Chapter 535: The Problem Is, It Doesn't Suit the Great Ming

Grab the Grand Construction, no need to do it yourself. 5 million silver Grand Construction, first take away 3 million, and then subcontract it. Two turns, three turns, four, five, six, seven, eight turns. If the person who takes the Grand Construction doesn't cut corners, how can they make money?

This is what Wang Wang Chonggu has hated most since the first year of Emperor Wanli when he filled the hole in the Grand Construction of the Xuan-Da section of the Great Wall. Therefore, the Imperial Palace, the Tonghe Palace Forbidden Garden, the Royal Academy of Sciences, the Lecture Hall, the Prince Lu Mansion, the Prince De Mansion, the Buddhist Pagoda, the Ten-King City, and the Royal Institute of Technology he supervised were all built by the Engineering Corps he organized himself. Since he settled 190,000 refugees in Xuan-Da, this method has been used for more than ten years.

It's easy to use, the quality of the Grand Construction is guaranteed, at least there is no need to worry about losing one's head.

If the lime cement that should have used eight feet of force is used as one foot of force, then it would be strange if the Grand Construction didn't collapse.

The Great Ming's cement, or lime, was found by the Great Ming through archaeological research on the old case documents of Zheng He's voyages to the West presented by Mao Kun.

During the Yongle period, it was used for the hardening of the bottom of the ship dock at the Longjiang Shipyard. Later, the Songjiang Shipyard went to the old site of the Longjiang Shipyard, dug up the floating soil, and found the hard bottom. After 170 years of time, the hardening of the ship dock bottom was still as hard as ever.

To distinguish it from lime, the Great Ming called this hardened lime "cement," and the standard of measurement was based on feet.

One foot is the unit: after His Majesty kicked ten times with force at the age of eighteen, the average force was taken. After measuring the force, the area of His Majesty's shoe sole was calculated, made into a standard cast-iron square pressure plane, and finally, pressure was applied with a spiral rolling seal to determine the standard of one foot.

Only the Imperial Palace and the Tonghe Palace Forbidden Garden are nine-foot labels. Nine feet, that is, nine times His Majesty's foot force applied with the same area without collapsing, is the label for the Imperial Palace construction.

Zhu Zhu Yijun once strongly opposed this label, but in the end, this standard was determined, because the Ministry of Works really couldn't find a better standard of measurement.

Where is the difference between the lime you burn and the lime he burns? At this time, a standard is needed to measure it. And the formulation of the world's standards all originated from His Majesty, so let's take His Majesty's foot force as the standard.

The reason for labeling is the result of the precision measurement brought about by the "Degree Thoroughfare" in the second year of Emperor Wanli.

Just like the contradictions in the theory of contradictions, the changes brought to the Great Ming, the formulation of the Great Ming's policies, have become extremely cautious, rather than decided by patting the head.

Speculation in thought and culture doesn't seem to have much effect, but once the timeline is stretched to be calculated in decades, these inconspicuous speculative results are often astonishing and incredible.

While layer-by-layer subcontracting is prohibited, there is also the prohibition of debt transfer.

Can someone without decades of experience as a corrupt official see through the inside story so clearly?!

Everyone knows about the treasury deficit, everyone knows about burning the warehouse, but how was the treasury emptied? Wang Wang Chonggu used his own emptying of the Datong Prefecture treasury to explain to the Emperor and the world how the treasury was emptied.

A garrison of 10,000 silver, after such an "eating the fish twice," is a deficit of 90,000 silver.

The base Confucian scholars in the court, the reason why they wanted to launch the anti-Wang movement led by Guo Guo Youzhang, and even began to unite, was that if this Wang Wang Chonggu didn't die, these methods would all be exposed!

These two-sided prohibitions made "eating the fish twice" a very difficult thing.

Guo Guo Youzhang wanted to topple Wang, was he opposing Wang Wang Chonggu? He was opposing the Emperor! Opposing the Great Ming's new policies! Opposing the Emperor Wanli Reform!

Resurrecting great ambitions in loyalty to the monarch and inspiring the spirit of the country is loyalty to the monarch and the country. Guo Guo Youzhang is neither loyal to the monarch nor does he have the country in mind!

Guo Guo Youzhang looked at the young and sharp appearance of Young Master Huang and sneered: "You are just a wealthy young master living in the Great General's mansion. You want me to go to Java, so I have to go?"

