I'm really not doing business

Chapter 793: Destroying someone’s financial resources is like killing their parents, but what about destroying someone’s career?

When it is time to cooperate with the performance, one cannot turn a blind eye. Obviously Feng Bao still wanted to continue to be his ancestor, so when the emperor lost his temper, he immediately began to cooperate with the performance.

The ministers followed the formal procedures and regulations to submit their opinions on the policies, which was reasonable and legal behavior. If they were thrown into prison for all these, no one would do things reasonably and legally in the future.

When the emperor's authority was challenged, he needed to express his attitude, which led to the scene where the emperor was angry, Feng Bao advised him, and Zhao Mengyou was eager to try. As long as the news got out, no ministers would dare to bow down at the Huangji Gate.

Ever since the Great Ceremony Controversy, the most important event that the court had to guard against was something like what Yang Tinghe and his son did, where they gathered 229 ministers, shouted "The country has nurtured scholars for a hundred and fifty years, and it is time to die for justice today", and went to the palace to force abdication.

This is not decent at all. It is not decent for the emperor, and it is not decent for the ministers either.

The final result was that the Ming Dynasty was disgraced.

What if Feng Bao just stood by and watched the civil officials suffer without doing anything to stop them?

Your Majesty will definitely take the imperial guards to arrest all these ministers and put them in prison, because Your Majesty is really capable of doing it.

As long as Your Majesty leaves the Tonghe Palace, even Zhang Juzheng will not be able to stop Him.

Zhu Yijun flipped through Yao Guangqi's memorials and studied Sun Shangli's index.

The price increase rate of necessary and non-essential goods is collectively called the Sun Shangli Index, which is the definition given by Yao Guangqi.

It got its name from the observation of Sun Shangli. It is an artificial summary and degree bypass. The degrees are used to measure and reflect the price fluctuations. It aims to judge the economic trends and study economic laws.

This index was used repeatedly. For example, the cost of the previous emperor's mausoleum, including the subsequent additional 100,000 silver, totaled 600,000 silver.

In fifteen years, the price increase rate of affordable goods in Songjiang Prefecture was 7%, while the price increase rate of expensive goods was 50%. However, Yao Guangqi did not confuse these two indexes. In his opinion, these were two completely different worlds.

When most people buy goods, they will first choose affordable goods;

Only a very small number of meat eaters, accounting for less than 10%, will choose expensive products;

If we simply add the two numbers together, the commodity prices in Songjiang Prefecture have increased by 57%. Yao Guangqi once thought of using the proportion of population as the weight and summarizing it into an index.

Based on the weight of the proportion of consumers, the weight of necessary goods is 0.9 and that of non-essential goods is 0.1. The final result is that the price has increased by 11.3%, which is clear at a glance.

But there is a huge problem, that is, the meat eaters who are fewer in number but louder in voice will shout about the bullshit data! The price of goods has obviously increased so much, is the court trying to fool around just to save face? !
The producers, who are more numerous but have a smaller voice, are also full of questions when faced with this index. Have prices really risen by 10%? The prices of rice, grain, oil and other commodities they buy have clearly risen only slightly.

Although we live in Songjiang Prefecture, we are actually living in two completely different worlds. This is the world of commodity economy.

Most importantly, Yao Guangqi believed that the accountants below would fool His Majesty and whitewash the situation. They would use this "statistical charm moment" to deceive the emperor, disrupt his hearing, and interfere with His Majesty's decision-making.

Just like when Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty was alive, eunuchs searched all over the country for wheat with double ears and planted them in Baoqi Palace to fool him; just like when the Emperor of Ming Dynasty paid attention to agricultural production, the magistrate of Daxing County counted the grain output of ten acres of land and reported it to one acre of land, to celebrate this year's bumper harvest.

The three elements of agricultural production are two parts planting, three parts management, and five parts fertilizer. The time span of breeding work is usually measured in ten to twenty years. However, the main fertilizer of the Ming Dynasty, compost, is closely related to the population of the Ming Dynasty, and it will never have an unreasonable leap-forward growth.

Bureaucrats have always been like this. They only need to be accountable to their superiors. If their superiors like something, their subordinates will follow suit even more.

