The New Year of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse is approaching, the palace is full of lights, beaming with joy, Zhu Youxiao wears a festive red dragon robe, sits in the Qianqing Palace, and looks at the New Year's recitals from all over the world.

It has been three years in power, these three years are the three years of the Ming Dynasty from the ups and downs to the rise, three years ago, the scope of the imperial court is only the area south of the Yangtze River, the northern Manchu Dynasty is eyeing the lake, Guangxi, Fujian is occupied by warlords and vassal kings, Sichuan, Yungui, Guangxi is occupied by Tusi, Taiwan is in the hands of the red-haired people, Henan is seriously troubled, the territory left by Emperor Taizu is divided, the Zhu family's rivers and mountains are crumbling, the young Zhu Youxiao with the immature shoulders of a sixteen-year-old boy to support this heavy burden, and miraculously pulled the tattered carriage of the Ming Dynasty from the quagmire to Yangguan Avenue。

The current Ming Dynasty is stronger than three years ago, I don't know how many times, after the eunuch party, the party forces were eradicated, the court weather was one of the new soldiers, with their lives, up and down, and quickly swept away the separatist forces in various places, a storm of clean government, and cleared the officialdom, eliminated corruption, and sprouted a group of honest and honest good officials like Zhang Fulin, the securities supervisor, the yamen and Jiangnan weaving, the same as the city of the city, contributed a huge amount of wealth to the Ming finances, which directly affected the two wars in the autumn.

Now the border troubles have been eliminated, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been beaten to a dying breath, the turtle cowered in the Taihang Mountains to sit and wait to be killed, although the newly rising Western Xia has the style of the Yuan Dynasty, the city is invincible, but after all, it is not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty with strong financial and human support, Yuan Chonghuan defeated the victory, recovered Shaanxi, not to mention the return of troops into the Hexi Corridor, which directly threatened the old nest of the Xixia people, the cause of the Ming Dynasty is thriving, the light of China is shining thousands of miles, the barbarians surrender to the situation of the coming dynasty will reappear again.

Zhu Youxiao's desk has a thick stack of New Year's folds, in the past, when the Ming Dynasty was prosperous, the surrounding feudal states always had to prepare local products a few months in advance every New Year, and went to the capital to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor.

Nothing can make the king of a country happier than this, Zhu Youxiao felt that he was really a saint of the ages, although he did not dare to compare with the founding monarchs of the Han Dynasty, Tang Taizong, and Song Taizu, but at least he could compare with the Zhongxing monarch like Emperor Guangwu and Tang Minghuang, the young emperor was full of ambition, looking at the snowflakes and towering palaces outside the window, he was very interested in Fu Shiyi, but when he was young, he read little and the foundation was too poor to write poetry, so he had to look up to the sky and howl twice, and then turned to Wei Zhongxian who was serving on the side and said: " Xiao Weizi, do you say that it is good for me to seal Mount Tai next year? ”

Wei Zhongxian stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty's Zhongxing Daming merits, the sun and the moon can be learned, and it is reasonable that Mount Tai should seal Zen and announce it to the world, so that Your Majesty's great achievements will be spread for thousands of years, this is a beautiful thing, and the slaves and maids are 10,000 in favor." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled reservedly, and turned back to look out the window, next autumn, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty will basically be able to purge the Xixia people, they will also be expelled thousands of miles away, the imperial court income has quadrupled compared with before, and the cultural and martial arts of the Apocalypse Dynasty have reached an unprecedented level, Rao is the most demanding minister, and will not stop his plan to seal Zen on Mount Tai, and when the time comes, it will be so majestic to hold the Zen ceremony on the top of Mount Tai, what a glorious history, remember this moment, this is the Apocalypse Zhongxing!

The emperor's heart was surging, his thoughts were full of thoughts, and he thought of the heroes who had assisted him over the years, and now that the New Year was about to be celebrated, why not take advantage of this moment to reward them well, so he called Wei Zhongxian and dictated the list of rewards.

The first grace is Yuan Chonghuan, the secretary of the military department and the governor of the northwest, who has built miraculous achievements, and Yuan is not in the capital, so the rewards are all sent to his mansion in the capital, removing the regular silk and satin, jewelry and jade, and also sealing the surviving mother of Lord Yuan as Mrs. Yipin, and the son of Lord Yuan as the Zhongshu Sheren; The other generals of the Western Route Army also had their own rewards.

Then there has always been loyalty, assisting the emperor's cabinet, Qian Qianyi, Lord Qian has done his best to manage the Ming Dynasty, with the expansion of the imperial court's sphere of influence, government affairs are becoming more and more complicated, each of them has to deal with the appointment and dismissal of officials of all sizes across the country, and everything has to be asked by Lord Qian, in just three years, Lord Qian's temples have been white, such loyal ministers and capable ministers must be rewarded, but Qian Qianyi is already a very popular minister, and the elders in the family have also been rewarded, except for material rewards, there is no other good way, Zhu Youxiao tilted his head and thought about it: "I heard that Qian Ge Lao has a very famous concubine, from a humble background, you might as well seal a decree to give her old money, she must be very happy."

