Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 388 The old emperor’s family background

France has two peninsular regions, Normandy and Brittany.

Xing Wang Zhu Youqi obtained Normandy.

He split Oujda's Xingguo into two and gave them to Chu and Chen.

Zhu Youqi appeared in Normandy with 30,000 troops.

There were two reasons for him to make up his mind. One was that his son was too good, and the other was that the staff around him kept giving advice.

His right-hand men were two eunuchs, Columbus and Magellan.

These two extremely ambitious guys were restless after becoming eunuchs.

After gaining the master's favor, they began to use the master as a tool, borrowing the master's power to pave the way for their ambitions.

It was very difficult for Zhu Youqi to make the decision to give up Xingguo, which he had been running for more than 20 years.

In the past two years, Chu State has instigated an internal rebellion in France, which has initially achieved results.

Zhu Youyi also wrote a letter to Grandpa Huang, hoping to get help from Ming Dynasty.

In two winters, hundreds of thousands of people starved to death.

There was a brief period of independence in the middle, and then it was annexed.

In the Second Ottoman War, the Ming Dynasty achieved an overwhelming victory.

The reason why France bows its head.

And allowed Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxembourg to become independent.

During the Spanish War, Switzerland was captured by the Chu State. After the war, the Chu State was forced to spit out Switzerland, and Switzerland became independent for the third time.

Cai Guo completely occupied the Hungarian mainland, while the Czech Republic and Slovakia formed an alliance to guard Cai Guo's northward advance and block the transportation arteries between Cai Guo and Shang State.

He is also bad and actually instigated several countries such as Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland to rebel.

But the problem before us is how to get France to withdraw its troops.

His existence may be an accident.

After the split of the Holy Roman Empire, Switzerland was briefly independent. Then it was swallowed up by France and merged into France. Then it was forced to spit it out by Spain, and Switzerland became independent for the second time.

In winter, the Great Famine broke out, and Britain sought help from Germany, but Germany was in the middle of a civil war and could not control Britain.

Belgium, too, should have been independent. This place should have served as a buffer state for France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

The Netherlands was already the hardest hit, and after two years of plague, other countries had the conditions to treat it, and the Netherlands had problems eating.

At the same time, Chu State took advantage of the situation and annexed Croatia.

But France could not stand up to the Three Kingdoms of Chu, Chen and Xing, who were desperately trying to instigate rebellion. Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and many principalities were all seeking independence.

At the end of the 62nd year of Jingtai, the plague in Europe was alleviated.

Britain is completely out of control.

Zhu Youji wanted to negotiate with France, but France refused to negotiate.

The Netherlands was teetering on the edge of collapse and was only one breath away from destruction.

As for whether Zhu Houcong was smart, or Columbus deceived a six-year-old child into lameness, Zhu Youqi didn't expect this anyway.

Because at the end of the year, the Ming Dynasty bombed the Ottomans indiscriminately. The Ottomans lost hundreds of cities, killed up to half a million troops, and slaughtered more than five million Ottomans!

It must be said that Columbus had a very evil vision. Normandy was close to England and not far from Paris. He could also rely on Chen Guo. As long as he took away the Brittany Peninsula, Xingguo would be established.

If there was a war, Xingguo would definitely not be able to defeat France.

I can only cry and beg to be the lackey of Chen and Chu.

During the Portuguese War, Switzerland was completely annexed by France, which remains today.

But France is greedy. It annexed many principalities to form France today. The kings of these principalities are still alive.

This caused Britain to completely shift towards the Chen-Chu alliance.

On the issue of rejuvenating the country, he firmly stood with Chen Chu.

That set of imperial ideas killed the new French emperor, and the messy diplomatic ideas of He Zong Lian Heng. All countries in Europe have had enough.

This is also the reason why the new French emperor absolutely disagrees with Xingguo establishing his country here.

And the Netherlands.

The still young Zhu Houcong made Zhu Youqi make his final decision.

During the reign of Louis XI, France became greedy and swallowed up this country.

The most fucked up one is Switzerland.

