Inside the carriage.

The crown princess, who was chatting with Hu Shanxiang and eating this snack outside, took the time to take a look outside the carriage.

His eyes widened suddenly, and his whole face sank.

Put down what he was holding, pull back the curtain of the carriage and go out.

The father, who was looking at palmistry with the folk girl, his face changed, and he hurriedly stood up on the chair.

Holding a smile in his heart, he looked in the direction of his wife.

The mouth kept dripping: "Why did you forget this stubble?" ”

And Zhu Zhanji on the side looked at the father and mother who were about to quarrel, and hurriedly pushed down the kid Zhu Zhanyong next to him, this is not in the prince's mansion, if this is a quarrel outside, it is really not good-looking.

Under Zhu Zhanji's reminder, Zhu Zhanyong's kid was also clever, and hurriedly came to his mother's side, grabbed his mother's arm and said, "Mother, mother, the furniture is all sold, let's go back." ”

But at this time, where did the old lady listen to this, and when she was about to point to her father and say something, Zhu Zhanyong hurriedly said: "Mother, sold for 10,000 taels!" ”

"Ten thousand taels!"

When the crown princess heard this number in her son's mouth, she was also shocked.

looked down at Zhu Zhanyong and said, "How much silver?" ”

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanyong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Ten thousand taels!" ”

"Ten thousand taels!

！？？ ”

"Yes."

After repeated confirmations, the old lady suddenly looked at the surrounding furniture and said, "These old furniture are so valuable!" It was sold for 10,000 taels. ”

The old lady's face was full of incredulity.

When it comes to silver, I forget about my father's affairs.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanyong was also busy and said: "No, mother, let's go quickly, go back to the house first, and see if the person who bought the furniture regrets it and then come back."

Hearing this, the old lady also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, go quickly." ”

This time, they didn't need to pull the old lady away, and the old lady took the initiative to pull everyone away.

Seeing this scene, Dad was also relieved.

When I saw my lady walking towards me, I almost scared out.

However, when Zhu Gaochi stood in place and was stunned, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly said: "Let's go, Dad, what are you looking at, my mother will come back to her senses in a while, and I won't make trouble with you." ”

Hearing this, thinking of the noisy scolding on the street, Zhu Gaochi also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, let's take a walk......

Looking at the father and mother who left one after another, Zhu Zhanji also shook his head and smiled.

After standing in place and urging the people around him to hurry up and pack their things, he returned to the house.

As soon as he returned to the house, before he entered the door, he was pulled to the backyard by his mother.

Just when Zhu Zhanji was wondering, he saw that his brother was hiding aside and holding back a smile.

Before Zhu Zhanji could figure out what was going on, the old lady dragged Zhu Zhanji's arm, pointed to a utility room in the backyard, and said, "Son, do you see, there are still a lot of old furniture there, all of which are leftovers from the palace. ”

Listening to the old lady's words and looking at the sundries in the room, Zhu Zhanji suddenly cried and laughed and said: "Mother, what do you think, the reason why the furniture can be sold for 10,000 taels this time is that the second uncle spent all the money to buy it." ”

Hearing this, the old lady was also stunned: "Your second uncle? Your second uncle has passed? ”

Zhu Zhanji spread his hands and said, "That's not it, otherwise where can I sell those broken furniture for 10,000 taels?" ”

"Then you can sell it to your second uncle."

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Zhanji suddenly said helplessly: "Mother, the reason why the second uncle spent money to buy these furniture this time is because I can't see our family going to sell furniture on the street, isn't this dismantling the second uncle's platform?" But now that we have received all the money, if we go again, we can't say anything. ”

After hearing Zhu Zhanji's explanation, the crown princess came back to her senses.

Immediately said with regret: "It's a pity, if you bring more when you go out, you can sell more to your second uncle." ”

After speaking, he looked at his son again and said, "Son, the money for selling furniture this time ........"

Because when she was about to go out before, the old lady had promised that she would not ask for the money to be shared in the house this time, but now that she sees so much silver, she can't help but be a little tempted.

But I'm embarrassed to say.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji simply said: "Yes, all this silver is left for my mother, so that my mother can spend it in the house, okay?" ”

Hearing this, the old lady suddenly looked like a child, and her eyes lit up: "Really! ”

Zhu Zhanji shrugged his shoulders and said, "Then can there be a fake?" ”

Hearing this, the crown princess immediately reached out and patted Zhu Zhanji's shoulder and said, "I'll just say that my son is still sensible and knows that I feel sorry for my mother." ”

But after hearing this, Zhu Zhanyong on the side couldn't help but say: "Big brother, didn't you promise the second uncle to hand over the silver to the Ministry of War for the expansion of the Shenji Battalion?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said: "Expansion of the Shenji Battalion? What does this have to do with us? ”

Hearing his eldest brother's words, Zhu Zhanyong was immediately impressed by his eldest brother's shamelessness.

