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Chapter 5 The DPRK

The morning court ordered Emperor Wanli to be drowsy, and Chen Mu went out of class to ask for a report to give the young emperor a shot of stimulant.

He had never met Chen Mu, but this did not prevent Wanli from speculating about a young figure with a heroic and extremely high-ranking official position among the court troupes such as Zhang Juzheng, Wang Guoguang, and Tan Lun.

Wanli has been waiting for Chen Mu to leave the class to ask for a report, because that is the protagonist of today's court meeting.

It is not only the emperor who has the same thoughts, but Chen Mu's request has different meanings in the eyes of different people.

"Since the late emperor opened the sea ban and granted ministers from the South China Sea to fully manage foreign affairs, it has agreed to transfer one million taels of silver to the country every year. It has been four years since the late emperor was exhausted to rule the country and saved money. Therefore, he decided to make a charter for the first time to go overseas, which was to invest three parts in the Marine Merchant Hesheng. In four years, he transferred 800,000 taels of silver to the inner treasury for the royal family to use. In addition, according to the agreement, he transferred one million taels of silver to the Ministry of Revenue every year. Since the Luzon incident, all incomes have increased. From the first year of Wanli, the Beijing transportation increased to two million taels, and in four years, a total of six million taels of silver to the Ministry of Revenue."

"I have not let down the trust of the late emperor. Every year in the future, the Nanyang Military Office will also escort 2.2 million taels of silver to Beijing."

"For four years, the king of Luzon, the eastern king of Sulu, the western king, the king of Dong, the king of Ryukyu, the general of the Bharati, the king of Java, the king of Ace, the king of Cham, the king of Siam, the king of lion and other countries have entered the capital to pay tribute; Spanish envoys went to Nanjing to sign a treaty, the king of Annan pleaded guilty and surrendered, the rebellion of the Three Propaganda and Six Comforts was quelled, the pirates of foreign foreign countries have turned evil and returned to justice, the Ming merchant ships went west to Malacca to India, and went east to Japan, purchasing rare materials to bring back, and promoting commercial production in the middle school..."

Yes, that's what it feels!

The little emperor Wanli gritted his teeth gently, and his little hand in the sun and moon robe gently hammered the dragon throne. This is how Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Shizhen gave him the feeling of class. When explaining things outside the Ming Dynasty, regardless of whether it is the most obsessed with cleanliness or the young mechanics unit, whenever they talk about these, their way of speaking changes, their words are easy to understand and they do not pay attention to neat parallelism.

Although those words are often spoken by Zhang Juzheng, he knew that the real teacher was someone else, who was talking about the ministers of Southeast Asia outside the court!

Only he can write such textbooks!

"I……"

Usually, the emperor will not interrupt the matter when the ministers in the court report the matter. They have to wait until he finishes talking. However, this time, Wanli broke the example and asked after interrupting: "I have read the accounts of the Nanyang Military Palace. It is a strange thing to record 2.3 million taels in the first year, and the next year, 2.7 million taels in the next year. This is because when the war with the Western Barbarians, the goods on the ship took two years to be sold. There are so many goods on their ships? They can't sell them in two years?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, it is not the case. It is a Spanish royal merchant ship. They call the Manila Sailing Ship. They travel a year, from Manila to Mexico City in Amelica, and they want to sell it to Western merchants. A ship of goods is worth one million taels. If sold into the country, they can only sell one million taels, but if sold to Portuguese, they can sell more than one.6 million taels of silver. I only have silver. In the first year of Portuguese, there is not so much silver for Australian merchants, so I can only wait for them to prepare enough silver for the next year before buying it."

Chen Mu said this very slowly. He was waiting, waiting for the foolish officials who were unreasonable to jump out and scold him, asking him where the remaining flowers were left besides handing over the 1.2 million yuan in the court, and whether he had enough money to swallow it.

Unfortunately, no court officials are fools. First of all, the Nanyang Military Office is not controlled. Instead of criticizing this, it is better to scold him for hiding armor and weapons. Besides, people know where the Yinhua is, it is not a secret, and the Nanyang Military Office has no secrets.

