The economy does not mean that your political power and force value are good, but it means that you have the ability to legally mobilize materials and manpower within your rule, which is almost the most basic ability of the ruling class.

Later Western philosophers concluded that the so-called demise of the dynasty was nothing more than the productive forces it controlled, which was less than the consumption of maintaining its rule, so opening the imperial court became a loss-making business, and naturally it could not be played.

Unless it is a great man who transcends the times, a strong man with divine operation, the difficulty at the end of the dynasty is, how to open up sources and reduce expenditure?

How hard is open source, how many people died in Europeans before discovering the New World? No one is a traverser, and throttling is not a good one, and those who can eat financial meals, which one is good at stubble? Who doesn't understand that a crying child has milk? Who doesn't know to buy Confucian scholars (public knowledge) to help themselves tout?

Zheng Zhun originally looked at the peaches he picked in various names, and he was even more complacent, the price of silver in Vietnam is cheap, and 15,000 taels of silver can almost do a lot of things, not to mention that this is the time of prosperity, after finding that he can't get the protection of the Hanoi court, Zheng Zhun comes here to explore the scenery, and there are more and more people who burn cold stoves.

As we said, why did Jung Joon's rebellion go so smoothly? He has no historical baggage, or the baggage is in the capital, and there are not a lot of Lao Tzu's ancestors who are the founding heroes, clan nobles, and the queen's cousin, you have to pay your salary to support me, otherwise, otherwise we will write big-character posters to smear you!

If, when the Ming Dynasty is facing a problem, it brazenly raises the butcher's knife and opens the knife at the so-called clans that have no effect on the stability of the dynasty, there is no need to say anything, and there is no problem with how I look at it for another hundred years.

Of course, in terms of operation, how to suppress these founding heroes, what Xu Da, the descendants of Liu Bowen's gang pay money, and those distant relatives of all sizes pay money, it requires god-like operation, anyway, there is no precedent in human history.

Zheng Zhun's advantage lies in this, he is a small country and a widow, and after the Hongji Incident, he doesn't have to raise those nobles, he can make a point of strength with a little effort, and the gap here is not as simple as one plus one.

But soon, he was confused by the hands that came from all over to ask for money.

"Master, these coffins were explained from above, and we should hurry up, for fear of delaying the brothers to enter the ground, you say, don't give money, isn't this chilling people's hearts."

"A coffin and a tael of silver, you might as well grab it!"

The master was surprisingly angry, in this land of Vietnam, where can the poor people afford to use the coffin, they just find a mat or something like that, even if they use it, it is an extremely thin and brittle small coffin, and it has to be a landlord-level figure, the so-called selling to bury their father is a joke.

"However, that's what the old man asked for, so I waited to work day and night, and I didn't earn more money for this silver, I saw that there were so many young offspring, so I didn't dare to charge more."

"Shut up, don't you have any ...... Insider. ”

Compared with other Han businessmen, Hu Ming is an outlier among the Han people, as a thirty-year-old or a child, he played the role of the person leading the donkey and pulling the pee in a fraud case that was promoted to Xiucai, that is, he ate meat and he blocked the disaster, and after he couldn't stay in Zhaoqing and ran away to Vietnam, he was somehow favored by a small local landlord and recruited as a son-in-law.

Although the woman looked a little uglier than Hu Ming, and her complexion was dark, fortunately, the lights were turned off at night, and she didn't ......

Fortunately, after that, life was quite stable, although he was a defeated dog in the imperial examination, he was also proficient in literature and ink, and he reluctantly made an account room, managing the accounts of his father-in-law, and of course, he left the circle of Vietnamese Han merchants.

The Han businessmen ran away from Hongji, and people like him were actually very embarrassed, but this time he followed his father-in-law and hugged Zheng Zhun's thigh, naturally planning to scavenge a sum of money, but the old man didn't understand his hints, and he always refused to give kickbacks, and he didn't even have a chance to find a quiet place to discuss, and kept saying that the price of one or two silver and a pair of longevity materials could not be lowered.

He was entangled here, but he saw another noise outside the accounting room.

"Mr. Hu, there is another person who has come to ask for money."

"My son's body has finally been found, you can't afford not to give money......"

