In the spring of the 18th year of Chongzhen's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the drought that had lasted for many years had been alleviated since last summer. In the spring of this year, the vast northern land of the Ming Dynasty ushered in several precious spring rains. Not only Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan,

The thirsty land in the five direct provinces of Shandong and North Zhili has been moisturized. Even the grassland outside the mouth, which has always been dry, has been watered by several spring rains. It is only February in spring, and the grassland is already green, with white sheep and fat cattle.

, happily munching on this delicious young grass.

On the official road east of Daigentara Palace in Shinshu Prefecture, a rather large group of carriages and horses were walking. Hundreds of luxurious four-wheeled carriages with high-end bubble glass windows produced in Shanghai, and three to four hundred vehicles

Carts carrying goods, one after another, marched on the official road paved with stone. On both sides of the convoy, there was a row of plate-armored cavalry with one person and two horses. They looked quite capable and guarded the convoy. The front of the convoy and

In the rear, there were cavalrymen who led the way and rear, also one person and two horses, all forming a battalion column. At the end of the team, there was a cavalry artillery company in a marching formation, pulling 6 3-pound cannons, following closely

With the convoy.

At the front of the cavalry team were dozens of knights wearing yellow hoods, both men and women, all riding tall and handsome horses. These knights were all clustered around a tall, muscular man.

, this man is none other than Zhu Youjian, the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the Great Khan of Mongolia, Chongzhen Emperor.

This supreme emperor seems to be in a very happy mood now, because he is now blessed with double happiness!

The first joy is of course the success of the disaster! The five northern provinces, as well as the five large and small governor-general regions including Northeast China, Yanning, Xuanda, Sanbian, and Anxi, had widespread snowfall last winter, and the rainfall this spring is not too little. Look.

Come to Chongzhen for eighteen years and you will have a good harvest!

The second joy is that Nizi has completed the fundraising task of 130 million taels ahead of schedule. In the memorial sent to Beijing half a month ago, Nizi not only reported the good news of the successful fundraising, but also proposed a package bidding

Those who make big purchasing plans will not only make money, but they will spend their money in smarter ways!

According to Nizi's method, what he bought in was real money, and what he spent was a string of numbers on his account! Whenever he wanted to bid for Nizi's large orders, he had to open a deposit and checking account at the Salt Bank and accept transfers.

method of payment.

If anyone doesn’t believe in the Salt Bank, then don’t participate in the bidding. You will miss the opportunity to become bigger and stronger. And as long as you win the bid from the court, you can immediately obtain the corresponding loan amount from the Salt Bank. This loan

The annual interest rate of the quota is only 8 cents! Why is the money so “cheap” and where can I find it?

Of course, it is not only the profiteers below who want to accept this method of transfer, but also the Ming Dynasty. The traitor wants to start a pilot project and implement bill tax settlement on the ground in five provinces including Sanjiang and Lianghuai. Starting from the autumn tax of the 18th year

, the big taxpayers in Sanjiang and Lianghuai don’t need to pay any cash or in kind. There is no compromise or waste in directly issuing a check to the designated payee, and there is only a check from the Salt Bank!

And there is no need to worry about the corruption of the tax collectors below (bribery is still possible), because the payee with the designated payee on the check is the special household tax account of a certain government! The tax collectors below will pretend to collect more if they want.

If you don't put it into your own pocket, it will be useless even if you steal the check back, because the payee account has been marked on the check, which cannot be changed. So it doesn't matter if the check is lost, you just need to cancel the lost check and issue another one.

Just a new one will do.

The traitor's ability to manage finances is superb!

So Zhu Youjian happily approved Zhu Cixang's memorial, and asked the cabinet to send a minister of the Ministry of Hubu, a minister of the Ministry of War, and a minister of the Ministry of Industry, along with some middle- and lower-level officials from the Third Ministry of Military Affairs and Industry, to Yangzhou to assist the traitor.

Things that involve spending money on bidding and procurement are the most likely to go wrong, so letting the villain keep an eye on them is the most reassuring thing.

