Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 327 I, Su Jing, make a promise, and it can also be worth a thousand gold

Su Jing's words stopped Lao Zhu directly.

The emperor has no virtue, so the common people still love him?

"Su Jing, what do you mean by this? Could it be that if I am not wise, you will rebel?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Jing with glaring eyes.

Su Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why did you rebel?"

It was only the third year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, which happened not long ago.

rebel?

Didn't Lao Zhu establish Daming and ascend the throne because of his rebellion?

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "Don't change the subject, I'm asking you!"

If Su Jing's ability is used to rebel, it will definitely be an extremely huge threat.

This is exactly what Lao Zhu is most worried about.

Su Jing's ability, used to govern Daming, is the pillar of the country.

But if it is used in other places, the harm is also great.

"Hahahaha! Your Majesty, this is not like you."

Su Jing smiled and said: "You started the game with a bowl and conquered the great world of Ming Dynasty. When it comes to rebellion, no one should be more proficient than you."

"Does Your Majesty think that as a businessman, I would do such a high-risk thing?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said, "Businessman, isn't that the pursuit of profit? For profit, what can't be done?"

Su Jing shook her head and said: "This statement is wrong. A real businessman will always only earn what he can earn. High profits are often accompanied by high risks. I am not the kind of businessman whose head has been blown away."

"Su Jing, why bother talking about him, you haven't answered my question directly."

Zhu Yuanzhang was not involved by Su Jing at all, he just wanted to listen to Su Jing's direct and positive answer.

Su Jing was silent.

After a while, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty, if you are not a virtuous king, then it is not clear whether the grassroots will rebel or not, but they will definitely ignore your father."

There's no point in saying something that no one believes.

Su Jing believed that Lao Zhu knew his attitude and just wanted to let himself admit it.

"Bold!"

Zhu Yuanzhang yelled suddenly, his eyes full of murderous intent.

This is much more terrifying than just now, as if he really wanted to kill Su Jing.

However, even in such a situation, Su Jing remained calm and composed.

"Your Majesty, as I said just now, my courage is up to you, Your Majesty."

Su Jing said slowly: "Or maybe Your Majesty thinks what I just said is wrong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say a word, but his murderous eyes still stared at Su Jing, like a silent trial.

Su Jing had no fear, and just looked at Lao Zhu calmly.

Life and death, as if in a thought.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Su Jing, do you think Biao'er will be a wise king?"

The topic changed a bit, but Su Jing understood what Lao Zhu meant.

Su Jing is much younger than Old Zhu, if Su Jing does not kill, then it is very likely that Old Zhu himself will walk ahead of Su Jing.

And Zhu Biao is younger than Su Jing, so he should be able to survive Su Jing.

"If the crown prince ascends the throne, he will be the master of success."

Su Jing replied.

"If so? Su Jing, what do you mean by that?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, his murderous aura gradually slowed down, but his dignified look remained undiminished.

The current old Zhu regards Zhu Biao as the sole heir of the Ming Dynasty, and will not allow any accidents.

Su Jing said: "Your Majesty, things in the future are fickle, and the grassroots can only say 'if'."

"Biao'er is your student, don't you even dare to guarantee this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

If someone else said such a thing, no, no one else dared to say such a thing at all.

It happened to be Su Jing, but Su Jing had successfully predicted so many things, so Lao Zhu couldn't help but not care about it.

He didn't even mind Su Jing saying that Zhu Biao was a master of success.

Su Jing shook her head and said: "Your Majesty, I, Su Jing, are just a businessman. The change of the throne is too far away from me. The crown prince is my student. I should do my best to protect the students, but I can only do my best."

To talk about the matter of the throne, Su Jing knew the original history and didn't say it, it was a concealment.

But for Zhu Biao's master-student relationship, Su Jing did not lie.

If it is possible to save Zhu Biao, Su Jing will definitely do his best.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression finally softened: "Su Jing, I hope you will always remember what you said."

"Your Majesty has known Cao Min for a long time. Has Your Majesty ever heard of Cao Min making easy promises?"

Su Jing said earnestly: "I, Su Jing, make a promise, and it can be worth a thousand gold!"

