Chapter 1694: My Emperor Shengming
"Long live my emperor after seeing Your Majesty."
This young owner is very excited.
Suleiman smiled: "Thank you for your hard work this time. It doesn't mean that you will be here from Beijing. It takes half a year to arrive. Why does your family arrive in only four months?"
"It's urgent, I'll report it to the emperor." The young master said.
Seeing him in vain, Suleiman knew something must have happened.
At this time, the young master looked around and showed a nervous look.
Suleiman looked up at the court officials and scholars who were attending the stewards and the people, and smiled: "They are all my confidants. I trust them as much as my own brothers. You don't have to doubt it, but say something."
The court officials and scholars on the side were all dressed in Lunzi Confucian shirts. After hearing these words, although they did not show any expression on their faces, they could not help but show gratitude deep in their eyes.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was no money worth it, but Ottoman came, but he received such courtesy. They could feel Suleiman's sincere care for them. Whether it was a technique of ruling the emperor or Suleiman's sincerity, in their minds, the Holy Lord should be like this.
The young master coughed and said, "The Emperor of Ming Dynasty gave Fang family a piece of land, just under the feet of the emperor, a land of ten miles within a radius of ten miles, although it was small, but it broke the convention."
Suleiman still smiled: "I know this."
Almost every few days, someone from the Ming Dynasty came to report on what happened in the Ming Dynasty. Suleiman knew about this ten days ago. Because of this, he knew the entire Ming Dynasty very well.
The young master said: "But the problem is that after the order was made, Fang Jifan immediately began to build projects. In the fief, he wanted to invest millions of silver and build countless mansions. Your Majesty, Fang Jifan's move was obviously... targeted. Not only that, the grass-roots also found out that Xishan seemed to hope to use these projects to raise the price of land, and then... sell the mansions... to pay military expenses."
all of a sudden……
Suleiman's face sank slightly.
He was not nervous about selling land in the past, after all...every day, the news sent the most is the news of Fang's selling land. Today is the Fang's family taking advantage of the railway construction to sell land. Tomorrow, the Fang family developed the southeast of the new city to sell land. The next day, Tianjin Pacific will set up a port, which is close to the port, and it will sell land. After that... the Fang family is no longer satisfied with building railways and selling land, but with a planning drawing, they can even sell land and mansions.
But what happened later made Suleiman alert.
To provide military expenses!
The Ming Dynasty has begun to establish a standing army.
This is obviously like the Ottoman guards. Suleiman had long seen the corruption of the guards, so he was quite wary of the standing army.
Of course, he also knew that the biggest obstacle to the Ming Dynasty setting up a standing army was that their treasury could not support it. Now... Fang Jifan actually hoped to assist the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to raise military funds by developing the Fang family's fiefdom.
Su Laiman narrowed his eyes, stroked the desk, and said with great vigilance: "The new Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is so happy to be successful. Although he has the atmosphere of Emperor Yang of Sui, he built railways everywhere, expanded his military equipment, and showed off his power, but these are not affordable by the Ming court. But Fang Jifan... If he could raise military funds for the Ming court, the Ming Dynasty's permanent army would inevitably continue to expand. I have seen their firearms, and even though I asked you to get the smelting drawings, I secretly invited some craftsmen to come, but it would be difficult to completely imitate them. If they now add military horses and hold firearms, it will sooner or later be a big concern for my Qin Dynasty. I want to rule the world, and be the sage inside and the king outside, how can this hungry tiger sleep soundly under my bed? Do you think Fang Jifan can succeed in this way?"
The scholars and courtiers whispered.
They knew Fang Jifan, even Zhu Houzhao, and even the entire Ming Dynasty.
In the Ottoman Hanlin Academy, hundreds of bachelors have been constantly studying Fang Jifan's tricks. Not to mention that Fang Jifan started to take a house and unload the tiles at the age of five, it has long been analyzed clearly when he peeked at someone to take a bath and how to sell a house.
After talking, one person stood up and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I think it is impossible to sell high prices by investing large-scale silver. I know that there is some distance from the new city. The most important thing is that there is a lot of idle land here. Once such a huge amount of land is launched into the market, how can strange goods be lived in? Fang Jifan... obviously was thinking about money and was crazy about money. Previously, the school, theater, and medical school were all for selling houses, but this time he wanted to use the same trick again, but he was afraid..."
Others nodded one after another.
The Fang family’s routine of selling houses is no longer a secret. Based on their understanding of the capital, this is absolutely impossible.
Suleiman seemed uneasy, but all the students were talking about it, so he looked at the young master: "What do you think of Desheng Business?"
