"This is a very bad news. The Ming Dynasty does not allow us to exist independently, and we must also find out the assets stored by the nobles of European countries in our place!"

Representatives from the Swiss states had gathered in Zurich to convene a meeting to discuss how to deal with the Ming Kingdom, which had surrounded him heavily in Switzerland.

At the meeting, Marquis Sennard first explained the intentions of the Ming Dynasty.

The representatives of the nobles of each state were very disappointed after hearing this.

Because they were planning to monopolize the wealth stored in Switzerland by the nobles of Western countries, after all, the nobles of Western countries have now become prisoners of the Ming Dynasty.

The nobles of Western countries have been transferring their wealth to Switzerland for more than a hundred years due to the Thirty Years' War and the domestic Protestant and Catholic struggle.

Therefore, it can be said that Switzerland stores wealth that Europe has plundered from the world for hundreds of years and has accumulated.

This is naturally a considerable number.

As the nobles of the Swiss states who were in charge of these wealth, they were naturally very envious.

"In addition, what's worse is that the general from the Ming Dynasty said that the wealth of our Swiss aristocrats in various countries can only be handled by their court."

Sennard said.

"Absurd! We have the right to protect the existence of our customers. Only when the customers do it themselves can they take away these wealth!"

A Swiss nobleman named Zhege immediately objected to this.

"That's right! This is the property of the customers. The Ming Dynasty court has no right to distribute it, so it can only be temporarily kept by us. This is the right granted to us by the customers."

Another Swiss nobleman named Sonaban also retorted.

"But we have no ability to resist the will of the Ming Kingdom. Now all around me, Switzerland has been annexed by the Ming Kingdom, and we have been completely surrounded!"

The more sober nobleman Jia Yuke poured cold water on these nobles.

But he himself was also very disappointed and pointed at Sennard: "I want to say that all this is because of your wrong suggestions, Marquis Sennard! It is you who suggested that our Swiss states remain neutral and not participate in the Grand Alliance, so that our European Grand Alliance lacked enough troops and was defeated by the Ming army! If we were willing to join the Grand Alliance at that time, when the Ming army engaged in a blitzkrieg against France, we would send troops to rescue France. Perhaps more than 300,000 Grand Alliance troops were surrounded by the Ming army! So now, there is no country that can help us."

Sennad said helplessly: "You agreed to this at that time. In addition, the nobles of European countries did not mean to refuse us to be neutral. Even at the most critical moment, they did not come to us. Perhaps they were fantasizing that they could successfully get their private property back in the future, but no one expected that they would be judged and that we would be deprived of the management of wealth."

"But I was against neutrality at the time."

As he said that, Gayuk pointed at Sennad and other Swiss nobles: "So, you are all very short-sighted, very short-sighted!"

"Okay! We didn't say we must surrender to the Ming army and hand over our management of the wealth of aristocrats in Europe. We must fight the Ming army to the end for the interests of our customers!"

Sonaban replied.

"This may be the only choice. Switzerland is a mountainous country with a complex terrain, so we can fight against the Ming army based on the terrain, which may force the Ming army to make compromises because they are unwilling to bear too much casualties."

Zihege said at this time.

"Forget it, now everyone in Ming Dynasty should know that I, Switzerland, have a lot of wealth from the nobles of European countries. As long as the emperor is willing to use a small part of the wealth stored in our Switzerland as a bounty, I believe that many officers and soldiers of the Ming army will not be afraid of excessive casualties, but will be more active than attacking other European countries. We should not underestimate the power of money."

Sennard replied.

With Sennaard saying this, these Swiss nobles were disappointed.

Sennard then said: "In my opinion, it is better to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty. Didn't the Ming Emperor advocate just for expropriating the land of the serfs and returning the serfs to freedom and protecting their personal legal wealth? Therefore, the Ming Emperor should recognize our right to manage the wealth that exists here in European nobles."

...

Long before Zhu Cizhuo left Beijing, Zhu Youxiao summoned his assistants to discuss how to deal with the legal and illegal private property stored in Switzerland by aristocrats in European countries for a hundred years.

"One of the banners we have used to annex Europe is to recognize the commercial property of local people, collect taxes to protect them, and take them away directly, which is indeed inappropriate."

Du Yinxi said first.

Wen Tiren smiled and said, "But this is the accumulation of wealth that the nobles of Western countries have plundered the world for hundreds of years. It is a huge piece of fat. If it is not returned to the court and used for its own development, wouldn't it be a pity? Is it really cheaper for Swiss banks? If this is the case, it will even challenge the financial stability of our Ming Dynasty and will not help our Ming Dynasty to control the global economy."

"Then we will only keep their own property, but all the nobles stored in Switzerland by European countries are considered illegal property and must be confiscated. The reason is simple. We only recognize the wealth of nobles of each country in the territory of their original countries."

Lu Xiangsheng suggested at this time.

