I'm really not doing business

Chapter 887: State Affairs Are Never a Trifle

Ye Xianggao also boarded the ship with the emperor. As one of the compilers of Wanli's daily records, he now had time to read Lin Fucheng's memorial, because he didn't know which ship the emperor would board, nor did he need to know. Once he got off the ship, the eunuchs would naturally lead him there.

He was reading Lin Fucheng's memorial without sleep or food. What Yin Zongxin gave to His Majesty was just a general outline, while Lin Fucheng's research was tens of thousands of words long. For Ye Xianggao, this was an area he had never touched before.

Lin Fucheng proposed that efficiency should come first and profit should be secondary. The loss of some profits will not cause the industry to transfer, but once the efficiency is lost, it will transfer.

This is a general outline, and Lin Fucheng also focused on analyzing industrial clusters and the reasons why industries cluster in certain places.

There are five factors that determine the clustering of this industry here: resources, population, investment, research and market.

According to Daming’s current traffic conditions and productivity level, the impact weights are arranged in order.

Resources must be prioritized because even the cheapest shipping is very expensive. Only some lucrative goods will still be profitable after paying high shipping costs.

If an area with fewer resources is chosen, the cost of the industry will increase rapidly along with the distance of the raw materials. Except for the Shanghai Machinery Factory in Songjiang Prefecture, all the Daming Machinery Factories are located next to coal and mines.

In addition to lower profits due to increased costs, efficiency will also decrease, because the greater the distance, the greater the possibility of accidents, and the stability of raw materials and industries will be greatly affected.

Population is the second factor, and labor gives value. However, in the current production model, which is mainly based on manual workshops and supplemented by mechanical workshops, lack of population means lack of labor, and lack of labor means lack of the ability to give value, which in turn affects production efficiency.

The third is investment. As Your Majesty said, Xuzhou has natural endowments and industrial craftsmen. There will be a machinery factory sooner or later, but no one can tell when. Investment is extremely important, and investment is also driven by efficiency rather than profit.

According to Lin Fucheng's observations in Jiangnan and Nanyang, investors can afford to "trade at a loss", provided that huge investment can stimulate efficiency, occupy a sufficient market and expect long-term profits.

Research is the cultivation of talents, and people are the foundation of everything. Once talent cultivation falls behind, efficiency will drop rapidly relative to competitors. The speed of improvement of production tools, production relations, and production methods will be reduced due to insufficient talent cultivation, and efficiency will be reduced.

Research is the fourth factor.

Finally, there is the market.

If we follow the old idea that profit comes first, the market should be the most important. However, according to Lin Fucheng's point of view, the market is only one of the five factors that constitute an industrial cluster, and it is the last one because the market can be cultivated.

There is a town called Tongrui in Luzon. It is located in the southwest corner of Luzon, far away from the main shipping channel and has inconvenient transportation. When Lin Fucheng first arrived, it was still a small fishing village.

When he returned to Luzon from Coconut Sea City on Java Island, Tongrui Town had become popular because of the copper mine, and various commodities arrived soon after.

Tongrui in Luzon was a fishing village in the past. It became a town because of the mines and merchants came here naturally. It is said in the Book of Zhou: "The land is divided into sections and the market is run; the shops are set up to identify the goods and the market is stable." It is indeed like this.

"According to his point of view, the Ming Dynasty should be the world's largest market, because the Ming Dynasty has an unparalleled population advantage, the largest number of local sages and gentry, and a stable politics. The reason why the West is the world's largest market right now is entirely due to insufficient cultivation of domestic demand."

"The biggest obstacles here are: lack of money, and secondly distribution." Ye Xianggao carefully took notes of the colloquial language. In order to prevent ambiguity, he did not use classical Chinese to annotate, but colloquial language and sentences.

Lin Fucheng's original words were: "Our dynasty is rich in goods and people, how can it be inferior to the West? The currency system is not well-developed, just like blood vessels are blocked; the distribution is disordered, just like meridians are blocked. In the past, Emperor Wen abolished the order to counterfeit coins, and the coins were rotten and the grain was left; now Wanli has reformed, and the market is booming.

If we can dredge the springs and level the fields, then all goods from all over the world will come to us without being summoned.