"I can't, but the Great General can. I'll ask the Great General to impeach you later." Zhu Zhu Yijun said extremely arrogantly, his face full of the arrogance and arrogance of relying on power to bully others.

Guo Guo Youzhang really had no way. Wang Wang Chonggu could still fight, but the Great General's mansion was a taboo topic that couldn't be touched.

Guo Guo Youzhang's face turned red, his anger rushed to his heart, his eyes were red with anger, and he shouted angrily: "You!"

"Withdraw!" Zhu Zhu Yijun flicked his sleeves and left with his people, showing off his power, leaving behind the legendary story of Young Master Huang bullying others by relying on Qi Qi Jiguang's prestige.

No one in the capital knew the name of Young Master Huang, but everyone knew the things Young Master Huang did. He wished he could carve the four words "relying on power to bully others" on his face.

After Zhu Zhu Yijun left Guo Guo Youzhang's house, he saw Lin Lin Fucheng waiting outside the door. Lin Lin Fucheng also came to watch the fun, mainly to find the two investors.

Finally saw these two masters!

Other people invest in a business, wishing they could send eighteen accountants to make the accounts of the business clear, but these two masters spent a lot of silver, but only sent one accountant, and left everything to Lin Lin Fucheng to manage.

Selling *Za Bao* (Miscellaneous Newspaper) didn't make much money. Wang Qian left the money earned from selling *Za Bao* to the book studio for development, but the money from selling advertisements in the newspaper was divided 50-50 between Wang Qian and the Emperor.

Wang Qian and Zhu Zhu Yijun rarely interfered with the content of the newspaper, except for taboo topics like "officials forcing the people to rebel."

"Lin Dashi, have you been waiting for a long time? Let's go, go to the tea house to drink tea and eat some snacks." Zhu Zhu Yijun greeted Lin Lin Fucheng happily and entered the private room of the tea house.

Wang Qian and Lin Lin Fucheng exchanged pleasantries and asked: "Lin Dashi, is there anything?"

"The Guangde Book Studio now has 700 taels of silver in its account. Don't the two young masters want to take it away?" Lin Lin Fucheng talked about the accounts. The profit from selling *Za Bao* in the Guangde Book Studio exceeded 700 taels.

700 taels, a lot, a lot of silver! Can buy more than 100 Japanese women.

"700 silver, not 7 million silver. Lin Dashi, take it as pocket money." Wang Qian said very generously. 700 silver is indeed not much, not enough for Wang Qian to send ten flower baskets to the top courtesan in Taibailou.

One flower basket is 100 silver, but sending ten flower baskets together is 1,200 silver. Only in places where people fight for wealth can such reverse discount things happen, and they are extremely popular.

You only send one flower basket, and you are embarrassed to make a move?

Wang Qian doesn't lack this little silver. Most importantly, the core of *Xiaoyao Xiaoyao Yiwen* (Carefree Anecdotes) is the content of the book, and Lin Lin Fucheng's output is the key, the core of competition and sales, while sales are the core of advertising bargaining power.

"There is one more thing." Lin Lin Fucheng said hesitantly: "I have an idea."

"What idea does Lin Dashi have?" Zhu Zhu Yijun asked curiously.

"Based on the idea of freedom." Lin Lin Fucheng frowned and said: "The court can actually ignore the life and death of the poor, but it can still be long-term and stable."

Zhu Zhu Yijun frowned and said: "Is this statement of yours a bit too bold? Ignore the life and death of the poor? Sit and watch the poor rise up, and then come to the capital to take the Emperor's head as a ball to kick?"

"Indeed, General Qi is very strong, but in the face of this situation where the world is boiling, General Qi is putting out fires everywhere. Can he save them?"

"And, in your theory of freedom, the basis of great freedom is material abundance. Without the improvement of productivity, where does the great material freedom come from? Your idea today deviates from your Great Harmony world."

"This is a betrayal of freedom!"

Zhu Zhu Yijun really, really didn't like this idea that Lin Lin Fucheng said. He further lectured: "Everyone comes to the world to be a human, not a beast."

"It can be done." Lin Lin Fucheng looked left and right, a little guilty: "It can be done."

Lin Lin Fucheng took a deep breath and said: "In the local area, we will completely decide the land tax and poll tax by the local government, in exchange for the local government's support for the court."

