What the!

The Song man from the so-called Americas could lend five million taels of silver and one million stone of grain to the imperial court, right?

That's not a decimal number.

I really don't know that these guys who claim to be descendants of Zhao Song are so rich.

If these people can really provide five million taels of silver and one million stone of grain, then the current crisis situation can really be reversed.

You must know that the most troublesome thing now is that the court has no money in its hands.

Some of the ministers who still had a conscience thought so in their hearts, and were excited by the news of the Ministry of Rites.

However, there are some ministers who don't think so.

Some other ministers just thought that Zhao Hongyu and they were rich, and they began to wonder how to get money from Zhao Hongyu and them.

In their eyes, regardless of whether Zhao Hongyu is a descendant of the Zhao Song Dynasty or not, or whether the Zhao Song Dynasty has been continued in the Americas, they all think that Zhao Hongyu and these people are just some Fanbang barbarians.

The Zhao and Song dynasties have been destroyed for hundreds of years, and a group of people who have broken the country and ruined their families have nothing to fear.

Hum!

Now that these people are rich, if they start to make a fortune, they will be sorry for themselves.

Besides, even if you don't do it yourself, someone else will do it.

I have to say that most of the ministers in the Ming court are very strange, and their ideas are really unreasonable.

At present, the Jurchen army outside the city is sharpening their knives, but they still have the heart to plan these things.

Their ingenuity and wisdom were not used on the right path at all, but on these crooked ways, as well as the struggle for power and profit in the court.

But if they were a little careful, the Ming Dynasty would not end up like that in the future, and the Jurchens, who only had a population of more than one million, seized the splendid Central Plains.

Zhu Shangwu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, would not see the future, so it was impossible for him to know the future outcome of the Ming Dynasty, and it was even more impossible for him to understand people's hearts. Zhi Lu Dao, in front of him, the courtiers who were divided into two classes had a dirty idea in their hearts.

According to a common saying in Zhao Hongyu's era, if all these courtiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty are killed, they will definitely be wronged.

But if one kills one person after another, then someone will be caught.

Now that corruption is rampant in the Ming Dynasty, the courtiers' minds are not on the national economy and people's livelihood at all, for them, the court is a place where friends gather, and they will do whatever it takes to attack each other for their own interests, and even frame other ministers.

In this muddy water, many people are not immune.

If you want to be innocent, then you can't stand on top of the court at all.

Because adults are so greedy, if you are not greedy. Doesn't that seem a little out of place?

Such an outlier is unpopular.

Therefore, these courtiers standing in front of Zhu Shangwu basically pulled out a person to interrogate none of them were wronged. Try to look at the home of one of their ministers, it is not a thousand acres of fertile land, and thousands of servants.

The land annexation of the Ming Dynasty, to put it bluntly, was made by these people.

This is somewhat similar to that of later generations.

These people are very good at playing right and wrong and oppressing the people, but let them govern the country in short, the Ming Dynasty has the kind of fate in the future. led to the rise and fall of the rebel army, and then the Jurchens were also ready to move, which had nothing to do with these ministers in the court.

Isn't it.

Zhao Hongyu has just revealed his wealth, and many people have started to play some bad ideas. I have a bad heart.

You must know that Zhao Hongyu is still a foreign envoy under the banner he is flying.

For people with such status, these ministers actually dare to make up their minds. I have to say that they really do everything.

It's no wonder that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when they were crumbling, these people were still intriguing and plundering land in their hometown.

To paraphrase a French emperor in history, it is, 'After I die.' What a flood! In Zhao Hongyu's era, many wealthy black-hearted businessmen destroyed the environment, which was basically based on this kind of thinking.

They just make money, and when they make it, they enjoy it.

As for what will happen to future generations when the environment is destroyed and resources are exhausted, that's not something they think about.

This kind of thinking is very terrible and hateful.

I have to say that the inferior nature of human beings is really terrible.

If there is really a creature in the world that should not appear, strictly speaking, it should be human.

Because human beings do not give back to nature in the slightest except for the destruction of nature.

Even, human beings will brutally slaughter and oppress their fellow human beings.

And in this era, the inferior nature of these officials of the Ming Dynasty is no different from that of modern people.

If there is anything that the people of the seventeenth century have in common with modern people, it is certainly these.

At this moment, Zhu Shangwu's mind was full of the news that the waiter of the Ministry of Rites had played.

"I seem to have a little impression, where did this come from?"

Maybe when he mentioned it to Zhu Shangwu at that time, Zhu Shangwu didn't remember it at all, so he couldn't remember where Zhao Hongyu and the others came from.

When Zhao Hongyu first came to the capital, he lived in the Li Fan Yuan, and submitted his credentials as soon as possible.

