Chapter 636: Man can control destiny and use it


Chapter 636: Man can control the destiny and use it

On the day Wang Chongyi was assassinated, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty punished the patrol censor of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and Zhao Chengfan was discovered because Liu Changshan was After being sent to the capital and interrogating Liu Changshan, clues were obtained and the moth was finally found.

Liu Changshan was going to be sent to Kaoriin because, as a maritime merchant, he had trafficked people from the Ming Dynasty many times. During the Incident at Honnoji Temple, Liu Changshan had already established a relationship with Oda Nobunaga, and as a founding father Liu Changshan knew a lot about the archipelago and some of the right-wing representatives who wanted to migrate abroad, including how to bribe the censor who patrolled the city, so he helped as much as he could.

As Tishuai, Zhao Mengyou personally interrogated Zhao Chengfan. Under constant and repeated questioning, Zhao Chengfan, the censor of the city patrol, confessed the problem.

"That is to say, you didn't know in advance that the thing Liu Changshan asked you to help release was gunpowder. After the explosion and Xu Zhaode was arrested, you guessed that you were the one who caused the trouble, and Liu Changshan also I couldn't find it. When Su Yi Censor found you, did you completely confirm that it was indeed gunpowder?" Zhao Mengyou looked at the confession in his hand.

"Tishuai is very aware. If I knew it was gunpowder, how could I dare to let him go! Who knew these people were so audacious? I just took a little money and never thought about assassinating Wang Cifu!" Zhao Chengfan Even his legs were shaking. He never thought that a small willfulness of power would lead to huge disasters.

"Interesting, Xu Zhaode actually doesn't know your existence." Zhao Mengyou said with emotion after comparing Xu Zhaode's confession repeatedly and reviewing the list of physical evidence.

Liu Changshan's bribery of the censor of the city was purely a way of 'making friends', and he did not ask the censor to do anything. In the past, chess, calligraphy, paintings, gold, stone, and beauties were all given as gifts from friends. He gave it to Zhao Chengfan, and then asked Zhao Chengfan to facilitate it because of the inconvenience of bringing the earth and stone to Beijing.

Zhao Chengfan was somewhat vigilant. He personally inspected the earth, stone, wood and other items once and asked the school captain to check them carefully three times before he finally let down his guard and asked the city patrol officer to conduct a brief inspection. , and chose to let it go.

In the most beautiful place at the foot of the emperor, you can’t just build a house if you want. This kind of business is called shop-collapsed house business, which means that the house in the city has collapsed and you want to rebuild it? You have to pay money to the powerful people who control this business.

Otherwise, the earth, stone and wood used to build the house would not be able to enter the city at all.

This is not the first time that Zhao Chengfan has given people "convenience". Some people think that the earth, stone and wood for the powerful are too expensive, but he happens to have the connections of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, so he just saves this money. Yinzi, everyone is a carnivore. They look up but don't look down. They control the business of a wealthy family and are willing to give face to the censor who patrols the city.

Otherwise, if the censor patrolling the city really raised the banner of curfew, he would torment people to death.

It was under this background that Zhao Chengfan, the censor of the city patrol, chose to let him go.

The news Xu Zhaode received was that gunpowder could be found in the stones used for building houses in Guangde Bookstore. Li Sanhu went there five times in total before finding gunpowder in the stones. The assassination was repeatedly postponed. Four times, it was delayed until the day when the old Wang family returned to their hometown to worship their ancestors. Judging from the situation Tiqi found out, Wang Chongyi did indeed die for Wang Chonggu.

The initial target of Xu Zhaode, Liu Changshan, Li Sanhu and others was Wang Chonggu.

"I'm just a little greedy, but the crime won't lead to death! Tishuai, I still have money! I can give it to you no matter how much you want!" Zhao Chengfan was really scared, he kept saying He begged, hoping that Zhao Mengyou could accept some bribes and say a few nice words to him.

“Idiot, if you kill me, the money will be mine too!” Zhao Mengyou’s fierce eyes suddenly became kind, and he said with a smile: “How much money do you think your life is worth?”

"I still have 30,000 taels of silver, which is in my outer room! As long as Tishuai rescues me, I will give him all!" Zhao Chengfan said loudly as soon as he saw something was going on.

