I am the king of the dead

Pulled by the slow and firm locomotive, Juyongguan slowly climbed to the top of the mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain, Zhu Jiancheng said again: "Climb up as much as you can, and when you slide down, you can slide a little slower. A little longer."

"Not bad." Zhu Jianshen said very seriously: "When you climb high, when you slide down, you can not only slide for a long time, but also not too steep."

The herringbone train track at Juyongguan is extremely dangerous. If someone falls, it is guaranteed to be smashed to pieces, but the herringbone track, although it takes more distance, it is easy to go up the mountain and easy to go down the mountain. Get off.

"I plan to go to Ceylon and conquer the land full of sheep-like people." Zhu Jianji took the lead in expressing his vision. If he was in Ceylon or India, his younger brother would be better off in China, no matter who he is from Enemies at sea, or enemies on land, have to step over his corpse before they can invade Daming.

"I'm planning to go to the other side of the sea. Peng Sui, the boat master, has returned. It's a new continent, a brand new beginning." Zhu Jianshen chose the most difficult direction. According to Peng Sui's exploration, on that vast continent , is a region with civilization, where there are challenges and opportunities.

For Zhu Jianshen, the best way to get rid of the influence of his terrible father is to go to the other side of the sea.

"Third brother Zhu Jianjun seems to have taken a fancy to Yinshan in Peru. He is lively and active. I hope nothing will happen during the expedition." Zhu Jiancheng got on the train again and said to his two brothers.

The eighth prince's descendant Zhu Jianzhi was the one who threatened the prince's succession to the throne the most, in terms of jurisprudence.

But in terms of ability, Zhu Jianji is the one who threatens the most, but Zhu Jianji chose to go to sea. This is the national policy of Ming Dynasty, and it is also Zhu Jianji's long-standing wish.

Daming is too young to let go of his ambition, he wants to become one of the shining ones in Daming's vast ocean.

Prince Zhu Jiancheng seemed to be thinking about a complicated question, and he suddenly said, "Where the train goes, the territory of Ming Dynasty will go; where the treasure ship goes, the sea of ​​Ming Dynasty will go."

After Duke Zhong of the Ming Dynasty brought back the goods from the Xuanfu, there was not much reaction in the capital, because the roaring monster had already been rushing between Beitu City and Xitu City. The people of the Ming Dynasty, How many have gotten used to the whistling sound.

Almost all the people of Ming Dynasty believed that it was specially built by His Majesty the Emperor with abundant military virtues in order to be able to use force more quickly.

Horses run, iron horses, all for the emperor's martial arts.

After all, this was the original intention of Qin Shihuang to build the Chi Dao, so that the Qin army could rush to the battlefield at a faster speed.

And the Minggongs of the court have quietly discovered that the horror of the train is the iron lump, which can tirelessly pull heavy cargo and run fast on the track, which means that the majesty of the court will follow the track. Further extending to every corner of Daming.

This means that Daming can get rid of a problem that has plagued the Central Plains dynasty since ancient times, Ma.

Those stoves with billowing white smoke can produce horses day and night.

For the discussion of Chidao, Chaozhong finally became eager.

"Hahaha." Zhu Qiyu laughed as he looked at a memorial in his hand, and casually threw the memorial into the trash can. It was a memorial written by the Imperial Academy. He was warning that the train passing through the West Mountain would disturb the imperial mausoleum. .

This point of view is no longer up to date.

There are not a few people who oppose Chi Dao and Daming Iron Horse.

From the perspective of financial affairs, the large-scale use of steam engines will bring about a huge social science problem, that is, unemployment. The large-scale use of steam engines has already had a certain impact on the textile industry. This phenomenon, in Songjiang Prefecture Especially obvious.

Chen Zongqing was paralyzed. When he was governor, he always felt that his immediate boss, Li Binyan, was nothing more than that. After he really took over, he sent a letter to the capital almost every day, and asked the emperor and Li Binyan for advice on how to deal with it.

From a military point of view, the application of galloping roads and iron horses will bring many new problems. The biggest problem is the emperor's military aggression. In the eyes of the courtiers, His Majesty the Great Emperor really likes to fight. He launched a total of four wars in ten years. A large-scale military operation, hundreds of large and small battles, the Siwei regiment camp is still in Kangguo, the price of militarism is destruction, and destruction of productivity is destruction of purchasing power.

