"When I have time, I'll visit the palace!"
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Yiliu and laughed, "Mother has been missing you. Hurry up and give birth to a grandson for mother. Mother has been waiting for you!"
Zhu Yijun did not worry much about King Lu's marriage. After all, Queen Dowager Li was the one who arranged it.
The only thing Zhu Yijun did was to give him some money and land. Because there was no need for him to become a vassal state, Zhu Yiliu did not ask for much.
Furthermore, Zhu Yijun was rich now. This amount of money was nothing to him.
A few hundred thousand taels of silver to Zhu Yijun was just a drop in the bucket.
"Yes, Brother!" Zhu Yiliu did not dare to delay and hurriedly replied.
Zhu Yijun nodded his head in satisfaction. With regards to his younger brother's performance, Zhu Yijun was very satisfied. He was sensible and knew the big picture. To the Emperor, a younger brother who did not cause trouble was a good younger brother.
"Accompany me for a walk!" The two of them entered the Temple of Meritorious Officials.
In fact, this was not the first time Zhu Yijun had come to the Temple of Meritorious Officials. Zhu Yijun was very familiar with the place. After all, many of the places were designed by Zhu Yijun himself.
The purpose of building this place was very simple. It was to commemorate and commemorate some people and events.
As they walked through the main entrance of the Temple of Meritorious Officials, there was a huge screen wall at the entrance. On it, there was a huge statue of the officials. Beside it was a huge stone tablet with an inscription on it.
This inscription was written by the number one scholar of the Daming dynasty, Xu Wenchang.
Be it the inscription or the words, there was nothing special about it. It complemented the Temple of Meritorious Officials.
After passing through the screen wall, there was the main structure of the Temple of Meritorious Officials.
Within the Hall of Meritorious Officials, there were different portraits of the officials. From the Hong Wu era to the Wanli era.
During the Wanli era, the number one official was Zhang Juzheng. Many people came to offer incense to him.
Zhu Yijun brought Tsetseg and King Lu for a stroll. Looking at the students who came to offer incense, Zhu Yijun's mood improved.
Perhaps it was due to the fact that when the higher-ups were good, the lower-ups would be even worse. He had always revered martial arts, and in addition to his admiration for Han Confucianism, the current Daming Confucianism had already begun to change.
Many people had already begun to accept the theory of generals and ministers.
The number of martial arts societies in various regions also decreased, and the number of Confucian scholars carrying swords also increased. What was different from before was that this time, they did not carry ceremonial swords for decoration, but killing swords.
In the past two years, the Ordnance Division's technology had made great breakthroughs. Coupled with the fact that Shougang had also started producing steel, the production and quality of Daming's steel had improved by leaps and bounds.
This also led to the upgrading of weapons, and a large portion of the top-notch swords were bought by the Confucian scholars.
As for how many people actually used these swords to practice killing, and how many used them as decorations, Zhu Yijun did not know.
However, Zhu Yijun did not mind. Martial arts was a trend, and as long as this trend was promoted, everything would be fine.
The main purpose of this was to change the impression that martial artists were vulgar, and at the same time, to raise the status of martial artists.
Zhu Yijun's policies were effective in this aspect. Whether or not he could cultivate a few high-ranking officials and ministers, Zhu Yijun felt that it was not a problem. With the right environment, such people could naturally be nurtured.
The late Ming Dynasty's Lu Xiangsheng was Zhu Yijun's favorite general.
To have such a subordinate, Zhu Yijun would definitely be overjoyed. For example, Qi Jiguang. Zhu Yijun treated him like a treasure, and was afraid that something might happen to him.
After strolling out of the Temple of Meritorious Officials, Zhu Yijun told Zhu Yijun, "Alright, you can go now!"