Chapter 570

Shi Shi Mao Hua's memorial was extremely bold, even somewhat usurping.

In the memorial, Shi Shi Mao Hua criticized three generations of emperors: Taizong, Renzong, and Emperor Xuande. The criticism of Renzong and Emperor Xuande was mainly about the issue of losing territory. After all, these two had advocated strategic contraction since the Yongle years, believing that expanding territory would only bring heavy burdens and could not bring actual benefits. This was the starting point of the style of precise calculation.

And the criticism of the Taizong Wen Emperor was something that surprised Zhu Zhu Yijun particularly, because in Shi Shi Mao Hua's view, the Taizong Emperor seriously underestimated the cost of governing Annam, which was a strategic mistake. He further criticized that the thirteen divisions of Jiaozhi were a product of the Taizong Wen Emperor's love for grand achievements.

The Great Ming's conquest of Annam during the Yongle years was an accident. In detail, it was because the prime minister of Annam, Li Hu Jili, killed the king and usurped the throne. The old king's grandson, Chen Chen Tianping, went to the capital to file a complaint. The Great Ming sent troops to escort Chen Chen Tianping back to Annam to succeed as king. Li Hu Jili ambushed the five thousand soldiers escorting him. From then on, the Great Ming had no choice but to use force against Annam.

This was a series of accidents. Before the conquest, the Great Ming court had never thought about what to do with Annam. After the conquest, whether to establish counties, or like the old affairs of Yunnan, have a duke guard it, grant land and enfeoff, or return to the capital after a warning and let Annam decide for itself, had not been thought through at all.

Under the constant civil unrest in Annam, the Wen Emperor's attitude was also wavering, constantly hovering between suppression and maintaining the status quo.

This wavering was reflected in the fact that the Great Ming's Jiaozhi thirteen divisions started with flowing officials, that is, officials sent by the Great Ming to manage, and later changed to using local officials, that is, hereditary chieftains, except for the Administration Commissioner. The first king of the Li Grandmaster Yue usurping dynasty, Li Li, was a local official used by the Great Ming.

Zhu Di's strategic focus was in the north. Whether it was moving the capital or personally leading the northern expedition, all indicated this focus. Thus, the security war in Annam became an unhealable wound. Since taking Jiaozhi and changing it to thirteen divisions, Zhu Di's attitude had always been in a state of wanting to lie flat but being unable to. From the rough decision-making of the initial conquest to the wavering of changing flowing officials to local officials, all were underestimating the costs from the very beginning.

The high cost of governance made the court's expenditures exceed its income. By the Emperor Xuande years, the Great Ming's defeat in Jiaozhi was irreversible.

The Great Ming now reopening the Western Regions also faced the same problem. The Great Ming's focus was on opening the seas. Although the strategy of promoting both sea and land was always mentioned, sea and land had their priorities. The Great Ming's current priority was opening the seas.

Therefore, the matter of reopening the Western Regions, since it was imperative, could not be underestimated in difficulty. This was a matter that required continuous large-scale investment, and even the profits from opening the seas might not be enough to fill it.

"Minister Shi's words are very true." Zhu Zhu Yijun attached great importance to this memorial. Reopening the Western Regions was not wishful thinking. The Great Ming needed the Western Regions, and the Western Regions needed the Great Ming. Reopening the Western Regions was imperative.

Before reopening the Western Regions, adequate preparations must be made. Past events had already passed. The Jiaozhi thirteen divisions had factually detached from the Great Ming, which was an established fact. Learn lessons from history, rather than avoiding talking about it because of the pain of history.

"Besides rough decision-making and wavering, in fact, the Emperor Chengzu Wen Emperor also faced a problem, that is, there was no one to use." Shi Shi Mao Hua said with a heavy face: "One Huang Fu is not enough."

Shi Shi Mao Hua talked in detail about the Emperor Chengzu Wen Emperor's lack of people to use.

