Wei Zhongxian paid out all the remaining property, including antique calligraphy and paintings, houses and fields.

With the 4 million taels of cash silver given last time, the total value is only about seven million taels.

Compared with Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing more than ten years later, he was insignificant to collect tens of millions of taels of cash from the Donglin Party's homes who shouted that he would be incompatible with the corruption and abuse of power.

Those that were just searched for houses and hidden in advance were not found. There was no such thing as Tianqi Real Estate.

All these silvers were taken into the emperor's treasury, that is, the small treasury. With this money, many of Wang Xiao's plans also had startup funds.

The milky white mutton soup is thick but not greasy. Sprinkle half a handful of chopped green onions and scoop a spoonful of fried dogwood in mutton oil, and pair it with thousands of layers of crispy sesame cakes. This breakfast made Wang Xiao very satisfied.

Hoksai, who was beside him, saw Wang Xiao put down his chopsticks and stepped forward to wait for cleaning.

But he didn't want to be grabbed by Wang Xiao and pulled it into his arms, "You don't need to do these things. You just have time now, come and teach me how to draw."

Hokazai has no status at this time. After all, it is not appropriate for the new emperor to ascend the throne. However, it is a matter that countless people can be envious and jealous of Wang Xiao.

The former trusted princess, and the current new queen was extremely jealous of Hokusai. Unfortunately, she had no choice but to do anything to her.

Wang Xiao and Betazai painted hand in hand in the imperial study room, with deep affection and sweetness. The one who broke this landscape painting was Wang Chengen.

"Your Majesty, the Nestorian monk Zheng Ruowang is ordered to meet the saint."

Nestorianism was actually derived from the Christian Nestorianism, that is, the Eastern Assyrian Church. However, the real Nestorianism disappeared as early as the period when the Buddha was destroyed. During the Ming Dynasty, what was introduced was a Catholic priest sent by the Pope.

However, no one in the Ming Dynasty at this time knew the difference except Wang Xiao.

As for the great monks, they completely copied Buddhism. Johnson Chan was the priest who replaced Kinnige's in charge of Eastern affairs.

Wang Xiao comforted Hokage for a few words and turned around and came out to meet Tang Ruowang.

Johnson Tom is a real strange man, not inferior to Matteo Ricci. He is the Tommafa mentioned by Kang Mazi.

Christianity has always wanted to extend its tentacles into the East, but at the beginning, it did not know how to adopt radical missionary methods. It firmly rejected Confucianism and strictly prohibited the people from worshiping the heavens, ancestors, and Confucius, which directly led to the Jiangning teaching plan.

After being hit hard, Matteo Ricci changed his strategy and actively integrated into Confucianism. The core of his activity also changed to approach and influence the emperor, thus opening up the joints of missionary work.

Matteo Ricci is Xu Guangqi's teacher.

This time, Johnson Chan was extremely excited to find out that the new emperor was going to see him, and brought a globe, map and telescope into the palace as gifts.

"My minister, Joshua Chan, pay homage to Your Majesty."

Chau Wang has a regular official position. He is a tribute official in the bureau and has no problem claiming to be a humble minister.

Listening to Tang Ruowang's fluent Chinese language and looking at his respectful attitude, Wang Xiao felt silent in his heart.

When the country is strong, anyone will bow down. When the country is weak, anyone is an old man.

Although the Ming Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles at this time, it was still a top power filled with gold in the eyes of these Westerners.

"I'm looking for you this time, there's something for you to do." After sighing for a moment, Wang Xiao began to turn to the topic.

"Please give me instructions."

"You go to Macau and recruit a group of experienced officers, especially artillery officers. Then recruit craftsmen and technicians who make muskets and artillery, and buy related tools and machines. Especially the technology and manufacturing machines of flintlock rifles. All personnel are treated with superior treatment, and money is not a problem. I only have one requirement."

Wang Xiao leaned forward and looked at Joshua Chan, "It must be fast, the faster the better."

"I accept the order." After staying in the capital for so long, Chau Wang still understood the necessary routines. No matter how difficult the emperor explained, he must agree without hesitation.

However, the difficulty still needs to be said: "Macau is not big, and the people and machines you request may not be able to prepare enough. It will take a long time to recruit and purchase from Europe."

"If you don't have Macau, you can go to Manila. If you don't have Manila, you can go to Batavia. If you really can't do it, there must be East India Company. If you really can't find it, go to Europe."

Nowadays, the ship's power depends entirely on sails, and the Suez Canal has not been opened. From the West to the East, the voyage is based on years as the unit of measurement.

Wang Xiao's words surprised Jokovic Tang. He knew that Manila and Batavia were not small in the Ming Dynasty, but he knew that the East India Company was rare. What's more, he heard that the emperor had been staying in the capital before he ascended the throne.

Johnson Chan regarded him as someone from Europe who came close to the emperor to teach this knowledge, and a sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.

"You can ask the Portuguese to cooperate in the name of the Ming Dynasty. Tell those Portuguese that if you do this well, you can continue to spread the goods there. If you don't do it well,"

Macau is narrow in size, and such a little land is actually nothing to the Portuguese who share the world with Spain on the Pope's meridian.

