memorials delivered to the imperial study room every day, and it is normal for five or six hundred to five or six hundred to be given.

Zhu Youjian usually starts to review memorials after he has finished his morning court. If he reads each memorial for one minute and reviews another 400 memorials in one minute, it is eight hundred minutes, which is about six and a half hours, and then he will not have to do anything in a day. Except for eating, sleeping, and going to the morning court, all other time spent reviewing memorials is not necessarily enough!

At the beginning, Zhu Youjian could not review a memorial at two minutes. He could not do anything all day long, and he only reviewed memorials. But now it is different. After a few years of training, his review memorials has reached an amazing speed. He reviewed ordinary memorials in less than a minute. Every day, he could return to the palace and enjoy a comfortable life.

If you want to say that the current emperor Zhu Cijiu is really good to Zhu Youjian, there is nothing to say:

For example, in terms of wives and concubines, when Zhu Youjian was the King of Xin, Emperor Tianqi also selected a princess for him, but only three were selected in total, one was the princess Zhou and two side rooms. However, in the second year of Chongzheng, Zhu Cijiu selected four concubines for him at one time and also selected sixteen beauties for him in the palace, each of whom was as beautiful as a flower.

For example, in terms of mansions, Zhu Cijing directly selected the largest mansion closest to the palace from the confiscated eunuchs' mansion, and gave it to him as a new prince's mansion.

For example, in terms of guards, Emperor Tianqi appointed Zhu Youjian three hundred lieutenants, and the army was 100, and the army was 400, and Zhu Cijing directly appointed Zhu Youjian four thousand lieutenants, and the army was 100, and the army was 50,000, and the army was 100, and the army was 100, and the army was 5,000, and the army was 100, and the army was 5,000, and the army was 100, and the army was 5,000, and the army was 100, and the army was 100, and the army was 5,000, and the army was 100, and the army was 100, and the army was 5,000, and the army was 100, and the army was 100, and the army was 5,000, and the army was 100, and the army was 100, and

As for salary and other things, it has been rising again and again. Now, the monthly silver price is 10,000 taels. The tributes given to him during the holidays are drawn in a carriage. Every time he has children, the reward is no less than 100,000 taels!

In order to make him review the memorials quietly, Zhu Cijing even gave him the imperial study room, and also equipped eight palace maids, eight eunuchs took turns to serve, serve tea, pour water, pinched shoulders and backs, and delivered memorials... Basically, he just sat there and focused on reviewing the memorials, and he didn't have to worry about other things.

Now Zhu Cijiu has installed the so-called air conditioner for him, which is a device that can automatically fill the house with cold wind. The hot summer also becomes extremely cool. Don’t underestimate this thing. I don’t know how much ice cubes are consumed in a day. In the past, the palace was not stored enough ice cubes. When it was first designed, Emperor Guang could occasionally blow it. Now there is a railway in Liaodong, and it takes about half a year to collect ice cubes. The ice cubes in the palace are also expanded to be huge, and there are only so many ice cubes. However, only the Regent Zhu Youjian and the Empress Dowager of the Palace can enjoy it. No one else can think about it.

After reviewing the ordinary memorials, Zhu Youjian raised his hands and stretched his big waist, then leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes comfortably. At this time, the four palace maids serving on the side immediately walked up and gently kneaded his limbs to relieve his fatigue.

Zhu Youjian closed his eyes and asked with a smile: "What are the emperor busy with these days?"

Wang Chengen, who was commanding the eunuch to handle the memorials, replied respectfully: "The emperor seems to be developing a garment-making machine with the people from the Ministry of Works recently. It has almost been done, and the speed is like ramen."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian opened his eyes and waved his way back from the palace maid. He took a memorial handed over by the eunuch. He looked and said, "The emperor is so smart. He doesn't know how his little head grows. He can shock the world if he just picks something out."

Wang Chengen dared not accept this. Although he was a new eunuch, he had received all the favors of the emperor. To put it bluntly, he was just a fifth-rank official, so how could he dare to comment on the emperor? This is the emperor's uncle, and he may only dare to say that to the emperor in the world. Others are suspected of deceiving the emperor.

Zhu Youjian said casually, not caring whether Wang Chengen replied or not. The next ones were the more important memorials selected by the cabinet, and these must be handed over to the emperor for a review, so he read them very seriously. The emperor usually rarely gave instructions after his criticism of the winners. This was the result of his efforts. After reviewing the memorials for several years, he became a professional in this field. If his nephew saw the mistakes in this regard, then his face was really nowhere to be put.

There are only about ten important memorials every day, and they were reviewed in less than half an hour. Zhu Youjian was about to clean up and go home to tease his youngest son. Suddenly, the eunuch's message came from outside: "The emperor is here."

The eunuchs and palace maids in the imperial study room, including Wang Chengen, quickly knelt on the ground to welcome him. Zhu Youjian had the privilege and did not have to kneel down. He just stood up, gave up his position, stood beside him, and waited for the emperor to arrive.

Soon, Zhu Cijiu walked in with a smile. He said no to give him a gift, and then he took the seat for granted. Then he said, "Thank you for your hard work. The King of Zhennan sent someone eight hundred miles to send some fresh fruits. I have a cold one and give you some fun to Uncle Wu. Come and bring them up."

