The investment of 20.07 million silver by Emperor Daming is divided into two investment methods.

The first is to directly inject capital to build factories, such as Songjiang Xingang Shipyard, Longjiang Shipyard, Fujian Xingang Shipyard and Guangzhou Dianbai Shipyard, Fujian Tongyuan, Songjiang Weaving Bureau, Nanya Weaving Bureau, etc.; The second is indirect investment, looking for reliable projects, or borrowing or investing in shares, forming debt and equity, which are different from direct wholly-owned factories, which are not assets in physical form, but assets in the form of borrowed money for debt and equity.

And these two assets, the first kind of direct construction of the factory, is not so easy to fake, after all, there are both eunuchs and civil officials, as well as the supervision of the official factory, under the supervision of the three parties, under the account of six books and one account, the emperor's money, the degree of difficulty will rise exponentially, and the hard-hit area is the second way, indirect investment.

Because in this way, it is very feasible to cheat the emperor of his money.

Under a large, bloated, rigid bureaucracy, the response is slow, and often people who have cheated money run away, ultimately not knowing where the money has gone.

This kind of behavior that harms the public and private interests is very common, and isn't the government treasury in various places hollowed out in this way? When the reaction came, the money of the court fell into the pockets of individuals, and if the court wanted to investigate, it would immediately launch a scapegoat, deduct all the accounts on this person, and settle the old accounts, which is not uncommon.

Therefore, the first assistant of the cabinet, Lu Tiaoyang, only to state the measures of prevention and reduce losses from the source.

Lu Tiaoyang's recital starts from the nature of this money, and it should always be noted that the 20.07 million silver is the private money of the Ming Emperor himself and the money of the powerful people of the Jin Party, it is not public, but the emperor's personal, this is a place that must be explained clearly, once there is a money to deceive the emperor, it is not to damage the public and fat the private family, but to steal the emperor.

Under this nature, the emperor will start the non-punishment to deal with it, and the scope of application of the non-punishment is a heinous crime, and the lightest is also a capital crime.

The content of the whole book is very clear, starting from the source to increase the cost of crime, and then supervision, at this point, whether it is direct investment or indirect investment, there will be mistakes in the supervision of the internal funds, this large-scale investment is indeed the emperor's personal behavior, but it is related to the opening of the sea of the country, and it must not be sloppy.

Supervision should be controlled by the local government, the imperial court governor, the imperial eunuchs, and the three parties can form a chain of suspicion.

When taking stock of accounts after the fact, it should also be done that the state funds of the household department and the celebrant eunuchs, the eunuchs of the internal government, and the doctors of arithmetic of the Gewu Academy should be checked together to check and fill in the gaps, so as to prevent the Holy Hearing from being blinded.

The imperial court also made huge investments in the opening of the sea, mainly to dredge waterways, increase river defense inspections, sweep away river and sea gates, inspect and inspect private passes in various places, and increase the circulation of goods, and the benefit of the imperial court was taxation.

The land tax of the Ming Dynasty has been accumulated for a long time, and the local retention and the imperial court have been implemented for two hundred years, but in terms of commercial tax, the imperial court has tentatively set the proportion of local retention to two percent.

The purpose of the song is to let the 20.07 million silver land smoothly, let the silver flow to the place where it is needed in an orderly manner, help the Ming Dynasty open the sea, and solve the problem of how to spend the money, instead of forming a carnival of meat eaters and a feast of carving up.

Isn't it a typical misdistinction between public and private to confuse the emperor's personal investment with the imperial court's investment? As the first assistant, how could Lu Tiaoyang make such a mistake?

The king is selfless, the emperor even gets married, has children, and pampers a woman is a state affair, as a king, while enjoying the supreme power, there is no private matter, this is not Lu Tiaoyang's public and private indistinguishable, but the emperor himself is the existence of public and private attributes that cannot be cut.

Everyone in the world is selfish, but the Son of Heaven is the only one who has a public ear.

"No, the content of this indirect investment... Isn't that up for debate?! Zhu Yijun looked at the book in his hand, and he had no opinion on other contents, including the household inventory, according to the inspection, the governor's imperial history, and the tripartite moderation of the internal officials, and the household department, the internal treasury, and the Gewuyuan together, which all meant as it should be.