"Do you think I'm short of money?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked back angrily, but the expression on his face became more and more relaxed, which also meant that the atmosphere of the conversation became more relaxed.

The more difficult it is for a person to promise, the more precious the promise will be.

Su Jing smiled and said: "Is Your Majesty really not short of money? How did I hear that His Majesty wants to print precious money?"

As far as Lao Zhu is concerned, he is definitely not short of money, but as an emperor, Lao Zhu is quite short of money, and the lack of money has reached a certain level.

The vast territory of Daming Nuo, with countless people, needs money in every aspect to manage it.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has just founded the country, a thousand wastes are waiting for prosperity. The main national policy pursued by Zhu Yuanzhang is to recuperate and recuperate, and the tax on farmers is very low.

Emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce has led to the underdevelopment of commerce. In this way, neither agricultural tax nor commercial tax is actually too much.

The successive Northern Expeditions also consumed a lot of money, food and grass from the treasury.

poverty!
Daming is really poor.

In fact, among all the feudal dynasties in China, the national tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty has always been at a very low level.

This has an inseparable relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor.

"Who told you that I am short of money when I print treasures? Su Jing, don't speculate."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with an unconvinced face.

He has been thinking about the Daming Treasure Banknote for a long time. There must be a factor of lack of money, but he does not admit that this is the main factor.

Su Jing didn't argue too much, but said indifferently: "Your Majesty, it's better to be careful, printing money is not that simple."

There is still a big difference between paper money and copper coins or gold and silver.

As a businessman, Su Jing must be clear about the consequences of over-issuing currency.

However, for the current Daming, it seems that there is still a lack of economic theory in this area, otherwise it would not be so hasty to issue Daming treasures.

"Su Jing, don't worry about this matter, I have my own consideration."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and didn't talk much.

After all, it is the emperor, and Zhu Yuanzhang still doesn't want to talk too much with Su Jing about the treasury.

Money and food, that is a state secret, how can it be disclosed at will.

"Okay, this kind of thing, it doesn't make sense just for me to say it, after all, true knowledge comes from practice."

Su Jing nodded and didn't insist on anything.

It is not that simple to explain the dangers of over-issuing currency in just a few words.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Jing and said, "Su Jing, do you still want to go out?"

"Think? How can you not want to?"

Su Jing replied immediately.

No matter how comfortable life is here, it still stinks. Su Jing can bear it, but no one wants to stay in prison forever.

It's enough to experience it.

Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and took out a document, which was the confession letter signed by Su Jing himself: "Then why are you still signing on it?"

Su Jing took the document, glanced at it and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you still have this confession document. Is this to punish me?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Jing with a playful smile, and said coldly: "Su Jing, if I want to punish you, there are too many charges. If I don't keep this confession document, if it is in the hands of other people, you may not Nice."

"Isn't that the end of it? Since His Majesty wants to punish me, it doesn't matter to me, and I don't care about others."

Su Jing said casually: "The only pity is that I also wrote my last name wrong in my signature."

After all, in Daming, if Lao Zhu wanted to kill someone, he could be charged with many crimes.

And if Lao Zhu doesn't want to kill, it's useless for others to make charges.

The emperor of the feudal dynasty has such power, especially in a founding emperor.

Of course, there is also a price to pay.

"When Yang Xian asked you to plead guilty that day, why didn't you resist, why did you cooperate with the signature?"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to go around in circles with Su Jing anymore, so he asked directly.

Su Jing spread his hands together and said: "Your Majesty, what do you not understand about this matter, I don't want to suffer flesh and blood, anyway, torture is a trick, why don't you make yourself more comfortable?"

"The instruments of torture in the torture room are scary at first glance. If I can't bear the crime, I should confess my crime honestly, so as to save myself from being tortured to death, I still have to confess my crime."

Tortured to extract a confession, tortured into tricks.

This is commonplace for the interrogation of feudal dynasties.

Restricted by investigative methods and the level of technology, it was relatively difficult to find conclusive evidence in ancient cases.

Therefore, the confession of the prisoner is very important testimony.

The prisoner will certainly not confess his guilt by himself, so the punishment has become a necessary means.