From a political point of view, galloping roads, iron horses, and militarism are all spectacle. Although the rule has been strengthened, it will have a huge impact on the lives of the people. Didn’t Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty destroy the Sui Dynasty by building canals?The only thing that was done in the Yuan Dynasty was to repair the embankments of the Yellow River and dig out a stone man.

Right now, militarism and large-scale construction mean the same thing, both of which are destructive to productivity.

From a cultural point of view, the accelerated circulation of commodities can easily lead to the disintegration of rituals and music, the decline of people's hearts, and the decline of the world. This is also extremely obvious in Songjiang Mansion. Shuyu really made the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty not pleasing to the eye no matter how they looked at it.

Therefore, the idea of ​​disturbing the imperial mausoleum really made Zhu Qiyu dumbfounded. In the 16th year of Jingtai, he was still singing the drama of the first year of Zhengtong, which was a bit funny.

Hanlin needs to keep learning, improve their self-cultivation, and keep up with the trend, so that when they oppose His Majesty the Emperor, they can have something to say.

Zhu Qiyu likes this kind of atmosphere very much, that is, the court is full of opposing voices, and these opposing voices will become part of his lenient anticipation of the enemy, so that a decree can be effectively promoted, instead of flowers, praise and In the voice of support, I gradually lost myself and became blindly arrogant.

"Your Majesty, the Salt and Iron Conference is about to begin." Xing'an prepared a memorandum for His Majesty, reminding His Majesty of his schedule.

Zhu Qiyu stood up and hurriedly came to the Yantie meeting hall. After the ministers greeted him, Zhu Qiyu opened his memo.

This session of the Salt and Iron Conference mainly discusses the branch of world empire construction, the world currency.

"There is no doubt that the world's currency can only be banknotes." Shen Yi, Minister of the Household Department, finally felt proud!

How many years have passed? The Bureau of Household Banknotes has been accumulating energy for many years, and now it has finally come in handy. Daming finally wants to issue banknotes, but instead of issuing treasured banknotes in the four directions of Daming, it is issued overseas in Daming. Banknote law, even so, is perfectly adequate.

"Tangxing Zhenhai, the commander-in-chief of the ocean-going fleet, confirmed the importance of armed forces in maritime commercial activities in the last memorial. However, it is not enough for the world empire to rely solely on military hegemony. We still need economic hegemony. Harvesting crops regularly is a good choice." Shen Yi said quite excitedly.

Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand and pressed down, and said: "Restraint, restraint, we are here to promote free trade in the world, to bring civilization to the uncivilized barbarian land, for the prosperity and prosperity of world trade. To cultivate morality, one knows that one has a ruler and respects one’s relatives.”

"You can't talk nonsense."

Shen Yi hastily bowed his head and said: "Yes, yes, the minister is arrogant."

Shen Yi accidentally said what was in his heart. This is an extremely naive expression. As a great Ming Duke, he must have the ability to tell nonsense with his eyes open, and he must be on par with His Majesty. Cutting leeks is clearly... ...It's clearly Wang Hua!

"Precious banknotes, a pile of waste paper." Zhu Qiyu took out the new banknotes submitted by the Daming Banknote Bureau. This kind of banknotes will be misplaced on the master every year. When collecting the banknotes, you only need to compare them. It is a new anti-counterfeiting method. The anti-counterfeiting of Daming Banknotes is advanced enough, from paper to ink, to printing, to master plate misalignment.

To the greatest extent possible, prevent the proliferation of private counterfeit banknotes.

Zhu Qiyu is willing not to implement the banknote law in Daming. As long as the banknotes are not circulated in Daming, he will not bother to care about the life and death of the people in the land of heaven and earth.

Using international conflicts to divert domestic conflicts is an inherent instinct of a regime.

Shen Yi continued: "We have issued treasure banknotes for 14 years in Japan, and accumulated a lot of experience in issuing treasure banknotes. If we want our treasure banknotes to be recognized by others, our treasure banknotes must be able to be recognized in the universe. Under the circumstances, all resources can be bought, and goods can also be bought in Daming, this is the first premise.”