Zhu Yijun thought that what Yao Guangqi said made sense. Similar affordable goods and expensive goods must be distinguished in order to better reflect the overall situation.

"The Kelp King told me that we should pay more attention to the changes in affordable goods, because the majority of the people will choose affordable goods in most cases." Zhu Yijun underlined this sentence with a red pen.

Yao Guangqi's reason was too simple. Only the common people could overthrow the rule of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty did not have a stage for powerful and wealthy people and local gentry to rebel.

This is a cruel reality. Powerful and wealthy people can take away the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and change the court's policies through assassination, poisoning, burning down the palace, drowning, etc., but they cannot rebel.

Zhu Yijun protected himself very well. He even moved into Tonghe Palace. In total, he was able to take care of this place of 80 acres.

"This Paradise Cult." Zhu Yijun looked at Yao Guangqi's memorial and said, "These Japanese compradors have gone too far."

Feng Bao bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, as long as the Japanese transport it to Nagasaki, it will be silver. Japan does not have that much silver to pay, so we can only pay with people."

The compradors and lackeys of Japan also have something to say: The Ming Dynasty has so many goods, and they want everything and want to buy everything. However, they do not have enough silver, so they have to cheat and use the Japanese to pay. If the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty thinks this is immoral, he can subsidize the supply.

It is impossible to provide subsidies, so we can only let the Japanese compradors continue to torment the Japanese.

The prevalence of Paradise in Japan actually caused the Japanese people's already fragile moral values ​​to collapse and disintegrate as a whole.

The process of a person's degeneration is much more comfortable than struggle. Once morality collapses, Japan as a whole will lose its ability to resist religion.

"Li Yashi said that the Ming Dynasty had a high moral disadvantage in the process of colonization. I can only admit that he is right." Zhu Yijun approved Yao Guangqi's memorial.

The spread of the Pure Land Sect in the Ming Dynasty was severely cracked down upon, starting from the source. Any Japanese woman with the word "Ming" burned on her feet and who had Pure Land religious tendencies was sent to Luzon on the grounds that she was not pious enough.

The next morning, the May sun was shining brightly. The court officials of the Ming Dynasty looked at each other in a side hall of the Wenhua Palace.

Your Majesty has sent an imperial edict from Tonghe Palace, saying that Your Majesty wants to sleep in and will not come today. The ministers can do whatever they want.

This made the ministers confused.

This is the first time since the first year of the Wanli reign that Your Majesty has been absent from the court meeting without reason. Will this meeting be held? The resolution formed does not have Your Majesty's approval. Does this mean that the decree has been passed or not?
The emperor's poor performance brought huge administrative decision-making challenges to the court officials.

It’s back, the familiar taste is back! The feeling of the emperor being elusive all day long during the late Jiajing period and the Longqing period is back!

Hai Rui's brows were almost twisted into knots, and he said in fear, "Prime Minister, what should we do?"

"I have a lot of things on hand, waiting for your majesty's approval. What should I do if your majesty is not here?" Wang Guoguang sighed heavily. He was used to efficiency and was really not used to this kind of inefficiency.

The resolution passed by the meeting must be sent to the palace for the seal to be implemented. When does His Majesty seal it? When does the official document circulate downward?
"Don't ask me. I don't know either. If you in the Ministry of Revenue keep your mouth shut, His Majesty will not come. The Grand Tutor thinks it's too slow, and I also think it's too slow. Why don't the Grand Tutor go and find His Majesty?" Zhang Juzheng spread his hands, indicating that he could do nothing to help.

Your Majesty was absent from the regular court without reason. Zhang Juzheng was naturally very clear about your Majesty's intention, and he was not very anxious. It was not a big deal. Your Majesty had been busy for so many years, and it would be great for him to take a break.

The donkey in the mill was scolded so harshly.

In fact, Zhang Juzheng believed that the Wanli Reform had entered a stable period. In fact, the regular court sessions could be held every other day or even every few days, so as to avoid wasting your Majesty's enthusiasm and the difficulty of overcoming the difficulties. It was all about intrigue, and your Majesty would be tired of seeing too much of it.

Wang Guoguang said loudly: "Your Majesty, please go to the Ministry of Revenue. There are so many people in the Ministry of Revenue, and it is impossible not to spread it. This is not a matter of keeping your mouth shut."

