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Chapter 636: Man Can Control Destiny and Use It

On the day Wang Chongyi was assassinated, the Ming Emperor punished the city patrol censor of the Wucheng Bingmasi. Zhao Chengfan was discovered because Liu Changshan was sent to the capital. After interrogating Liu Changshan, clues were obtained and this parasite was finally found.

Liu Changshan was going to be sent to the Kamikaze Institution because, as a maritime merchant, he had sold Ming people many times. During the Honnoji Incident, Liu Changshan had already smoothed his connections with Oda Nobunaga. Moreover, as a representative of the founding islands and some powerful and influential people who had moved abroad, Liu Changshan knew a lot of things, including how to bribe the city inspectors, so he helped within his ability.

As the commander of the imperial guards, Zhao Mengyou personally interrogated Zhao Chengfan. After repeated questioning, Zhao Chengfan, the imperial censor, confessed the problem.

"In other words, you didn't know in advance that the thing Liu Changshan asked you to help release was gunpowder. After the explosion happened and Xu Zhaode was arrested, you guessed that you were in trouble. Liu Changshan could not be found. It was not until Suyi Yushi found you that you completely confirmed that it was indeed gunpowder?" Zhao Mengyou checked the confession in his hand.

"General Ti, you are very wise. If I had known it was gunpowder, how could I dare to let it go! Who knew that these people were so bold? I just took a little bit of silver and never thought of assassinating Wang Ci Fu!" Zhao Chengfan's legs were shaking. He never thought that a small act of willfulness in power would lead to such a huge disaster.

"Interesting, Xu Zhaode didn't even know you existed." Zhao Mengyou compared Xu Zhaode's confession repeatedly, and after reviewing the list of physical evidence, he said with emotion.

Liu Changshan's bribery of the Inspector General was purely a means of "making friends". He did not ask the Inspector General to do anything. In the past, he gave Zhao Chengfan all the fine arts, chess, calligraphy, painting, bronze and stone, and beautiful women as gifts from friends. Then, he asked Zhao Chengfan to do him a favor on the grounds that it was inconvenient to bring soil and stones into the capital.

Zhao Chengfan was somewhat cautious. He checked the earth, stones, wood and other items once himself and asked the captain to check them carefully three times before he finally let down his guard. After letting the patrol captain check them briefly, he decided to let them go.

In the best place under the feet of the emperor, you can't just build a house whenever you want. This kind of business is called the collapsed house business. That is to say, if a house in the city collapses, do you want to rebuild it? You have to pay money to the powerful and wealthy who control this business.

Otherwise, the earth, stones and wood used to build houses would not be able to enter the city at all.

It was not the first time that Zhao Chengfan had done "favor" to others. Some people felt that the earthenware, stone and wood materials of the powerful and wealthy were too expensive, and he happened to have connections with the Five Cities Military Department, so he could save this money. Everyone was a meat eater, and they knew each other every day. The powerful and wealthy families who controlled the business were also willing to give face to the city inspector.

Otherwise, if the city inspector really raises the banner of curfew, it will be very troublesome for people.

It was under such circumstances that Zhao Chengfan, the Imperial Censor who patrolled the city, chose to let him go.

The news Xu Zhaode received was that gunpowder could be found in the stones used to repair the Guangde Bookstore. Li Sanhu made five trips before he found the gunpowder in the stones. The assassination was postponed four times until the day when the Wang family returned home to worship their ancestors. From what the imperial guards found out, Wang Chongyi had indeed died for Wang Chonggu.

The initial target of Xu Zhaode, Liu Changshan, Li Sanhu and others was Wang Chonggu.

"I was just a little greedy, it's not a capital crime! General Ti, I still have money! I can give you as much money as you want!" Zhao Chengfan was really scared. He kept begging, hoping that Zhao Mengyou would accept some bribes and say a few good words for him.

"Idiot, if I kill you, the silver is mine too!" Zhao Mengyou's fierce eyes suddenly turned kind and said with a smile: "How much silver do you think your life is worth?"

"I still have 30,000 taels of silver with my concubine! As long as Marshal Ti rescues me, I will give it to you in full!" Zhao Chengfan said loudly as soon as he saw that there was a chance.

"30,000 silver? It seems that Censor Zhao thinks his life is worthless." Zhao Mengyou said cheerfully, "Our imperial guards have confiscated as much as 50,000 silver. It seems that Censor Zhao doesn't think his life is worth much. Listen to my advice, as long as you have the green mountains, you will not be afraid of firewood."

