Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 359 Vernacular Sports, the New World and the Olympic Games

Zhu Jianji visited the thatched cottage three times and had a pleasant conversation with Leonardo da Vinci.

The two tested each other and tested each other.

Zhu Jianjian discovered that Leonardo da Vinci was indeed a great talent, but he still didn't know how he would perform in practice.

Leonardo da Vinci marveled at Zhu Jianjian's erudition. He knew everything about literature, mechanics, chemistry, calendars, painting, music, riding and archery. Could this man be the heir to the throne?

He didn't seem to realize that Zhu Jianji was just talking on paper.

"Da Vinci, my father values ​​you very much. If you are willing to be a court painter, you can serve in the palace. If you want to enter politics, you can start from the grassroots level."

"His Royal Highness, King Shang, I still have a long way to go in painting, and I don't want to think about anything else for the time being." Mainly because Leonardo da Vinci didn't want to start from the grassroots level.

In the twenty-seventh year of Jingtai, all seventeen adult princes were crowned kings and became county kings.

The fourth child is the king of Shang and will be entrusted to Shang land in the future.

As for where the commercial land is, Zhu Jianjun is also confused.

"It's just that I visited the Ming Dynasty Museum in the past few days. There are few Western paintings. I'm worried that my paintings will not be able to catch the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor."

Zhu Jianjian smiled and said: "No, the painters serving in the palace come from all over the world, and there may be painters from your hometown. The Ming Dynasty covers everything. As long as it is good, people will appreciate it."

The Ming Dynasty has been Westernized for more than ten years and has integrated Western aesthetics.

Anyway, they prefer revealing pictures, which are similar to the Ming Dynasty’s pictures of ladies, so it’s good to read them as enlightenment books.

As for artistic value, there was no such word in this era, so it was just instinctive.

Ancient Chinese paintings are too difficult to appreciate. Not even a knowledgeable person can appreciate them. There are hidden mysteries in the paintings.

Western paintings, on the other hand, focus on simplicity and roughness, and a small mystery can amaze future generations. How can it be designed like this? This is a divine painting!

Anyway, the main character is an uneducated person, which is more in line with the uneducated aesthetics. A group of uneducated people admired it and pushed it to the altar.

It's different when you look at Chinese painting. It's called beauty. It's about artistic conception and ambition. It's beauty that can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.

It's too advanced for the unlearned to appreciate.

"Really?" Da Vinci was a little shocked.

"Of course, the Ming Dynasty is very tolerant of talents from all over the world. There are hundreds of thousands of foreign talents working in the Ming Dynasty, spread across all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty, and they are all Ming people."

Zhu Jianjian's talk is pure nonsense. There are indeed these people working for the Ming Dynasty, but they are not Ming people, but second-class people, one level higher than slaves.

The emperor did not open up household registration at all, and it cannot be said that the Ming Dynasty was very tolerant of women. Women who were willing to marry into the Ming Dynasty were welcomed with both hands.

Ming Dynasty would also issue household registration to capable people like Da Vinci.

Not all cats and dogs can be naturalized as citizens, what is needed is talent and elites.

"You will know when the Japanese palace will bring you to meet you in a few days."

Zhu Jianzhen told him: "Your Majesty likes famous mountains and rivers. Because he is busy with government affairs, he sent painters out to draw famous mountains and rivers and folk scenes, and then sent them to the palace."

"There are tens of thousands of paintings like this in the palace."

Da Vinci was extremely shocked, but he also knew that the Ming Dynasty was vast, but tens of thousands of paintings were too exaggerated, right?

"We have only traveled a few provinces. Your Majesty is very dissatisfied and plans to recruit 100,000 painters to paint all the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty in twenty years."

hiss!

Leonardo da Vinci was shocked. There were one hundred thousand painters, but there might not be so many people in Milan, right?

"So your Majesty is recruiting painters from all over the world to come to Ming Dynasty and serve your Majesty." Zhu Jianjian said with a little pride, that's my father, and my father is Niubi.

Zhu Jianji didn't know that the emperor was not extravagant and lustful.

Instead, we should draw landscape pictures and publish them all over the world, so that everyone in the world can see the famous mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, every plant and tree, humanities and nature.

He was familiar with Da Vinci, otherwise how could he find out the details of Da Vinci?

If he is really a talented person, it would be best to abduct him to his feudal country.

The emperor was in a bad mood these past few days, and Zhu Jianji did not dare to offend the emperor. He served in the Yangxin Hall every day with trepidation.

Everyone thought that the emperor died of illness because of his grief.

Only Zhu Qiyu himself knew that he was simply afraid of death.

The tenth day of December.

At the great court meeting, the envoys of Europa came to the court to pay homage.

However, one country unexpectedly came with a Greek envoy. Wasn't Greece destroyed by the Ottomans?

