Wei Zhongxian handed over all the remaining family property, including antique calligraphy and paintings, mansions and fields.

Coupled with the four million taels of silver given before, the total value is only about seven million taels.

Compared with Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing more than ten years later, it is really insignificant compared to the tens of millions of taels of silver copied from the homes of those Donglin Party who shouted that they would be inseparable from the eunuch party who were corrupt and bent the law.

Those were just copied from the house, and those that were hidden in advance were not found. It doesn't include the land deed property or anything.

All this money was put into the emperor's inner pocket, that is, the small treasury. With this money, many of Wang Xiao's plans also have start-up funds.

The milky white mutton soup is thick but not greasy, sprinkled with half a handful of chopped green onions, scooped with a spoonful of fried dogwood in mutton fat, and served with a mille-feuille crispy sesame pancake. This breakfast made Wang Xiao very satisfied.

Hokusai, who was on the side, saw Wang Xiao put down his chopsticks and stepped forward to wait for the cleanup.

But he didn't want to be grabbed by Wang Xiao's wrist, so he pulled it into his arms, "You don't need to do these things, I just have time now, come and teach me to draw." ”

Hokusai did not have a name at this time, after all, the first emperor had just died, and it was really inappropriate for the new emperor to ascend the throne. However, she can follow Wang Xiao's side for a long time, which is something that countless people envy and hate.

The former princess, the current new empress, was extremely jealous of Hokusai. It's a pity that there is nothing you can do about her.

Wang Xiao and Hokusai painted hand in hand in the imperial study, with a strong sense of love and honey, and the honey was mixed with oil. It was Wang Chengen who broke this landscape painting.

"Your Majesty, the Nestorian monk is Tang Ruowang's edict."

Nestorianism was actually born out of the Christian Nestorian sect, that is, the Eastern Assyrian Church. It's just that the real Nestorianism has disappeared as early as the period of the destruction of Buddhism, and the Ming Dynasty brought in the Catholic priests who were really sent by the Pope of Rome.

However, at this time, no one in the Ming Dynasty except Wang Xiao knew the difference at all.

As for the great monk or something, it is completely copied from Buddhism. John Tong was the priest who succeeded the Kinney Pavilion in charge of Oriental affairs.

Wang Xiao appeased Hokusai and turned around to meet John Tang.

John Tong is a real strange man, and he is not inferior to Matteo Ricci. He is the Toma method in Kang Mazi's mouth.

Christianity has always wanted to reach out to the East, but at first it did not know anything and adopted a radical missionary approach. Resolutely rejecting Confucianism and strictly prohibiting the people from worshiping the heavens, ancestors, and Confucius, directly led to the Jiangning Teaching Case.

After suffering a heavy blow, Matteo Ricci changed his strategy and took the initiative to integrate into Confucianism. The core of the activity also shifted to approach and influence the Emperor, thus opening up the articulation of the mission.

Matteo Ricci is Xu Guangqi's teacher.

This time, John Tong was very excited to learn that the new emperor was going to see him, and entered the palace with a globe, a map, and a telescope as gifts.

"Wechen Tang John, meet Your Majesty."

Tang Ruowang has a formal official position, he is a tribute of the previous bureau, and there is no problem in calling himself a micro-minister.

Listening to John Tang's fluent Chinese, he looked at his respectful gesture. Wang Xiao was silent in his heart.

When the country is strong, anyone will grovel. When the national strength is weak, anyone is an uncle.

At this time, although the Ming Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles, it was still a top power covered with gold in the eyes of these Westerners.

"I came to you this time because I had something for you to do." sighed for a while, and Wang Xiao began to turn to the topic.

"Your Majesty, please."

"You go to Macau and recruit a group of experienced officers, especially artillery officers, from there. Craftsmen and technicians for the manufacture of muskets and artillery are recruited, and tools and machines are purchased. In particular, the technology of flintlock pistols and the machines used to make them. All personnel are treated well, and money is not an issue. I have only one request. ”

Wang Xiao leaned forward and looked at Tang Ruowang, "It must be fast, the sooner the better." ”

"Wechen takes orders." Tang Ruowang has been in the capital for so long, and the necessary routines are still understood. No matter how difficult the matter is explained by the emperor, he must first agree to it without hesitation.

However, the difficulty still has to be said: "Macau is not big, and the people and machines required by His Majesty may not be able to prepare sufficiently." If you recruit and buy from Europe, it will take a long time. ”

"There is no place in Macau that you can go to Manila, and there is nothing in Manila that you can go to Batavia. Not really, the East India Company certainly has. If you can't find it, go to Europe. ”

In those days, ships were powered by sails, and the Suez Canal was not opened. From the West to the East, the voyage is measured in years.

Wang Xiao's words surprised John Tang, who knew that there were not a few people in Manila and Batavia in Daming, but it was rare to know about the East India Company. What's more, I heard that the emperor had been staying in the capital before he succeeded to the throne.

John Tang thought that other Europeans had approached the emperor to impart this knowledge, and a sense of crisis suddenly appeared in his heart.

