I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 31 Selling, Selling, Selling...

Publicly sell officials, land, and money...

No, silver is money and currency, why should it be sold out?

This idiot emperor lost his mind and went crazy, right?

Wei Zhongxian was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, grabbing the ground with his head, 'bang bang bang' was seven or eight bangs of his head, and said in a panic: "Lord Long Live, this must never happen."

He himself has been in charge of the government for many years, and he has personally sold officials, land, and even people.

But I am a treacherous official, even if I sell a few black hats, that is, to get some money for myself, for the Ming Dynasty, it is just a disease of mustard moss, and it will not delay major events for a while, and the country will not be destroyed...

The emperor also began to sell officials and land, isn't this a prodigal son?

As a corrupt official who has dominated the government for many years, Wei Zhongxian is very clear about the serious consequences of selling officials and nobles and buying and selling land.

That's even more exaggerated than party struggle, it's the way to subjugate the country!
"Long live God must put the country and the country of Ming Dynasty as the most important thing, and we must not act too hastily!"

Wei Zhongxian was really impatient this time.

The idiot emperor said that when the Ming Dynasty fell, everyone else had a way out, but he, the great eunuch and the emperor, were absolutely dead ends, and there was no way out at all.

"Selling officials can lead to corruption in the administration of officials, and the incompetent people will act recklessly. In order to make enough capital as soon as possible, they will definitely use all means to squeeze the power of the country and the people;
The consequences of selling the land are even more serious. As far as I know, the dynasties of the past dynasties will allow the land to be merged in the final stage, so that the land in the hands of the big households will increase, and the peasants will have no land to grow, so they can only rebel in the end..."

Wei Zhongxian's words can be said to be truly heartfelt, and there is no problem at all.

But the more he persuaded, the more determined he was to sell the officials and land, and by the way, sell all the money in his hand.

If you want to prodigal, you must have a lot of money!

Let me ask, how many emperors in history dare to be like him?
Thinking of the tens of millions of "prodigal value", his heart is like a cat scratching, the more he thinks about it, the more he wants to do it...

In the hands of the emperor, what is the most valuable thing?
It must be the black hat!
In a word, a piece of paper can be exchanged for a large amount of grain, and transported to the north, how many people can be saved?
This business is too cost-effective!

Dry!
"Wei Zhongxian, I've made up my mind on this matter, so you can start to make preparations now." Zhu Youjian said in a deep voice, "However, we have to be clever, and we can't mess around."

Wei Zhongxian: "..."

You idiot emperor, aren't you just messing around?
"Long Live Lord, please make it clear." Wei Zhongxian said with a mournful face.

According to his estimate, the idiot emperor's idea must be to find a way to get himself, a great eunuch, to come forward and sell his officials and nobles...

Then, Wei Zhongxian became the eternal sinner of the Ming Dynasty!

"No one else can do this, only you eunuchs can do it." Sure enough, Zhu Youjian appointed Wei Zhongxian to do it as soon as he opened his mouth, "But, let's keep it secret."

"For example, in my name, you selectively released the wind, saying that in order to help the victims, I have been devastated recently, and became furious, cursing that there are not many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty who can solve my problems for me;
Afterwards, those big households with food were encouraged to donate food with all their strength.

When he donated the food, Zhen Longyan was very happy, and directly conferred him an official title!

50 shi of grain, for a hereditary third-class earl, do you think he will go crazy with joy?

By the way, I rewarded him with those uncultivated lands in the north as fiefs...

Tsk tsk, Wei Zhongxian, if I hadn't already become the emperor, we would all want to produce millions of stones of grain.Buy a Jingshihou for future generations! "

Seeing Zhu Youjian's happy look, Wei Zhongxian was dumbfounded.

This idiot emperor really wants to take the lead in selling his officials?

However, compared to the hundreds of thousands of civilians on the northern construction site, a few more Marquis seems... nothing?
How about a vote?
"Long Live Lord, after collecting enough food for disaster relief this time, this kind of thing... try not to do it again!"

Zhu Youjian laughed loudly, patted Wei Zhongxian on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Isn't this a stopgap measure!"

In fact, what he thought in his heart was how much food could be obtained by selling officials and land like this?

