Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 948: The fun caused by the Zhu family father and son

"Our idea is very simple!"

"From now on, this vassal state and the Ming Dynasty will be treated differently!"

"The first one is the one you have here, Weiyong!"

"You were crowned king for your merits, and then you requested to expand your territory. Everything in the vassal state was built with your own money and manpower."

"Then, you and the Ming Dynasty can be said to be brothers. You have discussions and exchanges, and each of you has its own rules."

"We don't ask you, China, to pay tribute, but the tariffs on both sides should be discounted where they are needed, right?"

Master Hu nodded without comment, his face solemn, but under the table, he pinched himself several times.

Because he was afraid that he would laugh out loud!

As expected, it’s Old Zhu!

Even if he didn't understand much or only had a vague understanding of something, he still dared to speak up.

No wonder he was able to come up with so many national policies that harmed future generations in history.

It’s all because, this old Deng is just a reckless guy!

Those who only half understand something dare to do things based on their own "experience". As long as things are good now, they don't care about the future.

In other words, Lao Deng felt that as long as everything went according to his arrangements, the future would definitely not be too bad.

And Master Hu took advantage of this very point.

Look, good things are coming.

Seeing that Master Hu had no objection, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that Master Hu would come here and embarrass himself.

After all, his main job now is the Prime Minister of China. It is normal for him to do his best to protect the interests of China.

But the result is, although he is not completely inclined towards the Ming Dynasty, at least he is making half and half arrangements.

Fortunately, Mr. Hu nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang silently praised Master Hu in his heart, then turned around and looked at the princes beside him with a serious expression.

"You little brats, as children of our royal family, your manpower and money are all paid from our treasury, so your treatment is naturally different."

"First of all, regardless of whether you succeed this time or not, as long as you take this step, there will definitely be others who will take this step in the future."

"Then, we have to think about future generations!"

"If we continue to take money out of the treasury to gamble in the future, what will happen?"

"If you win, all the benefits are yours. If you lose, I'll have to support you when you come back."

"So no matter whether we win or lose, the treasury will only spend money and not receive it?"

"it's out of the question!"

"Even mountains of gold and silver can't withstand such torment!"

"So I think that if you, the children of the royal family, want to go out and build a country, we still have to set some rules."

"I don't know how much I can earn from you, but at least I should see some money back, right?"

"After much thought, I think it would be best to start collecting your tribute from the third year after your founding."

"I won't talk about other gifts or anything like that. That's just private friendship. Let's just talk about the money!"

"Starting from the third year after the founding of the country, and continuing until the tenth year after the founding of the country, seven years is enough for you to pay back all your capital."

Zhu Chong and his brothers looked at each other, nodded in unison, and then bowed and spoke in unison.

"Let Father arrange it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows at these brothers.

"By the way, when we say to pay it back, it doesn't mean to pay back the amount you borrowed, but you have to pay ten times the amount!"

"Seize the young master?"

Zhu Di was the youngest and the most excited. He was so frightened that he shouted out loud.

Zhu Chong and Zhu Wang on the side also looked over in horror.

"ten times?"

"Father, do you mean that if I give you one million taels, I have to pay back ten million taels?"

"Then how can I afford to wait?"

Zhu Chong and his brothers became anxious after hearing this.

Be nice!

Ten times!

Wouldn't this cost them their lives?

How could they possibly come up with so much money?

But Zhu Yuanzhang standing by nodded calmly and as if it were a matter of course.

"Of course it's ten times!"

"Otherwise, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty be at a loss?"

"After all, if you guys who go out to found a country succeed, then we will be using our treasury's money to buy you a ruler of a country, and all the benefits will be yours."

"But if we fail, the loss will be borne by our treasury!"

"Isn't this somewhat inappropriate?"

"So, in order to offset and avoid the risks of failure, we have decided that after successfully establishing the country, you will have to pay back ten times the amount."

"But after paying back ten times, the two countries can treat each other like brother countries, just like Weiyong did."

"how?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, several brothers of the Zhu family hesitated.

Because according to Zhu Yuanzhang, this is not really a big burden for them.

Repay tenfold and stop counting after that, seems really okay!

But ten times is not a small number.

Just like when they went out to establish a country this time, the initial estimate was that they would have to take out at least tens of millions of taels of silver.

Then when the time comes to pay it back, wouldn't it be at least 10 million taels of silver?

My goodness, this is just a vassal state, how much money can be collected in a year?

The key point is, you can't just do nothing in the first few years and then use the money to pay off your debts?

What about military strength, national strength, and people’s strength?

Not to mention other things, what about the officials’ daily salaries?

These are all expenses!

Therefore, the brothers really need to think about this carefully now.

Instead, Master Hu sat aside and watched the show happily.

This father and son are really good at making trouble.

If the Ming Dynasty really continues to play like this, then there will be a lot of fun in the future.

Not to mention anything else, as long as there are enough vassal kings who go out to expand their territory and establish their own countries, then the Ming Dynasty can be pushed to the top of the world.

So Mr. Hu really wanted to see how this fun would develop.

After all, these are all the variables caused by my own fluttering around.

Zhu Chong and his brothers were silent for a long time and wanted to get through it with Zhu Yuanzhang.

But seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was serious, the brothers could no longer sit still.

At that moment, no one cared about the friendship between father and son. The most important thing at the moment was to fight for the interests of their own family.

Even if they gave a little less, it would be a big matter involving one million taels of silver between countries, and the brothers could not afford to be negligent in the slightest.

Watching the people in front of him change from being in gentle and soft voices at the beginning to getting red-faced and angry, and then slamming the table and cursing at each other, Master Hu was so amused.

Yes, yes, yes!

That's how it should be. If you don't have the ambition to bang the table with leaders of other countries to fight for your own interests, what's the point of being a king? Isn't it better to just stay at home and be a useless vassal?

Wow, great job, you deserve a reward!