Daming Military Empire

Chapter 370 Prime Minister
Commercial warfare is a brand new concept. No one really knows how to elevate commercial competition to the level of combat. In fact, Zhu Cijiong doesn’t know what commercial warfare is. He just borrowed words from later generations of TV to use Describe the cruelty of the struggle between countries.

He continued to explain according to his own thoughts: "The Mughal Empire is a relatively powerful country after all. If the Ming Dynasty goes up and confronts the heavy casualties, it will be unavoidable. If it can make the country chaotic through commercial wars, it will be much easier to fight. , what you have to do is start now and desperately purchase domestic supplies, especially grain, as much as you can buy.”

Is this also called skill?It's impossible for people to stop eating and sell you all the food. Doesn't it make it clear that they are sending money to others!
Of course, Zhu Cijiong didn't ask them to send money to others. He continued to explain: "Think about it, under your desperate acquisitions, will the prices of the Mughal Empire rise slowly?"

Everyone seemed to understand a little bit, and nodded thoughtfully.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong laughed and said: "If we find a suitable time and suddenly cut off all their external supplies, Ming, Portugal, and Spain will no longer sell any supplies to them, and the merchant ships of the Netherlands, Britain and France will also be cut off by pirates." , You said, will their domestic prices skyrocket?"

When everyone heard the words, they suddenly realized that Luo Yangxing couldn't help but replied: "When their prices double, we will sell back the goods we bought from them, so that we can make a lot of money!"

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes, this guy understood what he meant at all, and he said angrily: "What's the hurry, wait for them to mess up, you know, once there is chaos in their country, Daming will take the opportunity to send troops , when the war breaks out, their supplies will be even more scarce, and the war will stagnate production, do you understand? Their things will be less if they use them, and they will not be able to replenish them. When the war is over, they can be said to be poor There is only money left, and the price will not know how much it will rise by then!"

Zhu Youjian couldn't bear it and said: "At that time, they will be regarded as the citizens of Ming Dynasty. We should replenish supplies as soon as possible and lower the prices so that they can return to normal life as soon as possible. It is not good to earn money from them at this time." Bar?"

But Zhu Cijiong shook his head firmly and said: "Uncle Wu, you don't understand, the Mughal Empire has never been a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, in their eyes, they are empires of the same level as Ming Dynasty, and most of them even think that Ming Dynasty They are not as strong as they are, even if Da Ming defeats them, they will not surrender sincerely. Only by destroying their confidence, destroying their pride, and making them understand that they are far behind Da Ming, will they be obedient .”

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian sighed and stopped arguing. The struggle between countries is so cruel. Daming is fine. He just plundered their wealth, not their lives. There are many countries occupying After the enemy country, they are always killing and robbing, killing you until your liver and gallbladder are torn, and killing you so much that you have to give in!
Seeing that Zhu Youjian had been persuaded, Zhu Cijiong turned his head and continued to teach: "If you want to confuse them and make their prices skyrocket, you must target the materials that are easy to consume, such as food, oil and salt, and daily necessities. The value of things is not high, but they are consumed quickly. As for other materials, they can be collected as long as they can be collected. Ten times is not impossible, how much you can earn depends on your ability."

High, really high, everyone looked at Zhu Cijiong with fanaticism again, seeing that flattery was about to come flooding in, Zhu Cijiong quickly raised his hand and said: "Okay, that's it for today, we've all arrived here It's time, I should invite you to have dinner together, but I still have something to discuss with Uncle Wu, so I won't keep you this time, everyone hurry back and have dinner."

Ordinary people may be very rare about imperial meals, but who are these people? The emperor can afford it. Be careful with him, eating is not at all enjoyable, so when everyone heard that the emperor asked him to go back to eat, everyone stood up and left one after another as if they had been pardoned. After a while, only Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Youjian were left in the study.

Seeing that everyone was gone, Zhu Cijiong immediately stood up and said cordially: "Uncle Wu, we haven't had dinner together for a long time, let's go have dinner with me, we will chat while eating."

Zhu Youjian quickly stood up, and said with concern: "Your Majesty, why do you have to work so hard? You can't rush everything, take your time, and don't tire yourself out."

Zhu Cijiong took the lead and walked out, sighing: "Oh, fifth uncle, I also know that everything should not be rushed, but now is the critical period for the big powers to reshuffle. In the future, we can only act according to the faces of others. Although the world is big, it cannot accommodate several overlords. There can only be one overlord. If Da Ming doesn’t fight for it, this opportunity will be gone.”

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian shook his head and sighed, "Oh, the emperor's diligence really makes this minister ashamed. By the way, what do you have to tell me, Your Majesty? I can't wait for this meal."

At this moment, the two had already walked outside the study room. Seeing that the uncle and nephew were engaged in chatting, Cao Huachun at the door quietly waved away all the eunuchs who came to serve him, and then made a gesture of invitation, and walked to the front from a distance. Lead the way.

Zhu Cijiong raised his foot and followed, and said awkwardly as he walked: "Uncle Wu, I want to discuss the fiefdom with you."

Zhu Youjian was stunned when he heard the words, with a reluctance on his face, yes, when the former emperor asked Gu, it was agreed that the emperor would return to power at the age of 16, and now the emperor is almost eighteen, and he is still domineering The position of the regent is indeed very inappropriate.

In fact, he is not greedy for power, but just wants to help this nephew as much as he can. Moreover, he has long been accustomed to this kind of life of reviewing memorials every day, which makes him feel that every day is very fulfilling. But, now The emperor brought it up, how could he be so attached to it, so he respectfully cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm greedy for power, I just want to help the emperor more, since the emperor doesn't need me. Yes, I will go to the Fan tomorrow."

Zhu Cijiong was taken aback when he heard the words, what is this all about!

He explained with a wry smile: "Uncle Wu, I didn't mean that. I just wanted to discuss with you whether it is okay to replace the fief with the shares of the royal family's property. I asked you to come to the meeting today just to let you know about the royal family. Various industries, now you should have some understanding of the industries under the name of the royal family, which one do you like, I will use [-]% of the shares to replace the fief, do you think it will work?"

Ten percent, that's an annual income of several million taels, which is much better than fiefdoms. Naturally, Zhu Youjian would not object, and he said excitedly: "Then thank you, Your Majesty, my minister chose Daming Royal Rixing The bank is just the regent, so please ask the emperor to remove it."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, it's really inappropriate to be called the Regent, so let's use the original Xinwang, but the matter of reviewing the memorials cannot be avoided. I plan to create a new position, which is the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, to assist me in dealing with it." For government affairs, the term of office is ten years, how about it, fifth uncle, help me review the ten-year memorial?"

Naturally, Zhu Youjian couldn't wish for it, so he must be sick at home now, so the uncle and nephew walked forward talking and laughing, and the first prime minister of Ming Dynasty was born in this way.

(End of this chapter)