Chapter 1132 There are thousands of ways to make money
When Zhu Zi saw his father staring at him with stern eyes, he knew he couldn't hide, so he simply said it out loud. "Father, I really didn't do anything. My father should have thought that every time there was a performance appraisal,
This is when officials are most frightened. Although some officials do well on weekdays, at this time, as time goes by, they will become uneasy. If they know that there is a way to help them at this time, whether it is
Whether it’s true or not, they will all be willing to come and give it a try.”
"For no other reason than to buy peace of mind, they would not hesitate to come to Erchen. Moreover, Erchen promised them that if the task was not completed for them, their property would be returned to them intact. Wait until
After the official performance evaluation comes out, those who have been promoted and those who have retained their official positions will naturally not come to their ministers again, and those who have been demoted will do what they say and return their money to them. Officials who look to their ministers for everything will do so.
No one is dissatisfied.”
Can you be dissatisfied? For those who kept their official positions, it was natural for Zhu Zi to collect money for doing things. For those officials who were demoted, Zhu Zi was able to return the money intact to them, and they also expressed their gratitude to Zhu Zi.
Be grateful, after all, they have been deposed at this time. Even if Zhu Zi does not return it to them, they will have nothing to do with Zhu Zi.
Lao Zhu suddenly realized it, pointed at Zhu Zi and said in shock: "So, you just took advantage of this and made so much money without any effort?"
"How can this be said to be taking advantage? It can only be said that everyone gets what they need." Zhu Zi smiled awkwardly, not daring to look into his father's eyes, and had no choice but to lower his head.
Everyone gets what he needs. On the surface, this is indeed the case. But if you think about it more deeply, this is simply Zhu Zi cheating those officials. Selling things that originally belonged to those officials to them, Zhu Zi had no part in this.
Even though they didn't show up, they still had to make those officials grateful.
If those officials knew this, they would definitely hate Zhu Zi to death.
"Aren't you afraid that those people will find out that you have not contributed anything from the beginning to the end, and they will bear grudge against you?" At this moment, although Old Zhu asked this, the original worry about Zhu Zi in his heart disappeared.
Since Zhu Zi did such a thing, it is impossible for him to win over officials. After all, what he did was to rub the wisdom of officials who always boasted of being smart on the ground. Once those officials knew about it, they would definitely
Turning against Zhu Zi and becoming enemies is nothing to win over.
Zhu Zi shook his head and explained with a smile: "No, they won't know whether I have contributed to it. If they can successfully retain their official position or be promoted, they should be overjoyed. Why would they think about Erchen?"
What did they do? On the contrary, they will definitely think that their son did indeed do something to allow them to retain their official position."
Lao Zhu pondered for a few breaths and asked doubtfully: "Don't they ask in private?"
Hearing his father's words, Zhu Zi laughed out loud: "After all, their actions were disgraceful, and it was too late to cover them up. How could they take the initiative to ask?"
When Lao Zhu heard this, he suddenly realized. Looking at Zhu Zi, who was full of sunshine and confidence, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Zhu Zi's plan really surprised him. Not only did Zhu Zi, the court, and officials not suffer any damage, but Zhu Zi
Zi also made a profit. However, Zhu Zi did not do anything illegal. Even if officials gave him money, it was voluntary. If Zhu Zi really intervened, there would be a reason to punish Zhu Zi.
It's better now, I don't even have a reason.
Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Zi and was shocked that Zhu Zi could come up with such a plan. He had never thought about the past Zhu Zi who was easy to study, good at writing articles, and liked to gather some literati in the house to drink wine and compose poems. How could he
You will become so wise.
After thinking about it for a moment, Lao Zhu felt a little worried for no reason. He glanced at Zhu Zi and said in a deep voice: "This time, I will spare you and will not pursue any further investigation. But you should stop doing these things, just in case.
It would be bad if they found out and would hold a grudge against you."
When Zhu Zi heard that his father did not want him to do it, his face suddenly fell, and he quickly begged: "Farewell, my father. My son is not a feudal lord, so he only has a little princely salary. If he doesn't make up for it by himself, what will he do?"