After Chen Jiayou explained, he realized that Greece still had a lot of space left to survive.

This is a bit embarrassing.

The Ming Dynasty bought many Greek slaves, and the main source of female slaves was Greece.

If you see people from their hometown wearing pigtails and flag uniforms in the Ming Dynasty, you have to kneel down and say "cha" when meeting people. I don't know what it feels like.

The Greek envoys sent books, which were the original works of Socrates. They really had no money to send them, so they knew that the Ming Emperor liked books, so they just gave him what he wanted.

Zhu Qiyu liked it very much, so he spoke in a gentle tone: "I like the Greek philosophers Socrates and Plato very much, and I have also read Homer's epics."

"And the Ottomans were barbaric and cruel, and wiped out such a civilized and splendid country, abandoning both humans and gods."

"I hope Greece can be restored."

The Greek envoys traveled thousands of miles to come to Ming Dynasty, hoping to get help from Ming Dynasty.

Because the Ming Dynasty occupied the Red Sea and was at war with the Ottoman Empire, the results seemed to be good. That's why they didn't hesitate to anger the Ottoman Empire and traveled thousands of miles to envoy the Ming Dynasty.

But why didn't they think about it? Why did Daming want to help you? Good-looking? Or is it just a big face?

Their slave girl is really not good looking, really.

"Your Majesty, please help Greece recover!" the Greek envoy said in broken Chinese.

Envoys from other countries were thinking about the Ming Emperor's thoughts. They came to the Ming Dynasty to seek business cooperation, and the most important thing was authorization.

Daming has too strict control over the brand, and they hope to get a piece of the pie.

If you have money, let's make it together.

The second is to get Ming's patent license. After all, Ming clings to the patent and does everything in accordance with Ming's patent law, forcing all countries to agree. All countries have been suffering for a long time.

Although they secretly piracy, they must not let Da Ming know. The consequence of Da Ming knowing is to rob their merchant ships.

"My army is at the Red Sea."

"It is possible to help Greece recover."

"But in terms of business, what benefits can Greece bring to Ming Dynasty?"

As soon as the Ming emperor agreed, the Greek envoys agreed to everything, and even the holy mountains agreed to be moved to the Ming Dynasty.

What's the use of a pile of soil in Ming Dynasty?

Besides, the Holy Mountain has long been in the hands of Osman. Are you fooling me with other people's things?

"I don't covet the territory of Greece at all."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I have a proposal. If the envoy agrees, I will send a large army to help Greece recover!"

The Greek envoy agreed to everything.

"From now on, Greece will abolish writing, use Chinese characters for all purposes, use Chinese culture to govern the country, and destroy all records of the original writing."

"The king of Greece was reduced to a county king and became a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty."

"Always serve the Ming Dynasty."

What conditions are these?

Abolish the Greek language, but also burn all culture, use plain language, and use Chinese culture to govern the country?

What kind of crazy idea is this?

The Greek envoy looked at the emperor blankly: "Your Majesty, you mean that all Greeks must speak Chinese?"

"Of course, since it is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to speak Chinese and learn Chinese."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "This matter is not something you, the envoy, can decide. You should go back and discuss it with your king."

"But I don't like deception. The Ottoman Empire can destroy Greece, just as the Ming Dynasty can!"

As soon as the Greek envoy's expression changed, he thought about superficially agreeing. Anyway, Ming Dynasty was thousands of miles away and had no idea about it. But when he heard the threat, he immediately stopped.

Bai Gui, the Minister of Rites, couldn't help but laugh. He knew the emperor too well.

The emperor likes to make false promises. When you burn down the culture and start learning Chinese, you will find that the emperor begins to deny it, and he may even send an envoy to Osman to sell you out.

The emperor was just bored and wanted to have fun, and he especially liked to see these ancient countries burning their own culture.

But the envoys from other countries felt uncomfortable, and Ming's hand was stretched too long. You've already entered the Mediterranean, do you really think you are the world's hegemon?

"You have traveled thousands of miles to envoy to the Ming Dynasty. I am very relieved!"

Zhu Qiyu stood up majestically: "Big reward!"

The envoy expressed his thanks.

Then there are the Honglu Temple officials, who are responsible for negotiating one by one.

The emperor didn't even look at what they presented. He looked down upon it. He coveted Europa's elite talents.

The envoys went to the outer palace to discuss in detail, and the talents recruited by Chen Jiayou from Europe entered the palace one by one to pay homage to the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu just showed his face and then returned to Yangxin Hall.

Honglu Temple will arrange work according to each person's characteristics, and Honglu Temple has been very skilled in doing so.

The Ming Dynasty handled the grand event of the coming of all nations in a particularly careless manner. The key is that the Ming Dynasty did not handle it so carelessly for the first time.

