I am the king of the dead

Sun Jizong copied an Analects, walked out of the main hall, and walked to the corridor in the backyard. He seemed to be tidying up flowers and plants. He looked around, and a figure came over the wall and handed a letter to Sun Jizong.

The man said in a low voice: "The high official wants something."

Sun Jizong asked in a low voice, "Has anyone seen you?"

"There is absolutely no one else, I am extremely careful, there are at least three Jinyi guards watching at Huichangbo Mansion." The person bowed his head again and said.

Sun Jizong nodded and took out a pack of silver ingots from his sleeve and said, "This is for you."

"Thank you for your generous reward!" The man weighed the weight of the silver and said excitedly.

But when the person turned around, Sun Jizong took out a half-foot-long dagger from his sleeve, stabbed it into the opponent's back heart, grabbed the opponent's mouth with his hand, and prevented the opponent from screaming. Come, don't let the other party struggle to escape.

After waiting for a while, the bag of silver fell to the ground, and the blood on the ground pooled into small streams and flowed into the garden.

The three servants obviously knew that this kind of thing would happen. The two took the deceased from the side and buried them in the grass in the backyard. One cleaned up the blood outside the corridor in the backyard. The whole process was smooth and flowing, obviously not the first time. This is the first time to do such a thing.

"The flowers will be even more lush next year." Sun Jizong opened the silver bag and gave it to the three servants. They are all raised by the mansion. They grew up in the Huichangbo Mansion, and they are trustworthy.

"This guy even bit me! Bad luck."

Sun Jizong opened the letter, translated Yinwen into Yangwen, then compared the Analects of Confucius, and hurriedly dug out the contents of the letter. After reading it, he picked up the fire folder, lit the letter, and buried it on top of the corpse together.

The letter from the prairie mainly said that there have been frequent night activities recently, and I want Uncle Huichang to use his strength to find out information.

The person who wrote the letter was Han Zheng, Liu Yu's adoptive father and Han Ling's biological father. They made the Wang Gongchang assassination case and were arrested and sent to the imperial hospital.

Of course, Sun Jizong had his father behind his back and had contact with the Wala people, but it was only through Hanzheng.

The sender has already come to Huichangbo Mansion for the second time, and cannot use it for the third time.

As long as you give some silver taels, someone will naturally take it, avoid Jin Yiwei's sight, and send the letter to Huichangbo Mansion.

Ever since Emperor Taizu Gao set up the Iron Book Army, how to avoid the sight of Jin Yiwei and send shady things to various government offices has become a technical task.

There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, which has been the case since ancient times.

Sun Jizong didn't plan to reply this time, it was too dangerous.

Moreover, everyone knows what the emperor wants to do.

The emperor wants to fight Jining, and there is a series of actions related to the Shunshengchuan horse farm, the restoration of the old army garrison, the Hetao garrison, and the construction of the city.

The Great Emperor did not hide his actions at all, and even the marching route was clear, because the roads were all repaired.

The Great Emperor's use of troops was to crush them with hard power, and even required the cooperation of the Datong Guards and the Xuanfu Guards.

Let's stay in Jining first, as long as they fight, they won't be able to last for half a day.

Even Sun Jizong knew that the emperor could not lose, because the emperor had already thought about the relocation.

It is indeed a common saying among military strategists to be lenient in predicting the enemy and to think about defeat before winning.

But the emperor has the money to fight like this!

The emperor only minted coins for a month and pulled 300 silver coins to Taicang and [-] silver coins to Taicang. Recently, he confiscated the Confucian mansion, and there were more than [-] silver carts transported to the capital!

The Bingzhan Bureau, Wanggong Factory, and Shijing Factory worked non-stop day and night, burning fire and striking iron continuously, and even Wugang vehicles were built more than [-] vehicles.

In order to fight Jining, the Emperor Ming prepared more than 500 million taels of supplies, and he needed money to kill Wala alive and stay in Jining, with less than 3 troops.

Emperor Taizong Wen made five Northern Expeditions, and only hit 200 million taels of silver in total.