"The court's finances will rely entirely on three things."

"The first is the pass: the maritime customs of the Doushang Hall, the banknote pass of the expressway, etc., increasing the customs duty from 6% to over 30%;"

"In addition to customs duties, the second is official operation: coal, iron, salt, wine, alum, and alkali are officially operated. Coal and iron are growing rapidly, and alkali has just begun. As long as these customs duties are controlled, the court will not be short of money."

"The third is overseas plantations. Opium is extremely profitable. Just plant it in overseas plantations, control the ships, control the inflow of opium, and control the silver."

"The court will organize the Capital Battalion and navy. As long as the strong army can suppress the local area, it will be enough."

"In this way, it will be very free."

Zhu Zhu Yijun was amazed after hearing it!

If you play like this, it is actually the three mountains of feudalism + bureaucracy + warlord separatism, plus the damage of opium to physical and mental health. If this is pressed on the heads of the common people, do the common people still have a way to live?

"Damn, what kind of freedom is this!" Wang Qian stood up and stood up, swearing as a scholar, not at all gentle. As a Great Ming official, he realized the feasibility of this system. Clearly, he was dizzy with anger at the freedom sold by Lin Lin Fucheng.

As a Great Ming official, he immediately understood the reliability of this system.

The Great Ming's Capital Battalion and navy, as long as they are strong enough, can completely hand over the land tax and poll tax to the local government. In this way, the local government will definitely support the court. As for whether it is sincere support, it must be so on the surface. The court maintains a strong army, and no one can challenge the Emperor's position.

And most importantly, in this way, there is no need to work hard to clear the fields, return the fields, and organize the Engineering Corps. These are hard work, but for the court, they will not increase much income. It is thankless.

Wang Qian rolled up his sleeves and said: "Lin Dashi, do you think the prisoners in the Ministry of Justice prison are delicious! Today, I, Wang Qian, will bully others once and throw you, Lin Lin Fucheng, into the prison! Let you see what freedom is!"

This Lin Lin Fucheng is spreading evil words! He provided the Emperor with a very easy and stable and reliable way of ruling. People have inertia. Once His Majesty feels that this method is feasible, what direction will the Great Ming slide into?!

Slander, absolutely slander, it's simply damn it!

"Isn't this just chatting?" Lin Lin Fucheng waved his hand repeatedly: "This is based on free trade, or another form of the theory of freedom."

"The theory of contradictions tells us that there is no such thing in the world that only has advantages and no disadvantages. So, what is the problem with this court under absolute freedom?" Zhu Zhu Yijun signaled Wang Qian to be calm. This scholar Lin Lin Fucheng likes to "praise first and suppress later" the most. Clearly, he still has something to say.

Lin Lin Fucheng said very firmly: "The problem is that it doesn't suit the Great Ming."

"Ah, it doesn't suit, then it's fine." Wang Qian sat down steadily. This model sounds very reasonable at first glance. The only one who bears the price is the common people, but it seems that Lin Lin Fucheng has high opinions.

Lin Lin Fucheng shook his head and said: "It's good, but it doesn't suit the Great Ming. It looks like the local government is fully self-determined in finance, which can fully suppress the poor, and the court only needs to maintain a strong Capital Battalion to maintain the survival of the country. But these two things, neither can be done."

"Are kings and nobles born with noble lineage? When the common people rise up, it is the day the Great Ming perishes. Can local financial self-management really suppress local civil unrest? History will speak and tell us that it cannot."

"And on the other hand, why should the Capital Battalion and navy be loyal to the court? With military power in hand, are they short of that bit of silver? If there is no silver, just grab it. So the army will definitely not be loyal, and once civil unrest arises, I am afraid that the generals leading the army will wear the yellow robe."

The Great Ming has this culture. This model of the three mountains of feudalism + bureaucracy + warlord separatism looks very reasonable in the conception, but the only problem is that it is not suitable for the Great Ming.

The culture of the Central Plains is long-standing. From "When will the sun perish, I will die with you" in the pre-Qin period to "Are kings and nobles born with noble lineage," in every dynasty, the country perished because the common people couldn't live, causing large-scale uprisings, which ended only after the redistribution of the means of production was completed.

And on the other hand, the drama of wearing the yellow robe is also being staged. There were Wang Mang usurping the Han, Dong Zhuo entering the capital, Tan Sima Yi's old horse, Zhao Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe, etc. This kind of drama is not rare.