Free trade is free trade. Now that Ming has issued treasure notes, it will not be easy to change the rules.

"We would like to thank the Japanese country for providing Japanese silver and experience for Ming's money law and banknote law." Zhu Qiyu said to everyone with a smile.

The Emperor Daming's gratitude was sincere, and the same kind of gratitude was a kind of suffering for the Wa Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom people. It was like a large-scale testing ground, where Da Ming randomly scribbled graffiti to protect the country's national policy.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "After using military hegemony to kick open the door, we need to use economic means to plunder wealth, and the world currency, in addition to the two premises mentioned by Shen Shangshu, must also have the following important points: The feature, first of all, is also the most critical, and that is to maintain the absolute advantage of the product, that is, a high-tech, high-value-added product.”

"Your Majesty, it's Wang Hua, not plunder." Shen Yi carefully reminded His Majesty that His Majesty accidentally told the truth.

Zhu Qiyu realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly said: "Ah, yes, yes, Wang Hua, Wang Hua."

"The problem of going out, we have been going for 17 years, and we have gained some experience, so bringing it back has become something we need to solve urgently."

Chapter 994 I, Li Binyan, can be here today thanks to the Holy Family

"Zhang Jiami, Li Jiashu, old Chen grinding tofu at the entrance of the village." Zhu Qiyu looked at the content of the memo and said to the officials: "This is the division of labor and trading. We simply regard Jiaozhi, Daming, and Wa as a trade chain. Jiaozhi There is food, the Ming Dynasty has pens, ink, paper and inkstones, the Wa State has silver, the Ming Dynasty wants silver, Jiaozhi and Wa State need pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and Wa State wants rice, and this creates a transaction.”

A Hanlin said in a daze: "Then why, instead of exchanging the goods for the silver of the Wa Kingdom, we let Yuan Gongfang be in the Wa Kingdom?"

At first glance, this Hanlin was a man of high moral inferiority, and advocated that Bude should cherish people from far away, so as to make China clean and peaceful, and turn it into a descendant.

Zhu Qiyu replied helplessly: "It's too slow. Letting them blow their own money can't meet the needs of Da Ming. It is also very slow for Da Ming to exchange money for money. I don't cultivate virtue, so I can only do this. The improvement of Daming's financial affairs and its outstanding contribution."

Wasn't it an honor to receive the sincere gratitude of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty after losing everything in Wa Kingdom?

Look at that foreign country in the world, who is often thanked by His Majesty?

Zhu Qiyu saw that Hanlin had no doubts, so he continued: "Then, if we want to issue the Ming Dynasty banknotes that can be used all over the world, and abandon the practice of endowing people with virtues and virtues, we must do the following four points."

"First, the tyranny of military power. This point has been discussed in great detail by Commander Tang Xingtang of our Daming Ocean Fleet. I am simply emphasizing here that without the guarantee of military power, the smooth flow of the needle road cannot be guaranteed; without military power Without the guarantee of military power, it is impossible to guarantee that the other party will listen to us well; without the guarantee of military power, it is impossible for the other party to recognize the treasures of Ming Dynasty."

Jiang Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, carefully recorded the next four things that cannot be guaranteed. What His Majesty said is easy to understand. What is the barren land in the world like now?

They are all children of nature, with spirits twitching.

The child of nature is embracing nature without even wearing any clothes, and being swaying with spirit means that you already have spirituality, and you are ready to move, and you are still uncivilized.

When a scholar scolds someone, it really looks elegant and easy-going, which is pleasing to the eye.

To put this sentence more bluntly, in the eyes of scholar-bureaucrats, it is already merciful for people in the wilderness to have a personal appearance.

Military strength can guarantee that the other party can listen to oneself.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Second, to ensure the absolute advantage of the product, this is the first prerequisite for the Daming banknotes to be able to pass through the world. Countries have to accept the Daming banknotes because they cannot buy Daming banknotes without waving them. With high value-added commodities, over time, they will accept or even be unable to adapt to the days without big money."

"We must be committed to improving the production efficiency of Daming. In terms of system design, we must ensure the enthusiasm of the craftsmen and improve production efficiency."

"We are committed to cultivating skilled craftsmen in Ming Dynasty. One skilled craftsman can create the value created by ten unskilled craftsmen."

