Lao Zhu thought about the relationship clearly, broke into a cold sweat behind his back, and hurriedly asked Erhu to take back the seal of the Ministry of Finance.
Zhu Bai said: "My son told the Bingma Division from the beginning. As long as the landlord said that the transaction file was lost, or the Bingma Division felt that there was something wrong with the property deed, he would not give it to me until he went to check it in person. If there was any problem, he would not give it to me.
If a house is found to have no owner, it is not allowed to be leaked."
Lao Zhu frowned: "Could it be that someone has already tampered with it?"
Zhu Bai grinned: "You'll know if there are any at first glance. Are you interested in going to see them with me?"
When it comes time to find out something is wrong, Lao Zhu will punish him personally, so he won't have to offend anyone.
"Okay, find a time as soon as possible, and let's go take a look with you." Lao Zhu nodded and looked at Zhu Bai sideways, "You kid, be careful. There are so many people who are greedy, so it can be seen that this matter is profitable."
Zhu Bai smiled and said: "What belongs to my son belongs to my father. As long as my father is here, I don't have to be afraid."
Lao Zhu's weakness was poked, his heart softened, and he snorted: "Okay, stop flattering me. Go down and find your fourth brother."
Zhu Bai hurriedly handed over his hands and came out of the imperial study.
From a distance, I saw Zhu Di waiting on the pillar in the corridor.
Zhu Bai hurried over and asked: "Fourth brother is waiting for me?"
Zhu Di said: "No. The twelfth brother is really busy now."
Zhu Bai asked in a low voice: "Why is fourth brother back?"
According to what Zhu Yuanzhang said before, Zhu Di will stay in Fengyang for at least a year.
Zhu Di said: "There are some things that I must come back and report to my father face to face and obtain his consent."
Zhu Bai tilted his head and asked, "What should I say in person?"
Zhu Di: "Now I only have about twenty people brought out from the palace. In case of emergency, it will definitely not be enough. So I asked my father to form a guard force of my own. I happened to be training in Zhongdu, so I could take the opportunity to do so."
Train them."
Isn't this the famous Yan Wangwei? Many famous generals who later followed Zhu Di to conquer the world came from here.
Zhu Bai was a little excited: "This is good."
Zhu Di secretly smiled bitterly: This was also his helpless move. As soon as he set off from Yingtian, his brother-in-law Xu Huizu wrote a memorial saying that King Yan was very resourceful and good at fighting. After letting him train his troops, he would probably "shock the master with his great achievements, but his tail will not be lost."
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This is tantamount to saying that Zhu Di will rebel.
Xu Changying suffered from the fact that she could not go out to argue with Xu Huizu in person, so she was so angry that she walked around the palace for a whole day.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang ignored this rumor, because every once in a while, someone would say so.
However, when Zhu Di was stabbed in the back by his brother-in-law, he realized that even if he went to Peiping, where his father-in-law was under his jurisdiction, his subordinates might not listen to him.
When the critical moment comes, you still need to have your own personal soldiers.
Seeing that Zhu Di was silent, Zhu Bai knew that there must be twists and turns, so he didn't want to ask in detail. He just asked: "Did the father agree?"
Zhu Di said: "My father allowed me to summon and train five hundred personal guards. However, I have to pay for the military expenses myself."
Five hundred soldiers is Lao Zhu's psychological upper limit for the number of soldiers Zhu Di can support.
Zhu Di came back specifically to test this out.
Zhu Bai immediately understood the reason why Zhu Di said these words to him.
Five hundred people can eat, drink, drink, and have military pay, which is not a small sum of money.
The Ming Dynasty basically used the garrison system.
Unless a war requires temporary gathering or recruitment of troops, the imperial court rarely gives military pay, but directly gives land.
You basically have to grow your own rations, military pay, and weapons.
So besides training, soldiers also farm.
Zhu Di had not yet become a vassal, so he could not get the money and food from the fiefdom, so he had to borrow money from others to raise military pay.
And now the one with the most money in this palace and nowhere to spend it is Zhu Bai.
However, the investment is worth it!
I paid for Emperor Yongle to train his personal guards. If I am in trouble in the future, Emperor Yongle will have to save me, right?!
In just a moment, Zhu Bai made up his mind and asked in a low voice: "Fourth brother, how much silver do you need? I have some and can lend it to you. You can return it to me when you go to the fiefdom."
Zhu Di originally wanted to borrow as much as he could, but he didn't expect that Zhu Bai would agree so readily, which made him a little embarrassed.
He thought carefully and replied solemnly: "A soldier needs an average of about thirty taels of silver per year. Five hundred soldiers, which is fifteen thousand taels a year."
Decimals are afraid of long-term plans and agree too quickly...
Zhu Di added: "I only need half a year's military pay. I will try to ask my father to go and join the feudal clan in the spring next year."
He didn't want to stay in the capital and be constantly criticized by these ministers. It was really annoying.
But it’s hard to say whether Lao Zhu will agree.
Now he can only take one step at a time.
This is also the best way he discussed with Dao Yan.
Zhu Bai gritted his teeth and thought to himself: I just told Lao Zhu that I couldn't catch fish if I didn't want to give up the bait.
Zhu Di was the Yongle Emperor, who ruled the Ming Dynasty for decades.
As long as you find the right direction when investing in politics, the return rate is higher than investing in anything else.
Although the risk is high, I already know the result, and I will definitely make a profit without losing any money.
Zhu Bai said: "I have saved seven thousand taels recently. I will give them all to my fourth brother."
Zhu Di was shocked that Zhu Bai had saved so much money at such a young age!!
Zhu Bai agreed so readily. He felt embarrassed. He hesitated and then said: "Twelfth brother, I have to borrow it for a long time, because after going to Peking, it will take some time to get familiar with it and sort out the government affairs..."
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In other words, he has no way to make money yet, so he can only go to Peking and think about it slowly.
Zhu Bai said: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, it's useless for me to hold it for now."
His business requires no capital.
Money will continue to flow in every day.
Moreover, money won’t generate money if left alone, it must be invested.
Zhu Di saluted solemnly: "Well, thank you very much. I'll write you an IOU."
Zhu Bai said: "Okay."
Zhu Di added: "Ask your father to be your witness."
Zhu Bai thought for a while: "Better."
"I have nothing to pledge to you." Zhu Di took out a jade pendant and said, "Keep this. When I pay back the money in the future, you can return it to me."
Today's Zhu Di is indeed a gentleman at heart. In fact, I didn't even ask for witnesses or a mortgage.
Zhu Bai sighed secretly and said, "No need. Fourth brother, since I dare to lend it to you, I believe you will pay it back."
Zhu Di solemnly placed the jade pendant in Zhu Bai's hand: "Brother, let me settle the accounts. Your money was not blown by the wind. This jade pendant is very important to me. Please keep it, twelfth brother."
Zhu Bai suddenly realized that this was something left by the woman in the palace who could not be mentioned.
He hurriedly returned it to Zhu Di: "Fourth brother should keep such a valuable thing by himself."
Zhu Di: "Take it. I can encourage myself to save money and pay you back as soon as possible."
Zhu Bai thought for a while and replied: "Okay, I'll help you put it away first."
