After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 45 Not Without Grounds
"Students think that there must be such people." Hu Weiyong said, "Those warriors have never read any books, they only know how to fight, how can they understand the tricks in the court?"

"Besides, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, so let's just wait and watch the show, hahaha!" After speaking, he burst into laughter.

Li Shanchang remained calm, and had already seen it through.Hu Weiyong is a man of great ability and ability, but he has one of the biggest problems, that is, he is easy to get carried away and does not know how to restrain himself.

"Then I'll listen to you and see the situation." Li Shan said, "In addition, you should inform those generals of Huaixi so that they don't be stupid."

"Students obey." Hu Weiyong said.

"I don't know how Liu Bowen did it." Li Shanchang muttered to himself after seeing Hu Weiyong leave.However, this kind of thing is not easy to ask face to face, and there is nothing valuable to ask.

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Sincerely.

Inside, there are only four walls, and there is only one old servant in the family.Liu Bowen was an upright person, and he had ordered the killing of Li Shanchang's cronies before, and the two became enemies because of this.And the officials are clean and honest, and there is no corruption at all.

"Father, I saw you frowning as soon as you came back from the court. Could it be that something big happened in the court today?" Liu Lian asked.

"The emperor rewarded each of the civil and military ministers with a pair of calligraphy in the court hall today." Liu Bowen pointed to the desk next to him, and said, "That's the one. The emperor said that the price of each painting is 500 million taels. It will be handed over to the state treasury within a month."

"500 million taels!" Liu Lian was stunned by this astronomical figure, walked over to open the scroll and saw that there were only four words on it: patriotic businessman. "Father, the emperor's handwriting is far worse than my father's. Father's handwriting only sells for two taels of silver a piece. How can the emperor's handwriting be worth five million taels?"

"Lian'er, keep your voice down. Even though it's in your own home, you have to be careful when you speak." Liu Bowen said, "Although this character is written worse than my father's, it's the emperor's royal pen, and it's worth a fortune just for that. ."

"Although it is the emperor's imperial pen, it is not enough to sell for 500 million taels?" Liu Lian said, "500 million? It can scare people's guts out, and that is already the income of the Ming treasury for two years."

"That's right, even if we sell all the ancestral property in Qingtian and sell all the ancestral properties in Qingtian, we still can't get that much together." Liu Bowen said, "At first, my father thought that the emperor did this to uncover corruption in the court. But after thinking about it, I felt like It is to enrich the national treasury. After thinking about it again, I think it is wrong. The civil and military ministers are very poor, so who can afford 500 million taels?"

"His Majesty's mind is unpredictable, it's really hard to guess." "His keen insight and ability to know people are more than anyone else in the world. I remember during the battle at Poyang Lake, he saw that everyone had no The fighter seen."

"Father said it well, His Majesty is too powerful, for example, this time." Liu Lian said.

If Zhu Yuanzhang was not powerful, it would never have been possible for him to be a beggar and become an emperor to create an unprecedented miracle.Everyone knows this, so all civil and military ministers fear him from the bottom of their hearts.

"How to complete the task assigned by the emperor, for the father, I don't have any clue yet." Liu Bowen said.

"What about the other civil and military ministers?" Liu Lian asked.

"I don't know about my father." Liu Bowen is an official and rarely inquires about other officials, and because he is a censor who oversees hundreds of officials, he basically has no party feathers, and only a few students have contacts with him, "It is Yang Xian revealed a little bit of news to his father, saying that Li Shanchang has been holding his troops and seems to be waiting for His Majesty to make a move."

"It seems that we can only do this. Let's see how His Majesty sells his 5000 million taels worth of words, and who he sells to. Maybe there will be a turning point at that time."

"Your Majesty wants to personally sell a piece of writing worth 5000 million taels of silver!?" Liu Lian took a breath, "I can't think of it, how can Your Majesty do this."

"I can't think of it as a father." Liu Bowen said, "5000 million taels of silver is not a small amount, it is an astronomical figure. No one in Yingtian Mansion has such financial resources? I am afraid that in the whole world, there is no such person?"

"Even the silver in the treasury is less than 5000 million taels!"

"Among the rich merchants in Yingtian Mansion, only Shen Wansan is relatively famous." Liu Lian said, "But I'm afraid he can't spend 5000 million taels. Last time, he subsidized His Majesty to build a third of the city wall, and his family property is running out. "

"Everyone is waiting to see what His Majesty does, and it depends on who can understand it first." Liu Bowen said, "Whoever understands it first will gain His Majesty's respect, and will definitely be entrusted with important tasks in the future. Your Majesty's move is also examining the abilities of the ministers."

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At the same time, some generals of Huaixi who did not see the key among them, ministers who were born into famous families, were already raising money by themselves.They felt that the sooner they handed over the money, the more they could demonstrate their ability and loyalty.

Even, they are still waiting to see other people's jokes.

Madao Street, Shen House.

"Master, something is bad." As soon as Shen Wansan entered the mansion, an old servant stepped forward to report eagerly, "Shen Wang, the housekeeper, was taken away by the people in the Yingtian mansion."

"Shen Wang was taken away? What the hell is going on!" Shen Wansan's expression froze when he heard the words.As a well-known businessman in Yingtianfu, even Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang knew him and would give him more or less face, let alone the government.And now, a small Yingtian government governor went to the house and arrested the housekeeper without prior notice?
"Dare to take away my butler?" Shen Wansan said coldly, "If they don't give me something to say, I'll go to the Forbidden City to file a lawsuit."

"Master, the people in the yamen said that Shen Wang was collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country." The servant said, "The people in the yamen searched the housekeeper's residence, and soon found the correspondence between him and the remnants of the former Yuan Dynasty."

Letters found! ?This is already solid evidence!Shen Wansan's brows furrowed even tighter.

Before, he had been doing business all over the country, and his footprints were all over the country, and of course he had also been to Yuan Dadu.He also had business dealings with the officials of the Yuan Dynasty. Only by doing business with the imperial court can he make more money. He even did business with rebels from all over the world.

Shen Wansan used to be said to be dancing on the sword and making money on the edge of life and death.However, because of his extraordinary business acumen, he was able to roam among the warlords all over the world with ease.

When doing business with the former Yuan government and even the princes and ministers, Shen Wang was his deputy.And Shen Wang is also very smart and experienced, not only can help him make money, but also get out of the way.

Therefore, it is not groundless for the government to say that he colluded with the remnants of the former Yuan.

(End of this chapter)