Chapter 777 Special Trade License
During the fourteenth year of the Wanli Reform, the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty gradually understood a truth clearly, and this truth was the core driving force supporting the Wanli Reform of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone kept this truth tacitly, and it did not appear in the memorials or memorials. In the Di newspaper, it became a little secret.
This little secret is actually very simple. Agricultural production is limited, but industrial production will have no upper limit in the foreseeable future, especially since the Ming Dynasty has established a number of fully mechanical workshops, and manual workshops have been upgraded to mechanical workshops. , productivity can be improved again.
This is also the value of Royal Institute of Technology.
It is true that the emperor's Royal Institute of Geosciences can explore the boundaries of the human cognitive world, but these talented PhD doctors are too rare. They are very helpful in improving the productivity of the Ming Dynasty. However, their breakthroughs in cognition , it requires a large number of talents to go deep into every corner of Ming society to realize it.
The value of the Polytechnic is to cultivate such talents, collect various practical information, and help Dr. Gewu continue to make breakthroughs.
The best practice is to unite knowledge and action with conscience, and resolve all contradictions one after another. The feasibility of this path has been repeatedly proven with goods as vast as the ocean.
Zhu Yijun led the ministers through the campus. There are two polytechnics the size of a palace. It takes a long time to walk to measure them with just your feet. Zhu Yijun's trip only lasted about half an hour. After visiting the school building and canteen, Zhu Yijun returned When he arrived at Yilun Hall, he dismissed most of the courtiers and returned to their respective homes, leaving only the courtiers.
"The Polytechnic Institute exceeded my expectations." Zhu Yijun looked at the courtiers, thought for a moment and said: "The contradiction between the Ming Dynasty's urgent need for talents and the shortage of talents has become very prominent. More polytechnic schools need to be added to alleviate the problem of talent shortage. Insufficient problem ”
The main contradiction in rectifying academic affairs has shifted from the opposition of Confucian scholars and the shackles of feudal ethics to the shortage of talents. The new contradictions have become more complicated, including talent training and employment not meeting expectations, talent distribution being too concentrated and uneven, It is still very difficult to select talents, and the training system and supporting policies are overall lacking, etc.
To solve these problems, we need to take a step-by-step approach.
Zhu Yijun said solemnly: "It is urgent to establish more polytechnics. I intend to establish higher education institutions with the same standards as the Royal Institute of Technology in eight places, including Tianjin, Jinan, Kaifeng, Songjiang, Nanya, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou. The investment in the school is expected to exceed 20 million taels of silver.”
Ming Dynasty has just stepped into the door of the Industrial Revolution with one foot, but if it wants to fully enter, Ming Dynasty needs more comrades who are forging ahead to push Ming Dynasty into the historical process of the Industrial Revolution.
More talents are needed.
Jinan, Songjiang, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou have their own maritime schools. It is not difficult to expand the maritime schools into science and engineering schools.
"According to the Royal Institute of Technology's annual cost of 200,000 silver, and adding eight more, just the continued investment in the university hall will cost 1.8 million silver a year. To maintain this huge system, many other things are needed. Money." Wang Guoguang, the Minister of Revenue, expressed his attitude. This will be very expensive. Over time, the continued investment may not be inferior to military expenditures.
The emperor talked about ideals, while Wang Guoguang talked about reality.
The Royal Institute of Technology is just a college with 9,000 people. Shen Li is a part-time leader, and the people who work are two chief professors, Siye, supervisor, doctor, assistant teacher, Xuezheng, Xueru, Dianbook and other officials. , it can be maintained with only more than thirty officials, hundreds of staff, and hundreds of faculty and staff.
But when the scale expands to nine, it is inevitable to establish an administrative system directly affiliated with the imperial court. Since it is an administrative system, then all the flies and dogs in the officialdom will also exist in these nine universities. This represents a huge Expenditure on administrative costs.
Education has always been extremely expensive, both at home and abroad.
"Your Majesty, I think what Great Situ said is reasonable." Zhang Juzheng also felt that the emperor's original intention was good, but it could easily be carried out wrongly and it would become extremely troublesome. The establishment of a school must be done step by step. The Polytechnic Institute has just got rid of the shackles of feudal etiquette. , we should not move forward in big strides, but should take a slow approach.