"Your Majesty, when the grass-roots came, my father once told me that it was the land he had visited in person. The investment in Xishan was a big deal and the cost was amazing, but Chenzhuang... was indeed not very valuable. My father had privately asked the people in the capital, and they were not interested in Chenzhuang at all. Even if the Ming Dynasty built another palace in Chenzhuang, no one would buy it. It can be seen that... Fang Jifan used his old tricks again and it was extremely difficult to succeed."
"That's great." Suleiman smiled and finally let go of his vigilance.
He could understand Fang Jifan's feelings.
After all, if you taste the sweetness of selling houses by a person, you will inevitably want to continue selling. After all, you will always be happy to sell.
It was no surprise that Xishan used this as a means of making money.
But Fang Jifan was blinded by interests and wanted to do so, but if he succeeded once, it did not mean that he could succeed for the second time.
Suleiman thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, you still need to be careful. If there is any progress, report it immediately."
At this moment... someone said, "Your Majesty, I have a word."
The one who spoke...is the great scholar Li Zheng.
Li Zheng's name was well-known in the Ming Dynasty. Now he has entered Ottoman and has received preferential treatment from Suleiman.
Suleiman glanced at him and said gently: "What do you have to say sir?"
Lee Zhengdao: "Your Majesty, Xishan wants to develop Chenzhuang. What if you find that you can't recover the cost in the middle of the journey?"
Suleiman was stunned.
Li Zhengdao: "At that time, the Western Mountains must cut off their arm, take back the gold and silver that had flowed in, and stop the loss in time. Your Majesty can tell that the Western Mountains are rich enough to compete with the country. If the losses are stopped in time, they will naturally not hurt the Western Mountains. But if..."
Li Zheng showed a meaningful expression and continued: "What if His Majesty regards the development of Chenzhuang as Emperor Yang of Sui to build the Grand Canal?"
Suleiman seemed to have awakened: "The Qing family will continue to talk."
Li Zhengdao: "Then... only the Xishan Mountain continues to invest gold and silver into Chenzhuang and invest in a useless project, which... will be of great benefit to Your Majesty in the future. Therefore, my suggestion is that whether it is successful or not, Your Majesty cannot sit idly by and do something. Since this Chenzhuang is difficult to succeed, then... What Your Majesty should do is to let Fang Jifan see the hope of success and continue to invest."
Suleiman's eyes lit up and said, "How can we make Xishan continue to invest?"
"This matter is easy." Li Zheng was interested in Suleiman's face turned red.
To be honest, when he came to Ottoman, he had been treated with Suleiman. Not to mention the mansion, even a few concubines were prepared. He always felt guilty. Now... it was finally time for himself to show off.
Li Zheng said: "We also have a lot of business and wealth in the Ming Dynasty. Even the caravans stationed in the capital are quite impressive. Your Majesty might as well take advantage of the situation and send people to buy a batch of mansions. Seeing this, Fang Jifan felt that there was great potential and would be more confident. In this way, the development of Chenzhuang would have to continue to increase greatly. When other merchants and scholars saw this, they were inevitably bewitched and went to Chenzhuang to buy property."
"In this way, won't this encourage Chenzhuang's development and make it successful?"
"But a large amount of land and mansions are in the hands of Your Majesty." Suleiman said: "Do you remember how Fang Jifan used the seeds of tulips to squeeze the wealth of Franji people? As long as the land and mansions in His Majesty have enough, his wealth will increase greatly. When the time is necessary, His Majesty will sell them all. How can Xishan make the land price plummet? He must try his best to stabilize the market. At that time... His Majesty crazily absorbs their gold and silver and squeeze them dry."
Suleiman said in surprise: "Sir, you are a great talent. I have always known that you are proficient in classical knowledge. I never expected that you are proficient in economics."
Li Zheng looked gloomy and stroked his beard: "Your Majesty, you are not talented, but... I just know a little about the "Wu Guo Fu". This Wealth of Country seems to be brilliant, but in fact it is just a skill of chickens and dogs stealing. It is hard to be as elegant as the kingly way as Your Majesty. However, it is enough to deal with such evil villains as Fang Jifan."
Suleiman was moved.
This move... can greatly weaken the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, the Ottomans can also make huge profits.
He also needs a lot of gold and silver to carry out his reforms, so Suleiman was silent for a moment: "Then, sir, please go back to the Ming Dynasty to be responsible for this matter. I ordered sir to be the imperial envoy. I should fund the gold and silver required to be used by me, and the straits that I use for me can also be controlled by sir."
The Confucian scholars were immediately in an uproar.
His Majesty the Emperor does not doubt the use of people, but does not doubt it, and he actually... has such great trust in a foreign minister.
It's worth it to be able to serve such a emperor.
Not like the dog emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
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Thanks to Uncle Cai for his reward of 60,000 yuan.
Thank you to Xiao imi for becoming the new leader of this book.
Chapter completed!