Zhao Mengyou portrayed himself as a corrupt official and made the other party hand over all his remaining wealth, just to make the corrupt official's assets cleaner.

Zhao Mengyou doesn't even need any acting skills, because in the eyes of these giant termites, everyone is greedy, but their greed is unknown to others!
In Zhao Chengfan's mind, he only needed to bribe the general, so what if he was sentenced to death? When the execution was carried out, he would just replace the prince with a cat!
Zhao Mengyou was ultimately unable to extort more silver. The imperial guards during the Wanli period were not very skilled at beating with a stick, as they needed a cushion when beating with a stick. However, they were very good at confiscating property. Not a single cent of silver would be left behind, as all would be confiscated into the imperial treasury. It was just a matter of practice making perfect.

Zhu Yijun received the memorial written by Zhao Mengyou and checked the case files. The approximate expenses for the assassination of Wang Chonggu have gradually become clear. It cost 7 silver coins to bribe the imperial censor who patrols the city, and about 3 silver coins to support the assassin Li Sanhu, because Li Sanhu was the only one willing to work. The others cheated for food and drink and disappeared without a trace when the time came. Other expenses such as purchasing gunpowder, smoothing relationships, etc., totaled more than silver coins.

Especially the price of gunpowder, which is more expensive than gold.

The gunpowder for fireworks and firecrackers is of course very cheap, but the gunpowder that Li Sanhu was holding was granular gunpowder. Xu Zhaode had no idea where he got it from. It was Liu Changshan who got it, and Liu Changshan had no idea where it came from.

"There are two suspicious points in this case. One is where the gunpowder came from, and the other is how the gunpowder was brought into Beijing. Now one suspicious point has been cleared up, and the imperial guards must investigate the matter in detail." Zhu Yijun reviewed Zhao Mengyou's memorial and gave instructions to Zhao Mengyou.

Since we have said that we will investigate this matter thoroughly, we cannot let go of this obvious suspicious point.

"Your Majesty, I have a rough guess." Zhao Mengyou found Liu Changshan's confession. Although Liu Changshan was not sure where it came from, he still found some clues from the repeated interrogation records. Some scattered answers and clues eventually pointed to one place.

"Granular gunpowder is produced at the Luzon Governorate."

Since Zhao Mengyou dared to talk about this in front of the emperor, he must be absolutely sure. Ninety-nine percent of the time, it leaked out from the Luzon Governor-General's Office because the Jiugang Xuanwei Office was at war before.

During a war, it was normal for people to buy and sell armaments. They would report damages to bird guns and tiger squat cannons, and falsely report the amount of gunpowder used. This was still something that was covered up. During the Jiajing period, some Ming soldiers even openly bought and sold firearms for their own use because they were owed wages.

There was a problem during the Wanli and Yongle periods. The Jiugang Xuanwei Office and the Governor's Office were too far away from the heartland of the Ming Dynasty. Luzon had already substantially confirmed land ownership and began to collect land taxes, and the Maritime Customs Office and the Commercial Office collected commercial taxes. The kingship was moving very fast, but the Jiugang Governor's Office was as difficult to king over as it was in the past due to the distance.

Thousands of miles south, the southernmost place.

"If you want the benefits of opening the sea, you must bear the cost of opening the sea." Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Continue to investigate and confirm the source of the gunpowder."

Fast sailing ships are particularly important. The Youlong has already been put into service. It only takes eighteen days for it to depart from its home port of Songjiang Prefecture and arrive at the old port of Malacca City. This problem can only be improved if fast sailing ships are put into service in large numbers.

Songjiang Governor Shen Shixing had a heavy burden on his shoulders. According to the report of Shanghai County Magistrate Yao Guangqi, Shen Shixing's temples were already gray. Zhu Yijun was very worried that Shen Shixing would be exhausted to death before he even became the Prime Minister.

But as a disciple of Zhang Juzheng, and on the premise that Zhang Juzheng was still alive, if Shen Shixing wanted to enter the cabinet, he would have to work very hard to gain universal recognition.

For Shen Shixing, the best news recently is that there have been no more problems at the fast sailing ship dock and everything is going smoothly.