With the huge body of the Ming Dynasty, if it wanted to unclog the purse strings, that is, solve the problem of money shortage, the only option was the Ming treasure notes with gold narratives. No amount of brass or silver could satisfy the appetite of the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Fucheng did not discuss distribution in depth, because the second volume of Zhang Juzheng's Class Theory talks about distribution, which is a cliché topic.

From the perspective of industrial competition, Lin Fucheng talked about the struggle between countries. Industrial competition is national competition.

In Lin Fucheng's view, countries are bound to fight because of three factors.

The first factor is that the state must take survival as its top priority. The ruling class must maintain the existence of their own country, and the most important reliance is military guarantee. Otherwise, when dynasties change and the barbarians march south, the ruling class will inevitably decline.

The second factor is that people’s hearts are hidden, and you can never know the true intentions of other countries. In the struggle between each other, you have to prepare for the worst and do your best in the struggle;

The third factor is that in the current Age of Discovery, there is a lack of an authoritative will that is above all countries. Once contradictions and conflicts occur, there is a lack of effective forces and means to intervene.

The Guochao is a force that is above all collectives in the Guochao, so it can regulate conflicts and exercise regulatory capabilities, that is, exercise power.

However, the world lacks such an authoritative will, which makes it extremely difficult to regulate and intervene in conflicts.

Moreover, Lin Fucheng also stated categorically that in the foreseeable future, there would be no such will, not even the Ming Dynasty could do it.

Because no matter what we do, economic war, trade war, talent war, etc., the final result is a military war, and at the end of the military war, it must be the ground armed forces that advance, and everything else is an auxiliary means.

If ground armed forces cannot advance, effective rule cannot be achieved.

The ocean, as a huge body of water, has become the biggest obstacle to the deployment of ground armed forces.

Even with the strength of the Ming Dynasty's Beijing Camp, they still had no way to deal with Incheon. They had to break through the Seoul defense line from the land, causing the Incheon Seoul defense line to completely collapse. Only then could the navy land in Incheon and, together with the Beijing Camp, drive the Japanese pirates back to Chungju.

The huge obstacle that the ocean poses to the deployment of ground armed forces can be traced back to history. For example, Kublai Khan's conquest of Japan and Philip II's attack on England were both fraught with difficulties.

Based on the above three factors, a world-class hegemon will not be born, and the world pattern will mainly take the form of regional hegemons. Lin Fucheng put forward the proposition that regional hegemony is sovereignty.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to maintain its regional hegemony, it had to concentrate its industrial clusters within the range of its military capabilities.

Of course, Lin Fucheng also said that the political development of countries around the world is different. In most countries, making decisions is like children playing house. The Ming Dynasty is already an old country with a history of 5,000 years. We should not pay too much attention to the childish things in the politically immature environment.

The Ming Dynasty really can't afford to lose that person.

"It is true that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Lin Fucheng was able to say this after he arrived at Coconut Sea City, Old Port, and the Strait of Malacca and saw the competition between them. What's more, what he said makes a lot of sense. At present, with my knowledge and cognition, I cannot refute it." Ye Xianggao studied the entire memorial of Lin Fucheng and said sincerely.

In particular, Ye Xianggao could never have imagined that the world would be struggling mainly for regional hegemony.

Of course, Ye Xianggao also agreed with Lin Fucheng's comment that the politics of other countries were a child's play. When he wrote the emperor's daily notes, he felt that Lin Fucheng was too polite. It was not a child's play at all, but clearly they were all insects.

For Baiyin's sake, Your Majesty did not curse, which is the greatest respect for Baiyin.

Ye Xianggao suddenly had an idea and started to search in the bookcase. He found all the daily records and began to search quickly. He searched for a full quarter of an hour before he said in surprise, "Found it!"

"The leader of the Great Light Cult came before the Emperor and told him about the sun not setting. The Emperor said:"

"It is not the way of the common ruler of the world. To be the ruler of the four seas is a dangerous path. To be militaristic and waste the lives of the people, and to bear the moral responsibility of the world, is not the way of a sage king."

"If you want to dominate the world, you must spend all the money in the country to repair armor and weapons, send the royal army to show your power in all directions, and use deception to eliminate dissidents. Such actions are actually contrary to the teachings of the Ming Dynasty on propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame."