"We must devote ourselves to improving Daming's production tools. Production tools greatly increase productivity and reward behaviors for improving production tools."

"We must devote ourselves to perfecting the production theory of Ming Dynasty. It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoy the shade. Only by perfecting the production theory can we maximize our productivity and broaden the boundaries of our cognition. .”

The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Planning and Planning have recorded the four commitments put forward by His Majesty. These four commitments are based on the core requirement of improving productivity, which is the basic plan of the new party.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Third, ensure food security in the four directions."

Li Binyan asked with some doubts: "Your Majesty, does this have something to do with the banknote law we are discussing?"

Yu Qian wished he could kick Li Binyan out of Juxian Pavilion, and kick him to Songjiang Mansion, so as not to be an eyesore in front of him. He has been away as an official for 12 years and returned to Beijing, and he still speaks so bluntly. Everyone has doubts , if everyone doesn't ask, it will appear that you Li Binyan is capable, isn't it?

But the person you choose, that's the only way you can recognize it.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Binyan and nodded quite accurately, "Good question! Of course it does matter, whoever controls the food controls the world."

Yu Qian looked at Li Binyan, and could only secretly sigh with emotion. Wang Fu was able to stand upright on the court hall, and it was all up to him. Li Binyan's survival to this day was all due to the presence of the holy family.

A courtier's first reaction to the emperor's words was to question, but the emperor's first reaction was to ask a good question.

Zhu Qiyu looked at everyone and said: "Once we cannot be self-sufficient in the food in the four directions, we need to rely on the supply from Wanfang. Committing together, we Daming can’t even live our own lives behind closed doors, who made our Daming so crowded.”

"When there is no food, the common people will wave the farm tools in their hands and smash the heads of the gentry, then break through the state capital and smash the heads of the magistrates, and after that, they will hit all the way to the capital, smash your heads, and finally hit the palace Come on, twist off my head and kick it like a ball."

People depend on food, and food safety is the most important part of ensuring the stability of the regime. Some people in Songjiang Prefecture took advantage of the Annan War in Jingtai County to resell food. Zhu Qiyu ordered severe punishment. This thing involves the continuation of the regime and making money Yes, to overthrow Daming requires heavy blows.

As for ensuring food security, whether it will be understood as the importance of farming and the safety of overseas plantations in the future, Zhu Qiyu always feels that it will be, because Daming itself is such an agricultural country.

The first prerequisite for the transformation of the small peasant economy into a commodity economy is the stability of agricultural production, and agricultural production is the core interest of the Ming bureaucracy and the old party.

In fact, Zhu Qiyu is not very optimistic about Li Binyan's Labor Party, so he is willing to give Li Binyan more members and more support. Zhu Qiyu believes that the old party will win, and farming is the basic background of Ming Dynasty. The old party was invincible from the very beginning. No matter how high the new party jumps, it is impossible to abandon Nongsang.

The two armies are at war, and one side has an undefeated golden body at the beginning.

Just play chess with the emperor, Xing'an is the referee, seeing the emperor's situation is not good, Xing'an immediately releases natural disasters, Yu Qian plays chess with the emperor, how can he win?

Da Ming ran to the Juanma River not for the gold, but for the vast black land first.

To be honest, the struggle between the old and new parties in the Ming Dynasty has not yet reached its peak. At the most intense time, when the old party gave up food, the new party immediately had to bow down and surrender directly.

There are many ways to block food, not necessarily cut off the supply directly, just double the trick, and the new party can be overwhelmed. As for where the food is put, no one knows, anyway, food shortages in North Korea and China have begun.

There is a problem with the supply of food in the Daming official factory, and the craftsmen can't get enough to eat, so what's the benefit?At that time, the official factory will lose all compensation, and the official factory will have to sell it at a low price?No, wealth myths have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Even Zhu Qiyu was helpless with such methods, he could only use heavy codes to govern officials, threatening them with knives, coaxing them with money and money, and living in official residences for the ministers, so that they could barely keep the ministers from following him. The emperor tore his face and finished playing with everyone.

Of course, the main reason is that Daming still has a Xie Jie Yuan there, and if you want some money, you will go to sea to buy fresh food, and moreover, you will have to send it to the Xie Jie Yuan to sit in a private seat.