The loyalty of the army, that is, the centripetal force, needs military pay to guarantee, but it also needs a more lofty goal to work together.

When the casualty rate of the garrison and maritime inspectors was extremely high, people still succeeded one after another to become garrison and maritime inspectors. This is the charm of a lofty goal.

Relying only on silver cannot guarantee loyalty. Of course, it is even worse without silver.

"Then, the assumption obtained by the theory of freedom can actually be exported overseas. It doesn't suit the Great Ming, but it suits the West. Philip II's vassal feudal system has come to an end. This set is just right." Lin Lin Fucheng said calmly and unhurriedly.

"Lin Dashi's map of the State of Yan is really too long." Zhu Zhu Yijun sighed after hearing it. This is not Lin Dashi, it is clearly Lin the Poisoner. These scholars' conspiracies are really terrible.

"The map is too long?" Lin Lin Fucheng was stunned before he understood the meaning of Young Master Huang—the map is finished and the dagger is revealed.

"Tsk tsk tsk! Tsk tsk tsk! Lin Lin Fucheng, you are really a scholar!" Wang Qian couldn't help but sigh after hearing it. Lin Lin Fucheng is really a bastard. It is inconvenient to scold people, so he can only call him a scholar.

Zhu Zhu Yijun finally shook his head and said: "Forget it. It's not convenient to interfere too much in their family affairs."

One drink and one peck, today the Great Ming exports these things, and tomorrow it will backfire on the Great Ming. Zhu Zhu Yijun has only seen such reactionary things in the Republic of China.

Zhu Zhu Yijun chatted with Lin Lin Fucheng for a few more words and understood how Lin Lin Fucheng thought of this matter. In fact, it was still the travelogue that wasn't written, the thinking triggered by officials forcing the people to rebel. He was actually depicting the appearance of the Great Ming continuing to decline.

The Great Ming Emperor's yellow-clothed messenger could no longer leave the capital, the Emperor's decrees were completely bound in the capital, the local government had financial power, land annexation reached an unprecedented height, the displaced people were everywhere, and the country was in jeopardy.

Although it wasn't written, he was still thinking, but he wasn't sure if it could be discussed, so he found Young Master Huang and Young Master Wang, who were watching the fun, to check it.

Zhu Zhu Yijun felt that there was nothing that couldn't be discussed. The scene he depicted was exactly the situation that the Great Ming must avoid.

Zhu Zhu Yijun finally approved Lin Lin Fucheng's new issue of *Xiaoyao Xiaoyao Yiwen* and let him publish it in the newspaper to discuss this issue.

After Zhu Zhu Yijun left the tea house, he went to Qi Qi Jiguang's Great General's mansion and really told Qi Qi Jiguang about impeaching Guo Guo Youzhang, focusing on having a beginning and an end.

The Great Ming Emperor's promise is worth more than a thousand gold. If he said let General Qi impeach, he would let General Qi impeach!

"Okay, what crime should be used to impeach him?" Qi Qi Jiguang agreed immediately. General Qi didn't know the specific crime, so he didn't know what the crime was.

Qi Qi Jiguang had already sent someone to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for the household registration. The Great General's mansion was extremely easy to handle this kind of thing, and Zhang Zhang Xueyan, the official of the Ministry of Revenue, knew that Young Master Huang was the Emperor, so he wouldn't stop it. The Ministry of Revenue supported His Majesty in cleaning up the base Confucian scholars.

Cleaning up base Confucian scholars is equal to maintaining new policies, which is equal to maintaining the status of the Ministry of Revenue.

All levels of the Ministry of Revenue were not willing to return to the era when there was not a cent of silver in their pockets, their status was low, and they had to nod and bow wherever they went.

Now, all levels of officials in the Ministry of Revenue are gods of wealth, and they are arrogant wherever they go!

Our Great Ming's national treasury and inner treasury have silver!

Therefore, Shen Shen Anniang's son, surnamed Shen, and registered in the official factory became inevitable, and he also went to the Huimin Pharmacy to see it, and the situation was a bit bad.

"Grand Construction, corruption is rampant." Zhu Zhu Yijun took out a memorial.

This was a memorial from Inspector Hence Hai Rui of the Censorate. Since Hence Hai Rui knew from Wang Wang Chonggu that he could play like this, he went to find the old cases of the Ministry of Revenue and found the source of Guo Guo Youzhang's silver.