Today, His Majesty wants to use 500 million taels to fight Jining, which has 3 people left behind...

Isn't this bullying?

"Hurry up and find out about the military situation, are you still going to touch it? Stupid!" Sun Jizong sighed, why are there so many stupid people in the world?

If you insist on touching the emperor head-on, that is His Majesty the Great Emperor who unites the world.

Today, Your Majesty, this is a bloody expense.

At this time, Zhu Qiyu was holding a salt and iron meeting with the ministers, and the discussion was exactly what Sun Jizong was thinking about.

Zhu Qiyu said very puzzled: "Why do you think that the wood, stone, gunpowder, peasants, rice beams, and silver coins we invested in this attack on Jining will be in vain?"

"Why do you think you will lose? No matter from which angle you look at it! After conquering the territory, it is a money-making business!"

"I don't understand at all, why do you think those places are not worth investing in? Those mineral deposits and land are already completely worth it."

"It's worth the grazing alone."

Xuanfu Gongshi, Mizhou Shipsi, attacking Jining, restoring the military settlements in the Hongwu and Yongle years, and restoring control of the Hetao Plain all required huge investment.

But it is clear that the courtiers have great interests in this matter, and they are not clear.

"Where did we talk about last time?" Zhu Qiyu asked suspiciously.

Hu Yi bowed his head and said: "I said last time that the country advances when the people advance;

"Your Majesty has the virtue of loving life, and he cares about the living beings. If the people ask for twice the cost, they will live in peace; if they double it, they will know etiquette and shame. If they double it, they will be invincible in the world."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "That's right, we talked about the relationship between labor compensation and national development."

He originally thought that the issue of seigniorage should be discussed today. Daming now only has seigniorage, and there are 40 silver coins for grain rent and 40 silver coins for high taxes a year.

Regarding the problem of the courtiers' loss of precious metals, Zhu Qiyu is ready to fight with them. As long as the operation is done properly, Daming can be rich by minting coins.

But before he discussed this issue, he realized that even the Ming Dukes who participated in the Salt and Iron Conference held a clear opposition to this.

For the matter of accumulating wealth, they adhere to the concept of increasing income and reducing expenditure, but this kind of cutting expenditure has already been deducted like a miser in terms of national investment.

Be vigilant about open source, and do things with the mentality of saving a penny is a penny for throttling.

Jin Lian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said rather puzzled: "The rice and sorghum we prepared this time, if calculated on the basis of half a silver coin for each peasant husband, we prepared nearly 500 million silver coins this time for conquest and strategy. The entire Hetao Plain."

"Wen Linlang of the Imperial Academy has already impeached and impeached the people and ruined their wealth. The wars killed many soldiers, exhausted the people's financial resources, spent extravagant lives, and the world was empty and wasted, and the people were displaced."

Xia Heng, Minister of Taipusi, also sighed and said: "Only in Xuanfu Gongshi, the price of horses is 20 silver coins per year. Taipusi has been scolded by the people, saying that we take the silver coins minted by His Majesty and scatter them all over the country. Go beyond the Great Wall and say that our Taipu Temple should all be sent to the Tai Hospital!"

Xia Heng has been under a lot of pressure recently, because Xuanfu's tribute market needs to be settled with silver coins, and Daming is not enough. Are you going to Xuanfu Temple to distribute coins?

Is it because there is Tongwala in the Taipu Temple, should we investigate and deal with it, and send all the Taipu Temple to the Tai Hospital for observation and observation.

Du branch ambassador Wang Hu sighed and said: "Mizhou Shipping Department makes money, but the entire Mizhou Shipping Department, including Jiaozhou and other places, all grow wantonly like weeds, just building warehouses, reorganizing ports, building mutual markets, etc. It takes 50 silver coins."

"We were also scolded, saying that we had deceived His Majesty, and also provoked the pirates, saying that we were as familiar with the Japanese as Kong Yanjin."

