Daming daddy

Chapter 291 The Value of a Life

As soon as Wei Ming entered the palace, he saw Wu Yan coming up to him, as if he came here specially to find him.

"Why did you come out?" Wei Ming asked strangely.Wu Yan can be said to be Zhu Youxiao's personal bodyguard, and he would never leave Zhu Youxiao for a single step.It's a little strange to run out now.

"I met Marquis Wei. That's it. Your Majesty heard that you went to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, so let me go and see if you need any help. It seems that Marquis Wei has been resolved, so Your Majesty will let you go to Dongnuan Pavilion, Your Majesty The pot stand has been set up there, and we are ready to have a drink with Marquis Wei." After Wu Yan finished speaking, he opened the way in front, Wei Ming followed behind, this Zhu Youxiao wanted to invite someone to dinner when he had nothing to do, he was really free.It is already the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow is the new year, and we have to worship the Kitchen God.The official government has already sealed the holiday on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month.Having said that, Zhu Youxiao really had nothing to do at this time.

"Oh, you're falling, I thought I'd have to wait for a while! I just put the bottom material in, but the fire is burning, and it will open in a while." Seeing Wei Ming coming in, Zhu Youxiao said happily.

"What kind of wind is blowing over today, reminding you to invite me to dinner again? Didn't you just eat together yesterday?" Wei Ming would not be polite to Zhu Youxiao, picked up his chopsticks and fished a piece out of the pot Tofu, dip it in some dipping sauce and eat it.After eating, have a sip of wine, eat hot pot and drink shochu in winter, live a comfortable life in this small life!

"I didn't intend to invite you to dinner, but I heard that you went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so I asked you to come over and ask." Zhu Youxiao said cautiously while putting meat into the pot.He could tell that Wei Ming really didn't want to be an official.If possible, Wei Ming would pack up and go back to Shaanxi to farm tomorrow, where he owns [-] mu of land!Zhu Youxiao didn't want Wei Ming to feel that he didn't trust him and give him an excuse to slip away.

"That's it. It's Wei Zhongxian's letter to you again?" Wei Ming glanced at Zhu Youxiao and said.Except for Wei Zhongxian, he really couldn't think of anyone who would do such a thing if he was so free.

"Don't ask, it's hard to say. But it's not Wei Zhongxian, so don't worry." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, Wei Ming glanced at him, and chose to believe his words.Zhu Youxiao doesn't know how to tell lies.His eyebrows twitch when he tells a lie.I didn't see his eyebrows twitch this time, which means that what he said is true.It seems that Zhu Youxiao has sent someone to watch him.But this is also human nature.The emperor gave himself the greatest power, the greatest initiative, basically doing whatever he wanted, why don't you let the emperor send someone to watch you?If that's the case, Zhu Youxiao is not worth running around for him.Because such a person is simply a dead dog who cannot support the wall, no matter how much he helps, it will be in vain.

"Okay, I won't ask anymore. I went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to see the Dutchmen who were captured."

"The results of it?"

"Keep one alive, and kill the others." Wei Ming said very flatly, and Zhu Youxiao just let out a oh after hearing it, and there was nothing strange about it, as if the Dutchman's life was in their eyes. Farts don't count.

"If you want to kill, kill them all, and leave one for what to do." Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said.Putting a piece of meat into his mouth, he was scalded and spit it out quickly, and kept fanning his mouth with his hands.

"Haha, I'm still impatient after all. Eat slowly, what's the matter if anyone grabs you again." Wei Ming looked at Zhile, and Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth with hatred.

"Come on, don't laugh, what's so funny." Just after finishing speaking, Wei Ming was scalded by a piece of tofu.The two looked at each other, and laughed at the same time, and it took a long time before they stopped.

"Let you laugh at me, extreme joy begets sorrow! You're really funny." Zhu Youxiao laughed so hard that he couldn't even catch his breath.Wei Ming also felt that he was extremely unlucky.

"Hey, let's go on, why do you want to keep one?" Zhu Youxiao stabilized his emotions, ate two mouthfuls of food, and drank a glass of wine before he finally stopped laughing.I put too much chili, and I couldn't bear the spiciness, and I was already sweating profusely in a short while.