“Thirty thousand silver? It seems that Zhao Yushi feels that his life is worthless.” Zhao Mengyou said cheerfully: “Our Tiqi family confiscated as much as fifty thousand silver. It seems that Zhao Yushi doesn't think his life is worth a lot of money. Hear my advice and don't worry about running out of firewood to keep the mountains alive."

By portraying himself as a corrupt official and bending the law, Zhao Mengyou asked the other party to hand over all his remaining wealth, just to make the corrupt officials' wealth even more clean.

Zhao Mengyou doesn’t even need any acting skills, because in the eyes of these giant beetles, everyone is greedy, but their greed is not known to everyone!

In Zhao Chengfan's mind, Tishuai only needs to be bribed, so what about the death penalty? During the execution, the civet cat will be replaced by the prince!

Zhao Mengyou failed to swindle more silver in the end. During the Wanli period, Tiqi needed a cushion to hold his imperial staff, so his skills were rusty. All the money will be confiscated into internal funds. Practice makes perfect.

Zhu Yijun received the memorial written by Zhao Mengyou and checked the case files. The approximate cost of the assassination of Wang Chonggu has gradually been completed. It cost 70,000 silver to bribe the censor of the city, and Li Sanhu, the death guard, It cost about 30,000 silver, because Li Sanhu was the only one willing to do it, and the others cheated and drank, and then disappeared without a trace. The total cost of buying gunpowder, smoothing relationships, and other expenses totaled more than 150,000. silver.

Especially the price of gunpowder, which is more expensive than gold.

Gunpowder for fireworks and firecrackers is of course very cheap, but the gunpowder Li Sanhu is holding is granular gunpowder. Xu Zhaode doesn’t know where he got it. It was Liu Changshan who got it, and Liu Changshan doesn’t know either. Where did it come from.

"There are two doubts about this case. One is where the gunpowder came from, and the other is how the gunpowder entered the capital. Now one of the doubts is clear. Tiqi will investigate the matter in detail." Zhu Yijun Zhu approved Zhao Mengyou's The memorial was explained to Zhao Mengyou.

Since I said I would get to the bottom of it, I cannot let go of this obvious suspicion.

"Your Majesty, I have already made a rough guess." Zhao Mengyou found Liu Changshan's confession. Although Liu Changshan didn't know where it came from, he still found it from the repeated interrogation records. Some clues, some scattered answers and clues, eventually pointed to one place.

"The Luzon Governor's Mansion produces granular gunpowder."

Since Zhao Mengyou dared to say this in front of the emperor, he was absolutely sure that 99% of the leakage was from the Luzon Governor's Mansion, because the old port declaration Keji is at war.

During the war, it is a normal phenomenon for some people to buy and sell armaments. Bird guns and tiger cannons are reported as damaged, the amount of gunpowder is falsely reported, etc. This is still secretive. During the Jiajing period, there was even a Ming Dynasty Because some soldiers were in arrears with pay, they even openly bought and sold firearms in exchange for household income.

There was a problem during the Wanli and Yongle years. The Xuanwei Division and the Governor's Palace in the old port were too far away from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. Luzon had already substantially confirmed land ownership and began to collect land taxes. The City Shipping Department's Rate Hall collected commercial taxes, and Wang Hua was very fast. However, due to the distance from the Old Port Governor's Mansion, Wang Hua had the same difficulties as before.

Thousands of miles south, to the extreme south.

"Since we want to reap the benefits of opening the sea, we must bear the price of opening the sea." Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "Continue to investigate and confirm the source of the gunpowder."

The fast sailing ship is particularly important, and the dragon swims The ship has been loaded and loaded. It only takes 18 days to depart from the home port of Songjiangfu and arrive at the old port of Malacca City. This problem will only be improved if a large number of fast sailing ships are loaded.

Songjiang Governor Shen Shixing has a heavy burden. According to reports from Shanghai Magistrate Yao Guangqi, Shen Shixing has turned gray at the temples. Zhu Yijun is very worried that Shen Shixing will die of exhaustion before he becomes the chief minister.

But as a disciple of Zhang Juzheng, and as long as Zhang Juzheng is still alive, if Shen Shixing wants to join the cabinet, he has to go to such a high level of intensity to gain universal recognition.

For Shen Shixing, the best news recently is that there has been no more trouble at the clipper dock and everything is going smoothly.