Not everyone in the Ministry of Revenue has a big mouth, but as long as one person speaks out, the news will spread. And since Your Majesty has issued an order to the Ministry of Revenue, isn’t it to make the news public?
"Okay, let's discuss it in court first. After the court session, please come with me to Tonghe Palace." Zhang Juzheng thought it over again and again and decided that it would be better for him to come forward himself and give the emperor a way out.

Zhang Juzheng was giving the emperor a way out, allowing him to mess around for a while and do what he needed to do. Xu Jue had already sent a message from the palace yesterday that memorials were still being reviewed normally and would be sent to the cabinet the next day. The administrative system of the Ming Dynasty was still operating efficiently.

The emperor lost his temper, but wasn't it also the emperor giving Zhang Juzheng a reason to lose his temper?
Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and said, "From now on, the civil servant selection law will be piloted in the Ministry of Revenue."

"The Ministry of Revenue has 380 auditing clerks. All clerks will be evaluated on their past accounting efficiency and error frequency. The best 150 will be selected and sent to the Polytechnic Institute for training."

"Three clerks who volunteered to join the Ministry of Revenue will begin the clerk examination from now on. After two years, they will be evaluated as top-level officials and enter the Yilun Hall. I ask Your Majesty to grant them the title of Jinshi in the Enke Examination and allow them to enter the government."

"I will go to Tonghe Palace to invite His Majesty. I must bring something to make His Majesty happy before I can invite His Majesty out. Whoever disagrees will go to Tonghe Palace to invite His Majesty himself."

The reason why Zhang Juzheng lost his temper was not to make things difficult for the Ming bureaucrats. The performance evaluation system and the four assessments were already extremely high pressure. The reason why he lost his temper was to push forward the decree and pilot it in the Ministry of Revenue first, as the Ministry of Revenue was under the greatest audit pressure.

The three clerks who volunteered to join the Ministry of Revenue as auditors gave up their high salaries in the civilian quarters despite their uncertain future. They were loyal, filial, honest, and brave men. Even though their test scores were slightly lower, they were still granted the title of Jinshi in order to pay a huge sum of money for the honor.

This is a competition for talent between the imperial court and the people.

Wang Chonggu pondered for a moment, his face changed and he said, "Prime Minister, your method is a little wrong. Your Majesty is talking about graduates from Kowloon University. Are you sending the clerks directly to the University for training?"

Many of the auditing clerks in the Ministry of Revenue were accountants who knew how to do accounting without any official title. A big reason why they joined the Ministry of Revenue as clerks was that they could no longer make it outside. Not everyone was willing to take the risk of being inspected by the tax inspectors and do accounting for the powerful and wealthy.

This time, a wild chicken really turned into a phoenix.

After they have undergone systematic training at the University Hall, they have gained the title of scholar, and as long as they perform well, they will be able to become an official.

The road to heaven is right under your feet.

"The Ministry of Revenue has an urgent need." Zhang Juzheng narrowed his eyes and whispered, "Wang Ci Fu, it will benefit the country, don't you think so?"

"Yes, yes, you are right!" Wang Chonggu waved his hands repeatedly. This matter was caused by his son, and he didn't dare to say a word.

The quick questions and answers from the Prime Minister and the Second Minister were even a little confusing. The Right Censor-in-Chief Li Youzi asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Is there any difference?"

"Li Zongxian... this is a huge difference." Hai Rui saw that there were still a few court officials with puzzled expressions, so he spoke up, "The Prime Minister allowed clerks to be trained by others, which is considered to be a complete separation of officials and officials. Which government office doesn't have more clerks than officials? Which government office doesn't have officials relying on clerks to do things?"

"The officials of the various government offices had no choice but to agree."

The official is a political official who mainly controls the direction;

Li is also an official, mainly an administrative official, and they are the ones who are responsible for the specific work.

Officials are selected and trained based on merit, admitted to universities, and given special privileges to become Jinshi in the imperial examinations. This is a typical content of the third volume of class theory, which uses the game between different classes to promote government policies.

If the officials object, it means they are cutting off the clerks' path to success. Even if the clerks don't say anything, what will they be thinking in their hearts?