"As a person, you have to push yourself to know how strong you are!" Zhu Yijun picked up a memorial in his hand, thought about it again and again, and said, "Go and summon the Grand Tutor and the Junior Tutor to come over."

Grand Tutor Wang Guoguang, Junior Tutor Zhang Xueyan, the treasurers of the Ming Dynasty and the purse of the court, Zhu Yijun called them here because he had important matters to discuss.

Zhu Yijun, who had been emperor for twelve years, was very clear that since the memorial had already been presented to him, a result had actually been reached and the emperor only needed to give his seal. The emperor had to grasp the general direction. All he had to do was judge the pros and cons and make the judgment based on the core interests of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Chonggu took action.

The foundation of the Wanli Reform Opposition Alliance was overseas, which was a brand new test. This alliance was composed of several powerful and wealthy families who disobeyed the king's orders and went into exile overseas. They left the Ming Dynasty, so they were unscrupulous. The first major move of this alliance was to assassinate Wang Chonggu.

And now that Wang Chonggu is alive and still serving as the second assistant in the court, these guys will definitely not have a good time.

Wang Chonggu's memorial is extremely long, but it only covers three aspects.

The first is to increase the number of official plantations in Southeast Asia; the second is to carry out regular inspections of the Yuanxu Islands with the main purpose of drug control; the third is to establish a sufficiently skilled inspection department in the Yuanxu Islands and set up coastal defense inspections.

Increasing the number of government-run plantations is like cutting off the source of the problem. It is using the power of a whole country to seize the means of production. For those powerful and wealthy people who have fled abroad, this is more painful than killing them. As a result of the loss of the means of production, all the achievements will be nothing but illusions and water without a source.

Remove the fuel from under the cauldron to wipe out the entire family.

The second one is indeed a grand alliance against the opposition, but its main purpose is still to fight against drugs and win the war on drugs to prevent the spread of opium, ayahuasca, khat and other substances in the Ming Dynasty. It must be severely and long-term cracked down on, even at the cost of going to extremes to clean them up.

In an era when it took ninety-two days for a document to reach the capital from Yunnan, this kind of crackdown could easily be expanded during implementation. Drug enforcement became a basket that could hold anything, and even became a means for the Governor-General's Office of Luzon and Old Port to exploit their subordinates.

The third point is to have enough inspection offices and coastal defense inspection offices to supplement the second point. It is best to leave some people alive during drug trafficking, have them inspected by the coastal defense inspection offices, and then send them to the capital. This will avoid, to the greatest extent possible, the phenomenon of misidentification and killing innocent people to take credit for the crimes.

But this kind of thing is definitely inevitable.

Wang Chonggu’s explanation was very clear and thorough, and he clearly explained the pros and cons of the policy.

This involves a question: Do these powerful and influential people who disobeyed the king's orders and fled to sea still enjoy the protection of the Ming Dynasty laws?
Wang Chonggu expelled these rebellious powerful and influential people from the Ming Dynasty on the grounds that "if the princes use barbarian rituals, they should be treated as barbarians", equating them with barbarians, thus perfectly avoiding the issue of law.

The laws of the Ming Dynasty never protected barbarians. For example, Sauron, who was burned to ashes, was a barbarian, so the emperor not only beheaded him but also burned his body until nothing was left. The literati and officials didn't even try to save him.

"The court's official gardens already occupy 60% of the plantations in Southeast Asia. Is it necessary to continue expanding?" Zhu Yijun rejected Wang Chonggu's memorial and asked the Ministry of Revenue for its opinion.

"Your Majesty, the more plantations the better." Wang Guoguang had obviously read the memorial and answered Your Majesty's question without even opening it to read it carefully.

Zhang Xueyan further added: "Your Majesty, the celestial phenomena have changed, and the Ming Dynasty needs more food."

The Gewu Academy clearly observed the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the grasslands were getting colder, the precipitation in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and the Hetao region was decreasing year by year, and the drought in northwestern Shanxi was becoming more and more serious. The Gewu Academy found that the inland was far away from the ocean, a huge temperature regulator, and the specific heat capacity of the land was only one twentieth of that of water. The Ming Dynasty was bound to face a food crisis, and it was already facing this serious problem.

Wang Chonggu proposed to expand the number and area of ​​official gardens. It was certainly a revenge against the murderer who dared to assassinate him and killed his own brother. It was also a long-term strategy for the country, not just for the purpose of venting anger.