Idolize it.

On the other side, after explaining that the people in his house sent 10,000 taels of silver to the prince's mansion, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, got up and sat in a sedan chair and went to the Jiming Temple.

The money has been spent, and it is time to play its part.

If the 10,000 taels of silver were just raised for the expansion of the Shenji Battalion, it was obviously not worth it.

But if he can buy him the reputation of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, who takes the overall situation into account, and the impression of knowing the general situation in the eyes of the old man, it will be too worthwhile.

Not to mention 10,000 taels of silver, even 100,000 taels have to be spent, and the silver is worth spending!

When the Han King Zhu Gaoxu came to the Jiming Temple, because he had recently been favored by the old man, he didn't need to be notified at all.

No one dared to stop him wherever he went.

It's a great feeling.

Then when he came to the compound of the Jiming Temple, he saw at a glance that the old man on the right was shooting at the target with a bow and arrow.

Looking at the old man's movements, Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly stepped forward and said to the old man with a smile: "Dad, how can you shoot the target, how good is it to ask your subordinates to catch some wild objects and shoot." ”

Listening to his second son's words, the old man looked at the target position, did not turn his head, still stared at the arrow target in front of him, pulled the bow and arrow in his hand full, and after shooting an arrow, he looked at the arrow on the target position, and then slowly said: "The old monk said that you can't kill in this Jiming Temple, if you kill again, he will drive the old man back to the palace." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu could only smile, he couldn't be clearer about the relationship between his old man and the old monk Yao Guangxiao.

There is only one person in the world who dares to ask the old man for something.

And for these words said by the old monk, naturally he can't refute: "The national teacher is kind-hearted." But looking at my father's target, it was also heroic and undiminished. ”

Listening to the second child's praise of himself, Zhu Di didn't pay attention to it, but took out the arrows from the quiver one by one and shot them at the target position, until the arrows in the quiver had all been shot, the old man Zhu Di looked at the target position full of arrows and sighed.

"Without a penetrating target, this person can't accept it all the time."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, immediately rushed up again and patted his ass and said, "Where is Dad old?" I see that my father is still young and heroic. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di immediately smiled and said, "Okay, don't be a sycophant, just say something." ”

Seeing this, the second Zhu Gaoxu arched his hand at Zhu Di and said, "Dad, you told your son about the expansion of the Shenji Battalion before, and your son is almost done. However, there was not so much silver in the accounts of the imperial court, and the son thought about it carefully, and thought that since they were all doing things for his own family, he didn't have to care about public and private, so don't call the eldest and the third child to discuss it. ”

"The eldest and the third one took 70,000 taels of silver, and I gave 100,000 taels of silver from the house, so that the deficit in the expansion of the Shenji Battalion will be made up."

Hearing the second child's words, Zhu Di was not too surprised, but said affirmatively: "Well, it's good." ”

Hearing the old man's affirmation, Zhu Gaoxu's heart became even more energetic: "But my son, I and the third child have all the money in place, but we can't be biased against the silver in the boss's mansion." Erchen was still wondering if the boss's mansion was a little more difficult, and he didn't have so much silver, and he was thinking about whether to help the boss redeem some, but he heard from those under him that the boss went to the street to sell furniture. ”

Erchen thought about it, regardless of whether the boss could raise the money or not. But after all, he is the crown prince, and he can't let the eldest brother lose the face of the court for these things. No matter what Keerchen said and persuaded him, they just didn't accept the stall. He could only spend his own money and collect all his old furniture. Although it cost a little more than 10,000 taels, after all, it is to do things for the court and share worries for the emperor, and the ministers can only swallow this loss. ”

"Erchen came to his father to ask his father to come forward and say, it doesn't matter if the boss can't make up the money, and no one says how much money he has to let the boss take. But since it is for the imperial court, you have to take into account some of the face of the imperial court, and you can't let the boss, the prince of the dynasty, go to be a street seller. ”

"After all, the son is a younger brother, and some things are not easy to say in front of the boss, and the boss doesn't like to listen to what the younger brother says. So after thinking about it, I have to come forward. ”

Listening to his second child's words, the corners of Zhu Di's mouth turned up slightly, but he still deliberately said with a calm face: "Ten thousand taels? Is this the old furniture he sells? I think it's a clear price for those who are foreign officials, right? Hum! 10,000 taels, what broken furniture can be worth 10,000 taels? ”

"Raise the price and let those foreign officials buy it, he, the crown prince, will change his way to sell officials? Hum! Go, call the boss to me! ”

But as soon as he finished saying this, the old man stopped Zhu Gaoxu, who was about to leave, and said: "Forget it, don't let that boss come over, he comes to me and follows me, benevolent and tolerant, I look at him and annoyance!" It's finally quiet for two days, and I can't let him stir it up. Tell him to let him stay in the prince's mansion honestly, doesn't he say every day that he is not in good health and his body is weak? Let him be raised in the Prince's Mansion. ”

"Go and call me that kid from Zhu Zhanji."