"Enfeoffment Order?" Shen Li suddenly leaned back, raised his head abruptly, looked at Zhang Juzheng in shock and said, "Isn't this the Enfeoffment Order of the officialdom?"

The Enfeoffment Order was to reduce the power of the princes, so that each of the princes had the right to inherit. This greatly reduced the power of the princely palaces, making it impossible for them to work together and pose no threat to the court. Although this method would be opposed by the eldest son, the other brothers who originally could not get the fiefdom would sincerely thank the emperor for his virtue!
If the eldest son wants to oppose a government decree, he must first deal with his brothers.

Now, Zhang Juzheng adapted this tactic and turned it into a system whereby officials were trained in the University, obtained the status of Jinshi, and entered the official career.

If officials want to oppose, they must first completely suppress the clerks' recognition of government orders, their yearning for a career in politics, and their pursuit of progress, so that they can form an effective opposition force.

"Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing his parents. What about cutting off someone's career?" Li Changchun, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with lingering fear.

Li Changchun was a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing, a native of Sichuan. He was promoted to Minister of Rites after Wan Shihe passed away. This was his first time to participate in the court meeting. As soon as he entered the Wenhua Hall, he encountered the emperor's strike, which was the first time in fifteen years.

It was also the first time he understood why everyone was afraid of Zhang Juzheng.

Wang Chonggu, as the leader of the Labour Party and the Shanxi Party, has a dual identity. He is like a coward and can only say yes, yes, yes.

If it were Li Changchun, he would only know how to say "right, right, right".

It will ruin a person's career. He won't have to hold the position anymore. These clerks will mess up everything. If an official gets a bad grade in the exam, he will not only be dismissed but will most likely be imprisoned.

"What do you think?" Zhang Juzheng did not deny it. He looked around and asked, "If you have anything to say, just make it clear in Wenhua Hall. If you quarrel behind closed doors, that is also the business of the sect. When a resolution is reached in the meeting, it will be implemented."

"If you have any opinions, please speak up."

The court officials discovered a terrible thing. In the past, when His Majesty was present, they would argue with Zhang Juzheng until their faces turned red, and it didn't matter if they just called each other by their names. But because His Majesty was present, Zhang Juzheng couldn't take personal revenge because of such a small dispute.

He is the emperor's teacher and he must lead by example and teach by words and deeds. Your Majesty is watching on the platform!
But now, the emperor is not on the platform, how can you oppose Zhang Juzheng? If you speak carelessly and offend Zhang Juzheng, who can you go to for justice if Zhang Juzheng really punishes you?
Your Majesty is Zhang Juzheng's student. In terms of closeness, Zhang Juzheng is closer to Your Majesty!
"I have no objection. I think it is more important to invite His Majesty back!" Wang Chonggu expressed his attitude very clearly. Other things are not important at all. What is important is to invite the emperor back to the throne and suppress Zhang Juzheng.

Without His Majesty in charge, the ministers felt a little panicked.

"Then let's do it." Zhang Juzheng looked around again and saw no one objected, so he passed the issue of civil servant training to the meeting and made a resolution.

The court meeting on the seventh day of May seemed to take an exceptionally long time for all the court officials because everyone was more cautious. But in fact, the meeting was extremely efficient because Zhang Juzheng did most of the talking and others did not dare to refute.

By the time the court discussion was over, the court officials clearly realized that it was your Majesty's wisdom that suppressed Zhang Juzheng's authority.

"Wang Ci Fu, please invite His Majesty back quickly. This court meeting is making me nervous." After leaving the court, Lu Guangzu grabbed Wang Chonggu and said, "We can't do this. The weather in May is colder than the coldest month of winter."

During the court meeting, Lu Guangzu wanted to speak several times, but ultimately did not dare to. Without the emperor's suppression, Zhang Juzheng was somewhat terrifying.

This wise official acted like a traitor. Rebels fight to the death with their heads on their belts. The court meeting in the emperor's absence had a lot of this kind of atmosphere.

Wang Chonggu said with some emotion: "It's easy for people to be like this. Once you get used to it, you will take it for granted. But people only realize how hard it is to take things for granted when they lose them."

"I'm going to Tonghe Palace."