Wei Zhongxian smiled and said: "The emperor, Lord Shengming, Lord Qian, loves this concubine the most, but it is bitter, because the fireworks woman has not been able to show her face, if the emperor gives her a decree, she has a good name, and Lord Qian doesn't know what it will be like to be happy." ”

Zhu Youxiao also smiled, as if he saw Qian Qianyi's old face of gratitude to Dade, he waved his hand in a chic manner and said: "For me, I should reward everything I do, and I have sufficient internal funds, and I give the officials of the six departments, six departments, nine secretaries, and the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian, the four divisions, the eight bureaus, and the twenty-four yamen all point the New Year's silver to let them know that the heavens are magnanimous." Leave this matter to Xiao Weizi, you can handle it. ”

Wei Zhongxian lowered his eyebrows, and in response, he went out backwards to prepare the order, and was suddenly stopped by Zhu Youxiao again: "The dozens of best long knives that the Wa Kingdom paid tribute to, pick three of the best and give them to the Marquis of Zhenwu." ”

This winter is particularly cold, even the Qinhuai River has a thick ice, along the eaves of the street can see a long string of crystal clear ice skates, adults and children are wearing thick Songjiang cotton made of cotton jackets, cotton pants, a mouth is a white fog, the city air is filled with a smell of food sweetness and firecrackers, firecrackers after the explosion of gunsmoke mixed with the smell - this year, it is popular to use gunpowder to make a loud noise and fire small paper rolls to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. It is said that the person who opened the fireworks factory was a relative of a certain official of the Ministry of Industry, and of course, this factory was also listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange with the boom of listing, and the market price of five copper plates rose to 15 copper coins in just one day. bsp; The stock listing of fireworks and firecrackers factory is only a microcosm of the economy of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Fulin is indeed a talent, his relaxation of listing conditions and the opening of exchange branches of the measures to bring economic prosperity to the Ming Dynasty, small and medium-sized enterprises have obtained sufficient exhibition funds, the people's surplus money, in addition to buying a house, land and deposit number, there is a channel for investment, Zhang Daren's policy allows them to afford to buy stocks, buy stocks, and after buying, the appreciation is simply faster than putting usury money, faintly, Zhang Fulin's reputation has also begun to be praised among the people, some people also gave Zhang the name of Zhang Caishen, Zhang Daren mixed with fame and fortune。

Mr. Zhang is very shrewd, except for the bribes sent by extremely credible people, all other money is rejected, it is these reluctantly collected silver two, he also did not keep a penny, all of them took the opportunity of the New Year to give to his boss and colleagues, the furnishings at home are still the same, his wife did not buy silk and satin, let alone buy a big house, buy land, even the cup of tea is not a valuable porcelain, but a half-old glass can, the outside of the bottle with cotton cloth made of a heat preservation cover, and everyone who sees it praises Lord Zhang, he is really a good official with two sleeves and a clean breeze.

In the hands of power, if you don't take the opportunity to make money, it is a fool, Zhang Fulin created the image of a clean official, in order to make better money, with the wisdom of Lord Zhang, he will naturally not stupidly rely on bribes, he has the power to review the stock listing, and he can make a fuss about it.

There are many private enterprises in the south of the Yangtze River, there are a large number of shops and factories open every month, there are also a large number of shops and factories closed, Zhang Fulin secretly let his brother to buy these bankrupt enterprises, with a very low price down, and then packaging, forge account books, beautify performance, and then directly apply for the listing of the bank, the total share capital of this small enterprise is about 10,000 taels to 100,000 taels, and a listing can get this number, and then keep a large number of cheap original stock chips in their hands, and when the stock price is high, they will be thrown out for silver, in fact, the enterprise has not been put into production at all, and there is no need to put into production, anyway, most people do not understand this, they know that the stock can appreciate when they buy, and it can rise, which is enough。

The Western Regions Meritorious Report Fund Behavior, the imperial court raised 10 million taels of military expenses, these money in addition to the purchase of grain, grass and weapons, most of the money is to the front line as a military salary and the cost of building the city wall, as soon as it arrives in Shaanxi, it will have an immediate effect, Yuan Governor Division, the military power is great, the Xixia people will be driven out to the west for hundreds of miles, the good news to the west, the fund has risen sharply, now the news from the west is the most urgent, as long as the military situation is mastered in advance, you can reach a small amount, the court has gradually formed a class of interests, mainly military officials, these people are often the first to grasp the war report, if the good news comes, they will buy the fund, and so on after the rise, if there is unfavorable news to come, they will sell in advance to avoid risks。 Anyway, they take advantage of both horizontal and vertical.

The weather is very cold, but everyone's heart in the capital is hot, everyone has bought stock funds that have multiplied several times, and everyone has to greet each other when they meet: "Have you bought it?" Even the students in the academy and the prostitutes on both sides of the Qinhuai Strait are also well versed in this way, talking about stocks, funds, bonds, and so on, from Nanjing to Shanghai, and then to the entire Ming Dynasty, everywhere is talking about this kind of thing that can get rich quickly, no one knows that there is something called bubble in this world.