The emperor didn't like extravagance, let alone ostentation.

With the expense of such ostentation, how about giving them a good beating?

Therefore, when all nations come to court, there is a process. Key issues will be special issues, which are done by ministers and not by the emperor.

The key point is to prepare enough gifts for everyone. After all, we need to cooperate. The number of gifts depends entirely on the volume of orders signed.

Finally, round it up and put it into the order discount, and then privately give some benefits to the envoys to win them over to speak for the Ming Dynasty.

The Ministry of Finance played this trick.

During the discussion, they would also summon imperial merchants and state-owned enterprises to talk to them in person. Anyway, the envoys would definitely make a lot of money, and they would want to come again after coming once.

So, it’s useless for Ming Dynasty to put on a show. People want benefits, and Ming Dynasty gives them to you. Even if you let them eat shit, you still have to say that Ming Dynasty is good.

Chen Jiayou followed the royal chariot and entered the Yangxin Hall.

"Chen Qing, I have read all the travel notes you wrote. I will let people polish them and then publish them for the world to let the world see the real Europe."

Zhu Qiyu took a sip of hot tea and sat on the throne: "I plan to introduce a group of talents from Europe to serve in the Ming Dynasty. Do you have any ideas?"

The emperor liked literary and artistic operas, and folk operas developed rapidly. Musical instruments such as pianos and guitars were used, and there were many people in folk clubs. In the past two years, some people in Europe have entered the music industry, and Ming music has developed rapidly.

In the 19th year of Jingtai's reign, the central government stipulated that musical notation should use five-line notation and abandon ancient music notation.

It is not unusual for various musical instruments to be played. Today at the state banquet where all nations are coming to the DPRK, there will be piano and violin solos.

The piano and violin were made in the palace of Jingtai in the 13th year of his reign, but they were not perfect. They have been developed and improved for more than ten years. By this year, they are almost modern pianos and violins.

The guitar came from Spain and is said to be a product of Egypt in the ancient century.

The Ming Dynasty also had a few ancient Egyptian guitars. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with insisting that they belong to the Ming Dynasty. Egypt has been destroyed long ago.

It was expected that there would be a few people left, but after Zhu Jianshen finished the war, those who survived were the lucky ones. Egypt would definitely be gone, and the splendid ancient culture could only find its roots in the Ming Dynasty.

Pianos, violins, guitars and other musical instruments are all made in Ming Dynasty, so there is nothing wrong with them.

I heard that the Northeast is building pyramids in order to attract tourists. This time there are no pyramids in Egypt.

In recent years, in order to speed up immigration and allow people to visit the frontiers, tourism has been boosted.

The Northeast is a new land with no special features. Li Kuang, the governor of Jilin, just slapped his head and moved the Egyptian pyramids one by one and built a European-style city.

Anyway, it’s all different, with buildings from Egypt, Persia, the Western Regions, Timurid, and Europe all built together in a hodgepodge.

But this man was curious and wanted to take a look.

Zhao Fu, the governor of Heilongjiang, discovered the business opportunity and built a city similar to that of Europa. If tourists come to see it, they might be willing to immigrate.

By the way, you can also increase your wealth by traveling.

European-style castles are being built all over the Northeast to attract mainland tourists.

In order to create a likeness, Li Kuang went to the emperor and asked the emperor to transport all the Egyptian national treasures to Jilin, especially the mummies.

Not to be outdone, Zhao Fu also went to Emperor Shu and requested that Greece's national treasures be transported to Heilongjiang. From now on, Heilongjiang would be Greece.

The effect has been very good. Many families have fallen in love with the Northeast's flattering city style and have chosen to immigrate to the Northeast and settle in various parts of the Northeast.

Tourism has unexpectedly become a pillar industry in Northeast China.

Ningxia is also short of people. It turns out that there are actually mainlanders who have gone to the Northeast to play and voluntarily immigrated to the Northeast. Yuan Jie slapped his head and said, I will build an Indian city in Ningxia.

But the emperor stopped it and asked each locality to pick a few cities to renovate or build new ones. If you turn the entire province into their buildings, is that the Ming Dynasty's territory or theirs?

Wang Shu, who was in charge of the Mongol capital, also wanted to build a Persian city.

But large-scale construction is not allowed, and the construction of one or two characteristic cities is allowed.

In the twenty-eighth year of Jingtai, Timur fell and was replaced by the Yarkand Khanate, the Safavid Empire and the Bukhara Khanate.

It's a bit like the promotion of three families.

The Safavids can also be called the Third Persian Empire, which occupied Persia.

Anyway, the Three Kingdoms are still fighting. Timur is indeed subjugated, but he still has strength. Anyway, Central Asia is a mess.

Persia was indeed restored, but their roots were gone. All the things in their country were packaged and sold to the Ming Dynasty. Timur sold a large number of women to the Ming Dynasty, all of them Persian women.

