Real wealth is not boiled in flames and filled with flowers, but in the steady flow of water.

This is something that many people don’t understand, just like people without wisdom don’t understand immortality. The pursuit of extreme wealth and honor often leads to failure and falls into the trap of “its prosperity is as strong as its demise”.

China has a long enough history.

It is enough to tell later generations what true wealth is. For example, the bloodline left by the ancient holy kings, all the way to the feudal aristocracy formed by the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, can be said to have a long history, right?

These nobles have gone through the prefecture and county system of the Qin Dynasty and have not disappeared. They have become aristocratic families. When they reached their maximum development, they became the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes of the Jin Dynasty.

Perhaps, at that time, people would think that such wealth could last forever.

Until... the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

The whole world is like a chopping block, chopped into pieces, without any thought of dignity or inferiority. Quoting a sentence from "Book of the Later Tang Dynasty" can be summarized: arrogant soldiers will chase their commanders, and strong commanders will rebel.

A vassal town rebels against the emperor, a general rebels against a military envoy, a battalion general rebels against a general, a thousand generals rebel against a camp general, a hundred generals rebel against a thousand generals, a few generals rebel against a hundred generals, a small soldier rebels against a corps leader

opposite……

Those were real troubled times, and those who had soldiers were the grass-headed kings.

Everyone in the world is ambitious to climb up the ladder. It doesn’t matter how famous or noble you are. If you are threatened, you will be destroyed. It doesn’t matter whether you accept it or not.

that's all.

The wealthy families of the past were almost completely shattered during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. What was left to the later Zhou Dynasty, oh no, to the Song Dynasty was actually an excellent era.

It is precisely because the clans and clans are gone that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats can rule the world together.

However, the Song Dynasty failed to live up to expectations.

Of course, those are other problems. The key is that after experiencing the troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, people know that the path of aristocratic families is not safe, and wealth cannot be passed on for a long time.

In addition, after Mongolia went south, the mainland of China sank, and the Ming Dynasty restored China.

Every reshuffle in the troubled times has left those aristocratic families in pieces. After the changes in the world, what is left now? A closer look shows that there are only two families.

South Zhang and North Kong.

Therefore, people with vision will understand that it turns out that the real wealth is in the South and the North...

Wang Yuanzhi expressed his feelings, and Zhang Zhixiang was deeply shocked by his courage. He felt that the rich people in the previous life were too low compared to businessmen like the Wang family.

No, is it possible that the Wang family are businessmen, and those rich people... are just compradors?

After all, Mr. Wang said: You think too highly of them. What do they know about capitalism? The most they can do is regress back to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society. Capitalism accumulates assets by invading and plundering other countries. Who do they dare to invade?

The invasion is caused by Amitabha.

And these businessmen in the Ming Dynasty seem to be somewhat different from the capitalists...

"Uncle Wang is so righteous!"

Zhang Zhixiang saluted Wang Yuanzhi. No matter what Wang Yuanzhi's purpose was, he was indeed doing good things that benefited the country and the people. There was no need for Zhang Zhixiang to push away his friends because of such things as "impure intentions."

The gentleman said that unite all forces that can be united...

Wang Yuanzhi smiled, but he still had one sentence he didn't say. As Wang Yangming's friend for many years, Wang Yuanzhi didn't know that only by cultivating one's conscience can one cultivate one's conscience.

His own motives are not pure, and it is impossible for him to "create peace for all eternity and make the world a commonwealth."

Only people like Zhang Zhixiang can do this.

"Let's talk about Dengwen Drum."

"Without the suppression of the Guan Gong statue, the Dengwen Drum will continue to appear, and there must be grievances behind it. Cui Wen will use this to put pressure on the Nanjing court, and even force Nanjing to destroy the Dengwen Drum through the fear created by the Dengwen Drum.

It’s really a complete attack.”

"But here in Nanjing, Yang Ting and that old fox will not give up."

"I'm afraid he will use his power to fight against you. If you say you have a grievance, then complain about it. Soon, the Nanjing Criminal Department will send a letter asking for a thorough investigation of the case and bring peace to the people of the world."

"At this time, who is the best person to point your grievances at..."

Zhang Zhixiang was shocked: "Cui Wen? Are they going to beat him up?"

Wang Yuanzhi shook his head and said: "Cui Wen is just a 'miner' who resigned and returned to his hometown. He is now a hidden player in the world. Although he is the most important of Jiajing's many chess pieces in Jiangnan, he lacks sufficient influence.

force."

"The best target for grievances should be - the clan."

"After all, our Banzai Lord is the vassal king. For the sake of legitimacy, he has held great ceremonial discussions and attacked the clan in recent years. This is the best way to force Jiajing. Dengwengu can even be used to borrow the name of Taizu, thus

Overthrowing the Great Ceremony and turning Jiajing into a puppet."

"After three years of Jiajing retirement and return to his hometown, our chief minister is actually holding back his anger."

Wang Yuanzhi knew very well the grievances between Jiajing and Yang Tinghe.

I also understand that this chief minister who has been in power for twelve years feels aggrieved by hunting geese all day long only to have the geese peck his eyes. Jiajing was his hand-picked puppet, but he was driven away from the center by the puppet, even if he took the initiative to retreat.

In order to advance, this is still a humiliation for Yang Tinghe.

He must be washed.

"Then we checked the files today, and it looks like we want to supervise the Yingtianfu Yamen's handling of the case. Wouldn't it be Yang Tinghe's help then?" Zhang Zhixiang reacted immediately.

My heart felt a little cold.

Yang Ting and Backhand let them be used by him. Now that he has woken up, it is hard to withdraw, otherwise it will arouse suspicion...

"It doesn't matter."

"Misfortune lies on the back of blessing, and blessing lies on the back of misfortune."

"It is not an opportunity for Yang Tinghe to take action against the clan. The clan of the Ming Dynasty is indeed a bit weak..."

In the eighth year of Jiajing in the future, the population of the clan was 8,203. Now, in the sixth year of Jiajing, there are 8,000 people in the clan, according to the ancestral system established by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Starting from the prince, the eldest son is hereditary, and the remaining children are demoted and enfeoffed.

They are, in order, the prince, the county prince, the general of the state, the general of the auxiliary state, the general of Fengguo, the lieutenant of the state, the lieutenant of the auxiliary state, and the lieutenant of Fengguo.

Even the lowest-ranking Lieutenant of Fengguo, regardless of the land he held when he was ennobled, could receive 200 shi of grain as salary every year. The imperial court spent at least 4 million shi of grain on supplying the clan every year.

It should be noted that the land tax in the first year of Jiajing was only 25 million dan in kind...

Counting the land that the clan needs to grant, the clan accounts for 20% of the financial expenditure. This is still the situation in the sixth year of Jiajing. By the end of the Ming Dynasty... it will be simply miserable.

There are problems with the clan law set by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Those clans don’t have to do anything, they just have to work hard to have babies. If they give birth to millions of people, no matter how huge the empire is, it can bring down...

Therefore, the clan issue must be resolved.
Chapter completed!