The businessmen in Wuchang City have been very difficult these days.

After the Ming army conquered Wuchang, they posted notices everywhere in the city, encouraging the people to report the Qing soldiers hiding in the city.

These merchants had a close relationship with the Qing army and the Governor's Office. They were worried that they would be implicated and dragged their heads to the Ming army, so they got together to discuss countermeasures.

They are all fat, and the worst one is more than 100,000 taels, and the richest man in Wuchang is even richer than the country.

The richer a person is, the more afraid he is to lose money.

After a while, they should find a reason to give Mingjun money to protect themselves.

Who in the world can not love money?

The Ming army is naturally no exception.

What's more, the Ming army's attack on Huguang consumed a lot, and they urgently needed money to recruit soldiers and horses.

But it is not easy to find a suitable reason.

We must be reasonable and let the Ming army accept it calmly, but we cannot let the Ming army feel that they are too rich to get them to death.

It's hard, it's really hard.

"Mr. He, you are the oldest, why don't you say a few words?"

A young man in his thirties said in a harmonious voice.

"Ahem."

He Changfeng cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "He never expected this change of ownership in Wuchang. But since this is already like this, we must work hard to deal with it."

After a moment of pause, He Changfeng continued: "Now the Ming Dynasty emperor is in the city. If we want to save ourselves, we must talk to the Ming Dynasty emperor."

Everyone started talking.

"Old He, why do you have to talk to the emperor? Isn't others good? For example, the general in the Ming army. Isn't that Li Dingguo quite powerful?"

He Changfeng shook his head and said, "It is not enough to communicate with the people below. Li Dingguo cannot represent the Ming Dynasty court. If we don't take action, we must talk to the Ming Dynasty emperor once we take action."

He Changfeng's attitude was very firm. In his opinion, only by getting the emperor's promise to their money and lives can they be guaranteed.

"Then how do we contribute money? Just help the army?"

"This reason is not good, it's too stiff."

"Build a palace for the emperor?"

He Changfeng frowned and said, "This is even more unreliable. Aren't you putting the emperor on fire? Now in a chaotic world, the king of a country should take it as his responsibility to restore the country. At this time, spending a lot of money to build a palace will make the military and civilians complain? "

This is something that only a foolish monarch who seeks enjoyment can do.

Not to mention the distance, just say the nearest.

When Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne in Nanjing, the Ming Dynasty still had half of the country.

But Emperor Hongguang was completely unintentional to political affairs and devoted himself to playing and pursuing men and women.

It is said that Emperor Hongguang also likes young girls and plays with countless women in good family.

As a result, the Qing army went south and almost fought several places to Zhenjiang. Emperor Hongguang was still looking for fun in the palace.

He did not flee in a hurry until the Qing army reached Nanjing.

Of course, it was inevitable that the traitor would be presented to the Qing army.

Later, Emperor Hongguang was escorted to Beijing by the Qing army, ending his absurd life.

Therefore, for emperors born in troubled times, the most important thing is to be able to stabilize their positions and expand their territory as much as possible.

As for building palaces, there is no need to consider whether it is men and women.

When the world is restored, there will be opportunities to rule the world.

So they must not give money to Emperor Yongli on the grounds of building a palace.

Otherwise, the emperor would not only not be grateful to them, but would also think that they were deliberately insulting them and punishing them for being disrespectful.

"I see, I might as well say that."

He Changfeng lowered his voice and said, and everyone in the venue said that this reason was good.

"It's worthy of being Mr. He, and he really has a good understanding!"

There is an old man in the family who has a treasure, and it is true that He Changfeng gave them the answer.

"Do it just by saying it!"

"Your Majesty is time to have a meal."

As the eunuch who is close to the eunuch, Han Miao is responsible for Zhu Youlang's daily life, food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The emperor likes light food, so Han Miao ordered people to make some fried vegetables, which is really delicious with fragrant rice.

"Your Majesty, I will give you some of it."

Although the emperor likes to eat very much, he must use some of them according to the customization.

First, it is to ensure that the emperor will not get sick easily due to partial eating.

Traditional Chinese medicine says that qi is weak and weak. Even if the emperor is surrounded by the qi of a true dragon, it is impossible to violate this rule.

Secondly, it is to prevent people who are unjust to take advantage of the characteristics of the emperor's preference for a certain dish to poison.

Although there will be eunuchs who will try the poison before the emperor eats.

But if you don’t be afraid of ten thousand in everything, just be afraid of something. The emperor carries the rise and fall of the world and must not try to be in danger.

Zhu Youlang was a little uncomfortable at the beginning.

After all, he could eat whatever he wanted in his later generations, and he could only order a takeaway with his fingers, and delicious food could be delivered to his mouth.

Even if you want to have a midnight snack in the middle of the night, you can easily get it with a trembling hand.

But after coming to the Ming Dynasty, he discovered that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty had a complete system for meals.

Even the emperor cannot overcome this system.

“The fried shredded potatoes tastes a little more.”

Since planting potatoes, Zhu Youlang must order potatoes for every meal.

Although the emperor cannot order the same dish every time, the way to cook potatoes can be changed.

shredded potatoes, sliced ​​potatoes, mashed potatoes, cubes

This can also be considered a different kind of dish.

"I have written it down."

"By the way, your majesty, local merchants in Wuchang want to jointly donate a sum of money to build a prefecture, promote culture and education."

"oh?"

Zhu Youlang was eating with great pleasure, and when he heard the news, he became interested.

Wuchang merchants are famous for being rich. Zhu Youlang had long wanted to make a fuss, but he never thought that these people were so sensible that they would take the initiative to donate money.

The reason they donated money was very interesting, it was to promote culture and education.

“How much are they going to donate?”

"One million taels."

Zhu Youlang was still surprised when he heard this number even though he was prepared.

These Wuchang merchants are so rich, they are really a group of fat sheep.

In fact, promoting culture and education is just a saying. Zhu Youlang must have the final say on how to use this money.

"All the money has been sent to me, how can I not accept it?"

Zhu Youlang smiled and said, "You go and arrange it, and I want to meet these loyal and patriotic businessmen."

Zhu Youlang is indeed short of money now.

The expense of raising an army was greater than he thought, and Zhu Youlang wanted to expand the army against the Hu Ben army, so he had to work harder to make money.

At this joint, the Wuchang businessman took the initiative to raise one million taels of silver, which was considered to solve Zhu Youlang's urgent need.

Although Zhu Youlang is the emperor, he still has to express his opinions.

Therefore, Zhu Youlang decided to meet these merchants.

What businessmen lack the most is their status.

After Zhu Youlang met them, they bragged in front of their relatives and friends.
Chapter completed!