"The silver brought in by the maritime trade is all earned through the blood and sweat of our people; the silver from overseas is all earned through the hard work and skill of our people, who use it to make goods."

"If you use the blood and sweat of the people to show off your military prowess, this is not the responsibility of a herdsman, but an act against heaven."

"Things that the Ming Dynasty allows are like sailing with the current; things that the Ming Dynasty prohibits are like sailing against the current. This is the way of the Ming Dynasty. For example, when Philip II wanted to annex Portugal, the Ming Dynasty did not allow it, so the Portuguese were helped to defend their territory. Now Portugal wants to be a port for Ming Dynasty's trade, and I agree to it, then the matter will be easy to accomplish."

"Yes, that's the part!" (Chapter 558)
Ye Xianggao was extremely excited. This was the emperor's complete answer when His Majesty met with the Grand Patriarch Marion of the Church of Great Light to discuss the affairs of the British Empire.

"Your Majesty is truly wise." Ye Xianggao said sincerely after reading the daily records.

Long before Lin Fucheng mentioned the dominance of global division of labor efficiency, the five factors of industrial clusters, the three reasons for the struggle among countries in the world, and the argument that only regional hegemons would be born due to the difficulties in deploying ground armed forces due to ocean obstacles.

Your Majesty already has your own unique understanding of international competition!

Being the world's hegemon is a trap.

Ye Xianggao was quite excited because Your Majesty was truly wise. As long as Your Majesty was wise, the Wanli Reform could continue.

On this diary, there are also Wan Shihe's handwritten comments. Wan Shihe wrote four words: wise, wise and naturally gifted. These four words were also Zhang Juzheng's evaluation of Your Majesty in the Wenhua Hall after the lecture.

In Ye Xianggao's opinion, Wan Shihe's evaluation was very pertinent. Wan Shihe was not a flatterer at all!
While Ye Xianggao was studying Lin Fucheng's "Five Pivots on the Rise and Fall of Craftsmen", the Ming Emperor had already arrived at the Nanhu Villa Palace.

The Nanhu Palace is located on the bank of Mochou Lake outside Nanjing City. The Ming Emperor built this palace when he made his first southern tour, and he lived in private houses at other times.

Later, in order to welcome the emperor to continue his southern tour, government offices in various places successively built the New Palace in Taoshan Station in Jinan Prefecture, the Xuzhou Palace, the Yangzhou Slender West Lake Palace, and so on.

The weather was not very good, with mist and rain everywhere, and a team of carriages drove to the shore of Mochou Lake. Except for maintenance once every six months, no one was allowed to enter or leave the Mochou Lake Palace. Soon Zhang Hong led the palace servants to start cleaning.

The Tiqi were searching for possible hidden dangers as if they were digging deep into the ground.

The huge seal boat was still floating on the Yangtze River. Everyone thought that the emperor was on the seal boat, but they didn't know that the emperor had already stayed in the temporary palace. Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang were the few people in the outer court who knew the emperor's exact location.

It was not until the next day when the boat docked that Wang Xiyuan, the governor of Yingtian, Luo Bingliang, the commander of the Southern Court, Chen Lin, the general of the Songjiang Navy, Zhang Cheng, the admiral of the Navy, Zhang Jin, the eunuch of the Southern Court weaving factory, Xu Bangrui, the Duke of Wei, and Xu Weizhi, who were there to welcome the emperor, learned that the emperor was not on board and that the officials of the Southern Court had received the emperor's order.

The emperor rested for three days and asked the Southern Court to prepare for the public trial. Fifty-six powerful and wealthy families who made a living by trafficking in Ming Dynasty men were executed.

The emperor would then stay in the Southern Court for two months, and only after completing the Southern Court's tribute selection case would he continue to travel south.

"Jiangnan is great, it's really great. My breathing has become smoother." Wang Chonggu, the second assistant of the cabinet, was in a very good mood as he looked at the scenery of Mochou Lake. It was because of his special status that he could only die in office, otherwise he really wanted to retire and stay in Jiangnan.

Zhang Juzheng said nothing, just reading memorials and posting notes.

Wang Chonggu relied on his old age and did no work. He put a sign saying "follow the advice of the prime minister" on every matter, pretending that he had no opinion.