During the Emperor Hongwu years, after Chang Chang Yuchun died, Li Duke Wen Zhong could fill in. After Li Duke Wen Zhong died, Feng Sheng could fill in. After Xu Da died and Feng Sheng was demoted, Lan Yu could fill in. After Lan Yu went on the northern expedition, Fu Fu Youde could conquer the south. Even if Fu Fu Youde left the south, there was Mu Ying who could suppress the southwest.

However, the only person the Taizong Wen Emperor could use was Zhang Fu. The northern expedition needed Zhang Fu, and the southern conquest also needed Zhang Fu. Except for Zhang Fu, in the Yongle reign, it was almost impossible to find a military figure who could stand alone. The withering of talent destined Zhang Fu's inability to support the situation alone. In the party strife of the early During Zhengtong reign, Zhang Fu was forced by the Three Yangs to the point where he could not attend court.

Having no one to use was probably the biggest reason for Zhu Di's wavering on the Jiaozhi issue.

"Tang generals went south to conquer and heard of victory, who pities the withered bones lying in the dusk. Only the Cangshan mountain's impartial snow, year after year covers the white to mourn the loyal souls." Zhu Zhu Yijun said with great emotion.

This was not written by Zhu Zhu Yijun, but by the Regional Military Commissioner of Luzon, Shi Shi Longhou Deng Deng Zilong, at Longwei City in Yunnan. Deng Deng Zilong heard that there were still people mourning at the graves of the soldiers who died in the Tang Xuanzong Li Li Longji's conquest of Nanzhao during the Tianbao years, and wrote this poem with emotion.

In the tenth and thirteenth years of Tianbao, Tang Xuanzong Li Li Longji used force against Nanzhao twice. The first time, only ten thousand out of eighty thousand Tang soldiers returned in defeat. The second time, more than one hundred thousand people were lost. These two defeats caused the elite strength of Guanzhong and Jiannan to plummet. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan and Shi Shi Siming defiantly rebelled against the Tang.

Compared with the repeated failures of the Great Tang's conquest of Nanzhao, the Great Ming's rule in Yunnan could be described as stable as Mount Tai. The Yunnan Provincial Governor and the Qian Duke's mansion spent all day arguing about the issue of land annexation.

Being able to discuss the issue of annexation on the border was undoubtedly a happy trouble.

The state of Yunnan was very complex and difficult to describe simply. If one had to summarize it, Yunnan was a half-enfeoffment and half-county system. This system was extremely useful for development.

Zhu Zhu Yijun and Zhang Zhang Juzheng didn't have any good development methods either. They followed the example of Yunnan and created the Luzon Viceroy's Office.

The problem with the half-enfeoffment and half-county system was also very obvious. After swallowing it whole, it was a slow digestion. Once digested, this enfeoffed military figure was useless. This duke's mansion, which had stabilized one side, instead became an obstacle to digestion. Either abolish the fief, or continue to move the fief outward.

Abolishing the fief was easy to cause trouble, so moving the fief outward became the only choice.

Zhu Zhu Yijun talked about Deng Deng Zilong and naturally talked about the Luzon Viceroy's Office. He shared the successful experience of Yunnan and the overseas Viceroy's Office with Shi Shi Mao Hua, asking Shi Shi Mao Hua to study whether it was suitable for the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, there are some unglamorous things that the court is not convenient to do, and someone needs to do them." Shi Shi Mao Hua had already retired. He knew this might be the last time he would see the Emperor, so he spoke straightforwardly and directly. Reopening the Western Regions, there were some things that the court was ultimately not convenient to do. The crime of leaving behind a thousand years of legacy was even more obvious; someone needed to do it.

Zhu Zhu Yijun nodded and approved of Shi Shi Mao Hua's view. Reopening the Western Regions could basically be confirmed to follow the old path of Yunnan. Since this path could be walked, of course, it had to be continued.