Although the Third Empire of Persia was an empire, it was actually a small Karami. It had no one to ask for, and nothing to ask for. It was destroyed once, its culture was completely disconnected, and the Persian language was forgotten.

Anyway, beauties are very popular in the Ming Dynasty, and ugly ones are also useful. They can be used as maids, and the work is very tiring.

During the Ming Dynasty, there was an influx of hundreds of millions of slaves, and the number of female slaves reached more than 30 million. The number of brothels ushered in a big explosion. In the past, brothels were very particular, but now they are blooming everywhere. One street can't wait to open ten of them. Anyway, you can just buy a group of female slaves.

It’s just hard on the Ming Dynasty man, he is too tired every day.

In addition to machinery, chemistry, and biology, all walks of life in Ming Dynasty are developing rapidly.

Especially literature, the emperor paid attention to it, and the people burst out with terrifying vitality.

But there was a vernacular movement among the people.

Peking Opera and Kun Opera, for example, are too noble to be understood by uneducated people. They are simply screening the audience. On the contrary, down-to-earth cross talk, sketches, and storytelling are more popular with the public.

There has been a movement among the people to abandon classical Chinese and use vernacular, which is getting more and more intense.

To put it bluntly, Peking Opera is too melodramatic and melodramatic, and Errenzhuan is what people are happy to watch because they can understand it.

Playbooks have also developed from classical Chinese to vernacular, and the quality of books has plummeted. Originally, a book of tens of thousands of words was considered a novel, but now a novel of 200,000 words has been born.

Vernacular and hydrological, it is normalized, and the market response is particularly good because the people can understand it.

Like those plays written in the past, no matter how good they are, ordinary people cannot understand them, so they cannot appreciate them. Only a small group of people in the country can understand them.

In the twenty-eighth year of Jingtai, the population of Ming Dynasty exceeded 8.2 million, million.

There are only two to three million people with a high level of education who can understand Kun Opera.

The rest are just nonsense, and they sound elegant, but I can't understand the allusions in them at all.

On the contrary, vernacular novels and vernacular plays have received great response among the people, and they have become colloquial and gradually filled up books.

There are also technical reasons for this. The level of printing has increased linearly, the price of printing has decreased, the papermaking technology has improved, and the cost of paper has decreased. There is no need to save paper, and you can write whatever you want.

In the middle of the twenty-eighth year of Jingtai, the emperor issued an order to make the imperial memorials as colloquial as possible.

Use practical actions to support the vernacular movement.

Another underlying reason for the vernacular movement was the influx of Western culture into the Ming Dynasty. For example, Homer’s epic poems were entirely written in vernacular.

It is generally considered in literary circles that this epic is too poor to be worth mentioning.

However, this epic has a very good response among the people, because the common people can understand it. Like Socrates' works, the educated people dismiss it, but the people flock to it.

This is where the vernacular movement is bound to develop.

The population base of the Ming Dynasty was too large. It was too difficult for them all to learn classical Chinese, and there were seriously not enough teachers.

Colloquialism is different. There are teachers everywhere. If you know how to read, you can become a teacher.

You know everything about an ancient text, but you don’t understand it at all. Even if you read it together, you can’t understand it.

A modern book can be read if you can read the characters, and you can basically understand it.

Which is better?

Even a person may not be able to fully read an ancient article in a lifetime. This is the great wisdom of the ancients and their screening ability is too strong.

That's for the top smart people, so novices, just step aside. This is called cultural nobility.

Therefore, it is imperative to stop using ancient Chinese and adopt vernacular.

With the introduction of the vernacular, there were more folk works. There were more in the past because there were more officials and more educated people. However, with the introduction of the vernacular, people who can read can write books. The threshold for writing books has been greatly lowered, and there has naturally been an explosion of works. .

The emperor also liked literature and art. There were too many people who wanted to please the emperor, so they naturally studied hard.

Another point is that the market demand is huge.

There are 800 million people, even if there are 300 million adults, they all need spiritual life. What they can understand and understand is the best.

The market pushed back on the vernacular movement, and culture began a new round of major changes.

Literature developed most rapidly, followed by medicine.

In the twenty-seventh year of Jingtai, Ming Dynasty completed its first operation, and the operation object was a pig.

The development of traditional Chinese medicine is even more terrifying, especially when medicine is included as a subject in the imperial examination. Almost every scholar has medical skills. The emperor attaches great importance to it, and the people also attach great importance to it.

If the emperor likes it, the people will also like it.

The Ming Dynasty had an unprecedented supply of doctors. Thirty thousand doctors were sent to Africa, including 2,000 surgeons.

The only pity is that machinery and chemistry have encountered huge bottlenecks. These things require the gradual accumulation of technology over several generations and cannot be achieved overnight.