Luxembourg really has no meaning.

Akito doesn't have any good stuff.

With the defection of the Netherlands and Britain, France's situation became increasingly difficult. At the beginning of the 63rd year of Jingtai, it had to sign a peace treaty. The Normandy area belonged to the Xingguo, and France completely lost its sovereignty over this land.

He has great confidence in the old man, and he has always liked ambitious descendants.

At the same time, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and other countries declared independence and allied with Czechoslovakia, with a strong tendency to merge into one country.

The Ming-Ao War lasted for six years, with one victory and one defeat. The Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire were evenly matched.

But you must know that the Ming Dynasty came thousands of miles away. It invested a total of 147 million troops and killed 24 people. It took three and a half years to win the Second Ming'ao War.

Thousands of miles away, the logistical pressure of using such a terrifying force can be imagined, which is enough to illustrate the terrifying background of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty is a country that can conquer the world and deserves to be a superpower.

This war has made the European Union even worse.

Therefore, France had to back down.

With the help of the Ming Dynasty's Mediterranean Fleet, Zhu Youji established a new country in Normandy and established Daxing as its capital.

In the Sui Dynasty.

During the Second Ming Dynasty War, Sui Dynasty tried his best. After winning the war, he obtained the territory of the three small vassal states in Turkey, which could be granted to his three sons.

Weiguo also obtained the territory of two vassal states.

The merchant state received permanent navigation rights to Cyprus and Istanbul.

Dashang has no shortage of territory at all. The Cossack Khanate has not yet been completely annexed. He just wants an island in the Mediterranean that can smoothly sail with it.

Zhu Jianxi saw the battle situation after the war.

It will take at least twenty years to completely eliminate the Ottomans. The old emperor will definitely not be able to wait. After the prince ascends the throne, he will definitely not have the courage. The important task of completely eliminating the Ottomans can only be left to the vassal state.

The old emperor had actually been planning for a long time to make Shang, Sui, Wei and Osman form deadly enemies.

Then divide the prince's two sons between them.

Just let the prince continue to implement the policy of exterminating Austria.

The old emperor was not at ease if the Ottoman Empire was not destroyed. This country that occupied important territory and could threaten the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states at any time.

After the victory of the Second Ming Dynasty War, the pattern of Eastern Europe was officially determined. The merchant family was the dominant one, and Sui and Wei came from behind.

Although Dachang was powerful, it had huge drawbacks and had no good harbor.

Sui Wei was not bad either, but his military and political strength was not as good as that of Dashang.

Cai Guo had just been established and its foundation was unstable.

The three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi and Lu gradually grew stronger.

This formed an Eastern European pattern of mutual checks and balances.

In the past, when the Ottomans were a natural enemy, the countries would not pay attention to the great merchants. Now, the great merchants with huge territories are a thorn in the eyes of all countries.

It is estimated that Dashang has also seen this. Zhu Jianji is trying his best to integrate the Cossack Khanate and officially ascend to the throne of the most powerful country in Eastern Europe.

Zhu Jianxi has contacted Wei and Cai to share the same hatred.

He still has some concerns about the Three Kingdoms of Zhao, Qi and Lu. After all, they have a father-son relationship. The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with law and filial piety. This remains unchanged.

Good news passed into the center.

The old emperor named Zhu Youque as the King of Han and Zhu Youjin as the King of Liao. Using Santalia as the dividing line, Turkey was divided into two parts. The smaller territory in the west belonged to South Korea and the larger territory in the east belonged to the King of Liao.

Because the King of Han controlled Istanbul and the main route from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, he had little territory.

However, South Korea can expand northward.

However, the Liao State bordered the Sui State and several small Ming vassals, and had no place to expand.

As a result, Türkiye was divided between Sui, Han and Liao.

The Greek islands were entrusted to the vassal states that contributed the most this time.

There is less and less land in the world that can be divided.

The prince has eight sons, only two of whom can be enfeoffed. Zhu Youquan also has six sons. There are hundreds of Zhu Qiyu's grandchildren. How many of them have enfeoffments?