"Repair the silver of the monument, please give some ...... boss"

"Next Month's Salary ......"

Hu Ming is crazy, originally according to the plan, this Hongji's monthly salary and silver consumption is sky-high, and the recruits can also fool around according to five dollars of silver a month, those Mauser spearmen are all highly paid, ranging from one tael to five taels a month, fortunately, there are not many people who can take five taels, basically Zheng Zhun's personal servants have this treatment, otherwise he will be martyred to death.

Fortunately, what he knew, there was no need to delay too long, it only took another month or two to prepare to march again, and this time the troops would not make the same mistakes as last time, and they were ready to fight down at one time, and after that, they would naturally not worry about military salaries.

But no matter how it is calculated, Hu Ming also knows that he can't spend money like this, he must always have an emergency, even if he fills his own pockets, he must slow down, and it is best to wait until he enters the capital before making a move.

Although he did not go through the army, he had at least seen the Three Kingdoms, and knew that the army was everywhere, and the most important thing was the military salary.

He still has some brains, but in the face of the tumultuous water that only can't get in and out, such a little money is not enough.

I went to inquire again, it turned out that there were countless expenses behind, whether it was the purchase from the countryside, or the various preparations for hiring craftsmen, it was not a small amount of money, I originally thought that 15,000 taels could last at least a few months, but now I see, if it wasn't for Hu Ming's poor life, he knew that it was wrong, and immediately stopped some hands asking for money, and the money would be clean before the end of the month.

However, a lot of money was ordered by Mu Rongshan, and many things, if you don't do it, you still make a start, but you don't want to do it, it will offend people.

In later generations, there were many examples of this, some people had a successful career and decided to donate to support their education, but halfway through they found out that they were suffering from cancer, and naturally lost the ability to make money, but the parents of the students did not give up, claiming that they were liars and asked them to provide for their children to study until college.

This money, it is easy at the beginning, but it is difficult to end, it is all work that offends people, in the face of this situation, Zheng Zhun, who is very embarrassed, can only frown and say: "Is there no other way?" ”

Hu Ming looked at it and said boldly: "King, that Chu Gongzi is obviously doing this on purpose, so it is convenient to take care of us and others, now Hongji's expenses, if you continue to spend it like this, you have to get the silver of Chu Gongzi, but if he cuts off the cooking for us, it will be bad, and he has to find a way to grab the silver from the Heavenly Dynasty in his hands." ”

Zheng Zhun is a little unsure, the sea power under his command is close to nothing, and it is very difficult to do how to operate, although it is now considered a strong man, after more than a month of desperate training to lick his wounds, the capable army that can be commanded has once again exceeded 5,000, and 3,000 rifles are also used freely, he is full of confidence that he can fight the world, and he is not afraid.

"I invite Gongzi Chu to come to me."

Zheng Zhun also discovered this problem, but there was no way to solve it, although he now said that he already has an army directly under him, and it is strong, but the source of the military salary funds needed to maintain this army is those Han people, in addition, how many children can the gentry in the countryside take? All the Han merchants in the city have been robbed, and there may not be thousands.

originally thought that Chu Liuxiang was no longer important to him, but now that he saw that even if he took away the granary and the silver warehouse and many seats, he still had to bow his head.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no reply, and the entourage came back with a message, "Master Chu said that he would receive distinguished guests, and he couldn't come out for the time being." ”

What a distinguished guest! Who can there be, there have been no cargo ships from the Celestial Empire entering the port in the past few days, you know, Zheng Zhun has made people keep an eye on the port every day, and report any movement quickly, and there has been no ship in the past few days.

Zheng Zhun muttered secretly, could it be that he saw that I had a request for him, so he began to sell it at a high price? It's just abominable.

"If you invite me again, do you want me to invite it myself?"

For a moment, he really wanted to send troops to do it, but the next moment he stopped this bad idea, if even the Celestial Empire was offended, then he would really become a loner.

But the continuous waiting also made him angry, and for a while, all kinds of new and old hatreds gradually rose, how did he fool himself at the beginning, step by step so that he had to embark on the road of rebellion, and even half-detained his daughter, and now he refuses to meet, he is now gambling on all rebellions, but what is this kid doing?