"You have to push yourself hard to realize how strong you are!" Zhu Yijun picked up a memorandum in his hand, thought about it again and again, and said, "Go and tell the great Situ and the young Situ to come over."
< br>The Great Situ Wang Guoguang and the Young Situ Zhang Xueyan, the financial minister of the Ming Dynasty and the court's money bag, Zhu Yijun came to them because they had important matters to discuss.

Zhu Yijun, who has been the emperor for twelve years, has become very clear. Now that the memorial has come before him, the fight has actually reached a result. All he needs is the emperor's seal. The emperor must grasp the general direction. What he has to do is to judge the pros and cons, based on the core interests of Ming Dynasty.

Wang Chonggu took action.

The Wanli Restoration Opposition Alliance has its foundation overseas. This is a new test. This alliance is composed of several powerful and powerful families who refused to accept the king's orders and went into exile overseas. They left the Ming Dynasty, So it was unscrupulous, and the first big move of this major alliance was to assassinate Wang Chonggu.

And now, since Wang Chonggu is alive and continues to serve as a secondary assistant in the court, he will definitely not have any good fruits from these guys.

Wang Chonggu’s memorial is very long, but it only covers three aspects.

The first is to increase the number of government-run plantations in Nanyang; the second is to carry out regular inspections of the Yuanxu Islands with the main purpose of anti-narcotics; the third is to establish a skilled and adequate base in the Yuanxu Islands Many inspection departments have set up coastal defense inspections.

Increasing the number of government-run plantations is a plan to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron. This is using the power of a country to rob the means of production. For these powerful rightists who are fleeing, this is even more uncomfortable than killing them. As a result of the loss of production means, all achievements are like flowers in the mirror and water without a source.

It’s a plan to wipe out the entire family.

The second article is indeed a grand alliance against the opposition, but the main purpose is to fight against drugs, win the war against drugs, prevent the proliferation of opium, ayahuasca, chat grass and other substances in the Ming Dynasty, crack down severely and for a long time, and even go so far as to correct the situation. .

In this era when it takes ninety-two days to send a document from Yunnan to the capital, this kind of attack can easily be expanded during the implementation process, and the anti-drug operation has become a basket case. , anything can be put inside, and it has even become a means for Luzon and the Old Port Governor's Office to exploit Xia Zhe.

Article 3: Enough inspection departments and coastal defense inspections are a supplement to Article 2. It is best to leave alive people during the anti-narcotics operation, inspected by the coastal defense inspections, and sent to the capital to the greatest extent possible. , to avoid the existence of the phenomenon of showing off one's reputation and taking credit for one's merit.

But this kind of thing is inevitable.

Wang Chonggu’s speech was very clear and thorough, and the pros and cons of the policy were clearly explained.

This involves a question. Do these powerful figures who disobey the king's orders and defect to the sea still enjoy the protection of the Ming Law?

Wang Chonggu expelled these defecting dignitaries from the Ming Dynasty and equated them with barbarians on the grounds that "the princes used barbarian rituals to punish the barbarians", which perfectly avoided the issue of law.

The law of the Ming Dynasty never protected barbarians. For example, Sauron was burned to ashes. He was a barbarian, so the emperor beheaded and burned the people until no bones were left. The scholar-officials did not even save anyone. .

"The imperial court's official gardens already occupy 60% of the Nanyang plantations. Is it necessary to continue to expand?" Zhu Yijun pushed out Wang Chonggu's memorial and asked the Ministry of Household Affairs for their opinions.

"Your Majesty, the more plantations the better." Wang Guoguang had obviously read this memorial and answered his Majesty's question without opening it and looking at it carefully.

Zhang Xueyan further added: "Your Majesty, the celestial phenomena have changed, and Ming Dynasty needs more food."

Gewuyuan clearly observed the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the grasslands are getting colder, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Hetao The precipitation in the region has been decreasing over the years, and the drought in the northwest of Shanxi has become more and more serious. The Gewuyuan found that the inland is far away from the ocean, a huge temperature regulator, and the specific heat capacity of the land is only one-twentieth of water. The Ming Dynasty is bound to face this situation. Food crisis, and we are already facing this serious problem.

Wang Chonggu proposed to expand the number and area of ​​official gardens. Of course, he was retaliating against the murderer who dared to assassinate him and killed his brother. It was also for the sake of the country, not just to vent his anger.

Sixty percent? Ten percent is too little.