Someone mentioned this to Zhu Shangwu.

However, Zhu Shangwu didn't remember it at all.

After all, for the people of this era, especially the Orientals, they don't know where the Americas are.

"They came from a place called America, and these people claimed to be descendants of the Zhao and Song dynasties hundreds of years ago, and now they continue the Zhao and Song lineages in the Americas and establish a country. This time, it was the crown prince of their Zhao Song Dynasty who brought people to my Ming Dynasty, mainly to come back to worship their ancestors, and at the same time to officially submit their credentials and establish friendship with my Ming Dynasty. ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites had to explain again.

This time Zhu Shangwu remembered, but he was still very curious about where the Americas were.

Because he never knew that there was such a place in the world of the Dao world, it was actually called America.

Well!

It's a weird name.

However, what made Zhu Shangwu even more curious and shocked was that the other party was actually the remnants of the Zhao and Song royal families hundreds of years ago.

Weren't they exterminated by the Mongols?

The most reluctant Zhao and Song royal families were not completely wiped out after the Battle of Yashan.

This matter is recorded in the history books.

But now, why did the so-called Zhao Song legacy jump out again.

Although Zhu Shangwu is very curious about this. However, in the end, he still cared about what the other party said and was more interested in providing him with silver.

You must know that since the report of the Liaodong War was sent to the capital, Zhu Shangwu has not slept a day peacefully.

Although he discussed a decision with the ministers, he did not have the money in his hands, so there was no way to implement the decisions he had decided.

As the saying goes: a penny is hard to beat a hero!

Similarly, if there is no money, even the so-called Son of Heaven and the Emperor will have a headache.

Zhu Shangwu is now struggling with this question.

So, when the waiter of the Ministry of Rites played the news, Zhu Shangwu seemed to be a drowning person. All of a sudden, I saw a glimmer of life and hope.

Five million taels of silver!

In the years that he was emperor, the imperial court had never been able to have so much silver income in a year.

That's a little more than the tax revenue of his treasury in a year.

It's no wonder he's so excited.

The most important thing is that once the silver is really lent to himself, then the situation on the Liaodong side can be stabilized.

With money, you can call up the army.

Even the Jurchens outside the city don't have to be afraid.

Because of the siege of the Jurchens in the capital, displaced people poured in.

Not counting the local residents of the capital, among these displaced people alone, they can recruit more than 100,000 troops.

Even if their combat effectiveness is not high, they can bring out the scare and scare people.

The Jurchens saw so many armies. I'll think I'll weigh it up.

After all, even if it is more than 100,000 pigs, it can make the Jurchens drink a pot.

Not to mention that the waiter of the Ministry of Rites said that the other party was willing to provide one million stone of food.

As long as the grain can be lent out. Then the supplies for the army will be in place.

After the silver and food are available, what kind of Jurchens, there is no need to worry about it at all.

Of course, the other party is borrowing not giving. At this point, Zhu Shangwu has not fainted.

But where else could he think about it so much, first get the silver and food.

As for how to pay it back in the future, let's talk about it later.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world. There will be no arrears.

This is related to Daming's face.

Zhu Shangwu thinks that if this matter is really settled, he will not repay the debt.

Da Ming is in the country, how can he do such a thing.

"Do these Song people really have so much silver? Could it be that they came to my Da Ming side with so much silver? ”

Coldly, Zhu Shangwu suddenly thought of this question.

The ministers were also silent, waiting for an answer from the chamberlain.

Actually, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites is not very clear about this.

That's what the court of the Lifan Yuan told him, and he didn't really determine the matter, so he told Zhu Shangwu everything.

Now that Zhu Shangwu asked this question, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites really didn't know how to answer Lu Dao.

But when the emperor asked about it, he couldn't help but answer.

Therefore, this waiter of the Ministry of Rites had no choice but to reply with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, that's what those Song people said, and the lower officials can't be sure of this matter." However, according to the meaning of the lower officials, since these Song people can put forward such conditions, then they must also have some confidence. ”

Hearing that he had no way to be sure, Zhu Shangwu couldn't say anything disappointed.

If this matter is uncertain, it always seems so mysterious.

Therefore, Zhu Shangwu said to this waiter of the Ministry of Rites: "Pass the decree and let the envoys of the Song State meet immediately." I must settle this matter, and with the money and food, our troubles will be solved. ”

As soon as Zhu Shangwu's voice fell, all the ministers said in unison, 'Your Majesty is wise', but Zhu Shangwu was very disapproving, not to mention whether he was wise or not, you usually scolded me behind my back, and I didn't know how to do it! (To be continued......)