Zheng Zhun's face gradually became gloomy, and he said: "Send more people, block his boat, and let him come out quickly!" ”

This time, after waiting for a long time, when Zheng Zhun was impatient, Chu Liuxiang was late, and said lazily as soon as he came: "Why is my father-in-law like this, I am still instructing female soldiers how to treat their injuries, hey." ”

Zheng Zhun held back his annoyance and said, "Son-in-law, there seems to be a bit of a shortage of silver in the silver inventory, you can tell me what to do." ”

Mu Rongshan said: "Then what can I do, the ships transporting silver and grain in Guangdong are also operated by Zheng Yiguan, plus the waves are big, and it is normal to delay, what are you anxious about." ”

"If there is no new silver to be shipped, the treasury will soon be at the bottom."

"That's my business, it's not my business."

Mu Rongshan looked like a dead friend who was not dead and poor, lazily seemed to want to sleep, waved his hand at this time, and said: "If it wasn't for my father-in-law's business, I would have left this place a long time ago. ”

Zheng Zhun felt very annoyed, now that his eyebrows are burning, you just want to play?

However, Mu Rong Shan came out lightly in the next moment: "It is a person from Hue." ”

Zheng Zhun didn't understand at first, but the next moment he almost jumped up and said, "You mean ......"

Mu Rongshan waved his hand, as if he had no interest in it, and said: "I have hot soup at home, and the little girl in the hot soup is still very tender, so I don't care about these things." ”

Behind him, a man with a flattering smile, speaking fluent Vietnamese, began to speak.

Regardless of what Zheng Zhun and the people from Hue talked about, Mu Rongshan calmly returned to his Xiangshuai and sat there silently.

After a while, someone came in and reported, "The prospective lord has called a meeting of his henchmen. ”

"The prospective lord held a banquet and entertained the person from Hue."

"The prospective lord found two women from the women's camp to serve the people......"

Mu Rongshan kept listening to the return, and he didn't know what to think in his heart, but he didn't have much emotion, but smiled and said, "This is also appropriate." ”

Father-in-law Bao seemed to be dissatisfied and said, "We are abandoned." ”

"That's a good thing......"

Mu Rongshan said: "In fact, it's like a snowball, we shouldn't have participated too much below, Zheng Zhun's strength has expanded too fast, and even some of them have exceeded the imagination of the people in the imperial capital, I can't imagine that these Vietnamese people are so fast in getting started with firearms, no worse than those bankrupt farmers in Europe, let's watch the show." ”

"Don't you inquire about what kind of collusion Zheng Zhun has done with the people from Hue?"

"If you want to go, since the imperial capital doesn't care, what do we care about, as long as they are willing to fight, let's just watch the show."

"I'm afraid that in the end, we will be excluded."

"It's still that problem, we don't have soldiers, so we lack the right to speak, although there are a lot of people we control, but we can't look down on it at all, at least for now, the language is not comprehensible, Zheng Zhun sees us as outsiders, it's not for nothing."

"Cheers, it's really not my race, its heart must be different."

"I can't say that, I think the next generation will be fused with blood, and after the progress of language education, it will always be comparable to this."

It should be said that Ruan Fulan's actions are still fast enough, and he sent his henchmen here in order to win over the rebellious Zheng Zhun, thinking that he could plot to divide something, and Zheng Zhun did not refuse, in his opinion, Ruan Fulan is basically the fat on the board, and it is very easy to deal with.

After waiting for a few days, the person was sent away, and the news reached the imperial capital, it was already mid-February, the weather was getting warmer, and Li Xiangqian had countless bones in front of him, of course, the origin was also very suspicious, but after it was old, each had its own words.

"The oracle bone inscription is left by the merchants, but the culture of the merchants and the Zhou people is still very inherited, and even the Confucian saints are just picking up people's teeth and wisdom to study the knowledge of their predecessors, so the private goods in it can still be made some, but, you say, at the beginning of writing people, the nature is good, or what is good, I can't make up my mind."

Li Xiangqian looked at these oracle bones at this time, of course, they were all recent imitations, as an amazing counterfeiting process, the elders could be said to have taken great pains.

(End of chapter)