Chapter 345: Smash a treasure bowl, and build another treasure bowl

Wang Wang Chonggu did not have the slightest sympathy or pity for these speculators. He thought these people were purely asking for it.

Most importantly, this hot potato finally stopped. This business was stirred up by his son Wang Qian, who took the opportunity to go down the slope. In this game of beating the drum and passing the flower, when the bomb really exploded in the hands of the common people, in order to appease the public anger, the Emperor would also have to push Wang Wang Chonggu and his son out as scapegoats.

Just like the Yan Song father and son, Yan Yan Shifan was beheaded, and Yan Song starved to death in the tomb shed.

Therefore, when this bomb exploded in the hands of the wealthy households and speculators, Wang Wang Chonggu's state of mind was even one of relief.

Wang Wang Chonggu had always been worried about one thing, and that was that the manipulator of fine-spun wool, the Great Ming Emperor, would not be willing to end this game and would let it grow wantonly, because it was really, really profitable. Selling one bolt of fine-spun wool was thousands of taels of silver, and the 0.3% commission every day was even more than the grain silver of the Imperial Manor.

His Majesty was really willing. His Majesty was not conducting political activities by holding high the slogan of "the people are the foundation of the country," but was truly taking the people as the foundation of the country.

"The people are the foundation of the country" had never been an empty slogan in His Majesty's case.

Huang Huang Zhaoxun, Huang San, knew that he had to escape when the price fell below 2 *liang* of silver. These wealthy households in Xitucheng would definitely not let him go. While everyone else was still crying, he had already left the Yanxing Building quietly. He didn't even go home and headed straight for the Chaoyang Gate. He had to leave the capital before sunset, whether by boat or horse, and head to the Tianjin Tanggugang in Tianjin to go to sea at the fastest speed.

Only by going to sea could he save his life.

Huang San didn't even care about his wife and children and chose to flee! He seemed to be walking, but his pace was very fast. He drilled into a small alley, changed from damask and silk into short clothes, and even changed his hairstyle to a crew cut, wrapped in a yellow towel.

Huang San stole this set of short clothes in the small alley, cut his hair with a knife, covered it with a towel, and looked like a poor laborer. Perhaps this was his original appearance. He shuttled through the crowd for half an hour. Huang San had a manure cart in his hand, which was also a tool he stole. It only took half an hour for Huang San, who managed millions of silver as a broker, to become a manure cleaner, and there were no flaws.

"Letter plate." In front of the city gate, the captains of the Five-City Patrol and Command checked the travel permit as usual. The letter plate and travel permit in Huang San's hand were prepared in advance.

Huang San's body was slightly hunched, and he offered the letter plate with a full face of smiles, somewhat flatteringly: "Under the account of Liu Er, the manure road master of the East City."

The captains took the letter plate and checked it simply. After confirming it was the letter plate of the manure road master's family, the captains at the city gate chose to let him pass. The captains did not doubt it, because there was even some dirt in the cracks of Huang San's fingernails, exactly the same as the manure cleaners who passed by.

Out of the city!

Huang San even felt a sense of relief for having survived a disaster. His figure disappeared into the civilian houses outside the Chaoyang Gate. Soon, a burly man with a red beard appeared at the other end of the civilian houses, dressed in the typical attire of a Jianghu outlaw—a round-collared, large-lapel, narrow-sleeved jacket, wearing a felt hat, which was the most common attire in the Jianghu.

Huang San's attire was very ordinary. The Grand Canal is the main artery of the Great Ming, with merchant ships coming and going frequently. There are countless people from all walks of life living on this river. His appearance was typical of a hero, and no one would provoke him. Before the sky was completely dark, he bought a skinny horse, ate three *liang* of beef at a restaurant, drank a pot of wine, and began to rush through the night to Tianjin.

The fourth month was very warm, but there was still a cold wind whistling at night. After drinking this pot of wine, his body warmed up, and Huang San headed straight for Tianjin.

The Tianjin Tanggugang in Tianjin is an extremely important port opened by the Great Ming. Although the cargo throughput of this port is far inferior to Songjiang Prefecture, the merchant ships coming and going are of great value. The tribute ships of various barbarian countries will stop here, and those who enter and exit are all dignitaries. Huang San came here and immediately found a painting boat.

There are five painting boats in Tianjin Tanggu, which travel between Tianjin Tanggu, Mizhou, Haizhou, and Songjiang Prefecture for a long time. The reason Huang San chose the painting boat instead of taking other ships was that the Sun family in Songjiang is a giant. For every client who boards the painting boat, the Sun family will guarantee their safety. This was the reason why Huang San did not hesitate to spend a lot of money.