Zhu Jianqi went to the Yangxin Hall to ask the old emperor to divide Greece into five small fiefdoms for the five little ones in his family and give them to them.

Zhu Qiyu was not reluctant to part with him, but felt that the five younger ones in the prince's family were all spoiled and would be annexed if they went to Europe. It was hard to say whether they could save their lives in the end.

Greece, if used properly, can curb Chu's ambitions.

He wanted to give it to a capable grandson.

He asked Wang Shouren, who was accompanying the Holy Emperor: "What do you think of the world situation?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the defeat of the Ottoman Empire means that the European Union is no longer in danger."

"In the past, vassal states' foreign wars were wars in the living space."

"With no rival left in the world, it will evolve into a war of overlords."

"The grandson of the Dragon Son must have a heart for domination."

"If I say something disrespectful to you, a hundred years from now, a world war will break out in the vassal state." Wang Shouren spoke bluntly.

This person is very bad at being an official.

It was only the emperor who pampered him, otherwise he would have been driven home to farm.

"World war?" Zhu Qiyu became interested.

"Weichen believes that Ming Dynasty will also be involved in the war."

Wang Shouren has a low EQ but a high IQ.

"It is called a world war because all countries will participate. It is the largest war with the widest fighting area in Chinese history."

"This is the same as the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period."

"The meaning of war is to dominate."

"Now that the Ming Dynasty dominates the world, many vassal kings have no idea for the time being. That is because their vassal states are weak. When the vassal states accumulate strength, they will provoke wars."

"Weichen has always believed that a world war cannot satisfy the vassal king's ambitions."

"Every thirty-year cycle, there will be a world war."

What a sharp eye.

Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "Then do you have a way to make Ming Dynasty win again and again in future world wars?"

Wang Shouren shook his head: "The world war is a battle of fate, and the humble ministers have no ability to guarantee the Ming Dynasty's victory."

"No matter how prosperous a country is, it will one day decline."

"Even more prosperous, the more problems behind it, the more difficult it is to recover. Instead, it is like a bubble that bursts at the first touch."

Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes: "Are you trying to persuade me? Or are you saying that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is fake?"

Wang Shouren knelt on the ground: "I am just admonishing you, and be prepared for danger in times of peace."

"Da Ming is ahead of the world in all aspects. This is Daming's advantage."

"But His Majesty spared no effort to feed the vassal states. He is no different from Mr. Dongguo. The rivalry between rice and grudges will lead to rice enmity. When many vassal states become prosperous, they will immediately break up with the Ming Dynasty."

"Therefore, I would like to advise Your Majesty to stop supporting the vassal state, monopolize the technology of the vassal state, and maintain the advanced nature of the Ming Dynasty."

That is to say, if you want to delay the outbreak of war, you must return the countries to their original shape.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It is better to block than to open up. If you beat them back to their original shape today, can you guarantee that they will not develop tomorrow?"

"If there is a problem, it is best to solve it in time. The longer you delay in solving it, the more it means you are unsure. On the contrary, you will lose the courage to work hard, and it will be easier to lose."

"Besides, if there were no threats from other countries, would Ming Dynasty still develop? Will it continue to move forward after Yongle?"

Zhu Qiyu asked back.

"Your Majesty means well, but he goes against the laws of the world."

Wang Shouren said: "You created a strong enemy for the Ming Dynasty, but you didn't know that this strong enemy would bring disaster to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Can you bear to watch your people attack each other, millions of people die, and the world is in ruins?"

"Your Majesty, you are the king and father of all people in the world."

The emperor looked at the problem from the perspective of development, while Wang Shouren looked at the problem from the perspective of human nature.

He doesn't want war, because war kills people.

This kind of world war has never happened in ancient China. Millions, or even tens of millions, of people died each time.

"Maybe there won't be a world war." Zhu Qiyu said.

Wang Shouren said very straightforwardly: "While His Majesty is here, the vassal king will not dare to rebel."

That is to say, after the prince ascends the throne, the vassal king will rebel.

Because the prince cannot control the feudal king.