Hearing these words of the father, although the matter did not call the boss over as he expected, his eldest nephew was the same.

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly got up and replied, "Erchen obeys." ”

Zhu Gaoxu, who was in a state of excitement at this moment, hurriedly ran out of the courtyard, although his face was still tense, but he couldn't suppress it in his heart.

After so many years, he finally got what he wanted.

And after watching his second son leave, Zhu Di in the courtyard suddenly couldn't help laughing.

Seeing his sons fighting each other, the old man was overjoyed.

"These little cubs ......"

A moment later, when Zhu Gaoxu was passing the old man's words to Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji in the prince's mansion, he looked at their faces, didn't say anything, and hurriedly left.

And after the second child left, Zhu Zhanji's father Zhu Gaochi suddenly said with a fat face: "Look, how is it?" What am I talking about? and the money shall not be taken. How about now, the old man called you, right? ”

Looking at his father's sad face, Zhu Zhanji did not have the slightest worry.

The last time I went to see the old man, I had already spoken.

Everyone knows what the old man knows, with the character of the old man, what will he really punish him?

Now calling him over, at most, is to make an appearance for the second uncle.

However, these fathers Zhu Gaochi are obviously not clear.

Zhu Zhanji didn't explain anything, and said directly: "Okay, Dad, it's me who the old man is shouting, not you, what are you anxious about, the old man is scolding, and he is also scolding my son." ”

Regarding the words of his son Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Gaochi really couldn't distinguish anything after hearing it. After all, what he said was not wrong, anyway, it was him who was scolding, and it had nothing to do with him.

"Okay, if you are willing to listen to the old man's scolding, you can listen to it. Stinky boy, all day long with your mother, don't say anything about the money, don't pay it, if the old man knows about this, not only did you not raise money for the court, but also took the opportunity to do so, you see, okay......"

After speaking, he muttered to himself: "Your father and I haven't fished anything, now it's okay, the door won't let me out, and I will be ......"

Looking at his father's appearance of leaving with a sigh after turning around, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

My father is not good at this, he can see everything clearly, and the general trend is clear, but he worries all day long for some trivial things.

I don't know how such a small heart has survived by being muttered by my mother all day long for so many years.

After he persuaded his father, Zhu Zhanji got up and walked towards the Jiming Temple.

After coming to the room where the old man lived on weekdays, he saw that the old man was playing Go with the old monk Yao Guangxiao at this time. Hearing the movement outside, the old man sat there without replying, and asked, "Did your father order someone to take those broken furniture to sell on the street?" ”

Faced with the old man's inquiry, Zhu Zhanji didn't hide anything, nodded and said, "Yes, I went." ”

The old man continued to ask quietly, "Who came up with this idea?" ”

Hearing this question, Zhu Zhanji noticed a hint of abnormality, hesitated, and said, "..... me?" ”

But as soon as these words came out, the old man Zhu Di picked up something casually and threw it at Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji, who saw this scene, was startled, and hurriedly turned around and dodged, fortunately, he was agile, otherwise this thing would have smashed into his face.

Looking at the agile movements of Zhu Zhanji, the old man Zhu Di suddenly couldn't hold back his laughter anymore, and said to Yao Guangxiao, the old monk sitting with a smile in front of him: "This little cub is young and agile. Old man, I can't beat him even if I want to. ”

After laughing, Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief, then took out a redemption ticket from his arms, and then threw it in front of Zhu Zhanji, saying: "Go back and tell your father, don't go out to sell furniture anymore, he can afford to lose that old man, I can't afford to lose that old man." Old man, I'm afraid of your family, I'll take this voucher, and go to the pawnshop in the city to get the money according to the address on the voucher. ”

"Tell your father, hand over the silver to the Ministry of War, it's not easy for the second child to be the boss, he wants to cheer for his brother."

Hearing the old man's words, Zhu Zhanji looked at the number on the redemption ticket, a full 70,000 taels.

For a while, the thought of wanting to settle down arose again.