Jin Lian added: "In the case of the censor and the minister, someone has already handed in a memorial, saying that all the members of the household department are connected with the Japanese, and the officials and thieves should be sent to the imperial hospital."

"The minister is terrified."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "I have read those memorials, and they are just discussing whether it is worthwhile or not. How can it be as terrible as you said?"

There are indeed some memorials recently, expressing their concerns about the huge cost of the Ming Dynasty's campaign against Jining.

This is also normal, it's just a sequela of Xingwenwuwu.

Zhu Qiyu sighed, sat up straight and said: "Jin Shangshu, you belong to Pixiu! You can only go in and out! Just like a miser, if two bulbs of lamp grass are lit in a lamp, don't worry, I'm afraid it will waste oil. , You must cut off one to rest assured."

"The landlords of Ming Dynasty made silver ingots and buried them in the pigsty, hoping that future generations can use them when they need them."

"Jin Shangshu put our Daming's silver in Taicang, exactly the same!"

"Save it up, does it look good when stacked?"

Jin Lian was not moved at all. This is a salt and iron meeting, which is a place to discuss financial affairs. He nodded and said: "Your Majesty said that the minister is a brave man, and the minister is a brave man. He said that the minister is a miser, and the minister is a miser."

"But the household department, my minister, just opens half the door."

"Hubu's lamp does have only one wick, Your Majesty Shengming."

The financial affairs of the imperial court of Ming Dynasty finally improved a bit. Jin Lian wanted to guard the purse, which was his responsibility to the imperial court, and even more so to the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu sat up straight and said, "Okay, but Shijing Factory is better than we thought. Its investment and return exceeded our expectations. Isn't this the best proof?"

Jin Lian still shook his head and said, "Then your Majesty said it was a revelation, the lamp in the household department has only one wick."

Seeing the reaction of the ministers, Zhu Qiyu knew it too. He took a deep breath and said, "I finally know why I gave up Annan in the first place, abandoned Jiaozhi, gave up Jiaozhi succession and announced the political secretary."

"At first, I thought it was an inevitable reason for the prosperity of culture and martial arts, but now it seems that you feel that the food in that place is tasteless, and it is a pity to abandon it."

Zhu Qiyu flipped through his notebook of the Salt and Iron Conference, and said with a sigh: "Today we will have a good discussion on how to make money!"

Chapter 249 Cold and heat come and go one after another, the rise and fall go round and round

Zhu Qiyu sorted out his meeting minutes without saying a word, sighed, always wanted to say something to Louis XVI, but Louis XVI must have a head.

He originally planned to discuss seigniorage today, but did not prepare any content on profits.

But today he must explain clearly how Daming should make money.

But it was also simple, and he quickly figured out the relationship.

"First of all, before we talked about the relationship between labor compensation and national development. Now let's discuss the relationship between profit and national development."

Hu Wei nodded and said: "The progress of the people will lead to the progress of the country, the progress of the country will lead to the strength of the people, the strength of the people will lead to the prosperity of the country, and the prosperity of the country will lead to the safety of the people."

Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath and said: "Our return on investment, that is, profit, is the same as labor compensation. If the country is rich and strong, the people will be rich and the people will be strong. If the country is strong, the profits will be high, and if the country is weak, the profits will be low."

"It is very difficult to measure the amount of labor remuneration in a place and at a certain time. I believe that this aspect is deeply touched, but the amount of profit is even more difficult to measure."

Lin Xiu, the eunuch of the internal transport depot, said with deep approval: "It is necessary to make comprehensive judgments such as seasons, good and bad years, population, rice prices, the size of the place, etc."

"We found a lot of abnormal things. For example, no matter at any time or place, we found that the changes in labor remuneration are actually consistent with the changes in rice and grain prices, but they are exactly the opposite."

"When food prices fall, labor compensation increases. When food prices skyrocket, labor compensation decreases."

All the ministers looked at Lin Xiu. If the food price is low, the salary will increase instead?This is completely different from their cognition.