How to live?"
"You are a prince, and your salary of 10,000 shi a year is not enough for you?" Lao Zhu frowned, with some displeasure on his face. After all, Zhu Zi is his son. If this word spreads, I am afraid that
People will say that he is mean and even treats his own son harshly.
Concubine Ding was immediately startled. Before Zhu Zi could speak, she reprimanded: "What nonsense are you talking about? The prince's salary is the same as that of Ming Dynasty. Why don't you have enough money?"
Zhu Zi, however, looked unrepentant and said reluctantly: "Others have feudal states and taxes, but my children and ministers do not."
Concubine Ding saw that her son was a dead pig and was not afraid of being scalded by boiling water, but it was not easy to say it clearly in front of the emperor, so she quickly rebuked: "That's nonsense. Your fifth brother didn't seal the country, and didn't he do any random things like you?"
"There are only a few people in the fifth brother's house? And the fifth brother only likes to study medical skills. He stays in the house all day long and doesn't go anywhere. Naturally, he can't spend much money." When it comes to money, Zhu Zi is particularly concerned.
Persistence, even in front of his father and mother, he is not willing to give up the benefits he has obtained.
Although the muttering voice was small, it was in front of Lao Zhu after all. Lao Zhu was not deaf yet, so he could naturally hear it clearly.
Before Concubine Ding could speak, Lao Zhu raised his hand and said: "Okay, it's really difficult for you because you don't have the taxes of a feudal country. Let's do this, I will give you an additional five thousand stone princely salary. Don't do this kind of thing in the future."
Already."
Concubine Ding's face suddenly beamed with joy. You must know that if you don't make great contributions, even the prince cannot increase his salary casually. What's more, this is still an increase of five thousand stones.
Five thousand stones is a lot, and the key is the meaning it represents, which is far beyond what five thousand stones can compare with.
If it were in the past, Zhu Zi would definitely agree without hesitation. But now that he has tasted the benefits, he no longer takes the five thousand stone salary in his eyes.
As for honor, what is it and can it be eaten?
Zhu Zi now only likes tangible benefits and is not interested in frivolous things at all.
So, Zhu Zi surprised everyone and said instead: "How about if this is not the case, the father will collect all the salary of the son, so that the son can continue to work?"
When Lao Zhu heard this, he became angry and waved his sleeves violently, "Don't even think about it! In this way, I will give you an additional salary of 10,000 shi. I am telling you, not discussing with you. After you go back, you should stop such things quickly.
Already."
Faced with his father's toughness, Zhu Zi had to nod his head and agree, "Okay" even though he had ten thousand reluctances in his heart.
Seeing that the emperor and his son had finally reached an agreement, Concubine Ding laughed quickly and eased the atmosphere between the two of them and said, "That's great. Your father is kind and your son is filial. If it spreads, it will be a good story."
Seeing that it was difficult for Lao Zhu to get Zhu Zi to lower his head, a winner's smile appeared on his face.
Only Zhu Zi sat on the table in great depression, watching his father and mother concubine talking to each other.
After finally surviving until the three of them had dinner together, Zhu Zi returned to his house without stopping.
As soon as he returned, he sent someone to find the housekeeper.
As soon as Princess Tan saw Zhu Zi coming back, she greeted her with great concern. She was worried about Zhu Zi entering the palace today, so she quickly asked: "Your Majesty, why did the emperor summon you to the palace today?"
Zhu Zi waved his hand to stop Princess Tan from asking, "I will tell you this later."
Then he shouted to the people outside, "Come here."
"What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
"Go and call Xiao Lizi." The Xiao Lizi mentioned by Zhu Zi is the chief eunuch of Prince Tan's Mansion. Of course, the chief eunuch is majestic in front of the servants, but in front of Zhu Zi, he is just a slave.
"As commanded."
"My servant pays homage to the prince and the princess. I wonder what the prince has ordered?" After a while, the eunuch in charge trotted all the way to Zhu Zi. He was panting, and it was really difficult for him to run this distance.
