167: Treasure of the King
Zheng Yinquan is a typical elite bureaucrat. He studied in Eagle Jixiang Country since he was a child, dressed up, and learned the style of Eagle Jixiang Country. Wearing a butterfly tie around his neck all year round has become his most famous personal mark.
At this moment, Zheng Yinquan habitually pulled the bow around his neck, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, what are the measures you just mentioned...... Well...... The intentions are really good, and the lower officials are quite supportive. But what about the specific implementation...... It's a bit difficult, I'm afraid. ”
Liang Jinxiu, who was born in a silver account and was gradually promoted to the position of second consul because of his good financial management, said: "The most important thing is the financial difficulties. Your Highness, to put it simply, has no money.
According to the rules, the government must make an account of how much it spends each year after the autumn harvest, and then allocate funds for the next year. At this time, the money has been allocated to the subordinate departments. If there are additional expenses, I really can't afford it. ”
Xiao Sheng frowned and said, "The budget is out of money, you can add the budget." Since the return of the Eastern Wilderness to the Dahao Imperial Court for more than ten years, all local taxes have been at the disposal of the Eastern Wilderness itself, and there is no need to hand it over to the national treasury. After more than ten years, don't you have any savings at all?"
Liang Jinxiu sighed and said, "Speaking of which, His Highness may not believe it. I really don't have any savings. Although there is no need to pay taxes, in the past ten years, prices in the Donghuang market have skyrocketed, but the income level is still similar to more than ten years ago. In order to maintain social stability, the government throws a large amount of real money every year, which is actually just eating grain.
After more than ten years, the old book before has eaten almost enough. There is indeed a little left, but that is a reserve fund prepared to deal with all kinds of unexpected disasters. If it is not a matter of life and death, it cannot be used in any case. So Your Highness, there's really nothing we can do. ”
Xiao Sheng said lightly: "Okay." Then go back, you send the account books of the past ten years to this king. After careful examination, if the king finds that things are indeed as you say, then that's fine. ”
Liang Jinxiu said frankly: "Yes, the lower official will send all the account books over when he turns around." If His Highness finds any problems, he will cut off the head of the official. ”
"Hehe, it doesn't have to. In fact, this king is not so fond of killing. Follow this king for a while, and you will understand. ”
Xiao Sheng smiled slightly and continued: "Archon Zheng, whether you have money or not, let's not mention this for the time being. If you have enough money, can you do what you promised before, such as increasing the import of milk powder, repairing post roads, building more new houses, and opening more schools and hospitals?
"This ......" Zheng Yinquan pondered for a long time, nodded vigorously, and affirmed: "As long as you have money, in fact, these are not difficult things. ”
"That's good. Archon Zheng, you go back and write a charter first, and draw up the specific methods in it one by one. Then set it back in at any time. Xiao Sheng smiled: "After all, money is like milk, squeeze it hard, there will always be." ”
"That's good. Since this is the case, the lower official will leave. ”
Although Zheng Yinquan feels that he can't use the charter after writing it, he is an elite bureaucrat, and the things that his boss explains, whether they are reliable or not, are always right if they are done seriously. If things are done, even if they are not successful, at least there will never be one. But if it's something your boss explains, you don't do it. So are you the boss, or is His Royal Highness the prince the boss?
Seeing Zheng Yinquan say goodbye, Liang Jinxiu naturally followed suit. After all the outsiders left, Xiao Sheng picked up the teacup and took a sip. He greeted loudly: "Military advisor, sister Ziling." You can come out. ”
In the middle of the words, Yu Xuanji and Ling Ziling walked out of the back hall one after another.
The female military master looked at the direction in which the two bureaucrats left, and said lightly: "Your Highness, I have already tested it with a spell just now. The two of them weren't lying. It seems that this Eastern Wilderness is just a superficial glamour. I'm afraid there is really no money in the treasury. ”
Ling Ziling added: "Zheng Yinquan and Liang Jinxiu, the two of them have a good reputation among the people in the Eastern Wilderness. may not be much loyal to the Dahao court, but they will definitely not deliberately support those rabble for their own interests, stir up trouble outside, and take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. ”
"Hmm. Ziling's sister grew up in the Eastern Wilderness, and you are most familiar with this side of things. Since you say so, then I believe it. ”
Xiao Sheng crossed his hands, propped up his chin, and muttered: "But in this case, what should I do? In the year I came to Donghuang, if I couldn't do anything, the assessment results after I went back would be too ugly. ”
The female military advisor knicked her eyebrows and said slowly: "I have a way to find money." Unfortunately, it takes time to prepare slowly. Far water doesn't save near fire. ”
"Well, it's really hard for Yuanshui to put out a near fire. So...... Hmmm?water?water...... Water...... Sea!"
In Xiao Sheng's mind, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed. From the water, he thought of the sea. From the sea again, I thought of the Navy Six. Then I thought more divergently, thinking of the world where I learned the Navy Six.
In that world, it is the world of the sea, and in the same way, it can also be said to be the world of pirates. Countless pirates, mad for the great treasure left behind by a man known as the "Pirate King", have gone out to sea in search of it.