The development of the Ming Dynasty was very good, but the industrial revolution could not push it forward.

There was a lack of technological accumulation, so the emperor wanted to introduce a large number of technical talents and forcefully promote the industrial revolution.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen finds it difficult."

Chen Jiayou heard what Bian Yong said and understood the emperor's thoughts: "Europe is not poor. Although the nobles are stupid, they still have opportunities to display their talents."

"The Ming Dynasty is too far away from Europa."

"Wei Chen, no matter what you say this time, there are still not many talents brought back."

"Unless Europa is in turmoil and Ming Dynasty has to border with them, we can accept a group of refugees."

"Otherwise there's nothing we can do."

Chen Jiayou told the truth: "Your Majesty, the protection laws you have implemented have made the European countries dissatisfied. They think that the Ming Dynasty is deceiving them, so they also ban the export of the Ming Dynasty, and even prohibit the Ming Dynasty products from entering Europe."

"Weichen feels that there is really no need to implement such a harsh ban."

"No one is a fool. We have to give others benefits before they are willing to cooperate with us."

Zhu Qiyu snorted: "I also know this truth, but do you know? Are Portuguese merchants trying to steal tea trees? Are French female spies sent to the Ming Dynasty to defraud the porcelain formula?"

"Also, the pope secretly drew the topographic map of the Ming Dynasty in the name of preaching."

"What do you think they are going to do?"

"Some people have even entered the patent office to steal patent secrets, and there are even more private cases. Do you still need me to tell you?"

Chen Jiayou knelt on the ground in horror.

"You don't understand this matter, so there's no need to say anything more."

Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "Just tell me, is there any way?"

Cold sweat shone on Chen Jiayou's forehead. After returning from Europa, he felt a little overwhelmed and forgot that he was facing an emperor with the power of life and death.

"Wei Chen can think of a way."

Chen Jiayou's answer satisfied Zhu Qiyu: "After the New Year, you will go on another mission to recruit talents for me. As long as they are talents, I will give them whatever they want."

"I obey the order." Chen Jiayou kowtowed.

"I won't be going to today's dinner party. I'll let the prince entertain the envoys from various countries for me." Zhu Qiyu sent Chen Jiayou out.

What he wants to do must be done.

The New Year is coming soon.

The twenty-eighth year of Jingtai is about to pass.

The folk vernacular movement is developing in full swing. The population is booming, the infant and toddler market is huge, and the industry related to infants and toddlers is born and rises.

Business did not stagnate because of the stagnation of mechanical development, because the Ming Dynasty had too many people. As long as prices dropped, there would be a large consumer population.

The imperial court's annual income is 1.3 million, reaching a new high.

Due to the war with the Ottomans, exports were sluggish, the Timurid Empire collapsed, the situation in India was unstable, and exports were severely stagnant.

Such good results have been achieved by relying solely on domestic sales.

The actual income of the center is as high as 2.3 million, of which 1 million is the report card submitted by state-owned enterprises.

The center is absolutely generous.

But the internal funds made more money than the center. The royal company made a profit of 1.6 million in just one year. Including the royal commercial bank, the total profit was about 2.3 million.

However, the expenditure on internal funds is huge.

The emperor kept investing in all walks of life, and before the dividends were eaten up, updates and iterations were accelerated. Especially in machinery, chemistry, and medicine, the amount of the emperor's investment continued to increase.

This year, someone stole the royal capital and was executed by nine tribes.

The emperor was angry and issued a death order. If he could no longer break through the technology, he would be castrated. If he could break through the technology, he would be given a big reward and everything he wanted.

But the life of the Central Committee was much easier. Xiang Zhong took over from a wealthy family.

After he took office, Qiu Jun was transferred as Zuo Shilang, and the two of them worked together to keep an eye on the country's wealth.

They were even more stingy than Geng Jiuchou, trying every possible means to steal their money.

The wars in the Western Regions and Baiyue were all supported by internal funds.

Construction of the Zhonghua River has already started, with an estimated investment of 700 million, borne by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and a planned construction period of 25 years.

The money for slaves came from internal funds. If the emperor was in a hurry, he would spend more money to buy slaves.

The price of slaves in the international market has plummeted this year because after the collapse of Timur, countries went to war and prisoners of war were sold to the Ming Dynasty.

War also broke out in India, and slaves were everywhere.

The emperor did not intend to save money, but planned to invest 30 million slaves. He must repair the river, and the sooner the better.

But Bai Ang believes that it will take fifteen years at the earliest, mainly because of the difficulty in transporting food. The more people there are, the greater the food consumption. Food is the biggest problem.

It just so happens that the asphalt road entering the river must be completely paved in order to transport grain.

Private infrastructure construction is also underway.