Du branch ambassador Wang Hu added: "When everything is booming, food prices are stable or even low, and labor remuneration will be higher, because employers need to pay higher labor remuneration to be able to hire craftsmen, laborers and servants. Because employers are hiring."

"However, when the situation is going down, food prices are high, and labor compensation will decrease instead. Because employers are not sure whether they will be rewarded, they will not recruit servants. Instead, labor compensation will become more depressed."

"This is highly consistent with His Majesty's saying that the country is prosperous and the people are rich and the people are strong."

Lin Xiu is the admiral and eunuch of Ji Province, and Wang Hu, the ambassador of the Du branch, is a member of the foreign court of Ji Province. They have been settling accounts recently. Many anomalies about labor remuneration, combined with His Majesty's words, the problems are easily solved.

This phenomenon is easy to understand. In good years, employers roll, and in bad years, servants roll.

Lin Xiu said helplessly: "We found that even if it is a powerful family, in the harvest year, it will be peaceful through singing and dancing, because although the labor pay is a little higher during this period, but the powerful family can also benefit from a lot of money. A lot of profits are made in the workshop, and they are also willing to give higher rewards."

"But in the year of disaster, they will use all means to exploit the people, but it will get worse and worse, and the life will not be peaceful. Once the people can't survive, they will stick their heads to their waistbands and start from the rice paddies. Gentlemen The days are even more difficult, and even at the end, many times, even handing over food will be killed."

"This is also highly consistent with His Majesty's saying that when a country is strong, profits are high, and when a country is weak, profits are low."

Du branch ambassador Wang Hu added: "This phenomenon is very common. For example, in Fujian before, how many gentry were wiped out? How many high-ranking and powerful families in the past were killed."

"But we found that it seems that we have never summed up our lessons and have fallen into a cycle, as the saying goes: cold and hot come and go, and rise and fall come and go again and again."

After Wang Hu finished speaking, everyone remained silent. This is a pit. In this land, the cycle has been repeated for nearly a thousand years, and it seems that the cycle will continue.

When the phenomenon is widespread, everyone takes it for granted. Once the law is summed up, you will find that it is extremely stupid.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about profits that are more complicated than labor compensation."

"We can anchor the labor remuneration according to the needs of one household, so what do we use to anchor the more complicated profits?"

Zhu Qiyu asked a question, waiting for the ministers to think about it. He had to explain clearly why occupying land would make money.

Zhu Qiyu waited for the answer to the question. Obviously, none of them could give a specific answer, what can be used to measure the standard of profit.

Yu Qian sat up straight suddenly, looked left and right, hesitated for a long time and tentatively said: "Perhaps we can measure it from the interest rate of green rice money?"

Yu Qian has been thinking about the master behind Zhu Qiyu, how is it possible for such a talented person to have so many fantastic ideas, such a national scholar, but hide his name and do not seek to be famous, it is really Yu Qian who has been friends with him for a long time.

But he can't ask, and he can't ask, but it doesn't mean he never thinks. Obviously, Yu Qian walked in front of everyone as before, just like he still walked in front of everyone's courtiers when the king had a catastrophe. It is expected that the Wala people will enter the customs.

Although Yu Qian couldn't see the masters behind Zhu Qiyu, he still wanted to compare with these masters.

Zhu Qiyu was taken aback when he heard Yu Qian say that, Yu Qian was right...

Green rice money is a kind of usury, but it is this deformed usury that can reflect the return on investment and profit rate.

Or in a more intuitive way, the interest rate of money, that is, interest, can intuitively reflect the amount of recent profits.

This is an important indicator to measure whether a country's ecology is healthy, whether it is developing, or whether it is stagnant.

In this era, there were no banks and no interest rates, but Yu Qian obviously found another important indicator that could indirectly reflect profits.

The interest of green rice money.

"What is the interest rate of Qingdao money?" Zhu Qiyu sat up straight and said.

Seeing His Majesty's inquiry, Yu Qian breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, after His Majesty talked about labor compensation and bottom-line thinking last time, he began to think about investment and return, which is what His Majesty said about profit.