Su Jing's words directly stopped Lao Zhu.
If the emperor is immoral, should the people still love him?
"Su Jing, what do you mean by this? If I am not wise, will you rebel?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Jing and glared angrily.
Su Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why did you rebel?"
It was only the third year after the founding of the Ming Dynasty that Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. That was exactly what happened not long ago.
rebel?
Didn't Lao Zhu establish the Ming Dynasty and ascend to the throne because of his rebellion?
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said: "Don't change the subject, I'm asking you!"
If Su Jing's ability is used for rebellion, it will definitely be an extremely huge threat.
This is what Lao Zhu is most worried about.
Su Jing's ability was used to govern the Ming Dynasty. It was the pillar of the country.
But if used in other places, the harm is also great.
"Hahahaha! Your Majesty, this is not like you."
Su Jing smiled and said: "You started with one bowl and conquered the Ming Dynasty. When it comes to rebellion, there should be no one who is more proficient than you."
"Does Your Majesty think that as a businessman, I would do such a high-risk thing?"
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "Businessmen, aren't you just chasing profits? For the sake of profits, what can't you do?"
Su Jing shook her head and said: "That's wrong. A real businessman will always only earn what he can earn. High profits often come with high risks. I'm not the kind of businessman who gets carried away."
"Su Jing, why bother talking about him? You haven't answered my question directly yet."
Zhu Yuanzhang was not involved by Su Jing at all, he just wanted to listen to Su Jing's direct and positive answer.
Su Jing was silent.
After a moment, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Your Majesty, if you are not a wise king, it is not clear whether the common people will rebel, but they will definitely have no king and father."
That's all there is to say, there's no point in saying something that no one believes.
Su Jing believed that Lao Zhu knew his attitude and just wanted him to admit it personally.
"Be bold!"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly shouted violently, his eyes full of murderous intent.
This was much scarier than before, as if he really wanted to kill Su Jing.
However, even in such a situation, Su Jing remained calm and collected.
"Your Majesty, as I just said, my courage is determined by you, Your Majesty."
Su Jing said slowly: "Or maybe Your Majesty thinks what I just said was wrong?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said nothing, but his eyes filled with murderous intent were still staring at Su Jing, like a silent judgment.
Su Jing had no fear and looked at Lao Zhu calmly.
Life and death seem to be just a matter of thought.
I don't know how long it took, but Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Su Jing, do you think Biao'er will be a wise king?"
The topic jump was a bit big, but Su Jing understood what Lao Zhu meant.
Su Jing is much younger than Lao Zhu. If Su Jing doesn't kill him, then it is very likely that Lao Zhu will walk in front of Su Jing.
Zhu Biao is younger than Su Jing and should be able to survive Su Jing.
"If the prince ascends the throne, he will also be the one who maintains his status."
Su Jing replied.
"If so? Su Jing, what do you mean?"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and his murderous aura gradually subsided, but his dignified expression did not diminish at all.
Now Lao Zhu regards Zhu Biao as the sole heir of the Ming Dynasty and will not allow any accidents to occur.
Su Jing said: "Your Majesty, things in the future are unpredictable. Common people can only say 'what if'."
"Biao'er is your student, don't you even dare to guarantee this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.
If other people said such things, no, other people would not dare to say such things.
It happened to be Su Jing, but Su Jing had successfully predicted so many things, so Lao Zhu couldn't help but not care.
He didn't even mind that Su Jing said that Zhu Biao was a conservative.
Su Jing shook her head and said: "Your Majesty, I, Su Jing, am just a businessman. The change of throne is too far away from me. The prince is my student. I should try my best to protect my student, but I can only do my best."
When it comes to the matter of the throne, Su Jing knew the original history and did not tell it. This was a concealment.
But Su Jing did not lie about Zhu Biao's master-disciple relationship.
If it was possible to save Zhu Biao, Su Jing would definitely do her best.
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression finally softened: "Su Jing, I hope you will always remember what you said."
"Your Majesty has known Cao Min for a long time. Has your Majesty ever heard Cao Min promise anything easily?"
Su Jing said seriously: "I, Su Jing, can make a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold!"
