I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 129 Night Talk
Some of Liu Jin's policies were still desirable, but problems in implementation resulted in a heavier burden on the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Liu Jin himself was not a good person and was extremely greedy, so his downfall was not unfair at all.

The problem with Zhu Houzhao was that he expanded the imperial farms and stores in order to make money, making life even more difficult for the people in the north.

The Liu Liu and Liu Qi Rebellion was caused by various factors, but when the matter was settled, the civil servants put all the blame on Zhu Houzhao, and they all became innocent.

It was all your fault for appointing Liu Jin and setting up the imperial farms and imperial stores, which led to the Liu Liu and Liu Qi Rebellion. As for the annexation of land and the concealment of land and population, you didn't mention a single word about it and cleared yourself of all blame.

Although this was not said explicitly in front of Zhu Houzhao, all the officials in the court meant the same thing.

Moreover, the civil servants control public opinion, and now public opinion throughout the world is trending in this direction.

Zhu Houzhao was very upset. He had been on the throne for eight years, eight years, but he had not achieved any outstanding political achievements.

Zhu Houxuan listened to Zhu Houzhao's story silently. In fact, he also understood the thoughts of the court officials. They just wanted to push Zhu Houzhao back, tie his hands and feet, and make him become an emperor like Emperor Hongzhi.

"In fact, what I am most ashamed of in the past few years is that I did not manage the two businesses you gave me well. When you left Beijing, those two businesses could still earn millions a year, but I did not protect them well and let the people below ruin them," Zhu Houzhao said ashamedly.

Zhu Houxuan was perked up. Are they going to get to the point?
"Your Majesty, there is no need to blame yourself. In fact, I don't like those two businesses very much. Let them fail. I don't feel sorry at all." Zhu Houxuan said sincerely.

"Brother, you don't need to comfort me." Zhu Houzhao said.

"I did not comfort my brother. This is what I really thought in my heart. I invented the lottery, but in the past few years I have also been thinking about the pros and cons of the lottery. In fact, the lottery is a naked tax on the poor. It is the worst taxation model we can think of. Its cost is the widening gap between the rich and the poor and the destruction of the culture of the Ming people who work hard to get rich. The benefit is that it makes it easier for the court to collect taxes, so overall the disadvantages outweigh the advantages." Zhu Houxuan explained.

In fact, he also understood that the statement that the lottery industry earns a million a year is not true. The high turnover in the first few periods was because people were very new to this thing, coupled with modern marketing techniques, so the turnover has continued to rise. When people lose their novelty and return to rationality, lottery sales will return to normal levels, and the annual profit will be about 300,000 taels of silver. Of course, outsiders cannot see through the tricks, and Zhu Houxuan himself will not take the initiative to point it out.

Zhu Houzhao silently savored Zhu Houxun's words, and felt much better. He took the initiative to pour wine for Zhu Houxun and said, "After hearing what you said, I feel much better. However, you are the most capable businessman I have ever seen. Naturally, you don't care about the lottery industry. I have been in Qizhou for a few days and found that you have created a big industry in the past few years!"

"They are just minor fights." Zhu Houxun also said politely, pretending not to understand Zhu Houzhao's hidden meaning. He was waiting for Zhu Houzhao's next words.

Zhu Houzhao was also stuck. After seeing the industries in Qizhou City, he knew that these industries must have considerable annual profits. He wanted to invite Zhu Houxuan to help him because Zhu Houxuan was the most capable person he had ever met and the one who could actually help him solve problems.

But the words were on the tip of his tongue but he couldn't say them. As an emperor, he had never asked anyone for help before. Even though this person was his very close brother, he couldn't get over it in his heart.

In Zhu Houxuan's view, he must make Zhu Houzhao ask him for help first in this matter.

Because of human nature, people will value things they have worked hard for more, and will not cherish things that come to them.

If the two of them have a conflict in the future, he can use this to gain some advantage.

But now there is still plenty of time, Zhu Houxuan is not in a hurry. Zhu Houxuan also noticed Zhu Houzhao's mood and quickly gave way, "But what I am doing now is exactly what I like to do," he said with a burning look.

"What do you mean?" Zhu Houzhao's attention was indeed diverted.

"It's hard to explain this matter. It's late at night and we've drunk so much wine. Why don't we take a rest today? In the next few days, I will take you to see my property in Qizhou. Then you will understand what's going on."

Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief and put aside the tangle in his heart. "That's what I was thinking too. I also want to go to the factories outside the city to have a look. It's been a long time since I slept on the same bed with my brother. Let's sleep side by side tonight."

Zhu Houxuan almost vomited blood. Zhu Houzhao still couldn't change his bad habit of always asking others to sleep in the same bed with him.

To be honest, Zhu Houxuan really didn't want to sleep with Zhu Houzhao. He now had many beautiful wives and concubines. Wouldn't it be nice to sleep with them?
Besides, what's the good of sleeping with Zhu Houzhao? There are all kinds of problems such as farting, grinding teeth and talking in sleep.

However, Zhu Houxuan could only complain in his heart and dared not show it on his face. He gladly accepted Zhu Houzhao's invitation.

The next day, because they drank too much the day before, they slept until noon and no one dared to disturb them.

The two of them washed up and ate while yawning. After that, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to go to the factory outside the city.

Zhu Houxuan naturally agreed without hesitation. When they reached the south gate of the Prince of Jing's Mansion, Zhu Houxuan suddenly remembered something and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Brother, I suddenly remembered that there is an interesting thing on the tower. Would you like to take a look?"

"It's on this tower?" Zhu Houzhao looked up at the tower. "Since my brother said it's interesting, it must be interesting. Let's go and take a look."

Then the group climbed up to the south gate tower of the Prince of Jing's Mansion. The tower at the south gate of the Prince of Jing's Mansion was only slightly shorter than the Chengyun Hall, but much taller than the buildings outside the Prince of Jing's Mansion.

Moreover, the wall of Jingwangfu is much higher than that of Qizhou City, so the South Gate Tower is a place with a wide view. Standing on the tower, you can even see the scenery outside the city.
Today's weather is very good, visibility is very high, so we can see farther.

After Zhu Houzhao climbed to the second floor of the tower, he saw a long cylinder supported by a triangular bracket.

This cylinder is three feet long.
"What is this?" Zhu Houzhao asked curiously.

"This is a telescope, you can also call it a telescope," Zhu Houxuan introduced.

"Telescope? Can it see things thousands of miles away?" Zhu Houzhao exclaimed.

Zhu Houzhao leaned over to the telescope, looked casually into the distance, frowned and said, "It's a little blurry."

The profit of lottery is still too high, so let’s make a patch here.

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(End of this chapter)