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

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Nangong's position after the Jingtai Dynasty was very embarrassing. You said it was the birthplace of Baozong, but it imprisoned Baozong for eight years. You said it was the place of shame for Baozong, but Baozong ate and drank as he pleased in it, became fat, and gave birth to a bunch of children with his concubines.

Anyway, since the Jingtai Dynasty, not many emperors have visited the Nan Palace, so it became empty, but palace servants often went there to clean and maintain it.

But to be honest, apart from those historical burdens, Nangong is actually a pretty good place. It is large enough and has convenient transportation, making it a good headquarters.

"Brother, don't have any psychological burden. This Nangong Palace has been empty for fifty years, and it costs a lot of money to maintain it every year. It's better to give it to you so that you can put it to good use," Zhu Houzhao continued to persuade.

Zhu Houxuan thought what Zhu Houzhao said made sense, but he still couldn't get over it.
"Brother, you don't need to be so taboo. Just accept it if I ask you to. You are not a descendant of Yingzong, so there is no need to be taboo about this." Zhu Houzhao continued to persuade him with shocking words.

Zhu Houxuan almost vomited blood after hearing this. Is there such a way to persuade people? However, he also saw that Zhu Houzhao really wanted to give Nangong to him, and did not have any shameful dark thoughts.

"Okay." Zhu Houxuan still decided to accept Nangong. He was not a superstitious person. Besides, Nangong was given to the Ming Royal Group as its headquarters. What did it have to do with him, Zhu Houxuan? It didn't matter even if there were some rumors.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao happily took Zhu Houxuan into the Nan Palace, saying that he wanted to welcome Zhu Houxuan.

After three rounds of drinks, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to ask Zhu Houxuan about his next plan.

"I have already secured the start-up capital for the Ming Royal Group, so your Majesty does not need to invest any money in it." Zhu Houxuan said with a smile.

"Brother, you have great means. You have managed to get such a large sum of money so easily." Zhu Houzhao said in an admiring tone, and then changed the subject and asked, "When can we get the benefits?"

"Why is my brother so anxious to ask about the benefits?"

"Brother, you don't know, but when I went to Qizhou, the Mongols went south again, killing and wounding many soldiers and looting many civilians. I hated them deeply. So I transferred the border troops to the capital, preparing to train an elite force. Now is the time when money is needed everywhere." Zhu Houzhao said, spreading his hands.

Zhu Houxuan felt a headache when he heard this. His brother always came up with new ideas.

Jiang Bin was favored by Zhu Houzhao, and he transferred troops from Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong, and Yansui to the capital, and they were called the "Four Outer Families". They marched through the city. Every time they trained in the palace, they would occasionally perform wrestling. Zhu Houzhao came to review the troops in military uniform, and rode out with Jiang Bin, their armors intertwined, and it was almost impossible to tell them apart.

"Brother, I still say the same thing. We can't rush the war against Mongolia." Zhu Houxuan sighed and said, "Brother, please be patient for two more years. I will build enough factories near the capital, and then we can earn a steady stream of money. With a solid financial support, even if you have wiped out your army, within three years I can arm another 100,000 troops for you to march north."

Zhu Houzhao was dazzled by what he heard, but he still looked at Zhu Houxun eagerly.

Zhu Houxuan looked at Zhu Houzhao helplessly and said, "This year, all the factories are in a state of disrepair and there will definitely be no profit. We will have to wait and see what happens next year. The year after, these factories will gradually start to make a profit. By then, I estimate that the annual profit will be more than one million taels or even more."

"More than one million taels!" Zhu Houzhao suddenly became excited. This number was beyond his expectations.

After all, the taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty in a year converted into silver is only about 2000 million taels of silver, and this is a regular income.

Even the smallest amount of regular income would add up to a large sum of money over time, and the income was quite high. Then Zhu Houxuan showed Zhu Houzhao the silver coins he was going to issue.

Zhu Houzhao was very fond of these glittering silver coins. With his intelligence, he quickly figured out how Zhu Houchun was going to make money by minting silver coins. He was even more glad that he had invited Zhu Houchun to the capital.

Zhu Houzhao took away all the silver coins that Zhu Houxun had brought out. He played with the exquisite silver coins in his hand and said, "There are many coins from overseas countries in the palace, but none of them are as exquisite as the silver coins you have minted. The patterns on them are really accurate!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded, saying: "Now only I can mint this kind of silver coin."

Zhu Houzhao continued to play with the silver coin in his hand, and suddenly a bold idea came to his mind: "I see that the coins of overseas countries all have the portraits of the kings of the countries where they are located. Why don't you cast my portrait on the silver coin as well?"

Zhu Houxuan almost vomited blood again. This brother is really good at playing! And there are no taboos.

"Is this really a good idea? It's not a good thing to cast portraits on coins," Zhu Houxun quickly stopped him.

"How is it not a good thing? Then everyone in the world will know what I look like. That would be so interesting!" Zhu Houzhao said indifferently.

"And don't you want people to damage the silver coins? Cast my portrait on it, so that if anyone damages these silver coins in the future, you can use this as an excuse to punish him." The more Zhu Houzhao spoke, the more he felt that his idea was promising.

Zhu Houxuan was gradually convinced - the person involved doesn't mind, so why should you mind!

Moreover, by printing Zhu Houzhao's portrait on the silver coin, wouldn't this silver coin soon become the legal currency of the Ming Dynasty?

So Zhu Houxuan stopped trying to stop him and promised Zhu Houzhao to first try out a batch of silver coins with his portrait printed on them to see the effect.

After making this decision, Zhu Houxuan could not help but smile in his heart. The current silver coin was designed by him in the image of Yuan Datou. If Zhu Houzhao's portrait was also put on it, then this silver coin would become the Ming version of Yuan Datou. However, Zhu Houzhao was much thinner than Yuan Shikai. Would people call this kind of silver coin "Zhu Xiaotou" at that time?
After settling down in Nangong, Zhu Houxuan quickly got down to work. He first went to the Imperial Stables to take over the power of managing the royal industry.

The eunuch in charge of the Imperial Stables was an old acquaintance, Zhang Yong, so naturally no one would deliberately make things difficult for him during the handover process.

After obtaining the management rights of the royal industry, Zhu Houxuan discovered that the royal family had quite a lot of industries.

Although many imperial estates and stores were closed under pressure from court officials, there are still many left.

In particular, there are many shops in great locations, which are worth a lot of money.

The news of Zhu Houxuan's return to Beijing soon spread throughout the capital, and the people of the capital began to recall the extremely warm spring four years ago.
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