"Grandpa, where did you get so much silver? You still have a small vault on weekdays, huh? Since my second uncle is now in charge of the prison country, you can leave this errand to him, what kind of nonsense are you. Otherwise, give me the 70,000 taels of silver, and I will use them to hire some people to reclaim the wasteland on the outskirts of Beijing, and the silver will be doubled in the coming year. ”

"This money is earned, but it's all from the inner library, grandpa, you can't lose money on this deal......"

Hearing that Zhu Zhanji, the kid, began to fool himself again, Zhu Di immediately laughed.

Then he turned around, looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "You kid earned your second uncle 10,000 taels of silver for nothing, not to mention, and now you are thinking about your grandfather's silver?" Hurry up and get out of the house with the redemption ticket, and if you don't leave, if you don't redeem the ticket, you have to hand over the silver. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Zhan basically wanted to say something, and the old monk Yao Guangxiao on the side said: "Your family has begun to raise money, can those officials in the court not be embarrassed?" Still don't understand your grandfather's mind? ”

Listening to the words of the old monk Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Zhanji naturally understood this, but looking at the entire 70,000 taels of tickets in his hand, he was really reluctant to just go through a circle in his own hands, and then hand it over to the imperial court.

It can be seen that the old monk Yao Guangxiao and the old man have already said so, so what else can he do? Could it be that you are still secretly secret?

shrugged helplessly, so he had to do what the old man wanted.

"This kid is really a natural bandit, leaving traces in the wind and plucking the feathers of geese. When you see the benefits, you don't want to let go. ”

Hearing this, the old monk Yao Guangxiao could only smile and continue to play Go.

At the foot of the mountain of Jiming Temple, Zhu Zhanji looked at the exchange note worth 70,000 taels of silver in his hand, if it was in the future, he designated to mortgage this exchange note to the bank first, and loan hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Then he gave 70,000 taels of silver to the imperial court, and the remaining 100,000 taels of silver were all used to buy land, and relied on the annual income of these cultivated lands to return to the bank every year.

"Hit ......."

Zhu Zhanji let out a long sigh.

Imperial Palace, inside the study.

When Zhu Zhanji walked into the study room unimpeded, he saw that his second uncle Zhu Gaoxu was lying on the dragon chair at this time, and he didn't think that the hard dragon chair was panicking.

Instead, he had a smug smile on his face and enjoyed it.

Standing at the door of the inner hall, Zhu Zhanji poked his head and shouted to the second uncle inside: "Second uncle? ”

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's voice, Zhu Gaoxu was startled, hurriedly turned his head to look over, and when he saw that it was Zhu Zhanji's kid, he slowly took his legs off the dragon chair and sat upright.

He put on a posture of a prison and said, "The eldest nephew is here?" Is there something wrong with finding the second uncle? ”

Listening to the second uncle's deliberately rough voice, Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Second uncle, isn't the eldest nephew here to send you silver?" Look, it's seventy thousand taels of silver. ”

Looking at the redemption ticket in Zhu Zhanji's hand, Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "Didn't you kid say that there is no silver?" And now again? ”

understood that he had gone to find the old man and got the result, but Zhu Gaoxu asked deliberately as if he didn't know.

Zhu Zhanji shrugged his shoulders and said: "Then what can I do, some people ignore the friendship between uncle and nephew, and don't look at how many times they saved him, and they run to the old man to complain." Now that the old man has spoken, my nephew and I are just smashing pots and selling iron, so I have to make up for it, otherwise in the end, it won't be the same as my father, and I will end up recuperating at home? ”

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's deliberate words, Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said: "Stinky boy, you speak clearly, what kind of uncle and nephew friendship, your second uncle and I didn't go to the old man to sue you. ”

Seeing that the second uncle didn't admit it, Zhu Zhanji didn't dare him to continue to talk nonsense, but instead slapped the redemption ticket in his hand on the table, and said: "Some people, they just don't know the goods, obviously there is a cornucopia in front of them, but they have to ask for the redemption of 70,000 taels of silver......"

With that, Zhu Zhanji turned around and walked towards the outer hall.

Zhu Gaoxu, who heard Zhu Zhanji's words, was stunned for a moment, and he didn't care about the 70,000 taels of silver on the table, so he hurriedly ran to Zhu Zhanji's side and asked, "Stinky boy, what did you mean by that just now?" Be clear. ”

After seeing the miraculous actions of his eldest nephew many times before, this Zhu Gaoxu really came to his senses after hearing this.

In the past two days, the government affairs and miscellaneous affairs that have come and gone in this study room are actually all in one sentence, asking for money.

The rest of the things are easy to do, but he can't deal with this money-asking fold.

The drought in Henan and Jiangxi, the people can't eat, and they are easy to eat.

The local government asked for money and grain for disaster relief, and this matter was easy to do, and it was enough to take the money and give the grain.