"I plan to let Gao Qiyu, the Minister of Honglu Temple, take charge of academic affairs and be fully responsible for the establishment of the school." Zhu Yijun gave a candidate. He will be responsible for drawing cakes and giving money, and the ministers will be responsible for finding ways to implement them, except for the small things that were not tabooed at the beginning. In addition, Gao Qiyu is an extremely suitable candidate.
Zhang Juzheng said eagerly: "Your Majesty!..."
"Sir, there is no need to hold on to those things in the past." Zhu Yijun knew what Zhang Juzheng wanted to say. There was no need to pursue the trivial things that were not even trespassing. The humble scholar Zhou Liangyin even got a chance. , and now Qingtai in Shanxi is also booming.
Speaking of rebels, isn't there Wang Chonggu as a secondary assistant?
"I obey the decree." Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment, then bowed his head and said.
"Your Majesty, what is the specific goal of establishing a school?" Shen Li asked about the specific goal. The emperor proposed a new policy for the establishment of a school. Things will come as planned. It is not broadly pointed in a certain direction, but has a clear goal.
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "In the short term, we will build nine polytechnic universities first. After this is done, we will talk about it. If we look at the long term, the goal of establishing a university is to educate all people, aiming to make all people in the country, regardless of poverty, Rich and humble, everyone can be kind and knowledgeable about etiquette, understand right and wrong, and turn them into good deeds. ”
"To put it simply: everyone can learn, which is my long-term goal."
The ministers all fell silent. You looked at me, I looked at you, and they all looked at the map of the world placed behind His Majesty. The ministers suddenly felt that it would be easier to conquer the world and build a huge empire on which the sun never sets. some.
"Your Majesty, why don't you look overseas." Zhang Juzheng said solemnly: "Wang Jiaping, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, hopes to grant a special trade license to Guangzhou Ocean Trading Company and allow it to trade in the West under the seven-star cross-ocean flag."< br>
This proposal involves a very sensitive topic, the division of tin (cì Tongci) and soil.
Even in the early days of the Kingdom, when Zhu Yuanzhang was enfeoffing the various disciples, he clearly stated that the nobility did not care about the people, the enfeoffment did not care about the soil, and the salary did not govern the affairs. But now the special trade permission proposed by Wang Jiaping has set up a minefield in order not to touch the minefield. Such a name.
The Ming Dynasty already had a system of pioneering lords and conducted the first award of honors. Now it has gone a step further in this award system and reached the point of special trade license.
There are five special trade licenses in total.
The first permission is to allow ocean-going commercial banks to rule overseas autonomous territories and form autonomous territorial governments;
The second permission is to allow it to recruit troops to ensure its trade security;
The third permission allows commercial banks to become sovereign subjects, cannibalize the local political system, and grab sufficient benefits;
The fourth license, the free trade license, relies on the strong strength of the Ming Dynasty, and the goods taken can pass through customs smoothly;
The fifth permission is to allow migrating people to live in the autonomous territory in order to achieve long-term peace and stability and long-term benefits.
In short, it is to allow commercial banks to divide feudal countries and establish colonies to seek sufficient benefits.
In his deathbed memorial, Wan Shihe reminded the Emperor that colonists would inevitably become localized in the process of colonization. This was an issue that the court must consider. The special trade license proposed by Wang Jiaping had such a risk. .
Once this special trade permission passes the court discussion, it means the complete collapse of the tribute trade.
"I think Wang Jiaping's proposal is very good." Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said: "Permission will be given to everything east of the Strait of Malacca and west of Mindanao."
"Zhang Yuanxun, the governor of the old port governor's office, and Pan Zhencheng, the chief merchant of Guangzhou's ocean-going merchants, established 12 saltpeter workshops in the Bay of Bengal. The 1.5 million kilograms of saltpeter imported by the Ming Dynasty every year came from the workshops established by Zhang Yuanxun and Pan Zhencheng. ”
"Ministers, I am telling you this. Regardless of whether the court agrees or not, the five special trade licenses proposed by Wang Jiaping have actually taken place. If you want to stop it, you can only ban the sea again."< br>
It seems that there is a choice, but in fact there is no choice. Unless Ming Dynasty gives up its huge overseas interests again, otherwise this special trade permission is the general trend and will not be changed by human will.