"What you said will let the prince know how to be an official in the future."

Zhu Qiyu asked him to get up: "According to what you said, world wars come around every thirty years. In the first two world wars, with my accumulated knowledge, I should not be defeated."

"Just get over it twice."

He has changed history into such a mess that no country in Europe has the ability to enter the industrial revolution. Now only the Ming Dynasty has the ability to carry out the industrial revolution.

Once the Ming Dynasty was unable to carry out the industrial revolution due to other reasons, the world entered the fourth reincarnation.

Chinese history is three complete reincarnations.

It was during the first reincarnation that Europe unexpectedly took a different path and industrialized.

This is a historical accident, not an inevitable result of development.

China's historical inertia is huge. Once the emperor is gone, it is very likely to return to historical inertia, let the industrial revolution disappear, and enter the fourth great cycle.

Let’s take the world with us into the Great Reincarnation.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu did not intend to destroy his own country. He wanted to create several countries with the ability to carry out the industrial revolution. Once the Ming Dynasty interrupted the industrial revolution, other countries would take over the baton from the Ming Dynasty and continue the industrial revolution.

Wang Shouren did not agree with this statement. He always believed that those who died in the world war were his own people and it was meaningless.

We can't let our citizens die just because of the ambitions of some individuals, right?
This is a philosophical question.

Zhu Qiyu couldn't argue with him, because it didn't count even if he said it.

This year, camera technology has improved again, with shorter exposure times and higher pixels.

Since the invention of the camera, the emperor has taken a picture every year.

In the 63rd year of Jingtai, a state-owned enterprise manufactured the first steam bus as a tribute to the National Day.

Steam automobiles were actually manufactured in the 59th year of Jingtai's reign, but they were too bumpy and dangerous, so they have been studied continuously.

In the 61st year of Jingtai, a folk craftsman presented a car model as a gift. This year, there was a breakthrough in the research on internal combustion engines.

The first bus in the Ming Dynasty was officially put into use in the first month of the 63rd year of Jingtai.

Nowadays, workers go to work either on foot, by bicycle, or by taking trains in the city. Buses are a luxury means of transportation.

Urban and rural transportation are still dominated by horse-drawn carriages and bicycles.

Only in super first-tier cities will there be urban and rural trains. This type of train is also an internal means of transportation in the city, similar to a subway.

The fares are not high, mainly to facilitate people's commuting to and from get off work. The ring-city railways generally make losses, and this money is borne by the local finance themselves.

Therefore, only first-tier cities can afford this loss.

First-tier cities have to pay for subsidies from the central government, and the court is unwilling to spend this money, so there are railway planning policies every year, but they have never been put into practice.

This year, the central bank officially issued banknotes.

The unified name is Ming Yuan, or Jingtai coins, with the image of Emperor Jingtai printed on the coins.

The largest denominations are 100 yuan banknotes, 50 yuan, 20 yuan and 10 yuan banknotes, all of which bear the portrait of Emperor Jingtai.

Paper money and silver coins have the same effect.

Ming Yuan is linked to gold and adopts the gold standard, which can also be called Ming Gold.

Regarding the anti-counterfeiting of banknotes, we have been researching it since the 1950s of Jingtai, so you don’t have to worry too much about anti-counterfeiting.

Counterfeit money is bound to appear.

However, before the promulgation of banknotes, the Ministry of Punishment promulgated a currency law, which clearly stipulates the crimes of casting and private use of counterfeit currency, especially the crime of counterfeiting banknotes, which will be punished by one level.

Twenty years after the issuance of banknotes, silver coins were completely withdrawn from the market and no longer circulated.

People still don't trust paper money.

The treasure banknotes can bring misery to the common people. It was only after Emperor Jingtai ascended the throne and issued silver coins that the central bank's credit gradually recovered.

Until then, hub credit is negative.

Over the past forty years, silver coins have been used comfortably and are liked by people at home and abroad.

The sudden issuance of banknotes again will inevitably make people distrustful.

Suddenly, there was a money shortage.

