In the blink of an eye, it has been the seventh year of the Heavenly Dao, and the Ming Dynasty already has a bit of a national peace and security. The war in the Northwest came to an end last fall. The war in the south was also full of good news. On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve of the sixth year of the Heavenly Dao, various newspapers in Jiangdu published the good news of "Southern Tang won a great victory, and Angkor fell" on the front page in bold red letters. The army commanded by Tang King Li Yanguo finally broke through Angkor, the capital of the Khmer Kingdom, on the fifth day of the twelfth month. The monarchs and ministers of the Khmer State carried the coffin and asked for surrender, the former first power in the south has now perished!

The next day, the first day of the seventh year of the Heavenly Dao, there was good news again. In the late November of the sixth year, the brother of the current saint, His Royal Highness the British Prince, made another great contribution in the battle of the Ganges, and the 20,000 British naval army defeated the 100,000 army of the Delhi Sultanate, and also set fire to the Delhi Sultan's 30-mile land and water company camp, and burned more than 1,000 large and small enemy ships.

It is said that the fleet of the British prince was once bombarded by the stone machine ambushed by the Delhi army on the shore, and the British prince himself changed the flagship twice, which was full of dangers, but under the calm command of the British prince, all the officers and men fought bloodily, and finally there was no danger and won the victory - of course, it can also be said that the fleet led by Chen Defang was ambushed by the Delhi Sultan and was beaten on the head with a stone machine, but in the end it was defeated and won by the sharp cannons and strong steel armor......

In short, the Battle of Tianzhu was one step closer to the final victory. The victorious Eight-Nation Coalition has opened the door to Delhi. And Delhi Sultan Giasaldin . Balban is also massing heavy forces in Delhi and preparing for a decisive battle!

It seems that the final victory in the battle of Tianzhu is also coming soon.

The domestic economy of Daming has continued to rise in the past year. The large amount of gold and silver flowing from the New World, Japan and Tianzhu, as well as the wars in the Northwest, Nanfan, and Japan, combined the development of the New World and the northwest and northeast of the Ming Dynasty, and transformed it into a huge demand. It also greatly stimulates production. All walks of life have shown signs of prosperity, and even the southern agriculture, which was not prosperous last year, has ushered in a good year. Although grain prices are still low, the prices of cotton, silkworm cocoons, tea, soybeans and other cash crops are rising, so that most of the farmers in Jiangnan have received good benefits.

The readers of Jiangnan are now starting to adapt to this new era, which is not too good for them, but not too bad. The traditional way of ascent through the imperial examination is gone. However, the new era has given scholars a broader way out - even if these scholars do not plan to go to a new university such as Tiandao Academy for further study, nor do they intend to give up their dream of seeking an official position and become a businessman, there are still a lot of opportunities in front of them.

Not to mention going to the examination for an iron job to start from a low-level administrative officer (an administrative officer can also be promoted, but only not to the position of a political official), let's just say that so many vassal kings and feudal kings now need courtiers who can help them do things. As long as you are not afraid of long distances, are not afraid of high winds and waves, and are willing to start from the Hakka retainers, there are no sick and dead of war now. Most of them are already in the early stages. Either he was an official in the Southern Tang Dynasty and Southern Xia, or he was a special Brahmin in Tianzhu. And this path has not disappeared now, even if the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune in the last wave was missed. Now there is a good show of the great division of the North and South Mingzhou, and the news has spread all over the Jiangdu City, and the North Mingzhou alone is said to be sealed sixteen countries! Will this opportunity to be an official be few? It's up to you to have the guts to go. If you don't have the courage to go to Mingzhou, then you won't have the courage to rebel.

However, in the view of Liu Sheng, a rebel of the Datong Party, going to Mingzhou to break through and rebel can actually be combined.

Liu Sheng is now a lawyer. He graduated from the Beijing Academy of Political Science and Law last year from a crash course in legal affairs. The so-called crash course is a short course taught in nature. He was admitted in the fourth year of Heavenly Dao. Tiandao graduated in six years, and only studied for two short years. However, he still obtained a lawyer's license and became one of the few licensed lawyers in the Ming Empire.

After getting the license, Liu Sheng did not choose to stay in Beijing, but went south to Jiangdu, the economic center of the Ming Empire, and partnered with several Confucian scholars who also had the background of the Datong Party to open a lawyer's firm. Because none of those Confucian students went to the political science and law academy. I don't know much about the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so I haven't obtained a lawyer's license, so I can't take on any big cases, and I can't be a consultant for a commercial firm. Therefore, this lawyer firm is dominated by Liu Sheng. The name is also called "Liu Sheng's Great Litigation Division".