"Wang Ci Fu must invite His Majesty back." Lu Guangzu solemnly requested again. Since he became Lord Ming, Lu Guangzu has never been so frightened.

Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu took a small train emitting white smoke from Wenhua Hall to Tonghe Palace. A quarter of an hour later, the train stopped steadily.

Although he had taken this train many times, Zhang Juzheng still felt magical every time he took it. Every time the whistle blew, it seemed to be saying that the Wanli Reform would surely succeed under the premise of great progress in productivity.

Productivity drives changes in production relations, and changes in production relations in turn feed into the development of productivity. Zhang Juzheng's confidence in the future of the Ming Dynasty has never been as firm as it is now.

"You two, please go back. His Majesty is not seeing guests today. He is in the harem accompanying his children." Feng Bao stopped the two ministers and shook his head and said, "Except for reviewing the troops and horses, His Majesty will not see ministers today."

Feng Bao's meaning was very clear. Apart from military matters, nothing else would be discussed. Unless the Ming army suffered a major defeat in Korea, the emperor would rest today.

Your Majesty is very busy and has no time to spend with the children. Today is a rare chance for him to rest.

"We obey your order." Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu looked at each other and had to bow towards the imperial study. They stared at each other for a while and had no choice but to leave.

The whistle sounded and the train started moving. The carriage was relatively quiet, with only the noise of the crankshaft pulling the wheels forward and the midday sun shining into the carriage.

Wang Chonggu stared out the window blankly and said, "Yuan Fu, what do you think we should do about this?"

Zhang Juzheng frowned and said, "What should I do? How can I know what to do!"

"Of the Kowloon University Hall, only the Polytechnic Institute of the Imperial University Hall has been built, and the others have not started construction yet. I think it's a bit too hasty, but the system can't be formulated after all the schools are built, otherwise how can we recruit students?"

"No one mentioned in the memorial that the scope of the special imperial examinations could be expanded. Could it be that General Hai suggested this to Your Majesty?"

Wang Chonggu looked calm as usual, still looking out the window. He did not dare to tell Zhang Juzheng that all this was the advice his son gave to His Majesty.

"Wang Ci Fu proposed it?" Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu were old rivals. He could see that something was wrong with Wang Chonggu. Both of them were no longer at the age where their emotions would be clearly shown on their faces, so nothing could be seen on the surface.

There was nothing wrong with Wang Chonggu's performance, but Zhang Juzheng felt Wang Chonggu's nervousness and the atmosphere was a little off.

"The Prime Minister has a high opinion of me. I can only oversee major construction projects. How could I have such a big idea?" Wang Chonggu shook his head. It was indeed not his idea. It was Wang Qian who talked nonsense in front of the emperor and made slanderous remarks.

The train stopped in front of Wenyuan Pavilion. Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu walked into Wenhua Hall. Shen Li and Wang Guoguang looked at the clock in the corner. Judging from the time, they were sure that they had not seen the Emperor.

"Didn't see it?" Wang Guoguang said in surprise.

Wang Chonggu sighed and said, "No."

"How can I come back without seeing him?" Shen Li's mouth twitched and he said dully.

"Why don't you go?" Wang Chonggu said unhappily. Even the imperial tutor Zhang Juzheng couldn't see him, so he, Shen Li, couldn't see him either.

Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, there are only two people whom Your Majesty completely trusts, Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang. He cannot even see Zhang Juzheng, and Shen Li would be turned away if he went there.

While the foreign ministers were feeling uneasy, Zhu Yijun did not go anywhere else, but took Zhu Changzhi to play, just for fun, playing Cuju.

Ever since Zhu Changzhi started studying at the imperial court, the life of the six-year-old Zhu Changzhi has been full. Today, the emperor is on rest, and Zhu Changzhi finally has some free time to have fun all day.

Zhu Changzhi was finally tired from running. He leaned back in his chair, looked at the blue sky, and asked blankly, "Dad, Dr. Xing Yunlu told me that the moon is a ball, and so are Venus, Venus, Venus, Mars, Mars, and Saturn. The earth is the same as them, a very big ball, and they are all planets that revolve around the sun."

"Dad, do you think there are people on the moon? Are there people on the stars like gold, wood, water, fire and earth? They are just like the people in the West, living very far away."