Folks were worried about the decrease in silver coins in the world, so they began to recycle silver coins frantically and hide them. No one wanted paper money.

As a result, there were not enough silver coins in the market, and the price of silver coins actually increased.

The imperial court immediately issued an order not to allow the private sector to increase the price of silver privately, and to issue some silver coins appropriately to alleviate the money shortage.

After deciding to withdraw silver coins from the market, the central bank will stop issuing silver coins and instead issue banknotes. The number of silver coins on the market will decrease significantly, and naturally there will be a shortage of money.

Folk attitudes cannot be changed in a day or two, so you need to be patient.

However, the issuance of banknotes stimulated the stock market. The stock market was in a bull market, and the market skyrocketed.

Royal assets further skyrocketed.

Zhu Jianqi wanted to know how much money his father had.

Zhu Youqi also wanted to know.

Early that morning, Zhu Qiyu finished Tai Chi, Zhu Youqi used a towel to wipe his grandfather's sweat, and the three of them walked into the main hall.

Ever since the old emperor persuaded Zhu Jianqi, Zhu Jianqi was in a good mood and looked younger to the naked eye.

Taking charge of government affairs is like a fish in water.

It's all a matter of mentality.

If you have a good mentality, everything will go smoothly.

The emperor basically stopped scolding him. Instead, he sometimes praised him. This was something Zhu Jianqi never dared to think about before.

"Dad, I heard that the phone experiment was successful? Can you hear the other party's voice from a few miles away?"

Zhu Jianqi had just left the morning court. Today, the court discussed the issue of building a railway to Wushen.

The emperor was determined to build the Wushen Railway.

"How many miles away? You can hear it tens of thousands of miles away." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

The gap between the steam revolution and the electrical revolution in the Ming Dynasty was only thirty years.

Thanks to the emperor's large-scale financial support.

Speaking of the electrical revolution, the emperor's total investment exceeded 200 billion, and he vigorously promoted the development of the electrical revolution.

Last month, Daming Electric Lighting Company was listed on the Beijing Stock Exchange and directly entered the top 50 of the Ming Dynasty's top 500 companies.

Electric lights are the most luxurious thing in Ming Dynasty now.

The electric lighting company proposed the concept of storage batteries. The stock market immediately rose ten points and its market value doubled.

According to Zhu Jianqi's observation, the controlling boss behind this electric lighting company is most likely his father.

"Dad, is there really a treasure house under the Yangxin Palace?" Zhu Jianqi wanted to know how much money his father had.

Zhu Qiyu looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile: "I'm afraid that if I tell you, I won't work hard anymore."

"Grandpa, so much money?" Zhu Youqi almost jumped up. Who doesn't want to be a prodigal?

"Let's all go out."

Zhu Qiyu waved the palace attendants away, walked to the bedroom, opened the mechanism on a wooden pillow, and took out a key.

He walked out of the dormitory and pointed at the throne: "Unscrew it."

Zhu Youquan discovered that the throne was welded in place. After twisting it, it made a creaking sound, the bookcase rotated, and an iron door appeared on the wall.

He tapped with his fingers and found that it was the Death Heart Gate.

This door consists of two locks, a combination lock and a keyhole.

The emperor twisted the code numbers, opened it with the key, and then opened the iron door. Zhu Youquan glanced at the door. This door can't be opened with a cannon, right?
"come in."

Zhu Qiyu walked in front and pointed to the stone pier next to him: "This is the Broken Dragon Stone. One day, if rebels invade the palace, you can hide here and the cannons can't blast them away. It will be enough to drag the reinforcements into the palace to rescue them." drive."

Zhu Jianqi and Zhu Youqi followed in.

Inside is an invisible underground palace, with whale oil burning on both sides of the corridor, which will never go out.

In the corridor, there were several small rooms with locked doors.

There are large iron doors separating each room, which are now unlocked to slow down the rebels.

"Here are the ledgers."

"This is where clothes and food are kept in case of emergencies."

"This is a small ordnance factory with all kinds of ordnance."

Zhu Qiyu introduced them to them as he walked.

