[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter":3,"chapter-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter-great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-39":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Ming: I Die Daily Remonstrating, Becoming the Eternal Prime Minister?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2038694,3117,"Chapter 39","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>\"Su Qiao! You have some nerve! Are you saying His Majesty is stubborn?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, Su Qiao looked at Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang with complete indifference and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Emperor didn't borrow the money, does that mean the Son of Heaven cannot use it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly saw the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you mean we find someone to go out and borrow silver, then give all that silver to the Son of Heaven to use?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao nodded slightly and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether we find a eunuch from the palace or a noble minister, it makes no difference.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They simply leave the palace, promise heavy profits to the entire court of civil and military officials; the more they borrow, the higher the interest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Additionally, we can make some small moves within the court itself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't they love crying poverty?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let us openly hold a donation drive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes immediately lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Chongzhen held a donation drive, those princes and high ministers would likely still make a huge fuss about being poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these interest-bearing loans\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>would become the perfect place for them to hide their family assets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once this double act begins...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be said, Su Qiao's idea was vicious, yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it would certainly work!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon second thought,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Zhu couldn't help but shake his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of people filled this entire court of civil and military officials?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all shrewd operators who had fought their way up through the imperial examinations!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do not be fooled by their uselessness in battle on ordinary days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it came down to it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was absolutely not a single fool among them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you take the entire court of civil and military officials for fools?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if they do not take the bait?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao was not bothered in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, for the first batch, we can even pay out some interest immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For instance, if someone deposits ten thousand taels of silver, we give them six hundred taels of interest on the spot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Start with short-term loans, pay out both the interest and principal to them; only by casting a long line can one catch a big fish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just think, if those who first lent money to the Son of Heaven not only got their principal back but also earned a profit, what will the people around them think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if they know clearly it is a trap, they will still shamelessly jump right into it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang frowned tightly as he looked at Su Qiao and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did I not just say there is hardly any silver in the treasury? Where would we get the money to pay them that interest?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao helplessly shrugged his shoulders and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With the newly borrowed silver, of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"New... Aren't you just trying to get something for nothing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct, it is exactly getting something for nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth as he looked at Su Qiao and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But there will surely come a time when the trick no longer works, won't there?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you can no longer deceive them, won't our Great Ming still perish?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>42, Su Qiao: The one who borrows money is the master!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting something for nothing in the Central Plains can actually be traced back to the late Eastern Han Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially among the common people, such matters were hardly considered strange or extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most commoners merely treated it as idle chatter after tea or meals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang had naturally heard many such stories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the ending of these tales was mostly that the schemer trapped himself in his own web.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Su Qiao instead looked at him as if he were a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, why must we wait until the trick no longer works?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the time the deed is done, even if the entire court of civil and military officials realizes the silver was borrowed by the Son of Heaven, what can they do?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the court has no money, they do not respect the Son of Heaven; when the court has money, they still do not respect the Son of Heaven. Then wasn't this silver borrowed for damn nothing?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Su Qiao's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but stare in blank surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he suddenly came to his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Ming was facing ruin due to a lack of funds, which was why it had to beg the entire court of civil and military officials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But silver borrowed is still silver!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With money, the nation would not fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would they still dare to act so presumptuously?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had they been given too much face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Su Qiao's words were not finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is only the first layer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once such a vast amount of silver has been borrowed, the Son of Heaven need not even worry about civil officials remonstrating unto death or military generals fighting unto death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as Great Ming survives, their wealth and lives remain intact! Should Great Ming recover its strength in the future, they might even get their silver back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if Great Ming falls, then the nation perishes and the debts vanish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Your Majesty were one of those Tartars beyond the passes or a refugee within them, having seized Great Ming's rivers and mountains, would you acknowledge this rotten debt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You would not!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, the interest must be as high as possible! It must be so high that if Great Ming falls, the entire court of civil and military officials would feel the pain in their flesh for years!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bind every single civil and military official tightly to this broken cart called Great Ming!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only then will the soldiers devote their hearts and the hundred officials fight to the death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In short, there is only one sentence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before the silver is borrowed, the Emperor begs them; after the silver is borrowed, they beg the Emperor. This must be made crystal clear to the entire court of civil and military officials.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In these times, the one who owes the money is the master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Su Qiao's voice fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes immediately lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did Great Ming fall?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that these princes, marquises, and high nobles failed to see that Great Ming was on the verge of ruin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The civil and military officials in the court knew better than Li Huang Zicheng himself when Great Ming would meet its end!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why were they not anxious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because since time immemorial, even when the Jin troops marched south into the Central Plains, searching mountains and scouring the seas, they never did anything to these nobles, ministers, and scholar-officials!\u003C\u002Fp>",1166,"2026-06-15T23:33:58.699Z","2026-06-16T00:02:23.775Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","ed6d461b6d5d0aa681deb14ffa3c38efdf147f04c0876f5e59de70ed0cd0cb27","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-40","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-38",125,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-cover.jpg"]