Investment in education continues to expand, and water conservancy projects are also under way.

By the end of this year, Borneo and Luzon will be completely cleaned up, officially opened to all citizens, and the number of immigrants will be increased.

The construction of the Western Region has also been officially completed, the cities have been built, and roads have led to all counties.

Without these big burdens, the center can devote all its efforts to serving the feudal kings.

The next focus is to enfeoff the kings.

"My lords, I have received good news. Guo Mao has discovered the New World!"

Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood and discovered Oceania.

"Not far from Borneo, a new continent has really been discovered."

"This is a map drawn by Guo Mao. It is not accurate yet, but it is definitely a very large piece of land."

Feng Xiao presented the map.

It is a map of the west coast of Oceania. He has established a stronghold and the flag is flying.

The courtiers were agitated that there really was a new continent.

"Your Majesty, does Portugal's silver come from here?" Ye Sheng's eyes turned blue.

"Then I don't know."

Zhu Qiyu knew, however, that this place was not suitable for living. It seemed like a chosen place, but in fact it was a completely bad land.

Severe water shortages and extreme weather conditions make it impossible to grow crops in large quantities and expand the population.

Natural disasters occur frequently, species have no natural enemies, and poisons are everywhere.

Completely undeveloped.

Based on the current productivity, it will take at least two to three hundred years to develop this poor place.

So this place is purely a prison.

"Guo Mao said that the climate here is opposite to that of the Ming Dynasty."

"According to the calendar calculated by Qintian Monitoring, it shows that this place should be past the equator, in the southern hemisphere, and the climate is opposite to that of the Ming Dynasty."

"Preliminary detection shows that there are only some savages and no powerful tribes. This is a purely new land."

"I named this place Shang!"

"King Shang, I will entrust you here!"

No matter what my mood is, fourth brother, thank you first.

"But you alone cannot occupy such a huge continent."

"Second brother, I plan to keep you in the west. The fourth brother will go to the northeast, and the third brother will go to the southeast. The three of you brothers will divide a continent. What do you think?"

"Don't worry, your territory must be big. This continent is probably bigger than the mainland."

He planned to divide Oceania into three parts and put them in charge of his three eldest sons.

Then entrust one to New Guinea and the other to New Zealand, and Oceania will be separated.

From now on, there will be five countries in Oceania.

"My son, please obey your orders!"

"My lords, please stop discussing. Wait until Guo Mao gets the map of the entire New World before we discuss. We will also have to discuss how many people to remove."

Oceania was not a dominant force in the first place. He originally wanted to seal the fourth child to North America, but the fourth child was getting older and had inappropriate thoughts, so he had to seal him away, otherwise the prince would be unhappy.

The only option is to seal off Oceania. Unfortunately, Oceania is not the foundation of the king. It is a pity for the talent of the fourth child.

North America is considering other sons, and now it seems that Xiao Twenty has this ability.

"I want to say two things."

"My lords, the Ming Dynasty is still short of money and there is a serious shortage of silver."

"Timur was in civil strife. I sold arms to the Yarkand and Qiang Kingdoms, but I made gold instead of silver."

"There are silver mines in Borneo and Luzon, but they can hardly support the daily expenses of the Ming Dynasty."

"The Ministry of Finance has reported that the Ming Dynasty sold 60 billion silver coins in these years."

"It stands to reason that there should be inflation, so why are you still so poor?"

"Where did the silver coins go?"

Zhu Qiyu really couldn't figure it out. There was a serious money shortage in the Ming Dynasty, weird bartering occurred, and even the banks had no cash.

"Your Majesty, where did the silver coins go?"

Ye Sheng smiled bitterly and said: "Our silver coins are so sophisticated. Many countries in the world are using our silver coins."

"Weichen has calculated that in the 6000th year of Jingtai alone, as much as million silver coins were flowing out."

"Because our silver coins are exquisite and authentic, dealers in counterfeit coins will lose money if they follow what we do."

"Ming Yuan is hard currency in the world."

"Businessmen from all over the world are hoarding Ming Yuan. Wei Chen estimates that the money shortage in the Ming Dynasty is directly related to their hoarding of money."

Xiang Zhong and Qiu Jun supported Ye Sheng's words.

Zhu Qiyu frowned slightly: "Is there any way to bring Ming Yuan back?"

"I'm afraid not."

Ye Sheng smiled bitterly: "Either reduce the cost of suppressing Ming Yuan, or issue banknotes."

In fact, there is a profit from suppressing silver coins in the center. The profit is very small, just enough to cover the transportation costs.

Issuing banknotes will definitely not work, because foreign businessmen are unwilling to ask for banknotes. The Ming Dynasty also used precious banknotes to trade with them, but they were unwilling.

"Your Majesty, you can issue gold coins." Qiu Jun suggested.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Gold needs to be stored in large quantities, and I don't plan to spend it."

