Li Shanchang was so anxious that he was scratching his feet... He really didn't know how to deal with it. If you asked him to take out a silk treasure banknote similar to Zhang Ximeng's, he would be able to take it out.
And it's not corrupt either. After all, Lao Li's son is still in Lingnan and can get some extra money.
But this money is different from Zhang Ximeng, and it is far less upright than the royalties from others.
Lao Li was in a state of superposition of donating and not donating... As for other important ministers, needless to say, Zhu Sheng was a poor man who only lived on his salary and used the extra money to buy books.
But there are also some rich people, and everyone is confused about what to do. They are all sweating.
Zhang Ximeng's actions broke the balance of the big guys. If you make a surprise attack on your own without telling the big guys, what do you want?
Do you still want to hang out?
This is Zhang Ximeng. If it had been anyone else, he would have been squeezed out by the big guys!
There are some small shoes for you to wear.
It's a pity that when they met Zhang Ximeng, they were the ones who were embarrassed...it seemed wrong! There was another person who looked a little embarrassed, and that was Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting on the dragon chair!
He also didn't expect that Zhang Ximeng would donate so much in one go.
I'm just asking you to give me some blood. You don't have to empty your family's money... And as you know, we don't have much in the palace either.
"Mr. Zhang, we remember that your salary is not high, and you still have children to raise at home. Will it not affect your life if you give so much?"
"Won't!"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have been neglecting to take care of myself in the past. I have just discovered that I have a little bit of royalties in my name! In addition to donating to the soldiers of the Western Expedition, I also plan to donate some to poor students.
Textbooks. After all, most of my money comes from manuscripts. It is taken from the students and returned to the students. It is a matter of course. I am afraid that other colleagues do not have this convenience, so they do not have to do the same as me."
Hearing these words, I felt as if I had been granted amnesty. It’s a good thing that Mr. Zhang had some conscience and didn’t drag this guy into the water with him.
Li Shanchang also breathed a sigh of relief. He just increased the number of silks from 30 to 50 and added some. Whether he added too much or not can be considered as our Lao Li's wish.
Most of the other ministers are also like this.
Suddenly, the pressure fell on Zhu Yuanzhang.
That's right, everyone else can do this, but he can't!
As the emperor, you don’t donate as much as your subordinates, so what dignity do you have? There was no other way, Zhu Yuanzhang could only grit his teeth and do a super double.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang is rich all over the world, he has very little money. There are also strict restrictions on the palace expenses every year. This is not because the Ministry of Revenue is pinching him and he is unwilling to honor His Majesty.
It's Zhu Yuanzhang's self-requirement. He doesn't want to spend money randomly.
Once a bad example is set, it will be bad.
Lao Zhu had no choice but to ask Empress Ma for help and spend some money from her private property to plug the hole.
That's it this time. If he comes again next time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly has a very bad feeling... Even the emperor, when it comes to burning money, seems to be unable to burn Zhang Ximeng!
The palace spends so much every year. After deducting the expenses of the concubines and princes, there is definitely not much money for Lao Zhu to spend casually. Every New Year, there are various celebrations to be held in the palace, each of which costs a lot of money.
But as for Zhang Ximeng, he doesn’t have much expenses to mention, and he still makes money every year. From now on, he can’t run away with hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. When the history of the Song Dynasty, the history of the Yuan Dynasty, and those popular historical books are released, Zhang Ximeng’s income will be
It will also rise sharply.
Especially reference books such as dictionaries, every reader has a copy of them.
How much sales is that?
It is not impossible for Zhang Ximeng to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
If that's the case, Zhu Yuanzhang weighs his wallet, forget it, let's accept it!
"As a courtier, it is natural to express your feelings. But for this kind of thing, you just need to do your best. There is no need to compare the numbers. If you have conditions...it is naturally a good thing to be willing to donate more. Other ministers, please do what you can and do what you can.
That’s good!”
Zhang Ximeng's wealth made Lao Zhu shy away.
There is no way, we are just so strong!
After all this effort, a total of 36,000 pieces of silk were collected and delivered to Feng Guosheng. Along with him, there were as many as 3,500 female soldiers.
In addition, there are more than 6,000 female soldiers waiting along the way to join this team and advance to Liangzhou together.
When recruiting female soldiers, there were inevitably strange discussions. There were also some hiccups when it came to donating silk... But the decision to go all out and regain the homeland was the national will of the Ming Dynasty.
When a new big country is fully mobilized, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished!
Before leaving, Feng Guosheng came to the National History Memorial Hall again, visited his brother, and chatted with the portrait for a while, and then Feng Guosheng set off resolutely.
At the teaching military field, thousands of female soldiers, dressed in bright red jackets unique to the Ming army, were standing in neat rows with heroic postures.
This is an unprecedented army, although in the eyes of ordinary people, they are a group of weak women with no strength.
But in fact, almost all of them have read books and received three to five years of education.
They were able to read and write, and they also learned health regulations and emergency first aid.
They also know all kinds of skills, such as astronomy and calendar, arithmetic and business... all aspects, everything. When they go to Liangzhou, they are not going to be anyone's appendage, nor are they just going to form a family with the soldiers and lay down a foundation.