Shi Shi Mao Hua asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I am usurping, is the conquest of Ava in Yunnan going smoothly? If it goes smoothly, it would be even better for the Qian Duke's mansion to move its fief to Ava."

The problem of half-enfeoffment and half-county was also very obvious. After swallowing it whole, it was a slow digestion. Once digested, this enfeoffed military figure was useless. This duke's mansion, which had stabilized one side, instead became an obstacle to digestion. Either abolish the fief, or continue to move the fief outward.

Abolishing the fief was easy to cause trouble, so moving the fief outward became the only choice.

"The reports from Qian Duke Mu Mu Changzuo are all here." Zhu Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao to bring a pile of reports.

Shi Shi Mao Hua was a civil official who trained troops in Yangzhou, resisted the Japanese pirates with soldiers, and resisted the Tatars in the northwest. Although his military exploits could not be compared with Qi Qi Jiguang, Yu Yu Dayou, Tan Lun, he was not someone who didn't understand military affairs.

"The Qian Duke is truly loyal to the monarch and loves the country." After reading the reports, Shi Shi Mao Hua said. Battle reports would lie, but the front line would not. Mu Mu Changzuo did not play the trick of raising bandits to maintain his own importance. He expanded the front line bit by bit, neither winning quickly nor losing quickly. He just pushed the front line bit by bit, cooperating with the Marquis of Marquis Yingyang Zhang Zhang Yuanxun, beating Mang Mang Yingli until he knelt and begged for mercy, crying and shouting for his father and mother.

Mang Mang Yingli sent people to request peace talks. The local Yunnan authorities meant: it's useless to hurt him; only by killing him will the various Burmese thieves in the southwest know fear. The Great Ming court adopted the local suggestion. Zhu Zhu Yijun asked if Yunnan needed money and grain. Because of the mining of Yunnan copper, there was no shortage of money, and grain was relatively abundant, so it was not needed for the time being.

The Qian Duke was indeed loyal to the monarch and loved the country, because he shared the same fate as the state. If he detached from the Great Ming, the Qian Duke's mansion would cease to exist.

The last Qian Duke of the Qian Duke's mansion, Mu Mu Tianbo, followed the last emperor of the Southern Ming, Zhu Zhu Youlang, into Burma after the fall of the Great Ming. The Burmese Wang Mang Bai set a trap and drank the curse water to swear, letting Zhu Zhu Youlang cross the river. The Southern Ming court, which had fled to Burma, was already at the end of its rope. Knowing it was a trap, they had no choice but to cross the river.

Mang Bai led three thousand people to surround Zhu Zhu Youlang and his party. The Qian Duke Mu Mu Tianbo knew that Mang Bai was going to break his oath, so he seized a guard's sword and fought back, killing nine Burmese soldiers. Outnumbered, the whole party was eventually killed. Zhu Zhu Youlang was presented to Wu Wu Sangui by Mang Bai. Wu Wu Sangui strangled the last emperor of the Southern Ming in Kunming. This was the Curse Water Disaster.

It wasn't that the Tatars didn't offer the Qian Duke's mansion generous conditions, but the Qian Duke's mansion chose to die with loyalty.

"Wang Wang Xiyuan told me that in fact, the Qian Duke Mu Mu Changzuo is a very good-tempered person. He treats raw Miao, cooked Miao, and Han people almost without distinction. This time, when the Burmese thief Mang Mang Yingli invaded, there were cooked Miao guarding the pass. As a result, these cooked Miao not only did not guard the pass but also rebelled, opened the pass, let the rebels such as Grandmaster Yue Feng enter the pass, and threatened Weng Dali. Since then, Mu Mu Changzuo has had a bit more wariness toward the raw and cooked Miao." Zhu Zhu Yijun talked about the defeat when they first engaged in battle.

The situation of the Great Ming in the southwest was not smooth sailing either. At the beginning, they were almost directly hollowed out of their old nest in Weng Dali. One can imagine Mu Mu Changzuo's mood at that time.