Zhu Yijun only has doubts about this investment content.

"Any questions?" Wang Guoguang asked suspiciously.

"Forget about this worsted woolen trading house, after all, I have also done it in Beiya, and it makes sense to set up trading houses in Yingtianfu, Songjiang Mansion, and Hangzhou Mansion, but what's the matter with this investment in the painting boat business?" Zhu Yijun took the song and said with mixed faces.

The emperor's money was used to dry the skin and meat business, and Zhu Yijun was no longer shameless, and he always felt that he couldn't hold his face.

Trouble!

Wang Guoguang said very calmly: "The painting boats are all foreign women now, Your Majesty is an investment, not a relief, but a return." ”

Zhu Yijun waved his hand again and again and said, "No, no, no, who can guarantee that there will always be a woman in the painting boat?" If the galleon does not arrive in Hong Kong next year, Daming's silk cannot be sold, it will inevitably affect the treatment of the weaver of the Weaving Bureau, and at that time, there will be Daming's children in the painting boat. ”

"I am the Son of Heaven, you have a move, trillions of people look up to it, think it is the rule, and the line is also, up and down, I am now allowed, in the future, there will be prostitutes everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, and it must not be planned."

"Cross this out, I can make less money, I can't do such things."

"Is Wang Cifu going to do it? If Wang Cifu wants to do it, I can return 10.07 million silver to Wang Cifu. ”

Wang Chonggu was frightened, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister will never dare, and please spare your Majesty's life, don't do this business, resolutely don't do it!" ”

Zhu Yijun's behavior is because of his simple values, and Wang Chonggu's behavior is for his own head, Your Majesty can't say, then you can't!

"It's all indirect holding of creditor's rights, not even equity, after all, the painting boat is not cheap, and there are not many that can be started." Wang Guoguang still has some insistence, the reason is very simple, as the chief Situ of the household department, it is his duty to gather for the court, the court does not lend money, does not collect this interest, some people collect this interest, and some people do this business.

This thing has been around since ancient times.

Wang Chonggu immediately said: "Allocate this money to cotton spinning and sugar making, Da Situ, silver is just silver, not dirty or not, but the source of this silver is different, and it is better not to do it." I feel that cotton spinning and sugar making are much more profitable than this painting boat. ”

"Really?" Wang Guoguang asked with a frown.

"I was born in business, and I do business, and I am better than Da Situ." Wang Chonggu said with great conviction.

Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu, this guy is indeed talented in doing business, he has seen a new outlet, cotton spinning, sugar refining, these two are hard currencies in hard currency, the painting boat business does not make much money and is scolded, it is really impossible to do it.

"Then let's row it out, the minister has no objection, in fact, the minister is not happy." Wang Guoguang looked at Wang Chonggu's sworn assurance, and chose to compromise, this painting boat business, don't do it, put aside the identity of Da Situ, as the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, as the Ming Gong, Wang Guoguang actually very, very much looks down on the powerful people who do the leather and meat business, but this investment is profit-seeking.

In the main wind power public opinion of the Ming Dynasty, even the businessmen who abandoned Confucianism and engaged in business were looked down upon by Shilin.

Lü Tiaoyang's recital was finally criticized by Emperor Zhu, which can be regarded as a substantive guiding document, which can be summarized as waste, greed for ink, theft, transfer, misappropriation, etc., and dare to steal and kill.

Lu Tiaoyang took out the second recital and looked at His Majesty on the platform, Lu Tiaoyang didn't know how to talk about the content of this recital.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Yuanfu, let's talk about it." ”

"Shanxi volunteers fled to the camp, defected to Bansheng, I sent them back to Daming Pass, and Dong Yiyuan, the chief soldier of Datong, asked for disposal." Lu Tiaoyang sighed and said.

The escape, and it was an escape that the Ming Dynasty didn't know, or Altan Khan sent people back, and the Ming court knew that Dong Yiyuan, the chief soldier of Datong, asked how to punish him, and there were a total of fifty-two people who fled the house.