Sixty percent? Ten percent is too little.

Wang Guoguang thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the population of the Ming Dynasty is increasing, because the sweet potatoes used to relieve famine are really good for the people, but the weather is getting worse and worse, there are more people and less food, which will lead to chaos and changes in the world. I think that food is related to the lifeblood of the country. If it is not in the hands of the country, there may be chaos."

How can the emperor sleep well if the food, especially the food flowing into the Ming Dynasty from overseas, is not controlled by the court?
You can be the emperor because you have a strong army and a strong horse. You have a strong army and a strong horse because you have grain, silver, guns, etiquette, and people's hearts. That's why you are the emperor. If you have no grain, you have no silver, and if you have no silver, you have no guns. How can you still sit firmly on the throne of the emperor? The drought problem that was destined to happen in Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia, and the problem of population growth, are the real problems that the Ming Dynasty must face.

When the people of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia started to riot because of hunger, did the imperial court suppress or appease them? This question was discussed very clearly by Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao and Shuyang Earl Jin Lian as early as the Zhengtong period.

Chen Mao and Jin Lian discussed this issue very clearly when they were suppressing the Ye Zongliu-Deng Maoqi uprising.

The people are hardworking and resolute. They will be content if they can just fill their stomachs. If the people start to rebel, the whole country will be in danger. To suppress them is like adding oil to a raging fire. The more you suppress them, the more urgent it becomes. The more you suppress them, the more intense it becomes. The only way to stabilize the world is to pacify them and resettle them.

After Chen Mao and Jin Lian quelled the civil unrest, they gave a very detailed account, saying that the people of the Ming Dynasty were more docile than sheep, more willing to endure hardships than donkeys, and would not rebel as long as they had a livelihood. Forcing such people to the point of rebellion and continuing to suppress them would only widen the contradictions and eventually cause chaos in the world. Therefore, civil unrest could only be pacified.

To pacify the people, food is needed, but food is not under the control of the court. Does the emperor have to rely on the invisible big hand and gamble that the merchants who travel around and pursue profits will not raise prices? The invisible big hand will only make silver flow to places where silver is not lacking, making food a tool for exploitation.

Food is the primary need of the people. Once there is a problem with food, it is by no means a trivial matter.

Although Wang Guoguang and Zhang Xueyan did not say it explicitly, this was what they meant. Since they are going to be the emperor who has to be in charge of everything, they have to be more alert!

"It has expanded to 60%. If it expands any more, the problems of rigidity and bloat will become problems that the plantation cannot solve. 60% is not a small amount." Zhu Yijun explained the reasons for his political inquiry.

If there are more, the plantations will lose their vitality because there is no competition, only monopoly. Rigidity and bloat will affect production, and ultimately lead to an overall decline in grain output. The coal in the Northern Song Dynasty, which cost two hundred wen per pound, sold very poorly. No one bought it, and no one produced it.

The plantations in Southeast Asia, because they were rigid and bloated, could not serve as the blood bags of the Ming Dynasty and could not help the Ming Dynasty successfully survive the Little Ice Age. This was also the reason why Zhu Yijun asked about politics.

Government-run and private-run are a mutual process. They are definitely not enemies of life and death, but a process of mutual assistance, successive contradictions and spiral upward.

"Then let's raise it by another 10%, 70% for officials and 30% for civilians." Zhu Yijun said very clearly: "My dear ministers, we can't let the Ming navy go out to capture slaves. Don't say that I don't want the navy to do such dirty work. They don't know how to capture slaves. Let them capture cities and kill enemies, they are very good at it, but capturing slaves is a very professional job."

"Besides, I can't control it."

Wang Guoguang and Zhang Xueyan whispered to each other.

Wang Guoguang bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, what you said makes sense."

Seventy percent is not much, but it is enough. According to the Ming Dynasty's theory of importance, occupying 30% is actually enough to occupy a dominant position. The court's occupation of 70% in the plantation economy is already the limit of the court.

The imperial court's official gardens neither captured nor used slaves. This was not a moral disadvantage, but because the population growth rate in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty far exceeded that in the inland areas. These official gardens also had another vital function, which was to settle the population so as to prevent the unreconcilable contradiction between people and land from bringing the Ming Dynasty to its knees.