Shi Shi Mao Hua knew very well that it was probably not just wariness. What His Majesty said was already very euphemistic. I am afraid that various harsh political decrees would appear. Mu Mu Changzuo was a noble person who was a hereditary official of the Great Ming, a person above people. Being stabbed in the back like this, it was impossible not to retaliate.

This was also what Shi Shi Mao Hua mentioned earlier: there are some things that the court is not convenient to do, and someone needs to do them.

"Not of my race, there must be a different heart." Shi Shi Mao Hua gave a very concise and comprehensive evaluation of Mu Mu Changzuo's transformation.

The good-natured Mu Mu Changzuo was really angered this time. As long as the court supported him, I am afraid he would not return to the capital until he killed Mang Mang Yingli. Only by killing Mang Mang Yingli would their Qian Duke's mansion be the true Qianning King's mansion.

In this way, this path looked forward a bit more, that is, moving the fief. In this way, there was no need to worry about the infighting of brothers.

"I take my leave." Shi Shi Mao Hua had said everything he wanted to say when he saw the Emperor. He thought it was the last time he would see the Emperor. Soon, he knew he was wrong.

Because the Lecture Hall was within the scope of the Forbidden Garden, and the Great Ming Emperor often went to the Lecture Hall, he could see him almost every day.

Shi Shi Mao Hua confirmed again that the Great Ming Emperor was just like the rumors, very diligent.

In the tenth month of the eleventh year of Emperor Wanli, the capital entered early winter. The capital, which should have been dark, had a few rare days of clear weather. Then, a late autumn rain with snow brought the capital into winter. The cold air from the northwest began to move south again. The cold winter had arrived.

Zhu Zhu Yijun was wrapped in a cloak, holding a newspaper in his hand. It was a newspaper called "Commercial News." This newspaper was a semi-monthly publication, and the content discussed was the origin of the Great Ming's official factories.

Besides the eighteen official factories in the Emperor Hongwu years and the resident craftsman system in the Yongle years, this Commercial News discussed the official factories, gardens, and villas that were widely present in Yunnan.

In the fourth year of Yongle, Mu Ying's second son, Mu Sheng, and the Duke of England, Zhang Fu, went to conquer Annam. After the victory, Mu Sheng was promoted from Marquis of Xiping to Duke of Qian, and then began annexation. Mu Sheng built a total of three hundred and sixty gardens and villas, known as the Mu Manor.

Generally speaking, the Mu Manor was a variation of the military colony guard system and had nothing special.

But Ma Jin Lian from Yunnan, after seeing the Great Ming's official factories, immediately realized that the Mu Manor was not a military colony guard system, but was closer to the official factory group construction. The military colony guard system focused on farming, fighting, and guarding, while the Mu Manor, besides farmland, also had many miscellaneous tasks such as medicinal herbs, medicinal herb processing, copper and iron mining, coal washing, and forging farm tools.

Since Mu Sheng established the Mu Manor, these Mu Manors were places where Han people gathered in Yunnan. Thus, it had been one hundred and seventy years, bearing fruit and spreading branches.

For example, Ma Jin Lian, who wrote this article, came from the Mu Manor.

And Ma Jin Lian believed in the article that the copper towns that the Great Ming opened in Luzon were exactly the same in nature as the Mu Manor, all playing a crucial role: settling Han people, forming a joint force, preventing the barbarians from changing, and controlling the means of production, etc.

"This article is good!" After Zhu Zhu Yijun made detailed annotations on this newspaper article, he highly approved of the content Ma Jin Lian said. This article supplemented a shortcoming of the Great Ming's overseas development, that is, what form of production to use for development.

A political commentary in a newspaper with extremely high reference value.

As long as one such article could come out of a hundred newspaper articles, it would be worthy of the Great Ming Emperor's indulgence and support for the newspapers.