"It's been three years since the Ming Dynasty was paid, why do these volunteers still have to flee?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zeng Xingwu, the left attendant of the military department, and seemed to ask, but in fact, he asked Zeng Xingwu to explain the whole thing clearly.

"The volunteers in Shanxi are weak, and the towns have been deducting food for the army, and they have been doing it for a long time, volunteers? This is a landless farmer. Zeng Xingwu was sweating and explained the reason for the incident.

It is an extremely common phenomenon that the volunteers are all strong men who are dragged to the border to do some miscellaneous work, and they are not even hired by the border army, so they are supposed to be fed, but the border army does not have enough to eat, and the volunteers have no to eat, and if they can't survive, they have to find a way to escape and flee outside the fortress, which is an extremely common phenomenon.

The volunteers fled from the place, because they were not in the formation, and no one cared about it, and in the past, Altan Khan directly took them in, and this time Altan Khan sent these fifty-two volunteers back to Daming for various purposes.

Altan Khan's first purpose is naturally to fulfill the treaty just signed, and to send back across the wall without permission, and the second purpose is naturally to disgust the complacent Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and to make every effort to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is so good, why did these volunteers flee to him? The third purpose is to ease the internal contradictions of the lower right-wing departments, and Altan Khan released a positive signal that he is willing to make friends with the Ming Dynasty and appease the mood of the internal peace faction.

Generally speaking, Altan Khan's wave of cards, Daming did lose a small person, how to deal with these volunteers who were sent back?

"If the official road along the way is sent back to their hometown, will these people really survive? The spitting stars can drown these fifty-two people, but what do the other Shanxi volunteers think? In my opinion, I will send these volunteers to Taotu Mountain to manage the reclamation of prisoners of war. Zhu Yijun made a decision, he had actually thought of a way to deal with it a long time ago, and he made meritorious contributions.

The volunteers ran and were about to starve to death, which the Ministry of War admitted that there was indeed a problem, and the Ming Emperor ordered the beheading of the volunteers who fled the station, which somewhat made Altan Khan see the joke, what people just talked about for the state, and the emperor lost face and killed people without asking the reason.

Returning to their hometowns is also forcing these volunteers to die.

Going to Taotu Mountain and managing the prisoner of war camp is a good compromise, it is indeed exiled to the border, it is indeed a punishment, and at the same time it is protection.

Zhu Yijun looked at the ministers and thought for a long time before he spoke: "How easy is it to clean up the old evils?" ”

"The volunteers were weak, and the towns withheld and sent food to the military, and at that time, the imperial court was in arrears, and the military towns were underarmed, and the towns withheld and sent food to the army, which was also excusable.

"The New Deal is like this, there are always some problems jumping out of the corners, so if you want to find a way to solve the problem, the New Deal can't be afraid of problems, the most terrible thing is that you don't have the courage to face these problems, or even get by, then the New Deal must be a tree without roots and water without a source."

"Mr. gave a banquet in the third year of Wanli, and said that when the two Song Dynasty Jiaozi in the north and south arrived at Huizi, and the banknote law could not be consistent, he said to me: The country has lost great trust, and people are suspicious, so why wonder they are afraid to avoid it and dare not collect war?"

"I think so, today I look at what Mr. said, I often see Chang Xin, and I have understanding, yes, the dynasty has lost its great faith, and people are puzzled in the face of the imperial decree for the first time, how can we blame the people for being afraid of avoidance, and dare not accept those Jiaozi and Huizi who are too thin, how can we blame the people for not fighting for the country."

"If the Shanxi volunteers really have a little way, even if they have a little trust in the imperial court, why do they want to run outside the fortress to be the minions of the northern captives?"

"Yu Shuai, I don't know the soldiers, will the leniency of these volunteers have a negative impact on military law and military discipline?"

When Zhu Yijun saw Dong Yiyuan's recital, the first person that came to mind was Chen Zhu Chen Dazhuang, who had gone to Nagasaki.

Fortunately, Zhu Yijun really fed Kong Shangxian's son Kong Yinlin to the dog, and lived up to Chen Dazhuang's expectations, and these Shanxi volunteers probably no longer have any expectations for the imperial court, this is a signal that the country is going to die, and Zhu Yijun must deal with it properly.