Safety is what Huang San lacks most now. He still has a lot of silver, enough for him to go to Songjiang Prefecture to take a merchant ship to sea and escape overseas.

Arriving here, Huang San knew that he was 99% safe. Those wealthy households in Xitucheng, no matter how fast they were, were not as fast as him. He had not rested for a whole day, and his eyes were bloodshot, but he still did not dare to be slack at all, until he followed the crowd and prepared to board the ship, did he relax.

Safe.

"Huang San, come with us." Two figures stood behind Huang San, pressed Huang San down with one arm each, and then the two kicked Huang San in the leg socket one by one. Huang San felt pain, knelt on the ground, and the two quickly subdued him and pressed him to the ground.

No sooner said than done, just when the two thought they had succeeded, the Southern Yamen runners at the Tianjin Tanggugang had already rushed over. Soon, a team of Imperial Guards carrying embroidered spring knives surrounded the three people.

A captain wearing a flying fish suit walked to the front of the crowd, looked at the three people surrounded, took out a letter plate, smiled, and said: "I'm afraid Huang San can't go with you. I am Cui Xiu, the Commander of the Northern Town Faction. Huang San is a criminal wanted by the Northern Town Faction."

The appearance of the fourth-rank Commander made the two feel unwilling. They had chased Huang San all the way and finally blocked him at the last moment, but the imperial court's Imperial Guards followed closely behind. However, no matter how unwilling they were, they did not dare to attack the Imperial Guards, especially the Northern Town Faction Imperial Guards, who were all the Emperor's confidants. Let alone the Imperial Guards, even the Southern Yamen runners, they did not dare to clamor.

Cui Xiu waved his hand, and two Imperial Guards put shackles on Huang San, somewhat regretfully saying: "A little bit more, and you would have left. I would have been able to report to the Commander. What a pity."

Cui Xiu received the Commander's order to watch Huang San board the ship. If Huang San boarded the ship smoothly, he would let him go. If he was blocked by others, he would bring him back to the prison of the Northern Town Faction. Cui Xiu did not ask why and chose to execute it.

Huang San was very cautious all the way, but the Imperial Guards were the ones who ate this meal. The Imperial Guards were the Emperor's eagle dogs. Eagle dogs meant that their eyes had to be more poisonous than eagles and their noses had to be more sensitive than dogs. Huang San's disguise could deceive others, but it absolutely could not deceive the Imperial Guards.

Unfortunately, his luck was bad. Huang San failed to board the ship successfully and was blocked by others.

In Cui Xiu's view, Huang San, who was fleeing, was already very excellent. It was just that he waited for the ship at the port for too long, which was why he was caught by the servants of the wealthy households in Xitucheng.

Cui Xiu brought Huang San back to the Northern Town Faction office. After Zhao Zhao Mengyou learned about it, he wrote a memorial and sent it to the Wang Wang Xiyuan to inform His Majesty that Huang San had been brought back.

The order to watch Huang San leave was clearly not Zhao Zhao Mengyou's own decision; it was the Emperor's will.

The reason why Zhu Zhu Yijun wanted to do this was actually very simple: he wanted to press the heads of those wealthy households in Xitucheng and make them swallow this breath!

They didn't eat a single bite of the fine-spun wool meat and even lost nearly a million taels of silver. Zhu Zhu Yijun just wouldn't let the wealthy households vent their anger on Huang San. Huang San's family members were also taken to the Northern Town Faction office by the Imperial Guard office.

This Emperor Zhu Zhu Yijun was a bit overbearing. Huang San took the silver of the wealthy households and lost everything, yet he didn't allow the wealthy households to vent their anger. What kind of reason is this?!

Because this is the Great Ming, a place bound by the Great Ming Law. Killing people is wrong. Killing people is the wealthy households trampling on the Great Ming Law, trampling on the dignity of the country, and trampling on the face of Zhu Zhu Yijun, the Great Ming Emperor.

Zhu Zhu Yijun gradually accepted the combination of sovereign-father, sovereign-country, and sovereign-teacher advocated by Zhang Zhang Juzheng. When the wealthy households were lawless and regarded the Great Ming Law as nothing, Zhu Zhu Yijun naturally had to take action.