It's not that hard.

But there is so much silver on the household, not to mention that the existing silver in the household has a plan.

Even this year's imperial court finances came down, and there were few children.

The east wants the west, and those governments have already been divided at the beginning of the year.

It's just that it's all important matters, and it's easy to move.

Even some of the fiscal revenues for the coming year have already been pre-empted in advance.

In this case, those who ask for money don't want the life of him, the king of Han.

What is he going to do to these places?

And the reason for these problems is very simple, that is, silver. With silver, everything is easy.

Now that he heard his eldest nephew say that he had placed a cornucopia in front of him, even if Zhu Gaoxu knew that the other party was going to pit him, he had to run over honestly and respectfully to let people pit him.

Otherwise, there are folds in the local area, and the six cabinet departments are also urging people every day, and they are annoyed to death.

Seeing his second uncle's appearance, Zhu Zhanji also deliberately put up a score, and said: "What can I say, the eldest nephew, who smashed the pot and sold iron, has made up 70,000 taels of silver for the second uncle, what can I say, what else can I say......

Hearing this, the second uncle Zhu Gaoxu immediately understood the meaning, hurriedly turned around and picked up the 70,000 taels of silver on the table, stuffed it into Zhu Zhanji's arms, and then said: "Eldest nephew, what do you call it, it's all a family, how can the second uncle force his eldest nephew to smash the pot and sell iron?" ”

"You take this silver, if it's not enough, go to the second uncle's mansion to get it! Second uncle, isn't it your eldest nephew? ”

Seeing that the second uncle was so upright, Zhu Zhanji also opened his mouth and said: "Second uncle, this is not good, this silver is for the imperial court to expand the Shenji camp." ”

But Zhu Gaoxu said: "Just 70,000 taels, how much of a role can it play, the key is to see if your mouth can move your eldest nephew, not to mention anything else, you are now the supervisor of the firearms research yamen, as long as your mouth moves slightly, the price of those artillery that the old man asked for before will be reduced slightly, won't the 70,000 taels be used?" ”

Hearing the second uncle's words, Zhu Zhanji's heart was also slightly happy.

His second uncle is not stupid, the 70,000 taels of silver were stuffed in before he could say a way, and he dared to know that the bulk of the expansion of the Shenji Battalion was still in the firearms research yamen.

If you can't say anything of value, let the firearms research yamen lower some silver.

Anyway, it is impossible for people to lose these 70,000 taels of silver.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji smiled and stopped talking to him, and said, "Second uncle, second uncle, you really don't lose anything in this business..... However, let's talk about it first, if the eldest nephew's method can help you, not to mention that the nephew will take away the ticket, and the silver that should be withdrawn by the firearms research yamen will not be missing. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly smiled and said: "That's natural, the cornucopia of the eldest nephew has been left here for the second uncle, can the second uncle still do that?" ”

Seeing that the second uncle agreed, Zhu Zhanji began to say: "Actually, this method is also simple, it is called financial management!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu immediately frowned and asked, "What is this..... Financial? ”

Zhu Zhanji said: "As the saying goes, if you don't manage your money, your money won't pay attention to you." ”

"The silver of the imperial court is kept in the treasury, so why don't you take it out and make some money? When the time comes, the income is income, and the capital is still there. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Gaoxu lost interest at that time.

"You put it simply, is this a casual trade that can be made of money? What if it loses? When the time comes, the capital is gone, the silver is not earned, and the officials of the court come to me to ask for silver, how can I deal with it? At that time, the old man also knew that I had embezzled it, so he had to carry a knife to cut me. No, no, this method will definitely not work......"

Looking at the second uncle's look of resistance, Zhu Zhanji could only continue: "Second uncle, why are you so brainless? Since my nephew dares to tell you this method, he is naturally completely sure that he can earn silver, so think about it, even if the imperial court only pays 100,000 taels of silver, even if we make 100%, how much? ”

"One achievement is 10,000 taels! But what if the court gave a million taels of silver? That's 100,000! If the second uncle is bold and dares to take out 10 million taels, it will be a profit of 1 million taels! ”

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, although Zhu Gaoxu was itching when he heard the amount of money earned, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat when he thought of directly using the imperial court's 10 million taels of silver, one-third of a year's finances.

He Zhu Gaoxu is sure that he dares to embezzle tens of millions of taels of silver from the imperial court to do anything, not to mention the loss and profit, as long as this matter is known by the old man, he will not be able to say anything else about his head.

This is gambling with the foundation of the imperial court, which is definitely something that touches the bottom line of the old man.