"Leave one for him to bring back a letter. I guess the Dutch will do it next year, and I don't know where they got their confidence. I think they've been here for so long, If you don’t beat someone, you won’t be willing to go back. That’s fine, just treat it as training for us.” Wei Ming said nonchalantly.Even when there was no naval training, the Ming Dynasty was still able to get through this incident with ease.There is no reason why I can't fight if I have trained an extra [-] navy.And now that the ship's cannon is strong, it feels like a loss if you don't beat the Dutchman so hard that you can't recognize the way home.

"Are you so confident that you can defeat the Dutchman?" Zhu Youxiao asked with his lips curled up.In his view, all wars have certain probabilities, and it is impossible to determine who will win and who will lose before fighting.He is currently studying "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in which Cao Cao won the Battle of Chibi no matter how you look at it, and then didn't all Cao Cao's ambitions be extinguished by a fire?If Guan Yu hadn't let him go on Huarong Road, Cao Cao would have collapsed there.He didn't want Wei Ming to become Cao Cao, even worse than Cao Cao.

"Well, it makes sense for you to say that. It's really hard to say if there are natural disasters such as tsunamis, typhoons, and volcanic eruptions. But such force majeure is rare after all. From the evaluation of the guest officer, I don't think we It can be encountered. Moreover, there are certain natural phenomena before this kind of natural disaster strikes, and it should be avoidable." Wei Ming said carelessly, as if you were relieved.

"You're about to get over it. I'm still counting on you to save face for me in the court. I'm counting on those eunuchs who are so cruel, they really can't do much." Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao didn't want to say any more, and said decisively Changing the subject, he said, "By the way, didn't you say you were going to kill all those businessmen and officials? Why haven't you seen anything yet?"

"You mean those businessmen and officials who smuggled grain and grass to Liaodong? I also went to see it today. There are many people complaining of injustice, but few people really realize their mistakes. Now it's the end of the new year, come on, wait until the end of the new year Besides, if these more than 1000 people have been chopped off, the entire capital will turn red, and there will be a bloody smell, then this year will not be over?" Wei Ming said, and Zhu Youxiao nodded in agreement. : "Well, I thought about going together. You said I was also surprised. How much money they can make by smuggling grain and grass in Liaodong, as for risking their own lives?"

"Hey, Lao Zhu, you are wrong. Now in our society, after all, there are still few rich people and many poor people. Maybe you look down on a silver coin, and this silver coin may be a family's one-month ration Money. It is so tempting to resell grain and grass from inside the pass to outside the pass, and earn a silver coin for a stone of grain! As long as there is a 30.00% profit, the merchant will do it. If there is a 50.00% profit, they can do it without Distinguish right from wrong. If there is a [-]% profit, they will dare to take risks. If there is a [-]% profit, they will fight with their lives. If there is a [-]% profit, they will even dare to dance with the devil. This is the nature of businessmen. A businessman is a double-edged sword. If it is used well, it can promote the economic development of the whole society. If it is not used well, it will only hurt yourself. Therefore, whether to use it, how to use it, and whether it can be used Well, it depends on what you, the emperor, want." Wei Ming said.In fact, he still has a lot to say. For example, if businessmen have enough assets and complete the primitive accumulation of capital, the bourgeoisie will emerge.At that time, it will be a matter of course for the bourgeoisie to seek political status.And what will happen at that time, whether a bourgeois revolution will break out, and whether feudal rule will be overthrown, these are all things that only God knows.Therefore, at this step, Wei Ming would rather let Zhu Youxiao choose by himself than help Zhu Youxiao choose.Even if something happens in the future, I won't feel so guilty about Zhu Youxiao.

"The life of a businessman is really worthless." Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said, touched Wei Ming, and drank the wine in his glass.

"What do you think? Before I became an official, I was an out-and-out businessman. I knew their sufferings, their desires, what they were afraid of, and what they wanted. So this time we must be punished severely, and Otherwise, the spring breeze will definitely happen again. I'm afraid that even if it is severely punished, it will still follow suit. What to do at that time is what we want to think about." Wei Ming felt a little heavy Said.

"Forget it, forget it, let's take a step and take a step. If everything is calculated, what's the point of life? Come, come, drink, drink. If you drink today, you will be drunk today, so don't worry about tomorrow! Come on, do it." Already!" Zhu Youxiao poured down a glass of wine again, Wei Ming looked at everything with a smile, I hope you can be so carefree all your life.

(End of this chapter)