Because the whole world will be treacherous in the future, and treacherous people will not mess around with bidding and procurement issues. Moreover, treasonous people are the best in the world in making money, so why do they need to make money on this matter? What is the Salt Bank?

Quan Daming, who owns 55% of the shares and is the traitor, is now the richest. How can he still care about those small amounts of money?

With a traitor in the southeast helping to collect and spend money, Zhu Youjian can concentrate on fighting wars and enjoying the life of an emperor. Good times are coming.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian had a proud smile on his face. Then he glanced at the two people walking on horseback to his left.

The one on horseback escorting Zhu Youjian to the left is Zhu Cixuan, who is only 16 years old this year. He is already a tall and strong young man! Although his ability to attract money is definitely not as good as that of Nizi, his ability to fight with soldiers is probably better than Nizi's.

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The person riding on Zhu Youjian's right side is Concubine Wu Liangha. Because she has been riding horses, archery, and practicing martial arts for a long time, this woman who is over 40 years old is still very tight, and her figure is almost the same as when she was in her twenties.

There are only many traces of time left on her face. But this does not affect Zhu Youjian's love for her, nor will it affect the future of her sons, especially Zhu Cixuan, the eldest son she gave birth to for Zhu Youjian.

This time Zhu Youjian led half of the harem to Daigentala Palace in Xinzhou Prefecture, just to inspect the Xunzhuang of Xinwang Zhu Cixuan, and at the same time make arrangements for Zhu Cixuan's "kingdom".

Zhu Cixuan's "country" is a big deal, because he is not going to the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but to the Mongolian country that is on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty.

He is said to be a "state", but he is actually serving as a supervisory state.

The reason for this arrangement is that the Khan succession system of the Great Mongolia is different from that of the Ming Dynasty. The Great Mongolia now implements the electoral khan system because Zhu Youjian does not have the blood of the Golden Family. He is the son-in-law of the Golden Family. Through

The Great Khan was elected at the Kulitai Conference. Therefore, his legal authority came from the election of the khan, and the election of the khan could not be changed to a hereditary one.

However, he did not want to let the throne of Khan return to the hands of the Golden Family again after he conquered Bintian. Therefore, he had to arrange for Zhu Cixuan to go to Mongolia early to cultivate power and establish prestige.

Arranging Zhu Cixuan to serve as the supervisor of the Great Mongolia was the first step to support him.

After Zhu Cixuan successfully took over the supervision of the Great Mongolia, Zhu Youjian would also support him in building Helin Mansion as the most virtuous place in the Great Mongolia.

After the Helin Mansion was built, Zhu Cixuan still needed to use a "eldest son's Western Expedition" to prove his military capabilities.

With the victory of the "Eldest Son's Western Expedition", Zhu Cixuan could establish his prestige and win the support of most Mongolian heads of thousands households at the future Kuritai Conference.

At that time, Zhu Youjian will convene the Kuritai Conference in advance. He will first resign as the Mongolian Great Khan, then push Zhu Cixuan to the throne of the Mongolian Great Khan, and then slowly straighten out the relationship between the Southern Emperor and the Northern Khan. In this way, Zhu Youjian

The prosecutor does not have to worry about Zhu Cixuan and Zhu Cixuan fighting after his death.

Thinking of this, he coughed, and then said: "Concubine, the second brother, the boss has already raised money for you to raise the country and establish the Helin Mansion. After that, he will also have to pay for the expenses of the Western Expedition for you two."

To raise money. So you two go back and write him a letter to express your gratitude, and then choose a beautiful woman from the Golden Family to send it to him."

"You can save it," Zhu Cixuan replied, "I will write to my elder brother when I get to Daigentala. As for women"

As he spoke, he glanced at Wu Liangha again. Wu Liangha said: "Let the woman be chosen from among the ten thousand households in Chahar. Long Live Lord, Cixuan's wife should also be chosen from ten thousand households in Chahar and Tumo."

Choose from tens of thousands of households.”

Zhu Cixiang waved his hand and said: "It is better to use the method of selecting concubines through examinations. Let all the thousands and thousands of households controlled by the Golden Family come to Daigentala Palace to take the examination together!" He paused and said, "Give it to me too."
Chapter completed!