Seeing that the second uncle was about to refuse, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly asked, "Second uncle, how much silver is there in the imperial court now?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu thought about it, didn't hide it, and said directly: "There are still two million and four hundred thousand taels of silver, but these silvers are all set in a fixed place, and one tael of silver can't be moved." ”

But Zhu Zhanji hugged his second uncle and said, "We naturally can't move these more than two million taels, but can't we use less?" ”

"Second uncle, when is the latest use of those silver?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said, "It's half a year at the latest." ”

Zhu Zhanji clapped his hands and said, "Isn't this enough, after half a year, it will be enough to earn a lot of silver." ”

"How much is this batch of silver?"

Gradually, Zhu Gaoxu was stupid by Zhu Zhanji's continuous questions, and before he had time to say anything, he replied: "Four hundred and sixty thousand taels of silver." ”

Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up: "It's just right!" ”

"In this way, second uncle, you give the 460,000 taels of silver to your nephew, and your nephew will not let you suffer, and in this half a year, your nephew will give your second uncle 20% of the profits! A total of 92,000 taels of earnings! Just misappropriated it like this, wouldn't the 70,000 taels of silver that was missing from the expansion of the second uncle's Shenji battalion be made up? can also earn an extra 20,000 taels for the imperial court! When the time comes, whether the second uncle will take it himself or hand it over to the imperial court will depend on the second uncle himself. ”

"Of course, this is only the first time, and when we get done in the future, the total amount of silver will come up, and the profit from this transaction will be great."

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Gaoxu was really moved.

But after thinking about it carefully, and thinking that the old man and the prince had said several times that this batch of silver could not be moved, Zhu Gaoxu still shook his head and rejected Zhu Zhanji's idea, and said: "No, the risk is too great, and it doesn't make much sense to earn such a little silver." ”

Seeing that his second uncle is becoming more and more difficult to fool now, Zhu Zhanji is not in a hurry, and continues: "What are the risks? Second uncle, your money is in the hands of your nephew, and the nephew can't run away. Otherwise, after the nephew got the silver, he gave it back to the second uncle in batches, in addition to the principal of 460,000 taels of silver, plus 20% of the earnings, 92,000 taels, a total of 582,000 taels. ”

"We are divided into six months and six installments, and my nephew will give the second uncle 97,000 taels of silver every month. In this way, isn't the risk of the second uncle much smaller? In less than five months, Second Uncle, your capital of 460,000 taels of silver will be fully recovered. As for the ninety-seven thousand taels of silver in the last month, it was earned in vain....."

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's constant temptation, Zhu Gaoxu carefully calculated his capital.

With his own belongings in the Han Palace, as long as this transaction can be recovered in two installments, even if he loses it, he Zhu Gaoxu will make up for it, so as not to say that he will be beaten to death by the old man.

Thinking of this, he really hesitated.

After all, these days, I am really annoyed by those officials' requests for money and food.

If this deal can be completed this time, it will be a way to make a fortune, and even if you don't pretend to be yourself, you can make your position in the prison more stable.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu has been on the battlefield and experienced life and death after all.

The truth of seeking wealth and danger is still clear.

Immediately, he turned his head to look at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Stinky boy, this time your second uncle tied this head to your trouser belt, if something really happened, your second uncle's head would definitely be cut off by your grandfather." You kid shouldn't say that you will go down to accompany Taizu at a young age when you see your second uncle, right? ”

Seeing that the second uncle agreed, Zhu Zhanji immediately laughed: "Second uncle, what you said, we are doing business to seek wealth, if we don't make money, why should I bother with it?" Right? Besides, if the old man knew about it and cut off your head, wouldn't he cut off my head? It should be said that our heads grow together, and if we want to cut off, none of us can run away. ”

"Besides, second uncle, think about it carefully, when did your nephew take your money and didn't get things done for you?"

After hearing these words, Zhu Gaoxu's heart finally let go.

After all, this kid is right.

Although he Zhu Gaoxu is the king of Han, this kid is also the eldest grandson of the emperor.

His own head is worth a lot, and his head is not cheap.

Cut everyone together!

"Done! Just do what your kid said, but there is too much silver involved in this matter, and you must be safe when you do things, even if you can't earn silver, this principal must not be lost. Otherwise, our uncle and nephew won't be able to keep their heads. ”

"Don't worry, second uncle! By the way, when will the silver arrive? Zhu Zhanji asked.

After thinking about it, Zhu Gaoxu said: "Tomorrow, you will send someone to give you an address in a while, and early tomorrow morning, I will ask someone to send you the silver!" ”

"Gotcha!"

When Zhu Zhanji walked out of the study room with the 70,000 taels of tickets in his arms, the whole person almost laughed out loud.