"This Ma Jin Lian is a Ming Jinshi. Didn't Your Majesty dismiss Li Kaizao, the younger brother of Li Kaifang? Dismissing one person and supplementing one person, and Ma Jin Lian is the one who supplemented. Now he is preparing for the official selection examination, intending to go to Luzon." After Feng Bao saw the name, he took out the information of the newspaper's editors from the drawer of the official book screen, and after checking, reported to His Majesty.

Accumulating practical experience as a supervisory official would make it easier to pass the official selection examination. Supervisory officials did not have official status; they were clerks.

Ma Jin Lian originally didn't pass the examination, but after Li Kaizao drummed up rumors and the Emperor crossed out his name, he replaced him and passed the Ming Jinshi examination. Ma Jin Lian looked left and right and intended to go to Luzon, because Luzon could allow him to perform meritorious service. The eleven copper towns were Ma Jin Lian's goal.

Chen Chen Chengyi managed the copper industry in Luzon and made a great name for himself. Zhu Zhu Yijun actually wanted to keep talents like Chen Chen Chengyi in the Great Ming's hinterland, but Chen Chen Chengyi was unwilling to engage in internal strife in the hinterland. In Luzon, he could naturally also leave his name in history.

Chen Chen Chengyi's successful experience also encouraged many people like him.

"Your Majesty, didn't the Grand Minister of Works say before that following Your Majesty to engage in agriculture would give two chances for the imperial examination every two years? It should be held next spring, and there are four hundred and thirty-seven people in this first batch." Feng Bao said with a troubled face: "There are really too many people."

"So many?!" Zhu Zhu Yijun's expectation was about one hundred people, but the result was over four hundred!

Feng Bao said extremely helplessly: "Isn't that so? There is land, I'm just worried that this good land will be ruined by them."

"Study well, and you will learn. First give them wasteland to reclaim. After studying for two years, they will naturally learn." Zhu Zhu Yijun spoke from experience. Before learning to farm, he could even kill a spider plant. After learning to farm, he could even compile and edit past agricultural books.

Farming is difficult, but also very simple. If you study it sincerely, there is nothing you can't learn. Of course, without sincerity, you will never learn.

Start with reclaiming wasteland. Giving them fertile land is a waste.

"I obey the decree." Feng Bao bowed his head immediately upon hearing this. His Majesty knows how to farm and hates seeing fields left uncultivated the most. That is a sin!

It would be strange if His Majesty wasn't angry at these scholars ruining good fields.

Last year, His Majesty knew that the ban on wasteland was useless, but he still issued an imperial decree. Of course, it was indeed useless. The wasteland of land is inevitable in a closed economy like the small-peasant economy. It is necessary to change the economic structure first to achieve it.

His Majesty doesn't like fields being left uncultivated, and even more dislikes fields being ruined.

"Tell these people that I will not collect their straw tax and land rent for the reclamation. The produce of the land is all their own, and it is also their food. For these two years, no one can take a penny from home. Just live on this little land. Besides reclaiming land, just study and prepare for the examination." Zhu Zhu Yijun made more explicit regulations.

Following His Majesty to engage in agriculture = prison, isolated from the world. Apart from correspondence, they are not allowed to leave, not allowed to contact the outside world. Apart from studying, just farming. This rare imperial examination opportunity is not so easy to obtain.

If you still can't pass the examination after such special training, all go home and grow sweet potatoes!

"This method is good! I will go and organize it!" Feng Bao raised his eyebrows and looked happy. When it comes to tossing scholars, His Majesty still has a way!

Feng Bao went happily to toss these scholars, while Zhu Zhu Yijun picked up another newspaper.

At a glance at the cover, Zhu Zhu Yijun didn't want to read it, because he had already read it when reviewing the manuscript.

