"It's a loss, it's a loss! 500,000 silver dollars to buy a provincial councilor, and he only has a four-year term, more than 100,000 yuan a year, and he lost his ......"

At the banquet, I don't know who mentioned the matter of "buying parliamentarians", Pan Wan suddenly shook his big fat head, and he looked like he was at home in pain.

"Who knows that Lu Dao can even buy Hou Ye now? A 500,000 councillor can only be a four-year member, and a 1 million marquis can be a lifetime and can be passed on to his descendants...... Do you say I am at a loss? ”

"What? Boss Pan, aren't you kidding? The marquis of the Ming Dynasty can also be bought? "Some of the wealthy businessmen present suddenly became interested.

"Of course! I personally heard Mr. Liu of the Royalist Society say it. "Of course, Boss Pan is a royalist, and these Guangdong bosses should be regarded as the biggest beneficiaries of Emperor Zhu's anti-Qing and Ming restoration cause. Of course, he loves the emperor and loves Daming, so they are all royalists of Yishui.

Bai Enming was an exception, but he was also curious about the matter of buying and selling titles, and asked with a smile: "Boss Pan, you are well-informed, don't sell Guanzi, tell us about it." ”

"Actually, there is nothing, that is, the saint wants to run a new type of education, and there is not much education funding, so he takes some titles and sells them. Donate 300,000 to get an earl, donate 1 million to get a marquis. Of course, this kind of bought title does not have an annuity and a house, and it is similar to the donation class of the former Qing Dynasty, which is an honor. ”

In fact, Emperor Zhu was also preparing to sell viscounts, barons, and lords, all of which were much cheaper. However, several bosses here have a net worth of millions or tens of millions, and if you want to buy it, you have to buy a bigger title. So Boss Pan simply didn't mention how to sell titles below the earl.

"Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a congressman is also a reputation, I think it's more cost-effective to buy a knighthood. It's nice to say it. ”

"Then I have to buy a Hou Ye. Isn't it 1 million......"

"You have to buy a big one. Otherwise, where will there be a face? ”

The wealthy businessmen in the room were all talking happily, don't look at them now, they all look like dogs, they all look like gentlemen, and they all have the rank of councilor. But in reality, all of them are not good people! A good man can't be a capitalist these days! Marx: What do they say? There is filth in every pore, and the wealth of these people is either earned by opening sweatshops, or accumulated by selling piglets in the coolie trade, and even one of them was a pirate who changed his career to open a casino after being laundered. Although there is money, the heart is relatively empty. Otherwise, how could they buy a parliamentarian to be a member of parliament at any cost?

But who has too many umbrellas? Isn't it just 1 million a Hou, 300,000 an uncle, go back and exploit a little more with your conscience, or you will be able to come back soon.

"Boss Bai, why don't you buy one too?" Pan Wan suddenly smiled and looked at Bai Siwen, "Mr. Liu said, this title can not only be bought by Chinese, but also by foreigners, and you also have an earl or marquis?" ”

Bai Enming gently turned the wine glass a few times, and said with a smile: "Of course I want to buy it." But I'm not as big as you, and you can't afford it. Just buy a bo. ”

When he said this, he thought in his heart that it is estimated that in the future, if there is no title in the Nanyang Guangdong shopping mall, he will be embarrassed to say that he is rich. This earl really wants to buy it, otherwise others will think that you have no money, which is a big taboo in the business field!

This Emperor Zhu really knows how to make money, in comparison, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty are too far behind. However, Emperor Zhu's new education is also an opportunity to make money, and there should be a separate education college under Lanxiang Academy to provide intensive training for teachers in primary schools and colleges. It seems that we will have to recruit more part-time teachers at Jishi University......

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At the same time, at the Xinghuachun Pavilion of the Yuanmingyuan in Beijing, Zhu Jishi held Tokugawa Akiko, who had just come from Yingtian, and accompanied her to take a walk in the vegetable garden (there is a vegetable garden in the Xinghuachun Pavilion), and asked questions: "You said that Tokugawa Iekei is sick, does it matter?" ”

Tokugawa Akiko frowned slightly: "Director Masamura of Yokohama Domain Hospital has personally treated Lord Gongkata, it is a stroke, and there is no life-threatening situation at present, but if I have a stroke again......"

