Zhu Cihong still has a little understanding of the essence of capitalism, and this ism, to be honest, is not very accurate to call capitalism, but it is even more accurate to call it loss-making. Because most of the people who devote themselves to the torrent of capitalism with the dream of making a fortune will eventually lose all their money...... There are only a handful of successful people who can really develop and maintain it to the end, and pass on a considerable family business to their children and grandchildren!

And for the problem of loss, of course, there are many reasons to find, the society is dark (capitalism is of course black), the people's hearts are not ancient (now Emperor Zhu engaged in capitalism in ancient times, and there are not a few people who have lost their money), and there are competitors who are hanging (Zhu Cihong is hanging up) and so on.

But one thing must be admitted, a loss is a mistake!

If someone loses all his money, it means that this person should not start a business, and it is wrong for him to start a business and do business!

Because entrepreneurial success is only a small probability event, and even if a once successful business has a high probability of falling in the not too long years to come.

From the perspective of probability, most capitalists' investment and business decisions are also wrong.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong, who is well aware of the true meaning of loss-making and the fierce competition in shopping malls, does not want to follow his own heroes in overcoming difficulties to join shopping malls (the same is true for starting a farm). Because the result of these professional households who are officials or cut people to do business is mostly lost!

At the same time, Emperor Zhu was reluctant to invest money in feudal government-run industry and commerce. Because he knew that if the feudal bureaucrats did not become capitalists, most of them would lose money and go bankrupt. Therefore, they are not expected to make money when they do business for the court...... Except for the projects that had to be invested, Emperor Zhu did not invest in them.

Of course, it is only the feudal bureaucrats who do not know how to do business, not other officials, who are feudal, very backward, and of course they cannot play capitalism......

Therefore, the capitalist line that Zhu Cihong is taking now is basically the free "loss-making" of the early barbaric development, that is, the first loss of a capitalism with personal money!

Because he was worried that Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu would lose all their hard-earned money by investing indiscriminately, Zhu Cihong was recommending to Wu Sanmei to invest in Tianjin on the way back to Liaocheng - although it is not as good as Shanghai and Nanjing, it is definitely much more reliable than the farms outside the Guan.

Just when Zhu Cihong and Wu Sanmei ended this private visit to Weifu, which had nothing to gain, and returned to the heavily guarded Liaocheng Castle, Wu Sanfu, the military division of the Generalissimo's Mansion, and Zhu Chunjie, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, had already waited anxiously in the Liaocheng Palace with the two bad news they had just gotten.

"Your Majesty, the rogues have made a big move again!"

"Your Majesty, Jinyiwei got the information that Li Guo had moved to Kunming, and also ordered Li Dingguo, the puppet king of Jin, to be the general of the southern expedition, and recruited government troops in Sichuan and Yunnan to prepare for the second expedition to Siam."

"However, the spies of the Hexi Jiedu Envoy Division reported that the Zhichong Mansion in some areas of Hanzhong Mansion and Gongchang Mansion ruled by Liukou are all in large numbers! Moreover, Liukou also transported grain and grass to the granary of Wudu Mountain in Hanzhong and the granary of Qiuchi Mountain in Gongchang...... It seems to attack Guanlong! ”

Li Guo's plan to conquer the south and the north again fooled the spies of Jinyiwei - due to the anti-business policy of the Dashun Dynasty and the official business policy of the Great Shun Dynasty, it was very difficult for Jinyiwei to infiltrate the territory of Dashun, and it was easy for Dashun to tease them.

However, because Wu Sangui had been operating in Shaanxi for a long time, he sent a large number of spies and spies to Hanzhong and Gongchang, and these spies were recruited from northern Shaanxi, and many of them were mixed into the Zhechong Prefecture in Hanzhong and Gongchang as government soldiers. Therefore, the news sent by them that the soldiers of the two places gathered and transported grain to Wudu Mountain and Qiuchi Mountain was extremely accurate.

"Last time, it was the sound of the north and the south, this time it's time to sound the south and attack the north, right?" Zhu Cihong paced in the study of the palace, "I really know how to pick time!" ”

"Your Majesty," Wu Sanfu said, "the imperial court now has thirty divisions, ten divisions prepared for the Battle of Pingliao, one division for use in Japan, one division for Siam, eight divisions for coastal and riverside defense, and five divisions in Liangguang and Huguang to prevent the blockade...... The remaining five divisions can be used in Ganshan, and if it is not enough, two or three divisions can be transferred to defend the coast, and the Hexi Domain Army can also be mobilized.