"Regular inspections and the establishment of an inspection office in the Yuanxu Islands are very necessary." Zhu Yijun had no objection to the last two items, but he did not quite agree with Wang Chonggu's desire to take all the plantations.

Eating too much can also cause death.

Zhu Yijun met with the Grand Tutor and the Junior Tutor. Not only did they discuss Wang Chonggu's memorial, but they also asked about the progress of the establishment of a total of six engineering corps battalions in Henan and Shandong.

"Your Majesty, Ling Butang is indeed loyal to the emperor and the country, but he suddenly has 60,000 engineering corps instead of 1,500 soldiers. Isn't it dangerous?" Zhang Xueyan said in a low voice: "I came to the court from the Liaodong governor to serve as the head of the Ministry of Revenue. I saw with my own eyes the possibility of Liaodong becoming a vassal state."

Zhang Xueyan first highly praised Ling Yunyi's loyalty to the emperor and the country, and then raised his own doubts. The emperor was really not afraid. Ling Yunyi was the Minister of War and the Governor of Henan and Shandong military affairs. These 60,000 people were under Ling Yunyi's direct management. If Henan and Shandong were to be turned into vassal states like Liaodong, it would be no different from the sky falling.

"Tang Ling is going to the Governor-General's Office in Nagasaki." Zhu Yijun found Ling Yunyi's memorial from the table, handed it to Feng Bao to pass on to Zhang Xueyan, and said, "Tang Ling has also thought about what Shao Situ is thinking about."

The highway has been built, the engineering corps has been organized, and the difficult issues such as land survey and abolition of slavery have been completed. Ling Yunyi is going to sail to the Nagasaki Governor's Office and fight in Japan. Ling Yunyi has already volunteered, so please give him a chance to destroy Japan.

"I am a villain and I am judging others by my own standards." After reading Ling Yunyi's memorial, Zhang Xueyan hurriedly admitted his mistake and called himself a villain.

Ling Yunyi is an authoritarian figure. Among these 60,000 people, only they listen to him. If he leaves, these engineering corps will be the imperial court's engineering corps, and with the completion of the highway, there will be nothing to worry about.

The reason why Ling Yunyi went to the Nagasaki Governor's Office was naturally to destroy the Japanese.

After meeting with the two ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, Zhu Yijun met with the cabinet minister Wan Shihe. Wan Shihe was in charge of compiling the "Compilation of Philosophers". He opened the Hundred Schools Academy and recruited scholars from all over the country to compile together. He had already completed the compilation of "Xunzi".

The Hundred Schools Academy accepted scholars from all over the country. After compilation, it was submitted to the Ministry of Rites for review, and the final reviewer was Wan Shihe himself. After Wan Shihe's review, it was sent directly to the emperor for review.

Zhu Yijun had already finished reading all 32 chapters of Xunzi, every word of which was precious, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty gained a lot from it.

"It is a great pity for Confucianism that Xunzi, as the most sage and teacher, was expelled from the Confucian community. This is a loss for Confucianism, not for Xunzi." This was the only feeling Zhu Yijun had after reading Xunzi.

The most holy teachers of the Ming Dynasty are no longer Confucius and Mencius.

All the philosophers and schools of thought are great sages and teachers, the pioneers of human culture.

"It was only after I compiled the book that I realized that Xunzi might be another side of Confucianism. If later Confucian scholars could accept Xunzi's criticism, Confucianism would definitely not be what it is today," Wan Shihe said with certainty.

Confucius and Mencius said that human nature is good, while Xunzi said that human nature is evil. Dong Zhongshu advocated the superstitious theory of the correspondence between heaven and man, which had been gradually abandoned in the pre-Qin period, while Xunzi said that "man can control the destiny of heaven and use it." Confucianism emphasizes the importance of rituals and laws, while Xunzi took the evil nature of human nature as his starting point, and used laws to govern the world and rituals, laws and regulations to persuade people.

Man can control destiny and use it for his own benefit, which is the most typical one. It means that human beings have the ability to control the laws of natural changes and make use of them. They should take the initiative in facing nature, emphasize human changes to nature, and make nature work for their own benefit, rather than letting destiny and nature become constraints on human beings.

Just this one point alone completely and thoroughly destroyed Dong Zhongshu's idea of ​​the connection between heaven and man.

The theory of the correspondence between heaven and man is a step backward in history, as it means 'there is no distinction between heaven and man'. However, Xunzi, the great sage of Confucianism, had already clearly proposed the theory of the distinction between heaven and man, and fully reflected it in Xunzi's Theory of Heaven.