Zhu Zi immediately ordered him: "Spread the news immediately. From now on, I will no longer take on the affairs of those officials, and I will no longer do anything for them."
When the eunuch in charge heard this, he was completely in disbelief.
Looking at Zhu Zi, he even forgot to reply. After all, this is the largest source of income for the palace, so it would be a pity to give up like this.
"My lord, is this really the case? It would be a pity to lose such a huge source of wealth."
Zhu Zi shook his head and waved without hesitation, "Go ahead."
"I obey, let's go and do it now." Seeing that the prince had made up his mind, the eunuch in charge did not dare to say anything more.
Just as the chief eunuch turned around to leave, Zhu Zi suddenly stopped him again, "Wait a minute."
"Has the prince changed his mind?" The eunuch turned back to look at Zhu Zi, his face full of surprise.
But Zhu Zi said: "If you let the news out, just say that it was because someone impeached me in front of my father that I stopped accepting the news."
"Okay, I'll do it right now." The eunuch agreed with great regret, turned around and left. When he lowered his head and walked out the door, the expression on his face suddenly became ferocious, and he gritted his teeth at the person who was impeaching the prince.
During this time, the prince's palace had this source of income, and the prince's rewards to them were much more generous than before. Isn't it just for this benefit that these people are so busy?
Now there are people who dare to cut off the royal family’s financial resources. What’s the difference between this and cutting off their financial path?
Princess Tan originally wanted to interrupt when Zhu Zi said she wouldn't do it anymore. After all, such a source of wealth is gone once it's gone, and no one will let it go easily. There must be a reason, right?
But when she heard that she was being impeached in front of her father, Yu couldn't help but become worried.
"The prince was impeached? Is everything okay?"
Zhu Zi raised his head and smiled, gave her a comforting look and said, "What can be the problem? It's just that I will no longer collect money from officials, and I will also be given an additional salary of 10,000 dan."
"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Yu patted her chest, exhaled a long breath, and let go of her worries.
"Although my father gave the prince an additional salary of ten thousand dan, it is much less than what we earn ourselves."
Yu was also very sensitive about money. Although he knew that this was his father's will and could not disobey it, he still couldn't help complaining aggrievedly.
Zhu Zi laughed loudly, reached out and pinched Yu's cheek, and said meaningfully: "There are thousands of ways to make money in this world. If my father can block one, how can he block all of them?
"
"My lord, do you still have a way to make money?" Yu suddenly broke down in tears and smiled. He put his hands together and looked at Zhu Zi with admiration.
Zhu Zi felt extremely satisfied in his heart and said triumphantly: "Yes, there are many, just take a look at it. It won't be long before I find another way for you to make money that is no worse than this."
After saying that, he raised his eyes and looked outside the hall, and said with a cold smile: "Impeach the king? I want to see if those officials hate me more, or hate you for meddling in other people's business."
After the news came out from Prince Tan's Mansion that he would no longer help the officials to settle matters, there was no reaction at first, just like a drop of water falling into the pond, there was a slight ripple, but it soon calmed down.
However, as time went by, some officials who knew about it found that without Zhu Zi's help, it became very difficult for them to do many things, especially when it came to their private affairs. In the past, when Zhu Zi was willing to take action, although they
It is inevitable to donate a sum of money, but as long as Zhu Zi accepts the money, he will definitely do something for them. Even if it fails, he will definitely return the money to them.
It can be said that it is a fair transaction and no one is deceived.
But now that Zhu Zi has been impeached, they can't find anyone willing to help them even if they have money.
After all, even when Zhu Ziduo was impeached, the emperor killed the chicken to scare the monkeys. Which official would dare to risk his life to help them?
The reason why the emperor shows mercy to Zhu Zi is because Zhu Zi is the prince. The emperor has never been polite to officials like them. He will kill them when they need to be killed and demote them when they need to be demoted.