It was Lin Lin Fucheng's "Carefree Anecdotes." This issue was still about the alienation of people, but this time it was not discussing the alienation of people by power, nor the alienation of people by money, but the alienation of people by religion.

The Great Ming's understanding of the word "heresy" is various evil spirits. Religions that aim to collect money are all heresies. Zhang Zhang Juzheng once said in a lecture: "Song Emperor Huizong was obsessed with Daoism and called himself the Master of Daoism. Emperor Wu of Liang was superstitious about Buddhism and called himself Bodhidharma. They could not avoid losing their lives and destroying their countries, and were laughed at by later generations. Then, is the harm of heresy not something that later generations should deeply guard against?"

Zhang Zhang Juzheng taught the Emperor that anything that is not the way of the sages is heresy.

When Zhang Zhang Juzheng said these words, he gritted his teeth. It was clear that when the Daoist Emperor was burning incense and practicing, causing trouble, and the Emperor was hiding in the West Garden, and the court was full of ministers writing green words, Zhang Zhang Juzheng deeply hated this chaos.

The Central Plains had also gone through thousands of years of struggle. From the initial "severing of heaven and earth," China had been a secular country. Although there had been repetitions throughout the dynasties, it was still considered normal.

Zhu Zhu Yijun was very surprised that Li Zhi did not discuss the alienation of people by money, but chose the topic of religion.

"There is a gathering tomorrow, and I am going to see the excitement." After reading today's "Carefree Anecdotes," Zhu Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Hong for tomorrow's itinerary. Zhu Zhu Yijun specifically cleared his schedule to go to the Taibai Building to participate in the gathering.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not." Zhang Hong looked at His Majesty and said quite solemnly.

"Speak."

"Your Majesty walks in the identity of Young Master Huang. The court officials have long known about this, and some court officials have also guessed it. Both inside and outside the capital know that Your Majesty loves to see excitement. I am afraid that there will be an assassination attempt. I think it is better not to go." Zhang Hong expressed his thoughts.

Feng Bao was not there, so Zhang Hong dared to speak so directly, otherwise he would be questioning Feng Bao's protection ability.

"Let Commandant Zhao Meng explain this problem." Zhu Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "What is there that shouldn't be said? Zhang, you are also considering my safety, it is a loyal word."

Zhao Meng thought for a while and said: "Zhang, every time His Majesty goes out, he is fishing. His Majesty wants to tour the south, His Majesty leaves the capital, and the treacherous people in the capital are afraid of causing trouble, so he deliberately gave Lin Lin Fucheng the official status of a Five Classics Doctor to expose his identity and lure out the big fish."

Lin Lin Fucheng was used again. This didn't know how many times it had been. Everyone had played quite a few games around Lin Lin Fucheng.

Zhu Zhu Yijun didn't mind Lin Lin Fucheng knowing his identity. For example, Li Zhi knew that Young Master Huang was the Emperor, but Lin Lin Fucheng had never guessed it. Zhu Zhu Yijun was a little regretful. Such a smart person, but a little timid in this regard, didn't dare to guess big.

"There is still a risk." Zhang Hong said quite earnestly.

"Zhang, in this life, you might choke to death drinking water. The teacher is gradually getting old, and I am presiding over the overall situation of the New Policies. To reform, I must do things, and doing things will have risks." Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Hong and said quite definitely: "Teacher reads history books. Since ancient times, has anyone who reformed had a good ending? The teacher is doing it knowing it cannot be done."

Zhang Hong stopped persuading. He thought carefully and found that His Majesty wanted to reform the old and establish the new, so he would inevitably be very active. Going out more on weekdays would instead be beneficial for the guards to accumulate security experience.

"Is the nest I built and the bait I threw not heavy enough? It's been so long, and I haven't caught a single fish." Zhu Zhu Yijun was extremely dissatisfied. Lin Lin Fucheng's official status had been issued for so long, and Zhu Zhu Yijun had been acting in the identity of Young Master Huang, but not a single strange thing had happened.