"I've heard about what happened in the palace, and you must have known it too." Wang Chonggu saw that Zhang Juzheng had finally finished posting the floating tickets and talked about something he had heard. There is no wall that is impenetrable, and the Majesty did not deliberately issue an order to keep what happened in the Slender West Lake Palace secret, so it slowly spread.

Zhang Juzheng did not deny it, and said with certainty: "I knew it that day. The king is selfless. Your Majesty has no family affairs, only state affairs."

Of course the Cabinet must know about this, because if Concubine Ran Shu really allowed to return north, the two princes would probably not live long. The outer court would naturally want to know about this huge change in the palace.

The king is selfless, and the country depends on the emperor alone. "Don't you think... I mean... oh, what I mean is, it's totally unnecessary. She's your Majesty's bedmate. You don't need to use the methods of governing officials to govern the harem. I think Queen Wang is the mother of the country, and she handles things in a moderate way." Wang Chonggu expressed his opinion.

Wang Chonggu felt that Your Majesty was not handling the matter as well as Queen Wang.

Since the emperor told Zhang Juzheng, he was also telling the outer court that the cabinet had to have an attitude towards this matter, even if it was ambiguous.

Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is actually a very affectionate person. At that time, Tan Lun was seriously ill and unconscious, and Your Majesty would ask about his condition every day. It has become like this today, which is inevitable because of the importance of the country and the people."

Your Majesty is a very benevolent monarch. Zhang Juzheng maintains this attitude no matter who opposes him.

Before conflicts become so intense that they cannot be reconciled, Your Majesty is willing to negotiate and offer extremely good conditions. The rules are also very clear. You can do it once, twice, but not three times. Of course, when it is time to take action, Your Majesty will not hesitate.

However, long-term political struggles have turned Your Majesty into this state, and it is the state affairs that are weighing on your shoulders.

Blame Concubine Ran Shu for having such thoughts? Every concubine in the palace would have such thoughts;
Blame the emperor for being extreme? Anyone who sat in that position and experienced seventeen years of complex and cruel struggles would become like that.

If the court officials had been a little more respectful and had avoided such rebellious cases as the tribute selection case, Your Majesty would not have been so extreme.

Zhang Juzheng actually understood the emperor. At the critical moment of selecting the tribute case, the emperor became suspicious of Concubine Ran Shufei.

The palace has never been airtight. Cases such as Wang Jinglong breaking into the Qianqing Palace, the burning of the central axis of the imperial palace, the Xishan attack, the Renhe fire, etc., made the emperor suspicious.

The assassination of the king and the emperor has never stopped. Concubine Ran Shu has made up her mind. What if she wants to help the outer court...

"If you want to blame someone, blame it on the fact that when Your Majesty ascended the throne, the situation of the Ming Dynasty was in a precarious situation. Alas." Wang Chonggu sighed heavily when he heard Zhang Juzheng say this.

In the early years of the Wanli period, the ruler was young and the country was in chaos. The world was in danger. The emperor became like this, and it was only because the Ming Dynasty was deteriorating.

Your Majesty has gradually become a cold and ruthless political machine. This is certainly a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, but it is a great misfortune for Your Majesty personally and those around him.

Your Majesty is a cold machine that has made decisions for the past seventeen years. It is not threatened by external factors and is not influenced by any so-called public opinion internally. It is emotionless and is a game output machine that pursues the long-term and maximization of the national interests of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng said thankfully, "But it's not too bad. The Queen can still be persuaded. There's no need to worry too much."

Wang Chonggu said no more. He put a floating note on Zhang Juzheng's memorial. In fact, all the cabinet ministers knew tacitly that there was a question that could not be answered.

That is, now that Queen Wang is still alive, she can naturally be persuaded. But what if Queen Wang is no longer around?

Only God knows.

On May 23, the 17th year of the Wanli reign, Zhu Yijun arrived at the Mochou Lake Palace in the Southern Court and began to prepare for the public trial in the Southern Court.

Zhang Cheng was the person in charge of this tribute-selection case. He brought all the files into the palace and began to present them to His Majesty one by one. The more he presented, the lower Zhang Cheng's voice became. It was not because he did a bad job, but because His Majesty's expression became increasingly cold.

"So, I have greatly underestimated the scale of this tribute selection case." Zhu Yijun saw Zhang Cheng's nervousness, restrained some of his anger, and asked.