Zhu Qiyu did not elaborate on food security because the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty knew better than him. He continued: "Fourth, firewood, rice, oil, salt and firewood are the most important. Fuel safety is the most important thing. If you can buy high value-added commodities in Daming, and you can also buy fuel, this is a treasure of Daming.”

Military hegemony, commodity dominance, food security, and fuel security all constitute the formation of world currency.

Zhu Qiyu did not talk about fuel safety in depth, because the use of coal in energy applications occupies an absolute dominant position, and it is too early to talk about oil, but fuel safety is not only about oil, but also coal, trees, fish oil, etc. These contents are also worthwhile. in-depth.

What he is talking about is not the hegemony of the US dollar in later generations. He is talking about the age of great exploration, when the big powers issued banknotes in the major colonies for expropriation.

The US dollar hegemony in later generations is a more complex system, and it is more to use the US dollar tide to harvest the world, but the foundation of the US dollar hegemony is indeed based on the derivatives of the colonization of the Age of Discovery. It is not impossible to treat them as the same thing.

Nikolaoz has always been unfavorable about the colonization of Ming Dynasty, mainly because of Ming’s high moral disadvantage. Even if Ming is at a low moral advantage and wants to go out to sea, it is also a model of high morality at sea. After all, Ming is going to be arrogant. When going to sea, they are also going to farm, and farming is production, and they must treat those eunuchs arrogantly, at least as protection of production tools.

However, when the barbarians in Taixi engage in colonization, they just burn, kill and plunder. It is a fortune to rob a penny. To do colonization, what kind of morality do you want? Killing and looting is the truth.

After the Yantie meeting, Zhu Qiyu called Li Binyan and Yu Qian, ready to go to watch the excitement, this time it was really just to watch the excitement.

A theater building was built at the front door, with more than ten soft rooms, more than 200 soft seats, and more than 400 people sitting around the table in Hui characters. It is the largest theater building in the capital.

This theater building was built by a wealthy merchant in Nanya. There is no gambling house, no elegant escorts, listening to operas is listening to operas, storytelling is storytelling, and singing is singing. All famous actors are invited, so every show is full. In the end, he earned the money standing up.

The theater building made money, and this street immediately became popular. People selling singing, laughing, performing arts, and selling medicine were so lively.

Zhu Qiyu went to listen to Guankou today, and his identity is still a wealthy businessman in Shandong, the Huang family in Laoshan. Naturally, the private room is thoughtfully arranged, and Guankou's name is "Popular Romance of Taishi Li Sihai".

It tells about Li Taishi's travels in the ocean and all over the world. It is based on historical events, and the novel is a legend.

Who wrote it?

The emperor's uncle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanqian, the king of Xiang, and Shi Luo Bingzhong, the head of the mansion of the king of Xiang.

"Crack!" Dou patted the gavel, stretched out his hand, stared, and said in a very fast tone.

"When spring comes to the world, the scene is very beautiful, and the boundless flowers and willows are fragrant. Fragrant cars and BMWs are passing by, but the east wind is drawn into the drunken land. The leftover wine, lying in the setting sun, full of [-] games. Now the white hair is [-] feet. I still remember the years, Li Taishi's mind wandering Four Oceans!"

"Okay!" People from the audience continued to applaud.

Yu Qian frowned. He knew the teaser on the stage, and he was a Jinshi in Jingtai for five years.

He smiled and said, "Who is this Li Taishi?"

The funny man replied: "As the saying goes: the southern land is slightly warm during the day, and it is very bright from the moon to the middle of the sky. Listen to me in detail."

"Hey, tell us carefully, who is it?" Peng Fan was even more puzzled.

"The scenery of the mountain has not changed since it was young, and the water flow is silent all day long. There are heaven and earth, and then there are all things. Therefore, people are born in Yin, and things are born out of nothing. In this world, there are births from wombs, eggs, shapes, qi, gods, and ghosts. Dampness, flying, accumulating over time, filled the space between the heaven and the earth, and there are all things.”

"Hey, well, just hearing this makes a lot of sense, who is Taishi Li from?" Pingping pretended to be surprised and said.