Although Gong Zi was so shameless that he took his stupid son Gong Zimeng away, losing all the face of the three Jiangzuo families, he still escaped without the support of the gamblers who did not have the support of the Jiangzuo Gong family.

On the first day, I lost all my money in the casino and had no money to pay it back. There were 170 or 80 people arrested. These people were trembling with the IOU signing the contract for sale, and then they were locked up.

This is the second function of the casino, to restrain people!

Who built the United States? British prisoners, exiles, illegitimate children, gangsters, hooligans, scoundrels, and poor people who are desperate are generally not allowed to do so. Even Westerners who are full of adventure are actually unwilling to leave their hometowns and move to a strange new continent to survive. This is the case with Westerners, let alone the Ming people who are reluctant to leave their hometowns.

If you want to expand your overseas colonies, Mao Jue also has to think of a harsh trick. Now all prisoners from the north, even death row prisoners, are not sentenced. As long as it is a serious crime and is enough to be squatted for more than ten years, they will be sent to Dengzhou. Then this casino will find out all the ill-fated gambling men in society. It just so happened that Wu Sangui stayed in India and gathered a boat, so he sent it to him.

Although these people are useless in China, they are useful overseas. Those who dare to commit crimes are brave and irregular, and those who are bad gamblers are usually smarter and good at thieves. If they are not good, they are at least stubborn. In this way, people can survive in bad overseas more easily than honest people.

Of course, the biggest advantage is that you don’t feel sorry for your death, and you will use the waste!

After the first day was full, the second day, Empire Square was not so popular and perverted. However, compared to ordinary small shops, it was still very lively. This place became the largest exchange place for goods from both south and south. The merchants brought various spices, suma and agate to the department store, and were immediately exchanged for specialties such as minks, ginseng, and deer antlers by the merchants. Many Jiangnan merchants who came here also took over the wholesale of some goods from north and south and sold them to the Nanming market. After all, these were not produced in Jiangnan. Whether it was luxury goods or white wine cigarettes, cheap Dongjiang local cloth, Jiangnan also needed them.

But if anyone with discerning eyes pays attention, this transaction is extremely unfavorable to Jiangnan. After all, raw silk, tea, silk, bulk rice, grain and other goods, such as Jiangnan specialties, need to be taxed with an extra bunch of taxes. The price has no advantage and cannot be pushed into major trade ports such as Hangzhou, Fuzhou and Quanzhou. Simple imports and absolute trade imports are equivalent to Beiming's little bit of blood from Nanming, and sucking out the silver accumulated by the sea trade in Jiangnan more than a hundred years ago.

Once all this money was used up, Jiangnan's economy collapsed.

Another change is slowly happening at important trade ports such as Hangzhou. It is silently and unobtrusive, but it is extremely significant to change people's lives, that is, banknotes!

People are increasingly carrying silver coins when traveling, and they are more willing to take out silver notes for transaction and trade payments. After all, the silver is heavy, but this thing is light and is divided into one hundred taels, fifty taels, twenty taels, ten taels, five taels, one taels and other denominations. They are not afraid of being unable to find them after paying. Moreover, most cities have already opened Imperial Banks. If you want to exchange for silver, you can exchange them at any time without worrying about credit.

In fact, China has not issued paper money, such as Jiaozi of the Song Dynasty, Jin banknotes of the Yuan Dynasty, and Taizu of the Ming Dynasty also issued the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes. However, these banknotes that were not given in reserves were like castles in the air, depreciating too quickly, and the people did not agree with it. But if they wanted to develop business, banknotes were also essential! So Mao Jue could only carefully learn the lesson and do it little by little.

But the sign now looks good!

Things in the world are all rising and falling. Mao Jue's North Ming is good, but the corresponding South Ming is very uncomfortable.

In order to arrest people to do business with Dongjiang, the Daxi Army of Sichuan once again mustered up the courage to attack the south. Daxi, which had only taken Beichuan, broke through southern Sichuan in the past few months, and reached the border of Yunnan, attacking the Yunnan Prince Mu Mansion crying for his parents.

In Huguang, the main grain production area, Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu have been in war for more than a year! How much is Zuo Liangyu's wastefulness? He has fought back and forth with the 50,000 remaining troops who were beaten and cried by Li Zicheng. In a year, he defeated the 50,000 Dashun Army to 178,900. The originally rich land of Chu was in a fire of war.

In Jiangnan, the towns that have finally flourished are like mushrooms that have frost in autumn, which is a disaster for Tibetan silver! The Jiangnan family, which accounts for about 80% of the land and social property, has a population proportion of only 5% to 8%, and almost all the remaining people are poor. After Mao Jue got stuck in the export road, this population could not support domestic demand to deal with the spread of businesses. Therefore, the originally prosperous towns became ghost towns, and the satin tea house was closed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Recently, the export of rice and grain was defeated again. The rice that was originally expected to reverse the situation could only rot in the cabin or rot in the ground.