However, thinking that it was too close to the second uncle, he hurriedly ran out.

This time, whether it was the 70,000 taels of redemption that fell into his hands, he earned 70,000 taels of silver for nothing, and he fooled the second uncle into believing in himself and embezzled the 460,000 taels of silver from the imperial court.

"Hahahaha.

。

”

Previously, it was impossible to reclaim the land in the inner treasury because of the lack of silver, but now not only has this problem been solved, but people can be sent to continue the construction immediately.

The wasteland will continue to be developed according to the reservoirs and canals in the suburbs of Beijing.

Even if you can't find a suitable place to build a reservoir, you can reclaim a lot of dry land with just a canal.

No matter how bad it is, it will cost a little more money to build a much smaller reservoir artificially.

Anyway, if there is concrete, even if it does not play any role in flood discharge, as long as it can save enough water for this area, it is enough.

A full 500,000 taels of silver, plus some silver saved in the mansion before, add it up, it's enough to make a big deal.

When the silver in the inner treasury gradually becomes abundant, and there is income, the speed of development will only get faster and faster.

After grain-producing areas like the suburbs of Beijing are gradually in the hands of the inner treasury, and the output of grain is increasing, it can not only meet the food needs of many people, but also control the price of grain to a certain extent!

Then make a special grain line to collect grain every year.

Once most of the grain of the entire Ming Dynasty is in the hands of the people, the grain pricing power of the Ming Dynasty will fall into their own hands.

Of course, what he wants is not to make huge profits, but to make profits for the people of the world!

A stable food price is a stable lifeline for the people of the world!

Even, it can fundamentally and completely solve the phenomenon of land annexation that has been eradicated by successive dynasties!

The instructions he had given to the old man before were of great help in improving the phenomenon of land annexation.

But in the final analysis, these policies will only solve the current decades of dilemma.

Eradication cannot be achieved.

But once the pricing power of grain, including the distribution of grain throughout the country, falls into the hands of the inner treasury, then all this will be completely changed!

Why did this phenomenon of land annexation emerge in an endless stream in successive dynasties, and it could not be solved even in the last years of the Qing Dynasty.

Until the era of the feudal dynasty completely collapsed, no one was able to solve it fundamentally.

It is precisely because in the era of feudal dynasties that grain was more valuable and stable than any currency, even gold and silver.

The more chaotic the world, the higher the price of food.

Even in times of peace and prosperity, the price of grain has always been high.

As a result, the owners have set their sights on food and land.

Because this is a business that only makes money and does not lose money, every people's mind is to earn more money and buy more land in the future.

If you're unlucky, you won't be able to earn it.

But if you work hard enough, and if you are lucky, and you earn it, the land will begin to be centralized little by little.

The more land you have, the faster you can buy it.

In this way, the land will only gather little by little in the hands of a small poke person, and the resources and interests of the entire social level will always be controlled by this small poke person.

Until the people of the world have no land to cultivate, and no silver to buy grain.

It is the chaos of the world, and it is the redistribution of resources.

Then, as has been the case in all dynasties, the cycle of reincarnation continues.

This is also why, when every dynasty is first established, it will usher in a wave of bonus periods.

Most of the prosperous times in history also focus on the reasons for this stage.

This is the fundamental truth of the birth and demise of every feudal dynasty!

However, if the inner treasury under his control has the pricing and distribution power of the world's grain, then the grain will be completely separated from the category of profiteering in the past.

There is no such thing as windfall profits and guaranteed profits.

Naturally, the magnates and the gentry who control the resources of society will no longer turn all their attention here.

Just like the real estate of later generations, the situation of drilling into real estate with closed eyes has completely changed.

Although after leaving the land and food, they will continue to drill into another industry to seek profits.

But the ability to guide will be in the hands of the imperial court.

Even if they learn from future generations and enter real estate, even the people of the Ming Dynasty can't afford it

The phenomenon of the house.

It seems that there is no improvement in essence, and it is still the powerful who reap the interests of the people, but in fact, this is the proof that a society is developing.

It's as if people are born, old, sick, and die.

The same is true of human beings' natural profit-seeking, which cannot be changed, and the powerful, the rich, and the capital will always make more money.

However, you have to admit that the whole society has progressed from a situation where there is a possibility of not being able to eat, to a situation where you may not be able to afford to live in a house in the city.

This process is the process of development.

Even if it's not perfect.

And this is exactly the result that Zhu Zhanji wants!

Why is the industrialization process in the West so fast?

Some say that those with fast industrialization happen to have coal and iron resources..... Wait a minute.

Although these are real situations, in essence, it is because all the social resources of the West are concentrated in this region.

To be more detailed, all the capitalists and aristocrats have entered this area.