Wang Guoguang thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the population of the Ming Dynasty is increasing, because the sweet potatoes used to save famines are really good for the people, but the weather is getting worse and worse. There are more people and less food. , this will lead to chaos and changes in the world. I believe that this food is related to the lifeline of the country. If it is not in the hands of the country, there may be chaos. "

Food, especially the food flowing into the Ming Dynasty from overseas, will not happen. It's in the hands of the imperial court, so how can you sleep, Emperor?

You can be the emperor because you have strong soldiers and horses. You have strong soldiers and horses. You have food, silver, guns, etiquette, and people's hearts. That's why you are the emperor. If you don't have food, you have no silver. How can you still be the emperor if you don’t have money or a gun? The destined drought problems in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia and the problem of population growth were the real problems that the Ming Dynasty had to face.

When the people in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia got into trouble because of hunger, did the court suppress them or appease them? This issue was discussed very clearly by Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao and Shuyang Bo Jinlian as early as the Zhengtong period.

Chen Mao and Jin Lian discussed this issue very clearly when they put down the Ye Zongliu-Deng Maoqi uprising.

The people are diligent and perseverant, and they can live in peace even if they have a little full stomach. When chaos breaks out among the people, the world will be in danger. Suppression is like burning fire cooking oil. The more pressing, the more urgent, and the more intense the suppression. Only by recruiting and relocating can we achieve stability in all directions. Law.

After Chen Mao and Jin Lian put down the civil unrest, they described in great detail that the people of the Ming Dynasty were docile than sheep and more willing to endure hardship than donkeys. As long as they had some livelihood, they would not rebel. Such people If you are forced to the point of rebellion and continue to suppress people, you will expand the contradictions and eventually cause chaos in the world. Therefore, civil chaos can only be suppressed.

To feed the people, food is needed, and food is not under the control of the imperial court. Does the emperor have to rely on invisible hands and bet that the merchants who travel everywhere and pursue profits will not increase prices? Invisible big hands will only let money flow to places where there is no shortage of money, and make food become a tool for harvesting.

Food is the most important thing for the people. Once there is a problem with food, it is no small matter.

Although Wang Guoguang and Zhang Xueyan didn’t say it explicitly, that’s what they said. Since they want to be the great emperor who has to take care of everything, they have to be alert!

"It has expanded to 60%. No matter how much it grows, the problems of rigidity and bloat will become problems that cannot be solved by the plantation. 60% is a lot." Zhu Yijun elaborated on his reasons for joining politics.

No matter how much, the plantations will lose their vitality, because there is no competition, only monopoly, rigidity and bloat will affect production, and ultimately lead to an overall decline in grain output. The coal in the Northern Song Dynasty sold for two hundred yuan per pound. Very bad, no one buys it, and no one produces it.

The plantations in Nanyang, because of their rigidity and bloatedness, could not become the blood bag of the Ming Dynasty and could not help the Ming Dynasty successfully survive the Little Ice Age. This was also the reason why Zhu Yijun asked for politics.

Government-run and private-run are a mutual process. They are not life-or-death enemies, but a process that complements each other, conflicts one after another, and spirals upward.

"Then let's increase it by another 10%. Officials will be seven and civilians will be three." Zhu Yijun said very clearly: "Two dear friends, you can't let the Ming Dynasty navy go out to catch slaves. Don't say that I am not happy with the navy. The division soldiers do these dirty jobs, but they don’t know how to capture slaves. Let them capture cities and kill enemies. They are very good at it, but capturing slaves is a very professional job.”

"Besides, there's nothing we can do about it."

Wang Guoguang and Zhang Xueyan whispered to each other.

Wang Guangcai bowed his head and said: "What your Majesty said makes sense."

Seventy percent is not much, but it is enough. According to the Ming Dynasty's theory of importance, three achievements are actually enough to occupy a dominant position. Now, the imperial court accounts for 70% of the plantation economy, which is already the limit of the imperial court.

The official gardens of the imperial court did not capture or use slaves. This was not a high moral disadvantage, but because the population growth rate in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty far exceeded that of the inland. These official gardens also played another important role, resettling the population. , The irreconcilable contradiction between man and earth will not blow up the Ming Dynasty to the sky.

"Regular inspections and the establishment of an inspection department in the Yuanxu Islands are very necessary." Zhu Yijun didn't have any objections to the last two items, but Wang Chonggu wanted to take everything on the plantation, and Zhu Yijun was not very Agree.