Zhu Yijun still remembered the terrible public opinion that Zhang Juzheng had to endure at the end of the sixth year of Longqing and the beginning of the first year of Wanli, when the guest star invaded the main seat. In order to express his support for Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun issued an edict to reflect on himself, saying that it was a warning from heaven because he, the emperor, had not done a good job. In the fifth year of Wanli, a big comet appeared, Zhang Juzheng's father died of illness, and the mourning storm also caused a sensation in the city.

It is clear that the distinction between heaven and man had already been made in the pre-Qin period, but by the time of the Ming Dynasty, the influence of the connection between heaven and man was still spreading.

Facts have also proved that the guest star that invaded the main constellation was just a supernova explosion; and the big comet was not a warning from heaven. It was clearly observed by a reflecting telescope that it was just a comet.

"Xunzi said that the way of heaven is constant. It does not exist for the sake of Yao or die for the sake of Jie. If we respond to it with order, it will be auspicious; if we respond to it with chaos, it will be disastrous. It would be strange if Xunzi was not expelled from the Confucian community." Wan Shihe said helplessly.

Xunzi was not expelled from the Confucian community because he cursed the Confucians as inferiors, but because he criticized the sage kings before the Three Dynasties. Xunzi touched upon the core theory of Confucianism. Everything in Confucianism was based on the Zhou rites, but Xunzi directly dug up his ancestors' graves.

The Way of Heaven has its own laws of operation. It will not prosper forever because of the existence of Yao and Shun, nor will it disappear and decline because of King Jie of Xia. As a king, you should use the rise and fall of the world as your standard. When the world is in great order, it is auspicious; when the world is in great chaos, it is disastrous.

The king cannot afford to force the rise and fall of the world and natural phenomena to be tied to the king's morality, and neither can the people of the world. It is extremely dangerous to pin the rise and fall on one person. Only when the king is wise and the ministers are virtuous and all the people work together can the country prosper. Otherwise, it will be lost and in chaos. Therefore, "the distinction between heaven and man can be called the most perfect man."

Zhu Yijun liked the thirty-two chapters of Xunzi very much, which is a true book for emperors.

"Are there more? Are there only thirty-two chapters?" Zhu Yijun felt unsatisfied after reading these thirty-two chapters, and asked Wan Shihe whether he had found any rare copies among the people, or any lost chapters, even just one.

"There are only these thirty-two articles, the others have been lost." Wan Shihe said with great regret.

"This... is really a pity. I give you three million silver coins to collect unique copies and articles to complete the lost works of various philosophers. Even if you can find just one article, the three million silver coins will be worth it." Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao to bring a receipt for the inner treasury, wrote three million silver coins in capital letters, and took out the seal and stamped it on it.

When I say I'll give money, I really mean it. It's not perfunctory at all. Even if it's just a rare gem, three million silver coins are worth it.

The rise of Confucianism made the various schools of thought fade away, and various articles disappeared in the long river of history.

"Your Majesty, this is not only about silver, it also requires some luck..." Wan Shihe held the silver note in his hand. This thing can really be exchanged for 3 million silver. Wan Shihe has never received so much silver in his life, but he can only tell Your Majesty that it mainly depends on luck.

"Can I make up a story about buying a horse bone for a thousand gold coins? What I mean is, if someone takes an ancient book handed down from their family to the Baijia Pavilion to inquire, and then finds that it is a lost chapter, each word will be worth a thousand gold coins, and each word will be counted as a thousand silver coins. If the reward is made in public, wouldn't it be much easier to find the lost and unique copy?" Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and came up with a good idea.

A single word is worth a thousand gold coins.

It is a bit expensive, but Zhu Yijun has plenty of money and is willing to spend it to keep the pearl from being covered in dust.

Wan Shihe looked at the three million silver notes in his hand and said to His Majesty sincerely, "Your Majesty is wise! This is a good idea, except that it costs a little money."

Your Majesty, who has always been stingy, is suddenly willing to spend so much money. The meaning is very clear that Your Majesty really wants to get these things done.

The West was carrying out the Renaissance, reviving Roman literature and art, but the Ming Dynasty did not need it, because the Ming Dynasty was the living Rome in the East.

They are all the legacy of our ancestors.

(End of this chapter)