"Since Deng Deng Zilong is still in the capital, let General Deng Zilong take Huang San and his family to Luzon when he leaves." Zhu Zhu Yijun, in the Wang Wang Xiyuan, looked at the memorial given by the Commander and made a decision after thinking about it. He let Deng Deng Zilong take Huang San and his family away. That was the territory of the Luzon Governor's Office, and those wealthy households in Xitucheng could not show off in Luzon.

The "Guoxingye" Yin Yin Zhengmao was a Luzon Governor to whom even the Emperor had to give some face.

Zhu Zhu Yijun picked up the vermilion pen, made a comment on the memorial, and then stamped it. This case was not a "white paper case," but a "yellow paper case." Taking the yellow paper with the Emperor's seal to the Ministry of Justice to exchange for a warrant made it an iron case. This was the complete procedure.

When Zhu Zhu Yijun personally executed the "cheap scholar" Chen Yang Youren of "Eastern Expedition Record," he did not bypass the Ministry of Justice and went through the complete process.

Feng Bao gave the Emperor's handwritten edict to the eunuch Li Li Yougong. Li Li Yougong took the Imperial Guard office and found the Commander Zhao Zhao Mengyou and the Commander Cui Xiu who was in charge of this matter. Li Li Yougong did not return to the palace immediately but went to the Ministry of

"The two of you, please sit, please sit. Secretary, bring some good tea." Wang Wang Chonggu entertained Li Li Yougong and Cui Xiu very enthusiastically, then took the Emperor's personal edict and read it for a long time, verifying the seal.

"Grand Minister of Justice, is there a problem?" Li Li Yougong felt a bit strange. Wang Wang Chonggu was a bit too enthusiastic, and from time to time he revealed some smiles that seemed a bit chilling.

"No problem, no problem." Wang Wang Chonggu picked up a travel permit, wrote it out himself, and then used the Ministry of Justice seal. He wrote three copies, gave one to Cui Xiu, and then gave the second travel permit and the Emperor's personal edict to Li Li Yougong, letting Li Li Yougong take them back to the palace for backup, while the third copy remained in the Ministry of Justice, which counted as completing the entire procedure.

"The two of you, the two of you, drink this cup of tea before leaving." Wang Wang Chonggu warmly detained the two, then picked up a document from the table and said, "I have some ideas, but the ideas are not yet mature, so I wrote a document to let His Majesty take a look first. I trouble the Grand Eunuch to work hard for a trip and present the document to the imperial presence."

A document, a type of formal official document, mainly used for memorials or notifications. This type of official document is not like a memorial; His Majesty does not need to approve every single one, nor will it be sent to the Wenyuange for filing. Its main function is to flexibly report one's own ideas, a type of informal remonstrance.

Li Li Yougong put the document away, drank a cup of tea, and brought the document back to the Western Garden.

Deng Deng Zilong had already stayed in the capital for a long time, and the things that needed to be done were basically done. The five-masted ocean-crossing ships deployed in Luzon had also been repaired. He intended to return to Luzon. The capital was indeed prosperous, but the water here was also truly deep.

Before leaving, Deng Deng Zilong went to the Northern Town Fusi Southern Yamen, took away Huang San and his family, and then sat in a carriage heading towards Tianjin Guard.

While passing through the Zhaoyang Gate, Deng Deng Zilong saw a group of people standing along the banks of the Tonghui River. Deng Deng Zilong opened the carriage window and looked at the noise outside, feeling slightly puzzled. After asking carefully, he learned that this was also a trading house.

The Yanxing Tower trading house was the largest trading house for fine wool, while there were several trading houses along the Tonghui River that did not charge handling fees, meaning there was no three-thousandths commission. There were four such trading houses along the Tonghui River.

At the Yanxing Tower trading house, the price of silk currency had plummeted to seven mace of silver per foot, and Yanxing Tower had already posted a sign. Because fine wool had returned to market price, the trading house had indefinitely stopped silk currency trading. The speculators who were unwilling to give up turned their attention to the trading houses outside the city.

The trading houses outside the city reacted very quickly. Three of the four trading houses had their doors locked directly, already empty, and the other one was also closed, but a notice was posted in front of the door stating that trading had been indefinitely stopped.

The booming and once-popular fine wool business had completely become a thing of the past.

"Greed for wealth leads to danger, greed for power leads to exhaustion; the ancients truly did not deceive me." Deng Deng Zilong said with great emotion. This sentence came from Zhuangzi's "Miscellaneous Chapters: Robber Zhi," which says that people should learn to manage their desires. Whether pursuing wealth or power, if one uses improper means to pursue them, one will eventually face the day of danger and exhaustion.