The income of a licensed lawyer is really not low, don't look at Liu Sheng is just a newcomer who has just entered the industry, and he panicked when he went to the court. However, his "Civil Law" and "Commercial Law" have a solid foundation, and the drafted sales contract is very neat and tight, which can be said to be leaky.

With this ability, he soon got the errands of legal counsel of several commercial firms - in fact, it was not a big commercial house, but a few small money banks and pawnshops that lent usury. The roots are all Jiangnan Yimen, although it is broken, but there is still some foundation. If you can't do other business, you are a loan shark after all. So he took out the rest of his family money to open a small money bank and pawnshop.

A few years ago, the Ming Empire promulgated the "Money Law", which restricted usury. The annual interest rate must not exceed 60%, otherwise it is illegal, and the borrower can refuse to repay the principal and interest!

However, this does not mean that there is no market for usury, nor does it mean that small banks and pawnshops that lend usury cannot find loopholes. For a licensed advocate like Liu Sheng, it is simply easy to make the loan contract comply with the Money Bank Law. The contract made by his hand, no matter how high the real interest rate, will not invite judicial trouble.

With this ability, he can earn more than 50 yuan without having to appear in court every month. In Jiangdu, he can definitely be regarded as a high-paid person. Recently, he also borrowed money from a money bank with which he had business dealings (of course, not a loan shark), bought a house in Yangzhou, and prepared to bring his hometown wife to enjoy the blessings.

Such a day is actually not bad for him. If it weren't for the unlucky dad who was forced to death by this evil capitalist society, he would definitely be a supporter of the great tomorrow - easily 50 yuan a month and 600 yuan a year. At that time in the Song Dynasty, he couldn't imagine such an income.

However, the revenge of killing his father is not shared with God! Moreover, there is not only the hatred of the father, but also the hatred of the teacher!

So much hatred. How could he, Liu Sheng, forget it all and only care about living a good life for himself? If so, is he still human?

So, he has been waiting for an opportunity all these years. Now, he has finally been waiting for him.

"Shengzhi, what do you think of the legal risks of this urban development bank?"

When Ying Longdang's boss Weng recruited him to the big mansion in Yangzhou City to talk about Mingzhou's "joint-stock city". Liu Sheng's heart was so excited!

What a chance! The opportunity for the Datong Party has finally arrived! Daming is Chen Dexing's iron bucket country. But the emperor is far away in Beimingzhou, and what kind of autonomy is there, if the Datong party follows him, it will not be easy to take power? At that time, even if you can't counterattack the Ming Dynasty, you can still build a country in Beimingzhou......

"Mr. Weng, this is an opportunity, a great opportunity! Don't miss it! ”

Liu Sheng looked at the man in his forties in front of him, with a gentle face and an extraordinary bearing. Not like a businessman, but like a big official, Boss Weng gave an unusually positive answer.

"Opportunity?" Boss Weng frowned slightly, as if he was very dissatisfied with this answer, "Shengzhi, the old man didn't ask you this!" The old man is asking you what are the risks of the law? ”

This big boss Weng doesn't know where he came from? There seems to be money, but the courage seems to be very small, and he is most afraid of violating the king's law. After paying for a legal consultant. It seems that the consultant has to be called in for everything.

"Legal risk?" Liu Sheng didn't seem to understand. "Mr. Weng, what do you mean?"

"If the old man goes to Beimingzhou. If you want to bring some people and servants, can you let all of them bring guns on board? ”

"Oh, according to the Ming Dynasty's "Interim Measures for the Administration of Firearms", holding a gun requires a certificate."

Daming not only has a gun license, but also a gun license! The former is issued to individuals, and the latter is to ships.

Liu Sheng said with a smile: "However, Mingzhou's side is not under the management of the Interim Measures for the Management of Firearms. There are no rules over there......"

"How can there be no rules?" Boss Weng shook his head again and again.

"Mr. Weng, if you want to go to Beimingzhou, you can be your agent and discuss this matter with the above."

Liu Sheng has been dealing with this big boss Weng for several months, and he knows that the other party is a little afraid of officials. He didn't understand that a bit. The magistrates of the Ming Dynasty are not so terrible. Boss Weng has a gentry card, and he is careful in doing things, and those magistrates have nothing to do with him. Now, it's not the time of the Great Song Dynasty!