The amount of gold in his hand is very large.

This is used to prepare banknotes for the gold standard and cannot be spent.

"Then we can only increase silver mining and continue to suppress silver coins." Ye Sheng said.

Now a large amount of cash flows into the Ming Dynasty, and silver coins flow out of the Ming Dynasty.

Silver coins became the world's currency, but there was no benefit. Ming Dynasty could not use leverage to harvest the world. Instead, it became a currency factory. Ming Dynasty pressed coins every day, but it could not earn any benefits.

"There must be silver mines in the New World!"

Zhu Qiyu slapped his head. Only the Ming Dynasty was a poor country. After all, it had been mined for five thousand years and was long gone.

"Your Majesty, there are also silver mines in Borneo, but mining requires a process."

Ye Sheng expressed helplessness: "There is a silver shortage now, and it will be more serious next year. And as the population of Ming Dynasty continues to increase, the silver shortage will become more and more serious."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Increase the face value and introduce gold coins." Ye Sheng insisted.

Qiu Jun said: "Your Majesty, although I don't know why you are so crazy about hoarding gold, you must know that gold will also depreciate."

“Today, productivity is getting higher and higher, and technology is constantly innovating.”

"Many gold and silver mines that could not be mined before will be mined. When there is more gold on the market, the gold in your hand will naturally become less valuable."

"And if you take it out and flow it into the market now, the silver shortage in the market will be solved, and the gold in your hand will appreciate accordingly."

Qiu Jun's words aroused the approval of the courtiers.

Zhu Qiyu rolled his eyes: "If the gold I got back by all means is put into the market, wouldn't it flow out of Ming Dynasty again? Then why did I have to search for gold in the first place?"

"Your Majesty, leaving money abroad is not a bad thing, but it shows that the market is flowing."

"A liquid market can bring vitality and make the gold in your hand more valuable."

"When you have no money in your hands, you can justly launch a gold war and beat the countries that plunder gold until they spit it out."

Isn't this leading the British to attack the Tatars?

The Taqing could only get in and out, so Dai Ying was so angry that he asked the Taqing to teach him how to behave.

It is equivalent to saying that Taqing worked as a free factory for Europa for two hundred years without making any profit. In the end, it had to pay hundreds of millions of taels in compensation. It is equivalent to saying that it worked for free for four hundred years.

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Qiu said makes sense."

Xiang Zhong said: "There has already been a crisis in the Ming Dynasty. If there is another silver shortage, it will inevitably cause panic among the people and aggravate the financial crisis."

"What Wei Chen means is that you take out the gold first to increase the face value and solve the money shortage problem."

"If the gold flows out of the country quickly, I am willing to personally take charge of the army to take back your gold and have it returned in double the amount!"

Han Yong and Li Bing both agreed.

"Yao Kui, what do you think?" Zhu Qiyu had to make his chief assistant agree.

Once he loses money, he must wage war at all costs.

"I support your majesty," Yao Kui promised.

"That's all, according to your wishes, I will exchange the gold in the internal funds for silver at a high price, relax the control of gold, and introduce gold coins."

Ye Sheng curiously asked: "Your Majesty, how much gold do you have?"

Zhu Qiyu stretched out five fingers.

Ye Sheng frowned slightly: "Can't you do this? The three Yarkand and Qiang countries and India have bought a large amount of ordnance from you. You also sold a large sum to the Principality of Moscow and received only 50,000 taels in gold?"

Zhu Qiyu sneered twice: "Am I a philanthropist? Let's see again."

"Five hundred thousand taels?" That's fifty thousand kilograms, 25 tons?

"120 tons."

Pfft!

The courtiers all knelt down. How could the emperor be so rich?

"Your Majesty, are you kidding me? Where did you get so much gold?" Ye Sheng also wanted to ask, where did the emperor hide so much gold?

It must be hidden in the palace!

"My Yunshuizhai does not accept money from business, only gold. My tea and porcelain are all in gold. My high-end brands are all in gold, unlike you fools."

"There are also ordnance. I don't accept silver from anything I handle, only gold."

"I have been doing this for more than ten years. Is this a lot of money?"

Not much!

The courtiers all knew that the emperor was rich, but they didn't know he was so rich!

No wonder the emperor didn't talk about confiscation of homes in the past few years. It turned out that he was too rich and couldn't look down on the three melons and dates of those businessmen.

"Your Majesty, are you asking where the money went?"

Ye Sheng was a little angry: "It's all converted into gold and it goes into your pocket!"

"Look at how you look like you've never seen the world."

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Do you know how much money the British royal family has?"

"At least this number." Zhu Qiyu stretched out three fingers.

"300 tons?" The courtier's eyes widened, and Yao Kui opened his eyes: "Go and beat him!"