"Jumped, jumped! Someone is going to jump into the river!" Exclamations came from the crowd.

Deng Deng Zilong followed the crowd's shouts and looked over. He saw a person on the banks of the Tonghui River holding a stone in his arms and jumping into the Tonghui River. Following the first person jumping into the river, behind him, more than a dozen people followed and jumped into the river. The sound of splashing water rang out one after another, causing people's exclamations to rise continuously.

Deng Deng Zilong stretched his neck and saw clearly; those speculators had really jumped.

Huang Huang Zhaoxun, Huang San, saw this scene in the carriage and was truly terrified. It was not surprising that these people jumped into the river. The speculators had not only bet their entire family fortune, but some were even heavily in debt. If they lost everything, they still had a chance to make a comeback, but if they lost and were heavily in debt, they could only choose to die. Those who lent money would definitely not be soft-hearted.

Deng Deng Zilong's carriage slowly left the banks of the Tonghui River and headed towards Tianjin Guard. There were dozens more corpses in the Tonghui River.

These speculators were not worthy of sympathy. Many of them had already issued tickets, dividing one foot of cloth into nearly a hundred parts and selling them to poor people and laborers. They had already used up all their own money and borrowed everything they could, letting the poor people and laborers get rich along with them. It looked like a favor, but in fact, it was tying the people to the same boat as these speculators.

His Majesty acted decisively and quickly because the fine wool business, if it continued to develop, would be a typical case of holding the people hostage to gain leverage. By that time, the imperial court would have to maintain the normal operation of this business and provide a bottom line for the fine wool business to prevent this mine from exploding and hurting too many people, leading to civil unrest.

His Majesty's timing for taking action was just right.

Wang Wang Chonggu's document entered the Western Garden. Zhu Zhu Yijun sat in the grand master's chair, looking at Wang Wang Chonggu's document, feeling somewhat emotional. The fine wool business was catalyzed by Wang Qian, and now Wang Wang Chonggu's new document gave the Emperor another opportunity to mine human resources.

The stingy Great Ming Emperor smashed the treasure bowl with one punch, and Wang Wang Chonggu created a new treasure bowl, continuing to mine human resources. The trading house didn't even need to change personnel to continue operating, and the imperial manor's extremely high commission could continue to be maintained.

Changing from fine wool to selling ships, Zhu Zhu Yijun was willing to call this document the "Everyone is a Shipowner Plan."

According to Wang Wang Chonggu's plan, a three-masted clinker-built ship worth fifty thousand silver would be divided into one thousand shares, meaning the subscription price for each ship ticket would be fifty taels of silver. Every person holding a ticket would be a shipowner. Each time a three-masted clinker-built ship arrived at Songjiang Prefecture, the accounts would be settled, and seventy percent of the profits would be divided into one thousand shares and distributed as dividends to all shipowners.

These ship tickets were also bearer tickets and could be freely bought and sold. They could be registered for sale at Yanxing Tower or one could wait for dividends after the ships arrived at port.

The greater the risk, the greater the return. The prices of ship tickets to different places varied, and the returns also varied. This required a set of extremely precise algorithms.

Wang Wang Chonggu's idea was actually because the Great Ming opening the seas required more silver injection. The investment of 20.1 million silver was already starting to be stretched, and it was almost spent. The expansion of shipyards, the training of shipwrights, opening up raw material supply chains, and expanding industries all required massive amounts of silver, and this trading house was the source of continuous funding for opening the seas.

Wang Wang Chonggu stated bluntly that this move was to tie more powerful and wealthy families to the big ship of opening the seas, so that they would prosper together and suffer together.

"No wonder the court officials impeach the Wang Wang Cifu every day, saying he is gathering wealth and seeking profit, saying he is a treacherous official of the state. This is really not a bit of a grievance." Zhu Zhu Yijun patted the document in his hand and thought for a moment, saying, "Prepare the carriage, go to the Quanchu Quanchu Huiguan."

When in doubt, find Zhang Zhang Juzheng for consultation.

The Great Ming Imperial Palace's small railway could already reach the Jiangwu Academy, the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Sciences' temporary palace. Inside, there was also a pagoda built specifically for Empress Dowager Li to worship Buddha. The Jiangwu Academy, the Royal Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences' temporary palace, and the pagoda were all rebuilt on the basis of the original Dalongxing Temple. Empress Dowager Li also traveled to worship Buddha by carriage, but it was a horse-drawn carriage, which was completely different from Zhu Zhu Yijun's preference for pedaling a "dry duck."