"Okay, okay, it's up to you to represent the old man." Boss Weng nodded, "The agency fee is negotiable, as long as you can help the old man negotiate it." ”

"Mr. Weng, what do you want?"

Boss Weng nodded and said, "The city of Beimingzhou must have laws to follow, first there are rules, and then there are square circles. If it is self-government, there should be an "Autonomy Law", and it must be clearly stated how the city council will be formed, how many years it will be in office, and what powers it has. The rights and responsibilities of citizens should also be based on the law, and legislation should be enacted first, and then immigration. Moreover, the construction of commercial banks in this city must also be regulated by a law. He paused, touched his beard and said with a smile: "With all of these, the old man can rest assured that he can go to Beimingzhou to develop......

It turned out that this big boss Weng was going to Mingzhou to develop. Some doubts floated in Liu Sheng's heart, why did he leave home for tens of thousands of miles to go to Mingzhou? It seems that the whole family has to move over. I'm afraid that this person also has some unsavory past, and only by going to Mingzhou can he live a peaceful life, right?

……

"I am a disciple of the saint, and I am here to serve the saint, so let me in!"

"Do you hear me! I am a disciple of the saint, and I am the third disciple of the saint, and I am here to learn the Tao from the saint! ”

Outside the main gate of Jiangdu Daming Palace, a group of Taoists were gathering at this time. It is said to be "small", but in fact, it is young and not small. Several of them are all five big and three thick physiques. The leader was a tall and strong little Taoist girl, who also carried a large burden, led a horse, and hung two bows, two boxes of arrows, two horizontal knives, and a pair of leather armor on the saddle. He also held a token with the words "Ming Wang Ling" in his hand, and shouted at the guards guarding the door. It made several of the guards cry and laugh a little.

"King Ming Order" Of course they know it, all the heavenly envoys have a piece. With this token, you can indeed enter and leave the court at any time.

But you can't bring so many weapons into the palace! It's a knife and a bow and arrow, what are you trying to do?

Moreover, how can you have such a baby as "Ming Wang Ling"? In addition to the Heavenly Dao Envoy, this token is only available to the purple-clothed Dao Gu Otani Ai. But everyone knows that woman is a sage who serves the Ming Dynasty......

"I'm here to serve King Ming! Same as Mr. Otani! ”

Dao Gu patted her chest and said loudly: "I am the third disciple of King Ming, and I am a disciple of the house, so naturally I should serve by King Ming's side!" If King Ming can't see me, can you afford it? ”

It's the same as the truth!

The officers of the Guards guarding the door are also not sure, but this tall little Dao Gu has a bit of a posture, and it is still very tender, maybe it is really the new favorite of the saint?

And the "Ming Wang Order" has been tested, but it is true. But they haven't heard the name on it, it's Suddenly Bald. It seems to be a Mongolian, and I don't know where it came from? Maybe it's a relative of Baoyin Niangniang, who was introduced to the saint by Baoyin Niangniang?

The gatekeeper didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly asked people to report, and accompanied by a smiling face to let a group of five big and three rough Taoists enter the waiting room in the Daming Gate of Daming Palace, and also served tea and snacks, so that a group of half-grown children and little sisters waited patiently.

This little Dao girl who doesn't know the height of the sky is naturally the baby girl of Haidu Khan. In history, he is a headache character, this time and space was sent to Daming by her father, and she studied for several years in the Jiangdu South Tiandao Palace Court and the Beijing North Tiandao Palace Court.

I read well and was the first in every exam. She can also memorize the three major scriptures of the Heavenly Taoism as if she were fluent, and every time she debates the scriptures, she is the Tao, and she can always refute her opponents. Therefore, he has a lot of prestige among a group of classmates from Mongolia.,Although the age is almost the youngest.,But it's a big sister-like figure.。

And today, she didn't know what medicine she was taking wrong. Suddenly announced to her classmates that she was not going to upload to the court middle school, but was going to serve her teacher, that is, Ming King Chen Dexing himself!

Because, she is already a disciple of King Ming! As a disciple, it is natural to serve the teacher. Moreover, how can studying the teachings of the Heavenly Daoist Sect in the court of preaching compare with directly learning from King Ming himself?

So, a group of "elementary school students" collectively skipped class today and came together to send Kubalun into the palace. (To be continued......)