However, execution often brings bad luck to people who are not criminals.

Hearing Su Jing's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened slightly: "Su Jing, are you telling me that there are many prisoners in this prison who still have grievances?"

Su Jing hurriedly shook her head and said: "No, no, Your Majesty misunderstood, Cao Min didn't talk to a few prisoners in this prison, so I don't know their situation, Cao Min is talking about his own affairs."

"enough!"

Zhu Yuanzhang directly interrupted Su Jing's words, and he said sharply: "Don't be a grassroots grassroots in the future. You are also the Renyuan uncle who I personally appointed. What kind of grassroots are you? You and I will go out together later."

Lao Zhu has thoroughly discovered that he can't get anything useful out of talking with Su Jing.

Anyway, I got the result I wanted, so there is no need to talk nonsense anymore.

"Cao Min... No, Su Jing thanked His Majesty."

Su Jing immediately thanked Zhu Yuanzhang, finally able to go out, Su Jing now urgently wants to take a bath.

After saying this, Su Jing rushed out of the cell directly.

"and many more!"

Before Su Jing could take a few steps, Zhu Yuanzhang called Su Jing back again.

"Your Majesty, is there anything else?"

Su Jing tried to squeeze out a kinder expression and asked.

Finally able to go out, Su Jing really didn't want to stay here for a moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the wall of the cell and said, "Has this map covered all the places?"

Su Jing nodded and said: "It's about the same. I basically didn't miss several continents and major mountains and rivers. There may be some details that I can't remember clearly and didn't draw, but generally speaking, all places should be included. "

In the final analysis, it was Su Jing who drew it from memory, so there is no guarantee that it will be perfect and all the details are in place.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to where Daming was located: "So, does Daming only occupy such a small space?"

As an emperor, he naturally has great ambitions.

After seeing the world map, Lao Zhu was no longer satisfied with the territory of Daming.

In other words, after seeing the map of Asia before, Lao Zhu had some different thoughts in his heart.

"Big enough."

Su Jing replied: "The current Daming is the country with the largest territory in the entire world, and also the country with the strongest national power. Other places are just barbarians."

Although the world is big, the Ming Dynasty, at least in this period, stands at the top of the world civilization.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes fell on the piece of land in Europe: "Su Jing, here is a large plain, there are no dangers of mountains and rivers, why is there no big dynasty?"

Su Jing said lightly: "I remember what I said before, this area is Europe, they did not have Qin Shihuang who unified the six countries, and there was no real unified dynasty from the beginning to the end. There are many ethnic groups living there. With a unified sense of identity, naturally there will be no great dynasty.”

"I see. It seems that I am indeed inferior to the First Emperor Yingzheng."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with emotion: "Unfortunately, the road to Europe is far away. The Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty has not yet ended. I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to set foot in Europe in my lifetime."

Although Zhu Yuanzhang is an unborn hero, he is the founding emperor after all, and it is too difficult for him to expand the territory.

The newborn Daming's foundation is still too weak.

"Your Majesty is ambitious, Su Jing admires it, but can we go out now?"

Su Jing is really not interested in talking about conquering Europe with Zhu Yuanzhang, it's too far away.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Su Jing and continued to look at the world map. The joy and curiosity in his eyes were no longer concealed.

"No, I have to print it and observe it carefully."

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered to himself.

Su Jing said helplessly: "Your Majesty, you can just order the rubbing, why bother spending time in the cell, the light in this place is not good, so you can't see clearly."

Su Jing also didn't expect that the world map he drew while spending time in the cell would make Lao Zhu so excited and curious.

"What's the place here?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to Africa, a continent that is not connected with Eurasia, and Lao Zhu was very interested.

The closer you are, the easier it is to reach.

Su Jing replied: "This is Africa, mainly a desert, and there are a group of black-skinned people living here. They..."

In this cell, Su Jing directly began to explain to Zhu Yuanzhang the basic situation of each continent in each world, and Lao Zhu seemed to have forgotten his purpose of coming here and was completely immersed in it.

It's just that this is a kind of torture for those outside who are waiting for news.

(End of this chapter)