Zhang Cheng bowed his head and said, "From the case files, the scale is much larger than the court imagined. The same is true in Jiangxi, Huguang, Zhejiang, parts of Fujian, and Guangzhou. The rebels listed the names of the families who surrendered. Anyone on the list will have their studies blocked."

"It's not just limited to Jiangzuo and Jiangyou in the Southern Court."

"Your Majesty, I have another matter. I have asked the Ministry of Rites for help. The officials in the Ministry of Rites did not dare to report it to me, so they asked me for help."

The case files show that a group of wealthy families in Shanxi were also involved in the rebellious party in the early years of the Wanli period.

At that time, Wang Chonggu rebelled against the Jin Party and used the power of the Jin Party to gain the emperor's favor. Many people in the Jin Party joined the ranks of the rebel party.

But soon, the Jin Party ran away, because the Jin Party's foundation was the Shanxi merchants, who were only interested in profit.

The emperor's Yanxinglou distributed real dividends, and real gold and silver were sent home. This group of Jin party members gave the emperor 10 million silver coins as a life-saving payment, and it would take three years to get their money back. However, the profit-seeking Jin merchants, after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, defected and ran to Wang Chonggu's door to kowtow.

Among this group of wealthy businessmen, there are more than sixty families on the list of investors.

The profit-seeking Shanxi merchants were very frightened. They felt that they had not completely escaped this huge political turmoil. Now the Shanxi merchants were active in the capital, trying to see if they could gain power through bribery and give His Majesty some silver to buy his life.

This time, the Shanxi merchants chose to invest in the Dinghai school system.

The Ministry of Rites did not dare to accept this huge sum of money, and did not even dare to ask His Majesty's opinion. It would be better to ask the opinions of the nine clans first before being easily involved in such a case.

The Shanxi merchants were also active in Nanjing, hoping that Zhang Cheng would let them go. Zhang Cheng dared not fool His Majesty on such an important matter, so he explained the situation truthfully.

"When did it happen?" Zhu Yijun asked calmly.

Zhang Cheng found the case file, presented it to the emperor and said, "From the fifth to the seventh year of Wanli, the Jin people left. It was all because of these rebels. They didn't really accept the Jin people and didn't even accept their visiting cards. The Jin people saw that they were getting bored, so they left."

Zhu Yijun tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a moment and said, "At that time, the future of Wanli's reform was uncertain, and the people of Jin had suffered a lot of grievances from Wang Ci Fu. They have stopped at the brink of the cliff and turned back. If they don't rebel again, there is no need to pursue them."

There are quite a few who choose to jump ship. Since they are not unrepentant, there is no need to hunt them down excessively.

"I think the silver should still be collected." Zhang Cheng gave his own opinion. He said with certainty: "People must pay the price for their actions. Even if they turn back after straying, the rebellion is already determined."

"Without any investigation or cost, they will continue to do this, and others will do the same if they see it."

"That makes sense. How much?" Zhu Yijun nodded, agreeing with Zhang Cheng's opinion. Everyone has to pay for their own mistakes, Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Concubine Ran Shufei, and Emperor Zhu Yijun are no exception.

"Ten million silver coins." Zhang Cheng bowed his head and said, "Sixty-six families mortgaged all their Nanyang plantations and raised ten million silver coins."

"The Shanxi merchants also have plantations in Southeast Asia?" Zhu Yijun was greatly surprised. The Shanxi merchants were really profit-driven and would be found wherever there was money to be made.

"This is all thanks to the wealth of Your Majesty's Yanxinglou Trading House. Otherwise, it would be difficult for Shanxi merchants deep inland to make a profit from opening up the sea." Zhang Cheng was also surprised at first, but after learning the details, he knew the whole story.

It became natural for Shanxi merchants to become the home of investment and donation.

The money obtained by the rebels was either used for opium, human trafficking, or private trade. Shanxi merchants have suffered so many beatings and know very well how cruel Your Majesty is. It would be strange if they did not run away when they see this kind of business.

"Before his death, Lin Qing confessed that the 280 academies in Jiangxi also had the phenomenon of selecting tribute students from the Southern Court. The Chief of the Imperial Guards, Luo Bingliang, sent the Imperial Guards to investigate openly and secretly and found clues. However, the situation in Jiangxi is very complicated, so let Chief of the Imperial Guards tell the story." Zhang Cheng was not the person who investigated the situation in the academies in Jiangxi, so he asked Luo Bingliang to tell the story.