Zhu Yijun chose to adapt to the current situation. The court did not directly develop capabilities beyond the Strait of Malacca, so the outside world was left to businessmen.
"If you are afraid of the head and the tail, how much of the body is left? If you are afraid of the head and the tail, you won't have much left. Since you choose to open the sea, let's go on." Zhu Yijun gave the final instructions.
Things are bound to happen, so it’s better to face them calmly.
The New Deal that began in the fifteenth year of Wanli not only collected gold but also established a school. These were all additional expenses. Zhu Yijun needed to earn more silver to fill the gap.
The Ming Emperor left the Polytechnic and went to the military camp to parade the military horses, while the Ministry of Revenue completed the final audit of North Korea's food and salary.
In the Wenhua Hall, Wang Guoguang held an abacus, made some calculations, and said to Zhang Juzheng: "The transportation of grain from Dengzhou to Lushun is 560 miles by sea, and the foot price is one cent and five cents per stone; On the Yalu River, the sea distance increases by 770 miles, and the foot price increases by 8 cents; when it is transported to Pyongyang, it will be added to the ground.”
"Last year, a total of 1,200,000 dan was transported for grain, ordnance, gunpowder and other materials, and 372,000 silver was used. The cost of land transportation by river and canal was saved by 34%, and the cost of sea transportation by land was saved by 89%. Shipping by sea is really cheap.”
The freight rate of land transportation in the Ming Dynasty, even if there is a road, is to transport stones for fifty miles, to transport stones for three hundred miles, and to transport grains for thousands of miles, it is not even one out of ten. As for transporting grains for thousands of miles, it was only carried out in the early years of Hongwu. Later, during the Northern Expedition, grain was transported from Beiping and Shanxi, which was too expensive.
The main purpose of Chidao is to speed up and save a little money. However, the price of the iron horse remains high. One horsepower costs more than one hundred silver, which is still expensive.
The cost of river-cao transportation is very low. The imperial court pays 4 million shi to the south of the Yangtze River every year, while the south of the Yangtze River produces 14 million shi per year. To transport grain along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, four million shi of grain requires raising 10 million shi. The freight cost, each stone of the Hecao River cost about one silver and five cents, but there were also maintenance costs for the Hecao River, and it cost another one silver and five cents to manage the Cao River.
Therefore, the freight rate of the river-cao is actually about three silver per stone. After the grain is transported by sea, the transportation capacity of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is released, and the tax revenue increases across the line, which makes the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal full of vitality. The banner army is 120,000, and it is not because the grain is no longer transported. The loss of job opportunities became a factor of instability in the Ming Dynasty.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal now has a transport capacity of 600 million jin per year, but the comprehensive freight rate per stone has been reduced by half, to 1.5 silver.
The freight cost of transporting one stone over 1,300 miles across the sea is 0.23 taels. Shipping to North Korea will be a little more expensive, because it is a battle in North Korea and it is a ration for the army. It is not surprising that the price is slightly higher than usual.
"Qi Shuai said that starting from this year, there is no need to transport food to North Korea." Zhang Juzheng asked solemnly: "Can North Korea's food meet the needs of the front line? Is it too early to raise food by ourselves?"
Wang Guoguang sighed and said: "The grain output in Yiju, Pyongyang, Seoul, and Incheon has already met the needs of the Ming army for the expedition. Last year, under North Korean military control, 270,000 stone of grain was allocated for military use, and 2 million bunches of grass were allocated. More than enough for military use.”
"The Japanese invaders invaded Korea, and too many people died in Korea. If the Ming army went there early, if it had been later, millions of people in Korea would have died."
Millions of people died, and agricultural production could squeeze out surplus for military use. Qi Jiguang's main consideration was to save money, and he did not have to worry about the loyalty of frontline soldiers, because the all-firearms line array combat method relied heavily on gunpowder supplies. , the capacity to transport grain is released, and gunpowder can be transported to the front line.
"In this way, this can save a lot of money." Zhang Juzheng wrote the float and said with a smile on his face: "This is the cheapest war I have fought since I became an official. If only I could save so much money." That’s it.”