Therefore, a group of officials who were in trouble and were as anxious as ants on a hot pot scolded the person who impeached Zhu Zi many times in their hearts.
A huge fleet sailed
While walking on the sea, the scorching sun could not stop Jiang Ming from his urgent desire to return to the Ming Dynasty. Regardless of the persuasion of his subordinates, he insisted on standing on the bow of the ship and looking ahead with his binoculars.
"Woo~"
The sound of the horn came from Wangdou, and Jiang Ming quickly looked forward attentively.
"Uncle, there is land ahead."
Jiang Ming didn't even take off the telescope, but a thin black line appeared in his sight. Then he took off the telescope and said without looking back: "We saw it too."
"Woo~wu~wu"
As the sound of horns continued to sound, a large group of people suddenly appeared on the deck of the fleet, which had been quiet just now.
It has been more than ten days since they last left the island. Although this time is not their longest record, people sailing on the sea will feel an inexplicable feeling every time they see land.
Excited. Even if the front foot leaves and the back foot sees land, it is the same.
"Get the order, let's get closer and see where we are."
When he got close to the coast, Jiang Ming was very satisfied.
When people on the coast saw the huge warships approaching, they were frightened and ran around telling each other.
"Uncle, what are they doing?" The general beside him was confused and turned to ask Jiang Ming.
Jiang Ming smiled slightly and said: "These are people from the Japanese country. Last time, I and the Marquis of Zhenhai fought a battle in the Japanese country and wiped out tens of thousands of them. Maybe they were frightened by the Marquis of Zhenhai. Now look
This will happen to us."
The generals looked at Jiang Ming with admiration when they heard that he could control a huge boat and sail thousands of miles, easily destroying cities and countries. This feeling was enough to make the generals tremble with excitement.
"Uncle, do we want it?"
The general's intention was obviously that he wanted to fight these Japanese people again.
Jiang Ming turned to look at him, shook his head and said: "No, the things we are bringing are what Zhenhai Hou Qian Dingzhu Wan told us to bring back. These things are more important than the Japanese, so we still don't want to cause trouble.
"
The general nodded when he heard the words and stopped talking. He just looked into the eyes of the Japanese, which were filled with pity. This general's hometown is Zhejiang. He has experienced Japanese attacks since he was a child and has a deep hatred for the Japanese.
If the opportunity was right, he would not hesitate to avenge his hometown elders, but unfortunately now was not the time.
During this time, Han Du stayed at home with Anqing and didn't go anywhere.
Even the news of Jiang Ming's return to Beijing was only known to Han Du the next day after being summoned by Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu called Han Du in front of him and said with a smile on his face: "Jiang Ming is back, and he also brought back the rubber you asked for. Not only that, he also brought back some saplings. You see, rubber is now available. You are
Why don't you build a steam engine quickly so that I can have a good look at it?"
When Han Du heard that Jiang Ming had finally brought the rubber back, he was overjoyed and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, rubber has made up for the last shortcoming of the steam engine. However, whether this rubber is suitable for use, I still need to try it.
I found out later.”
Lao Zhu nodded and did not rush Han Du. Anyway, he had already waited for so long, so he was not in a hurry.
Han Du continued to ask: "I dare you to ask the emperor what he plans to do with those saplings?"
"Of course we need to plant it as soon as possible. If we can plant it successfully, then Ming Dynasty will need rubber in the future and we won't have to travel tens of thousands of miles to get it back." Lao Zhu is very clear about this.
The land of the Central Plains has been planting whatever it lacks since ancient times. Now that the Ming Dynasty is short of rubber, just plant saplings. After more and more are planted, the Ming Dynasty will naturally no longer be short of rubber.
Han Du quickly raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is best to plant this sapling in Nanyang."
"Why is this?" Since rubber is such a good treasure, of course it must be planted in Ming Dynasty so that Lao Zhu can rest assured.
Although Nanyang now belongs to the Ming Dynasty, after all, it has just been surrendered not long ago, and there are still a large number of natives there. Lao Zhu is a little worried about planting rubber saplings in Nanyang.