I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

The so-called rule by doing nothing is not feasible in this era.

Zhu Fugui told Zhao Bajin the story of Zigong's redemption.

There is a law in the state of Lu: if Lu people see their compatriots suffer misfortune and become slaves in foreign countries, as long as they can redeem these people and help them regain their freedom, they can get compensation and rewards from the state.

Zigong, a student of Confucius, redeemed Lu people from abroad, but refused the state's compensation.

Confucius said: "Zigong, you are wrong! Receiving compensation from the state will not damage your character; but if you don't receive compensation, no one in Lu will redeem his compatriots who died."

Zilu rescued a drowning man, the man thanked him for sending a cow, Zilu accepted it.Confucius said happily: "From then on, the people of Lu will be brave enough to rescue those who fall into the water."

Zhu Fugui's meaning is obvious, that is, it is not advisable to replace taxation with organizational donations, as this will morally kidnap people who are not well-off.

"I'm very happy that you have this kind of heart. The Emperor Chongzhen couldn't collect the money back then, it was his waste. Don't worry, you don't want to donate a penny to me, but you don't want to escape a penny of the tax!"

After speaking, Zhu Fugui asked Zhao Bajin to retreat.

Looking at ancient and modern times, how to collect taxes from bureaucrats, big capitalists, and big landlords is the key to the continuation of a dynasty.

A mere 10,000+ donation is simply irrelevant.

Getting the rich to pay more taxes and the poor to pay less is as simple as it sounds.

Chongzhen couldn't do it, and the later commander of Shichuan paid more than 100 US dollars in taxes a year, and the lighthouse country couldn't do it either.

Zhu Fugui also has no confidence that he can still do it in the distant future.

But the good news is that the biggest bureaucrat, the biggest capitalist, and the biggest landlord in Ming Dynasty are none other than Zhu Fugui and Bengui...

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Zhu Fugui sighed and went back to his study for a lunch break.

Why does no one believe that they are strong enough and believe that tomorrow is invincible?

Obviously, the second phase of the new imperial residence has been under construction, and besides the Zhaixing Tower, the Lutai Yaochi is almost arranged. Can no one see that I am a money-seeking and lustful fool?

Why do you have to make up your brains by eating pickles and patching!

Zhu Fugui felt very speechless.

Now Fengdu can find any ordinary people who have meat every day. Daming does not count the population of Wa Island, and the per capita meat consumption has exceeded 60 kilograms, okay?

Although the proportion of relatively low-quality pork (high fat and low protein) is a little higher, it is not too much inferior to the Germans of later generations.

This is also the result of a large number of women and girls who are not used to eating meat lowering the average.

As an emperor, I drank the palace jade wine, ate the palace dishes, shabu-shabu with lamb on the prairie every day, and grilled big scallops on Zhangzi Island every night!

However, most likely, Zhao Bajin really didn't know about the temporary consumption of meat, because the aquatic products and meat and milk in Tongliao were all from internal funds and had nothing to do with other household departments.

Moreover, in the final analysis, the so-called difficult situation is to give Zuo Zongtang unlimited instant noodles, gas tanks, Laiyang steel pipes, and other chicken feet...

How much can this cost...

Chapter 513 Zhu Fugui's True Family Property

Zhu Fugui himself did not feel any pressure at all, compared to the fact that the court believed that the burden of the Northwest Chu Army would put a huge pressure on the empire's finances in the later stage.

This is mainly due to the discrepancy between the two parties' perceptions of the cost and valuation of these materials.

When the General Staff and the Household Department calculated the supplies for the Northwest Front Army, they discounted Zhu Datou and Daming treasure banknotes.

In fact, when Zhu Fugui purchased these materials, they were priced in RMB.

The disparity in productivity between the two worlds makes the real price of every bowl of instant noodles, every trolley, every gas cylinder, and every Laiyang steel pipe far from the quoted price of domestic funds.

It is hard for outsiders not to believe that Emperor Zhu is selling blood to support the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

As for how much money Da Ming Zi has in his internal funds, no one can say clearly.

Not to mention that the Ministry of Accounting is not clear, even Julie who has been helping Zhu Fugui in the financial field has only seen the tip of the iceberg.

Because a large number of assets, such as the continuous flow of Artemia in the Great Salt Lake, high-grade wood from the Rocky Mountains, the gold and silver jewelry handed over by Hong Xiuquan, and the oversized dog's head gold found in various places, have all been sold by Zhu Fugui to future generations and turned into foreign exchange, that is, Electronic RMB.

The company Zhu Fugui registered in later generations [Dameng Group] already has a very good reputation.

[Dameng Group]'s core business includes: fish feed, pig feed, beautiful girl idol group, high-grade wood, antique jewelry, wig raw materials, blood products...