During the Jiajing period, the extra expenditure for the battle with Anda Khan was more than five million silver a year. Food and freight were expensive. The war against the Japanese required an additional expenditure of two million silver a year. This year, seven million silver was spent. , was the most troublesome problem for the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty in the middle and late Jiajing period. Without money, the war could not be fought. In the early year of Wanli, when Daningwei was recaptured, Anda Khan was defeated, and Hetao was recovered, an additional expenditure of three million silver was required a year. From the ninth to the eleventh year of Wanli, the Beijing camp conquered Suiyuan. After the war, the audit amount exceeded the nine-year mark. One million and three hundred thousand silver, approaching the ten million silver mark.
Now, the imperial court has spent a year fighting in the dynasty, and has spent 1.2 million silver on all battles. Among them, there are 300,000 silver as an additional reward from the emperor's internal funds.
Wang Chonggu saw these pickpockets being complacent in order to save money. He couldn't help it anymore and said, "My Yuan Fu and Da Situ, didn't you notice something weird?"
"The matter of auditing the army is even weirder than saving money! The accountant in the Ministry of Accounts who sets the abacus can actually audit various expenditures of the army. This is the most terrifying thing about Wanli Zhenwu."
Auditing military expenditures is really outrageous.
Violence, production relations, distribution-based morality, order, and power are a progressive relationship layer by layer. Violence is the only concrete reality. Just because the court has the power, it conducts financial audits on violence itself. In theory, it is cannot be established.
But the Ming Dynasty did it, and Wang Situ and Zhang Yuanfu actually felt that it was natural to discuss shipping here and save a lot of money!
Is it important whether you save money or not? What is important is that the Ming court was fully aware of the military's financial expenditures.
"Since ancient times, troops have been allocated from food and salary. It is not clear where it is used." Wang Chonggu's expression changed several times and he said: "The twenty-five years of war between the Ming Dynasty and An Da Khan cost five to six million taels of silver every year. Where did the money go? How much was used for each item? Can the court ask? ”
"Don't say that the imperial court doesn't know. When I took over as Governor of Xuanda, I only had a lot of bad debts. Not only did I have no balance, I also owed a lot of money."
"If the imperial court interferes, it will have to worry about Xuan Wei's army joining the Northern invaders."
Read the error-free version at 69 Book Bar! 6=9+Book_Bar debuts this novel.
When auditing military property, the army would put the accountant who was doing the audit on a barrel of explosives, blow the accountant into the sky, and then tell the court that the accountant died at the hands of the Beibei.
But the accounting gentlemen who went to fight in the DPRK sent their accounts to the capital for audit, and they all passed the test. They even wrote down clearly how many axles of the car were broken.
Wang Chonggu said with emotion: "To tell you the truth, in the past, it was not uncommon for people to declare their army and resell all kinds of steel and fire feathers! During the battle in the Beijing camp, even a broken fire blunderbuss had to be reported and kept. , sent back to the capital, not only the capital camp, but also the Liaodong Army, although the accounts are a bit vague."
Not only did the accounts of the Beijing Camp pass the audit, but the 20,000 Liaodong Army that entered the DPRK also passed the audit. Although the Liaodong Army's account books were a bit confusing, the Liao Army was now willing to prepare the account books to fool the court. This is a huge improvement.
Zhang Juzheng and Wang Guangguang looked at each other, slightly surprised. Indeed, the matter of auditing military property expenditures was indeed very bizarre.
"Doesn't this just mean that the Ming army reported to the emperor and came to rescue the king's master in the head of Guizhou?" Wang Guangguang said tentatively.
"Indeed." Wang Chonggu shook his head and said: "Treasure this hard-won Master Wang. It has been two hundred years since the Ming Dynasty Zuo. How many years will it take to truly be called Master Wang?"
Wang Chonggu is not talking nonsense. If the Ming army was like this in the early days of the Kingdom, Emperor Taizu Gao would not have to continuously liquidate Wu Xun. In the middle and late Hongwu period, the Ming army almost became Wu Xun's private army.
Master Wang is hard-won, use and cherish him. Maybe one day Master Wang will lose his moral character and cease to be Master Wang.
"Xu Xuemo, the governor of Henan, reported that he would join forces with Wang Yi'ou, the governor of Shandong, to return the Yellow River to its homeland." Wang Guoguang picked up another memorial and said: "Xu Xuemo means that if the Yellow River does not return to its homeland, the Huaihe River's transport capacity will not be released. If When the Yellow River returns home, the Huaihe River’s transportation capacity is very impressive, not weaker than the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.”