In addition, the Hoshut Khanate of Tibet was already willing to submit...... The Sichuan border army stationed in Qinghai can also be used in Ganshan. ”

Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun dragged on and on for a long time in the war between Qinghai and the Heshute Khanate. At first, the situation was not very favorable, but in the middle of the ninth year of Hongxing, the 74-year-old Gushi Khan died of illness in Lhasa, and the eldest son of Gushi Khan, who presided over the war in Qinghai, had to return to Lhasa to take the throne. Dayan Ozir did not go to Lhasa alone, but took a large army with him. Therefore, Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun quickly gained the upper hand on the Qinghai battlefield, and the armies of the Heshute Khanate were defeated one after another, and now all of them have withdrawn to Tibet.

The armies of Shang and Kong were also unable to go up to the snowy plateau to fight the Mongols, so the battle between the Ming and the Heshute Khanate was transferred to the negotiating table.

Dayan Ozir Khan agreed to be a vassal, but demanded vassal status. However, Zhu Cihong did not agree to sign the "Treaty of Sect and Vassal" with the Heshute Khanate, but wanted to restore the establishment of the Xuanzheng Yuan in Tibet and let Dayan Ozir serve as the envoy of the Xuanzheng Yuan. The power and status of the Xuanzheng Yuan are similar to those of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the government offices such as the Jiedu Envoy and the Metropolitan Protectorate.

Because there is a large gap between the asking prices of the two sides, there is no way to talk about a result for a while.

The negotiations were inconclusive, and the Sichuan army of Shang and Kong could only continue to stay in Qinghai.

"The Kawabe Army does not move!" Zhu Cihong said, "Let Sangui lead the Hexi Army to aid Gongchang and Fengxiang, and then transfer three divisions of the new army to him." ”

"Isn't it too little?" Wu Sanfu said, "The Hexi Army is not a large number, and it would be good to be able to transfer 10,000 people, and there are more than 30,000 people in two divisions...... Even if you add the governor of Shaanxi and the soldiers and horses of provinces, prefectures, and prefectures, that is, more than 50,000 people. ”

Now all the provinces directly under the Ming Dynasty have set up a governor, and the governor has a governor under his jurisdiction, that is, thousands of men and horses, mainly responsible for local bandits, stationed in important cities and passes, in principle, the governor is not allowed to go out of the province to fight.

The governors of the provinces and the prefects of the prefectures, as well as the governors of the prefectures of the prefectures, no longer have their own pacesetters, and the military power at hand is the guards of a battalion. This amount of troops can only protect the safety of themselves and the cities they are stationed in, and in principle, they do not leave the provincial capital, the capital city, or the state city.

"Fifty thousand is not enough?" Zhu Cihong smiled, "I don't expect Sangui to attack the territory of the Liukou, as long as I can block the Liukou in the area of Zhongnan Mountain and Qishan...... Just like Sima Yi resisted Zhuge Liang in the past! Just choke the rogue by the throat, and consume the military rations with them, until they are exhausted. ”

"That's it?" Wu Sanfu asked, "Your Majesty, the Liukou relied on the mountain danger to resist the royal master, and now he sent it to the door for us to clean up, shouldn't he seize the opportunity to annihilate him?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Zhu Cihong waved his hand, "Just block them...... They are no longer rogues, but have given birth to a bunch of children! Therefore, their northward march this time is destined to be no big climate. As for the annihilation, there is no need. Will Li Guo care about the death of tens of thousands of government soldiers? Tens of thousands of deaths will make his burden lighter! ”

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this......"

Zhu Cihong said: "I don't want to kill many rogues, I want to lose money!" It's not that you can't afford to die, but you can't afford to lose! It costs a lot of money for us to send 50,000 troops, and it costs a lot of money for rogues to send out soldiers...... This cost is not in the puppet court of the rogue, but on the soldiers of the rogue.

The current rogues have long taken root in Sichuan and Yunnan, and they are all old soldiers with families and businesses. Kill the old ones and the small ones, and it's impossible to kill them all. It's better to block them, so that they can't get out of the mountains, and they can't get oil and water, and they will multiply in Sichuan and Yunnan, and they will be poor after 20 years. ”