Master, I think someone is deliberately causing trouble, and it should be those businessmen. ”

"Which ones?" Liu Chun asked rhetorically.

"The Jin merchants in Shanxi, the salt merchants in Lianghuai, and the maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River." Zhu Gaosui's eyes rolled round, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"How so?" Liu Chun's tone was still calm.

"It's not simple, the family has fallen, the Xungui clan has also fallen, and now the officialdom is empty, and the businessmen want to show their strength, take the opportunity to steal the power of the court, and help them get rich!" Zhu Gaosui said disdainfully.

"How did you guess?" Liu Chun asked with a smile.

Zhu Gaosui blinked, "What's so difficult about this, Master, don't forget, I'm also a businessman." ”

Liu Chun laughed, he stood up, walked behind Zhu Gaosui, patted him on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "You kid has complained more than once in the past, saying that what I taught you is useless, and complaining about being bullied by the eldest brother and second brother, but do you know? What Master teaches you is what is really the most important thing. ”

Zhu Gaosui listened to the master's words, suddenly shocked, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, the three brothers of the Zhu family, the eldest Zhu Gaochi discussed generously, had a great bearing, and was suitable for inheriting the throne, Liu Chun has been guiding him to learn how to govern the country.

The second Zhu Gaoxu is clever and paranoid, easy to drill the horns, desperate, it stands to reason that his character is very bad, but Liu Chun led him to the path of science, which just turned his persistence into the pursuit of truth.

As for the third child, Zhu Gaosui, this kid has a bad stomach and is overly clever, it seems that everything will be bad, but Liu Chun asked him to focus on finance and business, which is called fighting poison with poison!

"Today, let's talk about your studies and let the teacher examine your level and see if you can graduate."

Zhu Gaosui hurriedly straightened his waist, held his breath, and waited for the master's test.

"The question I ask you is very simple, that is, what is the biggest change in Daming over the years, answer from your point of view."

Zhu Gaosui almost did not hesitate, in fact, this question is not difficult to answer.

Some people have to ask, what are the benefits of changing the law? The country is rich and the people are strong, the officials are clear and clear, there is plenty of food and clothing, and all countries come to the court...... There will be many, many such specious answers, but in Zhu Gaosui's view, they may not be able to withstand scrutiny......

The people's livelihood has improved, but the gap between the rich and the poor has become even wider. Zhu Di is still red-eyed for money every day, not to mention the rule of officials, the corrupt officials of the Yongle Dynasty are no worse than the Hongwu Dynasty, and the amount of corruption is even more amazing, and there is almost nothing that he dares not do......

Since all aspects are debatable, why change the law? Just go back to the way it was, what's the point of tossing these things?

Among a large number of chaotic indicators, Zhu Gaosui found that there is one thing, and there will be no dispute.

"The weight of our wealth is increasing rapidly, and since my father ascended the throne, the economic and trade prosperity of the Ming Dynasty has risen to a new level every year, which is almost to a staggering extent...... In the Hongwu Dynasty, with a value of hundreds of thousands of taels, he was already considered a top rich, but now in Jiangnan and Beiping, a million is worth nothing, and some people are sitting on tens of millions of properties, and even more wealth! ”

"And why?" Liu Chun asked.

"On the one hand, the economy has developed...... On the other hand, there is the additional issuance of currency. Zhu Gaosui said: "In the past 2,000 years, we have basically been an economic model of male farmers and female weavers, and we do not need currency. However, with the advancement of the reform, the distant economic model was broken. The physical wealth accumulated in the agricultural era is now rapidly monetized, which is reflected in the fact that there is more and more money on the market, and there are more and more wealthy people. ”

Liu Chun smiled, "Then do you think these rich people made their fortunes by their own skills?" ”

"It's not!"

Zhu Gaosui shook his head decisively, "I'm too familiar with these people, and many of them are authentic turtles...... It's just that he is bold, or has an unusual relationship with dignitaries, that he got so much money. ”

"So what do they want most when they get the money?"

"It's to protect their wealth!" Zhu Gaosui laughed and said: "They know that their wealth cannot withstand scrutiny, so they do everything possible to bribe officials and escort them, only in this way can they keep their family property......" Zhu Gaosui said this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly brightened.

He was overjoyed, "Master, I understand, I understand thoroughly, Sanyi Society, Huai'an Mansion Land Acquisition, Yingtian Railway Stocks...... They are shouting at the court, or rather, forcing the court to cede power to them and make the court compromise with them! ”

Liu Chun smiled happily, turned around and took out a piece of paper, then ticked a box on it and handed it to Zhu Gaosui.

"Congratulations, classmate Zhu Gaosui, you have graduated."

With this belated and humble graduation certificate, Zhu Gaosui really didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

After so many years of studying, Zhu Gaosui has really realized a lot of truths, the most important of which is that those yellow and white things cannot be eaten or drunk, and they seem to be useless. But it is alive, and it is jumping around, especially when it gathers a certain amount, it can take people's minds and control the spirit, once you have wealth, you look forward to making more and more wealth, and the goal of doing anything is to get more money.