"You can ask the Portuguese to cooperate in the name of the Ming court. Tell the Portuguese that if this is done well, they can continue to dry their goods over there. If you don't do it well......"

Macau is a small area, and such a small amount of land is actually nothing to the Portuguese who divided the world with Spain relying on the papal meridian.

The reason why Macau is so valued is because it is possible to have direct trade with the Ming Dynasty through here, and they want the right to trade.

Including the Dutch attacking the coastal islands several times, the Spanish attacked Macao many times, in fact, the essence was this, snatching the right to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the world's largest trade surplus and exporter in this era is the Ming Dynasty.

Porcelain, silk, tea are all commodities that the whole Western world is eager to see. You can make a lot of money as long as you ship it back.

When it comes to small money, the importance is naturally very important.

Historically, the Portuguese helped the Ming many times, and even provided instructors and weapons to train new troops in the area of Denglai, in order to maintain this right to trade.

It's a pity that this new army equipped with firearms not only did not become the fist of the Ming Dynasty because of the Denglai rebellion, but cheapened the Manchu braids.

John Tang left to prepare for departure, while Wang Xiao looked at the globe and world map that he had left as a gift.

"The sky is round and the earth is the wise saying left by the ancestors, and these barbarians actually say that the earth is round, I really don't know what to say."

Wang Chengen was worried that the emperor would indulge in these tricks and end up with the same bad reputation as the previous emperor. I couldn't help but come out and persuade.

Wang Xiao casually flicked the simple globe: "Do you know what innovation is?" ”

Wang Chengen was stunned, how could he understand what this meant.

"If you only know that clinging to what your ancestors have passed down from your ancestors, it is equivalent to drawing a circle for yourself and locking it up. It's always just a circle of wandering. If you don't work hard to innovate, you will eventually be eliminated by history. ”

Muskets and artillery were not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty, and even the Shenji Battalion was established as early as the Yongle period.

When the army of Toyotomi Hideyoshi fought the decisive battle in Busan, the largest artillery battle in the East even broke out.

Wang Xiao hired instructors for a new European tactic. Machines and technologies were purchased in order to be able to mass-produce flintlock pistols.

Compared to the arquebus, the historical torrent of flintlock pistols is unstoppable.

Daming's craftsman technology is definitely the world's top, but the cruel treatment environment and the government's XX led to the result that Daming's own firearms have become a joke that can only be watched lively, like fireworks.

European technology and machines, new firearms tactics to train new armies. This is the technology and innovation that Wang Xiao needs.

There is no way to solve the problem by relying on rotten guards and private soldiers.

"Forgot something."

When Wang Xiao's finger pointed at South America, he suddenly remembered that he still had something to buy.

He turned around and instructed the worried Wang Chengen, "You go and tell John Tang to buy corn, potatoes, peanuts, peppers, tomatoes, upland cotton, tobacco and others." Forget it, you wait. ”

Wang Xiao came to Hokusai's side and dictated the appearance and description of these important crops. Let Hokusai draw it and write a mark.

He drew dozens of drawings and handed them to Wang Chengen to bring to Tang Ruowang to buy a large number of seeds. Again, money is not an issue. Quantity, quality, and time are of the essence.

"Thank you for your hard work." Looking at the beads of sweat on Hokusai's forehead, Wang Xiao served her a cup of tea.

Hokusai's eyes were full of emotion, "I can do things for Your Majesty, and I don't feel hard." ”

The Donglin Party, who thought they had the merit of being a dragon, were waiting for the emperor's reward, waiting for the punishment of the eunuchs and the dismissal of the Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which made them hate. There are also people who hit the idea on the emperor's small treasury, wanting to get money to spend it.

Wang Xiao ignored all of this.

As for the ministers of the DPRK and China, all those who were struggling were punished according to the crime of eunuchs. After all, it's easiest to accuse them of a crime right now.

These people also contributed a lot of silver taels to Wang Xiao.

Coupled with the savings of the previous Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wang Xiao already had more than 13 million taels of savings in his hands at this time.

This amount of money does look like a lot, but unfortunately it is just a drop in the bucket for Daming at this time.

Disaster relief in various places, river repairs, and the distribution of official salaries are a bottomless pit.

Not to mention the salary.

At least six million Liao Salary every year is a vampire, lying on Daming's body to knock bones and suck marrow, until Daming perishes.

These Qian Wangxiao are going to be used to train the new army to master the guns, and no one wants to move.

"The crowd is in full swing."

Looking at the music in his hand, Wang Xiao slapped the table with a smile.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were many stories that were called jokes in later generations. It's like an itchy scalp, too cold water, or something.

But the most ridiculous of them is this Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty.

The big fools of the Donglin Party used this sentence to bring down the Ming Dynasty. A group of hypocrites and villains insist that they are positive characters, fooling the emperor into ruling and leaving the entire country to them to take care of.

Emperor Chongzhen believed it, and then the Ming Dynasty perished.

Now these people have thrown this topic in front of Wang Xiao again, ready to fool him into handing over the whole country to this group of hypocrites.

Under Wang Chengen's puzzled gaze, Wang Xiao picked up the red pen and wrote a word on this piece.

"Get out!"