This led to the rapid development of science and industry during this period.

In just two hundred years, the advantages laid by the ancestors of Oriental China for thousands of years have been comprehensively surpassed.

If it was still in the feudal era, no matter what dynasty China was, as long as it still retained the vast land, the vast habitable land, and the amount of arable land to meet the survival of the population.

Then, in any period, any dynasty, China will develop into the overlord of the feudal dynasty era.

This is the heritage left by the ancestors, and it is the merit of the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties.

But the era of feudal dynasties has lasted too long, and the emergence of industrialization will put an end to all this.

Therefore, what Zhu Zhanji has to do is to guide a large amount of social resources into the industries he wants after thoroughly solving the problem of grain and land annexation.

In fact, all this was expected by Zhu Zhanji a long time ago.

Privately, he let his younger brother Zhu Zhanyong develop concrete, improve dry land, and build reservoir canals.

to propose to the old man ways to reform the tax system, such as apportioning the land into the acre.

These are all preparations for the coming moment.

Of course, the process is also long.....

It may not be a few decades earlier, and it may not be possible to see the moment when grain and arable land are in the hands of the imperial court in this life.

But these are all things that he, a later traveler, must do after he came to the Ming Dynasty.

Only by embarking on this road until it is completed one day, can the Ming Dynasty have the possibility of reform at all levels of society.

Otherwise, why would those capitals, those elites, give up such an easy business to obtain benefits, and develop and reform those industrial machines that they can't understand and understand? Moreover, such an investment is still long-term, and there is no benefit in the short term.

And in the absence of an infusion of resources at the level of society as a whole, relying only on the power of the imperial court, industrialization .... How hard it is.

It's not even possible.

This can be seen from the annual financial accounts of the imperial court.

The imperial court may not be able to meet its own practical needs, let alone devote all its efforts to deindustrialization?

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It's like the drought, there is industrialization here, there is a big drought there, just a little money, are you going to disaster relief, or industrialization?

If it is a disaster relief, industrialization will inevitably stagnate without money, or the speed will be slowed down countless times.

Therefore, the Western way is to let those social capitals pursue profits.

Let them do these things spontaneously.

At the same time, in terms of national policy, a national policy for the protection of capitalism was formulated.

Let these capitals and aristocrats rest assured to boldly reform, to research and development, to develop, to help the industrialization of the whole country.

Because the capital they invested in the early stage will be profitable in the later stage, and under the protection of the national policy, there is no need to be afraid of being cut leeks.

Of course, the situation at home is different.

But fortunately, as a traverser, he has history to learn from.

Perhaps because he was carried away by the good news of the second uncle's hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but think a little far in his mind.

After coming to the pawnshop where the ticket was redeemed, he took out the silver and sent it to the prince's mansion.

The first thing Zhu Zhanji did when he returned to the house was to find Zhu Zhanyong's kid.

Now his own brother seems to have become his right-hand man, and of course, there is another younger brother who is far away in Beiping, the fifth brother Zhu Zhandong.

When Zhu Zhanji called Zhu Zhanyong's kid over, the kid's eyes were straight.

"Big brother, weren't you called over by the old man to give a lecture? Where did you get so much silver? ”

When you go out, you are penniless, and you may even be asked by the old man to take away the 10,000 taels you just earned.

But it took a lot of effort to go out, and when I came back, I had already ordered someone to load a cart of silver.

"Brother, how much silver does this have?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled slightly and said, "Not much, 70,000 taels of silver." ”

"Seventy thousand taels!

”

"Where did you get it?"

Seeing that this kid had never seen the world, Zhu Zhanji had completely forgotten his expression when he just came out of the study.

"Don't worry, it's just a small head, and the big head hasn't come to deliver it yet."

Looking at the 70,000 taels of silver in front of him, Zhu Zhanyong was already shocked.

It's just a small head to hear it now, and there's more to come.....

Zhu Zhanyong hurriedly looked at his eldest brother and said, "Big brother, are you kidnapping the old man?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and kicked his ass with a smile, and said, "Don't sell your mouth, go quickly, put all the money away, and I have something to explain to you in a while." ”

Zhu Zhanyong knew that since his eldest brother had come back with so much silver, he must have made some big moves.

Hurriedly said: "Come on, brother, brother, I admire you to death, you are a real cow, you were originally going to be punished, and you brought back 70,000 taels of silver." ”

Until this moment, Zhu Zhanyong's face was still full of disbelief.

Seventy thousand taels, this is not a small amount of money to go out for a meal.

The imperial court has more than 30 million taels of silver a year. As far as his eldest brother's speed of making money is much stronger than that of the imperial court, can he not accept it?