He kept mistresses, so much silver, his salary was definitely not enough, so where the silver came from became interesting.

Guo Guo Youzhang took a total of 100,000 silver. According to the old law of Emperor Hongwu, 50 taels of silver should be skinned and stuffed with grass, and erected in front of the Land Temple. But the Great Ming has been around for two hundred years, and corruption of 100,000 silver is really not a capital crime. His deeds will be erected on the "Fast Tablet Forest" outside the Chaoyang Gate, and his whole family will be exiled to Java.

Death is a relief for Guo Guo Youzhang. He doesn't want to die, but his descendants will suffer in Java!

"Isn't this the case of the 480,000 silver river dredging in the first year of Emperor Wanli by Gu Gu Zhangzhi, the Prefect of Ying Tian Prefecture, who embezzled 300,000 silver?" Qi Qi Jiguang looked at Hence Hai Rui's memorial and was stunned for a moment. This was actually an old case from ten years ago.

Qi Qi Jiguang had a deep impression. Embezzling 300,000 out of 480,000 silver, even Wang Wang Chonggu didn't have such courage, but Gu Gu Zhangzhi did. This case was also the first anti-corruption case in the Emperor Wanli reign of the Great Ming.

Since then, anti-corruption has become a topic that can be discussed. When Hence Hai Rui led the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the Tixing Battalion Commander to investigate everywhere, anti-corruption finally became an executable means of official governance.

It was not easy to come step by step.

Zhu Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "It is that case. Layer-by-layer purchasing and subcontracting created an extra debt of 300,000 silver. This debt that shouldn't have existed emptied the Taicang Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue in the Southern Southern Yamen. So the river dredging in the first year of Emperor Wanli, in fact, the cost was not 480,000, but 780,000."

"So that's it." Qi Qi Jiguang wrote his name on the memorial and then stamped it.

Qi Qi Jiguang frowned and said: "Why didn't Your Majesty kill this kind of scum? Is this Guo Guo Youzhang still a human?"

"Waste of food."

"This is not wanting to cause trouble for the Great General." Zhu Zhu Yijun shook his head. He went out wearing a vest. If he killed someone on the street, I am afraid Qi Qi Jiguang would have to bear the infamy.

If he traveled as an Emperor, it wouldn't matter if Zhu Zhu Yijun killed Guo Guo Youzhang on the spot. The Minister of Justice gave ten blank warrants, and filling in the name directly was legal killing.

Zhu Zhu Yijun hadn't used any of these ten blank warrants. As the biggest beneficiary of the rules, he shouldn't destroy the rules that are beneficial to him.

Qi Qi Jiguang said with a complex face: "Your Majesty once killed the base Confucian scholar Chen Yang Youren."

This is also the reason why the base Confucian scholars never dare to go to the palace to petition. In these years, going to petition, they might be scolded by His Majesty himself, and then killed, becoming a joke of the Great Ming.

Qi Qi Jiguang didn't understand the matter of Chen Yang Youren. At that time, many people slandered him, Qi Qi Jiguang, and many slandered Taizu Gao Emperor and Emperor Chengzu Wen Emperor, but His Majesty never managed the latter, but killed Chen Yang Youren instead.

Qi Qi Jiguang didn't ask. In fact, the reason was quite simple. Qi Qi Jiguang was still alive, and Qi Qi Jiguang had full ambitions waiting to be realized. The Great Ming also needed to strengthen its martial arts. Everything was for the Emperor Wanli Reform. Of course, killing Chen Yang Youren also contained a lot of Zhu Zhu Yijun's personal emotions.

What Chen Yang Youren said didn't matter. It was very important to Zhu Zhu Yijun that there was no Chen Yang Youren!

Zhu Zhu Yijun and Qi Qi Jiguang talked about reopening the Western Regions. Qi Qi Jiguang expressed that he was old but strong. Although he was over fifty and couldn't kill the enemy personally, he could still march long distances. His Majesty didn't need to worry.

After the Suiyuan Expressway is repaired, the court will repair the expressway from the capital to Jiayu Pass, which may take five to ten years. But looking at Qi Qi Jiguang's state, Zhu Zhu Yijun felt that Qi Qi Jiguang could wait for that day.