The reason why they value Macau so much is that they can trade directly with the Ming Dynasty through this place, and what they want is the right to trade.

Including the Dutch attacking coastal islands several times, the Spanish attacked Macau many times, which was actually the essence of this, robbing the right to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the world's largest trade surplus and exporter in this era was the Ming Dynasty.

Porcelain, silk, and tea are all commodities that are attracted to the entire Western world. You can make a lot of money by shipping it back.

It is related to small money, so the importance is naturally very important.

In history, the Portuguese helped the Ming Dynasty many times, and even provided instructors and weapons to train new troops in the Denlai area in order to maintain this trade right.

It’s a pity that this new army equipped with firearms not only did not become the fist of the Ming Dynasty because of the Denglai rebellion, but instead made the Qing Dynasty braids cheaper.

When Joshua Chan left to make preparations, Wang Xiao looked at the globe and world map that he left as a gift.

"The sky is round and the place is a famous saying left by our ancestors. These barbarians actually said that the earth is round, and they really don't know what it means."

Wang Chengen was worried that the emperor would be addicted to these strange tricks and gain a bad reputation like the last emperor. He couldn't help but come forward to persuade him.

Wang Xiao casually tweaked the simple globe, "Do you know what innovation is?"

Wang Chengen was stunned. He didn't understand what this meant.

"Just knowing to hold on to the things passed down by our ancestors is equivalent to drawing a circle for yourself and locking it up. This way, you can only wander around the circle. If you don't work hard to innovate, you will eventually be eliminated by history."

Muskets and cannons were not rare in the Ming Dynasty, and even the Shenji Camp was established as early as the Yongle period.

When the army of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army fought in Busan, the largest artillery battle in the East broke out.

Wang Xiao hired instructors to buy new European tactics and technologies to enable large-scale production of flintlock rifles.

Compared to the flintlock gun, the historical torrent of the flintlock gun is irresistible.

The craftsman skills of the Ming Dynasty were definitely the world's top, but the cruel treatment environment and the XX of the government caused the firearms produced by the Ming Dynasty themselves became jokes that could only watch the excitement, like fireworks.

European technology and machines, brand new firearm tactics to train new troops. This is the technology and innovation that Wang Xiao needs.

Relying on the rotten garrison and private soldiers, there is no way to solve the problem.

"I forgot something."

When Wang Xiao pointed his finger in South America, he suddenly remembered that he had something to buy.

Turning around and telling the worried Wang Chengen, "Go and tell Tang Johnny Chan to buy corn, potatoes, peanuts, peppers, tomatoes, upland cotton, tobacco and others. Forget it, wait."

Wang Xiao came to Hoksai and dictated the appearance and description of these important crops. He asked Hoksai to draw them and write them on the mark.

He drew dozens of drawings and handed them over to Wang Chengen to bring him to Tang Ruowang to buy a large amount of seeds. As the same thing, money is not a problem. Quantity, quality and time are the most precious.

"Thank you for your hard work." Looking at the sweat beads on Hokage's forehead, Wang Xiao brought her a cup of tea.

Hokusai's eyes were filled with emotion, "I haven't felt the hard work to do things for Your Majesty."

The Donglin Party, who thought they had the merits of the Dragon, were waiting for the emperor's reward, waiting for punishment for the eunuch party and the eunuchs to remove the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang, which they hated. Some people even set their minds on the emperor's small treasury, trying to get money to spend.

Wang Xiao ignored all these.

For the ministers in the court, all those who are slaughtered are punished as the eunuch party. After all, it is the easiest thing to charge them now.

These people also contributed a lot of money to Wang Xiao.

With the previous savings of Emperor Tianqi, Wang Xiao had more than 13 million taels of savings in his hand at this time.

This money seems to be a lot, but unfortunately it is just a drop in the bucket for the Ming Dynasty at this time.

Disaster relief, river repairs, and salaries from officials are just a bottomless pit.

Not to mention the Liao sacrifice.

Liao Sheng, which is at least six million a year, is a vampire, lying on the Ming Dynasty to knock on the bones and suck marrow, until the Ming Dynasty perishes.

Wang Xiao is planning to use this money to train the new army to control the guns, no one can do it.

"The whole world is full of the dynasty."

Looking at the memorial in hand, Wang Xiao smiled and slapped the table.

In the late Ming Dynasty, there were many stories called jokes in later generations, such as itchy scalp, too cold water.

But the most ridiculous one is this Jin Zhengxiang.

The Donglin Party’s great fools used this sentence to destroy the Ming Dynasty. A group of hypocrites and real villains insisted that they were positive people, fooled the emperor into governing and handed over the entire country to them.

Emperor Chongzhen believed it, and then the Ming Dynasty perished.

Now these people threw this topic in front of Wang Xiao, preparing to fool him into handing over the entire country to these hypocrites.

Under Wang Chengen's confusion, Wang Xiao picked up a red pen and wrote a word on the memorial.
Chapter completed!