Soon, several palace maids walked in with plates of exquisite fruits and placed them on the desk one by one. The lychees, mangoes, bananas, and jackfruit were all peeled and arranged in various exquisite patterns, which made people pleasing to the eye at a glance.

Zhu Youjian tried a few bites and sighed: "It's really delicious. Unfortunately, the journey is long and it's not easy to store. You can buy it everywhere like apples and pears. Yonger and Kunyi must like it."

Zhu Cijiu nodded and said, "Yes, a concubine riding the world laughed. No one knew it was lychees. It was too troublesome to transport the fruits from the south to the capital. I wanted to build the railway to Nanzhili or even Guangdong. However, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are too wide. With the current bridge-building technology of the Ming Dynasty, it is probably difficult to build a railway bridge on it."

After getting along in the past few years, Zhu Youjian is already familiar with Zhu Cijiu's temperament and can't be familiar with him anymore. When there are no outsiders, Zhu Cijiu has almost no requirements for traditional Chinese etiquette, so he answered casually: "Then let's repair it in sections, and the ferry will only take only one hour at most. As long as the loading and unloading terminals are built on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, it will actually not waste much time."

When Zhu Cijiu heard this, his eyes lit up and praised: "Yes, you can practice in sections! Uncle Wu's proposal is very good. I will ask the Ministry of Works to survey and start practicing next year. Then, my younger brothers and sisters can eat fruits from the south every day."

Isn't it more ridiculous than Emperor Ming of Tang to build a railway in order to eat a fruit? Zhu Youjian quickly shook his head and said, "Emperor, this is not enough. Building a railway is useless to the people and money, and for that little fruit is not worth it."

Zhu Cijing laughed and said, "Hahaha, I'm joking. The transportation of fruits is just a cover, and grain, cloth, and porcelain are the main ones. This railway must be built. As long as the economy that runs through the north and south Ming Dynasty can be doubled, the little money for building a railway is nothing."

Zhu Youjian roughly estimated it and said strikingly: "I'm afraid I can't spend tens of millions of taels of silver from the capital to Nanzhili? Isn't that all?"

Zhu Cijiong laughed even happier: "Hahaha, tens of millions of taels of silver are nothing. News came from Macau that the Dutch had agreed to pay compensation. Zheng Zhilong was indeed a robber, and he extorted 20 million taels of Dutch at one time. Not bad, not bad."

Zhu Youjian was surprised when he heard this, and he said with a dizzy look: "Two, 20 million taels, are the Dutch really willing to pay?"

Zhu Cijiu said proudly: "Hmph, if you dare not compensate me, let him become a coolie with more than 20,000 naval elites until you die. There are less than 2 million people in the small land of the Netherlands. I wonder if their army has 200,000. Can these 20,000 people be lost?"

Zhu Youjian sincerely admired: "The emperor is wise and can earn 20 million taels of silver at will, and the ministers admire him."

When Zhu Cijiu heard this, his eyes turned around and finally came to the point. He tempted: "There are still a lot of 20 million taels waiting for us to make money. Is Uncle Wu interested?"

Zhu Youjian was stunned when he heard this. He really couldn't think of any ability to make 20 million taels of silver. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure it out. He simply asked directly: "Prince, where can I make 20 million taels? Do I have that ability?"

Zhu Cijing said firmly: "I said yes, you have it. Spain ordered 100,000 flintlock rifles from the Ming Dynasty, two hundred taels per one, exactly 20 million taels. I have asked the Ministry of Works to speed up the production, but they demanded delivery to the door. Now the Dutch have surrendered and there is no threat at sea. I have asked the Spaniards to inform them to prepare the silver. At that time, I will get the 20 million taels?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian finally understood what was going on with the 20 million taels, but he was even more strange. Does this have anything to do with him?

He asked curiously: "Did the Emperor ask me to deliver goods?"

Zhu Cijing shook his head and said, "Delivery is secondary, and it is enough to be responsible for the Beiyang Navy. I mainly want the European powers to see the power of our Ming Dynasty. This power is just a navy, and it is not enough to have warships. I also want them to see our powerful army of the Ming Dynasty. The First Army of the Imperial Guards are well-equipped. I am planning to send 50,000 elite troops of the Imperial Guards to the continent with the Beiyang Navy to show off."

Zhu Youjian couldn't help but feel excited when he heard this, but it seemed that this had nothing to do with him!

He asked a little, "This, this, what did the emperor ask me to do? I have nothing to show!"

Zhu Cijiu patted his forehead and explained, "Yes, why not? Uncle Wu, you are the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, and there are many places to be revealed. At that time, I will send you a thousand palace maids, a thousand eunuchs, and a thousand Jinyiwei to accompany you to serve, so that they can see how noble our princes of the Ming Dynasty are. Besides, such a huge team, there must be a heavyweight figure on the formation. Zheng Zhilong has other arrangements. The Grand Tutor wants to guard Liaodong again. His mentor is old and weak, and it is not suitable for traveling far away. After thinking about it, I can only let Uncle Wu work hard."
Chapter completed!