With the sound of retreating from the court, the ministers began to leave one after another after sending the emperor off respectfully.
Regardless of the suspicion of others, Zhu Hui approached Xue Hong as soon as he left the Qianqing Palace and began to complain: "Junchen, do you think there is such a father?"
As soon as these words came out, several ministers immediately turned their eyes over. When they saw that it was Zhu Hui, these ministers acted decisively and turned away as if they could not see him.
Xue Hong didn't answer. How could you answer what you said? Zhu Hui would get beaten at most if he complained. If anyone else said anything, they would be jailed.
Zhu Hui: "My father called me into the palace last night. I thought that my incident of beating people with stew sticks was known. Who would have thought that my father was here to borrow money!"
Xue Hong: "Borrow money???"
Zhu Hui's face was filled with depression: "It's not so much a borrowing as it is an outright robbery! What little money I have has been completely wiped out by my father. (*??????????)"
Xue Hong: "Didn't Your Majesty just make a small fortune some time ago? Why are you short of money again?"
Zhu Hui: "How can that little money be enough? It sounds like a lot, but at the national level, it's just that."
"By the way! Junchen, your family...isn't it an imperial businessman? Is there any way to make money? Can you help me?"
Xue Hong looked around and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I have a way here. The risk is a bit high, but the profit is also ridiculously high. After it is completed, the emperor will give you 70%, you will get 10% from me, and we will have a total of 10%." How about 10%?”
Zhu Hui: "Why are you taking my father with you? I can understand the same thing. After all, if the Chen family helps with the business in the south, it will reduce a lot of resistance..."
Xue Hong: "This business is a bit big, we can't afford it ourselves."
Zhu Hui's eyes lit up, "It's so big!! He likes big ones!!"
…
In Prince Fu's Mansion, Zhu Hui asked someone to invite Chen Chen.
In front of Zhu Hui and Xue Hong, Chen Chen put down his usual aristocratic demeanor and said carelessly: "You don't know that there are too many stupid sons of landlords in the capital, and I won three thousand taels in one day.
By the way, Your Highness, Junchen, why do you want to see me?"
Speaking of which, Xue Hong was quite helpless. His two friends had no moral problems at all, and their outlook on life was surprisingly correct.
But among the two of them, one is drunk and the other is possessed by the God of Gamblers. Among the three, Xue Hong is the only one who can be considered clean and has no problems at all... Ahem, Xue Hong feels that he is at most a doctor and a Frankenstein... …
Xue Hong shook off the messy thoughts in his mind and said mysteriously: "Do you know the fastest way to make money?"
Chen Chen: "Reselling tea? Silk?"
Zhu Hui: "Search the house! (??˙▽˙??)"
Xue Hong: "Σ(??д??|||)????"
Chen Chen: "Σ(°△°|||)︴"
Zhu Hui: "Is there anything wrong? My father earned more than ten million taels of silver with just one decree! (*^▽^*)"
Xue Hong covered his face and sighed: "Your Highness, if you make a fortune by ransacking your house, it belongs to your Majesty. What does it have to do with the three of us?"
Confiscation of homes is definitely the fastest way to get rich, but now we can’t touch those people in Jiangnan, the time has not come yet! Besides, even if the property is confiscated, it will only make Emperor Longqing rich, and it has nothing to do with the three of them!
Zhu Hui: "Then that's all I can think of. Junchen, don't be too secretive."
Xue Hong: "Do you know about Japanese pirates?"
Chen Chen: "We are very familiar with it. People in the southern coastal areas are often harassed and plundered by these dwarfs. A few decades ago, General Qi was here, and most of the Japanese pirates were killed. But recently, there have naturally been small-scale Japanese pirates. What's wrong with activities along the coast? So Junchen, the method of making money you mentioned, does it have anything to do with them?"
Zhu Hui: "When my grandfather was in power, he sent troops to fight the Japanese pirates in Korea. We won the battle, but because Yingzhou Island is at sea and the land is small and barren, the emperor did not order an attack. "
For a long time, almost all people in the Ming Dynasty had the same concept of Yingzhou Island: a small country with small people, barren land and lack of resources.
Xue Hong: "They have been plundering our Ming Dynasty. Don't we want to go and rob them?"
Chen Chen was very puzzled: "What can they do to fight?"
Since ancient times, as long as the areas surrounding China were considered useful by the Chinese, they were basically incorporated into the territory.
To completely incorporate a region into the territory generally requires three steps:
First: Send troops to capture and clean up the local armed forces and ruling class.
Second: Immigration and occupation, sending a large number of people there.
Third: Cultural assimilation, this step basically takes decades.
After completing these three steps, you can say that this place has been my Chinese territory since ancient times.
No one really thinks that China has always had a Bodhisattva heart in its history, right? Then how did China’s territory come from?
Regarding this point, during the Western Han Dynasty, certain countries had the most say, because they spoke a little louder, and because of the beauty...no, ahem, it was because of the raisins, which led to the destruction of the country.
In many places, it's not that China doesn't fight, but that after it is conquered, it will become a burden!! Not only can it not bring any benefits, but the country has to give it money subsidies every year for disaster relief!!
Yingzhou Island and Koryo Island basically had this image in the eyes of Ming people.
Don't say they can't beat them. With the absolute population advantage, any geographical advantage is nonsense! Do you know how the Xiongnu were destroyed? They were wiped out by the Han Dynasty's Duizi!!
When the Western Han Dynasty fought against the Xiongnu, except for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who won the battle because he had two enemies in his hands, the other emperors suffered losses when fighting against the Xiongnu! The battle loss ratio was also negative.
But even so, when the Western Han Dynasty suffered a loss, it was the Huns who suffered a loss.
In ancient wars, a large population was an absolute advantage. To be honest, if Xue Hong could really sort out the country of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would definitely have the ability to encircle territory everywhere in the world during this period!!
Xue Hong: "If I said that there is a silver mountain on Yingzhou Island that can produce ten million taels of silver every year and can produce it for hundreds of years, will you be tempted?"
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The air suddenly became quiet, and then Zhu Hui was the first to speak: "Junchen, don't make trouble. There can be silver mountains in that poor place... You didn't lie to us??"
Xue Hong: "Why did I lie to you? There really is such a silver mountain in that place."
Zhu Hui and Chen Chen suddenly lost their composure! Ten million taels of silver are produced every year!! Even if each of them only holds 10%, that’s still one million taels!! This is no different from the silver falling from the sky!!
The reason why Xue Hong asked Chen Chen to come over and participate together was because he needed to use some workers from the Chen family. This was a private job and it was not easy to use the imperial craftsmen to do it.
Of course, Xue Hong has some other plans...
The most important thing is that no one except Emperor Longqing can tell the three of them that they want to attack Yingzhou! Otherwise, the group of civil servants in the court who like to make trouble will cause trouble again.
Just like this, Emperor Longqing sent troops, Chen Chen sent out craftsmen, and Zhu Hui... let's just eat dry food, he is of no use.
Xue Hong personally led the troops to rescue the people of Yingzhou Island.