At this time, the question of whether people control wealth or wealth controls people is definitely 10,000 times more complicated than whether chickens lay eggs or eggs and chickens.

"Does Master want his children to fight with these merchants?"

Liu Chun smiled: "Are you sure? ”

"Nope." Zhu Gaosui replied very honestly, he grinned and said, "But if the master is to back up the disciple, the disciple is willing to give it a try." ”

Liu Chun snorted slightly, "It's not simple, it's far worse than your second brother!" ”

Zhu Gaosui didn't care, he never thought of arguing with his second brother!

While he was thinking, suddenly there was a gust of wind outside, followed by a tall body appeared in the study.

Zhu Gaoxu!

Look, as soon as I thought about it, he came, even more powerful than Cao Cao, how can I compare? Zhu Gaosui lowered his head, as if he had accepted his fate.

But today's Zhu Gaoxu has completely lost the spirit of the past, on the contrary, his forehead is full of sweat, his fists are clenched tightly, he is frowning, and his expression is full of nervousness and anxiety.

"Master, the disciple is in trouble."

Zhu Gaoxu poured beans into the bamboo tube and said everything.

It turned out that he had just received the news that there had been an explosion in Yingtian's gunpowder factory, a warehouse where picric acid was stored was finished, more than 30 people were killed by the explosion, and hundreds of people were injured, and the whole Yingtian felt a strong earthquake, as if there was an earthquake.

"The disciple should be damned, the disciple is really damned!" Zhu Gaoxu was annoyed and remorseful, and he couldn't wait to slap himself in the mouth.

"Master, I have repeatedly explained that I want them to be cautious, but these things are just disobedient, this time it's good, even they have blown up into the sky, they deserve it!"

Zhu Gaoxu gritted his teeth, hating it incomparably, he clenched his fists, his bones gurgled, and the gunpowder factory exploded, this is not a trivial matter...... Because to build railways and dig mountains and stones, the most important weapon is gunpowder.

Zhu Gaoxu speculated that the explosion of the gunpowder warehouse was very likely to be caused by the rush of the construction period, the hurry, and negligence, and the picric acid itself is very easy to explode.

He can't recover it now.

Because of the explosion of gunpowder, it has already had very bad consequences.

First of all, railway-related stocks have repeatedly fallen...... The Royal Scientific Research Society established by Zhu Gaoxu has also been pushed to the forefront, and the stock price has plummeted, and the former first person in royal value has also plummeted at this moment.

But these are nothing, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't care at all, but he is worried about whether the railway project can continue.

"Master, recently, there have been a lot of articles in the newspapers questioning the railway, some of them say that the expenses are too big, and some say that the common people don't need it at all, and it is just wishful thinking for the people and money at the expense of the imperial court...... In order to build roads and requisition land, forcing the people to leave their hometowns is simply a loss of conscience, they also said that mules, horses, boats and carts are enough, and said that the imperial court will wait for the people to ......"

The more Zhu Gaoxu spoke, the more angry he became, and a bomb accumulated in his chest.

"Master, these people are just talking nonsense, talking nonsense, they don't understand anything at all, they actually talk about national affairs, talk about the gains and losses of the government, they should all be arrested, severely punished, and it is best to send them to Dongfan Island, plant sugar cane well, so that they will no longer have the energy to speak!"

Zhu Gaoxu was full of grievances, if the railway project was really affected, he would be dead.

"Second brother...... Have you ever thought about it, this explosion of the gunpowder warehouse was deliberately done by someone. Zhu Gaosui suddenly said quietly.

Zhu Gaoxu subconsciously shook his head, "How come?" More than 30 people were killed, more than 100 were injured, and there may be more in the future, who would be so heartbroken! It's impossible, it's still my people who are not doing well. ”

Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.

My second brother is really a little stupid.

"For the sake of money, what are dozens of lives? Even if it's ten, a hundred, a thousand times, they won't frown. Zhu Gaosui pouted and sneered, "If you guess correctly, these people will also say that the yamen-style management of the imperial court has many problems and a lot of drawbacks, and they ask the imperial court to give up all the gunpowder and railways and hand them over to the businessmen to be responsible, so that even if something happens, it will not damage the prestige of the imperial court!" ”

"Fart!" Zhu Gaoxu roared angrily: "Who dares? They are stealing the property of the imperial court, and I will kill them! ”

"Well said!"

Zhu Gaosui stroked his palms and laughed, "It's worthy of being my second brother, I just can see it!" Zhu Gaosui suddenly stretched out his slap and patted Zhu Gaoxu's shoulder.

The sky is thundering!

Zhu Xiaosan, don't you want to live?

That's your second brother! Tiger's butt, you dare to touch it too? Don't want to die?

What's strange is that Zhu Gaoxu didn't notice it, but sighed: "What's the use of seeing it, the fault is mine, and I don't know how to end it?" ”

Zhu Gaosui was even more unscrupulous, and even shouted: "Second brother, don't worry, this time the younger brother will come forward, I will cover you, and it will be smooth sailing, it depends on my ability!" ”