This small railway was being built towards the Northern Earth City, the Capital Battalion's Northern Camp, which was a place His Majesty went to every day. The speed of the rail car was faster, and it was a dedicated line, making security much easier. The construction progress of this imperial road was very fast. The Great Ming Grand Tutor Zhang Zhang Juzheng was afraid that the Emperor would suddenly issue a decree to stop construction because he felt sorry for the silver, so he constantly urged the Ministry of Works to complete it as soon as possible.

Zhu Zhu Yijun really regretted it. If it were only the section from the Western Garden, Qianqing Palace, Cining Palace, Ciqing Palace, and Zhao Wenhua Hall, it would be less than ten miles in total, costing only one hundred thousand silver. If it was spent, it was spent. Not counting other distributions, the state treasury had to give the inner treasury 1.2 million silver a year. Zhu Zhu Yijun had money, and for his own convenience, he endured it and paid it.

But the section from the Western Garden to the Academy of Sciences was another ten miles, and from the Academy of Sciences to the Northern Camp was another twenty miles. This imperial road would require an additional thirty miles of construction, with an expected project cost approaching five hundred thousand silver. Plus some other expenses, the budget was already approaching five hundred thousand silver.

Five hundred thousand silver, that's a late Emperor's imperial tomb!

Zhu Zhu Yijun was a big miser. The inner palace eunuchs and the outer court officials all knew this very well. Before Zhu Zhu Yijun could express any doubts about this budget, Zhang Zhang Juzheng had already handled the matter. The Ministry of Revenue had already allocated two hundred thousand silver, and the Ministry of Works had already started working vigorously with people. The efficiency of the outer court officials had never been so high!

The great eunuchs of the inner palace, Feng Bao, Zhang Hong, Li Li Yougong, Cui Min, and others, also expressed great support for this.

When the imperial court's finances were in great deficit, the Emperor, as the model for the world, indeed had to be diligent and frugal; this was inevitable. However, with the gradual stabilization of the Great Ming's fiscal revenue, if the Emperor continued to be this stingy, it would affect the face of the Celestial Empire.

Envoys from the Westerners, Joseon, Ryukyu, Japan, Luzon, Annan, Siam, Srivijaya, the Mughal Empire, and other countries were all watching!

The face of the state is something intangible, but it is indeed real. With the face of the Celestial Empire, some things are easier to handle.

The Western ship captains, first mates, and envoys from countries like Joseon all ran to Nanjing City to see the glazed pagoda of the Great Bao'en Temple every time they came to the Great Ming; that was dignity.

"His Majesty has arrived!" Feng Bao stood in front of the carriage, flicked his whisk forcefully, and shouted loudly. The small eunuchs standing in front of the carriage passed the word down, telling everyone that the Great Ming Emperor had arrived.

Zhu Zhu Yijun's carriage stopped steadily in front of the Quanchu Quanchu Huiguan. Feng Bao placed the dismounting stool.

According to rumors, during the During Zhengtong and Tianshun periods, the Emperor Yingzong's dismounting stool was replaced by small eunuchs in the palace kneeling on the ground. Because of this, the Grand Secretary Li Zhang Xian specifically submitted a memorial criticizing Emperor Yingzong for being harsh to his subordinates and not conforming to the Confucian virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness.

Feng Bao did not know if the rumor was true or false. He did not read much history and had heard about this matter from Wan Wan Shihe.

The Great Ming Emperor's dismounting stools and carriage stools were all wooden stools, steady and stable.

"This subject and others pay respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Zhang Zhang Juzheng saw the Emperor get off the carriage and led several officials to pay respects.

It was not the twenty-third day, nor was it the day the Emperor regularly came for a meal. The Great Ming Emperor's arrival naturally meant there were important matters to discuss, so Wang Wang Chonggu, Wan Wan Shihe, and Tan Lun all arrived at the Quanchu Quanchu Huiguan. Zhang Zhang Juzheng's son, the Academy of Sciences Doctor Zhang Zhang Siwen, and Wang Wang Chonggu's son, the Censor Wang Qian, were also among the officials paying respects.

Zhu Zhu Yijun waved his hand, signaling the officials to rise, and then walked into the Quanchu Quanchu Huiguan.

He had originally intended to discuss this matter in the Zhao Wenhua Hall or the Western Garden, but these two places were too formal. Zhu Zhu Yijun adhered to the principle of holding large meetings for small matters, small meetings for major matters, and closed-door meetings for particularly important matters, so he chose the Quanchu Quanchu Huiguan. What was discussed here would not be recorded in the diary of activities by the palace secretaries.