Guo Guo Youzhang was impeached by Inspector Hence Hai Rui of the Censorate, which is reasonable, because Hence Hai Rui is anti-corruption, but Qi Qi Jiguang's name was on the memorial, which was truly unexpected!

Qi Qi Jiguang had been the General and commander of the Capital Battalion for eleven years, and had never impeached any court official.

This was the only time. After asking a little, it turned out that Young Master Huang went to watch the fun, and Guo Guo Youzhang offended Young Master Huang, so it was not surprising!

Knowing that Young Master Huang was the Emperor's minister, it was not surprising, because it was the Emperor's meaning. Those who didn't know were also not surprised. The Great General Qi Qi Jiguang didn't have much desire for other things, so he indulged the Young Master Huang in his mansion. This was nothing. There were so many dandies in the capital of the Great Ming, and there was no shortage of this one.

The decision on Guo Guo Youzhang was made quickly by the court: exile to Java, and let the whole family face the big crocodiles.

Java belongs to the Old Port Viceroy's Office, but there is no ruling power. The local natives, gorillas, and big mosquitoes will teach Guo Guo Youzhang how to be a human.

I have seen many bad people over the years, but this Guo Guo Youzhang is really disgusting.

Lin Lin Fucheng's *Xiaoyao Xiaoyao Yiwen* soon became the biggest hot spot in the capital, even overshadowing the verbal abuse of Guo Guo Youzhang. Soon, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy even submitted a memorial to the Emperor, asking the Emperor to look at this article in *Xiaoyao Xiaoyao Yiwen* and remind the Emperor to take it as a warning.

Zhu Zhu Yijun was very surprised. The scholar class looks like the vested interest group under this framework, but in fact, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy know very well that after the world is completely disordered, they will also suffer great damage. Civil unrest that can break through state and county cities will generally kill the local gentry and powerful families together.

Civil unrest is a riot, a roar from the bottom of the heart when there is no way out. When the state and county are broken, the local gentry and powerful families cannot hide from any of them.

Lin Lin Fucheng's *Xiaoyao Xiaoyao Yiwen* promoted the Great Ming's recognition of the Engineering Corps method, making Guo Guo Youzhang look more like a clown. Amidst a scolding, Guo Guo Youzhang was escorted out of the capital and headed for Java. This was a long sea voyage, and when he arrived, there were malaria mosquitoes waiting for him.

"The national treasury and inner treasury are indeed rich now, but I still don't approve of Wang Wang Chonggu doing this!" Wang Wang Guoguang bombarded Wang Wang Chonggu in the Zhao Wenhua Hall!

Wang Wang Chonggu spread his hands and said: "No money. The construction of the Beijing-Kaifeng Expressway has no money. It was borrowed from His Majesty. You take 1.2 million silver to build such a thing, I don't agree!"

Wang Wang Chonggu submitted a memorial requesting to build a spectacle, a 30-zhang high, nine-story, eight-sided glazed pagoda, with a total budget of 1.2 million silver. It has no use, just to celebrate Li Taohou's birthday.

37-year-old Li Taohou, does she need such a big celebration now!

"It's just technology verification, all-glass exterior wall, the inner skeleton is a reinforced concrete structure, mainly to improve the technology of burning glass." Wang Wang Chonggu explained helplessly. Celebrating the birthday is a name, mainly to study the progress of glass technology.

The burning of glass of various strange shapes is to understand the color of glass, such as the glass after magnetic separation will not be too green, although it still has a little green, then what kind of impurities will present what color, can be studied and summarized systematically.

"That's too much." Zhang Zhang Xueyan immediately echoed: "We still owe His Majesty 7 million silver and 10 million silver in national debt. That's 17 million silver in debt. We can't owe money anymore. If we really reach the point of borrowing new to pay old, then where is the system of the court?"

"Burning glass is not urgent, it can be done slowly."

"1.2 million silver can repair 120 *li* of expressway, and there is still some left. No, absolutely not."

The Ministry of Revenue is very resistant to spending money now. Although the national treasury is still considered full, the debt of 17 million silver is still under great pressure. His Majesty's 7 million silver is interest-free, but this 10 million silver national debt still has interest.

The Ministry of Revenue's meaning is very clear: spectacles ruin the country, and grand construction strengthens the country! ===== CHAPTER 536 =====

The Ministry of Revenue's meaning is very clear: spectacles ruin the country, but large-scale construction builds the nation!