But what about pirates is not just the existence of the sea world? Fundamentally, as long as there is a sea, there will be pirates. Here in the Dahao Dynasty, it is no exception. Moreover, just two hundred years ago, there was also a pirate king on the coast of the Eastern Wilderness.
Speaking of the legend of the Pirate King of the Eastern Wilderness, Xiao Sheng only knows a little roughly. As for the more detailed situation, you need to ask Ling Ziling.
"Sister Ziling, you are also a native of the Eastern Wilderness. So, you should know a lot about the legend of King Zheng Bao, right?"
"Of course I know. Ling Ziling was stunned, and then smiled: "On the side of the Eastern Wilderness, up to eighty years old, down to eight years old, everyone knows King Zheng Bao. But Xiao Sheng, shouldn't you be ...... Do you want to fight the idea of King Zheng Bao's treasure? For hundreds of years, I don't know how many people have worked hard to discover the treasure of King Zheng Bao. In the end, not to mention the treasure, it's just a copper plate, and I haven't found it. ”
Xiao Sheng smiled: "It's okay, just talk about it." Anyway, being idle is idle, so let's listen to the story. ”
"Okay, since Xiao Sheng you said so...... Ling Ziling nodded, coughed and cleared her throat, and said in a condensed voice: "Speaking of the treasure of King Zheng Bao, we have to start with the Asahi Dynasty back then......
It turned out that as we all know, the Asahi Dynasty implemented a policy of banning the sea, and ordinary people were not allowed to sail out to sea and do business with foreign countries.
But relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water. On the southeast coast, naturally you can only eat the sea. Therefore, those who violated the ban of the imperial court and went to sea without permission were repeatedly banned. In addition, these maritime merchants have developed a huge influence by doing business with overseas countries. Across the sea, dominate one side.
At that time, there were many heroes on the sea, both merchants and pirates. Fighting and slashing each other, chaos is incomparable. In the end, there was one of the most powerful pirates, Zheng Sanhu, who defeated all other enemies and became the pirate king. As a result, he monopolized all sea routes. No matter who wants to do business through these routes, they must pay taxes to Zheng Sanhu.
At that time, the Eastern Wilderness was still a very barren place, with only a few small fishing villages, and even the imperial court did not send officials to govern here. So Zheng Sanhu established the base camp in the Eastern Wilderness, divided one side, and established himself as the king.
After the imperial court found out, it sent a large army to exterminate Zheng Sanhu three times or four times. But every time they fought, they were almost wiped out. In the end, the Asahi Dynasty saw that it really couldn't be defeated, so it had to change its strategy and propose Zhao'an.
At that time, Zheng Sanhu was also old. The gold and silver treasures he earned were even more heaping, and he could not spend them all in ten lifetimes. True to its name, rich and rivaling the country. So Zheng Sanhu didn't want to fight anymore, so he accepted the imperial court's recruitment and became a general
However, before Zheng Sanhu recruited An, he kept an eye on it, divided his treasure into a cool place, and buried it secretly, which could be regarded as preparing a way out for himself.
Within a few years, the Asahi dynasty was gone. The Zhuguo Dynasty rose and swept the world. Zheng Sanhu had already died of illness at that time, and his son Zheng Lin inherited the family business. Zheng Lin insisted on his allegiance to the Asahi Dynasty and refused to surrender no matter what. So he opened one of the treasures and used the treasure to recruit troops. Gathered an army of 500,000 people, based on the Eastern Wilderness, and fought a series of battles with the Zhuguo Dynasty, and once had the upper hand.
Many remnants of the Asahi Dynasty, seeing Zheng Lin's great momentum, came to take refuge one after another. Even the crown prince of the Asahi Dynasty also came over with great hardships with the jade seal of the country, and canonized Zheng Lin as the 'King of Baoguo and Anbang', referred to as Baowang.
The Zhu Guo Dynasty had no choice but to defend King Zheng Bao, so they sent their national teacher, the True Demon Martial Saint, to challenge King Zheng Bao. The two fought alone, and the sky fell apart, and the sun and moon were gone. The most famous Sun Moon Lake in the Eastern Wilderness is the site left over from that war.
In the end, King Zheng Bao narrowly won with one move and killed the True Demon Martial Saint. However, he himself was very seriously injured as a result. Only half a year later, he suffered a bare attack and died. At that time, he was only in his early thirties, and he did not even have a son left.
After the death of King Zheng Bao, the army under his command could no longer resist the attack of the Zhuguo Dynasty. The army of the Zhuguo Dynasty broke through the Eastern Wilderness, captured the crown prince of the Asahi Dynasty, and cut him with a thousand knives. I also learned the news of Zheng Sanhu's hidden treasure.
But no matter how the Zhuguo Dynasty tortured the generals of the army under the command of King Zheng Bao, they could not ask the whereabouts of the treasure. Even if an army of 100,000 was mobilized to dig three feet into the ground, there was still no result in the end. Since then, the treasure of King Zheng Bao has become a folk legend in the Eastern Wilderness, passed down from generation to generation.
For more than 200 years, the Zhuguo Dynasty has launched several large-scale excavations in an attempt to find out the treasures of King Zheng Bao, but they have all been in vain. However, there are rumors in the market from time to time. It is said that whoever discovered the treasure of King Zheng Bao, and then got the gold and silver treasures inside, made a fortune and so on.
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