Zhu Jianqi was dumbfounded: "Dad, when did you build it?"

Don't say he didn't know, no one in the entire previous dynasty knew.

This is an imperial palace. A place where a shovelful of dirt can shake up the whole world. How did the emperor hide it from everyone and build an underground palace?

"Do you still remember Shu Liang?"

Zhu Qiyu looked back: "In his later years, Shu Liang hardly appeared in front of the court. In fact, he was building this underground palace for me."

"From the 40th year of Jingtai to the 47th year of Jingtai, it took seven years to build this underground palace, using the best materials at the time."

"This dome and this wall cannot be blasted open by cannons."

"This underground palace was built according to the regulations of the bastion."

"Once there is a change outside, at least five hundred people can be accommodated here. It is the last bastion to protect the imperial power."

Zhu Qiyu walked into the innermost floor.

This one is also locked.

But there is no keyhole or combination lock.

The old emperor took off the Emperor's Seal and placed it in the groove. The underground palace door slowly opened, revealing a machine door.

A dazzling golden light refracted from the crack in the door.

When the underground palace door was fully opened, Zhu Jianqi and Zhu Youqi were completely dumbfounded.

A large flat floor of about 200 square meters.

There are piles of gold bricks, as well as jewelry and gems that are coveted by the world. Those precious diamonds are packed in boxes here!

The large gold bricks cover an area of ​​about 130 square meters and contain a total of 1600 tons of gold!
There are also all kinds of jewelry, each of which is priceless among the people, but here, they are all packed in boxes. There are boxes of precious jades and emeralds, and it is impossible to count how many there are.

"Dad, am I dreaming?"

Zhu Jianqi is really stupid.

He guessed that the old man was rich, but he really didn't expect that the old man was so rich.

In the past, he always complained that the old man spent money like water.

Only now do I know that he is a frog in a well, and he still laughs at the old man for prodigal. Is that a squandering for the old man? That is to play with a piece of leg hair.

Where did he get so much money?

"Grandpa, this will all be mine from now on, right?" Zhu Youqi's eyes turned blue, and he was happiest as a prodigal.

"This money cannot be spent casually."

Zhu Qiyu has no feeling for money: "The imperial court has no gold reserves. The paper money issued by the Ming Dynasty and the gold standard rely on the gold reserves in my hand."

"Do you know where the money came from this time?"

Zhu Jianqi shook his head.

"This is a reserve fund."

"In order to issue banknotes, I got gold from all over the world. For this reason, I sold gold mines in Africa, America, and Oceania, and I was able to collect so much gold in a short period of time."

"Otherwise I wouldn't have so much gold, do you understand?"

and many more.

Does it mean that the old emperor’s assets are more than this?
"Yes."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "This is just the tip of the iceberg of my assets."

"Dad, tip of the iceberg? Did you use the wrong idiom? There is so much gold, it must be thousands of tons, right?"

"1600 tons, including these jewelry, the total value is about 1900 tons." Zhu Qiyu did not intend to hide it from them.

Can there be so much money in the world?

"Hey, you underestimate the world."

Zhu Qiyu said: "The fact that I was able to obtain so much gold in a short period of time just shows that there is much more gold in the world than this."

"This time I am fishing from the lake and selling my gold mine shares in the feudal state. If I don't sell them, I will earn more in the future."

"Since I brought you here."

"I will tell you all my assets."

"Stop looking and come out."

The two guys lost their minds because of so much gold. Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "From now on, it will all be yours. You can come and see it every day, but you can't spend it."

"Can't you spend any money?" Zhu Youqi asked.

"You can't move a gram."

Zhu Qiyu said seriously: "The central government issues banknotes and uses my private property as reserves. What does it mean?"

Zhu Youqi's eyes lit up: "It means that the banknotes are in the hands of the royal family."

Gold cannot be spent, but banknotes can be spent as you wish.

"More than that, banknotes are actually my private currency."

"The center didn't see this, and I took the lead."

"Remember, this is the right to mint money. It is in your hands. You must not lose it."