Yu Dayou bowed his head out of class and said: "Your Majesty has the virtue of a good life, which will not affect military discipline and military law, on the contrary, the soldiers will inevitably be excited." ”

"But I have already rebelled, I am so private, I am not in charge of the army, my move is suspected of being a woman's kindness, will it really not affect the morale of the soldiers and military law?" Zhu Yijun still asked with some uncertainty.

"No, it won't." Yu Dayou bowed his head and said: "The volunteers are not soldiers of the military town, they are just desperate people, they are also fallen people at the end of the world, so they naturally empathize. ”

"So." Zhu Yijun understood Yu Dayou's truth, although the volunteers have the name of soldiers, but they are similar to the Xiang army that settled the displaced people in the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and the situation of the Ming soldiers and these volunteers is very different.

"Don't talk about the volunteers, it's me, if you stay in the dark for a long time, I'm always afraid that the sun won't rise when it goes down." Zhu Yijun said with feeling.

This is the case for the emperor, and why is it not the case for the people of the Ming Dynasty?

In the darkness of the day, how can we look at the horizon with hope and hope for the light that illuminates the world?

If you want to say that the Ming Emperor is violent, these volunteers have been given the emperor's personal mercy, His Majesty said very clearly, he is using non-punishment to forgive these volunteers, to say that the Ming Emperor is benevolent, Yanzhou Confucius stayed in the prison, and he couldn't be afraid all day long.

Whether the emperor is benevolent or not depends on the people, and the world is trapped in annexation for a long time.

"In the future, the towns will no longer withhold the rations of the volunteers." Zeng Xingwu said very precisely.

The court discussion is still continuing, and Lu Tiaoyang and the six ministries have begun to discuss the recent affairs of the country and the dynasty one by one, and the state affairs are proceeding in an orderly manner.

After the court discussion, Zhu Yiyi, the king of Lu, began the daily feast, Zhu Yijun personally taught, Zhu Yiyi really didn't dare to doze off, and studied very seriously.

"Brother, why in Romance, it is always said who is coming and who is going to be named!" Zhu Yiyi asked a very strange question, and he said with a little confusion: "Among the army, the generals of the Ming Dynasty rarely have this kind of heads-up situation. ”

"Uh... Does Feng Daban know? Zhu Yijun was stunned, and also felt strange and asked himself Feng Bao.

Feng Bao was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhang Hong, Zhang Hong also shook his head blankly, His Royal Highness King Lu's question is really a little strange.

Soon Zhang Hong sent Xiao Huangmen to the cabinet to inquire, and several cabinet elders, Lu Tiaoyang, Wang Chonggu, Wang Guoguang, and Ma Ziqiang, all looked at each other, and they didn't know the answer to this question, so they quickly went to ask the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites.

It wasn't until after the emperor had lunch that Xiao Huangmen reported the reason.

Zhang Hong bowed his head and said: "His Royal Highness King Lu, this reason is to record merit in the army, the head of the military general is to ask the name, if who beheads the other party's general, you have to register the name, if you don't know, don't record its merits, for a long time, this army fights, who is the general, you have to ask the name, there are such words." ”

Zhang Hong perfectly solved King Lu's problem, while Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Hong and asked with a frown: "I think something is wrong, Zhang Hong, you go to the military department again, and ask if it is the case for our Da Ming to record the first-level merit?" ”

Zhu Yijun always felt a little strange, but he couldn't say what was strange, so let Zhang Hong ask and know.

Soon, Zhu Yijun got the answer, since the second year of orthodoxy, the name of the thief must be recorded in the first level of merit, at the beginning, he made up a nonsense, mainly a military general, but later in the period of filial piety, there must be something like the other party's letter card to corroborate, which also explains a very interesting question, why since Xiaozong, the Ming Dynasty has beheaded a large number of people, but the number of people killed in the battle has been 100 people.

How many thieves like Beiyu, Wakou, and Dongyi can have something to prove their identity?

And this kind of identity certificate that everyone has a letter plate on their head, and the reason for this is also very simple, to prevent killing good and risking merit.

Who is right and who is wrong? There is no right or wrong, but there is a huge flaw in the design of the system of first-level gong.