It can be said to be quite extensive...

It is worth mentioning that, for the global blood products, especially medical plasma, the lighthouse country of the United States has gained 80% of the global market share by selling blood packets from the people at the bottom.

Its export earnings reach 350 billion U.S. dollars per year, surpassing the total value of soybeans, making it the top export product in the United States and irreplaceable.

Even India, the world's largest democratic country, can't sell their blood. It is worthy of being the beacon of democracy in the world.

Since two years ago, Daming has gradually got his foot in the business.

The high-quality blood drawn from hundreds of thousands of white slaves is far better than the blood quality of their promiscuous offspring 140 years later.

At least AIDS doesn't exist yet.

American blood plasma has repeatedly exposed scandals of AIDS infection in countries such as Britain and Japan.

Therefore, the competitiveness of Daming's high-quality plasma is very strong.

It's a pity that in terms of scale, Daming still can't compete with the Beacon Country, which sells blood for the whole people. It can only do some high-end businesses and cannot suppress the latter's market share.

In short, [Dameng Group] made a huge profit by attacking in many fields.

At the same time, Zhu Fugui kept a low profile as much as possible, and did not engage in any listing financing or capitalization operations, let alone speculation in stocks.

It is to eat interest honestly.

Part of the money is lying in the system's Yu'e Bao to enjoy an annualized interest of 4.5 points, and part of the time deposit has an interest rate of [-].

The total amount of principal and interest has now reached 270 billion yuan.

In contrast, the 300 million pounds of internal funds managed by Julie (equivalent to about 30 billion yuan in later generations) are not worth mentioning at all.

Of course, at first Zhu Fugui only gave Julie less than 60 pounds of start-up capital, and now it has become 5 times, because Julie used the Ming-French War, the American Civil War, the Temple, Pu-Ao and other wars over the years, and these During the Franco-Prussian War, he earned money from venture capital investment and stock speculation.

The rate of return is obviously much higher than that in Zhu Fugui's own stupid deposit system.

But after all, a high risk, a low risk.

Financial games cannot always be smooth sailing, so Zhu Fugui has no plans to invest more.

On the contrary, in many infrastructure projects, especially the construction of wonders, Zhu Fugui will also withdraw cash from this living money.

After all, this era is not the future of unanchored currency, crazy leverage, and unlimited over-issue of broad money. Finance must ultimately serve the real economy and cannot expand infinitely.

Even if its body is the internal money of His Majesty the Emperor, it must be fed back to the industry.

In short, Zhu Fugui's assets are quite rich even without counting the part of the internal money that Julie helped manage.

270 billion yuan, equivalent to 41 billion U.S. dollars.

On the bright side, it is enough to rank in the top 120 on the mainland rich list.

Although it is far from being able to compare with the top tycoons like Erma, and it is also far from being able to compare with those invisible tycoons, but it is really a tycoon.

The annual interest alone amounts to more than one billion RMB.

Nowadays, what restricts Zhu Fugui from spending a lot of money is actually cultural value, not money itself.

Things like instant noodles, gas tanks, and Laiyang steel pipes, which do not have a high cultural penalty, are completely in the middle of the game.

For Zhu Fugui, it was too simple to take care of Zuo Zongtang and Hong Xiuquan.

It's just that no matter how much money you have, you can't feed yourself.

Regarding the KPIs of Zuo Zongtang and Hong Xiuquan, Zhu Fugui still needs to send people to inspect them regularly.

It’s okay to be a little greedy, anyway, it’s not included in the main body of Ming Dynasty, and it’s not in line with the bureaucratic system of Ming Dynasty.

What flower bears what fruit.

One is an old-fashioned patriotic bureaucrat, and the other is a four-image school of Taoism. If they can count on it, China, the boss, will not have to wait until the October Revolution to send gcism.

However, Zhu Fugui does not require them to make great strides in evolution, as long as they can match their respective Stan and Latin America divisions.

Of course, Daming would not let Zuo Zongtang face the 12 troops of Tsarist Russia alone, even if these troops were relatively hip and might only be equipped with muskets.

Zhu Fugui believed in Zuo Zongtang's ability, and also believed in the resilience of the Chu army, and he could definitely carry it down.

But presumably many people will die, which is not good for the ultimate goal of assimilating the Western Regions.

Therefore, Zhu Fugui ordered Xiong Hei's Northeast Army to stop all vacations and enter combat preparations.

This time, the mission of the Northeast Army was not only to defend the Amur region, Binhai region, and Kamchatka region north of Heilongjiang, but also to eliminate the elite soldiers of Tsarist Russia.