"Everyone, Henan is part of the Huaihe River system. As long as the Yellow River is allowed to return to the old Han Dynasty, the transportation capacity of the Huaihe River can be completely released, which is a great cause for the livelihood of the people."
In the second year of Jianyan's reign, Du Chong was left in Tokyo in the Southern Song Dynasty. In order to prevent the Jin people from going south, after the Kaifeng section of the Yellow River was cut off, the Yellow River, a turbid dragon, began to seize the Huaihe River and flow into the sea. The Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, and the Hu Yuan Dynasty was destroyed. History has passed away. However, the destruction caused by the Yellow River diverting the Huaihe River into the sea continues.
Seizing the Huai River into the sea is a terrible ecological disaster. Since ancient times, the Huai River Basin has rippled through the land and surrounded lotus flowers, turning the rich Jianghuai Plain into a muddy land. Under the impact of the Yellow River water, the Jianghuai Plain has been transformed into a muddy land. Large areas have become salinized, lakes large and small are all blocked by sediment from the Yellow River, and flooding is becoming increasingly serious.
Since the founding of Hongwu, more than 350 floods have occurred in the Huaihe River. The lakes used to store water and discharge floods have all been blocked by sediment, and the flood resistance of the Huaihe River has been greatly reduced.
It was not until Pan Jixun collected water to wash away the sand that the harm of the Yellow River was reduced to an acceptable level.
"Xu Xuemo and Wang Yi'e believe that a river can be built from Lankao County, flowing from Shandong into the Bohai Bay and into the sea. After there is no more sediment in the Huaihe River Basin, careful management will be a strategy to stabilize the country." Wang Guoguang took out a map of river problems. , depicting plans for the new river channel.
"How long will it take?" Zhang Juzheng asked solemnly.
Pan Jixun actually mentioned this practice, which was the best solution, but in the end Pan Jixun still chose to use water to wash away the sand.
The Yellow River seizes the Huai River and flows into the sea, sealing off all the transportation capacity of the Huai River.
Wang Guangguang said hesitantly: "It will take at least ten years to build a new river channel, and it will take at least a hundred years to completely dredge the Huaihe River. After a hundred years, our Huaihe River Basin will have a transportation capacity no less than that of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal! By then, Henan will , Jiangyou, Jiangzuo, can directly enter the sea from the Huaihe River ”
If it weren't for Pan Jixun's water-reinforcement sand flushing, the Huaihe River would now have lost its mouth to the sea. The sediment from the Yellow River has almost filled up the section of the Huaihe River that goes out to sea. Even if there was water-reinforcement flushing, the Huaihe River would still be in danger.
"The prospects are good." Wang Chonggu spread his hands and said: "The Ming Dynasty does not have the strength now. For example, we can't repair the river from Lankao to Bohai, through Jinan Prefecture and into Bohai. We just demolished the levee in the Lankao section. If the Yellow River is allowed to overflow, can Henan and Jiangzuo and Jiangyou agree, but can the people of Shandong agree? ”
"I've been working on Dingjian for so many years. The job you mentioned can't be done now. Ten years? That's too much to think about." Wang Chonggu shook his head and said: "Just this job, once it starts, I'm afraid it will take fifty years." If it can’t be repaired well, it will cost at least 500,000 labor just to make a prototype, and it will take six years of work day and night. This is a job worth tens of millions of earthwork.”
"Do you know how long it took for the Yellow River embankment to be built? More than four hundred years."
The wishful thinking of carnivores often leads to big troubles. Wang Chonggu disagreed with the contents of the joint report by the governors of Henan and Shandong. The current productivity of the Ming Dynasty was simply not capable of such a feat as changing the course of the Yellow River.
The fact that Huang He can remain as quiet as he is now is due to the blessing of his ancestors.
The work of tens of millions of earthworks and the work of 500,000 people for six years is still in the initial stage. It will continue to be maintained in the future. Once it really starts, the demise of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner. It will not take a hundred years for the Huaihe River Basin to flourish again. The Ming Dynasty's Guo Zuo will be exhausted.
"Send it to the Supervisor of Ceremonies." Zhang Juzheng put together the memorial and handed it to Zhongshu Sheren. It contains the opinions of the court officials.