Zhu Yijun smiled and asked, "What did Dr. Xing tell you?"

Zhu Changzhi stared at the sky with his eyes wide open and said, "Dr. Xing told me that he doesn't know if there are any, but he thinks that probably no one lives there. Some are too far from the sun, and some are too close. If they are too far away, it's too cold, and if they are too close, it's too hot, and people can't survive."

"Dad doesn't know if there is anyone up there either. Zhi'er has grown up, so you can figure it out yourself." Zhu Yijun touched Zhu Changzhi's head and said, "But I don't think there is."

"Dad, I heard from the scholar at the lecture that General Hai is always catching bad guys, that is, corrupt officials. But it seems that there are endless bad guys to catch, and there are so many every year. Why is it so?" Zhu Changzhi asked curiously.

"What did the scholar say?" Zhu Yijun asked.

"The Grand Secretary said that if you don't cultivate yourself and your morals, your desires will be insatiable. You will seek fame and wealth, and they will naturally come one after another." Zhu Changzhi clenched his fists and said forcefully, "When I grow up, I will definitely catch all the bad guys!"

"The purpose of Hai Zongxian's anti-corruption campaign is not to catch all corrupt officials." Zhu Yijun said absentmindedly, "How can we catch all corrupt officials? People are like this. If they have a little power, they will want to cash it in."

"Why keep catching them if we can't catch them all?" Zhu Changzhi is already six years old. He has gradually understood the special nature of his identity and the heavy responsibility of the country and the people.

He went to the academy alone, with hundreds of people waiting on him to study, but even in the Imperial Academy and the University, one teacher taught dozens of students. He could see the difference.

Moreover, his father, who was like a mountain, was hardly seen all day long. He was either in the court or in the Beijing camp.

"Fighting corruption means raising the cost of corruption and curbing the scale of corruption among Ming officials." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Changzhi's expression of complete confusion, thought for a moment and said, "Mother didn't allow you to eat sugar cubes, and even beat you with a stick for it."

"Are you still eating secretly, but not so blatantly, or so many times?"

"No! I didn't eat it secretly." Zhu Changzhi immediately stood up and waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that he had not eaten it. However, seeing his father's increasingly stern eyes, he whispered, "I only ate a little bit."

Wang Yaozhuo, who was standing nearby with a smile on his face, immediately changed his expression, rolled up his sleeves, and said sternly: "Great! Zhu Changzhi, you have grown up and dared to steal sugar cubes! Look at how many worms have been found on your teeth! At such a young age, you already know how to force the palace maid to give you sugar cubes!"

Zhu Yijun quickly extended his hand and said, "My dear, don't be angry. It's courage to admit your mistakes. Our Zhi'er is very brave. It's okay to eat two candies. It's okay. He hasn't changed his teeth yet. It will be fine once he changes his teeth."

"Just spoil him, Emperor! His mother spoils him, and you spoil him too. In the end, he will become a lawless person!" Wang Yaozhuo said angrily.

Zhu Yijun quickly put on a stern face and said to Zhu Changzhi: "Zhi'er, don't eat secretly in the future. Tell your mother that you must rinse your mouth immediately after eating sugar cubes and brush your teeth on time every day. Do you understand?"

"Got it." Zhu Changzhi nodded repeatedly and hid behind his father, sticking out his tongue slightly at Wang Yaozhuo.

"If you act weird and provoke your mother again, she will punish us as well!" Zhu Yijun pulled Zhu Changzhi in front of him and said with a smile, "Go and play."

Zhu Changzhi went out to play Cuju again. There were also children in the palace who played with Zhu Changzhi. There were ten descendants of the Honored Guards and ten eunuchs, a total of twenty people who practiced with Zhu Changzhi and accompanied him as he grew up.

Wang Yaozhuo sat next to Zhu Yijun and asked with some concern: "Did the matter in the outer court make my husband angry again?"

"I guess so. The government order has been blocked. But getting things done is not that easy. Don't worry." Zhu Yijun gave Wang Yaozhuo a reassuring smile and said, "It's okay. Just do it little by little and you will be able to finish it. Nothing is difficult in the world if you are determined."

(End of this chapter)