Luo Bingliang bowed his head, stood up straight, and took out the geomancy map. The Jiangxi geomancy map marked the locations of 280 academies. Luo Bingliang pointed his finger at Jiujiang Prefecture and said, "The powerful and wealthy people in Jiangxi have raised the threshold for admission. Take the White Deer Cave Academy as an example."

"If you want to enroll in Bailudong Academy, you must first register as a resident of Jiujiang Prefecture. Those who refuse to register or move their permanent residence will not be accepted. Secondly, you must buy property, that is, a stable residence near the academy. It is said that academic study is the most important thing. "

"The area around the academy is only for sale and not for rent. If you want to buy one, a middle-class family will be broke and still cannot afford it."

"If you don't have money, it's okay. You can borrow money. These powerful and wealthy people have money houses in front of the 280 academies in Jiangxi. As long as you are willing to put everything you have on the line, you can borrow money."

"And most of these powerful and wealthy people are the owners behind the houses outside the academy. Even if a few people control them, they may be able to collect the money with huge profits. In this way, relying on the academy, they can make a fortune out of nothing."

"But I have checked these 280 Jiangxi academies and found no list of families that submitted their contributions to the Southern Court."

As Lin Qing said, similar phenomena do exist in Jiangxi academies, but the main purpose of major academies in Jiangxi is still to make money.

The tuition fees could no longer satisfy them, so they developed a business model of fixed residence that prioritized their studies and borrowing money to earn interest.

"If there is no list of so-called surrendered families, they are naturally not a rebel party." Zhu Yijun first characterized the situation in Jiangxi.

Luo Bingliang frowned and said, "When I was visiting, I found something strange. All colleges have dormitories. If a student is really good at studying and ranks among the top in the entrance examination, he can be exempted from tuition and live in the college. Even food and clothing are provided by the college."

“The only requirement is citizenship.”

Zhu Yijun was stunned. After thinking for a while, he said, "These colleges rely on this method to become famous, and then use their reputation to make money? And continue to attract outstanding students to join them and continue to build their reputation?"

"If you plant a paulownia tree, the phoenix will naturally come. Your Majesty is wise." Luo Bingliang said with his head bowed.

It really opened his eyes to see that Jiangxi had run the school business so successfully.

Provide all possible help to outstanding students so that they can gain fame for the college after they graduate from high school. Then use this fame to attract rich but not smart students to make money.

Luo Bingliang added: "Perhaps in the past, these colleges in Jiangxi were indeed academic cliques, and without an introduction, one could not get in. But from the tenth year of Wanli, starting with the White Deer Cave Academy, it became like this."

Luo Bingliang's investigation shows that before the tenth year of Wanli, the thresholds for admission to these academies were indeed frighteningly high. Admission to the Bai Lu Dong Academy required the recommendation of at least three respected and famous scholars. However, in the past seven years, the business model has completely changed.

Academies are not out of touch with the world. Under the leadership of Bai Lu Dong Academy, this new way of making profits was soon fully implemented in Jiangxi.

Zhu Yijun highly approved of this transformation. For the Ming Dynasty, which was ashamed to talk about profit, it took great courage for such a teaching and educating college to transform into a profit-making direction. It was no wonder that the rebel party headed by Lin Qing disliked the college in Jiangxi.

The behavior of Jiangxi University cannot be regarded as surrender, but it can also be seen as a betrayal of Confucianism and noble morality.

Zhu Yijun asked: "Then my last question is, have they paid taxes? Since it is already a profitable academy, if they don't pay taxes, let the Taxation Bureau collect the arrears."

"I paid it." Luo Bingliang's mouth twitched, feeling a little helpless. All taxes were paid legally, and the origins and destinations of every payment were clear.

These academies are also well aware that treating teaching and educating as a business is likely to be criticized. If they are caught evading taxes, they will be condemned by everyone and will probably be doomed.

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said, "Hiss, he is willing to pay taxes honestly, and he knows the taboos of the Ming Dynasty very well. It is better to check it again."

"I obey your order." Luo Bingliang bowed his head and accepted the order.

(End of this chapter)