"Then this is not easy to judge. What if these Swiss nobles take the opportunity to tamper with and transfer the wealth stored by the nobles of European countries in Switzerland to their own names? The account book is in their hands, and they will naturally change whatever they want."

Zhang Huangyan replied.

Zhu Youxiao said at this time: "I have a solution."

"Please make it clear to you."

All the ministers hurriedly asked for instructions.

"Refusing to recognize that the classification of all wealth by the Swiss State is only the standard given by our Ming Dynasty. This standard is based on the minimum assets of the Swiss locals. At that time, only the assets of all Swiss people with their personal minimum assets are reserved, and the rest are filled with national funds!"

Zhu Youxiao said.

"What if the Swiss nobles divided all their wealth and raised the minimum level of assets for each of their own countries?"

Du Yinxi asked.

Zhu Youxiao asked with a smile: "Do you think they can do it?"

"I think it's not possible! The conflict between the rich and poor is not something I can bridge by donating half of my property to you."

Wen Tiren replied at this time.

"If Switzerland can really make everyone rich, I admire it very much and am willing to make back the wealth they have divided by commodity trade."

Zhu Youxiao made up his mind to say.

"yes!"

...

After Zhu Cizhuo arrived in Europe, he sent people to bring the will of the Ming Dynasty to the nobles of the Swiss states.

The nobles of the Swiss states held another meeting.

"Mingguo is so overbearing. Why don't we recognize our wealth classification instead of setting a new standard for us!"

Zhege said with great dissatisfaction.

"Hey, accept it, it's useless to say these now."

Gayuk said.

"Yes, the only way now is to quickly let me not have a poor person in the Swiss states! Split all the wealth in my hands and increase the minimum number of assets for all of my Swiss people."

Sennard made a suggestion at this time and said, "Only in this way can the Ming Dynasty allow me to have more wealth in Switzerland."

"No, I don't want to. I don't want to share my wealth with the poor. Why can those poor get our wealth for no reason? Why should the family business we have earned for generations be distributed to the poor?!"

Sonaban said in great pain, and then he smashed the table with his fist with great excitement, and a bang sound came from the hall.

"Okay, we accept the greed of Ming Kingdom. As winners, they may be qualified to share profits, and we can share them with them, but, what qualifications are those poor people? We will give them wages enough!"

Zhege continued.

"You just think this is a game that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty likes to play. There is no way. Who makes him have more power than God now? We only have the qualifications to obey. For those poor people, they are just beneficiaries of this game."

Sennard replied.

"game?"

Sonaban sat back.

"Yes, game, this Ming emperor named Zhu Youxiao, is really an unpredictable emperor. What he did is really incredible. Who would have thought that he would neither plunder the wealth of Switzerland in the most primitive way nor allow us to continue to retain our wealth in the most polite way. Instead, he sets a minimum asset standard for us, and then only prepares us to retain this standard of wealth. This is like a carpenter with obsessive-compulsive disorder, requiring the wood he processed must be flat enough."

Sennad smiled helplessly.

"I agree with Marquis Senard, we have no choice, and it is imperative to make it impossible for the Swiss people in the states to have a poor man. We need to send out our wealth and provide the minimum assets of the Swiss."

Jia Yuke echoed at this time.

"Well, we can only do that."

Zi and Ge also said helplessly.

Sonaban also nodded and said, "Okay, then share the wealth to those poor people. At worst, I will find a way to take it back in the future. Now I can only satisfy the carpenter emperor in Ming Dynasty first."

Next, the noble representatives of the Swiss states agreed and expressed their willingness to do so.

Sennad was still worried that the representatives of the nobles of the states would not be willing to do this, so he had to advocate again: "You should send all the wealth as soon as possible, including the wealth stored by the nobles of European countries in our Switzerland, and send it when you see the poor, and do not miss it."

So Sennard started doing it first.

As the nobles of Zurich, he and Sonaban took out a large amount of gold and silver from their own bank warehouse and put them in the carriage. They first drew twenty large carriages. Then they rode a carriage and walked to the countryside outside the city with their mercenaries.

They first saw a farmer living in a cabin.

The farmer is a dirty-looking middle-aged man.

Sennard first asked the middle-aged man: "What is your name?"

The middle-aged man was already afraid when he saw Sennad wearing luxurious clothes and carrying such a large team, so he said timidly: "Lawrence."

"Mr. Lawrence, can you tell me how much assets your family has? Don't worry, we are not going to take away your assets, but to help you."

Sennard asked with a smile.

Lawrence didn't expect that this nobleman, who was obviously from the city, would suddenly come to him and talk to him on his own initiative, and said he wanted to help him. He was very flattered and said, "This, what you see is all my assets."

When Sennaard looked at this dilapidated cabin, he felt that it was far worse than the nests his dog lived in, at least without soft blankets.

So Sennard gave Sonaban a wink.
To be continued...