Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 19 The Holy Monarch
Zhu Yihai was sitting in the Haimen Counselor's Mansion, and he was very soft on the IOUs, but he was very motivated to exchange hundreds of taels of silver for one IOU.

I have to say that although Lu Wang Zhu Yihai is very young, only 26, he is really not the kind of dandy clan who raises pigs. It has a solid foundation.Even Zhu Yihai is very literary and artistic, he is a master at playing the piano, and he is very fashionable as a screenwriter and drama creator.

The monthly interest rate is three cents, and the annualized overseas debt of a well-known large real estate company before Zhu Yihai crossed the road was no more than that, and then it exploded.The three-point monthly interest rate is not low in the late Ming Dynasty.

This made Zhu Yihai feel that he was cheating on the pretext of high interest rates, and was engaged in killing pig funds.

Looking at the sad faces on the opposite side who were reluctantly 'escorted' by Wang Chuang's brave guards to get money back to the house, you know that in the eyes of those people, Zhu Yihai is not cheating, but is actually robbing .

But Zhao Qianzong's head has already been brought in, and it is still placed in the corner of the book case. It is "red sleeves add fragrance". The soldiers who fought basically followed Wu Kai's bull head who killed a thousand swords to the King of Lu, and now there are five hundred brave guards and Frangji Shenji battalion in the city.

King Lu smiled and told everyone to borrow money at a three-point interest, can everyone not borrow it?

Wang Chuangzi's hand was always on the handle of the knife. They believed that as long as they said no, their heads would appear on the table the next moment to accompany Zhao Qianzong's Bai.

In front of the swords of the veterans of the Yongwei Battalion, none of the officials and gentry of Haimen Weicheng dared to play His Highness Lu Jianguo. Jian Guo, who knows if he will be surrendered to the Qing tomorrow, or become a prisoner of the Qing army.

But after all, the soldiers under King Lu were about to put their knives on their necks, so the officials and gentry didn't want to have to try the blade with themselves.

"Your Highness, I never thought that the officials and gentry here in Haimen Weicheng are so rich." Wang Xiang smiled.

On one side, Wu Kai’s heart was bleeding. He took out tens of thousands of taels of silver. The old Wu’s family, which has been in Haimen for nearly 300 years, also had to take out all the cash in every house, every branch, and even shops and businesses in order to collect it.

Zhu Yihai looked at Fat Bear's bitter melon-like face and forced a smile on his face, and felt that it was not easy for him. He had to stake his life and family to fight against the Tartars, and now he had to break his family and borrow money. He was really loyal.

He picked up the pen and swiped it, "Loyalty and filial piety!"

"For Wu Qing!"

Wu Kai bent down to take these four characters with both hands, feeling that each character is extremely heavy, one character is worth 500 taels of silver, how could it not be heavy.

"Your minister and the Wu family have received the favor of the country and the emperor, and these are all due." Old Wu's words on the scene are still very good, and the sentence of the family receiving the country's grace came as soon as he opened his mouth.

Time was running short, and Zhu Yihai's "calligraphy works" raised more than 2 taels of silver, which is already quite a lot.

You must know that from the Ming Dynasty to the present, the imperial court has become poorer and the people have been more miserable year by year, but the officials, gentry and landlords have had a better life year by year.

Before Chongzhen was hanged, the land tax in Zhejiang Province was measured in silver, totaling more than 110 taels, of which more than 35 taels were shipped and about 15 taels were retained.Among them, the summer tax is about 6000 taels, and the autumn grain is about one million taels of silver.

In the rich land of Zhejiang, the annual land tax is only a million taels, and the gentry represented by the Donglin Party firmly oppose the levy of commercial tax, mining tax, etc. Privilege, leading to this financial problem is getting worse every year, and taxes are getting less and less.

Zhu Yihai got more than 2 taels of silver by writing a few white notes, which is much faster than the government's tax collection.

Of course, Zhu Yihai also understands that this is actually an extraordinary method at an extraordinary time, and it even has many sequelae. Except for Wu Kai, I am afraid that none of those creditors are willing in their hearts. Well, he will act as the leading party and get Zhu Yihai right away.

But now the fire is imminent, and Zhu Yihai doesn't care about that anymore. There are still many guards and battalions outside who are clamoring for pay and food. They are still waiting to see the new Highness Jian Guo.

If you don't pay for it, Lu Jianguo will not be able to work.

"Mr. Wu, come with me to meet the guards and battalions at Haimen."

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The Shenjiang Yamen is located in the east city of Haimen Weicheng, near the Chenghuang Temple, next to the Qi Jiguang Temple, and behind it are Dongshan and Niutoujing.

There is a large open space in front of the General's Yamen, which is crowded with people at this time.

Many of them were instigated to make trouble, and some of them heard that the king of Lu was coming and wanted to pay their wages without knowing the truth, and some said that the king of Lu wanted to give a reward to everyone.

Not only the unpaid battalion soldiers from the Haimen Association came, but also many guards from the Haimen guards, and even many ordinary people and merchants came.

A lot of people just thought it was just watching the show and watching the excitement. The more people there, the more lively it was. Even on June day, the crowded shoes fell off, and they didn't care about the stinky sweat.

Even many old wives, daughter-in-laws and young girls also come to join in the fun, and they are not afraid of getting pregnant.

"When will the money be distributed?"

"Where is Lu Jianguo?"

"Is there really money and food?"

Everyone was eagerly looking forward to it, and those who squeezed into the front row could still see General Wu’s servants who usually flaunt their power in front of the General’s Mansion, as well as some unfamiliar soldiers, who were obviously more elite than General Wu’s servants, especially But there are actually quite a few red-haired ghosts in Francine.