You will die if you eat too much.

Zhu Yijun met with the Great Situ and the Young Situ, and asked about the progress not only about Wang Chonggu's memorial, but also about the formation of a total of six engineering regiments and battalions in Henan and Shandong.

"Your Majesty, Ling Butang is indeed loyal to the emperor and the country, but the number of soldiers suddenly changed from 1,500 guest soldiers to 60,000 engineering corps battalions. Isn't it a bit dangerous?" Zhang Xueyan said in a low voice: "I came to the court from the governor of Liaodong and became the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs. In Liaodong, I saw with my own eyes the possibility of Liaodong becoming a vassal town."

Zhang Xueyan first highly praised Ling Yunyi's loyalty to the emperor and the country, and then raised his own doubts , The emperor is really not afraid. Ling Yunyi is the military affairs minister of Henan and Shandong. These 60,000 people are directly managed by Ling Yunyi. If Henan and Shandong are transformed into vassal towns like Liaodong, it will be no different than the sky falling.

"Ling Butang is going to the Governor's Mansion in Nagasaki." Zhu Yijun rummaged through the table and found Ling Yunyi's memorial, handed it to Feng Bao and passed it on to Zhang Xueyan, saying: "Ling Butang also thought of what Young Situ was thinking about. ”

Chidao has been repaired, the engineering regiment has been established, and the thorny matters such as the abolition of slave status by Qingzhang have been completed. Ling Yunyi is going to the Nagasaki Governor's Palace to go to the sea to fight against Japan. Ling Yunyi is already in He took the initiative to ask for help and asked Your Majesty to give him a chance to destroy the Japanese.

"It is the heart of a villain that I judge the heart of a gentleman." After reading Ling Yunyi's memorial, Zhang Xueyan quickly and solemnly admitted his mistake and called himself a villain.

Ling Yunyi is an authoritative figure. He only listens to him among these 60,000 people. After he leaves, these engineering regiment camps are the engineering regiment camps of the imperial court. Plus Chidao Xiutong, there is no need to worry .

The reason why Ling Yunyi wanted to go to the Nagasaki Governor's Palace was naturally for the important matter of destroying the Japanese.

After Zhu Yijun met with the two ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, he also met with the cabinet minister Wan Shihe. Wan Shihe took charge of the compilation of the "Collection of Zhuzi", opened hundreds of libraries, and recruited scholars from all over the world. Compilation, "Xunzi" has been completely compiled.

Baijiaguan recruited people from all over the world, compiled it, and submitted it to the Ministry of Rites for review. The final reviewer was Wan Shihe himself. After Wan Shihe reviewed it, it was sent directly to the emperor for review.

Zhu Yijun has read thirty-two chapters of Xunzi. It can be said that every word of it is precious, and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty gained a lot.

"As the most sage teacher, Xunzi was expelled from Confucianism. It is actually a great pity for Confucianism. This is a loss for Confucianism, not for Xunzi." After reading Xunzi, Zhu Yijun only had this feeling .

The most sage teachers of the Ming Dynasty are no longer Confucius and Mencius.

Hundreds of schools of thought are all sage teachers, the pioneers who initiated humanism.

"I only discovered it after compilation. Maybe "Xunzi" is another side of Confucianism. If later Confucian scholars could accept Xunzi's criticism, Confucianism would definitely not be what it is now." Wan Shihe was very sure. said.

Confucius and Mencius said that human nature is inherently good, and Xunzi said that human nature is inherently evil; Dong Zhongshu was talking about the superstitious theory of telepathy between heaven and man, which has been gradually abandoned in the pre-Qin Dynasty. Xunzi said that 'man can control the destiny of heaven and use it'; Confucianism He talks about long rituals and respecting laws, but Xunzi takes the evil nature of human nature as the starting point, uses laws exclusively to govern the world, and uses rituals and laws to persuade.

The most typical example is that man can control the destiny of nature and use it. It means: human beings have the ability to control the laws of natural changes and make use of them. When facing nature, they must take initiative and emphasize the changes of nature by human beings and let nature Use it for me instead of letting fate and nature become a bondage for mankind.

Only at this point, Dong Zhongshu’s set of heavenly and human induction was eliminated, completely and completely.

