Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

Moreover, this is obviously a word game, two million taels of money and grain?

Is it money or grain?

Can two million taels of silver buy so much grain in a few months?

Once they hear that the emperor is preparing to march north, those grain merchants will most likely hoard goods!

Seeing that Zhu Zhankan didn't respond, the King of Han could only take the initiative.

"Zhankan nephew, congratulations to your uncle on your appointment as the Jinyiwei Zhenfushi."

After speaking, the King of Han took off a piece of fine white jade pendant from his waist.

He handed it to Zhu Zhankan with a painful look, and said with a forced smile: "Here, this is a gift from your uncle."

Zhu Zhankan looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a face full of "innocence", as if to say that this is it.

Zhu Gaoxu took out a bag of gold beans from his arms with a forced smile and handed it to Zhu Zhankan.

No trick, who made him need help now?

A few days ago, the family was messed up by Zhu Zhanji, and there was not much stock of gold, silver and jewelry.

"Zhankan, please accept it. Thank you for your uncle's gift." The prince raised his eyebrows and said.

Seeing the pain on the face of the King of Han.

Zhu Zhanji felt a little happy. He had never seen such an awkward uncle. In the past few years, his uncle rode a tall horse and galloped on the battlefield. He was very majestic.

After the greetings, the King of Han finally stated his purpose.

With a wave of his robe, Zhu Gaoxu showed a sad expression on his face.

He complained to the prince: "Brother, I am suffering. The old man wants money, the Ministry of Revenue wants money, and the ministers want money! Where can I get so much money for them!"

"Not so, second brother, if you save money, the Ministry of Revenue can still allocate some money and food." The prince pretended to be ignorant and did not mention the coercion of the cabinet ministers.

"Oh, big brother, those ministers are really not good people, they can't do anything, they only want money."

"Second brother, I'm not being nosy, the Minister of Revenue Xia Yuanji is a senior, and his means of managing money and grain are very superb..."

The two chatted casually.

The King of Han never said a word about money, and the prince didn't say a word to the King of Han.

It made the King of Han very awkward and uncomfortable.

Seeing that complaining was useless, the King of Han had to speak.

"Boss, let me be frank. I came here today to think about it. The old man wants to march north. As sons, should we show some filial piety?"

Zhu Gaoxu even used filial piety as an excuse, so the prince naturally couldn't keep silent.

"Of course, filial piety is the foundation of a family and a country." The prince said, "Second brother, what do you want to do?"

"I was thinking, should we all donate some money..."

Good guy, who gave this second brother such a bad idea.

The prince complained silently in his heart, and asked several families to donate a little.

Are you tired of it? Say that you have turned around and stood up.

Can your two families get together 200,000 taels of silver?

This is really not that the prince underestimates these two brothers.

They follow the emperor, so they naturally dare not engage in corruption and bribery.

Otherwise, they will return to their fiefdoms if they are not careful.

"Are you trying to make money this way, brother?" The prince's face changed instantly: "No money!!"

"Brother, it's meaningless for you to say that. Everyone knows that the business of soap and perfume is controlled by my sister-in-law. These two businesses are popular in the Ming Dynasty. How can the prince's mansion make less money?" Zhu Gaoxu was desperate.

He actually tried to please the prince, not only flattering him, but also picking his big belly, as if he wanted to take out some silver from it.

"Hey! Hey! Second brother, it's not that I don't want to help, but I really don't have money." The prince spread his hands and said helplessly.

"I say, boss, you still have the millions of taels of silver, right? Even if you don't plan to help your brother, at least tell your brother the truth?" When Zhu Gaoxu heard that he had no money, his face changed faster than a chameleon.

"Second brother, I misunderstood. Hi, a few days ago, Zhanji was in charge of the Business Department, did you know? Zhankan was also named Jinyiwei Zhenfu Envoy and handed over more than 800,000 taels of silver to His Majesty, do you understand?" The prince explained earnestly where his money was spent.

Zhu Gaoxu basically believed it after hearing this explanation.

There are businessmen in the Hanwang Mansion, and Zhu Gaoxu still knows how much business tax can be collected.

No matter how hard you try, it is impossible to collect more than 800,000 taels of silver from Jinling City, Yingtian Prefecture in just a few days!

It seems that the eldest brother used the money in the mansion to subsidize the Business Department and leave this official position for his nephew.

Zhu Gaoxu was very determined to consult the prince humbly.

He couldn't pretend to be wronged and win the sympathy of the prince!

Since the words came to this, Zhu Gaoxu was ready to get up and say goodbye.

The prince still took care of the brotherly affection and stopped Zhu Gaoxu.

He said to Zhu Zhankan: "Son, your uncle is in such a mess, do you have any ideas to help him?"

Seeing the eldest brother take the initiative to propose, Zhu Gaoxu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He couldn't help but recall the care his elder brother had given him.

He made a secret decision that when I become the emperor, I will definitely let you have a good end.

Zhu Zhankan watched the excitement and saw that the topic was about him.

He thought about it briefly and said: "Uncle wants to make quick money, right?"

The implication was that it was a long-term business that could not be given to you.

Zhu Gaoxu saw that his nephew was willing to help, and nodded quickly: "Quick money is fine! Just want to solve the urgent problem!"

In this case, then you are welcome.

Zhu Zhankan raised a slight arc at the corner of his mouth.

Zhu Zhanji shuddered when he saw this smile, and looked at his second uncle with pity.

"The method is very simple, there are two, confiscation of property! Salt and iron!"

Chapter 25 No kidding, if you don't want to confiscate the property, then reform the salt law

This kid is pitting me!

This idea popped up in Zhu Gaoxu's mind instantly.

His face was like a kaleidoscope, and it quickly became gloomy.

"Sixth nephew, if you don't want to help your uncle, just say it directly, why bother to beat around the bush and pity people."

Salt law, ironware, which one of them is something that the King of Han dares to do!

Let's not talk about ironware. If the King of Han can master the production and forging of ironware, he is equivalent to having the power to rebel.

As for the salt policy, it is even a big pit!

The salt law has not changed at all for decades since Emperor Taizu began to implement the Kaizhong Law.

This is the ancestral system! How can a small Han king shake the ancestral system?

In order to show the orthodoxy of his inheritance, Zhu Di did not change many ancestral systems, let alone change them.

Not to mention the confiscation of property, how many houses would he have to confiscate to be able to collect a full two million taels of silver!

The prince was not too excited, and he still trusted his son who made millions of taels of silver.

The prince comforted the King of Han and said, "Second brother, don't be anxious, listen to Zhankan."

"Zhankan, don't keep me in suspense, tell your second uncle quickly."

Zhu Zhankan smiled and said, "My meaning is very clear, just these few methods. If it is easy to make a lot of money in a short time, then someone else would have made the money long ago, how could it be the turn of my second uncle."

Hearing this, the King of Han fell silent, it is true!

If you want to make a lot of money in a short time, you must pay a price.

He must have made some special contributions!

As a vassal king, he wants to compete for the position of the crown prince, which is like trying to pull chestnuts from the fire, unless he gives up his unrealistic dreams and becomes a vassal king.

But he is unwilling to give up the opportunity to seize the position of the crown prince.

Going to the fiefdom to be a vassal king, life and death are controlled by others.

He is unwilling!

But if he wants to do something that pleases the old man, he needs money!

Now he has to offend court officials to make money. His foundation is not strong, and he has to offend a group of court officials.

Does he still have a chance to win people's hearts?

There is no way, the most urgent thing is to please the old man.