Actually, standing in the position of the fish, that is, the perspective of the ambitious, thinking about the problem, the Great Ming Emperor was assassinated at the age of ten, the palace was burned at thirteen, and he was attacked in the Western Hills at fifteen. After Yu Yu Dayou passed away, the Emperor didn't even live in the West Garden and moved directly into the Tonghe Palace.

Such an Emperor who guards against ministers like guarding against thieves appeared on the street swaggering. What was his intention? Obviously, the dissection institute was short of specimens. A room full of Zhang Siweis were watching in the dissection institute's specimen room!

The lesson of Zhang Zhang Siwei cannot be ignored.

Even the carp in the Taiye Pool knew to hide underwater when they heard the Emperor's footsteps, otherwise they would be shot by His Majesty's headless arrows.

And there was another problem, which was that it couldn't be done.

In the past, the imperial palace was leaking in all directions. With some silver, one could even visit the imperial palace. Now, the claws and teeth around the Emperor are all professional talents like the Duntai Marquis and the coastal defense inspectors, not the meritorious guards of the past. The protection of the guards can be described as impenetrable.

Breaking through the protection of the guards and killing the Emperor is not as reliable as praying to heaven for a lightning bolt to strike the Emperor to death.

Zhu Zhu Yijun's outing the next day went smoothly. There was no assassination, and there were no messy things. Zhu Zhu Yijun set off from the Grand General's Mansion, and everything went smoothly along the way.

"Greetings, Young Master Huang!" A waiter walked into the private room, bowed deeply and said: "Master Lin and Master Li are going to the grassland to visit in person. Young Master Huang is a big shot, so I guess he doesn't have the time. To speak plainly, I'm here to ask for some silver to support the two masters and take the editors to the grassland."

"Don't want too much, don't complain if it's too little, it all depends on the young master's heart."

Asking for money, or rather, asking for support.

This gathering was not just a gathering, but a call for the editors to go to the grassland together to see those Lama temples with their own eyes, to practice, to go deep into the grassland, and to explore the influence of the Lama temples on the grassland. This was a collective action that required travel expenses.

Lin Lin Fucheng didn't want to accept anyone's support. Eating someone else's food makes you someone else's dog.

There wasn't enough silver in the Guangde Bookstore's account. Last time Lin Lin Fucheng wrote sour poems, he was deducted seven hundred silver by Young Master Huang, and only a fraction was left in the account.

"Since you don't complain if it's too little, then I won't give it." Zhu Zhu Yijun heard that he could not give it, and immediately didn't intend to take out the silver.

Wang Qian's eyes went dark. He took out two silver notes from his sleeve, handed them over and said: "Mine and Young Master Huang's, two hundred silver in total, take it, take it."

The waiter didn't accept it and waved his hand repeatedly, saying: "Too much, too much, at most one tael of silver per person."

"So much trouble." Wang Qian took out two silver coins and threw them into the tray.

Zhu Zhu Yijun said very clearly: "The money you took out yourself, don't ask me to reimburse you."

"How can you say that? Lin Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi are our own people. I'll just deduct it from the Guangde Bookstore's account later." Wang Qian said hurriedly. The accounts must be clear and understandable. Even two silver must be calculated clearly to prevent any discord. This is the self-cultivation of Wang Qian, the Imperial Censor who manages the Yanxing Building and oversees the trading house.

"That's very good." Zhu Zhu Yijun nodded in approval. Wool must come from the sheep. Is it possible that the wool comes from Zhu Zhu Yijun, the shepherd?

"No more idle talk, let's get straight to the point." After the gong sounded, Lin Lin Fucheng walked onto the stage of the Taibai Building with Li Zhi.

Lin Lin Fucheng looked around and said: "People created religion, not religion created people. So why did people create religion?"

Li Zhi said very confidently: "It's very complicated to say, but to put it simply, it's just two words: the other shore."