She rushed to Beijing overnight after receiving an urgent report from the Yokohama Domain.

Zhu Jishi shook his head: "It's very dangerous to send it again, Jiaqing's age is not young, his health is very poor, and there is a high possibility of another stroke, and if he doesn't do it, he won't be able to pass this level." ”

Historically, Tokugawa Iekei died of illness in 1853, and it is said that the reason for the "fear" of the arrival of the black ship was that it was a heart attack or a stroke.

"Heir or Tokugawa Ieda?" Zhu Jishi's brows were deeply furrowed, he had seen Tokugawa Ieding when he visited Japan for the first time, this person had a bit of a brain problem, he should have been injured when he was born, and according to the popular saying of later generations, it was "cerebral palsy". But the paralysis is not bad, and he can basically take care of himself, and he can cook edamame and sweet potatoes...... This is also the only thing that the Tokugawa family can do and can't do well, and the Tokugawa family actually made him the successor, which is really confused.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Zhu Jishi, but now that the war with Russia was imminent, Japan also planned to send troops to help in the war. But if Tokugawa Iekei dies at this time and is replaced by the brain-dead general Tokugawa Ieding, will Japan still participate in the war as agreed?

In addition, the status of Nagajiro's heir has not yet been determined! And although Tokugawa Ieding is brainless, he is not very old, and I really don't know how many years it will take for Nagayoshiro to become a general.

Tokugawa Akiko understood Zhu Jishi's thoughts, and said in a low voice: "Otherwise, I will go back to Japan and bring Nagajiro back, and when Lord Gongfang sees his son, his health will probably be better, and everything will be arranged at that time." ”

Of course, Zhu Jishi also knows the words of Lu Dao Mingzi, and he must take advantage of Tokugawa Iekei's still existence to determine the status of Nagajiro's heir, and also set a timetable for succession - who knows how long Lu Dao's brainless general will live? What if he lives to be 80 years old (he died in 1858 in history, but Zhu Jishi doesn't know what to do)?

"But how long will his words work?"

Tokugawa Akiko said: "There should be no problem, I can let Nagajiro change his name to Takechiyo, and at the same time, let the feudal lords of all Japan send an oath of allegiance to Takechiyo." Once Takechiyo Motofu, let the family live in seclusion, and Takechiyo inherited the Tokugawa governor. ”

Takechiyo is a nickname for each generation of heirs of the Tokugawa clan, and the eldest son of Tokugawa Iekei is called Takechiyo, but he died when he was one year old. The Tokugawa family was already in the Yuan service when he got the title of heir, so he didn't get the nickname of Takechiyo.

Changing Nagayoshiro's name to Takechiyo now establishes his status as the heir to the Tokugawa family (in Japan, it is common for younger brothers to give their older brothers adopted sons), and having the feudal lord give him an oath is also a unique Japanese way of allegiance. Whether it's useful or not, only God knows.

"Nagajiro will be a general, because I am standing behind him!" Zhu Jishi's tone was very calm. However, Tokugawa Akiko knew what it meant. Although the samurai class in Japan talks about broken jade all day long, when it comes to collective and national interests, they still take the overall situation into account and do not have the spirit of revolution to the end without fear of tearing down Japan. Therefore, as long as Nagajiro had the full support of Zhu Jishi, the opposing feudal lords and important ministers of the shogunate would definitely change their positions.

Because these people were afraid that the Ming army would send troops to Japan in the name of supporting Nagayoshiro!

And at a time when the situation in East Asia was uncertain due to Tokugawa Iekei's serious illness, it was at the other end of the world. The approach of an international war that is about to profoundly change the balance of power in Europe has also paused for a moment.

One day in February 1853. In St. Petersburg, the excited shouts of Crown Prince Alexander suddenly sounded in the Winter Palace.

"Father, father, good news! The Turkish Sultan relented, and Prince Menshikov's report arrived. Mejid I has agreed to give the protection of Jerusalem to the Orthodox Church! The Quds crisis is over, and the Russian Empire has won a decent peace ......" (to be continued......