They are also a group of warriors, warriors who are going to change the face of Liangzhou and teach Liangzhou women to comb their hair like the capital city!
Therefore, in front of their team, there is also a military flag fluttering in the wind.
"The destination we are about to go to is Liangzhou, which is a land that we have owned for a long time but lost for hundreds of years."
Zhang Ximeng stood in front of the female soldiers and told them the significance of their trip.
"It is easy to conquer a country, but it is difficult to defend a country. It is not difficult to win a piece of land, but it is not easy to take root and sprout on this land. You must have a stable family that can survive and reproduce, pass on civilization, and continue to thrive.
It truly becomes the territory of China.”
"The Western Han Dynasty led to the Western Regions, and the Tang Dynasty established the Anxi Protectorate. Our soldiers were once invincible in the Western Regions and expanded the territory. But they only had men, lacked women, and lacked the power to pass on civilization."
"I still remember that the first poem, the first word, the first article were all taught to me by my mother..." Zhang Ximeng said: "A qualified and excellent mother teaches her children, guides future generations, and allows them to follow the right path.
Pass on civilization and last for thousands of generations."
"So, if you go here, you will make great contributions to China and benefit the future. You are truly a man of great wisdom, courage, and benevolence!" Zhang Ximeng said loudly: "Female soldiers, soldiers, the Ming Dynasty, I want to thank you, and future generations,
I will definitely be grateful to you!”
These female soldiers looked up to Zhang Ximeng, and they all knew that it was this man who insisted that women study and serve as officials and join the army, completely changing the status of women.
Now that everyone can hear his encouragement, everyone is encouraged and particularly excited.
They are also part of the Ming Dynasty and are no different from men.
Men can perform meritorious service on the battlefield, and so can they.
Ambitious women do not ask to be looked after as canaries. What they want is not endless preferential treatment. What they want is that if men can do it, so can we.
Being born as a human being makes no difference!
"All troops set off!"
The flags were flying, the female soldiers marched in neat steps, and they came out of Yingtian. On both sides of the road, there were crowds of people witnessing this scene.
It turns out that a daughter’s family can be so happy and passionate. It turns out that heroes are not divided into men and women!
This scene is deeply etched in people's hearts.
That deep-rooted concept is undergoing a strong impact.
A kind of pride belonging to Ming Dynasty is brewing quickly.
Along with the teams of this Western Expedition, there were also a large number of fine silks, even items used by the royal family.
For the sake of its soldiers, the Ming Dynasty would do whatever it takes!
Zhu Di once again witnessed history with his classmates. In the past, he knew that Feng Guoyong, the king of Xiliang, was a hero of the Ming Dynasty and a famous general that his father and emperor praised highly.
Now that he knew more about it, he began to admire those women who took the trouble to leave their hometown and go to Liangzhou. Although they were women's daughters, they truly did not give in to men.
From that day on, the naughty Zhu Di began to read eagerly, cramming all kinds of knowledge into his little head.
Although he is still a little vague, he wants to be an outstanding general in the Western Conquest and lead these heroes of the country, which is obviously not what he can do now.
Zhu Di is looking for books in martial arts, widely
Zhu Di, who was addicted to studying, had not yet realized that his second and third brothers had gathered around a hundred people and were ready to stab Zhu Di in the butt with a knife to open his eyes!
You alone are comparable to the general who conquered the West. When it comes to war, we are not afraid of you!
The two brothers discussed and arranged an ambush for Zhu Di.
A dozen teams were separated and arranged carefully to not give Zhu Di any chance to escape.
Then Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan joined hands to find Zhu Di.
To their surprise, Zhu Di did not argue with them, but instead called them over.
"Second brother, you have been granted the title of King of Qin and are going to Chang'an!"
Zhu Cang was startled for a moment, "What? Fourth brother, how tired are you from reading? Let's go out and ride a horse!"
Zhu Fan was also puzzled and said: "Yes, the fourth brother is so good at riding, so he also taught us two."
As long as you go out, you will fall into our hands.
The two of them were full of confidence, but Zhu Di frowned and said, "Third brother, I am studying the matter of my father conferring titles on the three of us... I took a look and found that you have the most people under your rule, which is five times that of my second brother.
Times, more than my second brother and I combined."
Zhu Fan frowned slightly, "As much as possible, what's the big deal?"
Zhu Di said, "If you have more people, more money and food, you will have more soldiers and horses. Then my second brother will listen to you."
"Listen to me? That's better!" Zhu Fan blurted out.
But he didn't notice that Zhu Xi's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Lao Si, my fiefdom is in Guanzhong, and the population is so much smaller than Lao San?"
Zhu Di blinked his eyes, "Anyway, I read in the newspaper that Guanzhong is in ruins and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. Shanxi has a large population, much more than Peiping."
Zhu Fang grabbed the newspaper with his hand, read it carefully twice, and suddenly roared at Zhu Fan: "You, you give me half!"
Zhu Fan was stunned, "Second brother, didn't we agree that we would come to deal with the fourth child? Why did you bully me?"
"I don't care, my Guanzhong land cannot have fewer people than you!"
Good guys, these two brothers started to quarrel quickly. Zhu Di wanted to whistle next to him. Come on, we must beat him hard!