"Xingwen Kuangwu." Zhu Yijun turned over and got on his horse and prepared to go to the Peking University Camp to parade the military horses, he finally knew why Hou Yuzhao proposed the merit at the beginning, and the deputy commanders of the Nine Towns General Army unanimously agreed to the merit, and finally formed a fifth-class merit card.

Fight? If you win, you won't get any reward!

When the Ming Emperor went to Beidaying, Wang Chonggu left the Yamen of the Criminal Department and went out of Xizhimen, he did not go to the Maoyi Guanchang on the bank of the Yongding River this time, but went to the Xishan Yicheng Bofu, he wanted to discuss something with Zhang Juzheng.

"Dad, are we really going to Yicheng Bofu?" Wang Qian said with a relative.

"Go! I'm looking for him to have something to do, what are you afraid of? What is there to be afraid of? I have state affairs to find Zhang Juzheng, don't be afraid! Wang Chonggu's voice was so loud that the driver outside the car heard it.

Wang Qian pursed his lips and whispered, "If you are really not afraid, why do you shout so loudly?" ”

Wang Chonggu was immediately furious, he slapped Wang Qian's head, and said angrily: "I, I, I, I'm old, and my voice is small, I can't hear it, so I can't speak loudly!" ”

"Aren't we sheep in the mouth of a tiger? I can't hide on weekdays, why do I go to Xishan Yicheng Bofu? Do you add food to Zhang Juzheng? Wang Qian said helplessly, he knew himself very well, he was a villain, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, these people, if they can't see it, they can't see it, the conspiracy and tricks don't work, they have lost their biggest support, and they are very passive.

"What nonsense, I'm looking for Zhang Ju to have a serious matter, a serious matter!" Wang Chonggu is angry and does not fight in one place.

Wang Qian pointed behind him and said, "What about preparing two carts of gifts?" ”

"I have, I am willing to give it to whomever I want, alas, actually, I'm afraid that Zhang Juzheng won't open the door for us." Wang Chonggu was still stiff-mouthed at first, and after saying a few words, he said with some confidence, Zhang Juzheng has no reason to open the door for him, there is no reason to see him, he has a great chance of eating a closed door, and with so many gifts, it is regarded as a stepping stone.

"Does Mr. Taiyue still accept gifts now?" Wang Qian said helplessly.

Wang Chonggu spread his hands and said helplessly: "I won't accept it for a long time, but there are some things that I have to ask him, otherwise I can't get an idea." ”

Wang Chonggu arrived in Xitucheng and arrived at Yicheng Bofu, the porter of Yicheng Bofu received a post, You Qi immediately went to Wenchang Pavilion to report Zhang Juzheng, and then ran to the door with a smile: "Wang Cifu wait a minute, my husband has a guest now, and he will come immediately, as for the gift, Mr. said that it is not necessary, Wang Cifu will take it back, and His Majesty will give it enough." ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Wang Chonggu saw You Qi, the big stone in his heart finally fell, Zhang Juzheng was willing to see him, and he went out to greet him in person, and he didn't even have to give gifts, at least not a sheep into the tiger's mouth.

"Distinguished guests welcome the door, and there is a disappointment to welcome." Zhang Juzheng appeared in front of the door with a few people, Gao Gong and Wang Zhihe also happened to be in the house, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng had a very good personal relationship, and Wang Zhihe and Zhang Juzheng were in-laws.

"Where, where, Yicheng Bo is polite." Wang Chonggu hurriedly greeted him, Zhang Juzheng is indeed unofficial now, and there is only one super-grade earl, but when it comes to the status of the cabinet minister, it all belongs to the staff of the Son of Heaven, and this power depends on the distance from His Majesty's relatives, His Majesty will go to Xishan Yicheng Bolai on the 23rd of every month, who else in the world has such treatment?

Who dares to say that Zhang Juzheng has completely lost his authority, that is stupid.

Wang Chonggu arrived at Wenchang Pavilion, and after greetings, Wang Chonggu explained his intention, and he thought for a long time before saying: "I have a book, I don't know if I should submit it, and I ask Yicheng Bo to give me a palm." ”

"On the Song Dynasty Prison Officials Slightly Restored".