At the same time, Zhu Fugui sent a telegram to Zuo Zongtang, pointing out the general battle policy: "To crush the Russian aggression conspiracy, you must first defeat Yagubo and stabilize the Hui army; if you want to take back Ili, you must first take back Dihua."

As for the strategy of attacking Agubo, Zhu Fugui suggested: "First go north and then go south", and "slow down and fight quickly".

Zuo Zongtang was silent for a long time after seeing Zhu Fugui's telegram.

Finally, he sighed to the Zhixin monk beside him: "Third brother, since I was a child, Yu felt that I was smart and superior to others. Now that I know your virtuous son-in-law, I will know what it is to know it from birth, and what it is to be a genius!"

"The Son of Heaven is thousands of miles away, yet he is able to micro-manipulate it so far. It coincides with the strategy I have obtained from several months of investigation and deduction. It can be said that he is unparalleled in handsomeness!"

Chapter 514 Laiyang Steel Pipe

The time has entered June, and with it comes midsummer.

Midsummer in the Western Regions is certainly a disaster for the Tsarist Russian troops from the Eastern European grasslands and the Caucasus Mountains, but it is also a terrible enemy for the children of Sanxiang and the newly recruited Chu army in Shaanxi.

The average temperature in areas such as the Zhangye Dunhuang line and the Turpan Basin can reach more than 40 degrees during this season, far exceeding the "stoves" in Nanjing and Wuhan in the east.

In contrast, the Ili River Valley area currently occupied by the Russians is rich in water and grass, bathed in the last afterglow of Atlantic water vapor blown from far away Europe, but the climate and body feeling will be better.

Under such conditions, Zuo Zongtang, like in history, chose to launch an offensive after mid-August when the autumn was clear.

Before that, the main thing to do is to prepare for the westward expedition, accumulate strength, and prepare for a thunderous blow.

This is what Zhu Fugui's telegram micro-manipulations mean by "slow action and quick action", or "slow action and quick action", namely:

"Slow progress" means that it takes a period of time to raise military salaries, accumulate grass and store food, mobilize troops, train soldiers, and make full preparations;

"Quick battle" means to seize the golden time of three to five months after the start of the battle and make a quick decision, cut the mess quickly, and establish the victory in one fell swoop.

Of course, Zhu Fugui's micromanagement was not something he figured out by looking at the map.

He is not at this level.

"Slow advance and quick decision" was originally Zuo Zongtang's combat policy when he left the fortress 8 years later. Although the enemy's strength and combat situation have changed, the general trend has not changed.

Of course, Zuo Zongtang's "slow progress" slowed down for a full year and a half in history.

Because whether it is Ganlong, which is already barren and still overwhelms Guizhou and Guizhou to become the poorest area in our country in later generations, or Guanzhong, which has long been overdrawn and withered, it is difficult to provide the logistical support required for large-scale operations.

But you only need to measure the map, and you will know that it is actually farther from Hunan to Ili than from Moscow to Ili.

Not to mention Zuo Zongtang's real logistics base, Zhejiang, where Hu Xueyan is located.

This is still only one aspect.

In order to compete with the foreign gun-like guns of the Aguba Hu bandits, Zuo Zongtang also transferred skilled technicians from Zhejiang to transform the Chinese mountain splitting guns and Guangdong shellless guns in Lanzhou, and also imitated some German screw guns and breech seven guns. Shot.

In today's era... To be honest, even if Zuo Zongtang wanted to build the Lanzhou Arsenal, he would not be able to build it.

Because more than half of the gunsmiths of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations had been abducted by Daming.

However, the Ming Bahua 2.0 (the most advanced breech-loading firing pin rifle seized in the Ming-French War), which was freely supplied by Ming Dynasty, will suppress Tsarist Russian smoothbore guns and even the new British rifled guns in this plane.

Not to mention the mysterious power from the East.

After the success of the gas cylinder battle last time, Zhu Fugui became very interested in black technology in the Middle East.

Among them, the story that Israel's number one rival, Hamas, and Laiyang Steel Pipe Factory had to tell aroused Zhu Fugui's interest.

During the rocket war between Palestine and Israel in 2014, Israel confiscated a large number of Hamas rocket wreckage.

Most of these rockets are made of water pipes and seamless steel pipes, and 4 stabilizer fins are welded on the tail, and it is enough to fill in explosive devices and guides.

This is the famous Hamas Hassan rocket.

The technical content of this kind of rocket is so low that it is outrageous, and Hamas has taught classes everywhere, striving to achieve "everyone can make it".

In fact, the so-called Hassan rocket is not a new equipment in Zhu Fugui's current era.

As early as 1844, the British had invented the Congreve rocket, and its principle was exactly the same as that of the Hassan rocket.