"The emperor is rich all over the world, and he has to collect money for the things that are courtiers below, and such a thing spreads, even if Emperor Chongzhen's face and reputation are completely ruined by you. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info "Lin Yi directly grasped the key point of the problem, and used the issue of "Emperor Chongzhen's reputation" that Xiao Mu was most concerned about, and persuaded Xiao Mu in one sentence, although Xiao Mu still felt a little unconvinced.

"I, the emperor, say that I am rich all over the world, but in fact, the entire Ming Dynasty is about to be unable to open the pot......" Xiao Mu muttered quietly.

"But except for you, the emperor, and Hubu Shangshu Bi Ziyan, no one else can believe it." Xiao Mu was a little surprised that Lin Yi was able to call out the name of the minister of the court and the central government in one go, even though he knew that his focus was already a little off-topic, and then he refocused his attention on Lin Yi's words, and then he heard Lin Yi continue, "If you were an ordinary person, and someone told you that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was actually very poor, would you believe it? ”

"I'm afraid it won't ......," Xiao Mu replied a little helplessly.

"Not only no, I'm afraid I'll scold that person for being insane." Lin Yi added, "Therefore, even if you want to make money by selling cards, it should not be up to you, the emperor, to make the decision." And in addition to making people think that you, the emperor, are very stingy, there is also a very important hidden danger......"

"What's the hidden danger?" Xiao Mu asked very naturally.

"That is, you, the emperor, personally go into battle to sell cards, which will undoubtedly greatly reduce your value." Lin Yi replied, "You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, people are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the criteria for division are arranged in the order of 'Shinong Industry and Commerce', and merchants are the lowest and most statusless existence in the Ming society. ”

"I don't think it's a big deal, isn't it good to make money?" Obviously, Xiao Mu didn't appreciate the profundity of Lin Yi's reasoning, and he was still a little unimpressed by it, "And it's like Wang Dengku in Zhangjiakou before, isn't it just that he has a lot of money, and even has dead soldiers like Du Laoliu under him, who live a more nourishing life than me, the emperor, where does it look like the lowest social status?" ”

"Wang Dengkun is just a special case, and even if you say it is so powerful, Wang Dengku, who is dominating in Zhangjiakou, was not captured by you, an inexperienced emperor, in the end? Think about it, if you replace Wang Dengku with Huang Taiji, who has elite soldiers and strong generals in his hands, can he deal with them with Luo Yangxing and their brocade guards alone? Lin Yi immediately countered Xiao Mugang's remarks, "And you were originally an emperor with an extremely high status, but you directly did what the most humble businessman did, I am afraid that the next morning, you will receive the advice of countless courtiers, and the gate of the palace will be full of willing students again." ”

"Forget it then." Thinking of the countless courtiers' exhortations described by Lin Ye, and the picture of the unmath student asking for his life, Xiao Mu broke out in a cold sweat, although he had not experienced such an embarrassing moment since he crossed over, but he had experienced similar occasions, that is, he had just returned to the palace from Daxing, and the first time he participated in the early dynasty, the early dynasty left too many psychological shadows for Xiao Mu, from the impeachment of the eunuch party to the impeachment of the first assistant, and the collective resignation of the cabinet later, In the end, Xiao Mu had to use the extremely passive method of shipping to finally escape, which is why he was no longer in the court later, and directly became the shopkeeper.

Xiao Mu shook his head and said that he didn't want the things described by Lin Yi to happen, but he was still a little puzzled by Lin Yi's statement, "Since I, as the emperor, can't participate in the 'cheap business' that only businessmen like selling cards can do, then how can I make money, isn't our 'big plan' of making money by selling cards and mahjong from the beginning that there is no viable opportunity from the beginning?" ”

"Who said that what you, the emperor, can't do personally, can't do?" Lin Yi asked rhetorically, obviously she felt very helpless about Xiao Mu's "stupid" question just now, "There are so many national affairs in the DPRK and China every day, and I don't see you, the emperor, personally participate, so what are those political affairs that have been delayed in the end?" Didn't you appoint them to deal with them? ”

"Oh! I understand! Xiao Mu listened to Lin Yi's words, and finally realized, "I am the emperor, and there are countless people under my command who can work for me, why should I personally sell cards and mahjong to those princes and princes like an insurance seller?" Wouldn't it be okay to just hand over this errand to the people below to do? Just like when I hand over state affairs to the cabinet, I can find one or several people to play the role of the cabinet elder, and let them do the business of selling cards for me, I just need to check the effect of their work in the back and count the money with peace of mind! ”

"You're a bit of an IQ." Lin Yi was also very pleased with Xiao Mu, who had finally opened his mind, and then continued, "So, what you need to think about now is only the question of who should hand over the errand of selling cards and mahjong to do, as an emperor, the ability to recognize and employ people is often more important than the ability to go into battle in person, after all, there are so many things in the world, it all depends on you, the emperor, to go into battle alone, even if there are forty-eight hours a day, it is impossible to do it." ”

"yes." Xiao Mu frowned again, and began to think about the candidate question that Lin Yi had just raised, "First of all, this person must have some business acumen, and the two sought-after goods of cards and mahjong will definitely not sell in his hands." And this person can't be a civil official and courtier in the court, you just said that doing business is the most despicable business in Ming society, let the courtiers who are scholars engage in this kind of cheap business, they will definitely not agree, even if they reluctantly agree, they will definitely not do it with their hearts, maybe they will be ashamed to do it with their hearts. ”

Although he analyzed it for a long time, what he said was very reasonable, but Xiao Mu's question still did not find the answer, "So, what kind of person should you choose?" ”

"There's nothing difficult about that." Lin Yi saw Xiao Mu's look of contemplation and meditation, so he continued to speak, "You, the person that the emperor can command, are nothing more than the ministers of the court, as well as the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the rest are ordinary eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. ”