Zhang Juzheng opened it and looked at it for a long time, and then handed it over to Gao Gong and Wang Zhihe.

Supervisor official, literally means the official who supervises the business, and the supervision of the Song Dynasty is mainly divided into four categories.

The first type is the production institutions of the government-run agricultural mulberry and animal husbandry handicraft workshops, such as Guanzhuang, Tuntianwu, Yingtianwu, Musheng Horse Farm, Wensi Yuan, Du Workshop, Pit Metallurgy and other supervisory affairs.

The second category is the government-run money business, such as the goods business, the market trade, the arrival of the pawn (pawnshop), the delivery of the child, the meeting of the child, the money business, the paper business, the coinage supervisor and so on.

The third category is the government-run commercial houses, the government-run salt farm, rice shop, wine business, tea field, alum workshop, city easy service, stacking field, coal field and so on.

The fourth category is construction, such as various lumber mills, shipyards, warehouses, etc.

The chief officials of these four major types of institutions are all called supervisors, and the Ming Dynasty is so poor that they are in arrears of salaries and salaries, and the internal and state funds begging for food from each other, the Song court is very perfect in the grassroots organization of financial affairs, and this also ensures the stability of the imperial court's income, until the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, when Jia Yidao, the financial pressure of the Song court began to increase.

After the outbreak of Su Shi's Wutai poetry case, Su Zhe was affected and demoted to Yunzhou, as a salt and wine tax supervisor, Su Zhe is a very talented person, he quickly became familiar with the business in Yunzhou, and then in addition to salt and wine, all issues related to financial affairs such as coinage and goods were under Su Zhe's management.

When Su Shi passed through Yunzhou, he wanted to see Su Zhe, because Su Zhe was too busy, Su Shi also wrote a poem to mock Su Zhe: Ning Zhi is an official body, and he is sleepy and simmering.

I know that you Su Zhe is an official, but I don't know that I think you are selling fish in the market.

Su Zhe lent the money he used to buy a house to Su Shi, and was also implicated by Su Shi, his life in Yunzhou was: during the day, he sat in the city to buy salt, sell wine, and tax dolphin fish, and compete with the city people to find a ruler for self-efficacy; At dusk, I was exhausted, and I fell asleep, not knowing the end of the night.

Su Zhe was the supervisor of this prison.

Wang Chonggu means that Da Ming can also copy this set and use it.

"It's nonsense!" Gao Gong finished reading the recital, and sharply criticized Wang Chonggu, Wang Chonggu and Gao Gong can be said to be born together, when Gao Gong was the first assistant, he did not bless the Jin Party, which is also the biggest stain on Gao Gong as a country.

Gao Gong finished reading Wang Chonggu's recital, that is, he was angry.

Wang Chonggu said solemnly: "Xin Zheng Gong is a little restless, there is no need to be so eager to make a conclusion. ”

"Huh! At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, a pound of coal was sold for 200 Wen, and you were the official Mao Wool Factory and Xishan Coal Bureau. Wang Chonggu, don't you be too greedy, aren't you afraid to kill you? Gao Gong still said very dissatisfied.

Wang Qian was not happy when he heard it, Gao Gong and Wang Chonggu had an old relationship, but he Wang Qian didn't, he argued loudly: "New Zheng Gong! Speaking with conscience, our family did take money from the woolen official factory, but it was rewarded by His Majesty! Xishan Coal Bureau, our family doesn't take a penny, you don't want to be innocent! ”

"Okay, okay, stop arguing." Wang Zhihe started to be a peacemaker, but he couldn't persuade him at all, this Gao Gong and Wang Qian were still arguing.

Wan Shi and this kind of peacemaker who can talk in all aspects is just that one after all, the two of them quarreled, and Wang Chonggu did not reprimand his son, and let his son quarrel with Gao Gong.

You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately.

Now the second assistant of the dynasty is his king Chonggu!

Zhang Juzheng watched the music again, looked at the noise and shook his head and said: "Stop, and the noise will be loud for a while, Wang Cifu, in my opinion, it is feasible." ”

Asking for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!! At the end of the month, hand over all your monthly passes!!!! Whew!!!!!

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