Emperor Wanli nodded in a vague way, and his impression of the stupid and expensive people in his heart. He suddenly increased his favor with the foreigners who had fought in his early years. Then he frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Yes, I want to ask you, how was the implementation of the Four Sects in Southeast Asia? Can you see the results?"

The so-called Nanyang Sant Investment is exactly where Chen Mu spent money. The full name is "Nanyang Military Palace Production, Technology, People's Livelihood, Talent Investment Plan". The name was Chen Mu and the memorial was drafted by Gao Gong. In order to explain clearly where Chen Mu spent all the money, there could no longer be a situation like "800,000 taels of Chen Shuai's misappropriation".

Chen Mu really didn't expect that Emperor Wanli would be interested in this at a young age. His thing was actually written by Gao Gong for court officials, and he didn't expect Wanli to understand it.

"When you go back to your Majesty, the so-called four investments refer to investment in production, investment in technology, investment in people's livelihood, and investment talents. Because our Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, most of them are temporarily limited to Guangdong, and they pay attention to the special use of funds. Investment in production and delivery to the Guangdong-Guangdong Administration Department, which is used to encourage merchants to increase production, farmers to increase grain production, and craftsmen to create new tools, with 200,000 taels per year."

"Invest in technology and deliver new ordnances and new equipment to the Ministry of Industry, 50,000 taels per year; invest in people's livelihood, repairs and daily supplies of the Liaoze Garden, Yangji Academy and Huimin Pharmacy Bureau in various places, which is nationwide, 200,000 to 400,000 taels per year; investors are used to establish social schools in various places, give some meat to teachers, fund orphans, poor young students to go to school, and innovate tactics and equipment in the North and South Military Academy, and plan to join the funding of the Nanzhi Lecture Academy."

"The main purpose is two. One is to better technology and more production, which can give Daming more advantages in overseas business. Another domestic production requires six cents of silver for one piece of cloth, and I only have five cents of silver for one piece of cloth. It is better than him. I still have to make money. People from other countries only buy mine. Buy cotton from them and sell cloth. One in and out, it is a win-win situation. Daming won twice."

"The second is to quell the rebellion and eliminate the worries of civil war."

When Chen Mu said the win-win situation, the court officials were not moved and still listened quietly. Some people were drowsy, and the impact overseas on Beijing was still too weak. As the best ministers of the empire, they could certainly understand what Chen Mu was saying, but no one cared... The overseas affairs were too far away, and the country was like a hungry bird, waiting for Chen Mu, the big bird that went out to hunt, came back to feed.

What's more, the so-called "Chen Xue" was only popular among the chief assistant Zhang Juzheng, the second assistant Lu Diaoyang, the minister of the Ministry of War Tan Lun, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue Wang Guoguang and the Emperor Wanli.

Others don't understand.

But when he said the second purpose was to quell the rebellion and avoid the worries of war, the court suddenly became noisy.

"Um?"

Zhang Juzheng turned around and glanced at the court officials with a quiet gaze. Wherever the gaze went, there was no sound. When the court officials were quiet, he bowed out and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Shuai has made great contributions. Please leave him in the palace to solve his doubts for Your Majesty after the court meeting. The court meeting must continue. Please ask other ministers who have any matters to discuss, Chen Shuai?"

After Zhang Juzheng said that, Chen Mu bowed to the emperor and returned to the court. Emperor Wanli was still unwilling to do so, but he could only let the court continue.

If Chen Mu continues to talk, all the civil and military officials in the court have to stand with him for three days and three nights. The emperor has such a strong desire for knowledge, can he finish speaking in three days and three nights?

The middle-aged god felt that the matter of having a banquet with the Five Departments and Departments was probably going to be pushed back.

The most important thing is that Zhang Ju is involved in regulations, and although Chen Mu's actions are for the country and the people, they are not in compliance with regulations. However, this person still raises his own rules and should not be demolished.

But this is enough for the unruly troublemaker, and no one can learn it anymore.
Chapter completed!
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