"In order to seize this opportunity, I will lose at least 500 tons of gold."

The two people were suddenly not in a beautiful mood.

What's the use of this opportunity? The Ming Dynasty is a family. Whether it's the court or the royal family, it all belongs to the emperor.

If you say this before the industrial revolution, it makes sense.

But now, don’t lie to yourselves.

As for Zhu Qiyu being the emperor, the people have no objections. Let's change it to another one. As the electrical revolution advances, the emperor's power will become smaller and smaller, and he will gradually become a mascot.

The reserve fund will become the emperor's confidence to gain economic power.

At most, the Zhu family can get half of the political power without completely turning into mascots.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu would rather lose future profits but must seize this opportunity. As long as the royal family does not squander gold and continues to save gold, the right to issue banknotes will always be in the hands of the emperor.

Even if the currency changes from the gold standard to credit.

That's okay too.

Gold is still valuable. Spending so much gold will have better results than leaving it alone, and you can still gain political power.

"I also invested in asphalt roads and railways, two major projects."

"You won't make much money, but you can use it as a pension fund to support you until you grow old."

"After the steam revolution, my total investment is around 700 billion. The ledgers are all in that secret room. You can check them at any time."

"As of now, the expected return is around 2000 billion."

"But the actual funds withdrawn are only 500 billion. I have already invested all this money in the electrical revolution."

"I actually spent 500 billion in real money, a total of 1000 billion, to invest in the electrical revolution."

"There is no reward for this piece for the time being."

"But I expect that the future return will be more than ten times, which is one trillion."

Electric lights, telephones, automobiles, telegraphs, one trillion dollars in future earnings is really not much.

"Imperial companies such as the Royal Commercial Bank seem to make around 20 billion in profits every year, but they are actually losing money."

"Because the money will be invested again."

"Anyway, I haven't seen any money back in the past twenty years."

"As these companies go public, if I cash out and leave, the expected return is around 300 billion."

"It includes 107 high-end brands, 577 industrial companies, and 1689 other companies, excluding banks, power companies, railway companies and other companies."

"As for the companies that Imperial Enterprises invested in, there are probably more than 37000 private companies in total. I don't remember clearly."

"The expected return should be around 2000 billion, but I can't say when it will be returned and whether we will lose money in the future."

Anyway, in one sentence, I am too rich!

Zhu Jianqi and Zhu Youqi were really dumbfounded.

Dad, if I knew you were so rich, would I be so stingy?

Grandpa, if I knew our family was so rich, I would still work so hard. Wouldn’t it be nice to be a fool?

"Don't look at me like that."

"It's all estimates. If you don't do it well, you won't have any money, and all your previous investments will be lost."

"Besides, this is all just a concept. I don't have any cash on hand."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Gold seems to be the most, but it is actually just a reserve fund and cannot be touched at all."

"Those jewels, gems and diamonds are just for collection."

"By the way, I still have 1700 million cultural relics, of which 174 million are Chinese treasure-level cultural relics."

"I also have twelve private museums."

"But these are ancestral properties, and I won't sell them off, so they won't be counted."

Zhu Jianqi fainted and died.

If you really want to put a price on those national treasures, they are probably more expensive than that gold.

Among the twelve museums mentioned by the emperor, the Palace Museum in Beijing is larger than the Forbidden City, and the museums in other places are not much smaller than the Forbidden City.

There are also banks, which the emperor controls, tobacco, wine, sugar, rubber, etc., as well as heavy industrial enterprises, there are too many.

If you add it all up.

The emperor's total assets are more than 5000 tons of gold.

The emperor is definitely the richest person in the world, bar none.

But the emperor also said that there is no cash at all, it is all assets.

The two Forbidden City are also the emperor's net worth.

In terms of fixed assets, there are more than two Forbidden City. Museums, exhibition halls, and palaces are all owned by the emperor. There are also many fixed assets.

"Prince, do you still think our family is poor?" Zhu Qiyu asked him with a smile.

Zhu Jianqi's face was full of embarrassment.