It can be said that the situation in Jiangnan is quite unoptimistic!

However, for those amateurs in Jiangnan, they need to check these social and economic factors too high. Traditionally, the gentry and people are not doing well, so there must be treacherous officials in the court! A new round of political struggle is brewing rapidly over Yingtian City.

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The biggest change for Yingtian this year is that there are more mutinies and the palace has become more beautiful.

The three towns in Jiangbei were almost completely destroyed, leaving only the least powerful Liu Liangzuo, who fled back to Jiangnan with about 30,000 people. Nanjing faced the heavy military pressure of the Xuzhou Legion of Jiangbei, and Shanghai County at the mouth of the Yangtze River was ceded. In order to ensure his safety or make himself feel safe, the bureaucrats of the Southern Ming Dynasty recalled Liu Liangzuo and desperately recruited soldiers locally.

Joining the defeated soldiers, more than 20,000 Nanjing Imperial Army, plus a new recruitment of troops for a year, the Southern Ming Dynasty had another 150,000 troops. Ruan Dacheng, the Minister of War, proudly called him the Northern Prefecture Army and was stationed in Shitou City north of Nanjing.

But this reputation is so loud that it is hard to say, and the actual combat power is really hard to say. The Jiangnan bureaucrats are best at fooling themselves. The soldiers of the Northern Palace pay more than 2.2 million taels a year. It seems profitable. The high-ranking officials and small officials have a relationship. The rich gentry and even the rogues in the city show their talents and ask people to go in. Except for the 20,000 old imperial guards formed by the Nanjing nobles, the rest are no different from the three camps in the capital, and they are even somewhat inferior to those of them.

On the other side, since Emperor Yongle moved the capital, the money for maintenance of the Nanjing Imperial Palace was either corrupted by the eunuchs and civil servants or misappropriated. How could Zhu Yousong bear this? Mao Jue made peace in the north, and he naturally rolled up his sleeves boldly in the south.

build!

In the past year, in order to repair the palace, the Southern Ming court summoned 200,000 yuan in labor service, spending tens of millions of taels of funds and materials. Mouses at all levels made a fortune. The only unlucky one was the lower-class residents who were expropriated and labor service. The most fundamental difference between Zhu Yousong's labor service was that he would not give money to people, but he would use it in vain!

After the palace was built, the human hearts were dispersed a lot.

Compared to last year, the Qian Mansion seemed to have become a bit more gorgeous. On the early morning, Qian Qianyi solemnly tidied up his clothes in front of the Dongjiang large dressing mirror, and behind him, Liu Rushi carefully helped him wear his hair.

"So, is Mr. Gandu ready?"

"Return to Master, the students of Fushe are ready to respond to Master's call!"

Zhang Pu of Fushe was also a figure. With a common man, he forced himself to control the important affairs of the court and pushed his master Zhou Yanru to the position of chief minister. With Zhou Yanru even remotely controlled the government affairs, he finally forced Zhou Yanru to poison him to death.

With Mao Jue in this time and space, Zhou Yanru is now the chief minister of the cabinet who has not been involved in Chongzhen, and has become Mao Jue's cabinet who has been ranked the most. Although he has no power, he has not been good at all. He is still shining for the Northern Ming Dynasty in the capital. He stares at the Kaiming Emperor, and Zhang Pu follows the matter without jumping around.

However, he and his Fushe became a dog who fought against the Donglin Party and came to bite people! Listening to Liu Rushi's answer, Qian Qianyi nodded proudly and immediately criticized the outermost official robe.

"Rushi, I'm going to court for the magistrate!"

He was full of thought and sent Qian Qianyi out of the door. When he arrived at the door of the mansion, Liu Rushi couldn't help but ask.

"Master, I have brought down Ma Yaocao and Ruan Dahuzi! Can our Ming Dynasty really clear the clouds and mists to see the moonlight?"

"That's of course!"

While climbing towards the carriage, Qian Qianyi answered with confidence.

"As long as the gentlemen of Zhongzheng's court occupy important positions, drive away those villains, develop the Ming Dynasty in the right direction, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and recover the Beidu is just around the corner!"

"Rushi, I'm leaving!"

"I am here to wish you a victory!"

His pupils finally lit up, and Liu Rushi bowed heavily behind Qian Qianyi's carriage.

This can be regarded as a premeditated action by the Donglin Party. Not only Qian Qianyi, but also Gong Dingzi, who was embarrassed a few days ago, but also Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan, Liu Zongzhou and other Donglin generals were also full of fighting spirit.

Entering the palace from the Daming Gate, these people were looking at each other, and then stood quietly on both sides of the throne, and were still unaware of the danger that was about to occur. The chief assistant of the cabinet, Ma Shiying, and the Minister of War Ruan Dacheng, stood dullly at the forefront of the ministers.

As a group of Donglin Party members held on, the last ten minutes before the court went to court were overwhelmed every minute. Finally, the sharp shout of the eunuch Tian Cheng sounded.
Chapter completed!