Should be enough to upgrade yourself, right?
Wei Zhongxian sighed and went out to 'run errands'. Zhu Youjian lay on the dragon couch in the Qianqing Palace, counting with his fingers, and sold a large number of black gauze hats. He could dig out millions of stones of grain, right?
By the way, I forgot to tell Wei Zhongxian just now. In fact, it seems that those royal family members should be more generous. As long as they are willing to give food and money, they might as well get dozens of princes...

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Wei Zhongxian left Qianqing Palace and walked all the way to Xianning Palace.

His first target for selling an official was Kebaba.

This woman was the late emperor's wet nurse, and she was extremely favored and trusted. Even when Emperor Tianqi was in his twenties, she would be summoned to the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace from time to time, secretly sucking milk in the middle of the night...

Relying on the emperor's favor, she scooped up money and bought land arbitrarily. In Zhili, Shandong, and Jiangnan alone, there are more than a dozen farms, each of which is worth more than a thousand.

"Oh damn, you still think of my old lady!"

As soon as he entered the door, Ke Baba rushed over like a wild cat, grabbed Wei Zhongxian by the ear, and scolded: "Tell me, is there something new recently? Why don't you come to serve me all the time!"

Wei Zhongxian bared his teeth and called out, pushed Ke Baba away, and said with a straight face: "Old husband and wife, be more mature!"

Ke Baba grinned, twisted his plump waist, and poured tea for Wei Zhongxian himself.

"Mrs. Fengsheng, I have a good news...Forget it, Madam, this new tea is not bad, is it produced in the tea mountain over there in Wuyi Mountain?" Wei Zhongxian hesitated to speak, and began to praise Mrs. Fengsheng's new tea.

Ke Baba bought several tea hills in Wuyi Mountain, and almost monopolized the tea business of the palace and the high-ranking officials in the capital. Wei Zhongxian was once envious of the money he received every year.

"What's a good thing?" Ke Baba is a shrewd person after all, he grasped the point at once, and began to question Wei Zhongxian.

"Why, even the old lady has to hide it?"

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and smiled wryly, stretched out two fingers, slowly rubbed his temples and between his eyebrows, sighed, and said, "It's not that the emperor lost his temper again today, and called our family to Qianqing Palace, and reprimanded him for a while..."

"What do you think this is? There is a famine in the north, and the food in the south of the Yangtze River cannot be transported. Who can be blamed? The emperor actually said that the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are all waste. If it doesn't work, he will recruit a few talented people from outside." A person, even if it is a knighthood or a marquis..."

"This is really unreasonable!"

Wei Zhongxian was talking, drank half a cup of good tea in one gulp, and then went out.

"You've just arrived, and your belly isn't even warm, so why are you leaving?" Ke Baba hugged Wei Zhongxian, and said with a coquettish smile, "Why don't you give our son Hou Guoxing... a Lord?"

Ke Baba was originally the wife of Hou Ba'er, a native of Baoding, Hebei Province, and she gave birth to a son named Hou Guoxing with her.

In her year, Ke Baba became Zhu Youxiao's nanny, and after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne and became Emperor Tianqi, he was out of control ever since. Concubine of the dragon species.

Hou Guoxing, Kebaba's son, also made a simple journey, and was quickly appointed by Zhu Youxiao as the commander of Jinyiwei...

However, since Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, Hou Guoxing has gradually fallen out of favor and lost his job as a commander. Now he is drinking and having fun in a manor in the suburbs of Beijing all day long, drunk and dreaming.

When the new emperor came to the throne, Kebaba also foresaw his own crisis and did a lot of backup.

But no matter what the backhand is, it can't be as direct as regaining the emperor's favor!

"How much food Zhu Youjian is short of, my mother will find a way to raise it, as long as I can give our son Hou Guoxing the title of Marquis!"

After all, Ke Baba is not an ordinary person, once he makes a move, it is a big deal.

"Marquis...how much food will it cost?" Wei Zhongxian pretended to be embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Besides, our son is a person who has committed crimes after his new enthronement."

"How about this, let's think of a way and ask the Ministry of Rites to come forward and see if we can mediate one or two."

Ke Baba was overjoyed, hugging Wei Zhongxian was like chewing on him.

(End of this chapter)