Damn, this old man scared me.

Wang Fu also jumped up: "Let's start a war. We have to start a war for gold!"

"Okay, put away your inexperienced look."

Zhu Qiyu laughed at them: "The Lodi dynasty of India paid 30 tons of gold for the weapons they bought from me."

"Tell me, how many more does he have?"

"The Timur Empire, you all look down upon that, give me 42 tons."

"Tell me, who do you want to fight? I will issue an order immediately, let's go to war and grab his mother."

The courtiers were all calm.

How come these countries that they look down upon are so rich?

In recent years, countries that were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty have a lot of gold, but it has not yet appeared on the market.

Yao Kui tapped his cane: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"What's the use?"

"Old dear, we can't go there because of the terrain. Look at how difficult it was for Zhu Jianshen to fight in Cairo. If we were in Kaifeng, look at how I destroyed the Ottomans!"

Zhu Qiyu said helplessly: "It's too far and can't be hit."

"Unless we develop machinery that can shorten the distance and allow our soldiers to land, there will be no chance."

"Feng Xiao, let me show you the statistical tables collected by the factory guards."

"Let them figure it out for themselves."

"In the future, if there is any information about this, bring it to the court, so that the courtiers can open their eyes and know how much gold there is in the world!"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I have paid for the money, but I have the right to start a war. Any war, as long as I want to, I will fight! No one is allowed to persuade, and you must win it for me!"

For the sake of gold, you have to bend down.

The courtiers knelt on the ground and said, "I support your majesty."

But why do you think you were hooked?

Zhu Qiyu was helpless. He couldn't bear to part with so much gold, but it was a loan and he would have to pay it back in the future.

"I want to say the second thing."

“Soccer, basketball, volleyball, rugby, baseball were all developed.”

"The league has also started."

"But the scale is small, and it is impossible to achieve larger-scale profits."

"What I mean is that in the 30th year of Jingtai, an international sports meeting will be held. It will be called the Ming Dynasty Games, or the Ming Dynasty Games for short."

"It just so happens that the envoys of Europa are in the capital. Let them participate in the Dragon Head Games, see our events, and let them practice when they get back."

"In the 30th year of Jingtai, I came to Ming Dynasty to participate in the grand meeting."

"I will invite all countries in the world to come to Daming to participate in the sports games. We will continue to hold them in the future, not only in Daming, but also all over the world."

“All countries must come to the conference, and people from all over the world must participate!”

The courtiers were a little confused. The emperor was not a bad person.

"Since we want to do it, we have to form an organizing association and ask all participating countries to pay a membership fee."

"Lottery sales have been getting worse and worse in recent years."

"The Games will be held just in time to develop lottery tickets, which will be issued not only in Ming Dynasty but all over the world to harvest the world's wool."

So you are waiting here.

Just the lottery?

It's impossible. People like to gamble. This is a guide to gambling.

That's big money.

"The Ottomans blocked the Ming Dynasty's trade route to Europe. The Ming Dynasty also had to think of other ways to survive this financial crisis."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "The sports meeting is an opportunity."

The courtier was thoughtful.

If the sports industry wants to develop, it must have something to do with gambling. Otherwise, who can watch a group of muscular guys having sex? A few games would be enough.

"Your Majesty, what if some country is ignorant and unwilling to participate?" Han Yong asked.

"When you do something, you have to give people benefits. If you give benefits and they are still unwilling to participate, then they will not be able to go to Ming Dynasty!"

"Why does a country like this exist?"

Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "Send envoys to unite vertically and horizontally to destroy this country! I am willing to pay a high price to buy the slaves of their country! Then kill them all and bleed them!"

The first session will not go well, but after a battle, all people will participate in the second session, including those small countries.

Ming Dynasty will be able to harvest the world's wool through lottery.

"The Games are held every four years."

"The Football World Cup, Basketball World Cup, and Volleyball World Cup will all be held every four years, and we will strive to have events every year."

"In this way, you can make money."

The venue and stuff are too easy.

Why do you want to be so easy? No matter how beautiful the venue is, it’s useless if it doesn’t make money?

"The Colosseum is also very effective. Let's do it together. There aren't many wild beasts, right?"

Ye Sheng said: "Your Majesty, fighting beasts is too dangerous and can kill people."

"Ye Qing, what people fear is poverty, not death."

"As long as the money given is enough and people from Ming Dynasty are not willing to do it, people from other countries will naturally be willing to do it."

"The event is a lively one. It doesn't matter who ends up, as long as the business can make money."

"Leave this matter to the Royal Commercial Bank, leave it to you, you must do it for me."

"Also, I am the one in charge, so this matter is not allowed to spread."

"The money earned will be used for the construction of the China River."

Zhu Qiyu added a sentence, which was a human word.

(End of this chapter)