The Great Ming originally did not have a diary of activities. It was from the first year of Emperor Wanli that Zhang Zhang Juzheng, in order to prevent court officials from saying he had the power to intimidate the monarch, specifically arranged for people to write the diary of activities. What he said to the Emperor, and what Zhang Zhang Juzheng did, when and where, would all be clearly stated in the diary of activities.

The Emperor Wanli Diary of Activities recorded the daily life of the Emperor Wanli Emperor in great detail before the twelfth year of Emperor Wanli. After the thirteenth year of Emperor Wanli, various records began to appear vague and unclear. After the fifteenth year of Emperor Wanli, there were even records missing for entire months. After the nineteenth year of Emperor Wanli, it simply became a record for the entire year.

After the fifteenth year of Emperor Wanli, the Emperor Wanli Diary of Activities no longer had the function of a diary of activities.

After Zhu Zhu Yijun sat down, he signaled the officials to sit, and then said, "Teacher, Lu has been clamoring for the Academy of Sciences' temporary palace. I won't give it to him, so he pestered his mother. Mother had no choice, so she asked for my opinion. My temporary palace naturally cannot be given to him, so I had to build a Lu Prince Mansion for him at the Academy of Sciences."

Zhu Zhu Yijun's request for a temporary palace was not nonsense. He was growing up. According to the rules, the Prince of Lu should no longer live in the palace. He should move out of the palace. Before going to his fief, Zhu Zhu Yijun should live in the Ten Princes' Mansion, but the Ten Princes' Mansion had not been used since the Xiaozong period and was in disrepair. Empress Dowager Li doted on the Prince of Lu, so she wanted the Emperor to grant a prince's mansion.

Xiaozong only had one son, Wu Sect, and Wu Sect had no heirs. The Emperor Jiajing Emperor was from a collateral branch who entered the main line. He had eight sons, and the ones who lived to the age of needing to move out of the palace were only two: one was Prince Jing and one was Prince Yu. Prince Jing had been married for many years without heirs and his fief was abolished when he died without heirs. Prince Yu had always lived in the Prince Yu Mansion and later became Emperor. Prince Yu only had two sons: one was the Great Ming Emperor Zhu Zhu Yijun, and the other was the Prince of Lu, Zhu Zhu Yijun.

The Ten Princes' Mansion had indeed not been used for a very long time. Zhu Zhu Yijun's temporary palace naturally could not be granted to the Prince of Lu. In fact, Zhu Zhu Yijun was not eyeing the Academy of Sciences' temporary palace; what Zhu Zhu Yijun was really eyeing was the De Prince Mansion that the Emperor had built for his imperial uncle Zhu Zhu Zaiyu!

Inside the De Prince Mansion were nearly a hundred beauties from all over the world that the Emperor had bestowed upon his imperial uncle!

After going around such a large circle, Zhu Zhu Yijun's pursuit of beauties from all over the world remained unwavering and firm.

"This subject received the imperial decree yesterday. It totals less than seventy thousand silver. This subject believes it should be built." Zhang Zhang Juzheng was very supportive of this matter. Seventy thousand silver, calculated, was less than seven miles of small railway. The state treasury and the inner treasury would split the cost, which was not a big deal. The Great Ming was no longer the time when even building an imperial tomb had to be delayed for a year in construction payments.

When there is no money, one should save where one can; when there is money, one should spend where one should.

The most expensive part of building a prince's mansion is the land, not the stone, wood, lime, and tiles. The land at the Dalongxing Temple was imperial manor land, so building a prince's mansion really wasn't a big deal.

"If Lu wants beauties from all over the world, then give them to him, but it must be after his wedding." Zhu Zhu Yijun sighed and finally made this decision. If he wants to play, let Zhu Zhu Yijun play. Empress Dowager Li couldn't discipline him, and Zhu Zhu Yijun was so busy that if Zhu Zhu Yijun really wanted to play, Zhu Zhu Yijun couldn't stop him either.

"The Wang Wang Cifu submitted a document. Teacher, please take a look." Zhu Zhu Yijun handed Wang Wang Chonggu's document to Zhang Zhang Juzheng.

The "Everyone is a Shipowner Plan" was truly bold.

The "Everyone is a Shipowner Plan" was to tie everyone to the matter of opening the seas. Begging for monthly tickets, Awoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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