Soon, the memorial was sent back to the cabinet, and Zhu Pi said two words: no money.
Zhu Yijun felt poverty for the first time. This project only required 500,000 people to work for six years and 36 million silver. This was only labor remuneration, and labor remuneration accounted for 20% of the cost of Ding Gong Daji. Thirty percent, which means that this project alone will cost at least 120 million taels of silver. Once construction starts, the budget will continue to increase.
These 500,000 people have been separated from agricultural production. In the ten years of the Ming Dynasty, they had nothing to do, and the agricultural surplus was not even enough to support them.
In addition, there is a long-term investment.
Zhu Yijun didn't have so much money even if he dismantled himself and sold it, so he answered briefly and concisely that he had no money and rejected the proposal.
The plan is excellent, but it can only be realized by future generations. In this matter, we can only trust the wisdom of future generations.
"Your Majesty, Da Sinong has arrived at Huitongguanyi when he returned to Beijing, and brought an envoy from Kuchumu Khan in Xianbei City." A small yellow gate hurriedly walked into Tonghe Palace and bowed his head.
Da Sinong is the honorific title given to Xu Zhenming, the chief minister of Baoqi Division. This is His Majesty’s agricultural teacher, considered one of the imperial teachers. He taught His Majesty how to farm. Since he was sent to Suiyuan in the tenth year of Wanli, he has been in Suiyuan and has never returned. Beijing, this time Xu Zhenming returned to Beijing and would not go to Suiyuan again.
"The meeting will be announced tomorrow." Zhu Yijun put down the ink pen in his hand, raised his head and said: "As for the envoy from Xianbei City, let the Ministry of Rites contact him first. Don't make any jokes because of the language barrier."
Compared with the envoys from the distant Xianbei Plain, Zhu Yijun cared more about Xu Zhenming. Xu Zhenming made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty in Suiyuan.
Five years is not a long time, but this spring, the number of sandy and dusty days brought by the north wind has become less and less. The Royal Museum has set up more than a dozen large cotton nets. Every spring, it measures blowing sand, sandstorms and haze. The number of disaster days is used to quantify sand and dust weather problems based on the weight of sand and dust captured by large cotton nets.
As Suiyuan people no longer nomadic, the problem of grassland degradation caused by overgrazing has been curbed. From the seventh year of Wanli to the fourteenth year of Wanli, on average, there were seven blowing sand and two sandstorms every year from Juyongguan to the capital. , the yellow sand covers the sky and the sun, and the sky is dim and the earth is dark.
There were only three blowing sands in the fifteenth year of Wanli, and there were no sandstorms. This was already a rare good weather, at least it did not get worse.
Other things can be specially supplied, but breathing air cannot be specially supplied. Therefore, the gentlemen of Jingtang are very concerned about the situation of Wanghua in Suiyuan. The restoration of pastures can effectively reduce sand blowing weather.
From the 10th year of Zhengtong to the 23rd year of Jiajing, in this entire hundred years, there were only forty-nine recorded sandstorms; but from the 23rd year of Jiajing to the 43rd year of Jiajing, there were only 20 sandstorms recorded in total. Forty sandstorms were recorded every year.
From the forty-third year of Jiajing to the seventh year of Wanli, there were more than thirty-five sandstorms recorded in fifteen years.
The environment is deteriorating, sandy and dusty weather is increasing, the sky is windy all the time, and the ground is dusty everywhere, which has become a daily routine in the capital.
Now this deterioration has finally been contained. From the spring of Wanli tenth year to Wanli fifteenth year, sand and dust weather did not increase. Observation data from fourteen observation points showed that the number of sand blowing days was decreasing, and the amount of sand and dust storms was also decreasing. is decreasing.
Xu Zhenming returned to the capital. Ever since he stayed at Huitongguanyi, the rewards from the palace had not stopped, including one or two full gold coins, 100 gold coins, 500 silver coins, a large cloak, 15 national cellars, and emeralds. Three pieces, one dendrobium of pearls, one coral, one pound of ambergris, etc.
"This is impossible, absolutely impossible." Xu Zhenming kept thanking her, but when he saw the two Persian beauties, Xu Zhenming chose to refuse.
(End of chapter)