The connection between heaven and man is reversing the course of history. It is 'no distinction between heaven and man'. Xunzi, the most sage of Confucianism, has clearly put forward the theory of separation between heaven and man, and in "Xunzi· This is vividly reflected in "The Theory of Heaven".

Zhu Yijun still remembers the terrible wind and public opinion Zhang Juzheng suffered at the end of the sixth year of Longqing and the beginning of the first year of Wanli when the guest star invaded the main seat. In order to express his support for Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun issued an edict to repair the province and said that heaven and man were warning. It was entirely because he did not do well as an emperor. In the fifth year of Wanli, the great comet appeared, Zhang Juzheng's father died of illness, and the Ding You incident also caused uproar in the city.

Obviously the separation between heaven and man had already been made in the pre-Qin period, but in the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between heaven and man is still endlessly poisonous.

Facts have also proven that a guest star that invades the main constellation is just a supernova explosion; and a large comet is not a warning from heaven and man. It is clear from reflection telescopes that it is just a comet.

"Xunzi said that the behavior of heaven is constant, and it does not exist for Yao or to destroy Jie. If it is governed by rule, it will be good, and if it is chaos, it will be misfortune. It would be strange if Xunzi was not expelled from Confucianism." Wan Shihe said helplessly.

Xunzi was not expelled from Confucianism because he criticized Confucianism, but because he criticized the sage kings three generations above. Xunzi touched the core theory of Confucianism. Everything in Confucianism was established on Zhou rites, and Xunzi directly dug up the graves of his ancestors. .

The way of heaven itself has its own laws of operation. It will not exist and prosper because of Yao and Shun, nor will it disappear or decline because of Xia Jie. As a king, you should use rise and fall as the standard. If the world is in good order, it will be good, and if the world is in chaos, it will be good. fierce.

Forcibly binding the rise and fall of the world and natural phenomena to the king's morality, the king cannot afford it, and the people of the world cannot afford it either. It is extremely dangerous to pin the rise and fall of the world on one person. Only the king, the saints, the ministers, and the virtuous people must work together to prosper; otherwise, there will be chaos and chaos. Therefore, the difference between heaven and man can be said to be perfect. ’

Zhu Yijun likes the thirty-two chapters of "Xunzi" very much. This is a true imperial book.

"Are there more? Are there only thirty-two chapters?" Zhu Yijun was still a little bit unsatisfied after reading these thirty-two chapters, and asked Wan Shihe if he had found any orphan copies or chapters that had been lost. , even one article is fine.

"There are only these thirty-two articles, and the others are lost." Wan Shihe said with great regret.

"This... is really sad and regretful. I will give you three million silver to specialize in collecting unique articles to complete the lost articles of hundreds of scholars. Even if I find one, this will Three million silver is worth it." Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao to get an acceptance note for the money, write three million silver in capital letters, and put the seal on it.

When I say give money, I really give money. It is definitely not perfunctory. Even if you find a hidden gem in the ocean, three million silver is worth it.

The prosperity of Confucianism has left hundreds of schools of thought in isolation, and various articles have disappeared in the long river of history.

"Your Majesty, this is not only a matter of silver, but also requires some luck..." Wan Shihe held the silver note in his hand. This thing can really be exchanged for three million silver. He has never taken so much money, but he can only tell His Majesty that it mainly depends on luck.

"Can you come up with the matter of buying horse bones for a thousand gold? What I mean is that someone took an ancient book passed down from his family and went to Baijiaguan to inquire, and then found out that it was a lost chapter. Each word is worth a thousand gold, and one word is worth a thousand silver. Wouldn't it be much easier to find lost copies if you reward them in public?" Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and came up with a good idea.

One word is worth a thousand pieces of gold to find the only copy.

It’s a bit expensive. Zhu Yijun has a lot of money, and he is willing to pay for it so that the pearl will no longer be covered in dust.

Wan Shihe looked at the three million silver notes in his hand, looked at His Majesty and said sincerely: "Your Majesty is wise! This method is very good, except that it is a bit expensive."

Always His stingy Majesty is suddenly willing to spend so much money. His intention is very clear. Your Majesty really wants to accomplish these things.

What kind of Renaissance does the West engage in to revive Roman literature and art? The Ming Dynasty does not need it, because the Ming Dynasty is the living Rome in the East.

They are all the legacy of our ancestors.

(End of this chapter)

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