"Do you think I am short of money?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked angrily, but the expression on his face became more and more relaxed, which also meant that the atmosphere of the conversation became more relaxed.
The more reluctant a person is to make a promise easily, the more precious the promise will be.
Su Jing smiled and said: "Is your Majesty really not short of money? Why did I hear that your Majesty wants to print treasure banknotes?"
Speaking of Lao Zhu as a person, he was definitely not short of money, but as an emperor, Lao Zhu was quite short of money, and he was short of money to a certain extent.
Ming Nuo has a large territory and countless people. To manage it, every aspect requires money.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has just been founded, there are many wastes waiting to be revitalized. The main national policy pursued by Zhu Yuanzhang is to recuperate and recuperate, and taxes on farmers are very low.
Emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce has led to underdeveloped commerce. As a result, neither agricultural taxes nor commercial taxes are actually high.
The successive Northern Expeditions also consumed a large amount of money and food from the national treasury.
poverty!
Ming Dynasty is really poor.
In fact, among all the feudal dynasties in China, the national tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty has always been at a very low level.
This is closely related to Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor.
"Who told you that I printed treasure banknotes because I was short of money? Su Jing, don't make any assumptions."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with an unconvinced look.
He has been thinking about the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes for a long time. The lack of money must be a factor, but he does not admit that this is the main factor.
Su Jing did not argue much, but simply said: "Your Majesty, it is better to be careful. Printing money is not that simple."
There is still a big difference between paper money and copper coins or gold and silver.
As a businessman, Su Jing must be aware of the consequences of overissuing currency.
However, for the current Ming Dynasty, the economic theory in this area seems to be lacking, otherwise the Ming Dynasty banknotes would not have been issued so hastily.
"Su Jing, don't worry too much about this matter. I have my own considerations."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands and didn't talk much.
After all, he was the emperor, and Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't want to talk too much to Su Jing about the treasury.
Money and food are state secrets, how can they be disclosed at will?
"Okay, it doesn't make sense just for me to say this kind of thing. After all, practice brings true knowledge."
Su Jing nodded without insisting on anything.
It is not that simple to explain clearly in just a few sentences the dangers of overissuance of currency.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Jing and said, "Su Jing, do you still want to go out?"
"Think about it? How can you not think about it?"
Su Jing replied immediately.
No matter how comfortable life is here, it still stinks. Su Jing can tolerate it, but no one wants to stay in prison forever.
It's enough to experience this.
Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and took out a piece of paper, which was a confession signed by Su Jing personally: "Then why are you still signing and affixing it here?"
Su Jing took the document, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you still keep this confession document. Are you trying to punish me?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Jing, who was smiling playfully, and said coldly: "Su Jing, if I want to punish you, there are too many crimes. If I don't keep this confession document, and it gets into the hands of others, you may not be able to do it." Feel good."
"Isn't it over now? Since His Majesty wants to punish me, it's useless. I don't care about other people either."
Su Jing said casually: "The only pity is that I also wrote my last name wrong when signing."
After all, in the Ming Dynasty, if Lao Zhu wanted to kill someone, he could be accused of many crimes.
And if Lao Zhu doesn't want to kill someone, it's useless for others to accuse him.
The emperor of the feudal dynasty had such power, especially the founding emperor.
Of course, you also need to pay some price.
"When Yang Xian asked you to plead guilty that day, why didn't you resist? Why did you cooperate and sign a pledge?"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to go around in circles with Su Jing, so he asked directly.
Su Jing spread her hands and said: "Your Majesty, what is there that you don't understand about this matter? I don't want to suffer the physical pain of ordinary people. After all, it is a trick to bend and beat, so why don't you make yourself more comfortable?"
"The instruments of torture in the torture room are scary at first sight. I can't bear the crime, so I better confess my sin honestly to save myself from being tortured half to death."
Torture them severely to extract confessions, and beat them into submission.
This was commonplace for interrogations in the feudal dynasty.
Limited by investigation methods and technological level, it is difficult to find conclusive evidence in ancient cases.
Therefore, the prisoner's confession is very important testimony.
The prisoner will definitely not admit guilt on his own, so punishment will become a necessary means.