He couldn't see his father spending money lavishly, so he was always stingy.

Just say that in the past two years, during the Ming Dynasty War, we traveled thousands of miles to fight against the Ottoman Empire. At home, we built railways, built four major projects, and were still building the Yenisey project. We did not delay either.

The fiscal deficit has been running for two consecutive years.

Internal funds are also constantly taking money out.

How could Zhu Jianqi endure it? He was really worried that his father had subsidized everything to the vassal state. After he ascended the throne, he would inherit a mess.

There were too many examples of this before, and what Emperor Renzong inherited was a mess.

but.

Today the old emperor settled his family fortune with him.

Only then did I realize that I was really stupid.

The old emperor seemed to be losing money everywhere, but in fact he was making money everywhere. He just changed the way of making money, making money from commodities.

Two industrial revolutions.

It was all promoted by the old emperor, and others thought that the old emperor had lost his pants.

In fact, the old emperor had no cash, but he had a bunch of shares. As long as he wanted to cash out and leave, he could get out a large amount of cash.

Because all the industries the emperor invested in have started to develop.

They have become the mainstay of the industry.

In the end, it worked out. The old emperor did not lose money at all, but made a lot of money.

He was the first to eat crabs, and his mouth was full of oil.

"I know my mistake." Zhu Jianqi smiled bitterly.

"correct."

"This doesn't even count the copyright in my hands."

"The high-quality copyrights in my hands will become mountains of gold in the future, more valuable than the mountains of gold in the secret room."

"Don't look at the fact that my copyright is open for thirty years. When thirty years pass, the characters in these copyrights will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and they will all be familiar characters."

"How much money will be made in the derivatives market?"

“As long as you take a long-term view, you won’t lose money on your investment.”

"By the way, there are also patents."

"Last year, a eunuch made statistics. Over the years, I have invested in a total of 170 million companies, and more than 150 million have failed."

"The money seems to have been wasted, but in fact, their company's patent has become mine."

"You may not know that I have already earned back the money I invested by relying on these patents."

Mention patents.

Everyone has to admire the emperor's foresight.

The emperor vigorously promoted the patent law, severely cracked down on theft and piracy, and strictly guaranteed the patent law.

This resulted in an age of invention.

More than 40 years later, patents have become a breeding ground for the royal family.

“There’s one thing we haven’t counted yet, the military industry.”

“It was almost fully invested with internal funds.”

"But I don't plan to open it to the outside world, nor do I plan to use it to make money."

"If all are counted, my assets may reach 1 tons of gold in the next fifty years."

hiss!
Zhu Jianqi and Zhu Youqu both took a deep breath.

With so much money, who can overthrow Ming Dynasty?

"Grandpa, what should I do if my grandson doesn't want to be a miser?" Zhu Youqi swallowed his saliva, feeling too uncomfortable that he couldn't spend the money he had.

Snapped!
Zhu Jianqi slapped him on the head hard: "If you dare to spend money randomly, I will beat you to death!"

Zhu Youqi grinned in pain.

His father was a miser and would not spend a single silver coin. His East Palace was definitely the shabbiest East Palace in history.

It's not that Grandpa Huang doesn't want it, it's that his father doesn't want it.

Reluctant.

Even the concubines in his harem are dissatisfied with the prince. We enjoy the blessings of entering the palace, but as a result, our lives are not as good as at home.

It's even more incomparable to the palace.

The old emperor was rich and generous, and the eunuchs in the palace had excellent food and clothing.

There is only the East Palace.

Outsiders thought that the emperor was harsh on the prince. In fact, this was not the case. It was because the prince was not rich. The courtiers praised the prince for his simplicity.

The prince is no longer simple, but shabby.

It was so shabby that even a son like him couldn't stand it.

His father couldn't stand it either.

However, the prince compared himself with Emperor Liu Heng of Han Dynasty, believing that only by being frugal could he set an example for the world.

Now, even Zhu Jianqi feels that he is not Shabi.

His father is so rich, there is really no need to save, so he is no longer a miser?

(End of this chapter)