A lot of people involved started spreading rumors that the Hongmaoyi had invaded the city.

Then it was passed on to the people behind, and they became Japanese pirates and occupied the general's office.

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"quiet!"

"Mighty~Wu~"

Wu Kai walked out of the general's mansion, and shouted out in anger, and his twenty servants immediately followed up and shouted mighty, much more majestic than the county magistrate when he went to court.

Old Wu was a ground snake in Haimen, and his prestige was quite high. The noisy crowd gradually quieted down.

Waiting for Yaqian's voice to be much quieter.

Old Wu beckoned, so Chuangzi, the guerrilla king of the First Battalion of Yongwei, came out with his men, holding up a big box.

A mouthful of boxes was carried to the door, and then opened in public.

Silvery.

"silver,"

"A lot of silver!"

There was a commotion in front again, and the people in the back became even more agitated when they heard that there was a lot of money.

Daming was a silver empire. Through foreign trade, most of the world's silver output was absorbed into the Eastern Daming, and silver officially became the hardest currency. A whip method and other silver collection made silver become the Ming Dynasty. The most inseparable thing for the people.

It's a little thing that people love to hate.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the reduction of Spanish oriental silver imports, it even triggered a silver shortage in Ming Dynasty, exacerbated its financial collapse, and became one of the important reasons for his demise.

"How much silver does this cost?"

"This random box costs thousands of taels. There are so many, how many tens of thousands of taels?"

Putting tens of thousands of taels of silver on your mouth is a completely different concept from putting it in front of you. It just feels like a lot when you put it on your mouth, but it is extremely impactful when you put it in front of your eyes.

This is especially true for those guard battalion soldiers who have been owed wages for a long time, and even the whole family is starving.

Countless people's eyes are shining, full of passion!
Under the gazes of wolves and tigers, Zhu Yihai finally appeared. He changed his outfit deliberately, and put on the black Yishan crown and red Chilong robe that he wore when he ascended the throne in Taizhou to supervise the country. There was no time to make Jian Guo's crown uniform, so it was still the Prince Lu's crown uniform.

However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were still less than [-] princes in the Ming Dynasty, and most people would never see a prince in their lifetime. They are not allowed to enter the capital when they leave the feudal clan, and they can only stay in the fief for a lifetime.

Except for the people in the feudal land of the vassal king who have the opportunity to meet the local prince, how can ordinary people have the opportunity to see him.

Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was originally fiefd in Yanzhou, Shandong. Last year, he hurried south and was confiscated to Taizhou by Hongguang. However, he usually stayed in Linhai and never visited the Haimen guards.

Everyone didn't know this young man, but the robe on his body made everyone guess that this was His Royal Highness Lu Jianguo.

"Jianguo Chitose!"

"See you Chitose!"

"Meet the prison country!"

There were all kinds of shouts, and it felt like everyone was embracing each other, but Zhu Yihai looked at those black heads, but knew that these voices were probably more directed at those silver coins, so he didn't Too self-indulgent.

He reached out and pressed.

"I am the tenth grandson of Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. The No. 11 king of the Ming Dynasty took the place of King Lu. The two capitals fell, Emperor Lie died for the country, Hongguang Beishou, King Lu supervised the country for five days and surrendered. The great vassals of the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of the Taizu, are duty-bound to stand up. I assume the throne and supervise the country in Linhai, Taizhou. I am here today on a southern tour. I was shocked to hear that Haimen owed wages for a long time and the soldiers were in distress. I came in a hurry, so I called The officials, gentry and rich families in the north of Haimen borrowed money from them, and first distributed a sum of money to meet everyone's urgent needs."

Not too much nonsense, not too sensational.

Everyone was staring at the money, so Zhu Yihai cut the long story short, the money is already here, but how to pay it is also a problem, because there was too much owed before, it was impossible to pay it all.

So this time basically regardless of the original salary arrears, each person will be paid first.

The specific distribution standard, Zhu Yihai announced in public, the officers and soldiers of the Haimen Association Battalion will each receive two taels, and the guards of the Haimen Guards will each receive one tael.

Of course, Zhu Yihai also took the opportunity to recruit soldiers and offered good conditions.

Those who volunteered to join the army, as long as the conditions were qualified and selected, each person would be given two taels of housing allowance first, and then one or two lines of food and silver.

In the end, Zhu Yihai announced to the countless expecting people that all the taxes and food owed by the military and civilians of the Haimen Guard will be exempted immediately, and the past ones will not be collected, and this year's ones will also be exempted directly.

For Zhu Yihai, he knew that even if the tax was collected, he might not be able to collect it. Now that the Tartar army is approaching, he might as well be more generous and exempt from the tax.

As for the need for money to raise soldiers and fight wars, and then find other methods, the taxes and taxes since the Chongzhen Dynasty have been messed up long ago, and countless debts have been accumulated, which has become a muddled bad debt, so it is better to throw it away and start over.

Countless cheers sounded from below.

The soldiers of the guard and the officers and soldiers of the association battalion can at least get one or two taels of silver first. If they are willing to apply, they can get another three taels of silver right away, which is four or five taels of silver. For the soldiers, it is like rain from the sky, saving some food, and even supporting a family for a year.

But for other common people, it is absolutely worthwhile for them to shout long live or even kowtow a few times, shouting that the sage is born.

"Everyone line up, come one by one, and get the money by name!" Wu Kai shouted loudly, helping to maintain order.

Zhu Yihai, like the descended sage, sat on a chair on the steps in front of the door, quietly watching the soldiers and commoners express their gratitude to him!
The people are really easy to be content with!
(End of this chapter)