However, execution often brings bad luck to people who are not prisoners.
Listening to Su Jing's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened: "Su Jing, are you telling me that many of the prisoners in this prison are still unjust?"
Su Jing quickly shook her head and said: "No, no, no, your Majesty has misunderstood. Cao Min has not spoken to many prisoners in this prison, so he does not know their situation. Cao Min is talking about his own affairs."
"enough!"
Zhu Yuanzhang directly interrupted Su Jing's words and said sternly: "From now on, don't be a grass-roots citizen. You are also the uncle Renyuan whom I personally named. What kind of grass-roots are you? You and I will go out together later."
Lao Zhu has completely discovered that nothing useful can be learned from talking to Su Jing.
Anyway, you got the results you wanted, so there is no need to talk nonsense anymore.
"Caomin... no, Su Jing thanked Your Majesty."
Su Jing immediately thanked Zhu Yuanzhang and was finally able to go out. Su Jing was eager to take a bath now.
After saying this, Su Jing rushed directly outside the cell.
"etc!"
Before Su Jing could take a few steps, Zhu Yuanzhang called Su Jing back.
"Your Majesty, is there anything else?"
Su Jing tried her best to put on a kinder expression and asked.
Finally able to go out, Su Jing really didn't want to stay here for a moment.
Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the wall of the cell and said, "Does this map cover all the places?"
Su Jing nodded and said: "Pretty much, I basically didn't omit several continents and major mountains and rivers. There may be some details that I can't remember and didn't draw, but generally speaking, all places should be included. "
After all, Su Jing painted it based on memory, and there is no guarantee that it will be perfect and all the details will be in place.
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed his finger at the location of Daming: "So, does Daming only occupy this small amount of space?"
As an emperor, he naturally has great ambitions.
After seeing the world map, Lao Zhu could no longer be satisfied with the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
In other words, after seeing the map of Asia before, Lao Zhu had some other thoughts in his heart.
"Big enough."
Su Jing replied: "The Ming Dynasty is the largest country in the world and the most powerful country. The rest of the country is just barbarians."
Although the world is big, the Ming Dynasty, at least in this period, stands at the top of world civilization.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes fell on the land in Europe: "Su Jing, this is a large plain with no danger of mountains and rivers. Why is there not a big dynasty?"
Su Jing said lightly: "I remember what I said before, this is Europe, they did not have Qin Shihuang who unified the six countries, and there was never a real unified dynasty from beginning to end. There are many ethnic groups living there, and there are no With a unified sense of identity, naturally no big dynasty can emerge.”
"I see. It seems that I am indeed a little inferior to the First Emperor Ying Zheng."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with emotion: "Unfortunately, the road to Europe is far away. The Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition has not yet ended. I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to set foot in Europe in my lifetime."
Although Zhu Yuanzhang is an unparalleled hero, he is the founding emperor after all, and it is too difficult for him to expand the territory.
The foundation of the new Ming Dynasty was still too weak.
"Su Jing admires your Majesty's ambition, but can we go out now?"
Su Jing was really not interested in talking to Zhu Yuanzhang about conquering Europe, it was too far away.
Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Su Jing and continued to look at the world map, the joy and curiosity in his eyes no longer concealed at all.
"No, I have to make a rubbing and observe carefully."
Zhu Yuanzhang murmured to himself.
Su Jing said helplessly: "Your Majesty, you can just give me the order to make the rubbing. Why bother spending all this time in the cell? The lighting in this place is not good, so you can't see clearly."
Su Jing also didn't expect that the world map she drew while passing time in the cell would actually make Lao Zhu so excited and curious.
"What's the place here?"
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to Africa. Lao Zhu was very interested in this continent that was disconnected from Eurasia.
The closer it is, the easier it is to reach.
Su Jing replied: "This is Africa, mainly desert, and there are a group of black-skinned people living there. They..."
In this cell, Su Jing directly began to explain to Zhu Yuanzhang the basic conditions of each world and continent. Lao Zhu seemed to have forgotten the purpose of coming here and was completely immersed in it.
However, this is a kind of torture for those who are waiting for news outside.
(End of chapter)
